red scorpions vs. daemons - 2k

this was my first game against a veteran player who has done nothing but pound my face in each time i've played him. he plays a nasty daemon list, which is you head over to his blog (yesthetruthhurts.com) you can find it.

he is going to write up the battle report, with pictures, and i will link it as soon i see that he has it up.

well i deployed first... and game one ended when he rolled for his secondary drop of 4x5 plaguebearers, 2x10 bloodletters, and 1x6 fiends.

so we actually got to play a second game, which he got his preferred drop of 2x6 fiends, 3x daemon prince, 3x heralds of tzeentch

my take...

deployment: quarters | mission: 5 objectives

i realized too late that my deployment was way off. i deployed my speeders in the open, ready for bolts to be thrown at them, as well as my inquisitor lord, which was sitting on an objective in the middle if my table edge 8 inches in. i realized as soon as he he started dropping his army, that my inquisitor with mystics should have been sitting on the objective in the middle of the right 2/3 of the table... with range on mystics covering most of the board. from now on. i probably deep strike speeders, and don't deploy my inquisitor far far away from deep striking units. especially since i take sanctuary just for playing daemons. andy also taught me a neat close combat trick, probably will save that for unfriendly tournament play...

more to come when andy posts his batrep.

Red Scorpions Jump Chaplain and Predators... COMPLETE!

first off... the chappy...







and completed predators... i am only showing one... they all look the same.







things are coming along... slowly... a week or two to go and i should have all the marines done.

forgeworld

well after a month of waiting i finally got all my torsos and stuff in for my red scorpions. they are assembled. primed. and about to be painted over the next week.

pictures to come.

painting completed... almost...

my red scorpions are coming together quite well. the only things missing at this point is the forgeworld order with my marine torsos, heads, and pads; rhino doors, and icons.

predators







completed speeder squadrons. and by completed i mean they are missing the crew.


sgt telion. there were more ultramarines icons to file off of this model than i had originally thought... thankfully my filing skills are sweet and the model didn't suffer



completed rhino



and finally, my forgeworld titan tech priest... AKA... master of the forge. i played in my first apoc game this past weekend, and he managed to be a game changer. (more to come on this game.)






and the army as it currently stands.



where... are... my... marines...

red scorpions terminator sgt

i lied when i said i was going to bed... i painted my terminator sgt. the pictures didn't come out as well as i had hoped... i tried my first wet blend on the shoulder cloth, which i think came out great. the power sword is still a little grainy from my test earlier, but it came out a lot better than the picture shows.

red scorpions lascannon razorback

this should conclude my painting for tonight, been painting all day it seems, but at least i am happy with the way things are coming along.




still on the list...
3x predator
3x speeder
30x marines
1x titan tech priest
1x telion

oh, and all the doors and icons for the rhinos and other vehicles.


time for bed.

ebay

man, let me tell you something about buying models that have been either assembled or painted... or both... off of ebay. if you catch the deal you want with enough time to request detailed photos... i think it would be a great idea.

so i found some terminators with red scorpion pads on ebay, and even though the picture was a little fuzzy... they still looked sort of ok.

boy was i wrong. i just spent the last 5 hours scraping off paint, because whatever was used to paint them was so thick and hard the industrial degreaser i use to strip paint barely did anything.

i wish i had taken pictures.

35 bucks for 5 terminators with forgeworld shoulder pads was a good deal though...

RS rhinos WIP

i got three rhinos assembled today. still no forgeworld order. it's been almost a week and they haven't charged my card. which is kind of bullshit... so they are without the front plates and doors at the moment. enjoy.

master of the forge

in light of all the techmarine models looking like ass, i've decided to go with the forgeworld tech priest. Which can be seen here.

his servo harness isn't ridiculous, not that i would even call that a servo harness, taking a look at the other techmarine models... i see some light knife work angling the gun a little higher up, and shaving the flamer off... but other than that... i think it will look good standing on the corner of the table blowing shit up.

speedser

updating pictures of the red scorpions army. the speeder will sadly go without torsos and and icons until i get my forgeworld order...






and an updated picture of everything together

Red Scorpions dreadnought - Vallun, and scouts

here is the beginning of my red scorpions space marine army. while i await my forgeworld parts from england, i shall treat you to my currently complete dreadnought (awaiting icons) and scout sniper squad. enjoy.













I'll update, as the models come in...