What do you mean no new updates?

My apologies for not updating much. It seems that with the ending of the winter season hear in Australia, I've been constantly struck down by one virus or another. There is a time and place for being sick and now is NOT the time. With just over 2 weeks until all my projects are due in, being unable to get out of bed (let alone pick up a paint brush) is not a good sign. I'm also forced to re-base some of my skaven in order to better match the board (assuming I can finish that too).

AoP 1st Day

So time is limited and I have limited time to work on this project. As each major day of work is completed, I'll upload an update. So what took place today?

The Hill

Despite being underground, I need upper levels to display models. Unfortunately, the original design for various walkways was replaced with an upper hill level due to time and stability issues. Alas, the Styrofoam that everyone else seems to use was unavailable to me, so instead I made do with this:

At $3 per block it was cheap enough, so I've used 2 blocks. Cut in half (very badly - darn it) and placed next to each other and glued together. I had some spare left over as I only used one and a half blocks, so left over was used to make the toxic waste outlet, The hill itself was shaped using the sharp edge of a piece of slate (which will be crushed later and mixed with river sand (cheapest sand available to me) and use as basing all over the board).

The sewer pipe was made from a plastic piping piece from a hardware store. Then a 50/50 mixture of paint/craft glue was used over the lot to help strengthen the foam for when the basing and painting happened (perhaps I'm kidding myself but it seemed like a good idea in theory). Note a few holes carved into the hill as this will be used as tunnels once done up (perhaps with a rat or skaven looking out of them).

Overall, I'd say it was a good start. Now lets hope the tricky work of scenery flows just as smoothly.

Armies on Parade 2011

This page is dedicated to my Armies on Parade entry for 2011. As such I have less then a month to build the display board, minimum budget, got to finish the clan rats etc. Also note that the prize for winning the store one is a free Games Day ticket and a chance for your entry to win at Games Day. My problem is that I can't afford to get to Sydney to enter it, nor will it be easy to get to the store as I rely on public transport. Still, that won't stop me from giving it a go.

1st Day
2nd Day
3rd Day
4th Day
5th Day
6th Day
7th Day
AoP Day

Brain Busta!

Worst headache from hell. Hit me yesterday during the Storm of Magic battle and hasn't left me since. While this is a slight set back, during the brakes between the pain severity I have managed to start on the Assassin for me skaven force. Slight weapons conversion (think Assassins Creed 2) but overall a much needed character to the furry critters.

First Storm of Magic game (Big)

So today I got my first crack at storm of magic with my skaven, though it was in a large scale game of 3v3. We were out matched to begin with, as they had spell dominance with them starting with 4 fulcrums to our 3. Worse still, I found my opponent had a large warriors of chaos force, with a number of heroes. Needless to say we lost, but there were some interesting moments (Like the High Elf mage summoning a fulcrum which looked suspiciously like a can of chaos black spray paint). Skaven are limited for the storm, so studying the list of bound monsters and making the right choices is a must. Here are some thoughts on things I learned from the battle:

I misread the rules for shields. This has been helpful and my next clanrat group will have hand weapons over shields.

Jezzails may not be the most accurate of ranged units, but the make good for ridding yourself of one wound wizards off fulcrums.

Mark of Tzeentch is annoying, not from the wizards (although their 2+ ward on fulcrum can be), but on their tooled lords or units vs your weak clanrats n slaves.

Unless you have a Vermin Lord on your fulcrum, any melee focused enemy character will probably beat you (though my lack of sneaky tricks available to skaven for such a thing surprised me more).

I should probably look at investing in a Hell Pit Abomination, more Rat Ogres and a Terrorgheist (man that model looks so cool - Perhaps I need Vampire allies)

Project AoP begins soon

Hell yeah, got my GW game board today, which means I can shortly start my Armies on Parade display board shortly (still need to find slate. I never knew just how difficult that could be). Also aquired some styrene sheets and some small chain. Looks like this could be interesting.

In the meantime, I have run into a small dilemma. Despite all my reasoning, I may have to add a Plague Priest into my Skryre force when playing out the new Storm of Magic. The reason being the game is 1600pts, and as such my Lords uses Skith (He counts as Ikit Claw), and as I have a few warlock engineers this limits me to just the Lore of Ruin. I can't use a grey seer so I am forced to put in a plague priest to give me a variety of magic lore. Story wise I can't really justify a plague priest (since my group in particular is at war with them) so maybe I can produce some kind of plague doctor (or doktor as they are refered too). But since I don't have alot of time (and bitz) to convert, I'll do up a quick plague priest with the plague monk parts I have. Any luck I'll get a shot of him to put up soon.

Quiet Lately

Been so busy as of late it's been difficult getting any updates done. However, I can confirm that I will be entering this years 'Armies on Parade' with my Skryre  themed Skaven. This means that I not only have to complete my Clanrats, but also the board and scenery. No easy feat as I would like my board to match my army, so there's a lot of work to get done (and that's on top of completing numerous projects and the local GW stores 'Da Paint Klub' entry).