Objective Markers Round 2 - Freebooters and Pointy Eared Gits

Here are the two latest additions to my Objective Marker 3D remixes. I don't have the skills to develop such things in any proper 3D sculpting software so like any good Ork Mek I loot the designs and shove some numbers on it. (Okay there is a little bit more to the process but that is the gist of it).

First of all for the Space Aelf army that I began but then stopped immediately we have the dimensional gateways. Seeing all the beautifully painted Aeldari armies at tournaments and really liking the play style I was so tempted to start one. I managed to get one of the old start collecting sets and traded out the bikers for some rangers with someone on facebook. Leading the army would be an Autarch with Reaper Cannon aka Amalyn with upgraded Rifle.

Now with more ZZAAHPP!

However after my initial attempts using masking tape and spray paints to get the base colours down on my Fire Prism I found that my cheap choice of masking tape and poor application had left bits where the the spray paint had mixed with the masking tape glue leaving horrible marks, not only that but some of the masking tape had stuck and left marks on the energy crystal. Dismayed it was left to rot in my WIP bucket. Thankfully the Legends release has put an end to my ideas for a Aeldari army by removing my HQ choice and that special edition Bone Singer I bought. I think I might still finish the 500pts or so that I have bought eventually for some fun skirmish games but not sure how I want paint the infantry as that colour scheme might not transition well.

Nowhere near the pretty Aeldari I have seen.

The other objective markers are Treasure Chests, these were designed with my local gaming club the Miramar Freebooters in mind, I might get a set printed to give away when we next hold a 40k tournament.

Thanks to the club for posting this image every month to help motivate me/feel guilty about painting.

Last but not least I have updated the Tryanids and Necrons Objective Markers on Thingiverse with files for each individual objective marker. This was done based on requests on social media months ago from people who wanted to get each individual marker as their 3D printers didnt have space for all 6. Which makes total sense as when I printed them I did them 4 at a time cause 6 wouldn't fit on the printer I had access too... Sorry for the delayed response there for an issue I had before I even upload the files for the public...

And sorry to the creators of their original designs, when I last uploaded them I didn't have the remix showing correctly and you were only mentioned in the comments/description. I have now put the remix link in correctly.

Anyway here are all the links for the new and updated objectives:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4093773 - Dimensional Gates for Pointy Eared Gits

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4099341 - Freebooters Objective Markers

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3155901 - Nids Objectives

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3163123 - Necrons Objectives

I feel like I should add a disclaimer here that I haven't actually had a chance to print the Gates or the Chests yet myself as the public printer I used to use has been stopped.

A Howling Good Holiday

I didn't achieve to much over the holidays, I managed to paint one model. This is the other Space Marine character that wasn't picked for the Wrath and Glory Campaign. He wears his Chapter Symbol on the Right Shoulder as much like the Death Watch his new allegiance is worn of the left shoulder, in this case the Oath he made to Inquisitor Victoria.

He is inspired by the below artwork, when sourcing the bits I was frustrated that I couldn't find a shoulder pad with both the Edge and the Studs like in the image. However its not an exact replica and I dont think my model conveys the same menacing stride either.

My partner replace her phone during the Boxing day sales (I hate the very concept of this, Christmas is commercialized enough, this day should be for time with Family not dragging people out for more sales) and it has a great camera (well compared to mine at least) and I hate it. It shows me all my brush strokes so much clearer than I can see and while the model looks fine to the naked eye I can see all of my mistakes in the photos so easily.

Overall I am pretty happy with both of my Primaris - True Scale Marine conversions. Though both still have hints of primaris as there as some parts of the design that I still like. I quite enjoyed making these and think I will make more. The idea of having a mini collection of Space Marine characters from different chapters is quite appealing.

The most of what I did with my spare time was re-read Tower of God. Season 3 is great and I needed a refresher of whats happening as I have been reading it in drips for so long.

         The "Main' Characters

As hyped as ever, this is the last remaining Comic/Manga that I read anymore. Unlike other Mangas in the action/adventure genre it has a story line that continues to develop. One of the characters Khun Ran is used as my avatar image on most sites, if only I could get such blue grey hair in real life.

Eating his Lightning Pill

Despite it going on for so long the story line has been great so far, and despite the first Season not having the best art work the story was gripping enough to keep my interest and you can see how the writer has improved in that respect over time. 

Baylord Doom the Evil Cute Puppy Boy

So special thanks to Slave Inutero (The Authors Nickname) for making Mondays something to look forward too.

Also I have started making some Eldar and Pirate themed Objective Makers using some files I found on Thingiverse (Thanks and respect to whoever designed the originals, I will try to link you when I upload the final versions to Thingiverse).

On a side note I have made a discord server (which is currently empty) but if anyone wants to chat or discuss stuff hobby related or not come join.

Da TechMeks Garage Discord Server

League of Legends New Zealand Championship

The League of Legends New Zealand Championship has taken up a lot of my time lately. Thankfully about two weeks before the tournament I was able to join one of New Zealand's largest Esport Organisations "NativeZ Esports" and be apart of one of the teams they put together for the tournament.

Stage 1 consisted of 192 teams competing across NZ in 24 Groups of 8. With Stage 2 only consisting of 24 teams it meant you had to be the best team in your group to progress. Sadly we were not the best team. While we did make an effort to train as a team prior to the tournament and our initial scrims looked hopeful we were plagued by split decision making in games. Our team had 2 junglers, Myself and OkZoomer which we initially thought would be an advantage as we had 2 distinct champion pools and different play styles the team could leverage depending on the scenario.

OkZoomer vs Daemonkz

However the training that I was able to make often got cancelled and Zoomer was more flexible and able to make training when called upon at last minute. This lead to him being the starting jungler and myself being benched for alot of the games.

My SoloQ Main

I did however find myself starting a game after some communication issues began to arise with Zoomer in game. However when it came my turn to shine I was to nervous about making mistakes and being put back on the bench that instead I was not proactive in game, the only thing worse than making mistakes is doing nothing at all.

While we are still waiting for the final results for our group I believe we should be in the top 4 and while that wont get us to the next round it will give us a small participation prize.

And while our team didn't make to the next round other teams within the NativeZ Organisation have and will get my full support along the way.

Special Thanks goes out to VBulldogz one of the organizers in NativeZ who put me on the team and gave me a shot.

You might see me on his twitch stream sometimes under the alias Daemonkz. Hes a friendly guy who's happy to talk to those watching and explain the game as he plays.

The Overdue Update: Fields of Blood

 Its been ages since I updated this and I have really wanted to share my Genestealer Cult that really is a genestealer brood.

 

While I didnt finish any of the paint jobs in time (or since as you can clearly see) for all the units I was adding I got all but one unit up to a standard I was happy to play with. While most of them just need me to clean up their skin and finish a few touch ups.

The Disappointment Squad

The model I was most happy with is the one I was least happy with when I started the conversion.
The abominant. While he was a lot bigger than the standard GW abominant he was on the right base size (just) and he looked great. LOS shouldn't matter for characters anyway.

BioHammer!

The standout unit at the tournament general heavy lifter award goes to the carnifexs. These things were beasts. Heavy Venom Cannons and Deathspitters was the right fit for what I needed to balance out my army.

Again I was close to getting best in Race for Tyranids. Me and Ryan were once again tied for points as top tyranids players with one round remaining. Hoping to play each other to duke it out for the spot we unfortunately got split. I got Deathwatch and he got put up vs Knights. This was in a round where only troops could score objectives. Sadly I lost my match and he won his.

Dynamic posing done right

Thankfully I got to play vs two of the beauty pageant armies along the way, one used Mantic models to make a unique looking Guard army and the other was a beautifully done GSC army with an amazing City piece display board (Also with Mantic Trucks).

A nice space trooper feel.

He had GSC priests as squad leaders in every squad.

Well taking away from the tournament and how to improve my list I decided I didn't like Genestealers (Purestrains) in my Genestealer Cult and I wanted an even bigger bug. This baby will count as either a shadowsword or Barbed Heirodule and give me a nice big bug on the table once its done.

Wrath and Glory - The King is Dead, Long Live the King pt 1

At the end of the last Chapter of Wrath and Glory the Players discovered what had happened to Governor Veneratio or at least to his head. With no Governor Inquistor Victoria Aldrich sees instability. To avoid this Inquisitor Victoria has decided to force the succession as soon as possible, but with two possible heirs she has got her warband to investigate both and advise her of who will be best to succeed the throne.

In the latest session they were introduced to the two heirs to the throne. The First of which was the first born son, Farsheed Veneratio. 

While one would hope that being the first born son would make him the clear successor, sadly not as he had run away from home to join a hive gang "The Piscators". Outraged Governor Veneratio declared his younger sister Mina the Legal Successor. After a decade away from home he returns as a successful gang member and his father declares him as his rightful successor before a hall of upper hive officials. However the Governor was declared missing the very next day before any legal documents could be signed.

Farsheed is a well loved leader who is always flanked by his two biggest supporters, first and foremost is Foreman Dresdor Kant. Being an Ogryn means that Kant has quite a presence in the room, that in combination with his customised Rad Pistol (a gift from the mechanicus) he certainly had a quite an impact on the players reactions.

Quite surprisingly Farsheed has also won favor with the Mechanicum. Engineer Shadi Madani oversees the Human Resources working for the Adeptus Mechanicum. With higher productivity in mind she sees Farsheeds leadership and connection with the lower hive a great morale boosts for the workers. With an outward appearance that has been manufactured to be most pleasing for the Humans she interacts with, Madani is hiding quite a few surprises.




















Having met Farsheed at his public gathering and in private afterwards the Inquisitors Warband were not impressed.  In the words of the of our ever friendly Ministorum priest 'who cares about the scum of the lower hive'.

Motivation and Crushing Claws

I did nothing for the month of May, like literally nothing. I felt depressed and far from motivated. I also struggled to find time to go the hobby shed.

However with this month I started to do stuff, I looked at all my half done projects the sinking feeling that my monthly RPG is not going be monthly and decided I need some focus. I have put this board together to help motivate me and to try focus the hobby butterfly so that my projects actually get done. 

I managed to get a few more of my Acolytes done and after fucking up one hip and trying to find a way to save the model it inspired me to do one squad leaping over and running past the bits of killa kann that my Patriarch is standing on. This means my Patriarch wont look so alone with his orkish base and will use some other left over ork bits on my display board to help bring it together.

I feel quite great about this particular acolyte showing off some actual mobility.

The next big problem for this is with these crushing claws. I got my Broodlord on a small base and he doesnt look too out of place but I am not sure how to pose these crushing claw arms or if I should even use them at all.

          

 

Honestly I hate the 6 arms of the genestealers cult and find it mentally hard to pose them in a way that doesnt just look stupid.

 

Anyway if you could please give me some feedback on the crushing claws it may actually hold some sway as I am so uncertain about them at the moment.