tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33154509456660184342024-02-20T00:43:10.419-08:00The Red MachineA blog dedicated to all things Khador and my sad, desperate cries for hel...err, I mean, my experiences with Warmachine!Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-38021979909708824572013-07-02T05:25:00.000-07:002013-07-02T17:58:01.831-07:00Obligatory Johnny Cash Referance About Fire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Doing a little number crunching for Khador's favorite sneaky son, Strakhov when I found it. <br />
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I knew the potentcy of the Winter Guard had gone up dramatically with the inclusion of the Rocket troops.<br />
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Yesterday I noticed that the Assault Kommando Flame Thrower has a points listing exactly like the WGR.<br />
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[Manic Laughter] >:D<br />
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Oh, dearie dear. I sense a lot of 8" Spray templates being used in the future! BY ME!Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-67352455065831447742013-07-01T05:40:00.000-07:002013-07-01T05:40:26.547-07:00Back In Ye Olde Saddle (Or "Please, sir. May I have some more [pain and suffering]?")<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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THE BLOG THAT WILL NOT DIE!<br />
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Gentle reader, did you think you were rid of me so easily? ('Of course not,' I hear you murmur. 'After all, aren't you stoopid enuff to play Khador in the first place?')<br />
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Alas, 'tis true and where I have touched neither Cyanoacrilic Acetate, nor Spray Primer in perhaps a year, I did return to the world of tournament play this weekend last. [GASP]<br />
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I know. I find myself boggled about the whole thing as well. So after a frantic search to scrabble up my models and dice, and scrape (literally) the dust off my gaming bag, I set a tentative foot inside ye LFGS for another beatin'. Well, sort of.<br />
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I was not well versed on Mk. II, despite my lastminutecrash immersion. I remember that I spent a lot of time flipping my Kodiak card over and over wondering what had happened to 'All-terrain.' Even my dice seemed to have pity on me, for a change.<br />
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I won a 4 to 2 points split on time, and lost a 2-4 the same way, and lost 2 to caster kill. The games I enjoyed the best were against Warmachine factions. Every time against Hordes it went something like; "bite, claw, claw, buy an attack, buy an attack, buy an attack, buy an attack. Dead yet? No? Buy an attack."<br />
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Overall, it was fun to be playing again. Even losing can occasionally be instructive. <br />
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So what now? Well, the ginormus pit that is my basement isn't much cleaner than it was when I spooed playing. As always other projects will beg for time. All-in-all, I think I may be back.<br />
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<br />Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-38012418369634088792010-01-24T11:25:00.000-08:002010-01-24T11:36:27.062-08:00Kickin' the Dust off....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoeXywl902tQtvR9BmGnu3pxeKYxwTk3RNkj85bvEc_k8qeGuPsTItEvQlMIr9sqjqXPGUp7gc2obpsHTWAJPrIFoC1D-rM_z5SSVQRkiBCGTrf_K94j6IdrGvmK4T1js_AhxD9gLH4Q/s1600-h/0511-0906-2523-5409_Push_Broom_Sweeping_Dirt_Into_a_Dustpan_clipart_image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoeXywl902tQtvR9BmGnu3pxeKYxwTk3RNkj85bvEc_k8qeGuPsTItEvQlMIr9sqjqXPGUp7gc2obpsHTWAJPrIFoC1D-rM_z5SSVQRkiBCGTrf_K94j6IdrGvmK4T1js_AhxD9gLH4Q/s200/0511-0906-2523-5409_Push_Broom_Sweeping_Dirt_Into_a_Dustpan_clipart_image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430392244546881890" border="0" /></a> So, here I find myself alone again, even the one who started me out. That's fine. The hobby's the thong, er...thing.<br /><br />I am no great writer, no great painter, and no great anything. Lord knows my W/L ratio can testify! I am not in WM for the winning. I enjoy it. I like assembling and painting and eventually playing. I am no great competitor either, so I guess, I really shouldn't be playing WM. To that I say that I got my b & w copy of Prime right here, so back up.<br /><br />I like my blog, for the reason everyone else likes theirs. Its opinion. I got involved in the Leagues last year. I didn't like it so much. Like many things it assumes too much. Assumes you can have the same time available, assumes all point totals are equal, assumes the ladder will balance, etc.<br /><br />So, whatever.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-89552220595836916352009-09-27T22:16:00.000-07:002009-09-27T22:27:18.842-07:00Farewell Mk1 (almost)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUUTsb3Ip1QEbp-sLvFoJxdMh1TgIb3dQ5PR8wQdQHJOqK1f-abtIObTl_C03xXNZIFGx9eIyTXwEM3ERj66s0GSxs2-iE04euV8Cs4VyAIDG0QUv73JtQrIK9D4AtUb8q45y9Vvb-kU/s1600-h/ww1-x-ray.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUUTsb3Ip1QEbp-sLvFoJxdMh1TgIb3dQ5PR8wQdQHJOqK1f-abtIObTl_C03xXNZIFGx9eIyTXwEM3ERj66s0GSxs2-iE04euV8Cs4VyAIDG0QUv73JtQrIK9D4AtUb8q45y9Vvb-kU/s200/ww1-x-ray.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386383885518826626" border="0" /></a>Ooh my aching skull!<br /><br />It didn't really hit me. I thought I still had some time to get some of the Legends or even Superiority minis thrown together. I looked forward to building Fenris or Beast-09 (although with less glee after my disasters with Drago). I wanted to play with some Kazany or Iron Fang Uhulans before the demise of my tiny-text cards. (Where was that rule for the Greatbears again? flip-flip-flip)<br /><br />But with the early release of the cards and rules via the intrawubz, my time has gone the way of the flying toaster screen saver. Some of the most expensive I don't yet own, much less have assembled. Ooh, methinks I'll have a busy and CA glue covered fall!Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-80526838500695670002009-09-01T09:53:00.000-07:002009-09-01T10:44:14.060-07:00A Pair of Jacks (Part One)Before the last league season started, Red was kind enough to photo some of the painting I had already accomplished. After all the ranting and raving and drooling, and passage of time and all that, I realized that I hadn't posted all of them yet. Tragedy! So, here we are.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpOZqi9LelIJkdhA_mZ7IsDYRBORPbpgGF-vZE1qOFObYqgsWt7jXifUT_IDtzxXqF2uO7gU1sAJBXWSFNj_E-4Au__-hRbPAxO7S8aLWUbzrTLW3BglaWaekU7MaeO_K7QTiYha8oYUI/s1600-h/DSC01708.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpOZqi9LelIJkdhA_mZ7IsDYRBORPbpgGF-vZE1qOFObYqgsWt7jXifUT_IDtzxXqF2uO7gU1sAJBXWSFNj_E-4Au__-hRbPAxO7S8aLWUbzrTLW3BglaWaekU7MaeO_K7QTiYha8oYUI/s320/DSC01708.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376555241024353138" border="0" /></a> Behold the Ber-zer-ker! This was the first of the two I had planned, and oddly the second one assembled. A word about assembly, the Berzerker stinks! Only half of one foot is one the base tab, and the other foot is held on only by a toe. Honest! Worse, the foot ends at the ankle, so there is always a struggle to mode the poor beastie upright. As I worried about how to assemble the figure, I wanted to find a way to pin it so that the weight of the mini more fully rested on the base, so that is why you will see the center pin on these two minis, and why the red one is modeled so far forward.<br /> The plans for the colors were intentional and based on my fascination of locomotives. I mentioned it <a href="http://redmachine-liadon.blogspot.com/2009/01/cracked-rear-view.html">here</a>. The original mid-1800's locomotives were as much works of art as working machines. I have a few examples from the Internet <a href="http://www.h-l-w.com/Products/Largepics/Jupiter-web-large.gif">here</a>, <a href="http://www.h-l-w.com/Products/Steam/General-web-large.jpg">here</a>, <a href="http://wpporter.duckburg.us/DisLocos_files/Roy440x.jpg">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.railwayhouse.com.au/products/locos/locos%20G/bachmann/G%20Spectrum%20%2081397%204y.jpg">here</a>. Brass, and steel, ornate iron work; those were the<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeLdjBWiD54T2fyXBeO6jDBSg2V3-K8tsCMx0Q1seTsbtp0voALci58LNXPDwHmK3wmCrdBDp9pOhtLUUPhYIbb5gXWj9YJJQT_I99Ihp0DTlD-o6JqlxmcsjgqSAqPJqtnTcVs3Fv-U/s1600-h/DSC01711.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeLdjBWiD54T2fyXBeO6jDBSg2V3-K8tsCMx0Q1seTsbtp0voALci58LNXPDwHmK3wmCrdBDp9pOhtLUUPhYIbb5gXWj9YJJQT_I99Ihp0DTlD-o6JqlxmcsjgqSAqPJqtnTcVs3Fv-U/s320/DSC01711.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376548199730829282" border="0" /></a> influences of this model. I worked with a much lighter red pallet, knowing that I was going to lay on a heavy oil/smoke layer. On my other 'jacks, I liked how the GW Dwarf Bronze looked next to the GW Boltgun, so I copied that here, but went much lighter highlighting the bronze with P3 Rhullic Gold.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcngEe9Cm3pacVN6zDHmo2SXUvgc3z836eXIb9m3jhi5we6na9BVJQvgk5gRm_4E9K6sKLil9kw2k8LkqtaEnVfWPdRcGD-qa_zauZ7RiJ3vMOjbLRxMcBY_TdvByx6XUEN9382SCf6U/s1600-h/DSC01710.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcngEe9Cm3pacVN6zDHmo2SXUvgc3z836eXIb9m3jhi5we6na9BVJQvgk5gRm_4E9K6sKLil9kw2k8LkqtaEnVfWPdRcGD-qa_zauZ7RiJ3vMOjbLRxMcBY_TdvByx6XUEN9382SCf6U/s200/DSC01710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376554303383122018" border="0" /></a>Again, the balance pin. This model is way front heavy. I considered ripping it apart and trying again, but 1) I figured the model wanted to be that way, and 2) It is in a classic head-butt pose, leading with its noggin. It has held together, so why destroy finished work?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3t3Q7sZ5fYpXEDo5Rw1M3mtwvFjP6EjZ2P_c1MmWOjSJpu8IuauYAEuGDGn7Akg-umk45rrIX9V1Yhsh7sVWlur0o6FOkYtoIDWj4ZNJj3oJi8b9nrahV5xh8CTi56hdPzXvAt9uPpA/s1600-h/DSC01709.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3t3Q7sZ5fYpXEDo5Rw1M3mtwvFjP6EjZ2P_c1MmWOjSJpu8IuauYAEuGDGn7Akg-umk45rrIX9V1Yhsh7sVWlur0o6FOkYtoIDWj4ZNJj3oJi8b9nrahV5xh8CTi56hdPzXvAt9uPpA/s200/DSC01709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376554660185192370" border="0" /></a> It was about this time, I knew that I don't have the patience or skill to freehand some details, in this case numbers. So I hit up the local train store and found that Woodland Scenics has a line of dry-transfer decals. They have both numbers and letters as well as the occasional widget like all that <a href="http://www.switchyarddecals.net/MILW40boxcar.jpg">data</a> you see on the side of the average rolling stock car. I added the numbers to this model after the pics were taken sadly, but I now refer to this as "Old No. 27."<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-61543910250664348472009-08-31T20:12:00.001-07:002009-09-01T10:46:17.659-07:00A return to center......or how I learned to stop blowing up. (Don't you believe it dear reader!)<br /><br />Okay! I look back and realize much of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">posts</span> of late have been overly whiny and hateful. Well, it is MY blog after all. But I promise to be a little more...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">umm</span>, well, hateful and whiny. No! Less, less, honest! :D<br /><br />The local press <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">gangers</span> and competitive community are gearing up for a fall of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hackity</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">slashity</span> fun. I gotta admit, my league showings have been horizon broadening, and fun. (I don't mind a drubbing so much when I learn from it too!) In the end, not counting the league participation pin, I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">sometimes</span> wonder if I wouldn't have better spent my time painting and assembling. (shrug)<br /><br />I want to play with nice-nice miniatures. I see good things coming from WM, if the Retribution book is any example. I know there will be a big uptick as Mk.2 comes out, followed by the emasculation...err <span style="font-weight: bold;">Field Test</span> of Hoards. So maybe this Fall and Winter I paint and assemble like the wind to have a sizable force of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">painty</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ness</span> to draw upon? Maybe so.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-16190827394816557242009-08-29T21:27:00.000-07:002009-08-29T21:59:14.968-07:00A Shipload of Fail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UCorDPGHHXvCFQcrIMbxozbL7RnxV9koMIFpm626D-dowjPQfXhigwMMdPZKFuL0XZwoscgOT0VrnBrDCZzEMHnR6QF5EtDoM1yICQ7m36mVsLg2NgKnlI-kUeWY9r5YBsNamjBKCJI/s1600-h/shipment_of_fail.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UCorDPGHHXvCFQcrIMbxozbL7RnxV9koMIFpm626D-dowjPQfXhigwMMdPZKFuL0XZwoscgOT0VrnBrDCZzEMHnR6QF5EtDoM1yICQ7m36mVsLg2NgKnlI-kUeWY9r5YBsNamjBKCJI/s320/shipment_of_fail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375611725622597586" border="0" /></a>For those who know us, Red and I are friends. You can read his post of my latest abuse-fest <a href="http://lightningstrykes-redfinnegas.blogspot.com/2009/08/deliverance-of-pain.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />For those of you still reading, you can get a little background, <a href="http://redmachine-liadon.blogspot.com/2009/06/liberation-league-week-3-defeated-by.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks for those of you still reading. What more can I say? I decided to take a pretty standard list. Without <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">eSorcha</span> I didn't take Winter Guard. I wanted to try practicing using the Great Bears use of free LOS and pass through as a double whammy on a charge. I took a jack, and a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ternion</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Alten</span> for some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">beasty</span> shooting.<br /><br />Tragedy! As always, in an effort to bring the conflict up quick and clean, non-league scenarios are grievously tilted against <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Khador</span> (and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Trollbloods</span> too, so I have heard.) Everything is "grab this section, grab that section, be the first to get here or there." Hey, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">beevis</span>! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Khador</span> isn't getting ANYWHERE first. To do so would require a specialty army and things to be built just for speed, and that limits my choices. I don't believe in anything that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Forces</span> you to choose specific units. I guess maybe in the competitive circles also means I don't believe in winning. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">S'Okay</span>.<br /><br />I'd rather paint and play what I want, when I want. I'm not the type to build an anti-anything list. Its too hard to do for Hordes anyway. Maybe that means until Hordes and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Warmachine</span> stand as equals, I'm done playing against them. Enough frustration and freakish absurdity in my normal life, much less adding to it.<br /><br />Ooh, bitter! My poor sportsman trophy is in the bag! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Yowza</span>!Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-90911935608195741092009-08-16T22:46:00.000-07:002009-08-29T21:26:47.278-07:00Teh Warm-machine Uptick......or "All standing in line for 45 minutes gets you is sore feet."<br /><br />Sooooo, Gen Con 2K9. I went. I made sure I was there for the 'big announcement." Everyone knew it was going to be something about the video game. What else could it have been? Mark 2 is in final revision, the Retribution source book was released at the Con, No Quarter isn't due until next month....<br /><br />I do appreciate the meeting to lay the rumors to rest and to let the populace that the game is definitely going forward. Aside from that, a little more content would have been nice. A huffing Juggernaut while awesome, seemed a little underwhelming for the wait. Maybe Juggy should have taken a punch at something, or Sorcha swung her maul...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gratuitous Gloating:</span> All the samples were Khador! Yeah! In yo' face other factions! Ironclad? Nope. Bonejacks? Nope. Menothy-thing? Nope. The Motherland was representing!<br /><br />(ahem) Yes, the graphics were cool. Yes the textures were cool. Yes, the idea is cool. Will I buy it? If I don't have to switch computer systems to do it, <span style="font-style: italic;">yes I will.</span> Will I play it? Oooh...see, there's the <span style="font-weight: bold;">real</span> question.<br /><br />I'm sure the manufacturer doesn't care. I don't play a lot of games right now, aside from free stuff on Face Book, and a few notable sims. FPS doesn't interest me in PC format, and I don't own any of the newest game consoles to consider it. If the newest titles of my favorite franchise, Metal Gear havent' prompted me to pick up a PS3, I don't think this will either.<br /><br />I guess if it doesn't require costly and time consuming upgrades to my machine, and isn't a real budget-buster, I will probably pick it up, if for no other reason than to support the line.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Of course I am saying the same thing about Mark 2, but for different reasons.</span>Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-39482977319787610792009-07-09T18:46:00.000-07:002009-07-09T18:52:54.595-07:00Ye new bannerSo, I get bored easily and want to spice things up. Sue me...in fact, let me refund the money you paid to get in....<br /><br />I chose the German <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Konigstiger</span> for a reason. In many ways it say a lot about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Khador</span>. Heavy armor, impressive weaponry, generally a bigger and badder version of the last armored nightmare you faced.<br /><br />The New <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Khardic</span> Empire also echoes the aggressive expansion of the German Reich. The enormous cost and production problems of the Tiger 2 can also be seen in the lack of 'innovation' if you will, in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kadoran</span> war jack arsenal, a "too little, too late" scenario. <br /><br />Plus it makes a dang spiffy banner!Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-34787648193764426832009-07-03T22:35:00.000-07:002009-07-03T23:02:13.239-07:00Liberation League Week 4: Win by grievous injuries<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SedCkLt1v2-pYWg-EZx1Ra8rgjDTj27Sv094MlIVwesTJQXLuz1ne8tvGH8EwXWwlVfJcF7owLtZCgd5N4kIYctIKRJ5l5IqIMjYPnYRzt5XVCZCktSU8x9l21lfamH4LOUZlrzCgm8/s1600-h/RW4271_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SedCkLt1v2-pYWg-EZx1Ra8rgjDTj27Sv094MlIVwesTJQXLuz1ne8tvGH8EwXWwlVfJcF7owLtZCgd5N4kIYctIKRJ5l5IqIMjYPnYRzt5XVCZCktSU8x9l21lfamH4LOUZlrzCgm8/s320/RW4271_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354481156045129538" border="0" /></a>I wonder if it is a theorem that "to win by scenario, it to lose if the scenario were removed?" This league season, it sure has happened that way to be. Also, the converse has been true. The scario games I have lost, my army has been mostly undamaged and could have cleaned up in a few rounds.<br /><br />Red and I played the "On the Move scenario," and I won, but only by sacrificing all but 2 of a unit of 10 Winter Guard, and most of a unit of Iron Fang Pikemen. Most of my war jacks, (I had 3) were ineffective, as they were continually thrown about by Thunderbolt rounds, and the only thing that kept my poor Kodiak together was the Global effect that let him ignore systems being knocked out.<br /><br />I have some fluff planned for later.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-28040537021223498502009-06-24T13:52:00.000-07:002009-06-27T15:21:26.133-07:00Liberation League Week 3: Defeated by Game System<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1AKcjf5FZwc6dlYFmGC6EcGVYFbNxD3ULk2waF4g0-DFLLz73pCYCA7sTwfv7c7OkiDRUgC6fqadrhVMcGP3BZR3H3BOCF1z9F_3abJ7R6y5gCX9H1KUdb66tfcMmX9lZ4JGXmHIIQU/s1600-h/3366_pg_1243874187.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1AKcjf5FZwc6dlYFmGC6EcGVYFbNxD3ULk2waF4g0-DFLLz73pCYCA7sTwfv7c7OkiDRUgC6fqadrhVMcGP3BZR3H3BOCF1z9F_3abJ7R6y5gCX9H1KUdb66tfcMmX9lZ4JGXmHIIQU/s320/3366_pg_1243874187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351003466810138882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />OK, I hated this game. I think I hated my own attitude most, exacerbated by the weather and several other external factors. My dice didn't help. But most of all, I got trashed by a broken game system.<br /><br />Hordes is the antithesis of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Warmachine</span>. The more I play it, the more I realize the two were never really designed to intermingle. Red has spoken in the past about his problems with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Skorne</span>, and I seem to keep getting my posterior handed to my by Circle O.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifksEvb7qKAv3vkdkw4tCelSJW_ZS1AjfLM6JVkwydQI7wvRcul2npYeUxzF6vVCijCRR90-mkxd7qxhUw5HaO-ZW_BY_Fk9OJEAjTJYN4jjpMyZnc5qou0-27B-XZ6dWY6HZ1QUhPh4o/s1600-h/Man_screaming_-_iStock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifksEvb7qKAv3vkdkw4tCelSJW_ZS1AjfLM6JVkwydQI7wvRcul2npYeUxzF6vVCijCRR90-mkxd7qxhUw5HaO-ZW_BY_Fk9OJEAjTJYN4jjpMyZnc5qou0-27B-XZ6dWY6HZ1QUhPh4o/s320/Man_screaming_-_iStock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351013607802667602" border="0" /></a>Now, since I have climbed back to the basement of doom and licked my wounds, I realize I was all of the above; bad mood, bad manners, I owe my opponent a big apology, etc. No doubt he carefully culled his army from the misbegotten dregs of the Hordes books to find all the combos. I rolled my eyes so much I think I sprained them. The Megalith got five attacks. FIVE! No way a non-bonded <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Warjack</span> could do that. Balder kept popping forests, every <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Woldwarden</span> (both of them) has both a two-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">fisted</span> attack, and a ranged spell attack, plus can have spells channeled through them like arc nodes. All of the heavy constructs I faced has a P+S within 2 points of my armor, before any boosting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFU82_n_pPCmKv-0ylWg7WtHq-Cz85ALvdW7emgHitDfxzt24O6MTugcoeMti5OIvfI-OEDzqfNbIoqXPLDcaQ7ziqDddfJEJZzXN5IAoXX8SNoor2RcumJCsIsQwROAL3wPpjfmSGXk/s1600-h/Hulk_SMASH_by_el_grimlock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFU82_n_pPCmKv-0ylWg7WtHq-Cz85ALvdW7emgHitDfxzt24O6MTugcoeMti5OIvfI-OEDzqfNbIoqXPLDcaQ7ziqDddfJEJZzXN5IAoXX8SNoor2RcumJCsIsQwROAL3wPpjfmSGXk/s320/Hulk_SMASH_by_el_grimlock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351013852406868386" border="0" /></a>Yes, Hulk smash! That's my army under his fists! Around turn 2, I was wondering why I came. By turn 3, it was obvious there was no way I was ever going to win, or even put up a good showing. My dice didn't help at this point, but it really didn't matter.<br /><br />After another round of death and dismemberment, I just conceded. The victory was caster kill, and I could have drawn it out, but I was down to Vlad, a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Kovnik</span> with 2 points, an undamaged <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ternion</span>, half of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">warjack</span> out of the 3 I started with, less than half of the Iron Fangs, with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Greatbears</span> dead. Oh, and none of the enemy dead, did I mention?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ12679_ngvtlsPS1GPHYB7w2aIWpCVPJP6CzvaBtRu7GHcOXTqS0JSik3WUN6SfIZsgIKCeqjkrDdlb_oXffOzYi4K9x7TvlIFdKnu5-Mb4iHqRPp7lvMA5aSjCeZ53_i9Q8JqWMQ7go/s1600-h/Im_a_Loser_Baby.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ12679_ngvtlsPS1GPHYB7w2aIWpCVPJP6CzvaBtRu7GHcOXTqS0JSik3WUN6SfIZsgIKCeqjkrDdlb_oXffOzYi4K9x7TvlIFdKnu5-Mb4iHqRPp7lvMA5aSjCeZ53_i9Q8JqWMQ7go/s320/Im_a_Loser_Baby.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351015067602836994" border="0" /></a>My opponent had played a lot longer than I have. I will admit, I am not good at this game, as is obvious. Nor it seems, am I a good sport. But I will say this, Hordes can dismantle WM in a way MW can not return in kind. I've never seen that statement proven wrong.<br /><br />So what? Am I ashamed? Yep! Will I quit or refuse to play? No. What happens when you face a Hordes player again? Count on these things: a) I've already lost, b) then lose, c) wonder why I still play WM when I could be playing Hordes and winning.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-34689568805091024092009-06-24T13:47:00.001-07:002009-06-24T15:02:14.794-07:00League Week 2 - Game 2 Loss to CircleMuch the same in the 'Hellhole' scenario; blah blah blah faction warbeast/warjack blah blah blah across a line blah blah blah opponent doesn't blah blah blah Khador loses.<br /><br />The sinkhole in the table center grew ginormous too quickly, and I had units out of place to deny my opponent the victory. Never mind my opponent was playing a Hordes army. Oooh, so bitter!Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-36456461606187970962009-06-24T13:15:00.000-07:002009-06-24T13:46:46.979-07:00League Week 2 - Game 1 Win over CygnarLet me be the first admit, it's hard to keep track of both the enemy and the scenario. Most of the the league losses were to me not following the scenario rules or stipulations closely enough.<br /><br />This being said, and the scenario being so closely worded, I just walked up and took it. I didn't like it one bit. Then again, I went second in the round, and if I got it at the end of my turn, that was also the end of the round. Red just didn't have enough units to stop me stepping over the line and snatching the victory from the jaws of victory.<br /><br />Further comments on the league scenarios usually involve some Faction Warbeast/Warjack (not Khador or Trollbloods usually) racing to be the first to get to this spot or be across that line on the board. Khador just can't. We aren't a racing type army, not in our warjacks anyway. It just so happened the Demolition Corps were able to smash a big enough hole in the Trenchers to run some units through.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-1207238475363138412009-06-17T20:37:00.000-07:002009-06-17T21:14:26.921-07:00Liberation League Week 2: A Whiff of GoudaAs an overview, I think once again, the scenarios are rigged against Khador. Odd, since it the League Season is the Liberation of Umbrey; Umbrey being a Khadoran province, and home of Vlad. I didn't know where the occupation borders lay until the league started. So, my forces are overwhelmingly Great Prince Vlad trying to crush the rebellious elements in the Umbrean territories.<br /><br />That being said, there are a lot of "whoever gets a unit to x,y, or z first wins" scenarios. (<span style="font-style: italic;">a subtle grinding of teeth</span>) THAT being said, I am going to lose a lot in this enviroment. Khador stands for endurance, not speed. That was always so. You can only Boundless Charge so often, until you are stranded beyond your own support structure and cut off, then cut up. In several cases, winning by the scenario involved doing things no sane army commander would do. Charge a unit way out in front by itself? Umm, no. So, lots of times, I am not keeping my eye on the schenario, but potentially winning the battle.<br /><ul><li>Unless it's against Hordes, but that's another story.</li></ul>So, Red and I were bashing it out, and I saw a cheap way to lose the battle, but win the scenario, and I took it. Not really proud. Don't like it when the opponent doesn't get a chance to react, but that was the way it was worded. The points salved my soul a little, and so did a league victory, but it still feels cheesy.<br /><br />Maybe I expect too much.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-5701801165260172862009-06-16T22:05:00.000-07:002009-06-16T22:21:12.930-07:00Liberation League Week 1:Loss to Cryx<span style="font-style: italic;">Nykon Kozyar, trooper of B Company, 16th Demolition Corps, had been uneasy all morning. This new alliance did not sit well with him, the sergeant, or the rest of the "Frost Fathers." It was bad enough to ally with the raven-haired witch with the milling hoard of undead, but the elf</span> caused him to grind his teeth. She always camped on the edge of the stockade, skulking about, throwing withering looks at the war jacks of Prince Vladimir. As a fellow Umbrean, he took offense for his liege.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">When battle came, the 16th were deployed on the Khadoran right, facing the skull-headed thralls of the war-witch Deneghra. Even the sturdy "Frost Fathers" were restless in their presence. As the battle unfolded 'the elf,' using the 16th for cover, began shooting her ridiculous crossbow at a Pistol Wraith. As the heavy hammers of the Demolition Corps began to smash apart the axe wielding horrors, Nykon watched in frustration as the pair failed to kill each other. The crossbow bolts did nothing, and the bullets of the wraith did little to the cloaked elf.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">At last, he could take no more. Walking into the elf's line of fire, Nykon activated his maul and smashed the animated skeleton to icy slivers in a single blow. His steam armor whistling and creaking, he turned over his shoulder shouting to the elf,</span> "Take note pretty one! That is how it is done in Umbrey!" <span style="font-style: italic;">Merely returning his jibe with a glare, Eiryss brought her scarf to her nose to block the wretched stink of burning coal.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The battle raged on....</span><br /><br />As Red pointed out, I forfeited the first battle in lieu of defeating the Horrible Grass Monster in my yard. (Yay!) Lo, and behold, it never rained that day, just threatened. (shrug)Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-46067700863262278042009-06-09T21:43:00.000-07:002009-06-09T21:54:20.019-07:00The Resurrection of Karchev<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj1yAIiFykcK7SV9cEmAuH2oDf_h8lREgC9Ytf1maqXHmOgUzCrhrGfXti25K7imEymGpk-q8xI75dSvA9LaMyeCZGDFKFWXMLSn6UkTa6EhSaRiyzlqWN4RaLfPBLBS-44X-lB5rLw0/s1600-h/resurrect.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj1yAIiFykcK7SV9cEmAuH2oDf_h8lREgC9Ytf1maqXHmOgUzCrhrGfXti25K7imEymGpk-q8xI75dSvA9LaMyeCZGDFKFWXMLSn6UkTa6EhSaRiyzlqWN4RaLfPBLBS-44X-lB5rLw0/s320/resurrect.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345557349114842130" border="0" /></a>So after a week of moping and grumbling...well, and working, I finally set out to see what I could salvage. Overall, it may not be as bad as I thought. Maybe.<br /><br />I posted earlier that Big K was on a P3 50mm metal base. That may have been a wash, as the weight of it certainly added to the topple factor, but spared the legs by driving the hips and upper torso straight down. The two legs buckled outward, and tore free from the hip pins, and that is where it separated. (A huge ding right down to the bare metal there.) There are further chips and dings elsewhere, the feet are not securely glued to the base anymore, and I don't know if the putty on the base will hold.<br /><br />The biggest concern is how when superglue dries, it often leaves a crusty white line. Much, heck, most of the model is painted. I need to use glue, strong glue to repair, but with all the crusty lines, can I save the paint? Any suggestions?Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-82059891082633621362009-05-28T15:22:00.001-07:002009-05-28T15:25:58.324-07:00Disaster!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GiZdLPCk-8_RZLYCwe5_NA2gs7SlVDEMthqE2udjxa-ZRh-COKOQyAijZ7Yjafr6Q19krX0qUK_Gnm0cG49FzTwvBLTl2gppW-PemEQYXho3MVXQqsVSdzgrZhwt-hog8u0YXR8GPIs/s1600-h/disaster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GiZdLPCk-8_RZLYCwe5_NA2gs7SlVDEMthqE2udjxa-ZRh-COKOQyAijZ7Yjafr6Q19krX0qUK_Gnm0cG49FzTwvBLTl2gppW-PemEQYXho3MVXQqsVSdzgrZhwt-hog8u0YXR8GPIs/s320/disaster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341003871344421970" border="0" /></a><br />I suppose it finally had to happen. I was putting some highlights on Karchev, the last miniature for this weekend's Landmark battle with Red. Unfortunately, the man-machine warkaster had to take a swan dive off the painting table into the cement pond, minus the pond.<br /><br />Ummm, crack!<br /><br />Now he lies in pieces.<br /><br />And so does my spirit.<br /><br />Sigh.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-73033005329536387992009-05-24T10:01:00.000-07:002009-05-24T10:10:50.890-07:00Asking for some inputI am down to highlighting the runes on Big K's armor, and I am wondering what to use for color. His PIP version is <a href="http://www.privateerpress.com/WARMACHINE/gallery/default.php?level=picture&id=113">here</a>. The interpretation I am painting has more black in it, similar to <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.pbase.com/v3/52/32152/1/48394367.Karchev1.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.pbase.com/morsla/image/48394367&usg=__v9vf4EkE5TtM6YZXb28qzs6RzCs=&h=609&w=590&sz=113&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=HIxKxYKjUtSHLM:&tbnh=136&tbnw=132&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkarchev%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1">this. </a><br />The runes are cut into the armor plates mostly where I have red. The color wheel <a href="http://www.realcolorwheel.com/colorwheel.htm">here</a>, since my reds fall on #7, I should contrast with #25. But that's just math. Anyone have any real hints about what would stand out as magical runes on Khador red?Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-11634185170533515692009-05-20T18:07:00.000-07:002009-05-20T18:41:37.447-07:00Green Machine (not John Deere)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4244oH5oXTqS6t5mS4QvLEgSL7Y2SKDj-eKLAeSwL_xa9wLbCAeiuaZhCz9lyjOsqxYvWKw5-RTmYES20n2thtnHGI8NwDW3fIrcm1yy1yTLFW3qiGQHZrM1El8DBjEKDOSMmDwgwfE/s1600-h/DSC01713.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4244oH5oXTqS6t5mS4QvLEgSL7Y2SKDj-eKLAeSwL_xa9wLbCAeiuaZhCz9lyjOsqxYvWKw5-RTmYES20n2thtnHGI8NwDW3fIrcm1yy1yTLFW3qiGQHZrM1El8DBjEKDOSMmDwgwfE/s320/DSC01713.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338078233269483298" border="0" /></a>Notice I completely didn't use the words "green <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">meenie</span>" in the title. Wait... oh crap!<br />To continue the saga from last post, I didn't want a totally red force for my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Karchev</span> Landmark 500 point list. My two '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Zerkers</span> were going to be red and black, and as seen, my Destroyer was blue. This left the Juggernaut. Being a former devotee to the Dark Angel <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">SM's</span>, I thought a nice DA green scheme would be cool. Not so!<br /><br />Apparently DA green neither blends with nor is highlighted by <span style="font-style: italic;">any</span> other green paint I could lay hands on. My first pass was so hideous, I took it back to base coat and began again. for those of you following along, yes, I had trouble with both the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Juggy</span> and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Desty</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">hmmmm</span>.....<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwQDMEj-LS6gTLTu0d2AtyDQIFqwngmWIrBYT8i8ARp6dq2PmbCWvlBmRDTyTVEbjYMTlGjNVbYF8uvMLnOBrPOAdvRYdEWhuZTiyCmpYB8L7TkonFSdmEzcVFVUKwgrZRrjlb_B0F9Y/s1600-h/DSC01714.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwQDMEj-LS6gTLTu0d2AtyDQIFqwngmWIrBYT8i8ARp6dq2PmbCWvlBmRDTyTVEbjYMTlGjNVbYF8uvMLnOBrPOAdvRYdEWhuZTiyCmpYB8L7TkonFSdmEzcVFVUKwgrZRrjlb_B0F9Y/s320/DSC01714.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338079797599733106" border="0" /></a>Here again we see my new obsession with stark line highlighting. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">lightest</span> shade for my green was a little too bright...I think it stands out too much. As before, I have the shading lines lain out wrong; they radiate from the side- outward instead of a more correct top-downward. All this realization came as I was laying on the sealer, of course.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuykRns5mqhmAxVA1MAWBImYGiwwQ_crvLHX6zTHjwAnFvY_tSs6o4keaTBmfzjezE8BwKTo30e585yNPXuC2dwyK5jTKxwh7ziA98SASsMAxnmUMykWQIrUrJgtCdeVYFP5EtCzDxQc/s1600-h/DSC01715.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuykRns5mqhmAxVA1MAWBImYGiwwQ_crvLHX6zTHjwAnFvY_tSs6o4keaTBmfzjezE8BwKTo30e585yNPXuC2dwyK5jTKxwh7ziA98SASsMAxnmUMykWQIrUrJgtCdeVYFP5EtCzDxQc/s320/DSC01715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338080665867981890" border="0" /></a>A detail of the thing I used the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Juggy</span> to stand out. Number 516 likes to use looped barbed wire in the open fist! That crazy 'jack! I just drilled a little hole at the join where the fist balls up both top and bottom, and cut short lengths of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">GW</span> barbed wire and super glued them in! <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Ded</span> 'ard!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLk4o4bQmA91NR4JitkFjnn97iv0MYyRvJxoM0_JWy8Wgub10vucuAW5TQsjq8VcOhG6kdv98l13Zr7ejyCQ5W4TiVfIK5HgKl7V_ayqYyETNP2Fu_aDgOFO5_JFJvHFltGys3pXFUuc/s1600-h/DSC01716.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLk4o4bQmA91NR4JitkFjnn97iv0MYyRvJxoM0_JWy8Wgub10vucuAW5TQsjq8VcOhG6kdv98l13Zr7ejyCQ5W4TiVfIK5HgKl7V_ayqYyETNP2Fu_aDgOFO5_JFJvHFltGys3pXFUuc/s320/DSC01716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338081883781536514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />In the original <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Warmachine</span> rulebook, in the painting section, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">was</span> where I found about about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Tamiya</span> 'Smoke.' I tried it and have loved the results it produces on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">metallic</span> ever since. I don't think I have black or armor washed anything since I started using it. It is a thick <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">consistency</span>, and need to be thinned with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Tamiya</span> thinner before application. It produced all the shading on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">metallic</span> visible here; the shade line on the arm, the smokestacks, the boiler, and the black lining on the leg armatures.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Cu6leoKuZ4I3fAv0iFCxeTU4E4XXtXAzuyA-wD828-rk6oy8r30oDS6FmIbPrs4FM3XxuJ-X5Fdb2mJb0_JhH-8qHAUOur_KnglkDReBTabzNosB5zZjQCzYN10IskrjFbYNa1aj4rI/s1600-h/DSC01717.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Cu6leoKuZ4I3fAv0iFCxeTU4E4XXtXAzuyA-wD828-rk6oy8r30oDS6FmIbPrs4FM3XxuJ-X5Fdb2mJb0_JhH-8qHAUOur_KnglkDReBTabzNosB5zZjQCzYN10IskrjFbYNa1aj4rI/s320/DSC01717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338083155427147538" border="0" /></a>I used more of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">GW</span> Dwarf Bronze here as it seemed to stand out so much more than the standard <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Boltgun</span> metal. Also, I tried my hand at some weathering with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">GW</span> Tin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Bitz</span> on the legs and feet to show rust and wear. Not really happy with the results. It just looks like I was sloppy with paint. : (<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsI67I18C2IvQgAUqmAVFWdMIoOqVdIiNNsHkVmk2BpP6UCP0f-Y1bLCkP7tuy-kSWgdSbCCPyAAz6ZmanWydmzZWesY06IHy7lTSZNG5Ow4v-WL6YIBa4AccobJ1gd58h1qchI04W88/s1600-h/DSC01718.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsI67I18C2IvQgAUqmAVFWdMIoOqVdIiNNsHkVmk2BpP6UCP0f-Y1bLCkP7tuy-kSWgdSbCCPyAAz6ZmanWydmzZWesY06IHy7lTSZNG5Ow4v-WL6YIBa4AccobJ1gd58h1qchI04W88/s320/DSC01718.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338083941261329826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This was a quick detail of the Ice Axe. After this, I lay on both a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">heavy</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">dry brush</span> of P3 Frostbite, and a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">heavy</span> lining of the hard edges of the axe as well. Since then I have flocked the base and finished sealing the mini! Ready for action!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsI67I18C2IvQgAUqmAVFWdMIoOqVdIiNNsHkVmk2BpP6UCP0f-Y1bLCkP7tuy-kSWgdSbCCPyAAz6ZmanWydmzZWesY06IHy7lTSZNG5Ow4v-WL6YIBa4AccobJ1gd58h1qchI04W88/s1600-h/DSC01718.JPG"><br /></a>Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-44367332096015937792009-05-19T22:00:00.000-07:002009-05-19T23:11:23.638-07:00Which came first?The jack or the story?<br /><br />Well, the jack. I have owned this Destroyer for 5 years now. I got a second Khador Battle box the first winter I played Warmachine...that means either Winter 2003 or Spring 2004. I got it when a LGS wasn't sure WM would last and was selling all the stock off at 30% off. Even then I had planned for a second paint scheme of winter white, the reason I got it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuU48cOt5y5jqJqM04hyphenhyphenqj6lq578-zoAT5XnnSEcGqsRAsLXXNyX4jkND6FomQggsX5bktS8Aoe9OwBFhV2PDI8Qh9vPOa-xmd-hZ6kDnrfPqimGKhXic6jq6BQtdVPHhii56jct1grM/s1600-h/DSC01720.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuU48cOt5y5jqJqM04hyphenhyphenqj6lq578-zoAT5XnnSEcGqsRAsLXXNyX4jkND6FomQggsX5bktS8Aoe9OwBFhV2PDI8Qh9vPOa-xmd-hZ6kDnrfPqimGKhXic6jq6BQtdVPHhii56jct1grM/s320/DSC01720.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337769361260373442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So, the Landmark battle betwixt Red and I is coming up, and I decided to go a little crazy, fielding a Kharchev 'all-jack' list. I decided an all red force would get amazingly boring quickly, so I decided to spice things up. I had decided to paint two berzerkers; one red & one black, (Much more on this later.) This left the a Destroyer and Juggernaut. <span style="font-style: italic;">Avec la Destroyer!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7G-fLbDOnMbo-w7Pkl_DhBRQWV5JP4A9kcCKCtck3sp2Fy5HrcG6w4ku-dAYXy-JJOQ-F_zCniHzo84d1Kjm6qHumHPYG1I0llUDr2cUeDrUbmn-WAynk6ondFk2eUyMT4GtMvSYw2Gk/s1600-h/DSC01721.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7G-fLbDOnMbo-w7Pkl_DhBRQWV5JP4A9kcCKCtck3sp2Fy5HrcG6w4ku-dAYXy-JJOQ-F_zCniHzo84d1Kjm6qHumHPYG1I0llUDr2cUeDrUbmn-WAynk6ondFk2eUyMT4GtMvSYw2Gk/s320/DSC01721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337770623325550434" border="0" /></a>So, once I thought about making the Destroyo blue...well, I lost my way. I tried GW Storm Blue thinned with ink, and the whole thing came out so dark it was almost purple! Ick, not my vision at all. Not that I had a vision then, but if it's wrong, you just know it, <span style="font-style: italic;">n'cest pas</span>?<br /><br />So, it was at that point I remembered that during the Legends story line, Khador had finally kicked those Cygnaran interlopers out of Northguard. What gets left behind in such matters? Incidentals like, say, paint! Rubbing my hands in child like glee, I drug out my copy of Prime and began reading the Cygnar painting guide. Whaddya think?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZqxP4NyUD3-mQVSoBqjqWwbUyZittqcHTbFlwCmrU8ch6Fi7KLC8E197Mj8G9VkkcFPTyq_7lix5JLfNkIMnUcNyD7v6nrsjokFD5Fr5uyzDsefAmyNvGx3HyIRvVaze6PVNfopjKA0/s1600-h/DSC01722.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZqxP4NyUD3-mQVSoBqjqWwbUyZittqcHTbFlwCmrU8ch6Fi7KLC8E197Mj8G9VkkcFPTyq_7lix5JLfNkIMnUcNyD7v6nrsjokFD5Fr5uyzDsefAmyNvGx3HyIRvVaze6PVNfopjKA0/s320/DSC01722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337772218207163250" border="0" /></a><br />Here you can see my new-found obsession with line based shading. I kept the contrast bold, but totally screwed up the lines themselves. It was only after I was mostly done with this one, and the Juggernaut when I realized that the highlight should be sitting on the top of the shoulder instead of sloping to the edge. Well, lesson learned is all I can say. -sigh- Neat how the flash brought out the orange coals in the grate....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RazCLhME2xHRIJX-hkTpiyWhQ4OZsCrmbBORtz5B3a-mhbOQAR46qBjJHm3DqeaJE5VeK0dZjG7NGiiZbqlJ_N2K9jFOcfOQcHHnTo_vxOb3swARI1tXIad6kEuUuT_EPOKOCrCXfK4/s1600-h/DSC01724.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RazCLhME2xHRIJX-hkTpiyWhQ4OZsCrmbBORtz5B3a-mhbOQAR46qBjJHm3DqeaJE5VeK0dZjG7NGiiZbqlJ_N2K9jFOcfOQcHHnTo_vxOb3swARI1tXIad6kEuUuT_EPOKOCrCXfK4/s320/DSC01724.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337783363914375234" border="0" /></a>The story behind the paint was that this Desty was damaged and in need of repair, and finding the supply lines stretched, mechanics helped themselves to stuff left behind from the protracted struggle. Desty got done up in Cygnar colors first as a mockery, but then as more of a tribute to the brave fallen during the months of battle and siege.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrX4Dub2dF1EBPEWJXSyCb2RPepmS84gOApw4K70JwXZ3VrD2wA3gJIl4-qJjQlNqjk9VmkzyxCzq630EIkPe6fyyq25mWTz37EwAZdrU6W5SzkxcYt-Ummmm6nEX3ZVw5lgrT2__hlU/s1600-h/DSC01719.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrX4Dub2dF1EBPEWJXSyCb2RPepmS84gOApw4K70JwXZ3VrD2wA3gJIl4-qJjQlNqjk9VmkzyxCzq630EIkPe6fyyq25mWTz37EwAZdrU6W5SzkxcYt-Ummmm6nEX3ZVw5lgrT2__hlU/s320/DSC01719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337783618495748514" border="0" /></a>This was also my first attempt at battle damage. I had read about both opinions, either only paint, or paint enhanced real damage to the mini. Prior to priming, I severely scratched up the surface of the right shoulder and left cuisse. I got no real satisfaction from what I did. I laid in some GW Tin Bitz, then highlighted with lighter and lighter shades of metal. All I got was murk. There seemed to be no way for it to stand out. The flash washed it a little bit too, sorry.<br /><br />Also, since the photo, I completed the final detailing and flocked the base. final piccys may have to wait until Landmark battle day.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-8527515967179848322009-05-18T18:41:00.000-07:002009-05-18T18:44:36.770-07:00Celebrate good times, c'mon!Let's celebrate! It's alright!<br /><br />Only a small post to say that I just finished 4 warjacks! Totally! Put 'em to bed. Sealed, based and flocked, there is NO more I need to do to these babies. And the groovy things is...they are the jacks I will be bringing you over the next few posts as Wip's!.<br /><br />How awesome is that? Donedonedonedonedoneeeeee!Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-46158589848955129492009-05-14T21:31:00.000-07:002009-05-14T22:32:33.876-07:00Picture Day 4 - That darn Camo-diak! (wip)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4wzqrDfvXZKzUZ92dvnmDHt4sHvW0HFHpcDfSdoX9RL2CF6tPoCTa4kxwx8cQI3qSmndBoMFKRIeoW3OIFwbjaLXoa0k3pUe_Cx-nr9vLKROxDM9RrJnUjBpQEFp7_6kCD5sF0U5lMo/s1600-h/DSC01726.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4wzqrDfvXZKzUZ92dvnmDHt4sHvW0HFHpcDfSdoX9RL2CF6tPoCTa4kxwx8cQI3qSmndBoMFKRIeoW3OIFwbjaLXoa0k3pUe_Cx-nr9vLKROxDM9RrJnUjBpQEFp7_6kCD5sF0U5lMo/s320/DSC01726.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335906324477083986" border="0" /></a>The more pictures I extort from Red, the more i have to write about. It's weird!<br /><br />So, this little project started out an article about how to paint a Tau <a href="http://www.puolenkuunpelit.com/kauppa/images/gw_w40_tau_hammerhead.jpg">Hammerhead</a>. It detailed the stippling technique, and I thought I could adapt it to the Kodiak. I do not find myself among the fans of the rather drab 5th Border Legion brown-green of the 'standard <a href="http://www.privateerpress.com/WARMACHINE/gallery/default.php?level=picture&id=119">Kodiak</a>.'<br /><br />So, I present, the Camo-diak, as a work-in-progress. The more I worked on the stippling technique, the more I realized the 4-5 step technique as detailed in the article was well suited to large armor plates and the like, and less so for War jacks with bendy parts and such. In at least two of the steps, I completely undid the stippling of the previous step. As a new technique, it still requires a little experimentation.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBE4LIQqm2-R-9Z2345UMaKV8eXviNJJpibL146e59dd4l0hRz4kQRXqkPN-GmQP7IpHGQA08ItsIj-TKongY_2wSV-K9BKJh05cA5RGg77m9QR8nj0y6g_z9cf0el5lMkR8NsKOSv_FY/s1600-h/DSC01727.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBE4LIQqm2-R-9Z2345UMaKV8eXviNJJpibL146e59dd4l0hRz4kQRXqkPN-GmQP7IpHGQA08ItsIj-TKongY_2wSV-K9BKJh05cA5RGg77m9QR8nj0y6g_z9cf0el5lMkR8NsKOSv_FY/s320/DSC01727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335907751202998642" border="0" /></a><br />The final step in the article was to tape off huge lightning-bolt shaped sections and paint the still uncovered areas with a sandy-tan. Ummmm...no. I was really in like with the stippled areas. I think it provides a nice transition from deep woods to rolling hills. Since it is still a work in progress, I haven't decided on the final metal accents in the shoulder area. I usually prefer GW Dwarf Bronze for the roller-ball shoulders, but the Kodiak has an armored plate modeled over it, so I may do some more thinking.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DDp-R1mZ13W121J_iHA99Lhqrp5QqTxJspd3iCVmxcxAj_uA7YwkeJn0edUiuSgVRrgCahNGXk6nd2AzQswqTMxWCK-8pV8gURRbrq_ucxuH0xshB-i0kLtcfKDVTfILw4R2HqWOlhg/s1600-h/DSC01728.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DDp-R1mZ13W121J_iHA99Lhqrp5QqTxJspd3iCVmxcxAj_uA7YwkeJn0edUiuSgVRrgCahNGXk6nd2AzQswqTMxWCK-8pV8gURRbrq_ucxuH0xshB-i0kLtcfKDVTfILw4R2HqWOlhg/s320/DSC01728.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335909350128632946" border="0" /></a>The Kodiak is a more advanced design, as detailed by the fluff, and I wanted to highlight that with my paint scheme. I usually do a Bronze and Boltgun split for the stacks. Kodiak has a different cast than the standard design, so I did solid Boltgun with some heavy staining. Also, the advanced boiler design is designated with the Boltgun boiler cap as detailed in a <a href="http://redmachine-liadon.blogspot.com/2009/01/cracked-rear-view.html">previous post</a>.<br /><br />Overall, on my first attempt, I wasn't really happy with the final result. In a few places, the increasingly light over-stipple blurred the subtle under colors. There were places I blacked out and started over. I also began thinking about color changes for the next Kodiak I paint in this way. Oddly enough, about the same time I was thinking about the next one, Indiana had "the last big snowfall of the year." Heavy and wet, I was able to see, the snow laden pine evergreens. I have some exciting ideas for Mark 2 and 3!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7F6YvKpiJb-0IRPj57s-uLgevgiPBWvJe5cWO8WI_1gpdISqxfHnbPy2tc0Nmvin4M4zU_CMzTGr8-INahO5uRPIGgCokKo7ZNfY0hH_txMkg4ufdj8dlxG6vqxep1QFjg0RgFsT6bnk/s1600-h/DSC01729.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7F6YvKpiJb-0IRPj57s-uLgevgiPBWvJe5cWO8WI_1gpdISqxfHnbPy2tc0Nmvin4M4zU_CMzTGr8-INahO5uRPIGgCokKo7ZNfY0hH_txMkg4ufdj8dlxG6vqxep1QFjg0RgFsT6bnk/s320/DSC01729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335915182307933250" border="0" /></a><br />The end result was fairly murky, privings its worth as a Camo scheme! However, it was a little drab. As shown, I painted a fairly intense and heavy edge line on most plates with a slightly brighter color than the final stipple. The great part about stippling is that you don't have to do all that time-consuming shading and blending. Don't get me wrong, (if I fall to a mode of fashion) I think the end result of my standard paint job is quite good. This has its merits too. The variation in color of stipple adds depth.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGYQd8uNRQwx63YYjsmrLNjrrXm9j8IBryYJYjlolhS0GNcH84A2xeXY_9HE3ihTkbsFLN6FdOIj2IgeZTgmHuz0aY6jq0x6-RZYANt38jPserm9VlCIZeqDgE9Grb5T_bMn8ZEzQdgA/s1600-h/DSC01725.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGYQd8uNRQwx63YYjsmrLNjrrXm9j8IBryYJYjlolhS0GNcH84A2xeXY_9HE3ihTkbsFLN6FdOIj2IgeZTgmHuz0aY6jq0x6-RZYANt38jPserm9VlCIZeqDgE9Grb5T_bMn8ZEzQdgA/s320/DSC01725.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335916635788596674" border="0" /></a>This final pose allows me to expound on final colors. The fist plates will be black, with metallic spikeys. The back of the fist plates will be solid black. with a dark paint job like this, the scratches and dings of final weathering will stand out better, as well as some mud and dust and a little rust. all the good things in life!Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-61918013808372441102009-05-10T21:15:00.001-07:002009-05-19T22:47:20.069-07:00Picture Day 3 - FemBot Attack 2Wow, I had real trouble getting the last post to save, so I broke 'er into two parts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPze5gcw0uZ1SYyGaANfCsMYF_Hy7kEkt5XqfiRuSiSOwxlNNIWQbO7vUU4D2c86TPks1dD-2YG5DxNf9EKvDDed_gqzo5ql2BG8TxOLqTua4T9mZTfTFaTFSeRw86w0NoFKUr89MVa0/s1600-h/DSC01750.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPze5gcw0uZ1SYyGaANfCsMYF_Hy7kEkt5XqfiRuSiSOwxlNNIWQbO7vUU4D2c86TPks1dD-2YG5DxNf9EKvDDed_gqzo5ql2BG8TxOLqTua4T9mZTfTFaTFSeRw86w0NoFKUr89MVa0/s320/DSC01750.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334415855963975522" border="0" /></a><br />This pose, and there are two in the Sisters Repentia box, posed the most problem. Here, the flat planes of the two pieces were directly acted on by gravity. It was working with this sculpt, that I was lucky enough to have purchased the Core Techniques V.1 from Privateer. Learning all that putty technique really really helped here. I puttied the sword side and the hand side. I placed the pin in the still moist putty, making a hole that was 100% and exact fit, then let it dry. (Wetting the item you want to remove from the putty helps immensely!) When it came time to glue, it was like the parts were manufactured to fit together that way!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt6A8hrmNciYcjbsjKkA4MjBAgPqG87Uq5hn-_p9rrug4WtQyHWPka68xbWWfzhpNSzsSvqfF-eebmKX42FLCOse_M_lHeGxGMCxfCbvkN6efjNxb7aDDi2Qh_Y21xt0ZyTeV1kDs2nc/s1600-h/DSC01748.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt6A8hrmNciYcjbsjKkA4MjBAgPqG87Uq5hn-_p9rrug4WtQyHWPka68xbWWfzhpNSzsSvqfF-eebmKX42FLCOse_M_lHeGxGMCxfCbvkN6efjNxb7aDDi2Qh_Y21xt0ZyTeV1kDs2nc/s320/DSC01748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334416466053895330" border="0" /></a>This pose was frustrating in that cross guard came to a narrow point, and I tried to retain the shackle chain for reattachment to the new mini. The shackle passed through a narrow opening. It took careful placement and a lot of patience to drill through. I still wonder why/how it worked. The chain didn't work out, it saw too much stress and broke. I don't think I could get the detail back with putty and glue so I left it off.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdBzZjCgdFWDp2PbSnFAUDRXOyV3Tq_DyoOThis3P4Igs9kstzZVAP96oEDOv9QsG7df7RoHCjePrZi6MExjv4-YKZ4G8OZbuUk1MzJ6CNDYpm2_KeGieFK2X2G5FRp3gzJC3Zei8bDc/s1600-h/DSC01743.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdBzZjCgdFWDp2PbSnFAUDRXOyV3Tq_DyoOThis3P4Igs9kstzZVAP96oEDOv9QsG7df7RoHCjePrZi6MExjv4-YKZ4G8OZbuUk1MzJ6CNDYpm2_KeGieFK2X2G5FRp3gzJC3Zei8bDc/s320/DSC01743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334418251580557810" border="0" /></a><br />The most dynamic for last. Of all the minis, I thought long and hard about this one the most. With the double cross guard and the out of scale blade, I thought this one looked the most out of place/over the top. The good news was that the extra detail gave me more meat for the drill to bite through, leading to a longer pin, and greater strength. The hardest thing was getting the flat edges of both the blade and hand guard to butt up square. In the end, it turned out OK and I now use this one as my leader. (As a side note, she has also been the first to die in the two games I have used her.)<br /><br />So there you have it. I hope one and all get some inspiration and joy from my little project. Sadly, unless I get a very forgiving T.O., I'll never get them into a tourney or anything of the like. Like most things, its a vision, and a labor of love.<br /><br />Now if I can just get some female Winter guard!Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-31385997889439552022009-05-09T05:24:00.000-07:002009-05-15T18:28:41.675-07:00Picture Day 3 - FemBot Attack 1More fun from the camera of Red and teh fertile imagination of your truly~<br /><br />So I always liked the idea of the Doomreavers. See my original post on the subject <a href="http://redmachine-liadon.blogspot.com/2009/01/angst-of-time.html">here</a>.<br /><br />To recap; the <a href="http://www.privateerpress.com/WARMACHINE/gallery/default.php?level=picture&id=138">Doomreavers</a> were criminals chained to ancient Orgoth fell blades as punishment for various crimes. The <a href="http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sisters_Repentia_Squad">Sisters Repentia</a> are disgraced Adeptas Sororitas who serve in the unit as penance for wrongdoing and thus die in service of the Emperor, while wielding two-handed Eviscerator chain swords. Similar, no?<br /><br />So I decided, why couldn't Doomreavers be female?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbBUmX4JPR8Vvt8FlHSZ9ppDJ7GDP3NQOIs1iZhVk2ykSrni-eoaNLyQOyzZmB1xo1k6Pnv31gBEt5lGYY25c1u4nbIqgi3wWv8EkvOAT_HRLu844jpJzAm7suU48n2JBCqbia9AriWU/s1600-h/DSC01747.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbBUmX4JPR8Vvt8FlHSZ9ppDJ7GDP3NQOIs1iZhVk2ykSrni-eoaNLyQOyzZmB1xo1k6Pnv31gBEt5lGYY25c1u4nbIqgi3wWv8EkvOAT_HRLu844jpJzAm7suU48n2JBCqbia9AriWU/s320/DSC01747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333800385350671778" border="0" /></a>Bwa-hah-ha-ha-haaaaa! -ahem- Sorry. Sweet, no? It was only after I had fully deconstructed both the Doomreavers and the Sisters that I noticed the scale was a weeeeee bit off. 40k and WM are not fully compatible in size. Luckily I found that out before I started to modify any of my Uhlan cavalry! Then again, I was already into the project, and if a muscular guy in a zero visibility helm could carve a bloody swath, how much more terrifying would half a naked woman doing the same be?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GNklTVzVF9XQFmictc8hc9F8PmPj-QP9lthOFI2B-bjyEWoHfXNYmnIhK7-UNvwPhhE1yXlxsUnnJPCFXuo3RFpUU7u4Aw33y_3eJ2vdcR_on4hBdiFxFu-yK2upYF15gkR0l73x6mM/s1600-h/DSC01752.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GNklTVzVF9XQFmictc8hc9F8PmPj-QP9lthOFI2B-bjyEWoHfXNYmnIhK7-UNvwPhhE1yXlxsUnnJPCFXuo3RFpUU7u4Aw33y_3eJ2vdcR_on4hBdiFxFu-yK2upYF15gkR0l73x6mM/s320/DSC01752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333802734689160354" border="0" /></a><br />There were problems, of course. So many problems that I am glad I did this project, and equally glad I don't have to do another. The real key was having both hobby wire and a drill narrow enough to be able to drill out both the blade, the cross guard/hand area, and then to be able to drill deeply enough to secure the pin without destroying the miniature.<br /><br />As you see from the close-ups, I had to cut, modify and pin in a variety of different areas. The Doomreavers gave up their swords rather easily. In nearly every cast, there was a place to part the sword easily. Also, two or three of the models come with the sword cast separately. Easy peasy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrsxpnFvUkkXh5-sEAiOuwKGB699-W1uM8x_yxWUq20s1BNQWQMjKAipNyE3h2oVhRocX1OKpg5AAAp-hipExPXcXIJgr0LUK3J6Qx4EYMv4-XuFR_8pJYCZqVxTugsOJqAV6N42MSds/s1600-h/DSC01748.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrsxpnFvUkkXh5-sEAiOuwKGB699-W1uM8x_yxWUq20s1BNQWQMjKAipNyE3h2oVhRocX1OKpg5AAAp-hipExPXcXIJgr0LUK3J6Qx4EYMv4-XuFR_8pJYCZqVxTugsOJqAV6N42MSds/s320/DSC01748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333801428008711202" border="0" /></a><br />Not so forgiving were the Sisters. In this example, the Eviscerator came away clean above the fancy cross guard leaving two clean, flat joints to work with. In other examples, the Eviscerator on the Sister was modelled differently, and there fore the join had to be modified.<br /><br />More to follow.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315450945666018434.post-28822860138990826862009-05-05T20:48:00.000-07:002009-05-10T21:13:19.413-07:00Picture Day 2 - Revenge of the BehemothThe pics just keep on coming! (man, I suck at blogging!)<br /><br />As many of you have humorously note in my blog, I have sung the underwhelming fell call of "Pretty ballerina Behemoth" in the past. If not, get your giggles <a href="http://redmachine-liadon.blogspot.com/2009/02/second-wave.html">here</a> .<br /><br />As envisioned by <a href="http://www.privateerpress.com/WARMACHINE/gallery/default.php?level=picture&id=121">Privateer</a> .<br /><br />"A pound of tin, balanced on one foot." Yeah. Long ago, I decided to experiment with rectifying <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgnOM0dei7i6EVMe37PCQRTkbibbmV59UeKiC-mUKzjBCHO-gJO3s7vlvp9IjGrXWzOLxI2QaCNS0YIRqtD8n1DaWTXJXbQXAbFNKHduyIXfzM82tGO55AOovSxsh4lZiBumWAQ488a4/s1600-h/DSC01739.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgnOM0dei7i6EVMe37PCQRTkbibbmV59UeKiC-mUKzjBCHO-gJO3s7vlvp9IjGrXWzOLxI2QaCNS0YIRqtD8n1DaWTXJXbQXAbFNKHduyIXfzM82tGO55AOovSxsh4lZiBumWAQ488a4/s320/DSC01739.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332556884798092242" border="0" /></a>this egregious, nay, tragic mistake. Most of my beginning efforts started with what to jam under the foot to absorb the weight. I cut and test-fitted a number braces, and I am still in that phase with the original legs and lower torso. I started thinking about other robots from other game systems as a replacement, also. In the end, I found I had extra bits of a <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1020021&prodId=prod1080088&rootCatGameStyle=wh40k">Mark 2 40K </a><a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1020021&prodId=prod1080088&rootCatGameStyle=wh40k">Dreadnought</a>. The lower legs and torso plate were s-o-l-i-d. I jazzed my conversion up with the inclusion of some Imperial Titan feet from the Epic line.<br /><br />This is the finished result. I mounted it to one of the Privateer 50mm metal bases to offset the 'top-heaviness.' The brass rod was seated on the 40k pin to help index the hole n the 'Beho' torso. Small gaps, including the rod were filled in with putty. In the large picture, you can see a guide pin for extra support.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqy5gmzaH0dqJqQpXjTWP1e1Bu1JcvWOnh9sNIe8C4bOZZx6fyyw25PtgKoHLYzWM-P2KMoIPldh92_mVsWlQCCRZhZ-zeAAawFJ4XvMiZp0GyOMVG336jiYkYn68vHxjum2j9zgbpVE0/s1600-h/DSC01731.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqy5gmzaH0dqJqQpXjTWP1e1Bu1JcvWOnh9sNIe8C4bOZZx6fyyw25PtgKoHLYzWM-P2KMoIPldh92_mVsWlQCCRZhZ-zeAAawFJ4XvMiZp0GyOMVG336jiYkYn68vHxjum2j9zgbpVE0/s320/DSC01731.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332558196827131058" border="0" /></a><br />Taa-dahh, here we have the sections joined! I think it looks suitably beefy and believable. (Forgive the blu-tack, one arm not affixed yet.) Surprisingly, this solution comes in much shorter than the regular 'Beho.' So much so, I had to include the middle plate, when I had originally planned not to. There is something sad about dragging one's knuckles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCz63k2ry2JHZ_cOF-MGoZEokLYSNN1K-8eePhy8Bi7ruJHPm9O_ypXy2vjeLYabDOVv-_ZGDkba6PkkUxA_RYqC2HQFunc6YD9PRpSRpcRT8B2NnlFuvSoPQfIERxnX2TL2KwkuYPYh8/s1600-h/DSC01738.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCz63k2ry2JHZ_cOF-MGoZEokLYSNN1K-8eePhy8Bi7ruJHPm9O_ypXy2vjeLYabDOVv-_ZGDkba6PkkUxA_RYqC2HQFunc6YD9PRpSRpcRT8B2NnlFuvSoPQfIERxnX2TL2KwkuYPYh8/s320/DSC01738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332559925541666674" border="0" /></a>Hopefully before too long, I can complete the other set of legs to give another reference.Airporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644447953504157403noreply@blogger.com0