Nostalgia Pangs

With Adepticon under way, I decided to tune in and catch some of the upcoming reveals. The Games Workshop reveals left a lot to be desired, and honestly there’s nothing there that really got me excited for new things.

I guess that’s good for my wallet, but I do miss the days where new releases were really exciting and left me eager to play the game some more or make me want to pick up a new system. I guess this could be attributed to the fact there was no Old world in the mix this time and I’ve pulled back a bit on the other Games workshop games, (aside from Bloodbowl and Horus Heresy). The Solar Auxilia stuff was nice, but since it’s nothing that wasn’t expected, I’m not chomping at the bit to pick up the turrets.

So I decided, on a whim, to have a look what Steamforged games had cooking for Warmachine. For a good while, the majority of the games I was playing were Warmachine, and it’s the only game I’ve ever played enough to participate in tournaments. But I had pretty much distanced myself from Warmachine for a good few years with the arrival of Mark 3 and the slow disappearance of any sort of group who was playing it locally. I finally parted ways with my collection just before my move as I just saw it as dead weight to try and transport it with me (and since most of it was metal, it was quite some weight too!).

What I found while watching the stream is there’s somethimg about the style and setting of Warmachine that really does call to me. And seeing that there are players playing it locally here in some of the local discord groups, I might just be getting the urge to once again raise the banners of Khador and pick up a box for myself to dive back in, especially as it was, for a long time, my favourite tabletop game.

Anyway, just a short post of some recent musings as I still await the arrival of my hobby things….

Until next time 🙂

Way Back When’sday # 7

Welcome back to another Way Back When’sday. Today we’re going to have a look at some Carnevale!

I backed Carnevale many years ago when TTcombat picked up the game. I had played the older edition once when trying out new games with a friend and one thing that immediately grasped us was how cinematic it played. You want to jump from roof to roof and stab someone? Go for it! Want to run up a wall? Excellent!

The black spectre…totally not covered in dust!

I decided to opt in for the Patricians faction first. The Black spectre miniature alone caught my eye a ssuch a great design. And along side this, the noble look of the general faction sold it to me.

As this was also in the timeframe I was purchasing two factions, just in case, I also picked up the Gifted. Now these worked in double as they also are kind of the “mercenary” style of faction. It means I can run them either with the Patricians I had already picked up, but could also run them seperately. Win-win.

Unfortunately though, I haven’t yet found the time (amongst other games being played and there not being enough time in a day) to get them to the table. I really do want to play this game though! If I had enough terrain, as I truly believe this is one of those games that will benefit so heavily from a well terrained board, I would in a heartbeat have some games of this on my own even.

Maybe this is the next project? Who am I kidding… I have too many projects!

Until next time 🙂

Monday Night Bloodbowl

Monday Night is Bloodbowl Night!

Or well…it was. It’s been a moment since I have played consistent Bloodbowl. Honestly, with the announcement of a new edition, there’s been less enthusiasm from me to get a game of bloodbowl going, I may as well wait for the new edition.

But one things for sure, I am excited for those Tomb Kings!

But what of current games? Theres a new league started recently. I have signed up for it, bringing back the Pocket monster team for another outing (will Black Shuck finally meet his end this season!?) And brought out another rookie team; Papa Nurgle’s Pathogents!

Firstly, I don’t like Nurgle. I don’t really like the aesthetic of Nurgle in any iteration it has been brought out in, but they have staying power. I was suggested to at least try them out because they’re much hardier than the other teams I tend to field and I have an amazing ability to just be absolutely crushed in bloodbowl. The dice tend to not stay on my side for longer than a half.

While I don’t think I’ll follow every game this season with the Nurgle, I certainly may give some updates time to time of how they’re fairing for me. So far I’ve had them on the table once, being completely overrun by Elves losing 3-0. Nothing too bad in terms of damage, though one Rotter died in the process. I just need to grind down some teams and gain some SPP and maybe the team could get more fun… Maybe in my game tonight against the orcs…?

Until next time!

Wednesday Wargaming

So today I managed to get in a game of Age of Sigmar Spearhead. Having only ever had a single game of it before, I was eager to snatch up the chance to give it another go, this time with my Gitmob Spearhead!

And it was fun! Albeit rather one sided.

So game one was very much feeling out the game and figuring out the rules. We were both new to it after all. But after a few rounds we certainly began to get the feel of it…. and the lizards swiftly deleted my goblins from the table

And then in to game two, perhaps more luck this time?

No. But it was still fun! I do feel the gitmob seemed to lack hitting power. Perhaps I was missing some trick? Time to dive right in to the youtube battle reports to see how others have played them to get a better idea for my next game. And there will be a next time! the fact I could get through two games in under two hours was incredible. Would recommend!

Until Next time 🙂

Weekend Update 1

As often comes to happen, life gets in the way. So I missed some posts I had wanted to make (generally keeping to my previous formula of my Monday bloodbowl and my Wednesday showcase of old paintings) due to generally being tired out from the heat (alright, it’s nto THAT hot, but I don’t do well in the heat) and work in general. So here’s this weeks updates in brief;

Monday night is bloodbowl night.

Monday saw my usual outing for a game in the league. This time it was my Necromantic team Vs High elves. I wasn’t too confident going in to this one. I know my opponent is a very good bloodbowl player and, well, it’s elves. I tend to struggle against the high agility teams. Not to mention the pile of inducements I was giving him!

First half started well, I maintained some control of the ball, and dice seemed to be in my favour. At first at least. What started off well soon turned in to some full on elf action and whule the game was very enjoyable, it ended in a 4-0 loss for me. Pesky elves.

As the league is slowly starting to wrap up and I still have many more games I need to somehow squeeze in, today I had a second Bloodbowl game. This time it was my Khorne Vs Wood elves. More elves! I again expected another loss. I’ve not really played wood elves before and I know them to be very tricky to pin down. And since I’ve not necessarily done well with the Khorne so far, I figured this might be a quick game. And it was a rather quick game in that it was oiver a lot quicker than my usual games.

A win! In a stark contrast to how my games usually go, the dice gods had decided to very confidentally sway the game in my favour. I rolled so many knock outs this game it was absurd. And an unfortunate take root roll meant the treeman stayed out of the action for a very severly outnumbered wood elf team. 2-0 to me, and a huge boost to my morale this league! This monday’s game is booked still too, but another friendly coming up 🙂

Speaking of bloodbowl, since this league is wrapping up, I’m slowly starting to decide which teams I might consider running next season. Considering Chaos dwarves…

Other painting projects this week. I had the urge to paint some of my epic Pike and shotte, so made a start on a unit of the Scots Covenanters pike and musket unit.

And then, when I was too tired for details, I’ve been priming a whole lot of Epic Napoleonic. Hoping to have this bunch fully painted for when I start a campaign with a friend. This is all the stuff needed for “The action at Thuin” start to the Hundred days campaign supplement

That’s been my week of wargaming. I still have stuff in the pipeline. 5 parsecs I’m working on my crew and the terrain for the first mission. Once it’s done the weekly updates will roll out!

I never do ask, but what’s been on your work in progress table? What games have you been playing?

Until next time 🙂

Way back When’s Day #4

Back to showing off some old miniatures! These ones aren’t so old but aren’t posted anywhere. I figured it’s time to show off my Old world Tomb Kings.

Tomb kings receive a thrashing at the hands of some wood elves

Tomb kings were the first army I picked up way back in 2003 and my first foray into wargaming proper. I remember the excitement of deciding which army I wanted to collect then seeing these incredible looking new egyptian themed skeletons. I immediately picked up an army box and got to work on building them.

Not much survives of these original models I had, having sold them on after warhammer fantasy was killed off but when I saw they intended to bring them back as the poster boys of The old world, it was a given that I needed to get back into it.

As much as I have heard that the new dragon is a love it or hate it model, I certainly think it works as an amazing centrepiece model for the army, and provides the otherwise fragile heirophant a decent spot.

I opted to go for the classic red weapons, to give the army that classic look. Something I was never too interested in doing first time around was the painting. This time however, I managed to get a lot of it batch painted, focusing on completing all the bone in one go before picking out the individual colours. Especially on the core skeletons. I think they came out okay.

I still have plenty to paint. There is always more skeletons. That will always be the problem with undead armies. Skeletons are never too expensive so you can always have a lot of them.

Until next time 🙂

To start starting proper

It’s been a minute.

I keep meaning to get things going but then lose the inspiration to do so. So new goal is to try keep things consistent, keep the motivation to work on things.

And my solution lately has been to focus on games with solo gaming options.

Right now my attention is fully gripped with Black Seas.

Why? Well, there are solo scenarios! This certainly helps for sure but I do think the main reason lies in the fact that I have found boat games to be incredibly fun (Dystopian wars, Firestorm armada) there’s something about their mechanics that always grants a fun time.

Stay tuned, as I fully intend to get a fully painted fleet finished soon, and then it’s just a matter of recording a game!

Way back When’sday #3

So this one is a more recent “way back when” I suppose. When I got full in to my age of sigmar swing, buying Fyreslayers, and then the Kharadron overlords; I began looking at various models that weren’t too costly that helped me plug the point gap to make a nice even 1000 point army. And I found one.

The Gyrocopter/Gyrobomber kit was just the right fit. Easy to build so that both options could be used, and only 80/90 points too! And considering I picked it up at a reasonable price too it was a win win situation all around.

Considering I never used to like dwarf models, I really have too many of them now…

Gyro bomber (Ill finish painting this variation one day…)

Monday’s Miniature #3 …But it’s Tuesday?

So I had planned for this to go up yesterday, but then I thought why rush this when I can add more content? So I did.

For today’s post, I decided to upload some of my collection of the Privateer Press Minicrate models ( https://www.mini-crate.com) that I have so far painted up. I’ve collected these from the first box, and boy are they good fun! Such variety with each model, and each one I’ve felt is generally an improvement on the original model it was based off of.

Seeker Of Silence (Sylys Wyshnalyrr), Ahes to Ashlynn (Ashlynn d’Elyse), Runeball Wizard (Gun mage captain adept),

The geist of Christmas yet to come (Feralgeist)

Way back when’sday #2

Back when Warmachine had been enough of a dominant game on the gaming tables of my local group, we had begun to look for a game to give a bit of variation and the game we started up was Malifaux. The card mechanic was such an interesting change from dice and the models looked wonderful. Well they did, but then along came the second edition, and oh boy was I wrong. THESE models looked wonderful. So naturally I bought a lot of them. At the time I owned a huge portion of the Arcanist faction. I’ve since then downsized a bit, but I still have a fair few of them, and these are probably some of my favourites; Kaeris’ crew: