Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Hobby Progress Challenge update

So today is the start of a new month and another hobby commitment. Last month my commitment was to paint a 12-man Fire Warrior Squad and a Gun Drone.

Before:

After:

My commitment for May is...

11x Drones
5x XV8 Crisis Suites
1x Devilfish

And because I we excited about painting something different I ended up painting a lot more than just what my commitment was. So here is a group shot of everything I have painted/based this last month.

We have:
36x Fire Warriors
8x Pathfinders
3x XV88
2x XV8
2x Hammerheads
1x Devilfish
1x Gun Drone
lot of bases

The goal of the Hobby Progress Challenge is to have a fully painted 1850 point army by November, so far I have over 1200 points painted in the last Month+ so I am actually pretty close to being done already. Now I do need to change my list to fit the new Dex, but I am still not sure what I want to change/add to it. I am really leaning towards the Riptide, but I don't know if I can justify the cost at this point in time.

In the mean time I will just keep painting away. I can always just add some Devilfish to the list as I already have those and I am planning on painting them anyway.

Till next time! Dracus OUT!

Friday, April 26, 2013

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Base Work for the Tau



So I have made a decision on what to do with the basing for the Tau and I started working on them last weekend. I made the decision to go with SNOW! I have not done snow in the past so this is something new for me, and I think that making them look good with the darker blue I have been using for the tau may be a bit of a learning curve.

Materials I picked up include a roll of Cork, snow flock, some "medium" bushes, and tall grass.

The first step was to start corking the bases!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Tau VS Dark Angels Video Battle Report

So I had a game this last weekend of Tau VS Dark Angels. It was 1500 points, Big Guns Never Tire, and Vanguard Strike.

Check it out! Comments and Suggestions are always welcomed.


Making up a Tau list with the Demiurg

So with the new Tau book out for a few days I have really been looking at it and trying to come up with a list that is not only fun, but competitive and close to what mini's I already have.



As I signed up for the Independent Characters Hobby Progress Challenge I will need to change up my list as the 1850 list I submitted for the Challenge is now about 212 points cheaper What do I put in there?

Friday, April 5, 2013

Painting up some UltraTau!

So over the last couple days I started priming and painting some of my new Tau. I am hoping to get the codex soon and really look at that is going to be a useful build. Till then on to more painting!

As mentioned before I am participating in the  Independent Characters Hobby Progress Challenge and so far according to my "old" army list I have painted about 671 points of the 1850 points needed for the challenge this week alone. That makes me feel pretty good as I started into the challenge about 3 months late.

SO WHAT HAVE I PAINTED? Lets take a look.