Things I Do Well

Updating WIP I can do rather frequently, updating what I'm finished with, I do not do very well.  One of these days I will sit down and set up a better area to shoot finished photos with.  There are a few models that I should go back to and complete (Calandra, eMadrak, and Mulg) and take better photos of them.  I did finish the Archidon, of course a little more detail would be fantastic but here is a current pic of him.

I've also been working on some casters: eHexeris and Phatty McPhatterson himself, Dominar Rasheth

Works In Progress - Trolls

     So I got onto a Troll painting kick.  Calandra, eMadrak, and Mulg.  My goal is to have fully painted armies on the table come tournament time.  This Saturday there is a 25pt tournament, not sure if I'm going to be able to go yet, having to help out family for possibly the entire weekend.

     My plan is to bring the following lists:

Calandra Truthsayer (tabletop ready)
    Bomber (fully painted)
    Impaler (fully painted)
Fell Caller Hero (fully painted)
Full Burrowers (fully painted)
Min Kriel Warriors (partially painted)
Stone Scribe Chronicler (partially painted)

Madrack Ironhide, World Ender (tabletop ready)
    Mulg the Ancient (tabletop ready)
    Pyre Troll (fully painted)

Fell Caller Hero (fully painted)

Full Burrowers (fully painted)

Min Kriel Warriors (partially painted)

     Since its a SR2012 list, I need to have 5 points of reinforcements.  I believe that for eMadrack I'll have a Trollkin Champion Hero, and the Stone Scribe Chronicler.  But for Calandra, I'm thinking of having Runeshapers and Swamp Gobbers.  I've also through of having a Champ Hero with Calandra also, but then I have 2 points of, I don't know what to bring.  

     

Calandra with her Party Dress on

eMadrack Axe to Mouth action!

     But I do have some pics of my progress on some models.  I will be able to get most of it done so that I can put them on the tabletop, and then do more highlighting to get them "properly" painted.

Mulg is getting close to SMASH the tabletop!

Project Random - Update!

I'm about to call Project Random a failure...I have gotten the base coat done on a few of the models, and need to wash/highlight, etc.  But its been so long since I have painted anything, and there are 3 big tournaments coming up, where I want to be fully painted for, and I'm thinking of painting the skorne up for them.

Feburary 11th is the inaugural Gold Rush Rampage in Sacramento:   http://goldrushrampage.com/

March 2nd-4th is the 2nd annual Bay Area Open: http://www.frontlinegaming.org/community/bay-area-open/

May 25th-28th is the Khan of Cons, Kublacon: http://www.kublacon.com/

Deciding what I'm going to play, I might play with my Skorne instead of the Trolls....Which means Trolls get to sit for a bit, which means, Project Random is on hold at the very least.

Project: Random Model

  I wasn't sure what I wanted to paint next, I've got a few models with some paint on them, some models with primer, some models just built, some models in packages.
  After the Slow Grow League, I'm not sure what I want to paint.  So I put together all the play cards for every model/unit I do not have fully painted, and randomly picked out a card.  And the winner is:

TROLLKIN FENNBLADES!!!!

RAWR!! PAINT ME NOW!!

  Ok so why is there paint on them....well these were one of my models units where I started painting, but I had just finished another previous unit, so I really was trying to push these guys through, and I just couldn't do it.  But fate has spoken! Fennblades you will be finished and be able to stand on the battlefield proud and fully painted!

  To be continued...

Troll Whelps

These little bundles of joy have been sitting on the side, skin base painted, but neglected.  Today I decided to reward these little guys with a finished paint job, and I liked how they came out!  The skin came out very well plus, I did enjoy how the bottle on the 'drunken whelp' came out.  I had a good relaxing time painting these.  Enjoy!

Previous Paintings

I was looking over my posts here and saw that I don't have any picture of my previous works, so I wanted to put a smattering of my trolls out there so people can see some of my painted

models.

Again, I need to get the light box set up for better pictures, but these are just some quickie pics.

Battle Report

Yesterday I went down to the LGS before heading to my sisters for dinner with the family and was able to get a couple of games in. I got there before Billy, one of the better local players, left. I brought with me a smattering of Trolls, I was going to play Gunnbjorn, but realized that I forgot his cards, so I decided to go with Grim instead. We decided to play 35 pts.

Grim Angus

Bomber

Slag Troll

Impaler

Fell Caller Hero

Janissa Stonetide

Trollkin Champ Hero

min Burrowers

min Fennblades + UA (Officer and Drummer)

Another one of our better players, Nathan, had been complaining about the new Ranking Officers and how broken the Menoth ones were. In particular, the Menoth Ranking Officers with Sea Dogs and Harbinger broke the game and was unbeatable. Billy took the challenge, and came up with using Cryx and Venethrax. Working from memory, the list went something like this:

Venethax

Bone Chicken arc node

Stalker

Skarlock

Satyxis Raider Captain

Siren

min Bile Thralls

Bloat Thrall

full Satyxis Raiders

Withershadow Combine

Nothing out of the ordinary, or over the top. But it did pack a wallop. Those Satyxis Raiders are just ugly, mostly because they don't take blast damage and have a 12" threat range with Advance Deploy and a toolbox of other special abilities. Plus it was my first time dealing with them, so that put a nice twist on it.

We played a scenario "The Gauntlet". I was really trying out the burrowers, because i just got them a couple of months ago, and knowing they can be pretty dirty, haven't used them yet. I didn't have any difficulties about pulling them out against Billy. In a nutshell, I lost to scenario, because the raiders wiped out my Fennblade tar pit and my solos who were holding my control area. Although he would have killed my caster because I had gone for the caster kill and didn't quite make it.

I made a ton of mistakes in this game, which I'm confident would have given me a better shot at winning if I didn't make them. There was also one big key roll which failed. I forgot my Fennblades vengeance move on turn 3, which would have put me in charging range of the Raider on my left flank (fennblades were on the right flank). They would have killed 3-4, and held them off another turn possibly. On the burrowers charge on the Bloat Thrall, the Stalker, and Venethrax, with the Champion Hero in range to use his 10 cmd, roll an 11 for their terror check, and get to stand there and get killed.

Finally, when i was trying to 'No Quarter Challenge' my way into a win, I freed up the Impaler and Grim so I could take shots at Venethrax, I forgot to pop Grim's feat, allowing him to miss on a boosted RAT roll. Otherwise it was possible I could have won on caster kill.

Result: Loss

Lesson Learned: Must play more and remember what I can do and DO IT

Another game, Billy pulled out Kara Sloan and some Cygnar, I played the same list, he had (again from memory)

Kara Sloan

Thunderhead

Hunter

Cyclone

Squire

Mechanik solo

Black 13th

Stormsmith

I had the same list, and we played Killbox. I was ready for Vengeance this time! 4 successful tough rolls later on his turn 1, none of the fennblades died, no Vengeance for me. The burrowers tied up and killed the Hunter, while throwing a couple of good hits on the Thunderhead who was holding the middle hill. After clearing them out, the Thunderhead was able to move forward and start zapping folks, the Champion hero was a champ and made 2 tough rolls! My turn, and also soon for me to leave to head to my sisters for dinner, I was 'sneaking' up my bomber on the left flank with phantom hunter upkept on him all game. I had to have a backup plan, just in case things went wrong, so I knew i had to kill the Thunderhead. I had to move Grim first, but to get him where i needed him to go, and out of the charge path to the Thunderhead for both of my Hero's who were alive. But I was starting out of the Range of the Bomber to put Far Strike on, so I put Far Strike on the Impaler, moved Grim so that I could pop my feat (yea I rememberd) so I could reduce the Def of the Cyclone who was in front and just to the left of Kara, behind the hill in the middle. Then Grim shots the snare gun at the Thunderhead, knocking it down. Fell Call Hero stands the Champ Hero up from knockdown (those 2 tough rolls) and charges the Thunderhead, does much damage. Hero charges the Thunderhead and scraps it. Backup plan successful, I'll live through the next turn with 2 transfers and the Bomber and Impaler without any damage. The last 2 burrowers kill the hunter with some fantastic rolls, scrap another one. The Impaler moves up, so he can put Far Strike on the Bomber and takes a pot shot at the Charger. From where the Impaler was, if I did crit slam the Charger, not only would have it been knocked down, but easier for the bomber to hit it, and get Kara in the blast damage. Well I threw another fury on the Impailer, and BLAMMO, crit slam back, and the angle was such that Kara got clipped and was also knocked down. I also rolled far enough, it didn't displace Kara back. Bomber rolls up 5 inches, and its able to drop bombs right on top of Kara's head, explosion, and a massive boosted roll, one dead cygnar caster.

Result: Win

Lesson Learned: When I remember to do things, I do much better. Crazy huh?

So, I shook Billy's hand, thanked him for the games, and headed off to my sisters for dinner. Good day for gaming, and food.