Painting Progress 20130113
I am pretty happy because I've done two things this weekend.
First, I built an spreadsheet with all my Citadel paints, their equivalent with the new GW color names/chart, which ones are semi-dry or almost-dry (to buy new ones next week) and to have some kind of general look of which paints I might need in the future and plan accordingly.
And second, I've been painting a few hours, with the following minis being the winners.
Here is the 5th edition box plastic Dreadnought, with some specific Dark Angels props and banners. I had it half-painted so it's been more of finally following my past schema and ideas. Nothing special to remark except that it has my first attempt at Dark Angel green highlighting. I need to practice more and the photo does not show it so much, but it looks better so from now on, at least one highlight layer will be in any DA scheme miniature.
I also had from last year a lot of necrons pending painting. As they were a gift from my girlfriend it is "critical enough" so I've started the task... and they are fairly easy and quick to paint, so here is the first one I finished:
 
As I wanted to paint more necrons, I decided to start first with a small conversion I made months ago and I wanted to paint, a necron "specter" lord.
Apart from filling the gaps of the scythe, leaving plain the handle, a bit of green stuff to leave the hands more plain like necron ones and attaching a small "necron core" inside was not in need of more modding, so for once I built it a decent base.
As you can see it is not too complex, a bit of crappy "green lighting" inside, and playing with interlacing a mixture of greys with black washes until I like the cloak color. And the base is pending too, just the ruins have some color.
But I like how it really looks like a scary necron.
 
I have one more week of vacations so let's see if I can finish either a bunch of necrons or a few other minis. And I also need to work out how to improve room lighting for the photos, colors are not well captured.
Ork Stompa finally finished!
When I assembled my warhammer 40,000 ork stompa at 2009, I thought it would be a huge effort to paint. For multiple reasons I've needed 3 years to finish it. But I just ended painting it finally last night.
My painting skills need lots of improvement, I've read about some techniques for things like rust or dirt that I haven't applied, I could have given it more color (or at least the typical Goff B&W stripes and/or more red areas), but I was needing to move on to painting other of my hundreds of pending miniatures and hade auto-promised me to not paint anything else until I had finished with it.
What I had pending painting were some gretchins and the left arm, containing the cannon and missiles. If you want to see images of previous states of the stompa, check this old posts: Post I, Post II, Post III.
Behold my mighty Goff clan ork stompa:
The pictures don't do justice to some of the details, but also hide other less skilled ones ;)
Now probably I'll finish painting some pending miniatures (Dark angels space marines) and paint some Necrons, at least the ones that my girlfriend gifted me also a while ago. This 2013 one of my self-imposed goals are more painting (miniatures) less playing (videogames) so let's hope I can keep it and post lots of painted minis.
Tags: Painting Warhammer 40000
6th edition game box and more kickstarters!
Well well, looks like this week is getting really interesting.
After releasing the big rulebook short ago, now comes the boxed 6th edition Warhammer 40,000 game.
Now in preorder (according to the warp internet sources, to be available the 1st of september), apart from a smaller rulebook (with only the rules) and some basic dice and markers, the game features Dark Angels vs Chaos Space Marines.
The best of the box are without doubt the new miniatures: Chaos cultists, new chaos space marines with lot of details, and the awesome hell brute (kinda chaos dreadnought), the chaos captain, and the Dark Angel special characters.
The tactical squad is ok (I've got tons of them), ravenwing bikes are cool (but I already have a few ones) and the Deathwing terminators are ok but I already have at least 40 of them! (things that happenswhen you start young and have multiple Space Hulk editions + an existing Dark Angels army).
UPDATE: There is a great official video of close-ups of all miniatures included.
Right now iti s the limited edition only, which features an interrogator chaplain for the Dark Angels (cool looking), so I'm in. Normal edition will be around 8$ less so I can pay the extra.
I also finished reading all the non-rulebook part of the 6th Edition book and my advice is the following:
If you want to just play, ignore the big book and grab the game box;
If you like to read a lot about setting, history, lore and battle examples, plus tons of great images of armies, grab also the big book. It is clumbersome for playing, but for all the Warhammer 40k lore is really cool.
And the second surprise is another kickstarter, this time about Mantic and their futuristic Blood Bowl Dreadball game.
The game needs little explanation: it simply is a futuristic version of Blood Bowl, with hex tiles (so slight movement changes) and the referee as its own miniature.
The game reminds me of Speedball 2 videogame, and while looks cool, the truth is I prefer the "fantasy" BB setting instead of this futuristinc one. Also Blood Bowl rules have been tested for many years (the living rulebook is free and up to date).
It also starts the kickstarter with 80$ for the boxed game containing two teams of 8 minis each + the ref, a bit high counting an additional 15$ for international shipping. As there are still 36 days left I will personally wait until they hit some stretches and add more basic contents before deciding.
Warhammer 40000 Rogue Trader Book
Another childhood dream came true today.
I learned about 40k with the second edition, when the game was already about battles (although much smaller than now) and no longer about roleplaying.
I've seen many times the original cover, I've read a lot about the first edition setting, how it was a lot more mature, the old eldar pirates only role...
Well, after searching a while on the net, I decided to give a try to eBay again, and bet for one. I was lucky, and today I received via mail my first edition Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader rulebook!
The book is used but so little it appears new.
After I finish reading the 6th edition one, I will read this and compare.
Now that the 6th edition is also out, feels ironic to get the first edition too, the one that spawned everything.
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Book Review: The Inquisition War
I must confess I hadn't read anything about this trilogy before talking with Agramar one day about Warhammer 40k books (he is a living encyclopedia). And buff, I should have learned way before!
Jaq Draco is an Ordo Malleus Inquisitor, who has become a member of the inner circle (those with access to secrets and hidden twists).
Grimm is a squat, grunty, always complaining, but a good companion and mechanic.
Meh'lindi is a beautiful Callidus assasin, who has been chosen for a special treatment. Instead of using pholymorphine to just mutate into other humanoid forms, terrible surgery is done inside her to introduce special muscles and bones so that she can morph into a genestealer hybrid and infiltrate their cults.
Googol is an imperial navigator who likes poetry (and women), "driver" of Jaq in the warp.
Those four widely different characters, plus later on Lex, an Imperial Fists space marine captain, will start perfoming some imperial missions like killing a genestealer patriarch, but things will get interesting when Jaq finds about a über-secret plot with an unknown secret organization, regarding humanity's Emperor, Eldar, Chaos... And that's only the beginning.
 
I won't spoil anything because the beauty of this books is reading them without summaries/intros. Just believe me that if you could only read one Warhammer 40.000 book, it should be this one.
Ian Watson had lots of problems with the books because he chose to ignore Warhammer's main target (young people) and instead write adult, serious sci-fi novels. You have topics like sex, raping (mental, but anyway), violence, sacrifices... Not for children, but neither targeted for them.
The story unfolds so great and has quite a few good twists and revelations that it sucks you into reading more and more.
The best book I've read so far.
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