I made a difference and so can you!

Well Forge World is out with their updates for 6th Edition and they are asking for your questions. After I found out they had the updates on their website I decided to take a look at what changes they made to the units I own and wont to own.

Flyers Beware!

Most of it looked much like what I expected but one thing popped out to me. The Contemptor Mortis Dreadnought had a special rule that gave it Skyfire if it did not move during that turn. This was to replace the "AA" rule that it had before if it did not move.

Mortis Contemptor Dreadnoughts back from paint

Just a quick update. I spent about half of Saturday painting the Kheres Assault Cannons and Cyclone Missile Launchers for the Dreads so I thought I would share them with you guy.

Magnetizing a Contemptor Dreadnought

By popular demand, here is a guide to how I magnetized my Contemptor Dreadnoughts. With Pictures!


Make sure to check your magnet polarity before you glue! Check 2 and even 3 times, you don't want to mess that part up!

Step 1: Cut off the 1/2 ball on the bottom half of the waist and drill in to fit a 1/4 inch magnet

Painted Army Self Challenge Update!

Well it's almost 1am and I just finished working for the night as I need to get some sleep before work in the morning, but I wanted to give out an update before I headed out.

2nd Contemptor Dread Arms are done!

Land Speeder Storm (main body) Done!

Damn... This picture makes the gold look like it needs another coat. Maybe it's not done...

Land Raider Crusader (Top Plate) Done

Man those decorative plate detail lines are hard to do.

Well I still have quite a bit of work ahead of me and I won't get any of it done tomorrow/today (Tuesdays are gaming nights at my FLGS, and I need to try out my army list). So I will try and give an update on progress Wednesday night / Thursday morning.

Till next time, "The Emperor Protects."

Special Characters for the Lions

Above is  Lugft Huron with his base and all his glory. I will be using him as Gaius Magnus, Chapter Master of the Celestial Lions. I have been working on some models to use as Vulken He'Stan, a Librarian (or as a Chief Librarian Tigurius/ Sevrin Loth), and Captain Corien Sumatris. I have also build several more Tac marines and 4 of 5 Scouts, one has been magnetized to change out from a Bolt Pistol/CCW and a Heavy Bolter. I also painted and based the body of my 2nd Contemptor.

Contemptor #2

Vulken He'Stan

Librarian

Captain Corien Sumatris

I am hoping to get these guys painted this weekend. I will get some pictures up as soon as I have them done.

Modeling update and my time as a new TO.

Well as I was given 11/11/11 off to honor all our great Veterans that have served our great nation I spent my time painting some Tac Marines that will one day become veterans of the 41st millennial. I got down to business and painted 6 Tac Marines that I posted some pics of in my last entry, as well as I built my 2nd Contemptor Dread but not the arms (need to order more magnets), and got some last minute items together for the first 40k tournament I would be running.

Lets start off with the Tac marines. When I first started working on the idea for this army I used the Space Marine Painter over at BolterandChainsword.com and it looked like this...

Well I think I got close to that with my actual models.

As I said as well that I put together the body of my 2nd Contemptor. I needed to make his base before I could really start putting it together as I was unsure how he would be standing on the base. I did not want to do another column on the base like I did for the first one, so I decided to go for some steps like I did for some of the Terminators. So here is a pic with the first Contemptor.

Besides all this modeling and painting I was the TO for what will hopefully become a monthly 40k tournament at my FLGS. It was a simply Win/Loss format with no battle points. I was going to make some of my own missions but with this being the first time around I figured it would be best to use something a little more established... like the AdepticCon missions. I did catch some flack for letting everyone know that I would be allowing Forge World units to be used as long as they had the model or a very close stand in (regular drop pod can count as a dreadnought drop pod), but that they must have the newest book/Data sheet for what they would want to use. All FW items would first have to be approved by me and that no formations, super heavies, or gargantuan creatures would be allowed. In the end though no one even brought any FW so it did not matter, then again only 4 people came. But even though turn out was low we were able to give out over $100 in prizes, everyone got to play each other, and I got to watch some interesting games. There were very few questions overall and everything went smoother then I could have hoped.

The tournament ended with Blood Angels taking 1st going 3-0 and received $65 in GW product. Best painted when to Necrons and received $25 in GW product, and the Best Sportsman when to a Space Wolves player who also received $25 in GW product.

Unfortunately I did not take any pictures for you guys, but if you would like me to take some of the next tournament let me know and I will be happy to show off some of our local armies. Heck maybe next time we can talk Faolain from http://awakeningynnead.blogspot.com to join in, I am sure we would be the top contender for best painted just by showing up.

Celestial Lion Progress Update

Here are some pics of the progress I have made on the Celestial Lions. I have been given word that my Battleforce should be in this Friday after over 2 months of waiting...

I am currently working on painting one of my Drop Pods... Man there is a lot more surface area on them then I thought.

Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought: Build

The Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought was a very interesting build. The kit is very well made with minimal flashing and mold line. The design is also outstanding I though. They got some interesting details into the model that I did not even notice till I was almost done building it. Things like how the leg joints and knee pads work in a way to give you a correct range of motion for the model so you know what kind of leg position would work well with the kit.

I have the pillar magnetized for easier transport. The model itself is also quite the job to magnetize. I have each joint in the arms magnetized, the shoulders, head, and torso all magnetized. 

Here is a pic of the Torso and 1 arm in it's individual parts.

And finally here is a picture for size comparison with a chaos dread, and a peek at another project.