Retribution Advice



I'm in the process of watching your livecast of your Retribution, against Cygnar.

The biggest tip I could offer you, is to use your army to it's strengths. Your army has a great ability to manipulate where models are on the field of battle. In this specific game, you had killed most his troops and his Archnode, but his big jacks were coming around. You were concerned about that jack charging in..(And the mages don't do Ranged attacks, they do Magic attacks, so Deceleration doesn't work against them.)

You could have easily lined your mages in a fashion to actually pull his jack in. You have so many mages that you can use them in tangent to effectively 'fish' models away from the rest of your opponents forces, then use Rahn to Telekinesis your jack over to beat it to death.(Ideally loading it up on focus against a large jack.)

Also, the Battle Mages spell, they push/pull things on the hit, before damage is done (typically doesn't matter, but should it..) ..plus you don't HAVE to push/pull things. Another thing, with that many mages, keep in mind in melee they have two attacks with one higher power, so feel free to pull something into your guys to get some punchy in. (They attack just as well with melee attacks)

Like in the current turn, he moved his guy back up, you could have pulled him in range of the other group so they can charge (if he didn't use his polarity shield, which I don't think he can when he runs) That way you can get that charge damage in on him.

Continuous Effects, a Warcaster/Warjack can expend a focus to shake the effect.

Watching later in the video, it seems you did the above tactic (Though forgetting to give him focus) but it's a start, heh.

Flame with the arrow is Continuous fire, meaning you set the other Jack on fire. (Flame with stars is crit fire, flame marked out is Immune to fire)


Fan Talks about Target Games


I mentioned Target Games (makers of Chronopia for you old-timers) in a recent vid. Here's a response I got.

Here is what happened with Target games. The Swedish Parent company expanded too fast. The gaming side of the company was doing pretty good and was getting ready to release a "Epic" scale version of Chronopia. The Swedish company was getting into video games, Candy manufacturing and even dabbling in movies. I remember going down to the US HQ of Target and seeing all these cases of some odd novelty candy that was shipped to them to try and sell. The European based design studio saw the company collapsing and formed their own game company and produced Void using a lot of stuff sculpted for Warzone. It was a shame, they had a pretty good system. By the new company tried to release the new versions of the game the damage was done and it was hard to get any store to carry it again. Back in the late 90's GW went through a phase where they tried to expand to get exposure everywhere like they have in the UK. They hired more people to make high pressure sales. They talked to every store that had hobby in its name to get them to start carrying the GW "Hobby" products. The regular GW customers really got screwed, if they didn't buy enough they would get ignored or got pressure put on to buy what ever they had a bunch of in the stock room. It was even worse if business was going too good in a area then they would start to ignore the retailers and then put in one of their own Hobby Centers. After a few years they found they had a lot of independent stores with unwanted product and a bunch of unpaid invoices. They got rid of most of the sales people and closed most of the stores and settled on the current sales model. The model works fine as long as there is not too much competition, once that happens they will have to re-think their pricing. The closest competition to GW currently is Battlefront and FOW. About 75% of what I am painting is Flames of War for customers. The entry point is cheaper then Fantasy or 40K, and the rules are close to what GW puts out. Another good company to look out for is Wyrd miniatures. I have been having some pretty good sales of painted Malifaux on Ebay. Right now the largest problem I can see for GW is the dwindling support for their games. I think you mentioned on your Adepticon reports that other systems were starting gain more footage at the convention.


Steven Skutell
www.hoardpainting.com

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I went to post a comment on your blog but you don’t have comments allowed so I thought I would email.

Talking about Target Games I was a huge fan of Warzone (based on the RPG Mutant Chronicles which had a movie come out last year and also numerous card games) and I was a fan of Chronopia as well. It was an interesting system which had us change the way we looked at our 40K games and take them unit by unit to make it more tactical.

Also with the FLGS we used to play in with the changes with Heartbreaker and the rapid expansion they went through until they went bust left them with a ton of product that no one would touch.

This was really sad since we started off a tournament scene over here in Australia which was getting more and more people coming across from GW games for the breath of fresh air a new game gives you!

I'm currently sitting on 4 Warzone armies that I don't think I could even give away at this point.

Also Speaking of older Gaming Systems, Did you ever come across Leviathan?

When you were deciding on Shawn's Ork theme I was thinking the Orks from there could have fit with their Gangis Khan feel!

As for the mention of Malifaux to you in the post “Fan talks about Target Games”, this is one I think you should try since you only need a hand full of figures to play.

Also another if you like the small skirmish games you could also have a look at Pulp City (http://www.pulp-city.com/) which you can relive your childhood by playing a wargame with Superheroes. Also for now the ruleset is free to download from their website so you can’t go wrong!

(if you want to check out my wargame painting have a look at the link to Tales from the Warzone link in my Signature)

Thanks for all the entertainment on youtube!

Damian Smith

Co-host of Kryptographik, A Podcast Covering Horror, Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy.

Host of Welcome to Heavenside, A Doktor Sleepless Podcast.


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Live Webcast of Battle Report- Tyranids vs Imperial Guard



Video chat rooms at Ustream

On the grassy plains of Virhos Prime the Imperial Gaurd move to intercept a Tyranid horde in the ruins of a long-abandoned industrial city.

Remember the Imperial Guard vs Tyranids battle report is on Saturday, August 14 at 12pm Mountain time (GMT-7). We are being very careful to start just on time, so please tune in.

We'll have one person operating the "Battlecam" and moving that around. The metal arm is just not doing it. Another person will be fielding questions in the chat module.

Important Links
Battlecam (moves around)
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/blue-table-painting

Overviewcam (shows whole battlefield)
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/blue-table-painting-2nd

General Information:
http://bluetablepainting.blogspot.com/2010/08/live-webcast-of-battle-report-tyranids.html


Note: the Imperial Guard featured is for sale ($950).
Note: this will be recorded for future viewing
Note: with every Batrep we do this way it will be better than the last, we are making constant improvement.


Imperial Guard 2000 pt list

2000 Pts - 5th Edition Roster

HQ: Company Command Squad (7#, 290 pts)
4 Company Command Squad @ 290 pts (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x4; Lasgun x2; Regimental Standard; Vox Caster; Flamer x1; Meltagun x1; Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken; Master of Ordnance)
1 Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Refractor Field; Close Combat Weapon; Plasma Pistol; Shotgun; Cold Steel and Courage; Gung-ho; Man of Adamantium; Senior Officer)
1 Master of Ordnance (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon; Laspistol; Artillery Bombardment)
1 Chimera (Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Turret Multi-Laser; Heavy Flamer; Extra Armor; Hunter Killer Missile; Amphibious; Mobile Command Vehicle)

Troops: Infantry Platoon (41#, 302 pts)
1 Infantry Platoon @ 302 pts
2 Platoon Command Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x2; Lasgun x2; Vox Caster)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Lascannon; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Platoon Commander (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon; Bolter; Junior Officer)
7 Infantry Squad (Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Vox Caster; Grenade Launcher x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Mortar x1; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Vox Caster; Grenade Launcher x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Mortar x1; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Vox Caster; Grenade Launcher x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Mortar x1; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)
6 Special Weapons Squad (Close Combat Weapon x6; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Flamer x3)

Troops: Infantry Platoon (41#, 315 pts)
1 Infantry Platoon @ 315 pts
2 Platoon Command Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x2; Lasgun x2; Vox Caster)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Lascannon; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Platoon Commander (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon; Junior Officer)
7 Infantry Squad (Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Vox Caster; Grenade Launcher x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Autocannon; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Vox Caster; Grenade Launcher x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Autocannon; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Vox Caster; Grenade Launcher x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Autocannon; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)
6 Special Weapons Squad (Close Combat Weapon x6; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Grenade Launcher x3)

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 180 pts)
7 Veteran Squad @ 180 pts (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Lasgun x4; Vox Caster; Meltagun x3; Veteran Weapons Team)
1 Veteran Weapons Team (Mortar x1; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1; Krak Grenades)
1 Veteran Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)
1 Chimera (Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Turret Multi-Laser; Heavy Flamer; Extra Armor; Amphibious; Mobile Command Vehicle)

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 190 pts)
9 Veteran Squad @ 190 pts (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x9; Lasgun x6; Vox Caster; Plasmagun x3)
1 Veteran Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)
1 Chimera (Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Turret Multi-Laser; Extra Armor; Amphibious; Mobile Command Vehicle)

Heavy Support: Ordnance Battery (1#, 155 pts)
1 Ordnance Battery @ 155 pts
1 Colossus (Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Colossus Siege Mortar; Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Enclosed Crew Compartment)

Heavy Support: Ordnance Battery (2#, 270 pts)
1 Ordnance Battery @ 270 pts
1 Medusa (Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank, Open-topped); Medusa Siege Cannon; Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers)
1 Medusa (Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank, Open-topped); Medusa Siege Cannon; Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers)

Heavy Support: Leman Russ Squadron (1#, 300 pts)
1 Leman Russ Squadron @ 300 pts
1 Leman Russ Punisher (Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Punisher Gatling Cannon; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Lascannon; Heavy Bolter Sponsons x2; Extra Armor; Hunter Killer Missile; Pintle Heavy Stubber; Knight Commander Pask; Lumbering Behemoth)
1 Knight Commander Pask


Tyranids
Unlimited Pts - Tyranids Roster

Troops: Tervigon (1#, 175 pts)
1 Tervigon @ 175 pts (Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; Bonded Exoskeleton; Claws & Teeth; Stinger Salvo; Synapse Creature; Brood Progenitor; Psyker; Shadow in the Warp; Spawn Termagants; Dominion; Catalyst)

Troops: Tervigon (1#, 175 pts)
1 Tervigon @ 175 pts (Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; Bonded Exoskeleton; Claws & Teeth; Stinger Salvo; Synapse Creature; Brood Progenitor; Psyker; Shadow in the Warp; Spawn Termagants; Dominion; Catalyst)

Elite: Hive Guard Brood (3#, 150 pts)
3 Hive Guard Brood @ 150 pts (Unit Type: Infantry; Claws & Teeth; Hardened Carapace; Impaler Cannon; Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk)

Elite: Zoanthrope Brood (4#, 220 pts)
3 Zoanthrope Brood @ 220 pts (Unit Type: Infantry; Claws & Teeth; Reinforced Chitin; Synapse Creature; Psyker; Shadow in the Warp; Warp Field; Mycetic Spore; Warp Blast; Warp Lance)
1 Mycetic Spore (Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; Hardened Carapace; Lash Whip; Ripper Tentacles; Deep Strike; Fearless; Immobile Pod; Limited Sentience; Transport Spore)

Troops: Hormagaunt Brood (30#, 240 pts)
30 Hormagaunt Brood @ 240 pts (Unit Type: Infantry; Chitin; Scything Talons; Instinctive Behaviour - Feed; Bounding Leap; Fleet; Move Through Cover; Toxin Sacs)

Troops: Hormagaunt Brood (30#, 240 pts)
30 Hormagaunt Brood @ 240 pts (Unit Type: Infantry; Chitin; Scything Talons; Instinctive Behaviour - Feed; Bounding Leap; Fleet; Move Through Cover; Toxin Sacs)

Fast Attack: Gargoyle Brood (10#, 60 pts)
10 Gargoyle Brood @ 60 pts (Unit Type: Jump Infantry; Blinding Venom; Chitin; Claws & Teeth; Fleshborer; Wings; Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk)

Fast Attack: Tyranid Shrike Brood (5#, 200 pts)
5 Tyranid Shrike Brood @ 200 pts (Unit Type: Jump Infantry; Devourer; Reinforced Chitin; Wings; Synapse Creature; Shadow in the Warp; Rending Claws)

Heavy Support: Tyrannofex (1#, 265 pts)
1 Tyrannofex @ 265 pts (Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; Armoured Shell; Claws & Teeth; Stinger Salvo; Thorax Swarm (grubs); Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk; Fearless; Rupture Cannon)

Heavy Support: Tyrannofex (1#, 265 pts)
1 Tyrannofex @ 265 pts (Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; Armoured Shell; Claws & Teeth; Stinger Salvo; Thorax Swarm (grubs); Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk; Fearless; Rupture Cannon)

Validation Report:
b-2. Apocalypse Allies: Trusted Allies only; c-1. File Version: 1.08b For Bug Reports/www.ab40k.org; b-1. Roster Options: Apocalypse, Imperial Armour, Special Characters; a-1. Scenario: Normal Mission
Roster satisfies all enforced validation rules

Total Roster Cost: 1990

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Testimonial- Orcs


Dear Shawn,

After engaging your studio's services on multiple projects, I really love the way your team goes out of its way to delight customers! Giving Azhag to me rather then a regular wyvern, being extremely flexible, patient and responsive to my needs even when I couldn't make up my mind - it really is a delight working with your studio!

My latest project, the 2.5k pts O&G project blows me away! Abundant freehand (with no extra hidden charges!) and a gorgeous rustic paint scheme that screams orcs to me. I'm happy to know my upcoming tank project is almost done and I'm loving the video blurbs you're doing to keep me up-to-date with their progress!

For those who are thinking of engaging your studio's services, know that this studio get the thumbs up from me (and I have worked with multiple studios so I know what I'm talking about). I know your customers will walk away satisfied and I wish your studio every success!

Warmest Regards,

-V

War Machine Battle Report

This has been delayed until 1pm Mountain Time (GMT -7 I've heard). We are setting it up right now.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/blue-table-painting

Remember the Imperial Guard vs Tyranids battle report is on Saturday, August 14 at 12pm Mountain time (GMT-7). We are being very careful to start just on time, so please tune in.

We'll have one person operating the "Battlecam" and moving that around. The metal arm is just not doing it. Another person will be fielding questions in the chat module.

Testimonial- Salamanders Land Raider



See pics


Shawn,

Hey it has been great working with you I love the sneak peek videos and all the support, I sent the final Paypal payment and a special thanks for shipping it out yesterday!

I really am impressed with your company, all companies need to read the book you will one day write on how to do a start-up and excel in the best customer service on the planet.

--B

Gold Standard

Prediction: an intra- or supra- national organization is now accumulating massive gold reserves. When the dollar collapses/diminishes they will issue gold-backed currency. This will become the reserve currency of the world. Hugely insane power.

I think the cash4gold places are figuratively sucking the fillings out of the heads of the poor class.

I woke up at 3am the other night with this thought in my head.

Broadcasting Live from Plant Cam #5

I've got the webcam up:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/blue-table-painting

Prepared to be bored into a coma.

Down the Pathway



This week I started reading my scriptures and praying every day. I managed the first three chapters of the Book of Mormon. The trick is to do it first thing before anything else. Otherwise I get too distracted. It was a rough week, but I certainly felt a lot more... combobulated. My insight: I've been whining and complaining too much about my callings and really doing the bare minimum with a bad attitude. So, I'm changing all that this upcoming week. It's time to nut-up and make it happen.

Today was a bit more organized than our usual Sunday. We were only like five minutes late for church. I've found it an insufferable bore for the last several months on account of my own bad attitude and lack of paying attention, but today it was a delight and I certainly felt recharged afterwards.

I spent the afternoon in the high pursuit of preparing for my sci-fi campaign including watching all the sci-fi movies I can get my hands on. Not much more to say than that. Just another fantastic Sunday.

Mass of Metal

While in Oregon I met a woman (co-worker of my mother) who had a mass of metal to sell. I made a vid and uploaded some pics. If anyone is interested, you should contact Monica at goatsbane@yahoo.com As I understand it, the cost will be about $1.00 per figure on average for the whole lot (I think in excess of 1500 figures).

Other than posting this, I have nothing to do with the transaction. I'm only putting it up as a matter of possible interest to you, the reader.



Again, I can't stress enough that other than posting this I have nothing to do with this. I don't have the models, I'm not shipping them, I'm making no guarantee or backing anything up and the only recommendation I can make of Monica is that my mother has known her for several years (five?).
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Big and Small

I had a dream last night that I was playing a Beastman army:

12x Ungor Skirmisher units (five each)
12x Ungor Skirmisher units (five each) in Ambush
2x Doombulls
2x Gorebulls (one is BSB)
6x Minotaurs (or more)

Here's how it plays. Deploy the twelve Ungor Skirmisher units to draw out your opponents entire army. Drop the Minotaur units on the weak flank.

Maybe a decent unit of Beastmen as support. Or a Jabberslythe or two. Or a Ghorgon instead of a unit of Minotaurs.

Money and Banking Lesson?

Webcam Battle Report Imminent


Clear your schedule for Saturday, August 14th, 2010. We're doing a live battle report via webcam. In fact, I ordered two really good webcams today (see pic). We are going to vastly improve the quality of our production.

A reminder will go out on this blog and on the Youtube channel as well.

What armies and what system is still up in the air. It's going to be WHF or 40K, one of the two this time. After that I hope to do one for War Machine.

It'll start at 12:00 noon Mountain Time
11:00am Pacific
1:00pm Central
2:00pm Eastern
7:00pm in United Kingdom
3:00am in Japan

If you can't watch it live don't worry all (or most) of it will be recorded and available for later viewing.

It will feature new terrain made in our state of the art terrain-making facility. Which reminds me: we're now taking orders for terrain, Turbo style or Custom; large or small. Almost anything you need or want. Contact Shawn at bluetablepainting@gmail.com for details.

Still Looking

Turns out I'm still looking for AT-43 Oni (I really need these for my sci-fi rpg coming up) and some Karman Trikes.

Revenge of the Squats

This is an idea for a concept army. I'm looking for a client or two to run with it. This will be one of those "head-turner" concept armies. Here we go.

Squats are an old 40K race. Space Dwarves. GW has tried to bury them but on rare occasions a die hard will bust some out on the table.

I found a miniatures range that is currently on clearance (usually 30-50% off retail) that if mixed with standard GW stuff would make a GREAT custom squat army. So, you'd save some on your cost of models. We can equip them with GW-type weapons so they will be standard that way, but probably not tournament-legal without permission (local tourneys likely to allow it).

Anyway, I'm looking for a client or two for one of these armies. If you just let us have free reign on list and color scheme the cost would be as follows:

1500 pts Squats $1000
2000 pts Squats $1400
2500 pts Squats $1800
3000 pts Squats $2200

Now free reign still allows some input from you, a little collaboration is to be desired.

OR you can hash out all the details with me. I'm eager to get a couple of these set up.

Naturally, you would want a lot of suits like these:



And tanks using larger stuff like these (these are roughly tank-sized)


This model is like 6" long.

That's just some ideas

You could use any of the following lists/models: Deathwing, Chaos Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Orks (probably the best one!).

Eight-legged Freak

My Monday began at 4am. A spider fell off the ceiling and on to my face. Could've been worse.

Flash back to the weekend. Tamie was up in Wyoming with our two youngest kids (Willow and G.) for three days for a family reunion. I put Willow to bed on Sunday night. She normally goes down without a fuss but she was having none of that last night. She just wanted Dad to hold her, which I did for about a half hour until she drifted off.

I also made some serious headway on

I have a super-human amount of work to do today so I'm hoping for an hour or two of sleep.

Retribution Tactica part 02



Shawn,


Saw your last Ret v. Khador batrep. There was a couple of things that happened this game that I think sort of gave you the short end of the stick. You'll enjoy hearing some of these things could have been prevented, because they got played wrong. The whole game you pretty much sat in that forest with all your Shyeel mages. When your opponent came up with Eiryss and shot Rahn, Rahn was DEFINITELY farther than 3" from the edge of the forest, between Rahn and Eiryss. Eiryss only ignores forests if she shoots her phantom seeker bolt. He shot the disruptor bolt at you but because you were deeper than 3" from the edge, the attack auto-misses. You wouldn't have been focus-locked that turn. Remember that: you HAVE to be 3" or closer to the edge of a forest to be able to draw line of sight out of AND into the forest, when drawing a direct line. If you were 4" inside the forest and he wanted to charge you, he couldn't because he can't draw LOS to the target.

Very important.

I actually really liked the addition of the Stormfall Archers in this list. It gives you some potential to pick off single-wound infantry before they get up to you.

You were also correct in saying you needed to dance around a little more. Like I said in an earlier email, Ret is all about moving around, taking shots and casting spells when you get the opportunity and waiting for your opponent to make one small error and then you just overwhelm him. Try not to do the pincer deployment, it almost always ends poorly. I just recently talked to a friend about deployment tactics and he said it best: Think of Warmachine as armies of Napoleonic era troops, artillery and generals. If you play them in that old fashioned, gunline/rank and file way, you'll fare really well. The dawnguard should be out front with your mages behind them and on either side. Position the jacks where you want and the Stormfall archers should be placed somewhere where they will have a good, line LOS down the board. Remember, you can't see through forests or anything deeper than 3". Also just try play for a great feat turn. Do all the moving, shooting, spell casting you need in order to set up a devastating feat turn. Rahn and his mages are all about saturation. You want everyone to be able to take a shot at something, do some damage and push them all over the place.

As always, you have full permission to post any of this email on your blog.

T

Webcam Battle Report Embed- Ogres vs Orcs at Arcane Ruins

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/blue-table-painting




Long Sunset



The big news today is that we did our first webcam battle report. I got to the office around 10am and started clearing out the various tasks when E. arrived (a friend of the studio) with all the hardware so we just did it that way instead of a regular battle report on Youtube. This is how it will be in the future most likely. However, we will notably upgrade the quality on all levels.

The current plan is to get two "arms" clamped on to the edges of the table and have two moveable webcams running that can hover above the battle. Then, do at least one good battle report every week.

In other news, terrain-making is in full swing with our first large project (a decaying city) booked. If the venture is a success we're likely to move Assembly downstairs, painters into what is now the assembly room and recover the World Room only as display and playing (and the webcam battle report thing).

The Industrial Orcs were completed today and I got to play with them in a 2500 point battle. Normally I like to do studio/personal armies myself or at least have a good hand, but I gave in this time (just like YOU will someday) and had Heather do them. They look so good. I almost want to cry.

Here's what needs to get added:
80x Goblins (order of the wrench-- robed and monk-like) probably with a mix of stuff but mostly bows. Goblins with bows are awesome, so I'm looking to trade-in a bunch of Battle for Skull Pass archer gobs anyone?
6x Fanatics (bomb squigs) or something else this is up in the air. Six fanatics costs 150 pts which might be better used in the army list
3x Chariots
and some Fast Cavalry would really help. I'd say Boar Boyz but I have my doubts. River Trolls? All great models.

I thought I wouldn't like all the war machines but I have to say that 6x bolt throwers is AWESOME. I vaporized a giant in a single volley.

Three night goblin shamans in a unit of goblins was just outstanding. Their spell list is beyond belief.

Flash back to last night. I took the kids to the pool. As the sun set on the distant mountains the bubbling human noises and shrieks of child-like glee seemed like a paradise on earth. Likewise tonight I took a walk in a prolonged sunset with K. She is growing into such a responsible girl. She wants to have money and a purse and some independence. She wants to hold my hand but only two fingers.

Life is good. I feel like I am floating upwards; new vistas of possibilities and goodness are opening up. Even the setbacks seem to me just new lessons.

PS- I think we will stream our Sci-fi rpg sessions, too! That would be keen!

Webcam Battle Report- Ogres vs Orcs

This is version 1.0 a very crude first attempt. The game should start by 12:30pm mountain time.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/blue-table-painting

Stormraven


Even the thickest of the thick could figure out what this is.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine_Aircraft/CAESTUS-ASSAULT-RAM.html

Want one finished (model/assembly/painting) from BTP? $290 is the current cost.

Done Deal

The Terrain-making workshop is a done deal. We're setting up over the next four days and after that we're ready to start in on terrain projects. Would you like to be first up?

Terrain Fest for a solid Month

OK folks, it looks like I might be renting a substantive area adjacent to the studio for a month or two just to do terrain. On top of that, I might make it a permanent thing which will require quite a push.

So, I'm taking orders for terrain starting now. You can get the pre-fab stuff (a la GW) as always, but more importantly get custom sets of BTP-style terrain. How I run it is you set a budget of $200-600 (or more even!) and give a general description of what you want. For example: Desert science fiction terrain. We then produce a set that will densely populate a single table OR reasonably populate two tables.

For a higher budget we make more terrain, more expansive (larger) terrain, and/or more detailed terrain. It takes a bit of trust, but anyone who has followed our exploits will know that we do genius terrain. We need that broad artistic license to follow our muse.

As another option, you can describe exactly what you want and I will quote like any other project.

We already have all the materials and tools, they're stored in my garage for the time being. My wife will be glad to have it all cleared out.

So, any takers?

PS- I'm still looking for lots of AT-43. I'm willing to trade in at 50% for almost anything you want (or I have quite a bit of stuff on hand).

Enlightenment or Conditioning

I just absolutely loved this article. A must read in my book.

Chaos Divided- For Sale


Got the chaos space marines up for sale.

See pics/prices here.

I am willing to do combination deals for a purchase of 6+ lots (10% break).

Note that some models are not painted by BTP. This is noted in the individual description.

On the Hunt

Looking for AT-43 esp. Red Blok and also books from Star Drive (Alternity) settings. Willing to trade materials/service/goodwill.

UPDATE: found the Red Blok stuff I needed, now looking for UNA.

And science fiction terrain (embellishments).

I plan on going to see Inception for the THIRD time in the theater this week. Here is a spoiler article that talks about six (six) ways to interpret the film. It's a complete mind job.

A fan sent in this link for Goblin spell cards
http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/showthread.php?t=67181

Check out this absolutely stunning terrain
http://www.quantumgothic.co.uk/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/

I would LOVE to get some of this and paint it up. I'd say $30-50 per kit (not including the cost of the model, but including assembly/painting).

Walk in the Park



It's just after 10pm. All sorts of fireworks are going off all around the neighborhood. In Utah July 24th is Pioneer Day which is celebrated pretty much like a second Fourth of July. The Pioneers arrived here in the 1840s and started terra-forming the sagebrush desert into the habitable paradise you see today.

I played my first game of Eighth Edition Warhammer with Sky Marshall Anonymo. Renn was kind enough to lend me his Skaven and we played at 2750 which did not seem overly pointed at all. In fact, I would say Warhammer Fantasy is a good game to play at 3000 pts for sure, easy as pie. But make it an eight foot wide board. Played against Warriors of Chaos infantry by the way.

Here's a funny song you might enjoy, about haircuts


We didn't get to finish our game unfortunately, but it was most satisfying. Sooner or later I'm going to have to get in the ring with Renn and his dirty trixx so it helped to learn the Skaven from the other side. They are the best army in 8th edition in my opinion. Very very nice. Great figures and just over the top in 8th edition.

Sarah's husband celebrated his birthday tonight. We went up the canyon to a delightful shaded park in the shadow of the mountain with a mild river going by. It was just the right temperature and we ate good American food. I threw the old leather pumpkin around with Josephus and in general enjoyed the company of some good folk, though I did have a murderous tension headache.

I still got those Chaos Space Marines on the block as a bulk deal ($1900) until Monday around noon. Then they will get split up.

I'm booking projects for August now, and a little underbooked so a speedier turnaround.

AT-43

I'm looking to trade for AT-43 specifically Red Blok.

Also looking for sci-fi tiles.

Chaos Space Marine Army

Just got in a size-able Chaos Space Marine force.

The sum of all the parts will be in the $2400-2600 range. If I found a single buyer to clear it all out in one fell swoop, without a lot of hassle (read: taking pics of everything) and in a reasonable period of time it would be $1900. I am feeling confident it will all sell for a reasonable amount.

New Pics from Isle of Blood














Picked this up from Dakka:

Chieftain - 45 Halberd - 2 sub-total - 47pts Warlock Engineer - 15 Warplock Pistol - 8 sub-total - 23pts 20 Clanrats - 80 Spears & Shields - 20 Command Group - 20 sub-total - 120pts 20 Clanrats - 80 Shields - 10 Command Group - 20 sub-total - 110pts 2 Rat Ogres - 80 1 Packmaster (not shown yet but required by the rules) - 8 sub-total - 88pts Weapon Teams; Poisoned Wind Mortar - 65 Warpfire Thrower - 70 The other one that appears to be a Warpgrinder - 60 sub-total - 195pts (this is odd, however as none of the revealed units can legally take a warpgrinder, if it is included we can look forward to some Gutter/Night Runners as well I assume) EDIT: Actually, the 'warpgrinder' may in fact BE a packmaster, in which case the list would come to 523 points instead Total - 583 points (assuming that guy is a warpgrinder)

Fires of Industry


The Industrial Orcs are proceeding apace. Sixty boyz are already put together.

The Black Orc Warbosses were mostly finished today including a worthy battle standard bearer. Next are the various war machines. All these are being expressed as WW1-looking big guns. Snotling pump wagons as grot-tank-type things. Some other infernal machines are percolating in my ant brain.

Behind the scenes I came within a micron of switching to Dwarfs. But I chose to stay the course. The thing with the industrial orcs is that they are being made from scrap bitz. That's not to say they're cheaper overall on account of the labor involved with conversion work. The big factor is the models are on hand and I'm really itching to get them in a fight.

Dwarfs are probably next. I've never done a Dwarf army and they really are not my style. But it's time to get out of the box.

I got Mike D. on the line to come in and play a game this Saturday. I don't know whether I want to get my feet wet in Warhammer 8th ed. or to get in a game of War Machine with my Retribution reinforcements. Either way Mike is in trouble.

Meanwhile back at the homestead... My lovely wife headed out for some Indian take-out as soon as I got home from work last night. While she was doing that I got the kids ready for bed, always an adventure. I brought home some of the D&D figures (the cheapie plastic ones that were donated) and they played with those in the tub. After sopping up soapy water off the bathroom floor with a pile of dirty clothes I got them in their jammies just in time for mommy to get home.

After that, we retired to our "bower of love" with a jam-packed tray of steaming-good food; chicken vindaloo, vegetarian coconut korma, rice (of course), sweet bread, tandoori chicken, ice cold chocolate milk, and a pitcher of ice-water. We watched "Pushing Daisies" on Netflix. Tamie loves that show.

It was during this episode that Mike D. called to set up our game. Tamie has the idea that I'm doing things with her all day Saturday, but guess what? I'll be down at the studio playing Warhammer and that's that. Saturday night is a different story.

The D&D campaign is on hold. The more I think of doing a next shot I can't help but get an almighty hankering to do some sci-fi. I've got an almighty good idea for it. If only you could see what's in my head...

Letter "I"

There's no "I" in TEAM. But there is one in "YOU'RE FIRED".

Terrain Special

Blue Table Painting is currently taking orders for pre-fab terrain. Get the pricing sheet here.

This sheet has all the GW stuff for Warhammer and 40K.

For August I'm running a special for pre-fab Terrain:

  • 25% off on painting for Artistic License (that's a lot by the way)
  • $50 credit if your order is $400 or more
  • $100 credit if your order is $800 or more
You don't need to give Artistic License to get the other credits.



Ride the Kick up the Layers

I've been in Oregon for five days. Quite an experience which I will share more at length in the future. It was like being in another world.

After my wife picked me up at the SLC airport on Tuesday we went out on a date. We saw Inception (my second time). Great movie, I'm tentatively saying it's the best movie I've ever seen. I'm going to own it. And the soundtrack.

Mother of Broods

Check this out.

The Government Can!



Awesome, just couldn't pass this one up!

Sneak Pics of New "Isle of Blood" figures







August Releases

Pink Horrors of Tzeentch
Seekers of Slaanesh
Daemon Prince
The Changeling
Warhammer Battle Magic: Daemons of Chaos (English)
Hunt for Voldorius book
Temple of the Serpent book
Fear the Alien book
Bloodcrushers of Khorne
Kairos Fateweaver, Oracle of Tzeentch
More Famous Familiars
Traitors of Chaos

Inception

This movie rocked. It was like watching a Drama and three action movies all at once. Great sci-fi, exciting all the way through, and very tightly written. There was never a *groan* moment with somethings stupid that made no sense. I can't wait to see it again, and in the theater.

War Machine Special

War Machine special, two slots only: 50% off on your cost of models, and half-cost on the upgrade to L4/6 split (normally increases painting cost by 1.5x but with this special it's 1.25x) if you want that. You can stick with the L3/5 split standard.

Retribution Tactica 01


Got this very insightful email from a viewer:

Shawn,

I just watched your bout against Khador. First off, I want to suggest you put video links from youtube on the privateer press forums. They have a battle report section that gets a lot of traffic. You'll also get a lot of good critiques there.

As far as your list goes, you said you ordered some new stuff. That's good, because it seems like certain areas of your current list are falling flat. This is what I can say about this list. Rahn isn't a big time jack caster, so bringing 2 Phoenix (a huge amount of points) AND a Chimera might be overkill. Most of the more competitive Rahn lists have a single Phoenix and a Chimera and no other jacks. Rahn isn't about providing mismatches with your opponent, as far as hitting power is concerned. Rahn's game is to control the board and set up his own units/jacks to make meaningful charges/attacks with little or no retaliation. Bouncing telekinesis off of your two arc nodes could have prevented Beast-09 from charging and could have provided a turn to further pummel the infantry ranks with your Shyeel Mages. I can't stress how good 2 units of them are with Rahn. The trouble you're having with your dawnguard isn't necessarily your playstyle, it's the unit. That unit isn't meant to be a tarpit (what the WM/Hordes community calls a high defense/high ARM unit that just sticks to you...like tar). The Houseguard Halberdier's Shield Wall is perfect for that role, at ARM 18 in Shield Wall. A full unit of them plus their Unit Attachment is a perfect example of a tarpit unit. The dawnguard would likely follow up behind them while the battle mages flank either side. Also, Battle Mage Magisters are AWESOME. I mean completely and utterly auto-include with the Battle Mage units.

Just try to remember that Rahn has A LOT of board control elements. You want to use those elements to reposition your opponent's models. Retribution simply does not have the hitting power or hit boxes to go toe-to-toe with Khador; no army in the game does, really. That's Khador's trap, if they can lock you up in combat, they WILL wear you down eventually. That's why Rahn is such a great matchup against Khador. He can literally prevent them from getting locked in combat until they have hardly anything left.

If you have the models, and are going to play 50pts (like you said in the video), try something along these lines:

Rahn
Chimera
Phoenix

Dawnguard Sentinels (full unit)
---Sentinel Unit Attachment
---Soulless Escort (makes them a lot more survivable)
Houseguard Halberdiers (full unit)
---Halberdier Unit Attachment
---Soulless Escort
House Shyeel Battle Mages
House Shyeel Battle Mages

Arcanist (to manage your jacks and free up focus from Rahn)
House Shyeel Magister
House Shyeel Magister
Eiryss, Mage hunter of Ios

This list literally makes me cringe, thinking about playing against it. That is tons of magic attacks for Rahn's feat, tons of board control, lots of sticky, swampy models to wade through...

This list would be SO hard to beat.


The more years I play this game, the more I realize this game is really similar to old, Roman-style military tactics. You line up in formations and move in one, concerted movement.

You can use anything I say in this in your blog, by the way.

Ted

FW Incoming

Just made a Forge World order today. I expect it in early this coming week. Here's what's in it.

Description: HYDRA FLAK TANK CONVERSION KIT Quantity: 1

Description: ULTRAMARINES VENERABLE DREADNOUGHT Quantity: 1

Description: TAU REMORA DRONE STEALTH FIGHTERS Quantity: 1

Description: OGRE RHINOX CAVALRY 1 Quantity: 1

Description: OGRE RHINOX CAVALRY 2 Quantity: 1

Description: SALAMANDERS MKIIB LAND RAIDER Quantity: 1

Description: KHORNE DAEMON PRINCE AND HERALD Quantity: 3

Saurus Warriors: Hand Weapons vs Spears


A client asked me to do a test of which is better: Saurus with hand weapons/shields or spears. Here's my erudite and enlightened response:

No need for a test. You have to choose between an extra rank of attacks (but not when charging) or a 6+ ward save to the front. Oh, and the spears cost extra, probably enough to buy two whole 'nuther Saurus warriors.

On the other hand, you'll probably save less than half a wound a turn with the shield save, while five attacks is likely to produce an extra wound reliably, plus peel off a rank now and again.

The question is, are you benefited more by the extra two Saurus you could have bought with the points you spent on spears OR killing X amount of enemy models.

It's a toughie. It's really a matter of getting your points back and WHEN. This is a matter of timing, folks. If you have two extra Saurus warriors sitting on the tail of the unit, they are probably going to be sitting around for two or four turns until they step up into a fighting rank. HOWEVER, they are beefing out your ranks that whole time, making sure you are 40% more likely to have an extra one at any given moment. And remember, ranks are doubly important in 8th edition: they give you a rank bonus and sometimes Steadfast.

With spears, you are out those two Saurus warriors but probably coming out a net half a point ahead each turn from killing things.

In the end, though, you have to go with Hand Weapon and Shield. Here's why: Lizardmen are an offensive army. You're probably going to be charging a lot, and especially now that infantry can get in the fight a lot faster (no march-blocking and additional average charge distance). Couple that with an army that also has Stegadons marching along, you've got to keep it aggressive.

Shawn

PS- One other thing to consider: giving your Saurus spears doesn't get rid of the hand weapon! You just now have the option of fighting with spears. And since spears look better I'd definitely do my Saurus with spears!

Email comments to Shawn @ bluetablepainting@gmail.com

Hey Shawn!


This is just a response to your recent blog post about Saurus Warriors. It has nothing to do with projects or business or anything, so feel free to completely ignore it or whatever.
You made the point that Lizardmen are a basically offensive army, making shields the better option because the bonuses with spears are lost when charging. I disagree - in my opinion, Lizardmen have never been an offensive force, they rely on taking charges with tough infantry, forcing the enemy to fight on their terms and blasting them as they do so.

While I'll admit that there are many builds of a Lizardman army that can perform very well offensively, the most powerful is a defensive one, probably led by a Slann in a TG bunker for some buffs and long-ranged firepower, supported by Saurus blocks and Skinks to cover flanks etc. This army has very little in the way of a weak point because all of its models are probably going to be Ld 9, Cold Blooded with a BSB in range and hopefully Steadfast.

Units this large and powerful in any army can get pulled out of position and flanked easily by charging. I'm not trying to debate the merits of a particular army list, but I'm making the point that if Saurus are your line infantry, they need to be supported by a general and in a position where they can't get flanked, outnumbered etc. Offensively this becomes tenuous at best.

Not only that, but the basic mechanics of the game are against you. If you purchase spears for your Saurus, you lose the option to take the Hand Weapon and Shield combo in the event that you should charge. The new rules are that you can never choose a Hand Weapon over a special weapon. And why would you charge? There is very little incentive to do so, considering that you are no longer striking first, so that Initiative 1 is looking pretty slow no matter what your equipment. At least if you get charged and have those spears, you have the 20+ attacks to put the hurt on the enemy and win combat.

Just my two-cents as a Lizardmen players.

Cheers,
~T

Up for Air



The last few days have been a whirlwind with almost every studio army being sold. Bittersweet that.

Today I took my daughter out for breakfast, asking her where out of anywhere would she like to go. We went to the swankiest McDonald's in the valley. After that we drove up north to the local game shop to pick up some 8th edition Warhammer books, and a couple of copies of No Quarter (the War Machine magazine).

I spent a few hours catching up at the studio then headed home to lounge around watching "Lie to Me" (a detective-type series) on Netflix and perusing the new Warhammer rulebook.

One major note: there were rumors that to win a game you would need to double your opponent's VPs and indeed the book reads that way, but an errata insert changes that to beating your opponent by 100+ VPs. That's a lot less margin than before and very satisfying to my mind.

Baby Willow woke up at 5:30am and we tried to get her back to bed, but she was having NONE of it. So that's when we got up. But she also went to bed at 5pm and now we are praying that she sleeps through the night. I especially hope so because I am ever so tired.

Right now I am working on the studio Retribution army as well as getting the studio Industrial Orcs done. They should be all assembled within a week and painted by the end of the month.

War Machine special, two slots only: 50% off on your cost of models, and half-cost on the upgrade to L4/6 split (normally increases painting cost by 1.5x but with this special it's 1.25x) if you want that.

Treasure Trove

Status updates for Friday. Still running

This is a limited time offer, I don't know how long it's going to run. It's first-paid, first-served. I can take Paypal or credit card by phone.

Some items are already on our website in the Gallery For Sale section or in the For Sale section (usually for larger items). You can look them up if you want to see some early pictures. However, don't buy anything from the website yet, I'm going to lower the prices pretty much across the board.

Terrain is NOT included!

Prices for whole armies:
Oceanic Eldar (comes with what pictured, verify before buying) VID SOLD!
Bone Knights pics and list Sale pending SOLD!
Menoth $750
Tyranids Wave 1 and 2 SOLD!

Death Korps Infantry x90 SOLD!
Death Korps Heavy Weapon Teams x12 SOLD!
Cadian Infantry x100 $355
Cadian Weapon Team Trios (three each) $40 per trio
Imperial Guard tanks: $75 each (Vanquisher is gone)

Prices for Various
5x Blood Angels Terminators $110 SOLD
1x Sanguinary Priest $20 SOLD!
6x Ork Barricades $35
Shadowsun and drones $45
Tzeentch Wizard on Disc $45
Five Warhounds on magnetized base $45 (two lots available)
Empire Wizards $19 each
Heather's Wizard with glittery gems $20
Skaven Doomflayers $24 each
Swarmlord Ultra $115
Rifleman Dread SOLD!
Group of five Ork Boyz $29 (nine lots available)
Group of four Ork Nobz $24
Group of seven Slaanesh Daemonettes on foot $12
Group of six Seekers of Slaanesh $28 SOLD!
Eldar Aeronautica fleet (five models?) $28 SOLD!
Tyranid Aeronautica fleet (five models?) $28 SOLD!
Kings of War Undead (70+ pcs) $120
Space Hulk $395

email or text Shawn at bluetablepainting@gmail.com for questions or to purchase or for availability. Phone 801 372 8545

Shipping is $9 in US/Canada and $25 to the other countries we ship to.

Everything sold as-is, as it appears. This is bargain basement, so I'm looking to clear it out without a lot of followup.

Goose Egg


Today was pretty depressing. Zero sales. But a few (rare) complaints. Terrible, just terrible. I feel like crap.

I did wrap up the D&D adventure tonight. Twelve session run, not too bad, and a good time was had by all. I have a Scout camp thing tomorrow all morning. I really don't want to be away from the office, but duty calls.

Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for the huge good things in my life. But some days it rains, ya know?

Common Tyranid Specialty Organisms (Zootaxy)

Here's some links and prices for our specialty organisms. I made this for a client and thought I would share with all.

Swarmlord:
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_image.php?imgID=81594

$145 unpainted, +$75 painted

Swarmlord "Ninja Style" and Tyrannofex Omega
$195 unpainted, +$75 painted
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3455

Tervigon (the typical one we do), Parasite of Mortrex (one of the many different ones we have done, almost all unique), and Doom of Malantai (again, one of many varations).
$145 unpainted for Tervigon
$65 unpainted for Parasite or Doom
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3385

I do give bulk discounts for runs of more than one.

Tyranid projects we have done this year. Check out the specialty creatures!

http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3491
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3487
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3454
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3455
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3423
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3406
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3398
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3394
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3385
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3382
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3379
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3374
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3338
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3339
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3312
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3309
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3597
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3590
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3519
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3498
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3494

SOB Window Needed

Looking for the round clear windshield part from an Immolator. Can anyone provide me one?

Tyranid Zootaxy

Tyranid projects we have done this year. Check out the specialty creatures!

http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3491
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3487
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3454
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3455
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3423
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3406
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3398
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3394
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3385
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3382
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3379
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3374
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3338
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3339
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3312
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3309
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3597
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3590
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3519
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3498
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/view_gallery.php?galleryID=3494

Retribution Update: Rahn


I've been working up my Retribution army. I'm up to about 60 pts maybe more. For War Machine I'd say 50 pts is average for a game and plenty of complication for a typical wargame.

I've nicknamed my warcaster (Adeptus Rahn) "Rahn Pahl". Get it?

More pics.

Here's what I'm adding this coming week:
1x Hallyr and Skarath
1x box House Shyeel Battle Mages
1x box Stormfall Archers
1x box Dawnguard Riflemen

Got an email from a youtube-watcher:

Shawn,

I enjoyed your Retribution v. Menoth game quite a bit. I thought I would offer you a couple minor tips on list building for Rahn. Replace the Hydra with a Phoenix. Believe me, you want that arc node. Rahn becomes a board control nightmare when he has arc nodes. I'd also heavily consider the light jack version with an arc node as well if you aren't already taking it. Also, replace the Ghost Snipers to make the Dawnguard unit full sized. Ghost Snipers are awesome models and have great fluff, but they don't do much for Rahn lists. House Shyeel Battle Mages are his bread and butter (or as they are affectionately known in the Warmachine community: "Kittens with Mittens".). You really can't go wrong with taking 2 squads of these guys in a Rahn list. Makes his feat turn that much more devastating.

Hope that helps a bit. Rahn wins a lot of the big PP sanctioned tournaments. You've picked yourself a strong caster.


Best,
Ted






War Machine and Hordes

I'm on the hunt for trading in Privateer Press stuff. Let me know what you have!

I also do trade-ins for just straight-up kits. You don't have to get it assembled/painted.

Just put up the Retribution a la carte pricing guide.

 

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