Andrew Cook - Jottings

Jottings

Andrew Cook

The Black Coach Rides Again... ?

The Black Coach Rides Again... ?

Having arranged a fluffy game at the Hampshire Hammerers, I though I'd head back towards one of my early 3rd Edition Nighthaunt lists, with a Black Coach. Having been given the first turn against a Living Cities army, I held back, cautiously advancing onto the bottom right objective, and score

Celestial Dracolines: Evocators and Lord-Arcanums (or Lord-Arcana? or Lords-Arcanum??)

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Celestial Dracolines: Evocators and Lord-Arcanums (or Lord-Arcana? or Lords-Arcanum??)

Dracolines have some cool looking models, but they don't seem to be used much competitively. Indeed, I'm the only person I've seen playing them at a tournament. Why? As the warscroll says Dracolines are fearsome beasts of Azyr whose roars can unman even the staunchest foes. When their savagery is

The Black Coach at War...

Warhammer Tournament

The Black Coach at War...

The Black Coach looks great... but doesn't play too well. I took the new Nighthaunt battletome to the first lvl up gaming one day event in Ringwood. My list was: Procession: Scarlet Doom Grand Strategy: Hold the Line Triumphs: Bloodthirsty * Lady Olynder * Lore of the Underworlds: Spectral Tether * Guardian of

Building the Black Coach: Curtains

Building the Black Coach: Curtains

The curtains on the coach need, for me, to evoke the feel of old velvet. I started with Khorne Red [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Base-Khorne-Red-2019], then washed with Nuln Oil [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Shade-Nuln-Oil-2019], and applied the Khorne Red [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Base-Khorne-Red-2019] again, leaving

Building the Black Coach: Lanterns

With celestra grey on the left, finished on the rightI wanted some sort of glowing effect on the coach lanterns, to fit into the greenish tint of the rest of my Nighthaunt. I started with Leadbelcher [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Base-Leadbelcher-2019] all over - to make sure I had

Painting the Black Coach: The Coffin

Painting the Black Coach: The Coffin

I've gone for the closed casket coffin. The open version with the vampire doesn't look right to me. A couple of layers of Dawnstone gets me this... Then wash with Agrax Earthshade, drybrush with Dawnstone, the Ulthuan Grey; and edge highlight with Celestra Gray. Finally, run some Abadon Black into

Building Vanguard Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows

Building Vanguard Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows

I have a unit of 3 Longstrikes, but it seems that 6 may be more efficient, even though they account for more than 20% of an army in a 2,000 point game. So I've got my hands on 3 more. Building them is slightly awkward using the sequence of

Building the Black Coach: Priming

Here are the parts after priming. Chaos Black Primer Corax White PrimerThe little blobs of white tack are now pretty concealed, but in person it's simple enough to find them so they can be pulled off. I'm leaving them there for now so I don't have to be too careful

Building the Black Coach: Sub-assembly

The black coach is an impressive centrepiece for a Nighthaunt army - which hopefully will get even more impressive in the new Battletome which should be heading our way in the next few months [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/01/31/age-of-sigmar-roadmap-chart-out-the-next-four-battletomes-or-is-it-six/] . It looks. however, really fiddly to paint if