sewers.of.estark’s Oldhammer Tomb Kings (1,776 Points)

Greetings from the sewers.of.estark!

First of all thanks to all of the wonderful challengers and their excellent armies- there are some really great projects to follow this year :)

And thanks to Byron for inviting me to do a guest post for this year’s OWAC. As a veteran of 3 OWACs I decided to give my spot up this year for a newbie due to my own time constraints and let me tell you, it’s been a breath of fresh air to not be rushing to complete my monthly quota! Even though I’m not competing this year I did start a fresh project off at the start of the year alongside you fine challengers! 

I’ve wanted to build a Tomb Kings army for 20 some odd years, back to when I first saw the 6th edition books and blisters roll out at a local comic shop. Since getting back into the hobby about 5 years ago I’ve been able to pick up quite the collection of undead models, both oldhammer and more modern. Since my lead addiction has only grown stronger I’ve sold off most of the newer aspects of my collection besides a few of the Tomb Kings I’d picked up around release (well and quite a load of other bits, but they are more for conversion than vanilla use) that left me with (IMO) a lovely looking oldhammer army of Tomb Kings. Ideally the army is set up to be used as a 3rd edition undead army, but plays double duty as something I would be happy to field in a 6th edition game. (Apart from my lack of chariots, but I’ll leave that be until I source a handful of them)

Anyways- enough talk let’s take a look at the army as it stands, the individuals that make it up and where I’ll be going from here;

“We now return our souls to the creator, as we stand on the edge of eternal darkness. Let our chant fill the void, in order that others may know. In the land of the night, the ship of the sun, is drawn by the grateful dead.”

Standing in as our army general is of course, a Tomb King.

A Lich Priest, made by Reaper.

Chaos Sorcerer, standing in as a necromancer.

A pair of C29 giant scorpions. (One of which was painted before the challenge but I did rebase him to fit with the rest of the army)

A trio of Ushabti, will count as Temple Dogs in games of 3rd edition.

The first unit of mummies, from the C18 Night Horrors range.

Second unit of mummies made up of some slightly later figures (4th/5th edition) 

A unit of skeleton reapers from the skeleton hordes box with a C17 command figure leading the lot.

A unit of skeleton warriors led by an Iron Claw skeleton.

I’ve also completed a handful of objective markers made up of some pewter figures I found in my bits box.

And finally in the spirit of the competition I’ve painted up a dwarf lord of legend in the colors of my brothers dwarf army that will be gifted to him, mostly to be used as a dungeon adventurer for some upcoming rpgs, but I’m sure will also find a home in a unit of other clansmen.

So what’s to come?

Well, as I mentioned earlier without chariots I’m missing a bit of fast attack, I’ll probably paint up a handful of C21 undead riders to help with that.

I’ve also got a block of 20 or so skeleton archers to help with ranged combat (must have for tomb kings!) I’ve also got an undead catapult crew but no warmachine for them, I’ll likely do my best to find a good replacement or build something from scratch, though it’s not a priority as far as the army goes.

There’s a sealed box of plastic skeletons in my closet tempting me to double down and have two blocks of 20 archers.

And finally there’s a big unit of nightmare legion, some wights, a vampire and another lich priest that will eventually join the rest of the gang!

The total so far-

Characters - (332)

Level 20 tomb king w/ heavy armor & shield (121)

Level 5 tomb priest (90)

Level 5 necromancer (60)

Special Units - (345)

2 tomb scorpion 45 points each (90)

3 ushabiti (counts as temple dog) 85 points each (255)

Core Units (1099)

9 Skeleton Warriors w/ Hand weapons & shields 11 points each (99)

Level 5 undead hero with hand weapon & shield (31)*

10 Skeleton Reapers w/ Shields 12 points each (120)

Level 5 undead hero with scythe and shield (33)*

5 mummies 80 points each (400)

5 mummies with double handed weapons 96 points each (480)

Total points - 1,776

*counted as points towards “Characters”

Thank you again for having me join you briefly, best of luck to all challengers!  

See you in the sewers.

March Round-Up Post

 Hear ye, hear ye, presented henceforth for your perusal is a tallying of Old World Army Challenge posts for the span of Ventose 9 through Germinal 9 - that is to say, the month of March. 

Let's get on with the show:

Tom's brought us some stunning Leaders for his Chaos Renegades.

Chris has added some stalwart Chaos Warriors to support his Thug Cavalry from previous months.

Shadespyre's produced some incredible Wardancers and a trio of towering Treemen.

Ben's Eldar have gained some brilliant-looking Aspect Warriors.

Mariano's produced a quintet of dazzling Wood Elf Heroes.

James WRR has given us an incredibly edge-highlit Rhino with his Chaos Space Marines.

Paul's Wood Elves have gained some Wardancers as well, and his son Tom has produced some outstanding skeletal horsemen.

Jaako's painted some more squats, some of them on bikes!

Ben's Alpine Gnomes have gained some fast cavalry and halberdiers.

AdamH has painted some wonderful Plague Monks for his Skaven army.

Sybou's added a regiment of Beastmen to his Chaos Army.

PaulM has taken a Mulligan, though it was still a fairly productive month.

Pokrzyw's Dark Elves have gained a variety of Cold One riders.

Byron's got some hippy Wood Elves and a Blunicorn to dazzle with.

Slaaneshchild's Nurgle force has gained some Plaguebearers and an impressive Daemon Prince.

Filippo's added a variety of bats and terrain to his Undead Army.

JohnR's painted a stunning Imperial Inquisition squad.

Mustafa's done another round of Beakies and their ride.

Adrian's added quite a bit of firepower to his High Elves.

Samuel's taken a Mulligan.

Nathan's made it over the hump with his Dark Elves.

Skal's unleashed the Renegades of Funk.

ChrisP's Freebooters are phenomenally well done.

JohnB's Dwarves have brought their own firewood with them.

Great work everyone. Only Bill has fallen to the Field of Bones this month.

John Bentleys Dwarf Troops (308) points

 I think I tried to reach too far for this month. 

 Starting off with the

 Musician peeking between two trees ready to make the call to shoot their enemies

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The Standard Bearer head held high

 

The Champion ready to shout commands

A secondary Standard  made out of spare bits advertising for Bugmans Brew xxxxxx

makes me wish I could remember where I got those litttle banners from but they work well

if you know please let me know

shots of the whole unit

These tall shots look fantastic however it was after the table was put away that I noticed a cut a row off of the left side. Im going to keep them in anyway because I like them

 

The full scenery all made this month.

I like making scenery and kind of got caught up in it

I thought it would be cool to have modular trees and use cutout of the shape you need for the forest size or more thematic as unit fillers

this was a very fun project this month and too beautiful to not do a shoot outside.

I hope all the rest of you can say the same.

keep up the amazing work. I love all the pictures

Chris P's Rank and File Month 2 - Freebooters!

Freebooter Kaptain: 35 pts

Gretchin Assistant: 3 pts

9 Freebooters: 108 pts

Total 146 pts

 

 

I had wanted to do a mob of Freebooters this year, but I was hamstrung by only having four of the original pirates in my collection. Then I stumbled across a Kickstarter project for new pirates, sculpted by none other than Kev Adams. And there were six of them, plus a booty-laden grot! And thus a mob was born.

The newer sculpts are a touch bigger than the originals, but not devastatingly so. Quite impressive casting too - each of them, even the Kaptain and the canoneer, is a one-piece metal model, and they're all loaded with detail, character, and interesting textures to paint. I also picked up a few plastic bits from the Gorkamorka box recently, which gave me some interesting arm options for the classic crew (plus a nice big curved sword from a Battlemasters orc!).

 

The Kickstarter also gave me inspiration for the paint scheme, since the example models were painted with rich burgundy coats and bright yellow piping. I like having a Freebooter scheme which clearly stands out from the regular ork clan colours. Vivid blue and orange squig-hair helped with this too. And then there's the Kaptain, a frankly ludicrous Cybork monster, who got a more weathered variation on burgundy for his clanking armour, plus a thinned coat of Contrast paint to make his squid-squig buddy look suitably damp. All-in-all, these guys took a long time to paint, but were a whole heap of fun!       

 

Renegades of Funk (Skåls Rank and File month 3)

INCOMING!!!!!

Emerging from the warp's swirling maelstrom, Chaos Renegade Marines materialized on the planet's surface, their twisted armor adorned with blasphemous symbols. With ruthless efficiency, they descended upon the Imperial stronghold, their weapons singing the discordant hymns of Chaos. Blood-soaked battle cries echoed as they stormed through defenses, leaving only carnage in their wake. The air crackled with dark energy as they unleashed unholy fury upon their foes, driven by a malevolent thirst for destruction. Amidst the chaos, the Renegades sought to sow fear and despair, a grim reminder of the ever-looming threat of the warp's malefic influence.

Month three is here and then it's gone in the blink of an eye. But what a glorious month it was. This month was a tribute to my gaming buddies from Maryland who got me back into playing Rogue Trader. Because of the grumpy gamers I have painted up several forces to use in the chaotic scenarios that the master of chaos himself dreams up. Yes, Brian, I am talking about you.

Above is the crew in all of their chaotic glory. From left to right, first, we have Brian the tentacle flamethrower, next to him is Four-Armed Will the Conquer, in the middle is Titillating Psychedelic, Cool Jeff, followed by the Killer of Hopes and Dreams of Others, Andrew, and finally the Misfit of the crew Tom the Legend himself.

As if the five above was not enough, I painted another five Renegades to make sure I could field a squad of 10 or two squads of five. In this group, second to the left, we have Ben the Never-Present brother of Tom. Finally in the middle is me Skål the Ever Angry always ready to paint new $hit. 

I wanted to make sure to call out the Misfits logo on Tom the Legends backpack. Tom is a good buddy of mine and I wanted to make sure to include the Misfits somehow into his Renegade.

Till next month.

"Here's to us,

And those like us.

Damn few and they're probably dead.

Cheers!"

Skål

 Renegades of Funk

Nathan’s rank and file month 3 - hump month done and dusted! (408 points)

Well I got through hump month without having to use my mulligan which I am very happy about. As I noted last month this month’s figures are a continuation of the unit I started painting in February. Said unit of warriors with double handed weapons and crossbows is now complete including command figures and a couple of extras. Anyway here are the point values of the figures I did in March:

- 5 dark elves with double handed weapons, light armor,  shield and crossbows (80 points)

- 1 dark elf with double handed weapon, light armor, crossbow and standard (30 points)

- 1 dark elf with double handed weapon, light armor, crossbow and horn (30 points)

- 1 Witch Helm (unit leader lvl 10 hero) with double handed weapon, light armor shield and crossbow (96 points)

- 1 Bloodshade (lvl 5 assassin) with additional hand weapons, throwing knives, light armor and crossbow (55 points)

- 1 Witch Helm (lvl 10 hero for my helldrake unit) with double handed weapon, light armor, crossbow and riding a cold one. He will also have magic missiles for the crossbow which is a nasty surprise for any unit attacking them. (117 points)

Total 408 points

April is witch elf month which leaves me May and June to work on my cold one chariot, remaining cold one riders and army general.

 

 

Samuel’s Empire - Grand Army of Nuln - Mulligan Time

 Everything was going to schedule and then it wasn't. Family holiday into a Corona and I'm out of action. So a mulligan for me this month. Good head start on next month though.

Peace

Samuel

Adrian's rank & file month 3 - Now you see me, Now you're dead (160 points)

 

Surprising an elf army is nigh impossible. Their territories are patrolled by some of the skilled and silent agents.

The elf seekers or the ranks of the nagarythean Shadow Warriors are the reason almost no enemy can escape the elf inteligence. They search for enemy patrols or columns, locate stashes, or inform of enemy repositioning. But most importantly, they're deadly sharpshooters and warriors eager to strike behind enemy lines.

During the crisis of the fall of Tor Nimtala, regiments of seekers moved behind the lines of the besieging orcs and ratment hordes and killed hundreds of vital reinforcements, supplies. But more importantly for the cohesion of the chaotic hordes, they destroyed or robbed the loot gained from the burnt villages, expanding an aura of mistrust between the attackers.

 They also coordinated with the few defenders of the villages. Creating chokepoints or false routes to overcome the defenders, the ratmen fall under the sudden strike of arrows coming from units of seekers supported by strategically placed bolt throwers.

March suddenly become the trap month, and I still cannot comprehend why. I intended to paint a unit of shadow warriors/seekers, restoring the old plastic elf archers, and then moving to the bolt thrower and some extras that I want to finally include (I have a spare elf warrior militia that I said I'd love to finish converting and panting).

Everything planned failed and I got enough time to paint the bare minimum. Well, not exactly, a unit of seekers plus the bolt thrower and crew.

For the unit, I opted for more muted and greenish or shadow colours that they may use as camouflage. The colours of the clothes are not as bright as other line units. 

I ended including some patterns in the least muted/more contrasting colour as with other clothes of the army, and in the cloaks, as if they were made from some fine cloth. Also, I glazed the cloaks so the pattern dissapear in the shadows, to boost the effect of the embroided fine clothes rather than a printed pattern like in the other fabrics.

 

 

The bolt thrower is supposedly made from some fine reddish wood, so I used the same technique as in the fabric of the cloaks. First, I made the pattern. then, I glazed the wood with a mix of AK laser magenta and hull red.

That's a total of

10x High elf shadow warriors - 110 points

1x High elf repeater bolt thrower - 50 points

Another month, 13 more miniatures finished. Next month I want to paint the swordmasters and the extras that does not fit with the baggage train.

Until then,

Adrian's out.