Jolemai's Blog of WIPs, Battle Reports and Musings

[Majkhel]

Good job on upgrades!

Also, Mk VI are ALWAYS heroic!

[Jolemai]

Astorath

 

 

[Jolemai]

Infantry Update

• Finished a Sergeant with combi-weapon (magentised)
• Tactical Marine with special weapon (magnetised, though I haven't painted the options yet)
• Two DC with thunder hammers

  

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[Majkhel]

Well done Jole!

 

One has to respect those that magnetize combi weapons  

[Jolemai]

Cheers and yeah, 1x1s! 

[Jolemai]

On 10/10/2022 at 12:58 PM, Jolemai said:

Astorath, Infantry WIP

Finishing Astorath this month, as well as making two more Death Company with thunder hammers (yeah, I know...) and two Tactical Marines with a grav gun and combi-weapon. 

 

 

As it happens, this was my ten year milestone post...

[Jolemai]

In other news, this is my current BA backlog and despite all the work I've done this year on my collection (pics to come sometime this month...) it appears that I haven't made a dent in it  I track my backlog on Battlescribe and it's sitting around 4k points still...

 

  

Just now, Jolemai said:

Time for a New Year's stock take!

 

Pile of shame update:

• Baal Predator
• BA POP! Marine (2)
• BA Tactical Squad
• Captain (3)
• Chaplain in TDA
• Cataphractii Terminators (5)
• Imperial Crate, ammo boxes, etc
• Inquisitor
• Land Speeder
• Land Speeder Storm
• Land Raider weapon options
• Leviathan Dreadnought
• Librarian in Terminator Armour
• Marines (20 miscellaneous)
• Mk III Tactical Squad (2)
• Mk IV Tactical squad (2)
• Sternguard
• Scout bikes
• Scouts (~5 miscellaneous)
• Stormhawk/Stormtalon
• Tactical Squad
• Tarantula (2)
• Tartaros Terminators (5)
• Techmarine
• Terminators (10)
• Vindicator Laser Destroyer
• Vorax Battle Automata (3)

Battle ready and/or blue-tacced (i.e not finished):

• Death Company (~10 miscellaneous)
• BA Dreadnought bits/options (2)
• Marines (20 miscellaneous)
• Predator
• Vindicator gubbins

Hmm. Feels like I'm not making a dent in it... 

 

[Jolemai]

Battle Report

 

 

Honour Roll

 

Probably nothing new in any of this, but here's how everything did in this particular list;

• Dante: Quiet game despite being arguably my second strongest character/threat. Just there for buffs and for Angel's Sacrifice (which wasn't needed this time)
• Astorath: Absolute beast when Mantra and Assault Doctrine is active. Did what he was there for (Blade of Sanguinius)
• Sanguinary Priest: Ended up rezzing a couple of Death Company Marines, and put stuff (DC/Astorath/SG) into Assault Doctrine early. Armour Indomitus wasn't needed this time
• Callidus: There for that second turn of Reign of Confusion, with anything else a bonus (in this case, it did some bonus damage too)
• Sanguinary Ancient: All about Wrath of Baal and that 14" movement. Amazing
• Scouts: There for RND, RA in an isolated quarter, which they did well. Cloaks and sniper rifles so I remember not to charge them...
• Tactical Squad with storm bolter: This is simply there for SR to enable RND, RA on a later turn. Works well and did so here too
• 3x Tactical Squads: Each one has the same special and combi, currently plasma, melta, and grav as that's in my collection. There usually do well in collecting objectives from home to midfield and nearby RND, whilst chipping in with some damage if needed. More than happy with whatever they achieve tbh
• Death Company: Usually a Forlorn fury target, they are mainly the list's "Distraction Carnifex". This time I held them back and used them with alongside the characters as I need the extra damage and it worked well enough (plus they were shot before the SG...
• Sanguinary Guard: My SG numbers are limited, hence the 2x4 number. This does decent enough damage with buffs and has a small footprint. 3 swords + axe, 3 fists + axe. I actually used one to collect RND this game which pulled a Crisis Suit squad out of position and leaving their backline exposed. The other squad did what you'd expect with that many attacks...
• Whirlwind: Only there for Suppression Fire and it fits this list nicely. As Tau chaff is quite light too, it did some damage later on as a bonus.

[Jolemai]

Infantry WIP

 

Working on some MkIVs this month:

  

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January

 

I, Reclusiarch Jolemai , embark on the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, and for the month of January pledge to complete 1x10 MkIV Marines by month's end.

 

Unsurprisingly, these will be Blood Angels 

 

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To do:

• Everything. Not pictured are the resin upgrade kits so I may sprinkle in some bits should I have time.

 

 

[Jolemai]

2022 Showcase

 

 

[Xenith]

On 1/5/2023 at 6:08 PM, Jolemai said:

Time for a New Year's stock take!

 

Pile of shame update:

• Baal Predator
• Cataphractii Terminators (5)
• Leviathan Dreadnought
• Mk III Tactical Squad (2)
• Stormhawk/Stormtalon
• Vindicator Laser Destroyer
• Vorax Battle Automata (3)

Battle ready and/or blue-tacced (i.e not finished):

• Death Company (~10 miscellaneous)
• BA Dreadnought bits/options (2)
• Marines (20 miscellaneous)
• Predator
• Vindicator gubbins

Hmm. Feels like I'm not making a dent in it... 

 

I vote you do something from that short list next, and finish off all those half done bits! Priority on the VLD and Leviathan. 

[Jolemai]

Eventually, sure. However:

This month is booked in with the MkIVs, next month is too short a month to do anything major...

 

Pile of shame update:

• Baal Predator - Needs a part and magnetising
• Cataphractii Terminators (5) - Needs magnetising
• Leviathan Dreadnought - Needs a part and green stuff 
• Mk III Tactical Squad (2) - Later in the year, sure but ten Marines in a month is 
• Stormhawk/Stormtalon - Needs magnetising
• Vindicator Laser Destroyer - Later in the year, sure. Still in it's box.

Battle ready and/or blue-tacced (i.e not finished):

• Death Company (~10 miscellaneous) - Needs stripping and re-arming
• BA Dreadnought bits/options (2) - Needs magnetising
• Marines (20 miscellaneous) - Needs stripping and re-arming
• Predator - Needs magnetising
• Vindicator gubbins - Later in the year, sure. Possibly needs magnetising.

Point is, I'm running out of straightforward stuff meaning the rest requires headspace and time...

[Xenith]

The storm hawk and talon don't need magging, I think. Mine swaps parts out without any as the friction from the paint keeps them on no issue. 

[Jolemai]

Will take a look in a few months then... 

[Majkhel]

When in doubt, I try to either pick first item that grabs my attention, or try to streamline. Like you have quite a number of things to magnetize I see... 
Great pledge with the MkIVs by the way!

 

And congratulations on your 2022 completions! Definitely looks like you are making a dent after all

Edited January 10, 2023 by Majkhel

[Jolemai]

Cheers 

[Jolemai]

Infantry

 

Five down, five to go. Also, my fist sergeant with a lightning claw (both his weapons are magnetised).

  

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January Update 1/2

 

Five Tactical Marines complete

5/10 models complete

 

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Infantry

 

Squad done

  

Just now, Jolemai said:

January Complete

 

Five Tactical Marines complete

10/10 complete

January complete

 

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and the squad together:

 

 

 

[Xenith]

The squad's looking great! 

[Jolemai]

8 hours ago, Xenith said:

The squad's looking great! 

 

Thanks 

[Jolemai]

Vindicator WIP

 

Finishing off my Vindicator this month.

 

  

Just now, Jolemai said:

 February

 

I, Reclusiarch Jolemai , embark on the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, and for the month of February pledge to complete 1x Vindicator by month's end.

 

 

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To do:

• Rhino options (yes, really!) and extra Vindicator gubbins
• Internals
• Highlights and details

 

 

[Jolemai]

  Vindicator

 

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February Complete

 

1/1 complete

Vindicator complete

 

 

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Magnetised bits:

• Siege Shield
• Side doors/armour
• Loading arm

Realised I could have done the same with the smoke launchers tbh to go where the shield normally does when in Rhino mode... nevermind. I don't really expect to use it as a Rhino/Razorback (using my Tarantula bits for the turret) often, but it's there just in case. Cupolas are interchangeable too, as is the front plate (which surprised me).

[Rhavien]

Nice paint job and incredible modularity! You even painted both sides of the razorback hatch! 

[Jolemai]

24 minutes ago, Rhavien said:

Nice paint job and incredible modularity! You even painted both sides of the razorback hatch! 

 

Cheers, and it's just kinda what I do now  

[Jolemai]

Scout Bikes WIP

 

Had these sitting around for a while now and I don't know why I haven't gotten around to them. So they are next 

  

Just now, Jolemai said:

 March

 

I, Reclusiarch Jolemai , embark on the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, and for the month of March pledge to complete 3x Scout Bikes by month's end.

 

 

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To do:

• Everything

 

To confirm, three bikes is enough for the "Seriously" badge?