More WIP and WarTV!

Lots of pics this time.  So I mostly finished my test Lamenter.  After reading up on them, it seems the current form of Lamenter is more of a mustard than a yellow.  But I'm cool with my more yellow color.  There are a few minor details to finish, like the silly BAAL scroll on the fist.  It annoys me that they used a relief word on that bit.  WHY!  The scroll is pretty huge. Give guys something to try... four letters are not that hard!  Any way, on with the pics.

I'm pretty excited with how the model came out.  It was a lot of work, but I believe I can streamline it down to do a whole army.  Now on with some Tau!  Here are some pathfinders.  I used the new GW colors on these too. I forget which ones, but will go over that when I do an article on them.

And finally, here is my Gamesday Banner!  I picked up a little projector which helped me lay out the image. Much quicker. However, I still had to go over it for a while and make it look good. It was a bit hard to see. 

So this banner is the Ultramarines Chapter Banner. Why Ultramarines? I liked this one the best when I was looking at the book and trying to select which one I wanted to do.  But it was not a simple matter of reproducing the image. First of all, it was not accurate! This banner is supposed to be a commemoration of the Ultramarines victory over Hive Fleet Behemoth. But the problem is that the genestealer in the image was kinda purple. But HFB nids have blue armor and red skin.  So I had to do some color substitution. 

Then I had the issue of the banner not being straight. My seamstress sewed this one so that it was a bit skinny in some parts and fatter at others. Also, she left a line across the bottom, and it was crooked, which threw off the rest of the image, forcing me to try this several times.

So any way, it is mostly done. The hard painting is over and I just have to do the detailing.

Any way, if you are going to be at Gamesday, look me up!  I will be the fat guy with this banner.  I will have my army, and I will not be preoccupied with an awesome charity project, so I can play on the open tables.  Be sure to tune in and scream yourself horse when it is time for the competition!

Finally, WarTV is going live tonight and Saturday.  First of all, Smurf is going to be shooting whatever footage he can from Historicon. We will try to get some schedule posted up once I hear from him.  But also, on Saturday, don't miss Fritz and myself playing a 6th ed game live!  We will hopefully have a couple of special guests arriving, and we will be giving away a bit of loot.  Today it is my mission to get my Tau allies assembled and base coated at least to be table ready.  Wish me luck!

Jawaballs

WarTV and Lamenters WIP!

First of all, here is a shot of my WIP Lamenter model!

More on him in a bit.

This coming weekend is going to be a fantastic weekend of gaming over on WarTV!  Smurf will be bringing you live gaming straight from Historicon!  Thats right. He will be showing you the convention sights, and bringing you live footage of Gnomewars. Provided of course that the technology works.  Look for live footage from Jim Friday and Saturday night from 7pm on, plus sporadic updates throughout the day! You never know what you might find being piped in live to WarTV, so check in often!

Also, at the home front, Fritz and myself will be doing a live 6th edition broadcast. Our first, the first ever live broadcast game of 6th edition, was an outstanding success. This time though we have a possible sighting of Brother Captain James to join the fun!  I will be playing a Blood Angels list with some sort of allies and I believe Fritz will be packing some Space Marines of his own.  Check back tomorrow with a complete schedule of the weekend once Smurf confirms the workability of his live efforts at Historicon.

OH, and yes, there will be giveaways!  We are planning a live show every month, but I will try to gather up big giveaways for every other show.  So this week will be a bit smaller than last time, but should still offer up some nice loot!

Stay tuned for more info.

And speaking of Feast of Blades, That is going to be my next major appearance aside from Gamesday. It is time for me to venture out away from the East Coast! I cannot wait to land in Denver and go out for a Mountain Pie. I will be playing in the FoB Open tournament and Doubles, though it is up in the air who my doubles partner will be. Smurf might be making the trip with me!  I am planning on doubles with either Goatboy or Brent.  I owe both of them a tournament.  More on FoB soon.

Oh and I will also probably be hitting up DaBoyz in November.  There has been a shuffling of the East Coast GT dates so as it looks now, the only one I am going to be able to hit this fall is DaBoyz!  More on the tournament scene as I continue to gear up this summer.  I am planning on Adepticon too... :)

So back to my Lamenters!

Why?  I wanted a new challenge.  I have painted red to death, and believe I have successfully developed my skills.  I want to move on!  But also, I want to compete for Best Painted at Feast of Blades.  Lofty goal with the hundreds of dudes who will be there!  Like last year I am setting my sights on a goal and going in with a plan.  My Blood Angels fell just short of Best Army, but still won Best Single Mini at Nova. This year I am hoping for equal success.

The idea is a Lamenters bike/jump pack army.  Only, since Lamenters are known for their bad luck, I want to have mishaps strife throughout the force.  Marine bikers face planting over their handle bars, jump packs falling off in mid air, guys disembarking from a drop pod into a flaming pit of lava... you know... bad luck!  At the very least it will be a lot of fun to build and play.  I have always wanted to run a Biker force.

So I am painting up a test model for my Lamenters paint scheme. Here he is!

He is totally a work in progress. Assault marine sergeant. The lamenters shoulder pad is amazingly hard to paint. So the paint on mine is pretty thick and chalky. I had to repaint it a few times. But I think I figured it out!  As I paint them they should be better.

I did the yellows with new GW paints.  Here is my Lamenters painting recipe:

Prime with Chaos Black Spray
Base with Averland Sunset
Wash with Cassandra Yellow
Layer with Yriel Yellow mixed with a bit of Glaze Medium
Layer with Flash Gitz Mized with a bit of glaze medium (Valejo)
Reapply wash into certain necessary spots
Highlight with White.

It takes a long time. I freehanded the checkers on the shoulder and the heart. I am doing the gun and wing on fist in Jawa Grey NMM.  The rest of the details are my standard tried and true techniques.

So what ya think? I am fairly satisfied with the yellow for my first go.  I know after I have done 30 or so bikers and 20 assault marines I will want to sufficiently slit my wrists. I love a challenge!

Jawaballs