October Painting Challenge - Eldar

Posting this a little late but this was my completed October Painting challenge!

Reddit - October Painting Challenge - Eldar

Loosely inspired on the House Martell from The Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones) with the orange and gold but pulled the white so I would have a contrasting color to my Bolton inspired Dark Eldar!

There is no further painting challenges this year on /r/warhammer due to Killbles being busy elsewhere but I will continue working on Eldar but at a slower pace. For the Thanksgiving holiday i'll be on a boat for that entire week so I expect I may end up painting most of it. Should be exciting and different!

September Painting Challenge - Lord Bolton's sworn Dark Eldar

Looks like I forgot to post my September Painting challenge!

Reddit Painting Challenge - September - Lord Bolton's Dark Eldar

I normally devote 3 months to a given army and this is month 3 for Dark Eldar. Though that is not to say they are completed just that their current cycle is completed (I have several more vehicles, 40 or so wyches, 20 or so warriors, and a ton of other stuff still left to touch...maybe sometime in 2014).

September Conversion challenge - Cthulhu-esque Heldrake

I'm still working on my September painting pledge but between a new promotion at work and a busy class, I've been pressed for time. I squeezed in a few hours over 3 days and completed this big nasty for the September Conversion challenge!

September Conversion challenge:

I'll get around to painting it eventually....

In the mean time, I'm running close to the wire in getting my September Painting challenge entry completed - A continuation of my Game of Thrones inspired Dark Eldar. 

August Painting Challenge - Lord Bolton's sworn Dark Eldar

August's painting challenge is complete!

This months challenge was:
18 Dark Eldar Warriors
5 Scourges
3 Jetbikes
Urien Rakarth

Find a link to my reddit post here!

More flayed skin! Next month will most likely include vehicles exclusively.

July Painting Challenge! Tyranids and Lord Bolton's sworn Dark Eldar

This month, I pledged to paint:
1 Homunculus
2 Venoms
10 Dark Eldar Warriors
I'll also finish up the last of my Tyranids which all only need one more highlight of green:
1 Trygon
1 Biovore
2 Tervigons
3 Hive guard
32 Termagaunts

I finished my pledge but also got a ravager and razorwing done as well!

The Flayed man. Lord Bolton's banner from Game of Thrones. This is my first time attempting freehand and i'm quite proud of my first attempt.

First time working with green stuff. They turned alright I guess, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

Any exposed skin I painted in this project (the Haemi and one of the warriors) i painted as if they were flayed. The white on his head is his exposed skull. It's a really bad picture regardless but it don't really pick it up to well unfortunately..

Tryanids! The last remaining models from my initial pledge in May and the ones I tacked on in June.

Painting Challenges

It's been awhile since i've posted but I have been busy painting! I'll do a recap of what I've done in the previous months and will start trying to update this blog with images, lists, and games more often again.

Reddit.com/r/warhammer started a monthly painting challenge in February of 2013 and I've been partaking each month. Here are my accomplishments thus far!

February - Necron flyers

March - Necron Barges force

April - More Necrons!

Bonus - April Game table!

May - I missed out on May due to biting off more than I could chew but will have that done soon as it got pushed back a bit with June. I will have all of it done in July though.

June - Tyranids! 

July I will finish a large wave of Tyranids and begin on a small Dark Eldar force! If you wish to get involved, you can head over to reddit's warhammer subreddit and make a pledge of your own!

Chaos-Bots

Overlord, Staff of Light - 90
Court, Harbinger of the Storm x2, Harbinger of Destruction, Solar Pulse - 105
[CSM] Sorcerer - 60

Warriors x5 + Night Scythe - 165
Warriors x5 + Night Scythe - 165
Immortals x7, Tesla Carbines x7 - 119
[CSM] CSM x 10, Plasma Gun x2 - 170
[CSM] CSM x 10, Plasma Gun x2 - 170

[CSM] Heldrake - 170

Annihilation Barge - 90
Annihilation Barge - 90
[CSM] Havocs x5, Autocannon x3 - 105

Total - 1499

Crons - 1.5k

Necrons:

HQ:

Overlord                                                              130pts

                Warscythe (10)

                Mindshackle Scarabs (15)

                Sempiternal weave (15)

Royal Court                                                         175pts

3 lance teks (105)

                Solar pulse (20)

                2 voltic teks (50)

Elites:

Triarch Stalker                                                   150pts

Troops:

9x Warriors                                                         117pts

9x Warriors                                                         117pts

9x Warriors                                                         117pts

7x Gauss Immortals                                        219pts

                Night Scythe (100)

7x Gauss Immortals                                        119pts

               

Heavy:

Annihilation Barge                                           90pts

                Gauss Cannon

Annihilation Barge                                           90pts

                Gauss Cannon

Doom Scythe                                                     175pts

Total: 1499pts

Painting Waves: A reference tool

Tyranids:
Wave 1:
Flying Hive Tyrant
Trygon
2 Tervigons
3 Hive Guard
3 1 Biovores
36 Gaunts

Wave 2:
Swarmlord
Trygon
2 Tervigons
9 6 Warriors
36 Gaunts

Wave 3:
Tervigon
Trygon
3 Lictors
9 Warriors
16 Gaunts
24 Genestealers
20 Gargoyles

Wave 4:
Barbed Hierodule
Harridan
Malanthrope
40 Gargoyles


Dark Eldar:
Wave 1:
Haemoculi

Ravager
Void Raven
2 Venoms
6 3 Reavers
5 Scourages

30 Warriors

Wave 2:
Archon
Ravager
Void Raven
2 Venoms
1 Raiders
3 Reavers
5 Scourages
10 Warriors
10 Wyches

Wave 3:
Ravager
Talos Pain Engine
2 Venoms
2 Raiders
3 Reavers
5 Incubi
20 Wyches


Death Korp of Krieg:
Wave 1:
Command HQ
Command Squad
3 Chimeras
6 Plasma vets
6 Melta Vets
30 Guardsman
6 Autocannon squads


Wave 2:
Command Squad
2 Valkyries
2 Medusas
6 Chimeras
20 Grenadiers
30 Guardsman


Wave 3:
Command HQ
Hydra
2 Manticore
2 Leman Russ battle Tanks
20 Guardsman
Remaining Heavy Weapon Teams (9x Lascannons, 3 Heavy bolters, 2 Mortars, 6 Autocannons)


Deathwing:
Wave 1:
Belial
10 TH/SS Terminators
10 Terminators

Wave 2:
Dreadnought
5 TH/SS Terminators
5 Terminators

Wave 3:
Land Raider
5 TH/SS Terminators
5 Terminators

Chaos Space Marines
Wave 1:
Typhus
Terminator Lord
Warpsmith
20 Plague Marines
3 Helldrakes
2 Obliterators

Wave 2:
Arihiman
Chaos Sorceror
Nurgle Sorceror
3 Forgefiends
5 Nurgle Terminators
10 Plague Marines

Wave 3:
Aspiring Champion
Kharn the Betrayer
Hellbrute
Nurgle Dreadnought
6 Chosen
20 Chaos Space Marines


Daemons of Chaos
Wave 1:
Herald of Nurgle
Forge World Greater Daemon of Nurgle
Greater Daemon of Nurgle
2 Daemon Princes of Nurgle
3 Beasts of Nurgle
20 Plague Bearers


Wave 2:
The Masque
Forgeworld Greater Daemon of Slaanesh
Greater Daemon of Slaanesh
Daemon Prince
5 Seekers
20 Daemonettes
2 Fiends of Slaanesh


Wave 3:
Skull Cannon of Khorne
Daemon Prince of Khorne
Daemon Prince
Skulltaker
2 Bloodthirsters
20 Bloodletters
3 Bloodcrushers


Wave 4:
Greater Daemon of Tzeentch
3 Nurgle Plague Drones
9 Screamers
6 Flamers
20 Plaguebearers
20 Bloodletters


Necrons:
Wave 1:
Monolith
4 Ghost Arks
10 Immortals
20 Warriors
Any extra Scarabs

Experimental Tau 1.0

HQ:
Cadre fireblade (60)
Drones (24) - standard or marker..

Elite:
3x Crisis suits (156)
Missile pod(15)/plasma rifle(15)

3x Crisis Suits (156)
Missile Pod (15)/Plasma Rifle(15)

Riptide (220)
TL Smart Missile System/Ion Accelerator (5)
Stimulant Injector (35)

Troops:
10x Firewarriors (90)

10x Firewarriors (90)

10x Firewarriors (90)

10x Firewarriors (90)

10x Firewarriors (170)
Pulse carbine (free)
Devilfish (80) -
TL Smart Missile System

10x Firewarriors (170)
Pulse carbine (free)
Devilfish (80) -
TL Smart Missile System
Fast:
10x Drone Squadron (140)
5 Marker/5 standard

10x Drone Squadron (140)
5 Marker/5 standard

Heavy:
2x Broadside (178)
TL High Yield Missile Pod/TL Smart Missile System
4x Shield Drones

HammerHead (126)
Ion Cannon/TL Smart Missile System
Black sun filter

HammerHead (126)
Ion Cannon/TL Smart Missile System
Black sun filter

Total: 2000pts

Necron 1.5k balanced fortee

HQ:
Destroyer Lord 160pts
sempiternal weave (15)
mindshackle scarabs (20)

Court 140pts
2x Voltic Staff crypteks (50)
2x Harbring of destruction (70)
Solar pulse (20)

Troops:
8x Immortals 236pts
Gauss
Night Scythe (100)

8x Immortals 236pts
Gauss
Night Scythe (100)

10x Warriors 130pts


10x Warriors 130pts


Fast:
3x Wraiths 115pts
whip coil (10)

2x Destroyers 80pts

Heavy:
Annihilation barge 90pts
Gauss

Annihilation barge 90pts
Gauss

Annihilation barge 90pts
Gauss

total: 1497pts

Chaotic Robo mischief

Necron Overlord 90

Abaddon the Despoiler 265

18 Cultists

10 Chosen, 5 Plasma Guns

10 Chosen, 5 Plasma Guns

6 Chosen, 5 Plasma Guns

5 Necron Warriors, Harbinger of the Storm, Night Scythe

5 Necron Warriors, Harbinger of the Storm, Night Scythe

Heldrake, Baleflamer

Heldrake, Baleflamer

total: 1850pts

An interesting list I felt.

Rebirthed Daemons - 2k

HQ:
Fateweaver

Elites:
Flamers x6, pyrocaster
Flamers x6, pyrocaster
Flamers x6, pyrocaster

Troops:
Plaguebearers x5, Icon
Plaguebearers x5, Icon
Plaguebearers x5
Plaguebearers x5

Fast Attack:
Screamers x5
Screamers x5
Screamers x5

Heavy Support:
Daemon Prince, Wings, Iron Hide, Unholy Might, Breath of Chaos, Mark of Slaanesh, Aura of Acquiesence, Soporific Musk.

Daemon Prince, Wings, Iron Hide, Unholy Might, Breath of Chaos, Mark of Slaanesh, Aura of Acquiesence, Soporific Musk.



This list placed second in the Nova Open 2012 and really utilizes the new rules for both the Flamers and the Screamers.

2k Space Wolves/IG Nova Winner

HQ:

Njal

(Guard): Primaris Psyker

Elites:

Wolf Guard x4, 4x Terminator Armor, 4x Powerfist

Lone Wolf, Terminator Armor, Stormshield, Chainfist

Lone Wolf, Terminator Armor, Stormshield, Chainfist

Troops:

Grey Hunters x10, 2x Plasma, Banner

Grey Hunters x10, 2x Plasma, Banner

Grey Hunters x10, 2x Plasma, Banner

Grey Hunters x10, 2x Melta, Banner

Grey Hunters x5, Flamer

Troops(Guard):

Platoon Command Squad

Infantry Squad, Power Weapon (Axe)

Infantry Squad, Power Weapon (Axe)

Infantry Squad, Power Weapon (Axe)

Infantry Squad, Power Weapon (Axe)

Infantry Squad

Heavy:

Long Fangs x5, 4x Missile Launchers

Long Fangs x5, 4x Missile Launchers

This list was what Tony Kopach took and won Nova 2012 with.

From what I've gathered, the main jist of this list is that Njal and the Primaris sit back and buff the Platoon squad giving it rerolls to hit, Feel no pain, and a cover save. The Grey Hunters Advance to objectives with the Lone Wolves and IG blog acting as a distraction.

"The blob and lone wolves charged up the middle and created a distraction, while his Grey Hunters scooted out onto objectives/quarters, locked them down, killed what needed killing, and won him the game."