Crunch-tastic
The underslung death rolla was really not sitting well with me. Not proper orky-like. So I got this new one from Forge World (a client piggy-backed it for me on an order).
Daddy likey.
Change to Trade-in Program
You don’t need to have the retail values for your trade-in list. No need to look that up if you don’t want.
Deep End
It was stormy last night. I was pacing up and down in front of my house, thinking, last night, watching dark clouds gather overhead. The pitter patter of rain drove me to the porch. My soul was singing, deep and beautiful. Then it began to rain in earnest, raindrops the size of bumblebees dive-bombing the pavement. Then the lightning and resounding thunder as the summer grew dark. The whole family gathered on the front porch with blankets, milk, and M&M cookies, counting the seconds between sky-rending flash of light, and foundation-cracking cloud-grumble.
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I slept through the night last night.
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Today I managed to finish up the rest of the Ork army (except for the Stompa, which will be a separate deal– yes, I’m selling the Orks). It’s 2400 pts now. Here are the new additions;
14x Kommandos (five from the box set and nine conversions, some from the old ork nob bodies)
1x Painboy (for the Nobz on foot unit)
1x Nob on Foot (bringing the total to seven nobz on foot, painboy makes eight)
1x Burnaboy
1x Snikrot (insanely cool figure– he also allows the Kommandos to come in from any table edge without rolling, plus they can charge the same turn)
1x Ork Dreadnought (counts as a Troop with Mekboy HQ)
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Ayup, that about rounds it up.
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I’ve got several takers for the Pandora’s Army special, and I’m furiously cooking up ideas for it. The door is still open if you’re interested.
Pandora’s Army Special
[UPDATE: three nixes allowed]
I’ve been cooking up a special for Summer.
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The deal is $950 for a 2000 point army.
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The catch? We pick everything. You only choose 40K or Fantasy. We will produce at least a relatively competitive list, as competitive as possible. And nothing weird for paint scheme.
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Same deal goes for War Machine or Hordes, but it’s $750 for 1000 points.
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Painting Level is L3/5 split (ie L5 for heroes, L3 for everything else– what you mostly see on our site). You can also nix THREE armies; meaning you can pick three armies you don’t want it to be. Point cost includes reasonable upgrades (ie we won’t inflate the point total by giving every piece of wargear possible).
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I’d be really excited to do anything with this special because I always have a lot of ideas cooking. Artists produce their best work when allowed to operate freely.
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I’m going to open three slots for it. I anticipate those will be open through at least mid-July (not sure).
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A deposit of $500 pulls the trigger. We accept almost any form of payment you can imagine. Don’t forget that we have a trade-in program (that can take the edge off!).
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The normal refund options are not available for this. It’s non-refundable. That’s fair, I think, since we are making concession on price in exchange for artistic license.
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Normal shipping rates apply. That’s $9 flat in US, $25 flat overseas. Overseas pays actual shipping if it’s over $50 (ie we absorb extra cost up to $50). This is rare but it does happen.
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PS- I promise no shenanigans. I will be reasonable. I think that this deal will produce good armies. No “four high elf special characters and two units of archers” or stuff like that. I have full good will in this matter. I really want to have free reign to make some dream armies.
Hordes
The Magic cards are gone. That’s an albatross off my neck. If I added up all the time I spent on that in the last three months I probably could have painted up two whole armies. And had something to show for it.
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So, anyhoo, we’re sitting around in the break room and we’re all jonesing for some D&D. Renn and Brigh were in the last campaign I ran, and they have fond memories of it. And the new guy is also an avid fan of the game. And I’m really wanting to run an adventure. But I resisted. I really don’t have time for extraneous stuff. I have to focus on miniatures battles.
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Well one thing led to another and we decided to pick up Hordes. As some of you know this is my favorite game. No worries, I plan on doing the same amount of Warhammer Fantasy and 40K.
I already have a Legion army pretty much done. I just need some troops to round it out. Here’s what I have:
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I also have Trollbloods on hand, all new in box. They’ve been stowed away for about a year. Just a few models needed to get that rounded out to the 600 point mark (what we’ve decided on).
The round-out models are actually en route. I hope to be painting them up by the weekend. Sweet.
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I’d love to sell that little Space Wolves force. I’d part with it for $175. That’ll give some cash to fund new projects.
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Speaking of which, more is coming for the Orks. A Stompa is in my hot hands (it can double as a battlewagon) which brings it up to a sweet 3000 points. What else is cooking? A quite converted unit of Kommandos with Snikrot. And a painboy on foot for the Nobz unit. Oh, and a super-converted Deff Dred. Oh, man it’s all so kewl and really pushes this army to Apocalyptic proportions. Aaaand then we’re done with the Orks.
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What’s next? Hordes.
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PS- I’ve been cooking up a special for Summer. The deal is $950 for a 2000 point army. The catch? We pick everything. You only choose 40K or Fantasy. We will produce at least a relatively competitive list. And nothing weird for paint scheme. I don’t know if anyone will take me up on this, but we’ll see.
War Machine: incoming and old stuff
Oh dear. I stumbled on this, a new faction for War Machine called the Retribution of Scyrah. I couldn’t even believe how cool these models are. And they’re supposedly plastic and modular, even better.
The first book, Warmachine: Prime was released originally in 2003, with a revised edition,
Warmachine: Prime Remix released in early 2007. All of the subsequent books have been expansions of Prime. Each expansion usually introduces new warcasters, warjacks, units, and solos, as well as new model subtypes – such as cavalry units – that add new strategies and complexities to each faction.
Warmachine: Prime – 2003
Warmachine: Escalation – 2004
Warmachine: Apotheosis – 2005
Warmachine: Superiority – 2006
Warmachine: Prime Remix – 2007
Forces of Warmachine: Pirates of the Broken Coast – 2007
Forces of Warmachine is the name of a series of expansions that will focus on a themed army as opposed to having additions to all of the factions. So far, only one book has been released, although it has been stated that more will be announced in the future.
Warmachine: Legends – 2008
Currently under development is
Forces of Warmachine: Retribution of Scyrah – 2009
Warmachine Mk2 – 2010
with a planned release in January alongside stat cards for all the models in the game. Mk2 is a complete reworking of the game, with every model available changed and/or recosted, alongside the changes to the rules set.
April 2009 saw an open “Field Test” of the Warmachine Mk2 rules, hosted on Privateer Press’ website. Players could download a full set of rules, plus rules for every model in the game, and post feedback to Privateer Press through an online field test website.
2010 will bring “Faction Books” for all Warmachine Factions, showcasing all faction models for the four factions plus the Mercenaries. Confirmed in a banner on the Privateer Press website for September 2009 is a new faction, the Retribution of Scyrah.
Advice on Eldar from GPK
Hey hey Shawn, working on my list and pics for the Eldar.
And now for a little pep talk. I play Orcs (3800) Tau (6400 points’ish) and Eldar (4420 points’ish) and I just watched your bat-rep video and I must say your army is awesome, just plain great. Your tactics need a little work.
I play lists very similar to yours, and win loss ration with my Eldar is something like 48wins 8losses of those wins 8 are in 5th ed and 0losses in 5th ed.
Ok warwalkers, when in doubt scatter-laser – 3 warwalkers 6 scatterlasers = 24 shots play lady luck (I usually take 2 teams of these yum)
- always ALWAYS try to take a farseer to give them guide, and to Doom your enemy.
^Against marine armies star cannons are godly.
Rangers are good if they are pathfinders, and if a target is ‘doomed’, a re-roll to wound is massive. (Again farseer)
Don’t reserve your scorpions, infiltrate them close to pathfinders, most enemies will try to get your snipers after you start dooming them, and scorpions are my second favorite (tied with banshee’s) Eldar close combat choice (harlequins are by far my beloved). If you can get scorpions into an assault against troops, just watch them tear things up, even marines and terminators.
Vypers are good, scatter lasers or bright lances.
Dire Avengers – Must have Exarch must have bladestorm, again play lady luck with these, bladestorm the poop out of some unit and then charge right in!
Ok lets not see any more losses, we here at GPK are counting on you Shawn, we are counting on the Oceanic Eldar to slaughter those uncultured pesky humans.
Sleep Deprivation
Hey all!
I’m up bright and early. Mild-mannered and relatively quiet baby is still an awake baby.
I just put up some new stuff in the For Sale section of our website:
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/for_sale.php
I also have some stuff on the block informal-like here:
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=1231
I just updated this gallery so I should still have everything.
You can buy it and check out with Paypal (you should email me to let me know, linkback is not reliable) or just email me and pay however you please. I can always take a credit card by phone at 801 372 8545.
I will give reduced rates for bulk purchases (min. 4 listings) and will also combine shipping ($9 max for any number of listings).
Heart of Stone
Another beautiful Sunday.
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I woke up at 4am. Couldn’t get back to sleep, so I played around on Army Builder for a while. Then I hit the hay again just around daybreak and slept in to a respectable 10am. My darling wife made me biscuits and gravy with sausage for breakfast. Washed down with some lime-ade in a tall glass of ice. Yumsters.
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Church was edifying as usual; a time to jot down some ideas and get my head on straight. My main challenges as you know stem from business and money. The trick is to keep the right priorities on the top of the list. The rest will follow. That said, the work has to be put in. I don’t think I’ve been working hard enough, or really organzing myself very well. I’ve got about five ideas to try this week.
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That’s the challenge of the young father. I’ve got to do right by family and community, but also make sure the bills are paid.
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In the new testament, it is very rare for Jesus to do anything for someone that they cannot do for themselves. He provides only the miraculous intervention after the possible has been done. The healing of the man with palsy is illustrative in my view. The man and his relatives had to make a journey on their own initiative, overcome an obstacle (a trial of their faith) first, then the miracle. Even after that, the man is told to take his bed and go home. He is not carried home.
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I think this also shows that Jesus’s business is the transformation of souls. I may not have physical deformities (which are for this life only), but I have spiritual leprosy; things that cannot be cured or change on my own impetus. God has the power to change the nature of the human heart– to convert both body, mind and spirit into something beautiful. This is what I have sought in my life. The first step is to realize that the leprosy isn’t getting any better.
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Reminds me of one of my favorite scriptures:
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh. –Ezekiel 11:9
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PS- Guess what happens the morning after you eat ten large oatmeal-raisin cookies?
PPS- don’t mean to come across as preachy, just thought I’d open the old brain-pan a creak and in case anyone wants to take a look-see.