I was able to finish off some more cargo piles during my Sunday Hobby time. These are some of the remnants from my previous painting frenzy to use in my Stargrave games.
All are 3d print models by Lv427 & I believe were part of thier Hanger set.
I still have a couple more piles & a couple of Hand Palette Jacks to finish.
Better late, than never, here are some photos from our last Road to Mordheim Game - The West Gate.
This saw the warbands pitted against a corrupted oak - filled with wyrdstone, which blocked entry into Mordheim's West Gate.
Added to that were a random number of twisted dryads.
It took quite awhile for my beastman warband to take the tree down, but it was toppled (but not slain) just as my warband failed its route test...leaving the field to the dwarf treasure hunters (who sadly for them, left empty handed).
Doug had brought out his gaming table which several of the guys played on.
After returning home, & sorting through my terrain, I decided that some of my scatter needed a repaint, as they were previously done with a quick paintjob.
These were some small resin carts & 3 barricades (also resin) which I cannot recall where they had come from. However after some contrast paint & a bit of drybrushing, they are now good-to-go.
I added some scrap bits of cheescloth to a couple of the barricades to add more oomph!
Bruce brought out his Napeolonics to introduce us to Soldiers of Napeoleon. We played the struggle for La Haye Sainte in the center of the Waterloo battlefield.
Andy & I played the British whilst Chen & Daniel played the French.
The game uses cards which provide the players 3 options when played. They can use the value at the top to determine the number of actions they can take, the centre effect/event, or the bottom which will allow rally attempts (which will provide VP's to the opponent)
The plodding advance by the French on the Farm.
Of note is that the distance a commander is from the unit they wish to activate determines the number of actions that cost will incur. An example being, if within 10cm = 1 action, >10 - 20cm = 2 actions, etc.
The leaderless group of troops in the farm required me to send my brigade commander to lead them, otherwise they wouldn't do anything.
The British Heavy Calvary arrives to push back the French infantry assault. Oddly, Chen never moved his French Cavalry & they sat on the start line throughout the game. To be fair, apart from the 1 unit of troops that quickly died in the farm, I didn't do much with the troops on my flank either.
Meanwhile Daniel, had swept away the militia skirmishers that were a screening force & had managed to begin to breach the defence line of the other militia quality troops defending.
The British Rifles held up a staunch resistance in the pit, but were about to fall back when the game ended.
The British managed to eke out a victory, as the game is won by total VP's which can be garnered by completing Objectives, winning battles, winning the initiative, etc. We did manage 4VP's just from early initiative wins in the battle.
There were a couple of rules that need some tweaking, but I think the game went well for a first time trying it. Thanks Bruce for bringing it out to the club!
With it being the Canada Day Weekend here, and my then needing to stay available to assist with Wildfire monitoring for the company I work for, its been a stay-at-home, weekend.
However that also provided me an opportunity to get a bunch of figures painted.
First up was finishing off the remaining 5 Chaos Hounds I had previously built & were sniffing around the paint table since.
With this batch I went for darker hindquarters on them.
Again this was mainly 'speed painted' furs.
Then finished up using normal painting.
Then it was onto a batch of figures I needed to complete for the next Mordheim game.
I had this box of plastic Sylvaneath...though I will still call them treekin or dryads.
They were multipart, having to glue each head, arms & back branches, which allowed for a wide variety & created 16 of them from the box.
Again, they were speed painted with Army Painter Dark Wood.
I opted to use a parchment colour for their mouths, thinking on the light colours found within real trees.
Now I look forward to the game next weekend to culminate our Road to Mordheim campaign.
Thanks for visiting
Tuesday night, Bruce returned to the club after a couple month hiatus. He brought out Xenos Rampant, set up for 6 players.
I had a unit of Raptors which counted as berserkers.They were a quick moving unit & I rushed them to one of the objective buildings to begin downloading.
One of the opposing APC's arrived & the troops dismount. This caused my Raptors to go berserk & charge into them. After a couple of rounds, the raptors had fallen, though they had weakened the infantry unit.
On the far end of the table, my ally was advancing with his walkers, tying up Chen's armoured unts.
My Heavy Armoured Infantry squad was able to soundly defeat the APC & infantry & began moving off towards the other flank (you can see them in the distance). One of my other squads made it to the objective & was downloading data.
Our force was able to defeat the opponents, however it was a close call, as they were able to flip the centre objective & were getting the data that remained.
Thanks Bruce for bringing it out...we hope to see it again soon!
With our last Road to Mordheim Campaign game looming at the beginning of next month, I have been getting some needed pieces built. The scenario calls for a raised platform at the centre of the table.
So it was time to haul out some pink foam & get started.
Deciding on how large I wanted the centre platform I cut 4 pieces (for 4 tables). In a previous build I tried cutting stairs & stuff into these platforms, but with issues using the rollers for the patterns, opted for a simpler & more versatile option
Having the pieces cut, it was now time to pattern them. I used a flagstone roller for the side stones.
Then a cobblestone for the travelled surfaces
Then it was time to paint them up. Here are the paints used, perfect for craft paints!
And a view of how these ramps can be used.
They are more versatile than carving in fixed ramps, etc, as they can be placed anywhere around the platform
So another batch of fairly quick raised platforms for use in skirmish games such as Mordheim & Frostgrave. Onto the next project for this scenario!
Today we had 6 of us out to play the River Pirates scenario.
With the addition of 2 new players to the league, it was the Dwarf Treasure Hunters who drew the short straw & were located at the docks, getting their cargo from the River Pirates.
Another of the new warbands (Bretonnian) caught sight of some Chaos Hounds emerging from behind a rock....they took a couple of pot shots at them....that was soon to be discovered to not have been a good idea.
After initially dispatching 1 of the hounds, the Bretonnians were quickly surrounded & fighting for their lives.
The end was nigh for the Bretonnians, as the Minotaur ran up & sliced the Knight Errant, causing an 'old wound' result to him.
The Sisters moved down the road towards the docks, lobbing stones at anyone near enough.
They soon closed in, after taking a grapeshot volley from the swivel gun. The dwarf treasure hunters were moving away with crates, hoping that the pirates would engage the sisters long enough for them to escape.
At the other end of the battlefield. Skaven were mixing it up with squigs....& not doing too well. They ended up getting locked in with them & never made it much further towards the loot.
With the beastmen beginning to arrive near the docks, the Sisters were able to take down an ungor, & were delighting when the remainder fled back into the trees.
The Skaven & squigs continue the melee!
The dwarves run into a Goblin Archery line
And are soon squeezed from behind by the Sisters arrival.
Grabbing several crates, the sisters were heading away from the battle. However with the felling of another of their band...the triangle sounded & the sisters fled, a couple of them dropping their crates in their haste to depart.
The Greenskins managed to hold out to defeat the Dwarves after several solid morale saves, winning them the field.
Thanks to those who came out today!
