Goatboy - I am alive! Thank goodness

I have been stuck in Nashville for 2 days. My flight got canceled on Sunday, then Monday, and finally I got out and back to work on Tuesday. So that means I have to work on Thursday to cover the Monday I couldn't work as well as cover some time from getting in late. I know exciting stuff eh?

A quick announcement - I will be at FTW Games (Aka Spikey Bits) on June 2nd thru June 5th for their "Birthday" Celebration. I will be drawing on bags, throwing down with dice, and even playing a little bit of Magic if I feel like it. I know the Gaming Renaissance Goat Man. So come out and say hi. I'll be drawing on bags for $25.00 bucks a piece as well as doing other random and interesting art things for those interested.

Well if you knew about the ATC championship as the Siege then you know the team I was one - WreckingBOLS - ended up taking the win home. It was a lot of fun even in the heat and I will be there next year for sure. I wasn't the biggest fan of my army as I feel my Space Goats need to be put up for awhile but I still had fun. I played versus a DE where I got spanked (making lots of 5+ flicker field saves during a Dawn of War mission does not equal a win). I then played Tau and beat up on them. Next I threw down versus Grey Sparks and his Foot Eldar and lost (bad set up on my part and lazy playing as well as Greg being a kick ass player). I then had a rematch versus the CSM player from when I won the championship at Adepticon and lost a close game (I would immobilized with a glance but only roll a one with the pens). I then played Aaron from Da Boyz and he was with Nids versus my dual JaWS/ML list and I won that one. From there I played Brian Pool from the Wrecking Crew and won against his Dual Lash list (bad reserve rolling for Brian as I slowly chewed him apart). All in all I did well with a 0, 25, 10, 25, 25,20 for the final points amount for my day. Good times indeed.

The best thing about the event is that I had fun with all my games. I think the idea that losing a game doesn't get you kicked out of winning means you get a lots less "built up" with needing to crush people. That is how I felt. I had no bad games, no bad sportsmanship stuff, and would play everyone again. Good times and I think everyone should think about going. I just hope Shane has AC next year as it was miserable hot (I'm from Texas and no AC is grounds for going after the hotel management).

While I was there I drew on a crap ton of bags. In fact here are the things I drew out for people. If you want one the cost is a flat $25.00 when you meet me at an event and if you want me to draw on one at home - the cost is just $25.00 plus the cost of shipping it to me (so I can ship it back). Fun times. Here they are to check out.








And finally some better Monkey Dreadknight PIcs.



Oh and my "plans" for the week.

Warboss for HOA - Built and primed and might be done tonight
Ork Boyz for HOA X 20
CSM Rhino #1
CSM Rhino #2
Grey Knight Strike Squad Test Figure (got a cool idea, going to try it - woohoo!)

That is what my brain is going to do - most likely I will be doing more. I had a hell of a week last week and hopefully this week will be better. I might be traveling again not this weekend but the next - so be prepared for an announcement about that. Thursday I want to explore some Grey Knight list as that is my next goto army for Events.

Heroes of Armageddon Update! # 2

Woohoo - got some Heroes update. This will be quick as I rush off to go to the ATC and Dicehead Siege at 6am this fine morning. My wife is suer happy driving me to the airport haha.

But enough of that - I got an ork Trukk Boy squad done as well as the Trukk. The Warboss is built and primed but I didn't get time to paint him before I left. So without anything else some orks.




Next week will see most likely the Warboss as well as more Boyz for a larger Battle Wagon squad. Fun times indeed. Plus I get to paint other stuff too so look for that with a true update on Monday after I get back late on Sunday. Wish me luck as this weekend I am playing my Goats. It is a team event style thing so I was the one that drew the Wolf straw (I kinda know the army eh?).

So I played a tournament - woohoo

I played the Alamo GT and won Overall - there was a scoring issue that got fixed and I ended up on top! Not a bad day for the Grey Knights and it was games 4-8 for them for me. I loved the brick of doom and if you haven't seen the list here it is for the internet to use and abuse.

HQ: Libbie, Warp Rift (never used it should have been quicksilver), Shrouding, Sanctuary, Might of Titans
HQ: Crowe
Troops: GKT X 10, Thawn upgrade, Halberds X 6, Daemon Hammer X 2, Bro Banner, Psycannon X 2
Troops: Purifers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer X 1, Psycannon X 2, Rhino
Troops: Purifers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer X 1, Psycannon X 2, Rhino
Troops: Purifers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer X 1, Psycannon X 2, Rhino
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt

Here is a basic rundown of the event with the games I played.

RD 1 - Ryan Woodroof - I think that is his last name. He had Wolves - 2 Rune Priests, Wolf Lord with Wolf Claws and Saga of the bear, 3 Grey Hunters, 2 Dreads one with Autocannons and one with Lascannon/Missile Launcher. WG around and a Land Raider.

I won this game with full points. The big thing was rending out his Land Raider with the first 8 shots from a Psycannon. It was just one of those games where I kept the Libbie out of 24 no range and just cast shrouding a lot to keep my guys protected. I moved up and started punching stuff. He did steal the initiative and blow up two rhinos. It was a 5 objective game. Thawn died to the first bolter wound and got back up the next turn. Hooray!

RD 2 - Sam Smith - Shrike with 50 Scouts and 20 terminators. Pedro was there too. Scouts were assault based.

This was going to be a turn 3 game where he was an assault army and I was a mean assault army. I went first and got into combat with guys. I didn't need shrouding at all as he was light on shooting. I just made a corner, killed all the mean things coming in and waited on the termies to hit as I slowly picked them apart. Cleansing flame did some damage as I got assault by two scout squads on one Purifier squad. I got lucky and Sanctuary did some good and kept Shrike from getting into assault. I ended up chasing him off the board and shot him to pieces. A very unlucky match up for Sam as I just had some decent assault mixed with good mid range shooting. 20 pts to me.

RD 3 - Will Ferguson - This is a local guy who I have never played. He was playing razor wolf spam. Some guys, some razorbacks, 15 Long Fangs, 2 rune priests, and 2 Rifle Dreads. This was an annihilation game and it was definitely in my favor.

I walked up to mid range - kept my librarian out of 24 inches, cast shrouding and just went to town with Psycannons. I blew up all the Razorbacks. Thawn died twice this game - once to a lascannon and the other time after he ran across the field and attacked long fangs and died to combat, came back up again and chased them off the board. This was an uphill game for Will and he knew it. It was done in 45 minutes as it was just a shooting gallery as I pumped out shots, cast fortitude and shrouding and just blew things away. Highpoint was when he shot a rhino, it had the 6+ cover save and he penetrated twice. I threw the dice and like a boss rolled double 6's.

16-8 for me

RD 4 - Greg Harris with his old school Grey Knights. He had one of everything almost and the dreaded Storm Raven. This was a 2 objective mission and was looking at a tie with some lucky hood action from myself as well as some random bad rolling to fix a Land Raider I kept rending and immobilizing. He had a Tech marine inside. Crowe almost had the chance to kill a wounded libbie and the Tech marine but failed and died to a servo arm punching him in the Jimmy. I got lucky and took out the storm raven with an assault Purifier and his daemon hammer that was set to 10. I hit twice (needing 6's) and that helped me out. He had a vindicare and I kept it out of range the entire game and using my dreads to just shoot, shoot, and more shoot. Thawn died and got up and walked around. We ended up drawing the main and I got the secondary. Nutty dice rolling of the game, I hit 4 times with a psycannon and rolled 4 rends. I only immbolized the Land Raider dangit!

12 - 8 for me.

RD 5 Russell and his Battle Wagon orks. 3 Objectives. He had 3 BW, Mek, Ghaz, trukks, and some tank bustas. It was a Dawn of War set up and I got extremely lucky with some rending shots. I blew up Ghaz's ride, he fell out with Nobz and I then shot all 12 str 8 shots at them. I shot the termies too and after it all cleared all the nobz were dead and Ghaz had 3 wounds. He ran to the other BW and I proceeded to immoblize them and shoot up the army. Crowe did good this game and killed some orks and ran some down. Round ended on 5 and we drew on everything.

12-12 tie.

So basically I went 4-0-1 for the day and got 2nd overall. I will see what kind of stuff I got for my painting and anything else. All in all a great time with cheap beer, some good food, and some great games.

And to add on - a quick paint for the week. I will be off to ATC thing in Tennessee this next weekend so it will be a slower week then I would want.

Monkey Dreadknight - Done - picture below!
Plastic Dudesmen - Done!
12 Orks for HOA - Built and Primed
12 Monsters for Necromunda - Built and Primed - THE LAST OF THE NECROMUNDA!
1 Review Model for Biker - In pieces
1 Ork Warboss Flying Model for HOA - in pieces
1 Trukk for HOA - in pieces

So some HOA stuff and other random bits. Should be a nice week and I will come back running like a boss when I get back.

Models!

Have you heard?

I am part of the Heroes of Armageddon build team. In fact I am lucky enough to be the head guy for the Speed Freaks force. I started working on the project this week with some models donated by a local - Patrick aka Rabscutle. I magnetized the rokkits to the top so that if the winner wants to tweak bits of the army later they can easily enough. I know, rokkits are most likely the best option but everyone likes to play what they want to play.






As you can see I went with a more olive color on the ork skin. I just don't really like that bright green as I feel it just looks too clean. These orks are greasy, dirty, and "sun" bleached a bit. I am planning some more updates on this army as it gets built out.



I got some great helpers too. You might recognize these guys from Dakka - Teek and Redbeard are helping out. Here is a small bio from each of them to give you an idea if you don't know them from their armies and random building. To give a little bit about me - I am Goatboy from Bell of Lost Souls and Internet Infamy. I love painting models and run Full of Monkey Painting. I live in Austin, TX and you can find me most Thursday throwing dice and playing a different army every week. I have painted all kinds of armies so you never know what I will throw down with. I like painting Orks and you will see a ton of Orks on this blog.



Michael "Teek" Sullivan: Michael has been playing orks (and orcs, and goblins, and gretchin...) in various forms for the past 15 years. A true greenskin and Mekboy at heart, his armies center around over the top conversions and loud, hot-rod paint jobs. He feels stock models are boring, and if anything can be chopped, dropped, flared, or otherwise modified before hitting the table, it very well should! You can check out his newly minted blog at Table Top Teek.



I go by Redbeard online. I'm a software engineer in Chicago. Been painting minis for 30 years - GW stuff for seven. I won best appearance at Adepticon 2011 with a wazdakka ork army, and my personal ork army tops 20k points (painted). When not gaming, I can be found riding my Harley across the country.

I have some other helpers and will get more info on them. I love orks and this project just sounds so much fun. I am a bit of an Ork biker nut and painting up a bunch of these guys plus trukks just sounds like my idea of a good time. Donation button and information is up there in the right so click away and donate.

Goatboy - It is Sunday

Goatboy here - I have gotten two games in with my new Grey Knights list. I like it and I have done ok even with rolling really bad. So that means the list works. There are some changes I want to do - but I have to find the points. Crowe has sucked every time I have played him - but again that is my terrible rolling (missing with his go away power and well - not rerolling well hehe). I think I need to find the armies dice. That is what I need to look for. Something matching haha.

I think Warding Staves might make a comeback into my list as well as a full 10 man squad of Purifiers. Will see after the Alamo tournament and how well I do. So much of the time the tournament scene can be so hit or miss based on just how you are rolling that day. And match ups. Lord at Adepticon I would have loved to fought orks - but it was marine, marine, and more marine for me. I should have played my goats haha.

Let's start with the week's painting

Michael N.
Ork Nobz - 10 of em - Did em today. It is amazing how you stay off a model type for awhile and come back to it like a monster. Looking super good and you will see pics later on this week.
Ork Warboss FW on Bike - Cleaned!

Heroes of Armageddon
Warbuggies (3) - Did 2 so far - look for a post later on this week.
Trukk - In pieces
12 Boyz - In pieces

Michael S
Paint the Ork Bomba - that is right I built it!

Jens
5 Terminators - Need to get them built
1 Rhino - Magnetized - In pieces

Myself
2 Plastic Dudesmen
More art most likely
5 more Floating brains - In pieces
Finish Display Board

So all in all a kinda meh week. Will see how it goes as I finish bits and pieces up. Should be a good time if I can keep my head on straight.

Lately with the GK - hoods suck ass to deal with. Makes the whole - anti psyker bits from the codex look worth wile as you need to kill those assholes before they stop me from killing my justicars with mind meltdowns. Jerks!

Here is a henchmen build I will be moving towards. Crowe + Coteaz

HQ: Crowe - 150pts
HQ: Coteaz - 100pts
Elites: Vindicare - 145pts
Troops: Purifiers X 10, Psycannon X 2, Incinerator, Halberds X 5, Hammer X 1, Stave X 1, Rhino - 340pts
Troops: Purifiers X 10, Psycannon X 2, Incinerator, Halberds X 5, Hammer X 1, Stave X 1, Rhino - 340pts
Troops: Henchmen - Rogue Psyker X 8, Warrior Acolyte, Meltagun, Rhino - 134pts
Troops: Henchmen - Death Cult Assassin x 4, Crusader X 4, Warrior Acolyte X 2, Meltagun X 2, Rhino - 188pts
Troops: Henchmen - Death Cult Assassin x 4, Crusader X 4, Warrior Acolyte X 2, Meltagun X 2, Rhino - 188pts
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt - 135pts
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt - 135pts
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt - 135pts

Comes out to 1990 pts so each thing has a Searchlight. Basically it is another aggressive list with a stay behind "scoring" unit that can throw out a large blast. Coteaz sits in there too. It also gives me a chance to do some cool modeling too. But it means I need to find another damned Rhino. Bastards!

Lets get with some models and then call it a day. I am tired from working extra this weekend to cover the hole a co worker left when he wasn't happy working anymore. Woohoo.

It's Wednesday - my work Friday

Woohoo!!! Great day as it is my Friday. I have had a kinda slow week. Not a whole lot on the model front but I did do a bunch of art designs for blogs and other options. So all in all a fun time in general. Will post some of the art. Most drawings start at $25.00 and rarely go higher from there. I know people want customer images for their blogs so I keep the cost low. Woohoo!

I am going to be playing my Grey Knights this Thursday to get some more games in before my Alamo GT event. Here is the list I turned in with tweaks that fit what I like to play.

HQ: Crowe
HQ: Librarian, Sanctuary, Shrouding, Warp Rift, Might of Titan
Troops: Purifiers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer, Psycannon X 2, Rhino, Searchlight
Troops: Purifiers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer, Psycannon X 2, Rhino, Searchlight
Troops: Purifiers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer, Psycannon X 2, Rhino, Searchlight
Troops: GKT X 10, Thawn Upgrade, Halberds X 6, Daemon Hammer X 2, Psycannon X 2, Bro Banner
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt

That is the 2000 pt plan list and most likely the initial shell I plan on using. Thawn is in there because Grey Knights are not about anything under a 100 pts. Or hell 150pts. So I had to do something. Plus I can count how many times the jerk dies in a game :).

So will see what will happen as I play it.

I am also playing a Team Event on Saturday and I will be playing a pure Purifiers list with some Death Wing. It is a 1500 points which is a bit much for a team, but will just play it and see. Basically this is what I plan on throwing down with.

HQ: Crowe
Troops: Purifiers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer, Psycannon X 2, Rhino
Troops: Purifiers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer, Psycannon X 2, Rhino
Troops: Purifiers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer, Psycannon X 2, Rhino
Troops: Purifiers X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer, Incinerators X 2, Rhino
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt
Heavy: Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt

Pts: 1499

Next week is the first weekly Heroes of Armageddon updates. I will be building the first trukk boy squad to get started on next week. I have some other client Speed Freaks to do too - so it will be an ork fight for the next few weeks heh.

I am also planning some new Grey Knight builds as I look at a Henchmen and more aggressive/less shooty builds. Fun times indeed. In fact I did a test for Rogue Psykers too.



Floating evil brains!!! Hahahah. Should be fun - I am planning on having one squad of 8 with 2 Meltagun jerks to run around with in a rhino. Most likely they will explode and the inside of the rhino looks like some kind of terrible horror show. Fun times indeed.

Art stuff I have done so far. Woohoo!.







The last two are for the Feast of Blades up in Colorado. If you need art shoot me an email at GoatboyBOLS @ gmail.com

And besides this some minis I painted too. I paint things yay! And I am Full of Monkey painting too by the way. I have another guy that paints with me too - but for the most part that is me. But we are cheap and fast if you are interested in some work.

Woohoo - Sunday time again

Played one game with the Grey Knights so far - it will be up on the BOLS Batrep. I won 9 kill points to 8. I think I only rended twice and it was against SS/TH termies. I did kill them though so good job for the mind bullets haha. List is below and it is what I will be taking to the Alamo in two weeks. It is all painted and hopefully I will get a full army picture sometime next week.

Crowe
GKP X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer X 1, Psycannon X 2, Rhino, Searchlight
GKP X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer X 1, Psycannon X 2, Rhino, Searchlight
GKP X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer X 1, Psycannon X 2, Rhino, Searchlight
GKP X 7, Halberds X 4, Daemon Hammer X 1, Incinerator X 2, Rhino, Searchlight
GKT X 10, Daemon Hammer X 2, Halberds X 7, Psycannon X 2, Bro Banner
Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt
Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt
Dreadnought, TWL Autocannon X 2, Psybolt

The next tweak is adding in a Inquisitor/Coteaz and some Henchmen. I am working on a test Rogue Psyker so will see if it works out and I can show a picture later on in the week. I will also be looking at some random DreadKnight Builds as well as Paladins and whatever else I think about. I got another box of Termies that I plan on building 4 Sword guys and 1 Ninja Turtle Staff. Just to give me the full range of testing. This is probably going to be my last full army as it is small and I can build every option pretty easily. Unlike the Goats I don't have to build nearly as many models. I think one more Strike Squad build out - 5 guys bare bones is probably needed in case I find Warpquake worth it. And probably a Storm Raven or two.

I did ok paint wise last week. I saw the finish of my Grey Knights as well as the Blood Ravens army. Check out the main site for the full update coming soon. I hope to get another game or two in on Thursday and then of course throw down at the team local tournament with Bushido and his Death Wing. I will be dropping the termies as it is a 1500 pt per side event and that will give me a nice batch of meaty Grey Knights to throw at you.

Paint List for the week.

Myself
5 More Grey Knight Termies - In a box
1 Test Rogue Psyker - Started to build

Clients
Bile Drone # 2 - Built!
Clean and build FW Plague Marines - Waiting to be cleaned
Ork Bomba - Got the wire I need to finish it up. Woohoo! - Will be Built!
Khador Super Big Cart thingie for Big Red - DONE!
Khador Horse Guy - Built and Primed
10 more Necromunda - Done today!
10 more Necromunda - 30 something left!
Ork Nob Biker Squad - in a box waiting to be built for a client
And shipping out stuff for the Heroes and starting an Ork Boyz + Trukk squad.
Art for the Duke
Plastic Dudesmen - Do more stuff from Wyatt and look at some other things

Not a crazy week but still a good one in general. Lots of small groups which is always good for me.

I will have a full report of the Team Event come next week as well as my Thursday games and the nonsense I try to do. Crowe sucked it up failing 2 4+ saves with a reroll, getting through a hood for his take you out mind spell, and then rolling a 1 to hit the Librarian. This week he will do better damnit as I won't roll bad. I swear!

I also wrote my ATC list which will be a Space Goats list. One of my teammates wanted to play Grey Knights so I am stuck - playing the Goats :). Here is the current build thoughts.

HQ: Rune Priest, Jaws, Liv Lightning, Chooser
HQ: Rune Priest, Liv Lightning, Murderous Hurricane, Chooser
HQ: Wolf Lord, Saga of the Bear, Thunder Wolf, Storm Shield, Powerfist, Runic Armor, Fenris Wolves X 2
Elites: Wolf Guard X 5, Combi-Melta X 4, Combi-Plasma, Powerfist X 5
Elites: Wolf Scouts X 5, Meltagun
Elites: Wolf Scouts X 5, Meltagun
Troops: Grey Hunters X 8, Meltagun, Wolf Standard, Mark of the Wolfen, Rhino
Troops: Grey Hunters X 8, Meltagun, Wolf Standard, Mark of the Wolfen, Rhino
Troops: Grey Hunters X 8, Plasma Gun, Plasma Pistol, Wolf Standard, Mark of the Woflen, Rhino
Troops: Grey Hunters X 5, Flamer, Razorback, TWL Lascannon
FA: Thunder Wolf Cav X 1, Powerfist, Storm Shield
Heavy: Long Fangs X 6, ML X 5
Heavy: Long Fangs X 6, ML X 5

2000 pts and I think I might need to make one or two goats for it. Depending on how many Wolf Guard I have lying around. Either way I think it is a nice overall list that should let me take on whatever I feel like and have the tools to hurt things as needed. Plus it lets me play with Lenny - the Super Goat Lord!!! And look internet - only one Razorback and 10 Long Fangs. Crazy!

I finally drew on my bag. I will have pens when I go to the Alamo and the ATC so if you are around and want something give me a shout. It isn't free but I am easily bribed.



Some models - painted even!