Where have I been?

Well of course I've been entirely too busy lately, I've got this strange addiction to this game called WoW thats definitely been getting in the way of my hobby perhaps just a little too much lately. Top that off with work and working on getting a second job and unfortunately my favorite hobby is just not getting as much attention as I would like it to be getting. Regardless my Tau have come along way, I completed my army for phase 1 and phase 2 is well on its way, unfortunately my procrastinating has gotten the best of me so I do not think I will be completing the painting on time. Anyway, without further ado, my fully painted 500 point Tau force:

 

It's rare for me to be painting as much as I have lately, it takes great acts of will to get me to sit down in the painters chair so I am very proud of getting as far as I did. Anyway I figured I'd give you a quick rundown of the list and show you some closer up pics.

He's a little shy, very hard to get him to show his face in pictures.

 So first up we've got my Shas'el, leader of my little 500 point force and guinea pig for my Battlesuit paint scheme. It's pretty straight forward, the majority of it was done with the old brown and blue citadel inks. The sept colors for my army are spacewolves grey and blood red, you can see them in the lining and markings on the shas el as well as the missile casing.

 

 

To the left is the shas'el's  body gaurd, this is a work in progress pic before I had lined and painted the sept colors on to the model. I did a little bit of mod work slicing off the left arm at the elbow and repositioning it in a more imposing (and less static) pose. Above you can see the model from another angle with a comparison from the stock arm and the modified arm. The picture was taken while I was playing my first 1000 point game with the army against Spacewolves. Unfortunately the game just so happened to be a loss. apparently with three rounds of shooting two Hammerheads with railguns can't down a dread when hitting rear armor... Who knew? Anyway I carried over the paint scheme I used with my battlesuits over to my fire warriors. they turned out much better than the camo scheme I had originally planned on using for them. To my right you can see the first squad I completed. Altogether Im happy with the way the army is turning out and the devilfish more than surpass my expectations. Going forward I have added two railgun hammerheads and a Shas'o with a plasma rifle and twin linked missile pod taking me up to 1000. Only two more months left until the Tale of 40 gamers even is over, I plan on finishing phases 3 and 4 with no more hiccups. Below is the full 1000 point army before painting. I've finished the Chassis on one of the Hammerheads but other than that the rest still needs to be painted, wish me luck, Im gonna need it if Im gonna get it done in the next two days...

Fish fried

Let's get fishy!

Progress, slow but sure

 I've been busy over the last month. Primarily I have been working away at my tau army trying to get them done for phase one of my local tale of 40+ gamers. I figured I would take a minute or two to just go over my work so far. So first of all, I finally settled on a scheme for sure, I had some doubt as to how good my original devilfish looked and thought that More true to status camo would be better. After almost destroying my second devilfish with needless coats of paint attempting higher contrast camo I've concluded that this is not the case.

First reaction I got to this picture on facebook was 'ewww'

 The camo is a pretty simple scheme with large amounts of  stippling. To the right here you see my Pallette after painting the Chassis of my 2nd devilfish. I started with a scorched brown basecoat. I then stippled the model (and my brush) to death following this order: Dark flesh, vermin brown, graveyard earth, vermin brown, scorched brown, dark flesh, graveyard earth, vermin brown, then finally scorched brown.

Stippling is not brush friendly

Instead of investing in a stippling brush I figured my old drybrush would be suitable... As a matter of fact it was not. However the frayed end the resulted from the destruction of the brush actually produces a great pattern when stippling, so it all works well in the end.






Just a short post today to show off what I've been up to, I'm incredibly tired and so while I want to post about more I figure I better not so I can save it for later for a more coherent post. Stay tuned for army lists and fluff. Also last bit of info I figured I would share before I go, I've settled on a name for the sept that this army hails from, it is the Si'lan sept(pronounced see lawn)

Anyway thats it for now, tune in next time to learn more about the Si'lan sept and more of Jenn's crazy adventures.

Somethin smells fishy

My work so far...

So yesterday I got my first game with my tau in and I am quite happy with the results! The game was 500 points against Dark Eldar and Im beginning to think that the Dark Eldar codex was designed to give the Tau army a boost in competitiveness.

I took two units of six fire warriors, each with devilfish equipped with disruption fields, smart missile systems, and multi-trackers. As well as one battlesuit with TL missile pods and flamer and one Shas'el with TL missile pods and shield drone. The game was pitched battle with 4 objectives. He placed his objectives in cover, I placed mine out in the open. He took two units of warriors with various upgrades (I think both had splinter cannons and some 18" lance or something) both units were mounted in raiders and one was escorted by an archon with husk blade.

I won the die roll and game him first turn. he started with both raiders on the table in forward positions, I started with just the battlesuits on the table holding my devilfish in reserve. The game began with him moving his raiders forward trying to flank around the terrain my suits were in and forcing them out into the open I responded by playing hop-scotch with the battlesuits and focusing fire on the raider coming at my left flank taking out it's dark lance before hopping back into cover. Turn two saw him almost on my side of the table preparing to force me out in just one more turn, he also shot down my elite battlesuit leaving me just my shas'el. Conveniently, both devilfish decided to arrive just in time to prevent him from flanking. They rolled onto the table blocking off the raider coming in on my left flank and provided my shas'el two new pieces of terrain to hide behind. Before he went into hiding he took out the left raider. I disembarked one unit of fire warriors and opened up on the left raider throwing 26 strength 5 shots at it... and failing to do anything but stun it. Next turn he disembarks his archon and warriors and they assault my fire warriors, wiping them out. is other unit of warriors gets cozy in terrain covering an objective. With his Archon's unit' ass flappin in the breeze I opened up on them with both devilfish and the second unit of fire warriors while the battlesuit is busy taking pot shots at the warriors in the corner. The archon's squad is wiped out by my weapons fire. After that point it was just a matter of mopping up the empty raider and that last unit. The game ended turn 5 with me tabling him. I will admit it was a pretty unfair game, two raiders just have no way of defending against two devilfish backed up by two missile pod equipped battlesuits. That's all I have for you now, thank you for reading!

Necroing this blog

WIP Devilfish test model

Yeah I know, I pretty much fail at this whole blogging thing. I'll be honest I dont often have time to post too often anymore and the time I do have I choose to do other things. So unfortunately Im gonna have to go out and say it, Im not gonna be on too much anymore and my posts will be sporadic and mainly just for me. But I encourage anyone and everyone to comment if you feel the need to swing by on occasion and see what I am up to. Right now I am participating in my local Tale of 40ish gamers (started with 4 peeps... now we are up to 36 at last count and there are still a few days before it officially begins) And when I signed up there were 0 Tau players. I've been wanting to get back to my Tau roots for a while now and I figured this would be a perfect time to do so, my alternative was a Flesh Tearers scout army. My goal with this army is to make it into my local tournament army where they will actually stand a chance to win something and where there is only one or two IG players to worry about. Anyway onto the list:

HQ:
Shas'el w/ TL missile pods, positional relay, 2 shield drones, and a hard-wired blaskfun filter

Elite:
2x units of 2x battlesuits with TL missile pods, flamer
1 Unit of 3x battlesuits with TL missile pods, flamer, and 1 Target lock

Troop:
3x units of 6 Firewarriors in Devilfish w/ disruption pods, SMS, and multi-tracker

Heavy:
3x Hammerheads w/ Rail gun, Burst cannons, D-pods and Multi-tracker

So an explanation: The tau army lacks many strong tournament worthy units capable of being 100% mobile all the time. So when it comes to my choices for this army I really only have three: battlesuits, hammerheads and devilfish. The idea of this army is to be constantly on the move taking pot shots at the enemy where possible but focusing mainly on staying alive for last turn objective rushes. The beauty of this list comes in it's KP mission strategy. In kp missions I deploy only the Shas'el, preferably in a completely hidden position where the enemy does not have line of sight. Her job is to simply not die and to act as a portcullis allowing only one Hammerhead a turn to enter play from reserves until finally on the fifth turn when the entire rest of my army comes on to lay waste to any fragile targets stupid enough to be within 36" of my table edge. This strategy banks on the Hammerheads toughness and firepower to take out any vehicles/ monstrous creatures the opponent may have on the board.

Anyway that's all I have for now, Any thoughts, comments or feedback are always appreciated.

Lurking still

So after gamecon I have been laying low just kinda taking a break from the world of Miniatures for a little while. However last night I built my first Dark Eldar Raider for fun (sexy kit) and now Im gonna paint my first Warmachine model (one of the cryx bonejacks). Im horrible about keeping you guys updated but then again im just horrible in general. Been kinda a bad week anyway, what with getting one night standed and whatnot. Alas, my bonejack awaits, let me see what I can do with it. In theory I will be updating this post later with pics and insights into my bonejack. Stay tuned.

I'm Goin to Vegas!

So it's official, due to low turnout for Gamecon Spokane, at the end of the first three round of play the winners of the golden tickets are assured. So even though I get to go and play all day tomorrow my golden ticket is locked in, I'm going to Vegas baby! There is still a lot of work to be done and some major reworking to my list before I get there, but I'm goin for sure. Anyway I just figured I would make a quick post about that because Im excited, now to get some sleep before day 2.

Post Dorkocalypse!

So last night's Dead Gentlemen Dorkness Rising/ Journeyquest double feature was a success. Lots of good publicity for the girls between the booth and the Dead Gentlemen themselves bringing the girls up on stage for the opening ceremonies. It was a fun night that was for sure... Of course it didn't leave much time for painting. But it's ok I did make some progress... Every model in my Warriors of Chaos army is built and ready to be primed and painted. Aaron and I will have two whole days of nothing but painting to work on the army and I'll have all week so it seems almost doable... Almost.Of course we are having a fundraising bake sale at Gamecon which seems like it's going to be a great money maker... I mean come on, gamers in a big room with junk food and cake? Sounds like a recipe for SUCCESS.

Naturally I wore my least flattering hoodie... It's how I roll. 

Yup its a shortun for today, tune in next time as my panic grows as Gamecon draws near... Should be entertaining to say the least...

Work work work work work!

My new boss, Anora K.

So it most certainly has been an interesting week for me, that is for sure. With Gamecon only a week away I have been trying to get as much done on my Warriors of Chaos as I can in my limited free time. What that means is I only had time to build my 10 marauder horsemen. So this coming up week is going to be a crazy building/ painting fest in attempt to paint 30 some Chaos Warriors, 10 Marauder horsemen, build and paint my Chariot, finish my second warshrine and paint both warshrines. Should be no problem right?

So where has all my free time gone? Well, dear reader (all like ten of you) I recently acquired a new job. So now, on top of working full time for my good friends at Winco, I'm also playing coordinator for the D20 girls project. Which is an awesome job that I'm hoping will lead to even more awesome jobs. But in the meantime I have very little time to build and paint.

The best part is that not only do we have a booth at this weekend's midnight showing of The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, but we also have a booth at Gamecon. So even while I'm playing in the WFB GT, I'll be working with the D20 girls and running around like a chicken with my head chopped off. But it's fun for me, I love high stress situations, get's me firing on all pistons.




Anyway I figured I'd keep you updated on the world of the Jenn, I'll try and take some pictures of this coming week if I have time. That's it for today, I'm off to build me a chariot!

Someone has been painting!

Aaron, my painting pimp

So it's been a busy week for me, between work, and working on getting in with the D20 Girls (more on that in a moment) I haven't had much time for modeling/ painting/ playing. Today I had an opportunity to get some work done on my Warriors of Chaos in preparation for Gamecon. (which is only two weeks away I gotta get my ass in gear) My good friend Aaron and I went out to Gamers Haven today where we both worked on getting my Fantasy army painted. I realized that there is no way I'm getting this whole army done with my work schedule by the 15th so I hijacked him to help me work. Yes another person is helping me paint my army, but you know what... I'm lazy and I want to play.

 Anyway we made some progress today, we got the majority of this guy to the right's cloak done which was my first experiment with starting with orange and working my way to red (instead of starting with red and working to violet as I do normally) I have one last step to get him "finished" that will be drybrushing his cape to be more orange and stand out a bit more. Going forward I am gonna work on not letting the yellow dominate the upper back as much and making the red more apparent at the bottom. The main problem I am running into is that the purple and blue are just dominating the area around them.

 Here is the front side of the model featuring some of Aaron's brushwork. I apologize for the blurry photo btw, my hands are very shaky today because of my high caffiene intake. Making my images sub-optimal... Soon I will work on getting a decent place to take pictures and putting out some decent pictures at that. Anyway my goal with the front of my warriors is to make it so they are nothing special from the front, I want the attention to go to their cloaks since that is the primary theme of my army.  I am letting Aaron handle the majority of the fronts from here forward in order to get the army done.

 Here are two more warriors he worked on today... the painting he did on the shields isn't as apparent in these pics as I would like but they look fantastic. My pictures deffinitely don't do them justice. I still need to work on the cloaks for these guys, the guy on the left's cloak will start with blue and the guy on the right's will be another orange. The idea will be that the cloaks of each rank will start with a differnent color at the beginning in order to make the unit appear t be a rainbow from above. (hence the seven ranks deep unit)

 The guy on the right here is the main thing I worked on today, getting his banner and cloak painted. He will end up being my unit standard bearer (the one on the right being the BSB) the skull isn't done yet but will be painted in a similar style to the first model I showed you.

Finally here are the queens standing side by side all finished. The bases still need a little bit more paint but they look awesome in person at the moment. Anyway that is where I am at right now, Aaron and I will be making a lot more progress over the coming weeks and I will try and keep you posted as we go. Let me know what you think, also, let me know how you like this new posting format that I proudly stole from Brent. I promise I will get you better pictures in the future.