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40k Orkz in the hands of a novice!The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-84793595214318367902018-09-02T10:32:00.002-07:002018-09-02T10:32:41.417-07:00New Logo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-64160639140656246582017-06-07T00:20:00.000-07:002017-06-07T00:20:19.197-07:00Stone Base TutorialGreetings everyone! As 8th Edition looms ever closer on the horizon, I felt like it would be the perfect time to actually start working on my Age of Sigmar Ironjawz. There are no 40k events happening at my FLGS for the rest of the month so it really does fit in well with my schedule.<br />
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One of the most important, yet often overlooked aspects of building you army is having a cohesive basing system for your army. All of my 40k Orks are based in the same way. I wanted to change it up a bit for my Ironjawz, so I decided on a dungeon floor, ruined structure look. I used a similar approach on some of my Deffskullz with a different color scheme.<br />
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To do this simple style base, you will need the following items:<br />
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A sheet of plasticard (I used an old sign)<br />
Hobby knife<br />
Super glue<br />
Black primer<br />
Skavenblight Dinge (GW)<br />
Warpfiend Grey (GW)<br />
Underbelly Blue (P3)<br />
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Step 1: Cut your plasticard.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Using the hobby knife, score the plasticard in straight lines. It doesn't need to be perfect because of the weathering and chips we will add. Snap the plasticard along the scoring to create a nice "cut".<br />
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This will leave you with a bunch of strips. Score those strips into small squares. Snap each one off to end up with a bunch of tiny squares. Once this is complete, you will carefully use your hobby knife to shave off the strait corners. You can scrape the plasticard to add chips and dents into your tiles. This can be a bit messy, so I would recommend using a small box to catch the shavings.<br />
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Once that is finished you can glue your tiles onto your base. Once it is dry, shave off the overhanging tiles with your hobby knife. After everything fits, hit it with some black primer.<br />
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After your primer is dry you can begin the easy dry-brushing. Start with Skavenblight Dinge, this can be a really heavy dry-brush. Then use Warpfiend Grey paying close attention to the edges of the tiles. Finally, you use a very light bit of Underbelly Blue for the final highlights.<br />
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If you would like, you could hit it with a wash before your final highlight, but I didn't feel the need to. When I add the model to the base, I scrape off the paint at the contact points soI am gluing directly to the plastic instead of the paint.<br />
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All done! Now youcan have your Warband looking like they roam the halls of some abandoned keep. You can always switch up the colors to give different looks. Hope this helps someone out there. The longest part is shaving down the tiles. Thanks for checking it out!The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-85806193530846944842017-05-11T09:33:00.001-07:002017-05-11T09:33:57.884-07:00Orks at the Nowhere GTGreetings Internet Friends! Da Mek is back with a quick re-cap of the Nowhere GT in El Paso, Texas. 7th Edition is almost gone and this tournament was probably the last chance I had to run my Looted Imperial Knight. It was this reason that I decided to abandon my usual Big Mek Stompa list and instead ran the Knight along side my traditional Zhardsnark Bikes.<br />
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This tournament used the traditional ITC rules for list building: 1850 points, no more than three sources. Here is the list:<br />
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Renegade Knight: Avenger Gatling Cannon and Heavy Flamer, Heavy Stubber, Reaper Chainsword</div>
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. Boss Meganob: Pair of Killsaws</div>
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. Meganob: PK & TL-Shoota</div>
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. Meganob: PK & TL-Shoota</div>
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. Trukk: Big Shoota, Reinforced Ram</div>
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Lootas: 7x Loota</div>
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Lootas: 7x Loota</div>
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Mad Dok Grotsnik, Da Painboss</div>
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Warboss: Big Bosspole, Power Klaw, Slugga, Warbike</div>
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Gretchin: 10x Gretchin</div>
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Gretchin: 10x Gretchin</div>
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Painboy: Warbike</div>
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Big Trakk: 2x Big Shoota, Supa-kannon</div>
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Big Trakks: 2x Big Shoota, Supa-kannon </div>
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One thing that was very disappointing was that I forgot to take pictures other than the one above, so this will be a giant wall of text.</div>
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Round 1 versus Ad Mech</div>
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First round I played against a silly list with Eldar Jetbikes, a Riptide Wing, and Belesarius Cowl in a unit of big fat robots with toughness 7. Things went really poorly for the Greenskins and I ended up tabled on turn 5. I managed to kill four models. </div>
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I played against a beautiful Deathwatch army run by a guy from Red Star Gaming group. The army ended up winning best painted army, which was no surprise. I love fighting Space Marines. The games are always bloody and fun. The game turned in my favor right from the beginning when his drop pods full of dudes and his Warlord failed to kill off my Knight on turn one. I stomped out his Warlord and then things got really messy. A close game even still. Orks win 7 to 5</div>
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Round 3 versus Eldar and Tau</div>
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The worst possible matchup for my Orks. I knew my only chance was to charge ahead as fast as possible and hope that he sent everything at my Knight instead of my Bikerz. I managed to steal the initiative which was huge for me. It played out exactly the way I needed it to and everything he had unloaded into my Knight, killing it on his turn 1. My Bikerz ate his Wraithknight and my Manz crashed into his Riptide Wing. The Big Trakks tore his jetbikes to shreds with three different units failing morale checks and zipping off of the table. A lot of things went my way and I won this match 11 - 1.</div>
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More Cowl. Less toughness 7. This was another absolutely amazing looking army. It took 1st place in the players choice awards. The only knock was that a few unites were not totally finished. I ate a unit of Infiltrators and didn't quite consolidate far enough away so Cowl and his minions caught my bikes in the center ruins. Things went bad from there. These were Nova Style missions and I lost something like 18 to 2.</div>
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Round 5 versus Deathguard</div>
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YAY! More Marines to fight! Lots of dead things everywhere. My Knight squished his Warlord and I managed to steal and objective and King of the Hill by sending Zhardsnark all by himself to pop a tank. Another Close game which I won 16-10 or something like that (Nova scores a little differently than I'm used to). </div>
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So 3-2 overall which was not bad considering the tough lists that I went up against. In fact, it is way better than I had anticipated. I managed to finish 2nd in the best painted army voting and 2nd in the players choice voting so I went home with a cool consolation prize:</div>
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I decided to start with the legs. I magnetized the torso joint and left most of the assembly separate to make it easier to paint. As I mentioned in the teaser, I wanted my Knight to be the looted version of Gerantius so I took that concept and just started plastering bits all over the place.<br />
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I attempted some freehand on the lower banner with some success. Still a bit fatter than the original, but some weathering will cover that up.<br />
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I had finished the legs before I had even considered Orking up the main body. I dove into my bitz boxes like Mek possessed! Gork (or Mork) had blasted me with inspiration.<br />
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I used the leftover weapons from my Big Mek Stompa conversion to really give it an Orky feel. Once I was satisfied with the primary loadout, I switched to the shoulder pads and canopy.<br />
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I used a leftover Trukk driver as a pilot and drilled in some tusks from the Battlewagon and Deff Dread kits. For the other side, I wanted a gun platform so I could "counts as" the various carapace weapons available to Renegade Knights.<br />
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Now that I had all of the necessary Dakka, I needed a face that would truly bring this monster to life. I used the Morkanaut face with a Deff Dread jaw to achieve the desired look.<br />
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By this point I was in a mad rush to finish before the GT so my WIP pics dry up. I did finish except for some weathering and a few details on the Rokkits. People seemed to really enjoy the model and a lot of pictures were taken of it at the GT. Unfortunately, I only snapped one (well only one clear shot of the Knight)!<br />
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I will probably go back and add some rust and such, but for now I am calling him finished.<br />
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With this project out of the way, I find myself a bit overwhelmed. I have roughly four weeks until the summer term, and I have no idea where to place my hobby focus! My FLGS is running a summer Shadowar: Armageddon campaign so I could paint up a new Nob and some Yoofs. I also need to finish assembling my Age of Sigmar Start Collecting box (Orks of course). I need to paint my own Warboss since I got rid of my old one. I have to knock out some Meganobz. There is a small local tournament coming up, but I don't know if 8th edition will come out before then so I am hesitant to work on a list. Feel free to give me some suggestions! Thanks for reading. Thanks for checking in on me after such a long absence. Next Time: The Nowhere GT!The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-21368152575033260202017-05-06T10:29:00.001-07:002017-05-06T10:29:35.164-07:00Looted Imperial Knight TeaserI'm BACK! Semester is over! I will be posting my Looted Imperial Knight soon. The first time my Orks ever came across a Knight it was none other than Gerantius the Green Knight. My Green Tide managed to destroy the walker but not before it krumped my Stompa. So I decided that my Looted Knight would be a looted version of Gerantius.<div>
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The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-45670428273668870232017-03-28T17:26:00.001-07:002017-03-28T17:26:48.957-07:00I'm still around, just really busyThanks for checking in on me. I have been very busy with work and school but I have been squeezing in hobby time every so often. I'll try to post something soon and show off my minimal progress.The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-36929746016912001242016-09-07T10:58:00.002-07:002016-09-07T10:58:43.891-07:002016/2017 Hobby Season To Do ListThe 2016/2017 Hobby Season is here! I was very pleased with my results from last season. I managed to achieve the majority of my painting goals, however, modeling took a backseat for most of the year. Here is what I will be working on for this season:'<br />
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1. 20 Tankbustas. My original LVO list ran 40 Tankbustas, but I changed the list to only include 20. I gave myself minor progress for only painting half of what I committed to last season, so now I want to complete the goal.<br />
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2. Kill Team Cassius. I split the Deathwatch: Overkill box a while back and so far I have managed to only paint one of the models. I want to finish the squad this season.<br />
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3. Voidshield Generator. I want to scratch-build and paint a voidshield..<br />
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4. Skyshield Landing Pad. I really wanted to do this project last season, but I kept putting it off. Hopefully I can knock it out this time.<br />
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5. Dreadtober. Last year I missed out on Greggles Dreadtober event so I want to get in on it this year. <a href="https://brokenpaintbrush.com/dreadtober-is-coming/" target="_blank">Broken Paintbrush</a> is running it this time around. I have a few rescue Deff Dreads in pieces that I know I can use to make something neat.<br />
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6. 20 Lootas. Time to paint my Lootas!<br />
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7. Battlewagon. I have been running tons of Trukks recently and I want to have a heavier option.<br />
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8. Ghazghkull. Time for the biggest badass in the galaxy to get some love.<br />
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9. 10 Flashgitz. I love these models. Time to get them painted<br />
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10. Kaptain Badrukk. Since I am doing the Flashgitz anyway...<br />
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11. Big Mek w/ Shokk Attack Gun on a Bike. Really want to do this! Why did I put it off?<br />
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12. Other Stompa. I started to basecoat my original Stompa almost a year ago. Time to get him finished.<br />
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I decided to combine painting and modeling this time. My goals seem pretty attainable. Hopefully I can start making some progress soon. I do need to come up with a nice fluffy list for the LVO solo narrative in February, so I might change one or two things on my list. Thanks for checking it out...<br />
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I AM GOING TO DO MY LOOTED KNIGHT!<br />
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That is the most important thing on my list! I have seen some amazing conversions out there and I want to make my own. My poor Knight has been sitting in a drawer still on the sprue.<br />
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13. Looted Knight.<br />
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Thanks!<br />
The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-73454845447572475252016-09-02T07:05:00.002-07:002016-09-02T07:05:47.575-07:002015/2016 Hobby Challenge resultsI am a few days behind, but I wanted to go over the progress I made during the last Hobby season. Dave Weston of <a href="http://www.40kaddict.uk/" target="_blank">40k Addict</a> puts forth a hobby season challenge every year to help motivate our community to paint. If you want to check out some amazing Tyranids and Dark Angels, go visit his page! Last August I laid out my hobby goals for the year and I made some progress. Walk with me down memory lane.<br />
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Painting 40 Tankbustas. My list at the time for LVO was running 40 Tankbustas, but it later changed to only run 20. I finished the 20 but never updated my goal so I will give myself minor credit.<br />
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Painting 5 Trukks. I finished the Trukks that I needed for LVO! TO DONE!<br />
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Mad Dok Grotsnik and Mega Nobz. TO DONE!<br />
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Zhadsnark Da Rippa (Kustom) TO DONE!<br />
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20 Warbikerz TO DONE!<br />
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10 Lootas TO DONE!<br />
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Before I knew that I could use it at LVO, I planned o finish a BIg Mek Stompa. TO DONE!<br />
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I also finished the Deff Dread and the Weirdboy, but not the shoota boyz so minor credit here.<br />
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So out of 8 goals, I finished 6 plus two minor achievements! Not bad!<br />
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For my modeling goals, I did not fare as well. I did finish three of the six objective markers and the Painboy on a bike. So I only hit 1.5 of 8. I need to get back into modeling.<br />
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I also finished a bunch of random stuff not on the list. I will set my new goals for the year soon. I am going to LVO again, but this time I am doing the narrative event instead of the champs. Thanks for checking it out. <br />
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The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-35476250632620900432016-08-22T11:56:00.001-07:002016-08-22T11:56:10.139-07:00Because I hate sleepingGreetings all! After a prolonged absence the Mad Mek has finally returned. The new school semester has started, I continue to work 50 hours a week, I am running a D&D game, and I have been writing a bit. All of these things make it hard to hobby, but I am close to finding the right balance. I have done a few things these past two months, but I am way behind on my commitments as the 2015/2016 hobby season draws to a close. Let's look inside the workshop and see what I have done.<br />
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My hobby has taken a bit of a backseat to pen and paper rpgs lately. My FLGS has D&D Adventurers League every Tuesday night and by sheer fortune I have managed to have the evening off for the majority of the summer. Playing with this group promted me to run a "one-shot" that might evolve into a full fledged campaign.<br />
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I took vacation in July, visiting family in Houston, and the day after I came back I played in an ITC sanctioned 1850 point tournament with my Deffkopta Spam list. I had a really rough outing as the list was very difficult to play quickly. I never came close to going five turns in the 2.5 hour time limit for the games. Too many models to use, too many rolls (I have an article in the works to expand on this topic). Also, disaster struck game two as the guy at the table next to me accidently bumped my elbow during deployment causing me to drop my tray full of Trukks. Four of my Trukks were damaged to various degrees. It really killed the desire to hobby afterward. I was a bit depressed by my tournament performance and the accident. Not to say that I was playing to win, but rather that I had such poor mastery of my list. I still think the Orkurion can work, but I need to shore up my gameplay. Once I motivated myself to fix my Trukks, I started getting sporadic painting time in.<br />
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I had an opportunity to pick up a Big Trakk with a Supa Kannon in what many refer to as "Chinacast." I must say I was extremely disappointed with the quality of this model (I know, you get what you pay for), awful mold lines, paper thin resin in some places, missing pieces, and such. It left a bad taste in my mouth for sure. I assembled it the best I could and I am hoping with some decent paint work that the poor quality of the model wont be as apparent. I don't think I will do that again, I <strike>probably</strike> definitely would have gotten far more enjoyment if I just scratch-built something myself (part of the hobby that I have gotten away from for a while).<br />
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I also have been plugging away on my Mek Gunz. I had hoped to finish four in July, but I ran out of time. I did finish the Kromlech Sparkk Energy Kannon aside from a bit of weathering.<br />
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I am going to keep plugging away and hopefully get a bit organized so I can balance all of the things I am doing. Thanks for checking it out. More to come. <br />
The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-17024522495799928572016-08-06T11:28:00.000-07:002016-08-06T11:28:18.405-07:00Vacation over!Summer vacation is over! New progress incoming! New paint jobs! New scratch builds! Sorry for my absence. I will have an update on Monday or Tuesday with actual pictures and stuff. Thanks for stopping in. More to come.The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-20963758506299759832016-07-04T15:56:00.000-07:002016-07-04T15:56:15.956-07:00Self promotionI did a guest spot for Frontline Gaming! <br />
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Happy 4th of July. More to come.The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-45736697595643646132016-06-20T11:12:00.001-07:002016-06-20T11:12:45.313-07:00Ork list building for ITC 1850 and Something about T-ShirtsHello! The Mad Mek has been hard at work coming up with a new list for competitive ITC play for Orks. *DISCLAIMER* I am not the best 40k player. That being said, I have been trying to step up my game quite a bit. Currently I have been working on a list that pushes the auxiliary slots from the new Orkurion to the max. The glue? Deffkoptas!<br />
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<a name='more'></a>The new Orkurion has been a difficult nut to crack since its release. The core selections cost some serious points and the command choices are actually pretty limiting. In the command slot you can take one HQ or the Council of Waaagh! The Council is a mini DEATHSTAR without access to psychic powers. Ghazz can rock a 2++ for the majority of the game since he can call his Waaagh every turn with the added bonus of making all Ork units fearless. This is great, but you have almost zero Kustomization with that list at 1850 since the core and council take up so many points. You toss in the mandatory auxiliary for its lowest points (Mek Gun) and try to squeeze in some 'Eavy Armor and Power Klaws. I have been working a bit on this style, but it seems to be hampering my Orky creativity.<br />
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I decided to bust open a can of Spam instead and focus on the MSU style that the Orkurion lends itself to. <br />
GREAT WAAAGH!-BAND<br />
Core: Waaagh!-Band<br />
Warboss - Mega Armor, Lucky Stick<br />
10x Gretchin - Runtherd<br />
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3x Nobz - Warbikes - Big Choppas<br />
9 boyz + Nob PK & pole- Trukk, Rokkit, Ram (Warboss rides in here)<br />
10 boyz + Nob PK & pole - Trukk, Rokkit, Ram (Mek rides in here)<br />
11 boyz + Nob PK & pole - Trukk, Rollit, Ram<br />
11 boyz + Nob PK & pole - Trukk, Rollit, Ram<br />
11 boyz + Nob PK & pole - Trukk, Rollit, Ram<br />
11 boyz + Nob PK & pole - Trukk, Rollit, Ram<br />
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2x Deffkoptas - Twin Linked Rokkits<br />
2x Deffkoptas - Twin Linked Rokkits<br />
2x Deffkoptas - Twin Linked Rokkits<br />
2x Deffkoptas - Twin Linked Rokkits<br />
2x Deffkoptas - Twin Linked Rokkits<br />
2x Deffkoptas - Twin Linked Rokkits<br />
3x Warbuggies - Twin Linked Rokkits<br />
3x Warbuggies - Twin Linked Rokkits<br />
3x Warbuggies - Twin Linked Rokkits<br />
2x Mek Gunz - Traktor Kannon, ammo runt, extra gretchin<br />
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This is a huge army capable of totally dominated objective based missions. The Deffkoptas are jetbikes so they can cover a ton of space on the board very quickly. The mass of STR 8 AP 3 shots that can outflank is a crazy amount of potential damage. I have had one practice game and I had my buggies and Koptas easily shoot a Knight off the table with good positioning to limit the effectiveness of the Ion shield. The Core allows for the potential of a 1st turn charge depending on deployment.<br />
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In my first game with the list, we rolled for random mission and got ITC mission 3 which is Purge the Alien. This is the worst mission for me as my list has a potential 25 kill points to give. My opponent was playing Black Legion with KDK and a Renegade Knight. Chaos won primary easily and ended getting tertiary from First Strike and King of the Hill. I could not do enough to kill his invisible sorcerer star with Fleshhounds so they parked on the middle and stayed put. However, I dominated the secondary. It was 7-1 in my favor at the end. Also, Traktor Kannons are really really good against flyers (Poor Helldrake!) I will keep everyone updated as I tweak this list. This is my starting point for LVO this year.<br />
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The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-148908556344923122016-06-07T16:41:00.000-07:002016-06-07T16:41:17.018-07:00ITC Tournament with Orks at 1500 PointsHello everyone! I recently had a chance to play in a tournament at a new game store here in town. The Sex Panther's 40k ITC June Event was the inaugural 40k tournament for Military Gamer Supply and they plan on doing more in the future. Of course I brought Orks. I took a variation of my list from LVO mainly so I wouldn't need to commit to painting any new units. I had already finished a Trukk squad and two more Trukks since LVO so I had those ready to go as well. On to the carnage! WAAGH!!!<br />
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My list was running the Zhadsnark Star with Tankbustas and Lootas. I decided against taking the Big Mek Stompa since that unit alone would be 1/3 of my army by itself.<br />
CAD<br />
Zhadsnark<br />
Painboy w/bike<br />
10 Warbikerz plus one Nob with Klaw<br />
3 Warbikerz<br />
3 Warbikerz<br />
10 Grots w/Runtherd<br />
5 Lootas<br />
5 Lootas<br />
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Great Waaagh<br />
Warboss w/bike and Big Bosspole<br />
11 boyz + Nob w/Klaw and Bosspole and Trukk w/Ram<br />
11 boyz + Nob w/Klaw and Bosspole and Trukk w/Ram<br />
10 Tankbustas w/Trukk and Ram<br />
10 Tankbustas w/Trukk and Ram<br />
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That gave me 4 ObSec units plus a lot of other scoring options which I felt would play well to the tournament missions. Three rounds missions 4,5, and 6 from the ITC mission packet.<br />
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Game 1 vs Alan's Astra Militarum<br />
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Alan was running a Tank list with a voidshield and a Knight. Alan's knight had LED lights and it played music! Alan would play songs on his turn to pump up his team. I had a hard time with having to run up the table while getting blown to pieces. I was pretty lucky the first two rounds since Alan's dice were pretty cold. My Lootas kept stripping the shields but other than that my shooting was largely ineffective. I finally killed a tank on turn three. Gun line did play to my advantage for grabbing objectives, or so I thought. I tried to gamble on the controlling three objectives option in the new ITC mission rules but Alan managed to shoot me off of 3 of the 4 objectives I had.<br />
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After my failed gambit, Alan ended up winning Secondary pretty easily. I took Primary and ended up winning Tertiary by getting Big Game Hunter after my Bike Star killed his Knight in close combat. Orks win 6-4<br />
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Game 2 vs Paul's Eldar with a Knight and a Skyhammer<br />
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Paul was definitely running a tournament list. No fluff in sight! His Eldar Scat bikes held back behind his Knight Atropos while his Skyhammer dropped in turn 1 right in my face. Grav and Melta to the face after Paul stole the initiative.<br />
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So the Marines drop in, kill a Trukk and little else.The Knight moves up and uses the biggest Template that I have ever seen, but only a few bikes from the Star die. I follow up by eating all four of his Marine squads with my boyz and shoot off the one bike squad that was trying to hold an objective with loota fire. His Knight then proceeds to obliterate a Tankbusta squad and kill off all of the regular warbikes in the star.<br />
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I had the bike star join the other unit of three bikes to add some ablative wounds to the unit and then charged the Knight. I felt very confident that I could kill the thing. I managed to deal 5 hullpoints as my regular Warboss missed 4 out of 5 attacks. That combat was the true turning point in the game as the knight wrecked everything else that I had. I finally got close enough with my last Power Klaw to take it out on turn 4, but by then it was already over. I ended up getting tabled. Ork Loss 0-11.<br />
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Game 3 vs Aaron's Eldar<br />
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This was an uneventful game for the most part. I killed one unit of Scat Bikes while his crazy Skatchahahhrth(Spelling?) Wraithknight killed my whole army pretty quickly. I still had fun and I had a slim chance of stealing Primary if he would have rolled terrible, but he rolled average and almost tabled my. Zhadsnark was the only survivor for my Orks but I did manage Linebreaker and First Blood. Ork Loss 2-9<br />
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I think this guy was the secret to Aaron's success! All in all I had a very fun tournament with three great opponents. I did manage to take home Best Painted army (partly because I had one of the few totally painted armies). Next time I want to try out something from the new "Orkurion" but I have a lot of boyz to clean up before then. Thanks for reading. Feel free to comment and don't be afraid to follow me on Google+.<br />
The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-73788021135819922742016-05-28T11:36:00.001-07:002016-05-28T11:36:22.221-07:00Return of the Tiki Kan!Hello! Happy Memorial Day weekend, everyone. I am throwing up a quick update before work. I finished a Trukk sized squad so far this month and I also had an itch to finish the Tiki Kanz that I needed to paint. Not the best photos, but I am in a hurry.<br />
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I tend to paint the shirts of my squads different colors so I can tell who belongs to who easily. The majority of these guys were an eBay rescue. I am working on knocking out the core choices for the "Orkurion" detachment so I will be able to list build from their. I do have a small ITC tournament coming up on the 5th so I want to have some options open before then. Realistically I will probably play a 1500 point variation of my list from LVO so I don't have to stress about painting anything new. WARBIKERZ!!!! FTW!!!<br />
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I had this Kan sitting on my desk for a while so I decided to finally paint him up. I still want to build three more so I can have a propa six-pak.<br />
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Killa Kanz became weak with the latest Codex which is probably why I put off finishing these for so long. The Klaw getting nerfed as wellas the Cowardly Grots! rule really kick Kanz in the nads. Still the GW models are beautiful and I am having a lot of fun with these scratch-builds myself, so progress will continue. So that is two Tiki Kanz finished with one more in progress. I plan on building the other three by the end of the year (I hope), but my project list is pretty clogged.<br />
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<br />The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-460762579737907842016-05-08T09:39:00.001-07:002016-05-08T09:39:28.908-07:0040k TerrainHello! I have been slowly working on a Trukk Boy squad but I keep getting distracted. My plan is to knock out the core choices from the new "Orkurion" style detachment. I plan on having 66 boyz, 9 Nobz, a Mek, 7 Trukks, and a Warboss (I already have enough grots done). In addition to the grots, I have 3 painted Trukks a unit of Trukk boyz with a Nob. I have a ton of eBay boyz that need to be touched up so that was my plan. Then I split the Renegades box...<br />
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Now that the semester is finished, I plan on knocking out at least one Ork commitment and then an extra project (meaning finishing the Deathwatch:Overkill stuff). Now I got a good start on the Trukk boyz squad. I really did! Then my buddy told me that the Knights came in. I am going to make an Ork Knight. I will ally him in with the Renegade rules, but I plan on Orking the s*!t out of it, lol. My pal kept the upgrade sprue and I took the building. *Cue lack of willpower*<br />
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So after work the other day, I decided to build the terrain. I wanted something tall and I wanted a balcony. Those were the only parameters that I set for myself:<br />
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I basically copied the tutorial from Warhammer TV on Youtube. Prime black, base with Skavenblight Dinge, wash with Nuln Oil (I mixed a few touches of Seraphim Sepia at random while the wash was wet), Dry-brush with Ushabti Bone. The floors were P3's Pig Iron, Nuln Oil wash (again with the random sepia), Dry-brush with Chainmail. The door was Brass Scorpion, Nuln/Sepia wash, Dry-brush Chainmail. I started picking out a few of the buttons for a little variation. If I wanted I could go back an pick out a few more things but I want the model to be a bit muted to not steal the show on the table. I want the units to pop so I feel like the building is understated enough.<br />
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Another think I worked on instead of Orks was part of my Crashed Aquila Lander. I had primed this portion a while back so I knocked it out here and there over the course of my last day off.<br />
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I sit about 60% with my Trukk squad so I am planning on pushing forward with them and then knocking out something from the Overkill box. I want to take my time and plan out the Knight so I will probably push that back for a bit. Thanks for reading! Don't forget to follow my blog if you haven't. Feel free to offer any comments or criticisms. The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-45010651766356358982016-05-02T10:38:00.000-07:002016-05-02T10:38:00.772-07:003rd party Hobby ProgressGreetings! Sorry that it has been a while since I last posted. <i>#reasons </i>I have been working on a few projects this past month and I am actually surprised how much I got done. I am a little disorganized as of late, bouncing from project to project, but I always say "All progress is progress." Over on the 1 Hour a Night group on Facebook I committed to doing 10 old style Stormboyz for the month, but it was hard since I ended up with so many goodies that I couldn't stay away from.<br />
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These metal/plastic hybrids are pretty cool, but they are not in the same league as the new sculpts from GW. I converted up a Nob with a Power Klaw to lead these guys into the fray.<br />
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The hardest part about this was keeping on task. I picked up stuff from <a href="http://kromlech.eu/" target="_blank">Kromlech</a>, <a href="http://www.spellcrow.com/index.php?language=en" target="_blank">Spellcrow</a>, and <a href="http://www.modelsandminis.com/" target="_blank">Models and Minis</a>. I want all the Resin!<br />
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BLITZKRIEG 222 ASSAULT VEHICLE<br />
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This is a new kit from Kromlech and I really liked the way it looked. I decided to get it as a Trukk variant. The options and bitz that come with this kit are mind-blowing.<br />
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It is a wee bit smaller than the GW Trukk but I like it. I have used Kromlech before but I did have more bubbles and mold line issues with this kit than I have ever seen before. The worst part was the tips of the Rokkits all had bubbles so little divots are there instead of a point. Another Kromlech issue is that no instructions are included with any of their kits so you need to compare pictures from their website. Aside from those minor things the Blitzkrieg 222 Assault Vehicle is a great little model.<br />
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I have always wanted to get some Grot Tanks and when I saw these from Models and Minis I knew that I had to have them. The price point is fantastic! I tried a different approach to these using a heavy dry-brush and only minimal panel work.<br />
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Plenty of weapon options were included, but I was lazy and did the whole squad with Grotzookas instead of magnetizing. The plastic is good with only a few minor bubbles. The only mold line issues were on a few of the gun options but no more than you would find on a GW kit.<br />
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TREE<br />
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I won some store credit from a raffle to Spellcrow and I picked up their Nurgle style Demon Prince for a friend but I also got this tree that I fell in love with. Yes. A tree.<br />
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I loved working on this. Super cool. I think my best work comes out on Spellcrow models for some reason. Great sculpt and they threw in a bunch of extra stuff in my order. I also picked up their Old School Orc that I want to get working on.<br />
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GW makes amazing stuff (New Orruks! OMG!), but there are many other cool companies out there. Kromlech is probably the best for 3rd party Ork stuff but Models and Minis has some neat looking stuff too. They are a much smaller company and they are US based. Spellcrow has great Space Marine and Chaos stuff. Next up for me is a focus on the Deathwatch Box. I need to learn how to paint faces and eyes on the humans which is really hard! Thanks for checking it out.The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-48059817863470622022016-04-10T10:06:00.001-07:002016-04-10T10:06:08.151-07:00Fluff for the Fluff God 2The folks over at <a href="http://variancehammer.com/" target="_blank">Variance Hammer</a> recently had their Feast of Fluff contest. It was a contest that was all about custom fluff for your army. I decided to enter with a story about Mad Mek Screwbitz and while I didn't win, I still had a blast writing it. Here is is:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span> There
was a low ringing through the halls of the <i>Wings
of Justice. </i>The
sound of the klaxon fading and being replaced by the general hum of
the warp drive. Unsure of what caused the alarm, Inquisitor Ja'Quinn
chose to ignore it. Tall and precise
in movements, Ja'Quinn strode with haste
toward the re-purposed conference room. Golden
hair with a strong jaw, the Inquisitor would be called handsome if
not beautiful. Ja'Quinn
absently
thumbed
the holster of his las-pistol as he tried to make sense of his...
“guest's” story. The naval crew he passed saluted him although
others turned to avoid him when they saw him coming. Everyone aboard
knew that he was with the Inquisition and they were understandably
uncomfortable,
worried that any misstep would cause Ja'Quinn to denounce them for
heresy. Ja'Quinn ignored the rude
behavior
too, more
concerned with the problem at
hand.
There was a puzzle here, reminding him of the twisted puzzles that
his father made from scrap metal in the under-hive on Armageddon.
He felt that with the right pull, everything would become clear. He
just needed to find the right piece.</div>
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Entering
the conference room, Ja'Quinn saw that his guest was still being
entertained by Groomp. The ogryn was loyal beyond measure and
equally as stupid. Groomp had a mechanical eye that replaced the one
he had lost in service to Ja'Quinn which the ogryn felt made him
smarter. Still, Groomp would only follow orders from Ja'Quinn
himself and that made him reliable enough to watch over the guest.</div>
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Guardsman
Leoth Grey was dressed in plain work clothes, gathered from the crew
of the <i>Wings of Justice</i>.
Short cropped brown hair,
and a too youthful face, Grey
was the piece of the puzzle that Ja'Quinn needed to twist today. As
the Inquisitor entered, Grey rose to his feet and
saluted. Groomp withdrew to a corner and began to eat something
smelly from his pocket.</div>
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“Guardsman,
I am feeling talkative today. I have reviewed your statements from
earlier and I feel that there is something missing, maybe
intentionally, or maybe not. However, I feel that given your
intimate knowledge of the... incident, a certain amount of history
might help you remember these
omissions.” The Inquisitor studied Grey, waiting to see if his
speech changed the soldier's demeanor.</div>
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“Yes,
sir.” was Grey's curt reply.</div>
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“Guardsman,
what I am about to share with you is sealed to the Inquisition and
the Emperor, may he live forever. This information was pieced
together with records
from the Ministourum and from data-slates that were recovered from
the moon.” Ja'Quinn removed a holocube from his pouch and opened
the file depicting the planet Ganesha.
The image projected from the cube washed
the room in orange light
causing Groomp to glance up from his snack. The three dimensional
image was not stationary. The
moon was slowly orbiting the planet. “This planet was lost to the
Imperium for a number
of years. Warp
storms made this area of the segmentum unreachable. Before that,
Ganesha was a lush world with a favorable climate for colonization.
In addition the moon, FMS-4711, was ripe with minerals that would be
beneficial to the Imperium. It was ten years after the first
colonists were settled that the sinister Eldar began their attack on
the world. Using the largely ignored moon as its base for counter
operations, the Astra Militarum fought the Eldar to a standstill for
nearly twenty years. Most of the initial colonies were destroyed by
the Xenos, but we still had a strong presence on the southern
hemisphere and, of course, on the moon FMS-4711.”</div>
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Grey
listened with apparent interest as the Inquisitor recounted the
story. Ja'Quinn had to believe that either
the Guardsman had no
knowledge of these events or that he was very well trained in
deception. “After this period of twenty years, the Eldar began to
receive reinforcements from somewhere unknown and began to turn the
tide of this engagement against the Imperium. All seemed lost. The
records show that vicious
warp storms originated around this time preventing assistance from
the Astartes or the Imperial
Navy. However, records from
the moon that we have recently discovered show that another
significant event occurred at the same time. An Imperial cruiser
crashed into the moon-base. Shortly
after this event, Orks appeared en masse.
This event ruined any chance for the Militarum to continue
operations against the Eldar. Those
that were on the surface of the planet were likely overrun. To
the knowledge of the Imperium itself, Ganesha
and FMS-4711 were lost.”
Grey swallowed at this point, and the Inquisitor noticed a twitch in
his blue left eye.
“Lost. Until, that is,
we received the distress call...”</div>
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Deep
within the mines, Screwbitz, the Mad Mek smiled. He had rebuilt the
human signal device. Staring at the unfamiliar characters that
flashed across the screen Screwbitz knew that they would come. It
didn' matter who. The only thing that mattered was something would
come. The Klanz grew restless. Krumping
the last humans and smashing
the robot defenses of this old place had helped for a time, but the
Mad Mek knew that his boyz wanted a proper scrap. The pansies quit
coming a while back and the spiky pansies had run off. More
machine than Ork, Screwbitz filled the control chamber with his
immense bulk. His new body was a vision from Gork. Built from some
sort of walking vehicle that the boyz had blown up, Screwbitz now had
four powerful legs to go along with his giant Klaw.</div>
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“Impressive,
great leader. Your knowledge of the machines of Man is amazing to
behold...”</div>
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Screwbitz
turned toward the speaker. This raggedy human, with his big blue
eyes pretended to grovel. He used big words to try and confuse. The
Mad Mek saw through his dissembling. Suppressing the urge to rip the
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“Oomie,
yer walkin' a line ya don see. We'z already foun' da rest of yer
boyz, an' me ladz bled 'em nice. I wan' anserz from ye. Questshuns
I got fo' ye. O'ly rezun yer 'live now.” The rumbling voice
sounded like the engine of one of the great earth moving machines
that the humans had left behind. The voice of the Big Mek almost
seemed to shake the entire chamber. The big blue eyes widened, but
the gaze remained firm, giving away his pretense.</div>
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“Mercy,
oh Great One! I can be very valuable. I have intimate knowledge of
this mine. I was a part of the crew here.”</div>
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Screwbitz
turned to face the human. With a loud burst of steam, his Klaw move
toward the human deftly grabbing the front of the human's shirt.
Picking the man up was effortless as the Mad Mek drew him towards his
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“Mercy?
Never 'erd of 'im. Yer gonna anser my questshuns. Do
it right like and quick, an' I'll smash ye fast. Mess wif me an'
I'll toss ye to da squigz.” Still
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“Y-yes,
My Lord! Ask! Please. You will see how useful I am.”</div>
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“Wer
da rest uv da Demonz at?” Screwbitz smiled again – there was the
fear that had been missing.
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“D-Demons?
I d-don't...” Screwbitz hurled the human across the room into
a stand of unknown equipment.
A shower of sparks fanned across the room from the broken machinery.
Blood pooled out from a gash on the man's head, further matting his
close cropped brown hair.</div>
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“Not
gonna be fast now.” Screwbitz began to advance until movement from
the entryway distracted him. Huge bat-like wings were visible from
the doorway. The man began to laugh though blood clenched teeth.</div>
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“Now
you will see! Filthy Ork! You ruined it! All of it was going
according to plan! My master is here now...” The human rose to his
knees and stopped as he took in the rest of the form. Demonic horns
thrust from a large green face, the wings green as well.</div>
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“Boss,
he tellz us?” The creature spoke. Green energy rose off of his
body like fluid falling upward. His skin seemed to glow with this
green energy. A red pulsing
was noticeable in a few spots, cracks amongst the green.</div>
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“Almost,”
the Mad Mek turned again toward the kneeling human, “Wer da rest
at? Me
weirdboy sur iz 'ungry.” Blue
eyes bulged in the human's face. His mouth seemed to be trying to
form words. Screwbitz laughed, the sound of metal grinding bones to
dust. “Can't fin' yer wordz? Li'l oomie. Da Blud Drinka luvs
eatin' 'arts. Demon 'arts iz da best fer 'im. We'z found da firs'
unz.
We knowz derz more.”</div>
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“Imp-
No! You speak lies, Ork! The ritual will be finished! Greenskin
blood will suffice for my masters.” The human rose unsteadily to
his feet. “I have power,
oh yes, I have been marked by my masters. I will bring you to heel!”
The man ripped open his shirt revealing a strange mark branded into
his chest. Energy began to pulse from the image. The room began to
grow cold. Screwbitz laughed. Dark psychic energy manifested into a
writhing whip that lashed out at the Big Mek. It collided with a
green force, a
shield of energy created
by the winged weirdboy. The man shrieked in frustration and rage, he
doubled his efforts. Screwbitz advanced, laughing, enjoying the
futile spectacle before him. “Deff
will be slow fer ye.” His
Klaw lashed out with incredible speed, connecting with a squelch.
Blackness took the man. The last sound he heard was Screwbitz in an
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“What
can you tell us of the Ork leader? From your report, you have
encountered him?” Ja'Quinn saw that he was making Grey
uncomfortable. Another might have missed the signs. Grey was an
excellent liar.</div>
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“He
calls himself Screwbitz, sir. A silly name in the Ork fashion. He
has augmented himself with machines taken from the Eldar. It would
seem that his knack for re-purposing technology is why he took the
moniker. However, he is extremely dangerous. Most of what was left
behind at the main dig site on the moon has been fashioned into Ork
weaponry.”</div>
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“Hardly
unusual, Guardsman. Orks are notorious looters.”</div>
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“Indeed,
sir. The scale at which he does this is what is remarkable. He
has...”</div>
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“That
is not what is important. The question of how he replicated the
distress signal is. We have detected this signal on multiple
channels. The authorization codes needed for this would be beyond
the understanding of any Ork.” Ja'Quinn let that sink in. He
could see Grey's mind working furiously, a single bead of sweat began
to form above the too blue eyes of his guest.</div>
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“Inquisitor,
are you implying that someone gave him the codes? That would seem
less likely than... well, than anything else. This Screwbitz is a
maniac, sir. Human life, or any life, means nothing to him.”</div>
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“So,
Guardsman, you would rather I assume that this Ork from a back-water
moon, managed to interface with and crack an encrypted code sequence
using his... what? Luck? Superior intellect? No, Grey. There is a
traitor here. That is the only explanation. Someone betrayed the
Imperium and the Emperor, may he live forever, just to save their own
sorry skin.”</div>
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Grey
was still. He could see what Ja'Quinn meant. “Sir. Sir you are
mistaken. I... survived my encounter with that beast by luck. I
don't know the codes needed to send the signal. I... I am not...”</div>
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“Enough.
You are good at the game of secrets, Grey. I am better.”
Ja'Quinn gestured to Groomp and the ogryn moved from his corner.
“There is something you are hiding from me and I mean to have it.”</div>
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Grey's
head swiveled between the Inquisitor and Groomp. His movements were
those of a cornered animal. “Sir. Sir... you must, Sir!” The
klaxon came to life again, its sound drowning out Grey's panicked
breaths. Suddenly the ship lurched. Gravity changed direction and
the Guardsman was flung toward the roof. Groomp put one of his
massive hands against the ceiling and stayed put, bracing himself and
grabbing Ja'Quinn out of midair. Just as abruptly gravity was
restored and Grey was slammed back to the ground.</div>
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“It
appears our friend has fainted, Groomp. Tie him up. If he speaks to
you without me here, knock him out again. I need to asses the
situation.”</div>
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“It
is some sort of massive tractor beam, Inquisitor. Coming from the
moon. It is not strong enough to pull us in, but if we maintain our
current distance, things could get bumpy.” The Captain was
resplendent in his uniform. His snow white hair was perfectly
manicured for his rank. More direct than most when dealing with an
agent of the Inquisition, Captain Edwards was a seasoned veteran with
the Navy. As if to punctuate his statements the klaxon flared to
life once more, a brief warning before the tractor beam shook the
ship.</div>
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“Well,
Captain. I would not like to see any significant damage to your
vessel. I will need a shuttle. You will travel to a safer distance
and broadcast a message for me.” Ja'Quinn handed Edwards a
data-slate.</div>
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“You
are going down there? How many of my men do you need?”</div>
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Ja'Quinn
smiled. This Edwards was a bright spot in this mess. A commendation
letter would be required. “Only one. A secondary pilot for the
shuttle. I have my own to assist with everything else. Make sure he
is steady, Captain.”</div>
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Captain
Edwards saluted, “I'll have one, Inquisitor.”</div>
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“Wake up, heretic.”</div>
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Grey
opened his eyes. The familiar brownish blue of the sky on FMS –
4711 greeted him. The constant dust storms were blowing in full.
Grime was caked to his eyes and lips. Grey looked around and noticed
the shuttle. The large ogryn was nearby watching him. The
Inquisitor was discussing something with a crewman.</div>
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“You
missed planet-fall. Slept like a baby right through it. Must be
nice to have such a clear conscience. Or is it a concussion?”</div>
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The
speaker was a woman. Dressed in gray and brown fatigues, she almost
seemed to blend into the surrounding without trying. No hair was
visible under her tight wrapped headgear. Goggles hid her eyes but
her skin was pale around her mouth. Despite the camo gear she was
wearing, the figure was distinctly female. Only a fool would fail to
notice. Grey decided not to answer. Biding his time seemed best.</div>
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“Most
likely a concussion,” Ja'Quinn called over his shoulder. “We
have no time for his injuries now. He has one role to play.”</div>
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Grey's
mind spun. Role? What is this damned fool talking about? The
Inquisitor had no idea how far off the mark he was. Those damned
Orks! They ruined everything. The gate was close, his brothers had
turned the majority of the ranks to their cause. The Eldar and their
Dark brethren had the forces on Genesha all but defeated. The ritual
to summon the warp storms had been a success. Then out of nowhere,
these Orks attacked the moon. Years of planning destroyed by these
filthy aliens.</div>
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“You
have secrets still, Guardsman. I see the panic in your face. You
are well trained. However, this puzzle is getting more interesting
the more I dig.” Ja'Quinn pulled a rolled-up parchment from his
bag. “This I received as a gift. It was strange to come across it
on my first visit to this moon, when I scooped you up, Grey. My
first visit I was given this and I had no idea what it was. Well, I
knew what it was, just not the context.” The Inquisitor began to
unroll the bundle. It looked more like thin leather than parchment,
cracks and dried blood along the back side. As he finished, Ja'Quinn
showed him the skin. The mark of Chaos branded deep.</div>
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Grey
clutched his chest. Impossible! The woman reached over and
tore open Grey's shirt revealing the scarred flesh. The deep wounds
where he had been skinned by Screwbitz now
visible. The pain and
memories came back. The strange laughing medic, keeping him awake
while the monster did his work. Grey felt the machine inside him.
The mechanical heart
that Screwbitz had placed
inside his body to keep him alive burned.
He remembered the Blud
Drinka laughing while it ate
his real heart. “No mor
Demonz lef,
yurz 'ill do.” How could
this Inquisitor have gotten that skin? Footsteps like thunder. Over
the ridge he saw. Screwbitz followed by a host of Orks. His machine
body spewing smoke and steam. The ogryn grew tense. The crewman
rushed back onto the shuttle. Ja'Quinn was unfazed.</div>
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“So
you are the Boss, then? Screwbitz?” Ja'Quinn asked of the massive
metal monster.</div>
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“Daz
right, I be Da Mad Mek, Screwbitz!” Hundreds of Ork voices took
up the energy, “Screwbitz! Screwbitz!” A few shot their weapons
into the air. “Got me present? Good. I new uze oomies wud like
dat one. I 'ad fun meself.”</div>
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“Why
give me this? Why did you let this one live?”</div>
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“Eez
a Demon luvin' oomie, dat one. Planin' to bring all sorts of 'em
'ere. Gotz hiz temple, hiz ladz, even a couple actual Demonz! Dey
livin' in me cavez till my ladz smashed 'em!,” More cheers and
gunfire. “Dat one, I sayz he gonna die real slow. I skinz him.
I takez hiz 'art. Den I fix 'im up gud. Eez a liar, gud un. I sayz
to me how ta make 'im really really suffa? Give 'im back to da
oomies!” Hideous laughter echoed from a hundred Ork voices.</div>
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“One
more thing, Screwbitz, how did you crack the codes for the distress
signal?”</div>
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The
laughter stopped. A mechanical eye, akin to the one Groomp wore, whirred and refocused. Screwbitz moved his massive bulk toward
Ja'Quinn. Quietly, like the
hum of the warp drive back on the <i>Wings of Justice</i>,
“I iz
very, very smart, Ja'Quinn. You
got Big Boss Blud Fist to come 'ere. You
was plannin' on us ladz krumpin dees Demon luvas. Blud
Fist got Krumped. Screwbitz iz da boss now. Ye
was hopin' my boyz would buy ye time. Well, we smashed yer problem,
and den we got bored. Da planet down dere iz full uv scrappin an' I
want in. Soz I sayz, if no one comez 'ere, we can't go fight dere.
So I need shipz to come 'ere.” Screwbitz smiled, a horrid rictus
with his massive metal jaw. “Ur done 'ere, Ja'Quinn. Git off me
moon 'less I change me mine.”</div>
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Grey
was stunned. The Orks were brought here by Ja'Quinn? The
Inquisition knew their plan? “Wait! This was planned? You knew
all along?”</div>
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Ja'Quinn
turned back to the shuttle, “The warp storms prevented the arrival
of the fleet meant to destroy your attempted incursion. I had to
seek other methods to save this area.”</div>
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“Save?
You doomed this system! Do you see the monster you created,
Inquisitor? Xenos? You are as much of a heretic as I! You...”
Ja'Quinn's las-pistol silenced Grey forever. Screwbitz
laughed; a landslide.</div>
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“I
wuz wantin' 'im to suffa mor!”
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Ja'Quinn's
retinue boarded the shuttle, “Screwbitz.
The Mad Mek. A fitting name.”
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<i>Transmission:
Inquisitional report from Ja'Quinn of the Ordo Xenos</i></div>
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<i>Betram. A new
player in the game. FMS – 4711 a moon orbiting the disputed planet
Genesha, is now home to a gathering force of Orks. Their leader
calls himself Screwbitz. He is very cunning for his race and is
determined to leave the moon and become entwined in the battle for
Ganesha. Looks like it could be the start of something big. This
Ork is responsible for the activation of distress beacon 93-1979.
Also, it would seem that these Orks dealt with the other issue for
us. I would advise avoiding the area for the time being. Other
Xenos will likely be drawn to the signal as well as rogue traders in
the area looking for wealth. We still need to observe. Also
recommend written commendation for Captain Lucas Edwards of the </i>Wings
of Justice<i>. Praise to the Emperor, may he live
forever.</i></div>
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The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-49559804352445683442016-04-03T10:42:00.002-07:002016-04-03T10:42:15.066-07:00TableWar display trayHello everyone! After enjoying Spring Break I came back to all sorts of exams and projects that have limited my hobby time tremendously. I did manage to finish my <a href="http://www.tablewar.com/" target="_blank">TableWar </a>display tray for the <i>1 Hour A Night</i> challenge. I have a lot of projects in the works coming up and I hope to keep up since I don't have any pressing school work to do. I have committed to complete a squad of Stormboyz this month, but I am not really sure why I decided to do them other than the box was taking up space. They are the older metal/plastic kit that I got in a trade a while back. Now that you are caught up, let's check out the TableWar tray!<br />
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I got this tray for free at LVO as part of a partnership with TableWar and James at <i>1 Hour A Night</i>. If we have enough participants, then TableWar will vote on their favorite with the winner receiving an entire TableWar case! Pretty cool prize so I decided to jump on board. The rings are glued onto the metal tray and are the same height as the border. I masked off the inside of the rings and cut around the negative space.<br />
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This allowed me to fill in the space with drywall compound in order to create height. I knew that I wanted to make a stone arch so I put cork to mark my boundary.<br />
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I decided to make a base for my Demons instead of my Orks. I wanted to make a portal to the warp. For the arch, I made the whole thing out of cork and dry-brushed to make it resemble stone. I added skulls and chains that I had in my bitz box.<br />
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For the base I used the same coffee and PVA with added red paint to match the bases that I had done for my Bloodletters last summer. If you <a href="http://madmekworkshop.blogspot.com/2015/07/finished-painting-pink-horrors.html" target="_blank">missed that one</a>, basically the moisture in the PVA glue hydrates the instant coffee creating a gooey slime. It also has the advantage of smelling really nice!<br />
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I was going for a fiery portal to hell kind of vibe so I painted a clear piece of plasti-card from the packaging of a toy. I did a few different things but I liked the way plain fire seemed to match the Bloodletters. I'm happy with how it turned out. <br />
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The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-28542273695893725602016-03-15T20:28:00.001-07:002016-03-15T20:28:31.854-07:00Close Combat Deff Dread finished.Hello, readers! I must say that I really maximized my time during spring break. It was busy at work, but I painted a lot so I could get ahead for the month. I managed to finish the Deff Dread and I am happy with how he came out. Here he is: DA BARBUR!<br />
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A Wraithkinght sword that I got from a friend inspired this idea. I have always wanted to do a close combat Dread! I picked up the axe after I started brainstorming this idea.<br />
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He certainly is colorful! I had a lot of fun practicing my wet-blending on both the sword and the Bloodthirster axe.<br />
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I had chance to run him in two games. In one he was blown up from behind by deep-striking Scourges with Haywire. In the other, he got locked in combat with a unit of 20 fleshhounds and was tar pitted from then on. I am going to put him in the new formation from the Start Collecting Orks! box. The Pile on Da Pain rule is pretty awesome.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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In other progress, I have been pre-assembling the Deathwatch: Overkill box. I still need to do about 15 of the Genestealers but it is a long process with lots of gun barrels to drill out. I also started working on the display tray that I got from <a href="http://www.tablewar.com/" target="_blank">TableWar</a> at LVO. James from the <i>1 Hour a Night </i>Facebook group has organized a little competition sponsored by TableWar. We need to work up a display tray and the favorite could win a free display case! Pretty Sweet!</div>
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<br />These are pretty cool. The metal board allows you to magnetize your models so they stick to the tray. The washers allow you to have pre-set spaces on the tray so you can add basing to the plate that matches the basing of your army. I'll keep you posted on the progress.<br />
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Spring Break is over so now I will have to focus on homework instead of painting. House of Cards just came out and Daredevil season 2 is tonight. Soooo many distractions. I plan on making more Trukks and I also want to start on the Ork-Shield Landing Pad. Lots to do. Thanks for checking it out. Comments are always welcome and feel free to follow me. </div>
The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-29926699930049761102016-03-10T10:27:00.001-08:002016-03-10T10:27:51.323-08:00Close Combat Deff DreadWelcome back! I have been busy with work and school as usual, but I am now on spring break so I have been catching up on some hobby progress. I am a part of the 1 Hour A Night group on Facebook to help me keep my hobby goals organized. My commitment for this month is a project that I had in the back of my mind for a while, a Close Combat Deff Dread. I had a few bits that I had picked up from a pal and decided to slap them on.<br />
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Mad Mek Screwbitz did some serious looting on this one.<br />
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I didn't glue in the lower jaw or the Saws so I could manipulate the model a bit better. For some reason, I like to punish myself by assembling the whole thing and then trying to paint.<br />
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As usual, I use a lot of different blues for my Deff Skullz, thinking that they would just use whatever rather than try to color match at the hardware store. I went back and forth on the Wraithknight sword trying to decide what colors to use. I also struggled with the face. My son suggested Green for the face like an Ork and that tied everything else together.<br />
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The colors are coming together. I still need to do some justice to that Bloodthirster axe and fix some details. More to come soon. Comments always welcome!<br />
The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-11259506713849534812016-02-28T09:15:00.002-08:002016-02-28T09:15:47.584-08:00Dakka-jet ConversionHello everybody! I have been pretty busy with school and work but I have managed to finish up a Dakka-jet that I had converted a while<a href="http://madmekworkshop.blogspot.com/2014/09/off-we-go.html" target="_blank"> back</a>. I love looting things!<br />
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I think it turned out pretty Orky. As some of you know, I tend to take anything that used to belong to the Space Marines and make it Blood Angels. I know that Blood Angels don't have a Stormtalon in their codex but I just couldn't resist.<br />
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I am still practicing my freehand checks. I know they need some work, but Orks aren't very artistic in my opinion. <br />
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The wings still rotate which I always thought was the coolest thing about this kit.<br />
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This was also a chance to practice hazard stripes!<br />
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I think I just need to do a touch of rust and bit of weathering, but I am really happy with how it turned out. Next up for me is finishing a bunch of abandoned painting. I have my 90% Deff Dred, my 85% Percent weirdboy, a bunch of Nobz, some boyz. I am also going to get back to building as I want to up my Trukk count to at least six. Thanks for checking it out!The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-78504022770814602222016-02-14T10:11:00.000-08:002016-02-14T10:18:18.724-08:00LVO recap!Hello all! I am back from the Las Vegas Open and boy did I have a great time! I played in the GT after much persuasion from my buddies and I didn't come in last! Mission accomplished. I ended up going 2-4 and I was lucky to have some amazing opponents. Here is a recap of my trip:<br />
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I decided to drive the 11 hours from my home to Las Vegas because my army takes up a ton of space and I did not want to trust it to the airlines. I drove in on Wednesday so I could rest up on Thursday. I did manage to visit the GW store in Las Vegas since I do not have one in my area.<br />
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I was looking for the 7 inch template but alas, that in now a web exclusive. On Friday it was tournament time and I had to play my three games. Round one I played against Michael Snider and his purple Necrons with a double Canoptic Harvest. He smashed me! He was by far the batter player, but he was super cool and friendly. Great game! Michael ended up in a tie for 8th place for the entire event. Congratulations to him.<br />
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So after that eye opener, I played Tim Dierdorff from Team Brohammer. Tim was a great guy. He used candy for wound counters and once I killed a unit, I got to eat all of the candy! Super fun. He was playing IG with a huge Forgeworld Knight (I can't remember all of the names). It was a close game until about turn 5 when Tim ended up taking the lead on the secondary.<br />
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Round 3 saw Big Mek Stompa versus Big Mek Stompa as I played against Michael Aldenbrook. He was running a Kan Wall with 18 Killa Kanz to go with his Stompa. His Stompa ran two Deff Kannons while mine ran one. It was Bad Moonz against Deff Skullz. My bikes did a lot of work against his Kanz. Getting them stuck in combat made it hard for the Stompa to do much damage. Also the great cover save allowed them to crash into Michael's line quickly without too many losses. Micheal also gave me the most cinematic moment of the weekend. He nailed my Trukk with his Lifta-Droppa and sent it sailing into a unit of grots which were totally destroyed by the explosion result!<br />
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So after Day one I was 1-2. On Saturday I played against Doc Glenboski and his Sisters of Battle combined with a Draigo star. This is the game that I played the worst. I knew that I should have run from the star, but I thought that my bikes would do more damage to his unit especially on the charge. That was the beginning of the end for me. I almost managed to steal the game on turn five by unloading all of the units from inside the Stompa and capturing three objectives, but the game went one more turn and Doc was able to clean me off.<br />
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For some reason (fatigue, I imagine) I did not get any pictures of my last two games. Round 5 I played against Warren Bree from Jefferson State Wargamers. This was my favorite game of the entire event. Warren was running Grey Knights allied with a Baronial Court. Warren was a really cool guy and our play skill and style matched up well. This game came down to the last turn with a victory for the Orks. I wish I would have gotten some pictures here.<br />
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My round 6 game was really bad for me. Jake Gonzalez was my opponent and he brought the Bully Boyz formation and Bikes. For some silly reason, I let him go 1st... So on Round 2 he wipes my Stompa with his Meganobz, and his 3 units of Bikes kill my Star. I should have made him go second so I could use my superior shooting to my advantage and weaken his damage output on the charge. I would have gotten 2 rounds of shooting plus the potential charge instead of one anemic round. I called it after that since I was starving and unhappy with such a one-sided loss.<br />
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However it does not end there! I was drafted into the team tournament by the rest of the El Paso people and a couple of guys from Ohio. I was the weakest player on the team but they needed one more so in I went. Round one I played against a beautiful Raven Guard army. I don't remember the guys name but I think I have it on his army list... never mind I didn't keep it.<br />
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This was a Gladius Strike Force, but I managed to pull of the win! I was surprised myself. Next we decided to fudge the skill level in our favor by putting me up against their champion. That way the rest of our team could have better match-ups since I would probably loose to whoever I played. I was tossed to the lions! I played against Eldar/Dark Eldar and I went up against scat-bikes for the first time. I managed some tertiary points but, the Bikes were too hard to catch and the Wraithguard made short work of my bikes. My coolest moment in this game was charging his bastion so I could grab line breaker at the end. I was actually ahead on the maelstrom but my Stompa need to run 2 inches to grab an objective and he only ran one.<br />
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The last game of the team tournament I played against JP from Mugu Legion. This was about as one sided as you could get. He ran renegades with a Slaanesh Knight. He trutled up in a corner with his void shield and blew the crap out of me. This was the least fun for me mostly because of how uninteractive it was. Also, I don't think JP realized that I was a newish player and he expected me to know things that I did not. At one point I had to call him on it, "Look, bro. I don't know your list. I don't know what any of your stuff does. If I ask, it's not obvious to me, okay?" Then he calmed down after that and was nice. Super competitive guy! He was way out of my league. JP finished 17th overall in the GT! I was 229. We finished 6th overall which isn't bad considering we just threw together a team. We had some rock stars on my squad, Vincent Arroyo (21st), Randal Nelson, Jason Byrd and I don't remember the names of the Ohio Guys (Shane and... Oh! I'm a dick! I just met them briefly at breakfast).<br />
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All-in all, I had a great time and I would love to go back. I don't think that 2017 is in the cards for me I want to do a family vacation instead, but 2018 seems great! A couple of shout outs! Tim Dagnall from Cadarn Painting was one of the coolest people that I ever met. His Demon army was beautiful. Check him out on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cadarn.painting/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.<br />
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Also, big shout out to James Stagg and his buddies at Table War and all the 1 Hour a Night guys. Shout out to Zues Mendizabal who took best Dark Eldar for the second year in a row and navigated us to the event. Congratulations to local player Jonathan Camacho on his 7th place finish running a Monolith and an Obelisk of all things! Matt from Mugu Legion was a really cool guy. Warren Bree was awesome. Adan Tejeda from the Independent Characters (I didn't meet Carl! He was busy when I was free, doh!). I know that I missed some people. If you have a chance to attend LVO next year I would greatly recommend it. Thanks for checking it out!The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-71393867344014635952016-01-29T11:06:00.001-08:002016-01-29T11:06:04.569-08:00LVO Big Mek Stompa Orks - TO DONE!With less than a week before I head to the Las Vegas Open, I finished painting my army. 1850 points of Orks are now ready to do battle. I rushed a few of the things, but it is easily tabletop quality so I won't worry about it. I plan on adding some rust to the Stompa but other than that I don't thing that I will pick up a paint brush this next week (or maybe I will work on some objective markers...)<br />
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The army is built around Big Mek Buzzgob's Kustom Big Mek Stompa. In the old IA8 rules you can take a Big Mek Stompa for a huge discount in points if you take Buzzgob as your Lord of War. The Stompa has a Strength D Klaw for close combat, a Strength 10 AP1 Massive blast (7"), the Lifta-Droppa, 3 big shootas, and the Eye of Gork which is a ranged D weapon. The most important part, however is the d6 power fields that work the same way as a void-shield generator. This gives the Stompa a chance to survive an alpha strike from grav.<br />
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Inside the Stompa I run a Big Mek with the Mega Force Field giving a 4+ invul to the Stompa from shooting attacks. Also a unit of 10 Lootas take advantage of the 10 fire points on the Stompa.<br />
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The next major element of the list is a Bike-star with Zhadsnark Da' Rippa. Zhadsnark, a Warboss with the Big Bosspole, a Nob with a Klaw, a Painboy and 10 Warbikers. This unit hits hard and shoots fantastic. With the Warbikes bonus to jink after turbo-boosting plus skilled rider from Zhadsnark you get a 2+ jink save most of the time. Things that ignore cover eat the bike squad but that's the breaks I guess. This unit is great. I once used it to kill a Brass Scorpion in close combat and still had Zhadsnark survive! (He was the only one and had one wound left).<br />
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Two units of Tankbustas in Trukks add even more Dakka to the list. I also have two units of grots to bubble wrap and grab objectives in my deployment zone. Grots work well close to the Stompa because all units within 6" of it gain fearless.<br />
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I round off the list with 2, 3 man Biker squads to grab objectives and rush to the opposite side of the board. I was planning on using some warbuggies but during testing I was underwhelmed.<br />
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Wish me luck at LVO! I am not really a tournament player, but my friends convinced me to do the Champs so I will have to give it my best shot. If you recognize me at the event, feel free to say hello. I will post my experiences once I return.The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-2406631360323241932016-01-12T19:46:00.000-08:002016-01-12T19:46:01.921-08:00LVO Progress Update - Big Mek Stompa OrksI am so far behind! I have managed to finish a few things, but I still have a long way to go for this to be painted. I have found myself cutting a few corners but I am not sure it will be enough. I have been working on new bases since I am running out of Agrellan Earth. I have decided to add some flag stones mixed in to the cracked earth. I finished the 10 Tankbustas and 10 of the Grots. I needed to do eleven Grots so I forgot one while I was batch coating the base colors. Photo Dump Ahead.<br />
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This next one I really like:<br />
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Also we have Grots:<br />
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Yup I needed 11 not 10! I also have almost finished the Runtherd that goes with them. The last thing I finished was my Nob on a bike with a Klaw.<br />
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This is the Badass Ork Biker from Maxmini. This guy is humongous and I actually bigger than my Warboss. Just a Nob for me though. Thanks for checking it out. For those of you following along at home I still need:<br />
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If I have leftover time I will go back and hit the Stompa with some weathering. Thanks again!The Mad Mekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299274515602877850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873791084075401908.post-9065091738442447822015-12-31T23:04:00.000-08:002015-12-31T23:04:31.798-08:002015 Hobby Year in ReviewHello Friends! This New Year's Eve, as I await to wake up my wife for the countdown, I decided to do a little bit of reflection on the past year in the Hobby. I have now been involved with 40k for almost two years (in March)! Time sure does fly. I have learned a bunch from this wonderful community of bloggers and fellow hobbyists and I know that I still have a long way to ggo to get to the level that I want.<br />
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Get ready for some nostalgia as we look back at The Mad Mek's 2015! (<i>Cue Flashback Music</i>)<br />
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January started off with me painting up a large Dark Eldar for my good friend to take to LVO. He did not have the time so I cranked out about 1650 points give or take, to a three color minimum standard. I had a huge challenge with this project since the Dark Eldar were all primed with this glossy turquoise primer. The detail work was hard and the end result was not great at all. I was just glad that I finished. 30 warriors, 6 Venoms, 5 Raiders or Ravagers (I still mix those up) and the DE fighter. This took up the entire month.<br />
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February saw me finishing the Dark Eldar, but I was not very happy with the end result. I still would like to go back and do them some justice with all of the new tricks that I have learned. I finally had a chance to get back to Orks! I finished my Kromlech Juggernaut in Mecha Armor.<br />
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March was filled up with the IC's Hobby Progress Challenge (which I totally dropped the ball on) where I was committed to doing a squad of Stormboyz. I did take a break and ended up painting one of my Tiki Kanz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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April was rough. My father committed suicide at the beginning of the month after he was put on hospice care. It was very hard to get back to anything seeming normal. One of the most amazing things that came out of that event was the tremendous support and kind words from you, me fellow bloggers and hobbyists. I really appreciate those of you who took the time to lend me some support. Thank You. When I got a little more motivated, I built some Mek Gunz, Mad Dok, and knocked out the Dakka-Pod.</div>
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May was a very empty month for me. I was just working on the Weirdboyz and the Deff Dread. As I made it into June I finished two of the Weirdboyz and failed to reach my commitment for the IC's Challenge. After that, I lost interest in posting there because I wanted to get back to the blog.<br />
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July was family vacation month and we spent time at Legoland and at Disney California Adventures. My son had a blast (so did I). On the Hobby Front, I finished my Pink Horrors for my FLGS run summer league.</div>
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August saw the completion of the 2014/2015 Hobby To Do List and the start of the 2015/2016 Season. My new goals were totally focused on the upcoming Las Vegas Open. I also finished my Bloodletters of Khorne for the summer league.</div>
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November was huge! I was firing on all hobby pistons. Mad Dok, Meganobz, Zhadsnark, another Trukk and a Warboss on a bike!</div>
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December is already over! I had some good momentum here as well. I finished a Big Mek Buzzgob conversion, Grot oilers, a unit of grots with a runtherd, the Big Mek Stompa, , and a few Warbikes.</div>
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LVO is coming quick so I skipped the weathering on the Stompa. I will do it if I have some time. So a big year of progress! I still have a bunch of stuff to finish before LVO so I am going to be painting like a madman (a Mad Mek actually). If any of you readers are going, let me know. I would love to meet face to face and grab a bite to eat while we talk about the hobby we love. Again, thanks for all of the support for the past year. More cool stuff to come!</div>
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Oh! In case you were wondering what I have left to do before Feb 3:</div>
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Painboy on a bike</div>
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Nob with PK on a bike</div>
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10 Tankbustas</div>
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10 Lootas</div>
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11 Grots plus Runtherd</div>
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7 Warbikes</div>
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WISH. ME. LUCK. LOL! HAPPY NEW YEAR!</div>
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