Too celebrate my 100th post on the blog, I figured I would get both of my armies out on the table I built and get some pictures. This is less than two years worth of painting. I’m really proud of what I’ve accomplished and it’s great to have a couple decently painted armies. I still have a lot of Eldar to finish, and have a bunch of detail work left on the Lamenters, but I’m pleased with my progress.
Was out of town this weekend but was able to finish up two Crisis Suits I started a while ago. They were actually very simple to paint up and look pretty good. I also got a Pegasus Hobbies Technobridge and sprayed it last night. Not sure if I will do more to it, as it looks pretty good as is. Nice inexpensive piece of terrain which will work great for the large river running through the middle of my table.
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| Riptide Front |
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| Riptide shield arm |
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| Riptide with Ion Accelerator |
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| Riptide with Heavy Burst Cannon |
I picked up a Riptide over the weekend and manged to get most of it done. Still need to go in a do all the lenses with purple, and I might add some more black and white on the body to provide some contrast, but I’m really happy with how it’s turning out. I’ve magnetized the weapons so that I can take either of the main weapons or secondary weapons. Still need to do the little support system bits that come with the kit which will also be magnetized. The kit is great and it was a lot of fun to build.
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| Eldar deployed |
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| Eldrad and Fire Warrior in close combat with Riptide |
Michael and I played a game this afternoon. 1850 points and he ran his Tyranids while I did my Eldar with a small ally contingent of Tau. We ended up rolling Purge the Alien with diagonal deployment, which was probably the worst scenario for Michael’s Tyranids. My list had a lot of shooting while his had pretty much none. The Farseers also gave him some serious problems with psychic powers.
The main issue with my list was that it’s kind of boring to play. Cast a bunch of psychic powers and then unload shots on enemy. I’m going to have to modify a bit to get some movement back in.
The highlight unit for me was the Harlequins with Eldrad attached. They finished off two squads of Genestealers, a Tervigon and a bunch of Hormogaunts. They can cause some serious hurt with the right psychic powers and 40 rending attack on the charge is really scary for most people. I will have to eventually pick up the actual models, which scares me a little as they look like they will be really hard to paint.
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| Eldar Deployment |
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| Eldar castled up with Tyranids accross |
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| Tyranid deployment |
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| Eldar base |
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| Fire warriors (proxied guardians) line up for firing. |
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| Hive Tyrant eating Fire Warriors |
