Dark Angel force 1500points

Well the dust has settled and I thought I would load a picture of the brave souls who represented on Sunday.

It is a small force in terms of numbers and quite attacking minded.

I know that I should have taken a shooting army. I should have sat tight and forced the Nurgle hoard to come to me, maybe keeping a counter punch option for the hand to hand that would happen from turn 3. However I was actually quite pleased with the way the army played. I was unlucky that the Venerable Dread and the Razorback got immobilised. I will have to invest in some extra armour!!

I think the main thing for me to learn is to pick the right unit for the terminators to engage and then use the Landraider and Vindicator together to keep the rest of the army at bay. Wipe the first unit and then move on to the next. I attacked two units in my enthusiasm. I should have concentrated on wiping the Obliterators first.

I think I would also revisit the second HQ choice and the Venerable Dread. Maybe this is where the devastators come in with lots of plasma cannons.

I will say that I like the power axes very much, they proved themselves!

I will also need a plan to handle the flyer.

Now where is that rule book ...... ? I think I will need some more models to paint ;-)

Venerable Dreadnought, work in progress

I have been having some fun applying paint to the Venerable Dreadnought. There is so much detail that great care is needed.

I ordered a twin linked autocannon from Forgeworld and was really disappointed with it when it came. The quality of the moulding was dreadful, especially at the rear. The dreadnought is truly a thing of beauty. I wish my painting skills were sufficient to do it real justice, but I am enjoying having a go.

I started with a brown base coat and then went up through the layers of highlight and wash to bone. The metal started black, then bolt gun metal and then a shade wash followed by a bolt gun metal highlight. I then started to pick out some colour.

I tried to keep focus on the face and have therefore taken it forward towards white more than the surrounding areas. Still more work needed but he is coming along nicely.

Behind the scenes I have been working on 'Project Deathwing'. This will give me a Deathwing force of sufficient points to be playable. I have been working on 10 terminators and a second Landraider.

I had to convert the twinlinked assault cannon and am quite pleased with the results.

Fully armed

Well after those disparaging comments I thought I had better post the completed model, now 'fully armed'!!

Some of the other models are starting to look the part after a weekend of painting. I am really liking the power axe on this fellow.

Big boy in da house

High excitement as the postman left his calling call yesterday and then I had to go and pick up a package this morning. Oh yes - Forgeworld have delivered!!!

Rushed home after work to get stuck into building and assembling.....

Can't wait to have him fully together and start with the painting. Detail, detail, detail ..... really cool!!!

Fire and Brimstone

Belial reviewed the forces being assembled to face the Nurle onslaught. 

You deal with disease by incineration, applied with a steady experienced hand.

He called for some of the old guard.

Lol - You know it has been a while since I visited Forgeworld and they have some lovely stuff!!