West Coast Hammertime Episode 12

West Coast Hammertime Episode 12 "Daemon Spawning Pool" is now up and available for all to listen to. Listen as Bill and Fred talk you through the new Warriors of Chaos book including how to exploit the awesome new rules for Daemon Princes! Give it a listen here.

Point Hammered Episode 77

Wow, I'm just now catching up on podcasts from last week. If you are paying more attention than I am then you will already know that Point Hammered Episode 77 "Covered in Fur" is now available. The Point Hammered guys have been doing a lot of hobby projects and have a lot planned for 2013. I can't wait to start seeing some of these models out on the tabletop.

This Past Weekend: February 24, 2013

This past weekend I traveled to my FLGS and purchased the new White Dwarf so I could check out the new Daemons of Chaos that will be coming out. I am waiting to see full rules and points costs for all the units but it looks like GW is really trying push more monstrous cavalry into the game along with large chariots. I am also really surprise by the Khorne cannon. Khorne doesn't need a cannon!

I also purchased some goblins to being the major progress for my new all night goblin army. I am hoping to debut this army at Quake City Rumble this year, but if something comes up and I can't get it done, then it will definitely be debuted at the Alamo.

Finally, I finished my model for the Asrai.org model exchange. It took me much longer than I thought it would, but I can say that it is without a doubt the best model I have painted so far. I hope the person getting the model really likes it. Thus, without further ado, my completed Brettonian Pegasus Rider:

Here is the completed rider (minus shield) with some bad lighting. I went with blue as a sporadic highlight to offset the red clothing and the pale green as the three point color to tie the whole model together when he is mounted on the horse.












Here is the completed Pegasus. It looks angrier than I would have thought I could have made the model, but I think it gives the model purpose. The base is very basic, but provides a good scope for the desolate land the beast is flying over. The cape is the pale green to tie the model all together and the blue highlights are used sporadically on the horse as well.












Another view of the Pegasus all finished.
















Mounted with no shield. The Pegasus is taking off, ready to combat the foes of men.















Another view of the mounted knight. I used the GW pain on gloss for certain parts of the armor and shielding so that it looks like it is a painted ceramic while the rest of the model is protected by a flat to keep the colors more subdued.













Finally, I finished the shield and positioned the shield on the model so it is complete. A charging Pegusus in all its glory!















And a close up of the model.
















Next weekend I will be at the Bay Area Open playing in the Warhammer Fantasy Championships. Last year I managed a sneaky second place with my Wood Elves. This year I am trying a different list with different tricks because I know there are a lot of people playing with the new Warriors of Chaos book. Wish me luck, and I'll let everyone know how I perform.

WaaaghPaca 2013: Round #3 - Empire

For the last round of Day 1 I played Eric Hagen from Skull Bros Awesome.

Eric is a fun guy to play, especially at the end of the day when the beers have been flowing and everything looks hazy.

He was playing an absolutely beautiful Empire army with a converted steam tank, nicely highlighted knights, and a large swordsmen unit that were all painted to the same high quality. I gave his army my vote for Best Appearance. I wish I had some pictures of the army at large, but you can tell how awesome it looks as the game is played out.

Books #2

I went to Disneyland this past weekend. It was awesome. But when I came back from the three-day weekend I found myself buried in work again (and expect to be buried until the end of March). I also seem to have a lot on my plate at the moment. I am currently: finishing up my model for the Asrai model exchange and have to get it out in the post by Monday at the latest, putting together and painting a model for a painting contest that ends the second week of April (I chose the Savage Orc Big Boss so I can work on my blending techniques), painting the second and third units of Dryads for the Bad Dice Podcast painting challenge, trying to put together and paint two more Treekin for the upcoming tournaments, preparing for the next few months of tournaments (I have two in the next three weeks), and working on my last three battle reports from WaaaghPaca (which are going so slow - I really need to pick these up before I go to the Bay Area Open).

So instead of any Warhammer, today I thought I would do another set of quick book reviews of things I have been reading in the last few months. I haven't been reading quite as much I as I would like too as I have been devoting more time to playing and painting - and watching some really good television shows - but I still somehow managed to read a book about every two/three weeks. This is what I have recently finished:

The Great Betrayal, Nick Kyme
This is the first book in the Time of Legends series covering the War of the Beard between the Dwarves and High Elves. It starts off with Malekith and the Dwarf King Snorri battling a world crushing army of Daemons and ends with the Dwarves and High Elves locked in a bitter war that will last decades. It was a good read and I am looking forward to the next book in the series. Although I don't expect it to be available until the end of 2013.



Fear to Tread, James Swallow
This is another book in the Horus Heresy series and is one of my favorites in this later run of the heresy. It provides good background on the Blood Angels and their Primarch and shows the depth of planning that went into Horus' plans in launching his war against humanity. It read quick as there were lots of battles and short, terse descriptions.




Shadows of Treachery, a novel of the Horus Heresy
Another Horus Heresy novel that covers several short stories. Fills in some gaps in the overall story line and provides some interesting insight into certain factions/characters.






Clementine, Cherie Priest
Another Clockwork Century novel. This one delves much more into the use of the airships and the civil war than the previous books. It moved fast and you get a good sense of the characters, but I think the book is less well written than the previous books in the series.





Dead of Night, Jonathan Maberry
Zombies, zombies, and more zombies. A great novel about a zombie outbreak in a small town in our current time. It is written by one of my favorite action authors and has some great dialogue.






21st Century Dead, a zombie anthology
More zombies! This is a great little zombie anthology from a lot of different authors including the creator of Sons of Anarchy and Jonathan Maberry. It read quick and I was not disappointed when I finished as I enjoyed almost all of the stories.








Frozen Heat, Richard Castle
The most recent Nikki Heat novel from the television show Castle. Its a quick mystery read and adds a little flavor to the ongoing novel and television plot, but is something I wouldn't recommend as just a mystery novel.






Storm Front, Jim Butcher
So after many recommendations, I finally started reading the Dresden novels. Once I picked up the first one I couldn't put it down. The novel's writing is not that good (though I have heard it gets much better with each successive book) but the characterizations and rich fantasy world are something I really crave in my luxury reading. I highly recommend this novel to anyone interested in magic, mystery, or fantasy novels.

Skull Bros Awesome #10

Skull Bros Awesome! Episode 10 "Jerk Through the Pain" is now available to listen to. This episode covers the Skull Bros experience at WaaaghPaca and discusses how they barely managed to beat Leadership 2 (which I was playing on) in the team portion of the event. There are also a few interviews including one with the overall winner of WaaaghPaca 2013. Check it out!

WaaaghPaca 2013: Round #2 - Vampire Counts

For Round 2 of the tournament I played Rick Uebler.

Rick is from Club Autobreak and brought the Club Autobreak Zombie Apolcalypse list. Their club put together a tournament themed list that was played by no less than seven players. Imagine, seven players playing the exact same zombie-themed list.

Point Hammered Episode 76

Point Hammered Episode 76 "Post Paca Depression" is now available. Listen as Johnny, Rodge, and the Bear talk about WaaaghPaca 2013 in all its glory. Listen to random guests, the tournament breakdown, and plans for next year.

WaaaghPaca 2013: Round #1 - Skaven

For Round 1 of the tournament I played Brad Schwandt.

This is Brad, but he is perhaps better known as Rhellion from the forums and his blog. Round 1 pairings were based on RHQ rankings and as Brad and I were close together (I think at the time they pulled rankings he was 29th and I was 32nd) we were paired together.







For this tournament Brad was playing a really nasty Skaven list (especially at 2000 pts.). His list for the tournament was: