Poor poor blog

This poor blog has sat here unattended for nearly 2 weeks. And the worst part is, I don't even have pictures to fill it with. We had a very success Nerdsmas 2, we being the Nerdherd gaming group. I got to play in 2 big team games. One was fantasy and my teammate had to drop out so I was stuck playing 3520pts by myself. I was a long but super enjoyable game. The combinations between Daemons and Warriors of Chaos are pretty awesome. And with a Daemon Prince and a Keeper of secrets zooming around it was a lot of mobility. One of my opponents used a flying vampire, so we played a game where both of us attempted to get out of the other's LoS.

In game 2 was allied with an Iron Hands player and faced off against Grey Knights and Space pups. Our opponents had some rough luck and couldn't hit anything or make 2+ armour saves. The game felt very one sided with us playing for the win while they played for the draw. It's a tough boat to be in and I've been there myself. All in all it was a good game and I was reminded of how awesome drop pods can be.

The campaign has stalled a bit with all the chaos of the holidays. I'm told that the last 2 games of this campaign turn will be played on NYE. So I am expecting a new turn in the new year and many more games to play.

Daemons Ho!

I haven't blogged in a few days, and the reason is 3-fold
1) It's December and real life has been kicking my ass. Apparently kids like more attention at Christmas time, what the hell?
2) I have so many things that I want to blog about that I can't settle on one to start with
3) Daemons and playing games. In the last 6 weeks I have played 7 games, which pretty much ties my total for 2013. I have also been painting and converting like a,  well like a demon.

I finished converting the Beasts and pushed them right into the painting stage. They still need some work,  but they're up to tabletop quality for now. I used a lot of the same techniques from the Plaguebearers.

I started to work on the Skullcannon and quickly realized that if I want to get paint everywhere, it's going to have to painted in subassemblies.

I quickly slapped a Keeper of Secrets together from a Dark Elf Bloodwrack Medusa plus some bits from the Daemonettes kit. And on the topic of Daemonettes, I eBayed some brass butterfly wings to add to their backs and make Slaaneshi Furies.

Oh and Nerdmas 2: Darkness Reigns is on Sunday. I'm looking forward to seeing the boys and getting a few more games in. Plus, maybe I'll convert some of these Squarebasers into dual system players.

Campaign Turn 10

So here we are at Turn 10. It looks like the strong get stronger and the weak are getting weaker. My Daemon empire is under attack from both sides,  the Ogres are mostly pinned in a corner,  and the Undead in the Northwest are under seige. The 100% not even close to the fluff,  not this day,  not any day,  not even in the End Times alliances of Skaven-Woodies and Undead-Lizzies are taking the land by storm.

In addition to the 6 games that need to be played, the map sees a new development. This development is the Marauding Warbands rule. Starting T9 in the End of Turn phase a Marauding Warband marker will be placed on the map (This turn was territory 20 and I'm still painting the marker). If a Marauder Warband marker holds a territory for 2 campaign turns,  it will Raze the territory and then redeploy. This represents the left over scraps of armies, Empire forces,  and deserters banding together to loot and pillage and make the most of their desperate situation during this time of war. If a player banner moves into a territory with the Marauding Warband marker,  they will fight a battle to destroy the marker. Any player,  who is not in an alliance with that player,  can volunteer to play as the Marauding Warband. If the Marauding Warband wins,  the other player retreats as normal,  note that the player banner cannot be scattered by way of Tabling. If the player banner wins,  the Marauding Warband banner is destroyed and the redeployed in the End of Turn phase, and the player also gets a bonus. The banner is placed with a d80 roll. If a special territory or HQ is rolled,  a scatter dice will be used to determine the map section that it deployed. For turns 10-15 there will be 1 MW marker, T16-20 = 2 MW markers, T21-25 = 3 MW markers, and T26-30 will have 4 Marauding Warbands. The number of MW markers may be revised at a later date.

The Marauding Warband rule is largely to allow players on opposite sides of the map the opportunity to play games against one another. It also means that players with larger empires will have higher odds of being targetted. It also gives the Skaven more of a reason to use their special rule.

So now it's time to do battle. I get to battle the 2 best Generals in the campaign. I definitely wish that I didn't suck at this game.

What a year in the hobby

As I had previously alluded to, I finished the Hobby Progress Challenge. In addition to that I had also worked like a mad man to finish off my Daemons for games. After the last minute push to complete the HPC,  I took a few days off from hobbying. But you see,  the thing is that I'm now in a routine of daily hobby. I work in construction,  then come home and I'm Dad to 3 kids 5 and under. I don't spend a lot of time sitting down. I have found that if I'm going to watch any TV,  it's either with the wife (0 hobby allowed) or watching Netflix while I paint.

Now,  with the HPC complete,  I wanted to get a shot of all the models that I have painted in the last 6 months. Add to that all the terrain that I've built in the last year,  I feel like I'm cruising through projects at a good rate. Some day soon I will bust out the entire Brazen Fists chapter so far abd get a picture of it.

For now,  it's back to messing around with Green Stuff and making gross looking Ogres.

End of Turn 8

As a quick recap,  I lost both of my games in the last campaign turn,  including the one where I had a 40% (640pts) advantage. I suck at this game!

That ended with me losing a banner as I didn't have enough territories to support it. I also seem to be surrounded by 4 players.

And now it's time for Orders.

HPC and some Nurgle Ogres

It's a travesty,  I know. 8 days without a new blog post. I am ashamed. I have been in full hobby mode. The ICs HPC finished on Sunday night at 11:59PM and I pushed it right down to the minute. Are all of the models 100% done? No, but they do look pretty good. I'm really happy with the progress on my army. Since June I have paintes another 2000pts of Brazen Fists, 3.5 gaming tables, and 1800pts of Daemons.

I will come back to the Scouts and Centurions, but for a few days I need a break. Painting every available minute, including waking up at 5am to hobby. A note on the scouts is that other than the sergeant, none of them have progressed to full Battle Brother status and therefore do not have a red glove

To take a break from the Marines, I started messing around with some Ogres and greenstuff. I've got bits in the mail and they should be here in a week or so. This is my first real attempt and seriously sculpting. It's going to take some learning.

Next up is a game for WEDNESDAY NIGHT WARHAMMER! And a game on Thursday Night as well. Once thoseare done the campaign can progress further.