With salute fast approaching and not really knowing how i would transfer all the tanks for a tyrants legion game, its been decided to change the game to a 4 player boarding assault game from IA9. The good new is the models for the carcharodons are finished and dunked and […]
Having painted the last squad of carcharodons i decided the time had come to dunk them and see how my choice of basing grit worked out. Its the larger typr of GF9 basing stuff and while its more of a pain to put on i dont think its turned out […]
So with a bit of free time on my hands i figured id have a look back at the badab war project. The boarding assault game had gone fairly well if a bit one sided, but i instantly hit a problem the HDD with all the army lists has died […]
In the Grim darkness of the far future, people finally worked out shooting was a good idea. So I Haven’t had a chance to pick up a new copy of the core rulebook yet, and at £45 It would take a lot to get me to do so. Having been […]
Check these out, new force commanders from Forgeworld. I’ll be painting these over the next week, will upload some pics as i go Left – Lugft Huron Chapter Master Of The Astral Claws (Base being painted separate)Right – Tyberos The Red Wake
Alex's first game in his Badab War campaign - loyalist marines board the battle barge of Separatist leader Lufgt Huron in an attempt to end the rebellion in one swift stroke. Although a decisive victory for the loyalists, Lufgt escapes. Cant wait to see what Alex has planned for game 2.
I felt like a night off painting but still had nothing better to do than work on the project so treated myself to trying out using transfers for the first time. Now i’ve never used these before and having spent £12 a sheet on transfers i didnt really want to […]
Part of the badab back story is that Huron loves bug guns, so quite a big part of the legions army is artillery and they have 3 earth shaker cannons on the table 2 basalisks and 1 artillry battery. they also get a bombard strike from off table thats str […]
Fresh of the painting table are 2 of the 3 tank squads. The entire formation is designed to be able to handle all kinds of table setup. First group dosent have sponsons and so is designed to stay still and cover open ground with fire, the second group has heavy […]
The next stage of the tyrants legion is completed. The Auxilia Armsmen Cadre, these are slightly better troops that the Legion Auxilia and come with a heavy weapons team and a heavy stubber so can put down some pritty good fire power. Yes i have used Muntant Chronicle minatures for […]
First the final tyrants legion army. Coming in at 3505 now with all the extras on the models now accounted for total points 3505 No units 113 type unit total points Base points additional points items number of units HQ* Legion Centurion 75 55 20 1 Ellite Renegade marauder squad […]
Next of the production line is a hellhound flame tank. This hopefully should be good for clearing cover and just puts one more tank on the table. It comes with the bonus of being able to start its template up to 12 inches away and can fire at 90 degrees […]
So while i’ve been waiting for the last few bits of the Carcharodonds to arive i’ve made a start on the tyrants legion. I decided to have them as the 2nd army as i had most of the components to actually get them finished with out having to hit ebay […]
So the main reason for the big gap in posts other than football and a bad shoulder have been these bad boys. The Auxilia is a 40 man squad, yes thats 40 MODELS!!!11111111 For these i’m using the chaos cultists from the 6th ed boxset, yes they are a bit […]
So its nearly broken me but finally the legion auxilia squad is finished! they are great models to paint given the fact they come out of a starter box set. So i’m pritty happy with how these have turned out as they have the urban malitia element i was […]
So the parts to finish of the siege dreadnought talon finally arrived today so have since been busy building the weapons and now have a fully painted siege chapkin dreadnought. Please note i didnt base this as it came like this from ebay. all this leads to the first of […]
So after a day of with a hangover and a bit of time off for football the next bit of the Carcharodons is almost completed. The first tactical squad just need a few last touches but are pritty much finished. Now what i have also been looking at is the […]
So only managed to get one more dreadnought finished toady but here he is now technically he’s a furiso blood angels dreadnought but i like the model and one of the CCW counts as a sisemic hammer just needs a few last touches but a night out on Cotswold seems […]
The first troop unit to be painted is the siege dreadnought talon, so thats a formation of 3 dreadnoughts that count as a troop choice, they have to be either venerable or siege pattern so you get the 2 best for a melle assault army. 2 more dreadnoughts to […]
The first squad to be finsished is the Vanguard squad. Using the 5 man metal figures from GW and 5 standard assault marines but giving them lightning claws. They can deep strike and do an heroic intervention to stop scatter so should be able to fix an early game problem […]
So hot of the painting table today is the Titan hammer Apocalypse formation. Made up of 3 terminator assault squads with thunder hammers and storm shields giving them a 3+ invulnrability save. They must deep strike onto thew table together and deploy within 12 inches of the comander. The big […]
Of all the games ever released by Games Workshop, in my opinion one has always stood head and shoulders above the rest. The rules are ambiguous and poorly tested but the concept is perfection given injection-moulded, punched-card form. Instead of taking on your mates, you team up to venture into […]
Warhammer Quest was always a game that could suprise people. I’ve often found it to be the best thing to break out when faced with a tough crowd, amongst those who wouldnt normally play a wargame or an rpg. Every GW critic, every cinic fell in love with the game […]
Of course the satisfaction of owning a complete set is somewhat dimmed if it isn’t painted, and therein lies the problem. I dont have the greatest of willpower when it comes to painting but I was determined to see this one through. I wanted to keep the boardgame feel and […]
Dreadfleet is Games Workshop’s latest “Limited Edition” release, inspired by the success of their Space hulk reprint a few years back. Having seen the models in GW, I decided to pay out the £70 for a copy. The price is a bit high, but its another “Game in a box” […]
In the Dreadfleet box we have a whole bunch of high quality plastic models. About a dozen large ships and a few other smaller pieces. What’s really great is the large amount of terrain that comes in the box. The Island and wreck pieces are large and well detailed. The […]
Have you ever seen on of those HUGE display games at a show, with thousands of figures pitted in an epic struggle? Ever felt inspired to do something on that scale but not had the cash? In this series of articles I will be putting together a massive scale fantasy […]
These things always have a way of starting fairly innocuously. Tom and myself were sitting around, enjoying a frosty beer after a particularly hard fought game of “Battles for Empire” (Anglo-Zulu War). To hand was a box of old magazines which I was too sentimental to recycle, mostly ‘White Dwarf’ […]
So, with this initial idea buzzing around my head I started to round down the specific details. Firstly miniatures scale. This was a bit of a no-brainer as the scale it pretty much dictated to you by GW when you choose fantasy. Although I love 6mm as a scale, there […]
For 1AP per element, lurkers are cheap and if used correctly, highly effective. +2 in combat they are hardly the best combat units available, but their ability to appear an any area of ‘bad going’ entered by the enemy means they can cause havoc in your opponents line disproportional to […]
Ok, so now the grunt work begins. I would sorely love to walk into games workshop and pick up 2x 8000 point fantasy armies to game with unfortunately on my quite meagre paycheque this wasn’t going to happen without t a lottery win. The next best manufacturer of fantasy figures […]
Behemoth is one of the most powerful unit types, with a +4 vs foot and a +5 vs mounted, there is very little that can win in a 1-on-1 fight with a behemoth. Spear is probably the best thing to hold the line against behemoth with, but even then its […]
Rider is one of my favourite unit types in the game. 2APs get you a very fast unit, being able to cover 500p in good going, with a +3 in combat against all unit types. Like all mounted units they are destroyed if they loose whilst in bad going, but […]