Painting contest (continued)

Last one in the debate.

I love this mini for some reason and was really happy with how he turned out. Its for sure not a show stopper but I really like how he looks different than the typical Plague Marine

Painting contest (continued)

This is also one of my favorites. This is one that I had painted early on and then subjected to a Simple Green bath. I am really happy with how she turned out and now like her better than the flying nun mini that I converted myself.

Painting contest (continued)

Here is one of the minis I am thinking for the tourney. Its the Huron model and one of my favorite characters/minis in my CSM army. I have always really liked this one and wouldnt mind showing him off.

Painting contest

My local Game Store is prepping up for a painting contest and I am waging a fierce internal debate if I should enter something.

Tomorrow I am hoping to take some pics and ask for some hard critiques and opinions to see what might be cool to enter in.

Right now I am thinking of my Huron, a couple of the Plague Marines I converted, my Canoness with her Celestines or my Jetpack Chaos Lord.

I don't think in any way I could win but it would be fun to have my miniature displayed for a couple weeks at Game Kastle.

late

Happy B-day H.G. Wells

My first Sci-fi book that I ever really got into was War of the Worlds for a 4th grade book report. Since that time its been book after book for me and I will always be grateful to HG Wells for kicking off my love of reading.

Also so the interesting little tid bit that HG Wells wrote the first rule set for a miniature wargame: Little Wars . Whats odd is that when you read it, the rules have a lot of the odd "English-isms" that GW still uses :).

Sorry for the lack of posts

Haven't posted in a while due to family stuff going on but I think I will be getting back into the swing of things now.

Instead of diving into a new army I have decided to start focusing more on the ones I have.

I want to clean up my CSMs to a point where they can be competitive at the mid-range for the tournament painting contests and get my Sisters redone to where I really want them.

To kick off the endeavor I grabbed some new bases from MicroArt and now am scheming to start replacing all my IC and Squad leader bases. So far I go the "Spooky" one for my CSMs and want to get some for my girls but cant decide on one yet.

Any suggestions would be welcome or if anyone knows about another base maker besies MicroArt that looks good let me know.

1k Sisters

There is a now a slim chance that I might be able to sneak to the 1k tourney after all so I am starting to throw lists around.

I basically have 2 choices. Either have 2 Girls squads in Rhinos or 3 on foot

This is what I am thinking:

1 Canoness with Book and Blessed Weapon, Celestian Retinue in an Immolator TLHvyF/EA/Smoke 1 Melta 1 Hvy Flamer, 1 Vet SUp with Eviserator

2 Rhinos with Sisters squads EA/Smoke Hvy Flamer/Melta one Vet Superior with Eviserator, one with CombiFlamer

2 Exorcists

The other option is have 3 girl squads instead of the 2 on foot and without the Combiflamer and Eviserator.

I could run into some real problems if my girls get caught out in the open or I get Spunky and throw them out there. Its a real turtle list and I am going to have to draw guys to me and hope that I can use the Rhinos/Immolator to get the drop on Squads and eliminate them without losing too much in return. Also I am going to bet heavy on the Exorcists putting a lot of Firepower out there and eliminating any armor on the table.