Mission Olympics

Tomorrow is the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics, and since I'm one of those people who will watch every single minute of coverage that I can, I've decided to set myself a goal to paint the entire time, and hopefully have the bikes completed by the end.  I would set the goal of having everything painted, but I know I won't be able to tackle the Stormtalon in that time.

Here's the most recent photo of everything together.

I also read today that Battle at Blob's Park has been lowered to 2200 points this year.  Time to go back to the drawing board on what I'm fielding.  

Ogre Yhetee Conversion Idea WIP

Much like I did with my Ogre snipers, I'm going to try working my "Poorhammer" magic on a unit of Yhettie. My idea is to make some nasty looking snowmen for as cheaply as possible. If it works out, AWESOME! If not, I throw it away and call it a day.

Some very early WIP pics



So I'm sure I'm not the first one to think of this idea, and maybe not the first dumb enough to try it, but I couldn't find anyone else who had so I figured I'd give it a shot. As of right now, I've spent:
$10 on styrofoam balls
$3 on a cold temp hot glue gun
$2.50 on the bag of Square bases from GW (There are bunch of bases in the bag, so I'm calling the bases for this 1/4 of the price)
So as of right now, that's $3.10 per Yhettie. Compare that to 17.33 per model that GW charges for their finecast ones.
More pictures as I get closer to completion of the first model, unless it's awful... in which case I'll never mention it again!

Thunderfire Cannon Conversion and Command Squad on Bike

  I've been putting a little time into painting the Thunderfire Cannon.  It's definetly rough at this point, but progress is progress.

I have to fix that gap in the 2 halves of the barrel

 I have the assembly done on my Space Marine Command Squad on Bikes.  I've magnetized one arm on each of them(and remember to make sure the magnets are all facing the same direction this time.)  This way I can customize the unit to my hearts desire.  Slight downside to using the banner I did is that it's a left handed banner and all the weapons I have for the unit are left handed.  So for all the different customization options I'll have to buy 3 lefts and 1 right version.  Not too big of a deal in the long run, but in the time being I'll probably have to do some trading to get all the bitz I need.

In the Grim Future of 40k, there is only left handed people!

Lack of updates, 6th Edition, and Tournament Prep

  Good (insert relevant time of day) everyone.  I haven't updated in a while, and I'm sure most people understand why.  6th Edition Rulebook.  All my normal painting and gaming time has been wrapped up reading and rereading and rerereading that behemoth of a book.  I think I've finally chewed through it enough  that I feel comfortable with the changes for the most part.  I wasn't really the most veteran of 40k player to start with so I'll spare you my "expert analysis" of the book for the most part, but I will say that I think my army got a lot stronger without losing anything.

  Bikes are much better in 6th edition with that addition of Hammer of Wrath, and doing away with the bracketed stats... Toughness 4 (5) becomes just Toughness 5.

  Painting should get back underway soon, especially since my favorite Warhammer Tournament of the year is fast approaching.... The Battle for Blob's Park.  Last year I think I did pretty well as it was the first tournament I did since restarting Warhammer.  I went 2 and 2 for the day and that was using the old Ogre Kingdoms book.  Now that the new book is out and I have a good amount more competitive experience I think I should do better.

  As of right now I have an army list that I threw together that is my starting point for this years list, I have no doubts that this will change after getting some practice games in and finding weaknesses in it, but ya gotta start somewhere.


1 Lord: 378 Pts.   13.5%
3 Heroes: 475 Pts.   16.9%
4 Core Units: 710 Pts.   25.3%
6 Elite Units: 1066 Pts.   38.0%
1 Rare Unit: 170 Pts.   6.0%


Slaughtermaster, Ironfist, lvl4, Arabyan Carpet, Greedy Fist, Lore of Death - 378 Pts.

Bruiser, Ironfist, HA, Warrior Bane, Talisman of Protection, BSB - 158 Pts.
Butcher, Ironfist, lvl2, Relic Sword, Scroll, Lore of The Great Maw - 173 Pts.
Bruiser, General, HA, Tormentor Sword, Talisman of Endurance - 144 Pts.

7 Ogres, Handweapon & Ironfist, Lookout Gnoblar, M, S, C - 259 Pts.
7 Ironguts, M, S, C, Lookout Gnoblar, Standard of Discipline - 351 Pts.
10 Gnoblars, Gnoblar Trappers - 50 Pts.
10 Gnoblars, Gnoblar Trappers - 50 Pts.

4 Maneaters, HA, 4 x Brace of Ogre Pistols, Poisoned Attacks, Sniper, M, S, Std. of Eternal Flame - 294 Pts.
4 Leadbelchers, M - 182 Pts.
4 Leadbelchers, M - 182 Pts.
1 Sabretusks - 21 Pts.
1 Sabretusks - 21 Pts.
4 Mournfang Cavalry, HA, Ironfist, M, S, C, Brace of Ogre Pistols, Dragonhide Std. - 366 Pts.

Ironblaster - 170 Pts.

Total: 2799

It's a little heavy on the shooting side of things, but I'm hoping to use Magic and shooting to whittle down big units because this army is very MSU.  I usually run my maneaters as Scout/Snipers which I am still debating on changing, but giving them poison does add a bit more usability to them.  It's all subject to change.  

As with all tournaments, I need to set myself a list of goals to have accomplished so I will know what I should be working on (even though I just want to start painting more on my Space Marines).

1.  Mournfang Cavalry - I feel bad having not opened them up yet, but my painting queue was being totally dominated by Space Marines, but they're going to jump ahead of the other stuff VERY quickly.

2.  Spell Markers - As you've seen previously, I cranked out some of these already, but I need more of them. The spells that have an area of effect version always ends up being cast on more units than I have spell markers.  

3. Touch up's and repairs - As I am still to get myself a good set of foam to transport my troops around in, things get a little scratched up over time, plus there's not a single model in my army that couldn't stand to have the paintjob improved on them.  

4.  Improve Display Board - Right now it's serving it's purpose, which is to get me some free points in the paint score and  help me carry my army around.  I'd like to jazz it up a bit with some terrain or something.  

5.  Practice, Practice, Practice - Seems kind of dumb to list but maybe if it's on the list I'll do it.  The scenarios are out so I am going to try and see if I can figure out the best way to use my army in them.

  Sorry that this post is just me ranting.  If you're still reading at this point, here's a funny picture.