Loads more goodiness!

So I took the time today afternoon to head down to my local gamestore to collect back my Valhallan Ice Warrior that I have submitted for the painting competition. But after seeing some cool stuff there, I could not help but started picking up things to buy.

I bought the packet of round bases, since I am working on scratch building and I have a shortage of bases. Guess what! What I also bought was the Commissar book which I could not hold back to buy. Also got myself the Gehenna's Gold paint to slowly stock up the colour for my Custodes that I am working on if you have looked at the previous few posts. This puts my paint count for the armour to become 2 of 6.

I also met up if a guy to buy some second hand stuff from him: I bought 11 plague marines with a mix of metal, plastic and forgeworld resin pieces. One of which have both his arms gone but I believe it can be glued back, one is also a Plasma Gun. Love what he did with the marine backpacks, replacing it with skulls.

Look at those details!

I also got a Grey Knight Terminator from him which was pretty cool. I was actually thinking of converting a Kaldar Draigo but decided this guy is just too nice to be converted, so I shall just leave him as it is.

Last but not least my Valhallan Ice Warrior. I was super proud of him. Though I did not win any prize with him, I still felt that he have already did his best.

To mark off the end of this post, a look on a pre-glueing step where I fit the model together to see how it would look like first so I will not make any mistakes while glueing him together.

Winters

Astra Militarum Updates #2

After a long day of school an dhaving dinner at around 8 pm, I was pretty tired. I was planning to turn in tonight early but guess what I saw when I got home!?

The package that I have ordered approximately almost two weeks ago have arrived! Yay!

Now this have got me pretty high now and I don't think I would be able to sleep from the adrenaline rush I got when I saw this package left at my doorstep.

First off, I bought myself the new plastic ogryns, which I am pretty excited about opening very very soon. Also I got the book about Yarrick. The new one which features him young. I sort of start liking commissars and their story after the Ciaphas Cain novels.

Speaking of Commissars, I have also bought myself this awesome guy to add into my collection!

I also got myself this Audio Drama about Ciaphas Cain too! So much Commissar goodness! Love it!

Last but not least, also one of the reason I ordered online was for this web exclusive miniature space marine captain. It comes with a classified envelope that I have yet to open as I was afraid of damaging. The first thing that really caught my attention for this miniature was the details on it. The more I see it, the more I like it. Hopefully I get to paint it soon!

So that's all for today, get ready for some unboxing goodness that will come to you soon at this blog!

Winters

Adeptus Custodes Scratchbuild Update #1

As I continue to work on my Adeptus Custodes, I begin to have more spare greenstuff appearing from the unused pile as I tend to let it harden a little here and there before I move on. 

Hence I decided to use the spare green stuff into something unique and like to keep it as a memory of the process of making the Adeptus Custodes. That is I made a letter 'C' at every small piece of greenstuff I have unused and would most likely be wasted and thrown away.

This by far is the amount that I have gotten, placed on an ice cream cover, which comes in usefull sometimes when I am trying to do drybrushing: 

Not a lot was wasted but there is still a significant amount of it there.

I am not going to show the Adeptus Custodes now as I am letting it cure even as I type this sentence. Chances are this is going to be a pretty small update. I am expecting to finish it up to the knee by today hopefully. As studies have taken up much of my time, progress is already considered very fast. Updates would come for the Adeptus Custodes once I finished it's legs and it looks presentable.

So do look out for any updates on this, but chances are the updates on this may slow down till the next one being some time later. I am also already thinking of making my own pre-heresy Captain Loken from the Horus Heresy book novel. He was one of my favourite character, thus I am also now planning to have him but not so soon, not until I finished my Adeptus Custodes.

See you all soon!

Winters

Adeptus Custodes Ranks

As I worked on my Adeptus Custodes, I went in to read more about their fluff and look up on some of their rules, which lead me to many great discoveries.

Before I read up on the Adeptus Custodes, I always thought that Custodes are just Custodes, they all have the same gear. Their ranks only made up of Custodians and Captains. Plain and simple.

Until I stumbled onto some rules that I found from Bells of Lost Souls and a forum (If I remember correctly, it is from Librarium-online). This is when I realize things are actually not plain and simple.

From the rules, I gathered that these are the ranks of the Adeptus Custodes:

HQ:

Captain-General
(Also known as Chief Custodian)
(The man known to hold this rank is Constantin Valdor)

Custodian Honour Guard
(This squad is like a space marine command squad, except that it can also be another HQ choice by itself, since honour guards are sometimes despatched to follow the other space marines Legion)

Shield Captain
(One by the name Mikaelor Cobernus)

Elites:

Terminator Squad

Venerable Dreadnaught
(They have mostly survived for many hundreds and thousands of years)

Dreadnaught
(One called Sigittarus)

Troops:

Spear Guard Squad
(This is the one where the Custodians all carry a spear with a bolter attached to it)
(I realized that there is a rank known as a Custodian Sentinel. Accompanied by the rules I saw, I figured that this rank could have the same meaning as a sergeant)

Tactical Squad
(I thought this as impossible until I came across the rules and an image of Custodians charging forward with only bolters. You can find the image when you google Adeptus Custodes)
(Also accomapanied by a Custodian Sentinel, except that now the Custodians carry normal bolters)

Dedicated Transports:

Land Raider

Rhino
(Saw one that says the Custodians invented their own Grav-Rhino)

Fast Attack:

Jetbike Squadron
(From the book Prospero Burns, the jetbikes were featured)

Heavy Support:

Land Raider

So that's about all that I found out for now. Though the different ranks, I believe that they should mostly have the same rules and stats. Time for more rules hunting.



Winters

Astra Militarum Updates #1

Hey guys, here is an update to the awesome Astra Militarum (Formerly Imperial Guard)

First off, I had my Codex returned to my local game store and received a new copy. Turns out mine was an isolated case for the Codex having it's ink smudged. So false alarm guys, go get your codex now for all the goodness that you can never finish naming them all.

MY CODEX WAS AN ISOLATED CASE, SO GET YOUR AWESOME ASTRA MILITARUM CODEX NOW AT YOUR LOCAL GAME STORE!

During the weekends on the Saturday where I had a game with a guy called Nick. I was sort of squeezed  in as he was waiting for his opponent to show up and the shop was literally full house (It is so full it is hard to navigate the store).

I tried out my 1k points list and it worked not very good. I got tabled as always with my Leman Russ Battle Tank lasting the longest, since he does not have any thing that can take out an armour 14 tank from the front. The tank blew up with his Centurions shooting the rear of the tank and took it out. (Yeap, he was playing space marines.)

So here is my experience:

1. Tempestus Scions work just like the old edition storm troopers, pretty much the same except that you can take it now as a platoon. Furthermore, the volleygun was a waste of points really, they did pretty much nothing except taking up the points. 10 of them would be a good start but when they first appear, make sure you protect the special weapons and sergeant.

2. Tanks, you need these awesome metal boxes on the table. Though my tank only took like 2-3 marines out (due to poor scatter rolls) but it really made it a pain in the neck for the marines.

3. Chimeras retained their usefulness with their multi-lasers being able to take out some marines. Chimeras have never failed me before, they never blew up and my veterans can come out of them safely. Pretty much happens all the time. My chimera is like the survivor, the only unit that does not disappear from the table in every game. It just becomes a wreck at the very worst.

4. Melta. You need loads of this. Took 6 and it literally blew up a storm talon, with the help of the multi-laser off course. You need the lasgunners to protect the melta (Or when I played with grey knights, used it to literally take out one terminator squad. Lucky shots)

5. Need more ogryns. Was testing out with some proxies and I can't believe they lost combat to only 3 marines. How can ogryns lose combat to marines? The answer is there is not enough of them in the squad, only the standard load out. So get more and make them pay. 3 wounds each is pretty sweet. Even if they overwatch you, who cares, many of them will still survive. Hahaha!

Now I am working on a 1850 points list but as school starts, commitment is going to be high and Warhammer 40k would sadly become sacrificial. Thus it may be a while till I get to try out the list. Though in the mean time, I could start slowly paint my remaining men up and get to work on the Imperial Custodes miniature that I am still trying to start on.

See you all later!!!!


Winters

Militarum Tempestus Scions conversion

With the new release of the Astra Militarum, I got the codex, read through it and also made a review on it earlier on. (http://the-last-season.blogspot.sg/2014/04/codex-astra-militarum-review.html) 

With the loss of the Storm Troopers, it falls to the scions to take the lead and battle for the Imperium of Mankind and the Emperor.

As scions are pretty expensive and I have not really seen their usefulness in battle, I decided to make some scions for myself first.

I got a sprue of 5 bolter scouts and began bashing it up into the scions. The result was better than I expected but still lots of areas to be improved on.

Hence I can't wait to see them in action. See you all around!

Winters

Codex: Astra Militarum review

Alright! After devouring through this book for a few hours, I managed to  get how to use this codex!

First impression of this codex was pretty good. Apart from the cover being Astra Militarum, the contents of this codex still refers the Guards as Imperial Guards rather than Astra Militarum. As I read on, there was one thing I took note of though: several pages of the printing in the codex is poorly done. MANY PARTS OF THE TEXT AND PICTURES HAVE THEIR INK SMUDGED. I do not know if this is a rare case or not but I hope I can return it and get a new one. Chances are slim as this book was wrapped up when it arrived.

MANY PARTS OF THE TEXT AND PICTURES HAVE THEIR INK SMUDGED!

On to the contents. One thing I noted when I started reading the codex is that there were more fluff included than the previous codex in my opinion. It took me about 1.5 hours to read through the fluff, stories and all that. As expected the pictures are all printed in colour. This is a great plus point as it makes reading the codex seem more appealing. Plus it makes the settings of the pictures more clear, unlike the black and white pictures of the previous codex, where it is hard to see where the soldier is fighting and all that kind of stuff.

PICTURES ARE IN COLOUR!

To the army list, one difference that really caught my eye is that there is now a wargear list. This means that for every unit which I want to upgrade with cooler weapons, I have to keep referring to the wargear list, which is something of a trouble, especially when I am new to the codex and making a new list.

I HAVE TO KEEP REFERRING TO THE WARGEAR LIST!

Nothing much have changed for the points cost, except for some plus and minus here and there.

Let's start with the HQ. One thing that caught my eye is the drop in points cost for Commissar Yarrick. Only veterans in the command squad get to be upgraded with carapace, which is kind of sad as it means our Master of Ordnance will be more vulnerable on the field. There is also the inclusion of tank commanders, which is kind of cool as it gives the fluff of an armoured company supported by infantry instead of the other way round and so on. Rules for the servitors are now also available in the codex, which I don't remember seeing them in the previous codex.

DROP IN POINT COST FOR COMMISSAR YARRICK!

Next, the troops. They switched the troops with elites, thus having the troops in front of the elites rather than the other way round like the previous codex.Nothing much have changed for the infantry platoon besides the lower points cost for Heavy Weapons Squad. Conscripts are cheaper but still very squishy. Veterans are cheaper with a revised points cost for their doctrines. We see the loss of penal legions, though I don't use them so it doesn't really matter to me.

VETERANS ARE CHEAPER!

Dedicated transports still includes chimeras but at a higher cost with also the inclusion of Taurox an Taurox Prime. So I guess GW wants us to get more Taurox, since they have cheaper points cost.

CHIMERA IS MORE EXPENSIVE NOW!

Ogryns are more or less the same in the elites section with bullgryns being more expensive. Their points cost can be found in the white dwarf weekly. Ratlings and psykers look the same to me. Militarum Tempestus is under the elite section too but we see the loss of storm troopers, one of my favourite units. Since they always help me get at least one kill point each game. Marbo is gone too, so it is pretty sad to see a pie plate guy disappear.

STORM TROOPERS AND MARBO GONE!

For fast attack, rough riders are still around along with the sentinels. Armoured ones are now cheaper, thus it is a plus point to me as I love to bring armoured sentinels in my list. Nothing much changed except now Vendetta can only carry 6 guys and is much more expensive, way more.

VENDETTA IS MORE EXPENSIVE!

Revised Leman Russ tanks points cost is good, with 120 points being the cheapest. But guess what, I don't even know what that tank does as I don't even want to use it. Hahaha! We see the lose of 3 of our artilleries apart from the Basilisk and the inclusion of the wyvern battery (The mortar guy).

REVISED LEMAN RUSS TANK COST IS AWESOME!

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The orders look pretty sweet, I must remember to use them. But effectiveness of it is still unclear as I haven't got a game yet. The orders cards are not a must buy as you will see it in the codex and it is only for reference. But if you are a hardcore gamer, get one, you do not want to forget to give an order.

ORDERS CARDS ARE NOT COMPULSORY BUT THEY ARE COOL!

Now you get to choose whether to use warlord traits from the rulebook or from the codex. That's right Guard players, we got out own warlord traits table.

WE GOT OUR OWN WARLORD TRAITS TABLE!

That's all for my review on the new Codex: Astra Militarum.

If you have  any questions, feel free to ask. 

Time to work on a list. Muhahahaha!

Winters