tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75686687872795625262024-02-19T21:03:02.683+11:00Back In Drew's DayMy thoughts on my hobbies, focussing primarily on miniature wargaming and board gaming. I like to paint, I like to theme, I like puns. I make no apologies for what you may read.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-74717931928324519092016-09-26T10:20:00.001+10:002016-10-01T21:24:06.053+10:00Axemaster TO Wrap-Up and ResultsAxemaster 2016 has come and gone. I just though I'd post a few of my thoughts and observations, as well as results.<br />
On the day, I wasn't expecting to play as we had an even number of entrants. One player dropped out, meaning I was needed to step up and complete the draw! Whilst I don't at all mind playing more Kings of War, it meant I didn't get a chance to take any photos. Hopefully I can steal some off others when they post them up.<br />
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I only played three of the rounds; one player dropped out after round 3, giving me a chance to catch up on paperwork!<br />
Round 1 was against Newcomer (but Warhammer Vet.) Ben Leopold and his elves. The scenario was loot, but I lost 1-19<br />
Round 2 was against current Victorian Champ Andrew Goodman, who was a late entry. I have no idea how he ended up on the bottom table! The scenario was dominate, which ended up with a fairly close game, but ultimately went to Andrew (5-15).<br />
Round 3 was against terrainist Owen Top, who produced the titular Top Table, an his dwarf brewers and pressers. The scenario was invade, and whilst the scenario condition was a draw, I managed to claw back 2 points on attrition (so a 12-8 result).<br />
Round 4 was a bye, and the standard award for such a game seems to be 12 points, so that's what I took.<br />
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The day was great. There were a few minor failings of the software used to run the event (all home-made, so only one person at fault there!) I only adjudicated one contentious rules call, but such things are necessary at times (it was the top two players, in the final round). They still seemed to be good mates after the game!<br />
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There was a great atmosphere for the whole day, and I though that people were in great spirits. It was a pretty laid back tournament, although I did have to crack the whip a few times to get games done. One rookie KoW TO mistake that I made was to assume that since games were running on chess clocks, they would automatically run to the event schedule. This was a bit naive possibly, as game 1 for me was nearly 15 minutes overtime. Determined not to let the end blow out (people have places to be and families to get home to), I pushed each game to start and finish on time. Players responded well to this, and I think everyone managed to get a break here or there.<br />
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Leading up to the event, I was a little worried that entrants were a bit thin. I wanted to cover venue costs and have a little extra cash to cover extra embellishments (like trophies, etc..). In the end, I didn't make the 20 players that I needed and ended up running at a loss. I'm not upset by this, as I think the day was worth it, but I'll probably be a bit more cautious if I run any other events. I do have other ideas for tournaments up my sleeve for next year!<br />
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Speaking of trophies, Peter Spiller did a great job of designing and printing trophies for this years' winners. The first Axemaster (that I'm aware of, in over 25 years) to award axes to winners! Trophies are a great memento for players, and for some are more valuable than product. I hope we can keep this tradition going.<br />
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Prize support was great, so a big thank you to our three prize sponsors:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.manticgames.com/" target="_blank">Mantic Games</a>, without whom we wouldn't have a game to play!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><a href="http://terrainforhippos.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Terrain for Hippos</a>, providing the awesome Top Table. Whilst not all of the terrain on the table was awarded to the recipient, it was all made by Owen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The sponsorship was great, and I think quite a generous offering for the number of players we had. Given support, I was able to award the following prizes and trophies:<br />
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<li>1st Overall</li>
<li>2nd Overall</li>
<li>3rd Overall </li>
<li>Best General (highest BP total outside of top 3) </li>
<li>Best Presented (peer voted award)</li>
<li>Best Sport (peer voted award)</li>
<li>Best Newcomer (best performance for a first time Kings of War tournament player)</li>
<li>Last Place</li>
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Alright, on to results:<br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Green names</span> are tournament newcomers. Let's hope this isn't their only one!<br />
N.B. Ben K and Matt S are tied for 8th.<br />
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I'd love to get your <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RQNNC3H" target="_blank">feedback </a>on the event. Even if you didn't attend, perhaps you can still make the next one better! <br />
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Thanks to all players and sponsors. Next up: MikeCon 4. Register early to support the scene!<br />
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At MikeCon 3, I encountered a bit of a problem. Whilst playing on highly detailed and landscaped tables looks really cool, I felt is added a layer of impracticailtiy: namely rolling dice. It felt like my dice were forver getting caught in the cracked ground or gaps between board sections. I felt I needed to do something. Dice trays seem to be all the rage right now, so I felt like throwing my take in the ring.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the stuff I used. Tape, Knife, Pencil, Ruler, Sheet of Paper (can be scrap, but must be whole), Bamboo Tray from Reject Shop ($9) and Felt (<$2 at Spotlight). My felt is the adhesive kind; non-adhesive would require a gluing stage. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1. Cut your paper into 4 peices. Each should have one precise 90 degree corner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2. Place one peice of paper into on corner. The precise 90 degree corner should be in the tray's corner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3. Add another peice, making sure the 90 degree corner is also right in a corner. Tape it to the first.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5. This should yeild a template with the exact same dimensions as the tray.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6. Use this to cut out your felt. The self-adhesive felt has a backing sheet- use this side to outline your template.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8. Peel back one corner of your felt and anchor it right in the corner of your tray.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10. Completed!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolling dice never felt so satisfying!</td></tr>
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Also popular are high-sided photo frames, but I couldn't ind one that was smaller than my felt. The handle-holes have so far not allowed any dice through.<br />
I imagine that if your felt was not self-adhesive, you would apply PVA
liberally, smooth it it, lay the felt and put a snug-fitting book on top
until the PVA dries. Sources say that you don't want the felt coming free; unstuck bits really get in the way. There were many more colour choices for non-adhesive felt, but I was going for convenience here. This tray took less time to make than to blog about making it!<br />
I'll try making some in line with my armies I think.<br />
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<br />And yes; I totally felt the need to keep using that word! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-48489974523541936032016-08-21T20:00:00.001+10:002016-08-21T20:08:25.448+10:00MikeCon 3 Wrap-UpMikeCon 3 is done. It was my first MikeCon, and my second Kings of War Tournament. Mike has been running a series of simple, non-nonsense tournaments to try and rev-up the Kings of War community. Number 3seemed like a hit!<br />
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My <a href="http://backindrewsday.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Wood%20Elf%20Orcs" target="_blank">goblin army</a> army included:<br />
A Regiment of Fleabag Sniffs with Caterpillar Potion<br />
6 Regiments of Spitters<br />
2 Hordes of Trolls<br />
A Big Rock Lobber<br />
2 War Trombones<br />
A Giant<br />
A Slasher<br />
A Naked Biggit<br />
A Mounted Flaggit<br />
3 Wizes with Wind Blast, Lightning and Bane Chant. One had the Inspiring Talisman and one had the Fire-Heart Amulet<br />
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The army was what I could produce with the models I had a minimal effort to "fix up" (ie, convert from a Warhammer Army). I treated all of the Orcs in the army as Goblins, as I didn't have enough of either to make a main force with allies. <br />
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<b>Round 1- </b>Invade<br />
<b>Opponent- </b>Andrew Goodman<br />
<b>Army- </b>Elves<br />
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I haven't played against elves before, but I'm told Andrew's list was pretty bog standard; A Dragon Lord, Drakon Hero, Mage, Drakon Riders, Horde of Archers, Two Regiments of Knights, A unit of Palace Guards and two Bolt Throwers<br />
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Andrew Set up with a bit of a fire base in the middle, and two hard-hitting components on either side. I set up in a similar fashion, but for some inexplicable reason deployed my spitters in two lines. My mages went in and around them. I put a monster, horde of trolls and an inspiring hero on each flank, backed by a trombone.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pressure applied to the right</td></tr>
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Andrew came right at me, and applied enough pressure on each flank to punch a hole in it so that I wasn't able to effectively counter-charge. My spitters floundered in the middle, unable to decide on a target so losing much of their effectiveness. Eventually Andrew crushed my flanks, and whilst I managed to take something out on each flank, my combat units buckled and he was able to feast upon my squishy spitter center.<br />
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<b>Results:</b> 2-18 Loss<br />
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This game (in fact, much of the tournament) was a bit of a learning experience for me. I realised that whilst my spitters had numbers, I still needed to pick a target early on and concentrate fire. A double-line was silly and basically wasted half of them. Hills were much more of a boon than I previously though, and luckily all my other games had ample hills in them. I had plenty of muscle in this army (despite the masses of spitters), but I had to use it carefully.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trolls are surrounded on the left</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not looking good</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There used to be trolls, but now just a dead trombone and flaggit</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddQjIDThPyYWOL_Ghp_Qo1RnPoZ5o704M1J5wfdtHTZHQB5CzW9qFezakvcOR6YLhLYUYy0qL1aginl0KvDbCQu0h8qv8HNCz_1ePUEqLcii-5U70cP6dkaUqBF0bO9zZbJ7eZBqRIvWh/s1600/DSC_0418.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddQjIDThPyYWOL_Ghp_Qo1RnPoZ5o704M1J5wfdtHTZHQB5CzW9qFezakvcOR6YLhLYUYy0qL1aginl0KvDbCQu0h8qv8HNCz_1ePUEqLcii-5U70cP6dkaUqBF0bO9zZbJ7eZBqRIvWh/s400/DSC_0418.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why are they in two lines?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now you see the Drakon Riders...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and now you don't!</td></tr>
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<b>Round 2- </b>Loot<br />
<b>Opponent- </b>Michael Bertrand<br />
<b>Army- </b>Abyssals<br />
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Abyssals were another new experience for me. Michael's army had some Flame Bearers (two regiments, two troops), a Horde of Lesser Abyssals, Two Regiments of Succibi, Two Efreet on foot, and Abyssal Champion on foot and an Allied Regiment of Son's of Korgan. Virtually every unit had a magic item on it, but I can't remember what they all were.<br />
I made a bit of a mistake in setup here; I allowed a loot counter to be placed <i>just</i> outside of a forest, and didn't choose that side. This made it easy for Michael to get a unit up to the counter, grab it, and run, all without being seen (due to the forest hiding him).<br />
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In this game, I set up with my spitters in the middle, in a single close-packed line. I then put a group of trolls+monster on each flank. The spitters sat guarding the central loot counter, and the combat groups went for each flank. Due to a big, tall rock stack, the game was effectively split into three smaller sections; a fight for each counter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The spider was a bit cocky here.</td></tr>
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On my right, I had Trolls, Slasher, Biggit, a trombone and Fleabags facing off with an Efreet, Regiment of Succubi, Troop of flame bearers and a somewhat distant regiment of Sons of Korgan. My stone thrower was on a hill on this side, too. The loot counter here was in the middle of a forest.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The right is won- now looking centrally</td></tr>
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The succubi ignored the counter to begin with, and charged my slasher. Despite being inside the forest, and succubi routed the slasher in one charge. Fortunately, I countered with my trolls and fleabags, leaving me in a strong position. The trombone managed to get rid of the efreet, and the stone thrower took out the troop of flame bearers and the sons of Korgan with a bit of help from the trombone. One token secure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scrum on the left</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deployment and movement on the left</td></tr>
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Meanwhile, on my left, I had a tough time spotting the enemy because of the aforementioned screening forest. My trolls and giant ran up to contest as best as they could, supported by the flaggit, whilst the spitters sat back on the hill and provided covering fire. The enemy had provided a Regiment of Succubi, Troop of Flame Bearers, Horde of Lesser Abyssals, Regiment of Flame Bearers (with the Jar of the Winds) and Abyssal Champion. My combat units pretty much mutually annihilated his Succubi and Lesser Abyssals, and I had a shooting match with the Flame Bearers (who were the last to hold the objective). Eventually I shot out the Flame Bearers, and the objective was uncontested at the end of the game.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just before the last two loot tokens are dropped</td></tr>
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Centrally, I had three Spitter Regiments and Wizes facing off against a Troop and Regiment of Flame Bearers and an Efreet. The shooting match was reasonably even, but when my Fleabags managed to come in after securing my flank, I was able to take the center objective.<br />
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<b>Results:</b> 17-3 Win<br />
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I feel that I concentrated fire a bit more effectively in this game, as well as using my combat detachments better as a formation. I brought more muscle to the flanks, and had enough chaff in the middle to clog it up. My first win- huzzah!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The horde is gone... but the giant is about to fall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sons of Korgan are shot to death</td></tr>
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<b>Round 3- </b>Pillage<br />
<b>Opponent- </b>Matthew Sellick<br />
<b>Army- </b>Elves<br />
<b><br /> </b>Matt's army was quite similar to Andrew's, but replaced the Dragon-mounted characters and a second unit of knights with a whole bunch of Trees; A Forest Herder, Horde of Shamblers and a Regiment of Hunters. Instead of a horde regular archers, Matt had taken sea guard. This army had much more of a Wood Elf theme to it, match my own. Matt had a Dragon amongst his models, despite not having one in his list, which really psyched me out (it shouldn't have, I had read his list!) <br />
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The table was quite devoid of difficult terrain. There was a forest on one flank, and a bunch of buildings on the other. All of the objective markers were scattered among the buildings. I deployed all of my spitters in front of the objective, supported by rock lobber, trombones and Wizes. Matt deployed opposite. I then put all of my fast-moving, hard hitting stuff on the other flank.<br />
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Matt ran forward with his tree-spirit vanguard moves, and the game was afoot. I had first turn, and managed to focus enough firepower on the Dryad/Hunters to route them. This became a bit of a recurring theme- each turn I would focus enough arrow fire, lightning and rocks to take out a combat unit; Dryads, Forest Shamblers, Drakon Riders. The fact that his army approached one-at-a-time meant I could do this quite effectively. Vanguard had worked in my favour, here.<br />
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Meanwhile, my trolls, giant and slasher moved up on the off-flank, and managed to get the knights and sea guard.<br />
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The spitters were able to walk forward and grab the objectives whilst the giant clashed with the Forest Herder in the the middle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sniffs and slasher take out some elf fast cavalry on the right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dryads were to the right of this house, but didn't survive my first volley. The shamblers didn't survive the second</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Drakon Riders get amongst my lines...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but only take one regiment before falling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My heavy right flank shuts the door</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting closer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The knights pounce, and take out a unit of trolls...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...And quickly get removed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Herder approaches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And starts to mess up the joint</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sniffs saw an opportunity to charge the sea guard flank, but it didn't work out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The slasher attacks the weakened Sea Gaurd...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...But is taken out in response.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trolls take more revenge.</td></tr>
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<b>Results:</b> 17-3 Win<br />
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I believe this was my army performing at its best; The spitters concentrate fire to take down threats one at a time and the combat elements managing to face the enemy's flank and hit coherently. Vanguard really didn't work in Matt's favour; I was able to take advantage of it and shrug off some units that could have really messed with me if they had managed to get stuck in.<br />
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<b>Round 4- </b>Kill<br />
<b>Opponent- </b>Greg Johnson<br />
<b>Army- </b>League of Rhordia<br />
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Another army that I hadn't played before, but controlled by one of my more regular opponents, Greg. His army had a Mounted Character, A Mage on foot, A Steam Tank, Two Horde of Honour Guard, A Horde of Dogs of War, A Regiment of Heavy Infantry (?), An Altar (?) and Allied Hordes of Ogre Shooters and Boomers.<br />
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Greg stacked my left flank, with a couple of units in the middle. I put all of my spitters against his bulk, with trolls, slasher and fleabags on the far right, trolls and giant on my left flank. The terrain was dominated by a couple of large rock formations, which really funneled the action.<br />
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Greg came at me (bro), whilst my far right contingent went at his center. My shooting didn't do a lot,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trolls pull some bullshit</td></tr>
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and eventually Greg and I clashed. I screened with some spitters, before my trolls hit one of his Honour Guard Hordes. I fluffed their attacks, but managed to roll a double 6 to route, meaning they wavered and got right in the way of the rest of Greg's flank. This one event seemingly gummed our armies up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Melee!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the melee</td></tr>
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In the ensuing melee, I was helped by the fact that I had a lot of expendable units in my army, as well as lots of close-range shooting. Greg just couldn't get his combat nasties into anything that mattered. It didn't help that Greg gregged*, putting a ridiculous amount of lightning and eventually a combat hero into my wizes and only managing to kill one after about 4 turns.<br />
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<b>Results:</b> 17-3 Win<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, one of the wizes is killed. NB, the rock lobber is alive, just poorly </td></tr>
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This was probably the least justified of my wins. My army did it's thing to the best of it's ability (limit enemy mobility with chaff and shoot up-close). However, really what did it for me was a freak wavering of Greg's honour guard, bringing the gross maneuvering to a stand-still and wearing Greg down.<br />
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*To <i>greg</i>; to fail despite superior competency and position due to regular and sustained poor dice rolling. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White "balance"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My line, before Greg arrived</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greg starts to engage and kill some spitters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The biggit lurks. A pity being in the forest made him vulnerable</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The giant declines to charge the honour guard. He was better off taking thei rcharges out of the forest and letting the trombones shoot them. If he charged them he would invite them to countercharge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The right flank advances on the Dogs of War, after trying to ruin Greg's camera</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And pounce!</td></tr>
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Overall, I came third(!), a completely unexpected result. I did
submarine a bit, getting hit hard in the first round and giving me a
relatively easy run (I only played one top-half player). I also took out
best army, which I was pleased with. I picked up a clockwork <i>Bones </i>dragon for my efforts and a <i>Reaper</i> unicorn.<b> </b><br />
A great event, expertly run by Mike Crossman at <a href="http://houseofwar.com.au/" target="_blank">House of War</a>. Next on the calendar is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/549691868566156/" target="_blank">Axemaster</a>, on the 25th Septermber. I'll be on the radio in the next few days, doing a bit on <a href="http://directmisfire.podbean.com/" target="_blank">Direct Misfire</a>. I'll have to work on my presenting voice. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-1393197420368477382016-07-28T11:49:00.001+10:002016-07-28T11:49:35.583+10:00The Ship has Sailed...So after ConVic, an offer was made to buy my Ogres. I have, <a href="http://backindrewsday.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/pirate-ogres-revist.html#more" target="_blank">in the past</a>, discussed selling them, but it certainly wasn't on the radar at this time. However, I was happy with the offer and even better; it came with a comission to produce more for the army. I can continue working on the army without having to worry about fianancing it. Sure, it's not my army any more, but that doesn't detract from my satisfaction in building and painting it. It did leave me in the lurch, though...<br />
<a name='more'></a>...I had no other armies that were ready for Kings of War!<br />
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I actually only have two armies:<br />
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<li><a href="http://landomisfittoys.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/warlord-games-celt-woc-army.html" target="_blank">The Celts</a> who predate this blog and have never featured. This link is to Brad's old blog, which had a post on them. There really wasn't enough in this army to make a full 2000 point list, and since I don't want a major meodelling project of my own (I've got a comission to complete!), these guys wou;dn't suit.</li>
<li><a href="http://backindrewsday.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Wood%20Elf%20Orcs" target="_blank">The Wood Elf Greenskins. </a>These guys wouldn't quite work as they were simply because the army has too many orc archers. These guys can only be used at troops in Kings of War, and one can't have an army that is all troops.</li>
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I decided that I could get the Greenskins into a playable state with the least effort. That was on Saturday. Here are what I finished on Tuesday:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A mixed* Spitter Regiment</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troll Horde 1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troll Horde 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 of 2 Fleabag Riders</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another angle</td></tr>
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In coming up with a list to use, I think I have a solution to work. The army as a whole had too many orc archers to make an orc list with goblin allies, or a goblin list with orc allies. In the end, I decided to go with a pure goblin list, counting all of my orcs as goblins. This allowed me to use all of my orc archers without having to produce some orc grunts to access troops. </div>
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The trolls and cavalry really didn't need rebasing, but I wanted to just fot consistency. The mixed regiments did need to me multi-based, as it will make it easier to identify what they represent: goblin spitters! I'm not worried about ambiguity here; there are <u>no</u> orcs in this list (that is, on paper). </div>
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I figured out what I think is a pretty useful hack for multi-basing: Black Milliput. When ranking up a multi-based unit, doing a dummy run with Blu Tac helps with positioning before actually gluing things down. Milliput is as flexible as Blu Tac, but holds as firmly as super glue. Using the black variety means that it doesn't stand out like a sore thumb; you can leave it exposed and it isn't really noticable. Sure, the bond could break (like superglue), but then gluing the model back into place becomes a lot more effective as you now have a much greater sufac area for superglue to be effective.</div>
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So now I have a viable goblin army! This is what I plan to take to MikeConIII:</div>
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So yes, some of the characters are still orcs, and are on 25mm bases. I could rebase them, but they are all pinned, so I think that I'll just take advantage of the fact that I can use larger bases where needed. If anyone takes real issue, I guess I'll pop them off. The eagle squigs will need a rectangular base attached, but I think I'll just make a footprint out of plasticard and stick it to the underside of the round bases.</div>
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ConVic is done for 2016. Here's a bit of a write-up. I must admit, I only thought to take photos from game 2, and I didn't' bother then because Greg was already taking them an he had an actual camera. I'm sure he'll do a write-up soon; I'll link it when he does. Enjoy my report!<br />
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<a name='more'></a>My 1000 point list was the best gunline I could devise with my models at hand:<br />
Two Regiments of shooters<br />
A regiment of siege breakers<br />
Two Goblin Blasters<br />
Two Warlocks (one with inspiring)<br />
A regiment of Berserker Braves <br />
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<u><b>Game 1</b></u><br />
<b>Opponent: </b>Andrew Goodman (the TO himself!)<br />
<b>Army: </b>Abyssal Dwarves<br />
<b>Scenario: </b>Kill<br />
There wasn't a lot to say about this game, and I don't have any pictures so that won't make my 1000 words...<br />
I think I managed to shoot out a regiment of Black Souls before Andrew engaged with my mostly-shooty army, but he had enough shooting to take out my blasters before they could impede his progress. The rest of his army closed on mine and made short work of it.<br />
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<b>Result: </b>17-3 Loss<br />
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<u><b>Game 2</b></u><br />
<b>Opponent: </b>Greg Johnson<br />
<b>Army: </b>Ogres<br />
<b>Scenario: </b>Invade (get stuff into the opposing table half)<br />
Greg's minor army was reasonably similar to mine, with a bit less shooting, a bit more combat and no blasters. <br />
However, a lucky first-turn rout managed allowed Greg to get fire superiority over me, putting me well on the back foot. Given that my plan was to shoot him as he tried to get to me, I just didn't have the army to bear him. Not great for the scenario, either!<br />
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<b>Result: </b>18-2 Loss<br />
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The army, whilst fun on paper, really didn't have enough guts to be effective. Oh well, I didn't have to use it any more.<br />
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My 1500 point army was all combat:<br />
Two units of warriors with shields<br />
A unit of Boomers<br />
Two hordes of siege breakers<br />
Two blasters<br />
An army standard<br />
A warlord on Chariot<br />
A warlord on foot<br />
(some items scattered around)<br />
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<u><b>Game 3</b></u><br />
<b>Opponent:</b> Kevin Gray Hamilton<br />
<b>Army:</b>Varangur<br />
<b>Scenario: </b>Dominate (have units within 12" of the center of the board)<br />
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Kevin's army had a two unit of [Chaos Warriors], two units of [hounds], two units of [marauders], a giant and a sorcerer. I'm making a point of using the old Warhammer names, as this kinds of cost me a strong starting position. A unit of hounds was sloppily allowed into the flank of one of my siege breakers. With a pack of chaos hounds in my mind, I hadn't considered this a threat worthy of mitigating. I was proven wrong when they single-highhandedly took out one horde siege breakers and I had to use both blasters to stop them getting another, and there went my center.</div>
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The right flank was looking stronger, but sadly I had to get models into the central area to score, so this wasn't much help. I also learned that Warlords on chariots are wildly difficult to <span data-dobid="hdw">manoeuvre</span>.<br />
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The left flank was a bit of a dance, and both of us really held off committing.<br />
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In the last turn, both of us suddenly realised our objectives, and both just kinda gave up the dance.Kevin had the advantage though, so the game was his.<br />
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I really learned in this game that I need to stop seeing Warhammer equivalents in this game. Even the lowly unit of hounds proved a massive threat, which I stupidly did little to counter until it had done its damage.<br />
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<b>Result: </b>14-6 loss (I think!)<br />
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<u><b>Game 4</b></u><br />
<b>Opponent:</b> Mike Crossman<br />
<b>Army: </b>Brotherhood<br />
<b>Scenario: </b>Pillage<br />
Mike's <strike>Bretonnian </strike>Brotherhood army had a bit of everything it seemed. I was concerned by getting outflanked by knights, so I deployed quite cagily behind the large piece of wall in my deployment zone. I was pretty knackered at this point, so I didn't think too much about what I was doing, which was obviously not a good idea!<br />
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I ended playing less cagily than I had deployed, but the late change of plan fell in a heap and I was quickly surrounded and consumed.</div>
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I don't recall a lot of what happened during the game, but it wasn't pretty.<br />
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<b>Result:</b> 16-4 loss<br />
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My 2000 point list was a bit of a merger of the two previous lists:<br />
2 Hordes of Siege Breakers<br />
2 Regiments of Warriors<br />
1 Regiment of Boomers<br />
1 Regiment of Bersekrers<br />
1 Regiment of Chariots<br />
2 Goblin Blasters<br />
1 Warlord on Chariot with 6+ armour<br />
1 Warlord on foot<br />
Warlock with inspiring talisman<br />
Warlock <br />
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<u><b>Game 5</b></u><br />
<b>Opponent: </b>Peter Spiller<br />
<b>Army: </b>Undead<br />
<b>Scenario: </b>Loot<br />
Pete's army was fairly compact, and I though I should be able to drive my blasters up where I wanted them with little chaffe to get in the way.<br />
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One blaster claimed a loot, but ended up losing it to a unit of wraiths whom my warriors had failed to wound. This meant the wraiths could still fly, so they did in order to take out the Blaster with the loot. They managed this, but routed themselves in the resulting explosion!</div>
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The unit of ogers who so incompetently failed to wound the wraiths or hurt this necromancer. Time to sack them!<br />
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<b>Result: </b>Pete had all three tokens.<br /><br />
<u><b>Game 6</b></u><br />
<b>Opponent: </b>Ben Morrison<br />
<b>Army:</b>Undead<br />
<b>Scenario: </b>Pillage and Kill<br />
Ben is a Warhammer veteran (at least up until 7th ed), but this was his 7th game of Kings of War. I still didn't like my chances.<br />
Ben had an even more compact army, with multiple cavalry units and three casters, one of which was Morgoth the Faceless!<br />
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An unlocky final turn saw my charriots and warlord fail to rout this unit of mummies, despite over 30 attacks with thunderous charge. The two units didn't survive the counter-assualts.<br />
I didn't actually manage to rout anything, but lost my own army in the process. Great! <br />
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<b>Result: </b>20-0 <br />
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<u><b>Game 7</b></u><br />
<b>Opponent:</b> Matthew Sellick<br />
<b>Army:</b> Ogres<br />
<b>Scenario: </b>Invade with Assassination<br />
Matthew's army was quite different to mine. He had two Mammoths and a Legion of Ogres. I elected to assassinate the legion, so that I could concentrate my efforts. Matt targeted one of my Hordes. <br />
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I managed to drive both blasters into the front of the legion, which put it right on the brink. <br />
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The berserker braves rudely ignored the efforts of a legion, horde and army standard. (snake eyes!) This allowed my siege breakers into the flank of the legion, and allowed the braves to take out the army standard. A bit of luck!<br />
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My siege breakers in the flank were more than enough to mop up the legion.<br />
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The legion was dead, my army was still in pretty good shape. Matt made a better effort than me to get his stuff into my table half, but with the assassination, I was able to snatch the victory.<br />
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<b>Result</b>: 14-6 win!<br />
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I ended up coming dead last in this event. All the same, it was a lot of fun (as tournaments always are!) and I hope that the Kings of War community is able to fill the void left by the Warhammer community. To that end, I will be entering Mikecon 3 in August, and I will hopefully run Axemaster in September.<br />
I didn't end up taking home the wooden-spoon prize, despite earning it. This was, however, because I had won the somewhat more prestigious Best Presented award! This was a nice result, and one I usually put more effort into achieving. It was also nice to know the ogres still had it. <br />Sadly, this was the last time I play with the Ogres. I ended up selling the army to Mike not long after the event. But it's not the end; He has commissioned me to add a lot more to the army, so there will be new life in the army that I started nearly 8 years ago!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-32973512441200351052016-07-06T19:49:00.000+10:002016-07-06T20:04:05.482+10:00ConVic Ready<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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If you read my blog and you're not aware that <a href="http://convic.com.au/" target="_blank">ConVic </a>is this weekend, that puts you in an extremely small subset of the population. Nevertheless, ConV<i>is</i> this weekend, and having been on holidays from work I've been busy at the hobby table! I'll get some whole army shots when I've got some better light (probably at the event), but you can see what sort of progress I've made.<br />
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The iron guts can function as both Warriors and Siege Breakers. The change is in the graphic on the sail the addition/removal of shields hung on the gunwale I don't foresee ever actually using Warriors with two handed weapons, but the option is there. I will avoid both in the same army- it could cause confusion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone knows that the easiest way to turn a black powder weapon into a bomb is with a cork. Naturally</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new (2nd) goblin blaster</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-11702004214023444052016-06-26T15:03:00.001+10:002016-06-26T15:03:16.638+10:00Bring me the Horizon!I'm getting pretty close to my goal! Here are a few pics of where things stand:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The smaller boats are complete, excepting the masts. The mast timber needs a bone brush, and obviously the sails are not started yet. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bowsprits were added to facilitate some figure heads. I had a few figures from the Eureka "Gentleman's' Range" that I bought in my misguided youth. This was a good way to use up some figures that has sat unused for quite a while now.</td></tr>
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So looking well on-track for ConVic in two weeks. At this point, I need to:</div>
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<li>Complete the mermaid tails. I can't figure out how to texture the tails without rolling out dozens of tiny beads to flatten into scales, so I may leave them smooth. Thy still need a fin on the end. </li>
<li>Drybrush the masts</li>
<li>Paint the sails</li>
<li>Paint the bowsprits and figure heads</li>
<li>Give everything a hit of Dulcote</li>
<li>Gloss the water</li>
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This is mostly trivial. If I get time before ConVic, I'd like to:<br />
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<li>Build a new Goblin Blaster (because the boat I'm currently using doesn't look quite right). I will use materials and figures that are already on hand for this.</li>
<li>Re-base my characters. I'm not sure if they need rocky outcrops to stand on, or if floating around on their dinky rafts is a nice nod to the original army. I'll see.</li>
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I have a little chest that I plan to put all of my dice and stuff into, so I'll be getting right into it! Hope to see you at ConVic!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-43170194654341814362016-06-23T22:43:00.002+10:002016-06-23T22:43:57.845+10:00When The Ship Goes Down...Ships are looking a bit more ship-shape now. The hulls are painted, as are the barrels and ropes. I will pick the ropes out in a bit more white I think, but this is mostly how things will look.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water isn't done yet, but at least it's blue.</td></tr>
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So I didn't bank on being out of most of the colours that I'll need. I found a spray with a close match to the old foundation yellow that I used for the timber all those years ago. Combined that with a mix of Strong, Dark and Red inks from Army Painter (I didn't have enough straight Strong Tone) and a brush of bone and they look like they'll fit right in. By using a variety of ink tones, I think the mismatched timbers won't look so out of place (as in, they'll look like they're from all sorts of places).<br />
You can also see the crows nests in this photo.<br /><br />The masts are still getting primed. They needed a bit more time because I gave them three soakings of PVA water, which takes some time to dry. Photos of those soon!<br /><br />Oh, and wound markers are complete. With a flexible magnetic sheet (which I plan to stick a treasure map to!)<br />
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I'm getting all of this ready for <a href="http://www.convic.com.au/" target="_blank">ConVic</a>, which is on in early July. ConVic was a giant in the Warhammer Days; I bet Kings of War will be a blast. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-66657946090140058952016-06-19T19:38:00.000+10:002016-06-19T19:38:01.932+10:00Wound Indicators and Armada sightedKings of War requires some means of keeping track of unit damage. The most popular method is to use dice, but they have a tendency to get rolled. I'm sure there are plenty of good commercial products out there, but I wanted something on the cheap.<br />
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I printed some numbers onto sticky labels, which are pretty cheap. I used Excel to knock out the numbers, ranging from 1 to 26 (which as far as I know is the highest rout value in the game and effectively the most damage one would need to track). I then used conditional formatting (w<br />
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hich I love to use at work). I also added a few Wavering and Disordered tokens. There are more at the low end as I figure these will be used more often.<br />
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I then stuck the labels onto some acrylic sheet. This is proving the major hiccup, as the sheet is really tough, so snapping it is loud and starts to hurt my fingers. I wanted to use spare Mantic bases, but I haven't generated enough yet!<br />
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Greg has already made some of these markers (I printed them in blue-red for him) and we used them in a game- did the trick. His are magnetic and I will also do this. Each unit then has a receiving piece of steel or a magnet embedded in it. <br />
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Also, some progress on ships. Masts are almost complete, only needing sails to be attached (and then PVA soaked). The crow's nests are detachable, and there are more masts than ships. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-8453501226264684482016-06-14T20:18:00.003+10:002016-06-14T20:18:49.286+10:00So... NoLast post (over 2 months ago) made the somewhat ambitions claim that I could complete two armies before <a href="http://www.convic.com.au/" target="_blank">ConVic</a>. That hasn't happened...<br />
<a name='more'></a>...but I'm back on track to get my Ogres done. I've made some progress, such as getting the masts done and I've also built some barrels and crow's nests.Ok, it doesn't look like a lot, but the barrels and crow's nests took ages.<br />
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I'll point out again, there are going to be several, swapable masts. I'll put unit designations on the sails, do I can choose unit options.<br />
Hopefully I can get some more impressive results soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-23178137683198801472016-04-06T22:25:00.000+10:002016-04-06T22:25:44.563+10:00Why not have both?Since my last post, I have decided to yo ahead and complete both armies.so a little progress on the ogres.<br />
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I've also come up with a recipe for scale rope that I'm pleased with. I took inspiration from U.S. pioneers who developed barbed wire. By taking two strands of wire, I used a drill to rotate at speed to make a tight twist. Now I literally have metes of scale rope by<br />
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This rope will be essential fur details like rigging and coils on the deck. More photos as I progress.<br />
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Much like the <a href="http://backindrewsday.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/what-happened-to-me.html" target="_blank">hiatus of '12</a> (brought about by Skyrim), this last summer has been a hobby write-off. <a href="https://scontent.fmel1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12670825_815621451876921_694862116030920970_n.png?oh=f4c7d1649260e83d63310ec8f5c6a056&oe=5792D40B" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>This time, the culprit is Fallout 4 (A terrible Fallout game but really enjoyable as a stand-alone. Main story sacked. But this isn't a review). My last accomplishment was Dueling Paintbrushes, getting half of an Abyssal Dwarf army completed. Not much has happened since! <br />
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Now that 8th Ed is gone, the Sundering supposedly undone (at least we hope!). I have the weekend to part-take in Kings of War ConVic, so I'll be getting a ticket at first opportunity. This leaves me with the conundrum of which army to use. <a href="http://backindrewsday.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Ogre%20Pirates" target="_blank">My Ogres</a> are in a working state, albeit designed for 7th Ed and a slight tweaking for 8th. The <strike>Chaos</strike><a href="http://backindrewsday.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/duel-of-kings-day-26-complete.html" target="_blank"><strike> </strike>Abyssal Dwarves</a> are not ready.<br />
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The Ogres are in a working state, but Kings of War allows me to have them as always intended; on pirate ships! Warhammer required models to be individually based, hence the rafts. Kings of War encourages multi-basing, so I can put my Ogres onto mini ships! I've made a prototype already, using foam core and inspired by this video. Find a few steering wheels and bang up some more dowel masts and I'll be laughing.<br />
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The pirates would certainly be the quickest to complete. However, having a tournament deadline is a great motivator to get the larger project moving. Feel free to suggest what you'd like to see in the comments!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entire decimator horde</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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As you can see, the horde is made up of four troops. These will be the base unit for my army; hordes and regiments are just a large group of troops. It's much like making small units of 1-4 models, except that the game scales their cost non-linearly. It's pretty neat to think of it like that. </div>
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The golems didn't quite end up how I had envisioned them, but they're not too bad. The armor was an after-though; they needed a bit more definition.<br />
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This guy is a bit closer to how I picuteed his lesser cousins. I think I needed to spend more time making the black more solid.<br />I have since painted the obsidian spikes with a gloss varnish to make it more obsidian-y.<br /> </div>
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So in the end, I didn't quite paint the requisite number of <i>models</i>, but I definitely painted the requisite <i>units</i>. To be honest, the units' bases at quite densely packed; I wouldn't have been able to fit 10 of anyone onto a single base. I really like how the multi-based stuff ended up looking; I'll definitely be doing this for any future projects.<br />
The army includes two war-machines, but these are pretty easy to knock over so it made sense to do both at the same time. I only have three troops and one extra regiment. This may not satisfy the word of the rules, but I believe it satisfies the spirit of the challenge,<br />
My transport solution is a plastic tub with strips of double-sided tape on the bottom. I hope to put some magnetic strips down once I put the flexible rubber on the units' bases.<br />
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Thanks for reading! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-53219796732764133412015-10-21T08:34:00.002+11:002015-10-21T08:34:47.396+11:00Duel of Kings: Day 21<br />
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Today marks the 2/3 mark in the operation. Am I 2/3 of the way through?<br />
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In all honesty, it doesn't feel like it. But since I have finished the bases, everything is assembled, and I can capture all of the remaining stuff in one photo, it could be alright.<br />
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I have left to paint:<br />
Two troops of Decimators (I have decided not to paint the ones that won't end up on a multi-base for this challenge. Hey- I'm still ahead!)<br />A troop of Gargolyes (they just need a highlight and their base painted)<br />
A regiment of Lesser Obsidian Golems (pretty quick, really)<br />
A Greater Obsidian Golem (should be pretty quick, but need to add a bit of obsidian to his back)<br />
A <strike>Bull Centaur</strike> Abyssal Halfbreed Champion<br />
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Here are my latest additions:<br />
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Finally, something is finished! After nearly three weeks I have something to show.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>So I finally got my multi-bases started and I was pretty happy with the result.<br />
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I've never used cork before, but I can't figure out why. That stuff is totally invaluable; brilliant texture (even on the worked, top surface) and it makes really organic (organic rock!?) looking formations.<br />
Once topped with some of my painted figures, they looked like this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My completed Blacksouls troop</td></tr>
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Despite there only being 7 of them (I only intend to make my infantry ~2/3 dense), I have painted 10 in total (so no-one can whinge about my not satisfying the Duel rules.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A regiment of Decimators</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actually two troops. These will become part of my horde.</td></tr>
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In addition to finally getting some results, here are some shots of the Great Obsidian Golem.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arguably the best Mantic figure I've built so far</td></tr>
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This guy was great to build; few pieces, ball & sockets on both arms <i>and</i> head, injection sites broke off easily and required little filing. I haven't been so impressed with some of the older Mantic figures, but this guy is brilliant!<br />
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Sadly, one of the pieces had a massive bubble in the finger. Now I know that Mantic will send me out a replacement, no questions asked (I know this, because I've had them send me stuff twice now). I'm not going to ask for two reasons:<br />
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<li>If I paint it right, it will just look like another crack in the body</li>
<li>I've angled that fist down.</li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-61620328873162200732015-10-16T14:06:00.000+11:002015-10-16T14:23:05.830+11:00Keeping A Handle on ThingsKings of War requires that unit damage be tracked. Lots of methods have been proposed for this: counters, dice, kill rings. There are plenty of options. <br />
My original plan was to put slots into my multi-bases to hold dice. However, I ended up with less space on my bases than I had forseen, so I need a new plan.<br />
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Mantic bases I think make better counters than Citadel; they just seem a bit chunkier than Citadel's. My plan is to put rubberised magnetic receptor on the back of the base, then use printable adhesive lables to put numbers on them. Each unit base will have a magnet burried in it to accept a numbered token. This will allow the unit to move without losing its token.<br />
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After downloading <a href="http://www.1001fonts.com/caslon-antique-font.html" target="_blank">Calson Antique</a> font, and playing around with Excel conditional formatting, I have a set of labels that I think will look good. You can just plug your army's colour scheme in to determine the 2 or 3 colours used for the scale.<br />
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What I <u>really</u> like about these are the colours; at a glance you can get an idea of what sort of trouble you're in from the colour. This will work for any faction (with any colour scheme!). Just print these onto printable adhesive labels (with ~ 19mm edges), then stick them onto old bases (painted black). Put rubberised receptor on the other side and you're done! <br />
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I think I will wait until <a href="http://backindrewsday.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Duelling%20Paintbrushes%202015" target="_blank">Duel of Kings</a> is over, but once it is I'll have a go at getting these ready.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-73182133973595435262015-10-13T22:56:00.003+11:002015-10-13T22:56:39.794+11:00Duel of Kings: Day 13<br />
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I've got 25 miniatures fully painted. They're not based, however, since I'll be multi-basing. I've gone for a fairly classic look; straight-up fire and brimstone.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I've started to build my bases up out of cork. They'll have lave underneath and otherwise by quite rocky.<br />
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Some on the bases. You can see the putty bubbles I've started to apply. <br />
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The gargoyles. These troops aren't on cork; instead they're on hexagonal spires made from hex rod. Originally, the plan was to do the whole army on tessellated pavements (so clusters of upright rods to make a platform), but hexagonal rod was prohibitively expensive.<br />
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The obsidian golems have been cut off at the shin; I'll have them rising up out of the lava. They're going to get repainted when spray this lot, for consistency. I'll go for a scheme more like the one on the left.<br />
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So begins another attempt at getting some stuff painted in an amount of time that isn't just "whenever".<br />
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Technical arguments aside, it's not a very good shot for several reasons:<br />
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<li>I am missing my Monster. I forgot to order one until today, it will likely be the last thing I paint. I shan't blame Empire Games if I don't complete the challenge, but they're usually pretty good at getting stuff out in a timely manner.</li>
<li>I am missing my war machine. Whilst I have taken possession of some war machines, they were packed with the wrong plastic dwarf parts to base them on (cannon instead of stone thrower chassis). Mantic have already shipped a replacement part (their customer service is awesome!). Last time they shipped to me it took a little over a week. Shouldn't be a problem.</li>
<li>Things are not ranking up. Since I plan to multi-base my stuff, I didn't bother getting these to rank up now. </li>
<li>There is already some paint on the front row of Decimators. This is what happens when you don't take your starting photo at the start.</li>
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This is wasn't my intended submission, but with my plan to multi-base at slightly lower densities, I thought I should still paint the requisite number of actual figures. This meant my horde of Blacksouls, with only 30 models, may not satisfy the criteria. The latest FAQ would support my intent, but I didn't want to go <i>quite</i> that light on models. So Decimators it is (the only infantry I have 40 of).<br />
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So my list:<br />
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<li>Decimator Horde</li>
<li>Troop of Halfbreeds</li>
<li>Troop of Gargoyles</li>
<li>Regiment of Lesser Obsidian Golems (ok, they're not a "troop" <i>per se</i>, but they are a regiment, which is in theory more work than a troop. Hey, at least I'm not claiming they count as two troops!)</li>
<li>Troop of Blacksouls</li>
<li>Katsuchan Rocket Launcher</li>
<li>Greater Obsidian Golem</li>
<li>Halfbreed Champion</li>
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Progress updates as I make it.<br />
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Good painting! <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-69520650777464440302015-08-22T22:43:00.002+10:002015-08-22T22:43:25.015+10:00Mantic Miniatures <div dir="ltr">
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<a name='more'></a> I bought my gear from <a href="http://www.gamesempire.com.au/" target="_blank">Games Empire</a> and <a href="http://www.mightyape.com.au/" target="_blank">Mighty Ape</a> . They're both Australian retailers, offering quick turnaround and prices that beat European prices. Both were able to ship the next day. </div>
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My first purchase was one of the old Mega Armies. Mantic seem to be updating their ranges at the moment, so a lot of boxes are no longer in production (although the contents are available in other forms). This box contained a unit of each of the Abyssal Dwarf infantries (20 Decimators (blunderbuss), 20 Black Souls and 10 Immortals), a pair of war machines, a character and a small unit of the elite<i> </i>berserkers. The very first thing I noticed was that the Decimators are actually a conversion kit for the regular Dwarf ranged troops. This took a bit of working out, and because the parts didn't all come from the one sprue, it took a bit of minor detective work to figure out which parts were which.<br />
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My second purchase was a further box of Decimators and a Starter Army, which contained more Immortals, some Gargoyles, Stone Golems, and a troop of Slave Orcs. Having inspected these Immortals, I realised that I had no idea which models from the Mega Army were Black Souls and which were Immortals. <br />
I sent an email to Mantic, and received a reply within about 5 minutes. It was explained that the two kits had a lot of crossover, but that the Immortals had more intricate armour. I'm still not sure if I know the difference, but there is no more Black Soul kit any more. It was suggested I paint them distinctly, and perhaps reserve certain parts for the Black Souls. Mantic also offered to send me some freebies, presumably so I could tell what the Immortals should look like. Hey, fine by me!<br />
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My thoughts on the standard of miniatures: these aren't as good as Games Workshop. I am probably just be biased after years of looking at their dwarves, but I don't like these as much. Objectively, I think that Mantic models won't be as easy to covert; they don't have the same redundancy that Games Workshop have. Mantic models tend to have fewer details in places one wouldn't expect to see on a miniature (like behind a shield). This is fine if you intend to use the model as is, but makes conversions trickier. On the other hand, Mantic models are <b><i>much</i> </b>cheaper. For the cost of these three boxed sets, I have pretty much a whole army. With Games Workshop I may have had two or three units. Perhaps Mantic are a <i>little</i> behind on quality, but their models represent considerably greater value than Games Workshop, whose models are simply not worth the premium paid.<br />
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One thing I'm not a huge fan of is the Mantic basing system. Every plastic infantry model has a plastic disk molded to its feet, to slot into a stand. For people who want to do multi-basing (that is, whole units rather than individual basing) have to cut them off, which is a <i>pain.</i> I think not having these tabs would encourage people to multi-base, which looks cool.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-45588889686629839042015-08-10T17:17:00.002+10:002015-08-10T17:17:37.185+10:00Duelling Paintbrushes 5: Duel of Kings!<br />
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Pudding Wrestler has just announced the 5 Dueling Paintbrushes competition: Duel of Kings. This is my official deceleration of intent to participate.<br />
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This will be my 2nd entry into the competition- I <a href="http://backindrewsday.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/duelling-paintbrushes-2-day-1.html" target="_blank">first competed</a> in Dueling Paintbrushes 2: Mexican Paint-off in 2012. That seems like an age ago!<br />
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This year I'll be putting forward my Abyssal Dwarves, an army I haven't started yet. The competition starts in 1 little over 6 weeks, so I've got plenty of time to tie down my scheme and get my unit bases formulated.<br />
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<li>Horde of Decimators</li>
<li>Abyssal Halfbreed Champion</li>
<li>Greater Obsidian Golem</li>
<li>Katsuchan Rocket Launcher</li>
<li>Abyssal Halfbreed Troop</li>
<li>Gargoyle Troop</li>
<li>Slave Orc Troop</li>
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That satisfies the requirements of 1 Horde and all possible attachments.<br />
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Oh, it's on!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-21939490493019242642015-07-26T21:04:00.001+10:002015-07-26T21:04:08.762+10:00Where to?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<i>Age of Sigmar</i> is certainly not an uncommon topic for blogging right now. Everyone has an opinion and they seem to be sharply divided. I haven't posted for six months or so, mainly due to my lack of gaming, but it's been a pretty tumultuous time in the gaming world and my personal world. I decided to get my thoughts and motivations down, feel free to comment.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>My absence in the past few months has mostly been due to my wife giving birth to twins. On top of our two-year-old, this has obviously consumed much of my time. I haven't really had time to play the games I already play, let alone anything new.<br />
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<a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/resources/img/cmp/aos/gw-rules-banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.games-workshop.com/resources/img/cmp/aos/gw-rules-banner.jpg" height="134" width="320" /></a><i>Age of Sigmar </i>is certainly a hot topic, and now that my home life is settling down a bit, I've had a bit of time to think about how I'm going to approach the void left by 8th ed. Like most, I'm presented with three options: Keep playing 8th, play <i>Age of Sigmar</i>, or play an alternative.<br />
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8th ed itself is still quite a viable game, and many people are still considering playing the game. Virtually everyone thinks that the Pre-<i>End Times </i>(so is that just "times") saw the game in its best state ever (except for Games-workshop, that is). The game was reasonably balanced, and aside from a couple of army books, everyone was pretty happy. The community was strong, and had recovered from the rage quit after 7th ed.<br />
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The problem with continuing with 8th is that it is a dead game. There is nothing wrong with the game itself in this state, but really the lack of new blood. Most people are pretty reluctant to pick up a new game if it is no longer supported. I'm not exactly playing a lot of games at the moment- mostly against the same opponents at my club- but new people do drift in at times, and I think this will be rarer with a dead system.<br />
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<i>Age of Sigmar</i> appears to be a solid system. It's different, but that isn't an inherently bad thing. There is actually a lot of excitement about game-play. Sure, the hold-over rules are a bit silly in places, but most people accept these are just to get us by- a last hurrah if you will. My main issue with playing <i>Age of Sigmar</i> is the, from my perspective, incomplete rules. The game currently has no means of comparing armies- "points" in most games. To me, this is a gaping hole. I don't understand how one can play a game in this state, or why they would want to. This is probably the fundamental constant of any war game (other than some historicals); that you can pair of two players with a theoretically equal opportunity and judge performance. Most of my play (and indeed, most of the play of people I know) is either pick-up or competitive play. For games of this nature to work, armies need some formal balance!<br />
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Many members of the old community talk of creating their own systems of balance. In the same way that people created hard comp systems in 8th ed, various members of the community have suggested player-made army lists. I admire the dedication here, but I really don't see the point. I don't think that players should have to do this. If a company (any company) wants to sell a system, they should sell it in a playable state.<br />
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Some gamers have such a fond memory of playing <i>Warhammer</i> that they want to go to these lengths to keep playing <i>Age of Sigmar</i>. But, as have people pointed out, <i>Age of Sigmar </i>is <i>not Warhammer. </i>My fondness doesn't carry over by default. I certainly have no fondness for Games Workshop, so that won't keep me here either. In my eyes, Games Workshop have released a brand new game, rule-set and intellectual property. The rules are fundamentally flawed, the IP is unfamiliar(-ish) and I feel no compulsion to play this game. And I don't have the time to fiddle around with army construction restraints. If I want to pick up a game because I can get away from my family for an afternoon, I don't want to have to worry that my army is built using the flavour-of-the-month system.<br />
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<a href="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/projects/184625/photo-original.jpg?v=1397782539&w=1536&h=1152&fit=crop&auto=format&q=92&s=49ec142cdd45794b656f5f4d1c8e469e" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/projects/184625/photo-original.jpg?v=1397782539&w=1536&h=1152&fit=crop&auto=format&q=92&s=49ec142cdd45794b656f5f4d1c8e469e" width="200" /></a>What seems likely for me is that I will start a new game that is complete. <i>Kings of War </i>fits that bill nicely. It will play with my existing armies, which it a big plus. The rules are fairly streamlined, and I anticipate being able to complete a game in a relatively short time. That suits my family life! Lastly, I feel that <i>Kings of War</i> is made by a company that puts gaming first. Games Workshop reeks of greed, with most of their major decisions seemingly fueled by potential markets rather than existing ones. That may be good for business, and I certainly don't have to like it. Mantic, who produce <i>Kings of War</i>, seem to be jumping on the <i>Warhammer </i>fallout and it's working for me. Their game is solid, their products are reasonably priced and they seem to consider their players' thoughts at length. <br />
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I plan to make some new movement trays for my Ogres, to get them ready for <i>Kings of War</i>. But further to that, I'm really inspired to start a new army and take advantage of the fixed unit footprints. More on that to come!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-48706997950935476712015-02-22T20:42:00.002+11:002015-02-22T20:42:18.227+11:00Bolt Action Melbourne in February <div dir="ltr">
BAMF! February 8th saw The Old Man Morin running another of his Bolt Action tournaments, and he roped me into helping him run it. OK, truth be told; I have a bit of an obsession with Excel and any chance to over-engineer a spreadsheet to deal with players is an opportunity not to be missed. But I digress: the day was about the playing and the players. </div>
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The players were great, with no clashes other than those between miniatures. I met a lot of good guys, and caught up with some I knew already. Despite not playing, I found I wasn't short of a chat or a cinematic game to watch.</div>
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I recently picked up a Kedorian support boxed set. It contains a battleship and two cruisers. My initial observation was that they're awesomely huge! My second observation was that they look like some of the most fiddly Spartan figures I've ever assembled, so I thought I'd document my progress so anyone following could benefit from my experience. </div>
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Firstly, get everything out and locate all your pieces. The cruisers each have two resin halves, four acrylic details and two alternative weapons. The battleship has also has two resin halves, a two-part resin detail, eight (!) metal pieces and four acrylic details.<br />
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The cruisers were pretty straightforward, just glue the two halves together and glue the acrylics in place. The weapon options don't need gluing- they drop in and are stable.</div>
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The battleship required some strategy. I first did a dry-fit, as the large metal parts need to be reshaped by forcing everything together. I made the mistake of gluing all the metal parts onto one side, then trying to attach the other resin piece. However, the fit wasn't great, and it worked better by putting in two opposing metal pieces, then the other resin half, then slipping the final two metal pieces into place an pressing it altogether. I also sandwiched a blob of putty into the thin cavity for extra contact area. </div>
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Whilst I was using the putty, I used some to tackle the the most fragile part of the model; the lower vanes. At first, I couldn't even work out where these went! They barely show up on any of the promotional material and I considered leaving them off. Then I decided that with a bit of putty, I'd get them fixed. I flattened each out with a piece of plastic (a heavy book would do). A (tiny!) piece of putty was inserted onto some superglue, then the vane shoved in. Make sure they all sit symmetrically. To protect the vanes, I decided to fix the stand into place. I haven't done this on my Dindrenzi (for ease of transport), but I made an exception with the Kedorians, as they'd be so hard to pack flat anyway.</div>
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Lastly, the top acrylic vanes were attached. I suggest getting it all dry-fitting first, drop in your glue, then hold it so it is symmetrical whilst the glue dries. I attached the vanes to the central orb before fitting it, and it's now all quite asymmetrical. It wouldn't fit onto the rest of the model either, and one of the acrylics pieces snapped! Oh dear...</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-48729805863988785102015-02-07T20:38:00.000+11:002015-02-07T20:38:21.426+11:00Lots of FSA Progress!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmc94B859KUZMNnFBLFLa_dbN3D7XuV-h4abg_8NICcnLSJhvvzoMh7ficCBbgnuYez4QXaBgsO8qe5UR_9NGbcRJbwPfnFciSHposqblZiSs2bhFkqfjf-kT62SDmXLHceXN3U_b4_WAs/s1600/DSC_0185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmc94B859KUZMNnFBLFLa_dbN3D7XuV-h4abg_8NICcnLSJhvvzoMh7ficCBbgnuYez4QXaBgsO8qe5UR_9NGbcRJbwPfnFciSHposqblZiSs2bhFkqfjf-kT62SDmXLHceXN3U_b4_WAs/s1600/DSC_0185.JPG" height="180" width="320" /></a>Wow! So much to report on over the last week or two. Firstly, my starter box arrived (finally!) and that means I have nearly doubled my existing fleet. I got my first game in against Mass last week. I've painted up the new stuff and I finished my comets!<br />
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<a name='more'></a> My game against Matt was probably a little on the slow side. This is hopefully due to out inexperience, rather than slow rules. We found the rules for Dystopian Wars a little slow, but Firestorm Armada seems a lot sleeker when you read it; I'm hoping this is true. That said, it was still a blast. I came second, but I'm still more than keen for my next game!<br />
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Lastly my starter box arrived! I've just finished painting it. It's rough, but I really don't care. They're cool models and I just wanted to see them painted! I'm not sure if I keep getting more Dindrenzi, or start augmenting them with Kedorians. Or both! The Kedorians look really cool, both rules and models. I should probably focus for a bit and play more than one game!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battleship</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whole fleet</td></tr>
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So, tomorrow. I'm TOing a Bolt Action tournament. It should be interesting; I know my way around running a draw, but very little of the Bolt Action rules. I'll let you know how that goes...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988511824465234047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568668787279562526.post-40300069050758251962015-01-05T10:36:00.000+11:002015-01-05T10:37:14.037+11:00Dindrenzi Fleet Update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrBczVxfRODLOc041TkPUMXG3d9OGVy0or1oW3s4p4AMInYTswPgSNlDJRoFZKKZdXSxULnlG3seOH6rgWbhvCHXfkIYhgNQuHXLhF5y8_NnsGdL4zb1YMWYaiq18CI0M0S4ixC8k71EG/s1600/DSC_0102.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrBczVxfRODLOc041TkPUMXG3d9OGVy0or1oW3s4p4AMInYTswPgSNlDJRoFZKKZdXSxULnlG3seOH6rgWbhvCHXfkIYhgNQuHXLhF5y8_NnsGdL4zb1YMWYaiq18CI0M0S4ixC8k71EG/s1600/DSC_0102.JPG" height="180" width="320" /></a>I've managed to complete all of the miniatures that I own so far. This includes:<br />
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<li>A carrier</li>
<li>Three destroyers</li>
<li>Three frigates</li>
<li>Four corvettes</li>
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