Iron Painter 2012 Wrap-Up

(It has been almost two months since my last post. Sorry, was tied up badly with work.)

More than two years has passed since I did my last on-call duty, and thus waking up for 30+ hours can be considered as a new experience again for me. Pictured below is a snapshot on what I managed to paint during the recent 24-hour Iron Painter event. Behold the devotees of Nurgle, in all its glorious filthy and rotting slimeliness.

This was the second Iron Painter held by Legio Malaysia, and it was also Malaysia's third Iron Painter in the last three years. Looking at the trend, this is going to be an annual event. Nine people registered, but only eight turned up for the challenge; myself, Jeff, Khairul, Shukur, Alvin, Janice, Joshua, and Jamie. For this installment, I've chosen to paint the new Plaguebearer models released mid-year to refresh my existing Daemon army. The Daemon models were my primary 30 models requirement to achieve the Iron Painter status, while I've added some models from the CSM range just in case I had the time to challenge for Iron Halo.

Here are some pictures of the primed models, just minutes before the event started. Please note that Jamie arrived merely seconds before the event started, thus not included in the picture below.

My Nurgle Force

Shukur's Soviet Tankovy

Alvin's Iron Warriors

Janice's Orks

Jeff's Welsh Guard (proximal) & Khairul's Blackforce company (distal)

Joshua's CSM

"Why am I white!!!?"

Warning, an Alpha Legion cultist sighted

And here are the rest of the pictures. I've purposely added the date-and-time stamp so that you guys can also have a feel on the event progress from 10.30 am on Saturday till 10.30 am on Sunday. Check them out, y'all.

 

 

 

 

After 24 hours of painting, only seven mighty painters managed to complete the challenge. Jamie decided to pull off at 4 am due to fatigue, but he did mention that he's looking forward for next year's event. Nevertheless, here are the awesome models by the 2012 Iron Painters.

Blackforce Mechanised Company (Khairul) - Iron Painter Champion

Nurgle Force (Iqbal) - Iron Painter & Iron Halo

Iron Warriors Legion (Alvin) - Iron Painter

Soviet Tankovy Batalon (Shukur) - Iron Painter

Orks (Janice) - Iron Painter

Khornate CSM (Joshua) - Iron Painter

Welsh Guards (Jeff) - Iron Painter

The Iron Painters of 2012 (L to R) : Janice, Alvin, Jeff, Shukur, Khairul, Joshua, Iqbal

Special credits to:

1. Jeff - for organising this event, completing the Iron Painter challenge, and being an excellent motivator to your fellow Iron Painter participants

2. Khairul - also for organising this event, and winning the Purity Seal as the Iron Painter Champion

3. Shukur - for completing the Iron Painter challenge, plus the endless and tireless support you've given me to complete the Iron Halo challenge

4. Alvin - for completing the Iron Painter challenge and being a good company to your fellow Iron Painter participants throughout the night

5. Janice - for being the first female in Malaysia to participate and complete the Iron Painter challenge

6. Joshua - for completing the Iron Painter challenge despite the frequent neck and back aches you've suffered

7. Jamie - for pushing yourself to the limit in this Iron Painter challenge

8. BLee - for the encouragement and the support, and also for the late night snack

9. Quah, Yip, Hakim & Goh - for being good mentors in helping to spread the love for this hobby to the community

10. Chang - for organising Magacon 2012

11. And last but not least, to all fellow wargamers/hobbyists who have spared their time in making an effort to support us in completing the Iron Painter challenge. Really appreciate it guys!

That's all for now. Before I end this lengthy blog entry, here are some close-up shots of my army.

"Do you feel yourself lucky, punk."

"I am now fully painted, MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

A Caster Warrior

Painting works on this model began a year ago, so it's not exactly new. However, I kept getting sidetracked since then and begun to lost interest in finishing this model. Since I'm currently upbeat on WFB mode, I've finally given it the proper justice that it deserves.

Yes, it's a Warmachine/Hordes model, one of casters from the Circle of Orboros faction. With a slight conversion of a Chaos Shield, I got the Caster Warrior that I wanted for my army. Game-wise, I'm using this model as a Chaos Exalted Lord with Book of Secrets, which is good enough to play the role of the second close combat character and the second caster in my army.

Just by looking at the blue-yellow-white colour palette, I'm convinced that you can guess what my army theme is. As for the basing, I was aiming for a frozen dirt look but I don't think I have managed to pull it off yet. Maybe another wash of Devlan Mud, or perhaps a lighter highlight of pure white. Do let me know if you have any other suggestions, ok.

That's all for this edition ;)

Stuka Update and The Casual Gamer

As promised, here's the final picture of my Stuka before flying off to bomb France tomorrow. The paintjob is far from the best, but I think it's decent enough. The bright greens were toned down, and the panels are now more visualised.

I am really looking forward for a picture of the whole German force. Hope everyone can make it tomorrow.

The Casual Gamer

Recently, there was a...discussion...regarding what constitutes a casual gamer. These are only a few from the long list of definitions that were brought up:

• One who builds and plays his army by the fluff.
• One who builds and plays with unconventional army entries.
• One who plays in large scale games.
• One who plays with house/home-brewed/unofficial rules with opponent's consent.
• One who does not complain about the official rules.
• One who thinks outside the box to exploit the rules in the codex/armybook in a certain manner that encourages the community to be similarly creative.
• One who is not a rules lawyer.
• One who doesn't play in tournaments nor being a tournament-centric person.
• One who simply wants to have a game.

Whatever the definition might be, I am not going to argue as I perceive all of the above to be correct, even though some may seem a bit off. As long as one is consistent and not contradictory with the definition that he preaches, it is fine by me. On a personal note, my definition of a casual gamer is: One who approaches the game in a casual manner. For all I care, you can bring the most broken army list or even TA-ed me in the game, but if your attitude is right, there shall never be any problems.

That's all I have to say. Sorry if it turned out to be a mini-rant, it's just something that I need to let out off my chest. But, do spare a little time to think about what I've just said.