Archive for June, 2010

Waltz

Road to Brit Con

Well I have decided to try my first warmachine tournament at Brit Con so needing some tactical advice.It’s 75 points and 2 casters, I figured it would be a nice easy one to start with (!)Here is the list I am thinking of, the only things I don’t own are the MoW and the Koldun ... 

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Waltz

Road to Brit Con

Well I have decided to try my first warmachine tournament at Brit Con so needing some tactical advice.It’s 75 points and 2 casters, I figured it would be a nice easy one to start with (!)Here is the list I am thinking of, the only things I don’t own are the MoW and the Koldun ... 

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Archimedes the Dog

For the Motherland

So when I was first looking at Warmachine, I was fascinated with the  Retribution of Scyrah. While I am not an Anime fanatic, I appreciate the Anime aesthetic of the Warmachine Elves and felt it provided an interesting counterpoint to the rest of the units ... 

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Clayton

Starting Over: Where to Begin?!

Its such a confusing place to be, back at the beginning of things.  I gotta get dice, paints, brushes, glue, ect.  I sold it all when I got rid of my Trollbloods.  Do I regret that?  Not one bit.  I needed the money first and foremost, and they were not being played.  I needed this ... 

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So with all the craziness downtown I decided to hide in the Northeast corner of the city and attend a tournament at Heroes World while I was at it. I decided to take another dive out of my comfort zone and run with something that I had never tried before - pDoomy and three ... 

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The Colour Kiwi

Trollbloods Work in Progress

 

Just a quick post as its rather late – here’s a work in progress shot of the Kreilstone Bearer and some stone scribes.  Not too much left to do on them a bit of work on belts and the weapons and some work on the Tartan of the scribes.  After that its just ... 

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The Colour Kiwi

Trollbloods Work in Progress

 

Just a quick post as its rather late – here’s a work in progress shot of the Kreilstone Bearer and some stone scribes.  Not too much left to do on them a bit of work on belts and the weapons and some work on the Tartan of the scribes.  After that its just ... 

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Last week we looked at listbuilding for a typical Steamroller tournament and we saw that there are many things to consider when building those lists. These things include, but are not limited to, creating uniqueness between the lists, covering as many bases as possible, having some “tricks” or “surprise elements” in your list ... 

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Peter Buxton

Red Knickers and Great Racks are now in fashion!

So Mr Neil has decreed (despite my pleas for Zombie Pirates) that the Skarre list be the winner, so the Skarre List is now my Cryx army of choice. However the Skarlock is being swapped for Blood Hag for the sake of getting her painted with the full list.

So now I have the challenge I think I need a ... 

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Archimedes the Dog

Bona Fides

So let me establish who I am.

I have been gaming since 1970-something when my Father brought home a blue box Dungeons and Dragons basic set. I was instantly and irrevocably hooked. I got a yellow box of Grenadier Halfling miniatures for Christmas but never painted them ... 

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