Daily Chronicle: First Attempt With Citadel Contrast Paints

During lunch today I made my first attempt using the Citadel Contrast paints, and so far I am not liking what I see.  I thought that painting my new Tyranids army the Contrast paints would be faster, but honestly I think that for my color scheme I am going for (Kronos), old school paints would be the way to go.

Applying the Black Contrast paint started to get messy and in some spots I hit areas that I should not have, then I have to go back over those areas with Grey Seer paint to touch them up before using the next Contrast color.

I am giving up for now and will use a different technique for my Tyranids (as stated above, I think will be faster).  If I was not going with the Kronos Fleet, then maybe these would be better, or even a different basecoat Spray like I did a decade ago for my old Tyranids.

Here are two pics of a Tyranid with the Grey Seer Primer, and Black Contrast paint.

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W40K: Imperial Fists 'Centurion Devastators Ib'

With these final three 'Centurion Devastators', my 1500 points of Imperial Fists are now completed (unless any points change before AdeptiCon).  It feels good to be able to complete a new army.  Ultimately my goal is to get them to 2000 points, but I have a few different options available to me to do that, so we'll see what will be next in the queue for them, but the core of my Imperial Fists are now completed.

 Centurion Devastator Ib

Centurion Devastators Ib

Painting Points: 15

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Weekly Chronicle 2020 #5

I slacked in the gaming area for Week #5 of 2020 with no games played.  I was gone most of the day on Saturday attending the Detroit Red Wings game, and on Sunday spent most of the day painting my Imperial Fists.  I plan on getting a game or two in this weekend (hopefully).

Painting was pretty good last week with finishing the first three of six 'Centurion Devastators' and working on the remaining three on Sunday.  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.....

The plan for this week is to finish up the last three 'Centurion Devastators' and then prep some Tyranids so I can see how the Citadel Contrast paints work.  I might be able to work on some of them later in the week.

AdeptiCon 2020 is coming really fast and the number of practice games has really slacked, I need to figure out a schedule and hopefully squeeze some more games in.

Models Completed: 3
Games Played: 0

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W40K: Imperial Fists 'Centurion Devastators Ia'

What a better way to start of a new month than get some models completed. My 'Centurion Devastator' Unit is a full Squad of six models, but seeing how I only have three of the XL Painting Handles, I decided to paint them in two groups of three.

Here are the first three of six of my 'Centurion Devastators' (only three more models and my AdeptiCon 1500 point list is completed).

 Centurion Devastators Ia

Centurion Devastators Ia

Painting Points: 15

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W40K: Re-basing Salamanders (Completed for AdeptiCon)

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I was needing to re-base 16 Salamander Space Marines for the AdeptiCon Warhammer 40K Team Tournament.  Well last night I was able to complete the remaining 5 and all 16 Space Marines re now completed.  I am going to have to do a future bulk order of bases so I can complete the rest of the Salamanders (then we still have 2 other Space Marine armies that could also use a re-basing).

At least these 16 are complete and it's time to move onto the last Unit of Imperial Fists for AdeptiCon.

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W40K: Re-basing Salamanders

With the AdeptiCon Team Tournament approaching really quick, lots of items still need to get done.  Now that our friends from Indiana are joining us in the event, his son will be using on of our Space Marine armies in the Salamanders.

When my son and I started playing Warhammer 40K again a couple months back, I ordered some Litko 32mm clear acrylic bases to be glued under the existing 25mm bases (this works perfectly) but it does not match the rest of our armies being used for the Team Tournament.  Awhile back, Games Workshop changed most of the Space Marine Infantry bases from 25mm to 32mm, and when you are measuring distances from the base in this game, 7mm does make a difference.

So to have the Salamanders ready for AdeptiCon, I need to re-base 16 models, which is not a lot (but it is not all of my sons Salamanders, I will have to get to the rest after AdeptiCon).

As of this post, I have completed 11/16 and the remaining 5 should be completed sometime this week and then I can get back to my other projects.

In the picture below, the Space Marine Tactical Marine on the left has the 32mm Litko base, and on the right, one of the models re-based with GW 32mm.

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W40K: Imperial Fists 'Primaris Intercessors XI'

My first Unit of 'Primaris Intercessors' with Stalker Bolt Rifles are now completed (and only Unit for now...more in the future).  Yes by the title of this post, this Squad has been given the numerical number of XI (11).  The first 3 Squads were numbered I-III and were all equipped with Auto Bolt Rifles, since Squad XI has the Stalkers, I wanted to leave room for expansion with the ABR's just in case in the far future.

Primaris Intercessors XI

Painting Points: 5

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Weekly Chronicle 2020 #4 (Worried About AdeptiCon)

Week four was not a total waste of a week where a little bit was done during the week.  Luckily mid week I had decided to paint up the newest Captain for the Alchemist's Guid with 'Soma' and then I did spend some time over the weekend continuing on my Imperial Fists.  Hopefully this week I will be able to complete that Unit as AdepriCon is getting closer and closer.

Then on Saturday my son and I got in another practice game of Warammer 40K, with a handicap.  We wanted more practice in the Fight Phase so we played a smaller point game that no Shooting was allowed except for Overwatch and if already in Combat.  It was a good game and we had quite a bit of combat, once we each got into our opponents Deployment Zones ad captured the Objectives, the game ended up being a Draw, but it was nice to recap the Fight Phase, but I want my shooting LOL.

AdeptiCon 2020 is fast approaching (as noted above) 58 days and I was kind of getting worried about the Warhammer 40K Team Tournament.  My son and I formed a team with a friend of mine from Chicago and his adult son, they have never played Warhammer 40K and wanted to start learning and I thought this would be a fun event for all of us to play together (this was back in November).  Now here we are at the end of January and they still had not purchased their models nor any books for the game.  My friend was suppose to come out for a learning day this past Saturday, but life gets in the way (started a new career as a Realtor after 30 years in his family business) and had 2 showings that were scheduled for Saturday and could not come out.  Saturday morning I then decided that more than likely I was going to have to cancel the Team Tournament event and receive store credit or possibly make a post in the Grand Rapids area for anyone looking to fill our Team.

I called my son downstairs into the mancave to discuss our options.  My friend Frank from Arizona (now in Indiana) was busy doing the Middle-earth Grand Tournament on Saturday/Sunday (I had thought) so I had not originally asked him.  I sent Frank a message Saturday morning asking if he had gotten into the Middle-earth event, it turns out he did not, and the other event he was also signed up for Saturday he was on the wait-list.  As soon as I asked Frank if he and his son would join us on our Team, he was all in...... and the plus side is, Frank knows how to play the game.....our Saviors!

So I am back on schedule for AdeptiCon 2020. and nothing to worry about now.

Models Completed: 1
Games Played: 1

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W40K: Previews From LVO

Last night/early this morning (12:00 AM EST) Games Workshop held their "preview" out at the Las Vegas Open with a look at some of their new models coming out for Warhammer 40K.  For the full on preview, please visit Warhammer Community.

Honestly I would be a little bit more excited with the Preview if I had not recently decided on the Tyranids for my next Warhammer 40K, it was between the Tyranids and the Adeptus Mechanicus, and it looks like the Ad Mech are getting a release of new models.

The rules for these models will be in an upcoming Physic Awakening book "Engine War".

Games Workshop also made an announcement about Forge World where they will be retiring the Index book and releasing a new series of rulebooks with updated rules for units and armies.

This one gets me a little nervous as I had just recently purchased my first 2 Forge World models (still unassembled) and I am little scared they may change too much rules wise and points cost before I even get to try them out.  I purchased a 'Leviathan' for my Imperial Fists army and a 'Malanthrope' as one of HQ choices for my new Tyranids army.  The 'Malanthrope' is what scare me the most since my initial 1000 point list was built around him and a 'Tervigon' as my 2 HQ choices.  I guess we will wait and see what happens with my 2 models.

Once again, for the full article, please visit Warhammer Community.

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Guild Ball: Alchemist's Guild 'Soma/Pneuma'

I had to change it up a bit from painting Imperial Fists for Warhammer 40K, so I thought I would go ahead and get a model painted for Guild Ball.

'Soma/Pneuma' is from the latest wave of new Captains was just released this past December and is the first player in Guild Ball with dual roles /duel cards.  The character can change between 'Soma' and 'Pneuma' during the game.

My son is leaning towards playing this model for AdeptiCon, so I wanted to get it done, now the question is, should we paint it as 'Soma' or 'Pneuma'.  For the sake of speed, we elected for 'Pneuma', we can always purchase another model in the future if we want it to look like 'Soma'.  There are 2 cards for the model during the game, so you just flip to which card you are playing so it does not cause any confusion.

Painting the model still took a little bit of time even though it was all greens, started with a darker shade of green and worked my way up, then a green wash followed wit more shades of green and green/yellow until the model was completed.

 Soma/Pneuma

Soma/Pneuma

Painting Points: 1

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