Year Long Painting Challenge Q3 – Beast Snaggas!
With these done, I have only the Leman Russ Exterminators to do for July’s obligations and then I’m working ahead into August!
AFK July Single Hue Challenge – Amed Baran, Lieutennant of the 2nd Company of the Star Cyclones
Long ago, as part of a casual painting competition at AFK, I created a chapter which gave me an excuse to paint the color orange: The Star Cyclones.
Sadly, I was not able to finish that challenge in time for submission, but I did finish eventually. That mini has been on display at AFK.
Due to shipping shenanigans, AFK moved the Single Hue Challenge up to July. I thought it would be a perfect chance to revive the Star Cyclones color scheme, but with an updated look. Thanks to Cerberus Xt of Instagram, I painted an unused Space Marine Lieutenant in this updated scheme:
Baran is a Kurdish surname meaning Thunderstorm, so I thought it appropriate.
The Paint Scheme involves a base coat, panel lining using an ink or contrast wash, shading with a darker, more red color, and highlighting with a lighter, more yellow color. Then, edge highlighs and dot highlights are applied, and you get an incredibly dynamic fade which is easy to do.
Next: Ork Beast Snaggas!
AFK Year Long Painting Challenge Q3 – Beastboss!
Q3 is starting strong with an early entry! Beastboss is done!
Next: AFK has changed the schedule. July is the Single Hue Challenge, which will start with a Space Marines Lieutenant of the Star Cyclones chapter; a chapter I made up specifically to paint the color orange in a previous year’s painting competition. This upcoming mini will have a color blending recipe provided by the amazing Cerberus Xt from Instagram! After that, this boss is getting some Beast Snaggas, and then some LI Leman Russ Exterminators!
Half Year Half Army LI Legiones Astartes Rhinos – Challenge Complete!
With these 10 Rhinos, my Legiones Astartes box set that I am painting for the 1/2 year 1/2 Army painting competition is complete!
Here is the whole box set!
This not only finishes my obligations for June two weeks early, it lets me have some breathing room for the next 1/2 year! Here’s the big board; look at all that GREEN!
Next: Stripping Ork Trukks, re-making an entire Nob squad, prepping Beast Snaggas and a Beastboss, and making a custom Lieutenant for August! Then, I’ll start the 3rd quarter strong with a mystery model from AFK, the Beastboss, and the Leman Russ Exterminators which will replace the Baneblades that I already stole from the LI Solar Auxilia Box!
Year Long Army Painting Q2 Complete! Ork Kommandos!
Ork Kommandos are complete! These models date to before official Ork Kommando models were released! Most of them, anyway. The Nob is a pewter model from the first Kommando box set. I found the Boyz in that box to be extremely ugly, but I love this Nob with his casual pose, cigar, and over-eager Grot helper.
To model “stealthiness” before the Kommandos were released, I cut apart some of the old 3rd edition jungle terrain leaves and added them to the Boyz to cover some of their profiles.
The Bomb Squig is a pewter model from a separate blister when they used to be sold separately.
The Distraction Grot is the modern model from the Kill Team set, with leaves added.
With this squad, the Q2 of the Army Painting Challenge is complete! I’m officially halfway done!
Next: LI Astartes Rhinos which will finish June, and then I’m preparing for the second half of the year! 1/2 army will be LI Solar Auxilia, and July will feature an “All the same” challenge which will be a model decided by AFK Staff. Additionally, there will be a whole lot more Orks! Stay tuned!
AFK Q2 Skirmish Complete!
Razor and the Scumettes are now a completely painted gang!
The above was the third part of the gang that had not been painted. In addition I painted two Bounty Hunters and the pilot from the 5th edition Battle for Macragge box set as an “Imperial Agent.” Sadly I did not convert the Scout bounty hunter, I got him from a box set of Necromunda figures sold at a convention.
Here is all of the minis I painted for the Q2 competition:
…and here is the whole gang!
I will do better photography and add them to the Image Galleries soon.
Next: Ork Kommandos!
AFK 1/2 year challenge LI Astartes Fast Attack
May’s last obligation got done a bit late, but June will be a light month. In truth these were done yesterday except for the clear plastic flying stands.
Next: the remaining Escher girls and plus two Bounty Hunters and an Imperial Agent, then a squad of Kommandos and 10 LI Rhinos and Q2 is done!
Battle Report – WAAAAGH Gitsmasha vs. Space Wolves 2000 pts!
Recently I’ve been concentrating on Painting, and to a lesser effect Modeling. I put out Home Fires as part of Storytelling, but the fourth strand of the hobby, Gaming, has been completely set by the wayside.
Until now.
Or, rather, last Monday. I’ve been unable to post due to internet connectivity issues. But longtime friend of the blog Misha brought their Space Wolves to let me cut my teeth on my Orks!
Deployment: Tipping Point
Mission: Scorched Earth
Mission Rule: Stalwarts
Setup:
Space Wolves charged forward, occupying the center. The WAAAAAGH! followed, allowing most Ork units to push forward. Beast Snagga boys threatened the Repulsor, while Meganobs and Squighog Boys took out the Land Raider Redeemer.
The Judiciar with the Bladeguard wiped the Bikes, but were then cut down by Nobs. In a display of indignity, the Judiciar with one wound was disaptched in the following shooting phase with Nob Sluggas in close combat!
Murderfang dispatched the Beast Snaggas while Ragnar Blackmane moved up and slaughtered the Boys. Flash Git fire killed his Intercessor escort, and reduced Ragnar to one wound! In a wave of desperation, Grots charged! The Runterherd did one unsaved wound which was undone with a re-roll, but one lucky Grot got another wound through! Ragnar went down with a Grot Stabba in his eye!
After this, Murderfang and Bjorn the Fell-Handed took out most Orks. At the end of the game, only one squad of Grots remained. However, the Space Wolves had made a tactical error! Due to the mission rules, Misha burned a mid-field objective on turn 2, confident he could take more later. In truth, the Space Wolves lost more than 15 points on Primary because this objective was not kept. In the end, the Orks won 72-62!
Next: more battle reports and LI Fast Attack!
AFK Year Long Army Paint – Two Squads of Stormboys!
Two squads of five Stormboys, each with a Nob with Power Klaw!
These Stormboys were made with old pewter Stormboy torsos and rocket packs. One even has the old pewter Stormboy head! Others have heads from the Ork Boys, Warbikers, and Loota/Burna box sets. The Nobs had their legs created from Nob Legs that I clipped off for my Nob Biker project long ago, grafted onto normal Boy legs, and with heads and arms from the Ork Nob box. An Old School addition to the Ork army, heavy enough to bean your opponent with the power of pewter!
Next: LI Fast Attack sprues to complete May, then more Escher, Orks, and LI for June!
AFK Year Long Army Painting – Ork Trukk no 1
Job’s a good’un! Next: Stormboyz!