Charlo's Ad Mec - [Tournament Reports & Thoughts]

[WarriorFish]

Colour really looks nice, the wonders of washes :P

[Trixie]

We the people, demand more. Show us the knights !!!

[Charlo]

We the people, demand more. Show us the knights !!!

Aha!

 

Sadly not managed to do anymore work on them.

 

But fear not, with less than a month until they walk to war in the Doubles Tournament you can be sure you'll see more very soon. Ideally I want them to be fully done then, transfers etc

[Trixie]

Understandable, I haven't been able to clock up any modelling time myself lately what with the good weather and general demands of life. Hoping to get a big hobby session going this weekend and might even make a start on one of my own knights that lay unbuilt in a box, each component sadly weeping from neglect.

[Charlo]

Trim complete!

 

Washes tomorrow to darken up all the metal. Both Armigers are done I just didn't blu-tac the second for a photo.

 

[Trixie]

Looking good Charlo, bring on the triple tailed scorpion !

[Stray]

Lord Scoria's heart would be swelling with pride... if he had one ;)

 

They're looking great buddy.

[Charlo]

There has been a LOT of stippling tonight...

 

[Charlo]

Warglaive Test-Fit

 

[Charlo]

And his master....

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

You painted the Knights' metallic surfaces with an excellent texture.

[Charlo]

Thanks dude.

 

So spam progress pics but y'all love it!

 

Last night I got out the Bronze Sharpie...! Seriously, this thing is amazing for detail.

 

[ImperialSquishiness]

Looks good charlo! I actually find priming black then spraying silver works better than spraying silver straight off. Gives the colour more depth, like you've already shaded it.

[Charlo]

Okay so I was going to say "no more WIPs until they're complete" but I can't keep you all out of the loop forever

 

So here is some progress. Added in details, some weathering powder and started the basing.

 

We're almost done now... To finish:

• Powder - not going to go OTT but I think some more rust on the weapons is needed.
• AK Oil/ Engine Grim effects - going to have some fun with these.
• Basing - shade, drybrush, tufts and barbed wire.

Edited June 19, 2018 by Charlo

[Chaeron]

I really like the 'chalkiness' of the armour panelling Charlo, captures Mailnax perfectly and adds a real depth to the scheme. Looking forward to seeing these finished!

[Magos Takatus]

Nice going so far. That Mechanicus head is pretty creepy. The knights look suitably grimy. Coming along nicely.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Excellent work on the metallic surfaces.

[Charlo]

Calling Momma and the Twins "event complete" as I don't want to rush the transfers and basing detail:

 

[Lord Blackwood]

Charlo  Don't think I  have forgotten our inevitable  Battle D:   

[WarriorFish]

Great work, the mottled colour really looks nice and the red and metallics complement it perfectly :tu:

[Vel'Cona]

Indeed, the mottling is lovely!  It reminds me of the White Warden (or whatever his name is) Freeblade, to some extent.

[Trixie]

Lovely work here Charlo, today was the day I finally jumped on the Malinax bandwagon to join you and Stray. Although to be fair I did buy my ticket a long time ago :P

[Stray]

Lovely work here Charlo, today was the day I finally jumped on the Malinax bandwagon to join you and Stray. Although to be fair I did buy my ticket a long time ago

 

\o/ Welcome aboard the tech-heresy express! Next stop, damnation (and likely bankruptcy, but the Knights are pretty, so... Choo choo! :) )

[Charlo]

Very very brief summary of day 1 of the 40k doubles:

 

Game 1

VS 2 Tau: minor loss

-Was told not to charge the Forge world battle suit.

-I charged the FW battlesuit.

-It was swiftly turned to paste by a D8 relic fist.

 

Game 2

VS Custodes and Tank Guard

-Gallant charged and slayed both a Minotaur and Russ commander. Threw them as Custodes.

-Warglaive sliced a bike shield captain in half.

-Win

 

Game 3

VS Ad Mech including 2 enemy Armigers and a Crusader.

-Only wounding in 4+ relic/ trait is SO POWERFUL against other Knights. Didn't kill theirs on the charge because of this.

-My Armigers were better than his.

-Neutron lasers hurt when they hit.

Win!

 

Gallant has earnt her name; Malinax Matriarch - Fist of the Omnissiah.

[Charlo]

Day 2 summary:

 

I didn't Death Grip anything, sad times. It was either killed in melee or not close enough to.

 

Game 4

VS Slaanesh Word Bearers and Cadians

-Plasma Pask certainly Painful

-Knight was just a bullet magnet in this

-We played heavily to objectives though and had some good cards so ran away with the win in the end!

 

Game 5

VS Custodes, Dark Angels and Vostroyans

-Are 4++ Hellblasters in cover fun for anyone?

-Hurricane Bolters are a sinful level of dice

-Big loss here, Necron resilience not enough and Custodes have some crazy good stratagems when you have unlimited CP

 

Overall a quality weekend though and lots of fun. Learnt a LOT about 8th (and Maelstrom for sure).

 

My biggest sadness is that at 47 points each, while it gave me a Battalion, Enginseers are USELESS when used with Close Combat knights (never next to them to repair), I think I healed max 2 wounds all weekend so I had in essence 10% of my points wasted beyond CP allowance. Should certainly be no more than 30 points or something.