Idlem Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Update! My vow for the newest board challenge. I bought it this afternoon and already have a good amount done. Since it's going to be ferrying around my Kasrkin, its gotta have a matching camo scheme. I want to be able to open it up and show off the inside. My brother suggested the inside be a white or creme color since Sherman Tanks were like that. So yeah! My work in progress. CoffeeGrunt, walter h, hendrik and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Good progress Idlem, I love the old school scheme. It's what I originally based my camouflage attempt on until I realised I was rubbish at it :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter h Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 great interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain sox Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Awesome stuff! You actually managed to make the Taurox look good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Man the Taurox actually looks excellent in that scheme. Stop making it look good, guys...it's not even viable on the tabletop! It's not like I want to buy it now or...something... Kierdale 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Aye that does make it attractive. Could do a nice internal mini-diorama with a command staff inside, or a squad preparing to disembark... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlem Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Thank you to everyone for the kind comments. I'm currently working on the driver and gunner and getting the lid on in a way that's easy to remove when I want to show off the inside. A diorama on the inside might be something that I may be able to pull off, just got to figure out how to make it look like Kasrkin on the inside. Don't have pictures, but I did clean up some of the camo in areas, and been working on more details on the inside. Hopefully this weekend I'll have another update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Looking forward to it :) Like kier writes, you could have a nice opportunity to do an internal diorama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlem Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Finished the Taurox, pictures below. Got to have a bit of a fun game this past weekend. My brother (Orks and Chaos) and I got our youngest brother and one of his friends into the game, both who have chosen Space Marines as their starter army. (Crimson Fists and Imperial Fists, Rogel Dorn's blood flows is strong in this family) In order to kind of teach them about the game, my brother gathered his entire Ork Horde and I my Imperial Guard. My youngest brother and his friend took their Space Marines (A Sternguard and Rhino, and Tactical Squad) and we made a special scenario with the following rules. 1. To represent an ongoing, major battle, all Ork and Guard units destroyed in combat will reenter play at their table edge the following turn) 2. Both squads of Imperial and Crimson Fists had special rules. The Imperial Fists were given FnP on a 5+ while the Crimson Fists were granted a relic that provided a 5++ save to the squad. 3. The Space Marine's had two primary objectives. A. To rescue and extract an Apothecary (Guarded by some Black Templar Terminators) from the center of the board. B. Secure a relic from a crashed Valkyrie. A secondary objective of C. Kill the Warboss! was added. First, this gave me plenty of opportunities to teach the rules of the game. Second, with the respawning of our armies, I was able to recklessly and awesomely spend my troops however I wanted. Only our Warlord unit could not respawn, and it made for some entertaining match ups. (Such as mass bayonet charges!) Unfortunately with my dying phone I was able to only snap a few pictures of the battle. I hope you enjoy them. WarriorFish and Ldorte 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'm Heckus Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 That's one of the nicest Taurox paint jobs I've seen. You may have actually sold on buying one... Darn you, sir! Still think it needs a longer trailer and some wheels, but that's darned purty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 The taurox looks great and a great idea for a battle. Was it fun and did you win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Looks like you had a lot of fun, great to see such a vibrant table too! Teaching the game has always been enjoyable for me, as you say you can do unusual things as you're not playing a "proper" game plus it's always good to recruit more people into your circle. The more opponents the better! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Looks like a lot of fun, I personally love intro games, though we start a little smaller here and work up with people. A very cool board setup you have, I've been tempted to get some of those fiery smoke columns myself, would look excellent on the plethora of tank wrecks that inevitably fill my deployment. I haven't done an intro game with someone since our latest Necron player, who, being known as a Magic powergamer, has now started fielding some downright horrible lists and gloating about it. Be careful what you unleash is all I'm saying! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlem Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Neither side was really aiming to win, as we were teaching the Space Marines how to play. We did our best with the Orks and Guard to create a crazy background narrative for the battle and to help (or hinder) the Space Marines to their objectives in the best way for them to learn. The Space Marines successfully extracted their Apothecary, and Relic, though they didn't take the best route for the latter and wasn't at enough strength to help out the Old 256 in killing the Warboss. We ended with the 256 holding the line with about 60% of the board in their control (Thanks in a large part to Venerable Iron), though most of my Armor was hurting pretty bad at that point. Neither Warlord had been slain so while the Space Marines may finished their missions, the War had yet to be won! WarriorFish 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Sounds a great idea and lots of fun. Most importantly did the marine players enjoy it enough to start playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 With models like that on the board I'll bet they're already planning their 1500pt list ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) I must make some of those glowing smoke thingies - they look fantastic Edited September 13, 2014 by Elmo9141 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Were the guard against the orks, and the marines a separate element that aided the guard out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlem Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 The smoke is made from pillow cotton wrapped around a electric candle and sprayed black. Really easy to make. Yes, the guards were separate from the Marines. The 256 was tasked with stopping the orks, the Marines had their own mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlem Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Updates! Gonna have a fluff post in a few days here, my brother and I have got some goodies from the holidays that's going to factor into our armies respective sides. In the meanwhile, I made my Command Squad 2.0. They're the same folks as before, they're just in Carapace armor now to reflect their new rank. (Colonel Grey is now Castellan Grey!) So here is Command Squad 2.0. Castellan Grey now has a handy new coat suited for the leader of my army. His also got a Black Templar sword gifted to him by my Black Templar forces. "Patches" is showing off my conversions. I just don't like the breastplate to the Scions. Grey up there is the only one to have a unique (scion) breastplate cause' he's the leader. However, the rest of my squad has good ol' guardsmen armor. My future Kasrkin conversions will use this method. So yeah! Just the first of my stuff. Fluff and more to come later. walter h, scatmandoo and WarriorFish 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Great colours, fantastic to see the Kasrkin classic scheme in action too :D What sort of goodies have we to look forward to in 2015? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlem Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Well, got a box of Bullgyrns that I was working on. I've really taken a shine to these guys, seeing them in person just makes me love them more. This is "Tanky" Problem is, I got a bit inspired. I only got one box of the guys, and though I planned on making my own version of Nork, I was going to hold off on him as I wanted to spend the rest of my holiday hobby dollars on a vehicle for Big Guns Never Tire. But then this happened. I've yet to come up with a name for this magnificent bearded example of awesome, but him, his hat and raw manly shirtlessness has thrown a wrench into my plans. He HAS to be in my command squad as Nork. However, that leaves me with only two Bullgryns! So choices here, get a second box and finish out my elites or hold off on them and get a tank for the Big Guns. As it stands tonight, my Bullgryns are so far winning my internal tug of war. Why? ...Because he is the most interesting Ogryn in the galaxy, and prefers Dos Aquillas. WarriorFish, Nuclear Fridge, CoffeeGrunt and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Well I can see my Bullgryns coming out of the box ever sooner... so many projects so little time! Nork looks boss, though maybe he shouldn't have the shield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlem Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Merely decorative. The excuse could be that he's on profile got carapace armor so since mine is shirtless the "shield" is his armor. It just looked cool so I threw it on there. walter h 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter h Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I wonder could you just repaint an old ,Sentinel and get the .Bullgryns. I also just got a box,and am looking at using some ,Ogres from whfb, to change them up a bit. The Nork, is awesome,inspired. Dos Aquila's indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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