Adeptus Titanicus - Grey battlefield assets, terminal pins and markers - TO DONE! 🔴⚪

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Adeptus Titanicus - Battlefield assets, terminal pins and markers and no, it's not deja vu! 

This is a second set of battlefield assets, this time in grey to better match some of Otty's other boards.

I also wanted to try out more use of silver. If I ever get round to my Cerastus and Warlord Titans I want to use silver more.

Not to mention my Guardians of the Covenant in silver. Stretching myself with a colour I rarely use so I'm more comfortable with it is never a bad thing.

To be fair it's not rockets science, gun metal, dark wash, gun metal highlight, silver highlight. Maybe a little more shading.

And, at a pinch, some Blessed Verdigris 🗽.

The good thing about Verdigris is it doesn't just appear on copper and brass.

I'd go so far as to argue it looks even more impressive on silver. But that's because it adds a splash of colour to what is essentially monochrome.

I also did a Legio Krytos Warlord Titan crew for Liam.

Priority badge.

Which again looks better when you can see the verdigris.

And the titan fire arc templates. They would have been so tiresome without that patina.

The extra shading provided sufficient contrast to make them more exciting.

The counters too. Maybe the verdigris was a bit too much on these but I'm not going to lose sleep on it. This will count as 2 models.

And another 44 terminal pins. I'll be treating this as 7 models in my hobby season count.

They look pretty cool.

As we reach the exact halfway point of the Season of Wood another Great Big Wooden Stamp of Approval. How are you doing in the hobby season?

Here are the pics on a white background.

These do look better n a white background.

March 2nd is #OldStuffDay

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity, just a heads up March 2nd is Old Stuff Day. More than a decade ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. The aim is to choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved, or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention, before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

However, I know a lot of hobbyists don't have blogs, maybe they Twitter or Insta, in which case go back to one of your old tweets and retweet or share one of your oldest figures or the first miniature you ever painted. If you feel inclined to check out the old fuddy-duddy blogosphere for cool posts that's cool too. And don't forget to add #OldStuffDay

So, if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt. Celebrate Old Stuff Day with the rest of us. 

4 million

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity just 7 months since I hit the 3 million mark I now have 4 million on the clock... I'm putting even less store into this figure now. Maybe the 'views' are legitimate, but I don't think they're actually real human viewers - bots or crawlers perhaps?   

As you can see it's another crazy rollercoaster of views with a couple of 20,000+ days followed by a fall in numbers. I'm still going to keep this counter going because it's counting something but I'm recognising it's not all it appears to be.

According to my Google AdSense I've had just 3,429 page views in the last 30 days, not the 160,000 blogger claims. That said I've earned £2.72 of those views and clicks. So, thanks for all the legitimate views and maybe they help contribute to the suspect ones - they must mean something...

Not a Battle report - MESBG Rohirrim Vs Orcs...?

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PlayingWarhammer with more games of new MESBG but unfortunately I have absolutely no recollection of this game whatsoever. This is becoming something of a pattern, what's worse is I've another 2 MESBG games and both of those haven't been written up after 1 and 3 weeks so they'll probably not make any sense either.

So, instead, lets enjoy the pics and espouse [once again] just how good MESBG is.

Even the new rules, although there are some negatives with many factions and models moving to Legends/legacy. But the game is pretty much the same with some subtle changes and additions which aren't too hard to adapt to.

Bottom line, MESBG is still the best game that Games Workshop do. I don't know how, given it often just boils down to multiple small scale combats across the board. But they all matter, they're all decisive and most of the buffs and stratagems are easy to keep track off.

More importantly the game is fun. Not just fun in an entertaining way, but also funny in a rolling on the floor kind of way that I have never experienced in any other game. Granted this often down to a simple dice roll and pretty much every game system is like this.

But these dice roles can be so pivotally hilarious. Also, by playing doubles or two versus 1 there's plenty of of scope for offering the dice to your partner to both result in jubilant success or crushing defeat. Doubles are definitely the most entertaining way to play when you're with your mates.

And MESBG looks cool too. Of course it helps when your mates are massive Middle Earth fans and have made boards and armies to showcase the best of the game. It also means I don't have to bring anything, except a bag of crisps. Although obviously I do have my own small Moria force.

I will just take a moment to moan about highlight one annoying discrepancy that the new edition did not resolve - banners. Unfortunately some match play games have specific victory condition based on having a banner. And, if your opponent does not, then you immediately score those points. Given not all factions are allowed banners I think it wrong, especially in match play, to have banners score this way.

Let the dice decide... 😵

Not some arbitrary mechanism that rewards you before the game has even started that your factions has a sheet of cloth on a stick and your opponent hasn't the wherewithal to make their own!

Boy, I wish I knew what happened in this game! Sorry I can't give any details, just know we probably had a right old laugh.

I mean look at our silly grinning faces. The question is - who's smile is fake and hiding their pain of a crushing defeat?

'nids part 374 - #DreadTober Genestealer Cult Sentinels TO DONE! 🔴⚪

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer DreadTober seems so long ago now but once again I had been thwarted by models being 'nearly finished'. So close to TO DONE! and yet so far.

It doesn't take much sometimes to derail what is otherwise a quick win.

I'm once again struck how wonderful these old models are. I know the new ones are all cool and shiny but these have so much character.

They definitely suit the Genestealer Cult aesthetic much more.

My 'crop-top' scouts remind me of the Forgeworld Elysian Drop Sentinels.

As such a small amount of kitbashed roll-cage would have dipped into that theme, but cutting the lot off is much easier! 😎

There is a subtle difference in my newer Sentinels compared to the older ones.

The yellow is richer, the weathering has more contrast and the numbers/letters are slightly different.

But it's not that obvious and I think they make a great quartet.

I've still quite a few GSC things to do. Some Neophytes and Acolytes but that's so far down my list of things it's not even funny.

I do have a Chimera to paint up as well, which is more likely to get done than 20 or so highly detailed infantry. But when I do the Chimera it'll be so much fun to have alongside these fellas in rusted yellow.

And another Great Big Wooden Stamp of Approval.

Here are the pics on a white background. Not much else to say, just enjoy the hobby.