Wednesday, November 30, 2016

3MMRC: Week8-9 Nearing the home strech.

So with the insanity of the American Turkey Day I missed last weeks post.  So this is another 2 in one post.  I didn't get much done that week either.  I did manage to finish a unit of Knights Exemplar that are going to be fielded during The Crossroads of Courage League Season 2.  The fit in line with most of the rest of my Protectorate army and nothing fancy there.


The next week was a bit more productive, as part of the League one of the Goals is to paint 19 points of Warjacks or Warbeasts and field them.  So I decided to knock it out all in one fell swoop. A little while back my wife came across a massive lot of Protectorate stuff part of which was a Judicator.  So that started this week.  It also included a couple of new Warcasters one of which I have been eyeing for awhile.  Grand Exemplar Kreoss.  After building an Exemplar Heavy list with Kreoss2 at the head I had 2 points left.  So going back to the lot and seeing what I had in there to make up 2 points I found 2 Vassal Mechaniks.  That finished up my painting for the week.  I still have to finish the Judicator's base and stretching the rules of the Challenge a little bit I bid on a Cygnar jack for $5.00 on Ebay to chop up and put on the base.  Even though it is kind of a complete model it will be used as bits to finish a single model.



Lastly since over the weekend we finally restarted the IKRPG group with their new characters.  I managed to finish up one of them.  A Knight/Arcanist with a suit of Exemplar Army passed down to his family for generations.  I shaved off all the Menofexes and replaced some of them with Purity seal tops.  The shield is form a Space Marine Assault Marine kit the head is from my bits box and I have no idea where it came form but the Player picked it out to replace the more traditional Exemplar Head.  Two of the PC's decided to keep their models and the last one I have some ideas for I just need to source out a new Female head for her character as my bits box is firmly lacking in female bits.


I will try to get a few more models painted this week but my main focus is actually goign to be on finishing some terrain from my mountain as well as knocking out a piece of terrain (or 3 or 6) for the League.  Anyways that is all for now Happy painting.


Wednesday, November 16, 2016

3MMRC: Week 6-7 I think I can I think I can.

So has been a busy last 2 weeks but not as much in the realm of painting.  I had 24 hr. Duty the Saturday before last which due to daylight savings time became 25 hrs.  In that time I got 10 Bane Thralls painted and started putting some paint on the cultists I had assembled a couple of weeks prior,


I am quite happy with them and now have am urge to put together a couple of viable Cryx armies once my Mountain is a bit smaller.  I already have several of their Warcasters from various E-bay lots as well as a couple of Helljacks and Bonejacks.

After duty I headed home and got a bit of sleep before heading out to run a 1 day Crossroads of Courage event.  It had a very small turn out but everyone had fun and both the wife and I got 2 games each in.  I only managed to Snag 2 pictures, one of the 2 battle zone boards and 1 of my wife and I in our respective matches on Turn 2.



This last week saw little done due to a Weekend trip over the Veteran's Day weekend to help some friends of ours at another Base move.  I still managed to finish the Cultists I was working on as well as a couple more.  I now have 7 left of the 30ish I plan to build and paint.  I lost one sprue that I latter found so one of the flamer armed cultists is converted.  I also turned all the Heavy Stubber cultists into weapon teams to let me use them as Renegades and Heretics.  I will probably knock out just enough to field them as 3 squads of 10 man cultists in addition to the a Renegade Militia Platoon.  One of the models was already painted form the last challenge and just migrated to a base and had another model added to it.  


My goal for this week is to finish some more if not all of the cultists and knock out a unit fo Knights Exemplar for Courage at the Crossroads season 2.  Happy painting all.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

3MMRC: Week 5 Werewolves and Zombies and Mines... oh my.

So this week was very productive but not in the way I had intended.  I had started on the Zombies and had 4 up(to make 5 with the original proof of concept model.)  Then when my IKRPG group fell through I got invited to do a Halloween themed Hordes/Warmachine demo at one of the FLGSs.  Since I didn't have anything really Halloween themed I decided to see what I had in the Mountain.  As it turns out I had a Cryx Helljack I could make into the last Jack to make a 0 pt. Goreshade1 list.

I also had 2 sets of Circle of Orboros starters form the Mark II 2 player box.  So Kaya1 with the Feral Warpwolf and to Wild Argus also makes 0 pts.  I started them all Saturday morning (about 4AM) and had them finished by 4:30 just in time to head out the door.  So 12 hours to finish a battle group not too shabby.  I painted them in a similar scheme to the Thing in the Woods.  I also broke out my Basius pads and added some green stuff texture ot the bases.  Overall I am very happy with them as a Demo Battlegroup for Hordes.


So I finally got back to the Zombies after Halloween since the kid going Trick or Treating was a bigger priority.  I finished them up last night, I am not as happy with them as I am with the first batch but can't put my finger on exactly why.  This batch is mostly converted Cultists form the batch I have assembled, though with them done that is half of the way through them.


So the other thing I have been plugging away at over the last week is some terrain for an upcoming Courage at the Crossroads in a Day thing at one of the FLGSs.  Since the Press Ganger at that store kind of failed at organizing anything after the store got the kit we are doing a League in a Day event.  I offered to finish up some of the Terrain for the 2 battle fields in the league in addition to running it.  I had started 2 mines during the League I had participated in but didn't get them done by the end of it.  They are a little larger then the rules state but I think they Look cool as is and once finished will hopefully make that battle field.  They are still very much in progress but are a good way in.  I also have 6 Tents for the Bandit Camp.  They are just a Bamboo skewer frame with shop towels then painted with watered down PVA but I think they look decent for a start.  Hope to have them done by Friday night.


Lastly I got a one off Mars Attacks civilian painted up while demonstrating some painting techniques to the wife (who then promptly ignored my advice and did her own thing that still turned out really cool.  Oh so she has also now completed a Legion of Everblight Battlegroup for Hordres.  Well mostly as soon as I get done posting this I need to mix up some PVA and water so she can add snow to the bases.  So with that farewell for now happy painting.