Scrapyard bases tutorial.

Hello.

         My Skitarii Rangers didnt arrived yet (its two weeks since I ordered), so I've made little tutorial,
how to make fast and easy scrapyard themed bases.

        The idea was simple. Bases are built on massive cogwheel which is similar to machanicum sign.
On that i need to put some scraps and gears, and then stick my servitors.
Heres some photos of bases. They need some painting and finishing.

And a video tutorial how to do that.

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Hello.

After losing a few battles, I found that my Dark Angels need a strong ally.
It so happened that just GW announced the arrival of a new army - Adeptus Mechanikum Skitarii. As soon as possible, I preordered a Skitarii Rangers. Wonderful 10 models, with promising statistics. When the shipment arrived to me a few days later, we found that in addition to paints, brush and grass instead of the Rangers is Balistari Ironstrider. Initially I wanted to exchange incorrectly sent model, but on reflection, I decided to keep it.

       The model is great, it has a lot of options gluing and painting.
Like the other sets from the Skitarii army. I put video below from unboxing the set.

Assembling the model was also a real pleasure.
In spite of only 2 frames with parts, it was really a lot of them out there. All the time I wondered how magnetize model to use it in a number of options.
Eventually I gave up and glued it as Balistarii Ironstrider with autocannons.
Immediately primed model and performed an appropriate base using structural paste.
     
       I decided to paint the model using the advices in the tutorial presented by Awaken Realms. Magnificent studio from Poland. Heres the WIP photos.

 And here with shading and decals added.

I still have a little to paint, and already ordered Rangers are on the way.


 I looked at the codex and Skitarii seem to be a very good ally.
Ironstrider itself has enormous firepower. and the Rangers and their Arquebus are awesome. Here the stats for that Rangers special gun ...

And here stats for Ironstrider:

 

Mechanicum as new army in collection ? Probably

Hello.

The winter is over, so now its just work, work and work again.
There is no time to find some nice, inexpensive models. There is no time to paint. There is no time to make a video on youtube, or to write posts.
  
The last painting I've done, is Techmarine and servitors. Great models made of finecast. Photos of the Techmarine presented in an earlier post. I decided to paint everything in red scheme to represent the mechanicum cult.

 By the way, I think that it looks like new army appear in my collection.
I mean Adeptus Mechanicus army. Two kits are available in stores as a  preorder and both look great.
Adeptus Mechanicus Ironstrider and Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii.
First one is a Mechanicum walker which come in two options. Ironstrider Ballistarius with autocannon or lasscannon and Sydonian Dragoon which is more for melee combat.

Second set is Skitarii. Mechanicum Infantry. It allows you to make a 10 man unit. 23 different heads, 25 weapon options. They can be assembled as a rangers or a vanguards.

The models look great, so assembling and painting them should be a real pleasure. 
GW chose for right path, creating sets with many options and consisting of many parts. This ensures a good time during assembling, and creating your unique units.
The right choice is also improving the quality of plastic, and replace terribly expensive finecast sets  (skaven jezzail team) larger sets of plastic models. Do not even want to imagine how much would cost finecast set of 10 Sisters of Battle...

 Finally, a pair of images mentioned at the beginning servitors. Still WIP. Need to finish and bases. I already have an idea, but I do not have time.

Mechanicum army pictures from producer site.

Can Techmarine save my Landraider ?

Hello.

            After several battles I noticed a kind pattern: Land Raider arrive on place, extracts cargo and in the next round dont kill anyone and it is destroyed in an explosion.I would like to say: " Let us hurry to love Landraiders,they pass away so fast..." (polish proverb)
So I had to figure out something that my landraider survived a little longer.

 The unit has potential. Not bad armor, plenty of firepower (Crusader) and costs quite a lot of points. (290 for me)

After some thought, I came up with the needs of TECHMARINE. 

If you equip it in a power field generator, protect landraider and the entire crew, with save 4 ++.

Ok. he costs 175 points, with 4 servitors, and a power field generator, 

but it is an additional strength of the fire,or if landraider is damaged, he can easily fix it.

 

Since I found it useful, I immediately bought a suitable model.Unfortunately, made of finecast, which I do not like.
I decided that my Techmarine will have a red armor to emphasize its relationship with adeptus mechanicum. Here some pics of WIP model.

3200 pts Battle Angels against Chaos

Hello.
Yesterday we finally played a battle, we planned for months. Unexpected battle was even greater than originally intended, because my cousin Chris also appeared withhis army.
Initially, we had to play the 2500 points, but we decided to join forces and turned out 3200.
Chris army was Blood Angels from Deathstorm starting set.
Sas also raised his Chaos Space Marines forces to 3200 pts.


After all the initial rolls, we draw scenario "relic" where 3 victory points wins the player who is in possession of a relic at the end of a game.
We draw a side, Sas first deploys his army, and we beginned first round.

In the first round, our first move is  to come closer landraider with knights to the lord of Skuls.
also dreadnoughts move closer, DA dreadnought at the range of plasma cannon, and Furioso at the range of succesful charge.

First round of shooting was succesful for us. Deathwing terminators took off Forgfiend cyclone missiles shot and Ravenwing bikers stuned rhino and jamed its gun.
Devastators have killed 2 chosen ones.
Chaos made some moves, and some shootings but only cultists were succesfull :)
Our BA dreadnought suffer 2 wound from their fire.

In the second round, Deathwing Knights jumped out from landraider and went to fight the Lord of skulls.
On the other side, the combined forces of terminators from two chapters went to war with the chosen ones of Chaos and fast and manoeuvrable Ravenwing bikes started to take the relic, if Death company fails.


shots were not spectacular in this round, one dead chosen, one point of armor removed from landraider.
In close combat phase, the Knights, despite the use of Mace of Absolution, inflicted  bulldozer only 4 wounds. 2 of them died in counteratack. It must be sayed right now. Do not kill him right away, was the beginning of failure. Terminators killed one sqad of chosens, but cultists were heroes in this round too. They killed whole Blood Angels Sqad, and destroyed one of the bikes.
Landraider fall from fire from chaos Landraider.

 In the third round, Belial and his terminators sqad did deepstrike behind enemy lines.
Just to destroy chaos vindicator, and to expel warp talons from their hideout.
 Deathwing command group moved to replace the knights in close combat with bulldozer.
Death Company took the relic. Devastators  have made minor damage to the ranks of the enemy, but did not destroy any Sqad completely.

In the meantime, Lord of Skulls have the opportunity to shoot. It looks like this:

Bikes, veterans, and 2 Dreadnoughts no longer exist. one was killed by the explosion of the second. Bad luck, but i dont think so if it can do something more in this battle.

Next round I only managed to hurt one wound to bulldozer(remains 2)
and immobilize next rhino.

Assault sqads fals, Belials squads suffers from hellbrutes fire, even the helldrake appears.
Fifth round  was finishing off what has remain.

Lesson: not enought dakka :) I only went in the plasmas, which is good infantry but not for vehicles.
I n this case, meltas might decide of victory.

Project Dreadnought - progress

Hello.
After sticking a few ornaments,I could put a little paint.
Previously it was primed with unidentified grey color, probably someone was preparing it for the  space wolves army. When i saw it on pictures i thought it was unpainted.


I decided to use 4 green colors to paint the armor :

 

Because i need to paint left arm, I must to cut of shield.
After painting, I decided not to stick it permanently but use the magnets.

Well, right arm was indentified as a part of Space Marine Vindicator Demolisher Cannon.
But shield isnt from Warhammer miniatures i think. It can be Lego or maybe some gundam action figures ...
I like idea to equip Dreadnought with it, but after some improvements. 
Because it was pink, i changed color to blue with Gulliman Blue glaze. Now it need only some electrical discharges ...

New Project - Dreadnought

Hello.
For quite some time I thought about my army enriched by another Dreadnought.
 Since I already have one venerable from the Deathwing, this could be the third company one.
Beacause i like experiments and non typical conversions, I bought at an online auction something like this:

The price was attractive, and really like the idea of force shield.
Hmm in Dark Angels army may represent extra armor. But i don have any idea what righ weapon is.
It looks like cannon fro BAAL Predator.
Now i need to put some Dark Angels insignia, and paint it green :)