The Act of Witnessing: More Gal Vorbak! BAK! BAK!

So as I have begun preparations for my Last of the Serrated Sun list, which of course, needs MORE Gal Vorbak! Or should I say Gal MOREbak! BAK! BAK!

Well, no two possessed should look alike and while my first unit was built and painted stock, it can become a little confusing for my opponents when I run power weapons or DLC on my Sgt.; thus, I've begun some conversions to me back into the WYSIWYG game.

Here is some progress on the second unit. Still need to do some greenstuff work to smooth out the mutations.

Here's a nice before (stock) and after photo. They should fit nicely into my current lot with no major repeats.

Question is...what do I do for the next 5? O___o

-Couch

The Act of Witnessing - Sicaran Battle Tank

The Act of Witnessing - Word Bearers

The Act of Witnessing - Spartan Assault Tank

The Act of Witnessing: Word Bearers Chaplain

Foot of Gork: Ork Burna Bomma

It has been a while since I have put a brush to some greenskins and with the recent re-release of Death From the Skies, what better way than to paint a flyer!

While browsing through Warhammer Visions 28 I came across a really nifty Blood Axe flyer that took my fancy.

Who doesn't want to fly this bad boy?!

Pablo Picaso said it best, "Good artists copy, great artists steal." And thus, I have decided to steal some inspiration from said flyer! However, instead of a Dakkajet, I will be applying this scheme to my burna bomma!

I will update my progress as I go! Look out for some extra sneaky bombin' runs headed your way!

WAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

The Act of Witnessing: Shooty McShooterstein the Mortis Pattern Dreadnought!

I recently finished my Mortis Pattern Dreadnought whose sole purpose is to pop transports and screw with fliers. It seems like everyone and their mom use the mortis contemptor, and while Mortis Contemptor pattern dreads are cool and all, I wanted to be different. Afterall, I am already rocking 2 contemptor patterns (including the Mhara'gal).

I figured, if I am mainly using it to be a nuisance and handle fliers, why spend an extra 30 points? Shooty McShooterstein is compact and efficient!

Act of Witnessing: Lorgar and the Bearers

Greetings! The Heresy continues as I finally assembled our great lord and savior, Lorgar, Master of the Word Bearers, Aurelian, The Urizen, The Golden, The Voice of Truth!  In truth, his cloak was a real pain in the ass. Getting it to stay in it's spot and hold while you glue in the next pieces was a real challenge. Not the worst, but enough to make me roll my eyes. It had better not fall off in battle...

After a month and half of running my Plasma Support Squad and Seekers Squad without paint, I decided it was time to get to work. Playing with unpainted models is the worst kind of Heresy,  and I only like the good kind! You know, the kind that abandons the treacherous theocratic oligarchy that imposes an iron fist of fascism and slavery!!! Sorry... I get a little carried away. *ahem* Death to the False Emperor.

Below is a spreadsheet I designed to keep myself on a strict path of legion organization. I wanted each unit to have something unique to them outside of the specialty units. I didn't want all of my basic infantry units to run the same scheme over and over and over and over...

As you can see in the picture above, my Seekers have black helmets (though I still need to paint their backpacks black) and my support squads have black right arms and hands as well as black backpack vents.

When all is said and done, you should be able to look at my force and easily distinguish each squad, even without looking their weapons.

Also, I'm working on a box dread with two Twin-Linked Lascannons for popping fliers out of the sky ;)

Cheers! Until next time!

-Couch

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Coming Soon: Munitorum Armoured Crates!!!

They're finally happening! The crates! The crates! 

The Desperate Allies will definitely be making use of these bad boys!

The Act of Witnessing: Spartan, Contemptor, and Mhara'Gal!

Warhammerfest 2016!

For those of you who have not seen the glory that has spilled out into the world wide web, head on over to Battle Bunnies to see tons of pictures of what's going on at Warhammerfest 2016!

BATTLE BUNNIES - WARHAMMERFEST 2016

Solar Auxilia WIP

Sorry guys for the late update but work and personal life seem to keep getting in the way.  With that being said though I have managed to squeeze some time in for hobbying, and pizza....mostly pizza...

Here are 3 quad motor rapier batteries, 2 Draconsan transports, and the hull of an Arvus lighter.  I didn't think to take any progress pictures at the time unfortunately, but here are the results.  the first Draconsan tank was a bit of a pain but with some help from a Dremel the second one went much better. The rapiers went together very easily. The Arvus was a nightmare, but I'm now ready to start working on it though and installing the LED's.

I had to remove the Cadian's head.  Poor guy never stood a chance.  I replaced it with one of my spare Solar Auxilia heads. then I sticky tac'ed an LED in place for a test to see what it would look like to light up a cockpit. I liked it so I'm going to move forward with the project.  Look for more in the following weeks.

Warhammer 40,000 FAQ: The First Draft! 5/4/2016

GW has released it's First Draft on it's Facebook page and is looking to get some input from the players before releasing a final and polished product...wait... WHAT?! 

Yup! That's right!

Check it out! (feel free to to visit the link to see them from the official facebook page. Due to the quality of some of the pictures, we are only going to post the text here.)

The Act of Witnessing: WIP 5/2/2016

April was a difficult month for me, hobby-wise. I've decided that May will be my catchup month! So let's check out what's on my table!

The Mhara'Gal is by far one of my favorite models! It was a breeze to assemble and is going to be loads of fun to paint!

Started some basecoat shadowing.

BUTT.

Basecoat of Khorne Red to get the ball rolling.

Unlike the Mhara'Gal, the Spartan was not a cake walk in the assembly process. I can't believe this model actually use to be more difficult. As much of a pain in the ass it was, I am eternally grateful to Forge World for re-casting the sides of the model into one solid chunk.

Added a few brass etching pieces and some chains and skulls. My army is Calth themed so while the warping has started, it's not full force yet. Just enough to be suspicious! 

Started this guy in December and decided to finish him this month. It's been too long!

Battle Report - 2500 - Word Bearers vs Sons of Horus

Sean G. and I had a nice empty room on Friday afternoon and came to the conclusion that we have not played each other! Thus, WE FIGHT!!!

Let's take a look at the armies..

SONS OF HORUS

We start the Sons of Horus army off with none other than Maloghurst the Twisted, a broken and beaten old space marine who still has a chip on his shoulder! He is accompanied by a tactical squad, aka the Human Shield.

We also have a contemptor made for face punchin' and a 10 man Reaver JP squad.

Back yonder we have a... well... a whirlwind scorpius. This thing... god damnit...

In addition, we have another 10 man Reaver JP unit accompanied by a Primus Medicae with a JP, which are troops thanks to Maloghurst, and another Contemptor with Dual Multi-melta.

And last but certainly not least, we have a uni of new and improved Justaerin Terminators with a Forge Lord in a Ceastus Assault Ram. Sean's little trick here is giving the Forge Lord a Boarding Shield which grants the unit Defensive Grenades. Nasty!

THE WORD BEARERS

Up first we have a unit of seekers. I've started running my Seekers in a Rhino for extra protection, but since we decided to play on such short notice, I had to start scrapping things from my 3k list I was using later that night against Jyoji. Thus, the seeker transport was gone. With the Scorpius on the table, I decided to toe as many of these guys in cover as I could all-while keeping my 2" coherency. 

15 man tactical squad with extra CC weapons and +1 Strength (Dark Channelling roll). They are joined by Erebus and an Apothecary. 

To the right, a Spartan Assault Tank with five Gal Vorbak. The Gal Vorbak have a power axe and the Dark Martyer has Artificer, meltabombs, and dual lightning claws.

Another 15 man tactical squad identical to the first (sub Erebus) and a Mhara Gal Tainted Dreadnought.

Towards the back we have a Spartan Assault Tank with 2 Heavy Bolter side sponsons.

I'm not sure which of my heresies is greater, playing the Word Bearers or the lack of paint on some of my models... FOR SHAME!

To the right I have a 10 man Plasma support squad in a Rhino. Huzzah!

Using my Diabolist model as my Erebus for today. Still WYSIWYG! :/

TURN 1

Turn 1 was pretty uneventful on this side of the board. Dr. Gaunt moved up with his flesh shields, as did the melta-contemptor.

The Reavers and the Dr. Punchy McPuncherstein moved up just enough to force my hand turn 1.

The Whirlwind Scorpius didn't stretch before the match. It's still heating up. Trevor died though. RIP Trevor.

Derek took a bolter to the face. RIP Derek.

Well, the Reavers managed to put some pretty heavy fire down on my seekers. Enough to make me take a check on 3d6 (drop the lowest!) and I STILL failed. They ran 9". Idiots...

At the beginning of my turn 1, I attempted to rally my Seekers who proceeded to FAIL ME EVEN HARDER! YOU ROLL 3d6 TAKING THE LOWEST, HOW IS THIS HARD?! They rand 2" more... IDIOTS! GOSH!

My motley crew moves up, the Mhara Gal and Rhino taking special care to get some cover in the event that things go south.

Erebus' unit moves up and casts Invisibility on itself. The Sicaran moves into some difficult terrain safely to position itself for a better shot! I believe I shook the Contemptor, removing a HP.

UNLEASH THE KRAKEN!!! The Spartan Moved up and unleashed the Gal Vorbak into the Reavers! I almost failed my charge too! EEK!

The Gal Vorbak made very quick work of the Reavers, losing only one chum. I rolled like a daemon! Literally!!!

TURN 2

CAESTUS INCOMING!!! Yeah, here comes the big boy!

Luckily, he whiffed hardcore on his blasts! Greg and Sergeant Dan died though. :(

The action was so crazy that the camera could not focus! You should have been there!!!

TURN 3

The Contemptor successfully charged the Gal Vorbak, killing 3 but taking an immobilized result in the process! HA! Sampson runs away.

I forgot to take a picture before, but the second 10 man reaver squad was in front of my tacticals... I said WAS... They charged an invisible +1 S Zealot combat oriented Tactical Squad. FOOLS!

The Seekers FINALLY rallied! I hate them. Morons...

In my brilliant and tactical planning, I decided the best course of action was to move behind the contemptor and try to glance the final 2 hull points off of him. I managed ONE glance and he saved it. BLAST YOU!!!

The Plasma Support Squad came to party!!!

HERRO DESTROYERS!!!

GOODBYE DESTROYERS!!!

The Mhara'Gal successfully charged Maloghurst's squad. Let the grape train begin!!!

TURN 4

Oh crap...

Geoff points, "They're over there, guys!"

"God damnit, we know, Geoff...", said Carlos.

Steady boys... Steady...STEEEEADDDY!!!

The Ceastus & Scorpius teamed up and put a hurtin' on my Support Squad as well as blowing up the Rhino... Frank died too. RIP Frank.

TURN 5

STEEEEEEAAADDDYYYYYY

I attempted some pew pew's here, stripping another HP with a glance.

STEEEADD....oh wait... nevermind.

And that concludes the pictures on this very bloody day! Despite the grape the Justaerin's forced upon me towards the end of the game, I actually managed an 8-6 victory on KP's!

Overall it was one of the most exciting games I have played in 30k! Sean is a great opponent and if you haven't challenged him, you're missing out!

Hope you all enjoyed! :)