++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[malcharion]

Hoooo yeahhhh !

Glade to see you posting again man ! Too bad that you've sold those armys but I guess that this is a fresh start and that it was just what you needed to get back to the hobby harder,

better, faster and uglyer with wonderfully disgusting Nurgle models and conversions ;)

 

I'll wait for your return as sur as a fanboy dressed like Sarah Konors would wait for the robot apocalypse.

 

(If you are in France and that you go to Lyon send me a message maybe we could grab a beer ! It would be an honor :) )

 

Malchy

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks buddy! Yeah a fresh start is indeed what it feels like. Although the armies had and still have a special place in my heart, I felt like I wouldn't play with them at all in the coming year (or perhaps even years) as the Night Lords I had were absolutely not competitive and I would never add to them again, and my Imperial Fists needed a vast revision and additions in the form of Primaris marines, which I hate to use. By contrast, I still feel like my heart belongs to Khorne and Nurgle (I had a huuuge army of both when I was but a teenager), and even though those armies aren't super strong in the current (and still developing) meta, I love to be in an underdog position. I'm very glad I let those armies go to deserving new owners (a guy in Greece took most of my Night Lords vehicles, a guy from New York took most of the infantry and cultists, and the rest, including the titan, plus the entire Imperial Fists army in one fell swoop, went to a guy in California. 

 

About France, thank you so much for the invite! I'd love to have that beer sometimes, but alas it will not be this vacation. I'm heading to Paris on Saturday, and I need to be back on Sunday. :)

[ElDuderino]

I was scared there for a while... Although I'll mourn the fact that you've sold your night lords (one of my favorite armies

), I certainly look forward to seeing your khornate guys!

[MrBear]

I agree with what the others already said. Glad to have you back, and glad to hear about the positive developments in your life. Sorry to hear about the Night Lords and Fists though, but giving them a new home (and investing the profits the way you have done) sounds like a wise move. I can understand your way of thinking, not exactly a fan of all the new developments myself, but as I'm not a gamer I can happily ignore that part and simply stick my fingers in my ears, close my eyes, and say to myself: "My Night Lords are still in M40.999, they are still in M40.999... " over and over again. 

 

Looking forward to see what you'll do with Khorne and Nurgle though, it will be interesting! 

[rednekkboss]

I should book a flight and come play. Then we could both play and not know what we are doing. :) 

I feel ya on what I call the "run away" backstory. Its a free for all. I remember my college buddies and I wondering (25 years ago) why they would have a game called Warhammer 40,000 that didn't start in 40000. That gives you a thousand years to play with. Think about what can happen in a thousand years here on earth, let alone 10 000. Though as a storyteller myself (and amature historian) I've ALWAYS had issues with the 40k timeline.  Totally unnecessary from a story telling stand point and ridiculous in many places. But that's just picking some nits.
 

I've got to do the "whole selling off minis" thing too, though I'm keeping some of my chaos stuff.  Drop me a pm and tell me how you did it. Ebay? or other?

[Sagentus]

Great to see your return aug! I agree with the primaris marines, i like the models, just not the fluff. The blood god will embrace you and happily keep your head next to his great skull throne. Look forward to seeing how things come on ;-)

[Lord Commander Eidolon]

I'd wondered where you'd disappeared to! Bloody women!! I remember wanting to spend every last minute with my other half, now I'm happy to kick myself in the man cave!!

[BubblesMcBub]

Glad to seee you back on the B&C Augustus!
Now that you really sold all of your night lords and imperial fists i am glad i got to see both of those armies in real life!
Can't wait to see what you can come up with for your death guard and khorne army!
I must say i am a bit sad that you don't own you imperial fist army anymore as i was kinda hoping to play against it one day with my iron warriors!

Hope to hear some updates from you soon here!

[hushrong]

 

 

Anyway, I calculated that I had about 12,000 points of Night Lords and about 6000 points of Imperial Fists. All painted to a reasonably high level. And...

 

I sold them all. 

 

ALL OF THEM!!

 

 

I cannot see your posted images on the pc I am using but I read the highlighted above while scrolling through and nearly had a heart attack.

 

Glad to hear life is keeping you busy as there is nothing wrong with that and hope the back will stop being a bother.

[Teetengee]

A tear was shed this day.

But hey, I liked your khorne stuff the best anyways.

I'm excited to see more nurgle from you too.

[ShVagYeR]

Wow man that's a big hobby move you made. I respect that a lot. On one hand it's a shame that you won't be expanding those NL and IF armies anymore (loved seeing pictures), but then your Khorne stuff was also great and I'm looking forward to seeing more. Also can't wait to see what you, your hobby knife, and your mad greenstuffing skills will do with the DG range.

 

I do hope that eventually you come to terms with the ongoing progression of the fluff. I mean I can appreciate where you're coming from and I haven't been ecstatic about all the recent changes, so that you'll be able to enjoy this universe a little more. I'm sure people have been unsatisfied with it in the past (Genestealers and Tyranids are the same faction? HERESY!)

 

Enjoy the real life and keep sharing hobby progress in the future.

Edited November 21, 2017 by ShVagYeR

[misterkho]

When you're doing being so overtly dramatic i'll show you the true power Mortarion and his children have! One thing we noticed last weekend is the meta being all about brutal alpha strikes. Deathguard are going in against this..they can take the damage and still performing in optimum state turn 3 and 4. So whenever you're ready!

[Atia]

Glad to see you back buddy :)

 

So .... that Scorpion of yours .... she's in good hands, right? 

[The Traitor]

Woah, definitely wasn't expecting this! They are really gone, huh? That is going to take some time to get used to... But hey, can't wait to see updates from you again, Reiver helmets are badass, and based on your (still unfinished last time I checked :P) Nurgle Daemon Prince you could make some stunning Death Guard, though there's a lot of that around this days...

 

I must say that I have thought of selling my older models sometimes, specially those I don't use much, but I can't make my mind around it, there's something special about every model I make I guess... I think they'll eventually be repurposed...

 

Anyways, hope to see pics soon ;)!

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

As long as you still have daemon prince so we can finish our challenge sometime.

[Ranker]

Long time lurker, first time poster. 

 

I'm the lucky guy that scored the remnants of Augustus' NL and the IF.  My only regret was not catching the FB post earlier to take the whole entire NL army.  It's almost too beautiful to not be kept together.  Following his threads, talking to Augustus, you get a sense of real passion and joy for the hobby.  Even the way he writes is compelling.  

 

Like I told you earlier today Augustus, you're a damn renaissance man!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks for the warm welcome back, team!!

 

Hobby juices have been flowing.

 

First off, I've started with the replacement of the 'Blood Warriors Berzerkers', remember the guys with leather boots? They were a quick fix, to be honest, and the leather boots have always bothered me a tiny bit. Plus, in 8th edition, Khorne Berzerkers with CHain Axes and Chainswords are a lot better than Berzerkers with a Close COmbat WEapon and Bolt Pistols, which is the armament of the Blood Warriors. 

So I need to rebuild all thirty of them. My aim is to use the raptor runnign legs and Reiver heads. I started with two, which are trials and proof of concept for me. Take a look:

 

First up is an icon bearer:

 

 

And a 'regular' Berzerker.

 

What do you think? Let me know!

I'm thinking of ordering a gang of Goliath gangers from the new Necromunda game, to use for bits in these three squads.

 

Anyway, another development is my upcoming Death Guard project. I made some GW purchases:

 

I also have two sets of the Dark Imperium Deat Guard, plus an additional Foatid Bloat Drone and a bat load of Death Guard bits from a site, as well as about two complete MkIII squads from the Burning of Prospero kit. Should be enough to make a sizable foot slogging army, no? My plan is to add a couple Rhinos, a Land Raider, three Helbrutes, at least three Myphitic Blight Haulers (which I find to be extremely cool models), and perhaps a Plagueburst Crawler or two. 

Tons of conversion fun ahead, I would say.

Anyhoo, my current focus needs to be on a commission I got from the guy who bought all my Imperial Fists and about half of my Night Lords: he commissioned me to paint two Land Raiders (one Mars Pattern and a MkIIb) and a Fire Raptor. I'll be building and painting these over the course of the coming month-and-a-half or so. 

Yesterday saw the box of Forge World goodies arrive!

 

It's always cool to receive boxes and boxes full of miniatures!

Lots of stuff ahead! I'll be updating regularly from now on, and hopefully Ranker, who is the guy who commissioned me, will be here to provide me with feedback. 

Cheers!

Replies:

@ ElDuderino: Thanks for the commiserations, but not to worry: I have plenty up my sleeve yet. :)

 

@ MrBear: Yeah sticking my fingers in my ears and going LALALALALALA is a favourite coping mechanism of myself too. ;)

 

@ rednekkboss: Hurray! That'd be awesome. If you do find yourself in Amsterdam one day, be sure to contact me. I'm very happy to hang out with you :)

 

@ Sagentus: Cheers, buddy! Glad to be back :D 

 

@ Lord Commander Eidolon: Thanks for your kind words - It's always awesome to read that my work has been inspirational. I share the hope that generic Chaos gets a redo. 

 

@ BubblesMcGub: That's nice of you to say, Bubbles! Yeah, I miss playing with them too, but only in 7th - and that was never going to happen anymore anyway.... 

 

@ hushrong: Yeah it was kind of life changing. I booked several flights and vacations with the dough, though, so it all went to a good place :)

 

@ Teetengee: Aww! And Yay! Khorne cares not, as they say. Glad to have you on board the Khorne and Nurgle stuff!

 

@ ShVagYer: Well, it's not that I will never paint any more Night Lords or Imperial Fists anymore (I just took a commission for three big Night Lords vehicles) and have plenty unpainted IF stuff. It's just that I won't be adding those to an excisting army of my own anymore. My plan is to just paint them when I feel like it, and then perhaps sell them in bulk someday. And sure I'll come to terms with the fluff, no worries. The fact that those ridiculous MkX marines now exist just gave me an extra reason to sell the IFs. It won't prevent me from adding to my Chaos stuff in the least!

 

@ misterkho: Hurray! Already looking forward to it. And with you selling your Death Guard, I'm glad I can be the one with the coolest Barbaran army in twon. ;)

 

@ Atia: I still have the Scorpion! I thought about repainting her and so didn't sell her, but if I find a seller, I will! Interested? ;)

 

@ The Traitor: Yeah the Nurgle Prince still needs finishing! And please spare me the melancholic musing about the specialty of every model. Remember every single Imperial Fist marine had a name, and it was given to them by you all! I felt pretty bad about that. But it had to be done. 

 

@ Brother Chaplain Kage: We should! I have caught up with your recent progress and I must say I envy your sculpting skills. Those wing muscles look mighty and fine!

 

@ Ranker: Hey buddy! Thank you for those kind words! I am very, very glad that I could sell off such a large part of the NLs and all my Is to an appreciative buyer such as yourself. I am very happy about it for sure and am excited to start work on the vehicles you commisioned me for!

[The Traitor]

The zerkers look good, reiver heads are badass, and raptor legs work perfectly for them! Also excited to see what you do with the DG, if we take the half made DP as reference they're going to be awesome!

[Atia]

 

 

@ Atia: I still have the Scorpion! I thought about repainting her and so didn't sell her, but if I find a seller, I will! Interested? 

Sine I'm not really playing, it would be a waste to give her to me. Imho, keep her, because she is sooooo awesome. Even if it's just as a memory peace for your Night Lords =)

 

Also can't wait what you are doing with your DG - had a lot of fun with mine, they are really awesome models, especially big Morty!

[Biohazard]

Berserkers are looking good. I do love those Reiver heads. Death Guard purchases look to be a great start as well. :tu:

[Sagentus]

Really liking the bezerker conversions, I do like what you and Bio have done using the raptor kits. 

 

Looking at what you have purchased and what your plan is i am very much looking forward to what you are going to do :) 

[hushrong]

Oh I cannot wait to see more of updates! Glad to see the fires burning in the forge again.

 

Also great to hear the money went to good use!

[Kizzdougs]

Those Berzerkers look fantastic!! Looking forward to seeing some more :tu:

[Lexington]

Can we - like, as a society - please discuss how much that chainaxe friggin' rules?

Edited December 5, 2017 by Lexington

[Augustus b'Raass]

Cheers, guys!
 

Today I started work on the Night Lords vehicle commission I got: starting with the MkIIB Land Raider. It's a pretty awesome kit, if you ask me. 

 

I'm right now waiting for the Sponsons to dry - but mostly for my Airbrush's replacement parts to arrive in the mail so I can resume building this darn thing. It'll also get a combimelta copula-mounted weapon, and of course the mandatory skull, flesh, and helmet trophies (my) Night Lords vehicles are so famous for. ;) In the meantime, I'll start work on the second -completely plastic) Land Raider. 

Cheers!

Oh and in other news, I started with a new image hosting company: imgur, and will be transitioning all my pictures in this thread and in all ETLs and all my Hall of Honor threads soon enough. I have come to detest Photobucket. Their website sucks, their apps don't work, and their service is abysmal - even nonexistent. 

 

Cheers!

 

@ The Traitor: Yeah Reiver heads are badass indeed! The DP should be finished, but I need to get back in the sculpting game - it's been almost six months by now...

 

@ Atia: I might keep her, OR I might buy a new one and sell her... We'll see. I'm curious though as to your DG recipe - I've seen your work on them and they look exactly like I want mine to look. Care to share?

 

@ Biohazard: Cheers, mate! I'm looking forward to starting those DG. I also bought some biohazard backpacks and helmets from MaxMini... 

 

@ Sagentus: Cheers - it was all Bio's idea. My work on those are complete rip-offs from his work!

 

@ hushrong: Cheers buddy! Yeah money went to good use indeed. South Africa and Malawi here I cooooooome!

 

@ kizzdougs: Thanks! What're you wroking on lately?

 

@ Lexington: Thanks mate! That chainaxe was actually an accident. I love those FW chainaxes, but hate that they're so fragile - so my solution is always to pin them on GW plastic axe handles. (Please do the quoted pic between hidden brackets, though!)