Cult of (Space) Pirate Hats

Ahoy 'ere planet dwelling lubbers!

I will quickly show you some progress and experiments I done with green stuff and the instant mold over the weekend. I also played with what kind of army list I could get together that is not too shabby but sticks to my Space Pirate theme (and not buying insane amounts of new miniatures).

So as the topic says the way of the pirate is to accessorize with piraty things, and what comes to my mind is skulls and hats. The hats are the most notable on a small miniature so I started with them. Unfortunately burely space marine with pirate hats would be a bit silly, so I turned  my gaze to the cultists who already look the part.. 

Cultist champion with his blunderbuss and cutthroat friends. Scarfs and hats. 

Above is my tutorial on making pirate hats out of green stuff as I had a hard time findig any. Hope any fellow aspiring pirate appreciates it. 

For other piraty accessories I scavenged my bit box and found the Kroot sprues with perfect looking flinlock pistols and knives and sharp things. Using the instant mold I produced a large pool of Chaos and pirate looking bits that I will glue on the space marines and cultist to give them that pirate vibe.

Lots of bits inside the instant mold

Assorted stuff ready from the mold.

As for the 1000 point list I  had in mind you can see it here. I need a box of bikes and a Rhino to be set and go with the list. I dropped the Chosen squad and use the lovely models as Aspiring champions for my CMS troops. My three way punch of the army is the terminator squad that will probably guard the lord, the 5 bikes and the hellbrute. The rest will camp on objectives and support, I have a healthy dose of plasma guns in the army to deal with other Space Marines, Terminators and light vehicles. Note also the lack of Marks or Icons of chaos, my bikes might get the mark of Khorne or Slanesh for extra attacks or higher iniative. If I had to choose a cult I think that Slaanesh would be a good candidate for Pirates that enjoy their space rum and gold.

Until next time!

Red Corsairs (982pts)

Chaos Space Marines: Codex (2012) (Combined Arms Detachment) (982pts)

• HQ (157pts)

  • Chaos Lord (157pts)

    Lightning claw, Power fist, Sigil of corruption, Terminator Armour
    

• Elites (259pts)

  • Chaos Terminators (159pts)

    • Terminator

      Powerfist
      

    • Terminator

      Powerfist
      

    • Terminator

      Powerfist
      

    • Terminator Champion

      Lightning Claw
      

      • Combi-Weapon

        Combi-flamer
        

  • Helbrute (100pts)

    Multi-melta, Power fist
    

• Troops (371pts)

  • Chaos Cultists (65pts)

    8x Autogun, Heavy stubber, 10x Squad models (champion included)
    

    • Champion's upgrade

      Cultist Champion's Shotgun
      

  • Chaos Cultists (55pts)

    Champion's upgrade, Flamer, 10x Squad models (champion included)
    

  • Chaos Space Marines (158pts)

    4x Chaos Marine with CCW and Boltgun, Chaos Rhino, Plasma Gun
    

    • Aspiring Champion

      Bolt Pistol
      

      • Combi-weapon

        Combi-flamer
        

      • Power Weapon

        Power Axe
        

  • Chaos Space Marines (93pts)

    4x Chaos Space Marine with Boltgun
    

    • Aspiring Champion

      Bolt Pistol, Combi-bolter
      

      • Power Weapon

        Power Maul
        

• Fast Attack (195pts)

  • Chaos Bikers (195pts)

    5x Chaos Biker, 2x Plasma Gun
    

    • Chaos Biker Champion

      Power Fist
      

      • Combi-Weapon

        Combi-plasma
        

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The Ethereal

Hi again dear readers!

Christmas is almost upon us, That means I have more time to work on my projects. During the weekend I have been busy working on Aunshi, hero of the empire as he, probably in mistake, defeated a tactical Space Marine in close combat. Anywys many thanks to my friend "Decorus" for donating the miniature. I hope you approve of his new home.

I replacde the normal 20 mm base with a 40 mm one, so that I would have more space to modell on it. I had to ponder a bit on the choise of larger base. He will look a lot cooler but in games he will stand out as a sore thumb and be the height of a XV8 crisis battlesuit. I still decided I wanted to go forward with the larger base, and from an artistic stand point I am really glad I did. Here are pictures and videos of  the miniature. My next project will either be the horde of drones or the rest of the Pathfinders with special weapons. Until next time!

Material used for the base:
-40 mm generic base (not GW)
-GF9 cement rubble (for stairs)
-Brown card board
-GF9 rocky basing grit
-PVA Glue
-Quick dry putty to fill holes in the card borad
-Paints: black, greys and browns.
-PlayStation 4 as background for picture...

The base assembled. The white stuff at the bottom is putty

Aunshi painted without base

Aunshi from back

Aunshi standing on his new base

I am really happy with this end result.

Ready for Battle

Hi there, 

Last time we visited the vehicle factory, this time we take a look at the finished product, namely the Tau Devilfish. The whole project took about one week calendar time. One Sunday and several evenings to finish. 

I must say I am quite pleased with the end result, this being my first painted vehicle and even with a camouflage pattern. I think that next time I maybe skip the pattern stencils altogether and do the pattern with a brush directly on the model itself. 

But enough with the text, here are some picture and video of the thing. 

In my next update I will re-visit Super Dungeon Explore and I promise you it will be very cool! Until next time. The Devilfish will also get some more love in an upcoming update when my next project with the Pathfinders are done. 

Fire Warriors taking postions after exiting the vechile

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Theme for November - Super Dungeon Explore

Hi Dear Readers,

It´s been a while since last, but what I have hope will make up for any brake in updates. I acquired a couple of weeks ago Super Dungeon Explore shipped from Amazon UK. The game is themed like an 8 and 16-bit console JRPG dungeon bash and comes with about 50 minis in anime chibi style (i.e. super deformed). This post will start my theme month. I have project for the whole November to paint all the minis and will keep updating along the comig weeks my progress and maybe a review of the game also.

So I will start with the unboxing video I recorded immediately after receiving the box.

First Impressions:

Last Saturday I had a chance to assemble all the miniatures and play a short test game with my friends. The miniatures themself look really cool, but there are issues with the quality of the models.There are lot of mold lines and weird holes in places. One of the poor dragon priest fella's right arm was just a stump. Also the miniatures are perhaps in more pieces than I would prefer. I noticed the plastic cement does not work very well with these miniatures. Perhaps the plastic is different from the usual plastics in e.g GW miniatures. The assembly guide recommends super glue and this is also my recommendation. Gluing everything together without cleaning the models took about 2.5 hours and with proper cleaning double that.

The rulebook that comes with the boxed game is a very colourful and includes art that hold the theme of the game very well. Unfortunately the usabilty of the rules are not the best and you need to jump back and forth to find what you are looking for. Fortunately Soda Pop Miniatures have released a new rulebook as a download v.1.5 that is much better than the one that comes with the box. We played a 16-bit game with 3 heroes and three spawnpoints, one miniboss and dungeon boss. Once we got the hang of the rules it played quite smoothly and was really fun in my opinion, albeit playing as the consul (the bad guy) I felt I had a bit too much to keep track of. We decided to end the game when my miniboss killed one of the players and they had not made much progress. I really see forward to play again with a better understanding rules and flow of the game, so I wont give my final judgment yet.


Here are some pictures of all the assembled
miniatures.

The Heroes there are 8 playable ones and one Angry Bear (to the far left)

The baddies - Here is shown the two set of Kobold hordes, the big ones in the back row are Kobold Ogres (a new acquaintance for me)

The Dragons - Front line shows the different growth stages of a dragon from Hatchling to grand old bad ass dragion

REX(es) - These are my personal favorites. How cool are not thes massive minis with giant clubs. This dude won me the first game with Rex Smash!!

The Consul's minions ready for some mischief 

To not let the Kobolds get all the love here is my first painted Heroes the Ember Mage and the Dwarf. Hope you have enjoyed this mega update and please come back shortly to see more painted miniatures.

The Ember Mage - The orb in the staff is not an apple but a fiery globe!

The Dwarf - I call him Blue beard. 

Closeup of the axe showing my attempt to paint metal reflections

Sorceress - Finished

Hi,

I sat most of Sunday touching up on the sorceress. I am quite happy how the whole miniature turned out. I really liked the big surface of the cloak. I could build highlights and shadows to my hearts content.


Here is a video showcase with me explaining some thougts and after the break the pictures.