I've cancelled my ticket to WarGames Con in June for the Warhammer Fantasy tournament. I'll still be making the trip to the event, but after over 2 months of no updates for the tournament I decided they didn't deserve my 85 dollars. I'll be taking a lot of pictures and posting them here and all around just enjoying the spectacle of my first national gaming event. I'd rather walk the grounds and check everything out than worry about trying to cram in 5 games of Fantasy in 2 days.
Enough lamenting, here's some progress updates you dirty freaks!
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| Chaos Lord from the Dark Vengeance box set. |
I started this Chaos Lord a couple of nights ago. I sold my Iron Warriors army along with all my Chaos but there was a few things I had to keep and this guy was near the top of the list.
I painted him in Alpha Legion colors, trying to go for an iridescent scheme. Thoughts?
I still have another few days worth of painting to finish him, but I needed a break from Dwarfs for a small bit.
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| Another shot. Plasma shot that is! Zing! |
The only thing I'm having trouble with is deciding the color of his cloak... Normally I'd go with red for a menacing look, but with the blue/green of his armor I'm not sure if it'd clash too much. Hmm...
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| About as sweet of a ride a magical Anvil is going to get I suppose. |
I had decided to run an Anvil of Doom for the WarGames tournament for the 'most competitive' build possible for me stunted warriors. The base for the Anvil just sits there flat on the table however, and that just seemed dull. Here's my solution!
I took 3 sheets of insulation foam and stacked nd glued them together. Then with some utility knife magic I carved the shape into a rough, rocky formation to serve as a platform for the Anvil.
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| Better shot. Same rock. |
After getting the shape of everything I added some extra gravel here and there to help break up the surface. I also glued some of the same rocks that I used on the base of my models to help tie everything together. Next came the painting side of things. Add a few tufts of static grass and presto, it's done.
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| Pissed off dwarf next to a pissed off rock. |
Here's a picture for size comparison. I wanted the anvil to really stand out from the rest of the army.
Although it's probably a tall order for the dwarfs to lift that damn Anvil on top of the rock every time!
See... See what I did there? "Tall order"... Dwarfs... Cause dwarfs are short but I said it's a...
Yeah, moving on.
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| Army shot so far. |
Here's a shot of the three units I've finished so far.
I was able to snag a free 6.5 ft tall display case from a game store that was rearranging their decor. Score! Thanks to my friend Jon for helping me transport the beast and my mentor Jamey for giving me the heads up on the case.
That about wraps things up for now. On my plate for the next few weeks will be a squad of the new Tau Pathfinders, finishing the Chaos Lord, and the continual march of my Dwarf army progress.
So much hobby, so little time.
