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Warhammer 40k – More Ebay Goodness!

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Everything went pretty well with my last clearout, its now time for the second lot. I’m getting rid of most of my 40k stuff, primarily because I’ve not been enjoying the game of late. Don’t get me wrong, I love the universe and the miniatures but it’s becoming too expensive to get a good size force and I feel the rules themselves are a little too bloated and geared towards the latest release for my liking. Secondly it means money to push into the games I am enjoying and get started in games I’m interested in, the main one of which will be Warmahordes :D.

Here’s what I’m getting rid of this time and click on the image to head over to the listing…

Crisis Battlesuit

Crisis Battlesuit

Cadre Fireblade

Cadre Fireblade

Fire Warriors

Fire Warriors

Pathfinders

Pathfinders

Pathfinders

Pathfinders

Recon Drone

Recon Drone

Plague Marines

Plague Marines

Plague Ogryn Leader

Plague Ogryn Leader

Plague Ogryn

Plague Ogryn

Plague Ogryn

Plague Ogryn

Plague Ogryn Obliterator

Plague Ogryn Obliterator

Blight Drone

Blight Drone

Blight Drone

Blight Drone

Death Guard Havocs

Death Guard Havocs

Fire Warriors

Fire Warriors

Crisis Battlesuit unbuilt

Crisis Battlesuit unbuilt

Chaplain Seraphicus

Chaplain Seraphicus

Tau Codex

Tau Codex

Chaos Daemons Codex

Chaos Daemons Codex

Chaos Marine Codex

Chaos Marine Codex

Dreadball Season 3 Book (Accidently bought 2 :/)

Dreadball Season 3 Book (Accidently bought 2 :/)

Munititorium Dice Set

Munititorium Dice Set

Happy bidding 😀

Fire Warriors Finished!

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Finished the second lot of 5 Fire Warriors this afternoon, whilst waiting for bits of the Hydra’s to dry, and here they are:

Fire Warriors

Fire Warriors

And here’s a shot with the whole Gang 😀

Fire Warrior Squad

Fire Warrior Squad

Getting so close to my gaming target now, I’m sweating in anticipation(This could be in part to the unusual heatwave we are experiencing in Edinburgh). I have a box of Fire Warriors which should now be ready to pick up and after them all I need is a one more battlesuit. But before that I have the Hydra’s to do, of which I’ll be popping an update up over the weekend…

Fire Warriors Finished!

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The Fire Warriors are finished, well the first half of the squad is anyway 🙂

Fire Warriors

Fire Warriors

With these guys done, I will be moving onto the tanks for the Death Korp commission. That’s just gonna be the 2 Hydras for now, with the basilisk getting done for the beginning of next month. Since the tanks have a fair bit of drying periods early on during the process, I’m hoping I can get a little more to the other half of this squad done in the down time.

In other news managed to get a single game of Dreadball in, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ll be looking to pop up a review of the game contents tomorrow, with a further review of the game play once I get a few more games in (really hard to judge a game properly, until you have a few games under your belt :D).

Fire Warrior Progress plus New Toys!

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I’ve made less progress than I wanted to on the Fire Warriors over the last couple of days, due primarily to a very generous mother in law, more on that later as here are the Fire Warriors:

Fire Warriors WIP

Fire Warriors WIP

The red on the armour and the black sections have now been completed, so onto the detailing next!

As the mother in law has just received her pension she decided my wife and I needed some money to treat ourselves. Obviously my mind went straight to toys and which ones where so shiny they had to be added to my collection.

I’ve been wanting to get into something outside of GW for a while now, other than board or card games (have played a fair few fantasy flight games, but not a lot else), but not something that would encompass a large force or expensive models. After a fair amount of browsing I decided on Dreadball by Mantic. Violent futuristic sports! Who could resist!

Dreadball!

Dreadball!

The main box was the obvious place to begin (really wish I had got in on the kickstarter, as some great deals). This gives me a good place to start and learn the rules. So far I’ve had a good peruse of what came with it and am suitably pleased. I should be getting a game tomorrow, so will be looking to pop up a review of the contents and the game play in the next couple of days…

Fire Warrior Progress…

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Today was spent getting the red started on the Fire Warrior Squad, all it is at this point is a base of Khorne red mixed with a wee bit of brown (sorry cant remember which one :() with a highlight of mephiston red. From this point I’m going to split them for painting, as I find it easier to go in small chunks, and paint five at a time. Going to try and get the red completed on the first five tonight…

Fire Warriors WIP

Fire Warriors WIP

Fire Warriors Started!

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Received the first of my Fire Warriors Today! Wooooo 😀 so got crackin into them straight away and they are now ready to be undercoated. I have to say I can’t wait to get started on painting these guys, as I’ve been really enthused to get the Tau to a playable level. Its now been at least 2 months since I last had a game of 40k and I’m really getting the itch now but I need to stick to my plan of only playing with painted models.

Fire Warriors

Fire Warriors

Here they are, fairly simple as there’s not a lot you can do with them being basic infantry and all.

Cadre Fireblade Finished!

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Finished off the final details on the Fireblade and am very chuffed with the results. Although the sept and cloak markings took a bit of patience I think I got the effect I was looking for.  Now all I need to do is think up some background for this chap, as I always like a bit of a story to go with each of the models/units in an army, especially an HQ.

Cadre Fireblade

Cadre Fireblade

Cadre Fireblade

Cadre Fireblade

Cadre Fireblade

Cadre Fireblade

Cadre Fireblade

Cadre Fireblade

I do know that this guy will be leading the smaller forces I take, with a Battlesuit Commander taking over as the points go up. I have a list which I will share for you that is something of a target for the first chunk of the force:

Cadre Fireblade

10 Fire Warriors

10 Fire Warriors

5 Pathfinders

5 Pathfinders

Crisis Battlesuit:

Fusion Blaster, Burst Cannon, Target Lock, 2 x Gun Drones

Crisis Battlesuit:

2 x Burst Cannon, Drone Controller, 2 x Gun Drones

Which is 500pts on the nose. I think this is a good starting point as it is made up of a core units of any other list I’ll be making and I’ll explain why.

I’ll always have Fire Warriors as my troops because I really am not a fan of the Kroot models. I realise this will leave a fairly diverse squad out of the mix but I’m more of a painter than a gamer these days so aesthetics will always win out when I’m building my lists.

Pathfinders I feel are too cheap to not be taken, considering what they can do. Sitting these chaps behind the Fire Warriors and using there markerlights helps the rest of the force , but they have the bonus of being a great unit to support using their carbines. Although if they do get targeted, caught in the open, assaulted, looked at in a funny way etc. they will very likely suffer a horrible demise.

Battlesuits I love. I will be taking one unit of each kind in my completed force (a long way off yet :(), so the obvious place to start is with a couple of XV8’s. The main idea with these guys is that they eventually form a squad of 3, with 2 battlesuits with burst cannon, fusion blaster and target lock and one with 2 burst cannons, drone controller and the full complement of gun drones. I like the idea of having a unit that can pump out 28 strength 5 shots and has an extra couple melta shots that can target a different unit 😀

As this is my target I still need the Fire Warriors and another battlesuit. I already have a box of Fire Warriors on the way, so hopefully get to starting them very soon…

Fireblade Progress

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Really getting into the Cadre Fireblade now, and not gonna be long until he is finished.

Cadre Fireblade WIP Front

Cadre Fireblade WIP Front

Cadre Fireblade WIP Back

Cadre Fireblade WIP Back

I’ve been working on his cloak, the blue sections as well as finishing the skin and facial features. The cloak will be getting some extra work with some kind of freehand design, but not decided on what yet. I’m probably just gonna stick to some tau-ish lettering, in red, around the edge and keep it fairly simple. The reason I’ve decided on red for this is I think it will blend in with the rest of the model much better, I’m not looking for it to be flashy or in your face cos I don’t think that’s what the Tau are all about.

So continuing on with this chap I still have all of the sept markings to add, as well as lenses, both on the model and on the base. So as I said, not far to go 😀

Tanks & Fireblade Update!

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Little bit of painting, little bit of modelling today. Started to fill the gaps on the Hydras with some plasticard, and to give you an idea of the gap here’s before and after:

Before & After

Before & After

As you can see the plasticard does a rudimentary job, gonna need to do a wee bit of greenstuffing to smooth the whole thing over.

I also found myself distracted by the Cadre Fireblade, that’s been sitting on the table for a wee while now, and managed to add a few colours to the chap. Didn’t really realise how much of the model is armoured, this makes things a little easier on the model and means I can dedicate more on the cloak and the sept markings. These elements more than anything help to distinguish him from any old firewarrior. Anyway enough rambling, here’s a picture:

Cadre Fireblade

Cadre Fireblade

And just because they look cool :D, the tanks again:

Tanks!

Tanks!