An Evening In

I meant to post this up last month and completely forgot I had written it, so here's another Turnip28 show case because, why not?

 I hadn't been able to play too much large scale stuff of late due to my FLGS moving to a new venue. This meant my storage locker had to be emptied and my bigger armies were moved back to the house. No big issue as I've been happy playing pick up games like Blood Bowl and Warcry for the meanwhile, but last week I was fortunate to get an evening off at the same time as my regular Turnip28 buddy. A quick favour from the creator of the game netted me a copy of the updated rules a couple of days early(Thanks again Max) and we were good to go.

We setup for the Misty Swamp mission, With both us deploying diagonally and right in each others faces. This worked well for me as I was using the Root Shrine and knew that with a little aggression I could get in close and let the zealots do their work. My house mate has started work on his Grogs, but has borrowed a few of my models to fill out his ranks for this game. With his Toff starting off the board it gave me some time to really push forward before he'd any real control of his army. That said, he was rocking a stump gun and a lot of elite rifles in the 2 units of Grogs and a unit of Chaff snipers.

Early turns were quick and brutal with casualties on both sides.

But it was a lucky volley from the Gleebland Rabble that swung things into my favour: obliterating a unit of Grogs and leaving the survivor open to the Cavalry Whelps.

The remaining Grogs attempt to take their revenge, but a driven back through weight of fire.

A resounding victory to the Gleebland Wanders and their terrifying Root Chapel. Until next time.

 Kind of dropped of the face of thing for a bit last month. Not to worry, I've still had time to do some hobby and get out and see friends. So here's what I've been working on this week. Plenty of Warcry!

After finishing my Necromancer Warband I had the itch to continue on some of the other small warband projects I had half finished. Namely some Stormcast. I liked the idea of a band of monster hunters, traveling the realms looking to put down specific beasties for their rampaging, knid of like the Questing Knights of the Old World.

For the sake of completion, here's my Iron Golems as well :)

More Waaagh! Than You Bargained For

Hello all, my it's been a while since I looked in on this place. Despite my absence from posting here I have still managed to get a fair bit of hobby. Either playing or painting, it's been pretty easy going up to now work wise. 

First to get shown off is the next stage of Retro Ork army. Following the early release of the new codex I dug out my oldhammer boar boys and set to work building a Snakebites contingent to run alongside the Goffs. Long term I'd love to have all six clans represented and run the whole army as freebooters, but that's a WAAAAAAY off yet. For now, here are the first few boys that were painted for proof of concept.

I'm going to paint up a few more of these lads to bulk up the numbers and see what I can do for a Retro style Hunta Rig for them to roll about the field with. Next is a Noc on Super Cyboar. He'll count as a Smasha Squig under the new rules.

Finally, the Squig Hog (Boar)  Boyz. I couldn't bring myself to chop up the riders too much to match the newer weapons and bioniks, bot the pigs were another story. The Boars were bought second hand and were in pretty rough shape when I got them. This meant that bioniks and major repairs were not only possible, they essential! The engine replacements for the back legs are Kromleck pieces and with a bit of clipping GS fit the piggies' rump perfectly. I may add one more boy in the future to round off the unit to 6 as it'll allow me the choice field one big mob or two smaller ones, but I'm all greened out right now.  

So my buddy's birthday is coming up and we're all getting together for some overnight warhammer. I've still a few bits for my AoS goblins to tart up ready, but we'll also be doing some Warcry too. With that in mind I think I'll paint something a little less green for now.

Until next time!

2nd Ed Waaaaagh!!!

 Well it has been a while hasn't it? Really world has been a bit nutty of late, but I've still been hobbying and I can finally show off my efforts. In it's entirety (ahead of the new Ork Codex) My 2nd Edition Goff army led by Ghazkhull (The mini version)

2nd ED Ghazzy isn't too impressive compared to his new model, but I still the goofy lookin' git. I gave him a chain blade bayonet and a beefier bosspole to chunk him up a bit and then made him a display base if I ever fancy using him a BIG Ghazz rather than a generic Warboss.

The warband in full features 2 Gun wagons, a Dread, a Mek, a Dok, 5 Nobz to run along with the Boyz and some Mega Nobz to hang out with Ghazz.

I think as a long term project, I'm aiming to paint up a retro contingent of each clan to the same standard and size. If I ever want to field units outside of their clan then I'll run the army as Freebooters, but this will go a long way in helping to stop me getting bored painting too much of one colour scheme. It also helps build large numbers of boyz to a decent standard. The heart of every Clan will be a block of 20 boyz built from models across the range so it'll have a great and varied look in the end. As much as everything here was painted new, I kind of see this as a chance to update or repaint some elements of my existing army as well as get some new units done.

The Dred has been in my army for a long while, but I really wanted to get him into the retro project. All he needed was a little bit of an update to his paint work and a flashy 2nd Ed style banner and he fits in nicely

Not too sure what this Mek is armed with, but someone is going to find out the hard way.

By all accounts these are the weediest models in the army, but the idea of putting these down as Mega Nobz in current rules makes me giggle.

This was the toughest unit to paint. Don't know why, but the Nobz Mob just seemed like such a slog, even before I started the banners. I'm still really happy with the finished result though.

It wouldn't be a Goff army without a Goff Rokker!

So what's next? Well that swanky new Codex is on the horizon and if everyone else is getting those chunky new Squig riders, who am I to ignore such an invitation. Going with the same plans as before, I'll play about with an army list using the old books for fun and see what I like, but I'll be building a Snakebite Clan this time. Complete with Pig riders, Cyboars and plenty odd boyz.

Until then, stay safe and I'll hopefully have something to post soon.