ewar's Dreadfleet plog

[ewar]

Hi all,

I have been a bit quiet on my plogs lately due to a combination of working like a madman and painting lots of Firestorm Armada stuff. So much so that I finally got out my (shared) Dreadfleet set. I'd built and undercoated the everything about a year ago but never got round to painting anything.

Anyway, recently I was inspired to start work on it all and as is my wont, I thought I'd share some pics with the community. I haven't played a single game yet, and won't do until the whole lot is fully painted, which will hopefully take a couple of weeks. When it's done and we've begun playing through the campaign I'll share my thoughts here. The models and rules are really nice; I know it got a lot of stick for not being Man O'War mk2 but honestly, I'm quite glad they did it this way. It feels more like a boardgame as it comes with absolutely everything you need to play, plus, ummmm, it's about pirates, so how wrong could you go??

Without further ado, this is my first weeks efforts with the brush: (apologies for slightly shoddy phone pics, my SLR battery is dead).

The Black Kraken:




The Shadewraith:



Grimnirs Thunder (I think that's what this one is called, book isn't to hand...)



As is the usual way with these things, all C&C welcome, I hope this proves interesting and something of a light relief from all the normal army plogs.

cheers,
Ed

[azhagmorglum]

I always like to see painted dreadfleet ships, even if it reminds me that my set is still unpainted...
I quite the game too, I think a lot of people don't give it enough credit. I hope you'll have fun with your first games :-) Keep it up !

[Confessor_Atol]

Nice ships! It's a blast of a game. Have fun!

[ewar]

Cheers for the comments guys, I'll try and keep updates frequent over the next month. I'm looking forward to playing some games as well - having read more of the rules I think I'm definitely leaning towards the dark side.

Do you have any experience or advice on playing the game?

Anyway, here is a small update, as I just finished painting the Elven ship:

[ewar]

Good evening all,

It's update time again, with pics of the completed Swordfysh. I've also started on the Curse of Zandri and the Flaming Scimitar, which will hopefully not take too long. It's the sails which take a while, so I'm hoping I can get through those two quite quickly.

Anyway, as Dreadfleet plogs are about as popular as the game itself, I shall move swiftly on to the pics!

[Count Zero]

looking good so far mate, do like the effect of the sails on the swordfish. might nick that for my ba'kash

[azhagmorglum]

Swordfish and elven ship are really good.
As for advice for the game, I've not played a game for months now, let's say if you'd prefer to play the dark side, be careful with Grimnir's thunder (or whatever the dwarf ship is called), it is very tough and has flaming attack. Damage can build up quite quickly sometimes on a ship, and random catastrophes from fate cards can really be a pain in the a**. But all of it remains fun, I don't know if it's me or the flavour of the game, but moving the ships on the mat and using naval terms when speaking really gets you in the atmosphere and it's great.

[Confessor_Atol]

My only advice is don't take it too seriously. Have fun and understand the game can swing quick. And thanks for posting more ships, it's starting to motivate me.

[ewar]

Right, it's been a couple of weeks since I added anything here, but that does't mean things have not been moving gently forwards. Since my last update I have finished two more ships (Blazing Scimitar and Curse of Zandri) and have nearly finished the chain of islands. There is just a little detail to add to the volcano and they will be done.

I know the photos aren't great of the ships, I haven't been bothered to get my DSLR out to take decent pics, but once the whole set is finished I will try and get some better ones up.

Anyway, here they are:















All c&c welcome of course and thanks for posting.
Ed

[MOMUS]

Nice work! Esp on the blazing scimitar

You about for vanguard vengence or axes fall in Bristol next month?

[ewar]

Glad you like them! I'm just trying to get through it all now so I can get back to painting my normal armies, though it has been a nice break. I see from your new plog that you're moving to the dark side! CDs can be brutal to play against...

As for Bristol tournies - I'm thinking about the vengeance one dayer (axes fall is sold out), but I haven't added anything painted to my Tomb Kings since the last tourney and they are woefully uncompetitive. I only finished 11th in the last one because two of my opponents didn't really know what Tomb Kings can do (or can't, more specifically) so got spooked when they should have walked right over me.

[MOMUS]

11th?!! a plague apon your house!

I was 24 due to some really rusty play and the fact i built my list in an hour,yea will hopefully have CD done by then. :/

See you at vengence!