I painted 5 of these guys a while back, and they dutifully functioned as Chaos Space Marines for a while. I always joked that they throw their shields pretty well... equivalent to bolt pistol shots. I now decided to finish another 5, and WYSIWYG them for 40k.
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I painted up two Rhinos, and I immediately got an idea for a new type of list. Previously, infantry blobs were unwieldy due to a large footprint. Now, I could include 3. So I dropped the Land Raider, and switched to Renegade Raiders for the transport-related stratagems. We played mission G: The Ritual.
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I got this guy in 2021 as payment for painting The Triumph of Saint Katherine, partially assembled and primed.
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We played mission Q (Supply Drop/Rapid Escalation/Sweeping Engagement) from the Pariah Nexus Tournament Mission Pool. It was my first time facing Thousand Sons, and the introduction lasted about half an hour. They are a very technical army, and require a lot of thought playing with or against.
Along with the Raiders, I got a bunch of characters to paint as well.
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Continuing with the ASOIAF commisions, switching from the Lannisters to the Free Folk. The client basecoats them roughly the same, so I tried to codify my methods here.
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One last game before the tournament - A clash of kings. I had hoped to try my second list with this game, but with just one unit of cavalry, the infantry horde marched unto the table. I was way too excited to take pictures at first. This is already the second round. Not much had happened during the first, except I managed to pin the enemy cavalry in place in fear of my outflanking Spearwives. Then I marched up the trappers on the flank to harass Tywin and his halberdiers.
Another new unit for my Chaos Marines. I had the idea floating in my brain for some time, and I bought some Tyranid Gargoyle sprues a long time ago.
After my string of failures with the Tully double cavalry list, I felt it prudent to go back to my favorite Free Folk infantry horde. I replaced Styr with Harma and the Savage Giant with a spear thrower, just to see how they would work.
July was wild. I went to a local tournament and have been crowned Romanian ASOIAF champion. I've almost reached my yearly miniature painting target. I had fun and played some other games as well. Then I went on holiday and skipped the second half of the month.
In August, gaming might become scarce. I'm fine with that.
I've got some video games that I need catching up with.
I need to put the finishing touches on the final squad to be painted, thus solidifying my target.
And I need to get some motivation up, as I had been lacking lately.
Finally something new to paint for my Chaos Marines! I do love my Word Bearers and the paint scheme I devised is quick and great looking, but it does get old after a while.
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I decided that I need some Chosen, but I'm honestly sick of painting dark red power armor. So here's a fun idea: I have loads of space marine bodies. By slapping on some green stuff robes, I can paint them up as Fallen. This was super fun, and I ended up hammering out a squad of 10, as well as attachable characters.
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