Friday, January 13, 2012

Special Delivery!


Well this last week I received several packages in the mail and it will give me some material to start working on the marines a little more. The first package I got was 300 magnets! 200 are 1/8th inch and 100 are 1/16th inch. I normally use the 1/8th inch magnets for everything from vehicle doors to marines and dreads. The 1/16th inch magnets are something new for me. I was planning on using them to magnetize special weapons onto marines. So far this has been successful, I have used the 1/16th magnets on 2 marines (1 tac and 1 assault) and on 5 guns (Bolter, Bolt Pistol, Meltagun, Plasmagun, and Flamer). I may have to post a simple tutorial on how I do it, it's not hard at all, and I may have to do one for the Contempor arms as well (they are a bit more complicated).

Well besides the Magnets I received a good size order of bits from Scibor. I got the Lion decorative plates, more lion helmets and more shoulder pads. I am a bit worried about the AoBR tac marines and how much work it's going to be to remove their left shoulder to put on the lion ones. Finally the last package I received was the Space Marine  MEGAFORCE! Man was this box bigger then I expected. I have not opened the box yet as I think there may be an unboxing video in the works, but I am really looking forward to starting on this kit. I am not looking forward to 1 part of it though... another drop pod. I like how they look and work in the game, but man do they have a lot of surface area to paint!

Scibor bits FTW!

I have also been working on an a flying Assault Marine squad, the AoBR Captain, and the Rhino from the SM Battle Force. I am also running out local tournament this Sunday and have upped to points for the Tournament up to 1850.

Here is a question for you guys. What do you think is the best size for a monthly run tournament and why?

 I will finally leave you with the AoBR Dread that I finally got based.



3 comments:

  1. I think the sweet spot is 1750 myself. So, 1850 just allows a few more wargear options amongst units. 2000 is dull because I rather just bump up to 2500 for 'Ard Boyz.

    My favorite tournament was a 850 pt Speed tournament. Each round was only an hour. That was intense because it was fast and each model removed hurt, especially for Deathwing!

    I like the Dread. Your theme is so unique and you stick to it faithfully. It helped inspire me to go the whole hog with my Space Sharks.

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  2. Love the paint bid as.far as a tournament I like 1500 to 1850

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  3. Thanks for the responses guys. I will be doing a short post up later on how the tournament went. I was able to get some painting done during it too, but nothing finished as of yet.

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