The End Times are getting nearer !!!!

[jchaos79]

I would keep the steam tank, but is just my opinion.

[forbes]

I too would keep the steam tank front - but maybe try to drop in down a bit lower - it looks rather perched on top of the forecastle below it.

[Draccan]

Thanks for input guys. I have left the steam tank (still undecided) for now...
I did however work on a lot this evening.... here is the result.. I added a steering wheel, anchor, ladders, cannon barrels in the port holes, some more steam tank shenanigans, som mast bars to hold the canvas sail and few more details here and there... the captain is not glued on the ship and neither is the dwarf spotter (I picked him because I imagine Marienburg to use mercenary dwarfs and he does sport a nice monocular piece)....

I hope you enjoy it... Input still welcome!












Larger pics:
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I will paint it soon and will try to take better pictures after. While the whole thing is a bit uneven here and there these pics doesn't do it justice... Not perfect model by any means but I like it so much more when I look at it compared to these pictures... white and metal stuff and flash just looks meh and the it looks even messier than it does in reality, I think.... oh well..

[Geep]

I like it- a crazy, ramshackle human construction. I'm not sure if a dwarf would trust it enough to stand on though

Everytime I read this thread title I hear it with a sing-song voice, and follow it with 'put on a happy face!'
Just thought I'd inflict that on other people...

[Draccan]

Ha! Yeah, "crazy, ramshackle human construction" is a very fitting description! 

[Stormwind]

Please do a run down of all the bitz you used! =-D

[Paboook]

It's a reall beauty! Well done 

[Draccan]

Thanks Pabook!

@Stormwind - for the most part it is quite easy, but all the grey plastic parts are some Warhammer Fantasy stuff that I have no idea what is. I bought tons of bitz on ebay and can't recall what is what or why I got it in the first place. That includes the tiny shields. But Fantasy bits for sure...

[Draccan]

Just a weak and boring update. Started a new job 3 months ago and have been (and still are) insanely busy getting to master the new organisation and analytical systems.

But since I am playing this Sunday I got a print of all the standard Warmaster rules, so I thought this may inspire someone. I sent six pdfs to a local print shop to get one volume in a binder.

I took the pdfs from here:
http://wm-selector.appspot.com/
Warmaster Rules part I
Warmaster Rules part II
Warmaster FAQ
Warmaster Armies
Warmaster Armies FAQ
Warmaster Trial Armies

The pictures doesn't do it justice, but the paper is a thick, smooth high quality and is insane nice to look at and touch!

Here is the new binder book and some other Warmaster ressources books incl. the special Warmaster inspirational series GW released called THE END TIMES   






That's all for now. I hope to get more energy now to do Warmaster stuff as I can breathe again job-wise.. (it always take me 3-4 months to resurface after starting a new job)...

Oh and I am looking for a few daemon characters...


I hope for better updates soon!

Draccan 

P.S. This will be my Warmaster Sound Track for tomorrow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upzOSSQWSYU

[Geep]

You have the hard and soft cover versions of all of the End Times books? How? Those things sold out within minutes- it was madness. Also, your wallet must be crying after that!

I actually prefer the Storm of Chaos over The End Times. Both were/are plagued with bad fiction, but I really don't like that The End Times did horrible things to Wood Elves and Orcs and Goblins may as well not exist. There's heaps of other issues as well, but I won't say more than that. Too easy to rant, and filled with spoilers for those who want to read the stories.

[Draccan]

You have the hard and soft cover versions of all of the End Times books? How? Those things sold out within minutes- it was madness. Also, your wallet must be crying after that!

I actually prefer the Storm of Chaos over The End Times. Both were/are plagued with bad fiction, but I really don't like that The End Times did horrible things to Wood Elves and Orcs and Goblins may as well not exist. There's heaps of other issues as well, but I won't say more than that. Too easy to rant, and filled with spoilers for those who want to read the stories.

I don't have the soft covers, just the hard covers. There are 2 volumes in each hardcover box (see the little I and II signs).
It was really easy to get the hardcover book as allied myself with a local retailer who made sure to get me a copy. Only Thanquol was not sold to retailers, but that was not sold out for at least a day (though GW website went down).

And I agree with the Elves and GWs direction in general. I do like the idea og combined chaos forces and combined undead (in warmaster, not fantasy). And I think the idea of the invasion and large battles between large forces can be used well in Warmaster with some pick and choosing over what fluff to take out...

As a Warhammer Fantasy supplement and GWs new direction and the new rumours I think GW fall flat on their face...

[Draccan]

Oh well I did get to spray paint exactly 1000 magnetic (!) Sally 4th warmaster bases and 200ish other kinds of bases for commands and dioramas..




Not completely a wasted day....

(and yes the hard part was to align them, took foreeeever)

Since I don't get to paint and flock my miniatures all at once, my reasoning is that I am going to put them (when base coated) on green bases to look better on the table....

[jchaos79]

That seems a lot of work! dow.

Well done

[Mars Miniatures]

Wargamers need longer lives, because our work is never done.

[Stormwind]

I feel strangely emasculated by your level of commitment to Warmaster