Deathwing Assualt and Lord Coatez

We've had a recent airbrushing session in the Nerd Garage, which I took advantage off to get my current Deathwing models based. I'm not a massive fan of airbrushing a model to completion, as I feel it loses the hands-on touch of painting, but basing is a lifesaver. I took my Deathwing Knight squad and a standard Deathwing unit to get basecoated, so these will be my next items to paint after my Darkshroud is finished (not much left now!)

And, as it was a prime oppotunity and something I'd always meant to do, I took the liberty of getting my Land Raider Crusader basecoated as well. Is there anything cooler in the whole of 40K than a bone-white Land Raider?

Plenty of Deathwing to work my way through there then. I'm really looking forward to the Knights as they're one of my favourite new units and just look fantastic if done right.

Finally, I managed to convince Pootank to let me paint his Inquistor Coatez. I love this model, and yet for some reason have never bought or painted him. I did the cleaning up which took a while (joys of Finecast), and am going to go for the classic gold look. This will be done with a light silver basecoat which will then be washed with Seraphim Sepia until I get the rich gold colour I'm looking for. This will be a treat and a nice break from green, bone and black!

Painting, temperature and Necron lists.

It's been waaaay to hot to paint here in the UK over the last week or so, so not much progress has been made on Caliban's Twilight. However, after a quick painting session today, she's very close to completion for me, needing about an hour's work. You can see in the WIP pics my sloppy painting style, which looks awful at the moment, but I've always been more inclined to get paint onto a model and clear it up later.

In the meantime, I've been looking at my Necrons. The Nerd Garage needs some new armies to play with and against. Pootank is going for the new Eldar, and Danny's slogging through his Tau, leaving me to step up and get the 'Crons back on the table. I've come up with the below list, and ordered the Tomb Blades. The rest I currently own and just need to get built/repaired. Thoughts would be good.

1500 Pts - Necrons Roster

HQ: Overlord (1#, 145 pts)

   1 Overlord, 145 pts ((C:NE, pg. 30); Infantry; Warscythe; Mindshackle Scarabs; Resurrection Orb; Ever-Living; Independent Character; Reanimation Protocols; Warlord)

: Royal Court (3#, 125 pts)

   1 Royal Court, 125 pts

      1 Harbinger of Destruction ((C:NE, pg. 32); Infantry; Harbinger of Destruction; Eldritch Lance; Solar Pulse; Ever-Living; Reanimation Protocols)

      1 Harbinger of Destruction ((C:NE, pg. 32); Infantry; Harbinger of Destruction; Eldritch Lance; Ever-Living; Reanimation Protocols)

      1 Harbinger of Destruction ((C:NE, pg. 32); Infantry; Harbinger of Destruction; Eldritch Lance; Ever-Living; Reanimation Protocols)

Elite: Triarch Stalker (1#, 165 pts)

   1 Triarch Stalker, 165 pts ((C:NE, pg. 39); TL Heavy Gauss Cannon; Quantum Shielding; Living Metal; Move Through Cover; Targeting Relay; Vehicle (Open-topped, Walker))

Troops: Warriors (20#, 260 pts)

   20 Warriors, 260 pts ((C:NE, pg. 33); Infantry; Gauss Flayer; Reanimation Protocols)

Troops: Warriors (9#, 219 pts)

   8 Warriors, 219 pts ((C:NE, pg. 33); Infantry; Gauss Flayer; Reanimation Protocols)

      1 Ghost Ark ((C:NE, pg. 53); Gauss Flayer Array (each side); Quantum Shielding; Living Metal; Repair Barge; Jink; Vehicle (Open-topped, Skimmer))

Troops: Warriors (9#, 219 pts)

   8 Warriors, 219 pts ((C:NE, pg. 33); Infantry; Gauss Flayer; Reanimation Protocols)

      1 Ghost Ark ((C:NE, pg. 53); Gauss Flayer Array (each side); Quantum Shielding; Living Metal; Repair Barge; Jink; Vehicle (Open-topped, Skimmer))

Fast Attack: Tomb Blades (3#, 60 pts)

   3 Tomb Blades, 60 pts ((C:NE, pg. 42); Jetbike; TL Gauss Blaster; Reanimation Protocols; Hammer of Wrath; Jink; Relentless)

Fast Attack: Tomb Blades (3#, 60 pts)

   3 Tomb Blades, 60 pts ((C:NE, pg. 42); Jetbike; TL Gauss Blaster; Reanimation Protocols; Hammer of Wrath; Jink; Relentless)

Fast Attack: Tomb Blades (3#, 60 pts)

   3 Tomb Blades, 60 pts ((C:NE, pg. 42); Jetbike; TL Gauss Blaster; Reanimation Protocols; Hammer of Wrath; Jink; Relentless)

Heavy Support: Annihilation Barge (1#, 90 pts)

   1 Annihilation Barge, 90 pts ((C:NE, pg. 49); Tesla Cannon; TL Tesla Destructor; Quantum Shielding; Living Metal; Jink; Vehicle (Open-topped, Skimmer))

Heavy Support: Annihilation Barge (1#, 90 pts)

   1 Annihilation Barge, 90 pts ((C:NE, pg. 49); Tesla Cannon; TL Tesla Destructor; Quantum Shielding; Living Metal; Jink; Vehicle (Open-topped, Skimmer))

How to solve a problem like Tau?

Blue skinned aliens may have Riptides. They may have double Missile Pod Crisis Suits. They may even have three shot STR 5 rifles. But they don't have the righteous fury of the Lion, and that is why these guys are needed!

                                    

I really love Deathwing, and now that I've started getting them painted in a way I like, I'm desperate to finish the units I have. All of these are next after my Darkshroud, so going to be chopping through these soon.

Caliban's Twilight WIP

Having repaired my Darkshroud, Caliban's Twilight, I've set to paint the beast. And it's not coming along too badly. The most tedious part for me was all the silver underneath the Speeder, as it's a massive area that doesn't have much in the way of details to break up. But after that it's seeming to go quite quickly. I've painted the Icon of Old Caliban in a bright scheme, which should make it stand out on the battlefield, but if I had the skill, I'd have done the Icon in a grey marble scheme as I think this would look more like it came from a destroyed building. 

Some close up detail of the Icon. The wings on the angel stands will be white with gold edging to match my Black Knight trims and to help tie this into the rest of my Ravenwing.

And a quick shot of the cockpit interior. Surprisingly easy to paint these, and they look awesome with painted buttons and screen. These will have a few extra bits painted to make them look like scanner screens.

I should be able to get this done by the weekend with any luck, with only the last bits of white, silver and the Marine crew to detail. Next up will be either another Deathwing squad, or the start of my second Tactical squad. I'll have to see what takes my fancy.

An Eldar list...

No painting this week as I've been laid up with some awful bug. But I have been looking at Eldar recently...

Note - The Nerd Garage have yet to embrace flyers on the whole. 1500 pts isn't a lot to go around, and with the amount of bodies in our usual lists getting room for a flyer isn't a priority. That's why there's a lack of anti air in all of my lists as it's not something I'll need right now.


1500 Pts - Eldar Roster

HQ: Farseer (1#, 105 pts)
   1 Farseer, 105 pts ((C:E, pp. 28 & 95); Infantry (Character); Rune Armour; Shuriken Pistol; Ghosthelm; Singing Spear; Warlord; Ancient Doom; Battle Focus; Fleet; Independent Character; Psyker (Mastery Level 3))

Elite: Striking Scorpions (6#, 142 pts)
   5 Striking Scorpions, 142 pts ((C:E, pp. 33 & 98); Infantry; Heavy Aspect Armour; Shuriken Pistol; Scorpion Chainsword; Plasma Grenades; Mandiblaster; Ancient Doom; Battle Focus; Fleet; Infiltrate; Move Through Cover; Stealth)
      1 Striking Scorpion Exarch (Character; Scorpion Chainsword; Scorpion's Claw; Mandiblaster)

Elite: Fire Dragons (7#, 297 pts)
   5 Fire Dragons, 297 pts ((C:E, pp. 34 & 98); Infantry; Heavy Aspect Armour; Fusion Gun; Melta Bombs; Ancient Doom; Battle Focus; Fleet)
      1 Fire Dragon Exarch (Character; Heavy Aspect Armour; Firepike; Fast Shot)
      1 Wave Serpent ((C:E, pp. 45 & 97); Vehicle (Tank, Fast, Skimmer, Transport); 12 model capacity; TL Scatter Lasers; Shuriken Cannon; Serpent Shield; Jink)

Troops: Guardian Defenders (11#, 235 pts)
   10 Guardian Defenders, 235 pts ((C:E, pp. 40 & 96); Infantry; Mesh Armour; Shuriken Catapult; Plasma Grenades; Ancient Doom; Battle Focus; Fleet)
      1 Heavy Weapon Platform (Shuriken Cannon)
      1 Wave Serpent ((C:E, pp. 45 & 97); Vehicle (Tank, Fast, Skimmer, Transport); 12 model capacity; TL Scatter Lasers; Shuriken Cannon; Serpent Shield; Jink)

Troops: Guardian Defenders (11#, 235 pts)
   10 Guardian Defenders, 235 pts ((C:E, pp. 40 & 96); Infantry; Mesh Armour; Shuriken Catapult; Plasma Grenades; Ancient Doom; Battle Focus; Fleet)
      1 Heavy Weapon Platform (Shuriken Cannon)
      1 Wave Serpent ((C:E, pp. 45 & 97); Vehicle (Tank, Fast, Skimmer, Transport); 12 model capacity; TL Scatter Lasers; Shuriken Cannon; Serpent Shield; Jink)

Troops: Windrider Jetbike Squad (6#, 122 pts)
   6 Windrider Jetbike Squad, 122 pts ((C:E, pp. 41 & 97); Eldar Jetbike; Mesh Armour; Eldar Jetbike; TL Shuriken Catapults x4; Shuriken Cannon x2; Hammer of Wrath; Jink; Relentless; Ancient Doom; Battle Focus)

Fast Attack: Warp Spiders (6#, 114 pts)
   6 Warp Spiders, 114 pts ((C:E, pp. 37 & 100); Infantry; Jump Units; Heavy Aspect Armour; Death Spinner; Warp Jump Generators; Bulky; Deep Strike; Ancient Doom; Battle Focus; Fleet; Hit & Run)

Heavy Support: Fire Prism (1#, 125 pts)
   1 Fire Prism, 125 pts ((C:E, pp. 44 & 102); Vehicle (Fast, Skimmer, Tank); Prism Cannon; TL Shuriken Catapults; Jink)

Heavy Support: Fire Prism (1#, 125 pts)
   1 Fire Prism, 125 pts ((C:E, pp. 44 & 102); Vehicle (Fast, Skimmer, Tank); Prism Cannon; TL Shuriken Catapults; Jink)