Archive for July, 2009

MenothJohn

Regrets On A Girl That Floats…Part 1

I have completed my third tournament.  It was a great format.  We broke out that oldie but goldie, the escalation tournament.  For those of you who are not familiar with the format, I recommend you check out the blog of my buddy Dallas at Trollblood Scrum!!!  He has the full rules posted over there, but ... 

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Clayton

Halp! List Building 101

So, my FLGS has an employee who was getting rid of a bunch of extra Cygnar stuff and I jumped on it. For $150 I am getting the following:WarcastersDariusHaleyStryker NemoSiegeSolosMaxwell FinnUnitsTrencher Chain Gun CrewTrenchers(10)Trencher Grenade porterTrencher Sharpshooter and OfficerLong Gunners(10)WarjacksDefenderCenturionChargerNow, I am adding this to my pStryker, Lancer, Charger, Ironclad, and Squire. Now, ... 

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McCryx

The Beatitudes – "Be Prepared"

Be prepared: The first step to a successful game (resulting in a win) is to adequately prepare for your oncoming game. The most essential skill needed is basic list building. There are two conflicting views of list building. The casual gamer and the power gamer. Both are highly capable of ... 

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McCryx

The Beatitudes – "Be Prepared"

Be prepared: The first step to a successful game (resulting in a win) is to adequately prepare for your oncoming game. The most essential skill needed is basic list building. There are two conflicting views of list building. The casual gamer and the power gamer. Both are highly capable of ... 

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Chris

Deal or no Deal?

Done a bit of a total up and through some shrewd purchasing I've managed to get:Gorten BBox - NZ$302 Blasters & Rockram - NZ$40Thor & Foreguard Box - NZ$70So roughly $140 so far even if I did splash out on the Forgeguard but they're cool enough models I really don't mind.For my money I've got ... 

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Jolly Angus

Troll Goal

I am a big fan of WARMACHINE MK2 and I can’t wait for HORDES to get the same treatment. Rumor has it that the HORDES field test will appear some time in January, soon after mk2 is officially released. With that in mind I’ve set ... 

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Deacis

Fire vs Stone

Yesterday I tried out the brand new Bastions against my circle buddy from my playing group. He used the following list:Faction: Circle OrborosArmy Points: 497/500Victory Points: 19Baldur the StonecleaverWarpwolfArgusGoraxWar WolfDruids of OrborosDruid of Orboros OverseerWolves of Orboros (7)Wolves of Oroboros Officer and Standard BearerBecause we are going to participate in a local SR4 tournament in ... 

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jonconcarne

Wraithwitch Deneghra Conversion

This is my first real conversion, so I have to admit that it's not entirely my own idea. Heck, it's not even partly my idea. I never liked the eDenny model, so I never really considered buying her when I had other fun casters that I enjoyed playing with... until i saw ... 

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Redfinnegas

So that’s what a Trencher’s chest looks like…

As part of my summertime motivation to paint minis, I put all my trenchers out on the paint table. I'm not playing them until they're all done. I mistakenly finished my minimum unit and then moved on to other things. I should have painted them all at once. So I'm not just painting the ... 

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gdaybloke

Sweet Sassy Molassey! Double the fun!

I had booked the day off work today so that I could be on Dad Duty while Gdayshiela worked a wedding… and I ended up spending most of the day keeping a very sick Gdaygirl company in the hospital until she could be discharged, while Gdaysheila tried to get some rest after being with Gdaygirl ... 

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