Crone World Eldar

Well, locally we have the Los Deimos Campaign starting up in October, kicking off with a tournament, and ending with a bang in February at Game Summit, Ottawa's largest 40k tournament and Con. I thought what a perfect way to get my ass in gear painting my Eldar army I picked up off of Ca$h, who got it from Lothlann.

Since I cannot seem to do anything 'normal' except maybe my Tyranids, I decided to look into the fluff of the Eldar a bit to find a unique spin. Exodites would be cool, but I'm not a fan of painting Lizardman stuff, like Steg's and Carnasaurs, so thats out. Dark Eldar, well, since Jes Goodwyn is doing them, I'm pretty sure the models will kick a tonne of ass, so I came across a little story box on pg 54 of the Eldar codex, stating that the Eldar lament the loss of their original homeworlds, sucked into the Eye of Terror at the time of the Fall, and that these worlds were hellish landscapes, and I knew I had found what my theme would be: The twisted remains of the Fallen Eldar, gone over to Slaanesh and mutated beyond recognition under their armor.

The Tournament is Oct 24th, and is 1500 points, no special characters or allies allowed.

Here are some pics of what I've been working on so far, for my part in Tale of 5 Gamers:



Another shot of the Farseer, converted from the Bonesinger model.


One of 2 squads of 5 Fire Dragons, tentacles made from greenstuff. Same with the Eye.


Brightlance platform for my Guardians. This will likely be switched to a Scatterlaser. BS3 is balls.


Guardians. I came up with this scheme by firing up DoW's army painter, and hitting 'Random' a bunch of times. A lot of em came up with lime green, but I really liked this one when it came up. The bright purple I just used for tentacles rather than trim. Bright colors are from the Vallejo FLUO line.. awesome looking, the WORST paint to work with ever though. Seriously, painting with maple syrup is probably easier.

Our Hive Cluster is Under Attack!

Well.. Tried the new list, and saw how effective the Tyrannofexes were vs Newborn's Eldar army. I played pretty badly, not keeping my big guys in cover, while trying to get shots on those pesky Eldar tanks.. though the dice gods abandoned me as well. It's really frustrating dealing with the GW FAQ that rules Shadows in the Warp has no effect on psykers inside metal/ceramic boxes, while my Hive Tyrant takes 3 wounds from Runes of Warding, and the whole time his farseer is inside a Serpent.

Anyhoo, here is the video, Video Battle Report 50!



Right as I was about to leave, Tatz vs G-Ram had a deathstrike go off on turn 2, so I figured I'd record what happened, where it would land, and so on. Props to An00bis with the CLUTCH ringtone at around 1:50 !

Spawn More Overlords!

This is a new 1750 list, combining my 1107 pt Golden Marine XV list with the 2 Tyrannofexes I've been working on. Added the obligatory Tervigons and termagaunts






Tervigons made from 90% Carnifex, 10% Trygon kit. Once the T-Fex/Tervigon kit comes out, I can repurpose these back to Carnifexes. Keeping my T-Fexes though.







This is the 2nd T-Fex I've been slaving over the past few days


And this is my original T-Fex. Carnifex plus Trygon or Hive Tyrant upper body to make the extend-a-cab body, Mawloc mouth parts plus barbed strangler bits for the guns, large scything talons and a lot of greenstuff and you are ready to rock.

Here is the how-to-make video from way back. Note, the old head was red terror, now its Mawloc stuff:

Maple Syrup time

Well, we're in the House of Paincakes Blogroll now. What is this you ask? Just read the "Vision:" http://houseofpaincakes.blogspot.com/p/vision.html

Awesome.

I'd say more, but its not even 8 am yet. Although, looks like we might be getting 2 more writers on-board soon, so that rocks. Back to painting Tyrannofex number 2

TO5G Tyranid math too!

Why have one Tyrannofex when you can have 2 for twice the price?






530 points of badass, 12 T6, 2+ save wounds. I made Catalyst (Feel no Pain from Tervigon) markers so I never forget which unit has it. THanks to Kairos Fateweaver at the Store for the second McRage orifice thingy. Soon-to-be-eaten Fire Dragon there for scale :)

Eldar Math

These Warlocks...



Plus these bases...

Lost Empires.

...will = Win.

To5G: Empire

Ok, I made up an acronym, To5G (Tale of Five Gamers), hope everyone uses it, i hate writing the whole shebang out every time!

So, going against the grain, as I was the outsider in this little competition, I have decided to stick to my gut and paint Warhammer Fantasy! I need a painted army and while my Gobbos...



They look ok right now at and although they are at 1000 points, I am inclined to paint Empire, most of which I acquired from fellow Drunken Gamer, Lothlann!

So to start I am painting some individual guys to work out colour schemes, and these shall all be used in my Mordheim league I run with friends..

First up is an Ogre Mercenary in the colours of both my host city (Talabheim) and the Woodsman theme I was going to use for my Kislevites (green, khaki, brown, black). He is still WIP, but progress is being made (what's done currently was done last night).




Comments welcomed and appreciated!