Friday, 1 February 2019

(Lead) Mountain Musings - "Blades Of Khorne" February 2019

Bloodletter WIPs - The Hellblade-carrying daemons have all been assembled, primed, shaded and dry-brushed
This month's themed attempt to diminish my ever-increasing "landform" of metal, plastic and resin models will see me painting up a number of "Games Workshop" plastic figures from their "Age Of Sigmar" range. I'm hoping to settle down and fight plenty of "fantasy, tabletop miniature" wargames using this rule-set's second edition over the next several months so as to help better familiarise myself with all the changes it made last year to its gaming mechanics, and felt building a small 500 point strong Blades Of Khorne force to face my already painted 1000+ points Nurgle Host would be a good way to start the ball rolling. 

Admittedly, I own a few finished Khorne units already for my large(ish) Chaos army, so I won't even be starting from "Square One" for this project. Yet I will still need to assemble, based, prime, paint and flock a good dozen or so models to achieve my required goal. Indeed, for now, I don't even plan on using all of my previously pigmented models, such as the unique leader Karanak, as I really want to keep my battletomes nice and simple.
"Toons Realms" WIPs - Lord Rascal, Rookie The Drangonlord and Tully The Toll Troll
As a result, I'll only currently be counting both my unit of Bloodletters (120 points) and Garrek's Reavers (60 points) from my existing forces, having taken their unit size, costs, battlefield role and any notes from the "General's Handbook 2018". This means I need to find both a Leader and at least one more Battleline unit, so I've recently bought the Blood God's immortal "Finecast" champion, Skulltaker (100 points) and assembled another ten Bloodletters (120 points) which have long sat upon the sprue in one of my drawers.

In addition, I have dusted off my almost complete Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (80 points), which will not only take me close to my force's target cost tally for this month, but should also be pretty quick to get on the tabletop too. Of course, the Blades Of Khorne aren't simply all about daemons, and as I bought the original "Age Of Sigmar" Boxed Set when it was first released in 2015 I have plenty of plans for the Blades Of Khul's mortal minions in the future...
"Star Wars" WIP - A large Commerce Guild Homing Spider Droid ready for shading and dry-brushing
Momentarily stepping away from the Mortal Realms, I also aim to continue progressing my collection of "Toon Realms" inhabitants by "Lucid Eye Publications". The company have just announced their imminent "Caverns Of The Frog King" expansion, so I really need to finish painting all of Lord Rascal's Icky Spiders, Skeleton Swordsmen and Skeleton Warriors as soon as I can, along with the likes of Tully the Toll Troll, and then get them all submitted into the Ninth Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge.

Similarly, I still have a fair few "Star Wars: Legion" figures by "Fantasy Flight Games" to complete, along with the many, many marvellous miniatures Phil Curran recently generously gifted me with when he arrived at my doorstep one night with a big box in his hands. In the past I've only taken a brush to a couple of my old "Wizards Of The Coast" "Star Wars" figures. However, I simply couldn't help immediately re-basing and undercoating a Commerce Guild Homing Spider Droid I spied, and hope to have it battling some Wookie Warriors on ‎Kashyyyk very soon.
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14 comments:

  1. Simon Quinton 1 February 2019 at 13:51

    Look forward to seeing 5he whole Khorne force once the new additions get finished and added.

    I amokomg the frog I think I am going to grab some for B&B.

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    1. Blaxkleric1 February 2019 at 15:14

      Thanks Simon. I really hope to get my teeth well stuck into "AoS" this year, and the Khorne minis look awesome imho. The new "Toon Realms" stuff does look excellent imho.

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  2. Phil Curran1 February 2019 at 14:11

    I'm glad to see you're expanding the forces of Khorne the one true Chaos God and that the Commerce Guild Homing Spider Droid has finally found a good home.

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    1. Blaxkleric1 February 2019 at 15:15

      Cheer Phil, and thanks once again for the box of goodies. Expect to see plenty of its contents being painted up over the next few months, and I'm hoping to have the Spider Droid in a BatRep very soon :-)

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  3. Da Gobbo2 February 2019 at 00:24

    I would love to know how you store all these minis that you have Simon, just such a terrific, eclectic collection!

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    1. Blaxkleric2 February 2019 at 02:26

      "I would love to know how you store all these minis that you have" - me too, Andy, LOL!! They're just all over the place currently, and I really need to settle down and just paint a few brands in future.

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  4. Vampifan2 February 2019 at 01:49

    Those Toon Realms figures are so much fun. What a delightful gift from Phil - I like the Spider Bot a lot.

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    1. Blaxkleric2 February 2019 at 02:27

      I totally agree, Bryan, with the Frog King stuff looking equally as awesome imho. Phil is a top gent, and its a big box so expect plenty more sci-fi stuff to come over the next few months.

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  5. The Angry Lurker2 February 2019 at 02:46

    Things are looking and sounding good Simon!

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    1. Blaxkleric2 February 2019 at 04:40

      Cheers Fran. I've a lot on the tabletop to get through this month, with a few surprises to throw in too :-)

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  6. Zabadak4 February 2019 at 06:12

    That's a very big mix of figures you're working on, but Lord Rascal looks well on the way to being finished *even if he ooks finished to me).

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    1. Blaxkleric4 February 2019 at 10:29

      Thanks Joe. Lord Rascal is now finished, and should be posted up pretty soon :-)

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  7. Undercoat5 February 2019 at 01:48

    Very nice collection. The bloodletters are coming along nicely and I wonder if you are going to be doing any mortal troops or is it all daemons? Those toon figures look really nice, really good sculpts. Spider droid! I love the Clone Wars so bring it on!

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    1. Blaxkleric5 February 2019 at 02:04

      Cheers Undercoat. I’ve actually got so carried away with my Bloodletters that the first of them should soon be finished. I certainly plan on adding some mortal troops to my force, alongside Gareel’s Reavers, but for now just want to get some more Bloodletters finished, and build around them. The “Toon Realms” stuff is excellent, and I have loads on the paint table as a result. I couldn’t resist the Spider Droid, and have a second large robot in the wings too, once the Droid is finished ;-)

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