Altdorf...To Arms !

Having started an Empire Army several weeks ago, my successful ebay bid (the best part of 1250 points worth of assorted spearmen, knights and the like) turned up over the weekend so I can join in the fun..puff.. puff...must paint. Have to say a big shout out to Daniel Eatch. Not only was the army superbly put together and 'cleaned' but he threw in a whole load of 'spare sprues' of which there were so many, I thought the picture of a completed army on Ebay was a fake and I'd been sent an army to build (check the arrival picks)

This is going to be a tough order for me. If I'm honest, I'm probably the slowest painter of the group, on account of me being the least tidy and having to constantly touch areas up so this is going to be an insane challenge..not least of which is going to be due to the 1000 points choice list. Mind you, I also tend to lack discipline and pay more attention to interesting modelling ideas rather than the task in hand. There are a couple of pics of one completed and one work in progress to give you an idea as well as a snap of some completed Swordsmen to show the colour scheme. The new order "all hail the dip!" has helped a great deal and it really does save hours although you have to get your head around your models looking shocking before the liquid gold (brown) does it's stuff. Models in the pics are dipped so you'll get an idea of how it works on different colours.

Right...on with the 1000 point list:

Heroes

Captain with Kit - 89 pts

Battle Wizard (L2) with Kit - 135 pts

Core

15 Swordsmen with upgrades - 115 pts

15 Spearmen with upgrades - 91 pts

10 Handgunners - 80 pts

5 Knights with upgrades, steel standard - 175 pts

Special

10 Greatswords with upgrades - 130 pts

1 x Mortar - 75 pts

Rare

Hellblaster Volley Gun - 110 pts

Great list and bang on the 1000 points. Only problem is..thats 47 models to paint.....eek..

Pics.....

Hurrah for Zharr-Naggrund!

Here we go with my first ever post, and, as usual, I'm making a rod for my own back.

"Hello again", says I; "Tale of # gamers, eh? Can I join in? For old times' sake?". So far, so good. Yes, I'm a pretty slow painter, but surely I can manage £25 worth of models a month? Then the hammer falls. "I'll make up a Chaos Dwarf force!" Doh!

Still, let's give this a shot. The last known army list for Chaos Dwarves is in the Ravening Hordes booklet, which dates back around 10 years or so ago. Likewise, the original CD minis (with big hats) have not been updated in even longer. So, I guess I'm going to have to use the good old "counts as" process with the goodie-two-shoes Dwarven list, and convert all of the models from the current range.

So, I don't have the book just yet, but I intend for my force to include:

Chaos Dwarf Warriors (Dwarf Warriors)
Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses (Dwarf Thunderers)
Leader (Thane/Runesmith)
Death Rocket (Not sure about the nearest equivalent here. Either a Bolt Thrower or Organ Gun)
Chaos Dwarf Immortals (Ironbreakers)

If points allow, I will try to squeeze in a few of the other distinctive Chaos Dwarf Units, such as Bull Centaurs and Hobgoblins using Dogs of War unit rules, but there's no point in worrying about them just yet...

Well, I guess I'd better feed the slaves in preparation for this momentous task.

Cheers,

Big Papa

5th Edition Marauders

With the 5th Edition of 40k only weeks away I have been giving some thought to my Marauder Chapter Marines. I have a reasonable selection of units to choose from and have always favoured Tactical squads so no immediate problem with taking 'Troop' choices to secure objectives.

However the new Marine Codex is being issued in October so I don't want to make any significant changes, in the form of new models and painting, until the rumours of the new book are confirmed or denied. So, with this in mind I have devised a 1500 point force to enable me to learn the 5th edition. I intend to play this force unchanged until the new Codex release.

Marine Captain – Bike – Combi Plasmagun
Terminator Squad 5 Terminators - Assault Cannon - Heavy Flamer
Tactical Squad 1 Vet Sgt - Power Fist, 9 marines - Heavy Bolter and Flamer - Rhino
Tactical Squad 2 Vet Sgt - Power Fist, 9 marines - Lascannon and Meltagun - Rhino
Tactical Squad 3 Sgt - 9 marines - Plasma Cannon and Plasmagun – Rhino
Bike Squadron 4 Bikes – Flamer
Assault Squad 5 Jump Pack Marines – Flamer
Predator Destructor

I still need to finish building and paint these figures but I've had plans to do these for a while. I'll add pictures of the new units and the complete force over the next couple of weeks.