May 31, 2011

Housing Project part 2

Ive been playing around with the house some tonight. Here is what I've done.


As you can see I've only worked on the front. I used green stuff to cover up the gaps that were there from making the door shorter. The door still seems a little tall, oh well. This is just a test house. I then used the cardboard from my new Khador battlebox and made the corners. I used more green stuff for the rivets. I think they may be a little big. Not too sure. I used more cardboard to create the overhang over the window. I also used some balsa wood for the supports. The windows are waaaayyy too high. So I didnt know what to do about that. I just tried out the overhang and covered the upper two windows, just leaving the bottom ones, I think that works. For the door I simply covered the hole with cardboard and made a boarded with balsa wood.

For the windows on the sides, I think I may make some shutters and close em up. I also have to figure out how I want the door to look. Then its to the roof. Not sure if I will make tiles or metal slabs (like sheet metal, although I have no idea how to do that).

May 30, 2011

Housing Project

I found this cardboard house at Hobby Lobby today. It only cost $2.99. They also had two-story ones as well. So I said, hell, why not. Im gonna play around with it, alter it alot, add shingles, a door, work on the windows, have to pipes for steam punk-ness, etc etc. I think there will be alot of green stuff work too, which will be new to me. So yea, I have never done anything like this before, so this will be a test. I know its a little big, its the roof that makes it tall. And yes, the roof can be removed. But for the price, you cant beat it. Ill post every now and again as I work on it. And in the pic you can see that I cut a piece of balsa wood to make the door shorter. I then primed the front simply to see how it would look.


For Cygnar!!!

Here are some of my finished Cygnar models. As you can see I dont like to go by the Privateer Press color scheme. I decided to go purple and gold because I am a huge LSU fan (my alma mater). So these are members of the Fighting Tiger regiment of Cygnar.


 Ironclad

 Lancer 


                                                                           Charger


Coleman Stryker
I hated the head that came on the classic Stryker model. So I used a head from the storm guards instead to show that he is wearing a helmet. And I lucked out! Stryker was a storm guard before he became a warcaster. win. 

                                                                    The Battle Group
                                                    Here is the classic starter set for Cygnar.

                                                                         The Hunter

                                                                      The Defender

May 26, 2011

Progress

I am nearly done painting my Cygnar battlebox. Just a little bit more work on the Ironclad and thats it! So far for Cygnar I have painted fully:
Stryker x1
Lancer x1
Charger x1
Hunter x1
Defender  x1

I have tons more to do. I already have my trollblood battlebox fully painted. Along with the Blitzer and a couple others (cant remember off the top of my head). I will be posting these pics up this weekend. Also, my wonderful wife got me the Khador battlebox for my b-day. So time to work on those. I think I want to do them a drab military green/olive color scheme. I really like how these look! So we shall see.

Look for my pics up this weekend and tell me what you think.

p.s. I need to find out how to take good pictures damnit.

May 25, 2011

Privateer Press 10th Anniversary sale

Now is the time to get into Warmachine/Hordes (you should be in it already fool). They are having a great sale. If you buy a battlebox (its a starter set for whichever faction you want) and a token set, then they throw in free, yes free, the rulebook and a tape measure. The shipping is also free. Thats awesome! And if you like their No Quarter magazine (it is great, and kills white dwarf) then you will be happy to hear that they are also having specials on their backstock issues. Click here for all the specials.

May 10, 2011

Beasts of War

Beasts of War has a website with fantastic videos of everything warmachine/hordes. They also do plenty on Warhammer and 40k. Check em out here. You can also find their videos on youtube. I love watching their stuff, you can learn alot about the models and tactics.

Soon I will post some pics of some of my Cygnar and Trollblood models.

Tough decision

After much thought, I have made a tough decision. I have decided to solely play Warmachine/Hordes, and get rid of my Warhammer Empire army. I simply do not have enough time to allocate to both games. They both take up so much time painting, learning tactics, and playing. There is only room for one.

I chose Warmachine/Hordes because, well frankly, it is a much much better game. The models are fantastic. The fluff great. You dont have to have 100+ models to play, 30 is good, so not as much you have to paint, or lug around. The game mechanics are simply far superior. There is much more strategy involved unlike Warhammer where you have huge blocks that all you can really do is move up into contact with other huge blocks. And Privateer Press who make Warmachine/Hordes is a young American Company.

Now what to do with all my Warhammer stuff. I have a huge Empire army, much of which has not even been opened. I have the 8th ed. rulebook and Empire codex. I will keep some of the models I have painted (cause I like them), and will sell the rest. Ebay is the way to go I suppose. Maybe I will finish painting some and sell them for a wee profit. I dont know. But you can expect more Warmachine/Hordes posts (whenever I do post which is rare).

It has been a while since I have played. I am hoping to pick up a game or two this weekend when me and my wife go visit her parents in Texas. There is a game store near there.

I am also interested in becoming a press ganger for privateer press for my "local" game store (I say "local" cause it is an hour away). And a press ganger I will but on monthly tournaments and other events. The store badly needs a ganger.