WIP Daemon Proxy for 40K Chaos Daemon army [2 of 2]

I have done more work on the miniature. Darkening the red and getting it more defined throughout the skin tones.

Here are some updated photos.

I have to work on the base, and touch up some minor stuff. I also will either put a gloss or satin varnish on the metal parts. I think I'll do satin.

WIP Daemon Proxy for 40K Chaos Daemon army [1 of 2]

Got a Flames of War game in today.

It was a good day for my Russians vs Germans. I played Mike (one of the Mikes here in Hawaii), I thought I was going to be in trouble but ended up crushing his attack.

I held my ground for a few turns then started my move around turn 3 and 4. The main problem I was going to have was against his Panthers, but I got off a good kill with my 100mm AT gun early then later destroyed another one.

I almost screwed up and charged into a platoon with 5 panzerfaust. I did loose a few Stuarts but with infantry support next to them I wasn't really going to loose anymore.

In the end I had completely destroyed 3 platoons, two other platoons were down to one stand, his artillery was down to 1 gun and 1 command stand. His pak40s were out of action due to location of reserves.

Another day where I was to busy enjoying my game, that I didn't take photos of the battle. But here is a pictures of a kittens to get you thru the day.

Victory goes to those who dictate the battle!

WIP Daemon Proxy for 40K Chaos Daemon army [1 of 2]

This is a work in progress, please ignore the red as it is just the base color.  I started work on the hard plates, and figured I would make it look stone like. I like how the look and I may add a tad more detail depending on if it will tie into the rest of the miniature.

Closeup of the Right hand/claw/thingy

A over view from the Front Right side.

Left Side View

My goal is to work on the red tomorrow, darkening it then slowly blend up to a lighter red. The shoulder armor plates will become something I am not sure as of yet. Thinking something like Steel to black mix, like some medieval armor looks like.  Finally I will work on the base with painting and flocking.

Wish me luck, I have a lunch bet on the line!

WIP Daemon Proxy for 40K Chaos Daemon army [2 of 2]

Warhammer 40k game in over 15 years! 27Apr14

My unpainted daemon Army of sub 800 pts. It was a first game in many many years last I played 40k. It was very fun, though it took us awhile to get use to the game so it was many hours of figuring things out.

Richard's deployment

 He had left a few units in Reserve.

My deployment

 My plan was to rush him as fast as I could and hope my Flamers would show up about the time I made contact and do some damage.

My leader, yes he is a Daemon

Trying to avoid fire

I took three wounds from Heavy Bolters, damm those things were kicking my ass early on.

Epic drop of Flamers!

This drop alone destroyed much of Richard's army on my left to center.

I made the mistake of trying to go over rough ground with these guys, they kinda got stuck moving real slowly due to poor dice rolls. Though my Leader made short work of the unit he charged, he later gets down to one Hit Point due to them blasted Heavy Bolters. The Las Cannons just couldn't hit me.

Pushed to the edge of the board, we just couldn't seem to kill one another in hand to hand.

The end, it was so much fun. I like the game but dread playing powergamers who I feel I will not have fun playing with. Thank goodness Richard has the same mindset as mine in terms of gaming.  I do hope he brings a few vehicles so we can try them out in the rules. Well perhaps just one will do.

My goal is to learn more and start painting up my little army.

Armchair Adventurer gaming store improvements!

Played a game at Armchair Adventurer, and it was pretty fun. There have been many positive improvements with the new owner.

Positives:
Cleaned up store.
Organized POS (Point of Sale) system in place with inventory tracking.
Correcting prices back to MSRP (manufacturers sales retail price).
Chairs to sit on.
Players are pretty happy with it being so cleaned up.
More gaming tables to play on.
Willing to do orders.

Inprogress:
Event setup for game systems
Cleaning further
More organizing going on

Cons:
None that I can see, everything is pretty positive and moving in the right direction.

Just some of my thoughts:
I do hope he doesn't keep pushing model kits in the store, there really isn't that many guys that will buy model kits and they take up to much space.  I will need to take some photos of the store soon, because it is like light and day from how it looked to how it is now.

I wish Robert with the best of luck in growing the store into something great.

I have to upload AAR games my friends and I played

I been a bit behind on the upload of our games. I have three games to upload photos for, a "Muskets and Tomahawks" game, and two "Flames of War" games. Stay toon for those pictures.

Happy Gaming!

Pictures of a Flames of War game my friends were playing

Game between Pat, Richard and George. 3/23/14