The Wolfling Project

Two variants of campaign games, with simplified rules and scoring:

The previous tournament used the three missions for the book. Here's a simplified version of one we've been using in the campaign. This might promote a more active use of a take-all-comers list.

Acquisition (3x5)

Setup:

• Place one objective marker in the middle of the board.

A power-armored Chaplain for the Lamenters Space Marines.

I tried some new techniques for the gold -- a basecoat of Tin Bitz, black wash, Shining Gold highlights, sepia wash, and a a gloss coat on top.

My opinion of painting quality:

First, we have unprimed. That's the state of the miniature out of the box -- either bare metal or plastic. To construct it properly, it should be assembled without noticeable glue puddles or marks, superglue fingerprints, and have flash and mold lines removed. This may be time consuming for some of Games Workshop's cheaper and more available miniatures, like the Space Marines from the Assault on Black Reach starter set.

Most problems of an unprimed miniature can be fixed quickly.

I decided to try a test miniature of another Blood Angels successor chapter, the Blood Drinkers.

These guys are red with yellow trim.

First, the start: Army Painter Colour Primer on one of my AOBR Marines.

Played my first tournament today with an 1850-point Imperial Guard army.

My opponents were Mech Eldar, Tyranids, and Speed Freek Orks.

I lost my last game to the Orks, the eventual winner, and placed fourth overall.

My list:

HQ
Company Command Squad:
4x Meltaguns
Officer of the Fleet
Chimera w/ML, HHF

Company Command Squad:
4x Meltaguns
Chimera w/ML, HHF

TROOPS
10 Veterans with 3x Meltagun
Chimera w/ML, HHF
10 Veterans with 3x Meltagun
Chimera w/ML, HHF
10 Veterans with 3x Plasma Gun
Chimera w/ML, HHF
10 Veterans with 3x Plasma Gun
Chimera w/ML, HHF

The Cor Semper Fidele after washes, drybrushes, and weathering powder.

Front of the "Always-Faithful Heart"

New techniques:

• Sponged on Charadon Granite, which works great for paint chips and general damage.
• Forgeworld Black Soot weathering powder around the exhausts. Better results than a black wash.
• Forgeworld Light Earth powder on the tracks, mixed with turpentine substitute ("white spirit"). Good for general mud.

In progress: the Razorback Cor Semper Fidele "Always-Faithful Heart", for the Lamenters Chapter Space Marines.

Standard basecoat: Army Painter Daemonic Yellow over a thin coat of white primer. In this state they're pretty much a Schoolbus of Death.

I've done some detail work. Masking those larger checkerboards is tedious, but produces a clean look with a little clean-up on the edges. The door is one of my custom Lamenters Chapter designs, engraved and cut on an Epilog laser machine at TechShop.

Lamenters Assault Marine.

Here's the test model for some Assault Marines (guys with jetpacks). I used more highlighting and tried to be careful about the areas of sepia wash over yellow.

Note: photos are about 250% enlargements (the figure is 30mm tall).

I made about a dozen wine glasses as gifts for a Thanksgiving party. The images are from a quick Google search of "cornucopia," cleaned up in Photoshop and converted to a transparent GIF.

Wine glass, obverse. Goddess riding cornucopia.

Wine glass, reverse. A cornucopia seal marked 2009.

Recent corrections and research at the local game shop:

• Space Marine Command Squads are not retinues. Clarified via recent change to C:SM FAQ.
• Assaults against a vehicle only auto-hit if the vehicle is immobilized or did not move in the previous turn. Rulebook.