Get on the 6th Bandwagon - Talking Grey Knights

This article has success written all over it.  It will have Grey Knights.  It will have 6th edition.  It will have wild speculation.  All components at this moment for a successful 40k Blog post.  What I want to hit on are some thoughts about how changes in 6th edition can bring those obviously overpowered, unfair brutally destructive Grey Knights back into balance with the other codices.

Blood Crusher Test Finished

It took about two days overall (let's say 6 hours of total painting?) to finish the first Blood Crusher and I really like the result.  I followed the outline I presented in my previous post for this guy, although I had to do some extra touch up and I decided that black hooves were better than tan/bone white.

Painting Update-Fiends/Crushers

It has been a while since I posted any painting.  This should not be taken as a statement that I have not been painting at all.  Instead, it should be taken as a statement that I have not been making much progress in my painting.

That may have to do with the birth of my daughter and her constant (adorable) demands for attention.  To make this a mega painting update, I also started that first Bloodcrusher (once again my daughter is interfering with my painting schedule!) and the Purple/Black base of the crusher is complete.  I intend to bring the brown up to a gold color using some drybrushing to achieve that NMM effect (this is the same effect I used on the statues for the chapel).  Here is what I have so far...

Team Tournament - 1000 Points - Random Partners!

In spite of failing to provide updates in almost a month, I have been busy painting away.  There has been a slight distraction with our family expanding from two to three, but I think I am ready to hop back into the painting bandwagon.  Naturally, the best motivation to get some painting done is an upcoming tournament and I am targeting  a random team tournament at my old stomping ground.  Here is the overview thus far (it may change)

No shared abilities or transports between allies
Random partners - first round truly random, second round pairings from the top/bottom half of players
Modified Force Org - 1 HQ, 0-2 Elite, 1-3 Troops, 0-2 Fast, 0-2 Heavy
--> No single selection other than troops may be taken more than once.

Daemons at Adepticon

For those who do not follow the GT scene, Bill Kim took his Daemons to the final 16 in a field rife with Grey Knights (they must have known he was coming).  I want to talk a little about the list he brought.  Taken from Blood of Kittens it is...

HQ
Fateweaver
Skarbrand

Elite
6x Fiends of Slaanesh w/ Unholy Might
6x Fiends of Slaanesh w/ Unholy Might

Troops
14x Bloodletters w/ Icon of Chaos
5x Horrors w/  Bolt of Tzeetch , Changeling
5x Horrors w/ Bolt of Tzeetch
5x Horror w/ Bolt of Tzeetch

Fast Attack
16x Seekers of Slaanesh w/ Icon of Chaos