Epic Lost and the Damned Daemon Prince and Chaos Altar
I’ve been a bit busy. Got some new stuff for my Lost and the Damned. Now you may ask, Bozeman, why all the Nurgle lately? Surely other Chaos gods need love too. My answer is that for the list I’m building, I need a big Nurgle blob squad tricked out and ready to summon daemons and hold an objective. Hence, the altar and Daemon Prince.
First, the altar uses old pewter Ork trakks. The body is a bit that I got in an auction a year ago and have no idea what it is. A normal non-slotta round base makes up the filth pool, with a plaguebearer cut in half. The plastic pustules are from the Tyranid Mawloc sting tail. The hose nozzle is from the old plastic Ork Mega Stompa. Chains were from a hobby store. Finally, two beasts of Nurgle tow the thing. I added a drop of putty to make it look all pus-filled.
The Daemon Prince was easy, I took an old Necromunda Milliasaur (not easy to find, or cheap) and added two Tyranid Mawloc mandibles. It makes him look like Duriel from Diablo II, which is what the army is visually based on, in part.
Next: painted Ork shootas, a Tzeentch Chaos Altar, and possibly more!
Epic Nurgle Plague Tower mod
I was bad a while ago. I bought a bunch of stuff for my Lost and the Damned Epic army. This included a Tzeentch Firelord and three Tzeentch Doomwings. It also included most of a Nurgle Plague Tower. This was my fault: I did not research what a Plague Tower should look like, and it was missing the Plague Mortar up top and the Nurgle symbol staff on the back.
So, I improvised. I used a handcannon from the Privateer Press Devil Dogs mercenaries up top, and embedded it in a pustule of putty. I added some drips to make it seem bursting with pus. I then added putty to the back and three more pustules in the Nurgle symbol. I used a pin vise in the top pustule when it was cured, put in a small piece of paperclip, and covered it with putty to make a spurt of goo.
Yeah, it’s not 100% authentic but it looks great and it’s way cheaper.
Next: Ork shootas! The last of the shootas, then on to sluggas.
Free-for-all battle at Highland Library!
WOW! Huge battle at Highland Library 40K club! Each player got 1200pts and a secret mission. There was one objective in the middle of the board in an AV12 building.
Everyone converged on it during turn 2…
…and then the Ork player Shawn decided to blow the building up for no reason. It was a radioactive bomb building. Everything within 5D6″ took a STR8 AP1 Hit (we rolled 16″)
After that it devolved into a mixed scuffle.
Shawn (ruiner of buildings) plays Orks but also Necrons. He had his Necrons painted by his friend John, and let me take some pics!
Next month I might have a Battlefleet Gothic report that’s not a generic training report! More soon!
DARK ELDAR COMPLETED! GET YOUR WEAPONS READY!
DARK ELDAR ARE DONE! Seen here with modular magnetized weapons on some ships and all custom printed Ordnance markers. Next: Orks, Epic Orks, or Menoth Starter set.
EDIT: The actual creator of the markers is caller Tyberius. Here are all of his markers. Thanks Tyberius!
Also, next is definitely Ork Shoota Boyz.
On a roll! More Dark Eldar Escorts!
Three more to go! Will probably finish tomorrow. After that, who knows? Probably 40K Orks if it gets warm enough.
Battlefleet Gothic Compendium 2010 Update: Aspergers Edition
So as John from previous BFG battle reports and Lexington of (the sadly dead) Aurorachapter.com will tell you, I’ve been busy. This requires some explanation. Long ago I worked in a print shop that did little business and so during downtime I typed up the rules for Battlefleet Gothic into a super-condensed version for ease of use.
In 2010 the Battlefleet Gothic community released the 2010 update which had a bunch of rule fixes, and some new ships and lists. I updated the RULES but did not add the new ships etc. because it had not appeared on the GW main site yet. It’s still not up there. Recently I read all of the extra stuff and decided it was good, so I undertook a huge task: update the old files with the new data. In addition, I added stuff for Scenarios, Campaigns, and everything else left out by my previous compendium.
I just finished, and had the compendium printed. Check out the pictures below.
The first is the first page. Notice that the pages are laminated for durability. The second picture is the old compendium underneath the new one. The new one is much bigger.
If you want to print your own copy of the compendium, know that all copyrights for these files are for Games Workshop. All of this data is available free online at the Games Workshop Website (click on Specialist Games and then Battlefleet Gothic) except for the compendium files which can be found here. (note: requires Google account) DO NOT SELL COPIES OF THESE FILES OR IN ANY WAY USE THEM TO MAKE MONEY. To find the files, click on BFG 2010 Compendium under Features on the right side of the page. I made these for hardcore Battlefleet Gothic players, not to make any money off of them. Open the last file to see how to print your own copy of the compendium.
Have fun!
Highland Library Gamers
Recently, I hung out with the gamers at the Highland Library. They play 40K and are currently involved in a campaign which is similar to a Games Workshop campaign. In this campaign you have an “Immortal” who starts with (crappy) randomly generated stats. Your Immortal levels up as you play until his stats are less pathetic and more godlike.
They meet monthly, and last month I visited them and played a game with Andrew, who plays Guard. This month I had something a little more… esoteric in mind.
Behold: a Battlefleet Gothic Addendum to to the Campaign! These rules allow people to paritcipate in Gothic games without feeling like “missing out” on the main campaign.
Above, in the image gallery, the first 3 pics are of Stephen’s Plague Marines. He has a really good texture scheme for plague pustules, etc.
Next, the two gentlemen in the battle picture are Ian (left, Dark Eldar and Eldar) and Jory (right, Space Marines)
The closeup of the Kroot Shaper with wings is the Immortal of Sean’s Kroot Army. He’s using an internet Kroot list OKd by Andrew, the campaign co-ordinator. Andrew made this model back when Kroot Armies were actually GW legal out of a Kroot Shaper, Lizardmen Terradon wings, and an Ork Slugga.
Andrew’s army is up next, the Guard on the right defending against Justin’s encroaching Eldar on the left.
The Battlefleet Gothic game is the first one played using my rules. I showed Michael (left, Imperials) and Dominik (right, Chaos) how to play. They loved it and are going to consider getting fleets.
Next, Stephen’s Nurgle forces engage Trevor’s Ultramarines.
For the last battle picture, Robert’s Farsight Enclave Tau go up against Jacobs Dark Angels.
The final two pictures are closeups of Dominik’s Space Marine Honour Guard. I like his scheme, it’s very dirty, like these Marines have been in the thick of it.
Next month, expect more pics and possibly a detailed battle report!
Dark Eldar Escort Squad Numero Dos
I’ve been on a roll after a long dry spell. Next: even more!
Dark Eldar Escorts
First four escorts! As you can see, the magnetized weapons fit them too. Next: a different configuration of escort, until they are all done. There’s four more types besides this one.