The Nighmare Awakens

“Your nightmares follow you like a shadow, forever. ”

― Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project

Some of you know that I have been working on a new army for the last couple of months. Now after getting everything assembled, I started painting last week on my mono-Slaanesh list.  I had been trying out several paint themes, but none on them tickled my fancy.  I wanted them to be dark and scary, not bright and pastel.  I wanted something different than pink and purple.  I imagine a Daemon army materializing out of the Etherium or your closet in the night, so I did not want to use metalics in my army (unless Khorne, but I won't have Khorne in a Slaanesh army).  The theme also had to be within my painting ability. 

Since DC Comics rebooted all their comics a few months ago, I have been reading all the Batman comics, and it struck me.  That is the image I wanted.  So I was inspired to theme my army around the older Batman colors!  Dark grey, blue, and yellow.  EUREKA!

So without further adieu, here is the Alluress for my first unit:  

So far I have only painted about 10 models and a BSB.  I am not too happy with the banner of my BSB since I am not very good at freehand, but I will try and get some photos of this unit up in the next few days.  

Happy Gaming!

Boom Boom Boom

Well, I'm back. Here are some pics of my Ogre Army I used back at Brawler Bash V. I went 3-2 with this army and lost Game 5 on Table 3 to Ben and his Beastman Army (Ben won the GT btw). BBV was too long ago, and my memory sucks from too many concussions, so I will not bore you with details.  Most of this army was made from my 7th ed list, with a few added command groups, Firebelly, Ironblaster, and Thundertusk.  (No mournfangs)

Here's my Thundertusk:

One of my Irongut Champions using the Empire Maneater:

Here is my Firebelly, I used the plastic Balrog's sword instead of the FB hammer, and the hilt is made from a spare Gutplate.  I do not have a painted photo, but I am quite pleased with how he turned out.  One of the best models imho that GW has made, even though the head doesn't fit that well.

My Ogres are pretty much done for now.  I am currently working on a mono-Slaanesh list (with lots of new toys for them this week).  With WoC coming out this Fall, I do not think the Ogres will get much playtime.  This army is the best painted army I own., and I am quite proud of it.  One day I may go back and do a final highlight on the skin tone, but we shall see.

Well, that is all, I am stuck up in NYC working a lot of hours, so painting time has been limited, but here is a view from my "office/trailer" window.  And yes, I can look up her robes :)  The Park Police got quite a kick for the first week I was there at the security checkpoints getting onto Ellis Island.  Every day they went through my work truck trying to figure out what all these half naked and clawed models were in a case that looked like a "gun case".  Sometimes it is hard to explain the hobby.  Now I just leave all my hobby supplies at the place I am staying.

Time to dust off those big boys

The Ogre Kingdoms are back! It is time to start organizing my army that has been collecting dust (quite literally) on the shelf these last few years. I am waiting patiently for my army book and a few reinforcements to arrive later this week.




Here is my army that I haven't used since I dropped them at Brawler Bash II a few years ago. After every metal model exploded into many pieces, they are finally ready to see some action again. With the new list I plan on adding a Thundertusk. I think it will provide a nice centerpiece for the army and help support all my Ironguts. I also need to paint up a few command models to match as my list was made for 7th and MSU tactics. I am trying to use as many as of my older models as possible since I never have time to paint.

My list I have painted is:

Tyrant, I might drop him down to a Bruiser. I ordered the new Golgfag model to act as a Tyrant. Looking at Armor of Silvered Steel (2+ AS), AHW, and Talisman of Protection (4++) or I might just go offensive. Nit sure yet and I need to see the book.
2 Butchers (Gut Maw and Heavens) I am really liking Lore of Heavens lately. All those re-rolls have been helping my WoC, and might help out the poor WS of the Ogres.
I have 4 butcher models altogether but I find that too many wizards means not enough PD to go around.

Bruiser, BSB possibly Draginhide Banner or just make him tough to kill with the 2+ armor.

2 Units of 9 Ironguts w/FC (need to paint command) One with +1 Ld banner or the Strider one.
1 Unit of 9 Bulls w/FC (need to paint champion)
1 unit of 30 Gnoblar Hunters

2x3 Leadbelchers or maybe 1x6. Not sure yet. I would like 2x4 units, and I might just paint up 2 quick unit fillers of stacked powderkegs or something similar.

2 Gorgers, these might be left out as they are now too expensive

1x2 ManEaters with Scout and Swiftstride. I might model a few "commando" looking ME's using a bunch of WE leaves and "Conan the Barbarian" camo paint design.

1 Thundertusk. Waiting to paint up this beast when it arrives.

Adios and sorry for the long update.

Just a little distraction

I had converted up 20 marauders with great weapons awhile ago, and just a couple of weeks ago I decided to paint and dip them. The only model not finished is the champion because I forgot to finish his cloak. Next time I dip a batch of figs I'll finish him.


I also was bored one day and converted up this sorceror of Nurgle sorcerer. I am not too happy with his beard color, so any suggestions would be appreciated. I kept his hat red to match in with the rest of the army. He is not dipped, just inked and highlighted.


I am going to try and update this blog more next year, so I guess that means I need to start painting.

Sorry for the long wait...

It has been awhile since I have updated this blog. The last few months have been very busy and a newborn in the house really puts a damper on your modeling. I finally finished my Greatswords. They took me at least 5 months to do, but I barreled through and completed them.

The Greatswords were a joy to put together. They are the best Empire plastic regiment by far. The detail and all the odds and ends are "almost" worth their incredible high price. I kept with the Nordland theme, with a splash of red on all the swords to tie the regiment together. Then used Army Painter Strong Tone to "dip" them. I made the final 21st Greatsword out of state troops, Free Company and GS bitz. I got a freehand barracuda design off the net and tried to paint it on to keep a nautical theme.


I got the Isle of Blood set and decided to covert the griffin into an Empire General. The head is from the pistoliers kit, the body from the Knight kit, and the lance from the hero kit. I hope you like. The shield is positioned like that to cover up the left arm which doesn't quite match the rest of the rider.


The BSB I made using extra legs from the state troops, the head from the pistoliers (I love the pistolier heads), the sword from the knight kit, and the top of the standard from the wizard kit. Now I just need to paint him up.



Here is the movement tray I will be using for my empire archers. It is balsa wood with metal plates for the base magnets. The front ridge I had to put on for support.



I have some more things I need get on this blog, but I promise it won't be as long of a wait as this.

Finally I got a game of 8th in!

Sorry for the long lack of updates, but my wife and I had a beautiful baby girl about 2 months ago and my gaming and painting has taken a hit.

I was able to sneak out of the house and play a game with my Ogres vs a friends O&G army. My camera's battery died so I wasn't able to get any pics of the game, but I did learn a lot.

Not to rehash others thoughts on 8th, but this is what I came away with:

-Level 4's do a great job at not only casting, but dispelling as well.
-6 Ironguts with a tyrant and slaughtermaster in a 4x2 block buffed up (+2T,Regen,stubborn)can take some hits and then dish a tremendous amount of pain.
-I need to make markers to remind myself what each terrain piece does. I like the terrain rules and TLOS wasn't as bad as I thought.
-Everyone talks about magic, but when you roll 3 PD a turn, magic can be nonexistent in some turns.
-Moving and pre-measuring is vastly improved. It is fast, easy, and straightforward.
-Blocks of 25 orcs are too small.

It was a fun day, I hope to write more soon. I need to update this blog with pics of my Greatswords!

More troops for the slaughter!

Here are pics of the spearmen block. I am not too happy with the freehand trident banner, but it will have to do. I am hoping I don't need to enlarge this block of 25 for 8th Edition but only time will tell.

I also finished the first unit of knights. I think I will be expanding it to either 10 or 12 models. Right now I have 7, but in 8th the second rank gets 1 attack so I am leaning towards 12. The champion is a mix of the General and Knightly Orders kit. Basically all the bitz I didn't use for the Pegasus.

The pictures didn't come out as well this time, and I think they look much better in person. It was also a bit humid and my dull coate fogged up just a little bit. I should have waited for a better day, but I am impatient.

I also finished the Hellblaster. The one cool thing about this model is that you can use it either as a HB or as the rocket battery. I assembled 2 additional crew modeled as rocket reloaders but didn't take any pictures of them. I still need to paint up the rocket battery part. The crew chief is ace and can easily be used as an engineer.

In between painting troops I painted some character models: a Lore of Metal/Shadow wizard, another warrior priest, a captain, and an engineer. For the captain I attempted to make the raven look more like a seagull.

I also finished the handgunner regiment. This was going to be a detachment, but I think I will use crossbowmen instead so my marksmen can get a Hochland for some sniper action.

Here is a pic of what is painted so far.

I hope you enjoyed this update. Next up are Greatswords and Knights. The plastic greatswords are some of the best models I have seen, and even though they are expensive I think they will come in handy in 8th Ed. (I got them as part of 2 battalian boxes so they become a bit cheaper that way). I plan on using a unit 7x3 which would allow the maximum number of attacks against a 5 man frontal unit with another rank for soaking up casualties.

I will be in a 2250 pt hard core tournament this weekend. Here is the pic of my army on a magnetic bulletin board. Makes transport so much easier.