Think pink: Pink Horrors of Tzeentch done!

Greetings all.

I'm still plodding along with my little quest... Today I managed to finish off my first squad of Pink Horrors. Some of my favourite models in the entire chaos range, these guys are a mix of the original pink and blue horrors. I painted them all as pink horrors though, just thought the squad needed a little variety. I really enjoyed painting these lumpy weirdoes, although they were a nightmare to put together!

I took a pic of the whole lot together, plus individual shots too because I just love these guys!

Whole squad

Howler

Shrieker

Clapbubble

Fluxreaper

Spinner

Glopslobber

Wailer

Squealer

Doomcackle

Piercer

Squawker

Comments welcome of course :)

A big thank you (oh, and some models)!

Greetings all.

Just a quickie from me to say a big thank you to everyone who has shown an interest in my blog so far. It's still getting off the ground but I'm delighted to say that I had the most page views so far yesterday, and I now have my first follower!

So a big, big thank you from me! I've got loads more to paint and post, so hopefully this blog will continue to grow.

Extra special thanks also to the Oldhammer Community on Facebook, there are so many wonders on that page and so much encouragement from all.

I feel like it would be rude of me not to post some pictures of pretty models while I'm here though, so here are some snaps of my Blood Bowl Undead / Necromantic team that I painted a few years ago:

Whole team

 

Head Coach (Old School Chaos Sorcerer)

Mummies - Mumm-Ra and Boney M

 

Flesh Golems - Seymour Gutts and Patrick Mortis

Werewolves - Barkimedes and Horrifido

Ghouls - Mal Odorous and Mal Content

Ghouls - Mal Formed and Mal Icious

Wights - Hanover Fiste and Carrion Waywardson

Zombies - Doug A. Grave and Hal E. Tosis

Zombies - Mort U. Airey and Lance A. Boyle

Zombies - Alfredo D. Darke and Barry M. Deep

Assistant Coaches

Cheerleaders

Turn counter and score counter

Converted Hack Enslash

Converted Sinnedbad

Phew... Bit of a big picture dump, but I hope you enjoy! Comments are welcome as always.

All aboard the murder train: Flesh Hounds & Herald of Khorne finished

Greetings all.

It's been a little while since I've posted, but I have been a busy bee.

There have been a lot of rumours flying around about 7th edition 40k. I'm pretty interested to see what will come of that, even if it means I'll need to change a whole bunch of things about the army to keep it playable... In the meantime though, I've been continuing on my painting schedule and I finished the six remaining Flesh Hounds (for 16 in total) and a Khorne Herald on a Juggernaut to lead them:

This little guy is based on an old Champion of Khorne mounted on an old school Jugger.

 That's all for now chaps. I'm currently working on the horrors I posted before, so look out for them soon. Comments are most welcome!

Progress report: Tzeentch Horrors

Greetings all.

Time for a quick progress report from me. I have made *some* progress recently, but not a great deal...

I've now got my two units of Pink Horrors assembled and undercoated. To distinguish the units from each other, they're each from a different generation. First up there are the first edition Horrors, which are my personal favourites by a LONG way. A complete nightmare to assemble though, and I'm glad I'm not playing Fantasy as I can't imagine the hell of trying to rank these guys up.

They're a mix of pink and blue Horror models, but they'll all be painted the same. I just fancied a bit of variety in the unit.

Next up are the second edition models (and my second favourites):

Again I've gone for a mix of pink and blue to give the unit some variety.

All that remains to be assembled now are eight more original daemonettes, and then I begin my painting frenzy...

I'm trying these guys out in an 1850 battle today, so might take a few snaps of that if the battle is going in my favour ;)

On my desk this week... (w/c 14/04/14)

Greetings all.

Another quick post from me, and a terrible picture to accompany it:

This magnificent pile of lead is currently covering my desk. That's enough Horrors (a selection of Pink and Blue) for two squads of 11, covering my scoring in my current 1500pts list. As is my preference when it comes to my daemons, I've differentiated between the squads by using different generations of models. Seen here are the first generation of Horrors from the Realm of Chaos days, plus another squad of the second edition variety.

You can just about see one of the original Daemonettes on the far left. I'm also putting together 10 or so of these to jump out of the portalglyph.

I'll get some closer pics of these once they're all assembled and ready to roll. That's all for now!

Army list thoughts: 1500pts (again!)

King's Landing baby!

Greetings all.

Ok so the picture is completely unrelated, but as I don't have any models to show you, I thought I'd share!

Been a while since I've posted... I've not been completely idle, but most of my gaming time has been spent assembling ancient bits of lead for my army. I thought I'd just let you know that I'm not dead though. Been thinking about working my list more towards something "competitive" (how I hate that word!).

After another kicking at the hands of my clubmates (three in a row now... oh dear), I've re-jigged the list to this:

HQ

Fateweaver 

Daemon Prince of Slaanesh - Lash, Portal, Wings, Armour, ML3

Troops

11 Horrors

11 Horrors

Fast Attack

16 Flesh Hounds

Heavy Support

Daemon Prince of Tzeentch - Greater Reward, Grimoire, Wings, Armour, ML3

Fortification

Aegis Defence Line

It's similar to what I've been running, but with a few important tweaks. I only have two troops, but I'm very much of the opinion that that's all I need. I can keep the pressure on and do some late game contesting, so I just need a couple campers. I do also have the portal to reinforce home objectives if need be.

The hounds have been beefed up too, and now hide out behind the ADL. I deploy it forwards and let them scout up behind it. If night fighting is in effect, then all the better, or if I get lucky and roll Mental Fortitude (so they can GtG behind it and then pop right up again). The inclusion of the ADL comes from being battered by first turn Eldar and Space Marine firepower recently... Gonna try it out for a while and see how I get on.

Thoughts are welcome as ever. Next time I promise to have (relevant) pictures ;)

The cake is a lie: Portalglyph completed!

Greetings all.

It's just a quick update from me this time around. I've not had a huge amount of time to paint recently, but I did manage to get my portalglyph finished:

I gave the "portal" itself a blue sheen using a few coats of Tamiya Clear Blue to give it that authentic "Stargate" feel ;).

In other news, I got my arse kicked by the Eldar menace again last week and it's given me plenty to think about in terms of my list and tactics. More on that in a future post though.

Comments are welcome!