Triumph and Treachery - Battle for the plaques of the Old Ones - Part 2

This is the second part of the Triumph and Treachery game. Part one can be found here.

This game was a long time ago (over a year), so I do apologise. I think this may very well be a photo dump, just for completeness as the details are very hazy.

From memory, everyone buffed and debuffed this massive combat to make sure no one won, as this would definitely tip the scales.

I remember the Vampire Lord getting into combat with the Sisters of Avelorn, however, I also remember him dying in a very humiliating way.

Backfield for the Lizardmen, looking safe.

Looks like the Vampire Lord did die in combat, with my mage and Handmaiden leaving.

Ultimately the Lizardmen ran down my Silver Helms, and into my tough Whiter Lions.

And with that the game comes to an end. As always, Triumph and Treachery games are a lot of fun, although it seems that the most experienced generals, myself and my friend Cail, are doomed to never win!

However, always good fun to crack out 8th edition again.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

Holy frag cannons and shotguns!

Well, since it is the school holidays, I made a start on my Deathwatch Kill Team. I got the Mordecai box, and I also used models from the box set that came out a few years ago, Deathwatch Overkill.

I'm planning on having a few models in the Kill Team, so I have some variety, especially as my friends and I are planning on a series of linked campaign games.

I went with my muted black option, as I wanted to have the option of adding battle damage. I haven't done that yet on these models, but may do so in future. This is the same method I used for my Sons of Horus black. Annoyingly enough, I didn't write it down, so I had to guess how I did it. Since I will not make the same mistake again, I will write it here for posterity.

Black undercoat.
Dark grey coat (think it was Mechanicus Grey)
3 washed of Nuln Oil
Battle damage to taste.

Hoping to have a game soon, so planning to make some more progress this week, with any luck.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers!

Finally some activity, just a bit of terrain.

It has been ages since I posted anything.

It has been on my mind, but work and life has been very busy. That said, I have had time for hobby. Namely, looking at other blogs, and my friends and I have been playing a lot of games of Kill Team. We now have a few Kill Zones to play with, and I finally got sick of looking at unpainted stuff, so I made a start on some of it.

So I managed to finally paint up some of my Necromunda cover. I have another box worth, but this will do for now. Just a simple process, spray metal, rust it and wash it with good old Agrax, and done. Quick and easy, but better than grey.

I am hoping to be more productive, and post a little more. However I am aware I have said similar things before so, just baby steps at the moment.

Next hopefully some more terrain or some models, will see how motivated I am.

Cheers!

Lord of the Rings Minas Tirth vs Mordor

Given the amount of downtime I have had, it was only natural I spent a lot of it procrastinating around and reading a lot of blogs, especially new ones. A few of them had people playing games with their children, which I have done once before but thought no more of it since then.

However, I though it was time to get my boys playing again, and playing a game that I was quite excited to play, Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game.

I remember the Lord of the Rings phase many years ago when the movies came out. Needlessly to say, I was a big fan. Model wise, I remember my friend getting a few of the sets, and I got the main box (Last alliance) and the Balrog and Gandalf set. I also dimly remember getting the Two Towers box. As far as games though, I think we only played a couple of games and then it kind of fizzled. That said, over the years I always kept an eye on it, but I always viewed the game, and the models, as temporary. I remember thinking, this is not going to outlast Warhammer Fantasy, so there is little point investing in it. How wrong I was...

So when GW re-released Lord of the Rings, I dived head first. I have wanted a Minas Tirith army since forever, so I went straight for that. I immediately bought my favourite character from the movie and the book, Boromir. I also picked up a few bits and bobs to flesh out the force. I also got some Rohan and Mordor models to flesh  them out form the basic Pellenor Fields box.

So it was this system, as it seemed rather simple, which I got the boys to play. This is the third or forth game we have played. The boys picked the forces of good for this game, whereas I went with the despicable Mordor.

Here are the forces.

Minas Tirith

Boromir with Banner

Faramir

Beregond

7 Warriors of Minas Tirith with shields

6 Citadel Guard with bows

6 Citadel Guard with spears

Mordor

Shagrat with shield

Gorbag

24 Morannon orcs with assorted shields and spears

Mordor troll

I do feel the Mordor side really needs some more omph, but it is a work in progress. I also know I need more heroes to field that many orcs, but they aren't easy to come by, considering the GW site is always out of stock! So needless to say, I just carried on.

This mission was just Faramir escaping from some orcs, and his big brother coming to save him. Pretty simple mash up.

 I really do love the look of the table, just need more trees I think. Oh and the models need a few licks of paint.

 Orcs crashing after Faramir.

 I let the boys get priority first. Faramir made it to Boromir, and they all crashed through the shallow fjord.

 Orcs crash in. The mission for the orcs is to kill Faramir. I told the boys to keep him alive.

 On the other side, the orcs, Gorbag and the troll make for Beregond and his bowmen.

 Duels did not go well for me. The boys have a tendency to roll high. Boromir just turned anything in front of him to mist.

 Beregrong and the Guard jump the orcs as they cross the river.

 More orcs file into the men of Minas Tirith.

 "Aim for the troll!"

 The wave of orcs just kept coming, though Boromir was doing a superb job of clearing the way.

 The troll finally got into combat, and would you believe, got beaten easily and lost two wounds in one round to archers in combat!

 Orcs very thin on the ground now, with Boromir and Faramir taking their toll of orc blood.

Finally numbers stared to go my way against the archers, but too little to late. The game ended in another win for the boys, and for Minas Tirith.

It was a fun game, and easy to remember the rules. I must say, that I love the table set up, I just need to get round to painting the models.

So in my next post I will show some of the models I have done so far.

Thanks for looking!

Deathwing 3 and some terrain

Well, I have been busy painting away. I have finished of the Librarian in Terminator armour for the Deathwing. The model is from the Space Hulk set, with most of the Blood Angel motifs shaved off. I also cut down the shoulder pad and added a Dark Angels one from my bits box.

 I also made a start on the next squad. Hope to get them primed before the next game!

I have also been playing a few games of Middle -Earth strategy Battle Game with my sons. It has been good fun, so I got round to getting a bit of terrain done for the grass mat.

 

I got these from a railway hobby shop that I found just 2 minutes from my new house. They have a lot of very cool stuff there, and a plethora of paints and such. So I can forsee I will spend a lot of time there in the future. 

These trees and underbrush are from that shop, from the railway section. They look very nice, though I understand I need to spray it with a mixture of PVA, water and something else? I need more research in order to know what to spray it with to get it to set. Still, very happy with them.

I do have a game coming up, in theory, so I will try and get some terrain ready for it and if I can paint a couple of terminators. 

Back to it!

Thanks for looking!

Deathwing part 2

Finshed off some more of my Deathwing!

Firstly though, I thought i'd post why I have gone with the colour scheme white instead of the more common 'bone' armour.

For a long time, I have been a big fan of Space Hulk, and while doing some research on what to paint these models, I came across an old PC game that I quite forgot that I had.

 I absolutely loved that intro sequence, especially with the assault cannon blasting the wall bursting with genestealers! So cool!

 I even came across the old novel Deathwing, which cites the reason why they coloured their armour white.

 And of course, the latest game, which is very atmospheric, and great fun trudging through the derelict ships that comprise of a space hulk.

 So with that in mind, I went with white, as it felt more old school (which is what i like) and harkens back to so many cool Space Hulk inspired experiences.

 With that, I managed to finish Belial, despite being resin, wasn't too bad, though the sword unusable, so had to replace it with the Deathwing box sword. I also added a cape from the same box, as it looked the part.

 Close up of the sergeant. I removed the feathers at the top, as I wasn't a fan.

 I magnetized this one, so I can change his loadout. Should be useful when I use him for Space Hulk games.

 Group shot of my painted forces so far.

And my wip Librarian, from the Space Hulk set. Hope to have him ready before the next planned game against Genestealer Cults.

Anyways, thanks for looking.