Backlog: Bone Tithe Nexus

As most of us do, I have a mighty Pile of Shame. It is sub-divided into three sections: Primed, Built, and Still in Box. You know how it is, see something new and cool, must have it!

Then maybe build, hopefully prime if the weather/mood/Warp/primer is correct and stars in alignment...annnd new sexy project comes along before you get any paint on the boxed/built/primed stuff.

Then repeat. The Mountain of Shame grows!

It is a fine time to clean out my blacklog of models that have been primed, but have been sitting, for a long time. I started with one that hasn't waited that long, but is thematically linked to my AoS Skeleton Army and World Eaters, the cool and creepy Bone Tithe Nexus! It's got enough skulls to make Khone Himself give the S'up nod.

It took me far longer to figure out what colors I wanted to paint it than it took to actually paint. The body of the statue gave me the most problems. Is it all stone? Bone? I wound up doing a mix.

                                      

 The wooden barrels take it a little out of the 40K aesthetic, but I think it will work just fine in the battlefields of the Grim Dark .

 Next: More World Eaters

Reduce The Pile

One Skull at a Time

World Eaters Wednesday

Blood for the Blood God. Yep. Those guys. I won my first Rogue Trader tournament with them (4th Edition), and made a Necron player almost cry. It was a good day indeed.

Way back in 1991 when I was getting serious about this new game, Warhammers Forty Thousand, I picked up a few metal miniatures 'cause they were cool. One of the blister packs was this guy:

I didn't know anything about him, but he looked cool and evil. I was on the path to being a Khorne warlord I and didn't even know it yet. I found a few more (3 out of the 4) different poses that were available at the time, and wanted more. Then with the launch of Glorious 2nd Edition the floodgates opened and a few more Bunny Eared Psychos were released. I kinda wish I still had some of the first, mono-pose plastic dudes from 1994...

I bought a couple of boxes, plus my expanding range of metal guys, and my first real World Eaters army took to the field. No pictures exist of that epoch.

After Third Edition, and The Greatest Chaos Codex, the new multi-pose plastic Berzerkers made my World Eaters army really flourish. I then added tanks, bikers, daemons, and of course, Kharn. All trembled and worried about keeping their heads when the World Eaters took the field.

The years rolled on by and not much was added to the army, with one large exception...

                                             
After a few years of not seeing them on the field, it struck me, I missed my World Eaters. Continuing my re-doing of some armies for 8th, I got busy on my favorite decapitation enthusiasts.

They got reshuffled into 10 man squads, and the laborious task of putting them all on 32mm bases was done.

Even Berzerker Prime made the transition. 

Two of the not-quite-as-old metal figs got new jobs. The "Chaos Lord with Big Axe" became Master of Executions, and "Very Excited Berzerker" became an Exalted Champion. The fun part of that was cutting off them off the old bases and putting on 40mm bases. I was concerned the most about old metal Kharn, but it went well.

I still need to finish up the bases with some skulls, plant tufts, and skulls.

Next World Eaters Wednesday: Tanks.

Skulls For the Skull Throne

We Have a Quota to Fill

  

Red on Red on Red

The last big battle we had before Nurgle's Plague locked us in was a nice little Apocalypse battle: Blood Angels vs. Eldar vs. World Eaters. Three armies enter, one army wins!

Obviously, the battle was a total slugfest. The Blood Angles and World Eaters went straight at each other. This worked to the Eldar's advantage, but they took losses as well.

The fury of the World Eaters was something to behold, but charging headlong into two different armies was too much, even for them. They did score the most points for destroyed units, so Khorne is pleased.

The Blood Angles pair of Land Raiders, Stormraven and Knight allies were a handful, but the World Eaters wore them down and the Eldar Super Heavies took them out.

At the end of Turn Five, the Eldar had an unassailable lead, the Blood Angels only had a couple of units left, and the World Eaters had been wiped out. Eldar victory this day.

It was a great time for all. We do love the new Apocalypse rules, it truly is a excellent version of Epic, and I bet would play very nicely with 6mm figures. It would be really nice if 9th Edition of 40K took a similar turn structure. It makes the game so much more interactive, and removes the advantage of the first player. 

Next up: My World Eaters redone for 8th edition.

Stay Safe and Roll Some Dice

And Keep Proper Social Unit Cohesion

New Blackstone Heroes

You can't have have a bunch  of new bad guys without some new good-ish guys. The four new PCs and their new friend add some nice variety to player choices. All are nice sculpts with great detail. Most went together with little issue, the Rogue Trader is a bit fiddly, and I was afraid I would break some parts, which I did not.

Speaking of which, Neyam Shai Murad makes a commanding figure, firing her ornate pistols.

Aradia Madellan the Primaris Psyker is also in a great action pose, looking to go all Scanners on somebody.

The Crusader, Gotfret de Montbard, is a minor let down, being in a very similar pose to the old metal figures, still a great mini, I just would have liked to have had a new action pose.

Of course we had to have a Mysterious AdMech Technoarcheologist, which is a great figure.

X-101, a combat Servitor, is a not a PC but a Retinue, new type of character controlled by the first player.

I just need to do some work on their bases and they will be on their way to certain death, I mean adventure!

We are going to finish up our current quest then deal in all the goodies from this set. Blackstone Fortress is a excellent game, and I am very happy to see it receive continued support.

Go Roll Some Dice

And Take Your New Friends Along