New year, new resolution!

To fiannly update and keep track of my hobby time stuff with this blog!

Keep watching as youll be seeing a few changes to this site over the next few days and even possibly some content added!

Knights

Just trying out the iPhone blogger app. Here's the few things I did today.

Yes that's it. I assembled some knights....

Demigryph.

Finished a Demigryph yesterday. Yes one..... There is so much to them. I can just do the speed paint job my R&F usualy get.

Base needs a little work, but its not varnished yet. I'll add static grass ect later.

New Empire - New toys.

So unless youve been sleeping under a rock. Or just dont bother much with GW these days then you'll probably know that this....

Hit the shelves today. Yes its the new 8th Ed Empire book. Now Ive had many many armies over the years but Empire are the only one I have ever kept hold too. Hell untill about  3 weeks ago they were my only fully painted army....ever! This is also the first army Ive had to get a new book released. I usualy jump on the band wagon then sell up as n when Im bored.

Yorkshire Opens 2012 Finals - Results.

So its over for another year, and its nearly time for me to start another army project.

First off, just want to mention how great the Wakefield Warriors home turf is. Fantastic venue and awesome terrain and boards. Its actualy quicker fore me to drive to aswell, so you may see me popping over to it more often.

Army shot.

Lets get to the nitty gritty eh.

I wanted to do some converting - My Swarmlord

So I built my Swarmlord model.

He's ment to look like he's leaping through the wall of the building. It still needs work, but what do you guys think of the pose so far? Its all pinned / tac'ed at the mo, so its adjustable.

Im considering pinning an ultramarine on the base too, shooting at him as he leaps through.

Little bit of WiP.

Erm as above..... Got this new kit the otherday and spent last night getting these legs done.

Blood In the Badlands - Game 2

The Map!

Key

• Ogre Kingdoms - 3 Relics, Iron rock (may include O&G forces in any of your army's), Mine +20pts items, Random event = Dawn attack
• Beastmen - 2 Relics, Barak Var (+3 Fort bonus), Mine +10pts items, Random event = Stacking the odds
• Tomb Kings - No mines, Random event = Plague
• Chaos - Mine + 150pts army, Random Event = Stacking the odds.
• Orks n Goblins - Mine +150pts army, Random event = Sappers
• High Elves - 1 Relic, Mine + 40pts items, Random event =  Secret tunnels.
• Empire - Mines + 300pts army, Random event = Stoking unrest.
• High Elves - 1 Relic, Mines +30pts items, Random event = Dawn attack
  

Heirotitan conversion

Finaly found a use for my 'nids! Heres my mock up of a Heirotitan.



Needs a staff, some scales and a little greenstuff work. But otherwise, what do you guys think of it.

Pose ok?
What do you think of the 'wings'? 
Size?  It does slightly spill over a chariot base. I may move it to a screaming bell sized one.

Blood in the Badlands - March

This is my Vs Jon. Rolled Blood n Glory. Two magic heavy forces faced off. 

 Anuk-su-namun and her archers got ground into the dirt by a charging ogre bull deathstar. So badly was she disfigured that she will walk with a slight limp for a while and is now -1M. Her unit was utterly destroyed, it will take many months of incantations and rituals to restore them so they are out of action next game too.

 

Proving they are not quiet as dim whitted as they appear the charging ogre unit appeared to of learnt from that battle. They are now a RoR and have devistating charge! His wizard on the other hand wasnt so lucky. He spent many many turns trying to death snipe my Heirophant, to remove its wizard levels, and just be a bit of a git. The butcher however fled from dying his unit, was eventualy caught and then devoured whole by a Warsphinx, who was then promptly blown to pieces by the cannon upon the Ironblaster. Suffice to say, the butcher is very much dead..... 

Awesome game, love the way how its played out. The rolls for the end of game results just appear to exactly fit what happened too. Awesome stuff! :D

So my army retreats back towards it capital.....

Blood in the Badlands 2012 - Overview

Im running a BitB campaign with a few mates, and decided to video report the games I play. But first a little background about my 3 campaign armies and their leaders


General

Pharaoh Seti I - The Tomb King of Hamunaptra. Murdered when alive by his vizier, and now his second in command.... Liche High Priest Imhotep. He wandered into the Bandlands looking for an ancient power that was stolen from him many many milenia ago. A relic so powerful it could reverse the Curse of Nagash and return him, and his people to life. The Book of the Dead.


Lieutenants

Mathayus - Also a Tomb King of Hamanaptra. Bested in combat by Pharoah Seti I, but now stands beside him as his right hand man.

Anck-su-Namun - A Liche High Priest and Seti's mistress. All other men are forbidden to touch her - those that do will suffer the curse of Hom Dai. If someone trangresses this law his tongue is cut out, and he is buried alive with a swarm of flesh-eating scarabs.

Heroes of Legend

Imhotep - A Liche high priest.  Doomed forever after falling inlove with Anck- su-Namun and thus suffering the curse of Hom Dai as punishment. Brought to life by the Curse of Nagash, he plots his revenge. To kill Seti and take the Book of the Dead for himself.

Video Batrep - Tomb Kings Vs Warriors of Chaos

I fun game I had with Niel the other night.

Just to point out, I play warhammer using the full rules when I am  at home. So D6 + 4 pieces of terrain. All rolled for on the chart. This game we rolled 10, and as you can see, Neil isn't used to it

Liche Priest

Last night I decided to do my Heriophant. Please ignore the base, the whole units will get done together at the end.

Have a great new year guys! See you all in 2012!

Video batrep - Skaven Vs Tomb Kings.

For Christmas this year  I received a lovely little Kodak Mini camcorder. At first I was kind of stuck for things to do with it. Then a friend pointed out I could do a video battle report of the game we we're about to have..

Here's the result.  Its 2000pt game, we rolled for terrain and the scenario (Blood and Glory) before I started filming. I apologise for the lack of models and paint on my part. I'm still building the Tomb king force ready for an event in  about a month.

Return to the Vampire Coast

First a little background. Return to the Vampire coast is a campaign style weekend event at Maelstrom Games run by these guys. Not all armys are represented but there is a campagn pack explained what is and isnt alowd. You may even have access to brand new units. This can and does usualy mean your army/enemys force wont play exactly how your used too.
Now a few of you will remember my chaos troll army wich I took to another of their campaigns back in the spring. If not, heres an image or two to prompt your memorys.

A general army shot whilst out on display after being nominated for best painted.

Im on a roll!

I know another post! Here's an Agoniser. He's a little 'blue~er' then I wanted, but I like it.

Im realy enjoying Warmachine / Hordes at the mo. Expect to see more

I painted something!

Erm... exactly what it say's on the tin.  All constructive critisim is more then welcome.

So my first attempt at a Skorne model. A void spirit.

for some reason it looks darker with the white backdrop. This is the same model, same place. (All I did was put a piece of paper behind it)

and it looks alot lighter.

AGoM VII

Just under a month till the next AGoM, and I've still to decide what I'm going to take. Its down to 3 possible choices.

Option 1 - Daemons
Pretty much the standard fair at this point size. 2 Hordes of 30 'letters with 2 units of 5 flamers. A HoT and a HoK as my BSB. 
Hits like a truck and wrecks face. Problem is its very one dimensional, and a bit too good. I'll end up near the top tables and get my arse handed to me. Its probably a nomination for most cheesy too.

Option 2 - High Elves.
This is fairly text book. Its a level 4 with the Book of Hoeth and a BSB both in a unit of 30 Sea guard. 18 White lions and 5 Dragon Prices with the SoS. Oh and an Eagle.
This force is all about the mage. The choice of lore would be crucial but shadow would probably win out. If the SG block gets to combat the AM is dead. Giving up over 400 Vps! The army is a bit less powerful then the Daemons but still has a good chance to wreck face and not be deemed as cheesy.

Option 3 - Empire
This is what Ive take to the past 2 AGoMs. A standard WAlter and STank combo backed up by a large swordsmen unit and a level 2 life mage. People have gotten wise to the STank getting healed no so that's no longer affective. That and the lore of Shadow being a fairly common choice makes it a big 300 point gamble. On the positive though. I can use this as my backup in case I don't get the other 2 painted.

So thoughts, which would you take?

Project Dorf - Slayer bases

Works started on the Slayer bases. For those that asked this first shot is the  AoW plastic slayer next top a GW miner. As you can see they are pretty much the same size.




Heres the base.



Work in progress. Learnt things from the miners base, no crappy plasti covering every tile. You need to be able to see the bases for templates. Also left the front middle 4 bases plain so I can swap about FC with characters and not destroy the look.

Storm of Magic

Storms of Magic is the latest Warhammer Expansion, enabling battles to be fought amidst devastating magical events as wizards unleash cataclysmic spells and titanic monsters clash in earth-shattering battles.
Storms of magic are epoch-shattering events that unleash terrible and all-powerful arcane energies, unbridled power that allows wizards to shackle titanic beasts to their dominion, or deny their enemies mystical forces that could destroy whole nations in one huge spell.

So the buzz is all over the place at the moment. Storm of Magic is comming, and I'll admit it. I cant wait! I a big big fan of 8th Ed Warhammer and anything that can mix it up a little is welcome.

Youll be seeing more SoM stuff in the future so keep checking back