Archive for September, 2011

Yeah, thassright, I procrastinated my arse off this weekend, saturday saw minimal progress on these two, probably only had the metals and red uplighting knocked on the head  before I snuck around to Frontline Gamers hobby church with sacrificial offerings of cake, chocolate and crisps (the holy trinity) for my Infinity Baptism … I have admired the system from afar but there’s nothing like getting stuck in to get some context is there?

I really urge the painters and strategists amongst you to check INFINITY out, full Rules set is free (though the book is Nerdporn), and the flash army builder program I deeply love, aside from one niggle and for those with smart-phones, oh yes a quick reference free online rules wiki.

I’ll cut it short here but I really liked the game, It was very enjoyable I can certainly see it shaping up to be a fast paced game with many layers of strategy subsequently pushing many of my buttons that are left unpushed by 40k. Monday saw a further omen when I was presented with an 18% off code for Maelstrom games (had to be non GW) also whts not to like on free shipping on orders over a tenner ? so I took the plunge on some Combined as the models reach the itch thats hard to scratch (oh glorious hallowed lovely metal alloy). After ToS I’ll be launching a separate blog to to chart my new experiences with Infinity , not only my first stumbling games but hopefully some stellar paint jobs, as 1.) the models are Bi-Winning and the model count is certainly painter friendly, I’ll never have to paint more than a handful of the same model so I can go to town, oddly it will be aliens (again) and they will be very dark, alien and menacing (again) , though no black this time ;o)

Anyway I digress, this post is about the Venoms I painted, so I’ll continue, yep Friday was a tragic painting time car-crash so when I finally forced myself to get on with it  on Sunday it was a case of finish them or fall horribly behind, I finished both in about seven hours  but at 1AM. I had  to be up for work at 7AM the next day and was running the games club on Monday so thats why the pics are late in coming. I’m utterly shattered atm , doing the painting is like a second Job and I really don’t enjoy the one I already have …..

All Venoms Complete.

This week in the Evenings I hope to finish a five man Warrior squad and It’s the last Ravager at the weekend, the distraction harpy is away so It’s chances of completion are dramatically increased.

And here’s why I Went with Combined army , the model is even sweeter in the flesh, believe . Its so far removed from finecrap I nearly cried nerdtears when I got to handle it, a beautiful thing for sure.

Soon Folks

Thats right, 5 Times as many brides and a darkmatter cannon, oh no no no mr Tarantino, mine is better.

So yes I have managed to squeeze one more thing out , list left to do is one Ravager, two Venoms, 5 warriors, 4 Truborn and two Characters, 23 days and counting ….

I do have transfer designs but it my go on afterwards as I do not have the time or energy to work out how to size and print them atm, trying to get some help with that.

Nothing special to report on the raider, I enjoyed the Razorwing way more.

If I behave myself and get some serious painting done on Saturday I get to go and hang out with Frontline Gamer and try some Infinity, I don’t need much nudging I really want to paint some of those models, fortunately my OCD won’t let me do anything else until the DE are finished.

Venom and Truborn this weekend maybe even two Venoms, I Can’t face the Ravager at the moment , nearly lost the will to live doing the last one, lol

SOULS !!

I busted my Balls this week to bring the army up to seven fully completed KP’s 11 to go with a whole free weekend In front of me.

Currently aiming to clear three per week…. Man am I going to suffer.

Up next, a Ravager I think.

In other news I have ordered a battlefoam custom case for my army, initially had hoped for a medium bag but DE are funny shapes and really need to be glued to their bases (which BF’s solution accounts for) so they take a stupid amount of space, fortunately the bag I did get lets me store almost all the DE I own and accounts for most of my upcoming purchases too, apart from a Voidraven. I’ll cross that bridge when I get to It as I imagine there will be FW goodies to add soon.

BTW, kinda enjoyed BF’s custom tray creator, very cool/useful. I’ll do a full review on my order experience and the bag after ToS.

I’m Considering trading in my unassembled Lynx for a Tantalus, assuming it does not get the ‘Reaper treatment’ rules-wise….. *scowl*

So five KP’s done with and 13 to go, not so bad really.

The last five took what seemed like hours and hours to do over the first half, It just dragged on and on , probably about 11 hours or thereabouts for all five. I guess that it fast-ish all things considered and If I can keep the momentum up should mean I complete the army just in time…..

I’m going to be doing a warrior Venom today then I have no Idea what I want to do, Taking votes in the comment box below , choosing from Reavers, a warrior Squad, the second Truborn squad or the Archon.

And here’s something which amused me thats on topic for this blog, I wanted to share  it with you all.

Check out the rest of Wobbly model syndrome if you have not already, a bit o good light 40k humor for everyone there.

Also for my readers, you lucky lucky souls, we have another Rant first! SinSyn of HOP infamy, their resident rabid Xenos proponent will be bringing us an Eldar themed guest article from the fetid bowels of his overstimulated humor organ. I’m looking forward to it ;o)

*Warning, may contain traces of tentacles*