Anyway, in a further rash and misguided decision I decided that with a tournament only a few weeks away I was tired of Chaos and I wanted to switch it up.  Give everyone at the tourney a surprise.  They were use to me playing my Sex for the Blood God list.  Lets give them something they aren’t expecting.  Hell, and while I am at it maybe I can push some wins instead of constant draws against all these Space Marine players.  So I decided to sign up for the 1750 Tourney and  at the FLGS, then a 2000 pt tourney the next week at GameStorm 12 and run a Green Tide Army.

This means that for my 1750 list I would have 11 days to paint 132 models.   This means that every day I would need to get 12 models fully painted, washed, sealed, and based.  And to make it even more difficult my display board painted, converted, and finished.  All of this I would need to have done by the 20th, without taking any time off from work.  This would mean I would have approximately 2 – 3 hours every day that I could work on my models as I work 10 hour shifts.  Roughly an hour before work and an hour to two after work.   I can do it.  Suuuuure.

I will be posting pictures and progress as things go on.  No matter what I will play these damned green skinned bastards at the next tournament.  Whether or not I get full paint points which the tournaments tend to come down to for deciding the winner is another story.  But it should be an interesting experience with lots of me covered in paint and my hands glued to the table.

There was a great turnout for the event with lots of good players showing up.  It ended up being 3 rounds with 14 people.  Overall though the entire tournament ended up being sort of lack luster though.  The missions were okay, they just really weren’t designed with a tournament in mind it seemed.  The most common outcome of the day was a draw, with me getting three draws and a crushing defeat (my last opponent tabled me), which was actually slightly better than average.  Pictures and some video from the event below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPMbmhmKAPQ

Points: 1500

Date: 02/15/10

Location: Knightfall Games

Comments: There is a tournament coming up at KFG here in a couple of weeks so a lot of people are scrambling about trying to get their lists done, get tactics in line, and finish painting their armies.  As Ben is one of the toughest opponents I generally face he is a good choice for some practice against.  I actually managed to tie him this time through a combination of more defensive playing and some changes to my list.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVITTQG1ZUs

Also I wanted to let everyone know to check out a couple of videos that Chris the owner over at Knightfall just put up in the last day or two.  The first one is here, this one has the music that he asked me to make for his videos.  For my first time back at creating a track in two or three years I thought it turned out really well.   The second one is here.  This is a video that he made testing out his new camera featuring some of the models from my Chaos army and some really nice stop motion photography.  Definitely check them out.

Thought I would give a sneak peak of some of the things that are to come.  First off, more videos.  As you may have noticed there was a flood of new posts all with battle reports in them.  I was originally going to make a page and just slap them on there but that is to static, doesn’t send out notices to any of you people that actually care to subscribe, and a few other things.  This way you can also leave comments on them either here or on youtube.  Huzzah!

Next up is I plan on starting some videos in several different series.  Things like painting, converting, assembly, playing, explaining the rules, etc. are going to be the biggest ones.  I also plan on doing a question and answer series as well as possibly a series of articles and maybe accompanying videos on tactica. One of the big things that I want to do but I need to work out some of the details with people is videos of unboxing of some of the new swag and goodies that come out either before they are released or as soon as they hit shelves.  Give all you gibbering fanatics a chance to see what is in the box before you buy it, that sort of thing.

So if you guys have any ideas for videos, things you want to see, suggestions you want to make, or questions that you want answered send them in!  All feedback is more than welcome, and I promise not to make fun of anyone for anything they send in (unless you just want me to). Just drop them in the comments, send me a message or email, or use the contact form on here to send in your ideas/suggestions/questions/concerns/tips/tricks/lessons learned on the best way to hide dead hookers/whatever!

Points: 2500

Date: 02/13/10

Location: Knightfall Games

Comments: Our second battle that day. Ben is a really good player and have sort of a grudge match going on. I’m slowly getting to where I can almost tie him.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtRhJhe8MpM

Points: 1500

Date: 02/13/10

Location: Knightfall Games

Comments: First game of the day against Ben and his Space Marines. He is a really good player with a solid list.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK1PppdlVkc

Points: 2000

Date: 02/06/10

Location: Knightfall Games

Comments: My first time playing against Necrons and I got royally stomped.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrfTHDGtcD8

Points: 1500

Date: 02/06/10

Location: Knightfall Games

Comments: I had just played this person against their normal Space Marine list and destroyed him, however, I forgot to tape it. For the rematch he brought his Nurgle CSM list out and throunced me.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlTH8_km9u0

If your interested I also have a companion video to this guide up on Youtube that is a good place to start. It gives a quick and brief synopsis of the major salient points.  I also want to take a quick second and thank everyone who watched and commented on the video and everyone that comes here and reads and leaves comments.  I will be making more videos and trying to update this blog with more information and articles as much as possible.  Unfortunately between work and school it doesn’t always leave me much time.  Anyway, on to the reason why you came here.

Necessary Tools

These are the tools that you really need and can’t live without.  I will try to provide prices for them where possible as well and give a brief description of it and why you need it.

• Hobby Knife: ($5 – $10) You will find a veritable plethora of uses for this.  From trimming flashing on your pieces, cutting up models to convert them, cutting out transfers, to stabbing your opponent when they kill your HQ on turn 1 before you even get to move him.  Like I said, the uses are endless.
• Clippers: ($8 – $15) Also known as sprue cutters.  As the name implies they well, they clip things.  Useful for cleaning up metal mini’s or clipping the pieces off of the sprue when you buy a box of miniatures.
• Super Glue: (Approx $8) You will need this for gluing your mini’s together. Also mainly used to glue your fingers to your other fingers, to the model, to your hand, to your pants, and especially to the table. You will generally glue your fingers together more than the model.
• Brushes: ($2 – $20 each) The stuff you put the paint on with.  As a general rule you don’t want to buy the packs of brushes that go for around $10 – $20 for a set.  They are good for things like dry brushes, applying  glue and varnish, etc.  That is about it though as they fall apart to quickly.  Get Sable or Kolinsky brushes.  You will need at least one set, though I recomend two.  One for normal paints, one for metallics.  You will need a range of sizes.  I suggest pointed round or detail round brushes: 10/0, 5/0, 0, 1, 2, 4 and flat brushes: 2, 4, & 6.
• Paint: ($3 – $5 per color) These tend to come in 12 to 17 ml bottle or pots and are generally sold individually.  You can buy them in sets.  I suggest Vallejo or Citadel paints. This is what your gonna cover your hands and hopefully with enough practice, the models with. They tend to last for a good while.  Get acrylics. NEVER GET ENAMEL! It is the tool of the devil and used only by right wing fundamentalist psychos for painting poorly speeled signs proclaiming that Jebus hates democrats.  Also get a can of flat black or white ACRYLIC spray paint or primer.  This will be the base coat for all of your models.  You can buy a can from Wal-Marx for like $1.  Do it.  Starving children in Africa will thank you for it.
• Water Pot: (Free) A glass, a cup, a bowl, your dog.  It doesn’t matter as long as it can hold water and you can wash out your brushes in them.

So that is really all of the necessary tools that you will need to get started with.  In a later article I will go into more detail on some of the optional items you can buy if you are ready to stop having a girlfriend and start being serious about mini war gaming.  For now though this is enough to get you started.