The Waaaghcast! Cup - End Week 12

 

Week 12 has completed with a very slow week.  The games were all over average and there wasn't even a single death this week.  So sad...
Check it all out in the: Week 12 Newsletter

The Beat Goes On...

So I finished stripping all of the models that were fit to be stripped today.  With the excitement of that I really poured myself into finishing some other stuff for the upcoming 500 point game with Ryan.  I completed the improvement of the Handgunners and 1 of the Cannon Crews as well as completed a Great Cannon and a Hellblaster Volley Gun.

Having finally gotten some more movement on the models I'm really excited to get to playing them.  Before Ryan and I play our 500 point game next week I would really love to get that chunk completed...  That list is:

Warrior Priest
-Sword of Striking, Heavy Armor, Shield
25 Spearmen
-Shield, Standard, Musician
14 Handgunners
1 Great Cannon

The love of this little list means that I only have to get together a Warrior Priest.  Sadly I am currently without a model to use for one.  I have a Witch Hunter that I'm considering proxying as a Priest as I don't likely plan on using the Hunter himself, but if I can scrounge $15 bucks I may go acquire one sometime soon.

Also at some point I really will have to work on getting the white box back out for some decent pictures where you can actually see the models since all the pictures I've showed thus far have been pretty poor being that I've been using my camera phone.  Still we do what we do.

Ryan G: Tale of Joe and Ryan?

Joe has asked me to help keep him motivated for the hobby again, and I have readily agreed. I have plenty of Ogre stuff to keep me busy, and he will in turn keep me motivated to get it done also. Most of my base army is already painted due to the previous Tale of Four Gamers blogs, so most of what I will be painting will not be used until I get to the 1500 point range. Currently I am still working on my BSB so that I will have him done for the Blood in the Sun tourny in June.

Since Games Workshop does not currently produce a Ogre BSB model, I am converting a Hunter model that I had lying around. This is a very rough picture, and I promise it will look much better once I am done.  As far as my 500 point army goes for this month I decided to keep it simple.

Brusier
5 bulls
5 bulls
1 sabertusk

I have yet to really use the Ogres in a high point game, and I am looking forward to getting more of it done so I am able to.

Cheers,
Ryan G.

The Waaaghcast! Cup - End Week 11

 

Week 11 has finally ended after some serious set-backs, partly due to Adepticon and partly due to some players personal lives.  We've also suffered our first real casualty as one of the coaches has been forced to depart the league due to real life circumstances.  That does however give me a pleasure to induct Mark Dieter from the Ohiohammer podcast into the league to take his place with his Orc team, the Baltimorc Kravens!  Keep an eye on those Orcs everyone, they can be a vicious team.  Coming into the league more than halfway through it will be impossible for Mark to shoot for the title, but he will definitely shake put he league!

Check it all out in the: Week 11 Newsletter

Empire; The Stripping Goes On...

So I'm nowhere near done stripping these damned models...  I've got the 9 Knights Panther done, and 10 of the Flagellants.  I haven't touched the Pistoliers or Volley Guns and hoenstly I'm not sure I'm actually going to strip the Pistoliers.  After much discussion and thought I believe they are probably a big waste of 100 points that would be better spent on a wizard or a cannon.  One of the big things about this army that I'm slowly re-building is the fact that they are all older edition models and I refuse to mix with newer.

That said if you ever have to strip any of these in-particular models above do yourself a favor and don't.  The way that the hair/fur is made with all the little squiggles and folds is enough to make you want to quit the hobby for good.  Seriously...  I've been using one of my dental picks for greenstuff work to get the paint out of the crevices.  It sucks.  I'm sure that in the end It will make me insanley happy to look at the army as a whole though.

Which brings up another point.  Since I refused to strip the Handgunners and Spearmen they are painted to a far below average standard for my skill.  I'm not sure if I should intentionally paint these guys to a lower standard or just do my usual work level on them and hope that nobody notices the block of 40 Spears or the 14 Handgunners that looks so much worse.  I guess I could go through them and highlight a bit, but dammit I don't want to!  Thoughts from the peanut gallery on this are welcome.  :)