My Week in Wargaming

OK, first off, I’ve played one game of Warmachine and worked far too much, so this might be a short post. This post may also ramble on a bit so you have been warned.

Once again, I’m a little late with the regular blog update, but on the bright side, this means I can report back from my game on Tuesday night. This week Kaelyssa faced Mercenaries led by Drake MacBain.

It did not go well. And it was completely my fault.

Tags: Infinity, Kaelyssa, Retribution of Scyrah, Warmachine

Hunting Beasties

The elves have now had their first game and I have to say I learned quite a bit. To put this into context, I haven’t played Warmachine for nine months, I’ve never played my Retribution, and I’ve never played against Legion of Everblight.

Yep, I learnt a lot.

The game was a 25 point straight caster kill scenario, and my Kaelyssa list faced Epic Thagrosh (a fantastic big winged monster), Typhoon (a big three headed monster), four little monsters, and a spawning vessel; all under the command of the fearsome Alex (a very nice chap from these parts).

Tags: Battle Report, Kaelyssa, Legion of Everblight, Retribution of Scyrah

Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like An Elf

With A Small Matter of Honour out of the way, I’m now back into Warmachine mode. In fairness, this actually started on the drive to England as I spent more than a few hours listening to the Guts & Gears podcast.

And the nice people at Triple Helix also ordered in a new Vyre Heavy myrmidon, so that also came home with me. Out of the three options in the box, the Banshee has the most potential in my eyes. The shenangans possible with knocking over and slamming things with its ranged weapon just make me smile inside. Combined with Mage Hunter Assassins, this could be horrible.

Tags: Artificer, Retribution of Scyrah

In Wiltshire, There Can Be Only War!

OK, firstly an apology. I know I said something rash about updating this blog every Monday, however the past week I’ve been on a bit of a road trip for work, so that didn’t happen.

However, on the plus side, this has enabled me to be in England for the Sad Muppet Society’s annual Warhammer 40000 tournament, A Small Matter of Honour; this year held at Triple Helix Wargames in Westury, Wiltshire some miles past Stone Hedge…

Regular readers will know I brought Grey Knights again this year, mainly because there are not many of them, so they are easy to transport.

A Small Matter of Honour features four games at two different points level, 1250 and 1750 points. At 1250 I had Coteaz, ten purifiers, two units of five normal grey knights, a Dreadnought, a Stormraven and a Land Raider.

My 500 point reinforcements added a Grand Master, five terminators, and a henchman squad. In total my army has 34 models so it is, err, compact.

On the plus side, this should make my games fast, speaking of which…

Tags: A Small Matter of Honour, Grey Knights, Warhammer 40000

Swedish for Wargamers

Well, I’m back in Sverige and desperately in need of some 40K practice (desperately in need of some down time as well because as I’m in the middle of a big project at work); so I decided to visit the local gaming club, Spela Mera, in Helsingborg this weekend. Only took seven months…

And having just got back home, I can safely say they are a great and friendly bunch of gamers! As well as catering for 40K, they also include a fair few Warmachine players (which is handy), play boardgames, play CCGs, do roleplaying, and even indulge in a bit of Blood Bowl (they have Blood Bowl tournament next Saturday, although I’ll be damned if I remember how to play). Better still from my point of view, they all talk perfect English. This is great because my Swedish is rather lacking, however it is a good opportunity to improve!

Tags: Coteaz, Grey Knights, Spela Mera, Warhammer 40000

An Apparent Lack of Progress

There are weeks where it feels like I’ve done nothing hobby related. This is one of them. However despite the lack of anything finished to show for it, there has been some work going on.

Spray Booth

As mentioned in a previous post, I really needed to have a spray booth to use my airbrush in. So I’ve built one!

The basic box was from Ikea, and the (very cheap) fan and hose came from Homebase Newbury (I’ve just visited the UK), and the power cable came from Bau Haus. In total, I think this has cost me less than £40. For the record, the hose is held onto the back of the fan with a bright yellow hair band.

The rather stylish motif in the centre of the box is glue, because my eldest son distracted me at just the wrong moment, and I broke the bottom of the box.

One thing I’ve added to the original design is some sticky fabric furniture feet to stop it moving around whilst the fan is on. I have to say the idea of using a clear box is very good, as is placing the fan off-centre (I’m left handed, so the fan is on the right).

Anyway, it has been tested and works great. The next task is to find some time to actually paint something!

Tags: Airbrush, Spray Booth

Finecast or not?

       

Well, I’ve finally buckled and purchased my first Citadel Finecast miniature, Inquisitor Coteaz for my Grey Knight’s army. Given that this is my first foray into this controversial product, I thought a review would be in the order.

Tags: Coteaz, Finecast

Dice Bags for the Masses

My better half’s dice bag business, KOed, has been running for about a year now, and ahead of her updating some of her designs later in the spring, I thought it would be cool to show off some of the dice bags she has already made.

Most of these are custom designs for people or limited runs with special fabrics, however if you want anything in particular, contact koed.dicebags@gmail.com or look on the website.

In the meantime, enjoy…

Tags: Dice Bag, KOed Dice Bags, Roleplaying, Wargaming

At the Sharp End of a Pointy Stick

I got my first game of the year at Sad Muppets tonight against my regular (well, sort of regular, bearing in mind I live in Sweden now) opponent Dave OJ. As we are both entering A Small Matter of Honour in May, it seemed only sensible to face off our two Grey Knight armies.

Mine, I’ve already discussed (here is a PDF if you are interested), however Dave’s Grey Knights are a completely different spin from the codex.

Dave has put together a horde Grey Knight  army, trying to squeeze in as much infantry and as many psycannons as possible. His HQ is two Inquisitors whose primarily purpose is to control his reserves. Then Dave has 35 Grey Knights in power armour, ten in Terminator armour, and two Dreadknights.

Tags: Battle Report, Grey Knights, Warhammer 40000