Waill and Roll wraps up

Has Hive Fleet Leviathan grown big enough???

 

Overall I am very pleased with my output during this years OWAC. My Tyranid army is now well over 2000 points, even without counting the Bio-Titan. As a first time OWAC contender I have never painted a whole army in such short a time before and it has been very satisfying to see the project come together in a relatively short ammount of time. In retrospect my choice of project made photography a little tricky (everything is so tiny!) and the painting has been a little rough and ready (better finished than perfect). I had great fun with my two battle reports and would like to do more of these and to develop them in the future, I shall have to break out some old White Dwarves and study up on how to better present them.

The final swarm roster is as follows:

Codex Tyranids 2e - Hive Fleet Leviathan - [2252 pts]

Individuals [753 pts]

Hive Tyrant [219 pts]: Army Commander, Psyker, Bonesword [6 pts], Lash Whip [9 pts], Venom Cannon [40 pts]

Hive Tyrant [219 pts]: Psyker, Bonesword [6 pts], Lash Whip [9 pts], Venom Cannon [40 pts]

Hive Tyrant [219 pts]: Psyker, Bonesword [6 pts], Lash Whip [9 pts], Venom Cannon [40 pts]

Lictors [96 pts]: 2x Flesh Hooks

Broods [895 pts]

Gargoyle Brood [144 pts]: Flamespurt, 9x Gargoyle [16 pts]

Genestealer Brood [252 pts]: 9x Genestealers [28 pts]

Hormagaunt Brood [80 pts]: 10x Hormagaunt [8 pts]

Termagant Brood [60 pts]: 10x Termagant [6 pts], 10x Fleshborer

Termagant Brood [60 pts]: 10x Termagant [6 pts], 10x Fleshborer

Tyranid Warrior Brood [299 pts]:

* 1x Tyranid Warrior [79 pts]: Barbed Strangler [24 pts]

* 4x Tyranid Warrior [55 pts]: Two Boneswords (2x Bonesword)

Support [604 pts]

Biovores [20 pts]

Biovores [20 pts]

Biovores [20 pts]

Carnifex [199 pts]: Bio-Plasma Attack

Ripper Swarm [120 pts]: 6x Ripper Swarm [20 pts]

Spore Mine [10 pts]

Spore Mine [10 pts]

Spore Mine [10 pts]

Spore Mine [10 pts]

Spore Mine [10 pts]

Spore Mine [10 pts]

Tyranid Exocrine [165 pts]: Bio-Cannon, Spore Cysts

In adition to a number of models without apropriate points values available for second edition, like my Bio-Titans.

I've also spawned my own real life mini bio-form during this period which has, I'm sure you can imagine, been quite the (wonderful) distraction. I'm really looking forward to taking part again next year, everyone in the community have been supportive and welcoming, and provided plenty of inspiration and encoragement throughout the year that helped me cross the finish line so thank you all. The standard of the projects this year has been incredibly high, it's lovely to see.

As for what might be on the horizon? Well this little baggy of metal lads just arrived...

Frank's Great Task, Building a Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh (Wrap-up)

 Well, half a year come and gone, and another Old World Army Challenge met. My plans for this year were more humble than in the past, and yet, I barely met the challenge. Only 38 models were completed, although some of those were quite large. However, on the WFB3/ROC points scale it is still quite an addition to the overall Legion...

Keeper of Secrets/900, Daemon Prince/810, Familiar/0, Fiends of Slaanesh x12/480, Daemonettes x3/300, Skeleton Archers x12/240, Liche/345, Spectre/200, Slaaneshi Legionaires x6/168

A grand total of 3,443 points added to the legion. So, I may not have managed to finish the number of models I had intended, but there are some accomplishments to be proud of regardless.

First and foremost, the maximum numbers of daemons available to the Legion were reached. This added up to being a new Keeper of Secrets, a new Daemon Prince, another three Daemonettes, and a dozen new Fiends of Slaanesh. There is a little bit of wiggle room to add to that total, but not much. In the case of the Daemonettes, extra Daemonettes can be used to lead packs of Slaaneshi Spawn. But these would be part of the Legion's auxiliaries rather than the Legion proper. In addition, the random chart provided in Slaves to Darkness, allows for a maximum of five Greater Daemons in a daemonic legion. This is a practical limitation, but not an absolute one. The daemonic legion rules indicate that players may agree on any total of greater daemons, but that the maximum greater daemons that can appear in a single legion is the chaos God's sacred number. For Slaanesh, this is six, and thus one more Keeper of Secrets could yet join the ranks. For me, this possible sixth slot is reserved for the elusive unreleased keeper of secrets, who if ever acquired will be my last. 

The second accomplishment is the completion of the Undead auxiliary contingent. There are now 48 models in the contingent. This is after adding 12 more skeleton archers, a ghost, and a liche as the contingent commander. 

Lastly, I am particularly pleased with my final Daemon Prince which was sculpted by Satyr Art Studios as an homage to the John Blanche art of Slaanesh 'themself'. Throw in the unit of chaos legionary Beastmen and it was a succesful OWAC in total. 

Of course, at this point I couldn't resist getting the entire legion out for a parade of horrors. I discovered that they do look quite 'Realm of Chaos' all out together now, a veritable riot of colors and forms. A total points estimate, including this year's additions, would put them at over 10,000 points now, depending on various magical items, chaos weapons, and gifts. And keep in mind that the five Keepers of Secrets are free in a daemonic legion! 

Does this indicate then end of this project? Is the great work complete? There is room for a few more units here and there. Some mortals and monsters could still be added and not break the maximums laid out in Slaves to Darkness. Perhaps, there will be one final push, or maybe I should accept victory here with the daemons fully painted now. What do you think? Is enough, enough?

Chris P's Orks - Wrap-up Post

 A fourth OWAC completed for me, and as always I've been blown away by the quality of my fellow painters - you've created some stunning armies this year. For myself, I'm happy with what I got finished, although as ever I wish I had painted more. There's a decent combination of speed and big guns. My favourites are probably the war buggy, the goff nobz, and the little diorama. I pushed myself out of my usual comfort zone to experiment more with skin tones, rust effects and a bit of freehand.

If I get the chance to take part next year, I've been assembling a motley crew of human weirdos for a rogue trader's retinue, complete with squats, tech-priests, arbites and more. 

Army list:

Warboss with bolter and chainsword - 70pts

3 Goff Nobz - 45pts 

Mekaniak with meltagun and power sword - 30pts

Deathskull Nob with bolter and chainsword - 18pts

6 Lootas with 3 kustom kombi-weapons, 2 heavy plasma guns and 1 autocannon - 185pts

Drillboss with power fist - 30pts

7 Stormboyz with jump packs - 112pts

Snakebite Nob on boar with bolter and power axe - 29pts

7 Snakebite Boyz on boars - 126pts

War Buggy with heavy plasma gun - 50pts

Evil Sunz Nob on bike with plasma gun - 29pts

5 Evil Sunz on bikes - 235pts

Total : 929 points 

Jaakko and Rugluk - Wrap-up

And here we are again! We've finally reached the end of another season of OWAC. It was an okay season, but I was hoping to get much more done. It was hard to find enough time to paint this spring and I also discovered that painting the same army for two seasons isn't my thing. Anyway, I'm in good spirits at the moment and really looking forward to starting a new project. There's still plenty of goblinoids left to paint, but for the time being I'll be taking my orky work underground and turning my attention to something different.

As usual, I continued painting more models during July, and a hero riding a wyvern and a snotling joined the army. The snotling was glued to the double-decker Pump Wagon from last season (that's why it's in the army picture) to complete an artwork-inspired miniature. There were a few easter eggs hidden in the project, (some of which?) which I'll reveal now. I had planned to include a couple more this season, but I ran out of time.

I already teased the artwork last year. I noticed that the snotlings in the artwork were actual miniatures and decided to recreate the scene. There wasn't room for that many snotlings on the wagon, however, so I settled on the five that I happened to have, placing them in roughly the same positions. This was a salvage project, so I had to leave the guy with the net in place, as it wasn't possible to remove him without breaking something. The miniature is missing the chaos of the original artwork, but hopefully it's still somewhat recognisable. Well, most importantly they've had the chance to mow down a few of those dwarfs!

Rugluk and his bodyguard, Drodab Ironbrow, are both tributes to their respective combat cards. The colours have been adapted to my less saturated palette, and the shield designs aren't identical to the originals as I didn't want to remove the shield bosses.

The wyvern is an upcoming model from Heavy Metal Hordes. It's an impressive sculpt and was an absolute joy to paint.

I also made some terrain, which you can see in the pictures above: a few small fields and a signpost for The Owl. I also started making some swamps, but the water effect resin I used had gone bad, so I'll have to start over.

Here are the points for the project:

+ the siege stuff from last season.

And here's what two seasons of OWAC looks like:

All in all, I'm very happy that I started painting this army. I've had the chance to play several games with it, and it's been an absolute joy. The most recent game was played a week ago, and here are a few photos from it:

Grom charged a unit of Dwarf Crossbowmen after his chariot was destroyed and managed to rout them. A nearby unit of Dwarf Clansmen fled at the sight of the bloodthirsty Grom, who pursued the fleeing dwarfs and hasn't been seen since.

On turn two the Savage Orcs (in the right flank) charged a neighbouring orc unit, succumbed to frenzy, and spent the rest of the battle fighting their own side. The joys of playing orcs! In the previous game, the Savage Orcs panicked at the sound of cannon firing at them and routed. Hopefully they'll manage to reach an enemy one day! Anyway, orcs did good enough and it was a fun game.

And that's it, I guess. My attention is already starting to shift to Season 10, and I'm already planning my next project. Next season will be a special edition, giving us more options than usual, so I'm trying to decide between going 6mm by finally opening my box of Space Marine or starting a Rogue Trader Genestealer Cult project. We'll see what happens!

Thank you, everyone! It has been a pleasure watching your projects grow. Happy painting, and see you again in Season 10! And apologies for the missing Ansell pose. I took the pictures on the literal last minute and I did't have my usual minions to take a picture with me in it.

Oh, and by the way, that's me in the picture, chilling on my throne and commanding my cult.

Paul's Dwarf Army Wrap Up

Where do I start? What a six months this challenge has been. This is my first time at the OWAC and if I’m being honest, I was not prepared for it in the slightest. I first saw this two years ago when I was just getting back into painting. I’ve always worked best when I have a deadline or an event that I need to prepare for, so OWAC seemed the perfect way to get my mojo on and paint on a regular basis. However, I missed the deadline and forgot about it. Then by pure coincidence I was invited into a WhatsApp chat and who happened to be there but the legend that is Tom Young or Frogbug as he is known on forums. Without his help this would never have happened. 

My original post had an army list that is listed below

1 General                           160 pts

1 Hero                                104 pts

10 Thunderers                   130 pts     

10 Thunderers                   130 pts

10 Thunderers                   130 pts 

15 Miners (plus                  204 pts

standard and musician)

12 Slayers                          132 pts                         

10 Warriors                         110 pts

1 Flame cannon                 119 pts

1 Cannons                          110 pts

1 Gyrocopter                      100 pts

1 Bolt Thrower                    54 pts

 

As you can see from the picture this changed as the challenge went on and the final finished models are listed below with a total points value of 1897. 

                                             1 General                            160 pts

                                                  1 Master Runesmith            187 pts

                                         10 Thunderers (with full command) 191 pts                        

                                                 10 Thunderers                     130 pts

12 Crossbowmen                156 pts

                                       15 Miners (with full command)  256 pts

                                               10 Slayers                           132 pts                         

                                         10 Longbeards (with full command) 213 pts

                                  16 warriors (with spears and full command) 252 pts

                                               2 Cannons                           220 pts

             

                   

I also have the flame cannon, gyrocopter and 10 more warriors almost finished which would bring the completed army up to 2226 points without any magical items. If I had managed my time a little better, then I would have had all of them painted up but unfortunately real-life issues tend to take priority. 

 

The challenge has been both cathartic and frustrating in equal measures. I have been competition focused and lots of those projects have been on the back burner because of the monthly requirements army painting requires. However, it has made me realise that not every blend has to be perfect and in that unit of 16 spearmen no one is going to notice the pouch hasn’t been painted with all three layers required. It also gave nm back a sense of painting for fun which competition pieces don’t tend to instil due to the time and effort required for that type of painting. It was a really great feeling to see each unit final materialise and it was even better as the army began to build up. 

 

The other motivating factor was seeing the amazing work that the other participants put into this event, and I am blown away by quality of the other projects. It would be amazing to see some of them in real life. I’ve seen Tom’s stuff and it’s very humbling to behold the sheer number and quality of paintjob he produces. I was fortunate enough to go to Finland last year and by sheer coincidence bumped into Kuqury, who is also a member of this forum. Hopefully, at some point in the future I will go back and be able to see his creations for real. 

 

I’ve also learnt that NMM isn’t the best technique for army painting but I am so pleased that I stuck with it. Regardless of what anyone else thinks I and so proud of this army and really pleased with the way it looks on the table. A big shout out to Mr Sawyer who inspired me with his yellow and black Dwarven colour scheme all those years ago.

 

I’d also like to thank Byron for cajoling and helping me on along the way. Without his reminders and helpful downloads I would have lost the plot. I’d also like to thank everyone who commented on my posts and gave feedback and encouragement as the months went by. It made all the difference when that painting enthusiasm began to fade. 

 

Finally, here are a few more shots of the units on a terrain board. I hope to get my dwarven towers and walls finished so that they can act as a backdrop to the yellow and black stunties when they are in the display case I have finally purchased to show them off. Congratulations to everyone who took part. I’m dying to see the final pics.

 

Thanks for having me and Kind regards 

 

Paul (Hereticus1964)

Andrea's Space Elves (or Eldar, as most people says) wrap up post

 Hi fellow OWACers, 

finally, mission accomplished. It is a small satisfaction to get till the end of the challenge which started very easy but become a bit stressful during the last months (in fact, no further addition for july...).

I planned to paint more than I actually have done, but eventually I kept almost at minimum necessary to meet the 1000 points (and the monthly quota). Better than nothing and I am very happy anyway!

So, first off, the family picture:

As you may recall from the first post, I painted some for the 40K 2nd edition and some for the Rogue Trader edition. I just wanted to keep separate RT warriors (not yet guardians ;-)) and the dreddy to match other RT forces I am painting from others typically 2nd edition: this can be clearly seen from the base decoration. Actually, aspect warriors were introduced in the late RT, in a White Dwarf article (WD#127), just a couple of years before 2nd edition was released. I also realized that the Farseer too was released in this article, while space elves never get a psyker before (rule-wise)!

Here is how Howling Banshees and Farseer appeared, in the artwork of Mark Gibbons (the Banshee) and Jes Goodwin (the Farseer):

From WD#127

From this blog

Oh, and I forgot to say that the Avatar too was released in the WD article, although a "little" different: the Jes Goodwin artwork "The Avatar Walks" return a fiery demon with bloody hand, armed with a spear. It happens I got one and painted as extra (you may remember, a few months ago); since the start of the 2nd edition, though, the Avatar was the one armed with a sword and so was for long years! Moreover, and better in some regards, the Avatar size increased to the one of a monster.

The Avatar (still) Walks

Anyway, here are the two forces:

Rogue Trader Space Elves, with dreadnought Demon pattern and the Farseer

Eldar Aspect Warriors, the Avatar, Wraithguards and the Wave Serpent from 2nd edition

Well, one day I will put some order and write some post somewhere about the story of space elves/eldar/aeldarii across editions!

And now, preparing the brianansellization which officially state the end of my OWAC9:

Adjusting for brianansellizing the army

But before the end, let's have some listing:

 Unit                                       points

 Avatar of Khaine                    300

Farseer                                   170

 Exarch Howling Banshee      62

 Guardian Squad (x5)              55

 Guardian Squad (x5)              55

 Howling Banshee (x4)              108

 Wraithguards (x5)                     175

 Dreadnought War Demon     160

 Wave Serpent                             150

 Total                                         1235

Ok, fellows, I wish to thank you all for the fun, the inspiration, the sharing of your experience and, overall, to keep the old world still alive!

And now, finally, let's close the OWAC9!

ciao! A.