Xenos scum pt.2

Two more Squid-men are ready for the table. Leaving 8 more to go and the biggest part of the project will be finished. This madness is well over a year old, but something always comes up every time I try to finish it.

I can make a 1.5k list with no problem. After all the time, that has been put in on the project, I don't see a reason to build a bigger list. It may not be the most competitive army in the game, but it plays. I've been tinkering with a new one, but really can't change much, without building up something.

Xenos Scum

I never figured out a name for this ugly thing. I've been painting it, while working on the ladies and they are taking forever. This Lovecraft nightmare, counts as the Changeling in my Hrud/Demon army.

W.a.C's like to talk about stuff that breaks the game.
Stop right here!

For 5 points and single failed leadership test. I get to shoot you with your own units! All I gotta do is see the unit and be in my 24" range. What else does that? My little monster has been responsible for all sorts of terror for my opponents.

Changed my list...

Well after a few games i feel the need to change the 1,000. List. Not cause I'm gett'n tabled just about every game. More for the reason, that when it was built. It was made of what I had painted or constructed. Over the past weeks the number of minis have grown (slowly) and it's time to make a list with some teeth.

Fate weaver -333

10 Plague Bearers with Icon -175

5 Horrors with bolt -95 (x2 = 190)

6 Horrors with changeling -107

3 Flamers -105

2 Blood Crushers with instrument -85

Total--995
7 Kill Points
4 scoring units

What has change... is we lost the Masque and cut down on some Horrors. The points were used up to get the Flamers and Blood-Crushers. I hope the cheesy Flamers will raise some concerns to help take some heat off Fate Weaver. The Crushers are there to have a assault unit. The last list did not have a single dedicated close combat unit. If I continue to roll 2's for my Waves I can use 'em as a lance.

Which I must admit my last game did... finally happen. Yes, it true!

Out of 7 games with my Hurd. I roll a 3+ for deployment. First Time...Whoo Hooo!

Only to have Fate Weaver get blasted in face ( 2nd Turn) and call'n it quits after losing a single wound. Yup.... lost that game too.

Hrud progress report

Over the past week or so it comes down to two choices... when it comes to my free time. Paint or Blog. So... the paint brush wins. The conspiracy to stop from finishing the army is making good on it's plans. The schedule of getting to my Lizardman army before Planet Strike may not happen.

I had my squids out in the sun light and took a few pictures. Most of the stuff I post is late at nite, so the flash robs the models of allot of it's color, but hey what are you going to do? On the other hand, I have played a few more games with Chaos Demon Codex and yet to roll that 3+ for the first wave. My losing streak continues.

Dice... got to love 'em.

Hrudian Phase Crawler

All I can say is this guy is really red. Some detail work here and there needs done. Not to sure on "where" to break up all that Red, but a solid purple/black wash might be nice. Then again, I do keep reading about wonders of the Devlan Mud. It's spires and face tendrils will get a bit attention before we call it quits.

It counts as "Z. D. Prince" with Iron Hide, Master of Sorcery, Bolt, and Demonic gaze. At the 1,500 Pts build...I wish it could Fly, but the cost is so much. Right now I struggle with drop'in a single Flamer and the Gaze, so I can get the monster up close at whim. It's not a total Bad @$$, but against the right units or severely weaken baddies. It should do just fine. If my army as any glaring weakness... We are very slow after the drop.

Curses...Foiled again.

I'm telling right now... I think it's a conspiracy! Just about everything and anything seems to be getting in the way of me painting over the past few days. By no means have I given up on the project, but I was hopefull that this would be a little further along. Oh well..

I have had the chance to take the army list on few test runs over the past week or so. The results are... not good. The Demon list is very random by nature and my dice are less than average. Lets put this way... out the Two games, I have yet to roll for my chosen wave of Hrud Monsters. Later I am going out to practice rolling a 3+, cause... I suck. To top that Fate Weaver held out on me until the 4th Turn in the 5 turn game vrs. the Eldar... again,not so good.

On a more positive note, The Changeling in the First pic up above has been just amazing. The first game he tricked some Gurd Veterans into pop'n a near by Demolisher tank. In the last game, the vile trickster used some guardians to blast away on Dire Avengers and Warp Spiders. Forcing the squad to hold it's fire for the next few turns. Just 5 points and Just wrong.

Hrud Warriors

Here are the last ten of the Warriors. All Base coated with a single layer of white primer. Followed by a thick black wash. I've seen a bunch of articles on the Internet offering the advice of black or white primer, but this how I base coat. The ink allows for the white to show through to help build up bright colors if need. At the same time it gets in all the hard to reach spots and adds an instant layer of depth and shadow. This set up lends itself to ink and wash painters... but hey, that just my style.

Green stuff is Shiny.

More Hrud Monster mayhem! Hopefully, I will get some paint on these guy this weekend. I hope... the work has stalled a bit for one reason or the other... this week. Distractions where left and right. I will paint this group over the next two days. It must happen as the old ones are waiting. I really did try to take some pictures of the all the finished Hrud warriors, but the darn putty keeps reflecting the flash. It's time to just throw on the base coat... see if that helps it or not. They do have allot of green stuff on them.

So.... I built this thing. I don't know... if i like it yet? Mr. Ilg commented that it looked like a Nid! Which took me by surprise. Mr. Z, thinks it should hover over the ground in some way. It had a horn, I broke it off. It was kinda puny. So... I'll dwell on this one while painting.

Squidmen assemble

This is it gang! This past Sat. nite... I stayed up way too late and spent the time knee deep in green putty. With files in hand... the Hrud Warriors finally have appeared and taken shape. Got all the squid head's done.... all ten! With the add bonus of finishing all face tendrils. I'm 5 Kilts and 30 Hair Tendrils away from finishing the squad.


Now i did take a bunch of pics as i did the work, but my camera skills are not in the same league as my putty. So... most turned out crummy... I will fix that in the next day or so.

They last picture is random. The infestation has grown.... time to paint.
Real squids wear skrits.

Centaurs and squids

This is were i struggle with my blog... I never know what to say. I could post pictures of my work every day and never run out stuff to upload. When it comes to a little text around the darn pics.
I am at total loss.
So, here's the goods...

It needs a Name...

Not much to say... other then the base needs done. I could go over it with a black wash and darken up some of the recesses. I was also thinking about putting the flame effect onto it's feet as they look sorta plain.
I like it... so just may call it quits for now.
Get work on the last of the green stuff on the Warriors.

This monster will "Count as" Fate Weaver for sake of the game. The reason is very simple on the why. Both it's special rules are a great bonus/flaw that adds some flavor to army and how it plays. Tough yet skittish squid monsters.

All over the place

Monday nights are the best night for me to get down with my Mini's with my current schedule. That's if... I don't end up playing a game. No Dice on the game... so here's the efforts of last nights sit down. Got allot done. So I'm pretty happy.

I can't wait to throw this guy on the board!
Oh... Hello little... Gurd'sman.
*Squish*
What's that a Tank?
*ZZaaP*
Better stop now... and go paint. I'm being silly.

Before and After

Back again with the best pic of the bunch after my second attempt. With out fail all but a few turned out blurry. The first picture has the 12 snakes in the starting base coat. The second has just 11 as one turned out to be... *squished* Only to be reborn as the test model for the paint scheme. That was big help in a way... as was clueless when i started.


The next set is of the test model result from my last post. Ended up with 3 "Blood Crushers." I had to really rummage around to find the last bits to make the set. Got really lucky to find them all. Not too sure but, i think... they need 50mm bases to be real/legal Crushers. A Very easy fix that i will deal with later on.

Round up...

In the middle of the construction frenzy this week, I did manage to pick up a brush and start the base coat on the HQ. choices for the Hrud. I'll be honest with all the glue, green stuff and Background. Not much thought has gone into the painting end of the project. I was thinking of waiting till i had everything constructed but, why wait? The highlight for the week has to be the completion of my Warp Snakes. I took some pics of the beasties but they turn out all blurry.
Now the army has 2 fully painted troops slots filled.

Test Model and Army List

I'm pretty sure this what we are going to throw down at 1,000. It's tough and compact. By no means is this tested in battle, but something tells me that Fate Weaver at that points level is wrong. Down side... I have alot of points tied up in just 2 units. Hmmm...

Depending on my mood... always the option of splitting the Horrors to gain the extra scoring unit. Only need to make and paint about half dozen or so models to put on the table...so this list wins as it will lead to the quicker game. Thats is good.

10 Horrors with bolt and the changeling--185.

10 Plague Bearers with Icon.--190.

Fate Weaver-- 333.

D. Prince with Mark of Z. Soul Eater, Bolt of Change/ D. Gaze. Master of S. and Iron Hide.--210.

2 Blood crushers --80.

1,000.
I finally sat down to assemble the warriors and started on my blood crusher test model. Never get to 1,500 with out a second unit of squid monsters! The project is finally turning at the corner... Just a little more work.

My Thoughts on the New Gurd Book.....

First of all... I would like to stay on the topic of the secretive Hrud.

Instead of going on about Psykic Choirs or Poison spitting tanks. Don't even get me started about the New plastic Flying bases. No... instead, I'll talk a wee bit... about the fluff inside the book. Well... if you have read the Noteworthy list of battles in the new Guard book, it seems Ole' Mr. Creed had our number and put our kind in even further decline.

This is only a insult compared to the mortal wound dealt to us by that blasted thrice dammed Eldrad! It seems any time some random 40k Smecial Character needs to kick butt... my Hrud are the First in line. Now... I know how Squats feel.

Geez... can't wait for commander Hot-stuff of the Tau Empire to Blast us off some forgotten asteroids Or the newest Dark Elf sadistic half-necked she-beast to eat our poor souls.

Hmmm...?I'll get you Creed... and your little Krell too!

The blurry pics are of my 10 Hrud warriors who escaped the cleansing of the Imperial Crusade. I want one more unit of 10, but rather put off at the moment.

All the green stuff on the other models has taxed my brains. As you can see somewhere under all that putty was a Ghoul model from the new Counts range. I took all the left over Fleshborers from my Gaunts. Add one Kroot barrel on the gun and few armor plates.
Then Green stuff... allot of it!
I need to build 10 more...
I need to build 10 more...
I need da... Uuuggh.

Guess, I need to take better Pictures too.
Ya' thought you were gonna read about Marbo!
Ha!

Monster Mash pt.3

It's alive!!!
It's to the point... anymore it will start to look funky.


I like it... It should tower over the Drider conversion I am planning, and as a add bonus this critter makes for nice center piece to army. The best the part? The model did not cost me a dime. All the Bitz were left over from my Nid swarm back when the 4th Ed. Codex had me go'in all buggie.

I like it even more....Any thoughts folks?

I made a List...

Okay, as things narrow down on the construction side. I still have allot of sculpting and 10 Warriors to go... I finally took the time to make out the army list for my lil' ole' monster army. It's been stuck back in head... it was just the matter of little math.

At 1,500.

Fate-Weaver

10 Horror's with bolt of Tzeencth.

10 Horror's with Bolt and changeling.

12 Plague Bearers with Icon

5 Flamers with the Bolt.

D. Prince of Z. with Iron Hide, master of sorcery, Bolt and Breath of change.

I can whittle here and there to make an Nice round 1,000. I think/hope.

After all that I have around 400 pts to play around with. I think one more D. Prince would be keen and plan on build one soon any way... still after that it leave me with around 200 pts. For one more solid unit.

I hear Blood Crusher are... Okay, and/or maybe some fiends! I could be real *BLEEP* and build a few Heralds of Slannesh to start drag-in' my enemy around. One the other hand Gamer-side of me knows this army needs one more troop choice to make it dead hard... i just really wanna make something cool.Enter Bug man or the Changling.... this is what i've been foolin around with while crab monsters's green has to dry. Bitz and glue are a terrible mix...

On the Game side... i get my second chance Vrs. the New Gurd Codex soon. I is a bit ascared!

Monster Mash pt 2.

Well... here it is. Not real sure where to go from here. I know that there should be a few more tendrils on the back and in the front to fill it out. Also it's backside needs a little more filler. I would love to do someting with the flat spots on the talons, but i'm at a loss for what to do.