Duelling gamers: More time more time, I need more time.

Rules for a painting challenge and painting to dead lines, DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT start reading a book that everyone raves about. In this case I started reading the Nagash End times book and lost three days of painting this week, so all I have managed to do is putter around and finish my Battle standard bearer.

Whilst I will be able to recover for Duelling Gamers, I doubt if I will be able to do this for Axemaster only time will tell though.

Duelling Update

Still to Assembled.

NIL

Still to paint 

NIL

Painting in Progress

Citadel Wood
5 way watchers
5 Wild riders

Completed this Month

1 kit bashed Glade captain asb on foot, using parts from the Glade guard, Glade riders and Eternal Guard Sprue.

Back View of the Glade captain

Side View with some shield detail.

Front View with detail of Captain.

Attempted close up of the Banner and Owl.

Side view of Banner and Captain taking a break from the day.

Front View with the captain and banner in one

1 Spell Weaver on foot
1 giant eagle

Completed in past Months

Drycha

1 Spellsinger on foot

12 Dryads

Dryad unit filler

25 Glade Guard

6 Glade Riders

3 Treekin

Treeman

1 giant eagle

Only time will tell what i can get painted for next week.

Cheers Lupus.

The Road to Cancon

A quick update , while I am busy painting for Axemaster, the tournament bug has bitten hard, and I have signed up to go to Cancon  Australia day 2015 long weekend for the Warhammer fantasy event.

I have been meaning to attend this awesome convention for years now , so I have bitten the bullet and received approval from the GREAT ONE, with any luck I can convince some mates to attend as well.

If you want to see what Cancon is about then here you go.

Hoping to see you there.

Cheers
Lupus

Axemaster: The painting push

Well with my list submitted now it is the painting side of the army that needs focus, the painting scores for Axemaster are either 0 or 20 depending on your army.

You score 20 if your entire army is painted  and based this includes movement trays.

You score 0 if any one of your figures or movement tray are not completely painted and based , so it is a yes or no question, at this stage my army is a NO, but I am aiming for a YES. So with 12 days before the tournament I have the following that I need to paint and base.

1. 9 Wildriders
2. 1 Treekin unit filler
3. 6 waywatchers
4. 10 scouts
5. 1 glade captain battle standard bearer
6. Ferastella mounted glade captain.
7. Citadel Wood
8. Make Movement Trays
9. Base the entire army

So not a huge amount with 28 figures and movement trays only time will tell.

Cheers

Lupus.

Axemaster List : 2600 points of Wood elves of the Ashen Halls.

With the Axemaster tournament in a couple of weeks and the deadline for the submission of lists past, I have decided to share my list for the event.

Axemaster is using the SCGT comp pack and I would like to say that the list was designed for this in mind, but in truth the army as you see it is basically all that I have. Out of a possible ten in comp I have score seven with one power and three soft choices

My army is as follows,

Lords 325pts

Shadow weaver (General)

Lv4- Lore of Shadows, bow

book of ashur, Talisman of endurance

Hero's 504pts

Glade Captain Ferastella

Elven steed, Shield, asari spear,

Dragonbane gem, Armour of fortune, Potion of foolhardiness

Glade Captain

- bsb, arari spear, Enchanted shield, hail of doom arrow, opal amulet.

Light singer

Lv2- lore of light, bow

dispel scroll 

Branchwraith 

Core 686pts

18 Dryads 

6 Glade riders

muso-

12 Glade Guard 

standard, muso – banner of eternal flame 

12 Glade Guard 

Muso - true flight arrows

Special 637pts

10 scouts 

true flight arrows

9 wild riders

shields, full command - banner of swiftness 

4 Treekin 

Rare 445ts

Treeman

1 Giant Eagle

1 Giant Eagle

6 Waywatchers

So with two practice games under my belt,  and restricted choice due to figures available I am hoping not to place last, but if I do it is going to be a good weekend anyway.

Cheers

Lupus.

Third army update : The Winner is Drum roll please

And the Winner is THE DWARFS, hardy wee folk with beards and grudges what could be finer?

A Throng of hardy wee folk, so the GREAT ONE surprised me today with not one new model but three boxes of models.

And it begins the start of my Third army.

I do tend to get spoiled on occasion and this is one of those occasions.
So my Throng starts off with
16 warriors
10 Hammers/Long beards
1 Cannon / Organ gun

I will look at interest at the Dwarf Armies at Axemaster this year and see other peoples view on this race and what they like to run. The only dwarf knowledge i have are of their Dark cousins the Chaos Dwarfs so i have an immense amount of reading to undertake.
In any event this army will be a slow building process as I plan for it to be my army to play for 2016-2017.

Why so long you ask, well I want this army to be the most challenging conversion and painting wise, that i have undertaken to date.

Anyway that is it for me, back to the family or perhaps off to My new home.

Cheers
Lupus

Third army update : Arrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The Great one is prolonging my agony and is not letting slip anymore hints or clues, I will give her credit in this, she knows how to torment me.

I have been informed that I will find out midday Sunday and not a second before, so hang onto your hats in one way shape or form i will have an army with artillery and Sunday we will all know which army it will be.

Cheers
Lupus.

6th September Duelling Gamers: A time of Magic

I have managed to be super productive on Thursday and Friday night and have completed my Spell weaver, it has been a welcomed change painting a character, and I have relished it, painting this Spell weaver has been relaxing  particularly going to town on all the detail, with out any of his buddy's looking at me and waiting their turn for the brush, which is how i feel when painting regiments.

With the Spell weaver figure I have never liked the horns in the shape of the crescent moon on his back, so instead I decided to swap them out for a spite and an owl. I have always like the imagery of the good and evil manifestations of yourself on each shoulder trying to sway your decisions, and I have tried to represent this here with the Spite for evil and the owl for good.

Anyway onto the pictures.

Duelling Update

Still to Assembled.

NIL

Still to paint 

5 waywatchers

Painting in Progress

5 Wild riders
Citadel Wood
1 kitbashed noble asb on foot

Completed this Month

1 Spell Weaver on foot

Front view, typical fella the only thing in focus is the groin region.

Side view with the back of the Spite.

Rear view with the cloak vines and leaves in good detail.

Right side view.

Close up of the owl.

Attempted close up of the Spite.

1 giant eagle

Completed in past Months

Drycha

1 Spellsinger on foot

12 Dryads

Dryad unit filler

25 Glade Guard

6 Glade Riders

3 Treekin

Treeman

1 giant eagle

So the plan for this week coming, finish the Wild riders and hopefully not get very distracted by my Third army reveal.
Wish me luck we are on the home straight.

Cheers Lupus.