Lack of Games

   So here I am again missing from writing, well the reason for my most recent departure was frustration.  It appears that WarmaHordes is on the back slide at the moment while I build and paint I haven't played a game in almost THREE MONTHS!!! Every-time I hit up my local store no one is playing or if they are it's two friends who only play one another.  So I haven't felt like writing.  I have been collecting still I recently purchased a small used Khador army am building a Harkovich Man-o-War Armored list. Cryx my first love of miniature gaming I purchased Lord Exhumator Scaverous and Erebus kit. Erebus has yet to come in but next week.

    I finished all the Death Skullz for my friend and sold most of my space marines.  A friend gave me some Tau and I'm having an ok time running them I still feel frustrated or bored in most games of 40k.  I've been thinking of trying the Eldar or Dark Eldar to try out some of the more magic armies.  Still unsure WarmaHordes is my baby.

    I am currently working on a map based slow grow campaign for Warmachine. Don't really want to include hordes yet still flushing out the kinks.  It should have a feel of Mordhiem or Warhammer fantasy campaigns.  I have a ton of ideas non of which I'm sure will work but right now I have the rules but no one playing to try them out on...  Frustrating.

So.... I lied

OK well I thought that this new position would not get in the way of me starting up this blog but here it is a month later and I could barely make one post.  Even my modeling has gone by the wayside.  The orks I started a month ago still are unfinished on my desk and now I've taken on painting an entire IG tank battalion.  However I am getting most of a Tau army.

Don't have time for pictures tonight just wanted to let anyone who pays attention not to turn away quite yet.  Now with a month under my belt at the new job I am starting to get comfortable I am getting back to hobbing.  and I will continue please bare with me a little longer thanks!  More Warhammer 40k and Warmachine to come.  Especially with Wrath on the way and a new Tau codex is the works!

Sickness and other stuff

Not that anyone's listening but the reason I haven't been updating is I have had a cold for almost a month on and off, as well as looking for a job. 

So first off I've been working on our "New Legends" Warmachine and Hordes League.  Ok so get this we each create a new caster using existing abilities, and trying not to break the game. We then are going to do some playtesting and submit it for store review.  So far we have a Revenant Caster, a Kahdor on a pony, a choir caster for protectorate...etc. It's been really fun I am playing a Cryx Revenant Caster! Fun! Ghost Shot! It's been a lot of fun and as the league begins I will let you know how my caster along with others.

My D&D group has been making there way to the Frostfell to the Icegaunt Island trying to find "the seer" Looking for information on what they can possibly do to stop Lord Blood who they found out was a god who has been "chained" along time ago by the other gods and that he has tried this once before and almost succeeded but was defeated and chained again by man who was almost a god. dun dun duh!!! 

However they took the bait on a side quest trying to get the loot from an oni mage and his cohorts. This lead to a dungeon crawl in which they defeated two displacer beasts, and then a chimera. After looting up the joint they escaped out the displacer beast's tunnel only to be met by the Mage's second who with a few Ogres, a Umbra hulk and two tomb guardians. The battle was rough dropping everyone except the paladin at one point but with luck and a little fate they made it through.  Definitely the hardest battle of the campaign so far.

The job hunt has come to an end, pending the drug test and thorough background check, but since I know those are fine I am waiting till I get a start date.  With this job I will get to start with full benefits and I get to stay here.  It's so exhilarating knowing that I have a job.  The drug test took almost two hours and I had to have a hearing test, eye test, physical, and blood drawn.  But I HAVE A JOB!

Death Skulls

I started a project for a friend painting his Ork Nobz up in a Death Skull theme.  He had already complete one unit of Boyz and Ork Mek with Shokk attack gun. 

Da Mob a' Nobz

Upon completing this unit he wanted a Pain Boy and Grot!

Bloody Pain Boy!

Now my current project is a unit of Killa Kans with all magnetic arms so he can switch out between saws, rockets, whatever he chooses. Here are some pictures of the work in progress, which they are farthur along now but here are the latest pictures.

All Three

One Nearing Completion

Now I must get back to painting.  Twenty some odd Boyz got their arms on and need some Death Skullz commando paint.

Tourney, D&D plus Sickness

Well, well, well It's been a while So lets fill you in.

Thursday my D&D group ran through the streets of Sharn escaping the city guard, found Silver-tongue, got the information about Lord Blood being the more than human the "Chained God" Dun, Dun, Dun...... And how he is trying to become unchained!  They seem to be enjoying the twists and making it their own. One, a Minotaur Paladin, has started a Church in order to have BANE be recognized as a supreme deity.  Another just started a workshop where he hired a Mage to build clockwork Golems.  It's nice change actual role-playing.

Then I regressed and felt like absolute crap again. This persisted for another day and half. Then Saturday morning Game Geeks had their Steamroller 2011 tournament.  I participated playing Gators.

Bog Trog lead the way

A good turnout twelve all in all

Table in the back room

A table in the fish bowl

The 4x4 Room

Nice terrain

The first scenario was Sacrifice, Barnabas took on a mangled metal list of Vlad.  The player was still very new to the game and despite a few miscues he did very well.  He unfortunately did not know that Hordes Warlocks can transfer damage. The Spitter and Barnabas combined to put an end to Vlad. Victory by assassination.

Gators swarm Beast 09

Gators Go!

Second Round meant Kill Box every caster for himself.  Barnabas took on pThagrosh. After a few rounds and a showing of the Bog Trog who took out a warmonger and occupied the war chief, along with the Carnivean.  Barnabas used his feat knocking all of Everblight down, then Thags attempted the charge but there was a pond and a swamp in the way so Thagrosh failed his charge ending his activation.  Barnabas dispatched him with ease.

Bog Trog Ambushers!

The Battle Begins!

The Exciting Conclusion

The final scenario was Incursion.  Unfortunately for Barnabas we ran into Mulg, and an Earthborn Dire Troll. Things were looking good Barnabas was sitting on two transfers with DEF 16 and ARM 21 unfortunately the Earthborn double-handed threw a gatormen at Barnabas and with Calandra's feat hit him, knocking him down. Mulg then Slammed the Wrastler through Barnabas but out of reach with Barnabas.  Then the Pyg Burrowers charged a knocked down Barnabas and with the final Burrower finished him off.  Ending the win streak and my chances at the final round.

A view from the wrastler

Ironback hiding in a smoke cloud

Sol's Assassination Run

Barnabas' Burrower End

All in all it was a good game but a short one.  Sol and his Trolls went on to play Larry and his Trolls for the final round.  I ended 2-1 but with the lack on control points took 6th out of twelve.  Here's a few more pictures from the tournament and thanks to all those who came to Game Geeks Steamroller 2011.

A good turn out not our largest but 12 all in all

Legion V. Legion

Karl's Thunderhead Great Paint Job

One of our newest Warmachine players great color scheme

Now I am back to painting Ork's, speaking of Orks the Orc and Goblin Fantasy book and the Arachnarok Spider are in at the Store and Rob has begun assembling and painting his Spider force.  I will have more pictures eventually.

SPIDER! OoOoOoooo...

D&D Thursday

Well the group made it through the pass taking the harder of two ways choosing to face the Black Dragon rather than venture through the Bugbear infested cave system.  And with effort and luck on their side they defeated the Black dragon successfully escaping the sight of Lord Blood... They also made it to the destination Sharn My capital of Khorvaire.  Now onto the second leg of the campaign.

This is my first game as a DM and it's had it's ups and downs I run a different type of game but the guys seem to enjoy it.

On the modeling side I am working to convert an Argus as I said in my last entry into a rescue pup by adding a red cross barrel under his head. 

Saves the day not just once!

But TWICE!

Thanks to GDayBloke over at Lost Hemisphere for the game it was a lot of fun!

Also on the table is a friends Killa Kans! Each modified to use any of the weapons hooray for magnets boo for being too small so some needed two magnets making life ever so fun! Also I got the flu while assembling and now it's been almost three days without much progress but I feel better so more painting!

Home Again Home Again...

Well after sixty five hours of gaming and a total of seven hours of sleep as well as five hours in a car I got home entered my room of sleep and seventeen hours later woke up feeling sore as hell, finding my messy mug on the front of Lost Hemisphere!  It was an incredibly fun scenario in which AOE's left holes in the ice if you go to their blog for February 7th 2011 you'll see my mug and an explanation of scenario.  And the Argus conversion is underway I will post pictures as soon as there is progress.  I'd like to thank GDayBloke for a great game.

After a fun weekend and 19 games played I went 12-7 all in all not too shabby.  Friday and Saturday I played Gators Bloody Barnabas went 5-2 Caliban 3-2, a total of 8-4.  Went 2-2 in Blood Sweat and Tiers with 5 CNTRL points both wins by scenario! I'd like to thank all my opponents for fun games! Out of the 19 games I played I only had three games in which I did not have fun playing. 

I took a bunch of pictures of the terrain this year and forgot to take pictures of all the wonderfully painted armies so I'm going to post the armies I took pictures of last year and the terrain from this year.

Try and defend the pillars while the attacker must destroy the bridge!

 Four way 50 pts each control the zone and Warlock, Warcaster controls the flag

Nice ice effects

 Defend the tower against the Mario Bros.

Fight over the Aztec Temple

Defend the gully against overwhelming odds!

Late at night or early in the morning, not sure anyone can tell at this point, gorgeous terrain

An empty game room

Temple Con 2010 Deathjack and Mortenebra take on the Protectorate

Lovely Protectorate beautiful display

This is such a lovely paint-job!

So beautifully painted gorgeous Cygnar

 Cygnar Beautifully painted

 Love the Orange and Black Retribution!

Dahlia and Skarath

Well I had a great time and met some great people that I hope to see again next year!  And after only a little time home the next painting project hits the desk!  Retribution has been striped and ready for their new scheme no where near as amazing as the Orange and Black! I do like the idea of my scheme black and teal should look nice.  And soon I start a unit of Death Skullz Killa Kans!