Tuesday, 9 December 2008

068 'Frosty the Artilleryman' - and other songs.

Well then.

Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts, words and sympathies in my dark hour of need since the calamitous frosting of my basilisk/griffon combo, 'Ubique'. Your suggestions and comiserations have been filling me with hope. Thank you all!

Just to remind you (and me), here's what Ubique did look like:
And here are the pics of Ubique now, along with some other stuff I'll discuss below (simply because it was on my desk):


Note, incidentally, that the griffon mortar component did not frost - I suspect the frosting was due in part to the day's temperature, and as the mortar was metal it was already colder than the plastic components. (Ought I to have refrigerated the blasted thing first?!)
You'll note the following things surrounding my frosted vehicle, most of which were the result of me unearthing my box marked "cavalry":

- My part-converted (and tactically abandoned) Cadian rough riders;
- My almost finished and slightly transport-damaged WFB Empire knights (with converted Warrior Priest);
- My part-converted Arbites on bikes. These I got from an eBay win, and they're a great idea - especially in the wake of the recent BoLS Arbites codex!
- A corgi sketch by Kate.

Closer pics of the first three of these are below:


...Battle report coming soon...

Thanks again for your help, and thanks for stopping by!

- Drax

Monday, 8 December 2008

067 AAAAARRRRRRGH!

No, Drax is not being piratical - Drax is annoyed.

Drax is annoyed because his lovely
basilisk-griffon combo has been iced.

"Iced," because yesterday I figured as the weather was bright and dry I'd better varnish it.

Aargh! It looked so nice and clean and tidy...and then the bloody varnish went and frosted. Thickly. All over it. I've been varnishing things for years - why frost now? Why my dual-purpose lovely, lovely artillery? What did I do to deserve this?

Is it because I was too proud of my (admittedly fairly basic) paint job? Is it because I had
too much fun playing 73rd? Is it the divine wrath of the God-Emporer for having bettered 1500pts' worth of Dark Angels with only 40 Guardsmen and a couple of Landrovers?

Who knows. But here lies Drax, and he's bloody annoyed.

- Drax.


PS: In the wake of Mike's comment, below, I forgot two things in my annoyance. Firstly, I know someone else has a problem with this recently - is there anything that can be done? And secondly, a photo will follow soon, once I can swallow enough pride. If the photo's already above by the time you read this, please assume that "soon" has passed. Grrr.

Sunday, 7 December 2008

066 This Just In...1500pt Mechanised Army List

06/06/09: Here are some more recent pics: models, more models, and the Vassal 40K version.

So,

Very quickly, I finally got to try out my mechanised infantry force (-Wyvern) courtesy of Fallen 73rd, over at Unforgiven Angels. 'Courtesy' is the right word, as in order for it to be a sensible and vaguely fluffy list I have to bend/break the published force organisations, but I think it works well, fluff-wise.

The cool thing is, it's nearly all painted up!

Here it is - juicy, juicy details to follow in a new post shortly:

1500pts armoured column
NB: All vehicles have smoke.

HQ:
Salamander

EL:
2 hellhounds, each with basic armament + extra armour
[I’ve always thought it makes no sense for hellhounds to be FA]

TP:
Full platoon as follows:
HQ: Jr. Officer with Honorifica Imperialis, melta bombs, p/wpn, bolt pistol; vox; vet medic; 2 grenade launchers
1 sect: sgt; vox; plasma gun
2 sect: sgt; vox; melta gun
3 sect: sgt; vox; grenade launcher
4 sect (r): sgt; vox; flamer [NB: They share HQ section’s chimera]

4 chimera transports, comprising:
2 with T-L heavy bolter
1 with multi laser
1 with autocannon

FA:
2 sentinels w. multi laser
2 sentinels w. lascannon

HS:
Griffon
Basilisk with indirect fire.


Total: 1504pts.

Emporer Protects.

- Drax.