New Malifaux Project

Like most hobbyists I tend to get distracted by new shiny things before I've actually completed anything...this week is no different. Purely as a modelling project (I happen to be in the 'needs nerfing' camp) I'm going to create a crew for Hamelin the Plagued.

Continuing my general themes of using female models whenever possible I intended to utilise a Freebooter Miniatures model to 'count-as' Hamelin.

This one in fact...

By an amazing coincidence my girlfriend decided to buy me this model (and a few others) for my birthday which explains why Titan Games were unusually long in getting it to me as she had sidetracked my enquiry and bought it for me, lol.

Though the model is okay as it is I decided that I wanted her to have hair...unfortunately the use of 'Green Stuff' isn't high in my modelling skills but I decided to give it a go...

Okay...I cheated a little, lol.

Rounding off the base completely would have made it too small so instead I took off the corners and then rounded them off slightly and I used a 40K Chaos Space Marine top knot (I have loads because I always cut them off but like many OCD hobbyist am unable to throw any bits away in case they 'will come in useful later') to finish off the hairstyle. I was originally going to replace the boat hook with some kind of staff but I've decided it's nicely in theme as is and changing it would be change for changes sake ;-)

Also amongst my presents were this nurse model (also from Freebooter Miniatures) that I liked the look of.

Now I just need to decide if I'm going to use the official Wyrd models for the Rat-catchers and The Stolen or whether I'll use alternatives for those as well.

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.

1000 Point Warhammer 40K Campaign.

My FLGS is running a Warhammer 40K campaign starting at 1000 points and then increasing to higher points levels over time. The initial idea seemed to be themed armies but a few people are using more optimised lists than I was expecting.

I'm therefore going to use a Space Marine list (of some variety or another) and theme it as an expeditionary force of my Night Reapers chapter. This will most likely involve a cheap HQ, A couple of transported Troop  choices and some faster stuff to represent the 'exploration' units that such a force would most likely contain. It's damn difficult to create a balanced army in 6th edition and is borderline impossible at the 1000 point mark so I'm not really going to bother trying ;-)

So with a 1000 points there's always going to be rock/paper/scissors situations because balance in armies doesn't really come till at least 1500 and with many armies not until at least 2000. I'm told that the emphasis of this campaign is more towards the narrative than the competitive so I'll moderate what I take a little...of course if I find out that people are taking advantage then I'll break out the cheese ;-)

Anyway...

I've already decided on a Marine force and for me that rarely means spending much on HQ choices. A Librarian or equivalent is always a good choice so we can put 100 points aside for that and maybe he gets a few toys if there's any points left over.

We're presumably using book missions so I'm going to need scoring units and as its a standard FOC I'm going to need at least two to fulfil the minimum requirements. Obviously the Codex I use will effect this choice but provisionally that'll mean two units in Razorbacks (if I use BA or SW) or full squads in Rhino's if I use 'vanilla' Marines. A few people are already jumping on the Chaos bandwagon so I'm unlikely to go with a Chaos force just yet.

Keeping with my self imposed theme of an expeditionary force I'll need to take some fast moving units. I won't be using Jump units as I don't really like them (this is an aesthetic/personal preference issue, not a tactical one) so that leaves me with Bikes or Landspeeders...as I have a lot of both that isn't a problem.

If some-one decides to bring an uber Deathstar or a gigantic horde then I'll have issues bringing a balanced force against them but them's the breaks, lol.

With the preamble out of the way....

Option 1

1000 Point Blood Angels

HQ: Librarian in Power Armour (1#, 100 pts)
   1 Librarian in Power Armour @ 100 pts (Shield of Sanguinius; The Sanguine Sword)

Troops: Assault Squad (6#, 180 pts)
   3 Assault Squad @ 180 pts (Remove Jump Packs; Meltagun; Razorback)
      1 Assault Marine with Meltagun (Remove Jump Packs)
      1 Sergeant (Remove Jump Packs; Bolt Pistol; Infernus Pistol x1)
      1 Razorback (Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Troops: Assault Squad (6#, 180 pts)
   3 Assault Squad @ 180 pts (Remove Jump Packs; Meltagun; Razorback)
      1 Assault Marine with Meltagun (Remove Jump Packs)
      1 Sergeant (Remove Jump Packs; Bolt Pistol; Infernus Pistol x1)
      1 Razorback (Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Troops: Assault Squad (6#, 180 pts)
   3 Assault Squad @ 180 pts (Remove Jump Packs; Meltagun; Razorback)
      1 Assault Marine with Meltagun (Remove Jump Packs)
      1 Sergeant (Remove Jump Packs; Bolt Pistol; Infernus Pistol x1)
      1 Razorback (Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (2#, 180 pts)
   2 Land Speeder Squadron @ 180 pts (Typhoon Missile Launcher x2)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (2#, 180 pts)
   2 Land Speeder Squadron @ 180 pts (Typhoon Missile Launcher x2)

Total Roster Cost: 1000

Option 2

1000 Point Space Wolves

HQ: Rune Priest in Power Armour (1#, 110 pts)
   1 Rune Priest in Power Armour @ 110 pts (Chooser of the Slain; Murderous Hurricane; Storm Caller)

Elite: Wolf Guard Pack (3#, 69 pts)
   1 Wolf Guard Pack @ 69 pts (Wolf Guard in Power Armour)
      3 Wolf Guard in Power Armour (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Flamer x1)

Troops: Grey Hunters Pack (6#, 160 pts)
   5 Grey Hunters Pack @ 160 pts (Flamer; Razorback)
      1 Razorback (Hunter-killer Missile; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Troops: Grey Hunters Pack (6#, 160 pts)
   5 Grey Hunters Pack @ 160 pts (Flamer; Razorback)
      1 Razorback (Hunter-killer Missile; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Troops: Grey Hunters Pack (6#, 160 pts)
   5 Grey Hunters Pack @ 160 pts (Flamer; Razorback)
      1 Razorback (Hunter-killer Missile; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Troops: Grey Hunters Pack (6#, 160 pts)
   5 Grey Hunters Pack @ 160 pts (Flamer; Razorback)
      1 Razorback (Hunter-killer Missile; Lascannon and TL Plasmagun)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 90 pts)
   1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 90 pts (Typhoon Missile Launcher x1)

Fast Attack: Land Speeder Squadron (1#, 90 pts)
   1 Land Speeder Squadron @ 90 pts (Typhoon Missile Launcher x1)

Total Roster Cost: 999

There are a great deal of other options but those are the two that leap to mind initially...though the temptation to bring a 15 Missile Launcher SW list may be too much to resist ;-)

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.

Ashes and Dust...

I'm informed that Ashes and Dust works great with Leveticus....mine tends to die in the middle of the table and the component parts get killed before I can put it back together again.....maybe I just need more practice.....

These were painted by my better half while I was teaching some-one to play Malifaux (a couple of hours) and look better than they would have done after days of my own half-arsed efforts, lol. I wanted a more 'industrial waste' look to them but couldn't get it right...my girlfriend had more luck ;-)

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.

Madame Kolette and the Performing Belles...

Two months of nights followed by a complete change of shift pattern has made staying awake into a major challenge and painting anything without it becoming a blur a near impossibility. Fortunately I now get two weeks of days in between the two weeks of nights so I should be able to get some stuff done.

I've started back on the Colette gang I was working on. For those of you who don't remember, the concept was to paint and/or convert them so they were in a similar style to Seamus's Rotten Belles. I'm not happy with the faces but the rest of the models are okay though they would probably benefit from at least another layer of wash and an additional light dry-brush it's not going to be happening any-time soon, lol.

Madame Kolette.

Kassandra.

Performing Belle 1

Performing Belle 2

Performing Belle 3

The observant amongst you will have realised that the last model isn't actually a Malifaux one. Unfortunately they only do two Performer models and I wanted three so I found an alternative.

I've also converted a couple of Mannequins into a form that Seamus would find more agreeable.....

I've also been working on some Leveticus stuff but I'll drag that out into another Blog post so it looks like I'm more productive than I actually am ;-) don't tell any-one....it'll be our secret...This also happens to be my 700th Blog post.....I expected to have achieved world domination and have 10 million followers by now...maybe next year....

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.