Painted Brute Thrall

A unit of Mechanithralls without a Brute Thrall is like a group of flying monkeys without a witch.  There's nothing like having a cheap unit of Mechs, and then have it contain up to three (that's right, three!!!) cheap monsters that can absolutely wreck face.  He's a great model too, and was a lot of fun to paint up. 

My only concern is that I don't want to have three of the same exact model, and I don't think he'd be an easy one to modify and change the pose on.  Does anyone have ideas for good models to exchange him with (bearing in mind that he's about twice the height of a normal zombie/mechanithrall model)?

Zip Kicker - Get Some Now!

I've been in this hobby for quite a few years now, and yet somehow there are days where I stumble upon something completely new to me.  This past Saturday, I was shocked and awed by the appearance of Zip Kicker in my life.  I'm guessing that most other people have run across the stuff, but somehow I had never run across it before. 

Anyway, Zip Kicker is an accelerator for super glues.  You put super glue down on one piece of a model and then spray the other piece that you want to connect.  When you put the two pieces together, there's an instant solid bond.  For someone who has been slowly gluing metal models together for years using small strips of green stuff, this is nothing short of miraculous. 

So my hobby tip of the day is to run over to your local store and pick some of this crazy stuff up.  If you haven't used it before, you'll thank me!

Mechanithralls Painted

I haven't had a chance to play much Warmachine lately, but I've been painting away at my Cryx.  They're a creepy bunch, especially the Mechanithralls.  Painting these was fun, as they have a lot of character and are pretty simple.  They're a great unit to take in game as well, with a high level of survivability (with a Necrosurgeon), and the ability to hit pretty hard when they manage to hit.   They're cheap, too! 

I've been working on Cryx lately, but should get back to Beastmen, although a unit of Satyxis is very tempting!

Wooly Bull, Doombull For Hire!

I'm continuing to work away at finishing my Beastman army, and figured out the other day that I had:

Five Chariots
Ten Minotaur
Ten Centigor
Twenty Warhounds
2-3 Characters

left to paint.

I finished up ten Bestigor last night, and recently painted up my Doombull as well.

I waited on painting the Doombull since, like most Beastman players, I tend to run the Beastlord and Great Bray-Shaman instead.  The Doombull is a killing machine, but is hard to hide from cannons and the like without a solid minotaur bunker.  He is also very expensive, and all three Lord choices can't make it into a game realistically.  I do love the games where I run the Bull, simply because he scares my opponents silly, until that sad moment when he gets shot off the table.

We have a Twitter Account!

I know posting has been off the past couple weeks, as the combined daemons of work, illness, Blogger downtime, and visitors plagued my abilities to get posts up.  Not that I'm unhappy with two of the four, though!  Anyway, I set up a twitter account for the site, so that I can tweet whenever there's an update or during tournaments and the like.  I've also set the account to follow a large variety of wargaming Twitter-type folks, so get over there and follow @quietlimit and friends!

Mocksville Fantasy Tournament: Fourth Place Beasts

I attended the Heroes Headquarters Warhammer Fantasy Tournament put on by Game On in Mocksville, NC this past weekend.   The venue was very nice, the event was well run, and I had a lot of fun.  In three games, I lost to a Lizardman Slann army, beat a Skaven army, and barely got a win against some Dark Elves in a wild back and forth game that came down to a 200 point difference.  Thanks to all involved for a great time!