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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Invasion Kenosha 40K Results

Overall Winner:Tyler Meyer Best Appearance: Ernie Hall The 40K Hobbyist: Mike Rhodes
Player's Name Army Book Total Score
Tyler Meyer Dark Eldar 97
Elliott Levy Orks 95
Miguel  Palacios Tau Empire 87
John Gaszak (Ringer) Necrons 77
Ernie Hall Orks 76
John Kowols Tau Empire 69
Alexander Nitke Eldar 67
Nicholas Randall Eldar 64
Curtis Kaminski Eldar 56
Mike Rhodes Chaos Marines 49

Invasion Kenosha V WFB Results



Overall Winner - David Witek
Best Appearance - James 'Domus' Hyde
The Hobbyist - Steve Herner
Pod #1 Greg Dausey
Pod #2 Chuck Jiardina
Pod #3 Mark Vittone
Golden Stein - Steve Herner

Results by Name
Player's Name Army Book Club Appearance Total Score
Alex Godlewski  Skaven Rat, Midget & Daemon 14 72
Andrew Greiling Ogre Kingdoms WWHFB.com 14 65
Andrew Karolus Wood Elves Unstable Dice Podcast 24 86
Ben Cone Tomb Kings WWHFB.com 23 81
Chuck Jiardina Warriors of Chaos Unstable Dice Podcast 28 99
David Witek Vampire Counts NW2 24 102
Grant Fetter Ogre Kingdoms NW2 27 78
Greg Dausey Warriors of Chaos Holy Hammers 22 94
Harrison Witek High Elves NW2 20 69
Jacob Rasmussen Warriors of Chaos Rat, Midget & Daemon 20 95
James Hyde Wood Elves Unstable Dice Podcast 28 99
James Maslanka Ogre Kingdoms Unaffliated 14 67
Joel Mousseau Ogre Kingdoms IWFB 20 74
Joel Rasmussen Chaos Dwarves Rat, Midget & Daemon 23 81
John McCarthy Dark Elves Unaffliated 16 72
Kevin Fleming Orcs & Goblins Unstable Dice Podcast 21 75
Kyle Frank Empire Holy Hammers 22 72
Lenny Szatkowski Empire IWFB 20 86
Mark Vittone Daemons of Chaos WWHFB.com 18 93
Matthew Herrbold Chaos Dwarves WWHFB.com 25 72
Matthew Jayjack Orcs & Goblins WWHFB.com 15 58
Paul Wagner Warriors of Chaos WWHFB.com 23 75
Quinn Herner Ogre Kingdoms Holy Hammers 14 63
Reed Herner Lizardmen Holy Hammers 17 73
Stephen Herner Wood Elves Holy Hammers 28 85
Tyler Harshey Empire IWFB 24 76
Average Score 20.92307692 79.30769231
Ranked by Overall Results
Player's Name Army Book Club Appearance Total Score
David Witek Vampire Counts NW2 24 102
Chuck Jiardina Warriors of Chaos Unstable Dice Podcast 28 99
James Hyde Wood Elves Unstable Dice Podcast 28 99
Jacob Rasmussen Warriors of Chaos Rat, Midget & Daemon 20 95
Greg Dausey Warriors of Chaos Holy Hammers 22 94
Mark Vittone Daemons of Chaos WWHFB.com 18 93
Andrew Karolus Wood Elves Unstable Dice Podcast 24 86
Lenny Szatkowski Empire IWFB 20 86
Stephen Herner Wood Elves Holy Hammers 28 85
Ben Cone Tomb Kings WWHFB.com 23 81
Joel Rasmussen Chaos Dwarves Rat, Midget & Daemon 23 81
Grant Fetter Ogre Kingdoms NW2 27 78
Tyler Harshey Empire IWFB 24 76
Kevin Fleming Orcs & Goblins Unstable Dice Podcast 21 75
Paul Wagner Warriors of Chaos WWHFB.com 23 75
Joel Mousseau Ogre Kingdoms IWFB 20 74
Reed Herner Lizardmen Holy Hammers 17 73
Alex Godlewski  Skaven Rat, Midget & Daemon 14 72
John McCarthy Dark Elves Unaffliated 16 72
Kyle Frank Empire Holy Hammers 22 72
Matthew Herrbold Chaos Dwarves WWHFB.com 25 72
Harrison Witek High Elves NW2 20 69
James Maslanka Ogre Kingdoms Unaffliated 14 67
Andrew Greiling Ogre Kingdoms WWHFB.com 14 65
Quinn Herner Ogre Kingdoms Holy Hammers 14 63
Matthew Jayjack Orcs & Goblins WWHFB.com 15 58

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Rise of Legends - Da Burna Boy'z (Pt. 3)

So as I discussed in my last article I wrote up a Dogs of War entry for my group which I’ll link to in this article.  I’ve also begun work in earnest on the models themselves.  The first guy I started work on was the Boar Boy who has the Club Wiv a Nail In’ because that idea just stuck in me really fast exactly how I wanted him to look.  I also began work on the Wolf Rider too and moved on him pretty fast.

First up is the Boar Boy with the Veteran Kit Club Wiv a Nail In'



Second is the Goblin Wolf Rider



I had to mince together some weapon arms from other Orcs for the Boar Rider.  About 90% of the models I own for the O&G army I plan on building are 5th/6th edition single pose models which means I’m going to be doing a lot of chopping up during both this and that eventual project.  Still, I liked the look of the scale armor and the pouch on his belt since everyone is going to be carrying bags of ill gotten gains.

I also worked on the Wolf Rider; I wanted to give him more action to, so I cut the Wolf in half and put him back together to make it look like he’s jumping over a small bush.  I’m not sure what to do with the Boar Boy base yet though.

This is going to be a short post so here is the link to the DoW Entry for Da Burna Boyz!

Regiment of Renown - Da Burna Boy'z! (.pdf Version)
Regiment of Renown - Da Burna Boy'z! (.docx Version)

I’ve also included a link to the Microsoft Word Document in case anybody wants to use it as a template to create their own Regiment of Renown entry for fun.  I recommend it personally.  I think coming up with fluff and background is a great part of the hobby and can really help you get into the spirit of this type of project.

Da Burna Boy'z!
Part 1
Part 2

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Regiment of Renown: Demonic Warriors of Chaos #2

ODT - Gaming 
 

 Rise of Legends Warriors of Chaos


 

Chosen, General – Enchanted shield, Nurgle, luck stone, devastating charge stone, dragon bane gem, halberd 
Forsaken slannesh, frenzy, swift-stride, renown – hatred
Warrior, nurgle, halberd, Halberd
Warrior nurgle, shield, Halberd
Warrior khorne, shield, Sword
 

Frontal View of Chaos Warrior with Hand Weapon
 

Side view of Chaos Warrior with hand weapon
An example of the warriors above is a Chaos Warrior with Sword I will use for the RoL.  I now have to convert several other models with halberds, a Slannesh forsaken, and a Nurgle Chosen warrior.

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Rise of Legends - Da Burna Boy'z (Pt. 2)

Good day everyone,

So since the first post I’ve gathered my models and all but finalized my list for better or worse and am now getting more into the fluff of the army.  The list is:

Gorgut Necksplitter
-Orc Boar Boy – Leader, Shield, Dragonhelm, Gold Sigil Sword

Gorbad Brainbasha
-Orc Boar Boy – Dog of War, Shield, Club Wiv a Nail In’

Shoota Stick-eye
-Orc  Arrer Boy – Dog of War, Hand Crafted Ammo

Crusha Backbreaker
-Orc – Dog of War, The Epic Flail, Big ‘Un

Nabba
-Orc – Extra Hand Weapon

Stompa
-Orc – Extra Hand Weapon

Basha
-Orc – Extra Hand Weapon

Weedo
-Goblin Wolf Rider – Shortbow, Shield, Spear

I’ve changed my list quite a bit since I last wrote.  I didn’t like the idea of the low Armor Save on the Black Orc so made a Boar Boy the leader because I could easily armor him up to a 2+.  Also I upgraded this guy to a Champion because I really, really wanted the extra attack.  I think 15 points is awfully expensive for that, but I still chose to go this route.  Then I wasn’t satisfied with 18” bows so I dropped a Wolf Rider and added an Arrer Boy for the range.

With that hammered out, I decided to start choosing names for the models.  I decided if you weren’t big and bad then you didn’t get two names because only the biggest and baddest Orcs can demand others call them by proper names.  All of my Orcs names in some way or another basically represent violence.  The only exception to this is Nabba who is going to be the Orc carrying the Pig.  He likes to nab things.  The Goblin who is too weak to earn a second name, was given a disdainful name more like a pet.

I debated on naming my Boars as well, but chose not to.  My plan currently is to write up a piece of background fluff for the unit basing it off of the old Dogs of War entries from their army book in 5th which usually listed a piece of background story, a list of named guys, special items/rules, etc… and then a company motto or battle cry.  As below:
I’m getting rather excited about it all now and now that I’m starting the conversion and construction process I’m looking quite forward to getting these guys put together.  I’m still not certain of basing schemes to use.  I wanted to go super fancy on them; but since these guys will end up one day in part of a much larger army I’m not sure what to do.  I guess I can worry about it later.  That’s all for now, hopefully your all still interested in what we’re doing on these articles and definitely keep an eye on the Blog to see some progression.

In the future articles that I write I will include links at the bottom so you can go backwards to see previous posts on my Regiment in case you forget something or you jump into this whole shin dig late and have missed some posts.

Da Burna Boy'z!
Part 1

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Pjschard Cult of Slaanesh Dark Elves

I'm entering into the fray with Dark Elves 
                Cult of Slaanesh fell into place when I went through my bitz box and found 10 (!) different elf sorceresses from 8 manufacturers unfinished.  My original idea was to use them all and just have a coven of sorceresses. However, I quickly abandoned that idea after attempting to figure out WYSIWYG for the figures, and realizing my opponents would spend the entire game just trying to remember which figure had which rules.  Having so many different manufacturers meant that stylistically the Regiment looked like crap, so I sadly started winnowing out my extra minis.  
                  I knew that I wanted Morathi in the list, and I had an unfinished Morathi on foot conversion in my bitz box, so my other sorceresses would have to look similar.  Begrudgingly, I dismissed my Reaper sorceress (a beautiful Werner Klocke sculpt, but far too chunky.)  Then, I decided against a nice conversion I had planned for a Confrontation Sorcerer (way too tall.) The Fenryll harpy got the boot after (way too small,) and the Ginfritter's Dark Elf Pirate Queen fell along the wayside as well (way too pirate-y.)  The  next to go was the Warplock Monkey Wood Elf Sorceress I have.  (I love the sculpt but didn't like the idea of chopping bits off to match my theme.)  I eliminated the cold one sorceress by GW due to my display board idea, and to the fact that the sculpt had too much forward momentum to fit in with the other minis.
                This left me with a nice small force, a Dark Age mini with a blade for a hand fit the lithe graceful feel of Morathi very well, and the Mantic mini was a little small, but a very nice match.  The Avatars of War sorceress with the reptile scale skirt would help tie in my conversion idea for my core, and fit perfectly stylistically.  Last I had a plastic GW Dark Elf Sorceress.  This is the second one I have bought, and I just couldn't resist the opportunity to paint her again.   
                 The Morathi miniature GW makes comes on a Dark Pegasus, so no set of standing legs.  I fixed this with a set of corsair boots, and matched this with corsair gloves to replace the hands I had used for other conversions in the past.  This left me with the problem of core.  I had none.
                I had originally thought about including a unit of witch elves in my dark elf army, but didn't like the look of the GW ones, so way back when I had done a test conversion with a plastic daemonette using the same method as Morathi.  I really liked it, but didn't fancy converting up 20 more.  Five more seemed like a good choice and they were perfect for my theme, so I happily set about chopping and converting.  The Core are all set then.

Here's my list
5 Corsairs
5 Witch Elves (Chosen of Slaanesh)

I like Domus's idea of listing goals so here are mine.
Consistency
I want the models to look consistent despite the different manufacturers.
I want the basing to be at an equally high standard as the paint.
I want to sculpt a display base for this project.
I want a display piece out of this project.
I want all ten models to tell a story as a whole and as individual models.
I want all ten models exhibit a very high level of painting
specifically:
use of color
blending


I will be updating the blog, but there are already a few (albeit blurry) pictures in my twitter feed.  (Pjschard)

til next time.....