Fred - 2017 Painting Diary

[fred.]

Thanks Peter.

Yes they are (the plastic ones). They go together very nicely, most weapons come with both arms already attached - which looks a lot better than some of their other kits. The only arm that seems to be 'missing' is one carrying the Bren, or even just a loose Bren, this would have allowed some moving poses too.

[petercooman]

Yes the newer sculpts with the arms molded onto the weapons are way better.

They do however, as you say, limit the possibility a bit. I know what you mean, I have assembled 60 of the buggers last week (USMC and IJA)

[toxicpixie]

They are cracking! Very tasty.

[paulr]

 

[Techno]

Super work, Forbes !

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Top work!

[fred.]

Thanks chaps, I have enjoyed painting these far more than I thought I would. I normally get a bit bored doing 28s

[Subedai]

They are very nice.

I think it's been about two decades since I painted anything larger than 15mm.

[fred.]

Epic - Traitor Guard (red) vs Squats (green & grey)


We've been back on the epic wagon the last few weeks (using our own home-brew cut down epic rules)

This week it was my Squats (who have been generally unbeaten) versus the newly painted Traitor Guard (many of whose infantry are still very much WIP)

We have been using the 40k deck of war scenario cards, which generally produce a interesting scenario. This week we had deployment across the narrow width of the table, in two touching diamond shapes. The scenario was to capture the supply cache - which was 1 of 6 objective markers, which you would checked each one in your control at the start of your turn, and on a 6 is was the supply cache, and this become the objective to hold at the end of the game. The twist was it was night, with an initial 45cm visibility, with a 50% chance of increasing by 15cm each turn.

Turn 1


Traitor Guard tanks advance and take some fire. The Guard had a lot of artillery that was rather redundant early on, and their super heavy tanks where less effective than they should have been, due to the night rules. I was hamper by these rules too, but not as much.

a couple of activations later, from the other side.


Early skirmishes give advantage to the squats - the Leman Russ formation on the far side has been heavily damaged and is broken. The Mechanised Infantry in the centre has been pounded and broken, and the other Leman Russ formation on this side is starting to take fire. I had a significant activation advantage, so was able to let the Guard advance, then move forward to shoot them.

At the start of the second turn I won initiative, and on checking the supply caches, I discovered it in the objective near my baseline. This gave me the game, as I had blunted the Guard attack, and they had a lot of ground to cover into my troops.

Turn 3 or so


I decided to take the fight to the Guard, more to make a game of it, than for any strategic reason. And started to suffer a lot of casualties! As although I had broken a number of guard formations, I hadn't actually managed to destroy any. The Guard player also realised that is SP artillery was fairly mobile so could bring it up and start shooting over open sights.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looks great

[fred.]

Thanks Will.

Squat Reinforcements

As these Thunderfire proxies and the rhinos have now been on the table several times in just an undercoat, its clearly time to get them painted



So got these pretty much done today. 6 thunderfires (vanguard miniatures) and 9 rhinos (+1 original)

Not sure about basing the guns, part of me thinks I should to tie them in with the rest of the army, but the main downside is that due to the cruciform legs, they will need huge bases.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those are superb Forbes!

[fred.]

Ta!!

Not sure I went bright enough with the highlights. They looked very bright when they went on, but especially in the photo they don't show up too well.

[ErHo]

They look really nice!  Brings back good times

I still have a ton of old Epic marines, they need to release a new base set or I need to sell them off

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

ErHo:- http://epic-uk.co.uk/wp/rules/

[ErHo]

ErHo:- http://epic-uk.co.uk/wp/rules/

You dont even know how incredible this link is!!!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[Womble67]

Epic - Traitor Guard (red) vs Squats (green & grey)

Table looks really good

Take care

Andy

[toxicpixie]

They look brill, Fred - highlight is just about right, to me!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

You dont even know how incredible this link is!!!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

My pleasure boss!