End of the Month of Madness

Last weekend was the tournament I was aiming for to end the Month of Madness, and I have to say I failed epically at my goal. All I managed to do was strip down my Shredders and Spell Martyrs, and I'm still having trouble with my Scythean. On the bright side, I do have battle summaries from the tournament. It was 25 points, 2 lists. I brought the following lists:

Saeryn, Omen of Everblight
-Carnivean
-4 Shredders
-Striders + UA
-2 Spell Martyrs

Thagrosh the Messiah
-Scythean
-Seraph
-5 Shredders
-Spell Martyr

The first game was against a Retribution player, who brought Rahn, Halberdiers, Battle Mages, and a min unit of Destors, as well as a Chimera for his only jack. I brought Saeryn, and was doing ok until he almost got an assassination by knocking my Carnivean over her and feating. I realize afterwards that I should have been upkeeping Banishing Ward on her the entire time, but managed to get back into the game by using my feat and Banishing Ward to stay alive for a turn while I killed off most of his army, but I ended up losing when slammed his last Halberdier into Saeryn.

Second round I had a bye.

Third round I was against a gator player who took Barnabas, a Wrastler, a full unit of Gatormen, a pair of Bull Snappers and a pair of Croak Hunters. I brought my Thagrosh list, and was doing really well until I realized I had less than a minute left of my clock. Though I went as quickly as possible, time ran out as I was making attacks on Bloody B, and he ended up at 1 HP and I had enough fury to buy a fully boosted attack from the Seraph on him.

Both losses were annoying, but I feel like I learned a lot from my mistakes. I'm going to start timing myself in the casual games I play, since none of the other players felt like the time limit was tough, and thats a skill I'd like to perfect.

As for my painting, I've set a new goal for myself - I'm going to try to have everything I currently own painted by Lock & Load in June. Interestingly, I opened a fortune cookie yesterday that said I would accomplish my goal in two months. Coincidence? I guess we'll find out then!

Month of Madness Update

Hey guys, been a while since I've gotten a chance to post. Figured I'd give you an update on how my month of Madness project is going. Right now I'm almost done stripping all the minis I want to repaint - just 1 more Shredder left, and I'll probably finish him later today. Next up, gotta fix the Scythean's arms. I ran into the problem with pinning that apparently, the pin drill will heat up the glue still stuck there and melt it, wrecking the pinning drill. Since that won't work, I'm going to try a different approach, actually recommended by a reader, Somnicide - I'm going to try to use green stuff to attach the arms while the glue dries. I've been meaning to try green stuff for a while, especially since one of the members of the Blackfrost Shard has a huge gap I need to fill. I'll throw up some pictures once I'm finished!

General Update and the start of the Month of Madness

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates - I got pretty swamped last week and didn't get a chance to get much Warmachine time in. I thought I'd take this time to let you know how my army is progressing.

Currently on the painting block are my Ogrun Warspears. I've been putting them off for a while now, mainly because the last time I painted a unit, it was exhausting. I've managed to get the first few colors on them, but my attempts to get them finished in a week failed miserably. I've decided that I'm going to let them sit for now and work on some other projects. I'll get a picture of them in the unfinished state later today.

The second big project I'm working on is my Scythean. I'm running into a major problem with him - the arms are too heavy for the glue to hold, causing them to fall off. I've asked some friends from the LGS to help me pin them, but for now, he's running around the battlefield armless. If I do manage to get the pinning going, I'll try to get some pictures so you guys can follow along! Oddly, being armless makes him much easier to play with since the arms don't get in the way of people getting in base-to-base with him.

Last but not least, there's another tournament coming up next month. Its at Games and Gizmos, one of the stores I used to frequent, but haven't been to in a while. This time, we're playing 2 35-point lists. I'm probably going to bring the following:

Epic Thagrosh
-Carnivean
-8 Shredders
Striders + UA
2 Spell Martyrs

Saeryn
-Carnivean
-Scythean
-2 Shredders
Striders + UA
The Blackfrost Shard
2 Spell Martyrs

These are the two lists I feel most comfortable playing, particularly since both Warlocks have 7 fury, which both lets me measure a larger area and gives me more flexibility with my beasts.

There is one catch about these lists - they aren't fully painted yet. I've decided I'm going to try to get them completed in the course of the month leading up to the tournament, in what I'm calling the Month of Madness. There are several steps in the process, and I'm going to list them out here. I'll add a new post once a week so you guys can follow along with my progress!

-Strip badly painted Shredders and Spell Martyrs (IN PROGRESS)
-Pin Scythean arms
-Prime Shredders, Scythean, Spell Martyrs, Blackfrost Shard
-Paint Shredders
-Paint Blackfrost Shard
-Paint Scythean
-Paint Spell Martyrs
-Base army

Its going to be a huge effort, and I don't know how much will get done, but with any luck, by the end of this month I'll have two fully painted and based lists!