King Fluff's New Year hobby resolutions

Well sort of...

Hi King Fluff here in a contemplative mood, reflecting on my hobby highlights of the year and looking forward in an attempt to order out some projects for completion.

As you know I joined the Battle Bunnies shortly after last years Horus Heresy Throne of Skulls. The event itself has to be a highlight of last year. I had a fantastic time but I have to admit that I was a little reticent at first as I'm very much not of the tournament ilk. That being said the event really did re-spark my interest and passion for 30K (not that it ever really went away but life can intervene). I took my Questoris Knight army of House Krask to the event (as it was the only 30K army that I had any chance of finishing painting before the event started). It was a great opportunity to motivate me to get stuff painted - and although they weren't 100% finished they were close enough not to embarrass myself with.

I also managed to squeeze in a rather big (9000pts per side) game at a local GW store, which although I lost (Phantom Titans are obscene lol) it was a great opportunity to game with some of the bigger models in my collection (it also prompted me to get my second Reaver Titan standing.

Obviously joining the Bunnies crew has been fantastic for me in motivating me on a weekly basis in order to show you guys what hobby has been floating my Heresy boat.

So what does 2016 hold for King Fluff...?

Of course my Night Lords will be an enduring part of 2016 for me, I want to work on more of the kits I've bought in the vein of an all flying Night Lords army but for now my focus will be on characters and walkers whilst finishing the infantry units I've already started.

I've now settled on my avatar character for the Battle Bunnies campaigns: Jared 'King Fluff' Dane, Praetor of the 5th 'The Painted' Harlots of Nostramo - his fluff will follow in the future but I have started to collect the parts to do him justice.

 I'll also be drip feeding in mechanicum units, looking at completing 250pts worth every month until I have amassed a decent sized force which could go toe to toe with a legion (or support one). I've really enjoyed painting the Graian mechanicum force and I hope to add in the plastic GW kits into that mix over the next year, I'm also hoping to throw in the odd conversion too along the way.

Titans...

They're a big part of my hobby and collection and I want to do more with them over this year, I have Reavers still sitting in boxes and I have an option on a pre-loved Warlord too. To this end I want to expand my force, adding another Reaver and a Warlord to the legios number and also adding in Titan Legion Skitarri and possibly a Triaros.

2016 is also the year of INFERNO!!! and I am so pumped for the return (or release) of the story of Prospero. I am poised to dive into the Thousand Sons again, I'm starting with Betrayal at Calth and making the set up into a 10 man tactical, 10 man heavy support (missile launchers) and 10 man tactical support squad (flamers) - I'm unsure of what my HQ choice will be as yet (and probably won't come from the BaC box). What I am intending is to add a sub-orbital attack wing consisting of Doomwings (or infact a converted version of the Xiphon interceptor). I made a Doomwing some time ago when the Valkyrie kit was released - I feel now is the perfect time to update it and cross my fingers that the Doomwing doesn't get an official model before I finish mine (which I call the King Fluff Curse).

I also have a few background projects (namely Space Wolves and Imperial Fists) which I will be dipping in and out of...

But the biggest of these will undoubtedly be getting my gaming table painted and ready for battles on. It's a custom built table with multiple tiers to game on. It houses my 6x4 Zone Mortalis, my three (undecided) Realm of Battle table tops, my 6x4 Forge World city tiles and a 6x4 custom printed Battlefleet Gothic gaming surface.

And so that's about it....

Well nearly...

As you may have seen in previous posts, 2016 is the year of the Xenos and it most certainly will be but not the kind you can buy from a store.

My lips are sealed.

But keep your eyes on the blog.

All will become clear in the next few months.

For now I bid you all good evening and leave you with this thought;

The song Ironic by Alanis Morissette contains many situations that are unfortunate rather than ironic, thus it is not ironic but in doing so it makes the song ironic.

Your ear worm for this evening....

KF    

Sons of Nostramo #6 - out of the eye of terror

Good morning Bunnies.

King Fluff here with another progress update on the Night Lords - however it is more like a 'lack of progress' report this week. I've been suffering from conjunctivitis for the last week, and at posting it's still going strong, so this week I've had to focus on working on things which didn't require a lot of vision. I'm hoping with medication it will start to clear up, my biggest concern at this point is not being able to get everything done for the Bunnies Xmas Bash at Warhammer World on Saturday.

Well what I have managed this week is to set up my gaming table in the new gaming room, I've got a 6x4 Forge World city table and a 6x4 Zone Mortalis board (which once completed will sit together on the table top to create the right height to game at and to aid with storage).

I've also been working on my rebasing on to the new 32mm bases, I'm using scenic bases universally with my legion forces and my Night Lords are based on a muddy battlefield type scheme. I've drilled into the resin bases in order to add more barbed wire and make the bases a little more 3D.

They've had the first coat of Rhinox Hide and now need to be washed with Agrax Earthshade and then dry brushed with a 1:1 of Karak Stone and Rhinox Hide, then simply pick out the details and once the models are added apply the mud (water effects and Rhinox Hide mixed together) .

I've also been working on some of the legion support vehicles - namely a dreadclaw drop pod. This is an old model and needed some modification in order for it to be suitable for serving the legion. I've trimmed off all the chaos icons etc and the screaming faces from inside the main ring on the hull. I've also dremelled out a locator for the new flying stands. Once completed I glued it together and primed it with Halford's grey primer.

Now I was all set to use these in my forces (I love the aesthetic of them and the brutal lines) but I'm now a little unsure, the model being so old really doesn't go together over well, there are some serious gaps and the legs feel flimsy (which would make me twitchy taking multiples of them to any kind of game).

The question I need to ask myself now is do I press forward and fill the gaps and put paint on it or do I go for the modern dreadclaws which are more suitable as they are designed better but then loose the aesthetic I was after.

What do you guys think?
Old is gold or phew for the new?

Answers on a postcard (or just save the postage and drop me a comment)

I'm off now to further combat Nurgle's rot in my eye.

Keep 'em peeled.

KF

The Battle Bunnies' Forge World Zone Mortalis.

I still remember when I saw the Zone Mortalis range by Forge World for the first time. I called Khall Sithis and said "Go to Forge World's website right now and look in the new releases." I still remember listening him narrate what he was typing to get there whilst on the phone, before saying . . . . Wow.

Immediately I worked some overtime and ordered enough to make a 3x3 board. It was a whole new dimension to gaming and one which made me break my un-written rule: "you can't play it if it isn't painted." The tactical side of the game was amazing. The close range fire fights was incredible. It became quickly apparent that we would need more. So I ordered another eight tiles giving me a 4x4.

But that was not enough. As soon as I saw the open floor tiles which were released from Forge World I immediately ordered 4 (and sold a spare cross section. That gave me 5x4.

And today I have arrived home to find the last four tiles have arrived. I now have a 6x4 board with around 9 doors as well as the containment tanks and other accessories.

Having gone to speak to Blake at the open day; I decided to beg for some things:

1) I would love to see a Bridge for a star ship. This should be a 2x2 tile. We do need to see things like this as a objective for games.

2) An Engineering tile 2x2 with lots of terminals and a reactor core.

3) A Drop Pod jettison tile. With spaces on the floor to jettison Drop Pods (like in the Game Fire Warrior). A drastic race to leave a crumbling star ship would be amazing.

4) Horus' Throne Room. The final battle will be fought here. And that needs to be bigger than 1x1.

5) More accessories.

6) the side of a starship with optional boarding Torpedo bits which can be removed and placed. As well as gunnery pieces. Silence the guns game anyone? :)

So they are all my wishful thoughts for today. Hope you read this Blake. Doing a great job. Keep it up.
I will do a painting guide for these when I finish the City Board.

In the meantime: It's time for another Zone Mortalis Bath time.

Drake Seta