Author: scircal

Painting - Warhammer 40K

Rhino for the Blood God

April 30, 2017 by 0 Comments

So, I’m not the most frequent blog poster. In fact, I should probably do better with that. But in the meantime, I’ve been working on my Chaos Space Marine Rhino for my Khorne Daemonkin. I know, I know – why am I doing anything with KDK as it looks like they may not translate to 8th edition? I’m actually hoping to get the army finished before the new edition actually drops. And one of the three units left is nearing completion.

Khorne Daemonkin Rhino

Here I’ve used what has become my standard Khorne Daemonkin paint colors. Even my method is pretty formalized. The one change is that after the Nuln Oil wash, I used another thin coat of Evil Sunz Scarlet. I think it works well on the more standard vehicles vehicles, which have more flat surface area. Just leaving the scarlet coated with the wash was too dark. I also did some edge highlighting with the Wild Rider Red.

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Modeling - Painting - Warhammer 40K

Adding to my Khorne Daemonkin army

March 31, 2017 by 0 Comments

So it’s been a couple months with no posts. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been working on stuff. But I have slowed down just a bit. I am working on a couple different projects, one of which is a Rhino for my Khorne Daemonkin. I’ve decided to stop using my Black Legion Rhino for my Daemonkin army and paint one up in Khornate colors.

As you can see, I’ve put the model together an primed it. At first glance, it probably doesn’t look like much. But look closer. See the trim? Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. I ordered a couple Chaos Rhino trim kits from The Dark Works in the fall, and decided to use one on the Khornate Rhino. This kit is the “Mk. II” set. I think the extra gold trim will really make the model pop, looking much better than the otherwise mundane red.

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Codices and Supplements - Gaming - Warhammer 40K

First game with Traitor Legions supplement: Death Guard

January 28, 2017 by 0 Comments

So this game happened a while back, in fact it was the weekend the Traitor Legions supplement came out. I, like many of my Chaos Space Marine-playing brethren, was chomping at the bit to get this supplement. The promise of new rules and formations to give us a proximate rendering on the table top of the original nine was something a lot of us had been awaiting. For me, especially exciting was the ability to run a Death Guard force. With the new book in hand (and a little bit of pre-release intel), I now needed to try it out.

My first victim… err… opponent was a young gentleman at the local Games Workshop store. He was interested in running his 30K Alpha Legion army, to which I agreed. I’d never seen a 30K army in action, so I figured, why not? I even took some not-so-great pictures, which are below the fold. Continue reading “First game with Traitor Legions supplement: Death Guard”

Gaming - Kill Team - Warhammer 40K

Played my first game of Kill Team; Crimson Fists make their debut

January 17, 2017 by 0 Comments

Well, you had to know I’d eventually remember I have a wargaming blog, right? The holidays were busy, of course, with shopping for gifts for immediate and extended family and trips to see out-of-state family. But I also managed time to do some hobby-related work, as well as get in a couple of games. I’ll try to get to all of it in the coming days. To start things off, I played my first game of Kill Team at a local shop. I call it ‘The Battle of Christmas Town.’

Kill Team, opening turn
“I told you to get behind the tree!”

My opponent played a Harlequin troupe, though she had to use some Dark Angel proxies as she hadn’t brought her Eldar models. That was all fine and good with me. I’d not had a chance to play Kill Team yet, or really even look at the rules for it, so I was mainly interested in just getting my feet wet. I’m all for the heuristic gaming approach!

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Modeling - Painting - Warhammer 40K

Making headway on multiple projects

December 7, 2016 by 0 Comments

I’ve had a bit of a layoff on blogging recently, mainly as a result of limited free time. Additionally, I’ve contracted a bit of a case of multiple project syndrome. That’s where instead of focusing on one assembly/painting project, you start two or three or more. As such, the first one up is the main project I’ve been working on – a Skull Cannon of Khorne:

Skull Cannon, shaded

So this one has been a bit of work just because it is so darned detailed. Trying to make sure I’ve painted all the details, and have them the right colors and shades has been a bit of work. But it’s coming along now. I’ve got it to the shading stage and next up is doing some highlights.

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