Strategic Relocation

It’s a been a little quiet here lately. Over the last few months there’s been far less hobbying whilst I gather my things together ready for a long relocation from the UK to the US. There were many thoughtful moments of what will I try to carry on the flight and what I will commit to the waves and just hope it survives the journey; and trying not to think just how many pieces it may arrive in…

I did decide to carry my entire Tomb King collection with me. Not only does this allow me to jump straight in to games, it’s also my most completely painted collection.

I had signed up for a local discord to the area a month or so before to scope out the gaming scene ahead of my arrival, and was pleased to find it was pretty active. On my first week here, I managed to get a game scheduled, and played a most enjoyable 2v1 game; The orcs and Goblins teaming up with the Tomb kings against a High elf force.

But what that does mean is I have nothing to paint. Or… I didn’t. I caved quite quickly and picked up some Solar Auxilia models to have something to work on while I await the arrival of my collection. As of right now, it’s a battle force with an extra command squad. Enough models to take some time, but in game terms we’re only looking at about 600 points at a stretch.

Since my paints are in the box on the waves too, I bought a small army painter starter set to get some time painting in too. This does limit the colours I can use, but it’s been nice working within those restrictions, and I’m already thinking how I’ll use my other paints when they arrives to work on top of these base colours… Only a few more weeks to wait…

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!

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 🙂