October 16, 2009

W40K: Wild West Shootout 2009

Well yesterday afternoon I boarded the plane and headed back 'home' to Phoenix (yes I'm calling Phoenix home, I really love it here..... maybe in the future we might be back) for the W40K Wild West Shootout 2009 presented by Battlefoam.

I was deciding between 2 different armies to bring. My good 'ole' trustworthy Dark Angels that I have been playing for 6 years or my sons new Salamanders army that I had finished this year. The paint scheme is nice on both of them, but the Dark Angels have some weathering effects on their vehicles. I decided I was going to pack my army in the suitcase to save from carrying on another item. So with that in mind, I really did not want to have any of my son's army break on me while traveling, so I opted for my Dark Angels. They looked to have arrived safely, but I will double check on them later today just to make sure nothing broke off.

The Wild West Shootout will be a 2 day 1750 pt W40K Indy GT held at Empire Games in Mesa, AZ starting early tomorrow morning. I'm really looking forward to meeting up with old friends again. Thats really the only reason I came down for this event. Meet with friends, and spend a weekend with my parents. The gaming will be secondhand. I know I am not going to win (I do not play to win anymore, just for fun) so I'm just looking for a good time. I'm hoping my good friend Tim will be able to come over on Sunday so we can chit-chat for a little. With having to miss out on GitD 2010 coming in February, I hope I can meet up with him.

Tonight Empire Games is going to have a Mercenary Market (allows players to sell some of their models to others for store credit) so I plan on swinging by to see if their is anything interesting.

Well, this will probably be my last W40K tourney until AdeptiCon. The Fantasy bug has really bitten me pretty hard the last couple of weeks so I am really excited about Fantasy again.

Stay tuned for a Saturday night recap of WWS2009.


October 12, 2009

October 9, 2009

WFB: Dwarf War Machines

Finished my Dwarf Canon last night along with 2 Organ Guns. One of the Organ Guns I just touched up a bit. I thought I'd be able to get to some of the Crew also, but did not so. I was able to get them primed. When I get back from our weekend trip to Dells, I'll start on them. Maybe get them at least half done before I head off for next weekend.

Dwarf Organ Guns & Canon

October 8, 2009

WFB: Play-test Core Comp List

Last night I got to play-test my Dwarf Core Comp list against my good friend Chris W. As always Chris gave me a good beat down. But it was good time. I do not mind losing anymore. A few years ago I changed my mentality of wargaming and I just play for fun, win or lose. It is all about throwing dice with your good buddies.

Chris was also play-testing his Core Comp list. He decided to play with his Lizardmen army (he has just about every army to choose from). It looked like a nice solid list and one to have fun playing with.

After the game, I decided I am going too tweak my list just a little bit. I am going to drop the second Bolt Thrower and second Runesmith, and add a Canon and Master Engineer. What Dwarf army does not have a Canon? Not that I do not like the Bolt Thrower, I just feel having a Canon would also be fun to play with.

So I just started to build the Canon and hopefully tonight I'll be able to prime it and start painting it. I'm glad to be going to Phoenix next week, but it really is going to cut down on my painting time. When I get back, I will really have to crack down and get all the Crew and Miners painted.

Dwarf Canon: Copyright Games-Workshop


October 7, 2009

WFB: Dwarf Hammerers

So last night I finished my unit of Dwarf Hammerers. It's nowhere near any of my best work, but for rank-n-file figures, they look decent. To be able to finish these guys in two days is a big accomplishment for myself. I have not painted rank-n-file in over 3 years.

Now I have a unit of (10) Miners to get done by 11/14/09 and about 6 Crew Men for my War Machines. Hopefully I can start the Miners next Monday before I leave for Phoenix. If not, they will have to wait.

Dwarf: Hammerers

WFB: Empire Warrior Priest

I thought I had posted a picture of my Empire Warrior Priest that I finished last April for AdeptiCon 2009, but I guess I didn't. I really enjoy painting the single character figures. It allows me to actually blend some paint together to achieve some nice highlights.

I'm really happy on how he turned out.

Empire: Warrior Priest

October 5, 2009

WFB: Dwarfs are based (Core Comp list)

I finished basing the Dwarfs for my Core Comp list this weekend. I haven't painted that much in a long time. Now its time to finish the unit of Hammerers, unit of Miners and Crew for the Organ Gun and one Bolt Thrower. I base coated the Hammerers last night. Hopefully I'll get those done before I head off the Phoenix for the "Wild West Shootout" in 10 days.

Here is what I based (re-based this weekend)

1 Dwarf Lord
1 Runesmith
1 Runesmith
1 Thane (Battle Standard Bearer)
19 Dwarf Warriors FC, HW/Shield
15 Dwarf Warriors FC, GW
25 Dwarf Warriors FC, GW
10 Thunderers
10 Thunderers


Eventually I'll re-base the rest of my Dwarf army to match my new basing standards. My goal is to complete what I'm going to play in the Core Comp tourney first. Then I'll get to the rest of them.

I'm going to be trying out this list come Wednesday night, we shall see how it does.

October 3, 2009

Back in the saddle (so to speak)

Well it's been awhile since I wrote anything, let alone paint anything. I've painted a few items for my son's 40K Salamander's army, but nothing alot (just a couple Attack Bikes and a few Assault Marines).

It's finally time to get back up on the horse (it's not like I was just sitting on the couch doing nothing, all my free time has been going to the gym. Since we got back from vacation in July, I thought it was time to start exercising again and riding the bike.) It's been about 6 years since I last exercised and at that time I went from 250 lbs down to 169 lbs. When we got back from vacation, I was back at 250 lbs. That's not good. It's been almost 3 months since we got back and I'm at 206 lbs. I'm real happy with my progress, and I have been really enjoying riding my bike.

Now back to my hobbying. Winter is coming soon here in Chicago and riding outdoors is becoming limited, so it's time to pick up the paint brush again. I thought moving back to Chicago that I would be playing a lot more Fantasy (since most of my friends here play Fantasy) but that hasn't really been the case. Guess I've been lazy. Well I think it's time to finally get back to my roots, what got me into this hobby.

So the weekend of November 14th-15th a friend of mine here is running a 2250 point Warhammer tourney called Core Competency. 900 points of the 2250 must be of Core points.

I have my Empire army which is what I started with, and always play, but I also have a Dwarf army. I thought what better time to get these guys touched up/finished up for this event.

I need to re-base the entire army (to match my new standards) and paint up a unit of Hammerers and Miners and few Artillery Crew.

Last night I started the basing process, and it's been going pretty good so far. I'll be out of town next weekend, and the weekend after, so their really isn't much time left. If I do not get the Hammerers and Miners done in time, I have some other units that I can throw in as a backup plan.

Here is the list I am thinking of playing (minus Magic items)

2250 Pts - Dwarfs Roster

1 Dwarf Lord
1 Runesmith
1 Runesmith
1 Thane (Battle Standard Bearer)
19 Dwarf Warriors FC, HW/Shield
15 Dwarf Warriors FC, GW
25 Dwarf Warriors FC, GW
10 Thunderers
10 Thunderers
13 Hammerers FC, GW/Shield
9 Miners
1 Bolt Thrower
1 Bolt Thrower
1 Organ Gun
Total Roster Cost: 2248

Well back to basing......

July 13, 2009

W40K: July Updates

As mentioned in the post below, I'm slowly getting out of my GW rut and playing some W40K games. I usually need a goal/upcoming event to get me motivated to paint again. So on August 15th, 2009 Adeptus Windy City will be starting an "AWC Tournament Series" (similar to the old days of Tournament Trackers but without the point standings) with a tournament held once a month using the Adepticon rules/scoring criteria. So "NO" painted armies allowed, which is a great thing. So, I'm not much into the tournaments anymore, but this series has a lot of my friends attending so I signed my son and myself up just so we can have a good time.

The first event will be 1750 points. I'm 250 points short on my sons Salamander army at the moment. I have three options I'm looking at to get him from 1500 to 1750. Due to costs/time I am going with adding a Land Raider Redeemer to his army (we already have the model, see post earlier this year) and I believe I can quickly paint one up for him.

For myself, I know my Imperial Guard will not be done (not much progress on them except for assembly) so I'm thinking of running a Dark Angels list led by Belial (one unit of scoring Terminators) or one of my Black Templar lists. I'm still undecided but I'm leaning towards the Dark Angels. More than likely the list I play here will be the list I play in the "Wild West Shootout" this October in Phoenix, AZ.

Stay tuned over the next few weeks while I make my final decisions........

W40K: Planetstrike Has Arrived

Well, this has been long overdue. Sorry for the lack of updates. With a vacation to Houston at the end of June / beginning of July, and in a rut for GW games, not much was really done last month.

I did manage to paint up my Soviet HQ and a platoon of Soviet T34/85 Tanks, other than that, really did not do any painting.

I'm slowly coming out of my GW rut and did get a game of W40K in against my son on Friday night and it was a good game. I'm still not really feeling it though for the other games. Must be because its summer.......

So while I was on vacation, GW released their newest expansion for W40K called Planetstrike. Friday night while at the GW Bunker getting a game in, I decided to pick up a copy (lately I'm playing more for the fun of the game, rather than the competition) so I'm hoping Planetstrike will be a nice change for those types of games.

I've have not yet had a chance to peruse the book (also picked up the last copy of White Dwarf, so I've been reading that). Hopefully I'll be able to peruse the book a bit later today. If I do get the chance to do so, I may quickly build up two lists and head out to the Bunker tonight. But we'll see. The next two days will be busy at work, so I may not have a chance to play until Thursday or Friday.
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