Perusing the web today in search of some reading material, I came across a blogpost that made for a good quick explanation of some of the differences between our sadly beloved WFB and the "new kid on the block"
This guy actually has a good little blog going and I have added it to the list of those I follow.
Until Somebody Loses An Eye
More specifically, the post I read can be found here. It was posted back in July of this year, but if you are not yet overly familiar with KoW or hesitant about "jumping on the bandwagon" (no names mentioned haha) then have a read.
Admittedly for myself I felt upon first view of the KoW2 rules pdf that I downloaded (for free) I felt the game lacked a certain amount of flavour and colour compared to what I was used to in regards to WFB. But having bitten the proverbial bullet, bought the rules and started doing some theory-hammer and list building as well as watching a few games on UB... I am becoming more and more enthused about KoW - and largely for some of the reasons that I find mentioned in the blogpost.
Go check it out. What have you got to lose?
Incidentally, after posting this, I came across another interesting blogpost from Master Crafted Gaming giving some good reasons about why KoW is "good" if you are a ranked fantasy battle fan. You can find the post here. Definitely worth a read as well if you are busy fence sitting at the moment.
Tuesday 27 October 2015
Monday 26 October 2015
Warbanner 2015 - Part 1
Warbanner was held in Napier on the weekend of October 11th/12th. It was a 2400pt WFB (8th) no comp event, and attended by 16 players from all over the North Island. A well organised and well run event, a most enjoyable weekend was had with a great group of fellow gamers.
Way back in February 2008, on the way home from a tournament in Hamilton, I conceived the idea of a Daemon army converted in its entirety using Lizardmen and Daemon models. Whilst I have used the models for this army at some point or another in various games and tournaments in the years since, I had never "completed" an army (to my own satisfaction) for any particular event. Upon returning to play Warhammer in the past 12 months I decided to focus on Slaanesh, and with Warbanner coming up I made an effort to finally have it at last completed.
I have converted and painted models of all four of the Chaos Gods, but Slaanesh is the first to be completed as much to fill a mono-god playable list. With the demise of WFB it may be some time till I get around to painting the remainder.
Here are some photos of the army I took to Warbanner 2015:
Keeper of Secrets (Exalted Gift, Lvl 1 Slaanesh)
Daemon Prince of Slaanesh (Flight, Chaos Armour, Greater Gift, Lesser Gift, Lvl 4 Slaanesh)
Herald of Slaanesh (BSB, Greater Locus of Swiftness)
Daemonettes x30 (Full Command)
Daemonettes x20 (Full Command)
Fiends of Slaanesh x3
Seekers of Slaanesh x6 (Full Command, Gleaming Pennant)
Soul Grinder of Slaanesh (Baleful Torrent)
Really happy with how the army looks. Right down to the little details such as the eyes which really add some character to each model when you look closely at it. The conversions took some time, effort, (and expense!), but on the whole well worth it in my opinion.
The theme/fluff idea for the army is that these are Daemonic Hordes found at the Northern Gates of Chaos, warped and twisted as Chaos seeps its way into the mortal world. When the Gates of the Old Ones first broke, there were many of their servants in the area, and these bodies were possessed and taken.warped in some form or another by the incoming Daemonic Hordes - resulting in such monstrosities as you see before you. Okay that could be fleshed out more... but you get the idea right?
As a list it has its drawbacks and weaknesses, but it is fast, and it is fun. With there being effectively no comp rules for Warbanner, I knew I would likely be outclassed by many of the lists, but had some hopes of collecting a good painting score, and aimed for a "top half" finish in the field.
Way back in February 2008, on the way home from a tournament in Hamilton, I conceived the idea of a Daemon army converted in its entirety using Lizardmen and Daemon models. Whilst I have used the models for this army at some point or another in various games and tournaments in the years since, I had never "completed" an army (to my own satisfaction) for any particular event. Upon returning to play Warhammer in the past 12 months I decided to focus on Slaanesh, and with Warbanner coming up I made an effort to finally have it at last completed.
I have converted and painted models of all four of the Chaos Gods, but Slaanesh is the first to be completed as much to fill a mono-god playable list. With the demise of WFB it may be some time till I get around to painting the remainder.
Here are some photos of the army I took to Warbanner 2015:
Keeper of Secrets (Exalted Gift, Lvl 1 Slaanesh)
Daemon Prince of Slaanesh (Flight, Chaos Armour, Greater Gift, Lesser Gift, Lvl 4 Slaanesh)
Herald of Slaanesh (BSB, Greater Locus of Swiftness)
Daemonettes x30 (Full Command)
Daemonettes x20 (Full Command)
Fiends of Slaanesh x3
Seekers of Slaanesh x6 (Full Command, Gleaming Pennant)
Soul Grinder of Slaanesh (Baleful Torrent)
Really happy with how the army looks. Right down to the little details such as the eyes which really add some character to each model when you look closely at it. The conversions took some time, effort, (and expense!), but on the whole well worth it in my opinion.
The theme/fluff idea for the army is that these are Daemonic Hordes found at the Northern Gates of Chaos, warped and twisted as Chaos seeps its way into the mortal world. When the Gates of the Old Ones first broke, there were many of their servants in the area, and these bodies were possessed and taken.warped in some form or another by the incoming Daemonic Hordes - resulting in such monstrosities as you see before you. Okay that could be fleshed out more... but you get the idea right?
As a list it has its drawbacks and weaknesses, but it is fast, and it is fun. With there being effectively no comp rules for Warbanner, I knew I would likely be outclassed by many of the lists, but had some hopes of collecting a good painting score, and aimed for a "top half" finish in the field.
Wednesday 14 October 2015
"High" Elf Army #5
And so it begins!
I've built a number of High Elf armies for Warhammer Fantasy Battle over the past couple of decades, and had been steadily putting together models with the aim of doing a fifth one.
Fifth? You say?
Yes, and I tend to have them classified in regards to colour schemes..
The first was Black. The first army I ever painted - and it was black, white, and silver. No shading, nor highlights, nor conversions. If I recall correctly I painted it using Tamiya paints as well. Sadly no photos of this fine glittering horde still exist. I sold them to a friend who was starting out in the hobby, and moved on to build another High Elf force.
The second was Blue. Something of a more "traditional" colour scheme, and again not overly well painted. I did paint it using Citadel paints though, and started to learn about these things such as shading and highlights. I'm not sure what actually ever happened to this army. It wasn't large, and if memory does serve me right, was sold off in order to begin a Orc n Goblin force.
The third was Green. And I believe may still exist in some form in the collection of another player here in New Zealand. I was harassed somewhat by critics calling it a Wood Elf army due to its colouring - but I assure you it was nothing so filthy! I do remember being particularly pleased with how the gold armour came out in this army, and the technique I used then is much the same as the one I still use to this day.
The fourth was Red. There were lots of "fire" highlights on this one - and certainly I retain more photos of it than I do of many of the other armies I have owned throughout my time as a Warhammer player. The army itself has been added to since I sold it, but I believe the overall colour scheme has remained.
So we turn now to the fifth.
With the "death" of Warhammer as we have known and loved it, I have turned my love of square based ranked fantasy battles to the next big kid on the block. Mantic's Kings of War has been around for a number of years now, but by and large has been ignored by many of us gamers - other than the occasional read or a check to see if any of the cheaper Mantic models were suitable for our Warhammer armies.
Given my "elven history", how could I not thus then also choose Elves to be my first Kings of War army? I discovered when putting an army list together that I did indeed already have all the GW High Elf models I required to do so, and that some minimal purchases only would be needed to flesh the army out and give me "options" in regards to army composition. WIN!
Colour wise I am not too sure yet... but with a decision to "flavour" my Elves fluff-wise from the Eastern or Southern kindreds, I am looking toward something on a brown variation. Sure I could redo one of the colour variants I have previously - but that just doesn't somehow feel right - and I am a bit funny in regards to such things.
Being also that the kindreds I mentioned tend to live in desert-like terrain areas, I wanted something that would fit that also. Gold armour of course - and brown, especially of a darker shade, would compliment that nicely I believe. The wooden elements of the army... spearshafts, bows, etc, would of course be a very light shade... bone like almost. And thus I then have the 3 main colour types for my models.
Some experimentation will be required to get the right shades of those colours that I like, and some thought musst also be given to how to base the models. With the way Kings of War works, and the opportunity to create mini-dioramas on each movement tray as a result, some fun could certainly be had from a modelling perspective.
It is not my intent to do much converting for this army, I would rather focus on a clean and striking paint job for them, some themed basing, and ideally a fully painted army on the table sooner rather than later. I have plenty of other projects that I can spend time with in regards to conversions at a later date.
I'll go into more later on in regards to the specific models I am using, and the sort of list that I am starting out with.
But in the meantime, as is my wont when beginning a new army, I'll start cleaning flash from the models I have, and mull over different painting ideas whilst I do so... I like doing this because it creates a familiarity with the models when one comes to paint them... and you can build an "artists impression" in your head as you do so of how you want the model to look when done.
I've built a number of High Elf armies for Warhammer Fantasy Battle over the past couple of decades, and had been steadily putting together models with the aim of doing a fifth one.
Fifth? You say?
Yes, and I tend to have them classified in regards to colour schemes..
The first was Black. The first army I ever painted - and it was black, white, and silver. No shading, nor highlights, nor conversions. If I recall correctly I painted it using Tamiya paints as well. Sadly no photos of this fine glittering horde still exist. I sold them to a friend who was starting out in the hobby, and moved on to build another High Elf force.
The second was Blue. Something of a more "traditional" colour scheme, and again not overly well painted. I did paint it using Citadel paints though, and started to learn about these things such as shading and highlights. I'm not sure what actually ever happened to this army. It wasn't large, and if memory does serve me right, was sold off in order to begin a Orc n Goblin force.
The third was Green. And I believe may still exist in some form in the collection of another player here in New Zealand. I was harassed somewhat by critics calling it a Wood Elf army due to its colouring - but I assure you it was nothing so filthy! I do remember being particularly pleased with how the gold armour came out in this army, and the technique I used then is much the same as the one I still use to this day.
The fourth was Red. There were lots of "fire" highlights on this one - and certainly I retain more photos of it than I do of many of the other armies I have owned throughout my time as a Warhammer player. The army itself has been added to since I sold it, but I believe the overall colour scheme has remained.
So we turn now to the fifth.
With the "death" of Warhammer as we have known and loved it, I have turned my love of square based ranked fantasy battles to the next big kid on the block. Mantic's Kings of War has been around for a number of years now, but by and large has been ignored by many of us gamers - other than the occasional read or a check to see if any of the cheaper Mantic models were suitable for our Warhammer armies.
Given my "elven history", how could I not thus then also choose Elves to be my first Kings of War army? I discovered when putting an army list together that I did indeed already have all the GW High Elf models I required to do so, and that some minimal purchases only would be needed to flesh the army out and give me "options" in regards to army composition. WIN!
Colour wise I am not too sure yet... but with a decision to "flavour" my Elves fluff-wise from the Eastern or Southern kindreds, I am looking toward something on a brown variation. Sure I could redo one of the colour variants I have previously - but that just doesn't somehow feel right - and I am a bit funny in regards to such things.
Being also that the kindreds I mentioned tend to live in desert-like terrain areas, I wanted something that would fit that also. Gold armour of course - and brown, especially of a darker shade, would compliment that nicely I believe. The wooden elements of the army... spearshafts, bows, etc, would of course be a very light shade... bone like almost. And thus I then have the 3 main colour types for my models.
Some experimentation will be required to get the right shades of those colours that I like, and some thought musst also be given to how to base the models. With the way Kings of War works, and the opportunity to create mini-dioramas on each movement tray as a result, some fun could certainly be had from a modelling perspective.
It is not my intent to do much converting for this army, I would rather focus on a clean and striking paint job for them, some themed basing, and ideally a fully painted army on the table sooner rather than later. I have plenty of other projects that I can spend time with in regards to conversions at a later date.
I'll go into more later on in regards to the specific models I am using, and the sort of list that I am starting out with.
But in the meantime, as is my wont when beginning a new army, I'll start cleaning flash from the models I have, and mull over different painting ideas whilst I do so... I like doing this because it creates a familiarity with the models when one comes to paint them... and you can build an "artists impression" in your head as you do so of how you want the model to look when done.
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