Scars of Caen: Charsaug League

     Last year Privateer Press offered the three seasons of Machinations league organized play. My LGS and pressganger organized two of those seasons and I painted  and played a lot in the first season, Umbra. I didn't really set out with any kind of intention to win but I was doing pretty well with my game points and was doing some painting as well. About half way through I thought I could really have a chance at winning if I can get some more painting done. So, I crammed a bunch of painting into a short amount of time but ultimately lost the league by 3 points.

     This year Privateer Press has put together the Scars of Caen seasons and we just finished up the first season, Charsaug at my LGS, Clockwork Comics in Orange, CT. This year the league was setup so that players chose one of two different league factions, Purist or Opportunist, each with it's own different benefits and rituals (league point bonuses for completing various goals throughout the league). I went with Purist and formulated my plan for completing rituals. I also planned out my purchases ahead of time and made a strategy for maximizing my painting points and being sure to have all my models assembled and ready for paint on day 1 of the league. I managed to max out on hobby points minus the 12 points (4 pts per model) that were available for painting 3 huge base models. Here's the breakdown of what I painted over the course of the league plus a couple extra models that couldn't count towards hobby points.

Warcaster
pThagrosh
Saeryn
Absylonia

Heavy Warbeast/jack
Avatar of Menoth
Angelius
Reckoner

Light Warbeast/jack
Devout
Raek
Naga

Units: 4 or less
Gobbers Crew
Aiyana & Holt
Black Frost Shard

Units: 5 or more
min. Errants
min. Forge Guard
Ogrun Warspears

Solos
Spell Martyrs x3

Extra
Harrier
Forsaken

     I estimate I spent around 80-90 hours assembling and painting. Between being committed to playing my games every week and all the painting I was able to rack up 147 league points and win the league for Purists and overall league points as well. I had a really great time participating in the league and I want to thank my wife for letting me take all that time painting and spending a bunch of our cash on models. I also want to thank our local Pressganger, Andrew for organizing and running the league.

And finally here's a pic of all the models I painted up over the course of the league.

 For those who've been following the progress of my Avatar conversion, this is a teaser as the model is painted to a table top standard but I will be taking my time putting the finishing touches on it and several other models before I call them "finished", properly photograph them, and post them up here.

Legion Shredder to Harrier Conversion Finished

Catching up on my blog posting as I have been painting a lot in the last month for the Hordes Scars of Caen: Charsaug league but haven't been posting everything. Trying to keep my hobby points under wraps until the league is over.
Happy with the way this little guy turned out.

Avatar of Menoth Conversion WIP: Ready for paint.....finally

     This has been one of the mostly lengthy conversions I've done. I'm finally calling it done no ifs, ands, or buts. I ended up adding some material and side panels to the midsection so that it blends into the upper torso making the pipes/struts in the middle not look so long.

The shield came out pretty good but I will have to come up with something to spice up all the extra open space on it.

Avatar of Menoth Conversion WIP: The Shield

This model needs a LOT of love. After effectively making the model much taller the shield just looks far too small. Plasticard to the rescue!

I started with a really thin piece that easily bent to the contour of the shield and glued it to the backside (sorry no pic). Then using two thick pieces (about 3/32") I pinned them together in the middle and glued them to the thin sheet and the edge of the shield. I also had to add a couple thin layers at the bottom of the shield (not shown in pic) to make up the difference in depth.

I then sketched out the shape of my shield and used my dremel to trim and sand it to shape.

Finally, added some putty to fill in any gaps. Let it dry and then sanded it all smooth.

Avatar of Menoth WIP: The Sword

    Work on the Avatar has been somewhat long and labor intensive but it's coming along. Here's what the sword is looking like. I started by cutting off the tip of the sword and then sketched out the shape I wanted to use to extend the sword on a thick piece of plasticard. I then cut out my shape and added a couple layers of super thin plasticard cut concentrically smaller to get the proper thickness and rough shape. 

I  used my dremel to sand the piece into shape. Then I pinned and glued it onto the lower sword half and puttied in the gaps. 

Progress so far

Avatar of Menoth Conversion WIP

      As many of us know the Avatar rules wise is one of the best Warjacks in the game. However, most would agree that its model is most certainly not. It's short, stumpy, and has a butter knife for a sword. There are plenty of conversions of this model on the internet of varying different levels. Here's the beginnings of my efforts. The idea is to extend all the limbs while reposing them to a more dynamic pose. The torso will be receiving an extension as well and lastly the sword will be getting some work done on it as well. Hopefully when it's all finished the model can better represent how awesome it performs on the table.

Legion Heavy Beast #2

   Finished this model up almost two weeks ago now but just been busy and haven't had a chance to post. Both this one and the first beast I posted up awhile back are magnetized so they can act as either a Ravagore, Carnivean, or a Scythean.