Terrain (new and old)

One item I have never put as much effort in to has been terrain. I have always used boxes, mega blocks or odd bits of scenery here and there. Nothing has looked uniform and as if it should be there.

So this year I am making an effort to correct this. I have a home-made board (see earlier blog entry) and now want to populate it with terrain that is correct and looks like it should be there.

First up I am updating some terrain I made back in the mid-nineties for my Warhammer games. As with the style back then everything was Goblin Green!

Here are some hills and a river. The grey fits in with the board. They could probably do with another coat but they look like they should be on my board.

While these are nice I want some more buildings. I have quite a few that I picked up a few years ago but more is always better. I see a lot of games with a very sparse amount of blocking terrain and people then complaining their army got shot top pieces!

I have started these:

I have used the GW tech paint to give the copper effect. I think it has worked well. I may have used a bit too much on the statue, but a bit more dry-brushing and highlighting should tone it back.

Here is my prize for winning Worcester War, a Skyshield. The 2 pics show that the flaps do move!

Finally I have still been painting my ever expanding Marine force. another squad of Sternguard. this time with Combi-grav guns. these my go well in an unbound force with Kantor offering the Objective secured rule to them! Looks like a 3rd squad is in order.

I hope to get a bit more time spent on the hobby in the next few months.

Deadzone Plague W.I.P.

Hi All

Here again with an update on my Deadzone Plague models, just 3 to finish off now.
I've got them all to the stage where the fleshy and bony bits are done up to the yellow glaze stage, so a few details to do on that and then just the remains of the clothing on the Plague Teraton and the bases of all three.

Here's a few pics of the wip.....

Plague Teraton...

Stage 2s...

That's it for now, hopefully I'll get these done by Sunday....

Bluddtoof

Deadzone Plague Mortar Team and Boomstick

Hi All

Here are the latest additions to my Plague Strike Team; a Stage 3a Mortar Team and Stage 3a with Boomstick. In the game these are really effective at clearing open areas or blasting snipers out of their elevated perches.
Here's pics....

Just 3 models left to paint for the team now, a pair of Stage 2s and a Plague Teraton.

More on them soon.....

Bluddtoof

Return to Code40k - Playing 40k a different way Game 3

Morning All,

Today marks the 3rd game in our semi regular series we have dubbed the Return to Code40k.  This is story driven campaign where we have used our imagination to come up with a story arc and from this designed unique scenarios.  If you haven't read the original posts and want to understand the story please see here, here and finally here.

So in basic recap the Eldar stole in to claim the necron artifact at the end of the last game.  What will be the response to this.  Well in true marine fashion they plot a surgical strike........

Run for the Hills! Deadzone Plague Swarm.

Hi All

Keeping up the fantastic progress on my Deadzone Plague models this week, I'm very pleased with the speed with which I'm cracking through these models, not like me at all.
Anyway enough of that here's the latest addition; Plague Swarm, a base full of 'orrible mutated vermin and giant insects....

In the game I really like this model; agile, v.tough, ap2 and fights on a 3+. Looking forward to seeing it munch its way through the enemy next weekend.

More to come....

Bluddtoof

Dogs of War!

Hi All

Going well this week, I've finished my 4 Hellhounds for my Deadzone Plague strike team in pretty quick time. It's looking good for having most of my plague models finished in time for the codes deadzone get together.
Here's a few pics of the Hounds....

Next up will be the plague swarm, a mortar team and a stage 3a with boomstick.

Stay tuned for pics

Bluddtoof

The Plague Consumes All! Corporation Soldiers Succumb!

Hi All

So I've now completed the latest batch of Plague models for Deadzone, 5 Stage 3a, including a General and HMG model. I've painted them in the remains of military uniform as I want all my stage 3 team members to look like the corrupted remains of a corporation military unit caught up in the outbreak. It also helps to tie them together on the board I think.
Here's a few piccies of the finished models...

Next up are my 4 stage 3d "Hellhounds", piccies of them to come soon....

Bluddtoof.

A New Thunderwolf (Bear) Lord WIP

Hi All,

DOC here again to give an update on my WIP thunderbear lord.  I originally posted up buiding the model up here. Once again a deadline is pushing this project along.  This time its a 4k game vs Red Mists Khorne some of which can be seen here.  Yes that's a Warhound you saw!!  We have decided not to play Apoc but rather try out escalation rules for the first time.  Not sure how I'm going to kill it mind you.  Anyway I digress here is some work in progress shots of my new lord:

Deadzone Plague Strike Team W.I.P.

Hi All

Time for a little update on my Plague team for Deadzone, only a few weeks to go til the codes Day of Deadzone and I've still got a fair bit to do. I'm jumping on the band wagon and starting my own painting points system in an effort to incentivise myself.
So here's a few pics of the latest models from a few days ago...

and in their current state...

That's all the flesh and bony bits done, just the cloth, guns and bases left so they should be done this week.

That's all for now.

Bluddtoof

Deadzone Update - Enforcers

Hi All,

So after my last post about painting points I realised I hadn't made much inroads to my painting back log. The code40k team are having a Deadzone day on the 1st June.  So with that target in mind I have started my enforcers.  So first confession these models are far from perfect!  Essentially I see them as playing pieces first and as such I wanted a quick but quality finish.

As normal with my painting in recent times I wanted to try something new, in this case sponge weathering. Recently I have really enjoyed trying new techniques and I am particularly keen to perfect this technique for use on my pre heresy death guard army.

So on to the finished models.   Close Combat Enforcer:

I need to stop buying models - Painting Points

Hi All,

Doc here with another dose of were I'm at....  So a couple of the guys and me went to forgeworld open day and I spent a decent wod of cash as you do!  However before I went after discussions with the boss (wife) I voluntarily decided to introduce a system of painting points.   Now I'm not the only one doing this Dale over on Realm of 40K has also introduced a similar system. Have a read of Dales post here.  So why painting points?  In reality the reason is my backlog of mini's to paint is huge and to be frank I would concede I have bought more than what I have painted in the last two years.

Deadzone Scenery Completed

Hi All

Yey! I've finished the first set of Deadzone scenery and I'm pleased overall with it. The photos here show it set up on the gaming mat ready for a first test game so I can learn the rules.......

I've built most of a Rebs faction to face off against my Plague team, I ran through my first game with a few bumps and mistakes and a whole lot of rules checking and I have to say it 's a great game, there's lots to it for a skirmish game, I'm looking forward to the codes first Deadzone get-together.

that's it for now, more to come as I paint the Plague strike team......

Bluddtoof