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Kallus vs Mortenebra (50pts) – Narrative Battle Report

Owen — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:00:09 +0000

Kallus had flawless eyesight. He was sure he was the first of his army to spot the mechanika abominations across the other side of the burning village. Even the eyeless beasts under his command had not perceived the rapid advance of the Cryxian helljacks yet. Kallus had not spotted what was commanding them, but there were few of the undead elite capable of effectively control so many ‘jacks. He counted at least four heavies and three light ‘jacks. He would need to show control his own beasts and troops as forcefully if he was to win the day.

The pace of the helljacks was stunning. The legend that is Deathjack slammed into a Nephilim Soldier he sent forward to intercept it. The beast was devoured body and soul, fueling Deathjack’s seemingly boundless rage. Kallus commanded the Warmongers and his Carnivean to shore up the right flank. A Harrower hurtled into a group of Legionnaires on his left and carved through four of them before he even had a chance to react. He focussed everything on the left flank to destroying it. As he did Deathjack plowed forward into the Ravagore. It smashed aside several Legionnaires along its path, Incubi instantly exploding from their flesh. The abomination struck home with unerring accuracy, but failed to fell the beast. Kallus again had to focus all of his energies on his left flank if it wasn’t going to falter. He commanded everything he had to attack Deathjack, bolstered his own power and charged into the fray. Deathjack seemed to phase between the real world and some other plane. Several of Kallus’ blows failed to meet his target. Things were not faring much better on the right. He was struggling to control the Carnivean and the Warmonger numbers had been depleted.

Deathjack was quick to retaliate, striking down the Ravagore, a Foresaken and a Shredder in a whirlwind of violence. Kallus redoubled his efforts as his army began to dwindle. He swung again and again at Deathjack and a Slayer which had arrived. Again he failed to connect with his targets. The combined blows of Deathjack and the Slayer wore him down, until his armour failed, he fell to the ground and the world went black.

This was a fun game, but I barely got into the fight. I overstretched on my right flank and my dice failed on the left flank. That said Peter played well and got several ‘jacks on top of my army early. Had I been able to connect with Deathjack and deal even semi-respectable damage I may have been in with a chance, but it wasn’t to be. That said, one of my Warmongers on the right flank managed to charge Mortenebra reducing her to just three boxes. The Deathstalker had just missed her too, so a flukey win could have been mine! Peter suggested I write this battle report as -

Today I hid behind a shed for ages until I got bored and decided to try hitting Deathjack. That didn’t go too well and a Slayer snuck up destroyed my shell. Could’ve been worse though, at least I didn’t get corroded to death like that Ogryn!

Until next time,

Owen

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Merry (Blighted!) Christmas

Owen — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:00:39 +0000

Merry Christmas Everybody…

(I decided I’d keep up the bad photoshopping tradition!)

Owen

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Hordes: Domination Release Scenario (VASSAL Battle Report)

Owen — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:06:34 +0000

[Show as slideshow]

Myself and Phil got a 50pts 4 hour(!) game in on VASSAL last night. We played the scenario for the Hordes: Domination release event (PDF) (which Phil kindly did up a map for). If you flick through the images above, you’ll get a good sense of what happened. I managed to drop some damage at range on to Baldur and I kept Kallus well back until the endgame. Scenario points are scored for having Warbeasts/Warjacks or Warcaster/Warlock is on your opponents side of the board.

This was a very high attrition game with very little from either force surviving the game. Phil looked to be in a pretty solid position about half way through the game with his wall of Wolds advancing up the middle and making good use of the boulders. He narrowly failed to kill my Carnivean with Megalith (thanks to Spiny Growth) and that was probably the turning point in the game. The Carnivean had no problem dismantling the character Wold. Then things were a little more even. It went on to take out another Wold and the final one was carved up by the Ravagore (which was killed) and Kallus. I needed to make each of these kills to deny Phil scenario points. With the heavy damage from early game on him (and being on fire!) Baldur was up against it. The deathblow came from a Raptor’s arrow. Quite fitting as they served me very well this game, killing things at range and then acting as a speedbump. The unit leader was the only Raptor to survive, but he held his nerve and made the shot that counted.

It was a good game and a really fun scenario. If you get a chance download it and give it a go.

Until next time,

Owen

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Sometimes it’s the little guys …

Owen — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:21:23 +0000

… that make all the difference. In a recent game against Anthony’s Trollbloods the centre of the battlefield was a mass of Legionnaires, Blighted Ogryn and Fennblades. These guys, however didn’t do the heavy lifting. There were three stars of the game, which was played using the Incursion scenario.

#3 The Shepherd that scored two control points on the right flank. Nothing particularly impressive about that – she had nothing better to do after the Ravagore was decimated (more on that below).

#2 The Swamp Gobbers who blocked a charge lane from eMadrak to Kallus and survived 9 missed attacks to effectively win the game for me. DEF 15 is pretty sweet!

#1 The shining stars of the game were the Pygmy Burrowers. Anthony dug them in on turn 1. When they popped up eMadrak put Blood Fury on them and then something amazing happened. There was a Carnivean with its animus up and a Ravagore in charge range, so four Digmys charged into each and showed what an extra damage dice can do! Both beasts were totalled. Later on they managed to put a load of damage on Kallus too. Not enough to win the game, but more than I expected. At 6 points they are severely undercosted!

The game went to me on scenario, but I only had four models on the board at the end of the game! It was the narrowest of wins.

Until next time,

Owen

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Annihilation in the Rustwood – Game 4 (Video)

Owen — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:30:36 +0000

Phil and I played the last game of the campaign a couple of weeks ago, but I’m only getting around to the battle report. It was a fun game. Here it is -

Enjoy!

Owen

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Sylys Wyshnalyrr: Complete

Owen — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:00:12 +0000

I was tempted to call this post “Wyshnalyrr and I”… Anyway, I painted this guy for September’s Paint the Target (G’Day Bloke was good enough to include it, despite my late submission). I undercoated him white and then used washed to colour him. Quick and easy and the result is passable!

October’s challenge is to paint a SPD 6 (or higher) model. eAlexia or my Gun Carriage? Hmmmm…

Owen

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Annihilation in the Rustwood – Game 3.5 (Video)

Owen — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:31:08 +0000

I only flew back from Italy earlier today, so instead of playing the final 50pt game of the campaign Phil and I played a small 15pt battle that pitted pKaya against Rhyas. It was a fun game…

Enjoy!

Owen

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Annihilation in the Rustwood – Game 3 (Video)

Owen — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:02:49 +0000

This it the third game of four in our Annihilation in the Rustwood campaign. I’ve managed to win the last two (reports here and here), but things could get tricky this time out as Phil already has a good idea what my Absylonia Tier 4 force is capable of. I’m using Absylonia again as I think Saeryn will be better suited to leading Legion into the final 50pt game. Both Absylonia and Saeryn really augment the survivability of my beasts, making them great campaign warlocks, so I’m hoping win or lose that I can have a good few beasts survive this game.

Game 3

For the third game we were playing with 35pt forces over the Demolition scenario. My army was a Tier 4 Absylonia Theme force comprising the following:

Absylonia – Winds of Change

35/35

(*5pts)

(2pts)

(8pts)

(10pts)

(1pts)

(2pts)

(Free: Benefit from winning Game 2)

Phil went with a Moshar led force:

(*5pts)

(4pts)

(5pts)

(7pts)

(2pts)

(7pts)

(2pts)

(1pts)

(2pts)

(5pts)

If you know the Harlem Globetrotters theme music, now might be a good time to start humming it!

Enjoy!

Owen

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Wargames Audit: Warmachine and Hordes

Owen — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:22:14 +0000

Audit. A word that strikes fear into managers everywhere. If you’re in a business area that doesn’t get audited I envy you! That said taking stock of any activity can be a healthy exercise, so in this series of posts I’m going to reflect on what games I play and how I’ve fared with them in the last year. I’ll also talk about my (tentative) plans for the coming year. Up first it’s Warmachine and Hordes…

Warmachine and Hordes

In the last year the majority of the games I’ve played have been of Warmachine and Hordes, and I definitely consider it to be my main game. I currently have Khador, Mercenaries (mostly Privateers), Cryx and Legion of Everblight factions. Here’s an overview of my collection of models -

Oh yeah, I have a proxied Circle Orboros force too! As you can see I pretty much have everything painted that I own. In the last year the Mercenaries have seen quite a lot added to them, as have Legion. To Khador and Cryx I’ve added the odd model here and there.

In terms of play time Khador and Legion are still my primary factions and I think that will continue, though the Mercenaries are getting a decent amount of play. I’ve done well in competitive play this year with all three of those factions, so I think my standard of play is pretty good. I’ve also played a lot of campaign games, both physically and over VASSAL. I’m really enjoying Warmachine and Hordes and that is set to continue.

In the coming year I’d like to do a couple of things from a painting and modelling perspective – add the Gun Carriage and some more infantry to Khador is one of my main priorities. For the Gun Carriage I’d love to create a diorama base. I have some ideas – more on that in the next month or so! Legion is ticking over quite well. I see myself adding just a few bits to Legion when Domination comes out, maybe Kallus’ character beast and the Legionnaire’s UA. I’d also like to add some models to Cryx to do Skarre’s new theme force from a recent No Quarter. I don’t plan on expanding the Mercenaries this year, though I can seem myself adding a Freebooter warjack to complete the Pirate ‘jacks!

From a gaming perspective I’d like to increase my Press Ganger activity – family life has been pretty hectic with Ciarán’s birth this year, but I’ll hopefully have more time in the coming year. I plan to run the Journeyman Slow Grow League this side of Christmas as well as running a couple of tournaments. I’m going to keep up the campaign play as it’s just silly fun! I’ll probably expand the ANNIHILATION system next year, though I’m not sure what direction to take it in yet. One other thing I’d like to do is to reflect on how much MkII game time my Warcasters and Warlocks have seen. I definitely have my favourites, but I need to consciously try to use my less competitive models.

Next up in the audit: Malifaux!

Owen

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Kallus vs pSkarre (35pt Battle Report)

Owen — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:35:02 +0000

Peter and I got a game in this evening with the new Legion warlock facing off against pSkarre. Peter’s force was all Satyxis (Raiders and Blood Witches), their respective UAs/solos, Mechanithralls, Skarlock and a Leviathan.

In Kallus’ force I had a Ravagore, Carnivean, Shredder, Shepherd, Deathstalker, max Warmongers and max Legionnaires. This was my first game with Kallus and I wanted to see how he fared with a mixed force. His abilities mostly seem to support infantry, but Dark Guidance is a great spell on beasts too. It is expensive for a 6 Fury warlock… Incite gives the Legionnaires decent punch and they, along with the Warmongers will also benefit from Dark Guidance. The Shredder is there for his animus and a damage transfer if needs be.

We played the Close Quarters SR2011 scenario this evening and I’m afraid I only got a teaser of what Kallus is capable of. Peter pushed up aggressively and the Ravagore dropped a boosted Scather shot on to Skarre. When I saw the opportunity I sent the Carnivean in, under Dark Guidance, to tear up the Leviathan. This left Peter with little option other than to attempt an assassination on the furyless Kallus under his feat and with Tenacity on him. Some unlucky dice rolls left him on 6 boxes. Skarre feated, but it wasnt enough to stop the Ravagore and a feat Incubus finishing her. Kallus was fully loaded with Fury and in charge range had the Incubus failed.

Peter forgot Puppet Master on Skarre which may have let him land one of the Hellfires that missed, but probably not with the way he rolls dice!

It was a good game, but I didn’t learn too much about Kallus. The +2 DEF on his feat for soulless models is great. It protected him from Skarre and made the feat Incubi tricky to hit. Dark Guidance is pricey – between greedily casting it and leaving Kallus on zero Fury I nearly lost the game. I needed to repair the Carnivean after some decent Leviathan ranged attacks, but I should have let Incite drop to leave him with a transfer. He will always be short on Fury when casting Dark Guidance, but the Carnivean did make six attacks including its charge and hit with all of them thanks to the extra die to hit. It was a thing of beauty! The Incubi are useful, but like most defensive feats rely on your opponent, so a canny opponent can minimise the impact, or plan to take out the Incubi created.

I think Kallus could be very solid. I’m looking forward to getting more games in with him.

Owen

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Owen — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:00:59 +0000

I’m more content than happy with how this guy turned out. He has a bit too much metal on him for me, but what can I expect from a model that’s covered head to toe in armour!

Owen

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Annihilation in the Rustwood – Game 2 (Video)

Owen — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:00:27 +0000

The is the second game in a four game campaign. I brought Saeryn out to play this time against Phil’s Baldur list. The winner of this 25pt game would get a free Feralgeist in each of the subsequent games (this doesn’t impact theme forces) as well as campaign points, so there is something to fight for.

Owen

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Kallus – Step-by-step Painting Guide (Video)

Owen — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:45:52 +0000

My Ninja shopper Stu sent this model back from GenCon. I couldn’t wait to get it on the painting table. Here’s the result -

Here are the photos I took while painting him. The base still needs to be done – I’ll get to it over the weekend.

Enjoy!

Owen

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Power-sliding Alpha Strikes!

Owen — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:00:14 +0000

I always enjoy bringing Karchev out to play. He’s a fun warcaster with an aggressive play style. Last night Gerry and I played a 35pt game that pitted Absylonia and the man in the machine against each other. We played the Command and Control scenario, but once I clogged the control zone with ‘jacks it became clear that the scenario would have little bearing… Here’s an overview of our game.

On turn one I predictably cast Tow after allocating a focus to each ‘jack (Beast-09, Devastator and Juggernaut). Karchev charged a random target in the distance moving 9″. Obviously you can’t Power-slide with this, but it nets you a few extra inches movement. The ‘jacks then all run from behind Karchev, leaving a gap for him to run through on the next turn.

Gerry moved everything up and it looked like everything was safe enough. One Power-slide later and a focus loaded Beast-09 was charging into the Scythean. I was conscious of focusing effort of killing beasts outright as Absylonia’s feat can be painful if she just repairs one badly damaged heavy. Beast-09 did what was expected with a focus to spare. I used his Murderous imprint just to use up that point of focus – there were Forsaken nearby! My Juggernaut ran into base contact with the Angelius.

On his turn Gerry did a ton of damage on the Juggernaut, taking out its movement, but nothing else. The Striders peppered things with shots, but the heavy armour left few viable targets for them. The Raek leapt into Headlock the Devastator. I responded by loading the Juggernaut with focus, dropping Row and then casting Unearthly Rage on my activation. Karchev then squished the Raek and the Juggnaut went to town on a Forsaken and the Angelius. Forced Evolution meant I needed 10s, but as they were boosted from Rage I manage to hit a few times, taking the beast to within 3 points of dying. I had nothing else that could get near it. Beast-09 couldn’t charge as Gerry had dropped Blight Field over him. He smashed a couple of Striders and a Forsaken in lieu of something better to do.

Gerry needed to feat this turn in order to bring the Angelius back up to health. His back was against the wall. He contemplated charging the Angelius over the Juggernaut into Karchev and risking the free strike, but he opted to take down the Juggernaut instead. The Striders took out some opertune targets, but their effectiveness was hampered by engaging enemy. A Blight Field again prevented Beast-09 and the Devastator from getting focus.

On my final turn I kept all of the focus for Karchev (he had no ‘jack that he could allocate to) and again cast Unearthly Rage. He feated and charged the Angelius, smashing it to pieces. Beast-09 changed facing (thanks to the feat), charged for free (thanks again to the feat) and hit Absylonia with a boosted hit (Unearthly Rage) and one shotted the Legion Warlock.

I love Karchev – so much fun.

Owen

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Absylonia vs Mortenebra (35pts; Both Tier 4!)

Owen — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:11:30 +0000

This game was Mangled Metal/Tooth and Claw on steroids. I brought my newly converted Absylonia out to play and Peter fielded Mortenebra. We played The Gauntlet scenario with armies that were full of heavies. Peter’s list had a Ripjaw, Deathjack, 2 Slayers and a Leviathan with a handful of support solos. My list comprised four Shredders, a Carnivean, Ravagore and Angelius.

Peter had the first turn and moved out quickly. He cast Spectral Steel on the Deathjack and that was about it. In response my Ravagore missed a shot on the Ripjaw that was obviously acting as bait for one of my heavies. Absylonia put Forced Evolution on the Angelius and Playing God onto the Carnivore and I didn’t fall for it and sent a Shredder into it, taking out the head. The Angelius moved the the right to take out a Scrap Thrall that ran close by. Another Shredder charged the Slayer near the woods to act as a speed bump and my Carnivean ran to the left of the wood.

Peter was wary of my feat and wanted to Beasts out in one go. With that in mind he set about realising his devious plan. He cast Overrun on the Slayer and it set about pummelling the Shredder. This triggered overrun on Deathjack and it moved forward within charge distance of the Angelius. Before it charged the Leviathan ‘softened up’ the Angelius, dropping it to 3 points of damage! This left Peter with a difficult choice as the Ravagore, Absylonia, with Tenacity and 3 Fury, and the Angelius were within charge range of the Deathjack. He decided to finish off the Angelius, fearful of Absylonia’s feat and her ability to fully heal lots of damage. This took Deathjack quite far from the main body of activity… A Warwitch ran into the Carnivore to tie it up.

On my turn Absylonia put Forced Evolution not the Ravagore and granted herself flight and reach to make it into the Warwitch for the kill. Next up the Ravagore charged into the Ripjaw, one shotting it. This let the Shredder go Rabid and finish off the Necrotech in the middle of the control zone. The final part of the plan involved the Carnivean, which had reach thanks to Playing God, totalling the Slayer. It charged in and scrapped it. That would be a control point with Peter a little out of position to challenge the scenario.

On his turn he cast Overrun again on the Leviathan, which took out the Shredder that had killed the Necrotech, moving Deathjack to charge range of the Ravagore. He charged in and totalled it. Deryliss moved into the control zone to contest it.

I had Mortenebra’s per Skarlock and Deathjack to deal with in order to win the Scenario. Absylonia cast Forced Evolution on the Carnivean, to buff his strength, and then charged Deryliss to take him out. The Carnivean then performed a Double-handed Throw on Deathjack to get him out of the zone. The game was mine.

That was a fun game. Beasts and ‘jacks make for an impressive spectacle.

Owen

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Owen — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:44:38 +0000

I think one of the reasons Absylonia has sat unpainted for so long is that I detest the original model. In this video I talk about the conversion I did and how I painted the model.

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Annihilation in the Rustwood – Game 1

Owen — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:00:22 +0000

Phil wrote up an excellent campaign (based on my ANNIHILATION campaign rules) that we began playing through last night.

It pitches Legion and Circle against each other in a struggle for control of the Rustwood, a traditional stronghold of the Orboros druids. The area has strategic importance to Everblight as his forces seek to keep the specific locations of the remaining two pieces of the Scourge Bringer secret. By extending their control into the Rustwood they can protect the eastern approach. Everblight has tasked Absylonia and Saeryn, accompanied by a beast heavy force, to this task.

The campaign will be played using VASSAL and last four games – 25pt, 25pt, 35pt and 50pt. This gives each player 108pts (80% of the total) for their starting force. Remember, in ANNIHILATION casualties carry forward, reducing your pool of available troops. Each of the four games is a standard SR2011 radial scenario which Phil has written custom fluff for. Here’s the battle report for the first game.

Game 1

For the first game we were playing with 25pt forces over the Sacrifice scenario. My army was a Tier 4 Absylonia Theme force comprising the following:

Absylonia – Winds of Change

25/25

(*5pts)

(2pts)

(8pts)

(10pts)

(2pts)

In a recent tournament I saw how effective the Angelius is with Absylonia. Forced Evolution gives it an impressive DEF 16 and P+S of 16, which is Armor Piercing. I have a choice of either Carnivore or Playing God as the upkeep on the Carnivean, but as Phil’s force had few living models Playing God made a good choice. The only real advantage it gave was Reach, but a Carnivean with Reach is amazing as it affects all three of his melee weapons!

Phil went with a Moshar Tier 2 force:

Mohsar – Sandstorm

25/25

(*5pts)

(4pts)

(9pts)

(3pts)

(5pts)

Deployment
Phil won the starting dice roll and deployed in the bottom right. He repositioned the Woldstalker unit thanks to a tier benefit after seeing my deployment. All of my lessers were advanced deployed and the two heavies got to advance move thanks to tier benefits. It was obvious from deployment that neither of us were going to make a serious play for the scenario. I had options with the placement of my Forsaken and Harrier, but the POW 20 from the Sacrifice would kill them. In an attrition-based campaign that’s undesirable!

Round 1
On his first turn Phil pushed forward aggressively and put out a load of Pillars of Salt. Pillar of Salt is great against Legion as it blocks Eyeless Sight, which specifically hurt the Angelius’ offensive punch. After casting the spells above I also pushed forward fast with the Angelius moving down the right and the Carnivean moving towards the control zone. I put its aniums up and dropped Blight Field in front of it to prevent Phil from smashing it up too badly if he chose to charge in with a Woldwarden.

Round 2
On his next turn Phil laid into the Carnivean at range. He first cast Curse of Shadows (via a Woldwarden) on to the Carnivean, effectively neutralising its animus, and then shot it up with the Woldstalkers. This did a lot of damage, but not enough to take it out. Again he dropped down several Pillars, primarily to thwart my heavies. He also put Sunhammer up to damage my beasts as the moved in Moshar’s control area. The Sentry Stone snuck in to steal a fury from the Carnivean.

On my turn I reckoned I could sneak the Carnivean around the Pillar in front of it to get Reach on the Woldwarden that had cast Curse of Shadows against it. First I needed to get Absylonia moving. I was afraid of losing branches on the lessers to Sunhammer and since the Carnivean had a good bit of damage on it I feated. I also cast Blight Field where I expected the Carnivean to end up and camped the remaining three fury in anticipation of Moshar’s feat. The Carnivean did indeed have enough movement to creep around the Pillar and Sentry Stone to get into Melee with the Woldwarden. With only DEF 10 I hit with every attack and totalled it. The Forsaken came up to remove the Fury from the Carnivean. The Angelius flew over the Pillars in front of it and used Overtake to strike and kill four Woldstalkers. It managed to engage the rest of that unit and the Gorax. Finally I flew the Harrier in to harrass the remaining Woldwarden.

Round 3
This round is where things really hotted up. Phil did indeed feat and placed more Pillars of Salt. He then decided to focus his energy on destroying the Angelius. The Gorax pummeled it, but failed to destroy it. It’s high DEF and inability to be knocked down saved it. On the right the Woldwarden almost one shotted the Harrier – the second hit did the job. The Sentry Stone managed to fill up on Fury, warped into a prime location and produced three Mannikens. These were placed in front of Absylonia and the Forsaken and Stinger near her.

On my turn I couldn’t leech any fury, but I saw an opportunity to put a lot of hurt on Moshar. With only the Woldwarden as a viable transfer target (Gorax was full of Fury) I hoped to destroy it with the Carnivean. Before all of that I had to take some Frenzy checks. The Angelius passed (pretty amazing given it had 4 Fury on it!) and the Shredder nearest the Stoneward frenzied, but failed to hit him (rolling 5 on 3D6). With the Angelius free to activate the plan was on. The Carnivean again crept around the edge of a Salt Pillar to engage a Woldworden and again he totalled it. Absylonia activated next, she healed the Angelius for 1 point, bringing it back to fully functional, she then dispatched two Mannikens with her claws and finally cast Blight Field defensively. The unengaged Forsaken moved up and removed a Fury from the Angelius (for once I was thankful of the Sentry Stone – it stole a Fury last turn which allowed him to do this!). The Angelius swung around and (boosted) hit Moshar with a P+S 18 strike dropping him to about 4 boxes. The second Forsaken killed the third Manniken and the Stinger hit the Sentry Stone for 6 damage at range.

Round 4
Phil was very much on the back foot and in his turn he was trying to protect Moshar, but this was nearly impossible. The Gorax and Moshar double teamed on the Angelius is a bid to destroy it, but again its high defense kept it (just about) alive. The Sentry Stone warped back to place three Manniken between the Carnivean and Moshar.

In my turn I activated Absylonia first, she again healed the Angelius and then walked over to the Sentry Stone and destroyed it. This left both the Angelius and Carnivean in position to take the Furyless Moshar down. The Angelius took the final swing of the game felling the Circle warlock.

This was a fun game and my first time using Absylonia. I have to say she is great fun! ‘m pretty pleased with how this game went. I should have used the Shredder to destroy the Stonewarden as every death counts in an ANNIHILATION campaign, but taking out the Gorax may have left me unable to kill Moshar.

Roll on Game 2…

Owen

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Legion of Everblight Raptors: Complete

Owen — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:42:51 +0000

Last month’s Lost Hemisphere “Paint the Target” challenge was to paint a full unit. I was thinking about painting my Raptors until I looked at all of hose pieces of pewter in early July and decided that assembling them was going to be too much hassle. I was busy with work and home life (2 month old son and nearly 3 year old daughter!), so I was also behind listening to my podcasts. I sat down on the 19th July to put a bit of paint on Harkevich and listened to Ep31 of Lost Hemisphere Radio. There, towards the end of the episode, it was – G’Day Bloke calling me out on my promise to paint my Raptors. Doh! I got to work, assembled them over the next two nights and got them undercoated. I used the underpainting technique and painted them over the next two nights, finishing on the 23rd – two days before the deadline. Phew!

I’m really pleased with them and it was worth the big push in the end to get them finished.

I had hoped to paint Annyssa Ryvaall too, but I thought getting five Raptors from pieces to painted in four days was going to be enough of a challenge! I’ll tackle her another day…

Owen

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Steamroller Tournament Report (24th July 2011)

Owen — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:00:57 +0000

Last weekend Stu organised a 35pt Steamroller tournament in Gamers World (Dublin). It was well attended with 16 players and a good spread of factions. Below is the defining moment of the tournament for me. It was in the final game, Tomek’s beautiful pGaspy army clashed with my Strakhov led force and both armies were whittled down with a lot of aggressive play. I saw the chance for the assassination run, so I used Aiyana’s Lurynsar’s Touch on Asphyxious, tried to drop a Black Oil grenade on him from Gorman (which missed) and then went for it with a fully loaded Strakhov. I connected with the charge (after boosting the hit), then hit again, and again and finally missing a last boosted attack (I needed 8). After all of that Asphyxious was left on 1 point of damage. We called the game there. Later that night I remembered Strakhov has Brutal Charge (+2 Damage on charge attack) – oh well, I should know my own model’s rules. It was a fun and tight game regardless.

Game 1 – Retribution (Christoph)

This game was a big loss for me. It was the Revelation scenario and I kept my force slightly right, but the rightmost flag disappeared. I caused a lot of damage to Christoph’s Rahn led force, but I completely failed to challenge for the scenario. He nearly assassinated me too! It was a good game, but I didn’t play well.

Game 2 – Legion of Everblight (Stu/Bye)

I played the TO as this was a bye round for me. I used Karchev as Stu had a Tier 4 Absylonia list. It was a fun game, but the super Angelius was nigh unstoppable. It assassinated Karchev after dancing around my army. The game was great fun and was everything Warmachine and Hordes should be – big machines clashing with large beasts. Stu’s heading over to Gencon so he’s offered to do some ninja shopping for me – woot!

Game 3 – Trollbloods (Jason)

This game was a good example for why you should play scenarios when practicing. It was the Sacrifice scenario, but to date Jason had only been playing ‘caster kills. I went full tilt for the scenario as I had a Devastator who could be ‘sacrificed’ – you got to love ARM 25! Gunnbjorn (proxied) and his ranged-centric list never really got into the game as Occultation on Strakhov spoiled their fun. I won on scenario.

Game 4 – Cryx (Tomek)

Between the bye and the win I was right back in the hunt for a place, but as you can see from above things didn’t go to plan. Tomek won the game and claimed 2nd place.

It was another fun day. I’m glad I didn’t bring Harkevich. I need more practice to figure out what army (if any) works best with him.

Owen

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Harkevich, what is he good for?

Owen — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:30:22 +0000

I’ve been testing Harkevich recently and so far I’m not impressed. I’m trying him out for a tournament that’s coming up on Sunday, but I’ve yet to figure out what he’s good at. Part of his feat and the Broadside spell are obviously intended for ranged ‘jacks, but therein lines the problem. The Khadoran ‘jacks can’t hit the broadside (haha!) of a barn on RAT 4 and POW 7 blasts are going to kill very little. Black Ivan is tailor-made for Harkevich as boosted attack rolls are necessary.

Tonight I tried him with some melee ‘jacks – Beast-09 and a Juggernaut. Escort (and its +2″ movement) is great on them. Fortune is quite nice too. The second half of Harkevich’s feat (free charge/slam and +3 ARM) is quite useful too

In the game tonight against a Tier 3 Bethayne army I used his feat defensively to get up in the face of Joe’s Hex Hunters and managed to engage a good chunk of his army. It was at that point that I realised the power of Bethayne’s feat. The Hex Hunters’ boosted magic attack and damage rolls decimated my Iron Fang Pikemen and the pair of Hellions took out my Great Bears, Aiyana, Holt and a Koldun Lord. Ouch! And that was Joe being nice. He could have easily taken down Harkevich that turn. I killed a few things in retaliation, but the writing was on the wall. One arced spell later and Harkevich was toast.

To be fair thst was a tough matchup, but I’m still trying to figure out what he’s good at….

Owen

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Owen — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:15:34 +0000

Yesterday Stu, one of our local Press Gangers, ran a 35pt two list Steamroller 2011 tournament held in Gamers World, Dublin. The tournament attracted 11 players and I went along with my Legion of Everblight. Saeryn led one list and Thagrosh the other, though I only really had practice with the Saeryn army. Here’s a quick run down of the tournament.

Game 1 – Skorne (Harry)

Harry lives in the same town as me, so we get to play quite a bit and one of the practice games I had in the lead up to the tournament was against him. We played the ‘Process of Elimination’ scenario. Harry used pMakeda and opted for my Saeryn list. I played much more aggressively than I had in our practice games, but resisted the temptation to kill any of Harry’s infantry on his feat turn (I’ve learned that lesson!). I used the Warmongers and Gobbers to screen Saeryn and pushed the beasts forward as a feat-protected meat shield to hold most of Harry’s force in place. This really put Harry on the back foot and once I’d taken out one of his two heavies things didn’t look good for him. I managed to get the warlock kill and secure my second Control Point in my final turn. It was a good game, but Harry’s dice luck was atrocious (again!).

Game 2 – Protectorate of Menoth (Pádraic)

I think the picture tells the story of this game. Pádraic had a by in the first round and brought pKreoss. I opted for my Thagrosh list, which was a mistake as I had no practice with it. Anyway, he pushed a full unit of Zealots under Greater Destiny up into my half of the board and then proceeded to ‘Pop and Drop’ Thagrosh with lots of fire bombs. Ouch! The less said about that the better. It did mean we could break early for lunch and found a really nice Chinese restaurant nearby!

Game 3 – Skorne (Spencer)

I’ve only played Spencer a couple of times before and like all of the other guys I played he’s a great opponent. I’ve fought his Cygnar before, but this was the first time playing against his Skorne. He had pMorghoul and the Molik Karn bullet. Learning from my mistake of the last game I went back to my Saeryn list. The scenario was ‘Capture the Flag’, but I really didn’t fancy having to get through the whole Skorne army to get near my flag. I feinted to the right to make it look like I was making a play for the flag and then swung back to protect my flag, making the Skorne come to me. Molik charged from an impossible distance to kill my Angelius, only for me to Respawn it! Spencer didn’t realise Respawn was within 3″. The Angelius tore Molik apart in retaliation. On my left Spencer’s Totem Hunter systematically tore through my Warmongers, killing each and every one during the game. In turn 3 I saw an opportunity to seize a Control Point with the Angelius and went for it. It ran forward and I cast Blight Bringer onto it to clear the infantry (Paingivers) around the flag. Morghoul finished off the Angelius and then sprinted into a location near Saeryn. Saeryn chucked a Thrown Spur at him for 11 damage (which couldn’t be transferred due to Grievous Wounds). The Ravagore finished things off (in Melee!). That was probably the closest fought of my games.

In the end I picked up second place (on strength of schedule) and Kommander Harkevich as a prize. Ciaran (another local PG) took the win and Anthony (another regular opponent) came third. I really enjoy the SR2011 format and Warmachine/Hordes lends itself to competitive play as the rules are very tight. Big thanks to Stu for running such an excellent tournament (despite his laptop crashing half way through!). Fun way to spend Father’s Day…

(I’m the goofy looking one in the blue and white striped shirt!)

Owen

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Saeryn vs Epic Feora (35pt Battle Report; VASSAL; Video)

Owen — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:11:35 +0000

Grab the popcorn – this is a long one! I talk through some screenshots of a VASSAL game I played against Phil on Tuesday. Here’s the video -

Enjoy!

Owen

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Saeryn vs Mordikaar (35pt Battle Report; Video)

Owen — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:29:54 +0000

Myself and Harry had a great game last night. My Saeryn led Legion of Everblight faced off against Mordikaar and his ‘hard to kill’ Skorne horde. We played the SR2011 Destruction scenario in preparation for a tournament at the weekend. Here’s the video -

Owen

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Saeryn vs pDenny (35pt Battle Report)

Owen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:38:12 +0000

Anthony and I played a 35pt game last night with Saeryn facing off against pDenny. The scenario was Process of Elimination from Steamroller 2011. In this scenario there are two parallel areas in the centre of the board that each player can score one control point off of, the first player to two points wins.

The Armies

My force consisted of Saeryn, an Angelius, a Ravagore, a Raek, a max unit of Warmongers, a Warchief, a Shepherd, a Deathstalker, two Spell Martyrs and the Swamp Gobbers. I’ve wanted to field the Ravagore and Raek since I painted them. The rationale behind the whole list is survivability – the multi-wound Warmongers make a great screen and allow Saeryn to operate forward if needed and here feat coupled with the Swamp Gobbers make her hard to kill. The Angelius and Raek are great Blight Bringer targets. The Ravagore can either operate forward or back of the main line – it’s decent in melee and has one of the best ranged attacks in the game.

Anthony’s force was made up of pDenny, a Ripjaw, a Deathripper, max Bane Thralls plus UA, max Satyxis Raiders plus UA, Banelord Tartarus, two Warwitches, a Pistolwraith and a Skarlock. That’s a very competitive list and everything in it can fulfil multiple roles. Thankfully I’m familiar with most of the list, so I knew what was facing me across the table.

The Battle

I won the starting roll and opted to go first. Probably a mistake as the scenario kicks in on the 2nd Player’s 2nd Turn, but I pushed the army forward and cast Respawn on the Ravagore. Already I started to get into caught up in the terrain. This generally isn’t a problem for Legion, but we were fighting in an abandoned mining town. Pathfinder and Eyeless Sight weren’t a whole lot of use and my medium based infantry began tripping over each other. I needed to move my army up to contest the control areas, so a flanking deployment wasn’t really an option.

Anthony moved up aggressively, launching the Deathripper forward in order to arc Crippling Grasp onto the Warmongers. The Satyxis flew up my right flank as the Bane Thralls came up the left. Anthony moved the key solos up, safely hidden behind a building that sat between the two control areas.

On the next turn I charged the Deathripper with the Angelius and totalled it. Next I used Banishing Ward to clear Crippling Grasp, cast Blight Bringer on the Angelius and feated. Blight Bringer on the Angelius was a defensive move as I didn’t want the Satyxis moving into the middle of the board. I moved the Ravagore up to take a pot shot at a Warwitch, but missed. I made a mistake here as I should have moved it into the other control zone (rather than beside the Angelius). The Warmongers continued tripping over themselves, but managed to move into the middle of the board. The Raek moved to make things awkward for the Satyxis. The Gobbers dropped a cloud on Saeryn and everything else repositioned.

Anthony used Tartarus’s Ghost Walk ability to move through the building and placed Curse on the Warmongers. Two Banes made contact and that was enough to kill two of the blighted Ogryn. A Warwitch moved up to Venom spray two more. All of a sudden the left flank was looking very weak as I only had the lone Deathstalker contesting it. The Ripjaw ran close to her and one arced spell later Anthony had secured a control point. Things were a little more promising on the right flank – the Satyxis had a lot of shuffling to do in order to manoeuvre around to obstacles I’d put in place.

On my turn I went after the Satyxis and Banes. On the left the remaining Warmongers (unit leader and Warchief) cleaved through three Banes; on the right the Raek leapt into the middle of five Satyxis while two Gobbers ran to block off a potential Satyxis charge. Saeryn charged another raider, but failed to kill her. She cast Blight Bringer through the Raek killing those five Satyxis. The Angelius took out Tartarus but missed a Warwitch, leaving finishing her off to the Ravagore. Amazingly a Spell Martyr managed to kill a Satyxis in melee!

Anthony feated this turn and decimated the remaining Warmongers on the left. He shuffled around the back of that central building (lining up for his next turn). The Skarlock dropped Crippling Grasp on the Ravagore. The Satyxis did nothing on the right, but Saeryn was still pinned in melee.

Deneghra’s feat caught most of my army apart from the Saeryn, the Gobbers and the Raek. Saeryn used the Raek’s animus to move out of melee with the raider, turned and killed her with a thrown knife. She then cast Blight Bringer defensively on the Angelius. The Raek moved to block line of sight to her (as much as was possible) as did the Spell Martyr. The Ravagore moved back slightly (it had an effective SPD of 2″!) and dropped a surprisingly accurate AoE killing three Banes.

Anthony saw his chance and went for it. He moved Deneghra out to drop a Scourge on Saeryn doing a good amount of damage, but importantly knocking her down. The Skarlock cast Venom doing more damage, but it was left to a Pistolwraith to take the final shot. Game over.

That was a great game. I haven’t played my Legion in a while – they are such good fun and I really enjoyed the Ravagore and Raek.

Owen

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Paint the Target – Ravagore

Owen — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:00:19 +0000

Last month’s (April 2011) “Paint the Target” challenge on Lost Hemisphere was to paint a “Ranged Model”. It gave me an excuse to assemble and paint my Ravagore. I painted it at the same time as the Raek. Here it is -

Assembling it took time, but wasn’t too bad. It is comprised of 18 pieces and requires a bit of putty work. I left the blast off when painting. I used some slate on the base and took a good bit of time placing pieces of stone and repositioning legs. I’m really happy with the final pose.

For painting I used a white undercoat and then some light glazes to achieve the final result. For the purple flesh I used Hormagaunt Purple, Water and Glaze Medium (3:2:2). This was then washed with a very watery Leviathan Purple. On the carapace areas I based with Graveyard Earth, Water and Glaze Medium (3:3:2) and it was washed with Devlan Mud, Badab Black and water (2:2:1). The teeth are a watered down Bleached Bone, highlighted with Bleached Bone and Skull White (1:1) and washed with a watered down Devlan Mud. The mouth is Gore Red, watered slightly and washed with Badab Black and Ball Red. The blue flame is watered down Ice Blue and is then washed with Asurmen Blue.

And that’s about it…

Enjoy,

Owen

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