Malifaux

Ok now for something completely diffrent. 40k is my game but I do have to admit I do have a guilty pleasure on the side and that is Malifaux.

So I felt like showing off my Malifaux stuff since I finished basing a bunch of my Malifaux mini's this week.

I love the Malifaux range of minis.

Da Wulf Boyz

Ok guys, just a little update here but I think it is a pretty cool one. So this is the first Special Character for Da Wulf Boyz. I had such a fun idea about this model that I found I had to make this model part of the army. So when looking over Arjac I liked the idea that he has this hammer that he can throw and it'll teleport back into his hand. So as with many of the conversions I got the idea for a fun idea. So I got to thinking an Ork just wouldn't build in a teleporter, that would be just to much work. So what would an Ork do? He would just build a big hammer, then he'd chain it to his arm with a big chain so every time he tossed it, he could just drag it back to him. As well for this army the fluff for the Storm Shields is simply that the Orks have chopped up a Land Raider and are using the heavy armour panels to protect themselves.

So like I said, a quick post showcasing Orkjac Rocktoof!









So for him he is a combination of a few kits, a Mega Armour Ork, an arm from an Ork Biker Boss and an arm from the Black Ork Boss model, I figured he needed a cooler looking Storm Shield then the Thunder Cav models. And of course rather then the anvil that Arjac has I thought it more fitting to add a little Mek wrench to his armour, I thought that would be more fitting for an Ork rather than an anvil.

Let me know what you think.

Da Wulf Boyz

Ok guys this will be a short update for a few reasons that I'll talk about first.

On the 26th of March our club the Stratford Gaming Union is hosting a tournament at what is known as Hot Lead which is a convention in our area. This will be a doubles event. So I have been getting ready for that. As well as that at this event we have a painting competition, so for that I am actually painting up a model for my Wulf Boyz for this. So I am taking extra care on this model so my time has been put to that. So I haven't had much time to work on other things.

However I did manage to get a few new items to show off.

So first we have the Pack Leader for the Long Fangs.





Next we have the Mark of the Wolven model. Now obviously the Orks won't have guys that have the Mark of the Wolven. So I had to come up with something cool. So I thought about the rules and one rule they have is Rending. So I focused on that I thought we'll what would the Orks have. This is what I came up with, Orks with Mark 'o' Da Mad Doc.





And lastly one last model to show off...Now before anyone says anything about how I shouldn't use these units...I know they arn't the most competative but this is a hobby army and not built to be ultra-competative. So the following is a Blood Claw. Now to help with the counts as part of the army, I wanted the Blood Claws to look totally diffrent then the Grey Hunters. So the Grey Hunters all have Helmets, Axes and have Black and Red Markings just like the Space Wolf versions. The Blood Claws all have swords, no helmets and have Yellow and Red markins like the Space Wolf version.





And what would a Wulf Boyz post be without a look at things to come...

These are three pictures off the same model...

Da Wulf Boyz

Ok guys, time again for another Wulf Boyz post.

This one will be to show off my first vehicle conversion. I wanted a Rhino for my Grey Hunters obviously so that's the first tank I worked on.

So as this is a counts as army the one thing I wanted to make sure is that looking at the army you could tell an Rhino is a Rhino. So with that in mind I started with a Rhino and orkified that up.

Looking from the front you will see the left head light has been replaced with a more orkish one. I have also added spikes to the cowl piece that covers the windows. It has also been 'welded' up in place. As well I wanted to put wheels on it so you can see from the front that I had to cut off all the small wheels that the track would follow on and then used platicard and green stuff to cover the holes up there were left. I tried to make it look like it is all one piece and that the model came closed in like I have it. You might also be able to make out my 'Storm Bolter' from this angle but fear not I'll have a closer shot of it further down.



On to the sides. From these angles you can see the wheels a lot better. Modifying the Rhino to accept Trukk wheels took a lot of cutting but I think it was worth it. Also on the sides you can see the battle damage I put on it a little better. I wanted it to look pretty dinged up because this is a Space Wolf tank that the Orks have stolen. Much further down the road I will post the fluff involved with this army that will explain a lot more. As you can see I have added some of the Ork Trukk bars on top. As well it is hard to see from these angles but in back is the Orc Boar rider standard that the orks have mounted on the Rhino. Basically just acting like a standard for the Rhino.





From the top you can see I have added a lot more of the Ork markings and damaged it up on top as well.



Then on the back we again see more battle damage, as well as what used to be a boar boy shield that I have used to ork up the back end of the Rhino. Again from this angle you can see all the work that went into the plasticard and green stuff I used to again cover up the holes left behind where the track would naturally go.



Thanks again, more to come later down the road.

Ohh I almost forgot...

Display Board

Hey guys me again. Sadly this isn't a Wulf Boyz post but rather something I have wanted to show off for a while. While looking around the net and listening to some pod casts a while back the Battlefoam x-board got announced, a nice portable display board that you can build different ways and paint up any way you wish. Now I sort of liked the idea but this brought on an idea in my head. Since I have several different armies I take to tournaments and they are all based different I wanted a way that would let me not have to build 3 or 4 different display boards and then find a home for them in my house.

So first I made a foam display board out of 1" foam. The first one I made was for my Blood Angels. So it came out like this (though it is still work in progress).



Next I took and extra piece of plywood I had laying around. When I had an 8'x4' sheet of plywood that was cut down to 6'x4' to use for my gaming table. This left a 2'x4' piece that I could cut down to a size a little bigger then the size of the foam. From there I picked up what is essentially door frame trim wood. I picked up trim that was 1" tall which made it the same height of the foam display board. I used wood glue and screws to screw the trim around the edge of the plywood. I then drilled out two 3" holes in the plywood, these are there actually to help with pushing the foam display boards out of the main display board piece. After all that I painted it with a gloss black paint and then used a gloss varnish on it to make it look really nice. It ended up looking like this.



After that I found that it was pretty heavy and sat flat on the table so it was hard to pick up. It looked like this.



So I went out to pick up something to make it easier to pick up the display board. I actually ended up with chair legs. So I mounted them to the bottom of it. So I then wrapped the edge of the foam display board with black duct tape and wrapped this along the side around to the bottom. This helps the foam slip into the wood section easier. With the legs and foam in it looks like this.





Now that is what it looks like so far. I like it the way it is at the moment. However now looking at it, I think I plan to add a shelf under it to hold things like dice, templates, books and the like. Till then, here it is.