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Progress has been a bit lower than I’d like but progress is progress. The first unit always takes longer since I’m working out the technique I plan to use for the entire army and refining my approach. That being said, the 10-man Veteran Squad is now complete. I should have some squad pictures up this week. I’ve primed 10 Tact Marines and 5 Devastators also. I’ll be moving on to painting 10 Assault Marines this week and hopefully with the technique figured out it will go much faster.

Posted on April 27, 2010 08:39 am by Thor | no comments

Shamless Plug

Posted on April 23, 2010 08:08 am by Thor

My wife does Pampered Chef on the side and she wanted me to pass this along.  Read more... (210 words, 1 image, estimated 50 secs reading time)

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I Need a Direction

Posted on April 22, 2010 10:44 am by Thor

Last night I got in two games using my Marines. Both games were against fellow Marines and both games were losses. My record is far from great with my Marines. I love the fluff, I enjoy the modeling and I like the models themselves but I just can’t seem to win a game with them. I’ve been thinking long and hard as to why I’m not doing better and I think I’ve come to a conclusion.  Read more... (345 words, 1 image, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

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Test Figure

Posted on April 20, 2010 08:22 am by Thor

Here’s the test model I was working on. Joe wanted mostly black with some gold trim. The bolter isn’t done yet though and I have a purity seal to put over the hole in the backpack but otherwise it’s “finished”. Joe is having me just do the black and gold while he’ll take care of the smaller details once he has the figures. The black has three shades of gray for highlights though it’s hard to pick them out in the shots. I wanted to get some shots quickly this morning before work while I had light so they aren’t great.

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I managed to get the last 10 Tact Marines assembled this weekend, 2 Rhinos base coated, 5 Command Squad base coated and 10 Veterans base coated with one test model just about complete. Now that I’m on to painting I think things are going to start flying along.

Posted on April 19, 2010 07:09 pm by Thor | no comments

Get at it ye Gitz!

Posted on April 15, 2010 10:02 am by Thor

Played at the FLGS last night and ran into a situation which I fell victim to and no doubt others out there do to. I do this more often than I should so this is just as much making you all aware as reprimanding myself for it (bad Thor!).  Read more... (797 words, 1 image, estimated 3:11 mins reading time)

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After a long, long (did I say long?), time of putting together a chapter worth of Marines we’re just about ready to start putting a brush to the models. This weekend I’ll get a test model done and track down the beast that seemed to have hidden my camera on me and slay it so that I can get shots up of the test model.

Posted on April 14, 2010 01:23 pm by Thor | no comments

The previous theme was very clean looking, professional and nicely done but it was a pain in my ass. I put a ton of work into revising it so I was happy with it and even then I had some issues still. Most of those issues got resolved in a new version of theme, which was great, but at the same time all my work was gone. I of course had backups of the work I did but even still it meant making all those updates again…just not worth it. Plus, really the style was for magazines with the cool image slider and post images. Most of the images I was using I probably shouldn’t have been and that theme put the focus on the images and less on the content. So all that being said, I’m happy with this theme you’re seeing. It’s clean and simple and easy to work with from the back end.

Posted on April 14, 2010 08:48 am by Thor | no comments

Battle Missions

Posted on April 12, 2010 03:16 pm by Thor

Battle Missions has been out for a little while now and I’ve finally gotten a handful of games under my belt with it and I have to say I really, really like what they’ve done. First off, having more than three missions to choose from is damn nice. The book is packed with 66 missions so it’s going to take you a long, long time to get through them all. Each army has three missions themed for their army but the great part is you can play those missions without using that army. You have Orks and your buddy has Marines and you want to play one of the Eldar missions? Well you can. Some missions have army specific special rules, so if you’re playing an Eldar mission with Eldar then you get X special rule, but they also tell you what to do if you aren’t fielding that army, thus making all missions viable for any army to play.  Read more... (503 words, 1 image, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

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Welcome Aboard, Kamui!

Posted on April 9, 2010 08:26 pm by Thor

I’ve asked a friend of mine, Kamui, to jump on board here and write some articles when he has a chance, and he’s agreed.  Read more... (69 words, 1 image, estimated 17 secs reading time)

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Basic Battlefield Strategy

Posted on April 8, 2010 10:57 am by Thor

I’m always looking for general strategy for 40K and I came across this blog post.  Read more... (51 words, 1 image, estimated 12 secs reading time)

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Experiences Against the New Blood Angels

Posted on April 8, 2010 10:06 am by Thor

Blood Angels: VampiresI’ve now played three games against the new Blood Angels with my Orks. I have not seen everything the codex has to offer of course but I’ve certainly seen some of the key units and rules in those games.  Read more... (1081 words, 1 image, estimated 4:19 mins reading time)

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I’ve completed assembling two 5-man Devastator squads and the 6-man Red Scorpions. All I have left to finish is 10 Tactical Marines and 10 Assault Marines. I’ll be starting on the Assault Marines tonight. If things go well then this weekend I’ll have all the assembling completed and moving on to painting. It’s a week behind what I was aiming for but Easter took out a chunk of my time to work on the figures.

Posted on April 6, 2010 12:01 pm by Thor | no comments

Mistakes – A Learning Experience

Posted on April 5, 2010 03:08 pm by Thor

This past Friday I got in a Battle Missions game with my skumgrod Tyson (skumgrod = favorite enemy). I have no idea what it was but both of us kept forgetting stuff, be it moving a unit, shooting with one or making an assault move. If it weren’t for the fact we were both forgetting this stuff then it could have easily swayed the game. The thing is that whenever I play a game if I forget to do something then I stand by it, same with Tyson or anyone I play really. By that I mean if I’m moving models for assault and realize I forgot to shoot with a unit then it’s tough luck, I’m on to assault and have started making those moves. Even if someone offers to let me shoot with the unit I forgot I will pass. The idea is that I’m going to learn and won’t forget to do whatever it was again. If I get a free pass each time I mess up like that then I’m not learning and I’m not holding myself to a standard that allows me to grow as a player.  Read more... (401 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

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Orks – Trukk Boyz Tactica

Posted on April 2, 2010 09:45 am by Thor

Ork Trukk BoyzThis is my attempt at a guide to Trukk Boyz…them Boyz that ride in trukks! This is not definitive, no guide is, but hopefully it’s helpful. I’ll come back and update this more as I have time, just wanted to toss something out there.  Read more... (2072 words, 1 image, estimated 8:17 mins reading time)

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Orks – ‘ard Boyz Tactica

Posted on April 2, 2010 09:45 am by Thor

Ork 'ard BoyzAn ‘ard Boy costs 4pts more than a normal Boy, which is a pretty significant price increase. For every 3 ‘ard Boyz you buy you could have 2 more normal Boyz, IE: 3 ‘ard Boyz or 5 regular Boyz. So, is the 4+ save worth the big price increase? In my opinion, yes they are worth it, you just can’t use them like you would normal Boyz or you’re going to waste your points and then they won’t be worth it.  Read more... (787 words, 1 image, estimated 3:09 mins reading time)

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