Painting Blazing Firecats

Introduction

Back when I purchased the Arena of the Planeswalkers boardgame for DnD, a passer-by remarked that the cats in the set would be nice Fleshhound counts-as. Indeed, I used them once way back in Age of Sigmar. Now that the party of adventurers fumbles its way through Storm King's Thunder (may or may not encounter Fire Giants and their servants, he he he), and the codex for Chaos Daemons dropped (3 squads of Fleshhounds and a Daemon Prince make an excellent detachment), I felt it was time to paint these minis. (They also promised to be a quicker and easier job than most projects.)

* Note that the intro was written way back. I painted them about 3 months ago, but I only recently got around to finish their bases.

Chaos Daemons vs Death Guard, 16.04.2018

The short version of this batrep is already up here. I'm in a mood for a rant, so hang on tight.

Painting Pummelroot Elementals

Introduction

I haven't touched a paintbrush since the painting competition. It was time to get back in, though... and I decided on something nice and easy to start with.

Painting competition outcome

The painting competition came and went. Check out this on-point report. I felt no added value in posting the same thing.

Just a more personal retelling.

I, of course, went with my Chaos Lord and felt good about my chances. I tried something new: weathered power armor, and I was pleased with the results. Unfortunately, the judge was not. My miniature was deigned too matte and unimpressive on the tabletop. It wasn't that I did not win; it was that the whole point of the paintjob was brought up as its weakness.

Yeah, that did not feel good. I did not touch a paintbrush for a month. I didn't abandon the hobby: I still did conversions, modeling and gaming. Just no painting, at all.

But now I'm back. So let's get to work! Those minis won't paint themselves, after all.

Lava base for the Chaos Lord

Introduction

I wanted something good looking, but that would not draw the eye away from the miniature itself. So I opted for less terrain and no flocking, just the scenic base and some paint - a different approach than my previous lava base experiment.

Storm King's part 4 - A Dwarf, a Kor and a Lizard enter the bar a.k.a. the Fight at Bryn Shander

After the fight with the Dragon we were curious why the dragon attacked the flying castle.

Zephira will tell us legends about the Giants' and Dragons' wars, so it seems they are natural enemies (no relation to the Heroes 3 game) and they fought endlessly, all types of giants against all types of dragons. One day, seeing that there are too many victims on both sides, both leaders decided that this will be better settled by a 1 vs 1 fight (a Duel if you like). So the Dragon Leader fights with the Giant Leader but no victor will emerge and they will call it a truce. But these are only legends, nobody knows what truly happened there.[1]

Nurgle Daemons vs Orks, 05.04.2018

Tired of all the competitive ETC games, I went for something more... relaxed.

Mission: Eternal War - The Scouring

Nurgle Daemons: 8 CP

• ++ Battalion Detachment +3CP 
• Sloppity Bilepiper [3 PL, 60pts]
• Spoilpox Scrivener [4 PL, 75pts]
• 2x Nurglings [3 PL, 54pts]: 3x Nurgling Swarms
• 2x Plaguebearers [8 PL, 165pts]: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 19x Plaguebearer, Plagueridden
• ++ Supreme Command Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Daemons) [35 PL, 685pts] ++
• Daemon Prince of Chaos [9 PL, 180pts]: Horn of Nurgle's Rot, Malefic talon, WingsNurgle: Miasma of Pestilence
• Daemon Prince of Chaos [9 PL, 180pts]: Daemonic axe, Wings. Nurgle: Nurgle's Rot
• Great Unclean One [17 PL, 325pts]: Bileblade, Bilesword, Nurgle's Rot, Plaguefly Hive, Stream of Corruption, Warlord
• ++ Supreme Command Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Daemons) [13 PL, 240pts] ++
• Epidemius [5 PL, 100pts]
• Poxbringer [4 PL, 70pts]: Virulent Blessing
• Poxbringer [4 PL, 70pts]: Fleshy Abundance

I wanted to test the two new types of herald, which I have - unpainted, as of yet. The idea behind the list was to have things just not dying: Plaguebearers come back through rolling 1's thanks to the Bilepiper and the Horn.

I also wanted to see how the new Great Unclean One performs, given how the general consensus is that greater daemons are useless.

Orks: 6 CP Battalion Detachment

• Big Mek on Warbike [6 PL, 101pts]: Choppa, Kustom Force Field
• Ghazghkull Thraka [11 PL, 215pts]: 1. Legendary Fighter, Warlord
• Kaptin Badrukk [5 PL, 84pts]
• 2x Boyz [13 PL, 126pts]. Boss Nob: Choppa, Slugga, 20x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa
• Boyz [5 PL, 60pts]. Boss Nob: Choppa, Slugga. 9x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa
• Burna Boyz [13 PL, 168pts]: 12x Burna Boy
• Painboy [4 PL, 53pts]: Power Klaw
• 4-man Deff Koptas [21 PL, 260pts], Twin Big Shoota
• Flash Gitz [7 PL, 135pts]: 4x Flash Git, Kaptin
• Trukk [5 PL, 85pts]: Big Shoota, Wreckin' Ball
• Trukk [5 PL, 85pts]: Big Shoota, Wreckin' Ball

Chaos vs T'au, 29.03.2018

Another ETC training game for the local tournament.

Mission: Eternal War - Frontline Warfare; Maelstrom of War - Contact Lost

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+ ARMY FACTION: T'au

+ TOTAL COMMAND POINTS: 8

+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 2000pts
+ ARMY FACTIONS USED: T'au

++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (T'au Empire) [15 PL, 250pts] ++

• Ethereal [3 PL, 50pts]: Honour blade, Hover drone
• Ethereal [3 PL, 50pts]: Honour blade, Hover drone
• 3x Kroot Carnivores [3 PL, 50pts]: 10x Kroot

++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (T'au Empire) [62 PL, 1181pts] ++

• T'au Empire Sept Choice: Bork'an Sept
• Commander in XV8 Crisis battlesuit [7 PL, 96pts]: 2. Through Unity, Devastation, 2x Burst cannon, Puretide engram neurochip, Shield generator, Warlord
• 2x XV104 Riptide Battlesuit [14 PL, 272pts]: 2x Smart missile system, Heavy burst cannon, Target lock, Velocity tracker
• 2x XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit [10 PL, 205pts]: 2x Fusion blaster, Cyclic ion raker, 2x MV5 Stealth Drone, Target lock, Velocity tracker
• XV88 Broadside Battlesuits [7 PL, 131pts] . Broadside Shas'vre: 2x Smart missile system, Heavy rail rifle, Target lock

++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (T'au Empire) [28 PL, 563pts] ++

• T'au Empire Sept Choice: Bork'an Sept
• Commander in XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit [8 PL, 181pts]: 3x Fusion blaster, High-output burst cannon, Shield generator
• 3x Tactical Drones [2 PL, 40pts]: 4x MV4 Shield Drone
• 2x XV88 Broadside Battlesuits [7 PL, 131pts]. Broadside Shas'vre: 2x Smart missile system, Heavy rail rifle, Target lock

++ Total: [105 PL, 1994pts] ++

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+ ARMY FACTION: Chaos 

+ TOTAL COMMAND POINTS: 8

+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 2000pts
+ ARMY FACTIONS USED: Chaos Daemons, Heretic Astartes, Death Guard

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++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (Chaos - Daemons) [43 PL, 664pts] ++

• Chaos Allegiance: Chaos Undivided
• Changecaster [4 PL, 78pts]: Gaze of Fate, Treason of Tzeentch
• Changecaster [4 PL, 78pts]: Flickering Flames, Treason of Tzeentch, Warlord: Daemonspark
• Daemon Prince of Chaos [9 PL, 180pts]: Daemonic axe, Khorne, Skullreaver, Wings
• 2x Horrors: 10x Pair of Brimstone Horrors, 1 Blue Horror
• Horrors: 9x Pair of Brimstone Horrors, 1 Blue Horror
• Nurglings [3 PL, 54pts]: 3x Nurgling Swarms
• Nurglings [3 PL, 54pts]: 3x Nurgling Swarms

++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Death Guard) [33 PL, 654pts] ++

• Daemon Prince of Nurgle [9 PL, 180pts]: 1. Miasma of Pestilence, Malefic talon, Wings
• 3x Foetid Bloat-drone [8 PL, 158pts]: 2x Plaguespitters, Plague probe

++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Chaos Space Marines) [36 PL, 682pts] ++

• Legion: Alpha Legion
• Chaos Lord with Jump Pack [6 PL, 93pts]: Bolt pistol, Chainsword, No Chaos Mark
• Sorcerer with Jump Pack, Bolt Pistol, Force Staff, Prescience, Death Hex
• 3x Obliterators [10 PL, 195pts]: Mark of Tzeentch, 3x Obliterator

++ Total: [2000pts] ++

A kept the screen clearing Drones and the backfield Horrors, but the new heavy hitters are the Obliterators which reroll 1's to wound thanks to the Daemonspark warlord trait.

Easter Eggs

No, not that kind of easter eggs. I mean literal easter eggs.

You see, this year, I got the task of painting up the eggs for Easter. My wife laid on the red basecoat (tee hee hee) using red onion and beetroot, and I did the freehand on them.