Continued update on Apollo and other hobby news...

I know it's been a few weeks since I last posted on my progress regarding the Apollo drop pod army, but there hasn't been too much.  I did finally get the first Revell Lunar Lander full assembled, I still have yet to paint it.  Also I have figured out the heads and backpacks that I will use on the marines.  I've worked out that I can use the heads and backpacks from the astronauts included in the Revell set.  Here are some pictures of them posed next to a rhino for size comparison.  Unfortunately I don't have an assembled drop pod so I'm not able to demonstrate a proper comparison to that.  I found that the astronaut helmets fit onto the rim of the mount of the power armor where head goes, to form a pretty good seal. 

Front Comparison with the Marine, Rhino, and LEM (Lunar Excursion Module)

Best pic I could get close up of the marine's head using my droid.

Here's an overhead view to establish the footprint this takes up on the table.

As I make more progress, I'll keep you guys updated along the way.  In other news I've gotten into Malifaux recently, started a Resurrectionists crew led by Seamus.  So far I have only played one game, but I really was surprised by how much fun the card mechanic was.  Also while the basic game rules are not very hard to learn, each model has very complicated rules and they differ quite a bit from faction to faction so it can be tricky to learn how the models play.  This friday I'll be taking on C-Swizzy in either Malifaux or I'll be having a rematch in the IRON ARENA!! playing warmachine/hordes.

I've been also busy with a blood bowl league I'm in.  I'm desperately trying to get my team fully painted by tomorrow, which is the last game of the regular season.  So far, I'm in second place out of twelve with 6 wins, 1 loss, and 3 draws with an Orc team.  I'm having a blast with the league, met a bunch of cool people who helped show me alot of neat tricks in the game.  I'm a little disappointed that none of the other TEW crew are interested in it, but it just means I can expand my gaming horizons outward in other directions.  The next league I get into, I'll be running a Khemri team using converted Tomb King models. 

I really don't have much to say about the GW boycott.  Instead of screaming from my soapbox like most of the community likes to do about the issue, I let my wallet do the talking.  I have expanded my range of games in the last few months and intend to explore them more.  Also, the Apollo project has a minimal about of fresh GW models I have to get, as most of the stuff I'll get from Revell or resin cast (just the helmets and backpacks.)  My main dilemma is with the upcoming Dark Eldar 3rd wave of models, especially between the venoms and the release of the razorwing fighter.  I'll most likely just use a discount seller or the second hand market for those. 

Update, Hobby Progress, and Ogryn!

Hey Guys,

Sorry I have been away from the blog for more than two weeks. I hit a period where I was running out of ideas that I wasn't using for The Eternal Warriors main page, where I contribute once a week on Tuesdays.  I didn't want to just cut/paste entries from there to here or vice versa.  I do have quite a few more ideas ready to go so I'll be posting much more regularly over the next several weeks at least. 

A few weeks ago I finally had my Ogryn conversions completed via commission from my buddy John (aka The Baron).  I like how they turned out, though it will still be up to me to flock and base the models properly (which I wanted to do myself to match the rest of my IG army.)  I used Warhammer Fantasy Ogre Bulls as they're much less expensive than Ogryn and in plastic.  I can get a box of 6 Ogres for $40 retail, instead of the $25 for a single Ogryn blister pack.  Kept them mostly the same as the fantasy versions, although the bandoleers were made from greenstuff and small pieces of plasticard, and then used Ork shootas as the Ripper Guns.  Also conversions were done to represent the Bone'Eads (metal plate on the forehead).

I have now three squads of 6 Ogryn (which is the limit of Ogryn that I can fit into a chimera transport.) 

Squad #1 - Yes, the Bone'Ead is comin at you with a Bear Trap!

 

Squad #2

Squad # 3

Yeah there is a guy who is a different shade than the rest in Squad #3.  He was done as part of a test, to see which color I preferred.  Once the others had been painted the regular color, I couldn't stand to have the last guy repainted, so I kept him the way he is.  His clothing is consistent with the rest of the army, just the flesh color is different.

Last weekend, I played in a tournament with an IG list that utilized all 18 Ogryn.  I did better than I expected, finishing 4th out of 10 players.  Later this week I hope to have a detailed battle report posted.  Also I received an order I had made from The Broken Forge.  I received three Ravagers and a box of new wyches for my Dark Eldar.

Very pretty models - Almost makes you forget about the Storm Raven.

 While most of my army still consists of the older models, I didn't have any ravagers, so I ordered three boxes to keep me covered.  I have also been using the new wyche models as Hecatrix bloodbrides.  I'll definitely be providing more updates on my hobby progress with them as I get them assembled and painted.

There will be more posts coming over the next several days.