Jeff Allen's OWAC Wrap up post

Here is my Middenhiem/Kislev Army for OWAC3. This is my 3rd challenge and I think this one was my favorite. It will be the most memorable considering the world changing pandemic going on. 

My first was Chaos, I enjoyed it, but I'm not a Chaos kind of guy, I like order. 2nd was Dark Elves, and I liked that army alot, but The Empire is my first WHFB Army and this is just an extension of that.

I set out to paint what I have without buying anything, and I achieved that. Some of what I painted does not exist in 4th edition so I did have to play a little "counts as" to make the army list work for 4th edition. Like counting Kossars as Empire Troops, or not counting points at all. It's not that big a stretch, IMHO. 

So what can I put on the table? Lets count them up:

5 Knights of the White Wolf.....259 pts

1 Hero(Grandmaster of WW)...65 pts

1 Tsar Boris of Kislev...............0 pts

6 Horse Archers........................96 pts

1 Elector Count.........................100 pts

1 Tzarina Katarin......................65 pts

Wizard Mounted.......................59 pts

Wizard Foot...............................56 pts

21 Greatswords(Kossars)..........189 pts

1 Bear(Filler).............................0 pts

11 Archers.................................88 pts

1 Hero(Boyar)...........................65 pts

1 War Wagon.............................150 pts

10 Greatswords..........................108 pts

10 Winged Lancers....................400 pts

Grand Total of 1700 points!

I want to thank Iannick for putting up with my last minute posts (this being no exception). I got some figures to send to you.

I want to thank my fellow challengers for making this a fun event and congratulations for making it across the finish line.

I'm not sure I'm in for OWAC4 yet, because I've exhausted all my full army of unpainted figures. eBay is calling....

Cheers, Jeff

And the Wing Hussars Arrived (200 pts)

I didn't think I'd be putting up a June post. My father had a medical issue and I had to drive to Florida to help out. It was a little crazy with the Pandemic. I am self quarantining since come back from a state that saw a sharp spike in new infections. That was a plus and a minus. Anyway, on to the painting.

I had 2 units worth of Winged Lancers I could paint. One I bought off ebay painted and one unpainted. There was no way I was painting 2 units, so I stole the wings off one unit and added them to the other. What's better than Winged Lancers? Winged Lancers with Double the WINGS!!!

Getting them glued on proved to be a bit of a challenge. I had to dremel out a huge hole in their backs and I made a little triangular wedge with green stuff to hold the Wings together at an angle.

Once the wing problem was solved I could dive into the painting full force. So on the last day of the last month I cranked out these bad boys.

Points,

5 Winged Lancers with full command 200 points.

And done,

Cheers, Xin/Jeff

Jeff Allen's February Post, Empire-Kislev (376 points)

In the Facebook Group I joked about not experimenting with your painting styles during a challenge. You want to get in, paint and get out, or be left in the Field of Bones. Well that is exactly what I did not do.

I love these figures. I couldn't just slap a coat of paint on them and call it a day. I got a wet palette for the first time. I watched some color mixing tutorials on YouTube. I really pushed my self.

Unfortunately I think I'm a better painter than photographer. Most of the detail gets washed out in my photos. Anyway here they are.

First up is my Army General, an Elector Count. Sitting in my basement for 25 years

One of the great things about The Empire is the almost endless selection of Wizard Figures. Here is the Foot and Mounted version of my Army Wizard

 Next is the lovely Tzarina or The Ice Queen of Kislev. I am super happy about how she came out. I might buy another figure for her and make a foot version.

And last we come to the Horse Archers of Kislev. Born in the saddle, with bow and sword in their hands. Ready to kill the Tzaina's foes. I've loved these figures since they first came out. I have a unit I painted 20 years ago, that will get repainted to match this one.

Here is the whole Army all together so far. I can't wait to get it on the table.

So lets sum up:
Horse Archers - 96 pts
Elector Count - 100 pts
Tzarina Katarin - 65 pts
Wizard Mounted - 59 pts
Wizard Foot        - 56 pts
Total - 376

Next up will be...well shoot I don't know. I was gonna do the winged Lancers but I am getting a little tired of all the horses. So maybe I'll do the Kossars. Anyway, that's all for now.

Jeff

Jeff Allen's January Entry, Empire-Kislev (324 points)

My army is really an Empire Army with a large Kislev Contingent. So for the first month, I'm doing Knights of the White Wolf. Unfortunately I don't have the old Knight figures.

I almost bought them for this challenge, but I have soooooo much unpainted lead/plastic/resin that I am really trying to stay off eBay. One of the goals of this challenge is to paint what I have and not buy anything new. So to that end, I had some Knights I picked up in a large lot years ago, that the previous owner had already added Hammers too. So that's what I'm going with.

First up is the White Wolves Grandmaster. I did have him in my box of Empire lead, The Grandmaster of the White Wolves, so he gets added to the list.

Next up is a stretch goal, Tsar Boris of Kislev. I didn't plan him in my points cost since he is a 6th edition addition.  Also I couldn't afford the ridiculous price he goes for on eBay. This model is a Reaper Bones Bear, with the Rider cut off. I had some knight legs and Winged Lancer commander top. The Wings are Resin that I ordered off the web. I wish I could remember where. If you know, post it below.

And finally the White Wolves themselves. The original horse barding is Red, but I wanted to carry a consistent theme across the entire army. The blue and white are Middenheim colors. This lot, that the previous owner started converting worked pretty well. I only had to fix a few things like adding cloaks and green stuff here and there. 

Points painted this month:
5 Knights w/ Command   259pts
1 Hero (Grandmaster)      65pts
1 Tsar Boris of Kislev      0pts

Total                                  324pts

Next up Kislev Horse Archers, Elector Count, Tzarina Katarin and a Wizard!

Cheers, Jeff

JeffA's Middenheim/Kislev Empire Army

Hi Everybody. This is my 3rd time in the Old World Army Grinder. You noobs will get it, about halfway through. The first time I did Chaos, and the 2nd time I did Dark Elves.

The Empire Army but with a heavy Middenheim/Kislev flavor. I have a pretty aggressive plan. We will see if I end up in the Field of Bones.

The plan is 1652 points. The reason is I want to get this army done in one go. I don't want to be missing parts of it later. Here are the pics.

 White Wolves

 Boris Ursus Not counted in points since he's 6th Ed

 The War Wagon

Horse Archers  

Elector Count, Wizard and Tzarina Katrina 

Winged Hussars 1 

Winged Hussars 2 

Halberd  Unit

 Archer Detachment

Kislev Kossars as a unit of Greatswords with Archer Detachments, lead by a Boyar

That's it, Easy right? Yeah sure...I'm doomed.

Cheers Jeff

Jeff's Chaos Army Wrap-up

Here is my final post for the OWAC. I am very glad I joined and stayed in it to the end. It was tough to finish. Now I have a 1300+ point Chaos army that I didn't 6 months ago. Honestly, as a gamer for the last 30 years, I do not have a lot of painted Warhammer lead. This is only my 2nd Warhammer Army, the first being Empire.

Jeff's Army of Chaos

Hi OWAC Brothers

My name is Jeff , I've been playing games in general since 1977, starting with Dungeons and Dragons. Around 1987-1988 I discovered Tabletop Wargames and never looked back. My friends and I play every period/genre, but my most favorite is Fantasy, and I really have a love for Games Workshop figures from back in the 80's and 90s.

My army for this challenge is Chaos 4th Edition. I could have gone with a couple of different armies but Chaos is what I had most of. I have to say I'm a bit of noob of most other armies as I only had a few opponents over all these years and only have an Empire Army which I started in 1990.