Core Blimey

Just a quick update with the rest of the core troops for the army I used last weekend. Some more Furies and Horrors, and the finished unit of Bloodletters. I've got some standards and a few more horrors to do for Open War in a fortnight as I'm going to be trying out a unit of 29 of the pink and blue blighters.





Oh and expect some Plaguebearers to accompany Epidemius too.

Quaid!

After painting like a bastard for the last week, in order to get the army done in time for the Throne of Skulls Heat 1 (I came 7th and got a best painted nomination, a tournament report will follow). I've got a lot of updates ready for this week. First up is this Tzeentch Herald on a disc, with a Total Recall inspired conjoined foetus so he can represent the Blue Scribes when I want him to (which is only at Games Workshop Throne of Skulls events, I'm not that much of a shit!).

Here's some pics.






Originally, I tried painting the disc dark brown, but unfortunately it came out looking like a flying biscuit, so after much gnashing of teeth and with the tournament looming I decided to repaint it and I'm much happier with the result.

I finished painting at 4am on Saturday morning and woke up bleary eyed 4 hours later to start the weekends gaming. Cripes!

Retro-Titted!

Ok, I've actually got quite a bit more done (including more bloody Bloodletters), but with Heat 1 of the GTs coming up next weekend, I'm spending more time painting than updating so there will probably be a clump of posts after that, including a report of the army's first competitive outing.

Just a quick one then, as I've said, I really wasn't too happy with the fiend, so here's the new improved (well in my opinion at least) figure.





The claws are from the old metal spawn - of which I have 4 on my desk in various states of conversion - expect some Beasts of Nurgle soon.

Boshank (that's a word from the streets that means good)

There Will Be Blood(letters)

Righty ho. These Bloodletters are officially the biggest shit in the world to put together.

1. They come in 8 (yes 8!) pieces.
2. They have mould lines in lots of fiddly places, such as across knuckles and on teeny tiny spikes and spines.
3. After you've stuck the fuckers together, you still have to fill several gaps with greenstuff.
4. Once you've spent several hours (and I mean several hours of your life putting the bastards together you realise that your chances of getting them to rank up properly is next to zero. Fortunately, because they take so long to put together, you only did them a few at a time, and because of that you can spend even more time on the next ones to make sure everything ranks up.







I have another 15 to do.

Piss Kidneys

Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes!

One brand spanking new Lord of Change for your perusal. He was a real bugger to paint and to photograph with lots of little details that were easily overlooked and arms and heads that seemed to keep getting in each others' way. Perhaps it's karma, as I was thinking of being a dirty, dirty power gamer and using him as Kairos Fateweaver (hence the two heads) at the upcoming filth fest that is Heat 1 of the GW GT season.

Anyhoo, some photos.

Billy Blighter

Coming in at number three in the models that look nice but are a fucker to put together (after the Screaming Skull Catapult and the Scraplauncher) is Epidemius, The Tallyman of Nurgle - or more often in my armies, a generic Nurgle Herald on a Palanquin. Epidemius only really works well in a pure Nurgle army, and I doubt I'll have the figures painted for that for a long time.

Check him out!








As I've said before I don't want to spend too long on each part of the army, else I'll be less likely to actually finish it, so no fancy-dan freehand on this mofo's banners'. Instead I've crudely daubed a couple of Nurgle symbols on in my blood mix (Tamiya Smoke and Clear Red). It's come out better on the big banner than the little one, but I'm still reasonably happy with the results.



Lots of the new Citadel Washes have been used on this chap, with mostly pretty pleasing results. The red is especially good for doing sore skin (lovely!). They do have a tendency to dull down metallic colours a bit however.

Lovely Stuff

The Furious Five (Plus One)

These bad boys were painted before the start of my Daemon Army as part of one of my "Armies that never happened collection"(tm). However, I thought they would fit in well with the rest of the army, even if their skin is a little lighter than the other models in the army. Also, they're made out of Strigoi Vampires and Fury wings, so considering how much the buggers cost, I'll be damned if I'm not going to use them.









I've another 9 of these ready to go, so I'll be able to put out three units of five. Although, with US5 needed for flanks, table quarters and objectives, I think I'll probably run two units of 6 or 7 most of the time so I can afford to lose one.

Finally, thanks to Rob Lane whose own Chaos Furies inspired these. I say inspired, these furies are really just a copy of his. But why let a good idea go?