Another Painting week

A bit less accomplished this week. Lots of meetings and a couple of nights where I just decided not to bring out the brushes. So I painted a Pak40 for Craig and some Orcs for my fantasy armies.

Fallshirmjager Pak 40 on Cassino themed terrain.

And from the rear.

The Orc Shaman Gozboom and his goblin assistant Krak-ed.

Better view of the large fungus - and the big mushroom...

Third unit of Orc boyz for the army.

Nate

This week's painting

This week saw the completion of Craig's Boba Fett figure

The bounty hunter himself

Front view

And from the back

 Thanks to Sorastro for his awesome painting guide. I couldn't replicate it exactly, but it gave me plenty of great ideas!

Soviet Scouts, again these are for Craig

He's going to paint the bases to match the Soviets he already has.

The second infantry platoon of Great War Germans completed.

Now, onto the support weapons

15mm Great War Germans and a 28mm Fallshirmjager Pak 40 are getting the treatment this week.

Nate

This weeks painting

This week I got to celebrate the joy of painting the last figures I had for a particular army, the Great War British. Here they are:

The army all arrayed - 2 platoons infantry, mortars, Machine guns, artillery, 2 x Mark IVs and a Whippet

 And here are some close ups of the bits I finished this week:

Vickers HMGs

Stokes Mortars

Two 18 pounders

Command section with sniper team

I also painted these Luftwaffe troops for Craig:

I love the bluey-grey of the uniforms, and with those caps it felt like painting early WWI Austro-Hungarians. I think I've captured the rag-tag look of these guys who ended up thrown into the front line.

The coming week sees me painting another platoon of the Great War Germans; some WWII Soviet Scouts for Craig; and hopefully, Boba Fett.

Incidentally, on the left hand side of the page I've put up my project list for this and next year. It is to try to keep me on track over the next 19 months, barring occasional distractions as people send me other things to paint.

Nate

This week's painting

First up, what I've completed this week:

Some Bretonnian Archers which will become a unit of scouts for my Fantasy Empire army.

The lord of my undead legions, a Vampire warrior. Counts as Elite Foot that can fly in Dragon Rampant

Robin Hood. I have big plans for him and his Merry Men - more in the future.

Rebel Commandos

I'm glad they put Pruneface in there.

And a Mon Calamari sniper

A platoon of British infantry for Great War

Only the support elements left to complete and my Great War British army is finished. Then it will be the turn of the Germans.

Some battered markers for Dragon Rampant, and a treasure chest objective marker.

So a pretty productive week again, although I have to admit that I only finished off most of these figures from last week. The Great War Brits and the battered markers were the only things painted entirely within the last 7 days. Still, at least things are getting finished!

Nate

This week's painting

Another smorgasboard of painting this week. First up are some Greek bits and pieces for Mortal Gods.

A Mantis (seer), Aoidos (musician), Athenian Tropaion (trophy to the gods) and an unarmoured Athenian hero (promachos).

On the other side, a Spartan hero (promachos) in linen armour as all of my other heroes are wearing a bronze cuirass. A new Lochagos, just because this preorder figure that came with the game is so awesome, a Spartan Tropaion, and an unarmoured Spartan hero (promachos).

A unit of Rebel Fleet troopers for Craig's Star Wars Legion armies.

I really like how they came out

The high mage Ariostus and his twin the sorceress Dian. This is the Wizard unit for my Dragon Rampant armies.

I enjoyed building the scenic base - although it now has to move around with them.

Captures the idea of casting magic down upon the enemy.

Back to work this week, I'm afraid. Hopefully it won't slow down the production line too much though.

Nate

First run of Kill Team

Having painted the models for two sides I thought I'd have a go at the game as a solo endeavour. I usually prefer to play solo, especially in the first few games just to get a good hang of the rules, but I think I will be much better off learning with an opponent. The reason is that there are special rules to remember for both sides, as well as tactics and specialist's abilities, and when you are searching for an advantage over an opponent you learn all of these rules much faster.

At any rate, I still had fun rolling the dice, and even though it ended in a white wash for one side, I think it could have gone either way - especially if I'd remembered some of the rules like Death to the False Emperor!

The battleground all set out and the two sides deployed. Ultramarines would keep winning the initiative for most of the game.

Looking from behind the Chaos lines, the objective is the crate in front of the right hand figure.

Sniper's eye view of the battlefield

In the second turn the Reiver has charged into combat. Chaos Plasma dude is coming to the rescue.

The combat is a hard slog - both sides have good armour and neither has AP weapons in use.

The Space Marine plasma gunner is taken out by the Chaos heavy bolter, but tit for tat, the sniper takes out the Chaos plasma dude.

Good shot that man!

The Intercessor has joined the combat as the Chaos Aspiring Champion charges in to help. The Intercessor will go down before his power fist.

The Space marine Sergeant shows up and his power sword shreds the Chaos champion

Fifth turn and the last Chaos Marine is removed. Ultramarines victorious!

The casualty pile is a bit lopsided.

The scout sniper managed to take out two Chaos Marines by rolling 6s which are mortal wounds. I forgot that Death to the False Emperor gives the Chaos Marines another attack dice in melee. I remembered to ignore the first flesh would because that works for both sides. I did use a couple of specialisms, but generally forgot about them and I didn't even try and use tactics. The game was fun and quick, and I can see it being a great game to play against an opponent, so I'll try and organise a battle against Adam soon. I'll also write out all of my tactics and specialties on a separate sheet so I can find them easily without flicking through the book.

So that makes 3 games that I've completed armies for and tried for the first time these holidays. I'm happy with that. Now back to thinking about work and doing marking and prep. Yay.

Nate

Latest painting

Things that have been finished and not photographed recently (excluding the Mortal Gods Greeks and Fantasy that have featured in the last couple of game reports).

First up - Kill Team Chaos Marines. Now I have two painted kill-teams I should probably try and play the game...

These guys are Slaanesh lovers, because shocking pink is the perfect colour for any great warrior.

Next up, a Fantasy Goblin Rock Lobba. This is an extension/option for the Orc and Goblin army.

You have to love the character in these GW models.

Then there is some Byzantine goodness for SAGA.

Cataphracts

Varangians - love those axes!

For the fantasy armies I have some magic users and Elven allied cavalry for the Imperial forces to paint. I've decided that I will use the Silver Helms I've got as an addition to the humans rather than do a full Elven army. I'll have my hands full with Undead and Dwarfs anyway.
The whole Byzantine army is finished and ready now, although their Norman opponents are a little way down the painting queue. Luckily John has finished armies so they may get a run before I create their opponents.
I have 8 figures for Mortal Gods to complete over the next couple of nights and some cart-horses before I get stuck into some Star Wars Legion for Craig, which I want to complete by the end of the week. So hopefully a few more photos next Sunday.

Nate