WAAGH! Drillteef

So, I took WAAGH! Drillteef to Adepticon and the army did me proud.   You can view the Overall results on the Adepticon website.   My results are listed under "Fasoldt, Adam" in 33rd place overall. This is something to be proud of, I think. The thing I'm most proud of, of course, is my appearance score.  I received a 37 in appearance.  The man who got top dog in appearance got a 40.  I have no doubt that my conversions played no small part in this appearance score and I'm super pleased.  Apparently, 37 is the highest score you can get before additional points are rewarded in the second round of judging.  I don't remember seeing the 2nd round judges. I think I may have gone to the restroom.  That's unfortunate, because I would like to have gotten some pointers from the judges. Anyways, again, I'm really pleased at my results. Now, as for the list, obviously I could have taken something more competitive, but I doubt highly that ...

I worked tirelessly the past few days to complete a squad of Boyz and display board for the championships at Adepticon.  I decided not to go with the Wing and a Prayer list which is very good but very dull.  I chose to take an amalgamation list with some of my favorite models, but I hope to at least make a good showing at the tournament.  Here are my models (I'll post a list and summary after the con): Sack of Teef objective Marker:  Barrels of Red Paint Objective Marker: Captured Fallen Dark Angel Objective Marker:  I think we're moving into the Lombard. LOL.

I did another miniature revamp this week.  This time it was for my Deff Dread, Da Yeller Klaw.  This miniature was originally painted too fast and too late at night. I actually painted it once, then accidentally sprayed it with white primer instead of dullkote before a tournament. I stayed up 'till 4:AM re-painting it.  So, I decided such a cool mini deserved a revamp before Adepticon. Thanks to fellow Freeboota, StabbyTMP for the awesome base. BEFORE: AFTER:

This article continues my series on the background of WAAGH! Drillteef. This article focuses on the first Warboss to join the WAAGH!, Warboss Wagonkrumpa. The model was originally just a regular Blackreach Warboss, but after a while I decided to convert him up and add some character. I also added a Battlepouch and used him as an objective marker in the Adepticon Team Tournament. Old Wagonkrumpa doesn't see the table very much anymore due to how much my mega-armored Warboss brings to the table, but he's still one of my favorite characters in the army. Thudguts is more of a secondary character and his story mainly hinges on his jealousy of Wagonkrumpa. In Drillteef's early days, before his ambition grew into a WAAGH! of his own, he met a jovial Warboss named Wagonkrumpa from a Speed Freakz splinter clan which had joined WAAGH! Grok. Wagonkrumpa was an odd Ork. He was often soft-spoken and friendly. He never thumped his Boyz when they angered him... or, mo...

I went to the last local singles tournament before Adepticon tonight. I figured I should go ahead and go back to what has worked in the past, so I brought an 1850 version of my Wing and a Prayer list. Here it is: Adepticon 014b - A Wing and a Prayer 1 Weirdboy , 85 pts (Warlord; Warphead) 1 Weirdboy , 85 pts (Warphead) 3 Big Gunz , 91 pts (Lobba; Additional Gun Krew; Ammo Runt x2) . .  6 Gretchin . .  1 Runtherd 3 Big Gunz , 94 pts (Lobba; Additional Gun Krew; Ammo Runt x3) . .  6 Gretchin . .  1 Runtherd 29 Boyz , 235 pts (Shootas; Big Shoota x2) . .  1 Boyz Nob  (Bosspole; Power Klaw; Big Shoota) 29 Boyz , 235 pts (Shootas; Big Shoota x2) . .  1 Boyz Nob  (Bosspole; Power Klaw; Big Shoota) 8 Lootas , 120 pts 8 Lootas , 120 pts 1 Aegis Defence Lines , 70 pts (Comms Relay) 1 Dakkajet , 130 pts (TL Supa Shoota x2) 1 Dakkajet , 130 pts (TL Supa Shoota x2) 1 Dakkajet , 130 pts (TL Supa Shoota x2) 4 Meganobz , 325 pts . .  1 Battlewagon ...

This will be the first in an ongoing (and likely never-ending) series of articles focused on the background of WAAGH! Drillteef.  Each article should be accompanied by a photograph of a character, vehicle, or battle being highlighted. I can't imagine any other way to start this series off than by presenting to you Mad Doc Drillteef, D.D.S. himself! About fifty years ago, a Ork named Grubbin emerged from the ranks of brainboyz in WAAGH! Grok (on the Galactic North side of the Eastern Fringe) as a truly talented individual. He wasn’t quite as unstable back then, of course. He was ingenious in his execution of bionik replacement surgery. Wealthy Nobz and even Warbosses from other clans who had joined the WAAGH! paid plenty of teef to subject themselves to Grubbin’s whims. Who in their right minds could pass up over a fifty percent success rate with only a twenty percent mortality rate? Over time, Grubbin’s averace began to get the better of him. He jealously guarded his col...

In my recent games, I've been having trouble with units which completely overpower 20 boyz in combat.  These are units with 2+ saves and the ability to single out the Power Klaw with challenges and either destroy him before he gets to swing or force him to watch on while the rest of the boyz swing uselessly in the combat.   I am beginning to feel as if I need to go back to a larger unit of Meganobz with Mad Doc in it.  This is extremely expensive, but to be honest, there doesn't seem to be any recourse.  While it's true that Monstrous Creatures, Terminators, and Wraithguard can be taken down with mass firing, multiple units like this on the field have a tendency to make it into combat regardless.  The amount of shooting required to actually deal with this many units is to go more heavily into shooting than I'm willing to. Let's look at my conundrum for a moment, and explore why I don't like the idea of going with a pure shooting Ork list.  In an ...

Well, he came out pretty good. Again, I don't have a name for him yet.  I'm really liking this unit right now, so that's why I moved this up in the queue.  This bike is from Forgeword for about $60.  Well worth it. The detail is exquisite. This took me a great deal of time to paint. Looks like I didn't pay enough attention to the mould line on the kombi skorcha. Oh well.