MDF Blockhouse scale

Here are some pics showing the scale of the MDF Blockhouse from Warbases.


              With a Infinity Morat miniature. The Infinity miniature is a bit tall for the door.

                            With a Perry Brothers civil war plastics mini. Size works great.

With two Privateer Press minis. The human model works great. The Trollblood, which are larger than humans, is a little big. 

                                 With two Reaper minis. They are a little big, but it works. 

Little Man a week-a-thon. #2

I have been slacking pretty bad at this one a week deal. I blame work, life in general, and Star Wars the Old Republic! Whenever I do have free time I have been using it to play that. If you havent seen it, check it out. Great game.

Anyways, here are two more Kriel Warriors I finished.

Little Man a week-a-thon. #1

Week one:
I just finished my new and improved trolls. This is a Kriel Warrior leader and standard carrier.

Troll Skin

I have been painting my trollbloods the typical troll color in fantasy, flat out green. But im not a huge fan. I started using a lighter color, with only a hint of green. Check them both out:

Now neither are obviously done, so dont judge them by their complete looks, just let me know your opinion on the skin color (while you are at it, how is the tartan?). The green one hasnt been washed or highlighted at all, the lighter one has been washed but not highlighted yet. Im wanting to go for more of a "realistic" animal feel with the colors, more reptile like, kind of. So I was thinking of maybe doing the big beasts in grays like Rhinos or elephants. Any ideas? Any suggestions on colors for the troops? Thanks!

Trolls vs. Legion

This Saturday I pulled out a dusted off my Trolls, and remembered why I love them. They are just so fun to play. I played my friend Brandon who just bought someone's Legion army. This was Brandon's first time playing with legion, and one of his very first games.

If you do not know about the models I would recommend you go to Battle College to read what they do as you read along with this. It will help out alot and is a great way to learn about other armies.

Deployment

 Legion Deployment

Absylonia (warlock in the middle behind the warbeasts)
Angelius (far right)
Carnivean (warbeast in the middle)
Seraph (warbeast on the left)
x2 Shredders (next to warlock)
Shepherd (next to warlock)
x6 Striders (to the far left)
Strider deathstalker (with the striders)

Trollblood Deployment

Grim Angus (warcaster slightly in middle)

Blitzer (the big troll on far left)

Thumper crew (cannon next to blitzer)

Trollkin Champions (to the right of cannon)

Trollkin Champions Hero (fully painted model next to champs)

Alten Ashley

Troll Impaler

x6 Kriel Warriors with kaber thrower (far left)

The fell caller (behind the warriors) was proxy for the Stone Scribe Chronicler

Viktor Pendrake

Turn 1

 

Trolls went first and simply moved. The impaler and alten took cover behind the wall. The cannon moved towards the hill (along with Blitzer). The champs went to fill the gap and the kriel warriors went to threaten the right side. 

The legion's turn, and they also just moved up. They are trying to get settled into the forest. The striders realized they couldnt really see through that rock formation so they are going around, making the warriors very nervous. 

 

The warriors are trying to figure out what they can do with the striders without being gunned down. They decide to run into their faces, with their prayer to give them extra movement. 

Turn 2

 

Like I said, the trolls run into the faces of the striders. Pendrake runs with them to hide behind the wall to pop out at the right time. The cannon finally gets on the hill. Everyone else just sets up to see what Legion is going to do. 

 

The Angelius charges the thumper crew and destroys them. But that is exactly what I wanted him to do. The other beasts tried to do some shooting, not really doing anything. And the striders! THE STRIDERS! Well the tore through my Kriel warriors. The caber thrower was the only one left and fled. 

Im sorry. I also see I missed a picture. This is actually part of part 3 I believe. Pendrake moved from around the building to get away from the striders. He then knocked down the Seraph. Grim did some shot on the Angelius that also knocked it down. 

Turn 3 (or 4)

 

 Alten Ashley shot the angelius doing some damage. The Champs then got pathfinder, and charged the angelius, the seraph, one shredder and the carnivean in one turn. They completely wiped out the angelius and seraph, it was glorious to my eyes. The blitzer moved to the right in order to prepare to take care of the striders if need be. And the impaler moved up. 

The End

The impaler moved forward and got a crit hit on the carnivean, slamming him into the shepard and killing it. The champs charged and killed a shredder (and Grim killed the other one). The caber thrower rallied and attacked the striders who moved up (sorry im missing pics guys), and the blitzer moved in too, killing a couple. Pendrake ran towards the enemy warlock for the hell of it (make her deal with him). And Brandon gave in. 

Sorry I missed taking pictures. My bad. This was my first time to try and take pics during a game. Hopefully I will get better. Also, I didnt write down what happened so couldnt tell you what spells were cast etc etc. Too much work. haha.

 

Warma/Hordes wishlist

Here is a list of models I know I want.....bad.

Trollblood:
Dire Troll Mauler: It should be obvious why I want him.....he is amaing.
Slag Troll: To help take down some warjacks
Stone Scribe Chronicler
Skaldi Bonehammer: To help beef up the champions even more
Pyg Bushwhackers: shooting at long range.
Totem Hunter: He seems amazing. must have now

Cygnar:
Grenadier
Stormblades with the UA: I want these bad. they seem so awesome!
Captain Arlan Strangewayes

There are other things (of course) I would like. Like the Stryker alternate model, the bomber for trolls, and some things for Khador (since I have the battlebox) like some man o war guys.

If you dont know what any of these are, check out this website, it breaks down every model/unit in the game. Love it.

Battle drinks!

Want to make Warma/Hordes a little more interesting? Want to get hammered while playing? Well you have come to the right place. Yes, a Warmachine/Hordes drinking game. There are a couple different ways you could do this. One of which is you replace your foucs/fury with shots and every time you want to use one you have to take the shot. You will end up on the floor, naked, real fast.

The one I think is better is you have to drink for every damage you warcaster takes. Notice I say drink and not take a shot. This way you can be drinking a beer and if your warcaster takes 10 dmg then you drink for 10 seconds. If he dies, finish the beer.

Does anyone out there have any opinions or other ways to get sloppy while playing?

Also, in Privateer Press No Quarter magazine #11, there are Warmachine themed alcoholic drinks listed in the back, pretty cool.

Privateer Press 10th Anniversary sale

Now is the time to get into Warmachine/Hordes (you should be in it already fool). They are having a great sale. If you buy a battlebox (its a starter set for whichever faction you want) and a token set, then they throw in free, yes free, the rulebook and a tape measure. The shipping is also free. Thats awesome! And if you like their No Quarter magazine (it is great, and kills white dwarf) then you will be happy to hear that they are also having specials on their backstock issues. Click here for all the specials.