Bloodthirster of Khorne

The coming Chaos Space Marine codex pulls my attention away from the other armies and now I'm concentrating on my favourite army of all --> The World Eaters.

I've done several adjustment to my existing models to fit the new 6th Edition and in preparation for the new codex, have some games of 6th Ed. (and WIN!! :lol:), paint more Red and even do some budget for the release :).

Today, I'll be showing you my Bloodthirster. I've bought this guy looooong time ago back in the 4th Edition. Back then the Bloodthirsters and Bloodletters are still part f the CSM codex and are always included in my list. Then the current codex came by and I had to shelve this model.

The coming af 6th Ed. and the new Ally rules allow me to include the Bloodthirster and Bloodletters in my list. So last Saturday I took out this model and start painting. It took  me a whole day to finish this big brute and took it to gaming on the next day.

I present to you all, the Bloodthirster of Khorne.

That's all. Happy painting :)

Back from the warp.. AND VERY PISSED OFF!!

I've been away from the Skullthrone far too long already and it was all thanks to the 6th Ed. Reading, playtesting, making list, playtest again, back to reading and then playtesting other armies. These things has been keeping me away from the painting table. That, followed by holy Ramadhan and Aidilfitri further the delay for another month.

 

But now I'm back and to pay back for all the time lost, I've been doing 3 vehicles at the same time since last week.

CHAOS LAND RAIDER

The first one is the World Eaters Land Raider that I assembled some couple months back. The 6th Ed. hurt my Rhino-based WE so badly now I need a LR to help ease the pain. Here is how the thing look right now. The Red colour was Tamiya Italian Red over a Matt Black primer. I think I like the colour enough so the next step is to go into detail and adding some spiky bits here and there.

NECRON ANNIHILATION BARGE

I bought this thing to be a Catacomb Command Barge since it was so cool in 5th. But then again, an Annihilation Barge is also a cool unit to have on table with its twin-linked Tesla Destructor. So I magnetised the cannon and the Command Console so I can change between them whenever I want. As for colour scheme, it was nothing grand like the Necron infantries. Just Tamiya Gunmetal over Matt Black primer followed by Light Gunmetal. It was later weathered with Dark Earth and Orange Rust weathering powder. All I need to do left is finish up the crews, paint all the green glowy bulbs and then it'll be good for gaming.

NECRON TRIARCH STALKER

The Triarch Stalker is one fine looking model. The only problem with this thing is the pointcost and the fact that it only has one weapon to play with. BUt I would still take it to gaming just for fun. It follows the same colour scheme as the Barge.

 

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WHAT'S WITH THE SCENE OVER HERE?!

Me and my brother Dean went to hobby with 1750 points list ready to spent the evening with. But people over here are getting so tourney oriented they no longer play 1750 points game. Everyone has been doing 1500 points since the next tourney (in November) will be set at that point. Come on lah Malaysians!! Why so serious?!? I even saw one guy playing Ork-IG Ally WAAC netlist on Friday. You know, the one with Nobz Bikers troops, and 5-6 Flyers.

 

What the hell.. I wish we were several years back in GC when Nik Kamal was around. Back then we used to play funky builds just for pure fun, trying out some stupid unit doing stupid things and laugh out loud. Nowadays it is all about optimising a list. Bring casual list and you are just asking to be bullied.

 

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MERDEKA!!

Just a couple days back, we celebrate our  MERDEKA!!. I love my country, I love Malaysia, I love my Jalur Gemilang. Our Jalur Gemilang was there right in front of my gate, standing straight against the wind since the 1st of August. I'm very proud of it.

So when the news shows some stupid fellas in yellow shirts holding some red-white flag to replace Jalur Gemilang, my blood boils. It felt like someone just spat over my face. If I ever saw that flag raised anywhere right in front of my eyes, I will take it down and if I have a lighter, burn it right there. If you guys really are Malaysians, I would expect you guys to do the same.

We wargamers knows and understand just how important a flag/banner/standard is. It is our honour. Spitting on it is like spitting on our honour. Our dignity. It isn't funny and very much unacceptable.

Barua betul!!

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SELAMAT HARI KEMERDEKAAN MALAYSIA KE 55

MERDEKA!            
MERDEKA!            
MERDEKA!

Kindred 3 and Golden Kriss

Kindred 3 (40k Doubles Tourney) and The Golden Kriss (Hobby Event) were held today. This is actually my 1st time participating in Kindred (I missed the previous 2) and my 2nd time into the Golden Kriss.

KINDRED 3

For Kindred, I teamed up with the Wolflord Syamael and this is the list that we came out with :

SplinterFangs (1600 pts SW+DE)

The scariest army in K3



Runepriest - Chooser of The Slain

Lonewolf - Wulfen

5 Grey Hunters - Meltagun (in Rhino)

Typhoon

3 x 6 Long Fangs - 4 Missiles, 1 Plasma Cannon Each

Haemonculus

2 x 3 Trueborn - 2 Splinter Cannons (in Raider with Dark Lance)

5 DE Warriors - Blaster (in Raider with Dark Lance)

3 Reaver Jetbikes - Blaster

2 x Ravager - 3 Dark Lance

Ravager - 3 Desintegrator Cannons



The list looks scary, but actually a very big gamble on our part. As you can see, it was a pure shooty list. The only close combat unit in there is the Lone Wulfen hahaha. If we fail to stop the enemy from coming --> game over. And as usual, DE will suffer badly in Kill Points games while Long Fangs will be less effective in City Fight.

1st GAME : SEIZE GROUND (4), PITCH BATTLE

vs Blood Angels + Imperial Guard

The friendly Southeners

Syamael was the hero in this game when he succesfully Seize The Initiative. From then on, it was a straightforward game where we ended winning by capturing 2 objectives. My DE managed to capture Maphiston  in  the game, such a good fighter makes good money in the Gladiator Pit.

2nd GAME : CAPTURE & CONTROL, SPEARHEAD

vs Blood Angels + Necrons

The Champions Army

We met Joe and Alvin in the 2nd round. It was a very close game. Such a small army, but very resilient against our shooting. Thanks to bad rolls on our part, we failed to stop their CC combo (Destroyer Lord + 6 Wraiths + Jump Priest) from reaching our line. By turn 5, Dante, Destroyer Lord and 2 Wraiths managed to contest our objectives and the game ended in their favour.

3rd GAME : ANNIHILATION, DAWN OF WAR

vs Grey Knights + Ultramarines

KP game, City Fight. Damn. It was a hard fought game for us. The marines hugged their 2+ cover (Bolster defense + Shrouding) terrain all the time (Of course lah since anything that came out will definitely die :lol:). By turn 3, I was getting bored all over, so I pushed my open-topped vehicles forward which brings the game to life. But it didn't end well for us coz the marines keeps on hiding. Meanwhile, their Dreadnought slowly killing my paper-thin vehicles. 

Luckily, the Grey Knights never heard of Lonewolf. Eager for easy KPs, they charged the Lonewolf out of cover. The Lonewolf was no match for them, but he did his job already (we NEED him to die anyway :lol:), pulling the GK unit (along with the cowardly Libby) into the open. Killing those two gives us enough KP to lead the game but they managed to pull a draw on the last turn.

RESULT : WIN, LOSE & DRAW

We got 3rd place (I think :lol:). But the best thing, SplinterFangs won the Poeple's Choice Award! Wohoo!! That is way beyond our expectations. Thank you very much for all who voted us for this award.  

GOLDEN KRISS 

On the hobby side, I sent one entry per each 40k categories.

i. Single Model Category : Necron Harbinger of Despair --> Won Silver

ii. Unit Category : Nemessor Zahndrekh and his Lychguard Retinues --> Won Gold

iii. Large Model Category : Razorwing Jetfighter --> Won Gold

I was kinda expected that Zahndrekh and Lychguards are gonna do well in the Unit Category. But the Harbinger and Razorwing, was quite a shock if you ask me. Much to my surprise, Zahndrekh and the Lychguards even took home The Poeple's Choice Award.

Throphy family photo

To cut it short, this is another fun event held by Legio. Thanks to all the officers for making things happening here. I'll definitely join in next year.

Hobby Forge's Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Celebration!

The 6th Edition 40K is just around the corner. Everything I heard about it so far has been to my liking. Damn excited to get my hands on the copy.

Anyway, Hobby forge is having a small event to celebrate the release. Here is the info taken from wargamersmalaysia.com.

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Date : Saturday, 30th of June 2012
Time : 3:36pm
If Hobby Forge receives 33 pre-orders of Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Hardcover Rulebook, the 33 people will receive the Psychic Power Deck worth around RM 50 or so for free!

This event is for those who pre-ordered the new Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Hardcover Rulebook.

What are you supposed to do.
1. Collect your pre-ordered Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook, and study it! (Do come at 12pm to start early.)

2. Exactly at 3:36pm (3+3=6, get it?), I will gather the crowd and ask 6 questions regarding the new rules! They may be easy peasy, or insanely difficult, it's random.
That's why you need to make sure you come early to read up the rules in the book!

3. The first person who answers gets a random gift from the new 6th Ed release (it may be the dice set, the objectives, the tokens, whichever).
One person may only win 1 gift and may not answer further questions. This is to give the others some chance to win too.

4. This short event shouldn't last more than 20 minutes, and it is meant to promote the fun and enthusiasm of the hobby for everyone in Hobby Forge.

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According to Alvin, as of today, he already received 26 preorder. It means that there's only 7 more to go for us to get the psychic power decks for free (it costed around RM40 without tax). That easily equals to about RM1320++ savings for our local gaming community. That's huge if you ask me (especially since my car got involved in an accident just last week!)


So what are you waiting for? Call Alvin and order a copy for yourself!!!

Vargard Obyron

This Jedi is the best weaponmaster of the Necron race. A very good character especially when played along with the Nemessor. Makes people think twice when they wanna charge the Nemessor and whatever unit he is with. The Vargard special rules is just so awesome :-)

Same with the Nemessor, I've never played any game without this guy. The setup I've played him with so far are:

1. Obyron + 20 Warriors + Lord (ResOrb)
2. Obyron + 10 Gauss Immortals + Lord (ResOrb)
3. Obyron + 5 Deathmarks + 2 Harbingers of Despair

Next time, I wanna try him with dedicated close combat units such as Lychguards or the Canoptek Wraiths.

Happy painting guys..