Dez Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I don't find the Weirdnob an auto include. With Foot so hard to cast and puke being random, the thing he is bringing to the table is Mystic Shield and Unbind. I'm not convinced it's worth the points especially as he cant take a mount. I also scoffed at the Warchanter too, but that plus 1 is so good I wish I could give out to more units. i wish Ironjawz heroes could take mounts so we could run them up the board for Ham and Cabbage dinner! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 40 minutes ago, Nico said: Thanks. So a one use reroll for a turn or a battleround? That could be massive. Just a one use reroll. Still potentially very good. I do wonder if tournaments will use that table. 18 minutes ago, Dez said: I don't find the Weirdnob an auto include. With Foot so hard to cast and puke being random, the thing he is bringing to the table is Mystic Shield and Unbind. I'm not convinced it's worth the points especially as he cant take a mount. I also scoffed at the Warchanter too, but that plus 1 is so good I wish I could give out to more units. i wish Ironjawz heroes could take mounts so we could run them up the board for Ham and Cabbage dinner! You're totally right with the Weirdnob. I've never once tried to cast Green Puke and have recently talked myself out of getting overexcited and trying to cast Foot all the time! However, its just typical that when I talk myself and cast Shield instead, I always pop a cheeky 10+ haha! Shield is obviously solid and stacks up nicely with Warchanter and Inspiring Presence on a unit of 10 Brutes. Unbind happens so rarely I find. The Warchanter is not to be underestimated IMO, a really key piece in the Ironjawz army. As I'll have a couple spare soon (hello SC: Ironjawz!) I think I will experiment with dubs 'chanter over the Shaman. It's worth consideration and indeed, testing I think. Mounts would be good, but I tend to find running them behind the units keeps them in range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangfroid Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 great battle rep again Chris, I agree about shaman I often find myself dropping magic in favour of another foot character, been thinking of 2 megaboss on foot and a cabbage one foot boss as general with 4+ ward other with battle brew and cabbage with MHB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 5 minutes ago, Sangfroid said: great battle rep again Chris, I agree about shaman I often find myself dropping magic in favour of another foot character, been thinking of 2 megaboss on foot and a cabbage one foot boss as general with 4+ ward other with battle brew and cabbage with MHB Cheers bro. Yeh that would be my ideal set up if I'm honest. There's just literally no way I can find the 20pts for the second Megaboss though. Pre GH I actually had a pretty dim view of the foot Megaboss, but Rampaging Destroyers + Ravager + Crunk Juce suddenly makes him a legit boss! As soon as I get that second Warchanter I'll give the revised list a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrstimpson38 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 When ran in a Weirdfist, Green Puke is pretty reliable in both range and damage. But I find most people are running a MawC+Ironfist in 2k lists so it's not really an option for them. I run an Ardfist+Weirdfist 2k list and the Weirdnob is definitely a useful asset. Also, thanks for this thread, Chris. It has been a great read and a pleasure to peep your Ironjawz. Sent from my Z958 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 On 22/07/2016 at 8:23 PM, mrstimpson38 said: When ran in a Weirdfist, Green Puke is pretty reliable in both range and damage. But I find most people are running a MawC+Ironfist in 2k lists so it's not really an option for them. I run an Ardfist+Weirdfist 2k list and the Weirdnob is definitely a useful asset. Yeh I can honestly say I have never once tried to cast Green Puke!! The Weirdfist battalion is pretty good and does actually make the Weirdnob useful (as you said). I think in time I would like to try this out as well as the other battalions. On 22/07/2016 at 8:23 PM, mrstimpson38 said: Also, thanks for this thread, Chris. It has been a great read and a pleasure to peep your Ironjawz. No worries....it's thanks to people such as you reading and interacting that are keeping my motivation high. Unfortunately this past weekend I did not get anywhere near enough hobby done. I ran out of AP Dark Tone on Saturday and was horrendously hungover yesterday I have managed to add to the basing on one of my already painted Brutes though, so I will post that up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Afternoon Ardboyz! Bit of a hobby update today. Unfortunately no where near as exciting as what I'd hoped to share (see above excuses). Basically I scraped some of the sand off the existing base and added some patches of Agrellan Earth, drybrushing it up the same as the sand to tie it in. Hopefully this adds a bit of interest to the base, without cluttering it. The "plain" basing was the main complaint I'd had against the models. What do people thing of this? Any better? Cheers, Edited July 25, 2016 by Chris Tomlin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Watson Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Love the new look on your bases @Chris Tomlin Been thinking about doing something similar myself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dez Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 The Agrellan is magic, as much as I wanted to use something different it just looks too good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, N_Watson said: Love the new look on your bases @Chris Tomlin Been thinking about doing something similar myself. 1 hour ago, Dez said: The Agrellan is magic, as much as I wanted to use something different it just looks too good! Cheers boyz, I was very aware that Agrellan Earth (and Martian Ironearth) are very much the flavour of the month, however I couldn't argue with the feedback that my bases were very plain before. This way there is another element/texture to add interest, which still keeping the overall feel I wanted to achieve. So to be honest, I'm pretty happy with how it works alongside the sand. Give it a go, definitely looks good for Orruks IMO. Unfortunately until my new wash order turns up, painting is at a standstill on my Ardboyz (which are taking me FOREVER!), that said, I do hope to get my Warchanted near to finished tonight, all being well. Edited July 25, 2016 by Chris Tomlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Good morning boys and girls! No more thoughts on my revised basing? I had hoped to pick up a couple more comments. I'll just have to assume that "no news is good news" rather than "if you've got nothing good to say, say nothing"! Unfortunately I missed out on another game last night, instead choosing to stay home and get some painting done. Still no update for now though I'm afraid, but by next week at a bare minimum I'll definitely be able to share some pics of my Warchanter, Da Kurlzz, who is almost finished. I've also washed 10 Ardboyz after laying some basecoats and put down the first layer of green on 10 Brutes. So it's all ticking along, but I'll have to sink a lot of hours into these models between now and 20th August to get them done in time. The fact I'm running a Tournament next weekend doesn't help things as it will write off the best part of week with further prep! Watch this space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangfroid Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Sorry Chris the bases look great and better than you had before and certainly better than my cop out stirland mud drybrushed tat ;-) the ardboyz really are a joy to paint and will come together quicker than you expect once you get going as the majority of the model is armour and as it's an old style design not particularly detailed at that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheine Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 The crackle paint definitely makes it pop a lot more! My only suggestion would be to paint a different colour as an undercoat before you put down the crackle? Can't tell if you have or not, but from the pictures it looks like you can see the black of the base under the cracks? With that said, I think you've single-handedly convinced me to go pick some up haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Sangfroid said: Sorry Chris the bases look great and better than you had before and certainly better than my cop out stirland mud drybrushed tat ;-) the ardboyz really are a joy to paint and will come together quicker than you expect once you get going as the majority of the model is armour and as it's an old style design not particularly detailed at that. Cheers Kieran...although at present I don't agree with you on the Ardboyz haha!! I've half done the skin then basecoated and washed the other areas and its been a right chore. Taken me far longer than it should've to get this far. I'm hoping that when I get them done and have some nice results I'll be enthused to do 20 more. At present I cant think of anything worse haha!! 57 minutes ago, Morpheine said: The crackle paint definitely makes it pop a lot more! My only suggestion would be to paint a different colour as an undercoat before you put down the crackle? Can't tell if you have or not, but from the pictures it looks like you can see the black of the base under the cracks? With that said, I think you've single-handedly convinced me to go pick some up haha. Cheers bro. I have actually painted Rhinox Hide underneath, which is clearer in real life. I think its important to keep it darker underneath as you really want that contrast. What did you have in mind? I would definitely recommend it for Orruks or Destruction in general. goes nicely. My only concern is whether it'll degrade over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dez Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I actually like the dark contrast, and plan on doing a few drybrushes of something very bright then going back through with a brush and adding some dark shade to the recesses. Because you know, spending hours just painting cracks in bases. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric54114 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Looks like I'm late to the party! Such good insights in this thread, especially for aspiring Ironjaw generals like myself. Look forward to reading more! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Dez said: I actually like the dark contrast, and plan on doing a few drybrushes of something very bright then going back through with a brush and adding some dark shade to the recesses. Because you know, spending hours just painting cracks in bases. Yeh I do think the contrast is required. But I think a dark brown is preferable/more natural to black. I think I read somewhere that the Agrellan Earth adheres better if you paint it first. So that's a pro tip for you all (or utter nonsense!). I've seen people do really clever things with painting lava effects underneath the crackle stuff. 1 hour ago, Eric54114 said: Looks like I'm late to the party! Such good insights in this thread, especially for aspiring Ironjaw generals like myself. Look forward to reading more! Thanks Eric, glad you've enjoyed it so far! I look forward to adding plenty more. As well as modelling, painting, theory and casual games, I currently have 6 Tournaments booked in for the rest of the year and I'm currently planning to use Ironjawz at them all, so that may (or may not) be interesting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Morning Maw-Krushas! Hopd you all had a good weekend? Finally have some pics of another painted model. Da Kurlzz - Ironjawz Warchanter Enjoy 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 As usual Chris, stunning. I'm really enjoying this blog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Looks great Chris, I really like the way the green glow sticks pop compared to the muted bone colours. im looking forward to see what you do with the cabbage! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dez Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Proppa Watcha say Dezi? Proppa! Though I think a proppa boy needa a choppa! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Hey there, Thanks guys, glad you are liking him! He was a lot of fun to paint. I am now really, really, struggling to meet my deadline for this upcoming doubles tournaments. The Arduous Boyz (thanks to @Forestreveries for that one!) are still not complete and I have 10 Brutes plus the updated basing on all other stuff to do. Tournament is 20th of this month. Arghhh!! On 01/08/2016 at 11:19 AM, Gaz Taylor said: As usual Chris, stunning. I'm really enjoying this blog Cheers Gaz On 01/08/2016 at 11:27 AM, Lez said: Looks great Chris, I really like the way the green glow sticks pop compared to the muted bone colours. im looking forward to see what you do with the cabbage! Thanks Les, I had a real vision of what I wanted to do for the stick and it didn't quite come to fruition. I'm happy enough though. I have been researching and planning for the cabbage already. Can't wait to start him. Will definitely have them at FHGT. On 01/08/2016 at 2:46 PM, Dez said: Proppa Watcha say Dezi? Proppa! Though I think a proppa boy needa a choppa! He has one...a small one, but one none the less! I will be converting my second Warchanter though. Thanks again all x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I'm going to have to say it now - I equally love and hate this thread. I love it because it's inspiring to see somebody doing a great job with the fantastic miniatures that GW have produced, but also showing that the force does have some teeth (or teef ) now we have all digested the warscrolls and battalions. I hate it because it has me rethinking about my Clash army and trying to work out if I can knock out a Ironjaw list (although I am equally tempted with a Duardin force just to annoy Mo) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Haha thanks @Gaz Taylor (I'm definitely taking all that as a compliment! ) To be honest it's been really refreshing to find some focus for the first time in Age of Sigmar. It was great working on a variety of stuff for a while, but dedicating myself to this project will hopefully yield some good results. My plan is certainly to bring Da Black Sunz to Clash, so you can see them in person there. Hopefully I'll get to see yours as well!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitzy Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 @Chris Tomlin I love the Warchanter (both your paintjob and in gaming terms) I consider 2 in a list to be #aosfilth I really like the glow from his Gorkstikk and Morkstikk and particularly like the pick logos daubed on their armour, I need to go back and do similar Turquoise markings on my brutes and gore gruntas as at the moment only the Ardboyz have them! Thanks for the inspiration... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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