Right, ive decided that i want to put the best effort in to my models now, but i often struggle to transfer what i read as advice on to what i paint, so i've decided to ask my fellow gamers at the club for tutoring and general assistance.
just thought i'd say
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Blood Bowl: Har Ganeth Blades
I hope you readers are sat down, because for this week’s blog I actually have some pictures of some models I’ve actually been painting!
It is early stages so far, but I present to you the beginnings of my Dark Elf Blood Bowl team, the Har Ganeth Blades!
I'm entering the club's mini league, and whilst I had originally intended to use my Dwarfs, I was unable to find them when I wanted to start painting, but knew where these guys were, so went with them instead. No worries though as I like using them and had gotten pretty good with them on the PC game which essentially follows the majority of the rules!
I'm going for a fairly balanced and safe starting team with a couple of re-rolls and an apothecary to help me with the fact that I have the minimum 11 players in the team. The team itself will be two Witch Elves, 2 Blitzers and the rest linemen. It may take some time for them to get going, but hopefully I’ll prove to be a fairly elite team once they do!
So now I need to halve my team between painting these guys up and getting used to using them again by gaming on the pc!
Exciting times!
Elsewhere this last week, I had an enjoyable game against a new player using the Warriors of Chaos verses his Vampire Counts. In the end, we called it a draw as we ran out of time, but I think it was heading in his direction to be fair. Although I wasn't exactly going for a win, he was a pretty sharp tactician, so with a bit of practice he'll do well with them!
It is early stages so far, but I present to you the beginnings of my Dark Elf Blood Bowl team, the Har Ganeth Blades!
I'm entering the club's mini league, and whilst I had originally intended to use my Dwarfs, I was unable to find them when I wanted to start painting, but knew where these guys were, so went with them instead. No worries though as I like using them and had gotten pretty good with them on the PC game which essentially follows the majority of the rules!
I'm going for a fairly balanced and safe starting team with a couple of re-rolls and an apothecary to help me with the fact that I have the minimum 11 players in the team. The team itself will be two Witch Elves, 2 Blitzers and the rest linemen. It may take some time for them to get going, but hopefully I’ll prove to be a fairly elite team once they do!
So now I need to halve my team between painting these guys up and getting used to using them again by gaming on the pc!
Exciting times!
Elsewhere this last week, I had an enjoyable game against a new player using the Warriors of Chaos verses his Vampire Counts. In the end, we called it a draw as we ran out of time, but I think it was heading in his direction to be fair. Although I wasn't exactly going for a win, he was a pretty sharp tactician, so with a bit of practice he'll do well with them!
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Ere we go, Ere we go, Ere we go
So, I have managed to get hold of Tickets for the 2011 40k doubles tournament, which mean Mart and I shall be taking his Orks!
I honestly can't wait! we were supposed to go this year, but were unable to make it, and i've been dying to use Mart's Orks ever since!
Now the hard part, need to write up a list that we are both happy with that complies with the slightly altered rules this year. As far as I can tell, we each need a troop and an HQ, then we between us must take one elite, one fast and one elite. I can see that causing some problems to the more elite armies! Hopefully for Orks though, we ought to be able to squeeze in whats needed!
oh, and the best bit, I don't even need to look at a paint brush for this tournament!!!!
more later!
I honestly can't wait! we were supposed to go this year, but were unable to make it, and i've been dying to use Mart's Orks ever since!
Now the hard part, need to write up a list that we are both happy with that complies with the slightly altered rules this year. As far as I can tell, we each need a troop and an HQ, then we between us must take one elite, one fast and one elite. I can see that causing some problems to the more elite armies! Hopefully for Orks though, we ought to be able to squeeze in whats needed!
oh, and the best bit, I don't even need to look at a paint brush for this tournament!!!!
more later!
Friday, 12 November 2010
Nasty Lash and other ponderings
Well, I think that I have found a GT list, and quite by accident to boot! Mart had asked me to field a dual Lash list with plenty of Obliterators so that he could test out his Kan list against something he would struggle against, and boy did he struggle!
I had hoped to use the game to prove to him that a dual Lash/Obliterator army wasn't strong, though it did become apparent very early on that that was not the case.
In fairness, it may be a strong list, but it seems very fragile too, and had a few of the dice rolls gone in Mart's favour instead of mine and the end result would have been very different.
To his credit, Mart battled onwards to the end, and I pushed him as hard as I could, which was strange as we normally have a very relaxed attitude to gaming, but he needed to know how much he could come back by the end of the game, and so I didn't let up and allowed him no mercy, and in the end, he still lost by a fair margin, but not by as much as it would have been had the game finished a turn earlier.
Plus his army was prettier than mine.
But anyway, I think I’ll use this list at the next GT – it may struggle against certain opponents, but it puts the fear of the Chaos Gods in to them too!
The list is:
Whilst writing, I suppose that I ought to say something about the Hull's Angels Welcome Home Tournament I attended last week. It was a two-day Tournament with WFB on the Saturday and 40k on the Sunday. Each day had three games. In essence, I thoroughly embarrassed myself with my results! What was supposed to be a strong WoC list only won a single game, and my super hitty Lord didn't seem to want to hit anyone!
The Dark Angels list was a lot more of a balanced (read: poor) list, and didn't win a single game. One of those losses was against an 11 year old. Laugh it up, everyone else is!
Despite this I had an enjoyable time, and particularly enjoyed gaming against John on the Saturday and Jim on the Sunday!
Sam and Ben did much better however, with Ben winning the WFB Tournament and Sam winning best painted army for his Dwarfs in the WFB tournament and then winning the 40k Tournament.
I'm looking forward to their next tournament; I have a wooden spoon to defend!
In the next few days, I hope to draw together the newest additions of my Warriors of Chaos army which I hope Louise shall be painting up for me in the near future in preparation to get them to at least 3,000 pts for the 2011 Battlefields!
Oh, and finally, back to Mart and his Orks; if you haven’t seen his army yet, check out his Blog!
I had hoped to use the game to prove to him that a dual Lash/Obliterator army wasn't strong, though it did become apparent very early on that that was not the case.
In fairness, it may be a strong list, but it seems very fragile too, and had a few of the dice rolls gone in Mart's favour instead of mine and the end result would have been very different.
To his credit, Mart battled onwards to the end, and I pushed him as hard as I could, which was strange as we normally have a very relaxed attitude to gaming, but he needed to know how much he could come back by the end of the game, and so I didn't let up and allowed him no mercy, and in the end, he still lost by a fair margin, but not by as much as it would have been had the game finished a turn earlier.
Plus his army was prettier than mine.
But anyway, I think I’ll use this list at the next GT – it may struggle against certain opponents, but it puts the fear of the Chaos Gods in to them too!
The list is:
1500 Pts - Chaos Marines RosterI think that I shall be aiming for the Spring GT with this list, so not as much time as I would hope, but still enough I think.
HQ: Chaos Sorcerer (1#, 125 pts)
1 Chaos Sorcerer @ 125 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 31 & 93); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Mark of Slaanesh; Bolt Pistol x1; Force Weapon x1; Independent Character; Sorcerer; Lash of Submission)
HQ: Chaos Sorcerer (1#, 125 pts)
1 Chaos Sorcerer @ 125 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 31 & 93); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Mark of Slaanesh; Bolt Pistol x1; Force Weapon x1; Independent Character; Sorcerer; Lash of Submission)
Troops: Noise Marines (8#, 285 pts)
7 Noise Marines @ 285 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 39 & 97); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Personal Icon; Mark of Slaanesh; Bolt Pistol x7; Close Combat Weapon x7; Sonic Blaster x6; Blastmaster; Fearless)
1 Noise Champion ((C:CSM, pp. 39 & 97); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Melta Bombs; Mark of Slaanesh; Bolt Pistol; Bolter; Doom Siren; Power Weapon; Fearless)
Troops: Noise Marines (8#, 285 pts)
7 Noise Marines @ 285 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 39 & 97); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Personal Icon; Mark of Slaanesh; Bolt Pistol x7; Close Combat Weapon x7; Sonic Blaster x6; Blastmaster; Fearless)
1 Noise Champion ((C:CSM, pp. 39 & 97); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Melta Bombs; Mark of Slaanesh; Bolt Pistol; Bolter; Doom Siren; Power Weapon; Fearless)
Troops: Khorne Berzerkers (9#, 229 pts)
8 Khorne Berzerkers @ 229 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 36 & 98); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Khorne; Bolt Pistol x8; Close Combat Weapon x8; Fearless; Furious Charge)
1 Skull Champion ((C:CSM, pp. 36 & 98); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Khorne; Bolt Pistol x1; Power Fist; Fearless; Furious Charge)
Heavy Support: Obliterators (2#, 150 pts)
2 Obliterators @ 150 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 35 & 96); Unit Type: Infantry; Obliterator Weapons; Power Fist; Deep Strike; Fearless; Slow and Purposeful)
Heavy Support: Obliterators (2#, 150 pts)
2 Obliterators @ 150 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 35 & 96); Unit Type: Infantry; Obliterator Weapons; Power Fist; Deep Strike; Fearless; Slow and Purposeful)
Heavy Support: Obliterators (2#, 150 pts)
2 Obliterators @ 150 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 35 & 96); Unit Type: Infantry; Obliterator Weapons; Power Fist; Deep Strike; Fearless; Slow and Purposeful)
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Whilst writing, I suppose that I ought to say something about the Hull's Angels Welcome Home Tournament I attended last week. It was a two-day Tournament with WFB on the Saturday and 40k on the Sunday. Each day had three games. In essence, I thoroughly embarrassed myself with my results! What was supposed to be a strong WoC list only won a single game, and my super hitty Lord didn't seem to want to hit anyone!
The Dark Angels list was a lot more of a balanced (read: poor) list, and didn't win a single game. One of those losses was against an 11 year old. Laugh it up, everyone else is!
Despite this I had an enjoyable time, and particularly enjoyed gaming against John on the Saturday and Jim on the Sunday!
Sam and Ben did much better however, with Ben winning the WFB Tournament and Sam winning best painted army for his Dwarfs in the WFB tournament and then winning the 40k Tournament.
I'm looking forward to their next tournament; I have a wooden spoon to defend!
In the next few days, I hope to draw together the newest additions of my Warriors of Chaos army which I hope Louise shall be painting up for me in the near future in preparation to get them to at least 3,000 pts for the 2011 Battlefields!
Oh, and finally, back to Mart and his Orks; if you haven’t seen his army yet, check out his Blog!
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Where you at Drax?
Well it has been months since the previous entry, and frankly that is because I haven't painted anything, let alone an Ad Mech fleet! For this reason, I have decided to make this a more rounded blog rather than a painting progress blog.
So what have I been up to since my last post? Well, although there hasn't been much in the way of painting, I’ve certainly not been idle on the modelling front! With the arrival of 8th edition, I have had to drastically alter my Beastmen army to work under the new rules. The standard size that i have worked to is 2,400, although I can fairly easily increase this to at least 2,500 and in all likelihood, 3,000. The reason for the unusual points size is because that has become our group's norm. It is a nice round number which divides easily for the purposes of the percentage system, whilst at the same time isn't so large an army that it takes too long to play, but is still big enough to allow some good options. I shall go further in to what they army now consists of at a later date.
Still on the WFB front, I've also done a bit of tweaking to the Stormkrow tribe. They now have Chaos Warriors rather than just Marauders and Chaos Knights. I've also added the now obligatory Battle Standard and Kalaghar has deemed his tribe worthy of his presence, though he has so far been little short of embarrassing!
Other than this, I've added units to my Dark Angels army for a very good Apoc battle, which took place at Warhammer World, which was to celebrate the stag do for my good friend Sam Dowd.
I also took part in the Hull's Angels Welcome Home Tournament this weekend just gone and I had a great time both taking part and also meeting a fantastic bunch of people, but more on that story later!
So what have I been up to since my last post? Well, although there hasn't been much in the way of painting, I’ve certainly not been idle on the modelling front! With the arrival of 8th edition, I have had to drastically alter my Beastmen army to work under the new rules. The standard size that i have worked to is 2,400, although I can fairly easily increase this to at least 2,500 and in all likelihood, 3,000. The reason for the unusual points size is because that has become our group's norm. It is a nice round number which divides easily for the purposes of the percentage system, whilst at the same time isn't so large an army that it takes too long to play, but is still big enough to allow some good options. I shall go further in to what they army now consists of at a later date.
Still on the WFB front, I've also done a bit of tweaking to the Stormkrow tribe. They now have Chaos Warriors rather than just Marauders and Chaos Knights. I've also added the now obligatory Battle Standard and Kalaghar has deemed his tribe worthy of his presence, though he has so far been little short of embarrassing!
Other than this, I've added units to my Dark Angels army for a very good Apoc battle, which took place at Warhammer World, which was to celebrate the stag do for my good friend Sam Dowd.
I also took part in the Hull's Angels Welcome Home Tournament this weekend just gone and I had a great time both taking part and also meeting a fantastic bunch of people, but more on that story later!
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