Batrep: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Blood Angels & Space Marines 1850pts

Now that I have my army back on their bases, I decided to take a short break from painting and get a game in.  I threw out a challenge and my buddy Horst accepted.  He has a huge Aurora Chapter collection that he's played as codex marines and blood angels.  With the new ally rules, he can now play both at the same time!  It's also interesting to note that Horst started airbrushing about the same time as me and both our armies are heavily airbrushed.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-6 Weeks

I covered a lot of this week's progress in the last post about airbrushing bases.  That was an important milestone for me, officially ending the most time consuming aspects of airbrushing and bases.  Now I can finish detailing the army on an individual basis over the next 6 weeks.  I enjoy detailing and finishing models the most as I feel that's where they develop their character and persona.

Speaking of characters, my 3 HQ's are nearly finished now.

Batching Bases

I just finished batching up all of the bases for the army.  Well, at least the first part of building, priming, and base coating them.  Washes, dry brushing, and grass will come next.  I know the intense painting schedule will burn me out eventually and I like detailing models the most, so I figured I'd get the drudgery out of the way early and focus on the parts I enjoy most at the end.  Plus, the army kinda looks finished from far away now and my unfinished models won't stick out as much.

Here's a basic walk through.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-7 Weeks

I got tons accomplished over the past week and I'm making great strides towards the goal and deadline.  Unfortunately, this stage of progress doesn't offer much visually as my bench is covered in WIP bases and half the army is baseless in a pile.

I was able to do some exciting things tho as I jumped around from project to project.  This pic sums it up well.

September Event Game #3: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Blood Angels & Necrons 1850pts

This month's event at Millennium Games was the first to jump up to 1850pts since the release of 6th edition.  It brought in 17 players who have been itching to play with more points.  I just finished assembling the models for my DaBoyz GT army (also 1850pts), so this would be my first competitive run with the army.  I won't have the luxury of changing the list before the GT, so I'm going to need as much practice as possible.

September Event Game #2: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Tyranids 1850pts

This month's event at Millennium Games was the first to jump up to 1850pts since the release of 6th edition.  It brought in 17 players who have been itching to play with more points.  I just finished assembling the models for my DaBoyz GT army (also 1850pts), so this would be my first competitive run with the army.  I won't have the luxury of changing the list before the GT, so I'm going to need as much practice as possible.

September Event Game #1: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Deathwing 1850pts

This month's event at Millennium Games was the first to jump up to 1850pts since the release of 6th edition.  It brought in 17 players who have been itching to play with more points.  I just finished assembling the models for my DaBoyz GT army (also 1850pts), so this would be my first competitive run with the army.  I won't have the luxury of changing the list before the GT, so I'm going to need as much practice as possible.

Tournament Day

Stayed up late last night to paint the windshields on the vehicles, the venom blade for the sybarite, and read through both my codex FAQ's and the rulebook FAQ.  Here's a current shot of the army before I packed it up for today's event.

Dark Eldar: DaBoyz GT 2012 Project Army T-8 Weeks

Not a whole lot to report this week.  The labor day weekend combined with a couple practice games before this weekend's event didn't leave a whole lot of time for painting.  If you read the two batreps for this week, you've already seen a sneak preview of what I've accomplished.

Batrep: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Grey Knights 1850pts

Tuesdays before our local monthly tournament are my official practice day when I take a break from painting and this week, Courtney accepted my challenge.  He brought some of his GK from the Adepticon team event to put me to the test.

Batrep: Dark Eldar & Eldar vs Eldar & Tau 1850pts

I had the chance to sneak in a game this weekend due to the holiday.  Kevin came out and brought his Tau-dar for my first game with my dark footdar.