Update on Feast of Blades 2013

Hello everyone Ian with Kreator Hobbies as some of our readers may know at this point that Kreator Hobbies is hosting the narrative event for Feast of Blades this year. For those of you that don’t know or are curious Feast of Blades is a three day gaming convention held in Denver this year on October 11-13th at the Hyatt Regency (Denver Tech Center)7800 East Tufts Ave. Denver, CO 80237 There is a invitational tournament that this convention built its start from but it has grown over the years into something so much more. Beyond the massive three day narrative mega battle we will be running they will be hosting Infinity events, Warmachine, Magic the Gathering and video games too! The guys who coordinate this event have very ambitious goals with this con and have let me exercise a great deal of creative freedom for the narrative this year. So far I think that this is going to be one game that should be written about in gaming history. We are currently producing a table with over 130 square feet of gaming surface, not to mention five other tables for mega battles. Our story will be told between our large format planet fights and our Kill Team fights inside of our centrepiece, a Blackstone Fortress. The forces of Chaos have ripped a partially functional Blackstone Fortress from the warp and it is now they have aimed it for the heart of the Eye of Terror. Now it is up to the forces of light the Imperium of Man, Tau, and Eldar to stop this new menace. However such a powerful item has not gone un-noticed by other players in the sector. Will man and the forces of light prevail or will dark forces deal a blow to the Imperium that they will not recover from, you decide. For tickets please visit http://feastofblades.com/

Each Sunday until September 15th we will be at Shieldbreakers on 724 Peoria St. Denver Colorado 80011. We will be telling a lead up story for the three day event “Forgotten Relics” that will follow the Dark Apostle Eroimas as he pushed his forces and the Blackstone to its intended target. We have special scenarios and deployment zones for everybody that will lead to fun and fast paced games for all to enjoy. If you are just getting started in the hobby not a problem we have experienced gamers that can help you with rules and a Space Wolves army being painted by myself that you are welcome to use. Just come in with the intent to have fun and we will do the rest. If you want to bring in a project feel free, if you have a question on building, painting, or converting your models ask away. We want to help EVERYONE enjoy their hobby to greatest extent.

As well along the line we will be updating you on our projects as well we have been working furiously working on the Blackstone fortress and I am trying to finish 1850 point Space Wolf army. I have some sneak peeks of the project that I want to show you of the inner chamber and the arms of the Blackstone fortress. I hope you enjoy and I look forward to seeing all of those that are going to come out and help us tell this story. Inspriata Ex Igne Ian co-founder of Kreator Hobbies.

Wolf Lord Paint Job

Hey guys I wanted to check in with you guys again this week and show you the finished Wolf Lord. This has been a long process namely due to my own sloth but I feel now that I have added the new Space Wolves bitz to this model as well as repositioning the arms really made this a quite dynamic model. Once the sculpting on this model was finished this model just sailed into a finished product. On the base coat portion of the model the model broke free from the pin in the base. So I left the model off the base and painted them each separately the base was painted The Fang grey from the current Games Workshop paint line, Then I over brushed Dawnstone grey and finished the stone with a dry brush of Ushabti Bone. The dirt was painted Mournfang Brown then washed with Agrax Earthshade. Then over brushed again with Mournfang Brown and dry brushed Ushabti Bone. Finally I added two layers of Woodland Scenics snow flock and a final layer of the Games Workshop snow (I feel that GW's snow has a better end look) and painted where the rim would be Celestra Grey.
For the Wolf Lord himself I started by painting the whole model Mechanicus Standard Grey, I highlighted it Dawnstone Grey, with a third highlight of Administratum Grey, and finally I washed it in Nuln Oil. Then I began the red for the shield, inside of the cape the plating on the bolt pistol, the shoulder pads, Belt of Russ and the handle of the Frost Blade with Mephiston Red I highlighted it Wazdakka Red and a third layer of Evil Sunz Scarlet. I painted the chest plate, part of the shoulder pad, the hilt of the Frost Blade, Belt of Russ rim and wolves, wolf heads and rim and inner portion of the shield with Warplock Bronze, and highlighted it Ghennas Gold. Finally I painted all the fur Zandri Dust, the leather Mournfang Brown and the metal bits Ironbreaker highlighted with Runfang Steel, and washed all of if with Agrax Earthshade. I then moved to the Frost Blade and the gems on the model I started with The Fang grey and then over brushed with Calgar Blue and a lighter highlight of Lothern Blue and a final dry brush of White Scar. Once all that was finished I highlighted the leather with Balor Brown and worked on the hair and face. For the face I started with Cadian Fleshtone and highlighted Kislev Flesh then I washed it with Reikland Fleshshade. The base on the hair is Doombull Brown and an 25% Evil Sunz Scarlet and an 75% Doombull Brown mixture highlight, washed with Agrax Earthshade. To finish of the fur I over brushed Tallarn Sand and a second lighter over brush of Ushabti Bone, then finished the fur and the model with a dry brush of White Scars. Well I hope you enjoy what I have for a finished product and look out for more models to come.
Inspirata Ex Igne!
Ian Kreator Hobbies

What's Up? - With Weekend Warrior CJ

Hey guys!  Sorry I haven't posted myself in awhile, had a lot of personal hurdles I've been dealing with. First I'd like to give a shout out to my buddy Weekend Warrior Ian. Congratulations on your boy Tevin arriving safe, sound & healthy!  The day before Independence Day he became a proud father & he's definitely handling the job like no dad I've ever known. Good job man!

So, despite not getting around to the blog the last few weeks, I've been busy getting a wider presence for us on the web. For one, we had a great push on Facebook to get more people to notice & like our Kreator Hobbies page. If you haven't already, please stop by & just add another "like", but I am proud to say that we broke 100 likes in a little over a week. Thanks to everyone spreading he word!  We also launched a new Facebook group called the Miniatures Militia. Already people are buzzing & posting, so another huge thank you to everyone in that group. If you or someone you know would like to join go right ahead, as this new group isn't about our business as much as its about the tabletop hobby community as a whole. Beginner to veterans, individuals to retailers, stop on by & let's help share tips, tactics, vlogs, blogs, podcasts, & releases that will help the community evolve & grow. 

Saturday Ian & I also had a meeting with the other Feast of Blades organizers at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, CO where FoB IV will be hosted October 11th-13th. We discussed a lot, more than our typical weekly Skype meetings, and had a full walk through of where each game & vendor will be. I personally am stoked that we'll be right out in the hallway next to the ticket booth showing off a slew of new products that will be going up on Kickstarter that weekend. Swing on by, drop in on the narrative, order products from our booth or pledge at the convention to receive exclusive terrain pieces built by us that will be used on our tables all weekend long. 

Other than that I've been focussing on schooling. I've decided to go back & take more small business course to add to my previous degrees & military management experience so we can help not just our own business, but others in our hobby who may be struggling. I'd love to see game designers, store owners, event organizers, & others immersed in the hobby come together & help each other out.

Well that's all for me this week. I'm on my last day of finals, fingers crossed I ace the last of my exams!  Till next time,

Ciao

-WW CJ

TechTuesday - Wolf Lord Conversion

Hello everybody and thanks for joining us for another Tech Tuesday. Today I wanted to show another conversion job. So I have had a Wolf Lord for my Space Wolves army laying around for quite awhile now. I had stalled out on the conversion work because I didn't feel as though I had the pose down just right. So for quite some time this model sat around and then the new model kits came out and with some improv sculpting skills I think I was able to pull it off. I took the running legs as well as the back with a cape from the Space Marine Commander box, the old 3rd edition Space Wolves chest piece and backpack, a Bloodletters sword, a wolf skull, the Belt of Russ, the bolt pistol, a shoulder pad, a tuft of fur from the new Space Wolves Grey Hunter kit, and a storm shield from the new Space Wolves Terminator box. I wish I could show you pictures of the old conversion, but to give you a short brief the arms were much closer to his side. I had still cut away some material but nowhere near as much as in the final product. Once I had the new pieces and the Bloodletters sword I took off the old shoulder pad and put the tuft to hair over the other. Then I repositioned his arms leaving a little bit larger gap between it and the shoulder contact point. I had already sculpted hair into the back part of the commander cape so that was left over from the first conversion, same with his hair and beard. So I took the arms and filled in all the gaps between the arm and chest, as well as sculpted in some of the under plating and movement points for the Marine. I separated him at the hips and glued a spacer at the legs/waist contact. Then I pinned the Bloodletter sword to the arm and reshaped the blade into a frost blade. I resculpted the hilt and added a wolf skull bit to the center of the hilt. I also glued the would skull to the Belt of Russ. For the base I took a 35mm square base and filed it down to conform with the smaller 25mm round without damaging the rocks. Then I filled in the indented area between the rocks and the base with green stuff. Here are a few photos of the finished conversion. Check back later for the painted piece this week. 

Campaign - Forgotten Relics Week Two Details

Week Two Smoke Them Out! (Planet: Hydraphur) 

Restricted force organization chart; the defender must have 1-6 Troops and must have 1-2 HQ. Once these selections have been made he may elect to have 1-3, Fast Attack, 1-4 Elite, and 1-2 Heavy Support. The attacking player must have 2-6 Troops, and must have 1-2 HQ. Once these minimums have been met he may choose 1-4 Fast Attack, 1-3 Elites, 1-2 Heavy Support.

 Special Mission Objectives: Record wins and losses for store data.

 Attacker; Destroy the Hideout; the attacking player must nominate one unit to carry “bunker charges” to the hideout to bring it down. The player does not need to reveal this unit but it should be written down clearly listing the unit and set aside for fairness/records sake. No one wants survivors in this situation. This special objective will award the attacking player an additional victory if he completes it within the allotted standard game turns. The elected unit must make it to a predetermined piece of scenery within the defenders deployment zone and once there set the charges. At that point at the end of each game turn a roll of a 4, 5, or 6 will detonate the charge and any unit within 2 D6 X 2 inches will be hit with strength 5 AP 5 hit that does not allow cover saves of any kind. Note! If this should kill the HQ unit of the defending player this will award an additional victory point (1 for charge detonated, 1 for destroying HQ, and 1 for destroying HQ with charge, totaling 3 victory points)

 Defender; Plot Foiled: If the defending player is able to successfully destroy the attacking players unit carrying the shape charges he will be awarded 2 victory points for doing so.

Note on Destroy Enemy Command Unit; The defending player will be awarded an additional victory point in this scenario for destroying the enemy command unit.

 Deployment Zones and Points Limit: This week’s game should be player on a four foot by four foot surface and the attacking force will have 1200 points and the defending player 1000 points.

 Attacker; The attacking player will hold all of his force off the table and for deployment purposes will count as being on the other side of the table edge along all board edges. He and the defending player may deploy scouts and may make scouting moves per normal. 

 Defender; The defender will deploy within a 12 inch by 12 inch square in the center of the table with one large piece of terrain within the deployment zone, This piece of scenery is highly recommended to be a building of some sort (it is a hideout after all) and should have multiple floors to allow for more deployment room. If however a defending force to fit within the deployment zone with the piece of scenery than he and the attacker should discuss a fair way to deploy the remainder of the force to the outside of the deployment zone please just be fair

Deployment Zones Week Two

Whats Up? - With Weekend Warrior Ian

Hello everybody and thank you for joining me for another weeks update from myself about Kreator Hobbies and what I have been up to. Sorry this has been missing for a week or so, but family life kinda took over for a week or so and now little baby Tevin is on this planet! Any ways that is another entirely different story but I am a proud father now for a second time.

At any rate things have been busy for Kreator as of late. We have a new campaign that we are running a new nine week campaign at the Square One Plaza Games Workshop location on Colorado Boulevard. We hosted week one last Sunday and it was AWESOME! We had a positive turn out, and I believe everyone enjoyed the story that we have begun to tell pre-Feast of Blades. With that in mind Feast of Blades planning and preparations have gone into full swing now and the story, back story, game mechanic, and scenery building projects have all begun. I am very excited for October 11th! The narrative game will host many different styles of games from 200 or so point kill teams all the way up to massive apocalypse format gaming. Tickets are on sale now at www.Feastofblades.com if you would like to participate for Friday night only it will cost 15$ for both Saturday and Sunday for 30$ and all three days for 45$! I cannot remember the last time I got three days worth of awesome and excitement for 45$. As for my personal hobby these past few weeks I have gotten some things wrapped up, remember that Chaplain conversion that I showed you guys in one of our last Tech Tuesday article. Well He is done as well as another ten space marines to begin my Sons of Garro chapter.

Sons of Garro Tactical Squad

Sons of Garro Chaplain

Sons of Garro Chaplain

Sons of Garro Chaplain

I have also wrapped up a unit of Grey Hunters as well. Most everything else we have worked on has been for the Forgotten Relics Campaign. We have built a few new pill boxes and bunkers, an archeotech warp gate, and a shore line that is being wrapped up within the next few days or so. Please keep an eye out on our Facebook page for event descriptions sneak peaks and other extras. Hope to see you soon at one of our events and as always Inspirata Ex Igne.

Ian
Kreator Hobbies

Grey Hunters

Grey Hunters

Blackstone warp gate

Campaign - Forgotten Relics Week Two Primer

The planet Hydrachus is now destroyed, the forces able to escape scatter and reassemble. Eroimas  and the Word Bearers were very thoroughly split up so much that the Imperium was barely able to track what units went where with an emphasis on locating the one responsible for the planets destruction. All of the Dark Apostles men make a direct route out of the system; some are caught and destroyed, while others live to fight again. The Dark Apostle and a retinue of soldiers escape in a small cruiser and head to Hydraphor. The Imperium of man is now very aware of the Word Bearers actions and more space marine chapters begin to move towards the sector as well as other imperial units. Post incident the Inquisition is unable to explain how chaos was able to destroy the planet in this manner or what drove them to do it. One thing is very well known though the perpetrator of this awful incident will pay for what he did. The Captain of the Eupharius Primos looks into his cogigator screen. It displays the troop locations on the surface of Hydraphor. "This is where they are dug is sir." Pointing at the map on the cogigator screen, Master Cantos leans over the ships navigator. "Good, I will relay the location to all forces in the sector. We shall make them pay for Hydrachus..."

This will be the deployment zones for Sundays game!