Sporocyst and Tyrannocyte descend !

Thank you GW for bringing back the Nid drop pods.  My impulse buy got the best of me and I picked up a few of these guys.  The big question is what to run/build ?  I thought this was a no brainer and said Tyrannocytes hands down, but after thinking about the Sporocyst I'm not so sure. The big selling point to the latter is spore mines.  They don't contest or hold objectives, they are T1 and 1W, slow, and have no shooting, so why are they good??? Board control .  1 or 2 of these guys doesn't do it, but 40 of them will.  I had a good friend spam these out and let me tell you it made my super killy units sooo  angry to have to shoot or kill these when a much better target was in sight.  It also stopped big boys like knights etc for at least a turn.  They also do not give a KP and if you choose to ignore them you get a nice strength 7 or even 10 blast in your face.  The entire time the real working part of the army is grabbing objectives and murdering your troops.  Back to the cysts.  The also shoot blast weapons ( at a poor bs ) but who cares.  3 of them for 300 points pumps out 15, strength 6 Small blasts. Plus they make mines and the giant booger the mucloid spore once per game.  Worst part is they don't move, and take up a heavy slot , but the rate of return is pretty good.  So I have 3 more to build. I'm leaning toward the spore Vs the tyranno, but what do you think?

Ok, Pics of the test models.

IA:13 infernal Relic(s), Infernal Dreads, and GD Infernal tyrannocytes

My hobby time is now becoming "not sleeping time".  I have been painting, building, and organizing 3 armies for the last couple weeks.  Mostly in the wee hours of the night due to crazy insomnia, most was done in 2-6am time frames. Just in time for work hooray!!

First up is the Land Raider Achillies Infernal Relic.  This is from the Imperial Armor 13 book and it is a doosie.  Over 300 points of hard to kill awesome.  The quad mortar of hate is so #fullofmurderfacehate.  If the vehicle loses a HP you up the strength and lower the AP by 1.  Not to be outdone is the 2x twin-linked multi meltas and ceramite armor.  Can you say hard to kill.  I went with a nurgle theme as I have 2 other regular landraiders that run the Plague fathers colors as well.  I also had plenty of icon bits of nurgle to really sell the idea. BTW you can take dirge casters and the other CSM vehicle add-on's as well. Still a WIP but you get the jist.

My HTC has the purple lens flaw so I apologize. 

Next up is the CSM Fellblade.  I was going to use this in my mechanicum army, but IA:13 made this possible for my CSM.  It only has be started and I'm still deciding on weathering etc, but I'm pumped about this one.

Sorry for the bad pic as I was in a hurry to run out the door.

So dreadnought and helbrutes.  The pretty much suck, but I really like the formations and I love dreads still.  The IA13 again saves the day and makes them better ( not great ) but now they have some kind redeeming qualities.

This is the 4th paint job on the nurgle dread and I actually like it.  I used the same scheme as the soul grinder I did in a past post. 

Here is a ton of work I just signed up for.  ~2 hours a piece for building these guys.  The little spore bits are driving me crazy!!! I have built 1 already as Tyrannocyte, but I may do 2 as Sporocyts. I think the  latter unit will play a huge roll for the nids. The 4th is a craps shoot for now.  Let me know if you have played either unit and your thoughts.

Food for thought:"The WTC Committee responds to cheating accusation"

From the Warmahordes camp: http://wmhwtc.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/the-wtc-committee-responds-to-cheating-accusation/   Courtesy of Terminus Est.. http://greenblowfly.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-warmachine-community-handles.html


This is a great article on gaming and the responsibility of TO's to the community.  Mistakes happen like the Feast of Blades dice drama, but I do think this was an honest mistake and the individual assumed responsibility regardless if it was intentional or not ( very classy! ) . This example is however very minor  compared to certain large events still having repeats of known issues and continue to try to explain as a friend Vs. acting like a professional organization. Good on you WTC for acting like a organization and not a friend as this helps the community in the long run.

Custom Paint Remover AKA Tyranid digestion pool 

CSM nurgle sorcerer and Glottkin GUO progress

Super busy day today. Work and hobby both.

first pre-shading and color!

Ate dinner and started back on the sorcerer and GUO.  I feel like a rushed a bit too much on the sorcerer , but I think it's just missing some detail work.

90% complete.  

The bro's of nurgle!

The 40k Glottkin Part 2 (CSM lord and GUO)

Thank you all for sending in great feedback on the models and conversions. I had a few minutes this morning to add some paint and take a few pics of the GUO bits for the Glottkin conversion.

 Here's a better shot of the CSM lord.  I rusted up the Chain-fist and added blood around the base of the fist.

Another shot after some rust and wash. I'll add blood spatter to the fist later. 

I added some nulin oil wash on just the fist as the recesses were not dark enough. You can also see the skulls behind him that are on top of the SM backpack. 

I love the look of the massive bolt gun. It's like a pistol on this guy

I used Plague bearer nurgling bits. 4 of the little guys 

The nurgling on the top right kills me.  He looks just like Glottkin. 

So here are the nurgling and the plague drone bits ( the tentacle mouths )  that I used to take up the empty space.  With all the little guys it reminds me of Ku'gath. I'm planning on getting paint on this in the next few days after I work out a scheme a color base.

Glottkin 40k. The New GUO and 3 models for 1 purchase! relic CSM achilles

Been working on this for a week or 2 now and must say they have been turning out different than I expected but better as well. So Glottkin showed up for fantasy a few weeks ago and I love the model, but I don't play fantasy.  So start up the conversion engine and lets get to work.

First the Glottkin is 3 models.  1 big dude, 1 warrior guy, and 1 sorcerer. You can see where I'm going. CSM and Daemons .  3 HQ's for $77. Not bad ( price was via ebay auction i snagged)

So I'm mid way through this and it has been an awesome project to work on so far.

The warrior (AKA CSM nurgle lord ) is a beast!!  Chain fist and combi bolter.  I modeled on a terminator base as he is a termi lord with almost total corrupt armor.

Chaos Nurgle Lord with Chain fist and Combi-bolter

The sorcery (AKA CSM nurgle sorcerer ) dude will be on a palanquin base and has the plasma pistol and force staff for the win.

Sorcerer on palanquin with plasma pistol

The big dude (AKA GUO ) has been a thought process.  The other 2 guys are supposed to be standing on him. making blank space. not good.  So i filled the space with what any respectable nurgle fan would do.  Nurglings!!  also some bits from plague drones to fill the holes that had swords and stuff.  Massive model.  I just wish besides Lord Scabbathrax he was a beefier GUO rules wise.

Great Unclean One.

Last but not least the CSM nurgle Achilles i've been working on. I wanted to do god specific on this as my other LR's are nurlge as well.  I also had bits with nurgle heraldry.

Infernal Relic Chaos Nurgle Land Raider Achilles

So thats my update.  Check back for paint updates.

Quick Halloween APOC game

So last weekend i was invited to attend a Apoc game at a local store. 3000 points, LOW if you wanted to play one, Chaos theme ( we ere the bad guys ), unbound with all troops being OBSEC.  The TO also added a few rules like gargantuan creatures and super heavies are not a affected by psychic powers.  Also a bunch of random stuff like giant killer skulls, tree monsters, and zombies moved about the board killing indiscriminately. 4 players per side and the good guys had a Reaver Titan.  We had Lord Scabiethrax and a Warhound  that came on in the 3 round. Needless to say it was a blast even though I ran out of time and had to leave.  The Reaver pummeled me for the first 2 rounds killing a LOC before he got airborne and a bunch of other stuff.  My MVP was the Brass Scorpion and 2 helldrakes ( they are still very very good ).   The drakes killed everything ( 3 tac squads, a few HP's on vehicles,  and a dev Laz squad ) and would not die. The Brass Scorpion removed 7 hull points from a baneblade, kill a blob squad, a command squad, and some other IG squad.  He died though to the titan, a leman russ  apoc formation, 2 vendettas, and the baneblade.  Was pretty epic.  Without the titan to weigh in Chaos at least on my front would have rolled over the imperials.

You can see the large skulls that eat models. 

Sorry about the shaky camera, I was scared :)

 

Thousand Sons build and some recent Nids

After the news of more Tyranid kits coming soon I can honestly say I am super excited.  The Tyranids were my first army and I still play them quite often.  My last game was based on air supremacy and the ability to move all over the board.  Mobility is so key to most of the tyranid units, whether it be for assault or our short range shooting ( BTW I feel that the nids are no longer a assault army, WS3 see's to that ). Well another favorite thing of mine is to deep strike swarms and set and forget.  Great at OBSEC and cheap.  Well here are my little special cutie pies :)

Please excuse the low light photo, if there is an interest I'll post more better pics 

Next up we have my 3rd Hive tyrant.  I love these guys. devourers and E-grub are just to much fun to play with.  Not an OP unit by far but a really great one.

Sorry about the quality of the pics today. My HTC is money at low light but casts odd purple color. auto-instagram LOL

Force staff aspiring sorcerer

AX wielding ( halberd ) aspiring sorcerer

These are my next "to be painted "  Waiting on some Tamiya paint that I think will look awesome on these guys.  So why 1k sons? Well in 3 battles and a APOC game these guys were clutch.  Expensive yes, and on the outside seem to be not worth it, but again in game they deliver. BTW tyranid Mc's do not like these guys.  AP3 bolters, force weapon, 4++ save!!!!

Spyrocyst & Mucolid Cluster rules

Via Tyranid hive forums:



Spyrocyst = 75pts
WS2 / BS2 / S5 / T5 / W6 / I3 / rest blanked out fully

Instinctive Fire:
Has to shoot at nearest enemy in LOS, so same as previous Spores. Weapons shoot simultaneously. Shoots at the end of the shooting phase, but before morale checks are taken. 

Each weapon can fire at a different(?) target unit, but they cannot be fired(?) in any other(?) way or any other phase(?)[extremely hard to make out]

Immobile Pod:
Same as previous dex. Cannot move, gtg, consolidate etc.

Pyschic Resonator:
Any friendly synapse creature within 6" adds 6" to it's synapse! (word for word)

Spore Mode (?)
Any model with this special rule can produce a spore mine cluster. (see codex tyranids) with(?) three(?) Spore Mines in the shooting phase, in addition to any other shooting attacks it makes. Place spore mines wholly within 6" of the model. **in my own words** now each mine units acts individually, don't place within impassible terrain + 1" enemy model**

Once per battle, a Spyrocyst can produce a single Mucolid Spore (pg52) instead of a Spore Mine Cluster. This is placed in the same way as a Spore Mine Cluster.

Options:
**Same as pod. Venom Canon and BS**


Copy and adjust as you see fit to match up missing words.


Mucolid Cluster - 15pts each. Can add up to two additional

Stat Line? S1-T3-W3-I3  or something like 1s /3s 

Has shrouded.

Massive floating bomb:
Same as Spore Mines but, S8 Ap3! Increase atk as per additional model. **that explains the Str10 wording on the Spore Mine rule!

Skyblast:
Yes can assault Zooming and Swooping Flyers. Side Armour hitting. Resolved as above.

Read more: http://thetyranidhive.proboards.com/thread/47830/new-tyranid-minis-rules-updated?page=52#ixzz3I1gpFZee

NID DROP PODS ARE BACK!!!

Holy cow!.  Rejoice as we can now DS our slow MC's and squishy troops into battle.

Greater Brass Scorpion Completed!!!

So I ended up not sleeping and to pass the time until work decided to finish this beast.  Very cool model, but if you don't like painting trim it isn't any fun :)

One note before the pics.  I'm getting tired of TO's banning crap based on what someone told them . So much stuff is OP in the regular game this knee jerk reaction to limit anything else is crazy and most is based on " I heard" .  Well why don't you get the book before seeing how this will ruin the game.  Example: Chaos Dreadclaw drop pods are assault vehicles.  OMG so broken!! Well if you read before you make that decision they are assault vehicle, but it specifically says models embarked CANNOT assault the turn it arrives!  So calm down.  Also the chaos land raider achillies is 330 and doesn't have the rule that prevents 2+1 dice for penetration ( it does have ceramite armor though ). For 330 I think it is fair ( and it only transports 6 and isn't and assault vehicle with POMS ).   So keep your Knight formation and wave serpent spam and have fun with the same army over and over.  And please be more closed minded cause that is what our hobby needs . ;)

ok,  now the pics

Added some gore and blood on the chain blades

This guy is huge!

Free Hugs

soul trapped in the Scorpion

Tau Earth Caste,Terran style Gundam Rip-Tides

So here are a few of my Old Tau from Adepticon last year.  I don't play Tau, but my team did so I ponied up and built my 1k army and than some.  I used some Gundams that I thought fit the bill for a riptide variant for humans. Sort of really really trusted allies :)

They are painted and not just "Hey here are some toys to proxy R-Tides".  I had a great time playing them and most if not all my opponents liked them. Well atleast liked the models Not what damaged they caused in game.

R'varna in camo with a G-Tide ( Terran Variant )

The Terran Brothers ready to rock !

Riptide Sgt in camo mode

Da Big Guns "Come at me bro!!"

For the Greater Good

Greater Brass Scorpion and Friends!

My Ebay binge continues a blistering pace and all due to the Imperial Armor 13 book.  Again if you don't have it yet and are a Chaos player it is a great book.

Well the Brass Scorpion I won 2 weeks ago has been stripped,  put together, and a few coats of paint have made their way onto the model.  I can't wait to play this thing.  So cool looking and perfect for a Lord of War.

I had trouble picking a color to go with, but settled on my current chaos color scheme of red and bright silver.  It contrast well and so many of my other models are sporting that paint scheme.

I started on some lighting effects as well on the main cannon and the scorpion tail thingy.

Above you can see the blue lighting effect and see the start of the armor trim being painted.  I did try 3 other colors but none of them popped as much as the silver. BTW there is a ton of trim to paint on this thing so I'm breaking it up over a few days as not to get sloppy and rush this.

So here is what I mean about going with the same scheme.  I ended up changing the Decimator from brass to silver trim.  It just seemed to pop that much more.

Well after this gets completed I still have the Fell Blade to finish, but I have no idea what paint is going to end up on that.  Maybe a White ( death guard ) or Khornate type paint.

 Check back soon!  More PMAC to come.


 

Imperial Armor 13 arrives !! And Decimator Engine progress

I can't say how much I love this book enough!  So bad ass!  So much real game info as well.  Greater deamons, renegade IG, daemon engines, super heavies, relic machines!!! it has them all and just in time!

So over the last few weeks I have been grabbing a few things here and there from ebay.  I managed to snag some in need of TLC Decimator Engines.  Well after some paint and TLC they have been waiting for IE13 to arrive to see what rules they have. So as rules go they are ok, nothing OP , but not a pryovore.

Now for some pics

"What you talking about fool!" 

Ok so these are only 1 of them , they other has silver trim just to tell them apart.  I need to add some OSL effects as well as some gore, but the base is pretty much done.

Can't wait to start on my Greater Brass Scorpion. Can you say Daemon Engine Army??  :)

Soul grinder and idle hands.

So I took a chance on a Soul Grinder that i saw on Ebay about 2 weeks ago.  Ended up winning for under $30 shipped.  Had ok paint and looked in decent condition.  Was I wrong.  My bad for not looking closely.  The shoulder above the mechanical arm was gone, huge gaps everywhere, and paint was again ok.  So I was like what the hell at myself!! but it was my fault for not seeing so just in case you sold this to me I still gave you positive feedback and thank you!  No big deal.  Though you do need to work on your shipping time  ( waiting 7 days to even ship was a bit much, 14 days to get to me ) and the packaging was horrible.

Well I went to work on replacing parts, filing gaps and re-glued all the parts I could pull apart. Some of the spikey bits were a total loss as the poor packing removed them from the model with blunt force trauma.

So once done with the repairs I started looking around at pics of Grinders.   I have 2 others and a plague hulk but the paint on them is MEH at best and didnt want to added another ok paint job to a fantastic model.  They were some of the first models I have ever painted so being meh is acceptable until I repaint them ( future project).  Well 3rd eye nuke studios did a grinder that was awesome and I would have bought it on eBay if I wasn't like 3 months late.  So next best thing is I painted my ginder similar to the excellent job they did.  Please check them out and yes I did copy them as they did a great job.http://www.thirdeyenuke.com/


So here is the eBay pic from the auction I won:

So here is after some TLC and paint :)

I still have some more details, but it's 95% done. You can see I added Mauler Fiend shoulder armor to cover the missing bit.

Hope you enjoyed!