Month: January 2020

Back to the Garden (of Nurgle)

Back to the Garden (of Nurgle)

Well, it’s a new year and that means time for some change. While I enjoyed my Fall-to-Winter with Orks, I felt that I wanted to get back to painting the force that really has me excited: a grand Chaos army of Death Guard. Those slimy, pox-ridden boys just interest me most as a painting challenge, and I’m trying to recognize the habit in myself: what I like to paint is what gets painted (and thus played, as I am still going with my Brush Wielders Union pledge to play it painted.

brush wielders pledge

So that has meant some new painting from me these past couple of weeks of the new year. I added some air power (and float-power) to my force in the form of a Chaos Hell Blade fighter and two Foetid Bloat Drones with plaguespitters.

1 40k Chaos Nurgle Hell Blade Fighter Death Guard

I love the sleek look of this model, how it definitely looks like it’s flying. This is one of the lava bases I’m most proud of as well (there’s a little Nurgling marooned amid some lava).

1 40k Death Guard Nurgle Foetid Plague Drones Plaguespiiters

I tried and tried, but there are no good ways to get photos of the Foetid Bloat Drones. Like, I see them in person and think “wow, these are crazy and characterful”, but photos just don’t do them justice. Alas. Still proud of them tho. 

Played one big team-up game of Chaos versus Imperium: Enrico’s Slaanesh force and my Nurgle against Ryan’s Imperial Guard and Colton’s Salamanders.

(Clockwise from left) Enrico stares down the line of Imperial Guard tanks that hammered our Daemonic cohort. The forces of Slaanesh hit the Salamanders, while Nurgle daemons trundle thru the muck in the distance. The battle for the sky engaged, with the Hell Blade barely denting the enemy Flyer. 

I also snuck in a couple smaller games: one against Andy’s Tzeentch force, and one against Jeff’s Tyranids.

(Clockwise from Left) Andy’s Daemon Prince hit my lines on top one turn one (close deployment zones for the mission), so it became a quick slug-fest. Against Jeff’s giant bio-guns, the resilient Daemon Prince managed to eventually hack his way through the creature. The wrath of the Genestealers was too much for even a hearty Beast of Nurgle to survive.

I also got in a bit of Marvel Crisis Protocol. Instead of taking the time to do separate posts (which would prevent me getting things posted), I’m just going to combine them. I finished painting up Killmonger for my team. Been a while since I did dark skin (had a Catachan army for 40k back in the day that had lots of varied skin tones), but I think it turned out nicely. And I’m very pleased with the camo pattern on his pants.

1 Marvel Crisis Protocol Killmonger

The MCP play was just a couple of sessions of the Ultron raid mission. Figured I’d share some pics. I teamed up with Ryan against Tony’s Ultron, and we managed to win thanks to the mission objectives.

Overall an effective early January of gaming and painting!

2020 Painting Challenge Progress

20/366 Warhammer 40k Power Points Painted

10/25 Marvel Crisis Protocol Models Painted

Paint 366 Points Per Year – Redux

Paint 366 Points Per Year – Redux

Okay, so another new year and another chance to make a gaming pledge. I came up short last year, owing partially to change in gaming focus and partially to some health complications. I did manage to paint 230 points of Warmachine and Hordes (entirely Minions models) by mid-March 2019, and then got 50 power points painted for two different Warhammer 40k armies (and that’s not counting a good 50 points I painted up for a third army that I didn’t stick with).

This year I’m setting my sights on two games: Warhammer 40k and Marvel: Crisis Protocol. On the 40k side, I’ve got Nurgle forces (Daemons and Death Guard) and Orks, and will probably flip between the two as I get started. My first painting for the year has been some Nurgle Daemon counts-as models that will get double-duty as they’re pieces from the Cthulhu: Death May Die game.

Warhammer 40k Nurgle Daemon counts as chaos spawn poxbringer Yog Sothoth Wilbur Whateley

Wilbur Whateley (on the left) will count as a Poxbringer Herald of Nurgle, while Yog-Sothoth (right) will count as a Chaos Spawn in the Death Guard list. 

I also have painted up a number of Marvel: Crisis Protocol models so far, and I’ll keep adding those. That game is a really neat and fun one, and offers a surprising amount of customization of teams/cards/missions.

Yes, I know that Red Skull’s Cosmic Cube-Created Simulacra of some heroes might be taking the easy road, but I had no interest in painting the core Avengers. I’m a villain guy mostly (tho Black Panther will be getting painted up). 

So my goal for 2020 is two-fold. First, to paint up 366 power points (as it’s a leap year) of Warhammer 40k models. For reference, the two I painted so far are worth 4 and 2 points respectively, so I’m at 6/366. Second, to paint at least 25 Marvel: Crisis Protocol figures. And a habit I’ve gotten away from, I’m going to try and track all of my games in some way.

So here goes. Happy painting in 2020 everyone!

2020 Painting Challenge Progress

6/366 Warhammer 40k Power Points Painted

9/25 Marvel Crisis Protocol Models Painted