Azog Update 001

Greetings!  I've been hard at work and haven't had a whole lot of time for the hobby lately.  Good news is that I finally got my work station all put back together.

I began work on the Azog Treadbikes a couple weeks ago, but besides getting a set of saddlebags glued down, not much has been happening.  Partly because of the work schedule, and partly because I want my Rough Riders to be effective on the field.  So I plan to take a squad with two flamers to begin.  With this decided, I then had to work out how to deploy said flame weapons on my Azogs.

Here is what I came up with:

The flamer is made from the grenade launcher that is included with the kit, the end of a Cadian flamer, and a bit of plasticard rod.

I decided to go with the Cadian torsos and heads for the squad.  This will help maintain cohesion across my army.  I'm saving the stock heads and torsos for something else, but I'm not sure what that may end up being.

I gave the rider the means to defend himself in the event that he is forced from his mount.  The bayonet is part of the webbing included with the Cadian Shocktroops box.  The las carbine is converted from the spare lasgun in the Heavy Weapons box.

Cheers,
Xi

Raging Heroes Kickstarter

The Toughest Girls of the Galaxy launched 17 days ago on June 4th.  Raging Heroes was immediately funded, and a few hours later, when I went to check for the first time, they had reached 1000% funding.  Now they're really getting up there, and with stretch goals and freebies unlocking every $5000, its exciting to keep up on.  If the gods are good, I will be able to back this project.  I'm looking forward to it.

If you're interested in backing Raging Heroes' The Toughest Girls of the Galaxy, you can find it here.

Cheers,
Xi

Reinforcements, First Wave!

Hello everyone, and if you're still watching this space, thanks.

So, while completely ignoring my hobby projects for the most part, I have been active on the WIP forum.  One of the guys who shares the forum with us is none other than Steve Stodden, owner of Mad Robot Miniatures.  Steve tasked us to come up with ideas for a community project, much like the projects taken on by the Phoenix Club a few years ago.

We came up with this, the Azog treadbike.  Steve put in a lot of work to get this awesome model produced for the community.  I ordered five myself, and plan to use them as Rough Riders for my Imperial Force.  Rough Riders are one of those units that I've always wanted in my army, but could never really get behind these guys.  And while I absolutely love the FW Death Riders, they're also not quite what I was looking for.  The Azog treadbike fits my army style perfectly, and I happily pre-ordered over Memorial Day weekend.

When I got home today, there was a package waiting for me.  Inside were my Azogs.  I immediately set to work to see how well they scaled to the rest of my troops, and how they will look on a base.

Here are the pieces for one bike.

Here is the bike body on a base, and then with a Cadian torso on the stock legs.  The size is right on.

To be continued.

-Xi

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

TTFix Nearing 10k...

...and they're giving away a grip of prizes to celebrate.  Check it out here.  The drawing will be open until they reach 10000 posts.

If you are reading my blog, then you have SOME sort of hobby interest, no matter the company that produces it.  TTFix is the first blog I check every day due to the amazing coverage on new hobby releases, and (even better) all those different hobby related Kickstarter Updates.

Until next time,

Xi

Adeptus Mechanicus 001

My 'counts as' Space Marines force is coming together now, with the bitz I needed finally arriving.  Right now the list stand as follows:

• HQ - *counts as* Armenneus Valthex
  145 pts
• Elites - Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought
  175 pts
• Troops -
  440 pts
• Squad Cataphracti Ferio
• Sgt, plasma pistol, powerfist
• Plasmagunner
• 8 marines
• Squad Vibro Adamanteus
• Sgt, plasma pistol, powerfist
• Plasmagunner
• 8 Marines

That's a cool 760, that really adds some tactical flex to my nearly all infantry Imperial Guard.  Later, as the fist step in expanding this detachment to an army in its own, will be some Devastators:

• Heavy -
  265 pts
• Squad Exactio Scalpellum
• Sgt, combi-plas, power fist
• 4 Lascannons

The detachment is still WIP.

Here is a shot of the cybot.  I'm going to have magnetized arms for weapon swaps, you can see the the right arm is done.

Some of the 'Techmarines' that make up the force:

These marines use bitz from GW, Anvil Industries, and Blight Wheel Miniatures.  These companies make some amazing after market bitz.

I'm using the Apothecary lamp as one of the features of the army; every figure will have one on a pack, helmet, arm, or mechandrite.  Of course, the Mechanicus shoulder pad is a requirement for all the models.  Bionics is an obvious feature, and since I want all of these marines to be 'techmarines', they will all have some sort of servo arm.  Two of the above feature home made arms, as will more of my force.  The first couple have been pretty simple.  The next one is a bit more ambitious, pictures coming as soon as I get some work done on it.

Cheers,

-Xi

Still Here

Happy 2013 and all that.  Don't die is a solid resolution, been going strong keeping that one for nine years now.

Silence around here, well... depression is shitty and when its bad nothing gets done.

That said, I'm back to it with my AdMech allies for the Guard.  Here is a teaser of whats been happening:

Cheers!