Starting a new 40k army

Right, the Warrior of Chaos are finished (well for the time being anyway). Which means I can start my next project which is a new small army for next years 40k Doubles Tournament at Warhammer World which I've talked my brother into going with me.

He will be taking his Space Marine army, which means I can't take my Orks, but I thought it would be a good chance to get my old Space Marine (My Storm Warriors Chapter) out. But looking at them now they look very dated (10 years old) and because I only need 750pts I'm going to start a new space marine army.

I was going to make my own Chapter with a Knight theme running though it (a bit like Templars but a codex chapter), but I have been swayed towards the Space Wolves (I know, jumping on the band wagon!). I really like the norse theme, I haven't read the codex yet but what really changed my mind was the huge amount of 'bitz' which comes with the sets compared to the templars. With the massive amount of options, I'm really looking forward to putting them together.

I will be posting my progress over the coming weeks!

Anyway, here the pictures of my classic Space marines.

The Leicester Squiggle Tournament 09

I'm a week late with this post, but never mind.

Last Saturday was the leicester Squiggle Tournament and I had a great time.

It was a three game Warhammer Fantasy tournament, with me getting a draw against Vampires, massacred by Warriors of Chaos and got a massacre against an Ogre army.

I finished a respectable 17th out of 30 which Im happy with!

Also I came 3rd or 4th (wasn't paying attention when they announced it) with best painted army, which I'm really happy with because there was some nice looking armies there.

I'm really hoping they run another tournament next year.

Here's the army list I took:

Warriors of Chaos 1997 points

HEROES

Exalted Hero 131pts

Shield (5pt) +Chaos Steed (16pts)

Chaos Sorcerer 140pts

Level 2 (35pts) + Mark of Tzeentch (20pts)

CORE

Warriors x17 342pts

Shields (1pt) + Musician (6pt) + Champion (12pt) + Standard Bearer (12pts)

Magic Banner - Blasted Standard (40pts)

Marauders x20 120pts

Shields (1pt) + Musician (4pt) + Champion (8pt) + Standard Bearer (8pts)

Marauders x36 200pts

Great Weapons (1pt) + Musician (4pt) + Champion (8pt) + Standard Bearer (8pts)

Marauder Horsemen x5 88pts

Shields (1pt) + Champion (12pt) +Musician (6pts)

Marauder Horsemen x5 76pts

Throwing Spears (1pt) +Musician (6pts)

Warhounds x5 30pts

Warhounds x5 30pts

Warhounds x5 30pts

Warhounds x5 30pts

SPECIAL

Chosen x10 250pts

Great Weapons (2pt) + Musician (10pt) + Champion (20pt) + Standard Bearer (20pts)

Chaos Ogres x4 200pts

Great Weapons (10pt) + Chaos Armour (5pt)

Chaos Knights x7 330pts

Musician (10pt) + Champion (20pt) + Standard Bearer (20pts)

Finished - My whole Warrior of Chaos army

I have now completely finished my Warriors of Chaos army, with one week to go before the Leicester Squiggle Tournament. So here it, my complete army even with the units i'm not taking.

Sorcerer's, Clocks, Paper and Burning Things

I've finished the first of the characters for my army i'm taking to the squiggle tournament, the sorcerer.

When I had put this model together I thought it really needed a cloak to make him look more important. None of the plastic clocks would fit, and i'm rubbish with green stuff, so I needed to think of another way of making it. When I remembered paper banners, something which has been killed of (when I had final mastered doing them) with GW plastic ones.

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I've never seen guides or even anyone try paper cloaks on the internet before, so I thought it would be a good idea to share this, as I'm really impressed with the results.

1. Starting with the model, as you can see at the minute he looks rubbish.

2. Draw the shape of the cloak and cut out!

3. Bend in to a ruff shape around the model and glue it to the points which touch the model. On this model its the back and the back of the feet.

4. Paint the cloak with a coat of water down PVA Glue and shape again. When dry give it a few more coats of PVA. When your finished it should be really stiff, almost like very thin plastic.

5. Then I used green stuff to blend it in with the rest of the model.

6. Finished off with other bits added to the model.

7. Then painted as normal

I enjoyed making the sorcerers cloak, so I've added one to my Exalted Hero as well. But I wanted it to look more worn, so I used a match to burn the edges. I did this before I glued it to the model, because the results are bit hit or miss, also burning things is always fun!!

Then sculpted the green stuff to look like fur and blend into the model.

I hope you've found this post useful. I think using paper on models is an art/technique which has really died out in recent years, which is a shame, because when done right the results can be fantastic. For my next army (which is looking like being an Orc and Goblin one) it will have all paper banners.

Cheers!!

Sneek Peak! new skaven

Found this pic online and thought I should share, because I haven't seen these around much.

I love the new look much less cartooney than the old ones (old mini's, not the creators of the Warhammer World :)

Large Skaven Image

Warriors done!

Here's a quick update on the models I've managed to get done! Just need to add Static grass to their bases and the horsemen need a movement tray, but i'm waiting to finish them all before I do that.

Warriors of Chaos additions

Finally build all the models I need to complete for the Squiggle tournament. Just need to get this lot painted before the end of September.

My new Exalted Hero

Sorcerer

Another Ogre for my Chaos Ogre unit

Regiment of 36 Marauders with Great Weapons

The Cav