Another terrain piece

So with 3 days left in May and a 3 day weekend I am trying to bust out a terrain piece for the monthly challenge on the 40k radio forums. It seems I'm the only one doing it still though lol. Oh well I still want a gaming table and this will get me one by the end of the year..then I just have to figure out what where to put it lol.

Vendetta part 2

Finished up the door gunners. I have most of the model done in sub-assemblies, waiting on the interior to put it all together. This weekend though I am going to be doing a terrain piece so I don't know if I'll be starting on that or not. The real question is how much detail do I put into it? It is likely never to get looked at..

This is pretty cool

Breakdown of 'ard boys first round winners.

Pretty interesting analysis of what made it through the first round of 'ard boys!

What a great win!

May league final

Wow what a game! My opponent, Kevin, is a very good player who always plays very solid lists. I wasn't really expecting much but I knew my typical battlewagon list would not do well. So the first thing I did was..leave them at home!

My list:
HQ: Warboss, bike, cybork, bosspole, pk, squig
HQ: Mek, Cybork, Burna, KFF, stikkbombz

Troop: 20 Sluggas, Nob w/PK & Bosspole
Troop: 30 Shootas, 3x Rokkit, Nob w/PK & Bosspole
Troop: 30 Sluggas, 3x Rokkit, Nob w/PK & Bosspole

Elite: 13 Lootas
Elite: 11 Kommandos, 2x burna, + Snikrot

Fast: 3x Warbikes (joins boss as ablative wounds lol)
Fast: 2x Deffkopta, 2x TL Rokkit

Heavy: 3x Kans, 3x Rokkits - Main job here is to be a fire magnet
Heavy: 3x Lobbas, 3x ammo runts

1750pts exactly.

Also in this league you get a random USR to apply to any unit. I got scout, which I put on my biker boss! heh I scouted/turbo-boosted him up but ended up having my opponent seize the initiative.

-The lootas exploded both Vendettas.
-The lobbas worked out great! Didn't end up pinning anyone but they shook the Mantiore one turn, made one unit that came out of a vendetta run off the table and killed a few more guys.
-Snikrot came on, flamed a blob killing 8 and then got 27 total wounds in the assault..and they were out of counter-attack range!
-Deffkoptas were a great distraction, took a lot of shooting and wrecked a chimera
-The warboss was killed without killing anything but took an amazing amount of shooting to do so. Go go T6!

I am still really surprised that not only did I win, but I completely dominated. There were a couple times he had some really bad wounding rolls..flamming the kommandos only had 2 wounds out of 9 hits, and a FRFSRF from a blob on a unit of 30 boys resulted in only 5 wounds. But he was making mad to hit and cover/armor saves...so it pretty much averaged out.

Vendetta part 1

After finishing my cousin's Manticore I started on one of his Vendettas. I am also using it for a modeling contest over at Scale Model Addict. The cockpit is done, I am now moving onto the door gunners and the passenger area. Once all that is done I'll be able to complete the assembly. All the weapon are magnetized for either a Vendetta or Valkyrie.

I also will be starting my Furioso on June 4th as part of the freeboota forum motivational challenge.

League game, Manticore

1750pts vs Marines

Another game vs marines and another solid win for the Orks. Can't really say much about this game, everything seemed to work out pretty well. I made a couple key rolls, first was my opening turn of shooting where my 2 units of lootas each took out a vehicle (a razorback and a dred) that was the front 2 most units, and then when I went to ground and made 4 out of 7 6+ cover saves, and made the LD roll to keep the unit of lootas on the table.

For the first time I really used the power of the deffrolla..using it smash open a Rhino and then get out and assault the squishy bits inside. Being able to wreck a transport in the movement phase is really a huge advantage, giving you the choice to get out or not.

Finished pics of the Manticore. Right now I'm working on a few remaining bits on the blood angels (a meltagun for a jump pack guy and a tactical sgt combi-melta). So now I'm working on a Vendetta, waiting on June 4th to start my Furioso for the 40k radio forums motivational challenge.

20 years later..

After joining www.scalemodeladdict.com for their contest I was browsing some pictures and got inspired to dig out my old 1/24 and 1/25 cars and see what condition they are in. Not bad for 20 years old, eh? They are kept in bags or boxes so that is why there is so little dust after all this time.

Makes me really think about how different the worlds of miniature wargamming modeling and scale modeling really are.