Painting one more Imperial Fist captain

Introduction

Veteran Sergeant Danicus, converted and fully painted!

Converting one more Space Marine Captain

Introduction

With the end of the Mane campaign looming close... you guessed it, time for another gift-conversion! Veteran Sergeant Danicus (another wordplay obviously, as the player is called Daniel) follows the pattern established by Captain Zsombicus.

Uprising on Mane Primus - Mission #10 Game - Siege

Mission

I set up the board as a simple enclosed maze. Karn, Argus, Boreas and Grigor started in the top right corner (at the infirmary), with the rest of the squad in the bottom right (at the training room). The top left corner had the main objective (the governor's chambers), the bottom left the secondary objective (the data center). So the guys on the lower lane could choose between going for the secondary objective, or helping the rest of the squad reach the main one. Line of sight was capped at 12".

Game

Both parts of Alpha squad advanced into the unknown, soon running into armed resistance.

Uprising on Mane Primus - Mission #10 Story

Karn was carrying the unconscious Argus to safety. He turned back for a moment, firing quick shots with his bolt pistol, then ran on. Behind him, the traitor marine cleared the treeline, and aimed his boltgun. A split second later, he was engulfed in an explosion. Karn vaulted over the small hillock to his position in cover, thankful to Oberon for the covering fire.

He noticed the voxbead in Argus' ear clicking. His wasn't; it must be an external attempt at communication. He ripped out his own device, taking the one from Argus.

'... report. I said, report!' - came the crackling voice of the Thunderhawk co-pilot.

Maggotkin of Nurgle vs Gloomspite Gitz (includes rematch), 2020.01.22

Introduction

The local Gloomspite Gitz army had changed hands, and I welcomed the chance to play someone new. 1000 points, same old Maggotkin list as always (which now has the added bonus of residing at the Guild Hall, so I don't even have to carry them to the game). Regular missions from the core rulebook, and we took the time to discuss everything.

Gloomspite Gitz

• Skragrott, the Loonking
• Fungoid Cave-Shaman
• Loonboss on Mangler Squig
• 12-man Squig Herd
• 6-man Squig Herd
• 10-man Boingrot Bounderz

Mission: Blood and Glory

January Painting Competition

Another painting competition! This time, we had to enter a squad of miniatures. As luck would have it, I just started working on the Chaos Warriors when this was announced, and so I managed to complete everything in time. I won second prize!

Honorable mention goes to the method of judging the entries. Still a community vote, but instead of having everyone in the FLGS vote like last time, we instead had the participants vote on each other's entries. Everyone decided on a first, second and third place (excluding his or her own entry) in both the advanced and the beginner section, with the advanced participants' votes having more weight than the beginners'.

Painting Chaos Warriors in Word Bearers color scheme

Introduction

I had these guys lying around on their sprues ever since I bought them to provide conversion bits for the dragonborn paladin. I felt it was due time for them to take the field.

Mud on cloaks and boots

Tested with the warm white cloak.

Brown fur cloak

M.A.G.U.S. - War on lizards

After last year's sessions fizzled out in a maelstrom of real-life stuff intervening, we managed to get back together after 3 months. Everyone was keen on playing, so we got right into... debating our course of action. Again. With Shamil complaining about his low health. Again. And me having to convince everyone. Again. But at last, the group got its act together and we swung into action.

Not so fast! First we went to the village to rest and recuperate.

A new Nurgly home... at The Guild Hall

The Guild Hall - our FLGS - now has a display cabinet for miniatures. I asked for my own little corner, giving my painted Nurgle demons a new - albeit temporary - home.

Magnetizing Chaos Warriors

Introduction

These Chaos Warriors have been languishing around ever since I made this conversion. Now it's time to assemble them - or at least 10 of them. The goal is to have them around for Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar.

Word Bearers vs Thousand Sons, 2020.01.09

Introduction

On the molten surface of Prospero, in the ruins of once-proud Tizca, the Word Bearers warband advanced cautiously. They were closing in on the signal... but far ahead, avian cries broke the silence. Someone was already here!

Painting a dark elf wizard

Introduction

As our current Storm King's Thunder campaign is drawing to a close after a year and 9 months, it is time for me to surrender the mantle of DM. I am excited to play again - well, that's an understatement. I will resume my role as Zyn, the Dark Elf wizard... and I will celebrate by painting a badass miniature! My specialization will still be necromancer, of course... but I plan on adding some more summoning, as the mini itself suggests.

Storm King's part 32 - We saw Death with our own eyes!!!

As we were looking for the Stone Giant BO$$ we reach a huge cavern with Stalactites and Stalagmites that seemed very natural. Here the Biggest Stone Giant we have ever seen is awaiting us with two bodyguards.

Storm King's part 31 - Items or Bodies, the BIG question?

The three living party members: Tari, Groin and Sammy reunite in invisibility in the treasure room.

The living party is horrified to see their friends' bodies being brutally desecrated by the giants. The giants take the naked bodies and drag them away. Now the question occurs: Should we loot the giants' treasure room or follow the giants who are dragging our dead friends away.

Start of the year rant: January, the month of D&D and commission work

And so the new year has started, and I am once again planning the roadmap for my hobbying. Yes, when the time to allocate is limited, you have to make the most of every hour.

There isn't much to plan on the gaming side. I will keep up D&D to the best of my ability. I will try my best to play MAGUS. I will fill out the remaining slots during the weekdays with Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar.

But then there is miniature painting. While this year saw a small improvement in quantity over the last, I am still not entirely happy. Stubs of armies lie in cardboard boxes, awaiting assembly, painting and the tabletop. There is also the occasional odd job to do. Like last year, when I spent a large chunk of time creating minis for my MAGUS character. It did not help that my greatest work was a commission work, either.

And so, my proposed solution is to partition at-home hobbying by month. I am not sure that I will be able to keep up; but it's a proposal as good as any.

With that, I open January, the month of D&D and commission work. I will mostly paint up some stuff for D&D, and I will hammer through the miniatures my MAGUS-GM threw at me last month (the first of which was the bone dragon). There are a couple of leftover, unpublished posts from December's work - I will start with those, while I get new stuff done.

If all goes as planned, February will see me whipping up something for Warhammer. Whether it's 40k or Sigmar, something new or something old - we'll get there when we get there.

The year in review

Another year, another review!