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.
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.
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).
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.
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
The Dark Muse 