Sorry for the late post

Been kinda in a holiday/tired mode so I haven't done a whole lot. I did play 3 fun games last week - which makes me feel good. It is fun to goof around and just have fun with your army instead of trying to win for whatever street cred you think you might have. It was a lot of fun and I went 1-1-1. Lost to Necrons (gasp!), tied a pink slaanesh army (oh gasp), and beat another CSM marine army (pinch and tickle). So all in all a good week and a good way to recharge the engines and bring back the idea to have fun. Mix that in with a slower output on model production and I feel a hell of lot more recharged.

So right now I want to post two lists, one of them I am currently collecting the parts for and the other is another look at Space Goats and some ways to cover the table in white skinned jerks.

Space Goats: RETURN OF THE GOAT!!!

HQ: Wolflord, Thunder Wolf, Thunder Hammer, Storm Shield, Saga of the Bear, Rune Armor, Wolf Tail Talisman - 265pts
HQ: Canis - 185pts
HQ: Rune Priest, Wolf Tail Talisman, Meltabombs (JoTWW, Living Lightning) - 110pts
Elites: Wolf Guard (4), Powerfist (3), MoW - 147pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (8), Melta, MoW, Rhino - 175pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (9), Melta, MoW, Rhino - 190pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (9), Melta, MoW, Rhino - 190pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (9), Melta, MoW, Rhino - 190pts
FA: Thunderwolf Cav (5), Powerfist - 280pts
Heavy: Long Fangs (6), ML 4, HB 1 - 135pts
Heavy: Long Fangs (6), ML 3, HB 2 - 130pts

Total Pts - 1997
Scoring - 4

This is a massed amount of guys build that I talked about in my BOLS post. Lots and lots of guys, rhinos to get around, a super bluff unit mixed with some good anti light armor fire from the Long Fangs. The Fangs are built this way to allow them to be ignored as their weapons are not looked at as a threat. This build lets you get a lot of fire power into rhinos and allow your Thunder Wolf Cav to get at the juicy insides pretty quickly. The Wolf Guard are there to let you survive multiple tank shocks on an objective as well as give you a need PF to hit something important. Haven't fully tested the list, as I need to make 7 more regular Grey Hunters to complete this, as well as a Rhino. The temptation is to somehow fit an LR there maybe as it will give a nice big mech option in the middle. Who knows but that is an interesting shell of the army.

Next list I plan on building is an all bike Marine list. I have been wanting one for awhile and I've decided it is time to get something different built that will let me try some different tactics.

VROOM VROOM GO GO ARMY!!!

HQ: Space Marine Captain - bike, Relic Blade, Artificer Armor, storm shield - 195pts
Command Squad (5) - Company Champion, Meltagun (2), Powerfist (2), Bikes - 275pts
HQ: Space Marine Captain - bike, Relic Blade, Artificer Armor, storm shield - 195pts
Command Squad (5) - Company Champion, Meltagun (2), Powerfist (2), Bikes - 275pts
Troops: Space Marine Bike Squad (5), Powerfist, Flamer (2), Attack Back, MM - 225pts
Troops: Space Marine Bike Squad (5), Powerfist, Flamer (2), Attack Back, MM - 225pts
Troops: Space Marine Bike Squad (5), Powerfist, Flamer (2), Attack Back, MM - 225pts
FA: Land Speeder Sq (1), MM, Hvy Flamer - 70pts
FA: Land Speeder Sq (1), MM, Hvy Flamer - 70pts
FA: Land Speeder Sq (1), MM, Hvy Flamer - 70pts
Heavy: Predator, Hvy Bolter Spons - 85pts
Heavy: Predator, Hvy Bolter Spons - 85pts

Pts 1995

It is an army that should be easy to get together, build some neat models and let me try out some different options besides running a super unit forward and hoping for the best. If I can move around and strike surgically at different enemy points I should be able to win out in the end. Will see if I need to add in more troops or maybe look at dropping the preds for something else. Either way, it will give me a neat marine army that should be fun to mess around with.

Alright - beyond all of that some things I have painted. Woot.

Sorry for the late post

I did do work last week - I just didn't feel like posting stuff up. I have been in a bit of a funk lately, most likely from dealing with Holiday stuff and not liking it overall (past experiences etc). I do like Thanksgiving and food, but the one afterwards is not my cup of tea all the time. But I did do some work within the Warmachine realm, some IG stuff, as well as Space Goats thingies here and there. Fun stuff - and I am almost near filling out my Space goats to a point where I can stop building stuff for awhile (probably not as I like the scheme and overall feel of the army).

But first things, I wanted to throw some lists of what I plan on playing around with during the different tournaments coming up in the next year. First of all my current go to Space Goats list for heavy style tournaments.

HQ: Rune Priest # 1 - Mr. Ass Pants - Living Lighting, JoTWW
HQ: Rune Priest # 2 - Mr. Super Duper Jerk - Living Lightning, Tempest's Wrath
HQ: Wolflord, Thunder Wolf Mount, Thunder Hammer, Storm Shield, Saga of the Bear, Runic Armor
HQ: Canis
Elites: Wolfguard (3), Powerfist (2), MoW
Troops: Grey Hunters (8), Meltagun, MoW, Rhino
Troops: Grey Hunters (8), Meltagun, MoW, Rhino
Troops: Grey Hunters (10), Meltagun 2, MoW
Troops: Fenris Wolves (10)
Heavy: Long Fangs, 2 Heavy Bolters, 3 Missile Launchers
Heavy: LRC, MM
FA: Thunder Wolf Cav (5), Powerfist

Total is right under 2000 pts. I need to paint the Wolf Guard and Long fangs to finish this out. The other thought would be to drop the LRC, add in another full Grey Hunters squad, give both of them rhinos and one Wolf Guard guy with a fist or something else and run that. I think I could fit in another dog squad, but that would be another thought. Any opinions on this?

New CSM list I plan on bringing for hobby tournaments. A fluffy list designed to have fun on both sides of the table. Or so I hope.

HQ: Fabius Bile
HQ: Kharn
Elites: Possessed (5), MoT, Asp Champ, Rhino
Troops: Khorne Bezerkers (8), Asp Champ, Power fist, Rhino
Troops: Plague Marines (7), Plasma Gun (2), Asp Champ, Power Fist, Plasma Pistol, Rhino
Troops: CSM, Bile Upgrade, MoK, Meltagun (2), Asp Champ, Power Fist, Combi-Melta, Rhino
Troops: CSM, Bile Upgrade, MoK, Meltagun (2), Asp Champ, Power Fist, Combi-Melta, Rhino
Heavy: Defiler, Xtra Combat
Heavy: Defiler, Xtra Combat

Kharn rides with the Possessed and Bile rides with the Plague Marines. The plague Marines are designed to stay home on an objective, everything else is built to move forward and put the hurt down on guys. I add MoK on the CSM as it is a bit more fun, but MoN is pretty strong on Bile Marines. It makes them jerkface psuedo Plague Marines and a bit unfun. Thoughts on this? It is a tweak of my old Bile lists I used earlier. Less push of nonsense Oblits and more fun stuff.

Now some painting stuff. Look for a new WoC build for the post later on this week. It is a Chosen build mixed with a bit of magic and lots of fighty stuff. It should be fun, but not really competitive. Right up my alley since I obviously don't play the game of fantasy by playing an army that has to fear leadership tests. Woot.

Current Space Goats and other painting stuff

I am finishing up a lot of straggler commissions. I am hoping to get another batch of stuff done this week, which will leave me more room to finish up some other stuff too. As well as be open for some commissions. Woot.

I finished up a Canis model as well as an Iron Priest. I will probably make another Iron Priest but this will pretty much leave me done with my Space Goats. The only other things left to do is the final Grey Hunters squad and maybe some more wolf scouts to give me more options. I could always do another Thunder Wolf Cav squad too. Fun fun fun. Beyond all of this, I am looking at doing another Fantasy army as well as starting to look at my first, fully built to be sold army in the coming future. Not sure which one to do first, but will see.

Anyway - final 2000 point Space Goats play list

HQ: Canis - 185pts
HQ: Wolf Lord, Thunder Wolf Mount, Saga of the Warrior Borne, Frost Axe, Runic Armor, Storm Shield - 255pts
HQ: Rune Priest (Living Lightning, JoTWW) - 100pts
HQ: Rune Priest (Living Lightning, Temptest) - 100pts
Elites: Iron Priest, Thunder Wolf Mount, Wolftooth Necklace, 4 CyberWolves 165pts
Troops: 8 Fenris Wolves - 64pts
Troops: 10 Grey Hunters, Meltagun 2, MoW - 170pts
Troops: 10 Grey Hunters, Meltagun 2, MoW - 170pts
FA: 5 Thunder Wolf Cav, Powerfist - 280pts
Heavy: LRR, MM - 250pts
Heavy: LRC, MM - 260pts

Pts 1994

I really like the LR as they give me some anti troop options. Mix this with a very strong bluff unit and you got a good chance they can survive for a bit to do some annoying crap to your opponent. I could drop one Rune Priest to go with another block of Fenris Wolves. They are Ini 5 with Canis on the table and can really put a hurt on the opponent. The Iron Priest is a true hidden gem in the codex and thanks to Stelek for pointing it out to me. Give them a try and see how annoying they can be for an opponent.

If I drop the two LR's I could add another Cave unit and another Grey Hunter Unit. I could also look at just having Njal, versus 2 Rune Priests too. I don't know if a Rhino would be needed then, but it is a thought. From there I could look at having some Wolf Guard to help beef out my Grey Hunters as well.

Here is that thought list so you can see how annoying it could be.

HQ: Wolf Lord, Thunder Wolf Mount, Saga of the Warrior Borne, Frost Axe, Runic Armor, Storm Shield - 255pts
HQ: Njal - 245pts
HQ: Rune Priest, Living Lightning, JoTWW - 100pts
Elites: Iron Priest, Thunder Wolf Mount, Wolftooth Necklace, 4 CyberWolves 165pts
Elites: Iron Priest, Thunder Wolf Mount, Wolftooth Necklace, 4 CyberWolves 165pts
Troops: 8 Fenris Wolves - 64pts
Troops: 8 Fenris Wolves - 64pts
Troops: 9 Grey Hunters, Meltagun, MoW, Rhino - 190pts
Troops: 9 Grey Hunters, Meltagun, MoW, Rhino - 190pts
FA: 5 Thunder Wolf Cav, Powerfist - 280pts
FA: 5 Thunder Wolf Cav, Powerfist - 280pts

Pts 1998

Might be a better list, might not. Njal is annoying and with 2 5 Man Thunder Wolf Cav running around, he should last longer then most others. It might be worth it to drop the rhinos completely and make the Grey Hunters 10 man squads. I could also look at dropping them down to 8 man squads and look at finding a way to fit in Wolf Guard guys too. A bunch of different options.

I know I am harping on Thunder Wolf Cav - but they really are good. Not broken and over powered, but in a way that lets you get a chance to out play your opponent. They cost a low enough amount, that sacrificing them to get a character into some action, as well as making your opponent worry about them, makes them really really good. Plus Cav lets you get some pretty fun charges going that feels very reminiscent of fantasy.

Look for some Skaven stuff to come as I start to look at that army next. Woot.

And some minis. The Fat Ork was built by my friend Pat. The blending didn't come out in the picture, but he is one fat sexy bastard. Drive me near someone so I can smack you wit my washin claw!

I painted lots this week

Woot - it was a crazy week - I got a ton of stuff done. So all is good on the overall completion stage of my painting. Space Goats is almost finished with Army one - will list that one and then what will be built in the next few weeks. Fun stuff indeed.

Painted Space Goats List - V1

HQ: Rune Priest, Living lightning, JoW - 100pts
HQ: Rune Priest, Living Lightning, Murderous Temptest - 100pts
HQ: Wolflord, Thunderwolf, Frost Axe, Storm Shield, Saga of the Warrior Borne, Runic Armor - 210pts
Elites: Wolf Scouts (5), Meltagun, Plasma Pistol (2), Meltabombs (2) - 125pts
Elites: Lonewolf, Terminator Armor, Chainfist, Storm Shield, Fenris Wolves (2) - 105pts
Elites: Lonewolf, Terminator Armor, Chainfist, Storm Shield, Fenris Wolves (2) - 105pts
FA: Fenris Wolves (10) - 80pts
FA: Thunderwolf Cav (5), Powerfist - 280pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (10), Meltagun (2), MoW - 170pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (10), Meltagun (2), MoW - 170pts
Heavy: LRR, MM - 250pts
Heavy: LRC, MM - 260pts

Total - 2000 pts

This is what I have fully painted. The next plan upgrade is to add another Thunderwolf Squad, and some Rune Priests on Thunderwolves with Cyber Wolf jerks running with them. Here is the thought list.

HQ: Rune Priest, Living Lightning, JoW - 100pts
HQ: Rune Priest, Murderous Temptest, JoW - 100pts
HQ: Wolflord, Thunderwolf, Frost Axe, Storm Shield, Saga of the Warrior Borne, Runic Armor - 210pts
HQ: Canis - 185pts
Elites: Iron Priest, Thunderwolf, Cyberwolves (4) - 155pts
Elites: Iron Priest, Thunderwolf, Cyberwolves (4) - 155pts
Elites: Wolf Scouts (5), Meltagun, Plasma Pistol (2) - 115pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (10), Meltagun (2), MoW - 170pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (10), Meltagun (2), MoW - 170pts
Troops: Fenris Wolves (10) - 80pts
FA: Thunderwolf Cav (5), Powerfist - 280pts
FA: Thunderwolf Cav (5), Powerfist - 280pts

Pts 2000 - this might change a bit and the 2 Rune Priests might drop to Njal as he is a jerk. I can then drop the Wolf Scouts and look at either more dogs or some other nonsense depending on what I feel like. But that is the other option that I plan on building towards too. The Iron Priest is going to be some kind of demonic mixed unit with clawed arms and the dogs running around it. I might try to chain them up someway to him, but that might be too bulk to remove etc. As it is one big unit it might work better that way but who knows.

Now onto some pictures.









Warmachine stuff for Big Red.





Space Goat stuff. You have the finished Goat Scouts and the second Rune Priest. I decided to put them in terminator armor. It makes them look more imposing. And I can use it as Njal if I wanted too.





I am churning through a bunch of Genestealers for a Space Hulk. Aventine is doing the marines and I am busing out the genestealers. I have done 12 so far, and looking at finishing my side next week. Woot. The scheme came out pretty good so I might use it again for the upcoming Nids book.





And finally 2 Chimeras for the Spain client. I have currently painted 4 shadow grey chimeras and one inquisitor one. I plan on doing another one, 2 medusas and a Valk this week. After that it is a cool rough riders conversion and some more Storm Trooper jerks. Fun fun fun.

Next week - Look for the completed Storm Boyz squad (20 jerks), the last of the War Machine stuff. Hopefully an Iron Priest and converted Cyber Wolves. Maybe some kommandos for a new ork order as well as other random Space Goats stuff. I want to finish the second army in two weeks to be ready for a local heavy tournament. Will see.

And for those looking at this, I do have a prepainted minis store that has some converted monsters on there. Check it out.

I painted some things these last few days

The Fantasy tournament was a wash. I forgot some stuff on my DP and didn't play smart. I also missed some crucial to wound rolls to break certain armies and turn it around. Oh well it is the life of the game eh? You can't win them all haha. I think I might have to just keep on playing with my army and quit trying different builds. Unlike 40k, where I have a good knowledge of the entire spectrum of armies, fantasy I just feel like the little brother who has no idea how to perform that ultra combo. Oh well, I think if I stick with something and learn my army completely I will do better. Moving away from Gateway spam has been a big help and let me play games that are not based on 4 stupid dice rolls. Will post up my final WoC list that I plan on playing for the next few months and just keep at it.

But enough of that - the plan on Thursday to test some Njal stuff and see what fits and what doesn't. Here is one of the lists I think might do well. Njal is a power house, but if your army is full of things that are not looked at as greater then Njal, you will lose him pretty quickly to combined firepower as the game plan becomes kill the jerk. So I decided to take some of the best things of the codex and create a nice mixed list that has a lot of hitting power so the plan of keep Njal alive till turn 3 or 4 will be an easy one. Or so I hope.

2000 pt list

HQ: Njal - 245pts
HQ: Wolflord, Thunderwolf, Thunderhammer, Storm shield, Saga of the Bear - 240pts
HQ: Wolflord, Thunderwolf, Frost Axe, Saga of the Warrior -205pts
HQ: Wolflord, Thunderwolf, Powerfist, Storm Shield - 215pts
Elites: Lonewolf, Terminator Armor, Chainfist, Stormshield, Fenris Wolves (2) - 105pts
Elites: Lonewolf, Terminator Armor, Chainfist, Stormshield, Fenris Wolves (2) - 105pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (10), Meltagun (2), MoW, Rhino - 205pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (10), Meltagun (2), MoW, Rhino - 205pts
Troops: Grey Hunters (9), Meltagun, MoW, Rhino - 190pts
FA: Thunder Wolves (5), Powerfist = 280pts

1995 pts

Will this list work? Who the hell knows. I still have a place for skating LRC's that pour out the fire until you can give a decisive attack from the grey hunters, but who knows.

The 3 Wolf lords are attached to the Thunder Wolves and run up with them. Second turn they split apart and start to go towards whatever they need to hurt. Obviously the Saga of the Bear guy is for dreadnoughts and other nonsense. The two other wolf lords are designed to hit squads and vehicles at the same time too. So will see if it works. The thought is the scary Thunder wolves will take the attention away from the main meat of the army and let Njal set up and do goofy things. Will see if it works.

Now some pics. I finished up all the wolves for the regular Space Goats army I plan on playing. The list above is very similar, except I won't take Njal as I figure a regular Rune Priest is pretty dang sweet at 100 points. The unsagaed Wolf Lord gets Saga of the Wolfkin and we get some wolves to run in front of the Thunderwolves. As well as the Saga of the bear guy getting some dogs to run with him too. It becomes a much more dog heavy list and I think more fun. Will see.

But pics of stuff.

Quick one

Just finished off the first Thunderwolf squad. WIll probably have to do another squad, as I feel they will be pretty bad ass and helpful. Beyond that, put together another grey hunters squad and finished the Ork Nob Painboy on a bike for a client. Plus did another chimera like the one I will show down at the bottom.

Here is my list of stuff to paint over this next week

Me
Grey Hunters Troop #2
Fenris Wolves (10)
LRC

Clients
Chimera #3 for new client
Start Space Hulk Genestealers
Build IG guys and paint them
If I get the other chimeras from another client start them
Paint 2 Valks.
Look at stormboyz and put some together

Fun times eh? Got a fantasy tournament this weekend and I will be playing WoC. I am tempted to play this list.

Lord: Daemon Prince, Bloody Roar, Fury of the Blood God, Lvl 4 Wizard
Hero: Chaos Sorcerer, Barded Steed, MoN, Infernal Puppet, Lvl 2
Hero: Exalted Champ, MoK, Juggernaut, BSB, Shield, Bronze Armor of Zhrakk, Glaive of Putrefaction, Favor of the Gods
Core: Marauder Horsemen, Flails
Core: Marauder Horsemen, Flailrs
Core: Marauder Horsemen, Shields, Spears
Rare: Warshrine
Rare: Hellcannon
Special: Chaos Trolls (3)
Special: Chaos Knights (5), Lances, MoS
Special: Chaos Knights (8), Full Command, War Banner, MoK

Sorc rides with the Trolls to make them "smarter" and the MoK knights ride with the Exalted. I normally take Fire or Shadow for the DP and hopefully he can survive running around and screaming at jerks. Will see how the list fares this weekend. Woot.

And now some pics.


My Rune priest for the Space Goats.


Client likes purple. I think this will be his 4 purple army.


Nob bikerz from that big order. The double PK's means he has an attack squigg. Woot.

Pics of minis worked on over the weekend

Woot - look for more Nob Bikerz, chimeras, and other IG guys as well as Space goats. Woot woot the army boulder keeps on a rollin.

First of all some Space Goats or Goat Hunters.



Body is Khorne Bezerkers with goat heads and regular Ork Arms.

Next are 3 Chaos Trolls that someone else built and I traded for and painted. Based off the Skull Pass Troll.





Next batch of Nob bikerz with Big Choppas.



And a Death Guard test model.

Warmachine guy for Big Red.



What is coming up this week...

IG - Extra Guys
IG - Test Chimera
Orks - Nob Bikerz finished squad
Space Goats - LRC, 2 more Juggers, 10 Wolves
Warmachine - Finished off a small army