2019 Year in Review - Blockade

Hi Everyone! It's been a while, but here's my year in review! Lots of paint put down this year, and my first tournament victories in two years!


Here's the total count of miniatures:


Infantry: 165
Monsters: 2 (Thousand Sons Daemon Prince & Venomcrawler)
Tanks/Vehicles: 4 (Goliath, Two Chimeras, Tauros Venator)
Terrain: 12 distinct 'units' of things.

Here's a few of the best pictures from the year!

Summer Painting Challenge Update: Suppressors and Berzerkers, Oh My!

Blockade here, and definitely making some progress on my summer painting challenge.

Spindle Drones, Urghuls and Dark Mechanicum finished!

Three Day Adepticon Industrial Display Board Challenge

Howdy all,

I managed to get some Thursday evening gaming in at the local Damascus Powerfisters this last weekend and ran into a club friend - Dave. He knows my limits on spending this year, and offered a trade - The Chaos side of Shadowspear for a display board.

A sneak peak!

Blockade's Goals for the New Year

Howdy all! After a pretty successful last year, I've got some new goals for next year.

 I've kept it to three simplistic things. Paint, Finish, and No Buying!

Renegades and Heretics Expansion - Murderous Marauders

The last major parts of the renegades and heretics army are finally falling into place. Enter the last Marauder Squad - The Murder Cultists.

Goodbye to Deathwatch

Hi all!

With the decision to allow my 1500 point Deathwatch Army to move on to greener pastures, I've decided to post the photos of the entire army before letting it travel on it's merry way (To Wisconsin, so the bases match at least :-) So here's my photos of the army for you to enjoy!

 

Armiger September - Armiger Showcase

Greetings all! Evidently, it's an Armiger type month, and Grendal's Armiger painting convinced me to want to paint up the guy I've been sitting on for a while. Gotta say, the model is a joy to paint up, nice simple areas. I've made a bit of a diorama of this, and I know the base is bigger than 'allowed', but Rule of Cool, so there.

 

Renegade Army Showcase

Hi all,

In preparing for Shorehammer this year, I've been going back and forth as to how I'll be running my Renegades and Heretics List. First, I had to see exactly what I had in the army. Mainly because I've been so focused on building and painting I never stopped to see what I actually had or needed.

Battle Damaged Scenery and Big Bots!

Hi all!

Been a slow week for me, as it's the last week of summer stretching into the first week of teacher work. So I've been filling the time with using up some of this huge variety of plastic scenery filling up my wargames closet. I also wanted to try some new techniques out that have been bouncing around my brain for a while.

More Cultists and August Technical Challenge Update

Hi all,

Went on vacation this last week, and got quite a chunk done for the Renegade Army - about twenty five more cultists! This, plus the final four primaris Black Templars are done as well. So that's one entire army finished! I also made some more progress on a recently rediscovered Priest, and finished an objective marker for the Renegade army as well. Anyways, here, enjoy some pictures.

The currently finished army.

Blockade's Half-Year Roundup & End of Year Hobby Goals

Hi All,

Did a quick count for the year in the war on grey plastic. Here's the Current Count  according to my KanbanFlow board.

Showcase - FW Malcador Annihilator and Renegade Cultists

Hi Everyone,

I've been doing tons of painting and building work recently (since it's summer, hence free time!) so here's the result. Another chunk of cultists for the Wisdom Hunters Army, and the assembled FW Malcador Annihilator.

Finished Black Templar Detachment - Showcase

Howdy! Seems to be a trend here where I and Grendal both disappear for long periods of time only to reappear. As usual, insert standard excuses of real life, other hobbies, and day jobs getting in the way. Here's what I've been working on, and just recently finished up.

Taurox and Sorcerers Finished!

Hi All,

As I've gotten distracted by video games, and our usual game days were unfortunately delayed, it's been a bit of a slow last few weeks with painting, but I managed to get some more things done after the glorious "Predator" mud-bath project. So, I finished painting up the Taurox and two kitbashed 30k Thousand Son Sorcerers that may or may not feature in a future apocalypse game.

April Hobby Update: Thousand Sons Rhino & Goliath Rockcrusher

Hi all!

Been a busy bee this last week, and here's what I've got to show for it. I finished my birthday gifts to myself and from the gf, my Rockcrusher (Counts-As-Predator) and my Rhino. (She's generally pacifist, so when I told her she got me the most pacifist vehicle available in warhammer outside of the Arvus lighter, she was quite pleased with her luck.)

Battle Diary and the Promethean Station in Action!

Just wanted to share some fun shots of the Promethean Station in action during a battle between my Wisdom Hunters Renegades and Thousand Sons versus a League Mate's Tau.  I've also upgraded it to add shots from a second battle with another League Mate's Imperial Guard. Enjoy (cause battles = hobby progress) and you'll see action shots of the new rhino and counts-as-predator (Goliath Rockcrusher).

Blockade's Goals For the New Year

Hi All!

Blockade here, to share his lovely hobby goals with you all this year. Last year I was on a no-spending year for miniatures in an effort to paint as much as possible. I was successful for 11 months! December, and a new Games Workshop opening near me did me in. Argh! But that's okay, because this year I have the same goal. Paint way more than I purchase (hopefully purchasing nothing, as the budget does not allow for much.)

A New Contributor

One of my friends from the Tabor Warhammer group is a lot like the rest of us. He builds, paints, and plays with his armies. Unlike the rest of us he also enjoys making terrain.  We have been bugging him on making some tutorials  and after much nagging and prodding, he has agreed.  I have offered my Blog to him to use as his own and he has agreed to write up a few posts.