Chaos Dreadhold: Overlord Bastion

Hello again!

A local gaming store is holding a painting competition.

You got to choose between some Games Workshop terrain pieces to take with you. Until a certain deadline you have to paint it and bring it back to them. An online vote will then decide over the winners. The first three places will receive gift vouchers for the store.

I chose the awesome Chaos Overlord Bastion and (thank Khorne!) finished it last weekend.

First games of Kings of War

Hello folks,

In the last couple weeks I painted lots and lots of Perry Miniatures and also had 3 games of Kings of War. The first two were against Undead and the third one against Dwarfs.

The 1000p and 1500p matches against my friend's Undead were two defeats. The match against the Dwarfs was a draw but only because we had to play a 7th turn, otherwise it would have been a victory for me.

With every match I learned a lot about tacticts and which units to use. The game itself is just amazing and yet simple to learn and understand.

Next Thursday I'll be playing 2000p against a friend's Abyssal Dwarfs and I'm keen to ride them all down.

Putting old models to new use

Hello folks,

As I'm still waiting for my bulk order of Perry Miniatures to arrive (it's been a month now...) I painted up some models which I've been fond of ever since.

I'm talking about the old metal Black Guard of Naggaroth models from Games Workshop's Dark Elven range. I was lucky to get my hands on 25 of these at a reasonable price. I also had 4 of these laying around (one of them is my Dungeons & Dragons character).

Having a total of 28 models, I painted a test miniature in a quite uncanny way: some vicious green for the clothing and an eye-straining orange on top of a black armour with green highlights.

It came out quite nicely I daresay and so I painted the rest of the models in the same fashion. I'm going to be using them as two regiments of Reaper Guards for a Twilight Kin army in Kings of War (yes, I'm already planning my second army (yes, I don't even have a first army (yes, I never played KoW so far))).

Here you go:

Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time putting them on the MDF lasercut regiment bases. I was aiming at using 14 per base but I can hardly fit 12 on them. To even out the bases they stand on, I'll add a cork plate with 20x20mm notches for the models to be mounted in.

Last Clerical Heroes

Unfortunately, my order comprising 7 boxes of Perry Miniatures that I placed on 15th April hasn't been shipped yet. In the meantime, I painted the last two Heroes for my Brotherhood army - a Devoted on Foot and a Devoted/Exemplar Adjutant on Horse.

It's really cruel having to wait for your models so long, especially when you're full of drive to commence with your first Kings of War project. Also, I won't be able to play my very first match any time soon.

Three modular forests

Hello reader!

Yesterday evening just after watching the latest episode of Game of Thrones I finished yet some more terrain for my gaming board: three modular forests.

The single trees can be taken off to make place for regiments and the like.

On the back of the forest bases I added a thin piece of cardboard and painted it dark brown on the visible side. Thus the bases can be lifted without the trees staying on the tabletop or dangling in mid-air.

Furthermore, I kept the bases themselves quite flat so I don't have problems placing the regiments smoothly.

Maiden of Virtue

Hello folks!

Today I present to you the Maiden of Virtue for my Brotherhood army. The list entry for her is the Forsaken Beast which represents her quite fittingly I think.

The model is from Reaper Miniatures. Great stuff they're producing and really to the liking of my purse.

Casualty Counters & Fences

Hello there,

This week my parcel from war-bases.co.uk arrived, containing some casualty counters.

With these brilliant little things you can keep track of  how many wounds your units have suffered so far (or use them as turn counters etc.).

For me they are predestinated for my Kings of War matches to come.Thus we can avoid placing dice next to the regiments which can easily be flipped over or be mistaken for regular dice to roll.

All I did was glueing Green Stuff molds of skull bases on top of them, adding some bird sand with PVA glue and paint them up. Some Iceland moss and tufts of grass gave them their final touch.

Also, I took up painting some new terrain for my future gaming board as I don't have any fantasy-related pieces.

The first parts to be finished were three fences as they represent nice obstacles for hindered charges and line of sight blockers. Using some coffee chopsticks from McD and sprue leftovers, they were cheap and easy to do, too.

Ork Mega Dread & Ork War Boss on Bike

Waaaagh!

Yet again I finished some miniatures for my long time customer. This time I painted Forge World's Ork Mega Dread and War Boss on Bike.

I really enjoyed working on these models as they have an incredible and stunning amount of details and are well sculpted.

Secular Command

Hello fellow hobby enthusiasts,

The next three models for my Kings of War Brotherhood army got finished this afternoon.

I'll be using them as various mounted Heroes. The one on the left will get a banner attached to his lance, hence I'm going to field him as my Exemplar Adjutant on bardes Horse (an army standard bearer).

To bridge the time until my boxes of plastic miniatures have arrived I'll paint up the other two clerics I showed to you in the previous post.

Clerical Command for my Brotherhood

Hello,

Today I had lots of fun painting some miniatures for my own use for diversion.

I chose a priest on foot and one on a donkey to be the first miniatures getting painted for my Kings of War Brotherhood army.

I'll be using them as a Devoted on "Horse" and a Devoted on foot.

The box they belong to contains two more clerical models, an arch bishop and a mounted abbot holding a large cross:

(c) by Perry Miniatures

I guess they'll be put to good use, too. Three mounted Heroes will be up next.

Mid-Heresy Iron Warriors Sale 2016

Hello folks,

Yesterday I managed to do a complete overview of all the models of my Mid-Heresy Iron Warriors army.

I also took good pictures of them and all the additional stuff like markers and gaming accessoires.

The army contains lots and lots of conversions, scratchbuilds, Forge World stuff and rare models you can't get your hands on anymore.

I painted the army with blood, sweat and tears. Hopefully, you can see the good quality of the paintjobs and that I'm a stickler for details.

Anyway, here's the overview:

As you can see it's hell of a lot of stuff! But as pictures say more than words, here comes the link for my web album:

Iron Warriors Sale 2016

If you're interested in buying or have additional questions mail to

Stempe[at]vorsicht-bissig.de

Thank you!

Back from the depths

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

It has been a very long time - too long for my taste. But I haven't been idle all this time.

In September 2014 I started an education to become an IT officer after I realized that studying at the university to become a teacher is the wrong way to go for me.

I'm half way through with my above mentioned education and of course I have been assembling and painting tabletop minis all this time. Alas, not for me but for my long time commissioner.

I'm still currently working on Space Orcs for him which should be finished by the end of 2016.

But I haven't played a single 40k game for more than 2 years now. And I will never be returning to 40k. I will set up my Iron Warriors force for auction in one or two months. So if you're interested in a large and fully painted/converted Iron Warriors Heresy force, hit me up.

One week ago my former flat mates came to visit me and we spent the afternoon and evening painting and were chatting about old times. Then they came up with Kings of War. I had heard of it before but gave it no further attention. Another mate of mine, who is the Game Master in our Dungeons & Dragons group, is a mad collector of everything and I asked him all about it as he first came up with it in our circle of friends.

After reading the rules and the fluff and getting to know about the fact that you can use diorama regiment bases and don't have to take away minis for damage inflicted I fell in love with the system.

So I came up with the idea of a 15th century medieval human army and my friend suggested Perry Miniatures' Wars of the Roses range. Bingo! 36-42 minis per box for 18 to 21 EUR? Amazing, count me in! I'm already gathering basing material, lasercut MDF bases and lots of ideas.

Picture taken from Perry Miniatures website

So now you know what you can expect to see here in the near future. My mind's full of ideas that want to be realized.

All I have to do now is wait for my salary for painting Orcs. ;)

See you soon!

Warhammer Chaos Spawns: Bitz Sale (>400 pieces)

Hello folks,

I'm currently selling a total of  >400 Chaos Spawn bitz!

I ship worldwide - Check it out!

http://www.ebay.de/sch/stempe40k/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
(Auctions may take a while to be listed)

HUGE WINTER SALE - Dark Eldar, Eldar, Chaos Space Marines, Iron Warriors, Music Merchandise

Hello guys!

I currently have a huge winter sale going on on ebay: http://www.ebay.de/sch/stempe40k/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

You'll find there:
- 3x Eldar Serpents UNPAINTED
- 2x Eldar Nightspinners / Fire Prisms NEW
- 3x Dark Eldar Scourges NEW
- 2x Dark Eldar Kabalite Warriors NEW
- 1x Eldar Wraithknight NEW
- 1x Codex Eldar English NEW
- 3x CSM Iron Warriors Vindicators PRO-PAINTED
- 1x CSM Terminators ON SPRUE
- some posters
- some T-Shirts

I'd be very happy if you'd drop by and look for yourselves. Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Magnetizing your special weapons

Good morning, everybody!

I have been painting yesterday - or rather today - until 4am to finish 4 new Iron Warriors, 7 special weapons and 2 arms for a Champion, but here I am, with everything finished.

Because my next tournament list will include a hell of a lot special weapons (woohoo, 2 squads of Chosen CSM!), I had a look into my glass cabinet and was astonished I only had 2 Flamers, 2 Plasma guns and 2 Melta guns... So I raided my bitz box and found enough special weapons and parts to assemble another 4 Iron Warriors. But I did not glue the special weapons to the arms - instead, I drilled holes in the undersides of the weapons and the right fists of the CSM (quite a fiddling!). Some super glue and carefully pressing the magnets into the holes (mind the magnetic poles!), I had 7 CSM with fully magnetized weapons.

They can all be swapped:

I did the same with the arms of my second Champion, so I can give him various equipment:

I hope this was a little bit of inspiration and help for you. Because why should you paint more models than you need when you can simply give a certain amount of painted models the wargear you want to field? :)

Warsmith Fabrilis - Destroyer of Strongholds

Today I present you my updated version of my Grand Company's Warsmith Fabrilis in his count-as version of Abaddon the Despoiler. His sword wielding arm is magnetized, so I still have the option to give him other weapons, such as a power fist, chain fist or another lightning claw and thus field him as a regular Chaos Lord in Terminator armour.

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Warsmith Fabrilis's personal siege against the Imperium of Mankind has lasted for ten thousand years now and there's no end in sight as his lust for murder and terror can't be satisfied.

As he and his personal guard of Chaos Terminators pace across the surface of a besieged Imperial planet, crushing debris and shattered corpses of fallen enemies alike, the defenders see the personified death walking towards them. No Imperial fortress could withstand the Warsmith's iron grasp so far and the planets he elects to be besieged are doomed to be torn asunder by the Iron Warriors. Fabrilis rejoices in close combat slaughter as much as he does in precise bombarding and fire fights. Some members of his Chaos Terminator retinue are Veterans of the Long War themselves and have been butchering the False Emperor's servants for thousands of years.

The Warsmith wields two mighty chaos artefacts: the Talon of Perturabo, an archaic lightning claw given to him by his Primarch, and Zzrag'ryl,a daemon blade imbrued in an untold amount of Imperial guts.

It's only a matter of time when the Warsmith's gaze falls upon Terra itself. The time will come when Abaddon musters for the next Black Crusade and Fabrilis will answer the call.

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The next 10 Ork Boyz

Good morning everyone!

Today I present you the next 10 Ork Boyz for my customer. I'm still having a minor struggle with the settings of my new camera, but I think the pics will become better and better. ;)

Next up will be 12 Killakoptaz, so stay tuned!

Ork Trukk #2 and #3

The next two Trukks for the customer were finished yesterday evening. As I have a new digital camera, the photos might be a little bit blurry because I have to find the perfect setting yet to achieve best possible pics.


Trukk #2

Trukk #3