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Post by grandmasterwang on Apr 20, 2023 9:27:44 GMT
Nice pictures and mini report.
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Apr 29, 2023 3:31:22 GMT
Very cool. Graf Rudiger has an excellent, battle-worn expression.
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Post by Naitsabes on May 15, 2023 2:40:43 GMT
Very cool. Graf Rudiger has an excellent, battle-worn expression. Thanks! Yes, he's seen his share.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14May2023 Our Tale of X Gamers is chugging along… in fact, much more smoothly than this project log. Month 3 saw us clash with 1500pts of main army and 500pts of allies. We played the ‘Surprise Encounter’ scenario from the very back of the BRB. It’s a good one to make for a chaotic battle, I highly recommend it. My Dwarf&Empire faced off against Ogres&Empire so there was a bit of a civil war component. My brave lads carried the day, Graf Rudiger von Hintenrum pulled off a nice flank charge. But, I failed on the picture front. It was bound to happen. However, here are the month 3 reinforcements: More brave Halberdiers from the Golden Age, including a unit champion which I couldn’t squeeze in last month. And a proper Knightly escort for Graf Rudiger. I put a little work into making them fit in with Rudiger, i.e. puffy sleeve arms. Mostly from the Demigryph kit and also some chopped up old state troop bits (and if you look real hard and are versed in the finer points of the Empire miniature line, Rutgar’s lance arm). Then most of the work ended up hidden behind the shields. But, I know it’s there! So here we are, 500pts group shot. With less than two weeks to go until month 4, I haven’t started with the next batch of 200pts. Originally, I wanted to tackle a steam tank. That seems a tall order now, plan B is a wizard Lord. Easiest way to burn 200pts. We shall see.
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Post by Tubis on May 15, 2023 18:19:54 GMT
I see you have been busy as well. A lot of worthy additions to your empire forces, all of them looking fabulous. Hard to choose a favorite but the Graf and his entourage look like they mean business while that halberdier regiment is every collector's dream. Keep them coming!
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Post by Naitsabes on May 16, 2023 19:50:19 GMT
I see you have been busy as well. A lot of worthy additions to your empire forces, all of them looking fabulous. Hard to choose a favorite but the Graf and his entourage look like they mean business while that halberdier regiment is every collector's dream. Keep them coming! Thanks, man. More halberdiers are in the pipeline as well. Stay tuned.
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Post by markdienekes on May 17, 2023 13:43:57 GMT
These look fantastic mate, I really like the colours, quite muted, almost pastel like..
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Post by Naitsabes on May 17, 2023 23:24:25 GMT
These look fantastic mate, I really like the colours, quite muted, almost pastel like.. Thanks!
I am a fan of P3 colors. They tend to be not quite as crazy pigment-rich as new GW and also a bit chalky as opposed to 'vibrant' or however GW advertises for their colors. (though I might be the only one around here who likes the P3 line, they are disappearing from local stores). The light blue and red are P3 (yellow is GW topped with their yellow glaze).
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Post by Naitsabes on May 30, 2023 1:16:34 GMT
29May2023 Here we go again. Month 4 of the Tale saw me clash again with the Ogre&Empire, this time our respective allies were at 700pts. Yet again I failed to take game pictures. But yet again, here is my new 200pts of allies.
A nice chunky Shadow Wizard Lord on trusty steed. Slowly completing my collection of colleges. Three more mounted wizards to go. And then of course I had to add a few halberdiers to the main unit. This is the Empire after all. So, obviously I didn’t finish the Steam Tank, and obviously that will have to be my goal for month 5. I can pull the wizard joker only once. No more excuses!
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on May 30, 2023 1:17:58 GMT
These are looking great!
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Post by tofukyo on May 30, 2023 16:14:36 GMT
Nice additions. Wizard looks great proper erm wizardy
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Post by Naitsabes on Jul 28, 2023 3:13:23 GMT
Appreciate the comments, gentlemen! ----------------------------------- 27Jul23 Hello, hello! Summer is upon us. And has been for a while which somewhat derailed warhammering. I missed the last Tale game day at the end of June by vacationing in the Old Country. But, I did finish the monthly hobby before hopping on that jet plane. Behold, a mighty Steam Tank: It’s in the colors of Nuln to fit in with my earlier Engineer’s Guild army. Kind of rounds out that force. It will stick out a bit in the current Nordland allies force but, so be it. This Steam Tank came to me partially assembled and I didn’t want to face ripping it apart and dealing with ill-fitting parts. Just went with it as is, adding on the missing bits in plastic. Now on some joints, glue (or filler?) had been applied rather liberally, I painted that up as some kind of rust and grime, it’s most visible around the door. It’ll do. Looking forward to running over things but, since we are on summer break that won’t be until the end of August. In the meantime stay cool, my friends.
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jul 28, 2023 15:30:55 GMT
Appreciate the comments, gentlemen! ----------------------------------- 27Jul23 Hello, hello! Summer is upon us. And has been for a while which somewhat derailed warhammering. I missed the last Tale game day at the end of June by vacationing in the Old Country. But, I did finish the monthly hobby before hopping on that jet plane. Behold, a mighty Steam Tank: It’s in the colors of Nuln to fit in with my earlier Engineer’s Guild army. Kind of rounds out that force. It will stick out a bit in the current Nordland allies force but, so be it. This Steam Tank came to me partially assembled and I didn’t want to face ripping it apart and dealing with ill-fitting parts. Just went with it as is, adding on the missing bits in plastic. Now on some joints, glue (or filler?) had been applied rather liberally, I painted that up as some kind of rust and grime, it’s most visible around the door. It’ll do. Looking forward to running over things but, since we are on summer break that won’t be until the end of August. In the meantime stay cool, my friends. The Steam tank looks mighty indeed!
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Jul 31, 2023 2:36:46 GMT
A mighty steam tank with a mighty paint job. Great work!
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Post by Naitsabes on Sept 8, 2023 7:10:46 GMT
7Sep2023 Well, August came and left. I painted up the last batch of ~200pts for our little Tale of X Gamers. A detachment of swordsmen to go with the Halberdiers. Nothing to special, just good old-fashioned plastic soldiers doing their thing. And then a warrior priest to round out the force. Somehow I had ended up with a spare Volkmar and put him to good use. Here is a little group shot of the whole gang. This ended up as a nice extension to the Nordland force. I may do a few more of the Knights at some point but currently the Dark Gods are whispering into my ears, tempting me to paint some unholy models. Oh, and we played a nice big game at the end where everybody got to bring their entire force painted in the Tale. It was a good time that I failed to properly document as usual. Will see if I can scrounge up some pictures at least.
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Post by Naitsabes on Sept 9, 2023 5:38:28 GMT
Pictures from our final game as the main lines collided. My poor Empire lads got clobbered by some mean Beastmen. It was not the finest day for the Empire. Still, lots of painted models on the table, all done for and during our Tale. There is less grey in the world now and that's a win.
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