Vin Diesel 40K: Riddick 28mm Miniature Kitbash

I've always liked the movie Pitch Black, the Chronicles of Riddick maybe not so much despite it being the closest live-action 40k-esque movie out there at the moment, disregarding Starship Troopers.

The big draw of these movies is the one and only Riddick, as portrayed by mousy, wallflower geek-actor Vin Diesel. With the impending release of yet-another sequel due late-2013, I thought it fitting to work up a new addition to my existing armies, be it Imperial Guard, Grey Knights, etc. Thank you 6th edition allies rules!

Grey Knights - 3rd Wave

 

Reconditioning old Grey Knights is a long an ardous process I think you will agree, but so far the results have been worth it.

Season's Greetings

Seasons greetings to all readers, and happy holidays to all.

2012 was the year of 6th edition, and we're all enjoying it for now, warts and all. I for one will be starting a new army, to complement my existing Imperial Guard and Grey Knight model range. Building upon one's collection is so addictive!

Merry Xmas & a very Happy New Year to you all.

Decapitated Cadians?

Watch this space as I embark on yet another new modelling project, ready for the New Year...

Plastic Stormtroopers II: Inquisition Requisition

I recently found out that my post last year regarding plastic stormtroopers is both the most-widely searched for, AND the most-widely read article on my blog.

That makes me feel proud. In fact, since the release of the Imperial Guard Codex yonks ago and the fact that people are still interested, searching, and looking for news, rumours, ideas and inspiration for plastic stormtroopers tells me there's a bonzer market for it. Come on GW, get your act together and RELEASE SOME MOAR PLASTIC CRACK. Please, please PLEASE!

In the meantime, I built my own. As will most players. (See: Crimson Stormtrooper above)

WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMING: NEW CHAOS DEX

 

Chaos Reloaded

Greetings readers, welcome to an ultra-mini batrep featuring the very first battle against the new Chaos Codex! Our resident Chaos CSM player Doug rubbed his hands in glee when he arrived with a 1K list worth of new Chaos toys, I offered to challenge him with my recently-victorious and tweaked  ‘Thawnwing’ list.

Breaking News: Paladins Nerfed by New FAQ.

Guess what? The brand-spanking new FAQs for every army have been released for the brand-spanking new 6th Edition 40K rulebook.

GW in their infinite wisdom, have decided that the unit entries for Grey Knights Paladins, Space Wolf Wolfguard, and Ork Nobs are in fact, WRONG, and thus have to be corrected. Read on!

Wednesday Night Gaming: Thawn’s New Dawn

Terminator spam ahoy!

Loyal readers, I present to you the very 1^st game of 6^th Edition 40K as played by the Wednesday Night Gaming crew (myself & Laur) here on the 512^th Cadian. Read on to see how well did Justicar Thawn fare against Belial's big boys.

Mordrak & Ghostwing in 6th Edition 40K

A New Dawn for Mordrak & his Ghost Knights

Welcome back ladettes and fiends. You came to this blog to find out more about how Grey Knight Grandmaster Mordrak, and his ghostly bodyguard, fare in this brand spanking new 6^th edition of Warhammer 40K, didn’t you?

Of course you did.

Draigo - An alternative model?

In the last game of the dying gasp of 5th edition, I took to the field of battle with Draigo and his ChuckNorris-wing Paladins in a mega apocalypse battle, where they tore through their enemies like a hot knife to butter. In this instance I used my Mordrak model as a counts-as Draigo, and I must admit I like the taste of it. I must have. I must have Draigo!

But what to do, when I detest the finecast model absolutely so? I'm not a fan of the pose, the 'look' and feel of the model, and the overly busy aesthetic of the model covered in chains, pennants, seals, writing, etc. I know Draigo has to look suitably impressive for the Eternal Grandmaster of the ass-kickin' Grey Knight chapter, but I prefer my models looking a little bit more graceful.

The Arrival of 6th Ed.

It's here!

I've finally got my copy of the new 6th edition rulebook. Will spend the next week or two digesting the rules, re-learning the ropes as one would say.

Warhammer 40k 5th ed. is dead.

Long live 6th!

One Last Apocalypse - Wreckage

Surveying the remnants

Round 3 & 4 of the mega-final 5th edition apocalypse game we've been playing here at Wednesday Night Gaming. Truly a send-off to the last edition.

One Last Apocalypse - Advanced

Carnage on the dance floor

Round 2 of the mega-apocalypse goodbye-5th-edition game continues apace, taking up the entirety of Wednesday Night Gaming's nighttime slot to play, with the 3rd round to be played next week. Highlights include the following:

One Last Apocalypse

Alas poor 5th edition, I knew him, per ratio...

It's the last gasp 5th edition mega-apocalypse battle we here at Wednesday Night Gaming have only ever dreamed of! A full on 8700 points battle (complete with Buckfast Bottle Titan) on both sides, using *most* of our complete collection for a straightforward Annihilation battle, just like wot you sees in dem White Dwarf battle-reports innit?

On leave

Has it been a year already? Wow.

The Cadian 512th here, embarking on the next Valkyrie off this dustball for a nice, relaxing vacation in the lush, verdant jungles of Catachan.

Toodles for now, see you all in a fortnight.

Minefields!

Boom! Shake the room.

In the latest Tier of the Wotan’s Night campaign, I have found myself at the bottom of the rankings. Do not fear, as I have also received a compensatory bonus of a useful Strategic Asset: Minefields!

In order to give our campaign battles a modicum of flavour and to balance the books a little given that different players are given different bonuses to mix things up (a sentiment that our current ‘Winning’ player, Laur, has vocally disagreed to time and time again. Next campaign will no doubt be managed by him!), these Strategic Assets from the Apocalypse rulebook has been injected into our weekly games of 40K, plenty of which we will now be using in the impending 4th tier.

Having received the Minefields asset, I found myself wondering how to represent this on the board?

Wotan’s Night Campaign –Third Tier Report

The third Tier of our campaign has commenced, and the 3 of us have progressed on nicely playing the mission and deployment type: Seize Ground & Pitched Battle.

The games were now ramped up to 1250 points, with any Veterans from the previous battles surviving and bringing their battlecraft experience to the next part of the tier, “Assault on Ice Station Zebrox”

And I'll Form...The HEAD!

Don't you just love Dreadknights? They remind me of 80's anime-icon robot, Voltron, sans head.

Knock that baby-carrier all you want, but I'm a big fan of the excessive metal that is the Grey Knight Monstrous Creature. Exxxxxtreme is what I want with a Matt Ward'd GK army, and this model positively oozes with it. Shame about the pose limitations though.

I'm just a cross hair, I'm just a shot away from you.

Bang bang, he shot me down..

I've recently been experimenting with the usage of a Vindicare Assassin in my recent games, and he's been such a fire magnet he barely survives past Turn 3. Still, as a Tank-Buster extraordinaire, for 145 points he's a real bargain in terms of psychological value as well as providing results in each turn he's able to shoot both 36" long range and 12" off-hip with his pistol, thanks to the Turbo-Penetrator ammo.

The model of the left was one I had bought yonks ago and have now sold off to a lucky buyer on Ecstasy Bay, replaced with the newerer model to the right, also purchased off said site. I've put some touch-ups on the model, such as adding a dash of green Ork blood through the skull, highlighting the bullets and grenades.

For some real fun, variety and the sheer tension of it all for your Grey Knight games, I approve of the Vindicare!

Modelling Rules Counters

Taste the rainbow.

Following on from the theme of making one's owns wound counters from my last post, I've taken things further and used a bunch of spare 25mm counters to make my own rules counters/markers, to mark things out like crew shaken, crew stunned, etc, vehicle damage results, as every 40k player knows well that's hard to keep track of these things during the heat of the battle!

Grey Knight Wound Counters

Years ago I had worked up some 'wound counters' for use in my Imperial Guard games against the forces of Wednesday Night Gaming, as a means of keeping track of how many wounds were left on characters during games. I used leftover Guard bits e.g. arms, lasguns, helmets, and my favourite, a hand still gripping a grenade, painted up onto 25mm counters, to provide a fun and fluffy way to do this. I never did take any photos of these, so you'll have to take my word for it!

Sadly, as my Grey Knight army is taking up all my attention these days I thought it appropriate to provide army-specific wound counters for my White Knights, so the above photograph is the result.

Mid-week chuckle!

Perhaps someone, somewhere, will come up with a 40K version?

In The Grimdark Future, There Is Only BBC...

Hobby-related article on the BBC website today with a complementary blogpost by the journalist on her own blog.

BBC: Why are grown men still launching tabletop war?
Samira Ahmed: Something Warhammer This Way Comes


Great for a chuckle, especially the almost 200+ comments (inc. some by a certain Mr. Priestley). Enjoy!


Disclaimer: Mashed-up logo, clearly mangled beyond recognition, worked up without permission.

Dreadnought: Re/Conditioned

One of my earliest GK purchases was a disused Forgeworld GK Dreadnought, which was basecoated black and had a weird, mottled green and white camouflaged colour scheme, a real fixxer-upper. Yuck!

Wotan’s Night Campaign – Second Tier Report

The second Tier of our campaign has commenced, and the 3 of us have progressed on nicely playing the mission and deployment type: Seize Ground & Dawn of War, at 800 point each, and took along our Veterans from the previous tier in the ongoing battle of Wotan’s Night.

Justicar Thawn - Casualty Counter

My Justicar Thawn model now needed a 'Casualty Counter' (or Death maker/token/etc) as per the 'I Shall Not Yield' rules.

Grey Knights – 2nd Wave

The process of ‘reconditioning’ my ever-growing Grey Knight models, rescued from the Bay of Ecstasy, continues...

New Year, New Knights

Here at the Cadian 512^th blog, we’ve begun 2012 fresh in anticipation of February. No Wednesday Night Gaming for this month of Jan as real life concerns have gotten in the way, but as soon as next month rolls along the Campaign games will resume anew.

In the meantime, I’ve been slowly beavering away ‘refurbishing’ my Grey Knights.