Returning to a Warhammer Fantasy.

None of the models are complete in any of the photos, all are WIP

Hey guys, Huron back again. Well today I want to talk about Warhammer Fantasy Battles. I recently returned to playing the game with the help of an escalation league being run in my local LGS Huzzah Hobbies. We started a couple of weeks ago at 500pts, then every two weeks the points are increased by 250pts capping out at 2,500pts. In addition players do not have to follow the standard army restrictions of 1 character and 3 non-character units until 1000pts and for the first 6 2 week tiers we will be progressing through the six new WFB missions in order with games after that being rolled for randomly.

I have chosen to play my Warriors of Chaos army and flesh out the infantry portion of the army and add in some new cavalry elements that I have had but that still need to be painted over time. Last week was the second week of 1000pts games and we played the third mission, Battle for the Pass. In this mission players play length wise and long table edges count as impassible terrain. Fleeing unit can still leave by the long edges but pursuing units and reinforcements may not enter or leave the table along them.

Sounded like a fun mission to me and for the most part is was, but more on how I did later.

My list at 1000pts looked like this:

1. Chaos Sorcerer Level 1 - Mark of Nurgle - 105pts
2. (15) Chaos Warriors - Mark of Khorne, Shields, Full Command - 300pts
3. (15) Chaos Warriors - Shields, Halberds, Full Command - 285pts
4. (5) Chaos Knights - Full Command - 250pts
5. (12) Marauders - Great Weapons - 60pts

I did okay with this list, going 1-1 in my games over the last two weeks. My first game was against a Skaven army that consisted of 3 characters, two units (one with a warpfire thrower team) and a Hellpit Abomination. This was not a list I was expecting. A Level 3 Grey Seer, a Lv2 Warplock Engineer, and Battle Standard Bearer. Add to that a unit of 45-50 Slaves and a 20+ unit of clan rats and a Hellpit Abomination and it was going to be a rough game. My one level 1 couldn't keep up in the magic area, though I did end up putting 2 of the 3 wounds to kill the grey seer on him with Magnificent Bubbos, the level 1 nurgle spell that ignores armor saves and does an auto wound vs whatever model I choose if they are within 24" and I get the spell off.

As far as where I am going with this list, I am not sure. For 1250pts starting this week I am adding in a Battle Standard Bearer of my own, changing the Chaos Knights unit into a Unit of Dragon Ogres with Great Weapons and adding some more Marauders. We will see how the additions and changes work out.

Well that is it for now, stay tune for more WFB Escalation progress and more updates on other games.

Well it is a start...

Hey guys, Huron here again, man has it been a while. I have to admit that taking it easy has some advantages (though once you see my list of what I have been up to, you will question if I have been taking it easy), no deadlines, no models I have to have painted, no worries about not having X hobby thing painted, etc.

I has allowed me to find the time to play more and different games, which has lead me to rediscover board games and non-collectible card games and things of that nature. With December coming to a close however, I think it is about time to get back on the horse, set some goals, come up with a plan, and get to work. For one, there is a new 40K tournament season starting just around the corner. I said last year that my Griffons were under powered in the current meta in my area by the end of last season so I was going to do a new army for this season.

Additionally, I have put back on the black in the last few weeks and stepped up at my local LGS Huzzah Hobbies as a Pressganger again. That means catching up on what I have missed over the last 2 years and probably painting up some new demo sets and a new 35-50pt army to use.

Bah, there is to much to write down in paragraph form, so in comes a good old list.

What I have been up/Going to be up to in early 2011.

1. Started Flames of War - Late War Russians
2. Started Uncharted Seas - Shroud Mages
3. Started Dystopian Wars - Japanese
4. Started playing/Purchased Dominion (Deck Building Card Game)
5. Started playing/Purchased Resident Evil's new Deck Building Card Game
6. Purchased Invasion from Outer Space Board Game (From Flying From Productions)
7. Started playing/Purchased Wings of War base game and 2 planes
8. Dabbling with getting back into Monpoc
9. Reactivated myself as a Pressganger for Privateer Press and started organizing a new League and Tournament for Warmachine/Hordes
   
10. Stopped playing Malifaux, we will see if I get back in, in Jan 2011.
11. I am in week 3 of a Warhammer Fantasy Escalation League that will be running through February
12. Played some Apoc recently, has me thinking about getting my Blood Angels finished so I have a new army to play with short term
13. In the conceptual and testing build phase for a Steam-Punk Ork 40k army I am thinking about build to use at the Nova Open next August. Was 100% sold on the idea until I figured out what it would cost to create 3 Ork Battlewagon Steam Trains, now rethinking possibly or doing some revising.
14. Scatter Brained and starting new projects or wanting to finish old projects or something else every other day it seems.

Well that is my list of what I have been up to. I have articles coming in the near future, probably after I get my work area cleared up and find my camera again. But never fear I shall return, looking for me in 2011 if not before.

They like me, they really like me!

Hey guys, how is it going, it has been a while. Well between crazy work hours, still no computer at home, and just some good old fashion gamer burnout (though I played several games anyways) I am finally back from a 2 week hiatus of posting, did you miss me?

So lets talk news! First up is that Gamers Lounge released episode 5 this past weekend. Bill and I spent a good amount of time talking about everything going on with us, whether or not there should be any comp questions associated with a players sports score, and in blog talk we discuss a new trend in blogging, guest authors. Also we announce our first contest! Please follow the link above and check it out or if you would prefer we are on itunes for your downloading pleasure.

Secondly, GW announced this week that 8th Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battles is coming this summer. I must admit I am much more excited about this release then I thought I would be. As some of you know, especially those that have been following my blog since the beginning or just gone back and read the early stuff, I have a Warriors of Chaos army that I want to play but I just do not like how the current game plays. I really enjoyed playing WFB in the past, namely during 6th ed and really hope that 8th will fix some of balance issues between the rules and the army books. Currently I think the rules are probably just fine but the army books are either too powerful or have to many of their own special rules that don't play well with the 7th ed rules. This makes me worry however that 8th ed will fix the current imbalances of the army books but change to much of the current solid 7th ed rules and require a 9th Ed 4 or 5 years down the road. Either way, I am excited to start playing with some square bases again (at least till I get fustrated and stop again). I've dusted off my unpainted minis and have begun figuring out how I want to paint them up.

In more news, I have jumped head first into my cohost Bill's Pathfinder 1000 painting contest. The Pathfinder 1000 in a 1K painting contest were competitiors have 8 weeks to paint their designated 1K of models base on a predefined set of criteria. I choose to do my new BAs for this contest and have gotten started on some Death Company and the interior of 2 Rhinos. Hopefully I will get this computer issue figured out soon and will be able to post some pics for all you lovely people to look at. My list to paint looks something like this:

Librarian
Chaplain
5 DC in Rhino
5 Assault Marines in Rhino
10 Tactical Marines
2 Baal Predators

Every models is a mix of bitz from the DC, Sang P, and pre existing marine boxes; even the Librarian and Chaplain and are 100% Plastic except for a few metal BA Blood drop shoulder pads. Pics as I have them.

Well I suppose that is it for now, see you all next time...

Getting Pulled in to many Directions

Hey guys, here with another post in my recent flurry I though I would like to share with you a few of the projects I am working on currently.

Blood Angels - I am currently working on completing a bit more then a full company of Blood Angels.

Maybe I should explain how I am painting this army. First of the Blood Angels are going to be my tournament army, at least for a good while so I really want them to shine. So I am painting them in stages. Basic (which is probably more along the lines of Table Top). Then I add the decals. Then I smooth out the decals and do some final high lights. Then scratch and chip. Then weathering. Then finally basing. I always base last because I tend not to paint my bases. Instead, I use fine gravels, turf, flock, grass, and sand to create the effect I am going for. Anyways, a lot of steps. The pic to the left is of what they look like after stage 1.

Next I will move onto decaling, then to highlighting and so on. Current I do not have anything totally completed but I do have all of Squad 2 base painted and decaled. I have most of the base work done on Squad 5 and the first half of Squad 7 done through the first stage. I also have the interiors of 2 Rhinos mostly done with the exterior of one started too. Next up for BAs is squad 4 plus 2 attack bikes. WIP pics below.




Renegades - Next up is my FW Renegades army. Right now I own a 35 man platoon, an armored fist squad, a HQ with a few heavy weapons teams, some berzerker ogryn, a custom unit of disciple of Xaphan made out of the Enforcer torsos, and a some other odds and ends. Here are pics of a Leman Russ Demolisher and a Chimera that I am currently working on for them.



Red Corsairs - When I signed up for Armies of Parade I thought I was going to be able to use all my cool converted and painted Apoc stuff for my chaos army. However that is just not the case. They are looking for stuff form 1 specific codex from small army sized up to 1 force org worth that fits on a custom display base you have to supply yourself that is 2ft x 3ft in diameter. That means I have some stuff that I need to get painted. Here is a wide shot of just about everything I have (painted or not) for my Red Corsairs army.


Tau? Yup, I have a secret stash of Tau set aside for that day when I am sick of everything else and want to work on something else. Here is a pic of the the box full of suits and vehicles.


I also am playing in a Fantasy Escalation League right now that is getting ready to come to an end. I recently just finished assembling my Hell Cannon for my Chaos Mortals army. It is a cool model and just begging to be worked on. Here is a pic so you can see for yourself.


I also have several armies for other non-GW games that need work most notably my Skorne from Privateer Press's game Hordes. Add in school work and a full time job and you can see I am getting pulled about.

What do you guy think I would work on? Please vote in the poll and let me know your opinion.

Well until next time.

Warshrine

So since my last post I have not really gotten anything new painted. This is both good and bad. Good that I am getting other things accomplished, mainly school work which seems to be a never ending stream, and bad because stuff is just piling up. With that said, I have some "Work in Progress" (WIP) shots to share with you. These are of the Chaos Warshrine I just converted in the last few days. It has pieces from several sources but most notably Chaos Knight horses, Skaven Screaming Bell bell, support, and base pieces, Choas Chariot wheels, and some other resin odds and ends. Enjoy!


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Till next time...