The Old Gamers’ Den

Pictures from the First Campaign Day

2012-01-27T07:12:00.001-05:00

These are some shot's from my friend Jeff who ran the campaign, he had more shot's but I just grabbed the ones that included my Army.

Here's a great shot of the Desert table, Jeff's Wife painted the scenery.

My Transport wreaked by the Necrons.

We had to capture the center building to gather many points!

I Destroyed the Necron Vehicle that destroyed the Transport.

For Khorne!! For Skulls!!

I destroyed the Grey Knight's Rhino with missile and Melta blasts

Sneak behind this rock troops!

Over all it was a fun day.... more to come...

I love this girl! She built her own T.A.R.D.I.S.

2012-01-27T06:44:00.002-05:00

I won second place in the Wargamefactory's painting contest!!!

2012-01-24T07:57:00.000-05:00

I just received an email that I won second place for my Blood Pact army! check it out here:

And the winners are

I get $80.00 dollars to spend on figures (plus shipping charges)so I'm looking at getting Shock Troops Heavy weapons squads (2 boxes - six stands) see below, and another 18 man squad.

But as my luck would have it, the online store can't complete the purchase, so I have to email their Customer Service... hopefully by this weekend I will have new figures to paint!!! -Cheers

Mumford Monday

2012-01-23T07:56:00.002-05:00

Campaign Day Snowing Day

2012-01-21T12:02:00.001-05:00

Workers Rabble with Enforcer

OK so today is the first day it has really snowed here in Pennsylvania, all winter, no snow. But today when I want to go out and play the 40K campaign that my buddy Jeff has been working on, it snows like hell. Go figure. Anyway, for the campaign we are using Combat Patrol rules for the creation of our lists, basically the rules are as follows:
added rules written by Jeff, game master of the event.

Workers Rabble

Combat Patrol Restrictions
• 500 points or less
• Must conform to the following Force Organization restrictions:

0-1 HQ
1-3 Troops (one Troops choice is mandatory)
0-1 Elites
0-1 Fast Attack
0-1 Heavy Support
0-1 Swing Slot (can field one additional Troops, Elite, Fast Attack OR Heavy Support choice)

Chimera

• Armies are not required to take mandatory unit choices. All other unit restrictions (i.e. 0-1) apply.
• You may spend remaining points on units from anywhere in the Codex.
• With the exception of Troops and models with the Swarm Universal Special Rule, no model can have more than 2 Wounds.
• Psykers may be used, but may NOT use any power requiring a psychic test. For Grey Knights see below.
• No model may have a 2+ armour save.
• No model may have a 3+ invulnerable save.
• No Monstrous Creatures.
• No Special/Unique/Named Characters.
• Aside from Troops choices and dedicated Transports, only vehicles with a maximum of 11 in any armor facing may be taken. Dedicated transports and troops may have a maximum armor facing of 12. Vehicle Squadrons and Artillery units are permitted provided every unit within the unit individually would be permitted.

Enforcer

Army Specific Restrictions

Blood Angels
• Cannot field a Death Company Dreadnought.

Eldar
• No Energy Fields on Wave Serpents. These vehicles receive a 35 point cost reduction.

Grey Knights
• May use 1d3+1 Psychic Powers per game. Only the following powers can be used: Hammerhand, Astral Aim, Warp Quake, and Fortitude.
• Can take an Inquisitorial Henchmen Warband as an Elite Choice without taking an Inquisitor.

Necrons
• Can take a Royal Court as a HQ choice without taking an Necron Overlord.
• No quantum shielding on vehicles. These vehicles receive a 25 point cost reduction.

Orks
• Cannot field a Deff Dread.

Disciples of Xaphan

Tyranids
• Instinctive Behavior will only occur on a roll of 1 on a D6 if a unit is not within Synapse range.
• May not upgrade Tyranid Warriors with the Lash-whip and Bonesword combo.
• Boneswords do not cause instant death.

So here's my list for today based on the Renegades of Vraks (Blood Pact):

HQ
Enforcer 52
HQ
Enforcer 52
Elites
Disciples of Xaphan (7) 135
Heavy Weapons Team
Champion
Troops
Workers Rabble (20) 100
Troops
Workers Rabble (20) 100
Dedicated Transport
Chimera 55

Total: 494

The Force

I'm also packing extra stuff for a bigger battle

Wish me luck! - Cheers

A little late but still important...

2012-01-21T07:49:00.000-05:00

PS: 500 point 40K Campaign kicks off today, pics to follow!

My new Saints Row The Third Character..

2011-12-22T22:31:00.003-05:00

Steam Punk Joker

This game is out of control... I just wanted to be a Super Villain, but it's more then that... check out this video

Snicker...

2011-12-22T13:31:00.001-05:00

Last shots I promise

2011-12-16T10:47:00.000-05:00

Here's the Titan with the hand painted banner, and the toes a little shorter.

Yup!

2011-12-14T08:59:00.002-05:00

Scratch Built Titan – Complete

2011-12-11T09:03:00.000-05:00

Hey Gang,
Well I completed my scratch built Reaver Titan. It was very interesting trying to plan out how to make this beast with just card, tank bits, PVC pipes and glue. It was great fun and I can’t wait to make a couple more Scout Titans. I’m also going to try to scratch build some Super Heavy Tanks and flyers in the future.

The feet are complete, this fellow has been in the field for a long time!

"I captured it for Chaos!"

It's Latin for "Be just and fear not!"

Side by side with my Chaos Titan from last year

Scratch Built Titan WIP 2

2011-12-08T22:58:00.001-05:00

More shots:

Scratch Built Titan WIP

2011-12-08T07:29:00.002-05:00

Hey Gang,
I've been so busy with getting ready to move that I have had no time to post. To make me "less" crazy, I've started a project I've wanted to do for some time now. As you all know I sold my Armorcast Titans many years ago because of unemployment. Now trying to get those same Titans off of E Bay is too expensive. So I'm kit bashing a Titan from stuff around the house and some left over Armorcast weapons I still have. Here are the Pics of the W.I.P., I will post pics of the finished/painted Titan soon.

- Cheers

I want one of these! Chaos Warlord Titan

2011-11-22T09:55:00.000-05:00

An amazing Chaos Warlord Titan that took this gentleman six months to complete.

His Art Site

Nyrothalatep – Grand Torturer and Herald of the Shards

2011-11-16T20:23:00.002-05:00

OK, here's my entry for Beast of War Necron Giveaway!

Nyrothalatep – Grand Torturer and Herald of the Shards!

Since the new Codex seems to like “guncentric” troops here’s a close combat monster to help the forces of the Necron win the war. With D6 attacks, power weapons tentacles, and a lash whip like grabble which gives the opponents initiative one, he should do the job! I hope I win, it's $500 of Necron Stuff!!!
Oh, and here's my shameless plug, if you are a member of Beasts of War, or plan to be one soon, can you please vote for me here:
http://www.beastsofwar.com/warhammer-40k/necron-shopping-spree/
I thank you and my Son thanks you!

Finished Blood Pact Infantry and Tank.

2011-11-15T06:00:00.002-05:00

OK, here are the shots of my Veteran squad of Blood Pact Infantry.

Yes....

2011-11-11T19:02:00.001-05:00

To all of those folks who have served in all branches of the United States Military,

Thank you....

Still on the table Blood Pact Painting..

2011-11-11T07:42:00.002-05:00

I Started painting last night in between Batman Arkham City and Space Marine Co-op.

Just a few WIP shots...

I’m working on the plan of a Khorne color scheme. Red garb, brass armor bits, and boltgun metal weapons. Some of the extra kit I will pick out in different colors for flair.
here is a Veteran with Wolf Pelt

Finished Lasgunner, Flamer, and Grenade Laiuncher

I'm loving the look...

And if you guys are feeling cheated, just look at this and think about the future. mmmm Lady Death Cos Play!

-Cheers! ;)

Not dead yet...

2011-11-10T13:30:00.003-05:00

Sorry gang, been very busy with life! But I will be posting soon with pics of the Blood Pact and some new armies... - Cheers!

Seven years of happiness...

2011-10-31T08:32:00.000-04:00

A Halloween wedding...

I love you Hon...

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T08:18:00.001-04:00

Eclectic Method - Zombies from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T08:13:00.002-04:00

Blood Pact WIP Gluing complete

2011-10-30T05:36:00.002-04:00

I'm still working on my Blood Pact Veterans. I've finally have all the bits glued together and I think they look very cool. I've used pieces of Chaos Marauders, Dark Eldar, and Ork stuff to give the a barbaric look. Now I just have to paint them.

Here's a Leman Russ Tank that my Son gave me in the first stages of a repaint.

- Cheers

Hmmm...

2011-10-29T12:08:00.002-04:00

Happy Halloween it's almost here!

2011-10-26T15:32:00.000-04:00

My Vampire Costume...

Curb stomped in the land of Chaos

2011-10-23T07:39:00.001-04:00

Well the group did meet at my house and a ton of fun was had. The big overall winner was Jarvis with his unbeaten record of 4 wins for the evening. He fought me twice, once against my new and unused Blood Pact army and my fallback Nurgle Marines, both TERRIBLE losses. Both games were Dawn of War/ Annihilation, Jarvis’ WALL OF METAL won out hands down, 1500 points of Imperial armor including 4 Russ Battle Tank variants, Veteran squads, Vendetta Gunship, and a hero. I ran with a bit more infantry, 3 squads of Veterans, chimera transports for them, three Russ Battle Tank variants, and a Gunship.

Let’s say it ended like this.

I NEED MORE TANKS!
Here are some shots of the first battle…

BOO!

BOO HISS!!!!

These large Ruins should help.... nope.

Keep on Firing!!!

"Those tanks wont see us here Bill!"

My Medusa and Chimera

This how MOST of my tanks ended up.

Firefly Art Posters

2011-10-22T05:24:00.000-04:00

Just too cool...

Just because....

2011-10-21T19:29:00.002-04:00

it rules!

Blood Pact Griffon

2011-10-21T08:02:00.002-04:00

Well it seems I'm going to be throwing the monthly game for the De'Dard Forum this weekend. So i'm not going to have anytime to finish up my Blood Pact Veterans. But, I did finish my Blood Pact Griffin. It's based on an old OOP fantasy Dwarf tank of all things, I think it looks great! Let me know what you think, I will be posting pictures from the coming battles! 1500 points of mayhem! - Cheers!

WIP Blood Pact - Still glueing stuff...

2011-10-19T10:24:00.000-04:00

I’m working on my Blood Pact Veterans; I’m using the War-game Factory’s Alien Suns Shock Troopers.
I’ve just received the models on Tuesday, the shipping was super fast and the box contained 6 plastic sprues. The models are nice, the sprue comes with an amazing amount of extra heads (14 heads/sprue - 84 heads/box!), so much that I’m going to convert some of my OOP Imperial guard to the Blood Pact. Hopefully before the end of the weekend I will have some painted examples to show you.-Cheers!

The Blood Pact’s Part 2 WIP Army shots

2011-10-16T09:55:00.004-04:00

Here are a few more WIP army shots of the Blood Pact forces I'm gathering.

Tanks and Heretics!

Half the army, I have shock troops and more tanks to convert to Chaos.

These figures were setup for my Weird World War 2 games, but nobody in my local area plays these types of games. So I’m going to convert all of my WWW2 figures and vehicles to the Blood Pact cause. I’m not going to do a complete repaint as it would take forever with the amount of figures; I’m just going to paint the armor pieces, like shoulder pads and such. I will be using my resin chaos tanks as Heavy support choices, and I have a bunch of other German and American tanks I can convert as well.

You guys might recognize these troops as Bauhaus Militia, they make great Troops and they are cheap!

Command Platoon, and yes that is the Red Skull!

These are my Salamander Scout Vehicles with extra armor.

The Blood Pact’s Urideshi

2011-10-09T10:54:00.000-04:00

Hey Gang,
Here’s the first installment of my Blood Pact Imperial Guard Army. I’ve converted a few Pz.IV Ausf.D Panzerkampfwagons, (German Panzer Tanks) into The Blood Pact’s Urideshi. Special thanks go out to my buddies The Jarv and Bryan for gifting me the bits and brass etched Chaos stuff. Plus a few shots of some Warzone Heretics I'm going to use as infantry. - Cheers

Team Unicorn does it again!

2011-10-08T07:11:00.002-04:00

Seeds of Arkham by Batinthesun

Reading the Gaunt's Ghost novels written by Dan Abnett

2011-10-06T05:13:00.003-04:00

So I've just started reading Gaunt's Ghost Omnibus "The Lost" and have learned about the arch enemy "The Blood Pact". Now That I'm almost done with my inquisitor army I'm thinking of started a Imperial Guard Khorne Army for my Winter project. I know many of my fellow Gamers have started there own, but I wanted to have a go. I'm thinking of using mostly kit bashed World War Two tanks and models for the army (I love to kit bash!) and Warzone Heretics as my infantry. Below is a break down of the ARCH ENEMY and some pictures of fellow gamers with their conversions. - Cheers!

Slayer Sword Winner at the French Golden Demon 2006 - Blood Pact Trooper
by Alfonso Giraldes-Bermejo

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The true and natural likeness of the beings sworn into the vile Blood Pact is rarely seen, for they choose to conceal their faces behind snarling iron face-masks of a crude and ancient pattern. It is certain for the most part that they are humans or human-mutants, though unconfirmed rumours speak of other xenos breed creatures inducted into their ranks.

In general terms, the Blood Pact warriors encountered by Imperial forces usually resemble a ragged or barbaric regiment of the Imperial Guard. They wear fabric battledress uniforms either looted from the corpses of Guardsmen, or manufactured to resemble a basic Imperial design. Over this are worn packs, webbing and the usual assortment of infantry kit, including heavy field boots and a steel bowl-helmet. Because their kit, equipment and battle dress is essentially a mix of plunder and homemade, no two Blood Pact troopers are ever identical. Their appearance is rough and ill kempt: their clothing torn, patched and dirty, and helmets chipped and grazed.

True to their name, the warriors of the Pact present themselves in blood red. The helmets are painted an arterial crimson, and the uniforms dyed red.

It is common knowledge that the blood of enemies is used for this latter purpose as one of the Pact's sorcerous rituals prior to battle. As a result, the Blood Pact warriors exude a revolting, charnel stink, made even less pleasant by the unguents and oils with which they anoint their bodies, and their own parlous standards of hygiene.

A Blood Pact warrior's hands always remain bare and ungloved to display the ghastly ritual scars across the palms and knuckles, made at the time of induction to the Pact. In cases where Blood Pact troops have been captured, or when opportunities have arisen to examine their corpses, it has often been found that this ritual scarring covers other parts of the body and face.

The ritual iron visors known as grotesques worn by the Blood Pact are variations on a single basic design. The masks portray a howling, screaming, grimacing (some say leering) face, often with a great hooked nose or chin, or both, like a carnival masque. For most ranks, this mask is pitch black, though senior commanders may wear silver or even gold grotesques. Such 'officers' also affect uniform styles equivalent to the Imperial Guard, with epaulets, gold frogging and jackboots, etc.

The Blood Pact speak all the languages of corruption and thanks to their many origin worlds a haphazard mix of Imperial dialects and sub-dialects.

However, Warmaster Macaroth's tactical advisors have determined that the Blood Pact use their own unique 'battle tongue' or combat jargon in the theatre. This, so far, has proved indecipherable.

HOMEWORLD
The Blood Pact, by their very nature, have no homeworld. They recruit from the murky feral worlds of the Chaos Marches beyond Imperial territory, and also from the populations of worlds they conquer and overrun.

Myths and hearsay speak of the order arising on an outworld called Ghourra or Gaurra on the edge of the disputed Sabbat Worlds. This would be some three thousand years ago. The dynastic, tribal society of Ghourra was ruled by a feudal overlord, or Gaur (alt 'Ghour' or 'Gour'). The Gaur surrounded himself with an elite warrior priesthood who conducted the ritual observances by which the Gaur made tribute to his daemon-god, Khorne. This priesthood evolved over time into an outright bodyguard which practised its martial skills as strictly and diligently as the priesthood had conducted their bloody rites.

As the Gaur's strength grew, and his influence began to spread to neighbouring worlds, it was this bodyguard force that led the conquering armies. Soon it became a mark of respect to be 'bloody pacted' to the Gaur.

Numbers grew, recruiting from vassal worlds, and the bodyguard became an army in its own right. Thus was the Blood Pact as we know it spawned.

Uniquely, every single member of the Blood Pact (and tactical estimates suggest there may be as many as three quarters of a million Blood Pact warriors) is personally inducted into service by the Gaur himself. To prove his allegiance in blood to both the Gaur and the Blood God, each aspirant ritually gashes his hands on the sharpened edges of the Gaur's battle armour.

FIRST CONTACT
The Blood Pact were first encountered during the Imperial Crusade to liberate the Sabbat Worlds, a chain of nearly one hundred inhabited systems along the edge of the Segmentum Pacificus. An oft-disputed area, the Sabbat Worlds had first been colonised as part of the Imperium in M35, when Chaos was driven from that sector by the original crusade of St Sabbat, a shepherd girl from Hagia, after whom the worlds were named. In the late 600s and early 700s of M41, a vast Chaos host commanded by the abominable warlord, or 'Archon' Nadzybar swept through the Sabbat Worlds and tore them out of Imperial hands. Nadzybar's host raised in the feral marches beyond Imperial space was not one single army, but in fact a cooperative alliance of many, each one led by its own demagogue warlord. These warlords became Nadzybar's lieutenants, and the names of many live in infamy: Anakwanar Sek, Enok Innokenti, Shebol Red-Hand, Sholen Skara, Heritor Asphodel, Nokad the Blighted, Qux of the Eyeless and Urlock Gaur.

In 755.M41, the High Lords of Terra charged the great Slaydo with the task of raising a liberating army and retaking the Sabbat Worlds. Slaydo, who had already assembled a considerable force to victoriously prosecute the Khulan Wars, was named Warmaster, and quickly built a formidable Crusade host.

http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2010/08/blood-pact-army.html

For ten years, this massive Imperial assault force struggled to gain a foothold in the Sabbat Worlds, for the Archon's armies were monstrously powerful. Eventually, Warmaster Slaydo manoeuvred his Crusade force into place to take on a major part of Nadzybar's strength at Balhaut. Though Slaydo himself perished in the battle, this was a famous Imperial victory. Archon Nadzybar was slain and his forces put to rout. Under Macaroth, Slaydo's successor as Warmaster, the Imperial Crusade began to drive the Chaos presence from the Sabbat Worlds.

But even with Nadzybar dead, this was not an easy task. By 772.M41, after protracted infighting, a new Archon had emerged from the ranks of the warlords to take Nadzybar's place. This was Urlock Gaur. His forces began to counter-attack Macaroth's, thus beginning the third and perhaps most bitter phase of the protracted conflict.

Gaur's Blood Pact had been encountered in combat during the early years of the Crusade, but never properly identified. However, once he became Archon, the Blood Pact became a backbone element of the Chaos host. It is believed many other arch-enemy units and divisions, wishing to prove their loyalty to the new Archon, converted to the Blood Pact. The trained and disciplined nature of the Pact also appealed to the many converted, corrupted or traitorous Imperial Guard units captured during Nadzybar's occupation of the Sabbat Worlds. Within just a few years, the Crusade forces came to recognise the Blood Pact as elite infantry of the arch-enemy.

COMBAT CAPABILITIES
The Blood Pact is a martial force of distinction, a fact that often takes its enemies by surprise. The forces of Chaos are often feral, ruthless and zealous and while savage assets in battle these qualities often mitigate against effective battlefield operations. Unlike, for example, the Kith who followed Sholen Skara, the Blood Pact is not an army of poorly-equipped fanatics who overrun their enemies by sheer berserk fury. The Blood Pact is drilled and trained in warfare techniques to a standard of competence at least equivalent to the Imperial Guard. They have excellent (often captured) communication systems, and an unshakeable chain of command, meaning that they can be confidently deployed with tactical precision. The Blood Pact can hit specific targets or accomplish specific missions, and individual warriors have the intelligence and field training to operate independently, if necessary, for the Pact's interests. This is what makes them so dangerous. They are not mindless fanatics; they are excellent battlefield soldiers in the sworn service of Chaos.

Certain elite or veteran sections of the Pact coterie form the so-called 'Death Brigades', representing the finest and most ruthless storm squads in the Blood Pact. Though comparatively few in number, the Death Brigades are often encountered at the spearhead of assaults, as the private company of senior Chaos leaders, or deployed on specialist missions, and are justly the most dreaded of all Blood Pact units.

TECHNOLOGY
A representative Blood Pact trooper will be armed with a lasgun or autogun as his primary weapon. Troopers may also carry pistols, stick grenades and bayonets. In close-quarter environments such as trenches or when storming techniques are required, they favour plate or chain mail tunics and arm themselves with billhooks, trench clubs and grenades. Some are able combat specialists in the field of demolition or marksmanship.

Blood Pact units will contain a mix of heavy and support weapons comparable to the Imperial Guard, including heavy autoguns, flamers, mortars and rocket launchers. Some Imperial theorists claim that the officers of the Blood Pact deliberately style their organisation on the model of the Imperial Guard, and it is certainly the case that traitor Guardsmen are used to hone and improve the basic combat abilities of the Pact. Such traitors thankfully rare are distributed throughout the Pact's numbers to disseminate good techniques.

Others point out that Blood Pact armaments resemble those of the Imperial Guard because these are the most commonly plundered. Several munition-producing forge worlds especially Neffethyl and Urdesh were amongst the planets conquered in the Sabbat cluster, and from them the Blood Pact have enjoyed a ready supply of Guard-quality weapons.

The Blood Pact again thanks to the captured forge worlds and spoils of war have proficient armour and artillery divisions. Imperial field pieces are often found in their possession. Blood Pact armour is generally slightly inferior to standard Imperial, most of it being Urdeshi-pattern armoured cars such as the STeG 4, and the AT70 Reaver-pattern tanks, though they do also have more limited numbers of the larger and more powerful AT83 Brigand-pattern tanks, as well as captured examples of Leman Russ and Chimera. The Blood Pact also fields Defilers, as well as a lighter-armoured variation known as the Stalk-tank. Stalk-tanks are powered by six arachniform piston limbs, and are armed with double pulse-lasers in mini-turrets. On very rare occasions, the Pact has also been found to have Baneblade super-heavy tanks in its vanguard. All Blood Pact armoured vehicles are painted red, inscribed with numerous obscene Khornate slogans, and are often decorated with the skulls and hides of their enemies.

THREAT INDEX AND IMPERIAL POLICY
The Blood Pact is a direct and grave military threat to Imperial security in the Segmentum Pacificus. Its disciplined and trained nature means that it represents something of elite branch of the arch-enemy's host. Furthermore, concern must be expressed as to its increasing size. Urlock Gaur is a charismatic leader, and the Blood Pact is an aspirational order for many young warriors. The Blood Pact is also a painful object lesson as to how the primary skills and strengths of the noble Imperial Guard may be turned against the Imperium itself.

Imperial military leaders are urged to suppress Blood Pact activity wherever it is found. The appearance of Blood Pact forces must be communicated at all costs to Fleet or sub-sector command, as it indicates a pre-planned, tactical enemy action as opposed to a random uprising or raid.

The vile and heretical legions of Chaos are ordinarily a supreme menace to the Imperium of Man because of their bludgeoning ferocity and near numberless strengths. The Blood Pact is a rare example of a more precise and deliberate destructive force.

Records also show that though the Pact show little quarter, they are more likely to attempt to turn and recruit Imperial soldiers (by force if necessary) than other Chaos forces.

PECULIARITIES
A marked trait of the Blood Pact is its willingness to collaborate with xenos breeds and alien mercenaries from the outworlds and marches to achieve military objectives. Most notably, the Blood Pact often operates alongside non-human mercenaries called the Loxatl, using them as shock troops.

The Loxatl are sinuous, non-humanoid quadrupeds evolved from amphibian forms. Slighter larger than a human, they are extremely swift and dexterous, and use large dew-claws to give them purchase on any surface, allowing them to run up walls and across ceilings. Out of water, the vision, hearing and smell of these grey-skinned aliens is dull, and they rely on powerful taste and vibration sensing to hunt and corner prey.

The Loxatl use a weapon of alien design known as a flechette blaster. They carry these powerful weapons along with ammunition bandoliers on their torsos, mounted on mechanical armatures that fire the weapons via some unknown mind impulse device. This leaves a Loxatl's limbs free for climbing.

The blasters fire deadly shot-bursts filled with millions of razor-sharp filaments that shred armour and cause grievous wounds in their targets flesh.

Loxatl are believed to operate in small, 'brood group' units of biological kin, communicating by vibration, subsonic calls and when in close proximity iridescent patternings that they are able to flash and move across their skins. Imperial Guardsmen have reported that nearby Loxatl activity can often be detected by a nauseating smell, a mix of rancid milk and crushed mint.

URLOCK GAUR AND HIS LIEUTENANTS
To the Blood Pact, the only personality of note is Urlock Gaur himself, for not only is he their warlord and commander-in-chief, but it is to him personally that they pledge themselves forever in blood. Gaur sometimes leads the massed Pact forces himself, but so tight is its discipline, and so great his faith in it, he is happy to charge divisions to the command of senior officers or other warlords. A good example of this would be the devastating attack on the Khan Group on 773. This counter-stroke against Crusade forces was conducted by Enok Innokenti, one of Gaur's trusted demagogue lieutenants. A vast force of Blood Pact warriors, including armour and Death Brigades, was entrusted to Innokenti's command, and their murderous onslaught was only brought to an end when they were fought to a standstill during the extraordinary battle to take the Civitas Beati on Herodor. Other Blood Pact elements were serving under Anakwanar Sek when he overran the forge world at Urdesh, thus providing the Blood Pact forces with a vast and ready source of armour and field weapons. Blood Pact combat resilience was also displayed during their epic defence of the fortress world Morlond, during which period then enjoyed the direct command of the Gaur himself.

VESH ETOGAUR AND THE AKKORITE SLAUGHTER
The sheer efficiency of Blood Pact operations can be demonstrated by the battle of the Akkorite Peninsula on Belshiir Binary in 771. Belshiir is a vital and much-contested world due to the prometheum wells, refineries and processing depots clustered around the Gulf of Akkor. The peninsula itself provides a land-bridge access between the Hinter Deserts and the gulf-coast highways linking the refineries. Here, in ferocious, sun-blasted terrain, a force of two hundred Blood Pact troopers, supported by four stalk-tanks and two Loxatl brood groups, cut off, overwhelmed and annihilated a force of three thousand Imperial Guardsmen. The Guard elements were advancing across the peninsula with the intention of capturing the B'shen Atok refinery, and recon assessment had reported only a limited number of hostiles active in the zone. The Pact force, greatly outnumbered, was commanded by an officer called Vesh Etogaur (the second word possibly indicative of rank, as in 'demi-gaur' or colonel). Under his strict command, the Pact force lay in baking heat for three days without faltering or breaking line until the Imperial unit had moved into the cone of their ambush. The resulting slaughter lasted twenty two minutes. None of the Guardsmen survived, and the refinery remained in the hands of the arch-enemy for a further fifteen months.

'They hide their faces in snarling iron, but the cruelty in their hearts is manifest in their brutal deeds. We are lost and we are done. May the God-Emperor forgive our failure and protect our souls.' last transmission of General DeLestt, Urdesh.

'If you are the last man standing, you're not fighting hard enough.' attributed to Colonel Kaldenbach's commissars, facing the Blood Pact at the Civitas Beati, Herodor, 773.M41.

Snicker...

2011-10-04T06:46:00.001-04:00

Sucker Punch Figures

2011-10-02T08:01:00.000-04:00

Ok I finally got some time to finish up those Sucker Punch Figures. Now because of the War-store’s mess up I don’t have my Sweet Pea Model, so I’m going to have to wait for that model to come later. Here are the three that I have now. I’m using them as my Cult Assassins for my Inquisitorial Army.

Rocket, Baby Doll, and Amber

Rocket

Baby Doll

Amber

Warhammer 40k Lore In A Minute

2011-09-28T21:38:00.002-04:00

My Day off...

2011-09-23T17:16:00.002-04:00

Well I had a day off today to get some dental work done.. YAY! But after I did get some time to paint some figures for this weekend's games... here are the shots:

These are my "Grey Knights" the one in the front there is an OOP Grey Knight model.

Here's a shot of my Termite in a game, it worked out pretty well!

Another Shot

Here's another HQ unit for my force.

The back showing some cloak detail

More OOP models for my Inquisitorial force

Oh that's why the Sisters of battle are armed to the teeth!

I'm writing up a 1500 point force for this weekend I can't wait to play!.... -Cheers

EDIT:
Just want to give a heads up, on Netflix right now they are showing

High School of the Dead by Gakuen Mokushiroku.

it's fantastic and I'm getting a ton of ideas for my Zombie Apocalypse games. After a virus turns the teachers and pupils of Fujimi High School into zombies, a group of surviving students arm themselves with an arsenal of homemade weapons in a bid to survive the undead menace that soon sweeps across the globe.

Classic Zombie Killers! tee hee...

Space Marine FREE Co-Op addition in early October.

2011-09-14T06:44:00.001-04:00

I can't wait!

Confirmed Info:

1.) Space Marine will have 4 player online Co-Op and will be FREE to anyone who purchases the game.
2.) Co-Op will be Space Marine vs. Orks ; Forces of Chaos.
3.) All 3 Multiplayer classes will be available (Tactical Marine, Devastator or Assault Marine)
4.) Multiplayer Perks can be applied to each of the 3 classes that you have unlocked via Multiplayer progression
5.) Co-Op progression will apply to your multiplayer ranking (Unlocks perks; weapons)

6.) Co-Op will initially launch with 2 scenarios: Assault on Hab Center Andreas & Escape from Kalkys Facility. Each will include multiple arenas.
7.) Co-Op will be score based featuring global leaderboards. There will be score multipliers and dynamic challenges to help teams boost their scores.

Inquisitorial Henchmen Part One

2011-09-12T20:44:00.001-04:00

OK so I have the core force I want to play with, but now I have to paint them as an army. There is a good chance that I am going to repaint a lot of the older Warhammer 40k Figures I have, most of them I painted way back in the late 80’s and 90’s and really need a touch up. I’ve pulled a lot of the older Imperial guard figures, some of these are back around the Rogue Trader days. See below.

They kind of look like a bad 80's band from Australia.

Where's my Vegemite Sandwich?

Give us the Gas!

If you can believe this, these are Imperial Guard troopers!

Hey watch it with that old Needle Pistol Sonny!

Mutant Scum perhaps?

These really need to be stripped and repainted; I want to go with a uniformed color scheme. Mostly Black and bone with highlights in red. I’m not sure if I will Simple Green the figures or just paint over what’s been chipped and painted.

I love my Melta Gun!

Gideon Ravenor (Interrogator, later Inquisitor)

I also have 99.9 percent of my Sucker Punch squad for my Death Cult Assassins. (A mistake from the Warstore has left me missing my Sweet Pea, but I should get her soon.) Plus some Grey Knights from my Son.

I also have these two Warrior Acolytes, which will stand as my Warrior and Body Guard.

Well I have a lot of work in front of me....
-Cheers!

EDIT:
Here are a few shots of the Grey Knights and the Termite I touched up.

I’ve been very busy… Gaming on the X-Box!

2011-09-09T08:58:00.001-04:00

DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for not posting lately, but I’ve been working on some painting projects and playing too much Space Marine! OH MY BOD! What a very cool game! I’m working my way through the campaign, taking it slow and enjoying the mayhem. Space Marine is not a complicated game, there’s little to the story beyond kill all the Ork troops because they’re bad, then kill all the Chaos troops because they’re worse, but hey it’s the name of the game right?

I’m really enjoying the Multi-player even though it’s a little limited, and let’s be honest the Assault troops are way over powered and need to be cut back a bit. But right now I’m at level 10 and working my way to level 41, so I’m happy… This weekend should be fun, it’s my Son’s 16th birthday and we should be playing a few games.

What you lookin at kid???

I will post a battle report. Till then – Cheers!

My Birthday almost over

2011-08-31T22:39:00.003-04:00

Well it's almost bed time and I'm wrapping up my birthday, it was tons of fun. I had a great lunch with my Wife, Sushi and Saki! I received from her a $50 gift certificate from the War-store, that I use to purchase some cool female figures for my Inquisitor Army. I went with the REAPER CHRONOSCOPE Line for the figures, after seeing Sucker Punch I wanted those girls to be part of my retinue. See below:

BabyDoll

Amber

Rocket

Sweat Pea

I also Purchased a couple of Gears of Wars looking troopers, I also got some Gear 9 tokens for 40K. I should get them by this weekend. I also got a new IPOD and a Pre-Purchase of Space Marine for my X-Box 360. She also purchased for me a GI Joe toy which I asked for so that I can turn it into An Imperial Termite.
An Imperial Termite is a transport choice for Imperial Guard, Witch Hunters, Cult Mechanicus and Space Marine forces. It acts like a drop pod and those are the rules I will use for it. Here are a few shots of the original Epic scale figure and the 40K Scale that Epicast made back in the 1990's.

Here is the smallest underground troop transport, the Termite. Released in the Summer of 1989 with rules in White Dwarf 116. also a Termite on its transport vehicle.

The 40K Termite from Epicast is almost identical to the Epic Emerging Termite. Seats 10 comfortably.

Next is the grand Mole ready to be launched with its cargo of 20 troopers.

I just finished painting mine up while watching Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino. (It was a hoot!) Here are the pics of the model.

I also watched an interesting movie Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.
So it ends and so begins my 49th year on this globe, I hope it goes well...
-Cheers

Happy Birthday to me!

2011-08-31T06:21:00.000-04:00

I'm officially OLD today, just a reminder... I've been playing 40K since the 1980s... yup old.... Have a great day troops and enjoy these funny pictures via the Jarv!

My “Eisenhorn” Ordo Malleus Inquisitor Force

2011-08-28T12:32:00.000-04:00

Ordo Malleus Inquisitor

Power Armor, Plasma Pistol, Daemon Sword

with Alizebeth Bequin (Untouchable)

(6) Warrior Acolytes - Jakaal’s Sword Brotherhood

Powered Armor, Bolters, Chainswords.

(6) Arco-Flagellants
Feel no pain - no pictures

2 Squads of Grey Knight Terminators

Force Halberds, Incinerator

Psykers

Plus other members of the War band based on the points cost per game

Female Warrior Acolytes

Banishers

Plus the Vehicles in the last few posts... - Cheers!

Inquisitorial Guncutter

2011-08-27T18:43:00.000-04:00

For my game tomorrow I needed a Storm Raven Gunship, so I took an idea from the book Eisenhorn and built this.
The Guncutter: From the Eisenhorn Wiki
The most powerful conventional weapon in his arsenal was his gun-cutter, a personal spacecraft capable of atmospheric flight, if not independent Warp-travel. Large enough to contain cabins and crew-quarters for a half-dozen people as well as a sizable cargo deck, the cutter was fast, agile and well-armed with several autocannon turrets.

WIP GEV Kit Bash Tank - Painting, weathering, making a mess...

2011-08-24T21:23:00.002-04:00

Well this is the first time I’ve tried different techniques to weather and make this model look realistic, beaten, and used. I consider it a partial success, but I’m not really happy with the salt technique. I started with air brushing some dark brown and green onto the body of the tank and turret, using my airbrush for the first time in 10 years. I then used the hair spray and salt method so I could get a worn and chip paint look.

That part was fine, but getting the salt off was a bitch and I followed some directions to wash the salt off with warm water and a toothbrush, that failed big time! The water removed more paint then I would have liked and I was stuck with a soggy mess. I finally had to brush all of the lose paint off and let the whole thing dry out. There was a bit of good weathering effect left so I decided to dry brush the black areas left with gun metal and touch up some of the spotty area with enamel. Here are the shots, please provide opinions, I think it looks OK… - Cheers

WIP GEV Kit Bash Tank

2011-08-18T22:22:00.000-04:00

Hey Gang, I'm working on my kit bash project to get some more tanks for my Inquisitor force I'm writing up for the next Warhammer 40K Meet at the end of the month. Here are a few shots in the raw:

I'm going to be using this as a Chimera

Based on a US Bradley Model and other Bitz Box odds and ends

I'm hoping to get some more stuff added to the under carriage.

Ground Effect Vehicle G.E.V.

Well I need to do some more work, but I will be posting more pics soon. -Cheers!

Mech and Tank attack! or I need to kit bash soon!

2011-08-14T08:36:00.002-04:00

I'm getting kind of burnt out on Eldar and need to get my creative juices flowing again. As you know, I love to take old WW2 tanks and equipment and turn them into 40K vehicles. Like my Neo Brits , the Fifth Reich, and my Neo Soviet Tank the T70.I've been reading up on some Ma.K. sites about painting and building a more realistic MECH army. This site: Krueger's Krieger has some AMAZING work. I want to build some Imperial Guard tanks and Chaos walkers, I'm going to bu using these pictures and sites as an inspiration. Of course I will be posting pictures of my work, maybe even a W.I.P./How to. -Cheers!

The Grand Eldar project. Rangers and Spiders and a Snake...

2011-08-12T21:11:00.000-04:00

Hey Gang,

My Vacation is almost over, I just have this weekend and Monday, then it's back to the grind. This following week we should have some grand battles since my Son is staying over for a week. I have a good portion of his Eldar army completed and I have some ideas for next weekend's bring and battle at Jeff's. I'm writing up a 1500 point Inquisitor force. Here are some shots of the Eldar Rangers and the Warp Spiders I've completed.

My Wife Paula and I went hiking and ran into a rather large snake! Here's a few vacation shots, (more for my kids to check out!)

Paula by the waterfall

The Waterfall

Cool Rock stairway

Me on the stairs

The Scary Snake!

and the scary trail!

- Cheers!

Painting Figures and Listening to things....

2011-08-08T19:26:00.003-04:00

Well, my SUPER FUN VACATION has started this week with me painting more Eldar figures. I will be posting more pictures, but right now I'm trying to find interesting things to listen to while I paint. I've found this!

NEBULOUS!

Professor Nebulous and his team of eco-trouble shooters struggle against alien threat and ecological disaster ...

The year is 2099. Professor Nebulous returns with his team of inept eco-trouble shooters in the third series of this hilarious sci-fi sit com. NEBULOUS continues the adventures of K.E.N.T. - the Key Environmental Non-Judgemental Taskforce in their struggle against alien threat and eco-logical disaster. Like some strange collision of Doctor Who, Quatermass and Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, series two beams back in with more monsters, more mayhem and more bizarre and inventive plots. Starring Mark Gatiss of the multi award winning League of Gentlemen as the brilliant but erratic Professor Nebulous, ably supported by the show's writer Graham Duff (Ideal) along side Rosie Caveliero (Spoons) and Paul Putner (Little Britain).
Here are some links to the Radio Plays:

The Buzzing

Night Of The Vegetarians

Past Must Be Destroyed, The

Rebel Without A Cortex

Photo Collection: Khorne Marine Army

2011-08-07T14:07:00.000-04:00

OOP Khorne Marines: Collection spanning 20 years of troops.

Photo Collection: Nurgle Marine Army

2011-08-07T08:42:00.000-04:00

OOP Nurgle Marines: Collection spanning 20 years of troops.

Eldar vs. Arachnid Horde 2000 point Battle pics

2011-07-30T18:20:00.003-04:00

The Arachnid Horde

So I had a small battle with my son yesterday, 2000 points Eldar vs. Tyranids. It went very well the Bug horde feasting on the yummy Eldar innards. Here are some shots:

1 Hive Tyrant: Armored shell, Heavy Venom Cannon, Scything Talons and a Brood of 3 Zoanthropes.

5 Tyranid Warrior Brood: Deathspitters and rending claws.

1 Tyrannofex with Rupture Cannon.

The Parasite of Mortrex.

2 Genestealer Broods of 20 each with a Brood Lord.

2 Broods of 5 Raveners.

The Eldar Host

10 Howling Banshees

Falcon for the Fire Dragons

Wave Serpent and Dire Avengers in cover

Falcon Grav Tanks

Asurmen and Dire Avengers

Fire Dragons stalking the Warriors

Dire Avengers up high

Falcons vs Zoanthropes

Dire Avengers flee from the Genestealer Horde

Grave Tank and Banshee support

Genestealer Horde attacks

Lance attack!

Last stand for the Banshees

Bugs ripping into the transports

Objective 1 protected

Bugs attack Dire Avengers

Banshees destroyed

Weapon Destroyed

Grav Destroyed

SDCC: Gameplay preview from Warhammer 40K Space Marine

2011-07-26T05:57:00.000-04:00

PS: What a horrible interview for such an awesome game.

Must see this! LOL!!!

2011-07-24T17:16:00.002-04:00

Back from the Movies...

2011-07-23T17:36:00.001-04:00

I just got back from seeing Captain America and was pretty happy with it. At the end of the movie there was the Trailer for Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers which really rocked my world, it's coming out on May 2012.

There are some Avengers promos going at SDCC, four character posters being given away by Marvel at their booth and Captain America's new Avengers uniform in a glass case. Here are the shots:

Hawkeye

Captain America

Iron Man


The Black Widow

I might go see it again with the kids... - Cheers.

Pre-Order Armour Sets Vs. Standard Chapters

2011-07-21T18:19:00.000-04:00

This is straight from Space Marine (THQ)

THQSledgehammer here with an update on the pre-order armor sets and the standard chapters in-game.

As some of the eagle-eyed fans out there will have noticed from the customization videos released today the game includes most chapters which you can customize yourself, not to mention a badge and color system that allows you to make the others. Now this has caused a bit of confusion as to what the difference between these chapters and the pre-order content is.

The simple answer is there is a basic version of every pre-order chapter in the game which you can customize, so it doesn’t matter where you buy it, you will be able to build your own Space Wolf, Black Templar and Blood Raven, not to mention the forces of Chaos. However, the pre-order content includes very cool elements for these classes which will not be available any other way.

Take the Space Wolves for example, the pre-order set includes some awesome unique wargear which any Space Wolf champion would be proud of. The character skin includes a wolf pelt, a wolf head design back-pack, custom chest emblem, helmet and knee pads making the player stand out even more on the battlefield.

Below are images of all of the pre-order skins alongside the standard variant (not customized) available to everyone. Hopefully this will help you decide which pack is right for you. Don’t forget that we have limited quantities of the collector’s edition, so if you were on the fence because you didn’t think you could play as your favorite chapter, now’s the time to pre-order!

Space Marine Pre-Order: http://bit.ly/lc51eG

The Grand Eldar project. What I've completed so far...

2011-07-20T18:38:00.000-04:00

Here are some pictures of what I've completed so far, I'm about halfway done.

Center shot the Army and the Avatar.

Fire dragons, Support Guns, and Wraith Lords

Howling Banshees and Walkers

Dire Avengers

OOP Falcan Grave Tank

Anti Grav Support Guns

Falcon and Wave Serpent

Now to the rest of the Army.... - Cheers

My Son's Grandfather...

2011-07-16T21:11:00.001-04:00

A wonderful man....

WOW! Look at what I found! A Tron Light Cycle!

2011-07-16T14:35:00.000-04:00

My wife and I just went shopping for a new blender and usually go to the store 5 Below to look for cheap toys that I can use for gaming. When low and behold I see in the two dollar rack TRON Die cast Vehicles! 90% of the Vehicles are out of scale but the one thing that caught my eye was spot on.
Kevin Flynn's Light Cycle!
It will be perfect my Son's Eldar Tron Army I'm working on. They only had two, but I will keep on searching in every 5 Below store until I can have a squad of 5.

I can't wait to use them! - Cheers!

The Thing

2011-07-14T20:40:00.000-04:00

One of my favorite all time movies....

Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The shape-shifting creature, accidentally unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but inside, it remains inhuman. In the thriller "The Thing," paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers as they're infected, one by one, by a mystery from another planet.

Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.

When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.

"The Thing" serves as a prelude to John Carpenter's classic 1982 film of the same name.

<a href='http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-trailers/#/video/f749b83d-e1d0-4983-a918-a9c3914b03c0' target='_new' title=''The Thing' Movie Trailer' >Video: 'The Thing' Movie Trailer</a>

Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team!

2011-07-14T20:25:00.000-04:00

Playing this now on my X-Box!

Trygon Prime Project: Details and Done.

2011-07-13T21:18:00.000-04:00

OK this is the last night I'm giving for this model, I've added detailing, a finale wash and just a basic black base. (The owner can base it if he likes). So this took me three full evenings, not too bad. Here are the last photos:

Thanks for watching...

Trygon Prime Project: Venom Sacks and Organs

2011-07-13T06:53:00.000-04:00

Just a few more shots of details, Venom Sacks and Organs. I'm using a Future wash with red blood and blue to create a bloody effect. Here are the shots:

Trygon Prime Project: The Blue and the Goo

2011-07-12T22:05:00.000-04:00

Day two of my project, I've now added new colors, inks and washes...

I’ve finished up with the dry brushing and now started adding inks, a blue, green, and clear acrylic wash.

Side View

Close up of the mandibles

Scary!

Still more to do... Good night all!

Trygon Prime Project: The Black and the Blue

2011-07-11T22:10:00.001-04:00

I'm stepping away from Eldar for this week and trying my go with a monstrosity. The Trygon, it's for a friend who's just started the hobby and hasn't gotten his painting hat on yet. He's ask for a blue color scheme here are some beginning shots:

Black Primer "Krylon"

Close up

Stage one the Prime and the Blue first block colors

A dry brush of Marine Dark Blue, Regal Blue, and Enchanted Blue.

This is only step one... Cheers!

I worked on the skin this morning, some light blue and violet.

The New Howling Banshees - Eldar Project

2011-07-08T07:33:00.001-04:00

Here's the test paint for the Howling Banshees for my Son's army.

Three stages

More photos from the The Fall of the Wolf.

2011-07-05T08:13:00.001-04:00

Just a photo record...

Dire Avengers taking Bolter hits from the Grey Hunters

The second setup for Planet Strike.

The aftermath, tons of Melta bomb troopers.

Blade Storm VS my Terminators.

Dire Avengers and Fire Dragons Destroying my Bunkers

Dire Avengers Warping in

Fire Dragons Destroying my Bunker.

D-Cannons and War Walkers coming in.

The Avatar and Fire Dragons

The Avatar and Fire Dragons taking hits.