Brawler Bash

This year I decided to make the commitment to try and get to a few of the popular tourneys around the country.  First up is the Brawler Bash on April 9th and 10th.  I've decided to run Dwarfs since the Tomb Kings book won't be ready yet and my Orc and Goblin House Army is not really painted up to my normal standard.  I've also had a decent run with the stunites of late and they are painted half way decent.  I've started tweaking my list and working on the army background fluff, because I can't play army without a story!

Here is a link to the Brawler Bash IV and as of right now I'm planning on driving.  So if there is anyone in the nearby Memphis area that wants to hitch a ride, just let me know.

http://brawlerbash.proboards.com/index.cgi?

Terrain Part Deux

Just a quick update that work continues on the resin terrain.  This piece that I mentioned last time is an actual treat to put together.  There was very little flash and it's going together very smooth.  Here are some work in progress pix.  I added a little extra support in the joints by using brass rod in addition to the super glue.  Next up is the roof.  It's a 3 story building so I'm planning to have both the roof and the 3rd story removable. 

 

Goblin Wolf Riders Reenforcements

Just a quick update.  I recently negotiated some re-enforcements for my Orcs and Goblins army from a Halfling mercenary in Southern California.  I've been busy fixing up the new troops to blend in with the existing army.  Last night I tackled the Goblin Wolf Riders and fortunately with a little elbow grease and some plastic glue I was able to repair them so I have 44 with spears and 25 with bows.  With the exiting models this will yield 3 units, 18 strong each, with spears/full command and 1 unit, 25 strong, with bows and full command.  Now they are repaired I will attempt to match the paint job on the new bits and give all the models a Devlan Mud wash.  Finally, I will redo the basing to make it consistent with the rest of the army.

Movement Tray Update

Just a quick update that I completed painting the movement trays.  After a base coat of Storm Gray I followed it up with an over brush of Hippo Gray followed by a light dry brush of Drizzle Gray.  Now I just need to lock in the paint with a little clear coat and drop in the metal inserts.

Orcs & Goblins and Movement Trays

I spent the bulk of last Saturday at the Memphis Battle bunker pouring over the new Orc and Goblins book.  First, let me say it's fantastic and I genuinely think GW has outdid themselves.  The only thing that I'm not sure about is the inclusion of only 8 magic items.  It feels a bit lazy and a great opportunity lost.  But I suppose GW figures with so many common magic items available in the BRB each army does not need as many army specific items.  The new giant spider model is AMAZING.  Head in to your local GW and check out for yourself.

With the army book release right around the corner I've been busy getting the army ready for the table.  I've never actually played OnG, so March should prove interesting time for me.  One small project that I started this weekend was the movement trays.  As I didn't want to make custom wood trays as I did for my Tomb Kings I decided to go with modular plastic trays from GW.  It's fairly cheap and more importantly faster.  I have no idea of how many packages I went through but I have around 40 trays of varying sizes for both 20mm and 25m bases.  I think the 40 trays have enough variety to let me field just about any combination of units in a standard sized game.   Here is how I'm getting them to the table.

1. Assemble the trays.  No edge on the back of the tray unless it can be used in 2 directions. 
2. Applied sand to the edge of the trays with PVA glue
3. Locked down the sand with watered down PVA
4. White spray primer (Krylon)
5. Black spray paint (Krylon)
6. Brushed on base coat of Storm Gray (Delta Ceramcoat)
7. Dry brush Hippo Gray (color subject to change)
8. Light dry brush with Quaker Gray (color subject to change)
9. Clear coat paint job (Krylon Flat Coat)
10. Add static grass to add interest.
11. Glue steel inserts into the tray.  Gives the magnets in teh bases something to grab onto.

Here they are after the Storm Gray base coat applied.

Orcs and Goblins

Having nearly finished a fairly large OnG army I was given the opportunity to significantly pad it's ranks through the acquisition really large, mostly painted, army.  Without going into too much detail there are 60 Goblin Wolf Riders and 15 trolls!  However, what really sold me was a opportunity to add several units that I didn't already have like a Wyvern and Savage Orcs.  Package arrived last week and I've been fervently assessing the models and determining the best way to blend them into my army.  Some of the paint jobs are pretty good and just need a little TOC.  Some units I will simply use as is - case in point the Savage
Others I'm touching up some of the chips and using a Devlan Mud was to tie it into my army - like the 9 Stone Trolls.  There are also some paint jobs that are too far gone to resurrect.  For these I will strip and repaint them.  I will eventually re base all the new recruits so it matches my existing army. 
The already loaded paint table is about to be overloaded.

 Here are the Stone Trolls after I touched up the paint chips and then gave them a heavy wash of Devlan Mud.

 

Here are a couple of shots of some cool vintage models.  I dig the old Black Orcs, but I'm not entirely sure on the old River Trolls.

To be clear, this new acquisition will not stop me from adding the new OnG models coming out next month.  Can't wait to see what the giant spider does on the table! 

Gaming Table & Terrain

Sometimes it seems like I never actually finish a project before 3 more pop up!  One of my current projects is to finish my gaming table.  My goal is to create a small human town that you would find on the fringe of the Empire.  It's ironic since I don't have an Empire army.  I guess it's all the Black Library stuff I've been reading of late.  I've used the Realm of Battle and the bulk of the terrain is the plastic GW stuff.  I will post some pix of how it is progressing but today I wanted to focus on my newest addition.  I was searching for something to give the table a little punch and to separate it from every GW fanboy table in the US.  A while back I found these resin buildings from Germany.  A really admired them, but unfortunately, they were unavailable for sometime.  Late 2010 they were made available again and I finally ordered a building along with some barricades with the intention if all goes well getting a few buildings in the future to round out the village.




http://pardulon-models.com/index.php/cat/c14_Fantasy-Buildings.html

I received the package last week and here are some photos after I had at them with soap and toothbrush.  The detail on this is amazing.  Completely model inside and out.  Much crisper and more refined then the few resin models I've worked with in the past, like the wares from Armor Cast.  I must admit, there is TON of parts to make this 3 story house.  I will post some pix of how I get on.