Holy crap, cool minis. Cheap too. Black Scorpion Miniatures.

Black Scorpion Miniatures 

Wow. 

Fantasy Pirates, with an upcoming rules set Cutlass written by Gav Thorpe (beyond his Chaos Codex Nuremberg Defense, an ok guy). 

The game is a skirmish campaign, sounds Mordheim- esque but with Savage Worlds style dice mechanics(stat increases are a larger die, start at d4 to d6, etc). Your pirates advance, and get new abilities and gear. 

The price is right too, $12 for the 4 man sets, $13 for the 5 man, and $5 for singles, I'm having a hard time not ordering some to play around with and paint, individual stuff like that keeps me interested. 

Here are some examples of the factions, all the fantasy norms, orcs & goblins, elves, dwarves, undead, and 3 kinds of humans pirate, privateer, and Royal Navy.

Dwarf Pirates! 

Undead

Pirates

Privateers, my favorite of the humans, they make me wish for income. 

And Royal Navy Marines, you can use some of the others for normal crewmen. 

They also have an Old West line called Tombstone that would be great for Deadlands, and I think I saw a western skirmish game not too long ago, not sure where though. 

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Twitter armylist challenge!

My good buddy, and former doubles partner, Jyo aka @hungryclone, put up an idea of a challege list. Take some semi arbitrary parameter and make a list with it.
I gave him an old school ulthwe list. Guardians, psykers, no bikes.
He gave me this in return http://stabhard.blogspot.com/2011/02/armylist-exercise-ulthwe.html on his blog Team Shiv.

Here is my challenge list. All drop/flying tyranid list, max troops. Outflank etc. doesn't count.

Mycetic spore list 1997

HQ

265 Tyrant , hive commander, lash whip/bonesword, scything talons, toxin sacks , wings 

160 Parasite of Morthrex

Elites

160 2 zoanthropes , spore 

160 2 zoanthropes , spore

160 2 zoanthropes, spore 

Troops

160 20 hormagaunts, spore 

160 20 hormagaunts, spore

160 20 hormagaunts, spore

160 20 hormagaunts, spore 

160 20 hormagaunts, spore

160 20 hormagaunts, spore

Fast attack

132 22 gargoyles

 So yes, 6 anti tank models, that can only hit 3 targets when they come down, and they have to make a psychic test and hit. Risky. But there are 120 hormagaunts to leap on whatever comes out of the cracked metal boxes next turn.  

Parasite and gargoyles since I couldn't get more than one carnifex with the points I had left, so yeah this is a dumb list, but it would look impressive. 

So basically this is a hide the hive tyrant and get ready to see what happens turn 2..... it may not be effect

With that +1 to reserve rolls, and well,  the move at speed and assault whatever is closest anyway with or with out synapse.

The need for spores takes out most of the standard tyranid stuff. 

So basically this is a hide the hive tyrant and get ready to see what happens turn 2..... it may not be effective, but it will be entertaining. Get him into a position to direct the gaunts, and with the zoans, and the parasite being around, many will be in synapse range. But if not, they go as fast as they can into assault. 

So grab the dice, say fuck it and roll. This is all about luck. 

Incubi, WIP.

Since we had a snow today, I started on my incubi squad this evening.
The metals still need to be done, and some white highlights on the faces, and details still.

But you can get the general idea.

Deathwatch army for @gwensdad

More 40k twitter interaction, prompted by discussion between @hungryclone and @gwensdad on Ordo Xenos forces. You can make a deathwatch army now, and I'm sure a much better one that this.

You have 4 scoring units, a hammer, and 4 mobile multi meltas running around, with some drop melta scattered around with hope.

The librarian has those powers as they would be the best for taking out xenos forces. Make a seer council reroll all saves, you only get one reroll total, and roast everything from necrons up with the flame template, also bringing a 3rd stormshield to the party.

The random drop assault squad is because I had 125 points and no idea what to use them on, so it's more attacks(especially with the Watch Captain nearby) a powefist, and a 5th drop pod so I can put three down on turn 1.

1850 Deathwatch Taskforce

HQ

175 Watch Captain Hannibal (Pedro Kantor)

140 Deathwatch Librarian, terminator armor with storm shield, Avenger and Null Zone

Elites

260 7 Deathwatch Killteam 175, 3 combi meltas, 2 combi plasma 2 combi flamer, lightning claw , drop pod

260 7 Deathwatch Killteam 175, 3 combi meltas, 2 combi plasma 2 combi flamer, lightning claw , drop pod

200 5 Deathwatch Assault Terminators, 3 lightning claws, 2 Th/Ss

Troops

210 10 Seconded Tactical Marines, meltagun, missile launcher, drop pod

210 10 Seconded Tactical Marines, meltagun, missile launcher, drop pod

Fast Attack

140 Seconded Land Speeder squadron 2x MM/HF

140 Seconded Land Speeder squadron 2x MM/HF

125 5 Deathwatch assault marines, powerfist, no jump packs, free drop pod

Wanted to put up an update with my future 1850 list that I have been building toward. The idea is pretty easy to see I think, drop the drop dreads in their lines; walk the ironclad to absorb fire and whoop on people. 3 Tac squads, 1 combat squaded to make use of the 2 razors with lascannons; 2 riflemen dreads to go after transports.

HQ
Master of the Forge - Conversion Beamer, Bike, Power Sword

Elite
Dreadnought - MM, CCW, FLamer
Dreadnought - MM, CCW, FLamer
Dreadnought - MM, CCW, FLamer

Troop
Marine Tac Squad x10, Fist, Flamer, Lascannon, Rhino
Marine Tac Squad x 10, Fist, Melta, Lascannon, Rhino
Marine Tac Squad x10, Fist, Melta, Lascannon, Razorback, TL Lascannon
Razor, TL Lascannon

Heavy
Iron Clad - Heavy, 2x HK Missile
Dreadnought - 2x TL Autocannon
Dreadnought - 2x TL Autocannon

jack

Twitter request. Incubi before bed.

Assembled some Incubi last night. Good suggestion @hungryclone and @dndprincessaria They are both some pretty good 40k people to follow. I played the doubles tournament at BoLScon last year with Jyo (hungryclone) 

Alas, poor Farseer. I knew him. The Baron.

Sorry for the shitty iphone picture and hipster filter, but you can see the changes I made.
Extra blade fins on the back, a warrior armored torso,  and a biker head that will have mirror shades and a blue bandanna (Hellions are Crips).

I am going to put him with 20 Hellions, with a sarge and stunclaw. He will also double as a Helliarch with agonizer if I want to use 2x 10 man squads.