Despite being distracted by sheep (never a good thing for a New Zealander to say) and the continued lure of the new VC book and Nurgle daemons, it is time to paint some proper models and get ready for a July competition.
I'm planning a magic heavy/gunline army (as discussed in the Tactics section) and need to get the following figures done:
*Sorcerer Lord - this is going to be a Rackham figure
*Sorcerer - slightly converted Hellcannon crewman
*Blunderbusses - the old swivel guns/mortars/bazookas/ plus some RAFM figures
*Command models - converted 4th edition CD's
*Hobgoblins with bows - old 5th edition goblins
*4 bolt throwers - assorted spare goblin/dwarf bolt throwers
*A second earth shaker - the standard model
Not a lot of conversion to be done - just a lot of painting. The goal would to be have no big hats in this version of my army but I will probably need to field the completed big hat blunderbusses I have just to make up numbers.
Will hopefuly post some beginning pictures later this week.
A small beginning but the hellcannon crewman has had a staff grafted on to become a sorcerer and the Rackham figure for the sorcerer lord has been assembled
Standard Bearers
Musicians
Champions
Snotling Slaves (count as 'naked' hobgoblins)
Looking good. When do we get to see them painted?
It's looking good. What are the hobgoblin Chinese rockets and ramps made from?
Ah, that's cool. I didn't realise the rockets themselves were actual models
Still, looks quite good
Well it was a rush job, mainly consisting of base coating and then washing or dipping but the motley crew are assembled - 2000 pts of CD gunline without a Big Hat in sight.
The new Earthshaker is a particularly crappy job and may even get a few quick hightlights tonight.
The two new Sorcerers
All the characters assembled
The old BB unit with new command
New Blunderbussess
New Bolt throwers
Earthshaker No.2
Scummy Slaves
Gunline Away
It should probably be pointed out that the reason he has 2 earthshakers is because the tournament we're entered in has no comp score (just battle points and sportsmanship). Pretty much everyone is bringing a cheesed list to this bash
Pretty much everyone is bringing a cheesed list to this bash
How appropiate for a Skaven player 
I'm not just bringing cheese, I'm bringing the entire dairy farm, baby
I'm not just bringing cheese, I'm bringing the entire dairy farm, baby
"Shudder"
Should that not be sh-udder... Couldn't resist! As for the list: I can;t believe it's not butter!
nice. what did you use for that altar?
loving your sorcerers
Bits of the Arcane Ruins kit and a chariot base
All those retro models warm the bottom of my heart.
When you say you were distracted by sheep, do you mean by a Beastmen army that had giant kiwiis in it? That army is my favourite thing ever!
The opponent brings the wine if you bring the cheese
When you say you were distracted by sheep, do you mean by a Beastmen army that had giant kiwiis in it? That army is my favourite thing ever!
That's the one - I am now starting on the third wave of the Black Sheep for a competition in August.
The competition over the weekend went reasonably well - 2 wins over wood elfs, a draw with Empire (two volley guns when you are trying to get close enough to use Blunderbusses - ouch!) and a loss to Khorne Daemons and Wallacer's Skaven (who won the competition).
Some of the games had a lot of special conditions which affected my shooting but that's what you get when you take gunlines 
Old skool all the way, love these guys!!
Where are the Blunderbuss Dwarfs from?
The guys in German style helmets and Blunderbusses are RAFM dwarfs. I quite like them as I think they go reasonally well with the old swivel gun and bazooka teams.
Those are just so cool so I have to ask what is RAFM?
Only just noticed this - RAFM is the name of the firm that produces the figures.
Got a competition in mid September so I am going to try and get a unit of 20 non-big hat CD warriors done for that as well as tarting up my Bull Centaurs a bit.
Will post some pictures if I actually get finished.
