Stubborn is better than Fearless

Greetings all, may I present Lord Commissar Gilligutty. After only 4 hours under the brush, he is ready to give the airborne some backbone.

This is the ninth blackhat to be added to the 609th (the second of the Lord variety) and I have to say, stubborn is awesome. After facing a few fearless opponents, (and using some fearless units like the Avatar), I am not a fan. With fearless, a unit will be picked apart as long as they are facing some good die rolls.

Stubborn, on the other hand, helps with almost any leadership issue (it is better to pass a check than to take wounds). A regular commissar is just a unit upgrade that will give an infantry platoon some combat ability as well as a spine. Althoug they are not the best HQ in the 41st millennium, but in the guard list it is a decent one for a mere 100 points. That and commissars have the "Rule of Cool" (I wish I could wander the battlefield in a trenchcoat).

The reason they give stubborn is due to the summary execution rule (I mean who wants to get shot by your commander?) This could hurt if a vet. sgt. gets wasted, but I find it is always an amusing incident that leads to this happening (like a greater daemon for example). Nine times out of ten, a commissar and his squad stay where you put them, and sometimes they can get a squad of guardsmen to win combat (sometimes).

Be well out there,
Ricalope.

That's Lord Blackhat to You Son.

I found a loose commissar in the bitz box, and as the airborne vets have no such ranking, Lord Commissar Gilligutty was born. Equipped with a gas mask already, he needed his grav-chute and some arms. The parade square baton (from the cadian command) screamed arrogance, then add a powerfist at ease.

I wll get to painting him as soon as the wind dies down a bit...in the meantime take a second to answer the poll. Hate the look? (it could always get worse...)
Ricalope.

Warp Wednesday 24: Old Stuff Day

As it happens, Old Stuff Day is on a Wednesday, so today I am going to take a look back at some minis that rarely see the table. So, without further rambling, Gandalf on Cart!

This was the first model I painted for my local GW as a staff member, and he tends to remind me of the short but wikkid time I spent there wearing the red shirt. When I first assembled the cart I cut the round tops off, and then had to re-sculpt them since it would be used as a display piece.

Although small and brittle I think he was fun (and easy) to paint.

This is my scratchbuilt Ragnarok battle tank (read Leman Russ). The credit for assembly goes to Jim "the bus driver" who built it for me many years ago (4-5?).

Painted in the colors of the Odin Planetary Defense Force, I will be fielding it in the upcoming Phasian War, but it still needed some more paint. I have to thank the arrival of Old Stuff Day which prompted me to pull the old 'rok out.

This is a random bane knight. Long ago I contemplated collecting a Cryx force, a frozen bunch of wraiths, this guy was my test model.

Ice blue, rich purple, frosty black with lots of silver. As you know, I decided not to go this route, possibly because I didn't use washes back then.

I also didn't know how to put snow on bases, so it did not look right (too thin). I have since been educated by the blogosphere on proper snow tactics, thanks guys.

Heretic necron lord, or at least that is what I call him. He used to have an unliving legion (assembled and painted) but during a purging, they were sold to a dedicated necron player. I hope they are well (as well as evil robots can be).

Well, that concludes another Warp Wednesday,
...but wait, I forgot the links:

This whole Old Stuff Day thing was started by 39,999 over at 39,999. It is kind of neat, I like it. So here it goes:
My favorite of mine: Step by Step Drop Vets, boo ya!
The blog I think should have a way larger following: Daith's Forge (just look at his WIP Dracon!)
The conversion that blew my brain apart: Metal Harpies, they Muse Mindfully...
And the 'Awesome Robot Award goes to KMB's defiler, careful now....
I leave you with Warp Wednesday One.

Be well.

Warp Wednesday 23: On The Table

These are not the droids you are looking for, these are my three 'test'-droids for the mercenaries. I was recently acquainted with Imperial Armour 8 (the ork/elysian one) and got some funny ideas (sky talon for IKE? A dune-buggy driven by beastmen? lolz.....)

Meanwhile, elsewhere on the painting table these two have been threatening passers by, bunnies, mountains, paint, and pirate girls for a little while. Smash and Grab have had painted skin for a while, and then I started painting eldar...

Tony stands guard over the painting table, with his cheese wedges. Mmmmmm cheese....sorry, I just like cheese. 'Awesome' is defined as 'cheese and bacon' where I come from.

And lastly, due to greater range capacity, Marshal. This beastie is what I call a 'claymore' super heavy. It has a couple of missiles.

And that is what is on the painting table (or; very wip stuff). Happy Wednesday,
Ricalope.

Rocket Clown ~ The Second

The blue clown, or clown number two, is table ready. There was an attempt to keep a color theme going with them, with white symbols.

The blue lines from the mime was turned into the main color of the bike, then orange squiggly lines were added. This means that the next rocket clown will be primarily orange, the problem is, what color to make the sqigglies.

I also have to figure out what the white design will be on the third (keeping in mind that the third one is the troupe master).

These are the things that keep me up at night. Have a good one,
Ricalope.

Wipping that Interceptor

I have bee revisiting old projects here and there (part of my goal to finish them all) and the Interceptor resurfaced. It is much more recognizable as a jetplane now that it has a base.

As suggested on the original post, I added four stabilizers. I also (mostly) fixed the unevenness of the hull.

Details, like the eagle wings, have begun to appear (and apparently pilots have to have heads).

The thrusters were made from my secret ingredient 'srp'.

The armament? Twin-linked lascannons on the wings (aa mount), two hellstrikes, and soon to have four hunter killers. *The Inquisitor points, things explode.*

Thanks for looking, any comments/suggestions are appreciated,
Ricalope.

The Asurya

They are the six Phoenix Lords of the eldar, the Asurya, and they are ready for primer!

The first and eldest is Asurmen, founder of the Dire Avenger aspect as well as the Path of the Warrior itself. There are very few conversions here (Asurmen only had his banner cut down) save the little flappy bits.

Fuegan, founder of the Fire Dragon aspect and all-around pyromaniac. Each of these eldar nasties were given larger bases, as is befitting their awesome. I also attempted to capture a bit of each aspect on the bases as well.

Maugan Ra master of the Dark Reapers (this is actually my third Maugan as I used to play an Altansar army, R.I.P.) I believe this was the model that convinced me to play eldar (I went with the dark kin first, with a converted abomination of Mr. Ra). He is simple, angry and has damn cool armor (even the blood angels copied his, lolz).

Jain Zar, loudest of the Howling Banshees, and the worst model to try to pin to a base. I knew it was the girls who would be difficult to give bigger bases to, but that wasn't going to stop me. And now I need to get a unit of banshees....

Karandras, Lord of the Scorpions. He ousted the first scorpion phoenix, he has got the best helmet in the game, and has a superfluous chainsaw. What is not to like?

Baharroth is the youngest of the Phoenix Lords (and the codex always rubs it in), he is also the only one who can fly (imagine the pranks!) Like many eldar players, not a fan of Hawks, but give them hit and run... This prancing lord might get fielded along side Jaher and his spiders, I might even start liking his aspect.

Thanks for looking, (I will paint them soon I promise),
Ricalope.

Warp Wednesday 22: Squad Crimson

Getting to know the 609th; Squad Crimson One.

When you are 609th infantry you either walk or ride. Platoon Crimson is the infantry core of the armor division, they get to ride the mechanical beast that is the chimera.

Under the relentless pounding of solid rounds, and gaze of the commissar, Crimson One is often the first in. The squad has the prestige of being the first 'true' armored fist squad of the 609th (back in the old codex that is), this is often seen when they deal with Crimson Command.

Crimson One has served in nearly every action that the 609th have undertaken. Until the founding of Platoon Crimson they also had the highest casualty rate ('Plasma' Bill has rarely survived even after that).

Ah yes, Commissar Roxy...

SLt. Justin is the leader of this mob, a really grumpy officer with an axe, he has often been seen deep in the battlefield fighting alone after his squad has died.

Snips...no one talks much about, or to, him.
See you next Wednesday,
Ricalope.

The Sunstorm Project - Ready to Burn

The Sunstorm Squadron is table-ready. First, the squadron leader, Effector.

You might remember this project (from the mists of hobby a.d.d.), I didn't give up. The first post was here, and the second here.

Next, is Crysanthimum. He was built first and lurked about the Shelf of Shame for quite some time.

Third in the squadron is Muscaria.

His diamonds curl inward, symbolically opening the triangle for more prisms. (or some such thing...)

And here they are together.
Thanks for lookin',
Ricalope.