It's that time of year again

No, I am not talking about the Holidays, though it is that time of year as well. What I am talking about is Mordheim. Last year, January through March I played in a Mordheim Campaign with my Reiklanders Warband (some of you may remember the post, if not be sure to check it out).

Well, as January approaches, I am working on a brand new Warband. This time I thought I would do a Marauders of Chaos Warband

Probably not the wisest of choices, but after seeing the most recent issue of White Dwarf and the Chaos Warband done by Julian Bayliss I was hooked. It has to be Chaos. I even think that this may be the start of a Warhammer Fantasy Army. I like the models that much, but time will tell.

What follows are some WIP shots of my new Warband



Above is probably my favorite model of the little band so far. Kinda reminds me of that guy in the Skyrim commercial.



The guy above still needs some work on his shoulder, I'm still quite new at sculpting muscle, and may end up covering the shoulder with a Shoulder pad, once my Chaos Knights order comes in.

After speaking with some people about what to do about Great Weapons for Marauders I didn't like any of the bits that people were using. Empire Great Swords just didn't seem "manly" enough. So I decided to go with Bloodletter Swords from the Daemons plastic kit.


Quite a bit of chopping, and sculpting work but I think my skills are improving. This project is really going to test my modelling skills I think.

Stay tuned for more WIP as things progress, more to come!

Talk about "Paint on a Pig"

Recently in an effort to try out some new lists, I found myself needing a couple of Rhino Transports fast.
Not in the mood to open and build new kits, which would cause me to do a rush job on them, I went into the garage and rummaged through some old stuff I had laying around.

I found a few old and beat up Rhino Transports which I had put aside for a terrain project that I haven't gotten around to.
After some rummaging through my bits box, I found enough pits to fix them up a bit and put them back into action.

After a bit of cutting and cleaning, I hit them with some Army Painter, gave them a quick paint job, and in a couple of hours I had 2 "new" Rhinos


Please bear in mind that these were just a couple of rush paint jobs to get them on the field, but over all I am happy with the end result.

Just goes to show ya, when it comes to this hobby, don't throw anything away...

A new project?

Been playing around with a new 40k project.
I know, it's Grey Knights, but I love the look of these models.
With painting this model, I really wanted the army to look highly polished. It is also another foray into using Army Painter, I used the Plate armor spray, and used a series of washes to darken and tone the army, then I highlighted it back up with Chainmail, Mithril Silver, and finally a sharp edge of Skull White.

Here are my thoughts on a list:
Grand Master with Halberd and Incinerator

3x Squads of Terminators, I haven't figured out the exact configuration yet, but I know they will all have Psicannons

3x Dreadnoughts with Assault Cannons

3x Storm Ravens with twin-linked Assault Cannons and twin-linked Multi-Melta

Much different from what I've seen around at Tournaments and on the Net, but I think it will be fun to paint and play...

Big Wars with Little Men...

It's fun to change things up once in awhile, the other evening my son and I attended "All Night Gaming" at Jester's Playhouse in NJ. We were challenged by our friends Fred and Chris (another father son team) to a 10,000 point Apocalypse game.

The game would begin at about Midnight and run until 05:00 am. I arrived early to set up the table.

As befits the Sons of Russ, I set up a snow board. I pushed two of the stores standard tournament tables together to form a massive 6'x8' board and filled it with appropriate terrain from the stores collection.
For this game I would be commanding my Space Wolves while my son would be in charge of my Angels of Vindication (the Death Wing)
using Army Builder, I managed to put together a Space Wolf force of about 6,400 points, and a Death Wing army of about 2,250 giving us about 8,650 points, give or take.



Fred and Chris would be commanding no less than 10,000 points of a combined force of Blood Angels and Imperial Guard

an intimidating looking force if I have ever seen one, 4 Land Raiders and more Armor than I care to think about!
This was truly going to be a battle like the Sagas of old.

Fred and Chris take the first turn and deploy their forces

Chucky and me had a plan, we would hold all of our army in reserves, the Space Wolves would act as the Spear Head of the force using the Drop Pods, and Bikers to disrupt the enemy lines, and the Death Wing would capture the objectives with their impossible to shift fearless Terminator squads.

In my first move of the game I drop a Wolf Lord and 3 Wolf Guard into enemy territory and take out a Medusa Tank

Above you can see Wolf Lord Throgrimm, with Wolf Priest Theodin and accompanying Biker pack preparing to mix it up with the Blood angels. Just to the north of them are my Scout packs, the one having just popped a Rhino Transport, the other preparing to take out a Blood Angels Predator.

Here we have my other Biker pack supported by 2, yes 2 Wolf Lords making short work of Dante.

The Blood Angels are being stubborn, and Thorgrimm is still locked in combat, the remaining Scout pack moves on to their next target, the Land Raider.

Here is the right side of the board at the end of the 4th turn, this was to be a 5 turn game, you can see the Death Wing moving onto the objectives, and the scattered Space Wolf Drop Pods that were wreaking havoc throughout the battle.

and here we have the action on that same turn on the left side of the battle field, by this time, the Scouts have destroyed the Land Raider, and Thorgrimm and the Wolf Priest finished off the Blood Angels squad, and was moving to take out a Predator.

In turn 5 Thorgrimm and the Wolf Priest would move on to charge a Blood Angels Tactical squad and cause them to break, running off of an objective and leaving the Wolf Lord and Priest to contest it.

At the end of turn five it seems our little plan worked, the Death Wing held 3 objectives, I managed to contest 2 with the Space Wolves, and the Imperial Guard held the last.

A victory for team Nagel!

This game was an absolute blast, a great way to spend the night, and some time with my boy. We played 5 turns in 5 hours, ate too much pizza and cookies, and had a lot of laughs. I am sure we will have the opportunity to do this again, and I am certain that Fred and Chris will want revenge...

My Swift Claw Tactica Article

Hey all, my Swift Claws Tactica article which originally was part of a thread in the Bolter and Chainsword has been posted in the Space Wolves Blog.

If you are interested in some insight in the use of Blood Claw Bikers in your Space Wolf army,
you can go check it out here: Swift Claw Tactica

I hope you all enjoy.

Blobs Park list, 2000 points

Well, I am still a little irritated at Irene for making me miss the Nova. From everything I have read, it sounded like a great event, I will be there next year.

To fill in the gap, I have registered for the Battle at Blobs Park Tournament, a rather large one-day event. Four games at 2000 points.

Should be a great time, originally I was just going to take the list I made for the Nova, but after a few practice games I realized I really wanted to get Logan Grimnar and my new Long Fangs pack in the list.

Here is what I have come up with,

HQ: Logan Grimnar
HQ: Wolf Priest on a Bike
HQ: Wolf Guard Battle Leader on a Bike with a Frost Blade

Troops:
Grey Hunters x10 with 2x Melta-guns, the Mark of the Wulfen, Power Weapon, and Wolf Standard
Grey Hunters x5 with a Plasma Gun, mounted in a Razorback with Twin-linked Lascannon
Blood Claws x7 with a Flamer, and Power Weapon mounted in a Rhino Transport

The Wolf Guard
1. Terminator with Assault Cannon and Power Fist
2. Terminator with Assault Cannon and Power Fist
3. Terminator with Combi-Plasma and Power Weapon
4. Terminator with Combi-Plasma and Power Weapon
5. Terminator with Combi-Plasma and WolfClaw
6. Terminator with Combi-Plasma and Power Fist
7. Bike, Power Fist and Combi-Melta
8. Combi-Melta and WolfClaw
9. Combi-Melta and Power Fist
10.Storm Bolter and Power Fist

Elite: Wolf Scouts x5 with 2x Power Weapons, Melta-gun, and Melta-bombs

Fast Attack: Swift Claw Bikers x3+1, the Attack Bike has a Heavy Bolter, the Pack also has a Melta-gun and a Power Fist, the entire pack is equipped with Melta-bombs

Heavy Support: 6x Long Fangs with 5x heavy bolters, the Pack leader has a Power Weapon.

the list as written comes in at 1983, so I still have 17 points to mess with.
I usually list the Wolf Guard with their respective packs, but with Logan and all the Terminators, the actual configuration changes a lot from game to game.
For Example, in one game I had Logan attached to the Long Fangs to give them relentless, with one of the Assault Cannon Termies attached to the large Grey Hunter Pack. In another game, I put both Assault Cannon Termies in the same pack and had Logan Lead them in order to give them Tank Hunter all game.
The flexibility this pack and Logan gives to my list is a huge bonus.

I don't plan on winning all of my games, but I certainly think that this list will be fun to play.

I will get some pictures posted of the completed Long Fangs as soon as, well, I finish painting them...

Damn you Irene!!!!!

AAArrrgh!!!
I can't believe this, all the planning and painting. Now, this stupid hurricane is going to keep me from going to the Nova Open.