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.

The 13th spell....

... flipping rocks!

I played agaist Vampire Counts today. 2000 points, I took the list in the post below. He took a nice VC list, no named characters except Vargulf.
First game, I won on turn 1. The only game I have ever won on turn 1. I got to go first, advanced forward. Nothing of note realy, as the magic fluffed it. Come his magic phase, he misscast with his General. Then rolled a double 1. Killing him outright. He would of mostly crumbled before I got into combat so we restarted.

2000pts Skaven

So today Im taking my skaven out for a propper run. So to speak. This will be my true first 2000 point game with this army. I say true because I have actualy played a 2000 point game already, I just had to use nearly 1000 points of characters so I could play it..... Not good for a 'swarmy' army. Specialy as when Squeek finaly got into combat, he promtly got picked up and smushed by a Giant.  We left a small piece of blue tack stuck to the tabel as a smeer of honour for him.

Work begins

So Ive finaly started to paint the army. Typicaly me being me, I went right for the good stuff first, instead of saving it as a 'reward' for finishing a unit.

First Skaven battle - 750pts

So I had my first true Skaven battle today. My 'mighty' forces took on a rather large, for the points, Empire force.

Making a list.

Well, I have had the book for a few days now, and I'll be thruthful. I haven't read it through. I have however done what everyone does with a new toy, and gone to the 'best bits'.

So using a little program called Armybuilder. I've come up with a fairly decent (I think) 750pt list for an escalation type campaign currently taking place down at my LGC.

750pts Skaven.

Plague Priest - lvl 2, Flail, Plague Furnace
Warlock Engineer -  lvl 2, Doomrocket, Warplock pistol
Plague Monks x20 - FC
Clanrats x20 - FC, Shields
Slaves x20 - Mus

So thoughts? Also when you get a new book, which bit do you flick to and read first? Do you read all the fluff or only ever read the back 15 or so pages?

The Under-Empire

So its decided. Ive gone with the Children of the Horned Rat, the populace of the Under-Empire. Skaven.

Works already begun on geting the swarm ready for battle. More updates soon.