Delayed again

Still haven't got the pictures from the game. They aren't far of just a bussy schedule in the way.
So in the mean time lets get a in the box going.

The old Ogre Kingdoms Scraplauncher. I ordered this from ebay a little while after the release of the new plastic scraplauncher hopeing that the rummor of this set being horrible to assemble would lower the price when there was an alternative out there. But as we know warhammer never goes down in price.

 Back

I bought this to convert up to a Snotling Pump Wagon. I think it fits well, gnoblars replaced with snotlings, the "Pump Harder Ladz!" rule works well with the rhinox being whipped and the "Too Pumped Up" meaning the rhinox goes mad by constantly being whipped by those pesky snotlings.

Many metal parts, not too soon but I would one day second guess my decision.

Size comparison.

2000p Blue Herd Army List

So here's my army list. As usual no power list, I go for my fluffy choices but this time I got stomped, don't know how much was due to my mistakes (made some obvious and devastating) or how much is due to the list. There was some quite horrible bad luck on some dice rolls too but that might be expected when the army isn't fully painted right?

Lords:

Black Night Gobbo Warboss on Griffon 
Ironcurse Icon
General
Stand-in Hamtaro


Gubbinz Night Goblin Great Shaman
Lvl 4
Gift of the Spider-god
Itchy Nuisance
Night Shroud
Curse of da Bad Moon

Sum: 500 = 25%

Heroes:

Dagskar Earscrapper Night Goblin Big Boss
Battle Standard Bearer
Light Armour
Shield
The Bad Moon Banner

Night Goblin Big Boss on Great Cave Squig
Light Armour
Sword of Might

Nazbad Wartfinger Night Goblin Shaman
Lvl 1
Vindictive Glare

Sum: 261 = 13,05%

Core:

40x Night Goblin with Hand Weapons

Musician, Standard Bearer, Nets 2x Fanatics

30x Night Goblins with Bows

Musician, Standard Bearer, 1x Fanatics

39x Night Goblins with Spears
Musician, Standard Bearer, Nets 2x Fanatics

Sum: 622 = 31,1%

Special:

26 Squig Herd
14 Squigs 12 Handlers

7x Squig Hoppers

Spear Chukka

Sum: 267 = 13,35%

Rare:

Doom Diver

Pump Wagon

2x Mangler Squigs

Rock Lobber

Bully

Sum: 350 = 17,5%

Total: 2000p = 100% 177 Models (including fanatics and crews)
Fortitude: 6 (we didn't play any scenario but if it interests you)

Game :O

Yes I actually got a game in this month. First time in almost 3 years my army sat foot on the table. Put quite some effort in to painting before the match but didn't manage to get all done still but got loads done. This however, lead to not as much time for the blog so therefore this last minute post.

Once I get hold of the pictures I'll post them with some comments about the match and the army list. My phone didn't want to cooperate there for the lack of pictures on twitter as was promised.

So since I haven't got any pics of that yet here are some old pics of work in progress:


In the Honoured Imperium set you get this little pice of rubble. Mine was a miscast so the middle of the window was missing…  No close GW store and previews bad experience with the mail support so didn’t bother trying to file a consumer complaint (or what ever it's called in English).

The rubble has some bullet holes in since it’s designed for 40k. Despite all this I thought it could be made into something useful. Quick ponder about how to make it more fantasy like and came to the conclusion that adding arrows in the bullet holes was a simple but quite effective solution.

Some assembly

Statues and throne even a Magewrath Throne from a fulcrum for Storm of Magic. It's from the Magewrath Throne and Balewind Vortex set.

 Chapels/crypts from garden of more I will make one of them in to a shrine of sigmar by adding some hammer time gargoyles from the watchtower set.

Garden of Morr set.

Chimera the third and ugly head replaced with a empty spot for green stuff.. A bit afraid of this challenge but you have to try new things to learn new things.

 Some stuff thats being painted.

The guy in green is going to be all Link from the Legend of Zelda series. Got bored of painting all the same so played a little with this guy.

Mmm so blue and tasty. If you look close I don't think there should be two alike.

Wargaming Stigma

I need your help my dear readers.
Come hear my tale (or just jump down to the question section).

My tale:
I've studied music for about 8 years, planing to be a music teacher at municipal music school. I've already worked as it but haven't had a degree. The education system in Sweden has changed so now you can only get education towards class teacher in general pop music, which is quite irrelevant to my teaching abilities on the classical flute. I was considering getting a teachers diploma from a global grading system (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music), which I've taken exams from before, both with my instruments and music theory. But the political and economical state of Sweden right now indicates it's time to jump ship. However, I would still like to be working in a music related environment, so it doesn't feel like I've wasted a major part of my life. My girlfriend and one of our mutual friends came to the conclusion that I would be a great repairman for instruments; I like to tinker/fiddle with small stuff, like to work with my hands, have music knowledge and have a great deal of patience.

So we made some research and since I'm not up for moving to Japan, Newark College in Nottinghamshire seemed to be the choice.

I'm considering to applying for a place there. Entry is based on a successful interview.
-"It is helpful to provide examples or photographs of any carpentry or art work you have done at interview to show creativity, dexterity and the capacity to work with accuracy."

Wargaming Stigma.
I'm not a master painter or sculptor, but I would say I've got examples that I consider to shows creativity, dexterity and capacity to work with accuracy. I've got an entire blog full of them, and my one room apartment might also be filled with them, not to my girlfriends delight...

I think if I showed up to an interview in Sweden with some of my models they would not be that keen about it. However since Warhammer derives from Great Britain it might be different over there.

The Question
So my dear readers, according to my statistic the British people are my second largest reader group, but I'm interested in everyones opinion. I would love if you all could help by advising me in this situation. Would it be a bad idea showing up with blue goblins at an interview? I was planing on diluting it with a bonsai tree in a thimble, made like this one and with (or make something alike) a wire oystercatcher I made for my mother some years ago. (I'll put some pics at the bottom of the post.) It would be very handy if I could get credit for my hobby. And since I've this blog much documentation of it is already made.

Or should I continue as before and keep my miniature skeletons in the closet and just go with a bonsai and a wire bird? I'm not that good at painting on a canvas so I don't know if it's even worth the bother, trying to do something like that.

How is the status of a wargamer in Great Britain? Will people bring forth the torches and pitchforks or are gamers a part of the common rubble? Half shun? Or are they accepted?

Please comment below or contact me on twitter. I would love to hear your thoughts, especially since it's a different country and a different culture. People often speak of standing up for who you are and not to be ashamed but in reality if you want a job or in this case, a place at a college, you have to choose what to say and what not to say.


Oystercatcher pictures:

He is all green. Made of recycled parts: form some discarded adapter and from a wrapping (not the actual bandage), I got after a blood donation.

Winter Troll

He's from Privateer Press Hordes range, a Trollbloods winter troll.

I ordered this guy too help with sculpting the fur on my trolls, and maybe use as a champion since he's quite similar to my trolls just the face that needs some work.

I made something similar for my Lizardmen kroxigors, I found a bloodbowl kroxigor, designed after the generation of krox before mine but I thought worked out fine.


The variation in style can give a unit a center point to look at since the difference stands out but it might be a bit too different for some peoples taste. However I will convert up the winter troll (face mainly as said before) to be a bit more like my other trolls if note if I'll use him. See more below...

Anyways here comes he pics of the Winter Troll

So don't know what camera I used (phone maybe) but this is the best out of the pics. So you can't see much off the model but you can see the packaging...

It was a mess to try to fit together. The pieces sort of fits but are too heavy to stuck with just super glue. tried to pin it but couldn't make it fit. Tried long and at several occasions until I just gave up. So now he lies in pieces with several failed pin holes and pins sticking out looking like a mess and he will probably stay that way for some time...

It's a cool model I just lack the motivation to continue the struggle just to try get him to stick together.

Rachmaninoff had big hands

The title will be explained later on...

To start of with, some more storm of magic fulcrums

 Magewrath Throne and Balewind Vortex

Gargoyle like statues and throne planning on magnetizing all and maybe the hole upper surface. Not that hard to do with the different objects but not sure how to do the surface tried with magnet/metal paint but it's to thick. It clogs up the details.

It would how ever be nice to magnetize to avoid having your character (after tons of hours painting) just balancing on pure luck on top of a high tower.

Mmmmm some skulls... Haven't decided on how to paint these grey stone a bit boring, skull coloured a bit too much skull, some weird magical colour a bit weird. Time will tell... If, I mean when I get around to paint this...

I just need to find a big doll with some nice big flat hands for the top of this one. No Balewind Vortex, meet hand of Hand of Gork

Huh?

Crypt Ghouls?

 Here's the real reason to Rachmaninoff had big hands

 But why?

 "You don't collect vampire counts?"

 No but my daemons need a hand...

" What?"

Yup so I have a fanatic I want to mangle through some expensive shit. Anything really but expensive is nice, (will have one go through my night goblins to balance out my karma). So daemons of chaos have already been touched in my fluff and had a box of blood letters laying around... can't remember why.

So this blood letter will be hit right in the chest and start falling backwards and will have drop his sword so he need another empty hand. There are pictures of ordinary blood letters with their swords in the left hand but they're just photoshopped fakes whom are just mirrored. Other wise I wouldn't have this problem and an awesome blood letter with two giant swords.

Have in mind that this was before the new daemon plastic release.

So when I looked at the blood letter hands I remembered that ghouls had similar hands.

 D'oh

So... they aren't as big as blood letter hands but strikingly similar. But still to thin and small..

Fiddling Around

I'm usually one year behind in my line-up of blog post material but I'm either gaining or slacking. Since this was some time before Christmas.

So here is a gift idea for your hobby lazy gamer:

I stole some of my friends Dark Elf Executioners. Most of them had already got their swords break of. So I drilled hole in the blade and hilt. Added a pin and glued them together. He was surprised when he got them since he had already forgot that I took them. Mission success.

So have some of these laying around. They are from the Warhammer Quest box. And since both me and my friend bought both sets of fulcrums I want to convert mine a bit so they aren't identical. So out with the bone saw.

So this is the concept. Replaced the flaming skulls pedestals with the arch. Witch I find more fitting for the name to Dreadfire Portal, I just need to add some dreadfire.

So from the front I doesn't really fit so need to do some work on it. Some green stuffing, might magnetize the arch.