Sybou's Chaos dwarfs - OWAC 9, May Post [Leader - 152 points]

 Hello everybody,

a really quick month for me: the Leader month!!!

Here he is, the Lord of Madness himself

This guy coming from the classic chaos dwarf boxset inspires leadership and bossy attitude.

The one I bought was kind of in a bad shape, the minime on his helmet is a bit broken.

I gave him a red armor and a brown beard.

The shield is a classic big hat iconography a burning skull:

Here we are for this month, a cool leader for the mean stunties.

Next month, I should finish my chaos dwarf regiment with banner and musician.

Take care.

Cheers                                                                                                                                Sybou

Ben D's Skelibobs - May-be Haunted

Weather - dark and stormy

Music - darkest of the hillside thickets

Mood - harried

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Hello all! Tonight we're sneaking our post in right under Satan's nose, in the eleventh hour and with great haste. Since there's no time for dawdling, here are the fiends, fresh off the paint tray.

10 Wights on Skeleton Steeds with heavy armor, shield, and full command. That's what these are, uh huh. Not a bunch of noodly skeletons riding behemoth pill bugs.

Okay, they're both, but I have a very good reason for it: I already had three pill bugs. All I had to do was sculpt a pair of variants, blue stuff cast them, and then I had a horde of heavily armored bugs that were in dire need of riders. The decision was made for me, by destiny some might say. Really tiny destiny.

Their lances were probably the hardest part, since by that point all of my patience had been used up. I actually find the result of my slipshod solution here really charming, where all of my lances are curled and flaccid because I couldn't be assed to sculpt them the right way. This accidental choice lends greater comedy and wickedness to the force, as it reflects the necromancers impotence, and yet he's still a moderately sized issue with all those death head bugs and pointy sticks.

The legs were also a bit of a chore, but with the same sort of result. None of these Skelibobs know how to ride pill bugs, and thus their legs are all over the place.

+528 pts

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To round things off for May, I've also finished my gift model (also under the wire,) a skeleton musician that is the right size for a lucky recipient to use it in a normal sized skeleton unit (that is also, presumably, normal sized )

Spooky tin for atmosphere and freshened breath. Onward and upwards! See you at the finish line!

ChrisP's Orks - May - Rank and File 4

Mekaniak with meltagun and power sword - 30pts

Gretchin Assistant - 3pts

Drillboss with power fist - 30pts

7 Stormboyz with jump packs - 112pts

Total - 175 points

 

I'll be honest, this month has been a bit of a struggle. It's hard to paint during an unseasonal heatwave, and I wasn't sure if I'd get them finished. Still, these are such characterful old minis, I was determined to get them across the finish line. This was one time when I was particularly happy that I'm using 32mm bases instead of the old 25's, as it makes such top-heavy models much more stable.

As the stormboyz only number eight minis,  I also painted my Evil Sunz mekboy and his grot dogsbody. He was looking a bit squat and unremarkable, so I added a bannerpole from a biker, with a nice big glyph plate from a newer kit to advertise his services.

 

JohnR's Month 5 - Rank and File (633 points)

Just 10 minis done this month. They were originally going to form part of my Boss's retinue but since I didn't get him finished I guess they can be an elite pirate squad instead :)

 

They're a pretty mixed bunch: mostly GW and Iron Claw with a few Stargrave thrown in.

I must confess I haven't put a lot of personality into my entries so far - between traveling and work it's all I could do to stay on the painting. So I decided to go ham and give everyone names this month 😁 

 

 

Fobba Bett the ex-bounty hunter and Margo the Space Amazon

 

 

Siddartheous the rogue astropath and 'Zeno' the Pirate Hero

 

 

Docia 'Doc' B'fra and Hans the goon

 

 

 

Zhu Khung inscrutable alien psyker and 'Cybergirl'

 

 

 

Altun the Alien Giant and Glaxo, Space Pirate of Ventolin

 

 

Got to admit making up the names was great fun. You can probably guess where most of them came from, I'm not the most original I'm afraid.😅

They're very much a team of individuals - think Guardians of the Galaxy / Dirty Dozen / Ice Pirates etc.

 

Everyone gets frag and crack grenades (30points) plus the following:

Fobba Bett - Human Minor Hero, Carapace Armour, Plasma Gun, Laspistol = 43.5points

Margo - Human Champion, Refractor Field, Lasgun, Laspistol, 2 Plasma Grenades = 12.5points 

Siddartheous - Human Champion, Level 1 psyker, Refractor Field, Laspistol = 44points

 'Zeno' - Human Major Hero, Flak Armour, Refractor Field, Melta Gun, Laspistol = 93.5points

'Doc' - Human Minor Hero, Conversion Field, Laspistol, Med Kit = 43points

Hans - Human Champion, Flak Armour, Autogun = 9points

Zhu Khung - Elder Major Hero, Level 3 psyker, Carapace Armour, Displacer Field = 247.5points

'Cybergirl' - Human Champion, Flak Armour, Heavy Stubber, Bionic Targeter Eye = 57.5

 Altun - Human Minor Hero, Mesh Armour Neuro-Disruptor = 42

Glaxo - Human Champion, Carapace Armour Lasgun and Laspistol = 10.5

Total Points = 633 

 

Well, that's as much as I got done this month - hope everyone else was more productive and see you in 4 weeks time for the finale I guess!

Waill and Roll paints some artillery (now over 2000 points total!)

 It's 6mm Warhammer 40,000, NOT Epic 40k!

Well everything has been chaotic for me since my last post, I was surprised by the early arrival of my firstborn biomass (mother and baby are happy and healthy) which I'm sure you can imagine has left me with little time to hobby. So here I am, a month late with an expansion for my 6mm 40k Tyranid force.

This month I come offering a third Hive Tyrant with lash whip, bonesword and venom cannon for 219 points. A trio of Biovores for 60 points along with six handmade spore mines, 10 points each. Next a pack of vicious Genestealers for 252 points and a Lictor, 96 points. This takes the swarm over 2000 points! a great sucess.

Shuffling around in the background looking shamefully "newhammer" I have a custom Barbed Hierodule based off a 3d print with hand sculpted additions and finally one of those newfangled 40k units the mucolid spore, here represented by a 28mm scale spore mine. Neither of these additions have points values in second edition.

I am particularly pleased with the spore mines, they are sewing pins, cut short and drilled into bases at a slight angle. I then used Vallejo Plastic Putty to apply some greebly texture.

Next month will be my wildcard entry (it's looking like terrain and a bio titan) and I shall try to get some glamour shots of the swarm so far, as a whole.

As I reflect on this project as a whole I am incredibly pleased to have a whole army that looks fairly consistent and is approching completion (I better get myself a Screamer Killer...)

There is a battle report on the horizon, Leviathan vs the Eldar of Saim-Hann.

Filippo's Leader Month - Chargeeeeeeee!

I give my body, heart and soul, to the Lady whom I seek. No plea for help shall find me wanting. No obstacle will stand before me. No evil will taint the lands bequeathed unto me. When the clarion call is sounded, I will ride out and fight in the name of Liege and Lady. That which is sacrament, I shall preserve. That which is sublime, I will protect. That which threatens, I will destroy, for my holy wrath will know no bounds. Honour is all. Chivalry is all. Rejoice, for we, the Knights of Bretonnia... will be your shield.

For Leader's month I present you my Paladin

I picked up this model last year, and I immediately fell in love with it. Finally, a model without a lance or a sword, and with an extremely dynamic pose.

I had to use it as a Paladin.

The color scheme was chosen by chance. I was flipping through the old army book and found a white‑and‑red scheme that really inspired me.

“Painting white can’t be worse than painting yellow!”

It is.

The inspiration for the colours

I’m sorry I couldn’t paint anything else for this project, but May is always far too busy because of the many modeling fairs and the various game systems we need to prepare.

On that note, while digging through old rulebooks and talking with my friends about future projects, I remembered Full Tilt, which GW even re-released last February.

Full Tilt in all his glory

So now, more than ever, I need more knights!

Frank's Great Task, Building a Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh - May (Rank & File)

 

This month's efforts were a bit less focused but had some real gems. The pride of place, without question, goes to the 'Consort of Slaanesh', but we will get round to 'them' in a bit. First off there are a few more daemonettes. 

I painted three more daemonettes not to be another unit, but to be handlers for the Legion's packs of chaos spawn. The Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness daemonic legion of Slaanesh army list requires a champion or a daemonette to be included as a handler for each pack of spawn. A Slaaneshi legion can field up to four packs of spawn. I have one champion converted up to lead a spawn pack. In fact, he is almost a spawn himself. But, for the other three packs these three new daemonettes will serve. None of these are original citadel sculpts. The two on the flanks here are Satyr Art Studios sculpts. His offerings are always great at keeping that oldhammer style and fit in nicely with the legacy sculpts. These came from a pack of six the rest of which were retained for another idea. You will, of course, have noticed that one of them is quite different. This model began as a Hasslefree Miniatures sculpt, which was clearly an homage to the "Kinky Chaosette" classic citadel sculpt. 

I conducted some minor conversions to make her a special daemonette model. I clipped one of the hands and replaced that hand with an extra daemonette claw. I then used a whip from another Slaaneshi champion to give her a barbed tail. She was made because there is a slight chance that any individual daemonette comes with a random magic item. In a legion, a player can always buy a model chaos armor as well. This model was intended to allow for either possibility, as well as a daemonette who gained the "chaos lord" chaos attribute. 

The next model added is a familiar. She is an odd little creature who somewhat resembles a daemonette. She was painted with no 'parent' model intended, rather she can server as a familiar whenever one is called for from the random generation of characters. I'm not quite sure where the sculpt came from, maybe Reaper Miniatures. 

This next unit is a bit of a departure from theme as they are mortals (more or less). In a daemonic legion mortal units can be included in the form of units Legionnaires. These models can be of any roughly man-sized race and their profiles are always the same. For my first unit of Legionnaires (The Old World Army Challenge: Frank's: The Great Work - A Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh, Slaves to Darkness Style, "Wildcard", June 2023), I made fallen elves. This time I wanted some 'children of chaos' and opted for classic beastmen. I have had several of these models, in various states of repair knocking around my collection for many years. They were dusted off, rebased, and prepped. One was too thick with old paint so he got stripped, the others just got a clean up and I painted right over them. I also added Slaanesh icons for their weapons whereever that seemed practical.

You will notice that these models are all roughly in the same pose. I believe that they were all created form the same 'dolly', with different armor sculpted on and different mutations. As I had five, I still needed a sixth model, as all units in a Slaaneshi legion have six models. I found another one with a Fiend's head and a snazzy armored corset. I converted him with bits from a champion to make him more of a mutant and to up the armor on him to being proper chaos armor. Now he has two crab claws and chaos armor. He is my sixth legionnaire, but he could be another chaos champion if I needed those mutations, or even a very mutated daemonette. 

Now for the main event, what I'm calling the "Consort of Slaanesh". This model probably should have been in my Wildcard or Leader months, but events conspired to prevent me completing 'her' until this month. This model was sculpted by Satyr Art Studios and is a loving homage to this John Blanche depiction of Slaanesh him/herself from Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness. 

I, of course, had to make a few additions of my own. This pose on this model seemed very agile and athletic, and I wanted to depict 'her' as some sort of deadly fast, although still huge duelist. 'She' will serve in the legion as the third and final daemon prince allowed. But, 'she' could also be the sixth Keeper if I so desired. In fact, modern rules for Slanneshi daemons now have a named daemon prince who is a hunter of other greater daemons and some such. So, I gave 'her' a nasty pointy wall-shield, which is really a buckler on 'her'. I also changed her scepter into a full-blown icon of Slannesh. With the new toys, 'She' could stand in for the names Keeper model nicely, and it gave 'her' a distinct look from the other Keepers in my legion.

So, that's all for May. In total, have ten 'normal' models and one 'large', granting an adjusted score of twelve. As to points, well... the Daemon Princess/Keeper of Secrets weighs in at 810, the trio of Daemonettes are 100 each, the unit of legionnaires (without magic items or spell upgrades) cost 168, and finally the familiar costs nothing, as she only appears as a random gift for another model. Total points for May then are 1,278. And as far as my own goals go, this month sees the Daemon Princes for the Legion maxed out. Here they are together looking fabulous.