Campaigns!!!

I saw today that GW put up Crusade of fire today. It is basically a 'expansion' for campaigns. I immediatly preordered (only £25!!). This will hopefully give some interesting games in the future.

Until then.

Project OOP: Leman Russ

 This is how far i have got with my Leman Russ 'renovation' conversion. I used an old space wolf backpack so i can put a banner on, and a pelt from the grey hunter back (cut it off and glued it on. I also took 2 space wolf chainswords and glued then together to make Mjaniar. You may notice it is slightly bent, this is purposful to make it more like a sabre.

I think im done with the model now, i just need to do the base (a mountain peak!) the banner, and paint it AND do Freki and Geri.

Until then.

Custom rules for Primarch Leman Russ

Leman Russ:

WS BS  S  T  W  I  A  LD  SV
  8     6   6  6   5  7  5  10  2+/4+

Infantry

Mjanair (+2S, AP2, Melee)
When rolling to wound, a 6 will cause instant death on the target, regardless of toughness.
Armour bane

Artificer armour

Pelt of the world wolf (4+ invun)

Helm of russ (see codex space wolves)

Living legend (see codex space wolves)

Fleet

Adamantium will

Eternal warrior

Indepentdant character

Feel no pain (6+)

Fear

Counter attack

Hammer of wrath

It will not die

Monster hunter

Acute senses

Rage

Relentless

Master crafted bolter

Wolf standard

Greatest of warriors:
Russ must always issue challenges when possible. If the challenge is denied, then Russ gains +1 A for every character that denied the challenge for that assult phase.

Psychic powers:
Wolf howl:
Use for rules for thunder clap (see codex space wolves) but: S5 AP3

Freki and Geri:

WS BS  S  T  W  I  A  LD  SV
  5     0   5   5   2  5  3  8    4+/5+

Cavlary

Immortal spirit: 5+ invun.

Fleet

Fear

Counter attack

Acute senses

Rage

Russ must always be accompained by Freki and Geri, any may never leave them (they count as 1 squad). He can still join other squads as normal.


So what does everyone think?
Are these good rules, or overpowered?

Until then.

Project OOP

OOP. Out of production. A gold mine for collectors. Recently a cousin of mine gave me a bunch of unwanted old models. I was looking through them and from what was there i was like *meh*.
But then i came across the old vintage great unclean one. Sure he was small (only slightly bigger then a plague bearer) but he was a beauty. So i decided i would fix him up (lots of gaps etc) and paint him and field him as a tribute to the old days.




Ages ago we got a job lot off ebay for space wolves. Just so odd bits here and there. Then we came across this. An old Leman Russ model. Sure he was missing his wolves, blade, cape, back pack, and standard, but i took him on. I am going to convert this baby and make him the best damn primarch hes meant to be.

So this is project OOP, getting a GUO to playing standard and converting a primarch back up to shape. Im even going to make some rules for Russ (based off the rules for Angron in the horus heresy rulebook). I will do regular updates on this so stay tuned.

Until then.

Just a quick update

This is probably the worse thing to do for my blog, but check out this other blog!!
http://darkfuturegaming.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Project%20Hellworm

This guy scratched built a nurgle helldrake (or Hellworm) and it is amazing.

Maybe i should get into green stuff some more...

Until then.

X vs Y. Blight drone VS Storm talon. UPDATED 7TH ED

Both of these units are basicaly the same thing but one loves chaos, the other not so much. In this post i will decide which is better and why. I will either help your decision, or confuse you even more. Lets begin.

Blight drone:
Pros:

• Has a 5+ inun, and ignores shaken and stunned results, and a 2+ shrouded jink cover save!!
• It has 12 front armour
• 3 weapons profiles to chose from (one of which is a battle cannon!)
• Can come in squads of 3

Cons:

• Only BS 2
• Back armour 10

Storm talon:
Pros:

• Can escort units
• Immune to melta
• Has strafing run (addition BS against certain targets)
• Lots of weapon choices
• BS 4
• Cheaper then the blight drone

Cons:

• Can only go solo
• Only armour 11 all round

Its obvious that the blight drone is far tougher then the storm talon (even if it is immune to melta). But storm talon does have a higher choice of weapons to choose from the equip itself for different enemies, and is cheaper. In the end the blight drone has 'more' weapons (3 weapon profiles compared to the talon's 2 max - oh wait it can have a missile launcher, 3 profiles max). The ST is cheaper and better at shooting things while the BD is tougher. It all comes down to their basic weapons.

Blight drone:

• Strength 6 flamer
• Half range Battle cannon
• Twin linked reaper autocannon

Storm talon:

• Twin linked assult cannon
• Twin linked heavy bolter (or lascannon, or typhoon launcher, or skyhammer launcher)

At only BS2 the BD will be missing alot of the time, on the other hand the ST has high balistic skil (especially against ground targets due to strafing run) and is twin linked so it is almost guarantted to hit, but with less area covered (only small blasts or solid dice rolls compared to the drones multitude of templates)

My verdict, the ST is for precision kills, taking out flyers and tanks, while the BD is better against infantry so it can use its flamer up close, don't even bother with flyers. One v One im not so sure who would win, as the talon could is really good at anti air, but the drone is so tough even though it has 2 HP, that 2+ cover save is really what makes it. In the end i am going to be baised and say the drone is better as it is alligned to chao-GLORY TO NURGLE!!!

Cheers
Until then.

X vs Y. Bloodcrushers VS Flamers of tzeentch

Bloodcrushers and Flamers are both elite units. These are probably both the most powerful elite choices in the codex (fiends and beasts of nurgle, meh) and are 2 units that your not sure which to take. In this post, i will either help your decision, or confuse you even more. Lets begin.

Bloodcrushers:
Pros:

• Tough (2 wounds, 5 toughness, 3+ save)
• High attacks and strength mean they hit hard
• Same price as a terminator
• Have power weapons
• Have furious charge (bringing them up to 6 strength) meaning they can pop tanks
• High weapon skill

Cons:

• Slow (only infantry)
• Only 4 initiative so space marine can hit back before they die
• No shooting attack

Flamers:
Pros:

• Awsome breath of chaos that can kill anything
• Fast (jump infantry)
• Cheap
• Tough (2 wounds, 4 toughness)
• Can have a pyrocaster to use look out sir to spread wounds out through the squad

Cons:

• They need to get close to do damage, and will be useless in combat (but can hold out for a while)
• Only a 5+ invun
• Low weapon skill

One is combat alined, one is shooting. Bloodcrushers can be improved if you attatch a skulltaker on juggernaut to the squad to kill characters. But 3 squads of 3 suicide flamers can cause havoc, and make up for their points a few times over (land raiders beware!).

I think flamers are better because they are almost half the cost of bloodcrushers and can take out terminators no problem (unlike most things in the game). They are fast and can get to where they need to be and flame the opponents most precious stuff. Of course some bloodcrushers in your army wouldn't hurt to get some extra combat capability.

What do you think, which model is better and why? Tell me in the comments and they will be read and replied to.

Also, what should i X vs Y next? Choose 2 units from the Chaos daemons codex that your not sure what to take over what, then post it in the comments.

Until then.

X vs Y. Screamers of tzeentch VS Seekers of slaanesh

Screamers (SoT) and Seekers (SoS) are both fast attack units. These are probably both the most powerful fast attack choices in the codex (furies, WHY!, blood hounds are ok, and you can see my decision on the hell flayer in my previous post) and are 2 units that your not sure which to take. In this post, i will either help your decision, or confuse you even more. Lets begin.

Seekers:
Pros:

• Fast
• Hit hard with rending
• High attacks and initiative
• Have assault and defensive grenades
• Cheap for what you get

Cons:

• Soft, low toughness
• Low strength
• No shooting attacks

Screamers:
Pros:

• Fast
• Good anti-tank/elite
• Tough, 2 wounds
• Lots of attacks
• Reasonable cheap

Cons:

• No shooting attacks
• Low weapon skill

Seekers are good at despatching hordes, while screamers are better and tanks and things like terminators. It all comes down to what you face more often.

Seekers can be considerably improved if you give them a herald of slaanesh with soporific mask (hit and run). This means you run in, cripple them, and run away, and do it again, over and over. This quickly becomes a nuisance for you opponent, and will whittle down their forces. Doing this makes seekers better then screamers, but more expensive.

Personally i don't know which to go for, so i will go with both. And if points are tight, like i said, it depends what you play against.

What do you think, which model is better and why? Tell me in the comments and they will be read and replied to.

Also, what should i X vs Y next? Choose 2 units from the Chaos daemons codex that your not sure what to take over what, then post it in the comments.

Until then.

X vs Y. Nurgle Soul grinder VS Plague hulk UPDATED 7TH ED

When i first started my mono-nurgle list i was immediatly drawn to the plague hulk (Imperial armour apoc). At first glance, it seems ok. But when you look into it, is it really better then a nurgle soul grinder? In this post i will weigh up the pros and cons of each model (i will not include stuff that both models have)

Plague hulk:
Pros:

• Has a fancy template weapon which in some ways is better then baleful torrent for the grinder, in addition to a weaker version of plhegm bombardment - so it has more template weapons (at AP3 as well)

Cons:

• Initiative 2 (worse then soul grinder)
• Balistic skill 2 (worse then soul grinder)

Soul grinder
Pros:

• Can have a variety of ranged weapons
• Has a harvester cannon, which is good against flyers and light vehicles

Cons:

•  More expensive then plague hulk with upgrades (by about 20-30 points as you are going to want to take baleful torrent or plhegm bombardment)

The comparision between baleful torrent and rancid vomit are intersting (the flamer weapons on the grinder and hulk respectively). While baleful torrent has torrent so has longer range, rancid vomit has a lower AP and a flat roll of 3+ poisened which is better against a wider range of targets. Rot cannon does not even compare to plhegm bombardment, bombardement is better in everyway. The main thing the grinder has going for it is access to skyfire, giving it more things it can potentially kill.

So while the grinder is more expensive it will be killing a bigger range of things (higher initiative, more range on flamer weapons, higher strength on plhegm bombardment and can harm flyers) over the course of a game, the hulk is a more specialised against hordes and marines with its multitude of AP 3 template weapons, at a cheap price. I would say both have their merits, and i will have to test out the plague hulk (150 points is tempting) to fully see if it is superior to the grinder or not.

Cheers.
Until then

I'M BACK BABY!

I'm back. Sorry for the huge break in posts lately, i've been busy. After 3 years of it's release, i've finally started to paint my Space hulk miniatures (2 models so far, but 2 on the way). Here they are:

I'm pretty pleased with how they came out, what do you think?

Also my daemon prince is done! After a few weeks i have managed to sit down and paint. Here he is...

I love this guy, he kills good and looks good. To do the wings i painted them elf flesh then washed them carroburg crimsom and then seraphim sepia. Check out the army so far...

My nid beating army is almost fully painted, next a converted nurgle soul grinder (maybe a plague hulk?) will be added to my army, look forward to that.

Until then.

Model love

Just a quick update. I have had a game with my new winged daemon prince.

He destroyed everything.

In a 1000 point game the daemon prince (now named Vorax) took to the skies and murdered 30 space wolves by the end of the game, and only took 2 wounds. It may have just been luck, but i am already liking this guy. I am going to be green stuffing the wings to make them more nurgley and will take pics of it soon. I am saving up for a second nurgle prince with wings (but this time i am going to heavily green stuff the plastic daemon prince, so they look different). Look forward to that. Until then.

Nurgle daemon prince with wings conversion

To finish off my tyranid beating list i am constructing a winged nurgle prince. In this post i will show you a step by step of how i done it.
 First of the sprues, wings, and construction:

My idea was to, instead of putting the smoke stacks on the back, put wings on instead. I bought some dragon wings from the GW site. I am going to carve a small indent on either side of the model and chop the sticky out bits on the wings in two so that it can fit in the holes i am making so that the wings will be sturdier. I will then green stuff the wings to that they blend seamlessly into the model. Here here are the 'holes':










And now the finished model.

Altogether i am thourghly pleased with the result. The wings are holding like a treat and it looks fantastic.

I will be painting this up soon so i will show some pics when its done. Until then.

Simple nurgle daemon painting tutorial

This is a super easy, super quick, super outcome paint scheme for daemons of nurgle. Heres a list of all the paints you will need:
White primer
Arthonian camoshade
Seraphim sepia
Cassanndora yellow
Carroburg crimsom
Screaming bell
Agrax earthshade
Lead belcher (optional)

You will notice that most of these are washes (or shades). This is because shades are easier to do then highlighting (a lazy way to paint models if you will) and i don't want to have to use 30 paints on each model.

First, spray the models white. Any spray will do (to an extent) but I would recommend using  Games Workshop skull white. Your going to need an even coat.

Next, wash all the cuts, guts, mouths and holes carroburg crimsom, then wash all boils, eyes, and bumps cassanndora yellow.

Paint the swords screaming bell, then wash agrax earthshade. If you feel like it, highlight/drybush lead belcher to give a rusted effect.

The remainder of the model that is still white (not bone, leave that white) is then washed arthonian camoshade.

After this wash anything that isn't  the sword seraphim sepia as this will fill in a left over white spaces and blend everything together.

So there you have it. A super simple and quick way to paint your nurgle daemons with.

Look forward to space wolf, ork, and other daemon painting tutorials!

3rd times a charm...

 So this are the pics of my current mono nurgle daemon army (800 points):

I am going to get a winged nurgle daemon prince soon to complete my nid beating nurgle army.

Great unclean one
Aura of decay
Cloud of flies

Epidermius

x14 plague bearers

x13 plague bearers

nurgle prince
wings
noxious touch
aura of decay
cloud of flies
iron hide
unholy might

995

I will do a post later about tactics for my list.

I am 40% done on painting the list and have 6 weeks to do so. I will be doing a painting tutorial for my plague bearers soon.

Until then, see ya!

We have lift off...

Ork boy

Great unclean one

Tau fire warriors/converted human auxillaries
A.K.A Master chief

Converted rune priest

First let me introduce my self, I am flashkid123, herald of nurgle, etheral of tau, and preacher of the emperor. So as you can tell, I collect daemons, tau and sisters of battle (SOB). I currently have 750, 3000, and 1750 points respectivly in each army. I have just started my daemon army and i will soon post pics up of all my armies and tactica's and possibly battle reports. Around this text you can see multiple examples of some of my work, from mine and my brother's armies. More pics will ensue. So stay tuned!