I took over a ten year break from the hobby after high school. When I came back to those old models a few years ago, I decided to strip off all the paint and actually put some effort into having some decent looking models. In those few years I have completed only one full unit (to a quality I'd say ...

Beast master's Menagerie Dreadlord on Black Dragon or Dreadlord on Cold One 1 Unit of Beastmaster on Manticore or Scourgerunner Chariots 1 Unit of Dark Riders or Harpies 2 Units in any combination of War Hydra, Kharibdyss, Bloodwrack Medusa, or Bloodwrack Shrine 1 Unit of Cold One Knights or Cold O...

For the special ability, rend would certainly be useful but I see not how it would fit the theme. Hmm. Maybe something to represent their effectiveness at catching enemies unawares or distracted? Abilities For Glory, Not Honour: Corsair Raiders take whatever advantage they can in close combat, and ...

Seems like a relatively easy one to do for AoS would be the corsair slaver/raider theme. It's great fluff-wise, and makes use of some relatively recent models. Not sure if it's ideal for me, necessarily, but I like the models! 1 Black Ark Fleetmaster (could be Lokhir Fellheart, as he has the Black A...

That's an astute observation.

I guess if magic were a more interesting part of the game and not simply a way to sprinkle in a few mortal wounds here and there, I would be more impressed.

Anyone else notice this? Malekith's description makes explicit mention of the Circlet of Iron... "He wears the Armour of Midnight, which protects him from mortal harm, and he bears the Circlet of Iron upon his brow" Yet there is no mention of the Circlet of Iron in the Abilities section of...

I've got the 4th ed army book; here's a quick rundown: Beastlord Rakarth of Karond Kar ... M5 WS6 BS6 S4 T4 W2 I8 A3 Ld9 Black Dragon... M6 WS6 BS0 S6 T6 W7 I8 A7 Ld7 Magic items: Whip of Agony: extra attack at the start of each combat round that forces Ld test if it hits. Failed = enemy can't attac...

Hmm... Warlock hair and torso?

Had a game against Wood Elves yesterday. His shooting consisted of two glade guard units with trueflight, one with hagbane, a unit of waywatchers, and a unit of glade riders. Not sure if 2 units counts as spam, but they were pretty damn effective. I can back up Phierlihy's point about hydras though....

@Saintofm I'm pretty sure it's well established in the lore that Mally had many grandbabies. Just none that were... legitimate

Yeah, the amount of flash on the models alone was a lot of work. I found that once I had all the parts cleaned and separated, the assembly actually went pretty quick. But a lot of initial time spent cleaning them!

I know Dr. Faust videos get posted a lot here, as he has a dark elf series, but he's got a video on painting fire too.

Seems he ascribes to CultofKhaine's philosophy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvK7ft9kt8

Wow! That is indeed striking! I think those are the first executioners with the skull masks I've seen that I actually like the look of! I suppose in echoing TD's comments, the models on which the scheme I think looks best on are the ones where white/gray/black are the dominant colours, with red for ...

The no women in The Hobbit thing is pretty crazy. I was reminded of it after seeing the movie recently and realizing how many female characters they added. Overall, I can't help but liken this conversation to the more notorious example being brought to popular attention in the video game industry, h...

All very cool. I don't mind the whip in the shield hand - fantasy is fantasy and all. As for the sword... it's not actually the size of the sword that I wonder about, but the size of the gauntlet. Although you could make an argument that in order to wield a sword of that size you'd need a magic gaun...

If you're really speedy you can sometimes clean up mistakes as they happen with a clean, dry brush. Otherwise I'd say maybe use a thicker version of whatever the base colour is to do your touch ups.

I preordered in March, and they shipped in December. So what, 9 months? It then took another month from shipping to arrival.

Been 5 months since August. I'd say don't start worrying quite yet, khadeorn.

Well, mine finally arrived. Being that I pre-ordered them in early March, and they shipped in mid December, it was about time! I put together a few just to get a sense of things. The contents: http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a458/dskoog85/11C929ED-5241-4F37-A7CE-CB380590E7F1_zpsnvukaz1i.jpg http...

Had to admit I laughed out loud when I read the topic title.

I honestly am curious as to how you would manage to paint realistic looking tits on those models. So I voted yes, in the spirit of scientific inquiry of course.

It's a great idea. I'd love to participate but (1) history very reliably says I wouldn't hit the points/month mark and (2) I'm moving next month and that's just a whole thing. Just to toss an idea out there with regards to the "what counts as how many points" question... what about assigni...

Cheers guys! Wrathbaby - some sad news: much to my immediate dismay, I accidentally stepped on the converted RBT several months ago! I still have all the bits, but haven't worked up the willpower to re-assemble it since then. I'll get around to it though. Thanks for the kind comments - please steal ...

Well, it seems it's been a while! As usual, haven't been too productive, but here's a bit of what's been on my painting table... Following up from my last update, some executioners, with banner and purple hair-plume helmets: http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a458/dskoog85/739F393A-68D7-4479-840E-F...

Really impressive! The colours are awesome, and blending is seamless!

But... no eyes in the whole army?

I agree with everything that's been said about the quality of entries - the creativity of folks here seems to always be a lovely surprise when these story competitions pop up (though I suppose I will no longer be surprised from now on)! As has also been noted, it's also a great motivation to develop...

My order shipped yesterday, so I guess we'll see how long it takes them to get from Spain to the west coast.

Will comment on the minis themselves when they arrive!