Update: Battlefleet Gothic Image Gallery

Good news everyone!  I resized all of the hideously big pictures in the Battlefleet Gothic gallery.  Sadly this doesn’t fix all previous posts, but it makes the gallery pics load in a reasonable amount of time.  Expect the same treatment for the other galleries soon!

Edit: Blood Bowl is now browser friendly too!  As well as Necromunda!

Whirlwinds, Hunters and a Thunderhawk, oh my!

Finished: One Whirlwind formation for barrage power.  Four Hunters, which is all I’ll ever need, and a Thunderhawk Gunship for air transport capability.

Next: TERMINATORS.

On My Plate: 5-17-11

-Epic 40,000: Going to start Whirlwinds and Hunters today.  MAOW is playing this Saturday and I want at least SOME painted minis to show them…

-Warmachine: Menoth starter box after Epic.  ON HOLD.

-Azure Flames: Need to convert a stand in for Kor’Sarro Khan, and mod up a Chaplain on Bike.  I also need to conceptualize an Honor Guard unit for Perseus.  Status: ON HOLD. The Flames are complete enough for now.

-Orks: Need to complete painting all minis, possibly buy one more box of Boys but no more. Status: ON HOLD pending spring.  I need warm temperatures outside to do dipping, as I cannot do it indoors due to cares.

-The Saratogan 58th: Need to build most of the minis and paint up at least 1500 points to start learning how to play Guard.  Status: ON HOLD.  Way too much on my plate to start an army from almost scratch.

Why do you do this?

As those 3 people who read this blog know, I post each link to each new post on my Facebook page so that friends can keep up with my inane, possibly syphilis-induced ramblings.   Some, however, have no idea what I do this blog and this hobby for.

So, why again with the tiny mans and the painting?

1. It’s awesome. Seriously, who doesn’t think that an army of nine-foot tall super soldiers clad in powered armour is cool?  If you said “me” then do everyone a favor and jump out of a tall building, please.  I wouldn’t play a game if I thought the idea behind the game was dumb.

2. It gives me an outlet for my artistic imagination. During almost all of my pre-college years, I was vehemently anti-art.  In high school I had some fun in Metals, Ceramics, and Drawing and Painting, but most of the time I felt inadequate based on the works of the talented artist kids in the room.  Plus, my elementary art teacher was a HORRIFIC NIGHTMARE of a woman for whom all I did was worthless and deserving of hate and venom.  When I started painting minis, not only did it fill the vacuum in my creativity left empty for so long, but it also made me feel good because it was an art thing I was good at.  Wooo self esteem.

3. All wargames are social. While there are a few people who just paint minis to paint them, I do it to play the game.  To do this, I need people other than myself, which means getting out of the house and speaking to other human beings.  This is one of the few things keeping me from letting my beard grow and saving my urine in a jar.

4. It’s fun. The entire point to do all of these things is to have fun.  If you don’t think wargaming can be fun then A: youve never tried it, B: you haven’t found the right wargame that appeals to your aesthetic and creative tastes, or C: you suck.  For A and B, the answer is to get gaming and ask people about games they play.  For C, stop sucking.

So there’s another little manifesto whipped into the internet due to boredom.  I hope you relieved as much boredom from reading it as I did by writing it.  Now, as cliches are the order of the day, I shall ride off into the sunset.  Goodnight and good luck.

Azure Flames 4th Company

The Azure Flames 4th Company.

Next on the Epic Dockett: Thunderhawk, 4x Whirlwinds, and a Hunter.

ONE HUNDRED SPACE MARINES

4th Co. Infantry done.  Next: 8 Rhinos and the 4th Co. is complete!

Space Marines in a chapter: 1000

Marines I’ve painted: 100

Boo-yah.

Epic 4th Co. Devastators

Space Marines in a Chapter: 1000

Marines I’ve painted: 70

Making progress!  Next: 6 more tactical formations and then 8 Rhinos!

In loving admiration: Dan’s 18th Company Night Lords

HOLY.

CRAP.

This is one of the most extensive and professional collections of unique conversions and paint jobs.  This guy, Dan, is making a huge Night Lords army.  Check it out here: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?showtopic=172506

Treat yourself.  Read the whole thread.

Epic 4th Co. Assault Squads

Halfway done with the infantry for the 4th co. of the Azure Flames.  Lexington complained about my image sizes, so these should be no more than 600 pixels wide.  Hope they load better for you, my peeps.

Epic Tactical Formation: 4th Co.

My first formation!  Technically this isn’t complete because the formation is six stands “plus transport.”  So once I’m done with the 4th company I’ll do 8 Rhinos.

Space Marines in a Chapter: 1000

Space Marines I’ve painted: 30

Oy…