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    

Thinking Outside the Box

So for my return post I decided to do something a little different. 

When we talk about 'thinking outside of the box' as gamers a lot of the time this relates to either tactics or army lists. 

Today I'm looking at the modelling side of this phrase. 

So rather than just being 'outside of the box' sub in for box, clam shell, or packet. 

What is Tylar rattling on about....simply put conversions, re-poses, and kit bashing. 

Today I decided to get over my Warp Fatigue by taking the new plastic Contemptor and showing you all what can be done. 

I have heard so many people moaning about the plastic Contemptor. 

It's not posable, why isn't it a kit....wah wah wah....

I'm pretty sick of it to be fair. 

Why..?

3 years ago most would have fallen over themselves for a plastic Contemptor. 

Now we have one, it's not good enough.  

I beg to differ..

And I'm going to show you why. 

Now in fairness I have been doing this for the best part of 27 years and I've had plenty of failures along the way. Confidence in your own abilities and the will to take your modelling up a notch maybe the difference in an OK model and one that people go, 'Wow how did he do that?'

Here I'll show you a step by of how I re-posed, added to, and 'converted' my plastic Contemptor by 'Thinking Outside of The Box'. 

Rather than a full commentary I'll post up the pics and if you have any questions feel free to comment below.

So he we go...

The first cut is the deepest....

The kit broken down and the tools I used. 

Kheres cut ready for repose. 

The multi-melta in the same phase. Now at this point I decided to go with this as the main weapon. 

Built ready for repose. 

Legs cut away from the main body. 

From above. 

Body prepped. Now at this point I must say fit and glue to two side parts first this makes the body sturdy and allows the front to fit easier. 

 Now at this point you can stop. You're all good. However if you're like me that's just not enough. So.....

Before I glued the front part....off with his head!

You'll need to carve out the back of the head section to allow some rotation. 

Normally I would have spent the extra time with some green stuff but I wanted to prove anyone can do this so I glued in a piece of sprue I cut off. This will help hide the extra gap when the main body piece is on. 

Like so. 

To secure the torso and legs I used a small piece of plastic tubing. 

This helped secure the torso and allowed the right rotation for the pose I was after. 

Starting to look good :)

The bits that make it stand out from the rest. Admittedly not everyone will have access to these kinds of extra parts. But what you can't necessarily achieve with these you can make up for with transfers or painting skills. 

The parts I chose are from a variety of places. I have a push mold green stuff unification eagle, a flattened banner from the Imperial Fist Templar brethren, this tie with the story of he Contemptor being a former member of the brethren, and some parts from the Black Templars plastic upgrade kit. I also have used etched brass and one of the Cataphractii shields. 

Assembled at the end. The arms are just pinned for now ready for paint. 

And finally two shots with banner. 

Now as I said I've had some practice over the years. But I did all this today in 6 hours. 

If you have an hour or two free a night think what you can do with your plastic Contemptor. 

Enjoy and feel free to ask any questions below. 

- Tylar.

Edit/Adition - One thing I forgot to say is have an idea and if you can, have a story. That way it will add to the dynamic of your miniature. Like this Contemptor he represents a previous member of the Templar Brethren. The next will be a previous member of the Phallanx Wardens and an assault Veteran.

It will aid you when thinking of parts to add or symbols to incorporate. 

- Tylar.  

For the Emperor!

Hello Bunny followers!
I'm proud to say I'm the latest addition to the  team and very excited to say the least. I've been a follower of the blog since the early days and have been lucky enough to be involved with general discussions and topics for some time.
I started my journey into the hobby 26+ years ago with a copy of Space Crusade and well I was hooked. It was swiftly followed by my first copy of white dwarf no 137, which I still have, and that was when I discovered Space Hulk....the next step. After that it was the obvious follow on into table top gaming.
I've always been a marine player, I always will be. 
Over the years I've added an Imp Guard Armoured company to my collection, and this began with the release of the original resin FW Banblade. That's when I began my resin addiction.
It's a sizeable force including several other super heavies and its own airforce, made up of a Marauder Destroyer, Thunderbolt fighter , and 3 Avenger Strike fighters. 

I also own two Titans one Lucius Warhound and a Reaver, but I will be adding to this collection eventually with a further two Mars pattern Warhounds.....eventually lol

I have several thousand points worth of Space Wolves and the same of Imperial Fists, which brings me to where I fit in to the Bunny Shenanigans. 

I will be proudly bringing the 7th Legion to the pages of the Blog. I'm currently bringing Dorn's sons to life with building and painting and will be providing WIPs, How To's, conversion tips, and ideas in how to bring your very own 7th Legion projects to life. So I hope your gentle and welcome me with open arms. 
I look forward to sharing all my WIPs and future projects with you all. 

Here's my latest project one of two Xiphon Pattern Interceptor:

I hope you like it. More to follow soon. 

- Tylar Fasolt.