Wednesday, 23 December 2020

From DrQ: Whirling Blades (30 points)

Looking at my shelf of shame, I don't have much in the way of a "slowly descending pendulum-blade". However, I do have 15 plastic deffkoptas from a pile of old Assault on Black Reach boxes. So, let's try quickly descending blades of death!






I really don't know if I'll be able to paint up all 15 of these machines this challenge, but the idea of unleashing a squadron of these over the tarpit of ork infantry sounds like a fun strategy when I finally get to play out again. And of course, painted red...





As far as points, I think it's 20 for the Pit of the Pendulum and 10 for the model (it's more the size of a mount than a true vehicle). So another 30 points, and on to the Golem's Haunt!



 

18 comments:

  1. Lovely def kopta,red ones fall faster?
    Best Iain

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    1. Hopefully the dice gods will be on our side, and we'll get just to strafe the enemy!

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  2. Nice chopper! If you get them all painted we need a group shot.

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    1. If I mange it, I'll be sure to post a group shot!

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  3. Lovely crazy flying thing (can you tell I do a lot of GW) 😁
    Regards KenR

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    1. Completely! I've got two Kharadron Overlords sky vessels in the queue as well!

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  4. Those magnificent orks in their flying machines! A very smart take on the Pit of the Pendulum too, 👍!

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    1. Thanks! It was a bit of a head scratcher until I opened up those old Assault on Black Reach boxes!

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  5. That is a brilliant Kopta, DrQ! I really like the metallics, especially the rotors. Good one!

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    1. Thanks! I spent a lot of time working on NMM for my chibi and anime stuff, so I'm trying to get used to metalics again.

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  6. Very nice Deffkopta. Red'uns do go faster - especially with the help of gravity when they are plunging to the deck.

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  7. Genius, love the image of a wing of these

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    1. I think a Full Metal Jacket scene would be hilarious on the table!

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  8. Awesome work. Might we see a squadron of Deffkoptas by the end of the challenge?

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    1. Definitely hoping to knock a bunch of these out!

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  9. Ha, clever did not think of a chopper.....

    Cheers
    Matt

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  10. Great take on the theme! Totally airworthy. Yes’, one of them will need a mounted speaker to blast opera from.

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