Damn it Jim, Im an Apothecary, not a Dr.

Well, not a lot to say. I posting my new apothecary now, unfinished, because I dont know when I am going to really be able to work on him again. Ive let my grad school work slip a little and Ive got to tighten up the reigns so the paint station is getting put away for a while.



I didnt go to the main Battle for Salvation GT for the same reason I didnt go to NOVA. Am I the only person who doesnt want to play a marathon of 40K. I mean holy crap! I heard a horror story while I was playing in the doubles tournament on Friday. It was a horror story to me because after the 3 games I played on Friday, my back hurt like hell. @ NOVA - 5 games on Friday, 4 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday! 13 games in three days? AHHHHH F you if you think Im doing that.

This is the end, my friend.... of Belial!

I dont have school next week so I was able to pull a lazy this weekend and sit around doing who cares what! Rent SPACE MARINE from the RedBox for $2 dollars and beat it, check! 99% complete my Belial model, check!

A note on the cape: I really regret not repairing the tattered edges and holes with green stuff. I got lazy, and somehow rationalized the war torn look. REGRET IT!!! I spent a lot of time trying to decide what designs I was going to do. Hence the red X on the inside. Lame? Maybe but good enough for something barely visible. What I really like is the "art nouveau" design on the back of the cape. I am absolutely in love with that stuff. The second picture was a finished picture until I got to thinking that those wings really represented lizard or daemon wings and not the angels of death that this army is being modeled behind. I wanted that to be a re-occuring symbol but I realized with the feathered wings everywhere else, that it wouldnt look coherent. SO... I painted over it and added some color. The two sea gull heads are supposed to be the aquilla eagle heads with one blind eye. Whats the official story behind that anyway?



On a side note, does anyone know anything about the last Soul Drinkers book. What the hell is taking Ben COunter so long? I want to know what heappens to Sarepedon!!!!!!!

Ill have to say it was a good day, cause I didnt have to use Fritz's AK

Man I had a Great day. It was a nice cool fall-ish rain outside today and I was home alone all day today. I got several things done, including this little beastie. He is my standard bearer for my "Angels of Death," army. I ate almost a whole pan of brownies with white confetti icing. I had filet mignon for dinner. I spent time with my wife and son. I chatted with some buddies during the day. F**k, it was a great day!!!!!



100% done with a brush!

Land Raider Bling

I ordered three sets of these Land Raider accessories to go with my two new Land Raiders that will be on the way soon enough. Thanks to everyone who came through with the trades. Ya'll helped me out of a tight spot. I will be using the Land raiders as part of my Knights of Caliban army. I will resculpt the front hatch so they will be holding broken swords in place of halberds.

Deathwing Chaplain and battle report

First thing on the menu is this Chaplain that I updated to be included in my new Deathwing. He used to belong to the Imperial Fists but became a free agent and was snatched up last minute. He used to specialize in a pair of Lightning claws but has since traded in for a combi-melta and his crozius.


The next thing is that I would like your guys opinion on color choices for the storm shields in the army. The two below are part of Belial's chosen command squad, the troop squad he always accompanies. The guy on the left is the original choice and the fella on the right is the proposed change. With the black shield, I thought that it just faded into the model to much. I just realized the guy on the right isnt finished as I meant to paint the inner ring black. Basically a switch-a-roo. Well anyway, which do you prefer?


And for desert, the battle report I promised the other day.


I need to say something because I havent published a couple of the last battle reports where I was beaten. The battle reports are kind of filler material for me and the take the most effort to put together so sometimes I dont get around to it and they fade into the background as time moves on. One in particular is against my arch-enemy, Ryan SInnot. This "ray of sunshine," has knocked me out of about three tournaments. I will have my revenge!

Deathwing weekend progress

Ive pretty much hammered out the details on the colors that I will painting this army in. Im finding out that my current squad configuration is really suffering from going at I1. The chainfists have paid off a few times but I may start play testing a lot more lightning claws. I ran nothing but terminators this game.

HQ
belial th/ss130
interigator chaplain, termie armour, combi melta 150
ELITES
5deathwing terminators, apothocary, banner, chainfist, CML 295
Troops x 3
5deathwing terminators, 4 th/ss, chainfist, CML 240
Troops x 3
5deathwing terminators, 4th/ss, CML 235



Thoughts, prayers? for me as a player playing this cheese wheel.

I didnt quite do as well as I thought, because I thought I was going to knock his dick in the dirt. Look for the battle report in a day or two.

PS, I hate you vehicle damage chart!

Deathwing WIP

I have been working on my Deathwing army for the past week and this is what I have to show for my efforts. The shoulder pads and the chest shields will be painted a bone color while the crux terminatis will be in white! Squad markings will be on the right shoulder pad in different colors to differentiate the squads. I cant take credit for the banner, as that belongs to either The Unnamed or Sgt Brisbane.

This army will be for sale so if anyone is interested, let me know. Gotta keep the paint brush moving.

I got about 45 Jawabases in the trade and something seems to be wrong with them. The paint wont dry on the beveled side of the base. Dan from www.teninchtemplate.com wrote an article about resin not curing correctly and I wonder if this is the case. Sorry Im to lazy for a direct link, your a big boy, go find it yourself.
I just realized I dont have Dan in my blogroll, gots ta fix that one!

The Day before the Day of

A more dynamic pose?

Some bikers I worked on last night.


A question about what to do?

Just cause I am a proud Daddy!

2000 pt deathwing list critique/ battle report

***** phone post *****
I got to play against Danny, of Internets fame, last night. We play often, and a couple times a year one of us has a new list or army we break out against the norm. Last night we both had a new army/list and @ 2000 pts I thought I had him. Not sure if he has posted his list but its grey knight acolyte rifleman dreadnought spam. 14 tanks. Thing is, I thought I had his ass.
My list
Belial130
Apothocary 30
4-5 man Deathwing termies
1 with Cyclone missile launcher20
1 with chainfist 240 x 4 =960
Ravenwing bike squadron
1 with melta 130
3 godhammer land raiders 250 x 3= 750
2000 pts of awesome tournament goodness
I have considered several changes to the list and I would like to know what you think. My proposals are 1 less godhammer, in return for another th/ss squad and a second melta on the bikers. I won't change it for the tournament but maybe after and any subsequent tourney. Who knows what will catch my fancy. What do you guys think/
Ok let the match up set in.
I had him in a long distance firefight. 6 twin linked las cannons attached to armour 14 4 Cml attached to 5 fearless th/ss termies. I had him except..........terrain choked our board last night. He closed the distance and started bringing melta to bear. That wasn't even what won him the game. If he is close enough for melta, I'm close enough for thunder hammers and I even like that match up. Two things kept me from a successful ass kicking counter charge after backing up early in the game. Danny played the grey knight character that allows henchman as troops or unlimited number or something crazy. Coteaz, I believe his name was, had a psychic power that proved be one of two winning factors for Danny. The power makes an opponent count all assault charges as if in both difficult and dangerous. This killed a few termies, but what contributed to the win was that I missed more than 2-3 key charges due to being in difficult terrain. I then got blasted because my feet were stuck in the mud. That power is powerful if playing an assault oriented army. It stuck me in the mud hole!
The thing that hands down won Danny the game was his death-cult assassin squad! Holy Crap! Are you obsesive types talking about how devastating these bitches are? One squad tore through 3 and if I didn't yield the game, my fourth th/ss squad. No bull, for 15 pts, they are a steal for their stat line. Wow. I saw a gleam in danny's eye when they were sticking it to me. I expect more of them in the future.
Black Matt bends his knee for the first time, ........ever! ;)

When I knew I was feeling the battle for salvation tournament on may 21st, I sought out different types of opponents. Orks, tyranids, and now a gun line mech list. I only have a few games with this army but at least they gave me the most experience possible. I might get 1 more game in before the tournament this Saturday. My good buddy Sgt. Brisbane and I will be taking skulls at the tournament so stop by and say hello.

I see your true colors shining through!

I have decided to do a very simple color scheme with my new "Secret," Second Founding Unforgiven Army. Secret because there is no written record of this noble chapter. Thanks to THE EPISTOLARY who pointed me in the right direction, link, showing me some background fluff on the Unforgiven! In the end, I decided to do what I want when choosing the colors. It is going to be a good looking army, converted, with a borrwed color scheme and borrowed chapter iconography. Dark Angel iconography and Disciples of Caliban color scheme. While I'm not sticking to their color scheme to the letter, it will be dark green, black, bone and ? Hmmmm, Im having trouble picking out a stand out color or an accent. Im leaning towards blue. Check the colors out on my Brimstone Belial . Can anybody help with some suggestions on color schemes.