The Only Flesh That Was Torn Was My Own...

Well, with the Gameforge Combat Patrol Tournament officially done and in the books, I thought I'd write up a brief recap of the day's events. I didn't have a camera with me- my friend Iqbal took a bunch and should have them posted soon (if they aren't already).

First off, the store was excellent- without a doubt the best toy soldier shop I've seen in Malaysia. Super friendly staff that made us feel welcome, clean store, well lit, air conditioned, and well stocked are just some of the great things about this place. Frankly, it's a real shame we don't have a store like that here in the Klang Valley someplace.

The event ran smoothly, three rounds of fun combat patrol games that saw my Flesh Tearers get thoroughly whipped each time. Oh well. Better luck next time... Strangely, the tournament resulted in a tie and they decided to have the top two players play another game to determine the overall winner. I've never seen that done before, as usually the tournaments I've played in have appearance and/or sportsmanship scores to fall back on as tie breakers. However, they decided to not use them for simplicity's sake.

I had a great time, and even enjoyed the trip to and from Penang. We avoided cannibals, encountered a sect of venerable druids, and even enjoyed the local flavor of Penang over lunch (KFC). When Gameforge decides to run another event, I will definitely see if I can make it! :)

Flesh Tearers Rhino

I'm pleased with the results on this one. I had my doubts as to whether I could get Mechrite Red to spray through my airbrush, due to its grainy texture. As you can see, it worked out fine.

I undercoated the Rhino with Chaos Black spray, masked off the sides, and then airbrushed Mechrite Red down the middle. Black parts of the tank got a light drybrush of Fortress Grey, and the red areas got a light drybrush of Blood Red. Cupola visor slits were painted Snot Green with "gem" highlights of Dark Angels and Scorpion. Metal areas were heavily drybrushed with Tin Bitz, and then drybrushed again with Boltgun Metal.

Chapter symbol and 1st Company blood drop were laser cut from cereal packet card stock. It looks cool.

I have yet to determine what I'm going to paint on the front scroll. I was thinking either "Amit" or "Cretacia", but haven't decided how brave I am yet!

Tonight I'll paint as many assault troops as I can manage. I have five left to paint to be 100% ready for the CP tournament this Saturday in Penang...

Flesh Tearers Attack Bike

Not the greatest pictures, thanks to poor lighting, but you get the idea. Base by Dragonforge, painted in a new jungle scheme that will match my partner's army in the upcoming doubles tournament in Singapore.

Rhino's not done yet, but should be tonight after work...

Stormraven Sighting?

At last, I finally have internet at home. Huzzah!

I thought I'd post a quick general update, starting with this intriguing image. I got an email from GW this morning touting the awesomeness of the upcoming "Spearhead" book, and there was an image of an armored assault of Ultramarines attached to it. Cool pic, and I couldn't help but notice a strange flyer soaring through the heavens alongside Ultramarine Land Speeders. I cropped this out of the pic, blew it up a bit (sorry for the pixellated image there), and thought I'd show you all. Based on the descriptions of weapons, size, and cargo hauling capacity this seems to fit the bill for the Stormraven skimmer in the upcoming Codex: Blood Angels. Since there's no model being made for it in the immediate future (I'm guessing this will come out for Christmas), I want to take a crack at scratchbuilding one for the upcoming June 40K tourney in Singapore. There have been no pics to date of the Stormraven, and according to those who have seen the BA codex there's no pic of it inside there, either. If that's the case, this could be the first image of it. What do you guys think? Am I wrong? Is this something else in the 40K fluff?

On the modeling front, tonight I'm painting my Flesh Tearers Rhino, as well as assembling Sgt Arabosh with his kick ass Power Fist and Combat Shield. Wed and Thursday evenings I'll paint the last few figs, and Friday should be an early evening of playing the list and getting familiar with it.

Tomorrow I'll post pics of the completed Attack Bike, Rhino, and figs I painted during our earlier "Iron Painter". Until then, take it easy. I'll be planning my Stormraven scratch build...

Flesh Tearers Headed to Penang

Now that Kindred is done and in the books, it's time for me to focus my hobby attention to the upcoming "Combat Patrol" tournament being held at Gameforge in Penang. I'll be making the four hour road trip with Khairul and a couple more friends first thing next Saturday morning (March 20th). Here's the list I'm playing at the tourney:




This will be the first game I'll play with my budding FT force, and also the last I'll play with the old school Blood Angels White Dwarf PDF Codex. Either way I'm expecting it to be a lot of fun. I'll start posting pics of new FT models as I do them. More Assault Marines, as well as my first Attack Bike and first tank, a Rhino....

Skulls for the Emperor!