ETC Finale 2013

Final tourney to wrap up the year of 2013 happens this Saturday - 14 December 2013.  This tourney will be based on the existing AR1 ETC restrictions and with a brand new AR committee this year, I am expecting some very different list from the previous tourney.

Was drafted into pretty much the same team as last tourney with Neo Chee Kiong, Dawei and Anderson, with addition of Kevyn.

I am taking ogres and with the new comp, it makes a IG deathstar with SOD possible with an ironblaster.  My list looks like this:

Slaughtermaster, General; Magic Level 4; Lore of Heaven; Iron Fist; Tormentor Sword; Armour of Destiny; Channeling Staff - 358
Bruiser, BSB; Great Weapon; Heavy Armour; Talisman of Preservation; Ironcurse Icon - 195
Butcher, Magic Level 2; Lore of the Great Maw; Ironfist; Warrior Bane; Armour of Fortune; Dragonbane Gem - 183
Firebelly, Magic Level 2; Lore of Fire; Dispel Scroll - 180
6 x Ogres, 2nd Weapon; Light Armour; FC - 216
8 x Ironguts, Look-Out Gnoblar; Great Weapon; Heavy Armour; FC; Standard of Discipline - 394
4 x Mournfang Cavalry, Iron Fist; Heavy Armour; Standard; Musician; Dragonhide Banner - 350
4 x Mournfang Cavalry, Iron Fist; Heavy Armour; Musician - 290
Ironblaster - 170
3 x 1 Sabretusk Pack - 21

Been dabbling with heavens for a while on the OK and it's cheap buffs seems to work for me, especially when buffing together with Maw.  This double MFC list has been doing rather ok as well in my training sessions.  The firebelly is a new addition which i felt completes the list as it makes the list more dynamic.

Will post results up after Saturday's tourney.

I hate metals!!!

I can't believe how much metal there is on an ogre mini, to the extent that it is even suckier than painting the flesh or pants.

Instead of completing the mournfang, I got distracted and started work on a unit of 6 ogres. The flesh and pants were easy work. Leather boots and belt was slightly irritating. The metals... OMGWTFBBQ!?!?!?!

What's with those huge iron fists that has a larger surface area than the gutplate. I did 3 and was about to complete the 4th before stopping for the night. Too tiring... just too tiring...

Updates on 12/12/2013

Managed to persevere and finished the base coat for the ogres followed by their dips.  This was done last night so that i could work on them again tonight, probably on the bases.  I'll try to leave it for another day to make sure the dip is fully dry before the matt coat.  Still undecided on spray or brush on.  Pictures take this morning 5 hours post dip.  

Painting Mournfang

Started work on my 4 newly assembled mournfang cavalry. Tried to follow previous paint scheme  closely as possible.

Started off by priming Army Painter Desert Yellow followed by Mournfang brown for base coat on skin. Next step will be dry-brush of tau pet ochre followed by bare skins and saddle.

Painted the pants of the riders too.

This is what they look like now. Got whole of tonight to finish painting. Hoping to get it to a stage where I can dip it so I can use it for next Sundays tourney. 

Updates

Managed to get some metals done last night but it was too painful to do 4 in a row.  Must be something about the way light is reflected off the metal paints that made me feel fatigued after getting 2 done.