tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39216696149109117242024-03-13T14:57:01.596+11:00Path of an OutcastSwordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.comBlogger487125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-82567498780024473772024-03-04T12:23:00.004+11:002024-03-10T13:54:04.106+11:00Game 1 - Warriors of Chaos - 2024/03/04<div><p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithQcF7x_0QQLU9Dsl7AFKSlgaHXqvZUVOjTFdQ-8ULT0sqVOZxtOqwz4w8LX2ZzPA02vc0OhSZONkHfd24MWnAI128AOYaeZB7VAYYDq3pWEIWccs2rNgURuUlWljebQkjqOnI6bZ8l1I64gDS18J-4HACebBpxgdsZP49J2pZggFrj2EzuYKnvDky6X-/s1235/HE%20vs%20WoC.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1235" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithQcF7x_0QQLU9Dsl7AFKSlgaHXqvZUVOjTFdQ-8ULT0sqVOZxtOqwz4w8LX2ZzPA02vc0OhSZONkHfd24MWnAI128AOYaeZB7VAYYDq3pWEIWccs2rNgURuUlWljebQkjqOnI6bZ8l1I64gDS18J-4HACebBpxgdsZP49J2pZggFrj2EzuYKnvDky6X-/w640-h384/HE%20vs%20WoC.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's been quite a long time since I played any game and wrote a battle report. However, with the release of the Warhammer the Old World, I really wanted to organize something as soon as possible to test the new game. Fortunately, my brother was also very interested in trying out a new army and we played our very first TOW game online on <a href="https://universalbattle2.com/">Universal Battle 2</a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Warhammer the Old World</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">When I read the rules for the first time, my impression was that Warhammer the Old World is a different game to what I have known so far through all the editions of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. It is because there are so many, often subtle, changes to the rules that only look familiar on the surface. And quite a lot of completely new ones. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">At the same time I really wanted to see if I could come up with the version of the 8th edition army that I really liked playing with. Hence, the army I used in the very first game is very much an early idea. I assumed that there will be a lot of changes to be made afterwards. I simply considered it as an experiment, hoping that some of the prior experiences would still help in learning the new game. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Outcasts in the Old World</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We decided to build armies at 2000 points. I don't know what will be the new standard yet but I thought it is a good starting point. I should have enough models painted for such army so if I settled on something, it should be easier to re-base it. We also assumed that with the new rules, there will be a lot of time spent on checking them during the game. Hence, we hoped 2000 points would be a good balance between how many different things we could include in a single army and time spent on a game.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Obviously, I wanted to see if I can build Multiple Small Unit (MSU) type of an army I enjoyed playing so much in 8th edition. Here is a brief description of the reasoning behind the choices I made:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Characters</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For the very first game I decided to choose a Prince with Loremaster honour and a Battle Standard Bearer as my only characters. I like the idea of characters having multiple roles, so the Loremaster seemed like a perfect choice to begin with. I checked the available lores for him and decided to go with Battle Magic. Simply because there are a few useful spells with low casting value that I could try to get. And if not, the signature spell looked good too. Striking first with the Sword of Hoeth also seemed like a great thing to have.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">BSB came equipped with Reaver Bow and Pure of Heart. In this way he would act as a second general, granting a bit higher leadership to nearby units. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Core Units</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For the Core Units I picked:19 Spearmen, 2 x 10 Archers, 2 x 6 Silver Helms and 2 x Ellyrian Reavers. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Archers, Reavers and BSB are the only models in the army that provide ranged attacks. They would focus on harming small support units of the enemy, that could otherwise interfere with the movement phase. And try to pick up stragglers at the end of the game.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Spearmen, Silver Helms and occasionally Reavers, may engage in close combat to assist other units. However, I did not expect either of them to be inflicting many wounds. They all have Weapon Skill 4, so they would hit on 4+ most of the time. With relatively few attacks, the odds are not much in their favour. However, if hitting from the flank or rear, they would already contribute to the combat result.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Silver Helms and Reavers would also be useful as fast interceptors and can successfully block and divert more powerful units if needed. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Special Units</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For special units I chose 2 x 10 Swordmasters and 2 x 10 White Lions for their high strength attacks. Swordmasters have high initiative so could strike before many opponents even if charged. White Lions have the highest strength in the army and are more maneuverable plus they are Stubborn too. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I would need to make sure they enter combat unharmed, hence the role for cavalry to distract the enemy and provide cover while elite infantry moves to position to attack.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Rare Units</b></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I only got two great eagles as rare units in the army. Their main role is to slow down the enemy. I noted they have some interesting new rules so I was curious to see if they can have some additional roles now.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is the army list with all the details:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Outcasts - Army List</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Characters</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Prince</b> - <i>Armour of Caledor, Loremaster, Sword of Hoeth</i>, <i>Battle Magic</i> - 180<br /><b>Noble - </b>Full Plate Armour, Battle Standard Bearer, Barded Elven Steed, <i>Reaver Bow, Dragon Helm, Pure of Heart</i> - 169</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Core Units</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>19 Spearmen - </b>Shields, Shieldwall, Sentinel, Standard Bearer, Musician - 196<br /><b>10 Elven Archers - </b>100<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>10 Elven Archers - </b>100<br /><b>6 Silver Helms</b> - Shields, High Helm, Musician - 156<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>6 Silver Helms</b> - Shields, High Helm, Musician - 156<br /><b>5 Ellyrian Reavers</b> - Cavalry Spears, Shortbows, Harbringer, Musician - 104<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5 Ellyrian Reavers</b> - Cavalry Spears, Shortbows, Harbringer, Musician - 104</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Special Units</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>10 Swordmasters<i> - </i></b>Bladelord, Musician - 152<b><i> <br /></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>10 Swordmasters<i> - </i></b>Bladelord, Musician - 152<b><i> <br /></i>10 White Lions - </b>Guardian, Musician - 152<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>10 White Lions - </b>Guardian, Musician - 152</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Rare Units</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Great Eagle </b>- 60<b><i> <br /></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Great Eagle </b>- 60</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Army Total: </i></b>1993</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Warriors of Chaos - Army List</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Characters</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Chaos Lord - </b>Great Weapon, Full plate Armour, Shield<i>, Mark of Slaanesh, </i>Chaos Steed<i>, Favour of the Gods - 232<br /></i><b>Exalted Sorcerer - </b>Light Armour, Wizard level 2, Chaos Steed<b>,</b><i> Daemonology </i><b>- </b>136<b><br />Exalted Champion - </b>Lance, Heavy Armour, Shield, Battle Standard Bearer, Chaos Steed - 172<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Core Units</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>7 Forsaken - </b><i>Forsaken by Khorne - 133<br /></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>7 Forsaken - </b><i>Forsaken by Khorne - 133<br /></i><b>7 Chaos Knights</b><i> - Mark of Slaanesh, </i>Standard Bearer, Musician - 229<br /><b>5 Marauder Horsemen</b> - Cavalry Spears, Javelins, Light Armour - 65<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5 Marauder Horsemen</b> - Cavalry Spears, Javelins, Light Armour - 65<br /><b>5 Chaos Warhounds</b> - 30<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5 Chaos Warhounds</b> - 30</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Special Units</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>12 Chosen Chaos Warriors - </b>Full Plate Armour, Shields, <i>Mark of Nurgle</i>, Drilled, Standard Bearer, Musician - 290<br /><b>1 Chaos Spawn</b> - <i>Spawn of Nurgle </i>- 52<i><br /></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1 Chaos Spawn</b> - <i>Spawn of Nurgle</i> - 52<i><br /></i><b>1 Dragon Ogre</b><i> - </i>60<i><br /></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1 Dragon Ogre</b><i> - </i>60<i><br /></i><b>1 Chimera</b> - Scaly Skin (Heavy Armour), Flaming Breath, Regeneration (5+), Poisoned Attacks - 225<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Army Total: 1979<br /></b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is also a variation of MSU army. However, with two harder hitting and more expensive blocks of Chaos Knights and Chosen Chaos Warriors. Especially the Knights, as they were to be joined by the Characters.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">We both considered our respective armies as kind of experimental and wanted to add as many different units as possible. Simply to check in practice how they work with new rules and each other. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">As it is often with MSU armies, I needed to assume that no unit of mine is able to hold against the charge of the Chaos Knights with all the characters in there. Hence, I would try to avoid fighting (when possible) and divert them for as long as I can. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">To do that I needed to deal with all the enemy support units first, as they would interfere with my army's movement. In the first instance, I would like to deal with the Hounds and Marauders, either with my shooting or units such as Silver Helms and Ellyrian Reavers.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apart from Chimera, Knights, Marauders and Hounds, the Chaos army would need to take some time to come closer and to be in a position to attack. I thus wanted to use it to my advantage. I assumed that my brother would have had a dilemma, either to attack with the fastest units quickly but unsupported. Or slow down the march to advance as a whole. But give me more time to shoot and position my own units in the process.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">As my own army's hitting power lied with the Loremaster, Swordmasters and White Lions, I needed to make sure they are in good shape before any combats would take place. Fortunately, with a few small units opposing them, there was also an opportunity for some one-on-one fights. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">That was my simple plan to try in this game, before we placed any terrain and rolled for sides.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Terrain</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPq7EF8ExGvwY6HIvwOhpE8pJ59Xhq2AByaFAUAV3mG0ugTASXE58fyan0FNXVHjCnlai-loZwg8AegM3MipTYbdo05RkICRZai8qJ0WEcx84gzJRI3rlLXrztOFNr_jqacRcIxUxeK2OfQJnywp6Pq5mUWlWbosNaQlXzF4uAJUZtaVsJUdk7xOZ39CzC/s1207/00%20Terrain.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1207" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPq7EF8ExGvwY6HIvwOhpE8pJ59Xhq2AByaFAUAV3mG0ugTASXE58fyan0FNXVHjCnlai-loZwg8AegM3MipTYbdo05RkICRZai8qJ0WEcx84gzJRI3rlLXrztOFNr_jqacRcIxUxeK2OfQJnywp6Pq5mUWlWbosNaQlXzF4uAJUZtaVsJUdk7xOZ39CzC/w640-h428/00%20Terrain.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Terrain Setup</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">We used the rules described in the rulebook for the terrain placement. First, one piece for each 12" of the table width - 6 in total. And then placed them one at a time, keeping the 12" radius in the centre free of any terrain.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think placing terrain has a potential to be a phase of the game on its own right. First, one can choose pieces of terrain to supplement any plan/army style. Second, knowing where to place it, taking into consideration that you would not be able to choose sides, can be quite helpful. And last but not least, adapting to the way the opponent places half of the terrain pieces, seemed to me an important skill to acquire.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">In this game, we chose to have 2 types of terrain each but we didn't limit ourselves to which one we want to place at a time. In this way, I ended up placing both pieces of woods and a hill in the middle of the deployment zone. As you can see, my brother opted to scatter all the remaining terrain to the corners. he obviously wanted plenty of unobstructed avenues towards the opposite deployment zone. While I wanted to use the woods to split his forces here and there. As well as to allow White Lions some safer paths towards enemy flanks.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Deployment</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrnIdJ74nxGCTQtp5ihBH2h7gHPkDi7MhXE4vhyorDxcYwnqfzk5jXpdF1ru-2PhUzKbUu7aXPWB5rEouTF7jzd-yA_-EPzhVQiAOHsyFRFA4nHXoG2RcDuSDQXC_uMLae8rJW3_AM3Ig7FrjUEpGocFl5E-AjyBWx8NwHOjssYqDsgDX2XgQ7DoXlptS/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Deployment.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrnIdJ74nxGCTQtp5ihBH2h7gHPkDi7MhXE4vhyorDxcYwnqfzk5jXpdF1ru-2PhUzKbUu7aXPWB5rEouTF7jzd-yA_-EPzhVQiAOHsyFRFA4nHXoG2RcDuSDQXC_uMLae8rJW3_AM3Ig7FrjUEpGocFl5E-AjyBWx8NwHOjssYqDsgDX2XgQ7DoXlptS/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Deployment.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Deployment of the Armies.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">I ended up deploying South while Warriors of Chaos deployed North. I deployed Archers in the middle. Even if enemy units may have chosen to advance on the flanks, they should be able to reach some targets each turn. I deployed in a bit symmetric fashion to keep the options open, either to attack on flanks or shift to the centre. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reavers and Silver Helms on the Western flank were tasked with engaging and eliminating Marauders and Hounds. Those on the East were to delay and divert the enemy. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Loremaster and BSB were in charge of each flank, to be able to spread their leadership influence (BSB </span><span style="font-size: small;">thanks to his Pure of Heart)over as many units as possible. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Warriors of Chaos opted to deploy with weighted flank formation, with majority of the units on the East. Some of which, such as Forsaken, were deployed as a living shield and the first wave of attack. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">With such deployment, I didn't think I needed to alter my initial plan. Instead, I could make specific decision as to which enemy units to shoot at first. I thought eliminating Hounds and Marauders first was still a good thing to do. Then, it would depend on the development of the situation.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">If I could win on the West and sufficiently slow down on the East, then I thought I may have a chance to set up some combined charges (flanks including) against enemy units in the centre.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, Warriors of Chaos were quite eager to join the fight, took the initiative and advanced towards High Elves immediately.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Loremaster took Battle Magic and got Oaken Shield spell. While Exalted Sorcerer took Daemonology and got The Summoning, Gathering Darkness, and Daemonic Vigour.<br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Warriors of Chaos - Turn 1</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8wT1wZLFZ5DgUv5oqT1BIX5YpGU2fuVX023HtLboc7zC89VoNTUNIBKCEHZkI39FvbgggUUpZ_3oiBBAIrb-tBwGWqmSPOy4fsdHdFjEBDh5nvc5gMHBMn8K29dMgTpcI3zpUZn0YAyByNY2CsQLrMdtK9yNTlh7petItroHYaLWSVP3ITO195ycv3p9/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8wT1wZLFZ5DgUv5oqT1BIX5YpGU2fuVX023HtLboc7zC89VoNTUNIBKCEHZkI39FvbgggUUpZ_3oiBBAIrb-tBwGWqmSPOy4fsdHdFjEBDh5nvc5gMHBMn8K29dMgTpcI3zpUZn0YAyByNY2CsQLrMdtK9yNTlh7petItroHYaLWSVP3ITO195ycv3p9/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Warriors of Chaos begin their advance.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Warriors of Chaos obeyed the order to advance without the question and the army moved towards the thin, blue line of High Elves as one. </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">With both forces still quite far from each other, there were no ranged attacks. However, the Exalted Sorcerer succeeded in casting Daemonic Vigour at the group of Forsaken marching in front of his Lords retinue of Chaos Knights.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Outcasts - Turn 1</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxTouQSXUDkA4AsoexIoJ8GUfqZV4VRzsJ-vHZkpaH4jSfACNsv7Oe400mLFYQJhv94Wf2GKz-ptcALLwcbEWO2i8Pu_XsFN2W2MtrteT02K0Q8-nPCDMgeVi-Wo_1Z1B46HiDEh2VZj1cV7U5REvYCrAdWznK-OKFW7pl12vJhXimvr5QcOPeUvZcEBc/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_1b1_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxTouQSXUDkA4AsoexIoJ8GUfqZV4VRzsJ-vHZkpaH4jSfACNsv7Oe400mLFYQJhv94Wf2GKz-ptcALLwcbEWO2i8Pu_XsFN2W2MtrteT02K0Q8-nPCDMgeVi-Wo_1Z1B46HiDEh2VZj1cV7U5REvYCrAdWznK-OKFW7pl12vJhXimvr5QcOPeUvZcEBc/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_1b1_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>High Elves strike on flanks.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">High Elves kept the centre of the formation steady and advanced on the West to threaten the approaching Marauders. Ellyrian Reavers missed but the Archers and BSB found their targets and inflicted some casualties. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the East, valiant Silver Helms, not wanting to be attacked by the Chimera, decided to charge early and buy some time for their companions. Despite the fact they managed to eliminate three of the Forsaken, the remaining four, invigorated by evil magic, killed all but one Elven noble. The brave High Helm kept on fighting.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Warriors of Chaos - Turn 2</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhVbgF0_Q89kqszC-bnCC6_O481gsfZxFMIfnB_VZ1ZL4JhDU0Y0uVdABBrMJAFg2qwAS24rxPHuqkc1I3M9aL2zxxx7a5S_VM91ZpBdddAbI7vSp6ud5PsXAEWrenYPVO1bRb7ltqorrkfRxeo5oqGDpRzYDyemcqUUtQD5kIlquXAbfBQG4azSssR_S/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_2a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhVbgF0_Q89kqszC-bnCC6_O481gsfZxFMIfnB_VZ1ZL4JhDU0Y0uVdABBrMJAFg2qwAS24rxPHuqkc1I3M9aL2zxxx7a5S_VM91ZpBdddAbI7vSp6ud5PsXAEWrenYPVO1bRb7ltqorrkfRxeo5oqGDpRzYDyemcqUUtQD5kIlquXAbfBQG4azSssR_S/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_2a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Warriors of Chaos continue their advance.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Elven High Helm has been quickly punished for his foolishness, when the Spawn of Chaos decided to join the fight. However, as a result of the early charge, there was a bit of a traffic jam on the East. The Chaos Lord was not pleased, to say the least.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">The rest of the army continued the advance, with Chimera landing on one, exposed flank of the Elven forces. While Marauders engaged in the skirmishes with their enemies on the opposite side. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">The units in the centre marched towards their foes as well, with the Spawn clearly the most eager of them all to get into a fight.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Outcasts - Turn 2</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWw-6c7Idx9rpZKMgCwZHhRHIMbbk92VC44qy_tfBnG3pPfuOQmbfWwaOaHRdEs-szPsOnYLttMDzuVvbGmJVBXp2a3ux8yDhzDbNunezzPLd2KiJvXcuumRguVdp2_H4O0T7C5c9z4D3vEGMRoVPWtwcmwDFG7useXSUCxThjfjdToFmYflOZsJTZg4D/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_2b1_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWw-6c7Idx9rpZKMgCwZHhRHIMbbk92VC44qy_tfBnG3pPfuOQmbfWwaOaHRdEs-szPsOnYLttMDzuVvbGmJVBXp2a3ux8yDhzDbNunezzPLd2KiJvXcuumRguVdp2_H4O0T7C5c9z4D3vEGMRoVPWtwcmwDFG7useXSUCxThjfjdToFmYflOZsJTZg4D/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_2b1_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>High Elves attack on the West.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">High Elves focused on the Marauders and Hounds as per their initial plan. They managed to hunt down the evil dogs and panic one of the Marauder groups with some shooting. The Spawn in the centre was also skewered with arrows and destroyed before it could reach Elven lines.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the East, Swordmasters and White Lions changed their facing to keep Chimera in their front arcs. while Eagles hoovered nearby to help to slow down advancing enemy.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Warriors of Chaos - Turn 3</b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0_4f2KdP51NIkB4TedNemqbwdXAAYLzqny1m2aSag-RgaU07rjYYGfZ3HtttpaP9mvNTtV6ujzfUapPrFnX2SCTVCZkmh0SG6ahTGNHccTVYogepTti3VNLaN9iAL2KgwfD-92C4gBqduQjpkgQeOBp6SYzNXU1b_trnPRoUasjBoFeJhYyxZNkuxSBr/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_3a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0_4f2KdP51NIkB4TedNemqbwdXAAYLzqny1m2aSag-RgaU07rjYYGfZ3HtttpaP9mvNTtV6ujzfUapPrFnX2SCTVCZkmh0SG6ahTGNHccTVYogepTti3VNLaN9iAL2KgwfD-92C4gBqduQjpkgQeOBp6SYzNXU1b_trnPRoUasjBoFeJhYyxZNkuxSBr/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_3a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>First attempt to charge by Chosen Chaos Warriors.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chosen Chaos Warriors decided to charge the first available target, which happened to be a unit of Ellyrian Reavers. Swift Elven riders easily avoided powerfully armoured but slow enemy. However, it was all fine for the Warriors, as they simply wanted to remove the annoyance to continue their advance.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marauders and Chimera, on their respective flanks, used their ranged attacks against the Elves. One unit of Ellyrian Reavers and almost half of White Lions thus perished. But the disciplined Elven warriors remained steady despite all the losses.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Outcasts - Turn 3</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXzc9KxVThAGus_uVITyqA3ePyE5iernCmK38E8wXQwq-YF50P9YMtv8Lj5YhptWTi_2vv5IISfTjy6I15yiihJEiNJpKOanViIQY8KTB4H1FMFKDQrK4IjpWppz5dzt6bQVP-xNP-e7sMhd7OPZdg_8uvpP7O08gBFQyHZIbXpOzc3nEco1Ql4djk3Gd/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_3b1_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXzc9KxVThAGus_uVITyqA3ePyE5iernCmK38E8wXQwq-YF50P9YMtv8Lj5YhptWTi_2vv5IISfTjy6I15yiihJEiNJpKOanViIQY8KTB4H1FMFKDQrK4IjpWppz5dzt6bQVP-xNP-e7sMhd7OPZdg_8uvpP7O08gBFQyHZIbXpOzc3nEco1Ql4djk3Gd/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_3b1_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Swordmasters attack Chosen Chaos Warriors!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">The regiments on the West kept pressing forward. Silver Helms trapped the Marauders who overextended their reach and were not able to escape. In close combat, Elven knights had the upper hand and destroyed enemy light cavalry.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">White Lions moved out of the woods to challenge the lonely Dragon ogre. This allowed Swordmasters to advance towards the exposed flank of the Chosen Chaos Warriors, while the second group of warrios of Hoeth, led by the Loremaster, and protected by the Oaken Shield spell, charged their enemies from the front. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Both groups of elite warriors exchanged blows. Swordmasters' speed was countered by the blessing of Nurgle, while Chosen's attacks were deflected by the protective spell. In this round of combat, Chaos Warriors lost two of their number, while Swordmasters managed to deflect all attacks.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The reminder of the Elven army maneuvered to either allow some shooting (with only a single wound inflicted upon Chimera) or to block the advance of the Chaos forces on the East.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Warriors of Chaos - Turn 4</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yfsYSlfcfESswqWZpa8Uv0x41wUXRBohyphenhyphencmKcvbJusV-Zl0lcM-66ayI3GiCFEHwiRX3QHq3XRA7B2uuEWUlv7SLL0PUGHjcvPCzLvHgp67GquQtLZI8mXMsF4KJk2UsHGU6TAoT6xq7qOOXhy9TQFHROXCTBuDpuNA5HXOUF3sIlJB0drdLfoPs9Tql/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_4a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yfsYSlfcfESswqWZpa8Uv0x41wUXRBohyphenhyphencmKcvbJusV-Zl0lcM-66ayI3GiCFEHwiRX3QHq3XRA7B2uuEWUlv7SLL0PUGHjcvPCzLvHgp67GquQtLZI8mXMsF4KJk2UsHGU6TAoT6xq7qOOXhy9TQFHROXCTBuDpuNA5HXOUF3sIlJB0drdLfoPs9Tql/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_4a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The fight intensifies!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, Warriors of Chaos had a number of Elven units to attack. On the West, Dragon Ogre charged stubborn White Lions, who had to use all their resolve to keep the beast occupied. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the centre, Swordmasters were attacked by Chimera but again, Oaken Shield helped to deflect many blows and the warriors of Hoeth kept on fighting.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the East, both Great Eagle and White Lions fought exceptionally well, held the line and inflicted serious damage on their charging foes.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unfortunately for Elves, however, the second of the Great Eagles was shot down from the skies by the evil Exalted Sorcerer and his daemonic magic.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Outcasts - Turn 4</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Lij5heMsKn2xHMNVTUb-1a8ehPqn779Ek5yMVSFjf_H5j4QsZhRNiuATvauMxBal8N72hJnr6OB2T_d2cAWfLVrkE1TD_cZUEHUCyY81tNkma8qUzs5ZydPihvSKaeTWcVVqiR0a_fWe_3s8eNcPpDiwK7yOX2JeEFVirqvVhTLExjf5AVaChhEFamXU/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_4b1_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Lij5heMsKn2xHMNVTUb-1a8ehPqn779Ek5yMVSFjf_H5j4QsZhRNiuATvauMxBal8N72hJnr6OB2T_d2cAWfLVrkE1TD_cZUEHUCyY81tNkma8qUzs5ZydPihvSKaeTWcVVqiR0a_fWe_3s8eNcPpDiwK7yOX2JeEFVirqvVhTLExjf5AVaChhEFamXU/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_4b1_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Second wave of the Elven charges.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">High Elves committed their reserves to the fight. On the West, Silver Helms and White Lions managed to inflict enough damage upon Dragon Ogre that the beast fell down. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The melee in the centre drew in more and more units. With second regiment of Swordmasters flanking Chosen Chaos Warriors and Ellyrian Reavers charging at Chimera. Once again, Oaken Shield was very helpful and it looked like the ranks of Chaos Warriors are melting faster.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nearby Great Eagle was not able to repeat its success and this time, Dragon Ogre cut the noble bird of prey down. Similarly, White Lions suffered significant losses against the Forsaken and were pushed back.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Warriors of Chaos - Turn 5</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuPoCzVmqp_40-69eCz4FnwstdSkeAG8CyGAVgpbci3T9SuJ5OIfD1GoqXonj0qce55qwMg6Rn0-o2bkVSrsWVKa7ptfdQ8iU86-VVBVdQsz5pnhBF7YcB5GdhNOEzxjvarGKyQFn7W7umdGnLysT3ojnaaTritclmuK23GkEalr7HoVKEU8nTkifRz2S/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_5a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuPoCzVmqp_40-69eCz4FnwstdSkeAG8CyGAVgpbci3T9SuJ5OIfD1GoqXonj0qce55qwMg6Rn0-o2bkVSrsWVKa7ptfdQ8iU86-VVBVdQsz5pnhBF7YcB5GdhNOEzxjvarGKyQFn7W7umdGnLysT3ojnaaTritclmuK23GkEalr7HoVKEU8nTkifRz2S/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_5a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chaos Lord and his retinue join the fight - at last!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">After a very long march, Chaos Lord and his Knights have finally made it to the fight. A few White Lions stood no chance to even slow down this juggernaut. It simply steamrolled them and hit the flank of the Ellyrian Reavers, adding to the massive, multiple combat in the centre.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">This swung the balance in Warriors of Chaos favour but Swordmasters and their general were still able to inflict more casualties. Chosen were reduced to just a single Warrior, while Forsaken lost more than a half of their numbers.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Outcasts - Turn 5</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2R8UqX-dsdy0pCvdmLqIDcC8-hPAI2wisxXsJWhzoOLGX2lJaEgXayWzZq1CRGTaPKVj3v8swF3xflVE74HmhPoAt0YkCHzfyuG2BCmoNpgYBhAv7cGvv93dDDPSEwWDx8js3U-vLQa6-2KjwLpHUSbdmw1yEb1q0W-3nvZzGWrBU6xnwsHe3MYE4aD6/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_5b1_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2R8UqX-dsdy0pCvdmLqIDcC8-hPAI2wisxXsJWhzoOLGX2lJaEgXayWzZq1CRGTaPKVj3v8swF3xflVE74HmhPoAt0YkCHzfyuG2BCmoNpgYBhAv7cGvv93dDDPSEwWDx8js3U-vLQa6-2KjwLpHUSbdmw1yEb1q0W-3nvZzGWrBU6xnwsHe3MYE4aD6/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_5b1_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Swordmasters prevail!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, Swordmaters managed to completely annihilate their enemies. After many rounds of mortal combat, they defeated Chosen Chaos Warriors and the Forsaken. One of the regiments of the warriors of Hoeth perished as well. And in the end, it was only Loremaster who had an unfinished business with wounded Chimera.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yet, the battle was not over and the remaining Elven units continued maneuvering. One of the regiments of Archers interposed themselves in between their companions and Chaos Knights. Thanks to that, Elven Battle Standard Bearer was able to get to the top of the hill and kill the second of Dragon Ogres with his Reaver Bow. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Warriors of Chaos - Turn 6</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJc7JBKEw7tHoM5F1QwHXaAI8AnFrNH4icCEsTCUsAZ-xgubW6a16T0cQpWYC99uDAj-PCkHhRWY1VylkS-naekFpbluUr_YOFU6r281rMcHqOBgFtPTxeojHCxBlCor9sLWZAYke7bo6qTBUoh2-OKB-Yh9hW-cZHrlHoGLDLw7qdABt5hAgJQRAVrWqZ/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_6a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJc7JBKEw7tHoM5F1QwHXaAI8AnFrNH4icCEsTCUsAZ-xgubW6a16T0cQpWYC99uDAj-PCkHhRWY1VylkS-naekFpbluUr_YOFU6r281rMcHqOBgFtPTxeojHCxBlCor9sLWZAYke7bo6qTBUoh2-OKB-Yh9hW-cZHrlHoGLDLw7qdABt5hAgJQRAVrWqZ/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_6a1_Warriors_of_Chaos.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Loremaster wins the duel with Chimera!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">In the end, Chaos Lord decided he would not gain much attacking unworthy Archers and exposing his retinue to multiple charges of the Elven units. Instead, he ordered his Sorcerer to punish his enemies with some evil magic. Half of the remaining regiment of Swordmasters was destroyed.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was soured by the fact that the lone Loremaster managed to win his duel against Chimera and slay the beast!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Outcasts - Turn 6</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GtKVy_IsCe-Fuj6xDkid56oP4iDLygqsbl691n9geU5QZIEtXPk-LXkTXmLyay8mYMWAVpEpKYJLmCkCm4492I02aPYIloD7O-svpzZRGAE4KIBsHJSV7L1pCJe3zjba-iiJdLFO8zmp9olOjkedHjnrBAe8hXPHjdcRovTuP5BMNCgT1BZQot4mN1Ax/s1024/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_6b1_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GtKVy_IsCe-Fuj6xDkid56oP4iDLygqsbl691n9geU5QZIEtXPk-LXkTXmLyay8mYMWAVpEpKYJLmCkCm4492I02aPYIloD7O-svpzZRGAE4KIBsHJSV7L1pCJe3zjba-iiJdLFO8zmp9olOjkedHjnrBAe8hXPHjdcRovTuP5BMNCgT1BZQot4mN1Ax/w640-h426/2024_02_06_-_TOW_-_2000_vs_Warriors_of_Chaos_Turn_6b1_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Parting shots - courtesy of Elven Battle Standard Bearer!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">High Elves were not in a position to mount a last successful attack against such a powerful enemy as Chaos Lord with his Exalted Champion and Knights. Hence they simply reformed the line and allowed the foe to withdraw in good order.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not before, however, Elven Battle Standard Bearer aimed at two Forsaken still roaming the battle field and freed them from their misery.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">After bloody encounter, High Elves emerged victorious.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlls0bk-VzTtP1wPFlmgtZi0FJfSAjUvHm55HAYZGIbfBzN4hhOBlvsvk-iUV-tm6E796s60F3afd6_5lIifftOIFHDg9ywakt-iEWYMKMWDmiscAthcEPYC6mpdPC49pXJwzzNYqSaiDSV7avM9nggoZwHORdGqxlYCM1DrFLaxbje-Txi9PfKPV8F31V/s1024/Summary.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlls0bk-VzTtP1wPFlmgtZi0FJfSAjUvHm55HAYZGIbfBzN4hhOBlvsvk-iUV-tm6E796s60F3afd6_5lIifftOIFHDg9ywakt-iEWYMKMWDmiscAthcEPYC6mpdPC49pXJwzzNYqSaiDSV7avM9nggoZwHORdGqxlYCM1DrFLaxbje-Txi9PfKPV8F31V/w640-h426/Summary.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>After-battle</b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks to my brother for a great game! It has been several years since the last time we had one. It is also very fitting that we had the first game of Warhammer the Old World as it was him who introduced me to Warhammer Fantasy Battle many years ago.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is no doubt that TOW brought back all the fond memories and that it felt great to play this game. There is so much to digest as many rules are either new or different and what I knew from previous editions, works differently now. In my opinion, TOW is not an easy game to learn and master, owing to many subtle interactions between the special rules. It offers a lot of possibilities to customize your armies and style of play, so I hope it will result in the great diversity, even in the frame of the same faction.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">But let's talk about the battle first, before I share some of my first impressions about TOW. Even during the game we both agreed that my brother played too cautiously with his Knights. He said he was concerned with the fact that they have 3+ armour save now. Even though I had only two regiments of Archers, they can potentially reduce it to 4+ as well. With only 7 Knights, it felt a bit risky to him. However, with the full benefit of hindsight, we agreed he could have protected them the way he did, even when positioned in the centre. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think that with the powerful characters as Chaos Lord and Exalted Champion, he could have been quite bold and even invite some flank charges. This would allow these characters to swing the balance in his favour and blunt the attacks. In the subsequent turns, it is war of attrition, in which Warriors of Chaos excel. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The highlight of the game was obviously the big combat in the centre, where both armies kept throwing in more and more units. Because both armies had elite warriors involved, many attacks either missed (not that easy to hit on 4+ sometimes) or the blows were deflected by armour and ward saves. Hence, there were relatively few casualties each turn. Also, due to small size of the units, some of the attacks were wasted. As in the case where Chaos Lord single-handedly wiped out Ellyrian Reavers, before his Knights and Dragon Ogre could even roll to hit.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">As mentioned at the beginning, we both wanted to include as many units as possible, so that we could test them. My brother has already decided to switch to all cavalry army to project the threat further and get into a fight much faster.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was generally happy with the army I decided to use and haven't thought much about potential updates. I will, most likely, limit my future considerations to 2000 points, simply because I also want to plan ahead with any modelling/painting. The old 8th edition force needs repairs too, before I repurpose it to TOW.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The plan for the game worked but I am aware that there was an element of luck involved. For example, I was able to roll high with Loremaster to cast his single spell and attempts to dispel it failed. Then, I proceeded to roll well on ward saves to significantly limit the casualties. That, in turn, kept Swordmasters fighting.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was happy with how the units I placed on the flanks performed, as they managed to delay the foe on the East and win on the West. I should have position them better, however, so that they were in the position to attack again after winning the combat. The good example of that was with Silver Helms that helped to defeat Dragon Ogre. They had the range to assist Swordmasters, but were at a wrong angle to engage immediately. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I haven't used Spearmen at all, however. I was concerned that they would have been an easy target for the Knights and would have suffered too many casualties to even use their Shieldwall special rule. And I am still debating if I should use Sea Guard instead.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">It would come at no surprise when I say I like Swordmasters a lot :) They do not have that many attacks, however, so one needs to plan for them to be in combat for several turns. Hence, the Fury of Khaine spell looks so attractive!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">White Lions are tricky to use as they really want to be charging to get that initiative bonus. But they bring that S6 to the game and can use terrain and a bit of mobility to their advantage. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was happy with Silver Helms and Ellyrian Reavers working together. They are fragile so need to be used carefully but worked very well when matched against Marauders. They will be useful in making sure support enemy units do not interfere with the maneuvers of the rest of the army.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Great Eagles seem to be able to do some damage now so they will be even more useful and have multiple roles, not only diverting enemy units.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I liked both my characters, as they effectively were two generals for the purpose of inspiring nearby troops. Reaver Bow was very useful, especially that two units of Archers and two units of Reavers is not that much shooting on their own. I am still debating what magic lore to give the Loremaster. He is reliable fighter too but I had a few rounds where he managed to inflict a single casualty only. I guess it would be nice to have level 2 mage to add more variety and options.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even a single game provided a lot of food for thought. I wanted to share some of my first impressions. In a bit of random order as they all seem equally interesting and important from my point of view.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Movement and formations are what I looked at in the first instance. I decided to keep my units six wide because it felt that any wider would mean wide wheels and slower maneuvers. Infantry seems to be quite slow in comparison to cavalry. For example, Swordmasters can march up to 10 inches and have maximum charge range of 11 inches. Silver Helms, on the other hand, can march up to 16 inches and have charge range from 12 to 17 inches. With Swifstride rule making it more likely to be able to charge at the maximum charge range. I haven't checked the what would be the most probable result for either unit but the fact that cavalry can have such a long charge distance, has to be taken into account by the opponent. Even if the particular unit does not hit as hard as slower infantry. It also means that the foot soldiers can be potentially ignored and/or avoid for much longer.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Magic is very interesting. On one hand it has a great potential to impact the game. On the other hand, it does not seem there are spells that can destroy entire units in one go all by themselves. I really like it because my impression is that it will be very useful in affecting the game flow in a more subtle way. I will definitely spend some time to ponder on the possibilities out there to incorporate it in the army and the game.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shooting was always a support for me. I would love to include some of it but again, this needs some further thought on how to do it this time. It was very useful in eliminating support and adding a wound here and there, especially at picking up stragglers. Since there is so much to choose from, it will be down to personal preferences as to the type and what fits particular style the best.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Combat looks different to me now. What I mean is that there seem to be fewer attacks than what 8ed armies could deal. In addition, high strength does not automatically mean no armour save, hence the damage can be further limited. That's good as it requires forward planning as there will be situations where the fight is not resolved in a single round of combat. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">These are all very general thoughts, of course as it was just a first game. I hope you liked the report.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks for reading!<br /></span></p><p></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-50760395342541177902023-04-22T23:16:00.002+10:002023-04-22T23:44:37.659+10:00Mortem et Gloriam - Game 59 - 2023/04/21<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HxMwjWEro6NQwDbr7kRMkkH4k4eW3QbyyR8U8WwTG_zCa9ADlRRBC6ocK_xsjdlVHRQ24Luko8xON-rC_-obZN3xqDcREf0yE6qSunkHccf2rKKjrAlki2nDlLW1XVj4Zm3TFCHymYfGzSgS3K1xdIBVIEP7Yyy20Fj9suSNo4vKNB7UT6KA-i2-4A/s1346/MG%20-%20Artwork.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1346" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HxMwjWEro6NQwDbr7kRMkkH4k4eW3QbyyR8U8WwTG_zCa9ADlRRBC6ocK_xsjdlVHRQ24Luko8xON-rC_-obZN3xqDcREf0yE6qSunkHccf2rKKjrAlki2nDlLW1XVj4Zm3TFCHymYfGzSgS3K1xdIBVIEP7Yyy20Fj9suSNo4vKNB7UT6KA-i2-4A/w640-h454/MG%20-%20Artwork.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After more than 2 years since my last game of Mortem et Gloriam, I have finally managed to play one! Let's hope it heralds the come back to regular battles.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rob was my first opponent in 2023. For this battle I asked him to bring his veteran Mid-Republican Romans. Rob has just recently won a tournament with it, so I knew I am in trouble! But I also knew that he is going to help me to get back to speed after a break. And it is great to have a historical opponent too. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We played Maximus at 10,000 points per side. This is the snapshot of the army Rob brought:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu04eb4txMzT2zttFZpZkm8ECI5hm7SGJKnQ8M0IYlaezODED5XutJLjvBPyzUAJwENRagQxTYRZb9MQUS249d8e2zxmSNMFO4HpURvt3aS84N2ypn_P3PRABnWX53BxkF7AQ_-VpS22iJTAqGHQtiVtr-qOXZoGUBuEWOjlXNUEYlJlnlvnnVAz19w/s933/Romans%20-%20Army%20List.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="924" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu04eb4txMzT2zttFZpZkm8ECI5hm7SGJKnQ8M0IYlaezODED5XutJLjvBPyzUAJwENRagQxTYRZb9MQUS249d8e2zxmSNMFO4HpURvt3aS84N2ypn_P3PRABnWX53BxkF7AQ_-VpS22iJTAqGHQtiVtr-qOXZoGUBuEWOjlXNUEYlJlnlvnnVAz19w/w634-h640/Romans%20-%20Army%20List.PNG" width="634" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Six TuGs of veteran (superior) Hastati & Principes, each boosted by a base of Triarii, formed a formidable infantry battle line. Very maneuverable and well equipped to go against any TuG I fielded. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">They were supported by two Tugs of Legion Cavalry, great at filling the gaps in the battle line and threatening flank attack wherever there was an opening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It all was boosted by the Numidian allies, with their flexible TuGs of Nobles and three SuGs of very dangerous, Skilled Light Horse.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rob had an obvious advantage in the shooting department and could easily decimate any TuG in my force , if only allowed to focus the fire of his units. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Phalanx vs Legion matches are always interesting and, in my opinion, quite luck dependent, if you are talking about one-on-one fights. The veteran (superior) Legions have the advantage in the charge phase, things go equal in the melee phase. However, with more bases per TuG, the Phalanx may still prevail in the protracted combat. But then, I had four TuGs of the Phalanx vs six TuGs of the Legion. Even if I could match one TuG of the Phalanx against one of the Legion, I would still need to occupy two remaining TuGs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">For that, technically, I could use Agema, Companions and Cataphracts. However, since they are four bases each only, then it may turn out against me in the longer run. And even if I did, then I had no option but to let Numidian Light Horse run around my army and pick their targets at will. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This all meant that I had to look for the usual opportunity when facing the foe that outnumbers my army, in engaging part of the enemy host first. Try to overwhelm it and delay the reinforcements while doing so. Since I haven't played for so long and felt very rusty, I thought I need a really simple plan, so I would not confuse myself during the game! Hence, that was rough idea I wanted to implement, with a lot of factor to affect it along the way.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also noticed that after some updates, I got a bit more points to spend on the army. I thus decided to get back to Talented Army Commander and see what I can learn this time. Here are the details of the army I fielded:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDHyrIKBW6idULRjQS_J2WjuSaidGjhXvMJ2PdHlphuF7x8HkW1nHUPNW89lNXcnk51th0a6A3ATZ7I66BmR2bsE18-EzrKE4SnNnhMpyxhCcNS3BkvxFQPGSpEdtjk05jDfijXMbNeKTvF_yZZJMCa6HOAQScLq3m5T10pdnTELkHChvRnKPdEXRaw/s1037/Seleucids%20-%20Army%20List.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1037" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDHyrIKBW6idULRjQS_J2WjuSaidGjhXvMJ2PdHlphuF7x8HkW1nHUPNW89lNXcnk51th0a6A3ATZ7I66BmR2bsE18-EzrKE4SnNnhMpyxhCcNS3BkvxFQPGSpEdtjk05jDfijXMbNeKTvF_yZZJMCa6HOAQScLq3m5T10pdnTELkHChvRnKPdEXRaw/w640-h490/Seleucids%20-%20Army%20List.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Pre-battle</u></b></span><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I managed to get a Strategic Intercept. After a few rounds of back and forth we ended up fighting on the battle field with a secure, coastal flank and in a normal terrain. That suited me very well as there was a chance of having a few pieces of the terrain to restrain the Numidians a bit. And try and force the fight on a narrower frontage, so that Romans would not be able to use the full width of the battle field to their advantage.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Having only 3 scouting cards versus Rob's 5, I knew I would be outscouted. I tried to limit the margin and ended up with being outscouted by 30% only. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Deployment</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1y_wOVK6PBcBH_gOqGdINmMiVi80l68BDICOHSFdUQaPNREA6IQelH6UMj2DBA2K8--402FD366UHRgA5dnXayJoefrbLmgS9LlBgdmc3EfA6kDtG4OwZp5MF26RPY_urHfRdvlmWA09hH494jZMQUlTFb75jrOqlRSg2kgxsQUMI8NWw0f4wY8K3IQ/s1024/00%20Deployment%20-%20Rob.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1y_wOVK6PBcBH_gOqGdINmMiVi80l68BDICOHSFdUQaPNREA6IQelH6UMj2DBA2K8--402FD366UHRgA5dnXayJoefrbLmgS9LlBgdmc3EfA6kDtG4OwZp5MF26RPY_urHfRdvlmWA09hH494jZMQUlTFb75jrOqlRSg2kgxsQUMI8NWw0f4wY8K3IQ/w640-h480/00%20Deployment%20-%20Rob.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rob and his Mid-Republican Romans ready for battle!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1SSJYjvum30isyNYQbjiuKbw_g6iLn1zu0FDckpZfWmwFajezk6XYWY2b4YLIPp27kPchYpAklpRzLUWuUqBk750vpW4h7-jbIBXLzzF77fzJoDuUff4NSamni0Vxn00y2-fyhKG6qKIoviFBw51FJDHy5UDZprFP9_Nz4fnv-bueyHrS-SVdkVDnbQ/s1024/00%20Deployment%20-%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1SSJYjvum30isyNYQbjiuKbw_g6iLn1zu0FDckpZfWmwFajezk6XYWY2b4YLIPp27kPchYpAklpRzLUWuUqBk750vpW4h7-jbIBXLzzF77fzJoDuUff4NSamni0Vxn00y2-fyhKG6qKIoviFBw51FJDHy5UDZprFP9_Nz4fnv-bueyHrS-SVdkVDnbQ/w640-h480/00%20Deployment%20-%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Early Seleucids vs Mid-Republican Romans.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Rob deployed his army along the width of the battle field with the Roman infantry facing the Phalanx, while Numidians covered the flank. They left only one Light Horse SuG in front of the Elephants, but that already was a problem.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I tried to use the narrower frontage thanks to the terrain set up. I would not be able to count on it to have my right flank protected. I left Thracians in the town as otherwise they would have been badly exposed. They seemed like a liability as they are at big disadvantage in the open and there was no terrain they could use well while advancing. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">After the deployment I didn't have any precise plan and wanted to make it simple. Hence, I wanted to advance the Phalanx as fast as possible. If cards allows, even with a shift to the left flank. In this way, perhaps, I could engage some of the Roman Legions without exposing my opposite flank too much. And delay the rest of Rob's army long enough to obtain some successes on the left. I would also be looking for some gaps in the formation where I could sneak my small cavalry TuGs through and help the Phalanx on the right.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This was not a great plan as it relied too much on luck in the war of attrition and may well back fire. In addition, if the Numidians and and remaining Roman Legions would turn the flank quick, then I would be in big trouble indeed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, I didn't come up with anything better so let's see if that worked!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtlNbwQjP0G4XMqah4FefkyVCa1d7v-VznhSaBDwrUcJ9I5nTmrxr7XNGmd1Dfv0Y0pDFt_5XAX3E357jTLcHGfw1HLMDvaOHq--yK9hoxCJfQ3lhsENqggVSqOSCoiOTlX7Uhxt61ZDyuIFq_45I_Z0wxWodDe07yXvsCpg7H0__rdYZAYXGvsmOBw/s1024/2023_04_19_-_MeG_-_10_000_vs_Mid-REpublican_Roman_Deployment.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtlNbwQjP0G4XMqah4FefkyVCa1d7v-VznhSaBDwrUcJ9I5nTmrxr7XNGmd1Dfv0Y0pDFt_5XAX3E357jTLcHGfw1HLMDvaOHq--yK9hoxCJfQ3lhsENqggVSqOSCoiOTlX7Uhxt61ZDyuIFq_45I_Z0wxWodDe07yXvsCpg7H0__rdYZAYXGvsmOBw/w640-h426/2023_04_19_-_MeG_-_10_000_vs_Mid-REpublican_Roman_Deployment.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Deployment of the Armies<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Seleucids - Turn 1</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcHW30XPHF2IkNQMKc0bgY2v60zF-Dx60jDBmt3R1I85xwFoc519mSgoxoyQbNv9mTX22S0hrow7wL1zlShzxNPgIK1X_jpl5uQlAfMM3vllucix1ScuMIHWJpUCAgynxrHTheFlAD97BgAPAkZhBfF2LIoWYIF1w5DQRGR3clTGDRPIhBkGez1JS1Q/s1024/01%20Turn%201.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcHW30XPHF2IkNQMKc0bgY2v60zF-Dx60jDBmt3R1I85xwFoc519mSgoxoyQbNv9mTX22S0hrow7wL1zlShzxNPgIK1X_jpl5uQlAfMM3vllucix1ScuMIHWJpUCAgynxrHTheFlAD97BgAPAkZhBfF2LIoWYIF1w5DQRGR3clTGDRPIhBkGez1JS1Q/w640-h426/01%20Turn%201.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Turn 1 - Sequence of Actions</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOBNj5EnCBgIxJ7pg9JJ3vbNSOvfUEB1aMYM450UjLW90VUnbU7f4o_X8b9pPBh3iD49Axwaz8L4oJkfz8asVpf5F_RmvOlt2h9mCnRIWjpWhld0WFMkQ3hZT5_3irSeceBx2QaJbIEXcjphaNNWxYr8ldbHQGRxGt8JJuYRFtnaL_H7RptSpXs7i_Q/s2048/01%20Turn%201c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="2048" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOBNj5EnCBgIxJ7pg9JJ3vbNSOvfUEB1aMYM450UjLW90VUnbU7f4o_X8b9pPBh3iD49Axwaz8L4oJkfz8asVpf5F_RmvOlt2h9mCnRIWjpWhld0WFMkQ3hZT5_3irSeceBx2QaJbIEXcjphaNNWxYr8ldbHQGRxGt8JJuYRFtnaL_H7RptSpXs7i_Q/w640-h442/01%20Turn%201c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Argyraspides lead the way on the left flank.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Seleucid Phalanx moved at a double towards their enemies. Roman Legions advanced as well, although those on the centre right moved at the normal pace. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Surprisingly, the Numidians were not in a hurry to outflank more compact formation of their foes either. In such circumstances, Companions and Cataphracts remained in their positions, closely observing the maneuvers of their enemies. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuvAq28PNcDvUDKQFtifRs3i1VUug7XZ2BeK8u9aVEbeJ7zJmrbVlVSYhlfTcQ7wCWhPcME4PkbTvMbxQ4opH8C6T93Dw8m_c39JNFvN6mjFvjUS1LPEO6Jl41EKqo9EA7sfjCJ2ZcfMUsok0wQEr8DeC_pZdwvvSl0_7FoEyaCWvAXElxbxfWDU5aw/s1024/01%20Turn%201b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuvAq28PNcDvUDKQFtifRs3i1VUug7XZ2BeK8u9aVEbeJ7zJmrbVlVSYhlfTcQ7wCWhPcME4PkbTvMbxQ4opH8C6T93Dw8m_c39JNFvN6mjFvjUS1LPEO6Jl41EKqo9EA7sfjCJ2ZcfMUsok0wQEr8DeC_pZdwvvSl0_7FoEyaCWvAXElxbxfWDU5aw/w640-h300/01%20Turn%201b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Phalanx and Legions are getting closer to each other.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJ94ZtUzKu_J_qezVEaD9vu18P0dXW-IqNCRPjw87EPgloKxBvvJgiRxN6eK7BxJwi_IIT8vfONPjmrrVicylWfLgcZPb2UITV3VzoEYCxPe4E3xlicHyAJgTTNHdxtuMAXjybmFqa-TszKnVn3D7OPcMKvRw3fCqyLBuqWwGcenpN8geUODjenxrZw/s1024/01%20Turn%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJ94ZtUzKu_J_qezVEaD9vu18P0dXW-IqNCRPjw87EPgloKxBvvJgiRxN6eK7BxJwi_IIT8vfONPjmrrVicylWfLgcZPb2UITV3VzoEYCxPe4E3xlicHyAJgTTNHdxtuMAXjybmFqa-TszKnVn3D7OPcMKvRw3fCqyLBuqWwGcenpN8geUODjenxrZw/w640-h426/01%20Turn%201a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>More conservative advance in the center and on the right flank.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><u>Romans - Turn 2</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_40dq0VNSEG7BSmxzPCDnLumUhK5Vg6ngcoI6iJtk5yBLNyGzcacRthcAMORu3GKEvtwfOhtzLM_XTTycC0mOh-0lEkvm9qX9g3MFYb2VORWenmTqGM2nm-2HLC2Ilngsdny8WcexHAOCeUNdOdAfXwyVxjLVoXx384TntwRQHgfz4YtYlfXhII4Sog/s1024/02%20Turn%202.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_40dq0VNSEG7BSmxzPCDnLumUhK5Vg6ngcoI6iJtk5yBLNyGzcacRthcAMORu3GKEvtwfOhtzLM_XTTycC0mOh-0lEkvm9qX9g3MFYb2VORWenmTqGM2nm-2HLC2Ilngsdny8WcexHAOCeUNdOdAfXwyVxjLVoXx384TntwRQHgfz4YtYlfXhII4Sog/w640-h426/02%20Turn%202.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Turn 2 - Sequence of Actions</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgGrLkSjOwvrShOjmFfad8spjYAmK3DZLpumVVk2hlAbdY-ADVsPxUvJGO7zr6jpysuDnbS-vZyXAHml4Zp51qBBfvPUXXlyCYlTMcnIgODfaKWcDeM0hRQ6zeI85sKpHkw9YV3L2GYYQSHYo8xia0j-dW4i-KqUxnvKwNA-N2Z0XwtY-1aJel1P62Q/s2048/02%20Turn%202c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="2048" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgGrLkSjOwvrShOjmFfad8spjYAmK3DZLpumVVk2hlAbdY-ADVsPxUvJGO7zr6jpysuDnbS-vZyXAHml4Zp51qBBfvPUXXlyCYlTMcnIgODfaKWcDeM0hRQ6zeI85sKpHkw9YV3L2GYYQSHYo8xia0j-dW4i-KqUxnvKwNA-N2Z0XwtY-1aJel1P62Q/w640-h344/02%20Turn%202c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Phalanx is attempting to surround the Legions on the left flank.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Using a bit of hesitation of the Legions in the center and on the right flank, as well as a small gap that appeared in the Roman formation, the phalangites started surrounding their enemies on the left flank. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once again, the Numidians didn't advance as quickly as expected by either of the commanders. In such circumstances, Companions and Cataphracts shifted towards the center to avoid being in the charge range of the Legions.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyr51t5JAiu3EX4POU3CRkUDNzuTASiAdFnii3VaOzxtLWx7pPCU1UOikOjR0sBMCJHFInOKj90aDz5X0wjWDH5c-aRdAlh2BE5F8bOvXcUFO4wCAhetpv0gMrcOwFomRNoz0ku987cO45q3xgotVTVVt6OJA3g-efmRrQxIVY4v0AGdrxqE-CAsG1Pw/s1024/02%20Turn%202a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="1024" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyr51t5JAiu3EX4POU3CRkUDNzuTASiAdFnii3VaOzxtLWx7pPCU1UOikOjR0sBMCJHFInOKj90aDz5X0wjWDH5c-aRdAlh2BE5F8bOvXcUFO4wCAhetpv0gMrcOwFomRNoz0ku987cO45q3xgotVTVVt6OJA3g-efmRrQxIVY4v0AGdrxqE-CAsG1Pw/w640-h262/02%20Turn%202a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The clash on the left flank is inevitable.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznRQ2GdUHtGVOKphD1rqYIdr8MlweyKXoR81M-ptI4FwSkkgoNA_v4X7Vyn0t1TZZIMaQO1WWGZQSsG8O39qh6vIpdsFAzT5OhSbNljSwJZLySTBi72OD0HTLXhf5kGNjNwGlXc9NJSvTzZbMglLNkfKkCOcJnmWnwoM10K_QMLz1bjEbpo8LlHGZMw/s1024/02%20Turn%202b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1024" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznRQ2GdUHtGVOKphD1rqYIdr8MlweyKXoR81M-ptI4FwSkkgoNA_v4X7Vyn0t1TZZIMaQO1WWGZQSsG8O39qh6vIpdsFAzT5OhSbNljSwJZLySTBi72OD0HTLXhf5kGNjNwGlXc9NJSvTzZbMglLNkfKkCOcJnmWnwoM10K_QMLz1bjEbpo8LlHGZMw/w640-h462/02%20Turn%202b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Romans and Numidians on the right flank are not yet in a striking distance.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Seleucids - Turn 3</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIT6DcUPyZHCVJvGLfNhYF747yUUzR-OlfdHr5QbSpWx-97xQB0TsicOLtxqa5osI1VE4kNdOS-_xdledLyYEGs_7E2xDjtvfs-il3LujXNszmMH4URcqcBph55rWGa8DL48e4a8HfBNoZqXZoLBg3bTBvNKNz_Jbn-RXFkxREis55DxSM_yUUIunK3Q/s1024/03%20Turn%203.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIT6DcUPyZHCVJvGLfNhYF747yUUzR-OlfdHr5QbSpWx-97xQB0TsicOLtxqa5osI1VE4kNdOS-_xdledLyYEGs_7E2xDjtvfs-il3LujXNszmMH4URcqcBph55rWGa8DL48e4a8HfBNoZqXZoLBg3bTBvNKNz_Jbn-RXFkxREis55DxSM_yUUIunK3Q/w640-h426/03%20Turn%203.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Turn 3 - Sequence of Actions<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsS3Q5FG0Hj8AsFMjinBQXJkkV7LBSIEOs_ndxOrlFbXW7uyrrPvvenPTMN0NMENHkc2oSlagSSjwnf_nw23D-9-gdSilyWRJMxRRMWJX-tG2Ul4niQcEuKVBHUb-LcAveToeigThQ7PsGgFbfDrgbaMCDxbGSVZJWpSuYhFotX2c9CFUW7lG3G8Xgw/s2048/03%20Turn%203c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsS3Q5FG0Hj8AsFMjinBQXJkkV7LBSIEOs_ndxOrlFbXW7uyrrPvvenPTMN0NMENHkc2oSlagSSjwnf_nw23D-9-gdSilyWRJMxRRMWJX-tG2Ul4niQcEuKVBHUb-LcAveToeigThQ7PsGgFbfDrgbaMCDxbGSVZJWpSuYhFotX2c9CFUW7lG3G8Xgw/w640-h290/03%20Turn%203c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>First charges of the battle.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Two TuGs of Phalangites, joined by Agema, charged two TuGs of Roman Legions on the left flank. Third TuG of Phalangites was counter-charged by the Roman Cavalry, to stop a very dangerous flank attack. The grinding match has started and it appeared that the Seleucids are doing a bit better than the Romans.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the meantime, the remaining Phalanx was charged by one of the Legions, leaving only Elephants, Companions and Cataphracts in reserves. While all three tried to fill the gaps in the battle line, there was a wide opening on their left flank. Once again, though, the Numidians were not that eager to exploit it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtutFlrQGp4bcNSLyQeD3-pN62jqr73Gx4jI102pOpUK9qnEYNe528YliBxoJtHIkbby3v6YBq8VzvHoZ02YkOkkNf0LYk__m7_Z62M19cwDRIWQACANhiuTXp2rB2CVYyOrR4hA361JLbO1DRl0ljnbVXapdpYpdImLzOIHluFFHWfxv-MOShLeZO3w/s2048/03%20Turn%203d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1421" data-original-width="2048" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtutFlrQGp4bcNSLyQeD3-pN62jqr73Gx4jI102pOpUK9qnEYNe528YliBxoJtHIkbby3v6YBq8VzvHoZ02YkOkkNf0LYk__m7_Z62M19cwDRIWQACANhiuTXp2rB2CVYyOrR4hA361JLbO1DRl0ljnbVXapdpYpdImLzOIHluFFHWfxv-MOShLeZO3w/w640-h444/03%20Turn%203d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meanwhile on the right flank ...</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><u>Romans - Turn 4</u></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQFv_z9zR5T-E37H7bLNyCVOwWrMLR7nJKkx6GdeaTW3KLZ7SZPlueAKZFVNTTECqemdge1JrHpBFnipDo1-t4pTynkWFiVose0DaNM1raR3njkJUJ2jejj9e-u2c6H_AbnwyZAG-28c2YA7N_jcDs3ycfgJvIeNeXvyfOqbACkpBG7uv3F3NCYpoIw/s1024/04%20Turn%204.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQFv_z9zR5T-E37H7bLNyCVOwWrMLR7nJKkx6GdeaTW3KLZ7SZPlueAKZFVNTTECqemdge1JrHpBFnipDo1-t4pTynkWFiVose0DaNM1raR3njkJUJ2jejj9e-u2c6H_AbnwyZAG-28c2YA7N_jcDs3ycfgJvIeNeXvyfOqbACkpBG7uv3F3NCYpoIw/w640-h426/04%20Turn%204.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Turn 4 - Sequence of Actions.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwT6Tb5JQSwllcehX2kMtNtimRC6Qrb75jlqWxM2JB6eGh8aaiEmgwp5m5oMb4ZyLjBIINUrBZerBg4J8rwHlI7Nbrl0PRFjSRZSY_fxBf6MHRM6nuYFfi6J2xos6mGpp8sGbU5rmGC1UKzOubt3AG-3U7vxk5EEON9WFHKjjQDNe20_hl9wRYVO0NvQ/s2048/04%20Turn%204c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="2048" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwT6Tb5JQSwllcehX2kMtNtimRC6Qrb75jlqWxM2JB6eGh8aaiEmgwp5m5oMb4ZyLjBIINUrBZerBg4J8rwHlI7Nbrl0PRFjSRZSY_fxBf6MHRM6nuYFfi6J2xos6mGpp8sGbU5rmGC1UKzOubt3AG-3U7vxk5EEON9WFHKjjQDNe20_hl9wRYVO0NvQ/w640-h326/04%20Turn%204c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Roman Legions try to desperately hold against Seleucid Phalanx.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Seleucid Companions decided to charge the Roman Legion already locked in combat with the Phalanx. The charge itself did not break the Romans but inflicted significant damage. The following melee, however, was too much for the Romans, who broke and fled. Pursuing Seleucids hit the new enemy, with Companions in a difficult situation, when both, Roman Cavalry and Numidian Nobles, were threatening their flank.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The most decisive blow was dealt on the left flank, however. In a bitter melee between Roman Legions and Seleucid Phalanx, the pikemen were more successful. Not only their deeper formation put a lot of pressure on their enemies, but they were inflicting more casualties than Romans. As a result, one of the Legions broke. This, in turn, caused panic in nearby TuGs that were already at the brink of being broken. The chain reaction followed and in quick sequence, another Legion and Roman Cavalry broke and fled the battle. More Roman soldiers lost the heart to fight. Some of the nearby Light Horse, as well as the Legion defending the hill, were subject to significant desertions.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The remaining Legion on the hill suddenly was quite lonely and surrounded by Seleucid units. What is more, the Roman army was very close to being broken too. Even though Seleucids suffered some casualties as well, the majority of the combat ready units Roman had at their disposal, were not in position to tip the balance in their favor that soon.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbg6woxmQjoW5U9Cs5yCGZE5w_jRGkCfk1tGA1_5Lw9oDQFRczzvgdA1a3QUaOSXM5EgAUvwKhdZoV2KwZqbA1YZMrsvw68H_gLV0kdm8GKQdMWNkM2vU-DTOYK_00jC6JGscYz9MAU7hSXDDw44YhnExcfe-T7UjuRPDqTSI1tWtrZeQW5m_tvUYlfA/s1024/04%20Turn%204a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="1024" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbg6woxmQjoW5U9Cs5yCGZE5w_jRGkCfk1tGA1_5Lw9oDQFRczzvgdA1a3QUaOSXM5EgAUvwKhdZoV2KwZqbA1YZMrsvw68H_gLV0kdm8GKQdMWNkM2vU-DTOYK_00jC6JGscYz9MAU7hSXDDw44YhnExcfe-T7UjuRPDqTSI1tWtrZeQW5m_tvUYlfA/w640-h270/04%20Turn%204a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Roman flank collapsed.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaCXgBuh2NxcZFZ-7_WU1CQtlhBPgpCh8-KeZJntxdBa-NhyajDm9zDKlZmBtVbkjgt1-IHZL8rrx671PO0FBpHIlIicFK4r_IZFn85J7OSheLx5Df-FwAQbj9Z6_w0sEJn6kh0HDz13hDNxhm1Rc6AgMNfQGccVzfvxkfCLWZX0y4eNaUL_2WbgcfA/s1024/04%20Turn%204b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1024" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaCXgBuh2NxcZFZ-7_WU1CQtlhBPgpCh8-KeZJntxdBa-NhyajDm9zDKlZmBtVbkjgt1-IHZL8rrx671PO0FBpHIlIicFK4r_IZFn85J7OSheLx5Df-FwAQbj9Z6_w0sEJn6kh0HDz13hDNxhm1Rc6AgMNfQGccVzfvxkfCLWZX0y4eNaUL_2WbgcfA/w640-h440/04%20Turn%204b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Can Romans turn the tide?</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Seleucids - Turn 5</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5c1Ow9S7Edtz1-BdgDNZM7Q2KueQCITEBk-TBdOKfujUEEHgNFUXH1lt-kwP1wwvt_A5QB016kxotcx7W3EGLH075caodCPJs3K05s3wQ5qerDYt8mEz_wxjx7yYvfjJZt9Jy4t9pnpBvF-M4ptEkZkf0DvnVpb-Mih_uRb_M7abjdwlGwv2SjZ1SQ/s1024/05%20Turn%205.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5c1Ow9S7Edtz1-BdgDNZM7Q2KueQCITEBk-TBdOKfujUEEHgNFUXH1lt-kwP1wwvt_A5QB016kxotcx7W3EGLH075caodCPJs3K05s3wQ5qerDYt8mEz_wxjx7yYvfjJZt9Jy4t9pnpBvF-M4ptEkZkf0DvnVpb-Mih_uRb_M7abjdwlGwv2SjZ1SQ/w640-h426/05%20Turn%205.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Turn 5 - Sequence of Actions.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9agTuk5W5TJyhTCQVDZe0N1TiAcwrPm7JTh-wUNeE06pltEcM8o-pG220fznEtwVzKcMxTDHTV9xzxl4guhdZJ1mfC6u1m_Z4L2Y6Yh_-RNFMU_5VS64F-ceJ21cCbNNMwbhYquf2Hi3OoqecKfUKa_njJzfPrhifhp8nFIhCbvhI6lwhnVd-dwXsw/s2048/05%20Turn%205c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2048" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9agTuk5W5TJyhTCQVDZe0N1TiAcwrPm7JTh-wUNeE06pltEcM8o-pG220fznEtwVzKcMxTDHTV9xzxl4guhdZJ1mfC6u1m_Z4L2Y6Yh_-RNFMU_5VS64F-ceJ21cCbNNMwbhYquf2Hi3OoqecKfUKa_njJzfPrhifhp8nFIhCbvhI6lwhnVd-dwXsw/w640-h312/05%20Turn%205c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Antiochus the Great lads the Phalanx to battle.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Feeling the breath of the Roman Cavalry at their backs, Companions use the momentum of the pursuit to charge the Legion in the flank, before being hit by the enemy. At the same time, Elephants chase away Light Horse and hit the same Legion from the front. That was a dangerous decision, as one of the beast fell in the hail of javelins thrown by the skilled Numidians. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The second SuG of the Numidian Light Horse was not that lucky and was caught and run down by the Cataphracts.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the quick but furious fight, the Romans were damaged significantly but managed to hold the line. While Companions were scattered by the Roman Cavalry. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Phalanx too continued their advance and approached the hill to surround the single Roman Legion. However, their assistance was not required in the end, as the Phalangites from the TuG already engaged in a fight with the Romans, managed to inflict sufficient amount of damage to break this unit as well. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">With that, the Roman army broke and their commanders gave the order to sound the retreat to the remaining units.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamrntJgSRoktLp0JBBJxJn4NMHaNeUlupbycqopvSHr8M4ojbQd39E6USy54ksVNgWFv_l1F9T15tn5zDUyDsNDqiWlSSE2g2WfMr4U9Xo6kewqvfxB9HrIEXKhI9WXRG0OB4djC3szyBnPJ1t2DSJ0w0hTM9HlhFdJ0zuDjILeEze3Su-m1gx4vSJA/s1024/05%20Turn%205a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1024" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamrntJgSRoktLp0JBBJxJn4NMHaNeUlupbycqopvSHr8M4ojbQd39E6USy54ksVNgWFv_l1F9T15tn5zDUyDsNDqiWlSSE2g2WfMr4U9Xo6kewqvfxB9HrIEXKhI9WXRG0OB4djC3szyBnPJ1t2DSJ0w0hTM9HlhFdJ0zuDjILeEze3Su-m1gx4vSJA/w640-h304/05%20Turn%205a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Seleucids claim the victory!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiD3VqAJIinh_jsbjExcfFfl2b7lUuhwGtQs0D3pz9NoxwLkrqi-Dl4yakfsLmk0f6LxWAnhdLwRUPHR70pOTX11HigVAAVRh6Ixmme68ecRf3TYox2jb6FSXvHGC4lA_sCZML7VdaSEUfk3LhzCLrCNzeabr-dW9D3wh44JdcKvIqZQAOjGaS82awXA/s1024/05%20Turn%205b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1024" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiD3VqAJIinh_jsbjExcfFfl2b7lUuhwGtQs0D3pz9NoxwLkrqi-Dl4yakfsLmk0f6LxWAnhdLwRUPHR70pOTX11HigVAAVRh6Ixmme68ecRf3TYox2jb6FSXvHGC4lA_sCZML7VdaSEUfk3LhzCLrCNzeabr-dW9D3wh44JdcKvIqZQAOjGaS82awXA/w640-h528/05%20Turn%205b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lucky Thracians survived the battle too!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Summary</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7j-piF4TA7OmWx5JpA1tFzeOxIcDv8xQtCELfugDbWj73C96i16j-n6mnp637b6u6VLvK9skte7dyUE_4pJT83PUM5j6qJIjJpeVMxVrbEBRAKYRaLVZDj2NZ5MiGY9GKEpCFI0K8_ulN2PeLxlcqQfPjjVq_PYONVtj8I8t0ckY6q1hERL1gVZr3_A/s1024/Summary.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7j-piF4TA7OmWx5JpA1tFzeOxIcDv8xQtCELfugDbWj73C96i16j-n6mnp637b6u6VLvK9skte7dyUE_4pJT83PUM5j6qJIjJpeVMxVrbEBRAKYRaLVZDj2NZ5MiGY9GKEpCFI0K8_ulN2PeLxlcqQfPjjVq_PYONVtj8I8t0ckY6q1hERL1gVZr3_A/w640-h426/Summary.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>After-battle</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Rob for fantastic game! It is always pleasure to play against him. His patience was limitless when he helped me to recall the necessary rules. In a way, I felt like it was my first MeG battle. Fortunately, I think I was fast enough as we managed to complete the game in more-or-less 3 hours. Which is, what I believe, around the typical amount of time allocated for a game at the local tournaments (always good reference, in my opinion).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rob remained calm and stoic throughout the whole battle, despite the fact that the luck was definitely not on his side. Both, in terms of "cards" (you may have noticed we used tokens this time) and dice. It was probably the most visible in the case of his allied Numidian contingent that took way too long to move around the flank. And then, in the clash between the Legion and the Phalanx, my white/green dice proved to be better than his green. This resulted in the collapse of the left flank fast and didn't give time for the reinforcements to arrive. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I really liked the way Rob used his Roman Cavalry and I intend to apply this tactics to my own army. His excellent move on the left flank and timely counter-charge was superb, as it gave him a good chance to hold that flank. If only the dice obliged!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am, of course, very happy with the result as I didn't expect to pull out a win in this battle. However, taking into account the fact I made quite a few mistakes in the course of battle and that I got lucky enough with the dice, I am convinced I need a more robust plan in the future.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In general, I think it was still a good idea to advance with the Phalanx aggressively but there were a few things that I was not happy with and that I need to improve in the future.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First, the use of skirmishers. My initial plan was to position them behind the Phalax, to allow the slower phalangites to have a shorter distance towards the enemy. However, I was supposed to move the skirmishers forward at a double to prevent any shooters to interfere. I didn't get the right "cards" to do so (I had to spend the tokens on moving the Phalanx). Fortunately, Rob didn't have many lined up there. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Second, I left the Elephants completely unprotected and they were almost shot down before reached any action. Even then, they were already at a breaking point. And it was with a single SuG of the enemy Light Horse!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When I saw a single TuG of the Roman Cavalry on my left flank, I thought I could have a chance to use Agema to break through and outflank there. However, I didn't maneuver them fast enough to create an opportunity to do so. Rob did great with his Legions to keep my Phalanx in their front, while at the same time preventing Agema to move around them. Fortunately for me, the elite Seleucid cavalry contributed to the fight against the Legions, although they got broken in the process.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't think I did well with Cataphracts either. They didn't quite slow down the enemy flanking units, and I had to avoid the fights so that they were not surrounded. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thracians, once again, felt like a liability. I keep them in the army to use some difficult terrain and be able to protect the flanks of the Phalanx at the same time. However, it is usually very hard to have such terrain in the right place of the battle field. I thus think that I will need to make some changes to the army list and replace Thacians, most likely with Line Cavalry.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Speaking of some changes to the army list. After discussion with Rob and considering that I intend to use Skirmishers as a screen more than for shooting, I will be replacing 2 x 9 with 3 x 6 to better fulfill that role. With one SuG attached to Elephants.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rob also advises boosting one of the cavalry TuGs to 6 bases strong. This change, however, would require more significant changes to find points. I will definitely have a look at the options but I haven't had any particular ideas on how to do it yet.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am sure I will be revisiting this particular battle many times in search for a better plan that does not reply on luck that much. I am sure the changes I have already discussed would help in that too.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope you enjoyed this battle report and I encourage you to share your comments on any aspect of the game. Be it respective army lists, deployment and battle plans and really, anything that you would like to provide feedback on. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you in advance and hopefully, see you next time soon!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><span><!--more--></span>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-87926692285420782512023-04-09T20:09:00.003+10:002023-04-09T20:11:41.508+10:00Monster March 7 - Final!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrCIL4M53gWt7GosiL8DawH3526pM8n2HgZw3-768uMobQQmQTg1p2lH54GqOxmxItWT5NIztiL4FumtWPzX2yCppcuycvRN_1P3JOcaw256014yDgnyRJyexyEDXqasaxTosRwOH5l8TG-2nwhAQpDyk8qe7IJsy-vyYNg3_d_QxJkbPqLqe_0q8sg/s695/MonsterMarch7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrCIL4M53gWt7GosiL8DawH3526pM8n2HgZw3-768uMobQQmQTg1p2lH54GqOxmxItWT5NIztiL4FumtWPzX2yCppcuycvRN_1P3JOcaw256014yDgnyRJyexyEDXqasaxTosRwOH5l8TG-2nwhAQpDyk8qe7IJsy-vyYNg3_d_QxJkbPqLqe_0q8sg/w640-h532/MonsterMarch7.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The 7th Monster March is over! Many thanks to all the participants! Once again, you made it an absolute pleasure for me to host this small painting challenge. Once again, you provided so many great examples of cool modelling and painting. Plenty of inspiration for each other and those, who simply watched and cheered up for you!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the final update I am going to post the last entries from each participant. For those who completed their projects, congratulations and well done! For those who haven't yet, keep going! While MonsterMarch7 is over, one of the goals was to begin and continue with your hobby projects anyway! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ok, let's check the final updates!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Adrian</u></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Adrian decided to tackle three projects in parallel. Each one of them worthy of the Monster March theme: Greater Elemental, Steel Behemoth and a Giant. He chose some really interesting models and the last photos were from the assembly stage:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU30vEO489Jkk4ibp_II6viqqnI0xWBQ9eZXzUOKlDa_IO5XXlMpyGpD2IJql2SLZc2DD_wJGftVaDC5ZhK2d80eyfCp-GP7pm8vu6Ns8vbkI6Z_8T0-SNHEdna2Cr1yKbwfugse3jNtB3-smKeMrLRyaXR7pfXeZSiOS725NJ171dn64iRqIjxIbEMQ/s1440/Adrian%20S%20-%2002a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU30vEO489Jkk4ibp_II6viqqnI0xWBQ9eZXzUOKlDa_IO5XXlMpyGpD2IJql2SLZc2DD_wJGftVaDC5ZhK2d80eyfCp-GP7pm8vu6Ns8vbkI6Z_8T0-SNHEdna2Cr1yKbwfugse3jNtB3-smKeMrLRyaXR7pfXeZSiOS725NJ171dn64iRqIjxIbEMQ/w400-h400/Adrian%20S%20-%2002a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Steel Behemoth</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErckwGEkxwIJmCIkTl2U_2IpLsH-9us9QHBJYczIUttvNpD_mtCdnSMZMk_HeztPBHwfuZviM462Zd7oQ8sCqvegOJzOaYI0fRKZZVaEM0mbwmGzRPRvSkKdZHzz-1CTNboBUXOaOII9B1L2D5uqLdjrEc7n9FKdlzVblvF0vzaxT9tc9NiMOn__u6A/s1440/Adrian%20S%20-%2002b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErckwGEkxwIJmCIkTl2U_2IpLsH-9us9QHBJYczIUttvNpD_mtCdnSMZMk_HeztPBHwfuZviM462Zd7oQ8sCqvegOJzOaYI0fRKZZVaEM0mbwmGzRPRvSkKdZHzz-1CTNboBUXOaOII9B1L2D5uqLdjrEc7n9FKdlzVblvF0vzaxT9tc9NiMOn__u6A/w400-h300/Adrian%20S%20-%2002b.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Greater Elemental<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJari6gtoW7F2712ViZ2-28FZPg8X-6lMuUI5RZqXwISgxzIwu9Ww_rGPW9K2-1TBE6p07D1L43NmkRSSmsV8pVvygyd4FvrmFakZzjyIWLB9FKFqpI7NQeMQ2u3zLKiCMgOdvXXyffZBKfRZ2xclCD-g28VXq4TovlkRAfS8HC28XWb4hnUm98-iemw/s2015/Adrian%20S%20-%2002c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1504" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJari6gtoW7F2712ViZ2-28FZPg8X-6lMuUI5RZqXwISgxzIwu9Ww_rGPW9K2-1TBE6p07D1L43NmkRSSmsV8pVvygyd4FvrmFakZzjyIWLB9FKFqpI7NQeMQ2u3zLKiCMgOdvXXyffZBKfRZ2xclCD-g28VXq4TovlkRAfS8HC28XWb4hnUm98-iemw/w299-h400/Adrian%20S%20-%2002c.jpg" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Giant</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Keep up the great work, Adrian! Many thanks for participation and awesome ideas to represent these models for Kings of War armies!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Albert</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Albert started with the regiment of knights for his Kings of War army. He kept the steady and fast pace, without compromising the quality. That allowed him to complete his initial project ahead of time. Luckily for us, he continued and painted even more models for his great looking force!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimokmjDvrGU7Yf4H7p0T0spcDP32WvOSOnm7hrNpL6FoUShMvlUSclVYdEug6tdo3Xw7F1oBryznE1j3dzzkGJTgSD_DEMsCmFX88TJZNqVnlG2feJhmjHf8_E4ozF5FONzJ0O46esMuCeYdjQc1N0NBzmnOrkG4Ccli3Yp7sjaFaTUtoCijNfONzt3w/s1080/Albert%2005b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimokmjDvrGU7Yf4H7p0T0spcDP32WvOSOnm7hrNpL6FoUShMvlUSclVYdEug6tdo3Xw7F1oBryznE1j3dzzkGJTgSD_DEMsCmFX88TJZNqVnlG2feJhmjHf8_E4ozF5FONzJ0O46esMuCeYdjQc1N0NBzmnOrkG4Ccli3Yp7sjaFaTUtoCijNfONzt3w/w640-h480/Albert%2005b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Barton the Bold with his Horse Archers<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIU9T95XN2ArdobyqZ4ofh_rr8BezFldp4nWWQJ9MR9_y3qotNSJroVGY5LSjZz0DXRP6N6_CgRnQEH6KdoY3OVMKmiU3FFAQ8mMH5a8hqG2imXWOjzl_h1pSyXb_rQUakwLOBWI3r2J4JRiOhTGUJmrij9TuysfIFiqSEDV4ToaUATlzPb87iNyufyw/s843/Albert%2005c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIU9T95XN2ArdobyqZ4ofh_rr8BezFldp4nWWQJ9MR9_y3qotNSJroVGY5LSjZz0DXRP6N6_CgRnQEH6KdoY3OVMKmiU3FFAQ8mMH5a8hqG2imXWOjzl_h1pSyXb_rQUakwLOBWI3r2J4JRiOhTGUJmrij9TuysfIFiqSEDV4ToaUATlzPb87iNyufyw/w640-h640/Albert%2005c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Nimwig the Black Dragon<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb6Dgp9dQfgsRzd4wh34dm3d-xgEO4OayNtgk-bxsHPif0OW7BZnObpmun42xv1HwdqE6Tn8fceONfg4BrzFYxhLhjL5jwzIuT6Hm7_T4YkXBTpX2Ed_N42I4g-LXvYHnLO-910X9_nrGoTanePsbxCAFFOzNfSXUF_xGsEVyunN6qxbNiTkdYPvC_A/s1080/Albert%2005d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb6Dgp9dQfgsRzd4wh34dm3d-xgEO4OayNtgk-bxsHPif0OW7BZnObpmun42xv1HwdqE6Tn8fceONfg4BrzFYxhLhjL5jwzIuT6Hm7_T4YkXBTpX2Ed_N42I4g-LXvYHnLO-910X9_nrGoTanePsbxCAFFOzNfSXUF_xGsEVyunN6qxbNiTkdYPvC_A/w640-h480/Albert%2005d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>All models painted for Monster March 7</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6XBu5jwT6-GUWFWGRH0wsv_Ilv2WSvdqIhpdGnkoLkckPHyY-pp0kxv6Le5Vg4MDeuVyHIpr-YxBi_JYv-QDyx-uRYnUb3ig2SV45QeAcFRbOTAORNGjZPbI-0b38Aoti2ZIzepH4IEpgECAxM-LeTB1rlkxTanoC_qIkvifTUOGP-xHuX4SysjbzA/s1752/Albert%2005a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1752" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6XBu5jwT6-GUWFWGRH0wsv_Ilv2WSvdqIhpdGnkoLkckPHyY-pp0kxv6Le5Vg4MDeuVyHIpr-YxBi_JYv-QDyx-uRYnUb3ig2SV45QeAcFRbOTAORNGjZPbI-0b38Aoti2ZIzepH4IEpgECAxM-LeTB1rlkxTanoC_qIkvifTUOGP-xHuX4SysjbzA/w640-h350/Albert%2005a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Principality of Moragavia army so far.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you very much for your contributions, Albert! Each entry looks amazing on its own, and even better as an army! Many thanks for being a constant inspiration too. I hope to see your army to continue growing. :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Azazel</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once again Azazel proved that he is a painting and modelling machine! As in the previous years, he has completed several projects during a single month. And if that was not enough, each one of them had a dedicated blog post! What a Legend!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here are the photos of his last contributions to Monster March:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-NRlWOi9R_SxqDSivdHFjuOX09mtv5R3NhncLJ9q6y-12JUkJe7pKggn4z1zVZNEBk-qvsO81BTHjREZldeP4-R_tVadvfYOE1oIbS8-Hwea170Q8_kiZSzm3O8waDaVxtrkIDytRRV3gVlQDs1iJWIVZKcjfC7X3ELXIHk43hEzRW9rhVKPXWZCjA/s1213/Azazel%2005a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1213" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-NRlWOi9R_SxqDSivdHFjuOX09mtv5R3NhncLJ9q6y-12JUkJe7pKggn4z1zVZNEBk-qvsO81BTHjREZldeP4-R_tVadvfYOE1oIbS8-Hwea170Q8_kiZSzm3O8waDaVxtrkIDytRRV3gVlQDs1iJWIVZKcjfC7X3ELXIHk43hEzRW9rhVKPXWZCjA/w640-h474/Azazel%2005a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Citadel Chaos Warhounds</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />And the link to the blog post with many more photos of the Warhounds (and not only!):</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2023/03/27/realm-of-chaos-citadel-chaos-warhounds-monstermarch7/">Realm of Chaos - Citadel Chaos Warhounds</a></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you very much for your contributions and the inspiration, Azazel! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bensome</span></u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ben did a fantastic job on his version of a Stampede for the Kings of War army. He is still working on the remaining models but these two are done!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0fg6FpblNaQyFsHcbgw_km09FcbFTXLb9daq6DAUqwKIRPMd-RejqCfn00kBb7gdHE9L5MTWxyB9uT0P217jEELRJA1xJXkbjeXObe3ditJk3UM0CnDFdGw-2ZysUPufjfCtRlrBdnbXnDFK6djLRooMM_VaP_8_KbZcIPEy1UmrnegT8ViseBp4Yw/s1632/Ben%2005a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1632" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0fg6FpblNaQyFsHcbgw_km09FcbFTXLb9daq6DAUqwKIRPMd-RejqCfn00kBb7gdHE9L5MTWxyB9uT0P217jEELRJA1xJXkbjeXObe3ditJk3UM0CnDFdGw-2ZysUPufjfCtRlrBdnbXnDFK6djLRooMM_VaP_8_KbZcIPEy1UmrnegT8ViseBp4Yw/w640-h360/Ben%2005a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEi363hlUCMe6y951Th40Js5ngYMO_JBZ22guQysloTI3b1maRUufPs1zBpNauZzyPzjFLINRT91M-0DO6WRRmicT3ov81FmdGXQ2KL--bz4bKOGsd7JeldlysCeRfsCeYIcKsYvElv3MGZNtKuV0GtYRUnOxZJR-HWzF0S3RjnZGxSMbNJ6kJki6Jw/s1632/Ben%2005b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1632" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEi363hlUCMe6y951Th40Js5ngYMO_JBZ22guQysloTI3b1maRUufPs1zBpNauZzyPzjFLINRT91M-0DO6WRRmicT3ov81FmdGXQ2KL--bz4bKOGsd7JeldlysCeRfsCeYIcKsYvElv3MGZNtKuV0GtYRUnOxZJR-HWzF0S3RjnZGxSMbNJ6kJki6Jw/w640-h360/Ben%2005b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Check out a Herringbone pattern fabric on this Hippo's hat! Awesome!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWDS3vp7rl9HfspfkzGOTdb9vu5ZYxEVOBX9w5P9O-hNbLCPCTkM89afxyLZ8sv-DE86aP86-RgXy_o7PAGxPBbk5WZo6g5nBw2D3cQOw4cnWfy-B57fbFSk7V8NVmchcRqjVVegNCYgjXKKZmgm-_8RxZFXNfdufSmNg2JChD2v6l-E4c4KYxqIHjw/s1632/Ben%2005c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1632" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWDS3vp7rl9HfspfkzGOTdb9vu5ZYxEVOBX9w5P9O-hNbLCPCTkM89afxyLZ8sv-DE86aP86-RgXy_o7PAGxPBbk5WZo6g5nBw2D3cQOw4cnWfy-B57fbFSk7V8NVmchcRqjVVegNCYgjXKKZmgm-_8RxZFXNfdufSmNg2JChD2v6l-E4c4KYxqIHjw/w640-h360/Ben%2005c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks a lot Ben! Always a pleasure to have you and what an amazing idea for the Stampede! With brilliant execution too. I hope there will be a chance to see them in real life :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Billy</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Billy used the timing perfectly to paint a wonderful model of a Mammoth as his MonsterMarch project. Not only it is a great model on its own, but is going to make a fantastic centerpiece for Billy's army! Here is the photo of a completed model:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvJOZNDLrrz73iJZrcDixlqSIEDdNG_ss-nFrFU89ZoYW9TsBeb6RduoQSKZkeoXqHbmjRIegbHz4g3pyPsfKcOKlKULJoSfIv5m21TOhSe6LhUL4cUdt5zjnvGfhrNZmcJqQSBQqMY1OCz2otvo6yFlsJ2hUSdnqKwQHYjHTXPhQGltnLSaZGwe4-w/s1311/Billy%2004b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="1311" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvJOZNDLrrz73iJZrcDixlqSIEDdNG_ss-nFrFU89ZoYW9TsBeb6RduoQSKZkeoXqHbmjRIegbHz4g3pyPsfKcOKlKULJoSfIv5m21TOhSe6LhUL4cUdt5zjnvGfhrNZmcJqQSBQqMY1OCz2otvo6yFlsJ2hUSdnqKwQHYjHTXPhQGltnLSaZGwe4-w/w640-h640/Billy%2004b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Well done Billy! I am looking forward to spotting your Mammoth on the photos from the upcoming KoW tournaments. :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Boss Salvage</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Boss decided to build and paint not one but three monsters for the MonsterMarch! These are: Bog Beast as a Tree Herder, Angron as Overmaster on Ancient Winged Half Breed and Myconid King as Forest Warden. Here are the photos of the models in the assembly stage:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cCkSNCmHoFBAMbrb_MPGrybuUeY8Elc6Asd2k-T3yR1jE4V8-NXCSaLyj0PvhaJvdtdoVje9tIfYrlzV8HEZ3TYiofMZeBf01gZCVoWtMFyfmTDOY-Ijtk-v7SlEhXArLjShJ_EyU81uqmSg5ZSYFmglpQ6bMmKe3-49jprqMuomYBiwRBDqSQ5fqw/s4032/Boss%2002a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cCkSNCmHoFBAMbrb_MPGrybuUeY8Elc6Asd2k-T3yR1jE4V8-NXCSaLyj0PvhaJvdtdoVje9tIfYrlzV8HEZ3TYiofMZeBf01gZCVoWtMFyfmTDOY-Ijtk-v7SlEhXArLjShJ_EyU81uqmSg5ZSYFmglpQ6bMmKe3-49jprqMuomYBiwRBDqSQ5fqw/w400-h300/Boss%2002a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsQczgJbCpUfpymDSsmbL4iYTFF9pfmXf9yUqOjmG9vLtl4GTVcn-ZSjnqAAH6YVYy2QR-aO-jShaE2rrfWmui_o8lb0pV_zMtOFd1GjPCokBLX4sDF10a3OoPfWTIX0GaRUontp-UJ_1eyyvWjfxk0Hj0ZliKbmWZomseYOa4noOhuANJXooeouJpA/s4032/Boss%2002b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsQczgJbCpUfpymDSsmbL4iYTFF9pfmXf9yUqOjmG9vLtl4GTVcn-ZSjnqAAH6YVYy2QR-aO-jShaE2rrfWmui_o8lb0pV_zMtOFd1GjPCokBLX4sDF10a3OoPfWTIX0GaRUontp-UJ_1eyyvWjfxk0Hj0ZliKbmWZomseYOa4noOhuANJXooeouJpA/w400-h300/Boss%2002b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtm5OJdOZobn_vLhP-CUvBCNdTi7Gi8W_6EWgtogZKi4btg9TNL7pyZshM46S1A0pyvhg0oBIN8AZIRaJlnk8sDlTWzUYeSLGK3uRv8Ye1iRIvQ4hH1-i3TJf4pSTVqsRfYYDpJdRVM0Jg9PTloKrSBZi2z9jdTlgXkRjE_AdLZYiNurPMkoa7EtGyw/s4032/Boss%2002c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtm5OJdOZobn_vLhP-CUvBCNdTi7Gi8W_6EWgtogZKi4btg9TNL7pyZshM46S1A0pyvhg0oBIN8AZIRaJlnk8sDlTWzUYeSLGK3uRv8Ye1iRIvQ4hH1-i3TJf4pSTVqsRfYYDpJdRVM0Jg9PTloKrSBZi2z9jdTlgXkRjE_AdLZYiNurPMkoa7EtGyw/w400-h300/Boss%2002c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Keep up the great work, Boss! These are excellent models and I love the direction in which they are going with your original modifications. :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Chris H.</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Chris introduced me to the models from Reapers Miniatures range that I didn't know about earlier (I mean, models, not the range :)). This is one of the great things about running Monster March, I discover new miniatures! These are Zombie Ogres!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNHKdWQP7u5m3e8jafvnceruIgXGGjFtUw4PnLO7yxnH6x3Cvkksq-TBhlsYKHbKRtzceQJrlrSrtc0NriEcgIQtxWSOce4Xi0hif8vLGIm-FLHY7_rHtBV8ghhxTo5d9ht7vojGYuXgLeO3nGA4BzkhGzwWJBFvirDaazV316iaK1BNCZLOpDwpWhw/s1500/Chris%20H%2000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNHKdWQP7u5m3e8jafvnceruIgXGGjFtUw4PnLO7yxnH6x3Cvkksq-TBhlsYKHbKRtzceQJrlrSrtc0NriEcgIQtxWSOce4Xi0hif8vLGIm-FLHY7_rHtBV8ghhxTo5d9ht7vojGYuXgLeO3nGA4BzkhGzwWJBFvirDaazV316iaK1BNCZLOpDwpWhw/w640-h640/Chris%20H%2000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Thanks for joining this year, Chris, and I hope to see you again next year!</p><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Chris K.</u></b></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Chris is usually involved in a few projects in parallel, one of them being a Mantic Slow Grow challenge. I am thus very happy he still found some time to join in and present an incredible model for his Shadowhulk for the Nightstalkers army!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPZ8ezC1Jbq9HOqKdyoAc5aE7762LOyIpwEK3vQGgAtwvcMjUpv0uOn3kInbIN7gyLHVB1qP2FMFvYZbumJxaGcTOdNFWwXh2JCQ1ySJKrMw530HkNMOgIBtgtzE2Ag8_xPtXNJiDryh9gs60UIhcMaoUrIPLp16jU0BkzQYM4rLNaTRagdL-YJQdZg/s2015/Chris%20K%2004c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1515" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPZ8ezC1Jbq9HOqKdyoAc5aE7762LOyIpwEK3vQGgAtwvcMjUpv0uOn3kInbIN7gyLHVB1qP2FMFvYZbumJxaGcTOdNFWwXh2JCQ1ySJKrMw530HkNMOgIBtgtzE2Ag8_xPtXNJiDryh9gs60UIhcMaoUrIPLp16jU0BkzQYM4rLNaTRagdL-YJQdZg/w482-h640/Chris%20K%2004c.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks a lot for joining and all the best in the Slow Grow! I hope there will be a chance to see your army in real life at some stage too. :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Christo</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Christo is another player I had a pleasure to meet and play against in person. He is also involved in multiple projects and he chose two monsters for Monster March for his KoW armies. Zombie Dragon and Orc Lord on Winged Slasher. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHbnoYnAjaE5DIHa7TuaKdMhM-GfSor2ESTFGqRZ3mesMb7PdgYZUTmt7gZ-riVZuNohtqmudJtJnzY-GtR2_7KfxpNmz2SgSfSpLNur6BD_idZDEiFx0g2IssFpoiB2BSZQF3ZhgsCJzZTCD9IjxIyx8wObSqF5-TMXGCeoKiUW2mGcPYtGu-163pQ/s1200/Christo%2000a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHbnoYnAjaE5DIHa7TuaKdMhM-GfSor2ESTFGqRZ3mesMb7PdgYZUTmt7gZ-riVZuNohtqmudJtJnzY-GtR2_7KfxpNmz2SgSfSpLNur6BD_idZDEiFx0g2IssFpoiB2BSZQF3ZhgsCJzZTCD9IjxIyx8wObSqF5-TMXGCeoKiUW2mGcPYtGu-163pQ/w400-h400/Christo%2000a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiabToZdbTSrWLA115a5Ezc5mypzESn2GKYLatKuIvGp2O5uZgfb8OUxrIdejoNGuBpUzGEnHDS4KLmh8mss8eH6hiKQvJjmachI3_xsC1aHvlQCSgR6aAXP5IF3-dupGpqhh_cWjvldAoFDthjuiUYJyEcnSwsDA2d3PHylhY8DV-6RYe57_rmGdZw/s1200/Christo%2000b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiabToZdbTSrWLA115a5Ezc5mypzESn2GKYLatKuIvGp2O5uZgfb8OUxrIdejoNGuBpUzGEnHDS4KLmh8mss8eH6hiKQvJjmachI3_xsC1aHvlQCSgR6aAXP5IF3-dupGpqhh_cWjvldAoFDthjuiUYJyEcnSwsDA2d3PHylhY8DV-6RYe57_rmGdZw/w400-h400/Christo%2000b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I am sure both beasts will be flying around the KoW battlefields soon! </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>DAM</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">DAM chose a fantastic model of Horus Heresy era Dark Angles Primarch, Lion El'Johnson. He documented the progress with his excellent weekly blog posts and finished his project just in time. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRuH36G8c64X2r1OZBMD6Z0JByTeOcr3tIvYmKf6tzfvscQZE-2i4RlU64y_SY_upCqoMCtYBKMN6CPjTUa7qqmryNLWYusqlo-l4E5wZq2clqWecLeOBoo05wcdGK6bSmppOJS0V-IDNQUPYySWRavGP7O3ZYaFSQOkIj708zkw618ovWfPzdpI7QA/s3024/DAM%2005%20-%20Lion%20El'Jonson%20WIP%20-%205c.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRuH36G8c64X2r1OZBMD6Z0JByTeOcr3tIvYmKf6tzfvscQZE-2i4RlU64y_SY_upCqoMCtYBKMN6CPjTUa7qqmryNLWYusqlo-l4E5wZq2clqWecLeOBoo05wcdGK6bSmppOJS0V-IDNQUPYySWRavGP7O3ZYaFSQOkIj708zkw618ovWfPzdpI7QA/w400-h400/DAM%2005%20-%20Lion%20El'Jonson%20WIP%20-%205c.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">More photos and details regarding the final stage of the project, are on DAM's blog:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2023/03/monstermarch7-to-done.html">262nd Death Korps of Krieg - MonsterMarch7 - to DONE!</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you are a fan of 40k Dark Angles, you will be pleased to know that DAM continues with this theme and has some really cool model on his bench lined up for April!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks a lot for joining us again, DAM! It was an absolute pleasure to have you and I am sure many readers have learned a lot from your excellent blog post!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>David aka Sceleris</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">David is a painting machine and was completing many projects at his dazzling speed as usual. These are the photos of what I managed to catch recently :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrXyZc4T2a0L4dw_B5n6YXatLoKfkOscjryg9Yl1cLjDt6Fsen06RgBvjmOwy1b31WCHldMYZv_OYXPfkvABKbOP1Lhxrs5NnjU-MgLR6HZVuteCjam_-ze0nDG7N47zXcInJUvqZM64Rw8j7aV6dmQWapz5fExB649fypofrmNcS_eMQJyj_aXiMdQ/s1440/David%20M%2005a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1440" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrXyZc4T2a0L4dw_B5n6YXatLoKfkOscjryg9Yl1cLjDt6Fsen06RgBvjmOwy1b31WCHldMYZv_OYXPfkvABKbOP1Lhxrs5NnjU-MgLR6HZVuteCjam_-ze0nDG7N47zXcInJUvqZM64Rw8j7aV6dmQWapz5fExB649fypofrmNcS_eMQJyj_aXiMdQ/w400-h270/David%20M%2005a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11ISCetJrNHzmmlKNnT4NbcECYFIIFVmu0OYtl7_-a3N0cXPp1VbYWY20s7Kb9HiBoh16-_eEEijM-6237stnsuv5XrWViS71kxlKYGtOQn3ER8MxtaH__UwE0RwF_8Csen6rWcmbfFXYYUqOOTs05IxqiuAYXc1sDucKLGk4NRMXMMgsKIbsdsCw0g/s750/David%20M%2005b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11ISCetJrNHzmmlKNnT4NbcECYFIIFVmu0OYtl7_-a3N0cXPp1VbYWY20s7Kb9HiBoh16-_eEEijM-6237stnsuv5XrWViS71kxlKYGtOQn3ER8MxtaH__UwE0RwF_8Csen6rWcmbfFXYYUqOOTs05IxqiuAYXc1sDucKLGk4NRMXMMgsKIbsdsCw0g/w400-h400/David%20M%2005b.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBkMUdvJHRrF0psAP0PKnon-Z2kpWse3h3akLh2TWN7TT_DoenmHdGO2LvX1HLJkAh9qd6c7eWna8Gi8iGuWi2Cj0sNIksyQQnqXE1vOPa5jB_F5G6fO8QykvIwEAGwUh413Uz5TRf9AAt1fKMKaVQ778zmgKFaIiZzRtRtvJyzqKR9lBa01HUeiCrw/s999/David%20M%2005c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="999" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBkMUdvJHRrF0psAP0PKnon-Z2kpWse3h3akLh2TWN7TT_DoenmHdGO2LvX1HLJkAh9qd6c7eWna8Gi8iGuWi2Cj0sNIksyQQnqXE1vOPa5jB_F5G6fO8QykvIwEAGwUh413Uz5TRf9AAt1fKMKaVQ778zmgKFaIiZzRtRtvJyzqKR9lBa01HUeiCrw/w400-h300/David%20M%2005c.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMihMaalkjfb7dETkWhiLz4bx7joXUny-7RMYGpbmZcqgikNGwB1SaSq8TG5PYtCNVMv6hUnCCFA9nY0ivFLaQ7MKxJQyWhO86DH-LGwpL3Avl3mQZGqxTu02fkfapl_NhnF0Myc-725cJz_y5BsOI819hy-jOJKTuoOSjgjB1at8R31mQDh6i1kaWzA/s750/David%20M%2005d.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMihMaalkjfb7dETkWhiLz4bx7joXUny-7RMYGpbmZcqgikNGwB1SaSq8TG5PYtCNVMv6hUnCCFA9nY0ivFLaQ7MKxJQyWhO86DH-LGwpL3Avl3mQZGqxTu02fkfapl_NhnF0Myc-725cJz_y5BsOI819hy-jOJKTuoOSjgjB1at8R31mQDh6i1kaWzA/w400-h400/David%20M%2005d.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">That is all truly amazing David! Thanks a lot of the inspiration and showing that one can create fantastic models quickly too! The skill I would love to learn one day :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ed</span></u></b></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ed pledged to assemble a model of Mantic Greater Earth Elemental to act as a Living legend Hero, Craggoth and Kholearm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUY-4od4eOo-8fkmoL8lR5Gwhw3v7UIx5wTK0K8DPZ1XXZN-kevA-Ft1k9JKD8EUiQ6KI13F5o1Y389oc8zlGcAMAifpu_9D-PMtlAqpyyK-HHzQ_lhc1MHyV6PfC6BbiJBCnhkC5PzAWRwRsx_UzxazRTvKOKSk40SNEr2CtGoX4oVbiGfLawzQ7Btg/s1383/Ed%2004f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="1203" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUY-4od4eOo-8fkmoL8lR5Gwhw3v7UIx5wTK0K8DPZ1XXZN-kevA-Ft1k9JKD8EUiQ6KI13F5o1Y389oc8zlGcAMAifpu_9D-PMtlAqpyyK-HHzQ_lhc1MHyV6PfC6BbiJBCnhkC5PzAWRwRsx_UzxazRTvKOKSk40SNEr2CtGoX4oVbiGfLawzQ7Btg/w348-h400/Ed%2004f.jpg" width="348" /></a></div><p></p><p>Well done Ed! I can't wait to see the model on the KoW battle fields!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Ed O.</u></b></span></p><p>Ed started with two projects for his Tyranid swarm: Carnifex and Venomthropes. Then promptly moved to a super heavy tank Falchion!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrrWkNya5giMNBex4U6XXvE3wCW6qvYuPmGLyzXJS-uRwwe7pXp6MLKh6T9OAleoBbWeeEuYd9SzlfS3bwoun_mgvtka79HZd_fGuESoJnRS7cpr4tpXqI8zlLCwNlZ7xINGqMIBBI5wdca14Vt1mDfRdfU8AER4xvvzTdM0XBQWxhAHiqJTOw3JTdg/s2048/EdO%2002a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1901" data-original-width="2048" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrrWkNya5giMNBex4U6XXvE3wCW6qvYuPmGLyzXJS-uRwwe7pXp6MLKh6T9OAleoBbWeeEuYd9SzlfS3bwoun_mgvtka79HZd_fGuESoJnRS7cpr4tpXqI8zlLCwNlZ7xINGqMIBBI5wdca14Vt1mDfRdfU8AER4xvvzTdM0XBQWxhAHiqJTOw3JTdg/w400-h371/EdO%2002a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItIhe6QLNbEyeyx2GFtVop4B11S3mcwbtiDR_2n7GVmuB5P6mm8IUAX3pf9j_gJs5fgnTtx7YgOBiL0d67QmYyHPC8p092McfRpBxfnRAtG4UzCzAxVGZg-Q4QS92Gw5jvW1zn-AzhmRL7483QYlKxsUJV7HHt9ukUAjh_AZSZNi14v-7BXpnt3_Dxg/s2048/EdO%2003a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="2048" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItIhe6QLNbEyeyx2GFtVop4B11S3mcwbtiDR_2n7GVmuB5P6mm8IUAX3pf9j_gJs5fgnTtx7YgOBiL0d67QmYyHPC8p092McfRpBxfnRAtG4UzCzAxVGZg-Q4QS92Gw5jvW1zn-AzhmRL7483QYlKxsUJV7HHt9ukUAjh_AZSZNi14v-7BXpnt3_Dxg/w400-h329/EdO%2003a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_UdkqIAi__712Eqv7BSZeUSaVfSWCNCzAAez3wgSGGDtsMdy_BuXIi9lvjmGsFj8qUYKgxLylaQ2TDpHJShRdZLG3wDGQtcRXko4OHQcjextMCTTFLL7teNsJse0OtFyEzuP4ItMtT2M0Ij-rXEa6PwKDwE6xYDb9_Zr9gHglP09Xv97BExANW9zHw/s2048/EdO%2003b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_UdkqIAi__712Eqv7BSZeUSaVfSWCNCzAAez3wgSGGDtsMdy_BuXIi9lvjmGsFj8qUYKgxLylaQ2TDpHJShRdZLG3wDGQtcRXko4OHQcjextMCTTFLL7teNsJse0OtFyEzuP4ItMtT2M0Ij-rXEa6PwKDwE6xYDb9_Zr9gHglP09Xv97BExANW9zHw/w400-h358/EdO%2003b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>That's a great achievement Ed! Congratulations and thanks a lot for joining again! I hope to see you next year too. :)</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Eddie</u></b></span></p><p>Eddie focused his efforts on an entire army for Kings of War! For me, rather slow painter, painting so many models in a single month is a dream!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKjHZ_-Yl5E_IAANfhL-IcTaDjfyCDVivqyfbzPQEUnkPgC3ZZRL5BbpFYWbTFrSoigzc0ivgrS4ad95xRNs5Rr2XOgsFlvs33aXHo1_9AqHHfZUoI_5kPaz7p96ItZeePbYGlRSx9-R6ZZCtT1eezNeWoUDb1sTRvRVlGlgwC4TZylrt_CSRhdixaw/s2048/Eddie%2004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKjHZ_-Yl5E_IAANfhL-IcTaDjfyCDVivqyfbzPQEUnkPgC3ZZRL5BbpFYWbTFrSoigzc0ivgrS4ad95xRNs5Rr2XOgsFlvs33aXHo1_9AqHHfZUoI_5kPaz7p96ItZeePbYGlRSx9-R6ZZCtT1eezNeWoUDb1sTRvRVlGlgwC4TZylrt_CSRhdixaw/w640-h480/Eddie%2004.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Congratulations Eddie! I am sure you are having a lot of fun with this army! </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Kola</u></b></span></p><p>My good, old friend Kola honored me at last! It is even more important considering how crazy his life is. It is great to see he can still pick up paint brushes from time to time. He started working on a great model of a Venomcrawler. And here is the most recent progress:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1JVk9u7yIvCRQF4w8Y85GCCUQeguiPIIeDBQOtZmiSTJKSu0wxFmzlx36v2uWdI0olgyVN2PkYn8nkyMaCFK48lyD6YlaqPEU6LSMlYYOv4pmUiPQBo4vp7DX2F3UCPSAG10JXDaM8_vJtcSyZCYOjn_eoh1BtJy4yPamaDhp6fRNWaeIJuWEWwwJQ/s4032/Kola%2005a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1JVk9u7yIvCRQF4w8Y85GCCUQeguiPIIeDBQOtZmiSTJKSu0wxFmzlx36v2uWdI0olgyVN2PkYn8nkyMaCFK48lyD6YlaqPEU6LSMlYYOv4pmUiPQBo4vp7DX2F3UCPSAG10JXDaM8_vJtcSyZCYOjn_eoh1BtJy4yPamaDhp6fRNWaeIJuWEWwwJQ/w312-h640/Kola%2005a.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDnUTdp00qed34ER7lByWg93e6k7WIjT-y_MlZhhwM8QM6NTTSfzouxXEuH6m8eIuvJbEn1rfAmVHAjVFsKtTEiFIl8PAYvaXtxp_BwtjUN2hauTcROf4uMqw4WZRBnIgDuXqeor7L0gWYoWsaeO6x29Zl2qPdUEHTYmSEL4aiI5oEyuR3uOVG1_0bQ/s4032/Kola%2005b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDnUTdp00qed34ER7lByWg93e6k7WIjT-y_MlZhhwM8QM6NTTSfzouxXEuH6m8eIuvJbEn1rfAmVHAjVFsKtTEiFIl8PAYvaXtxp_BwtjUN2hauTcROf4uMqw4WZRBnIgDuXqeor7L0gWYoWsaeO6x29Zl2qPdUEHTYmSEL4aiI5oEyuR3uOVG1_0bQ/w312-h640/Kola%2005b.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><p>Keep up the great work, Kola! :)</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Kristoffer</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kristoffer worked diligently on his War Shrine and he finished the project as planned, congratulations! I love his meticulous approach and the comments he always sends to accompany the photos. One can easily see each step. I think that all the post combined would be a great tutorial, Kristoffer! You should definitely post it somewhere :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here Kristoffer's comments on the last step:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Since last week I’ve primarily
worked on highlighting and blending the grey parts. Here I worked for an
entire session trying to wet blend the grey, but never really got it to
work. I had a progression of greys with a
drop of drying retarder in each pool of paint, but I think it didn’t do
any good but just messed up the consistency and I just couldn’t get it
to work. The next day I started over with a more feathering-like
approach and no retarder and it worked much better.
</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Then it was on to edge
highlighting. Very straight forward. And finally, the OSL – which I did
with oils again and before gluing the Riftforger in place. I choose to
do it with oils mostly because you can easily remove
the paint with some solvent and start over would it come out bad. I
found no reason to do so, but still, it’s a safety net.
</span></i></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Cleaned up a few mistakes with base colors and glued some flock on the base and it’s all done! </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P-Bcx2a5FhRXde8PVC2ngz2rLNdlZOZpMIPell_oLq9JgFnUQbT4x6_URNVjujC_p37M0ycIVtaoSjkE0c9kU4CxbO_RBB0327t9LgTRZ-ajm3NPZOrKk8bHrEW7iOWBbGscgSeeN_QqJEXJ6pekT5hSasdd3_Fi_0xVinV9YVrFYekqb3SVXCiX1w/s3024/Kristoffer%2005%20-%20Anvil%20zoom.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P-Bcx2a5FhRXde8PVC2ngz2rLNdlZOZpMIPell_oLq9JgFnUQbT4x6_URNVjujC_p37M0ycIVtaoSjkE0c9kU4CxbO_RBB0327t9LgTRZ-ajm3NPZOrKk8bHrEW7iOWBbGscgSeeN_QqJEXJ6pekT5hSasdd3_Fi_0xVinV9YVrFYekqb3SVXCiX1w/w400-h400/Kristoffer%2005%20-%20Anvil%20zoom.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaC3mauUfdJ5Cm49yl5cbKc4VWt6BXXLvWJ-ZabPi00JiueZNu38WEjy8rq0_PUVTMwcOPQMp81XSMf6L564f4FhwhRU0ymq-zy9rdT_mbdsCVkFO3rsR38yO0cOWuCRjs7hk1vXOZcLZDZn8QkrCvI46iGjqMsuENjOw4jsYYWblW0YVXsfrHUWVIQ/s3312/Kristoffer%2005%20-%20front%20right.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="2742" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaC3mauUfdJ5Cm49yl5cbKc4VWt6BXXLvWJ-ZabPi00JiueZNu38WEjy8rq0_PUVTMwcOPQMp81XSMf6L564f4FhwhRU0ymq-zy9rdT_mbdsCVkFO3rsR38yO0cOWuCRjs7hk1vXOZcLZDZn8QkrCvI46iGjqMsuENjOw4jsYYWblW0YVXsfrHUWVIQ/w530-h640/Kristoffer%2005%20-%20front%20right.JPG" width="530" /></a></div><br /></span></i><br /><i><span lang="EN-US"></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIXKKks5g-E06O65WSPbJ8jfN4OhTMccKtUmGSorpGiS6jbnUujFweRTQInttNijAPM11Mc-HbFGw_rChBASixHfxD9xw2ps5RhHiQNO45CZkFBrTZIFY6u7WBtzu9B8KQAKELzEB24uYe23xcl6o47NbNmlT-k65O9-YAXuJCLIBPIVHOF1P9tuTEA/s3122/Kristoffer%2005%20-%20left%20side.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3122" data-original-width="2638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIXKKks5g-E06O65WSPbJ8jfN4OhTMccKtUmGSorpGiS6jbnUujFweRTQInttNijAPM11Mc-HbFGw_rChBASixHfxD9xw2ps5RhHiQNO45CZkFBrTZIFY6u7WBtzu9B8KQAKELzEB24uYe23xcl6o47NbNmlT-k65O9-YAXuJCLIBPIVHOF1P9tuTEA/w338-h400/Kristoffer%2005%20-%20left%20side.JPG" width="338" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7C3oA92qJ7INQidMiaMzq_oDALd-Ri09zu17aOBCSLK1NkmecX_3lMfGxCGq2G5vpOyAY4D60MrohbrnL9LbDBhfsFXE0Pxb_Q9M7pK3WL_hotLn7HIpbRTlvIusI0Lx4KQDPjDBGi4hVs1HXrCKWVWohiPpH-14nExjSTM3cv_P7y6WFtAROm3E4g/s2679/Kristoffer%2005%20-%20pool%20zoom.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2572" data-original-width="2679" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7C3oA92qJ7INQidMiaMzq_oDALd-Ri09zu17aOBCSLK1NkmecX_3lMfGxCGq2G5vpOyAY4D60MrohbrnL9LbDBhfsFXE0Pxb_Q9M7pK3WL_hotLn7HIpbRTlvIusI0Lx4KQDPjDBGi4hVs1HXrCKWVWohiPpH-14nExjSTM3cv_P7y6WFtAROm3E4g/w400-h384/Kristoffer%2005%20-%20pool%20zoom.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The War Shrine looks amazing, Kristoffer! I am sure it looks even better together with the rest of the army. Thanks a lot for joining and sharing all these fantastic tips on how to paint it!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Luca</u></b></span></p><p>Luca's 3d printed dragon looks more and more awesome with every update! Well done Luca! I love the colors you chose a lot and the model shapes up to look fantastic indeed! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLD1C8JBVtWlt64hTJj6CLubnHMG7JgfgvWD9ZdhYGYJRDuxkGGp8z-fXkd9itipdt7fHu8oNZOQsbVPw2a0NXB2smkzDUY4vfLj-5CXXcYjU1mIF8rgp7AKhmz2cn2BanpkYgG8oKWB7ClnocbMOw1B2gaXWJ26DxdwXFmZ56jg2o7rdRwyw746fhfg/s4032/Luca%2005a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLD1C8JBVtWlt64hTJj6CLubnHMG7JgfgvWD9ZdhYGYJRDuxkGGp8z-fXkd9itipdt7fHu8oNZOQsbVPw2a0NXB2smkzDUY4vfLj-5CXXcYjU1mIF8rgp7AKhmz2cn2BanpkYgG8oKWB7ClnocbMOw1B2gaXWJ26DxdwXFmZ56jg2o7rdRwyw746fhfg/w480-h640/Luca%2005a.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgePXHzw1_nKRaKJajkGDt81cZDKyaWG0414-RIncJsD5H2uTojtIJI5LD1biMvmgvpyHgpgfCxfEpOLP0j6D1QhNXtIERVsndUJEkKCEy9EjYSwtQaSoK5eJlxhHVXdbFlglyD9xcJkLIP9a6eGrHbmXKQFhccbastHMWjc9LI4upyKIvFo0R47UJ4RQ/s4032/Luca%2005b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgePXHzw1_nKRaKJajkGDt81cZDKyaWG0414-RIncJsD5H2uTojtIJI5LD1biMvmgvpyHgpgfCxfEpOLP0j6D1QhNXtIERVsndUJEkKCEy9EjYSwtQaSoK5eJlxhHVXdbFlglyD9xcJkLIP9a6eGrHbmXKQFhccbastHMWjc9LI4upyKIvFo0R47UJ4RQ/w480-h640/Luca%2005b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJp5UJ63UPIGtrqFc0og3rsrKu1CTUaSTBIx0LcbIU503FcrM9EXMcA2Mnczx2jfyCVyc_eSLwJU2FpCpKkCM-pnOPWNfX2IMn-0BjkXQALTRdYy9p9jyx0tsYNwfifUijG3QXkZdFuiBpChPu9FLeQLHqOzzBFew-6CSdNRaKFs1AI81HYYwvSza4sA/s4032/Luca%2005c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJp5UJ63UPIGtrqFc0og3rsrKu1CTUaSTBIx0LcbIU503FcrM9EXMcA2Mnczx2jfyCVyc_eSLwJU2FpCpKkCM-pnOPWNfX2IMn-0BjkXQALTRdYy9p9jyx0tsYNwfifUijG3QXkZdFuiBpChPu9FLeQLHqOzzBFew-6CSdNRaKFs1AI81HYYwvSza4sA/w480-h640/Luca%2005c.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Keep up the momentum, Luca! You are almost there :) And many thanks for joining again this year. I am looking forward to seeing you next year too!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Marc</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Marc is a big fan of the 2nd edition Warhammer 40k painting style and continues this tradition with many projects of his own. It was thus fantastic when he joined Monster March again to paint another of his great looking, old school Tyranids.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRJAOfkVgwg_EmOfl900bqKUqCaXMiH5BEA7GVq7zltg-X8UeyuTqBrxoJaZoej7ifjzwpyaga3PxXnLqyZwxRQ1PzM8ou6WsAteoocYVQgKrTxWY2Djg2zRGbyhRXwGTrWF1UeTM2jl4UPTL2--K5uNg1PB2HJS2d5wJzYB_hctnnguAnV0gmGI5bg/s2494/Marc%2005%20-%20Flyrant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="2494" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRJAOfkVgwg_EmOfl900bqKUqCaXMiH5BEA7GVq7zltg-X8UeyuTqBrxoJaZoej7ifjzwpyaga3PxXnLqyZwxRQ1PzM8ou6WsAteoocYVQgKrTxWY2Djg2zRGbyhRXwGTrWF1UeTM2jl4UPTL2--K5uNg1PB2HJS2d5wJzYB_hctnnguAnV0gmGI5bg/w400-h294/Marc%2005%20-%20Flyrant.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZTWQTeTsf56XM28BmvtqQQIg0Q0J5sjA5CK6s0ON3zj1-C4_yyVtkJZzbeRVboVNCfoVOX2_VVTEMGS5l9X8IoKpUk-UYEbsKwI2zFIKiyURsLAoIx1wd6b-7_XIv8s7Q1u_fTrvKl5wIEIOQWd4p753dpAkkJjrr5fQbaTu36j6_z8AfmxtMijD4A/s2220/Marc%2005%20-%20Flyrant2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="2220" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZTWQTeTsf56XM28BmvtqQQIg0Q0J5sjA5CK6s0ON3zj1-C4_yyVtkJZzbeRVboVNCfoVOX2_VVTEMGS5l9X8IoKpUk-UYEbsKwI2zFIKiyURsLAoIx1wd6b-7_XIv8s7Q1u_fTrvKl5wIEIOQWd4p753dpAkkJjrr5fQbaTu36j6_z8AfmxtMijD4A/w400-h316/Marc%2005%20-%20Flyrant2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKcnZV6Tp-2iwzcP4geiz-aMuV3AAQshJZjdR91nmb-LvSHft90B0dfwXE_V1Z9oJWIh8BiIHE4-mywF4OK8dxJ1WbU0TRkEzt7NNQFiqmiX756d2ljkjbRgoK5z7d6Ydwm_L-1wBw1m6ElABsLWzwHbN0xb_4XeeCBiwphmj3P2BPRwqHq1aBXko8Q/s2359/Marc%2005%20-%20Sting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="2359" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKcnZV6Tp-2iwzcP4geiz-aMuV3AAQshJZjdR91nmb-LvSHft90B0dfwXE_V1Z9oJWIh8BiIHE4-mywF4OK8dxJ1WbU0TRkEzt7NNQFiqmiX756d2ljkjbRgoK5z7d6Ydwm_L-1wBw1m6ElABsLWzwHbN0xb_4XeeCBiwphmj3P2BPRwqHq1aBXko8Q/w400-h288/Marc%2005%20-%20Sting.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Check out Marc's blog post dedicated to this model here:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/2023/04/monster-march-to-done.html">Old School Gaming - Monster March - to DONE</a></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks for joining again this year, Marc! You make me nostalgic every time you bring some "new" 2nd edition models. I believe I still have a few 2nd edition Eldar still waiting to be painted, so who knows, I may embark on that pathway some day too!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Matt Gee</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Matt pledged one of the best looking models from the recent range of Mantic sculpts - North Alliance Chimera.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXqbIA12TtdTf22YH9UPwJZ378iCIwoSD93sIAMdInSS_p4H_0hWPWt0yp5mV1Qc4cqAC0Upn_mQciY_S3Vp9QYvMK4gRRiS1aUh20w9F0oI8nq6UD5UHbGf1V1pakM7JWZmXnqIvt1GzSxNZmbioDxmueN2JJUYxMbUZITngddW9gv5Lwnf03PjDmw/s1200/Matt%2000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXqbIA12TtdTf22YH9UPwJZ378iCIwoSD93sIAMdInSS_p4H_0hWPWt0yp5mV1Qc4cqAC0Upn_mQciY_S3Vp9QYvMK4gRRiS1aUh20w9F0oI8nq6UD5UHbGf1V1pakM7JWZmXnqIvt1GzSxNZmbioDxmueN2JJUYxMbUZITngddW9gv5Lwnf03PjDmw/w640-h640/Matt%2000.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It is a beautiful model and I am sure Matt is having a lot of fun with it! </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Mikes</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mikes used the opportunity that Monster March provides and continued with the project he started earlier. He chose his Dragon for Kings of War Elven army and was doing really great with the progress that he has almost finished. Real life, however, interfered and Mikes had to hit pause for the last week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYynNDlOZwOoRO6RbZKPL_6GdsBB_b9VZje2QXLnczH6FyMzYel2UPhF2XuMiuqWv2zjZoKhI--lViuLcBext3DpOfOkLZoZH-ruGE4iu84siqS4Zenk0xcDcGM7HxfJUhd0q9NKZmOmpqH542tM4u-FnJe_nMaiM9Zk9jn84f_Xv91LL8zjZG-LY-Q/s4032/Mikes%2004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYynNDlOZwOoRO6RbZKPL_6GdsBB_b9VZje2QXLnczH6FyMzYel2UPhF2XuMiuqWv2zjZoKhI--lViuLcBext3DpOfOkLZoZH-ruGE4iu84siqS4Zenk0xcDcGM7HxfJUhd0q9NKZmOmpqH542tM4u-FnJe_nMaiM9Zk9jn84f_Xv91LL8zjZG-LY-Q/w640-h480/Mikes%2004.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I wish Mike all the best and hope he will come back to us soon! Many thanks for your excellent contributions to this year painting challenge. Keep up the great work!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Nav</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nav did not joke when he said he plans to paint entire Roman army. He is really that fast and here is the proof to show what he can achieve in one month:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYCZgDJNx4Ueal5-GeZm70uV9LabGkfEE0RufxuZCkCMsE52OJ1txDTmpM_lh6vVcSmDci-3_qDMcg8mHd4KlBSMPGhVo6_BL5ydNjTNbJgaINqQOsEagcTtLO64xp-IhipYNPFK9qNiThxafJyA1kkO1wQGcpURZJO_tse__1XI34nqFLRnlBFe_zg/s999/Nav%2005a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="999" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYCZgDJNx4Ueal5-GeZm70uV9LabGkfEE0RufxuZCkCMsE52OJ1txDTmpM_lh6vVcSmDci-3_qDMcg8mHd4KlBSMPGhVo6_BL5ydNjTNbJgaINqQOsEagcTtLO64xp-IhipYNPFK9qNiThxafJyA1kkO1wQGcpURZJO_tse__1XI34nqFLRnlBFe_zg/w640-h480/Nav%2005a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Well done, indeed! Thanks a lot for the inspiration, Nav! It must be very satisfactory to paint so many models and have the army ready for the games!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Paul A.</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Paul chose a wonderful model as his contribution to the painting challenge and completed the project just in time! Here is Radukar the Beast in full glory:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUebn3r9ESk8u1ZYmx6k_Mm4XMe01K14j2QLmSCPD0MzoaGjX2RHGNtJSrn-wb72oMT5TFHMq7gPIvuWtqXoQ5NheNbbJooZy3YuRktDDcqrCcrUOto-FAnEd8IxjdJt5OevgiUH290S0OI37ovGh8ibhNRnIYH0kOWWLSpl8Jl-uGypibRXaqRaKRw/s4000/Paul%20A%2005%20-%20Pict%201289%20-%20Radukar%20the%20Beast%20and%20Vyrkos%20Bloodborn%20Attendants.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUebn3r9ESk8u1ZYmx6k_Mm4XMe01K14j2QLmSCPD0MzoaGjX2RHGNtJSrn-wb72oMT5TFHMq7gPIvuWtqXoQ5NheNbbJooZy3YuRktDDcqrCcrUOto-FAnEd8IxjdJt5OevgiUH290S0OI37ovGh8ibhNRnIYH0kOWWLSpl8Jl-uGypibRXaqRaKRw/w640-h360/Paul%20A%2005%20-%20Pict%201289%20-%20Radukar%20the%20Beast%20and%20Vyrkos%20Bloodborn%20Attendants.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">More photos can be found on Paul's blog:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://abutterflyshobbytally.blogspot.com/2023/04/blog-post.html">A Butterfly's Hobby Tally - Radukar the Beast for #MonsterMarch</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks a lot for joining us this year, Paul! I hope we will see you again next year! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Paul K.</span></u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Paul did very well in March as well. He chose a model of Mutant Rat-Fiend for the Ratkin army and he finished the project well in time!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrcs3bK_4boWyHjCgnXW_UlW761JW90yd3zz2m-vztOJN9OhoOftDftnIhIxQUnzubawbYB8R22jy_3VKMhZdxMsXkLyM4mc80OZfUZVNhr96KLydFdU9NJRj44Zu7_bI8kYOrLV7IRbSbCzOac4ROC64lbiEZlOQnHbegI4Z0vcSeJvOUvn2zs3Rjw/s4624/Paul%20K%2005%20-%20Rat-fiend%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrcs3bK_4boWyHjCgnXW_UlW761JW90yd3zz2m-vztOJN9OhoOftDftnIhIxQUnzubawbYB8R22jy_3VKMhZdxMsXkLyM4mc80OZfUZVNhr96KLydFdU9NJRj44Zu7_bI8kYOrLV7IRbSbCzOac4ROC64lbiEZlOQnHbegI4Z0vcSeJvOUvn2zs3Rjw/w300-h400/Paul%20K%2005%20-%20Rat-fiend%201.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlLfWuAiZZKW-9PflwwC_wTf8EXW7AIVaQyoTi79SLRt2A6TK26CAKLpRI7W44zk1p0BCZo5gpeJORsnIhuqYWOxRu3xeHGlcz7x-dleWWVFgs9qExDvHZeipGmLwcOxPsWgMaVEebL3XuWU8Hz_xgMl52mJC27wVw978jxr13u5wzEaSBuYR7UbVMw/s4624/Paul%20K%2005%20-%20Rat-fiend%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlLfWuAiZZKW-9PflwwC_wTf8EXW7AIVaQyoTi79SLRt2A6TK26CAKLpRI7W44zk1p0BCZo5gpeJORsnIhuqYWOxRu3xeHGlcz7x-dleWWVFgs9qExDvHZeipGmLwcOxPsWgMaVEebL3XuWU8Hz_xgMl52mJC27wVw978jxr13u5wzEaSBuYR7UbVMw/w300-h400/Paul%20K%2005%20-%20Rat-fiend%203.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSS9Txnr8edglFr1y4eoZzlEk_uguklqXuaVWHe8N5G6uYwjJFYt9yYaxhLt3Fr_H8TB6g-qRC-eFY3afln8BfxuY_4PnfC_oYm9Vx9v-B8VLQ6cM1WvDwmCkKneDQFDYI7abLZ9u8DnBq678eUj7q2jWBdVyZPpuY2dDW9i8XzkmOGE6uAJOZlse9A/s4624/Paul%20K%2005%20-%20Rat-fiend%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSS9Txnr8edglFr1y4eoZzlEk_uguklqXuaVWHe8N5G6uYwjJFYt9yYaxhLt3Fr_H8TB6g-qRC-eFY3afln8BfxuY_4PnfC_oYm9Vx9v-B8VLQ6cM1WvDwmCkKneDQFDYI7abLZ9u8DnBq678eUj7q2jWBdVyZPpuY2dDW9i8XzkmOGE6uAJOZlse9A/w300-h400/Paul%20K%2005%20-%20Rat-fiend%207.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Well done Paul! I am sure the newly painted Mutant Rat-Fiend is going to terrorize your opponents and bring you many victories on the battle field!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Sachiel</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sachiel regularly posted on the progress of his project - D&D Red Dragon. His excellent blog posts had it all, narrative, a lot of photos and the details on the painting progress. He has done an excellent job and completed painting this wonderful model!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk__UUOxHxU9qglQUtpb4Y4b_wFRF62ZYQz9vCrhcO-EHlg2q139SJ54CPBS8pL37IQ4a-vgfhKlxx7rJa_2wxFQFp5toXLd0l-0jtmknGWbCUgamFkHxWP6Sa-1UxDV7ixx6H8Pl3yQ4EW0ZqL7VD05FV-6bXpvLljJEoZ2p9yIE5u1Oq9tNs5v8IMw/s3425/Sachiel%2005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2927" data-original-width="3425" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk__UUOxHxU9qglQUtpb4Y4b_wFRF62ZYQz9vCrhcO-EHlg2q139SJ54CPBS8pL37IQ4a-vgfhKlxx7rJa_2wxFQFp5toXLd0l-0jtmknGWbCUgamFkHxWP6Sa-1UxDV7ixx6H8Pl3yQ4EW0ZqL7VD05FV-6bXpvLljJEoZ2p9yIE5u1Oq9tNs5v8IMw/w640-h546/Sachiel%2005.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">You absolutely have to check the final post Sachiel prepared for his Monster March project:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://sachiel-returns.blogspot.com/2023/03/monster-march-7-part-5-final-reveal.html?m=0">The Die is Cast!: Monster March - part 5; Final Reveal</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks a lot for participating, Sachiel! It was an absolute pleasure hosting you and I hope you will be back next year!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u>Scott B.</u></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Scott picked a very intersting model of a Goreblight for his Undead army and finished his project too!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74kSk3wk1GtyihQBNq0ulYSIHunEvloWz9w_Gce16HoH7iScRGQNd4oQE09gS_euX6c8-kDU2jlcYOifXag_rl4KNRDaWS2IOVuvecLFYFJBhG8HVwuD4PxlQvfD5btPMU35LpCWZLGbmfppLtMNbTEb-fbJd9NXUSjtCigJEKs33CGT_TSyJHhaD1g/s2550/Scott%20Ba.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74kSk3wk1GtyihQBNq0ulYSIHunEvloWz9w_Gce16HoH7iScRGQNd4oQE09gS_euX6c8-kDU2jlcYOifXag_rl4KNRDaWS2IOVuvecLFYFJBhG8HVwuD4PxlQvfD5btPMU35LpCWZLGbmfppLtMNbTEb-fbJd9NXUSjtCigJEKs33CGT_TSyJHhaD1g/w301-h400/Scott%20Ba.jpeg" width="301" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGDsavHeAtMdgH2DySBbm6d8N8-dU3-gKlqoK5fPk32q6oJTh9FVBQgqDYmV9ir_wNAvQdizuKEOBgL0TYKB4U8YP1cCA2E4J30dekFCA7Qu6A7s4y30zvtCVAVbAEyIIcl2yp4-P880WZPxmxyi60_TM9hVrdsERaSCTo1NegY9JUk7BwSWrkEyCZQ/s750/Scott%20B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGDsavHeAtMdgH2DySBbm6d8N8-dU3-gKlqoK5fPk32q6oJTh9FVBQgqDYmV9ir_wNAvQdizuKEOBgL0TYKB4U8YP1cCA2E4J30dekFCA7Qu6A7s4y30zvtCVAVbAEyIIcl2yp4-P880WZPxmxyi60_TM9hVrdsERaSCTo1NegY9JUk7BwSWrkEyCZQ/w301-h400/Scott%20B.jpeg" width="301" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Excellent execution, Scott! It is not easy to paint the model that is a walking corpse to look so "realistic" :) Well done indeed and many thanks for joining the challenge this year!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Simon</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Simon got himself a new Griffon to be used as many options in his multiple armies for Kings of War.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0csJTZu2jze4b-NEULc7Wb_iIqxownEzclY1_48mhmBBBcIsBL6yVlBsGedsxRdbvfy_EUM33UGLcloJu5eVQtN-BsalP6TAnPF2UWkE4Ql7TInOWwQ-DTGRYHNeYjX8onITx8kbrU85PGtYld5yS8AnjklyqFwsCGdIws9aaC5Gdxb_O5E8VuxiKyw/s1221/Simon%2002a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="969" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0csJTZu2jze4b-NEULc7Wb_iIqxownEzclY1_48mhmBBBcIsBL6yVlBsGedsxRdbvfy_EUM33UGLcloJu5eVQtN-BsalP6TAnPF2UWkE4Ql7TInOWwQ-DTGRYHNeYjX8onITx8kbrU85PGtYld5yS8AnjklyqFwsCGdIws9aaC5Gdxb_O5E8VuxiKyw/w508-h640/Simon%2002a.jpg" width="508" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Something tells me it is already causing trouble for any opponents that get lucky to play against Simon (as he is a fantastic player!).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Snapfit</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Although he completed his first model for Monster March (Mega Rhinox!), snapfit did not stop! He used the momentum to carry on and complete a second project, this time Orc Stone Golem.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdX1sssxPw3OAqfY5F7JBe9hb6ZBlF8J9VjXq9huQUFYlhROyBYuAPa5L40aJmtRjsyJk64PTdxt_BaxO_qWTQx_sxC01e0_mnSG4h2vO5zQRP9UINvslcZW2c9F6DkrSPu8Pli27oJL_l7H4pcLTwVpA-E_jsbRwrEKgNmqqd-ym2SkVKQ73uT6V_g/s320/Snapfit%2005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdX1sssxPw3OAqfY5F7JBe9hb6ZBlF8J9VjXq9huQUFYlhROyBYuAPa5L40aJmtRjsyJk64PTdxt_BaxO_qWTQx_sxC01e0_mnSG4h2vO5zQRP9UINvslcZW2c9F6DkrSPu8Pli27oJL_l7H4pcLTwVpA-E_jsbRwrEKgNmqqd-ym2SkVKQ73uT6V_g/w400-h400/Snapfit%2005.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Many more photos on snapfit's personal blog here:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://dagreenhorde.blogspot.com/2023/03/orc-stone-golem-rogue-idol-alternative.html">Da Green Horde - Orc Stone Golem (Rogue Idol Alternative) #MonsterMarch7</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well done, snapfit! It is awesome that you finished two projects in a single month. Thanks a lot for taking part in the painting challenge and sharing your blog posts too! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u>Vince</u></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vince had a great idea for the models to represent his Goblin Blasters and completed two of them for Monster March! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PE3MHiz6ZsVjI443Ayk018ihWH4GSwZy8th5xOeun59D5v5lspvFk6Kz-jy5FFLvAkIXCHhzDRxJ5Aa9yKhwzcsk02pusUvCxYxkLiscrH9khj46_RLqiyItvmz-Lt-zRryAf7AQBLPRFIWvRh478cnZuX57jll-YAO_0OBlL3OIV_VG-ZsWh5B3VA/s1600/Vince%2005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1600" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PE3MHiz6ZsVjI443Ayk018ihWH4GSwZy8th5xOeun59D5v5lspvFk6Kz-jy5FFLvAkIXCHhzDRxJ5Aa9yKhwzcsk02pusUvCxYxkLiscrH9khj46_RLqiyItvmz-Lt-zRryAf7AQBLPRFIWvRh478cnZuX57jll-YAO_0OBlL3OIV_VG-ZsWh5B3VA/w640-h482/Vince%2005.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">As usual, there is a dedicated post on Vince blog:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/2023/03/28/monstermarch-2023-finished/">Vince on all things Kings of War - Monster March 2023 finished! </a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well done, Vince! That is a great achievement. Thanks a lot for continuous support and participating this year again!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Swordmaster</span></u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I thought I would be able to finish, what seems to be the opposite of the theme of Monster March, i.e., the unit of High Elf Spearmen for the game of Warmaster. I almost did it! Unfortunately, I still have command stripe to paint to do so. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS0nUZPtyvMzv-v5vGsSwmbV_8fZ1B6P43RCwYSkrbn3bvaQkz4HeF8FfcaIB9AvLZivjqCVJYcRvtEzAes7YqKtNFC1HuacUZb8ZyndHyUsx6hBkkW3z5rS1VaSI-XOzMYsWn5NmFyTe2A90lmu5LvwBNeG5eN6KiDtiiq0mVk5TJ6rni6azoENKvA/s1024/Swordmaster%2005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="1024" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS0nUZPtyvMzv-v5vGsSwmbV_8fZ1B6P43RCwYSkrbn3bvaQkz4HeF8FfcaIB9AvLZivjqCVJYcRvtEzAes7YqKtNFC1HuacUZb8ZyndHyUsx6hBkkW3z5rS1VaSI-XOzMYsWn5NmFyTe2A90lmu5LvwBNeG5eN6KiDtiiq0mVk5TJ6rni6azoENKvA/w640-h282/Swordmaster%2005.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Hopefully, I will be able to catch up in April. :)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">And with this I would like to officially close Monster March 7! Once again, many thanks to all participants for all your contributions. It was my pleasure and honor to host you again this year. And as I have said many times already, I would love to see you coming back next year!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Cheers!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">SM </span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-25309115703509708642023-03-26T21:05:00.001+11:002023-03-26T21:05:09.759+11:00Monster March - Part 4<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8uXgBR1FnE4NLHwi4YJOQ5EcWCsF8YYIA6WRKDaMR0abMc8Hwd0nqTst1JaiTuiCXPzNAYC7mp9xzlXQl9aiw5hBlNjd0Jrg3CUOj9llFlXKGwVTDSFfx164RuN7Cgh7N2PdCKAEbulx6jxXmS_yilKL_yHeFTgSLg117UOLXyylP2yTqlLqimmXCQ/s695/MonsterMarch7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8uXgBR1FnE4NLHwi4YJOQ5EcWCsF8YYIA6WRKDaMR0abMc8Hwd0nqTst1JaiTuiCXPzNAYC7mp9xzlXQl9aiw5hBlNjd0Jrg3CUOj9llFlXKGwVTDSFfx164RuN7Cgh7N2PdCKAEbulx6jxXmS_yilKL_yHeFTgSLg117UOLXyylP2yTqlLqimmXCQ/w640-h532/MonsterMarch7.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to the part 4 of the Monster March 7 painting challenge! We have only one week left and this is the moment where many participants enter the final stages of their projects. More and more of them reach the finish line already. Some even continue with additional projects, taking a full advantage of the momentum they have built until now. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some others can already see the end of the project, with a lot of time and effort put into them. The progress made is awesome and it helps to keep up the pace. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, regardless of where you are in your respective project, keep up fantastic work! What is more, you can still join the challenge, if only to begin something you haven't started yet or pick up the old project that needs some finishing touches!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's see what are the specific updates for each participant in the last week.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Albert</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Albert has already completed the regiment of knights he pledged for the challenge. However, he decided to keep on going with stretch goals. I am very glad he did as it gives us all an opportunity to admire more of his wonderfully painted miniatures!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6U07v_PxqEHC7MQkmGt5e8LxnWreSNij1u0_hGC4e2caUHA4f3xGE9WaQ4ctmw7bkZVoy6lr6SSp8RJV-Yigo7IYlXwACd6UibBcvpu2xRgPUwFxO56Yzr11ICkR16MOzBI9rDOmcOHacjXG192xSjvF3yb4E2Wo62YQiDZMQGPUJvl758VDSWhNmw/s1080/Albert%2004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6U07v_PxqEHC7MQkmGt5e8LxnWreSNij1u0_hGC4e2caUHA4f3xGE9WaQ4ctmw7bkZVoy6lr6SSp8RJV-Yigo7IYlXwACd6UibBcvpu2xRgPUwFxO56Yzr11ICkR16MOzBI9rDOmcOHacjXG192xSjvF3yb4E2Wo62YQiDZMQGPUJvl758VDSWhNmw/w640-h480/Albert%2004a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Completed regiment of Knights!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTaFaQ94BcxgfrYMlaK7r2-RgiT6XLPFOEJl3bf6--M5r1NlGWVqupfUZ_IItCMrSD25lSDkG9JhJMZpceb1Nlrj5gyZow3in780s8wTPyjzFFnHCBE0tudZA9MqRLZLfnjxSJ_2Ygpq0Wy5HSYpXa_RgWNOZGAubp_SSnt8N1ulwBDwftnX0u5vaTw/s843/Albert%2004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTaFaQ94BcxgfrYMlaK7r2-RgiT6XLPFOEJl3bf6--M5r1NlGWVqupfUZ_IItCMrSD25lSDkG9JhJMZpceb1Nlrj5gyZow3in780s8wTPyjzFFnHCBE0tudZA9MqRLZLfnjxSJ_2Ygpq0Wy5HSYpXa_RgWNOZGAubp_SSnt8N1ulwBDwftnX0u5vaTw/w640-h640/Albert%2004b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A scholar and a healer to accompany the army.</i> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvE3E-9j3420XUAU0SnZuvJWCF3VpFPvko85Ekd7sSaVp6k_tvPoMi_Cj_yXt_D6uH8K0daubNY5ViLycENbsduNRGjkG2j1yal6sn_FOWuNej81hZz1Le0y3fPgbRsO-H5ZIkj7qKiSC70TWDBLT495uX0HBPohD2LcwYqJM23zn086qAmYoH5fxoA/s1080/Albert%2004c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvE3E-9j3420XUAU0SnZuvJWCF3VpFPvko85Ekd7sSaVp6k_tvPoMi_Cj_yXt_D6uH8K0daubNY5ViLycENbsduNRGjkG2j1yal6sn_FOWuNej81hZz1Le0y3fPgbRsO-H5ZIkj7qKiSC70TWDBLT495uX0HBPohD2LcwYqJM23zn086qAmYoH5fxoA/w640-h480/Albert%2004c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Horse Archers to support the Knights.</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope that by the end of the month Albert would also share some army photos too! The examples of the regiments he has painted so far clearly show that the full force will be a splendid sight on the battle field!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Azazel</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was another very productive week for Azazel, both in terms of painting the models and writing excellent blog posts for each one of them!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuUrLJJflv_dDq9ihmd5cmIA8mm440M0iFiGDKKmHpCbI5njcT8fNJwZpeN3wuxFOJj754VQKp5d89x8hMuV-W4ILawglw5gy_pLeo_fZDQNFBM5I7ugJZgLvHonQorCkx7tgBJWY92KpdKSlZyQv536B9Vq6SZVxEf5GeBhNb7k66Wk_uJFi-OvJXg/s1500/Azazel%2004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="1500" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuUrLJJflv_dDq9ihmd5cmIA8mm440M0iFiGDKKmHpCbI5njcT8fNJwZpeN3wuxFOJj754VQKp5d89x8hMuV-W4ILawglw5gy_pLeo_fZDQNFBM5I7ugJZgLvHonQorCkx7tgBJWY92KpdKSlZyQv536B9Vq6SZVxEf5GeBhNb7k66Wk_uJFi-OvJXg/w640-h442/Azazel%2004a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Bigfoot & Batabomination</i></span></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgntemRk10pt5CP4Udt30KECGqRBxPYMqDwXaF5g31Yw766jeGw7d2-WnLS9TkO4dAcOyDprTWDM6nqapx3WTwXqZ9IPe82I9dfJhyCZp1m5xc8XN79c0Tj38BjAriI5ydSusCqqcj6B2-qAoPRW87R7wkKq-dm0j_pIUfQZWmnKH9yTSP4ArXqDnFEWA/s1500/Azazel%2004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="1500" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgntemRk10pt5CP4Udt30KECGqRBxPYMqDwXaF5g31Yw766jeGw7d2-WnLS9TkO4dAcOyDprTWDM6nqapx3WTwXqZ9IPe82I9dfJhyCZp1m5xc8XN79c0Tj38BjAriI5ydSusCqqcj6B2-qAoPRW87R7wkKq-dm0j_pIUfQZWmnKH9yTSP4ArXqDnFEWA/w640-h580/Azazel%2004b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Abominarat</i></span></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aJFWemjd1MD38mAmry6UV0YMDPSKp_RFUJ5pCKw97UkKZ1zqrk9-Nyw2jzGyOxKBjTlfAkAnJvZxX5cOpOgzrb1DOWUoZa5zOr18RSOPoJbD-65nuX-e21Xi4RYoclQk7r-XPxcU-ylRS0Wq4mrvNU6FbZJAGmcJsfhgyI9MWOdQ4B4mBomuQRfgLw/s1000/Azazel%2004c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1000" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aJFWemjd1MD38mAmry6UV0YMDPSKp_RFUJ5pCKw97UkKZ1zqrk9-Nyw2jzGyOxKBjTlfAkAnJvZxX5cOpOgzrb1DOWUoZa5zOr18RSOPoJbD-65nuX-e21Xi4RYoclQk7r-XPxcU-ylRS0Wq4mrvNU6FbZJAGmcJsfhgyI9MWOdQ4B4mBomuQRfgLw/w640-h602/Azazel%2004c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Dinin Do’Urden, Drow Drider</i></span></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All excellent choices for the Monster March theme! Many more photos and fantastic blog posts on them can be found by following these links:</p><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2023/03/21/zombicide-2nd-edition-abominations-bigfoot-batabomination-monstermarch7/">Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bigfoot & Batabomination</a></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2023/03/23/zombicide-black-plague-abominarat-monstermarch7/">Zombicide Black Plague: Abominarat</a></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2023/03/25/dd-monster-manual-76-the-legend-of-drizzt-dinin-dourden-drow-drider-monstermarch7/">D&D Monster Manual 76: The Legend of Drizzt – Dinin Do’Urden, Drow Drider</a></span></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Keep up the great work, Azazel!</span></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><u><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Bensome</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></u></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Ben has four large models to paint, so he decided to focus on two at the time. The Hippos are almost ready. The other two has just been started but I am sure Ben will make the most out of the final week. </span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59B6Cx1vq-9xXss8AmNNU22EKSlNTcWZPPmTWtKv3hnx8kcq6eNripQ1Cmbc4SqPyQnptb2DflO42ABIYRk6AldlvigjIagliw8rjiLf6-kC07W2eLf4GyeZsSBNJgmrNFOXMpKW96-QxJwOBipLDq95rNWm9QMQwWea7xfRuuNu8QYVdD80SKOsETQ/s1632/Ben%2004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1632" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59B6Cx1vq-9xXss8AmNNU22EKSlNTcWZPPmTWtKv3hnx8kcq6eNripQ1Cmbc4SqPyQnptb2DflO42ABIYRk6AldlvigjIagliw8rjiLf6-kC07W2eLf4GyeZsSBNJgmrNFOXMpKW96-QxJwOBipLDq95rNWm9QMQwWea7xfRuuNu8QYVdD80SKOsETQ/w640-h360/Ben%2004a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJhMmrLEW1fxpqhxNHj1lKdISSJZM_T5ZtApRRI_g_qtTJu2FPjGi-CSihv02YAsS5SWHJ4yNC1M4bAmCB58fJFJWp6_E_rzWxSzhEzGzU4weSLbgjUvjbV5F6-JfSzbqN-erbFg5I-uFk_591dlwHwh2iNh7kuR-7bRRwKQsQPdkbNQRWGwydSWMBg/s1632/Ben%2004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1632" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJhMmrLEW1fxpqhxNHj1lKdISSJZM_T5ZtApRRI_g_qtTJu2FPjGi-CSihv02YAsS5SWHJ4yNC1M4bAmCB58fJFJWp6_E_rzWxSzhEzGzU4weSLbgjUvjbV5F6-JfSzbqN-erbFg5I-uFk_591dlwHwh2iNh7kuR-7bRRwKQsQPdkbNQRWGwydSWMBg/w640-h360/Ben%2004b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />They look awesome and I am sure that once completed, this version of Stampede will be one of the focal points of the entire army!</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Billy</span></u></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Billy did a fantastic job with his great looking Mammoth. His last week was a great progress. So great, in fact, the he has completed his project already!</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsV4-0Gb9BEmyNg6E_KGYsb7AmtVrmaZRHgH-3SetYsdLgBjMfuLivyG8h1YDuq_tMSZ0k0Zv-I3L6I-ODodAL5n9S-tFGtGtcrcmsLJfEhgIZH9FeNLtEcy0G8HL0tH8KCO6RcAr70bMXo6hguUCsWbkn5obLHg2vMZSnWDpLWJoKUTxvWGxfZfW6BQ/s1351/Billy%2004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1351" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsV4-0Gb9BEmyNg6E_KGYsb7AmtVrmaZRHgH-3SetYsdLgBjMfuLivyG8h1YDuq_tMSZ0k0Zv-I3L6I-ODodAL5n9S-tFGtGtcrcmsLJfEhgIZH9FeNLtEcy0G8HL0tH8KCO6RcAr70bMXo6hguUCsWbkn5obLHg2vMZSnWDpLWJoKUTxvWGxfZfW6BQ/w640-h640/Billy%2004a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6ColFY6TS01Sjzzdj8DuLVONJUyE7lCMM5FkJUxzTYeZFA9N7VmcB9QAkjfxZ9lxDC1SUKrKh8GtmDAHp1zvwSEmkPw5eU749WCfAhJZ2B3SwJpEEnNOq-SPp4fOolF1A0xgnFfmY2JAC-w7Q89ZsALfKfnltgdlnITt7rnoFR2t9dwlhrkGY5ftsw/s1311/Billy%2004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="1311" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6ColFY6TS01Sjzzdj8DuLVONJUyE7lCMM5FkJUxzTYeZFA9N7VmcB9QAkjfxZ9lxDC1SUKrKh8GtmDAHp1zvwSEmkPw5eU749WCfAhJZ2B3SwJpEEnNOq-SPp4fOolF1A0xgnFfmY2JAC-w7Q89ZsALfKfnltgdlnITt7rnoFR2t9dwlhrkGY5ftsw/w640-h640/Billy%2004b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpW_hHLeHYFToxIXAwthAEN-Ad59RzpGKJ4n-L28ARPVEdCXBbGCWvk6V36DHZkAzclhuSef5cUH4P0rbNgLBn6QCMPN4aBiuXeUzeLu4a4neeY70wr1JpCfJ2K-HAg7FNwUqdx8x_hoYEfYdornRWXFqzXm1n1jc43JVUuchmJgUwmWTaUCNKI880wQ/s1378/Billy%2004c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="1378" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpW_hHLeHYFToxIXAwthAEN-Ad59RzpGKJ4n-L28ARPVEdCXBbGCWvk6V36DHZkAzclhuSef5cUH4P0rbNgLBn6QCMPN4aBiuXeUzeLu4a4neeY70wr1JpCfJ2K-HAg7FNwUqdx8x_hoYEfYdornRWXFqzXm1n1jc43JVUuchmJgUwmWTaUCNKI880wQ/w640-h640/Billy%2004c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I love this model! If I were the pick the favourite element, I would say the angry eyes are just awesome!</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><u>Chris</u></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> <br /></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Chris is doing a few projects in parallel. This includes Kings of War Slow Grow challenge and some Mantic Armada ships. It is thus absolutely fantastic that he finds time on the Shadowhulk to participate in Monster March too!</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrJch9osVOHCk2CiI7aH5YLsMFYP3jTYgbIBMlCPfm7pGzJC0iMOSVHzf8tPhyx06JNkzu9yoW2lPO-xkXWN-Gs3g_uCbkOT2dHkFhMXhy1LshXx3zQ8Oc61GjlVEXVE3XplsJFRmgKZbARP4y7-wNDTe_9JlCmaqLSQqiV_1rGzWxhX5UZX8xW2F_w/s1440/Chris%20K%2004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1440" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrJch9osVOHCk2CiI7aH5YLsMFYP3jTYgbIBMlCPfm7pGzJC0iMOSVHzf8tPhyx06JNkzu9yoW2lPO-xkXWN-Gs3g_uCbkOT2dHkFhMXhy1LshXx3zQ8Oc61GjlVEXVE3XplsJFRmgKZbARP4y7-wNDTe_9JlCmaqLSQqiV_1rGzWxhX5UZX8xW2F_w/w640-h482/Chris%20K%2004a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Parts ready to assemble.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h1><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4yWheOwg1MXp7Xip0fqnk9CwKEhxYc1e3INaEJzgrP_OUeJpV1CBO6jTt6_J9X2SGGufrcRDbz536LneScpQyXcHx5VQ1DQXlPJhTfswn08HA3P_hawFES_3PGavI-dAugpW2mwKsQeZ9yvnpEnoag7WFxr4j7UXGsY06DXYkErz8ZJRTjqryyx56Q/s2015/Chris%20K%2004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1515" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4yWheOwg1MXp7Xip0fqnk9CwKEhxYc1e3INaEJzgrP_OUeJpV1CBO6jTt6_J9X2SGGufrcRDbz536LneScpQyXcHx5VQ1DQXlPJhTfswn08HA3P_hawFES_3PGavI-dAugpW2mwKsQeZ9yvnpEnoag7WFxr4j7UXGsY06DXYkErz8ZJRTjqryyx56Q/w482-h640/Chris%20K%2004b.jpg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Head to torso connection.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixO4fmGJsCicUDjQ56T5nVP-i8PxwPIY674STVvuSPRB7z5TLwOqyjoksBRDz2FMSyZ8qedkCOSvVRmUos_y9CZnTSwV52bldbIto-CNwUFER2ChnfnPjAXthQlkO83qWPdtNd095GsDw91VfkqZXM2NY-j-rgnVslMxrMD1gbEVT-u6BWP80Afn5_w/s2015/Chris%20K%2004c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1515" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixO4fmGJsCicUDjQ56T5nVP-i8PxwPIY674STVvuSPRB7z5TLwOqyjoksBRDz2FMSyZ8qedkCOSvVRmUos_y9CZnTSwV52bldbIto-CNwUFER2ChnfnPjAXthQlkO83qWPdtNd095GsDw91VfkqZXM2NY-j-rgnVslMxrMD1gbEVT-u6BWP80Afn5_w/w482-h640/Chris%20K%2004c.jpg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Almost ready for painting!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This is great, Chris! I am sure many are already inspired by the fantastic conversion you have created. Well done!</span></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DAM</span></u></span><span style="font-size: small;"><u> </u></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">DAM has been working on some other elements of the model, mainly its scenic base. It requires a lot of time and effort so well done for accomplishing this stage!</span></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh058uLJccKAcn4eM4QR6S8fCwg79SquzpUd11AT6QGZZN-TJ4sxZ70Hdyo-NkDoAb-63nEhSL4N2ZYzVVatbKeq7qiOy1kHfQHkqUXAf0XejeWb88avLwPdW5M7JzcBOT6wbBcUZ4lCccLeKCIh7NiwhzMg0Gqne4aT595kArI738Kuq2KC8aOjH96ug/s2255/DAM%2004%20-%20Lion%20El'Jonson%20WIP%20-%204f.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2090" data-original-width="2255" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh058uLJccKAcn4eM4QR6S8fCwg79SquzpUd11AT6QGZZN-TJ4sxZ70Hdyo-NkDoAb-63nEhSL4N2ZYzVVatbKeq7qiOy1kHfQHkqUXAf0XejeWb88avLwPdW5M7JzcBOT6wbBcUZ4lCccLeKCIh7NiwhzMg0Gqne4aT595kArI738Kuq2KC8aOjH96ug/w640-h594/DAM%2004%20-%20Lion%20El'Jonson%20WIP%20-%204f.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As always, many more photos are available on excellent blog post:</span></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2023/03/monstermarch7-week-3.html">262nd Death Korps of Krieg - #MonsterMarch7 - Week 3</a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><u></u></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">With Horus Heresy era Lion El'Johnson almost finished, I wonder if DAM is planning to paint his 40k version that has just been announced shortly after this one. Or if he is going to keep the model for Monster March 8 next year? :)</span><u><br /></u></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">David M (aka Skeleris)</span></u></span><br /></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">David has been working on a few models in parallel, as is his usual style. This is the progress he has made so far.</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKD8ND6vuyw3q-uIzZP7IOOP8HT954jxlC00Yz3oSWka-Qp4enRqmgHtd3uGRagnWO8hck7hNUL7agtDHM2N3UtDHV_VmUBGOttctMMg87T99z_DGeSr3KzBYw2AKkDwepee2RbDSzDfD4ewl8g6xX3i-4MGOvoh3H9xeCcLSg2h6iM8ByVFXJIzpbZg/s1920/David%20M%2004a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKD8ND6vuyw3q-uIzZP7IOOP8HT954jxlC00Yz3oSWka-Qp4enRqmgHtd3uGRagnWO8hck7hNUL7agtDHM2N3UtDHV_VmUBGOttctMMg87T99z_DGeSr3KzBYw2AKkDwepee2RbDSzDfD4ewl8g6xX3i-4MGOvoh3H9xeCcLSg2h6iM8ByVFXJIzpbZg/w640-h640/David%20M%2004a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiziXqzIt03txLF1zvLIaCyNSmZQ6773CYZHSFY1vRpYlV_06MfOohoscKdGgViPt_LrP7FmmYAKD-zUlzRj3cknVtRZI0-Tguv9rsA4DVq7g4lTD4OwovSHclSXsXnHJVriZUlXtaE7sMJN1LhuXFsAb490jTrftA4bsFPjDuGfGCp1fImlyo7FpJ2A/s1920/David%20M%2004b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiziXqzIt03txLF1zvLIaCyNSmZQ6773CYZHSFY1vRpYlV_06MfOohoscKdGgViPt_LrP7FmmYAKD-zUlzRj3cknVtRZI0-Tguv9rsA4DVq7g4lTD4OwovSHclSXsXnHJVriZUlXtaE7sMJN1LhuXFsAb490jTrftA4bsFPjDuGfGCp1fImlyo7FpJ2A/w640-h640/David%20M%2004b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJYcBH275MSQgL5FP9LNyNAeO35XSJ7IYOHK7QWbbEXPu-1X4WD6PeRpAkoX0XRIg93hEU2rqePiiVe-7G2SkMczxg3wCsMJpz8_COEoKd0TUrMhQpsC32pDUxAgrKaTBpG1A49ACA4otjy5g6nMyB0_GwCXpgpVgqJDBEeA1efnngTjxshBVLhT0kA/s3088/David%20M%2004c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2602" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJYcBH275MSQgL5FP9LNyNAeO35XSJ7IYOHK7QWbbEXPu-1X4WD6PeRpAkoX0XRIg93hEU2rqePiiVe-7G2SkMczxg3wCsMJpz8_COEoKd0TUrMhQpsC32pDUxAgrKaTBpG1A49ACA4otjy5g6nMyB0_GwCXpgpVgqJDBEeA1efnngTjxshBVLhT0kA/w540-h640/David%20M%2004c.jpeg" width="540" /></a></div><br /></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Well done Dave! Keep up the great work!</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><u>Ed</u></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Ed has pledged to paint a model of Greater Earth Elemental to act as a Living Legend hero for his army. Lat week Ed made a great progress and finished his project too! Here are the photos that perfectly illustrate the steps from start to finish.</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZkjD5n08V6wwF2zBUC1hITSZccqs3kghhqGI94kSCNt5DOPa-nuemQ1Z61lhmBljiRud2PK49IT4iCIr_MEv7ns2g75ToOEw07bERLeZE2vj-ijSWDMimOjyBiq7dqgVGs9uSeLAXQBzU6OmLzm0JPQJUcFVLImjUD5TME4HLsdkCKsePX4S6Jr3tQ/s2048/Ed%2004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZkjD5n08V6wwF2zBUC1hITSZccqs3kghhqGI94kSCNt5DOPa-nuemQ1Z61lhmBljiRud2PK49IT4iCIr_MEv7ns2g75ToOEw07bERLeZE2vj-ijSWDMimOjyBiq7dqgVGs9uSeLAXQBzU6OmLzm0JPQJUcFVLImjUD5TME4HLsdkCKsePX4S6Jr3tQ/w480-h640/Ed%2004a.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCUkur5oSirgFBErmrMpSst6OcWYJzrOxvpIrTmkjadxStdhMv0PXNzo8UIvTFdZIliGWQ_FPg9xH17GFbyu6KDHHpK8Ve2eL82WCoqgoFZg-stkUdmiBF-BJK6j50XABcI4KoCYBlnjmQlfOUCfdFUQwhtBayxr9D4uX1BCn3ueNfNMqdZxaoXClDA/s2048/Ed%2004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCUkur5oSirgFBErmrMpSst6OcWYJzrOxvpIrTmkjadxStdhMv0PXNzo8UIvTFdZIliGWQ_FPg9xH17GFbyu6KDHHpK8Ve2eL82WCoqgoFZg-stkUdmiBF-BJK6j50XABcI4KoCYBlnjmQlfOUCfdFUQwhtBayxr9D4uX1BCn3ueNfNMqdZxaoXClDA/w480-h640/Ed%2004b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKsj3_IUKFbXKQSD7SN-db7twoX1U4MAagp5JkhOOY_5wwKVMhsPcFqkoDUZfM6VGNNQemuTTp0KRozIVTMkEngE2TDQi-AbTxlzhfR94jpXlL3hpwXJMREjTbw3I_iTKcgrNELWncwwYeoBQacTAl_7DMXzdMQJcL8BwSLWS-aERq3P5OWee3zr3Sw/s2048/Ed%2004c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKsj3_IUKFbXKQSD7SN-db7twoX1U4MAagp5JkhOOY_5wwKVMhsPcFqkoDUZfM6VGNNQemuTTp0KRozIVTMkEngE2TDQi-AbTxlzhfR94jpXlL3hpwXJMREjTbw3I_iTKcgrNELWncwwYeoBQacTAl_7DMXzdMQJcL8BwSLWS-aERq3P5OWee3zr3Sw/w480-h640/Ed%2004c.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xlOFL6_m0eVmefAVrpZ4XtAbyy224UOXVzDeeaa2Q9Yjcr2yHzC0Gqkw_A8XNTmy8OVMRcwcuXrouZlm0ASIcSlVtzirLZOPF4y6IadENjd587oljUhkqXg6lwDeQeI4WS1HZVm67gMN_7J6YoZVO2vZXtHWAwPHkmo4YstRoHdVPFfps1tVLX5SFQ/s2048/Ed%2004e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xlOFL6_m0eVmefAVrpZ4XtAbyy224UOXVzDeeaa2Q9Yjcr2yHzC0Gqkw_A8XNTmy8OVMRcwcuXrouZlm0ASIcSlVtzirLZOPF4y6IadENjd587oljUhkqXg6lwDeQeI4WS1HZVm67gMN_7J6YoZVO2vZXtHWAwPHkmo4YstRoHdVPFfps1tVLX5SFQ/w480-h640/Ed%2004e.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokIK5xheiRR91Xwk9azWbWpV6iCk3PdfKRYYcwogcc04qVrhQ4JFj-VsDUBDtb6BCbIhFpj9zJXj4qnSWLE9hObrtfJt_QDryI3mOQMovK5R_SrQdSgJAtkZaWRZpsfey3Ig5Mt5noCpa7BJg51_Yl6wBot17GTUzwsslKrCqXN_rP2JRf9oCwdAEfQ/s1383/Ed%2004f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="1203" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokIK5xheiRR91Xwk9azWbWpV6iCk3PdfKRYYcwogcc04qVrhQ4JFj-VsDUBDtb6BCbIhFpj9zJXj4qnSWLE9hObrtfJt_QDryI3mOQMovK5R_SrQdSgJAtkZaWRZpsfey3Ig5Mt5noCpa7BJg51_Yl6wBot17GTUzwsslKrCqXN_rP2JRf9oCwdAEfQ/w556-h640/Ed%2004f.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><br /><p>Well done Ed! I am sure he will be smashing enemies left and right in no time!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Eddie</u></b></span></p><p>Eddie is attending some tournaments at the moment, so it makes perfect sens to display his entire Ratkin army now!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZy6fJmiAmsox1ggqnL5YymBOdx4eGAT9M19AMJdz5Gcnrr6HRUHLH-9VsO-OZjzAu0A78rsBC62pHFpc4Hmtn9mHJa4kFYr8rGyVYF1ZSn0NqAVmLonTYxk1xtak7xgUakdH3fOfJdaXrWvYh3G2aw8GjStpDF9A2LFapTHCMZQdaW-R-6rIfx_oaA/s2048/Eddie%2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZy6fJmiAmsox1ggqnL5YymBOdx4eGAT9M19AMJdz5Gcnrr6HRUHLH-9VsO-OZjzAu0A78rsBC62pHFpc4Hmtn9mHJa4kFYr8rGyVYF1ZSn0NqAVmLonTYxk1xtak7xgUakdH3fOfJdaXrWvYh3G2aw8GjStpDF9A2LFapTHCMZQdaW-R-6rIfx_oaA/w640-h480/Eddie%2004.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>RATS!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>That's a really cool looking army Eddie! Well done!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Kristoffer</u></b></span></p><p>Kristoffer has been methodically working on his Shrine. This model requires special attention to details and Kristoffer does a great job here. Check out his own description of the progress illustrated by the photos below.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US">After the base coat I felt that
the next step should be the strange pools of liquid on the model. I
suppose they could be lava as in the box art, but as the whole thing is
magically floating and what not I suppose it
could be anything, so I decided to make them blue and glowing. I did
this mainly with a turquoise oil paint complemented by a stronger phtalo
turquoise and soft mixing white, and also by just rubbing of the paint
to get back the white behind. I then dry-brushed
with the same paint to make a dim OSL around the letters and pools.
Working with oils like this is a back-and-forth process where they
really shine as a tool.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US">The result isn’t perfect by any means but pretty cool in my opinion, and I’m really happy with it.
</span></i></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US">After this I paused the Shrine
for a few days to let it dry. In the last picture I’ve started to do the
effect on the altar/anvil. This time with acrylics. It looks just
painted on at this stage (which it is, of course…)
but I hope that some OSL around will make it work, but before I do
that, I need the highlights to be done on the other parts, so that’s the
next step. On the picture I’ve done edge-highlighting on the brown/red
parts and I’m going to highlight and shade the
grey parts next. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ94GboB9OcQt-4pcZrT7MkBTrx7cwQ1ui_kSGGWa7pG1P7TqvJoC69WoY0FbahN1Hfla_hI9rDZOuJSqyDo5tw5lEwVYJxUvnE5FDNoOMNDRqrFnmXzQfhTmTyO5GVyJcN45hQl8wGApGxSJ4fRztUhrNSHq3FYp8pgFvILnHtkiT-FqxV8KWyVvXNw/s1520/Kristoffer%2004%20-%20Blue%20glow%20front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1213" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ94GboB9OcQt-4pcZrT7MkBTrx7cwQ1ui_kSGGWa7pG1P7TqvJoC69WoY0FbahN1Hfla_hI9rDZOuJSqyDo5tw5lEwVYJxUvnE5FDNoOMNDRqrFnmXzQfhTmTyO5GVyJcN45hQl8wGApGxSJ4fRztUhrNSHq3FYp8pgFvILnHtkiT-FqxV8KWyVvXNw/w510-h640/Kristoffer%2004%20-%20Blue%20glow%20front.jpg" width="510" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Blue glow - front</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkG91679UoqM6RxO0Z1-Mcw-xcw8-Bzw3FSrva7t0-2az9-seI-Zq6HCx0riqkMFwp09_r96XVsKzav-UMA132Jyi6zWWqs6mZsSCxNV1_xql2bflD0EQgh5G701MscQ-Us09V-UswGg0wu1FT72soz5X6CDxdJzN6PHrdQJKwfTB2fz4qYPLZfyFEQ/s1731/Kristoffer%2004%20-%20Blue%20glow%20side.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1731" data-original-width="1034" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkG91679UoqM6RxO0Z1-Mcw-xcw8-Bzw3FSrva7t0-2az9-seI-Zq6HCx0riqkMFwp09_r96XVsKzav-UMA132Jyi6zWWqs6mZsSCxNV1_xql2bflD0EQgh5G701MscQ-Us09V-UswGg0wu1FT72soz5X6CDxdJzN6PHrdQJKwfTB2fz4qYPLZfyFEQ/w382-h640/Kristoffer%2004%20-%20Blue%20glow%20side.jpg" width="382" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Blue glow - side</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></i></div><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4Fnd_9pP9DG7WgCxcU_UMgboKC3mxEb5psGVb5iJcMqP_d9P0Ad5hwMfHQDq0XeD7SKAMC1LfPusbPPn3yjFktk5Cls4ar2ZiINnkmrtypJOp3MTPU5-2aM1It7X4nXOOdWbxJVSB4758PBJ_RR7lRjI_g4lxzfwmXMfNXWk5l4lHeF5my4e4X_Aug/s1148/Kristoffer%2004%20-%20Blue%20pools%20from%20above.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1148" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4Fnd_9pP9DG7WgCxcU_UMgboKC3mxEb5psGVb5iJcMqP_d9P0Ad5hwMfHQDq0XeD7SKAMC1LfPusbPPn3yjFktk5Cls4ar2ZiINnkmrtypJOp3MTPU5-2aM1It7X4nXOOdWbxJVSB4758PBJ_RR7lRjI_g4lxzfwmXMfNXWk5l4lHeF5my4e4X_Aug/w640-h570/Kristoffer%2004%20-%20Blue%20pools%20from%20above.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Blue pools from above.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_D6uL5wGrraUUEssfq_XtMNsA8m6Jtjcx5IISVjRDLYTTw8wgQhOaT2WFAP0iM2jfhYMUr7ioaL2RAOQ6gsf9ZOpmsVE-3JnTTYX_NQUr1Dcybgx8N2KnkPAfRMsuV-BnP0EYHyrpwPFjFsL2IPM3TcxL9LaprvqHdbSO5ND0dBCm552KU23jNAAs7w/s1502/Kristoffer%2004%20-%20Current%20Status.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_D6uL5wGrraUUEssfq_XtMNsA8m6Jtjcx5IISVjRDLYTTw8wgQhOaT2WFAP0iM2jfhYMUr7ioaL2RAOQ6gsf9ZOpmsVE-3JnTTYX_NQUr1Dcybgx8N2KnkPAfRMsuV-BnP0EYHyrpwPFjFsL2IPM3TcxL9LaprvqHdbSO5ND0dBCm552KU23jNAAs7w/w478-h640/Kristoffer%2004%20-%20Current%20Status.jpg" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Current status</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I was very intrigued by the use of oil paints along acrylic ones. I have never done that myself so many thanks to Kristoffer for sharing his experiences in that matter as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Luca</u></b></span></p><p>Luca's 3d printed model is becoming more and more colourful! I love the smooth transitions and the choice of palette! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8aaIf196Gt54g4N5RvzlegtD3k7onEiMLrY8FjfvRsUEzc8mC96hWAxJf9JNpB_dI-zWuu-RfyNpIvqVTvX1nVBT4mCab8iPx1TS2oQVI-fp0BoiS8LEp0AGNEFT0GW8oqSy84Z0ZWaAjB3yS8ck7FXOh2UK8pB7inObHe06jYMMwUeNnNFHr6tSJw/s4032/Luca%2004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8aaIf196Gt54g4N5RvzlegtD3k7onEiMLrY8FjfvRsUEzc8mC96hWAxJf9JNpB_dI-zWuu-RfyNpIvqVTvX1nVBT4mCab8iPx1TS2oQVI-fp0BoiS8LEp0AGNEFT0GW8oqSy84Z0ZWaAjB3yS8ck7FXOh2UK8pB7inObHe06jYMMwUeNnNFHr6tSJw/w480-h640/Luca%2004a.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhPJgKwLaMRH94TC2u3YBLoQhldLgSgTuACi-NRD01cVycN3ykqf3ZwaE1h5vuigesv2NFE4sJqPHI6nVNdQHh3bAm-4Fo3FIU4mz3RIQmBcGTOg30v2xnNsukw8ckzjqj4UF3Wz5hc1jCye_N8HW8oQsMGEuEgj4P8NFEbl6UopQ3fi6Qyu6T-c9Qg/s4032/Luca%2004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhPJgKwLaMRH94TC2u3YBLoQhldLgSgTuACi-NRD01cVycN3ykqf3ZwaE1h5vuigesv2NFE4sJqPHI6nVNdQHh3bAm-4Fo3FIU4mz3RIQmBcGTOg30v2xnNsukw8ckzjqj4UF3Wz5hc1jCye_N8HW8oQsMGEuEgj4P8NFEbl6UopQ3fi6Qyu6T-c9Qg/w480-h640/Luca%2004b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTG6kVNEA7or1QG6It_zS4fcSLoPoiG6T3YQaWQQ2Tv2zgWQIltHxgSPOLS0IsrUgwWbcXqiBsP7mTbslt85lofuL4fI9MPMRtViNpIfPHkqUw8_xSkhlFrIbvgflqtqNQ6tL0vFeH3Wl9OTEUDRicZcxh3biCUP8DBDdWb7coZg8ClJ6nm-wox-YhA/s4032/Luca%2004c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTG6kVNEA7or1QG6It_zS4fcSLoPoiG6T3YQaWQQ2Tv2zgWQIltHxgSPOLS0IsrUgwWbcXqiBsP7mTbslt85lofuL4fI9MPMRtViNpIfPHkqUw8_xSkhlFrIbvgflqtqNQ6tL0vFeH3Wl9OTEUDRicZcxh3biCUP8DBDdWb7coZg8ClJ6nm-wox-YhA/w480-h640/Luca%2004c.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Keep up the great work, Luca!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Mikes</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Mikes is almost finished with the gorgeous model of a dragon. It looks fantastic already and I must say I am not sure if it really needs any final touches :)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcavob9Sk1HJ9moi1cYuQdX3r8kvxCsM0lPWkZZoHHbi2mimisLx6QhbC4v-UqTWz6o-CGmhO_Xrm3oGWO-mzDprjhcsT4iU5br4gNG6La3ivtsnW5zqqp8CVFyxulKUm6x9PnuZCLOCB8b4ZIGaYtYXfwz_F-qLvAsHGPUHBHm3mL29bJLILJzYtFw/s4032/Mikes%2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcavob9Sk1HJ9moi1cYuQdX3r8kvxCsM0lPWkZZoHHbi2mimisLx6QhbC4v-UqTWz6o-CGmhO_Xrm3oGWO-mzDprjhcsT4iU5br4gNG6La3ivtsnW5zqqp8CVFyxulKUm6x9PnuZCLOCB8b4ZIGaYtYXfwz_F-qLvAsHGPUHBHm3mL29bJLILJzYtFw/w640-h480/Mikes%2004.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks a lot for all the updates until now, Mikes. All the best in your real life challenge and I hope you will quickly recover to join us on KoW Forum again!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Paul</span></u></b></span></p><p> Paul's Mutant Rat Fiend looks more and more scary and intimidating! It is clear that Paul did amazing job in achieving this effect already!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprFPpvl7EJE7Ct2gT0p_1H-lFtTO5T2L8vYAM2qeDlhh6NhpJHLOxSxMCazSELR6UdzAg1PnWvIOTmkRzBOPUguSHnJDm6MGPUoGlXiH882qLKIHd-8K4N9WldDYBpo0caWwjYLrt6mhCv-qKU05x4tgsQov2c07XZIHi8NEcpUv8g4oEKtRkufwFuQ/s4624/Paul%20K%2004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprFPpvl7EJE7Ct2gT0p_1H-lFtTO5T2L8vYAM2qeDlhh6NhpJHLOxSxMCazSELR6UdzAg1PnWvIOTmkRzBOPUguSHnJDm6MGPUoGlXiH882qLKIHd-8K4N9WldDYBpo0caWwjYLrt6mhCv-qKU05x4tgsQov2c07XZIHi8NEcpUv8g4oEKtRkufwFuQ/w480-h640/Paul%20K%2004a.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzuc9FJCb0JSnajlSUi86wTTNrrLiAabiA1a1W1C83DU_BqBBhjUz2BzY0TXN4G1-Cou7mte5vWoqAUk6AAJFQSf2MqlXEih_ttRM5N8M2a6E326QWAppRjqC4tI7V5K095IGIk-CYgu8-hU4w0MM9n6nNTSGwHRut2Od1QQT5vlQ9YDjZ3UUJz5elw/s4624/Paul%20K%2004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzuc9FJCb0JSnajlSUi86wTTNrrLiAabiA1a1W1C83DU_BqBBhjUz2BzY0TXN4G1-Cou7mte5vWoqAUk6AAJFQSf2MqlXEih_ttRM5N8M2a6E326QWAppRjqC4tI7V5K095IGIk-CYgu8-hU4w0MM9n6nNTSGwHRut2Od1QQT5vlQ9YDjZ3UUJz5elw/w480-h640/Paul%20K%2004b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeP-FktdtnVYaG92VAGQLvmx27Cg1gR_2GeTLq4Kofonad4JklHTZcFFKohAeFRW-nEk1A8aA8soR2t7Z1_N16Hj1I_k4yrOPlvn3fSE6VK2asuSsBD2oWiJ1KQvBoAbtccTDgoGc4nf2e1lsMQKaLW9a1piObp120iVkt1HHsGuqcYBxmobAy996tg/s4624/Paul%20K%2004c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeP-FktdtnVYaG92VAGQLvmx27Cg1gR_2GeTLq4Kofonad4JklHTZcFFKohAeFRW-nEk1A8aA8soR2t7Z1_N16Hj1I_k4yrOPlvn3fSE6VK2asuSsBD2oWiJ1KQvBoAbtccTDgoGc4nf2e1lsMQKaLW9a1piObp120iVkt1HHsGuqcYBxmobAy996tg/w480-h640/Paul%20K%2004c.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOHWMG_6Ijn5HnPAr9YsBJ7BE6k3E8HtHb1JLGRM67FIVcZSvrdARaHUoP3g3-BqOphskO_bSWrN7X-pr9w9e51TjpqonGMaB3jXU8bb8L9OmLpIHuSVFCit43-jQdiG3NKlgv7FsZE5yUpKeiWUxiZiIVQtezTHbiGaEUVc7F0dMcCHqClDCY6guRg/s4624/Paul%20K%2004d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOHWMG_6Ijn5HnPAr9YsBJ7BE6k3E8HtHb1JLGRM67FIVcZSvrdARaHUoP3g3-BqOphskO_bSWrN7X-pr9w9e51TjpqonGMaB3jXU8bb8L9OmLpIHuSVFCit43-jQdiG3NKlgv7FsZE5yUpKeiWUxiZiIVQtezTHbiGaEUVc7F0dMcCHqClDCY6guRg/w480-h640/Paul%20K%2004d.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CAOnwZC-j_dt1g8BL_ixlN7hyIlvlcLjIQAprYf9mA-SzNc64d2jWUd4Tp2FVN-8vx_5Y007otLONmg2e8Ci-Iu3DqvF7_P8IwhaooggmmPt7hp8zr7yQEHe3n2tGjNTpckuKWiapVHzY--cbiwpkIMuu8IZfsUJOVzCFPUM4jMrs86j6quQR4X3eg/s4624/Paul%20K%2004e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CAOnwZC-j_dt1g8BL_ixlN7hyIlvlcLjIQAprYf9mA-SzNc64d2jWUd4Tp2FVN-8vx_5Y007otLONmg2e8Ci-Iu3DqvF7_P8IwhaooggmmPt7hp8zr7yQEHe3n2tGjNTpckuKWiapVHzY--cbiwpkIMuu8IZfsUJOVzCFPUM4jMrs86j6quQR4X3eg/w480-h640/Paul%20K%2004e.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Well done indeed, Paul! </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Sachiel</u></b></span></p><p>Sachiel's dragon is also almost finished and looks absolutely fantastic already!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LE__XyulUVa0Jxkn1Hr2od6-vW31T4Tb8Rsb7YPn_87-kRPhVkV0-EykK4MMttKjAAUseD_TjOn92IbsqR3jiRCHn5woCrVe4SRJR0ajOWBLKNaLZRJlPxmipf3DBrjkSgaWzKxKRtSPVwLUNZfg5eFlpsnPICYp6acyFHhzcKYUxekWsS3qAyHk_g/s3120/Sachiel%2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="2839" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LE__XyulUVa0Jxkn1Hr2od6-vW31T4Tb8Rsb7YPn_87-kRPhVkV0-EykK4MMttKjAAUseD_TjOn92IbsqR3jiRCHn5woCrVe4SRJR0ajOWBLKNaLZRJlPxmipf3DBrjkSgaWzKxKRtSPVwLUNZfg5eFlpsnPICYp6acyFHhzcKYUxekWsS3qAyHk_g/w582-h640/Sachiel%2004.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><br /><p>As with every week update, the progress is documented with an amazing blog post that has a great story and many more photos of the model. Check it out!</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://sachiel-returns.blogspot.com/2023/03/monster-march-7-part-4-detailing.html?m=0">The Die is Cast: Monster March 7 - part 4; Detailing</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Well done Sachiel! I cannot wait for the update in the final week of the challenge! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Snapfit</span></u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Snapfit has just completed his project as well. A proper monster in the form of Mega-Rhinox. Just look at the size of it, especially when you consider how big the "passengers" are!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQruEmUiee4vS6p8cM17i45GlGeYMlJ2o04uRDwDT6SXhPpFMnspihPRIoZ_1pBVr39UTLjywaZYYxdJH2idM_-P3Zr_VNUETelWinrgyx0eehXQ11zdAdZ8A9nsDZbsThpEFbmQU3Agaaqdol3lhdStpza_xvZfWPufpgcq7k-IzXfR3IRZqo1FKqw/s4160/Snapfit%2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQruEmUiee4vS6p8cM17i45GlGeYMlJ2o04uRDwDT6SXhPpFMnspihPRIoZ_1pBVr39UTLjywaZYYxdJH2idM_-P3Zr_VNUETelWinrgyx0eehXQ11zdAdZ8A9nsDZbsThpEFbmQU3Agaaqdol3lhdStpza_xvZfWPufpgcq7k-IzXfR3IRZqo1FKqw/w640-h480/Snapfit%2004.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Many more photos and details on the project are on Snapfit's personal blog. Please, make sure to pay him a visit!</span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://dagreenhorde.blogspot.com/2023/03/mega-rhinox-monstermarch7.html">Mega-Rhinox #MonsterMarch7</a></span></h3><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Well done, Snapfit! Another great idea and a completed project!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Vince</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Vince has made an excellent progress on his custom made Goblin Blaster as well!</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnZdTwP8CccFOJLM9m4S1Yi774wZJY17xM1hnD6B0gNEwER7kPR1X1qzb2qh1TaXjl7MvuFAUWtN0F-72430ScWryfPtey67iAet780RNUUdwEX6c_dUmoAX_7deX4oGhgEpigD85I0MSDBwyEUZIbK8Uvam2lysSftMUKevc_BYXxklYLbeX0-BfcQ/s1600/Vince%2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1600" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnZdTwP8CccFOJLM9m4S1Yi774wZJY17xM1hnD6B0gNEwER7kPR1X1qzb2qh1TaXjl7MvuFAUWtN0F-72430ScWryfPtey67iAet780RNUUdwEX6c_dUmoAX_7deX4oGhgEpigD85I0MSDBwyEUZIbK8Uvam2lysSftMUKevc_BYXxklYLbeX0-BfcQ/w640-h482/Vince%2004.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Looks really good indeed! Well done, Vince! As always, there is a blog post Vince adds to record the progress and share more details regarding the project. Here is the link:</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/2023/03/21/monstermarch-week-23/">MonsterMarch, week 2&3</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks for all the photos and updates! As always, excellent progress and very inspiring updates. I cannot wait to see what are going to be the final ones. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">See you next weekend!<br /></span></p><p></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-3741529698404581372023-03-19T22:00:00.003+11:002023-03-19T22:00:56.279+11:00Monster March 7 - Part 3<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfF4iOcT6Wv6QUw_fK2Ou_QvAdsvbGBUek9iL1R3uUkS1psBpAsm7uxw9Nrjiw0aVEQRcVite2zNYv3K7tBysbmoq8gioJk52LuaPgAxJZ-TLWFu9M3FdgQn6CxQPrnYOrUeJrh0CatiQknkOP8fpeBH0Er2KoOGYlRQk5UARVZdjUJ-6-mSyHv7o2w/s695/MonsterMarch7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfF4iOcT6Wv6QUw_fK2Ou_QvAdsvbGBUek9iL1R3uUkS1psBpAsm7uxw9Nrjiw0aVEQRcVite2zNYv3K7tBysbmoq8gioJk52LuaPgAxJZ-TLWFu9M3FdgQn6CxQPrnYOrUeJrh0CatiQknkOP8fpeBH0Er2KoOGYlRQk5UARVZdjUJ-6-mSyHv7o2w/w640-h532/MonsterMarch7.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to the 3rd part of the Monster March 7 challenge. We passed the half way through already but there is still significant amount of time left to complete your project. Or to begin a new one for some! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Please, remember that you can still join at any stage! In the meantime, check out last week updates to keep motivated and inspired!</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Albert</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Albert has already completed all of the knights he intended to paint for his regiment. The scenic base is all prepared for painting and I am sure he will waste no time in doing so. I am really impressed by the fact he can paint such beautiful models so fast!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Rur-gOXhm7faY8C1p5_wT1XlX5J1XgwoDh3fnU38IaouwAbT8Um_lzPkQ6DmiElLYbYGZN2xONvFh1vV8cOnFQI244BMSM9Yn639KoKpSxnV0qd_64sWhy946Q7E3JOI-uQJ79CLnh0Ic0eUChL6zIgRjQdx2XJw2g0DeGm4E3YfOtIgdnLuk5xpaQ/s1080/Albert%2003a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Rur-gOXhm7faY8C1p5_wT1XlX5J1XgwoDh3fnU38IaouwAbT8Um_lzPkQ6DmiElLYbYGZN2xONvFh1vV8cOnFQI244BMSM9Yn639KoKpSxnV0qd_64sWhy946Q7E3JOI-uQJ79CLnh0Ic0eUChL6zIgRjQdx2XJw2g0DeGm4E3YfOtIgdnLuk5xpaQ/w640-h480/Albert%2003a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">All Knights are ready!</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7NwuH1hFZkqZOeRE-AB2BaOs7ZqaLisv0N7WEl1eWrJwJ0vMYAgN3k_HlpliMX4g5fdPsqdUejiPy6VncvWp80Isg78T6CtKApgmIRGQVZVHh_tHt3Wz3pwcfXyjA_WJKJ7XSQ5D3Ah4Tmzbm6r7gL2xRr6pN1FAH7roGrLX-XAv4WbjmrYD1hLzFA/s1080/Albert%2003b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7NwuH1hFZkqZOeRE-AB2BaOs7ZqaLisv0N7WEl1eWrJwJ0vMYAgN3k_HlpliMX4g5fdPsqdUejiPy6VncvWp80Isg78T6CtKApgmIRGQVZVHh_tHt3Wz3pwcfXyjA_WJKJ7XSQ5D3Ah4Tmzbm6r7gL2xRr6pN1FAH7roGrLX-XAv4WbjmrYD1hLzFA/w640-h480/Albert%2003b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Scenic base to be painted soon.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope that Albert will keep the momentum going and will smoothly move towards another project. Perhaps a second regiment? :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Azazel</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In my previous update I have already hinted on Azazel's models he painted for the last week. He finished two and each of them received their respective blog posts.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqsVMxjAwQn9NIWlyixF31ZphwuX85JtZGDH8ZTfRTZ9EGoube-WJYjACp_OqGXhARgqwzyyaa89StH8dU_DQkiAqJ0veFbiRNyUzWFu4Hua8seo3rmrWWK6Ea67DT6vsvd_grwIRaTtnCXp7xZLUBnNO4q5n8P0KA0Ph2BULSYVZi4zpS6XiKmUNFw/s1319/Azazel%2003a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="850" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqsVMxjAwQn9NIWlyixF31ZphwuX85JtZGDH8ZTfRTZ9EGoube-WJYjACp_OqGXhARgqwzyyaa89StH8dU_DQkiAqJ0veFbiRNyUzWFu4Hua8seo3rmrWWK6Ea67DT6vsvd_grwIRaTtnCXp7xZLUBnNO4q5n8P0KA0Ph2BULSYVZi4zpS6XiKmUNFw/w412-h640/Azazel%2003a.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/eye%20beast/latest/77043" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Reaper Bones “Eye Beast”</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2flXlCo2-a0omnAR_lyiquznhUfo12U0j8s32bR9ZnggZaSu7K0yeBdVhubCyjqxjzXLnFSaINEZhg_LsQAS3nIr9dTC89lBHv9LXC52brH0BKrpTH1a4uz7bd0nK8IHAetKrwrg4aZpyL-6da-vatB7APBsVuMGVObVUd9Rh35rGnrzk8ceBVBMkw/s1100/Azazel%2003b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1100" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2flXlCo2-a0omnAR_lyiquznhUfo12U0j8s32bR9ZnggZaSu7K0yeBdVhubCyjqxjzXLnFSaINEZhg_LsQAS3nIr9dTC89lBHv9LXC52brH0BKrpTH1a4uz7bd0nK8IHAetKrwrg4aZpyL-6da-vatB7APBsVuMGVObVUd9Rh35rGnrzk8ceBVBMkw/w640-h518/Azazel%2003b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h1 class="entry-title"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lankyman & Black Dog</span></span></i></h1></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first of the models is "Eye-Beast" from Reaper Bones. While the second is a pair of best friends "Lankyman & Black Dog". Please, check Azazel's excellent blog posts on them:</p><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2023/03/15/reaper-bones-77043-eye-beast-not-beholder-dd-monster-manual-75-monstermarch7/">Reaper Bones 77043: Eye Beast</a></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2023/03/17/zombicide-2nd-edition-abominations-lankyman-black-dog-monstermarch7/">Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Lankyman & Black Dog</a></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Thanks a lot for great posts and awesome models Azazel! I can't wait to see what do you keep in store for us in this week. :)</span></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><u><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Bensome</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></u></h1><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ben's fantastic models are getting some more details painted. Since each one of them is quite big, that requires some time and effort. I am sure, however, it is all worth it and it is part of the fun too!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_99N1fTtF_eYLpUD-Q2GRo7BxgoPnAbaHBC2pgTKJ1Z2mlcy_Osu4hVqH1QZLLJntvopCbV5PGZTnJqwByU4ktu3KN12fFeZdFKnLv62GNVfat8JLsp7B39Mf8R1eRUzy7I1dTVNAQICvyDSTnP16c8KDnzZUj_8HfrSEXHAHrERvNn9om3hc13nzQ/s1632/Ben%2003a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1632" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_99N1fTtF_eYLpUD-Q2GRo7BxgoPnAbaHBC2pgTKJ1Z2mlcy_Osu4hVqH1QZLLJntvopCbV5PGZTnJqwByU4ktu3KN12fFeZdFKnLv62GNVfat8JLsp7B39Mf8R1eRUzy7I1dTVNAQICvyDSTnP16c8KDnzZUj_8HfrSEXHAHrERvNn9om3hc13nzQ/w640-h360/Ben%2003a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGlVt_i1XzVSTFRFzkAEzIjfguv2yGSOQzhJNq_H6uwqnrmCR8U20ulOzoG3m7CrvL3aR_7XRwwPAt6VDmMBKnDlil3U8rNe517_qcN5MqQbaNES9E8oIufxBZ0hsHnKMBJK-WbliPaSJ-OZuS6OvTcNl9e4eoz50nYX6iS5Lv8ACdfLot_7e6KaFJQ/s1632/Ben%2003b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1632" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGlVt_i1XzVSTFRFzkAEzIjfguv2yGSOQzhJNq_H6uwqnrmCR8U20ulOzoG3m7CrvL3aR_7XRwwPAt6VDmMBKnDlil3U8rNe517_qcN5MqQbaNES9E8oIufxBZ0hsHnKMBJK-WbliPaSJ-OZuS6OvTcNl9e4eoz50nYX6iS5Lv8ACdfLot_7e6KaFJQ/w640-h360/Ben%2003b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Keep up the great work Ben!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Billy</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Billy made some great progress on his Mammoth. It looks like all the base colours are on and it is going to be the time to work on the details!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY61zdB6wrRZC2G1wmNtgJtiUWk1iK1cMYx2ImT8-yqAhZjx_LeNFAto0TWhqk2Xj-mX8zUF-s9lhbq00nEzQ3wjf31gALWzOfsijSrke5wwpPvRGRin7y9HTft45q4KyOJbgvpI2_FRomKeOSDdiZrlLXTb0aF53_ZEfbnTAJPEz7Ln7TWDAdyVFSPA/s1215/Billy%2003a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="1215" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY61zdB6wrRZC2G1wmNtgJtiUWk1iK1cMYx2ImT8-yqAhZjx_LeNFAto0TWhqk2Xj-mX8zUF-s9lhbq00nEzQ3wjf31gALWzOfsijSrke5wwpPvRGRin7y9HTft45q4KyOJbgvpI2_FRomKeOSDdiZrlLXTb0aF53_ZEfbnTAJPEz7Ln7TWDAdyVFSPA/w640-h640/Billy%2003a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBG8n43RccQxC1FNPodiy6bz5r2g_FKEk6Rxt7_Wr19ef7RpFJkVJ8BiQH45YaP7OML_JtE3ni2LDxlLKeYne7i9mWrF1xpqmsoG1R6aLob1U7R349AJesZFfxUlmF2-HidANhhJH9SjSaYeaqHfJLgHhi0vU1RxTNbmJ9GYtIzWnUl_bn21v1xKQow/s1278/Billy%2003b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBG8n43RccQxC1FNPodiy6bz5r2g_FKEk6Rxt7_Wr19ef7RpFJkVJ8BiQH45YaP7OML_JtE3ni2LDxlLKeYne7i9mWrF1xpqmsoG1R6aLob1U7R349AJesZFfxUlmF2-HidANhhJH9SjSaYeaqHfJLgHhi0vU1RxTNbmJ9GYtIzWnUl_bn21v1xKQow/w640-h640/Billy%2003b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Mammoth looks fantastic already, Billy! It seems like a really great looking model so I am sure it is a pleasure to be painting it. :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>DAM</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">One of the great things about Primarch models is that they come with amazing scenic bases. These require a lot of attention, however, so as DAM put it, it seems like a separate model on its own. He focused on that element in the last week and the effect is awesome!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCfOWWCKgRHg56N9iRTEwPaARFv59h7RKsyzGOI2Ncz3RDMrr2KKYHFugUgPyFNmQqc9jYmw_-Ci-VdwsdVr5cI67RFxhfhnVSRmRmOXDey-d0v6pXhvhnfWGlB5R5TjzgLVl6_PN3VgKfBewgAOk3Hp1K7b66KesPYy55GAC-QwhdHrtHaCWlO8okg/s3024/DAM%2003%20-%20Lion%20El'Jonson%20WIP%20-%203c.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCfOWWCKgRHg56N9iRTEwPaARFv59h7RKsyzGOI2Ncz3RDMrr2KKYHFugUgPyFNmQqc9jYmw_-Ci-VdwsdVr5cI67RFxhfhnVSRmRmOXDey-d0v6pXhvhnfWGlB5R5TjzgLVl6_PN3VgKfBewgAOk3Hp1K7b66KesPYy55GAC-QwhdHrtHaCWlO8okg/w640-h640/DAM%2003%20-%20Lion%20El'Jonson%20WIP%20-%203c.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Please, visit DAM's blog for many more details and photos regarding this stage of his project:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2023/03/monstermarch7-week-2.html">262nd Death Korps of Krieg - Monster March - Week 2</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Great progress as always DAM! Keep up the pace, you are almost there! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>David (aka Sceleris)</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span>David mentioned at the beginning of the challenge that he is going to work on several projects in parallel. Last week he painted this merry band of monsters:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUHzS4gU9rhfPcT7xk6xgA6xFugVCrtx1vY0eqw5GNob_fHJFQmPj8Q37fv2i2f_sfXE1UAE40G2RjI8Tp68ZgwWyPhdY13sXx6ik5Cd-p5wsrS6d5v1zYsfYgK6Q8SM8BAx33m3aCKDBQjz5iSROWTP8gC-FMnfkSuJTJGeImyBp_ACtpdeAyg1z_Q/s1035/David%20M%2003a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1035" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUHzS4gU9rhfPcT7xk6xgA6xFugVCrtx1vY0eqw5GNob_fHJFQmPj8Q37fv2i2f_sfXE1UAE40G2RjI8Tp68ZgwWyPhdY13sXx6ik5Cd-p5wsrS6d5v1zYsfYgK6Q8SM8BAx33m3aCKDBQjz5iSROWTP8gC-FMnfkSuJTJGeImyBp_ACtpdeAyg1z_Q/w640-h380/David%20M%2003a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> I am assuming these are to be Grotesques, insane creations of their Abyssal Dwarves overlords.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Eddie</span></u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Eddie is also working on many elements of his armies and it seems that he is particularly enjoying painting chariots for his Ratkin at the moment.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBOqC2Ld0fk_PYL_CGeikqVRBFFoSJkQ48h3yK5AtRbFBjCHgmlv1C8kcutk4Wu4pHISh1EFa-4v5ryPZBQ3y-WfdcoqvAUPMnaO5shSn5PzZ6YZ3n88zWSlD96b3zOhmmhA5fjW2SS5MKgki77dUnpxhA10kRrtGHcFArqNisBt6mkfUEoSUn06Seg/s2048/Eddie%2003b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBOqC2Ld0fk_PYL_CGeikqVRBFFoSJkQ48h3yK5AtRbFBjCHgmlv1C8kcutk4Wu4pHISh1EFa-4v5ryPZBQ3y-WfdcoqvAUPMnaO5shSn5PzZ6YZ3n88zWSlD96b3zOhmmhA5fjW2SS5MKgki77dUnpxhA10kRrtGHcFArqNisBt6mkfUEoSUn06Seg/w640-h480/Eddie%2003b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg541-mcR0V-l8migUehQss0D8JPXicd8pHFNCkfDMu0jgg2St_vmem7aIqNFzlBu7cpcqZ2OvZMUe4g8ludVOyW31s3GbXZDFnC9Z8WMQjD3WcCd44VEtCsNkstc8FhgMTwPSngQCxprmp8-gOWm22ncuTHBGDQpGnvC0ElN0YNcJEx3Fdu8kwot_X1w/s2048/Eddie%2003c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg541-mcR0V-l8migUehQss0D8JPXicd8pHFNCkfDMu0jgg2St_vmem7aIqNFzlBu7cpcqZ2OvZMUe4g8ludVOyW31s3GbXZDFnC9Z8WMQjD3WcCd44VEtCsNkstc8FhgMTwPSngQCxprmp8-gOWm22ncuTHBGDQpGnvC0ElN0YNcJEx3Fdu8kwot_X1w/w640-h480/Eddie%2003c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">They look fantastic Eddie! Great idea and awesome execution! </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ed O.</span></u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ed continued with a Tyranid theme and painted three Venomthropes last week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EiOCtviiyJGx8aU3G_dwxMHJNQe8HC5HZbOpgm5-_M79AdCgFXT8aIdw01V5DJ_j5KdOhRJ7vwOPV-Jcd_205uPEEHbntGl162Kqp-phwut8W4SzjLrlPKUwWRQw3w-9XzF52X5smTgSokzKskc3EjkeJotDn2uJuHxdMvqS5-QnboD296tZ9-vTeQ/s2048/EdO%2003a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="2048" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EiOCtviiyJGx8aU3G_dwxMHJNQe8HC5HZbOpgm5-_M79AdCgFXT8aIdw01V5DJ_j5KdOhRJ7vwOPV-Jcd_205uPEEHbntGl162Kqp-phwut8W4SzjLrlPKUwWRQw3w-9XzF52X5smTgSokzKskc3EjkeJotDn2uJuHxdMvqS5-QnboD296tZ9-vTeQ/w640-h526/EdO%2003a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">He then proceeded to a different type of a monster, more of a mechanical type:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFTJRCiFdIqZjOG3xywaJlIEj0qXUd8q1Ay0psMfX8Z0Sb36cZAC10sSCy-MbNLUjqqDP7F33helt9JfUaHh1fJloOT9uNPwGUJlVZoqnuCZQB8HtJohOFJPTZCOV-IkbiAdiooD4Kx_4yJ7EYjK5LvQoIYxgYk72qmJXneNmTiDfx32ZOWoyErCUxw/s2048/EdO%2003b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="2048" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFTJRCiFdIqZjOG3xywaJlIEj0qXUd8q1Ay0psMfX8Z0Sb36cZAC10sSCy-MbNLUjqqDP7F33helt9JfUaHh1fJloOT9uNPwGUJlVZoqnuCZQB8HtJohOFJPTZCOV-IkbiAdiooD4Kx_4yJ7EYjK5LvQoIYxgYk72qmJXneNmTiDfx32ZOWoyErCUxw/w640-h572/EdO%2003b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">This super heavy tank is called Falchion. One of the type that I was not aware of, so many thanks to Ed for bringing it to the challenge!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Findol</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Findol's Gorebeast looks really scary now! Well done on making it look so intimidating!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30h0yM-k2RAmpMjnvHkAWBKMCmZV-U2dCKH0lXmS4aes7vmv0Ips-lIQRZ3iOXlgEp7GWbTCI_oVBPg9P6K84JbJRul5cdbHRf9hTKYTbCL65HqVs03WafX591KRcY5NJ_lfd6AEsY0BXIk224MwlMu9huMKso5PneTffwGero-pRBv5qGDRfRVi3vg/s750/Findol%2003a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30h0yM-k2RAmpMjnvHkAWBKMCmZV-U2dCKH0lXmS4aes7vmv0Ips-lIQRZ3iOXlgEp7GWbTCI_oVBPg9P6K84JbJRul5cdbHRf9hTKYTbCL65HqVs03WafX591KRcY5NJ_lfd6AEsY0BXIk224MwlMu9huMKso5PneTffwGero-pRBv5qGDRfRVi3vg/w301-h400/Findol%2003a.jpeg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRa8NGFDmPmjHTwRp0nnZNsRzNp_YTXi7zNZDpfu_drH-Ws9wV9SemCd1s_hLOgI3CSe4f10q9siQopseNQfPSF7i6919hNN2BQn_Qwogm6UEUnbgu3MiXNeCxeGt1AteeNqVnCnrYf1CPUcSGllBAm9Kvjqkks2Bfp5DqrtX7ok5zg3yJLyIsxlt6Q/s750/Findol%2003b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRa8NGFDmPmjHTwRp0nnZNsRzNp_YTXi7zNZDpfu_drH-Ws9wV9SemCd1s_hLOgI3CSe4f10q9siQopseNQfPSF7i6919hNN2BQn_Qwogm6UEUnbgu3MiXNeCxeGt1AteeNqVnCnrYf1CPUcSGllBAm9Kvjqkks2Bfp5DqrtX7ok5zg3yJLyIsxlt6Q/w301-h400/Findol%2003b.jpeg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQcHWPcwTfucmt_oKNIIJTYCOqQxsK-o6s9Yk3doMaSDjlCl4Z0ACglXnekV1BPNF7AyfyjdgWLP5ILAIwlIZ4iVP4JAfGBxJSIG_1E8Fo5ItLFZVHov57clVdbM42fYDANSUGKsZHO_BfZAgRvIB3qcGcl4hXZVl5HqcfmLUfm_ni9tw-jzEDG2Ssw/s750/Findol%2003c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQcHWPcwTfucmt_oKNIIJTYCOqQxsK-o6s9Yk3doMaSDjlCl4Z0ACglXnekV1BPNF7AyfyjdgWLP5ILAIwlIZ4iVP4JAfGBxJSIG_1E8Fo5ItLFZVHov57clVdbM42fYDANSUGKsZHO_BfZAgRvIB3qcGcl4hXZVl5HqcfmLUfm_ni9tw-jzEDG2Ssw/w301-h400/Findol%2003c.jpeg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Well done indeed, Findol! This is a great effect on that model!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Kristoffer</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kristoffer makes a very steady progress on his Shrine and as always, provides an excellent description of the process. I am sure many readers would find it very useful:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">First, I did the base with an
oil wash as I’ve done with the rest of the units. It’s quite heavy on
blue and I might decide later to go back and drybrush it with a lighter
grey on top. I’ll have to compare it to the others
and see. </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Then the plan was to paint over
the primer with a contrast paint mix that I’ve saved in its own pot
since before and used on all the armors for the other units (about 1/5
Cygor Brown and 4/5 Gryphhound Orange). I also
realized that I wanted another color to distinguish the floor part and
did that in pure Cygor Brown. Before the contrast though I did some
raised parts with metal paint for it to shine through and I painted the
pools white in preparation to try to make it
bright and glowy with another color in the coming week. Finally, I
cleaned it up and painted the rims and points etc with one of my
absolute favorite colors: Pancer Aces: Light Rubber by Vallejo. A paint
that has great coverage and is quite a warm grey.</span></i></p>
<i><span lang="EN-US">So that’s where it’s at. </span>:)</i><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcnS0S7oLmsSDDjGJEVGlZfOsOoWoN1Zb6f2JCBkZpOgNt73li1QJ4-yz7iW1xSKAsw0o-QEApzblyc5pzL2xCKcssdjOe7dJSrk22H8T--fpU9aeZ3MuR22AkwElHzUqtu6e9y9AzIrykFuISsm-M2GC6kPLxRFmMAxiMoF_QZtm8-Kg1aIWcIIssg/s1070/Kristoffer%2003%20-%201.%20Oil%20Wash%20on%20Base.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="1070" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcnS0S7oLmsSDDjGJEVGlZfOsOoWoN1Zb6f2JCBkZpOgNt73li1QJ4-yz7iW1xSKAsw0o-QEApzblyc5pzL2xCKcssdjOe7dJSrk22H8T--fpU9aeZ3MuR22AkwElHzUqtu6e9y9AzIrykFuISsm-M2GC6kPLxRFmMAxiMoF_QZtm8-Kg1aIWcIIssg/w400-h381/Kristoffer%2003%20-%201.%20Oil%20Wash%20on%20Base.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Oil Wash on Base</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGJ_PUxB2BHNZVZVfc2lJo9j6Pak2pDhDzLBY1GIrn8qeYEl8KVMYLyaRH9Z8jRdophxssqVD3lTy2LGm14xW4a4Yw_DgFc_tNijCcNLJEF6YqeykEBIodslmRPp3MAk5nIvHS6TlXaloEfmuwSzSZy7-_xCDZDjJWzZMUU2J0QNmwOLYjMv5hKz7vw/s1512/Kristoffer%2003%20-%202.%20White%20&%20Metal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGJ_PUxB2BHNZVZVfc2lJo9j6Pak2pDhDzLBY1GIrn8qeYEl8KVMYLyaRH9Z8jRdophxssqVD3lTy2LGm14xW4a4Yw_DgFc_tNijCcNLJEF6YqeykEBIodslmRPp3MAk5nIvHS6TlXaloEfmuwSzSZy7-_xCDZDjJWzZMUU2J0QNmwOLYjMv5hKz7vw/w400-h400/Kristoffer%2003%20-%202.%20White%20&%20Metal.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>White & Metal</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqs1uIRFGQI1DfcgDedpw_HKdTv-J8cVPpJFik31xFTZ0z97arWD0vppe7hccpRc9_aoNjMCbRBIKbrBX2FoS2ygwGNAfUE3ZMBJlfwQxVex7bBSnsfpeuHHhWot8-DxAU5Te2x4OtxAEjt4Cv4JXySgYNxrWJ_7drLxu7le6GKDA3EtukMcQ7wZSeQ/s2016/Kristoffer%2003%20-%203.%20Ugly%20Mid-point.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqs1uIRFGQI1DfcgDedpw_HKdTv-J8cVPpJFik31xFTZ0z97arWD0vppe7hccpRc9_aoNjMCbRBIKbrBX2FoS2ygwGNAfUE3ZMBJlfwQxVex7bBSnsfpeuHHhWot8-DxAU5Te2x4OtxAEjt4Cv4JXySgYNxrWJ_7drLxu7le6GKDA3EtukMcQ7wZSeQ/w480-h640/Kristoffer%2003%20-%203.%20Ugly%20Mid-point.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Ugly Mid-Point</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMvdKMbZrA_vnytEodCZFt4TkgVeG8U3-QxFfDQ5R7f0FVNhc8iaePNhdmXAfCFF3vsvlZOt86t5yS9H6wAuvDmUUGBv9lQ4LrbbceOoxoxNtdUnQLkcN7fqsxf0RSuWWeai3En-zpHjIjl3V_IzXmpMVN0O-s6MQGUvhv5ReUNAQMzLT9eOMSv58uA/s1445/Kristoffer%2003%20-%204.%20Base%20painted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="1113" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMvdKMbZrA_vnytEodCZFt4TkgVeG8U3-QxFfDQ5R7f0FVNhc8iaePNhdmXAfCFF3vsvlZOt86t5yS9H6wAuvDmUUGBv9lQ4LrbbceOoxoxNtdUnQLkcN7fqsxf0RSuWWeai3En-zpHjIjl3V_IzXmpMVN0O-s6MQGUvhv5ReUNAQMzLT9eOMSv58uA/w492-h640/Kristoffer%2003%20-%204.%20Base%20painted.jpg" width="492" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Base painted</span><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Fantastic job so far, Kristoffer! I am sure that once ready, the Shrine is going to be an excellent centerpiece of the army!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Paul K.</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are many ways of painting the same model and people look for inspiration everywhere. Paul's was the naked mole rat and I think it was an excellent choice for his Mutant Rat Fiend!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_c9-GhFyWWDEqlD_QWFD8XUmmuVqqOSzxW1zjqCpE_WY-6Xyg2qLw_ABCwqbUJZqKrULApbFxNmDbn_nehu0bRPFvFfCUNjdl-0tSq30aSprbL0O4QXgl_5y6PPfIUTMk3gLQHS_2-25_-8zx2nDdUszdgzZIHN-ySt1Z9legqNdABuTONwwT-PF-Q/s4624/Paul%20K%2003%20-%20Mutan%20Ratfiend1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_c9-GhFyWWDEqlD_QWFD8XUmmuVqqOSzxW1zjqCpE_WY-6Xyg2qLw_ABCwqbUJZqKrULApbFxNmDbn_nehu0bRPFvFfCUNjdl-0tSq30aSprbL0O4QXgl_5y6PPfIUTMk3gLQHS_2-25_-8zx2nDdUszdgzZIHN-ySt1Z9legqNdABuTONwwT-PF-Q/w300-h400/Paul%20K%2003%20-%20Mutan%20Ratfiend1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLkyEu5fWc0YX9ENXS-F47nFyasB-GXEghEC_7y49I-gyQgrg8OAf5R7W4sblXyJIdQ_Z0Z95Kta8txbezQ2-dFFhFSXOdhnHArEMPZQ10u4W7FwrRSL2eVMAtp4Fn2iFdYHRc8FcivLy6nFSikBlA6GjotbmeCPEv3K1I3DYII_EqdsNQk6PODLQ9g/s4624/Paul%20K%2003%20-%20Mutan%20Ratfiend2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLkyEu5fWc0YX9ENXS-F47nFyasB-GXEghEC_7y49I-gyQgrg8OAf5R7W4sblXyJIdQ_Z0Z95Kta8txbezQ2-dFFhFSXOdhnHArEMPZQ10u4W7FwrRSL2eVMAtp4Fn2iFdYHRc8FcivLy6nFSikBlA6GjotbmeCPEv3K1I3DYII_EqdsNQk6PODLQ9g/w300-h400/Paul%20K%2003%20-%20Mutan%20Ratfiend2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgZqTLAq5bw17sQaX6-OLSDihWTKY3-T-PH27wIRgBYsnDV3KseTe3Umpo0Oz130ABX0ii0uYywlt6TaWB9OnX1NJIDeFuaV5Uth2j7SzrRYym-_vfE1xeaog0BlgQ15T3v0FdSCzeHwZjN5T0porYHcnJvvivsv4aCchVfJkMqXYxHzAD2BRWjD9IQ/s4624/Paul%20K%2003%20-%20Mutan%20Ratfiend3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgZqTLAq5bw17sQaX6-OLSDihWTKY3-T-PH27wIRgBYsnDV3KseTe3Umpo0Oz130ABX0ii0uYywlt6TaWB9OnX1NJIDeFuaV5Uth2j7SzrRYym-_vfE1xeaog0BlgQ15T3v0FdSCzeHwZjN5T0porYHcnJvvivsv4aCchVfJkMqXYxHzAD2BRWjD9IQ/w300-h400/Paul%20K%2003%20-%20Mutan%20Ratfiend3.jpg" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbdJd40TDbdUrl7osPX5pjsc0Ez9uJerlAFFSH9wA0pqm9sPI_ti5BYCEuNnaztziSZvlueLAXb3hWEN6uBAR9hBZrZh9cua-iEO3B3sWyr3Fhg2qEzjX9Os_xSMs2bMtw1PXn6nE57l4XNehGDrYT-qoWUM7IT4Qc7wU6tXtsrMQoDRQPqnfizAFbA/s4624/Paul%20K%2003%20-%20Mutan%20Ratfiend4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbdJd40TDbdUrl7osPX5pjsc0Ez9uJerlAFFSH9wA0pqm9sPI_ti5BYCEuNnaztziSZvlueLAXb3hWEN6uBAR9hBZrZh9cua-iEO3B3sWyr3Fhg2qEzjX9Os_xSMs2bMtw1PXn6nE57l4XNehGDrYT-qoWUM7IT4Qc7wU6tXtsrMQoDRQPqnfizAFbA/w300-h400/Paul%20K%2003%20-%20Mutan%20Ratfiend4.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Well done Paul! I am sure this model will make your opponents really afraid of any close encounters :)</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Sachiel</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you like Dragons then you should definitely check Sachiel's blog! Not only he paints a fantastic model in a great way but he writes awesome blog posts about it! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuZrFsc4Oj8bnLJ7Ezd9Yd3sY8vFe-_M-XPy74s8fx426Fm9wV88naGiAFAglo0vHUdU1OvuqplEsB-YyhKvRlAWGQnOR1V9emi9yjWlFQeSDD2Rf4xo3cTufyFUlMx2yC9CFDQ_cCoCWIJFPZDQ5MZSOjxgeWF3oOtWxzdleF4CF-9ECDfGpXmuRjA/s1584/Sachiel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="1584" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuZrFsc4Oj8bnLJ7Ezd9Yd3sY8vFe-_M-XPy74s8fx426Fm9wV88naGiAFAglo0vHUdU1OvuqplEsB-YyhKvRlAWGQnOR1V9emi9yjWlFQeSDD2Rf4xo3cTufyFUlMx2yC9CFDQ_cCoCWIJFPZDQ5MZSOjxgeWF3oOtWxzdleF4CF-9ECDfGpXmuRjA/w640-h562/Sachiel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are many more photos and details on his blog:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://sachiel-returns.blogspot.com/2023/02/monster-march-7-part-3-basecoating.html?m=0">The Die is Cast!: Monster March 7 - part 3; Base-coating Progress</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Keep up the great work Sachiel! The Dragon looks amazing already!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks to all who posted their progress photos last week. Well done everyone! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">For the rest of the participants, don't worry if you didn't manage to paint much last week. Just restart the project from this week and see how much you can do this time! There are still 2 weeks left and one can do a lot in such amount of time :)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you and see you next week!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-37509951521296692982023-03-14T22:56:00.005+11:002023-03-14T22:57:26.614+11:00Monster March - Part 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkYE-0VBM5fK8ZLPv_mIcEMtodlP-3tBbRDVMlZyoHqASSkzokT01wf4E6p6q0WyiL9XiY2wq56igWjKIuAzN8aIk7-DYBA4c4qseC4MO5kG2hYIl6Ije--R2Xz-cYhtlkMQGjK815drKernhP6Rz9c30LjYuGxaVCMxSRNOTDW2rKJOyGMkZWq0Mcw/s695/MonsterMarch7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkYE-0VBM5fK8ZLPv_mIcEMtodlP-3tBbRDVMlZyoHqASSkzokT01wf4E6p6q0WyiL9XiY2wq56igWjKIuAzN8aIk7-DYBA4c4qseC4MO5kG2hYIl6Ije--R2Xz-cYhtlkMQGjK815drKernhP6Rz9c30LjYuGxaVCMxSRNOTDW2rKJOyGMkZWq0Mcw/w640-h532/MonsterMarch7.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hello!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to the second update on Monster March challenge! Last week the majority of participants were busy painting their models with base colours. However, some of them already completed their initial projects and are moving fast to the next ones! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We also had a few more participants joining in! Please, remember that you can join at any time!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's see what did they all achieve last week!</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Adrian </span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Adrian started not one but three projects at the same time! He also chose very interesting models to represent respective "monsters" in his armies. Halftrack is used as a "Steel Behemoth and The Iron Ancestor (both from the Forgefather range) is used as Greater Earth Elemental for his Kings of War Dwarfs. And Mulg, character from the Privateer Press game "Hordes" is a Giant for his Ogre army. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pyZAZMpjqNM6AAL-gDSQZI5ChD1CAR2jhOFUfV_6Je45dIOCS6jEDqhiO6nBBQewT_siXtC8zC8vNuNbUWbWeiz0y87mNwTKbfl10lBOpNXjwofNNEyMH5A-u4kX1mZ6HCuo8QrjB8xS6MdSkfNxL93gpjVGAhluWq3UfDDMCH-MmrHE5kSLnwX4zA/s1440/Adrian%20S%20-%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pyZAZMpjqNM6AAL-gDSQZI5ChD1CAR2jhOFUfV_6Je45dIOCS6jEDqhiO6nBBQewT_siXtC8zC8vNuNbUWbWeiz0y87mNwTKbfl10lBOpNXjwofNNEyMH5A-u4kX1mZ6HCuo8QrjB8xS6MdSkfNxL93gpjVGAhluWq3UfDDMCH-MmrHE5kSLnwX4zA/w400-h400/Adrian%20S%20-%2002a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Steel Behemoth</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1ZiPgRHPu411dG8yIpxFgksbAqvZxUJPus8TjhZNzce8MgEt1tf1MX--JLMniT23On88hhYTkPJXMf0jAhFS_8QxGFFrYditePS9RceQNnj4M53d2tmUXuaHvTboeKwMlILBueuENGijnqQshRnVa4lbKHfVZQNdKkk3fpAlDdWQzunhQydz8N3TWw/s1440/Adrian%20S%20-%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1ZiPgRHPu411dG8yIpxFgksbAqvZxUJPus8TjhZNzce8MgEt1tf1MX--JLMniT23On88hhYTkPJXMf0jAhFS_8QxGFFrYditePS9RceQNnj4M53d2tmUXuaHvTboeKwMlILBueuENGijnqQshRnVa4lbKHfVZQNdKkk3fpAlDdWQzunhQydz8N3TWw/w400-h300/Adrian%20S%20-%2002b.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Greater earth Elemental</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSme3iyoSnDxcG1JQyNt1_a2L1VUbRO9PBryWjUG1FBs2bhDil3hWkZTe9tPTmJ60GMu5PmP3vuwjDq0BSJdegHiYgxQSGoCkuDlj6GHwX5RrKr1vdXZDk0MbiyyL6Smt6DrSPUrmWC_p5rjTZ991Y_SNK4FevvLx2maDJKEMzthjzjxFQ55vpdXjYA/s2015/Adrian%20S%20-%2002c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1504" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSme3iyoSnDxcG1JQyNt1_a2L1VUbRO9PBryWjUG1FBs2bhDil3hWkZTe9tPTmJ60GMu5PmP3vuwjDq0BSJdegHiYgxQSGoCkuDlj6GHwX5RrKr1vdXZDk0MbiyyL6Smt6DrSPUrmWC_p5rjTZ991Y_SNK4FevvLx2maDJKEMzthjzjxFQ55vpdXjYA/w299-h400/Adrian%20S%20-%2002c.jpg" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Giant</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Well done Adrian! All models are great choices and look amazing already!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Albert</span></b></u></span></p><p>Albert is making a great progress with his regiment of knights. He posts updates on FB almost every day so you can follow the process nicely. Here are the last two photos I saved from these updates:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTF0VrSMUN6w62JTexk4_7hjIkFfLm7yt2FujXEF3io6S0myA_FkNuX1ZLE3_B85gU7t_qjatAyiglbcQK-SH5lrBhoTLme0HFsNUK5-9B1_8WKSaf5cj6PVnopHqGFeIwspn83mVU88B7H4vPblTmCeqKNCU5o2Trqzebwhlj9rI6cwT_hT0ZCBWQQ/s884/Albert%20H%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="884" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTF0VrSMUN6w62JTexk4_7hjIkFfLm7yt2FujXEF3io6S0myA_FkNuX1ZLE3_B85gU7t_qjatAyiglbcQK-SH5lrBhoTLme0HFsNUK5-9B1_8WKSaf5cj6PVnopHqGFeIwspn83mVU88B7H4vPblTmCeqKNCU5o2Trqzebwhlj9rI6cwT_hT0ZCBWQQ/w400-h290/Albert%20H%2002a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOb554WPrGer-vANJW8A_p8rCHn6OdM2oQc2HgneSGa2XTxss58kfL_I1oNKI9fbm0c9zb0LUQWGScj5W4Zb01eSGql9tFEuNd-1JmtaxYzFB-v_0PwCK0CpEpfrqjRkRS499EmEsgkJqV2DoXWjGK96WH_uN8Kd0P9h_zbSKZ-Z7md3Zksv9bdT4nTA/s960/Albert%20H%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOb554WPrGer-vANJW8A_p8rCHn6OdM2oQc2HgneSGa2XTxss58kfL_I1oNKI9fbm0c9zb0LUQWGScj5W4Zb01eSGql9tFEuNd-1JmtaxYzFB-v_0PwCK0CpEpfrqjRkRS499EmEsgkJqV2DoXWjGK96WH_uN8Kd0P9h_zbSKZ-Z7md3Zksv9bdT4nTA/w400-h300/Albert%20H%2002b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>This is a really good freehand on the banner! Well done Albert! I am sure the regiment will look splendid when finished. </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Azazel</span></b></u></span></p><p>The first model Azazel has already completed is a Giant Spider from Massive Darkness. Here is one of the photos of this great looking model:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaIm3yuCxXkKwjSte0VMUnpnXF2ouEQXuFH0xFjpJfQN9RuI7fyXcRmRYQAGDyjork0S0BRDA8TxyW4CuCyjasKFXwM7P4TidoAYv77SDTT7YPtXX2EG12UHHqO1giACDUaFld5v3tkVMjCvOSY8zyluhYKNTtHEWBYjYNr-EeApRAaaXt0xxqV9wVA/s1100/Azazel%2002c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="1100" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaIm3yuCxXkKwjSte0VMUnpnXF2ouEQXuFH0xFjpJfQN9RuI7fyXcRmRYQAGDyjork0S0BRDA8TxyW4CuCyjasKFXwM7P4TidoAYv77SDTT7YPtXX2EG12UHHqO1giACDUaFld5v3tkVMjCvOSY8zyluhYKNTtHEWBYjYNr-EeApRAaaXt0xxqV9wVA/w400-h329/Azazel%2002c.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Giant Spider</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I highly recommend visiting Azazel's blog as he wrote entire post dedicated to this model with many more photos:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2023/03/13/massive-darkness-giant-spider-monstermarch7/">Azazel's Bitz Box - Massive Darkness: Giant Spider</a></span><br /></p><p>This was not the only model Azazel painted for Monster March! Here are two more:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzgmjK6xFPJs687paRU6D4YhE0sBR_XCXmayPzyNudIHU9__GbzorwEHvEvfwp56y4BrLDY_xKAj8CXLiAZHdQ6viDcsXRUaUcB2zV8I1cvwmW7TPBPPWiyBSXZBTe8sfOsbaY0pvIIiyfP6KzFJpczNmblqNW13xctnlVDR9uMj5IVBXsrBKsM2pmQ/s1100/Azazel%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1100" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzgmjK6xFPJs687paRU6D4YhE0sBR_XCXmayPzyNudIHU9__GbzorwEHvEvfwp56y4BrLDY_xKAj8CXLiAZHdQ6viDcsXRUaUcB2zV8I1cvwmW7TPBPPWiyBSXZBTe8sfOsbaY0pvIIiyfP6KzFJpczNmblqNW13xctnlVDR9uMj5IVBXsrBKsM2pmQ/s320/Azazel%2002a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEopLa-HiAjqUqRY9Bzl0k3D6N9hyJHtYv0jxg2KBjgbzwN9pjdqL3iEXzX0jYBRhWh_lLl0ZreHuHf0G8eCPzM_dFigskluE8RPaPXh-BncoPYgoOMZmzxsbUYXHrb1462sboKaX3RHVMv0zH0Sq2cmnfyfFKwJvj9SyDPv1x4oYnjUtkamHyKuRa3A/s1319/Azazel%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="850" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEopLa-HiAjqUqRY9Bzl0k3D6N9hyJHtYv0jxg2KBjgbzwN9pjdqL3iEXzX0jYBRhWh_lLl0ZreHuHf0G8eCPzM_dFigskluE8RPaPXh-BncoPYgoOMZmzxsbUYXHrb1462sboKaX3RHVMv0zH0Sq2cmnfyfFKwJvj9SyDPv1x4oYnjUtkamHyKuRa3A/w258-h400/Azazel%2002b.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><p>Thanks a lot Azazel! Can't wait to see what other monsters you are going to paint next week! </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bensome</span></b></u></span></p><p>Ben is not only painting a fantastic unit with unique models chosen to represent it but he also has an awesome theme for the entire army. Here is what he says about it in his own words:</p><div class=""><div class="ii gt" id=":ig"><div class="a3s aiL " id=":hn"><div dir="auto"><div><i>You may remember last years effort where I painted a giant wolf holding a sword which I modeling a bandana around its neck. </i></div><div><i>That
is because my Herd army concept, which that wolf is a part of, is that
of a community of beast-folk whom have retained a little humanity. Only a
little though, so their attempts to recreate human civilization doesn't
come out perfectly.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Keeping in theme for this
year, I'm imagining these big beasties have taken on the look of old
Victorian bouncers or thugs (because they are much larger than the other
beastmen in the army). </i></div><div><i>To get that look I sculpted on bowler hats and tweed "newsboy" caps.</i></div><div><i>I've also sculpted a couple of arm bands and also some suspenders to finish off the look.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>I've
changed the weapons the hippo miniatures are wielding too! On one
weapon I've drilled in pieces of paperclips and added small caps of
greenstuff to represent large nails or spikes. </i></div><div><i>For the other hippo I've created a small chain whip and spiked knuckle-dusters. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>I think the whole look is coming together quite well and just like how I'm envisioning! </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>I
haven't done much painting yet; just the beginnings of blocking out the
major colours. From this point I can see how the unit will work
together and can adjust accordingly.</i></div></div></div></div></div><table cellpadding="0" class="cf gJ"><tbody><tr class="acZ"><td class="gF gK"></td><td class="gH bAk"><br /></td></tr><tr class="acZ"><td class="gH">And this is how the unit looks at the moment:</td><td class="gH"><br /></td><td class="gH"><br /></td><td class="gH"><br /></td><td class="gH"><br /></td><td class="gH acX bAm" rowspan="2"><br /></td></tr><tr class="acZ xD"></tr><tr class="acZ xD"><td colspan="3"><br /></td><td colspan="3"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaLu0zc70nPSI-TX51vJT266Qmdp2Wm71Z7B0KQHLSQ7Ca4ax42QUMwFJ4kqayey7aGILYzNnPlmeXjYZs1H2Ca6UUPI_H6_WkpTPg3ZJsjsnCrgLhPf1StxfXRhc1ihjubOJHP0BYKnigJH30CQLCWQ4RCox2d2oUuYpplaWNqStZVbj9YwDWiiJtg/s1564/Ben%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaLu0zc70nPSI-TX51vJT266Qmdp2Wm71Z7B0KQHLSQ7Ca4ax42QUMwFJ4kqayey7aGILYzNnPlmeXjYZs1H2Ca6UUPI_H6_WkpTPg3ZJsjsnCrgLhPf1StxfXRhc1ihjubOJHP0BYKnigJH30CQLCWQ4RCox2d2oUuYpplaWNqStZVbj9YwDWiiJtg/w320-h320/Ben%2002a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FCkULC9Dr-6H1Jo-UfwLhHy3OLyLgFtNiuTq6oQUtRdd08qAjFS-0ev5MYH8wV08QETpqIWka_i0MrLILkC1noBkvtCMfcjJthhTsOBb8XspsAsLRsATQRjmgccwPYftCChotSlwZKx0AqlvkSk21AEsCdl_2_hudzDmrHLALv9FuZkCeaGrSMt8dA/s2448/Ben%2002f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2448" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FCkULC9Dr-6H1Jo-UfwLhHy3OLyLgFtNiuTq6oQUtRdd08qAjFS-0ev5MYH8wV08QETpqIWka_i0MrLILkC1noBkvtCMfcjJthhTsOBb8XspsAsLRsATQRjmgccwPYftCChotSlwZKx0AqlvkSk21AEsCdl_2_hudzDmrHLALv9FuZkCeaGrSMt8dA/s320/Ben%2002f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8EMKpOKr1xTkLzRbE0_r1AJ5vARldE1rsKiMS5IZt9CmK1O8KOme8wDYDyQJula4bOeDzxergjR8dy1w3NnnxseVeKcM0R04ySQwGJMJxuLx-QAP_CHOlYvxHd-W7mEiHOMjtRN8OY9GeoxBSxJ0Ei4AFHeONoYc4h3UuGgA7mmiiTYJIAXqgX8Qtg/s2448/Ben%2002g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2448" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8EMKpOKr1xTkLzRbE0_r1AJ5vARldE1rsKiMS5IZt9CmK1O8KOme8wDYDyQJula4bOeDzxergjR8dy1w3NnnxseVeKcM0R04ySQwGJMJxuLx-QAP_CHOlYvxHd-W7mEiHOMjtRN8OY9GeoxBSxJ0Ei4AFHeONoYc4h3UuGgA7mmiiTYJIAXqgX8Qtg/s320/Ben%2002g.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Well done Ben! I fully agree, the unit comes along very nicely!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Billy</span></b></u></span></p><p>Billy decided to paint a Mammoth and I was really curious which model in particular he chose. It happens to be the Reaper War mammoth from one of the kickstarters. Here is the photo of the beast ready to be primed!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeskD8esJp4BffUEZtws458wqm_htDR74D_AH2AZySOk9VDeyAYRLlLuq_XubI9Nf3ltDyk-VDBJNatUA69q8EiBYBQONIakGOUdqkVloQSHxW2MmT9IQ2AEWFy6CSsWDVhU0UYijMRg7V3O7tUljUCS6MCQ0GvXSyVLQ365EuScrFRMgiuo6SVVfOw/s1440/Billy%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeskD8esJp4BffUEZtws458wqm_htDR74D_AH2AZySOk9VDeyAYRLlLuq_XubI9Nf3ltDyk-VDBJNatUA69q8EiBYBQONIakGOUdqkVloQSHxW2MmT9IQ2AEWFy6CSsWDVhU0UYijMRg7V3O7tUljUCS6MCQ0GvXSyVLQ365EuScrFRMgiuo6SVVfOw/w400-h400/Billy%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Excellent choice Billy! </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Boss Salvage</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Boss is also pushing the challenge to the next level with three models in parallel! He has Mierce Bog Beast to act as a Tree Herder. GW Angron as Overmaster on Ancient Winged Halfbreed and Lord of the Print Myconid King as his Forest Warden. Check them out!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ocx3GVOh85iIVgbW6SaZFiaF6kY3DwxvaGRNtV1tz3wMCoOt5xuvLwPYBqcrS5As5j4Ds40LJY7L2fKHRTg6yj_f2ciVshh63puWnB5iB7E4fPTun509SJ0QPzNZgEvlW6RdtkH1QkvYtt2EDuctnY8Ais3zwCfYr8bdbOO9Gy3o70B7WrNSzs7-pA/s4032/Boss%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ocx3GVOh85iIVgbW6SaZFiaF6kY3DwxvaGRNtV1tz3wMCoOt5xuvLwPYBqcrS5As5j4Ds40LJY7L2fKHRTg6yj_f2ciVshh63puWnB5iB7E4fPTun509SJ0QPzNZgEvlW6RdtkH1QkvYtt2EDuctnY8Ais3zwCfYr8bdbOO9Gy3o70B7WrNSzs7-pA/w400-h300/Boss%2002a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tree Herder</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCvv1kacO9zc1VSs-NyoTmoSmzLdgpVSEOmzURsLOGNlV7jN8Bg7quqFSsr6dbMG1bvQ1kIJpHThX3s-uTRrfnwGakbH2BZcCTSPiygU4K1wPLoCiToGvetGIa8WA5nUFu1y6NEX0LkURoBeJdSAsB_tslzxqTVEM-2Y41XckV3ZoU2VStS6j7UzE4A/s4032/Boss%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCvv1kacO9zc1VSs-NyoTmoSmzLdgpVSEOmzURsLOGNlV7jN8Bg7quqFSsr6dbMG1bvQ1kIJpHThX3s-uTRrfnwGakbH2BZcCTSPiygU4K1wPLoCiToGvetGIa8WA5nUFu1y6NEX0LkURoBeJdSAsB_tslzxqTVEM-2Y41XckV3ZoU2VStS6j7UzE4A/w400-h300/Boss%2002b.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Overmaster on Ancient Winged Halfbreed</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqspM7JMyhFQ6Mmnyd9tUPfqdZEAWOYaQfq6bToc2EOGgUzRz5wbUwyjCC0SlV4DQSzIjVHBsPsbKjrfwg15d69ekzem-6tAu5_Vb5w3bhaxXj7tyUNxCv-2-mJ4G5OdVqwHH47H-wnjzfssy_LIYiYMemnJxEp6XqKZon1T_xbjZqa_8iV2VNUAnSw/s4032/Boss%2002c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqspM7JMyhFQ6Mmnyd9tUPfqdZEAWOYaQfq6bToc2EOGgUzRz5wbUwyjCC0SlV4DQSzIjVHBsPsbKjrfwg15d69ekzem-6tAu5_Vb5w3bhaxXj7tyUNxCv-2-mJ4G5OdVqwHH47H-wnjzfssy_LIYiYMemnJxEp6XqKZon1T_xbjZqa_8iV2VNUAnSw/w400-h300/Boss%2002c.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Forest Warden</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Really cool models Boss! I am sure many of the readers are already inspired to try them for their own armies/collections :)</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Chris K.</span></b></u></span></p><p>It turns out that Chris had even more spectacular idea for the model of his Shadowhulk than the "standard" Mantic version. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZR7GoymokbnOuMoafmAajh9s0P_9pE2tWmrkBuA-jSLci_UwKdZ6pt2wHksPTG7V_7TnwIAjmljxwo8EJRlfHFkSJcl6HpicsTXbAUnKxvPUCH_vxOF7YkLyb70KBBC-MTiD1GWhctJXL3PPF2IGAr9MP81BN6NWgopFTBqk2DcppVOHn5LElaL23A/s2015/Chris%20K%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1515" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZR7GoymokbnOuMoafmAajh9s0P_9pE2tWmrkBuA-jSLci_UwKdZ6pt2wHksPTG7V_7TnwIAjmljxwo8EJRlfHFkSJcl6HpicsTXbAUnKxvPUCH_vxOF7YkLyb70KBBC-MTiD1GWhctJXL3PPF2IGAr9MP81BN6NWgopFTBqk2DcppVOHn5LElaL23A/w301-h400/Chris%20K%2002.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>This is what happens when a creative mind meets 3d printer! :) Awesome idea Chris!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">DAM</span></b></u></span></p><p>As in the previous years and in the case of many of his fantastic projects, DAM writes excellent posts on the progress has has made so far. Here is one of the photos of Lion El'Johnson he is painting:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3eE5O0jZi9pYX7qpSgzNfEDurfYAyew0CxUIZRFYxssAB8iJX-qiH6yCQrOR9vmYVJMfzzv8b9D9byWrjL7Zqhk91eVxKPdnj2OCMqw_ZF0HAn3cyWEtAfjOaN420qTzPkPGPgdaq80EL4OSYQRaJwiwecFzLOohgJg6Wfb5Uu7H_8rPQ6KcOlVRzw/s507/DAM%2002a%20-%20Lion%20El'Jonson%20WIP%20-%202p.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="507" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3eE5O0jZi9pYX7qpSgzNfEDurfYAyew0CxUIZRFYxssAB8iJX-qiH6yCQrOR9vmYVJMfzzv8b9D9byWrjL7Zqhk91eVxKPdnj2OCMqw_ZF0HAn3cyWEtAfjOaN420qTzPkPGPgdaq80EL4OSYQRaJwiwecFzLOohgJg6Wfb5Uu7H_8rPQ6KcOlVRzw/w400-h400/DAM%2002a%20-%20Lion%20El'Jonson%20WIP%20-%202p.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Lion El'Johnson</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>It is really worthwhile visiting his blog and checking all the details, including more photos of the model:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2023/03/monstermarch7-week-1.html">262nd Death Korps of Krieg - Week 1</a></span><br /></p><p>The Primarch of the 1st Legion looks awesome already!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">David (aka Sceleris)<br /></span></b></u></span></p><p>David mentioned he is working on several monsters for his Abyssal Dwarfs army. Here is one of the examples!<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbPod8eZsoKNQO-CjGg0Wx93T0pISa6QSs8uaghqG-5AEBlCFN88v5XUTciqmjFipBQewk9dg8ilmfjvGX-NewxysxqmnsQBFtfnjvxl4BIUtUbPMG6Gw98mJ5aSfSr6zHybc_JcY4LTvY0mSdip8-z4lONoK76ZA-uJtG0DAENhvHXMorGvV87QQig/s750/David%20M%20-%20Sceleris%2002a.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbPod8eZsoKNQO-CjGg0Wx93T0pISa6QSs8uaghqG-5AEBlCFN88v5XUTciqmjFipBQewk9dg8ilmfjvGX-NewxysxqmnsQBFtfnjvxl4BIUtUbPMG6Gw98mJ5aSfSr6zHybc_JcY4LTvY0mSdip8-z4lONoK76ZA-uJtG0DAENhvHXMorGvV87QQig/w400-h400/David%20M%20-%20Sceleris%2002a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I love the dynamic post and it seems that the model is quite big too! Great choice indeed!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ed O.</span></b></u></span></p><p>Ed is a returning participant and although he joined a bit later than usual, he has already completed his first project, Tyranid Carnifex!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZT9IsdH1Z6yQVIvkcfBlHgaj8pwznYIRONMUISF6gz2kAEByxdheMR38_Kf1Eu3ri9oTW2PvkBQmqHt_cZ_vc24uRD4CPBYbleWyAgoQw6h7uO6ZzM0959GwApCcdMs2GkhCTX-4GGSGa7VYNJiua4YqNrDkpBwHYQ2R8ZI2d7bto2qZJj1on1rwfrw/s2048/EdO%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1901" data-original-width="2048" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZT9IsdH1Z6yQVIvkcfBlHgaj8pwznYIRONMUISF6gz2kAEByxdheMR38_Kf1Eu3ri9oTW2PvkBQmqHt_cZ_vc24uRD4CPBYbleWyAgoQw6h7uO6ZzM0959GwApCcdMs2GkhCTX-4GGSGa7VYNJiua4YqNrDkpBwHYQ2R8ZI2d7bto2qZJj1on1rwfrw/w400-h371/EdO%2002a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrBMa-Kq2aQNM_oFoqE7Jky4RqhxPcXib2ya977gEoGSjHT5jSraN8Td1c-VtYKgLkHHeT5RnD6EVjgaZZq5oDQKXKYZcbaj8m5CttdiDeeYjWZw3CyAFfU7Q5fO8DOu3gvmZdq7NVhRrudRQmJR1uyAyP-G6QMzPkkwdRehbnLvzUCqaiUHrxgTfFA/s2048/EdO%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="2048" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrBMa-Kq2aQNM_oFoqE7Jky4RqhxPcXib2ya977gEoGSjHT5jSraN8Td1c-VtYKgLkHHeT5RnD6EVjgaZZq5oDQKXKYZcbaj8m5CttdiDeeYjWZw3CyAFfU7Q5fO8DOu3gvmZdq7NVhRrudRQmJR1uyAyP-G6QMzPkkwdRehbnLvzUCqaiUHrxgTfFA/w400-h294/EdO%2002b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Well done Ed! It is also great to know you will be painting another model to continue with the challenge! </p><p>Ed has his own blog too, so you can pay him a visit at:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://berserkerbladeblog.blogspot.com/">Berserkerblade</a></span><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Kola</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kola is my very good friend with who I have been sharing the hobby for a few decades by now! It is thus fantastic that he managed to find time in his extremely busy life to join the challenge! And what a great model he chose for this purpose!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dSjAC2BBFXVGj8GCDMVGFpDZ6zsgWq3JrPZ4_0VohoiO8m8XzmyDFaBekPXaEO1KLLpEDAHIdYz2rJl3K5LUi8PUjThpwRaIh3TJMKaKqw-RMDV3uITANhF5NjNl-Qq2MGB4VEoJhXfzH_UU9hA6htpEmmLg9gtYQ1MlVwqLDijrlkysdL81iHelaQ/s4032/Kola%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dSjAC2BBFXVGj8GCDMVGFpDZ6zsgWq3JrPZ4_0VohoiO8m8XzmyDFaBekPXaEO1KLLpEDAHIdYz2rJl3K5LUi8PUjThpwRaIh3TJMKaKqw-RMDV3uITANhF5NjNl-Qq2MGB4VEoJhXfzH_UU9hA6htpEmmLg9gtYQ1MlVwqLDijrlkysdL81iHelaQ/w312-h640/Kola%2002a.jpg" width="312" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Venomcrawler</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOcQiZ2eaAlaJSckZtXOZO_rgOo6CAnKkq-LYFAuDwMenYWfmHCXabXI89pVQG72vHhzpo1XnKnhrq2Tm72OjA8OpLDjznUDfR4UloaMEDOYrKG1jhbMgRQhfaoLtnRG3h2ChD6iWJ8c_p5eTZ-yrfHtH-RLSZJYGvxQFexiclH0wu_oL1ADQLnEsAA/s4032/Kola%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOcQiZ2eaAlaJSckZtXOZO_rgOo6CAnKkq-LYFAuDwMenYWfmHCXabXI89pVQG72vHhzpo1XnKnhrq2Tm72OjA8OpLDjznUDfR4UloaMEDOYrKG1jhbMgRQhfaoLtnRG3h2ChD6iWJ8c_p5eTZ-yrfHtH-RLSZJYGvxQFexiclH0wu_oL1ADQLnEsAA/w312-h640/Kola%2002b.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx-Oe1yvjREbCZ68kkfLM1BvhjoXHdYlhIo1s1L6RtIvq8cPPdlf6CblTSn4s95gLawHrINcc6fTP6i7fJE-mnEe4G2SSTxq3jtZFk0CyBXYDz-ro-l_PaE6w1T8GzA5VXX-APQ4-tCNz853_w9m34KjVu5hq3rg8zDLsNirVeMzTL9CDWAepkyxGXA/s4032/Kola%2002c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx-Oe1yvjREbCZ68kkfLM1BvhjoXHdYlhIo1s1L6RtIvq8cPPdlf6CblTSn4s95gLawHrINcc6fTP6i7fJE-mnEe4G2SSTxq3jtZFk0CyBXYDz-ro-l_PaE6w1T8GzA5VXX-APQ4-tCNz853_w9m34KjVu5hq3rg8zDLsNirVeMzTL9CDWAepkyxGXA/w312-h640/Kola%2002c.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><p>Great progress, my friend! Keep up the great work!<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Kristoffer</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kristoffer was busy with assembling the model of the Shrine and provided great comment on the progress:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><i>I’ve moved it backwards to avoid overhang and make it
more suitable for the tabletop and as the first steps of painting I
primed it grey and drybrushed it white. I intend to use contrast
paints in the next step, and I find that the white drybrush helps
create more initial contrast and bring out the volumes.</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfd-6Sa6VpUlyTiy539bBDfS1wLtU4z3m2C1JfA0pUxwERWWV55E34am4gdFRsYiQ-meL3BHD5u8vva426v4JlLh9puJfXuKckvW5rCZ2hkdUYhFWyRy2IR4McEaJyrvte3ADP24zv4ijrCLacoP0VXy0w0H27QiwdZAFNCYBsCciLHVgdl8wbGoFPIg/s1937/Kristoffer%2002%20-%201.%20Pieces%20Preassembly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1937" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfd-6Sa6VpUlyTiy539bBDfS1wLtU4z3m2C1JfA0pUxwERWWV55E34am4gdFRsYiQ-meL3BHD5u8vva426v4JlLh9puJfXuKckvW5rCZ2hkdUYhFWyRy2IR4McEaJyrvte3ADP24zv4ijrCLacoP0VXy0w0H27QiwdZAFNCYBsCciLHVgdl8wbGoFPIg/w400-h231/Kristoffer%2002%20-%201.%20Pieces%20Preassembly.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Preassembly.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8Q0O92bEMCoyfDx_3nZd6CtLIV90Nxva6Dcm1hLkZwI7Q0sAouEXhwjap6JB_HCfT5pGavikxhDxGopRLkEs5A66yZ5BknjxRCTH7C7NOnyMf2_BU7XI1asv-opexn7QGZ7ORj5Nd-uqFIIVpobhn_6DyUf5uedm0KO-eCJtFUPf1Z5PBQ-EtrVRWQ/s1322/Kristoffer%2002%20-%202.%20No%20overhang%20shuffled%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1322" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8Q0O92bEMCoyfDx_3nZd6CtLIV90Nxva6Dcm1hLkZwI7Q0sAouEXhwjap6JB_HCfT5pGavikxhDxGopRLkEs5A66yZ5BknjxRCTH7C7NOnyMf2_BU7XI1asv-opexn7QGZ7ORj5Nd-uqFIIVpobhn_6DyUf5uedm0KO-eCJtFUPf1Z5PBQ-EtrVRWQ/w400-h321/Kristoffer%2002%20-%202.%20No%20overhang%20shuffled%20back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JwZS5rc5KBMd_ZHVaK4zh9Brd2teblGUdX44oHAOmvxVXKdgy50-BhfShq4vCgftjNJbiW3BP-912Ktat54mZjyQe6TRoDEvtlRkP1gU1Fz9HiEHdlfKpPJVZl7KfZ0hia0wERZ5uoluhxWdpMiO0mIRnv6Oc3yPGUASju8A-Qkk8cvWAdAhifH2OQ/s904/Kristoffer%2002%20-%203.%20No%20overhang%20from%20above.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="904" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JwZS5rc5KBMd_ZHVaK4zh9Brd2teblGUdX44oHAOmvxVXKdgy50-BhfShq4vCgftjNJbiW3BP-912Ktat54mZjyQe6TRoDEvtlRkP1gU1Fz9HiEHdlfKpPJVZl7KfZ0hia0wERZ5uoluhxWdpMiO0mIRnv6Oc3yPGUASju8A-Qkk8cvWAdAhifH2OQ/w400-h305/Kristoffer%2002%20-%203.%20No%20overhang%20from%20above.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqa79VQzqZLDI09H2xNewkK959HQfD7rpraZ5-nx8qy8Wjsc62_YL4xl2s8n5-QSbJxu6t_HMG4qDVH17bLFxpxlhApNavMTorjIjyZyk9txB76_Tp1XQWlu-3ZuXey8FGZNqQympAPXtGURg4789DLkgjDpnEjC94WsV_urD0r5rA-ruwBOStstGzwA/s1512/Kristoffer%2002%20-%204.%20Milliput.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqa79VQzqZLDI09H2xNewkK959HQfD7rpraZ5-nx8qy8Wjsc62_YL4xl2s8n5-QSbJxu6t_HMG4qDVH17bLFxpxlhApNavMTorjIjyZyk9txB76_Tp1XQWlu-3ZuXey8FGZNqQympAPXtGURg4789DLkgjDpnEjC94WsV_urD0r5rA-ruwBOStstGzwA/w400-h400/Kristoffer%2002%20-%204.%20Milliput.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEdhyuRnS1aADvqKDWm-FP0LZKmCxFzWVpUdTYS1st7v0OcE8PJTuCkAgpzch3iOGhxziLSqNJKcb_h-l6YsEc8ONpxPUv2vzJx8k-o72Oarz5PI_DjOBY4AQcz5tm3p55pljkThmmXhZAprOPwcjag-9s-rMZBMRYxtC7-WvENmTxt-QuauA3i0X6A/s1801/Kristoffer%2002%20-%205.%20Assembled,%20primed,%20drybrushed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1801" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEdhyuRnS1aADvqKDWm-FP0LZKmCxFzWVpUdTYS1st7v0OcE8PJTuCkAgpzch3iOGhxziLSqNJKcb_h-l6YsEc8ONpxPUv2vzJx8k-o72Oarz5PI_DjOBY4AQcz5tm3p55pljkThmmXhZAprOPwcjag-9s-rMZBMRYxtC7-WvENmTxt-QuauA3i0X6A/w400-h256/Kristoffer%2002%20-%205.%20Assembled,%20primed,%20drybrushed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">The model preparation and assembly look superb! I am sure you will greatly enjoy the painting part of it! Well done!<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Luca</span></b></u></span></p><p>Luca had a lot of fun with 3d printing his model and here are the results:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-jdlx2PMn61vuGtRyosx4Zjpd5ogwrJl5DMMbgNGpw0DkbKJS9-wWxybbxgquZVbNSH3slGZMvTfavQbNL1v9cOobV0A0CiMSBJIFGoo4I4gNxVZnBULcfzbK2MYE-mZc-SyjfDoLc14eUBHyh-7qGZ1EgHMkad_AJrQ9xOCeQ2DwYtBfaPcwehZoA/s4032/Luca%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-jdlx2PMn61vuGtRyosx4Zjpd5ogwrJl5DMMbgNGpw0DkbKJS9-wWxybbxgquZVbNSH3slGZMvTfavQbNL1v9cOobV0A0CiMSBJIFGoo4I4gNxVZnBULcfzbK2MYE-mZc-SyjfDoLc14eUBHyh-7qGZ1EgHMkad_AJrQ9xOCeQ2DwYtBfaPcwehZoA/s320/Luca%2002a.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTZoWqqw8NuY_aZEVt_oTCVWmnOjdLxUG1M6ZnOKEctAiBv4E5M400kaDmEw3gO6xBbq4pksXc9pOyKA6rMev0fSw8WP8x1v4zO86iRUzWjTuFOxIPYfL4XLVE_vDWg7JA-WLgDj1uubei9L4VyxSjH0HW7MZl828fryHZP31JXh2ZB2BJ6sN5-hetA/s4032/Luca%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTZoWqqw8NuY_aZEVt_oTCVWmnOjdLxUG1M6ZnOKEctAiBv4E5M400kaDmEw3gO6xBbq4pksXc9pOyKA6rMev0fSw8WP8x1v4zO86iRUzWjTuFOxIPYfL4XLVE_vDWg7JA-WLgDj1uubei9L4VyxSjH0HW7MZl828fryHZP31JXh2ZB2BJ6sN5-hetA/s320/Luca%2002b.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfVR2R2tvwSS0tn6NGFuts0MZGoo5iDjT-ZmIuJhJE2wIFQeWZho9PZuzWI9uM1GzZ7se8kHGCW1nxEO1Jf5J3bvChxheHStMgwwjV-E-APlEYWteEbXNSsrWS-ft3sDfRQ_nn9o9sp8rkTMPrn0c-UR5UgGWgfxk7PiGl0QEDXciJVEG6FNIRgnSKQ/s4032/Luca%2002c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfVR2R2tvwSS0tn6NGFuts0MZGoo5iDjT-ZmIuJhJE2wIFQeWZho9PZuzWI9uM1GzZ7se8kHGCW1nxEO1Jf5J3bvChxheHStMgwwjV-E-APlEYWteEbXNSsrWS-ft3sDfRQ_nn9o9sp8rkTMPrn0c-UR5UgGWgfxk7PiGl0QEDXciJVEG6FNIRgnSKQ/s320/Luca%2002c.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9-5DK8vMxBiEk6QmsQ0sTzekHy680niJ-MHT_1xCPzko96iryoiyETI4dP_xMHID794jPcPxBpyXDcBwEI-dfZbb4YuNdZm1Or1TiabJAUygL1SQ4_EOT9siYwJaEfCXIo8S1rEushFq6mLXO_lAtt_tu1vOyrCgzo7qm2a32ViqbukYiIARatUG5g/s4032/Luca%2002c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9-5DK8vMxBiEk6QmsQ0sTzekHy680niJ-MHT_1xCPzko96iryoiyETI4dP_xMHID794jPcPxBpyXDcBwEI-dfZbb4YuNdZm1Or1TiabJAUygL1SQ4_EOT9siYwJaEfCXIo8S1rEushFq6mLXO_lAtt_tu1vOyrCgzo7qm2a32ViqbukYiIARatUG5g/s320/Luca%2002c.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>That's definitely a cool monster! </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Marc</span></b></u></span></p><p>Marc likes Tyranids a lot too so no wonder he decided to join with a suitable model from that range as well. 2nd edition Hive Tyrant! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzoMprzyLd5SH4cXkXDho_BPDwDhXkq9SuxF1_5eiluuDZrOow1nTPLynzFsOwN_hcLVNktdFTDYrlguPJM5d_Jdy_X2HlQYJrjxHMnO9JnWUezXko30TUXaWmbLG01pAfsfBR_IRMSXKIzgDcqp5aAXBR0GCe9xFE03IieX6lKdT8f2u5qYvBFcelqg/s3211/Marc%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1955" data-original-width="3211" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzoMprzyLd5SH4cXkXDho_BPDwDhXkq9SuxF1_5eiluuDZrOow1nTPLynzFsOwN_hcLVNktdFTDYrlguPJM5d_Jdy_X2HlQYJrjxHMnO9JnWUezXko30TUXaWmbLG01pAfsfBR_IRMSXKIzgDcqp5aAXBR0GCe9xFE03IieX6lKdT8f2u5qYvBFcelqg/w400-h244/Marc%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>This is a great classic model and I can't wait to see it painted by Marc! He intends to post on the progress of this project on his blog as well:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/">Old School Gaming</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mikes </span></b></u></span></span></p><p>Mikes made some good progress on his Dragon prior to the challenge so we agreed I will post the photos in instalments, while he is finishing painting his model.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLMfOgb2VCEMbmven2KR395nAJ7E-jBg0jeZKEynJg80QIE_y4jX4F_v_GpOA6pA2CGyG3l6-glGTxKEJCFta3qev0xjDEzgyGTAVElELiYEso8Q7FafaFoq42s7DST_jdaSIhvxhhfZFa_wOufH8MzP5iY50eRmwVKRWYoYbLSL72vojt3pz_6ZmTQ/s4032/Mikes%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLMfOgb2VCEMbmven2KR395nAJ7E-jBg0jeZKEynJg80QIE_y4jX4F_v_GpOA6pA2CGyG3l6-glGTxKEJCFta3qev0xjDEzgyGTAVElELiYEso8Q7FafaFoq42s7DST_jdaSIhvxhhfZFa_wOufH8MzP5iY50eRmwVKRWYoYbLSL72vojt3pz_6ZmTQ/w640-h480/Mikes%2002a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGmtHzH7z7ymM-gBBUKLTTp_3e9cgXuwZiwMkdqlK_4aw9R__tIsKleCexTvCtACxhsLHjyO36WE_JxjgrZ1M5XUJkFj2zwZfisZzHEZDrdfJj_YDwpo1-wBZ1tTCvZ4ezTCCc0w1C85TnPOrfyEZcyt9YsO5dUZJs4WQN2uZxDzbz56X52pCh8u8Fg/s4032/Mikes%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGmtHzH7z7ymM-gBBUKLTTp_3e9cgXuwZiwMkdqlK_4aw9R__tIsKleCexTvCtACxhsLHjyO36WE_JxjgrZ1M5XUJkFj2zwZfisZzHEZDrdfJj_YDwpo1-wBZ1tTCvZ4ezTCCc0w1C85TnPOrfyEZcyt9YsO5dUZJs4WQN2uZxDzbz56X52pCh8u8Fg/w640-h480/Mikes%2002b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The Dragon looks really good already! Can't wait to see it finished, perhaps in a group photo with Mike's other models in his great looking Elven army!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Paul A.</span></b></u></span></p><p>Paul has already made some good progress on his model of Radukar the Beast. Not only did he painted base colours but added two Vyxrkos Bloodborn attendants!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE0g_cZT6X-6MWpDzfzLS_KUQ0x9ZRwQgUrpse4QP7xIJy1r7bHY0SK25lwTkSv0BZisaF2Mf7_tNBAYMZyePHc-MR72vnTirOO1ISW2g772lDO2FQWlivwvqn4CQs67SofzE2t-WikXIqcE2V2J3NscSMjgB10CoIFa4WttNkBLwHkOaWeko1efOOQ/s4032/PaulA%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE0g_cZT6X-6MWpDzfzLS_KUQ0x9ZRwQgUrpse4QP7xIJy1r7bHY0SK25lwTkSv0BZisaF2Mf7_tNBAYMZyePHc-MR72vnTirOO1ISW2g772lDO2FQWlivwvqn4CQs67SofzE2t-WikXIqcE2V2J3NscSMjgB10CoIFa4WttNkBLwHkOaWeko1efOOQ/w640-h360/PaulA%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Well done! That's a great progress for sure!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Paul K.</span></b></u></span></p><p>Paul has chosen an excellent model of a Mutant Rat Fiend for the challenge. He managed to assemble and prepare the model for painting last week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xP1ZH_9JhXcPKy4eRQxEl-mUnatVlSLEX367CkmCkFmNachMx6H20HuQ6e7xmFuKw7XALU65TctIo51QETcmEEfA5j2k-HlekKd_RHRuUDPzU_7KFI-bHzP7of12L7nicnZpgNKR_qJMYjvEM_KgJSV6wRKQuOql-Tb4nhzNZ2JzGi2082VkV7Ga6w/s4624/PaulK%20-%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xP1ZH_9JhXcPKy4eRQxEl-mUnatVlSLEX367CkmCkFmNachMx6H20HuQ6e7xmFuKw7XALU65TctIo51QETcmEEfA5j2k-HlekKd_RHRuUDPzU_7KFI-bHzP7of12L7nicnZpgNKR_qJMYjvEM_KgJSV6wRKQuOql-Tb4nhzNZ2JzGi2082VkV7Ga6w/w480-h640/PaulK%20-%2002.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>That's an excellent start Paul! Enjoy the painting phase now! :)</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sachiel</span></b></u></span></p><p>Sachiel returns with more photos and a new blog post that I enjoyed reading a lot! Here is one pphoto as a spoiler:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnsvONWGlu85GadwRGNbR4dXj9ll-ax0Fg99U5K1k8AOv-L6f_TrAUqoXXys_MhU7TPFU1lCGHiE1FzjFaqFFHWLerkthwpGBoSan825FfJDE9YOrgZmYeI0ruioXcxhDWnYAvD1klvWzqbo0GkdGIUn8g2xhKekLF1e12iDuTwobANJB90_y_3NpaQ/s2907/Sachiel%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2478" data-original-width="2907" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnsvONWGlu85GadwRGNbR4dXj9ll-ax0Fg99U5K1k8AOv-L6f_TrAUqoXXys_MhU7TPFU1lCGHiE1FzjFaqFFHWLerkthwpGBoSan825FfJDE9YOrgZmYeI0ruioXcxhDWnYAvD1klvWzqbo0GkdGIUn8g2xhKekLF1e12iDuTwobANJB90_y_3NpaQ/w400-h341/Sachiel%2002a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAF6etAEekHavhgVdBckLPPfkjvofAQFhZT2FYZ7y7JRo-9dCL8u-5M63mlDYIctmjwEa7OUcYmf3R6nYxZ3iPGWmfEv3wq-rR135d74qd28wMA2dj8gVwIzkutJi-N7WrgFELI0SjeLkl-Gdk648S_zjwq591LxTjoT6_wWyl2zM_7UeRmECzGlX9w/s2807/Sachiel%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2687" data-original-width="2807" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAF6etAEekHavhgVdBckLPPfkjvofAQFhZT2FYZ7y7JRo-9dCL8u-5M63mlDYIctmjwEa7OUcYmf3R6nYxZ3iPGWmfEv3wq-rR135d74qd28wMA2dj8gVwIzkutJi-N7WrgFELI0SjeLkl-Gdk648S_zjwq591LxTjoT6_wWyl2zM_7UeRmECzGlX9w/w400-h383/Sachiel%2002b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Check out the blog post with many more photos and details here:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://sachiel-returns.blogspot.com/2023/03/monster-march-7-part-2-painting-begins.html?m=0">The Die is Cast! - Part 2; Painting Begins</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: small;">I think the model comes along very nicely indeed! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Simon</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Simon is another fantastic player from the Oxford gaming Club and that I had a great pleasure to play against in the time of Warhammer 8th edition, as well as in Kings of War. He has recently got a great looking 3d printed model of a Griffon that he intends to use in his KoW armies. </span></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSmw648OwjamMlTN1HgTM0c8yBfu_06xl8LhCS_T2HNwIW1zfx6GO0guh4ZSo6alzRulAqmviiJsKxm02mxH6ujQpEyD7itypfz2UBpw7YkkROGe_H-OlWdS9rm2rneqgZzfuJiIKkhRhXek8pK-G6O1QIH8tVQhGQSGkoCnvaKzT3AFJyPYzZVU8Mg/s1221/Simon%2002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="969" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSmw648OwjamMlTN1HgTM0c8yBfu_06xl8LhCS_T2HNwIW1zfx6GO0guh4ZSo6alzRulAqmviiJsKxm02mxH6ujQpEyD7itypfz2UBpw7YkkROGe_H-OlWdS9rm2rneqgZzfuJiIKkhRhXek8pK-G6O1QIH8tVQhGQSGkoCnvaKzT3AFJyPYzZVU8Mg/w318-h400/Simon%2002a.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Model before priming.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Thanks for joining the challenge, Simon! I am sure the model will look great when finished!</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Vince</span></b></u><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Vince has made some good progress too and as usual, documented it all very nicely on his blog!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNqOq1bNe1LmX7EIJ-P8x-ip5wBitNv_bQkQ03a1Y95F3XzDzEPoOhpAXlC_oG9hm5ttynApJCSI94bxNr0xhUyy9GztjZqWq0c0iwbLblX9gTN_P5wCjaCpWelfLdNtqBRqgkcj2ydLjsYk1TaBZ_w2rjMsmGPiNEhnnzNis-XIJDuD8oZEqy2kNGQ/s878/Vince%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="878" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNqOq1bNe1LmX7EIJ-P8x-ip5wBitNv_bQkQ03a1Y95F3XzDzEPoOhpAXlC_oG9hm5ttynApJCSI94bxNr0xhUyy9GztjZqWq0c0iwbLblX9gTN_P5wCjaCpWelfLdNtqBRqgkcj2ydLjsYk1TaBZ_w2rjMsmGPiNEhnnzNis-XIJDuD8oZEqy2kNGQ/w640-h386/Vince%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Goblin Blaster</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> You absolutely need to visit Vince's blog and check all the photos and progress description in more detail:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/2023/03/08/monster-march-21-part-1/">Vince on all things Kings of War - Monster March Part 1 <br /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Well done Vince! The model looks great and I am sure it is a lot of fun to paint already!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I am sure you agree that there is some great progress on many projects from the last week! Plenty of inspiration to each other and to the readers as well! I hope I will be able to catch up with some painting this week myself.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Until the next update! </span><br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-24743528053114618352023-03-05T22:49:00.006+11:002023-03-05T22:49:58.706+11:00Monster March 7 - Part 1<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioO_oxVhIuIlNPc5-cqBoQHZC9eqaGopFqSfIHvrw0v0LbnMl7aoTkKEsEnK-SLgFzUw6O03rVggHfTE0kHuQXvFStbpMyPmNbYY014EcxUGTVJ6cbVPnErzKM-oOdAM2ridKn3u_jEwYa3FD7AhgvI5JSJMp5h4OC4IwSKzYf11AXfMEhKYriGQ6jrg/s695/MonsterMarch7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioO_oxVhIuIlNPc5-cqBoQHZC9eqaGopFqSfIHvrw0v0LbnMl7aoTkKEsEnK-SLgFzUw6O03rVggHfTE0kHuQXvFStbpMyPmNbYY014EcxUGTVJ6cbVPnErzKM-oOdAM2ridKn3u_jEwYa3FD7AhgvI5JSJMp5h4OC4IwSKzYf11AXfMEhKYriGQ6jrg/w640-h532/MonsterMarch7.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Many thanks to all who responded to my first post and pledged some project to the Monster March 7 challenge! It is great to see that you are happy to join this year. I must say that the participants always choose very interesting models to paint. It is no different this time!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Let's go through the list of the participants and see what kind of models each one of them pledged.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Adrian</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Adrian is a member of Kings of War Australia FB group and it seems that Monster March came at the right time for him. He has not one but three "Monsters" on his painting desk ready: Greater Earth Elemental, Steel Behemoth and a Giant!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0_t8BBZxGKAqztSKnmRcuG-zBM0Zejoi8nCNt-heRXtY85htra6ppFCnZtyIfiTwqx0JPZT1pH5TddmHQBHdK1ezTncRxogWTshDr4LLpVDKD3CxwnAWcLfP3Rvie0PmYrfgP0EPTr_X1azNXXGMjROkJLU6KuZaai-6BW_YMp5WYUqVycNzr-mngA/s979/AdrianS%2000a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="894" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0_t8BBZxGKAqztSKnmRcuG-zBM0Zejoi8nCNt-heRXtY85htra6ppFCnZtyIfiTwqx0JPZT1pH5TddmHQBHdK1ezTncRxogWTshDr4LLpVDKD3CxwnAWcLfP3Rvie0PmYrfgP0EPTr_X1azNXXGMjROkJLU6KuZaai-6BW_YMp5WYUqVycNzr-mngA/s320/AdrianS%2000a.jpg" width="292" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Greater Earth Elemental</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiV4J3qWs300gM1MmrS0MAvo_X3-v-rZRcj8Bt_bh2JVDd3NrtU0R9KAjQ-eRqWjIFyZ_PS7hUC5KMuze8HJhD-_P-td0fiZVJ34gSRQ7oK4RZgSjxCIoKP7swV95y0pdpnwdxXcYIxmDwl_-PDZ8Lz5koe9eg1SVpbmCAWNhjZAmAbKQbGxSZuYnfRw/s1200/AdrianS%2000b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiV4J3qWs300gM1MmrS0MAvo_X3-v-rZRcj8Bt_bh2JVDd3NrtU0R9KAjQ-eRqWjIFyZ_PS7hUC5KMuze8HJhD-_P-td0fiZVJ34gSRQ7oK4RZgSjxCIoKP7swV95y0pdpnwdxXcYIxmDwl_-PDZ8Lz5koe9eg1SVpbmCAWNhjZAmAbKQbGxSZuYnfRw/s320/AdrianS%2000b.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Steel Behemoth</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6DHoPV5jpz19vnUmVElb2Jg50QFn1T6ph9YjnkUMnSJQU4Za3zY9xKPXs92JNraUqrTcQtdSNGwtlYQ7FClYIoli4nMB3c-i4YJFWroRq4jJ7ejsB1ZewVD2lf-2rsnsKk2GIZpU4xVFH8BkzOG9V8--tI3IGlxBwUyk7ew94LAvH6A7TlXM6HEbBJw/s368/AdrianS%2000c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="368" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6DHoPV5jpz19vnUmVElb2Jg50QFn1T6ph9YjnkUMnSJQU4Za3zY9xKPXs92JNraUqrTcQtdSNGwtlYQ7FClYIoli4nMB3c-i4YJFWroRq4jJ7ejsB1ZewVD2lf-2rsnsKk2GIZpU4xVFH8BkzOG9V8--tI3IGlxBwUyk7ew94LAvH6A7TlXM6HEbBJw/s320/AdrianS%2000c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Giant</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Each one of them is an excellent choice to paint for the Monster March challenge but if Adrian will paint all three, even better! Well done Adrian!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Albert</span></b></u></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Albert contacted me through Kings of War Fanatics FB group. He plans to paint the Order of Brotherhood regiment. He uses models from the <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=257&page=1">Oathmark</a> range and often swaps bits from different boxes to create a desired effect. Here has already made some progress since the beginning of March:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXw__GaBpwmr2YYtBvpfVeytSWn5JuiZJ7etJcu-Z3FWWXb_iep6aAmn8O5-9ZE0WC97neDJmvkOUcQsJkYT_HUqq_YndSX8avdixANL2l65Y7Q3c9o_QMDIVxqpWMDAduZyLnJQEI811wFjUfigmdR_1Z5KYQ4E0VqOxzvcJmBIOH6mJoJTE2Ek6Ww/s1080/Albert%20H%2000a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXw__GaBpwmr2YYtBvpfVeytSWn5JuiZJ7etJcu-Z3FWWXb_iep6aAmn8O5-9ZE0WC97neDJmvkOUcQsJkYT_HUqq_YndSX8avdixANL2l65Y7Q3c9o_QMDIVxqpWMDAduZyLnJQEI811wFjUfigmdR_1Z5KYQ4E0VqOxzvcJmBIOH6mJoJTE2Ek6Ww/w400-h300/Albert%20H%2000a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Order of Brotherhood</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Keep up the fantastic pace, Albert! The first two knights look very good indeed!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Azazel</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Azazel is a veteran painter, who participated in previous years in the Monster March challenges. He has an excellent blog where he writes in details about his amazing projects. He has so many of them and with such a fantastic variety of models, that you should absolutely pay him a visit!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/">Azazel's Bitz Box</a></span></b></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I can't wait to see what models Azazel is going to paint this year!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bensome</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bensome is also a returning participant and one of the famous <a href="https://directmisfire.podbean.com/">Direct Misfire</a> Kings of War podcast crew. He chose to build and paint Stampede for his KoW Herd army.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvUoJvh6Tfg0Ozt6NJUpf9GvkeXCvZanbBJlZSKq8I8kuH1rRBFmgoh7wzEfJPsIiX3DUlvjudYzuVO-2DiwotsvB87qZSIuA5yBGGKbUDKP2GQWLL2wvLoN24_8yQjTi9bFh8ZA68yp3SQV2micW8lPnm7ecvkZawtkbLi7brxgKWQ38kyGubfKpPA/s1440/Ben%2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvUoJvh6Tfg0Ozt6NJUpf9GvkeXCvZanbBJlZSKq8I8kuH1rRBFmgoh7wzEfJPsIiX3DUlvjudYzuVO-2DiwotsvB87qZSIuA5yBGGKbUDKP2GQWLL2wvLoN24_8yQjTi9bFh8ZA68yp3SQV2micW8lPnm7ecvkZawtkbLi7brxgKWQ38kyGubfKpPA/w640-h360/Ben%2000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The models come from <a href="https://www.mierce-miniatures.com/">Mierce Miniatures</a> range and I am sure Ben will make them look awesome! Another inspiring example of the use of unique models for your army!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Billy</b></span></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you are a fan of the<a href="http://www.ohiohammer.com/"> Counter Charge</a> Kings of War Podcast, then you will know Billy already! His choice of a model is also perfect for this challenge as he decided to paint a Mammoth! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I can't wait to see which model in particular Billy picked for his project!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Boss_Salvage</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Boss is an excellent battle report writer so if you are into Kings of War and like a fantastic story from a real game of KoW, you must check his blog!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blood-fire.com/">Blood-Fire</a></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">For the painting challenge, he chose <a href="https://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_dkl_ern_unl_mbs_603_000">Bog Beast</a> from Mierce Miniatures range to represent his Tree herder for the herd KoW army.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQc8bJzNNgFlj-ilHxmhhgea3kP-fv_qKwOEVEQGnkWVO1E1TFVaO9YkX6fi0opGChA3m2sLghFCWSQGF8MaULxmCCIJxg-_YsZrlXqOkfombABvKYuJN58TwWRWQLG5JL_suP5ttntQh0i_tl1xbzXl7GbhA-M_YhQZoSuSVGgPQCQMw9N6Pc4u0KQ/s360/Boss_Salvage%2000.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="360" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQc8bJzNNgFlj-ilHxmhhgea3kP-fv_qKwOEVEQGnkWVO1E1TFVaO9YkX6fi0opGChA3m2sLghFCWSQGF8MaULxmCCIJxg-_YsZrlXqOkfombABvKYuJN58TwWRWQLG5JL_suP5ttntQh0i_tl1xbzXl7GbhA-M_YhQZoSuSVGgPQCQMw9N6Pc4u0KQ/s320/Boss_Salvage%2000.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ollbogah, Beast of Cill Chonn Bog</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Chris</span></b></u></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Chris plans to paint some Zombie Ogres from the <a href="https://www.reapermini.com/">Reapers Miniatures</a> range. I haven't seen those myself yet so I am happy he chose such models for the Monster March challenge.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSov7IVPP8XapQKeDyZwY-g8VaC9xHr0Yk8-tHY4XnvOvVq2ibubXTq65oJYpIN5XoUVUvN4xBGVE7tnwbf_gGf8MntQbFWat0WRb-MybZ8X7Mqgbb_SDiVxbpBsT1CZtzbJ21yfu_D77bx1c5rq-1vSg1QvtpXWJu0RDP_rlWfzlt2KtP6SlOHw-kjQ/s1500/Chris%2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSov7IVPP8XapQKeDyZwY-g8VaC9xHr0Yk8-tHY4XnvOvVq2ibubXTq65oJYpIN5XoUVUvN4xBGVE7tnwbf_gGf8MntQbFWat0WRb-MybZ8X7Mqgbb_SDiVxbpBsT1CZtzbJ21yfu_D77bx1c5rq-1vSg1QvtpXWJu0RDP_rlWfzlt2KtP6SlOHw-kjQ/s320/Chris%2000.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br /> If things go well he may also paint some still alive Ogres too! :)</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chris K.</b></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Chris is taking part in the KoW Australia Slow Grow challenge that is all about building an army with <a href="https://www.manticgames.com/">Mantic</a> models. However, participating in one does not prevent you from joining another at the same time! this is exactly what Chris did and he plans to paint his Shadowhulk for both!</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANCiAe9EhOMT1X8yEwYvh22cz4ZlqA9tDsw-n5N1tRCIZl_OBB80mM5QUAh4v-J2Jiggdv8UAvC4K16XW_U87oDEBe_YTdq-XjLXKcipB2P7a0ZdcR0Qd0m-flVLtmf3zPM3ssDC-OTLBdjIkyyXgXIoMcd3ihOp431bzNjqls8Q1lvexqzdw-Z0XZg/s975/Chriss%20K%2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANCiAe9EhOMT1X8yEwYvh22cz4ZlqA9tDsw-n5N1tRCIZl_OBB80mM5QUAh4v-J2Jiggdv8UAvC4K16XW_U87oDEBe_YTdq-XjLXKcipB2P7a0ZdcR0Qd0m-flVLtmf3zPM3ssDC-OTLBdjIkyyXgXIoMcd3ihOp431bzNjqls8Q1lvexqzdw-Z0XZg/w266-h400/Chriss%20K%2000.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Shadowhulk</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></span></span><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Christo</span></b></u></span></p><p>Christo is currently busy with two army projects for Kings of War. Luckily he has excellent monsters for both, a Zombie Dragon and an Orc Lord on Winged Slasher!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAPIXDhmAh-PIqdCJYOexKM_U4PJu3lLMio8oxjeVGZ2RNTpJUR849_JrULedAZhdUI7P5RG_DU1hslP985VlF_u0F93oYOxCuMK7N9jRaEtc51YPWioZwx5ki-OBRLwbnmjoXYOyePsrnrT76SgJRw2c1iIeQQ7HPSpuOq7Xl5OF0Dz8NacttKQkuA/s1200/Christo%2000a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAPIXDhmAh-PIqdCJYOexKM_U4PJu3lLMio8oxjeVGZ2RNTpJUR849_JrULedAZhdUI7P5RG_DU1hslP985VlF_u0F93oYOxCuMK7N9jRaEtc51YPWioZwx5ki-OBRLwbnmjoXYOyePsrnrT76SgJRw2c1iIeQQ7HPSpuOq7Xl5OF0Dz8NacttKQkuA/w400-h400/Christo%2000a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Undead Dragon</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-tqzLTFybrlaU7FGXgEaQBn4MOxzc-DTm9ib74oOjz9L5Hz6-oZK5pUUCfxwAqKUZvxQKQTE7bZvBD6ukBywEL7hl6DNLUKKvqNSV15QinLdqd6yr4Ftwjysk4lsC-i3dncPPt6nGyFQ7xlYHXwAuwzhmAov43muX9BIhpGzMAhSo9WPhQm55aUX6A/s1200/Christo%2000b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-tqzLTFybrlaU7FGXgEaQBn4MOxzc-DTm9ib74oOjz9L5Hz6-oZK5pUUCfxwAqKUZvxQKQTE7bZvBD6ukBywEL7hl6DNLUKKvqNSV15QinLdqd6yr4Ftwjysk4lsC-i3dncPPt6nGyFQ7xlYHXwAuwzhmAov43muX9BIhpGzMAhSo9WPhQm55aUX6A/w400-h400/Christo%2000b.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Orc Lord on Winged Slasher</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Both fantastic choices Christo! </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">DAM</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">DAM is another of the returning participants and an excellent blog writer! He has contributed in the previous years with amazing post on his projects about Warhammer 40k Titans. this year, he has debated participating with yet another excellent model to represent the towering war engines. However, he is going to go with a bit of a different project this time. Namely, a model for Dark Angles primarch, Lion El'Johnson! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjzhlvxrtwEoVFh-eeE1nScE2O0FoL_1-6oqb0kTnPP3xCrOcQYFtGy9uLUKuv02dix48L-T1XorgZxDDZsNd_mHDDTxySL4tSK23u3fJSR8AO29Ut0pQhfv8AxA7sdqWPklbzO8IIHlH2gCC7uo5R9Ne6cVMVGWMvbkeNRJYD7AePLsPHKI1zjE2AA/s3024/DAM%2000b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjzhlvxrtwEoVFh-eeE1nScE2O0FoL_1-6oqb0kTnPP3xCrOcQYFtGy9uLUKuv02dix48L-T1XorgZxDDZsNd_mHDDTxySL4tSK23u3fJSR8AO29Ut0pQhfv8AxA7sdqWPklbzO8IIHlH2gCC7uo5R9Ne6cVMVGWMvbkeNRJYD7AePLsPHKI1zjE2AA/w400-h400/DAM%2000b.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lion El'Johnson</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is the link to DAM's amazing blog:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/">262nd Death Korps of Krieg</a></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">David</span></u></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">David is working on his army for Kings of War - Abyssal Dwarfs. They are known for either employing monsters directly or creating their own. Here are some examples of the projects David pledged to the challenge:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg71sDBAdRTu9CqQqUhmpMiW2jABkU1mXWKxnNDH8IlGSu2X06RnWJ_8YZz97j9P2sPnXEEIkHhryFkqEAIQTv0OsmD8si-KstfogvMtQvha38LkOR32l-t7sczS494CCYNaYxU9QX-l-PQnPUy6yWXEwFv690VbVhlwhbWl5BXJjj0W3UWbbd98UtsA/s343/David%20M%2000a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="343" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg71sDBAdRTu9CqQqUhmpMiW2jABkU1mXWKxnNDH8IlGSu2X06RnWJ_8YZz97j9P2sPnXEEIkHhryFkqEAIQTv0OsmD8si-KstfogvMtQvha38LkOR32l-t7sczS494CCYNaYxU9QX-l-PQnPUy6yWXEwFv690VbVhlwhbWl5BXJjj0W3UWbbd98UtsA/s320/David%20M%2000a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><br /> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIldP7MJ1wD1IlFMjM2BQ6TZ3NJRH1jxHb_oImHtBBBOGOFGDQKakbgD4_NksGOaOol2Q5Yj4mXcauWrtULo5Lam-_iBWi5MTc2B_XpJEYmLG7DmprhmS_5u_UXYmaYy7goNuUaMBEOS778XFM17SUQfJTYtBruWfZp2RKwg_PYaHoZkpfBEhechFyA/s392/David%20M%2000b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="392" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIldP7MJ1wD1IlFMjM2BQ6TZ3NJRH1jxHb_oImHtBBBOGOFGDQKakbgD4_NksGOaOol2Q5Yj4mXcauWrtULo5Lam-_iBWi5MTc2B_XpJEYmLG7DmprhmS_5u_UXYmaYy7goNuUaMBEOS778XFM17SUQfJTYtBruWfZp2RKwg_PYaHoZkpfBEhechFyA/s320/David%20M%2000b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></b></span>Great choices David!<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ed</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Back in the day when played Kings of War quite often, Ed was one of my regular opponents. I could admire his great looking armies too as he often participated in the events in the UK. It is thus fantastic to have Ed participating this year with a model of Great Earth Elemental to represent a Living legend: Craggoth and Kholearm!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoT7cKcK-S7UE0RDSC0ZEUi4zUZdkTCVnwqIWOEgeWblOn6-1nCdemRRMYRmw7E1irONJKL-DDb34O4KzCdlY39Efa_nqsggX5caItKfVppg1yum7itT_em0iyDdzO7xdPj0Ri3t5I9v-hTkGNvBfn3xg1pvlg9Xyl_aaE0cEPBjIcOTH1El9vR1SJA/s844/Ed%2000a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="844" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoT7cKcK-S7UE0RDSC0ZEUi4zUZdkTCVnwqIWOEgeWblOn6-1nCdemRRMYRmw7E1irONJKL-DDb34O4KzCdlY39Efa_nqsggX5caItKfVppg1yum7itT_em0iyDdzO7xdPj0Ri3t5I9v-hTkGNvBfn3xg1pvlg9Xyl_aaE0cEPBjIcOTH1El9vR1SJA/w400-h361/Ed%2000a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Another version of Greater earth Elemental<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Eddie</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Eddie took the definition of "Monster" with a twist and decided to put his efforts in quantity as well. He is currently building a Basilean army for Kings of War. It has a lot of mounted units for which Eddie uses Ancient Greek cavalry models.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygorznMwwnqKBw9xLCCqmuD2NGIPosz8-ElO8AhbXC2bNbo_o-iKezK2zNPpZx6m_W1qw79U7r72R055km0L3bCwvc3COd2nIiQsBqgqGGzvl1J_naUC-c3iEP44Qy1TYlTpPhj9l7gnuDi5PeNsesD6u_onMQTYGEngarLTr2MFZ4AkgaFibc8bI6g/s960/Eddie%20B%2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygorznMwwnqKBw9xLCCqmuD2NGIPosz8-ElO8AhbXC2bNbo_o-iKezK2zNPpZx6m_W1qw79U7r72R055km0L3bCwvc3COd2nIiQsBqgqGGzvl1J_naUC-c3iEP44Qy1TYlTpPhj9l7gnuDi5PeNsesD6u_onMQTYGEngarLTr2MFZ4AkgaFibc8bI6g/w400-h300/Eddie%20B%2000.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>New army in the making.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">That's a lot of horses to paint! I am sure you can handle it Eddie! :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Kristoffer</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kristoffer participated last year with his two sons. He enjoyed the challenge a lot and I am very happy to say that he decided to pledge some models again! This time he is going to paint a Riftforged Shrine for his Riftforged Orc army:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmTFOyki7ANDiB_QxKBISn8NbY2aQHRPxGmpdL_Srza9dI8sEaN8orZQe8yYbjRcznR5vXpPQ-uC2NAPems29YdVSgOPzBmIbkOytG7oy4tWwGZyEioQ0I0DVLihbhjKQ58MyFb3AXPcxKS9nLHHJdc3ncP6l3GtESylitdNIyKVSewsCd_sX0YY3HQ/s1280/Kristoffer%2000a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1280" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmTFOyki7ANDiB_QxKBISn8NbY2aQHRPxGmpdL_Srza9dI8sEaN8orZQe8yYbjRcznR5vXpPQ-uC2NAPems29YdVSgOPzBmIbkOytG7oy4tWwGZyEioQ0I0DVLihbhjKQ58MyFb3AXPcxKS9nLHHJdc3ncP6l3GtESylitdNIyKVSewsCd_sX0YY3HQ/s320/Kristoffer%2000a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Riftforged Orcs</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOp1SbPcnrfuSj5roZgqrayjd6N5lbKyZeS2efRGRuki_jhs4uZENK_nLeMVERzNBwmHn5T1rBnRKe0cQORgcFLNZUlx4xeHN7rOfETv2N2hrRdhLQKSW0O3gJIOA-7HrM1lm7Y3rrWVi6Y_cS3vBGBSQpcGPweMrMiMdUQGTK8y2r3Gzi58Xt_S-lVQ/s1280/Kristoffer%2000b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1004" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOp1SbPcnrfuSj5roZgqrayjd6N5lbKyZeS2efRGRuki_jhs4uZENK_nLeMVERzNBwmHn5T1rBnRKe0cQORgcFLNZUlx4xeHN7rOfETv2N2hrRdhLQKSW0O3gJIOA-7HrM1lm7Y3rrWVi6Y_cS3vBGBSQpcGPweMrMiMdUQGTK8y2r3Gzi58Xt_S-lVQ/s320/Kristoffer%2000b.jpg" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Orc Riftforger</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46SNXEjOOD6droIEET5m42UaqcFMvLyh4Sk_kwOUQ-_Us5S1CEwPoWv9F42ozQ72Dw0CNCgEcGUbQlapJF0BTESl7S7HtfKc5vIvt4-7yvY36DWjjes6rFye9v-hM8WCrEKlRR06dxRx722QGU0Om5luxoxfmgI4Ww6y8rzzXxtzNQq_fLm7Mtv3bpw/s1000/Kristoffe%2000cr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="657" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46SNXEjOOD6droIEET5m42UaqcFMvLyh4Sk_kwOUQ-_Us5S1CEwPoWv9F42ozQ72Dw0CNCgEcGUbQlapJF0BTESl7S7HtfKc5vIvt4-7yvY36DWjjes6rFye9v-hM8WCrEKlRR06dxRx722QGU0Om5luxoxfmgI4Ww6y8rzzXxtzNQq_fLm7Mtv3bpw/w421-h640/Kristoffe%2000cr.jpg" width="421" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Shrine</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I really like the model and while I know Kristoffer said it will be a challenge for him to tackle all the magic flames, I am sure he will do great!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Luca</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Luca is also back for another challenge this year! It is great to see that some participants are happy to do it again. Especially that it seems that there are some real life interference that limit the spare time for hobby for Luca significantly.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">He plans to paint a 3d printed Dragon from <a href="https://titan-forge.com/">Titan Forge</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdl5TdwW_baBdfe0Sabd3ZpxJJSLq1LWQVedWBX0VMAJ3G7HEJ1bqtspAjVMpc469GJ8kCGKHz1MPF-7_G1RmHfXsdeKuosrVbA6rw1bTyKHqgT3jCtg088GvA1AzUqmbOmTLAhXIWbgsHq1KsXnQWnEZW9jtAOrJUfmCDI9ruxYlsg7t8qg04uaoEIA/s720/Luca%2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdl5TdwW_baBdfe0Sabd3ZpxJJSLq1LWQVedWBX0VMAJ3G7HEJ1bqtspAjVMpc469GJ8kCGKHz1MPF-7_G1RmHfXsdeKuosrVbA6rw1bTyKHqgT3jCtg088GvA1AzUqmbOmTLAhXIWbgsHq1KsXnQWnEZW9jtAOrJUfmCDI9ruxYlsg7t8qg04uaoEIA/w400-h400/Luca%2000.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Matt</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mantic has released quite a few nice monsters in the recent times and their Chimera is definitely one of them. I am thus not surprised that Matt chose it as his new project. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9jUhbg_Is4ZdCAibNxDvIzE55vzzACj_A_8nPKz0f02hjf5-9OU0AuMPa2mUnUUnrBIm0sy8TBeTgHblgwNuyeHySc-N9CmsBzo1cncAEzp1ZsE2DoCIv1PI1119pDznrgIGzOzL5tPfZNeQ11_ublCFUPJeGeSgwD-qG02WKhO1BwrDvdemeDwIfg/s1200/Matt%2000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9jUhbg_Is4ZdCAibNxDvIzE55vzzACj_A_8nPKz0f02hjf5-9OU0AuMPa2mUnUUnrBIm0sy8TBeTgHblgwNuyeHySc-N9CmsBzo1cncAEzp1ZsE2DoCIv1PI1119pDznrgIGzOzL5tPfZNeQ11_ublCFUPJeGeSgwD-qG02WKhO1BwrDvdemeDwIfg/w400-h400/Matt%2000.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chimera</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mikes</span></b></u></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mikes is a regular contributor on the <a href="https://www.kowforum.com/">KoW Forum</a>. He paints Elves and his growing collection is an inspiration to many on the forum. I am happy he decided to join us and use the challenge as a way to complete the project he has started some time ago, Elf Kindred Lord on Dragon!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">While he progressed through the project, he took the WiP photos and we agreed that I should post only some of these each week. In this way, he can contribute to the updates continuously. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-TJJVKUfd4oFmloekmwZxOWD6E9uu9cTq0PUPOJyxfWng9IuTqIWnd78k-DQs2iRXYdZk1popyvnBVcEyMjMza1YUCuLf4C29jQNOHoIPSrYmxY4gg-jgX3wHcIq7hrh3myHhf3nqO7401bJa-nz98LlLmtvphO0ORU6uJjKyNCzfxdR80VQkwRy6w/s4032/Mikes%2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-TJJVKUfd4oFmloekmwZxOWD6E9uu9cTq0PUPOJyxfWng9IuTqIWnd78k-DQs2iRXYdZk1popyvnBVcEyMjMza1YUCuLf4C29jQNOHoIPSrYmxY4gg-jgX3wHcIq7hrh3myHhf3nqO7401bJa-nz98LlLmtvphO0ORU6uJjKyNCzfxdR80VQkwRy6w/w400-h300/Mikes%2000.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Assembled model ready to paint.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Nav</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nav is also a frequent contributor to the KoW Forum. Like Eddie, he chose an ambitious project of painting an entire army. This time, he also chose to use Roman legion miniatures and has 170 of them to paint! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCajdGIiWy4XXkAfbqOOWB9HGgI5bvY3wfmr-72GIIC4IQkXEHAjSCx6hZMqnpzPPxykZjextImRp5kx7PH4UaBnE6eAAqacAnGshD_d1Wye1QS5liHHOUpa-N2b4nMMiXFTYO3MwvAM8Cba1Fuwpiz7-MOM7wNVtDMideNDl12gp7vu0w52BswnkTQg/s4160/Nav%2000.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCajdGIiWy4XXkAfbqOOWB9HGgI5bvY3wfmr-72GIIC4IQkXEHAjSCx6hZMqnpzPPxykZjextImRp5kx7PH4UaBnE6eAAqacAnGshD_d1Wye1QS5liHHOUpa-N2b4nMMiXFTYO3MwvAM8Cba1Fuwpiz7-MOM7wNVtDMideNDl12gp7vu0w52BswnkTQg/w400-h300/Nav%2000.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The horde of grey :)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I have full confidence that Nav is going to deliver as he has done so many times already! Go Nav!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Paul A.</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Paul is joining the challenge with a very cool model of Radukar the Beast from Games Workshop:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ku5UOu4bFQ1ratL-ThQZdknPX0ixUM-Q8NUixDOkZHYuUWMfgp2GPtEM2VWhM_Y_66GiWK5n-lbqCOgE3wXtzMnpyF-w3kxeEAz2-BooWeQ0U6061aOYswmT21pSrFccVmBZmXog4vDaCKke9nHvjC83or35rDX6LublD5GZv-yBEkxCc442nMo3Nw/s3601/Paul%2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2023" data-original-width="3601" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ku5UOu4bFQ1ratL-ThQZdknPX0ixUM-Q8NUixDOkZHYuUWMfgp2GPtEM2VWhM_Y_66GiWK5n-lbqCOgE3wXtzMnpyF-w3kxeEAz2-BooWeQ0U6061aOYswmT21pSrFccVmBZmXog4vDaCKke9nHvjC83or35rDX6LublD5GZv-yBEkxCc442nMo3Nw/w400-h225/Paul%2000.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Radukar, the Beast</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Very interesting model I have not seen before yet. Paul plans to document the progress of this project on his blog:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://abutterflyshobbytally.blogspot.com/">A Butterfly's Hobby Tally</a></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">He also posts on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/xarfaiengel/">xarfaiengel</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am looking forward to seeing more photos of Radukar already! <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Paul K.<br /></span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Paul was encouraged by Kristoffer to give the Monster March a try. Paul kindly agreed as he has a fantastic model of Mutant Rat Fiend to paint for his KoW army.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgkiyLTzhRJo9M995_wfr6tvfzQaDyNmE30Po0o38zcCv_JqT6lDmeJKMNOQL7VzcJaKxl8Bz-kQPCVnygcS-34VOPKRqAlq_rmwkIM3LBhP4K9Ry3sDuparVpPZ_o54XjLe_NKr95FVUkGProFFCcfTNDFTjIi-MyiWgYC109gT8TqoCn4y3_MqJrQ/s1000/Paul%20K%2000.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1000" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgkiyLTzhRJo9M995_wfr6tvfzQaDyNmE30Po0o38zcCv_JqT6lDmeJKMNOQL7VzcJaKxl8Bz-kQPCVnygcS-34VOPKRqAlq_rmwkIM3LBhP4K9Ry3sDuparVpPZ_o54XjLe_NKr95FVUkGProFFCcfTNDFTjIi-MyiWgYC109gT8TqoCn4y3_MqJrQ/w400-h294/Paul%20K%2000.webp" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Another excellent choice! Thanks for joining the challenge Paul!</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sachiel</span></b></u></span></p><p>No other models fits the description of a Monster in the way a Dragon does. Sachiel chose exactly that as his Monster march contribution. A great looking model of a Red Dragon from D&D Collector's Series.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcsjErGOioDzAwqkkXfuT5UMD0t_SmTOqYvbz-drJr7LwMPhaFG9YGumuxY2Whz-cTiMj4r-6bSypB5ROu16UqguVC-ycmwGrnKYvIDYjJJtZ8-mtfGd5dRDpW60JNYTpH3G1eFUWlkPuWDt-aDscCDLPo_8JGBlffwtgxeEJmfF_aTtpnJpJuB_MzQ/s2573/Sachiel%2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="2573" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcsjErGOioDzAwqkkXfuT5UMD0t_SmTOqYvbz-drJr7LwMPhaFG9YGumuxY2Whz-cTiMj4r-6bSypB5ROu16UqguVC-ycmwGrnKYvIDYjJJtZ8-mtfGd5dRDpW60JNYTpH3G1eFUWlkPuWDt-aDscCDLPo_8JGBlffwtgxeEJmfF_aTtpnJpJuB_MzQ/w640-h354/Sachiel%2000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>He posted many more photos of this model and the progress he has made so far on his blog in a fantastic article as an introduction to the Monster March challenge:</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://sachiel-returns.blogspot.com/2023/03/monster-march-7-part-1-introduction.html?m=0">The Die is Cast</a></span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Excellent start, Sachiel! Keep up the great work! </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Sceleris</u></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Sceleris usually posts the photos of his models on KoW Forum and is a very efficient painter too! he mentioned he may have a few models that are sufficiently monstery so I expect some photos of finished projects posted soon! :)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Scott</span></u></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">Scott (aka Findol on the KoW Forum) is busy painting a model to represent a Goreblight for his KoW army.</span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQtP_Jja2qkzvLtsTSG9wMCoDJCaFBD101ny5csUROAFUQkn2MytqDTJbgvZd0O3a4s4ZmYsMWmzh39qEZbFIlPjix-lB0v-yh_PkRYKdCRcGsdVAGYMjF6KZrGtoQOW_x7bnZ9YGg5Oun1n3JfQMWaQEmuOZ6Ayh-GHFBDXdIFyKtNFtFtP4-1K1vA/s750/Scott%20B00b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQtP_Jja2qkzvLtsTSG9wMCoDJCaFBD101ny5csUROAFUQkn2MytqDTJbgvZd0O3a4s4ZmYsMWmzh39qEZbFIlPjix-lB0v-yh_PkRYKdCRcGsdVAGYMjF6KZrGtoQOW_x7bnZ9YGg5Oun1n3JfQMWaQEmuOZ6Ayh-GHFBDXdIFyKtNFtFtP4-1K1vA/w301-h400/Scott%20B00b.jpeg" width="301" /></a></i></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Goreblight</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Great start for sure, Scott!</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Snapfit</span></b></u></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Snapfit plans to paint two models during the month of March, a Warbeast and Rogue Idols for his Ogres. I have not seen the models he chose for the projects yet but judging by their cool names, these are going to look great for sure!</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Snapfit also has his own blog where he is going to report on the progress:</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://dagreenhorde.blogspot.com/">Da Green Horde</a></span></b> <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vince</span></b></u></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vince is returning to participate int this year Monster March as well. He plans to complete his project with a blast, quite literally! His model this year is a Goblin Blaster for KoW army :)However, he chose a different, 3d printed model from <a href="https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-midnight-goblins-war-wagon-230801">Titan Forge Miniatures</a>:<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF_s5ZbfUepjLhX3N0oWtKmQCGXaeMljuPydCK1m_lbs1Tv00sZAqaSRbzuX6VJuqUIt3UYHqb3JLQVPWPBhDqI8OmMBBN_XdWyPxoS1XvbY6-dXX18KvW1OaBrMxVFqZjDYnD35Rdup7OQypUyqc8W2krACq5pDBMms9jhUKanuFUKH6vGHjgljLSw/s720/Vince%2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF_s5ZbfUepjLhX3N0oWtKmQCGXaeMljuPydCK1m_lbs1Tv00sZAqaSRbzuX6VJuqUIt3UYHqb3JLQVPWPBhDqI8OmMBBN_XdWyPxoS1XvbY6-dXX18KvW1OaBrMxVFqZjDYnD35Rdup7OQypUyqc8W2krACq5pDBMms9jhUKanuFUKH6vGHjgljLSw/w400-h400/Vince%2000.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Amazing choice indeed! As always, Vince is posting about the progress on his blog:</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/2023/02/24/getting-ready-for-monstermarch23/">Vince on all things Kings of War </a></span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Swordmaster</span></u></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">2022 was not a great year for me hobby-wise so I hope to change that in 2023. Learnign from the experience in the previous year, I decided to try and get back to hobby gradually. So I needed a project where I could see the results relatively quickly, to keep the momentum going.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;">It happened that I rekindled my interest in the game of Warmaster. My High Elf army needs repairs badly. So to keep me going I joined a Slow Grow initiative on Warmaster Down Under FB. It's a bit ironic that for Monster March I continnue with 10mm scale :) But I always encouraged people to join with anything they want to paint and I intend to do so this time myself! I painted first unit of HE Spearmen to test an improved colour scheme and I am now into a second unit.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNIIe322WlsqPTypyI0CmslKI9fu64FwjukSpDeEFHBwoNMeONybaxmLmf4hV3lTnYuIRoNgmmHk_EHmiv3mCQt1vwiSdk_RFRBeOGZx9Qdl2ipcwgeyZgUMNdZYbA-BqZTdB5fkWzX56vdxnPcbbPqQTU0MFY0AK7o8W1f0BK4Rs5ZTJdN2XQxwf2Q/s545/Swordmaster%20-%20HE%20Spearmen%2001a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNIIe322WlsqPTypyI0CmslKI9fu64FwjukSpDeEFHBwoNMeONybaxmLmf4hV3lTnYuIRoNgmmHk_EHmiv3mCQt1vwiSdk_RFRBeOGZx9Qdl2ipcwgeyZgUMNdZYbA-BqZTdB5fkWzX56vdxnPcbbPqQTU0MFY0AK7o8W1f0BK4Rs5ZTJdN2XQxwf2Q/w376-h400/Swordmaster%20-%20HE%20Spearmen%2001a.jpg" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>HE Spearmen - Column Formation</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIJp-o9tTMpODhWClIYzo8CRDpQWP6lZn8QE5lwX5VL40WSJ3x6DDcsdD4-f5AAl1ReqEVBO4DJol6wgLw2y3CSw1IZ6B4b_fC74JmAhgEX4jmt9i-UB0FjGiIbFjkQB6lExWQHPhawOyZs7QNNG9Jg39Vuw3OKJBAYSPH-UV73JZi2REX-xVim7nPQ/s1024/Swordmaster%20-%20HE%20Spearmen%2001c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="1024" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIJp-o9tTMpODhWClIYzo8CRDpQWP6lZn8QE5lwX5VL40WSJ3x6DDcsdD4-f5AAl1ReqEVBO4DJol6wgLw2y3CSw1IZ6B4b_fC74JmAhgEX4jmt9i-UB0FjGiIbFjkQB6lExWQHPhawOyZs7QNNG9Jg39Vuw3OKJBAYSPH-UV73JZi2REX-xVim7nPQ/w640-h204/Swordmaster%20-%20HE%20Spearmen%2001c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>HE Spearmen - Row Formation</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I hope that this time I will be able to restart hobbying properly and continue doing it regularly. I am already inspired by all these great entries to the challenge this year!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Please, remember that you can join the Monster March at any time so don't hesitate to do so!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Thank you and see you next week!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">SM </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span><br /></p><p></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-27215538056040220382023-02-24T20:37:00.003+11:002023-02-24T20:37:51.821+11:00Monster march 7 - Introduction<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yAbOGgcq-0PgqUuKInKh0wHU_GaSVCcb3bIQzr6hBxCIweFhm1AFM9syg2N7T_T_MYNDe8PuAUj_Man3LT-NuqHFrs4l8yPZ5SkoR8w4ZCT5kLyXZRzSMNj8lysUth2sb34hWgovLFkMvISZO5FJapomWV95yYynaoSexwfEEz0qIvvKeZGhUALk_A/s695/MonsterMarch7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yAbOGgcq-0PgqUuKInKh0wHU_GaSVCcb3bIQzr6hBxCIweFhm1AFM9syg2N7T_T_MYNDe8PuAUj_Man3LT-NuqHFrs4l8yPZ5SkoR8w4ZCT5kLyXZRzSMNj8lysUth2sb34hWgovLFkMvISZO5FJapomWV95yYynaoSexwfEEz0qIvvKeZGhUALk_A/s16000/MonsterMarch7.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is my pleasure to invite you to the seventh season of the Monster March painting challenge! As in all previous years, the goal is to pick a modelling and painting project to be completed over the course of a month of March. While the main theme is to focus on anything that is BIG, it is really about using the opportunity to model and paint whatever you may wish to do at this time. Previous years proved that it can be very motivating to participate in such challenge, as mutual support of other hobbyists kept everyone going. I highly recommend you check the outcomes of the projects submitted in the previous years. Here are the links:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2017/04/monster-march-week-5-final.html" target="_blank">Monster March 1 - 2017</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2018/04/monster-march-2-summary.html" target="_blank">Monster March 2 - 2018</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2019/04/monster-march-3-final.html" target="_blank">Monster March 3 - 2019</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2020/04/monster-march-4-final.html" target="_blank">Monster March 4 - 2020</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2021/04/monster-march-5-final.html">Monster March 5 - 2021</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2022/04/monster-march-6-final.html" target="_blank">Monster March 6 - 2022</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you would like to join (and I hope you do!), then please, continue reading to learn about the details.</span> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">How can I join?</span></b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are a few ways you can join:</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1. Email</b> - you can contact me at </span></span></span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></b></span></span>swordmasterofhoeth@gmail.com </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2. Twitter</b> - I can be reached at Twittre at @SwordOfHoeth</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3. Facebook</b> - you can find me at "Pawel Mieczowski - Swordmaster". I am going to post links to the updates on various FB groups. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please, choose the way you would like to stay in touch. Let me know you would like to participate and what model or models you pledge to paint. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">What miniature/model can I paint?</span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I started this challenge a few years ago as a motivation to paint a fantasy monster. However, you are more than welcome to choose any model or models you want to paint. It can be something completely new or something that you haven't finished yet. It is really entirely up to you! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Weekly challenge</span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">To keep the motivation level high, I am going to provide weekly updates on my blog. I am going to collect the photos from the participants during the week and post an update every Sunday. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can join at any time! Just keep me posted that you want to join and I will add you to the list of participants.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">For those who are joining with a completely new project, the following plan proved to be quite helpful: </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1. Introduction of the Participants and their projects.</b> - I will collect the information from the participants about their projects until 5th March. Feel free to let me know if you are going to use your own blog or website to post photos of the progress, so that I can provide the links in the updates. I will post the first update on 4th March.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2. Assembling and preparing the model.</b> - the first week of the challenge is often dedicated to assembling and preparing your model for painting. I will post updates on this stage on 12th March.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3. Painting - Part 1.</b> - the second week of the challenge, base colours! The update on this part will be posted on 19th March.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>4. Painting - Part 2.</b> - the third week, time to go into more details! The update will be posted on 26th March.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5. Final update.</b> - the fourth and last week of the challenge. Time to finish the model, the base etc. I will post the final update on 2nd April.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I hope you will join this challenge and I am looking forward to seeing the entries this year!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> See you soon! </span><br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-1381221364394554532022-10-23T21:09:00.002+11:002022-10-23T21:09:47.542+11:00Game 163 - Twilight Kin - 2022/10/23<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtt4ua08EGD6jqLegHN4SHkIvw9FemosfNBwJQHeHdxI1dl_A0zGDbDMVXSRV1D3BA_7WwqrWju8WAiiM7cfZe5tGzHpV5rhw3dlHslcEDeEjvuJ1Ifrwm9vnju0ljlQdVzNoh_Q1wUO7yKD2vgjFB2uHC-fROEGO1LhaISHFJAWqxQry1ns2MHCoJcw/s1000/Twilight%20Kin%201.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1000" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtt4ua08EGD6jqLegHN4SHkIvw9FemosfNBwJQHeHdxI1dl_A0zGDbDMVXSRV1D3BA_7WwqrWju8WAiiM7cfZe5tGzHpV5rhw3dlHslcEDeEjvuJ1Ifrwm9vnju0ljlQdVzNoh_Q1wUO7yKD2vgjFB2uHC-fROEGO1LhaISHFJAWqxQry1ns2MHCoJcw/w640-h466/Twilight%20Kin%201.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's been a while since my last battle report. Once again, real life had quite a lot of "distractions" in store for me in the last half a year. As a result, I had very little spare time for hobby in general. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am thus grateful that Duncan reached out to me and suggested a game by email. It helped me to rekindle the interest in Kings of War and to try an carve out some time for the hobby, no matter what. I also want to take this opportunity and thank Duncan for his great patience, especially in the period prior to commencing the battle. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have never had an opportunity to play against Duncan before. I met him virtually in March when he attended Monster March together with his daughter and submitted some really cool models! So it was great to have the opportunity to play the game together as well. What is more, he also decided to field his Twilight Kin. The army I have played before only once. Considering it is currently being heavily reworked before its new incarnation is going to be published, I thought it is going to be an interesting battle.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Twilight Kin has any interesting units to choose from and I did not know what to expect. Here is what Duncan decided to bring this time. Both armies were at 2000 points:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f700ff; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Twilight Kin - Army List</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Blade Dancer Neophytes Horde (N)</b>, Infantry, <i>Fire-Oil</i> - 205<br /><b>Cronebound Butchers* Horde (B1)</b>, Large Infantry - 200<br /><b>Cronebound Butchers* Horde (B2)</b>, Large Infantry - 200</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Twilight Gladestalkers Regiment (G3)</b>, Infantry, <i>Dragonshard Shield</i> - 195<br /><b>Cronebound Abyssal Horsemen Regiment (H1)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Sir Jesse's Boots of Striding</i> - 255<br /><b>Cronebound Abyssal Horsemen Regiment (H2)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Potion of Caterpillar</i> - 255</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cronebound Gargoyles* Troop (G1)</b>, Heavy Infantry - 85<br /><b>Cronebound Gargoyles* Troop (G1)</b>, Heavy Infantry - 85</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cronebound Mind-screech (M)</b>, Monster - 150</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Summoner Crone (SC)</b>, Hero (Infantry), Drain Life (6), Scorched Earth (2) - 115<br /><b>Army Standard Bearer (A)</b>, Hero (Infantry), <i>Lute of Insatiable Darkness</i> - 85<br /><b>La'theal Bleakheart[1] (LB)</b>, Hero (Infantry), Drain Life (7), Fireball (10) - 165</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The army has 12 units, 9 scoring and total unit strength of 22.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;">Duncan's army is very similar to mine in terms of size, number of units and unit strength. It is also a versatile and flexible force that is capable of participating in every phase of the game. The differences are in the type of specific units, even if they may have similar role to some of the units that are in mine.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I could not help but to draw my attention to the cavalry and large infantry first. Two regiments of the Horsemen and two hordes of Butchers formed a very strong melee orientated contingent. Both are very good at dealing the damage on the charge, both are very resilient and have an advantage in war of attrition over anything I can match against them. Especially further augmented by Drain Life spells available and built-in Regeneration for the Horsemen. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">From my previous experience I knew that my shooting can be quite ineffective against them. I had to rely on such fights where I could bring more units of my own against one of them. It is easier said than done because that requires them to be isolated. Even then, I would need to prepare for any counter attacks from the remaining units. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Twilight Kin army has some good ranged attacks. Gladestalkers and Mind-screech can pick the targets from turn 1 thanks to their range of 24" and ability to shoot after movement with no penalty. Gladestalkers will most likely get into an even better position with their Scout move too. And they can be quite versatile and join in melee as well. Especially against any 4+ defence units they can do some harm as well.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">At the shorter range I would need to worry about Drain Life so I hoped that my mounted King would be able to find his way towards some of the enemy heroes. And at least distract them a bit so they don't use their spells. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I would definitely try to use small advantage in speed and manoeuvrability but that is somewhat limited by the presence of Gargoyles. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In short, I needed to pick the targets for shooting carefully to make it count. I also thought that I had to pick the fights that should end quickly as my units are not suited for protracted combat. This was further reinforced by the fact that some of Duncan's units could regenerate. And he would also use Drain Life to great effect in such circumstances.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I thought I had a chance if I could balance being careful in positioning the units to engineer the favourable combats. With being fast and and decisive as to not give Duncan time to turn any melee into war of attrition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And that all before I even considered scenario!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As usual, here is my army for reference:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Outcasts - Army List</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Quicksilver Lancers Regiment [1] (QL)</b>, Cavalry - 240<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG1)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG2)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Therennian Sea Guard Regiment (SG)</b>, Infantry - 150</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Swirling Tempests* Regiment (ST1)</b>, Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180<br /><b>The Swirling Tempests* Regiment (ST2)</b>, Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Silverbreeze* Regiment (SB)</b>, Cavalry - 200<br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiement (FS1)</b>, Large Infantry - 120<br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiement (FS2)</b>, Large Infantry - 120</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Paul the King (K), Elven King</b>, Hero (Cavalry), Hann's Sanuinary Scripture, Sabre Tooth Cat - 155<br /><b>Kal'ar (Ka), Lord on Drakon</b>, Hero (Large Cavalry), Kal'ar's Hunters Formation - 170<br /><b>Archibald the Archmage (A)</b>, Elven Archmage, hero (Infantry), Inspiring Talisman, Lightning Bolt (5) - 155<br /><b>Argus Rodinar [1]</b>, Hero (Monster) - 70</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Terrain</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2Zc8qrlRRfCm59EXDa42I8-09cgu_2b7pa2LK7NrsrmTOP9klk7pWAo7nthLEeir1UpjVFocgCSMsLvfU9-Oj0cnYWVAGxHSiRHsr398egagqfBoqgT6aYbSpWj3EGODDnbpNYb_BUCzIpJqkmwv2odJqS-4WmqiQ6GRd9ehMNcmm0huAKWCL2CXKg/s1359/Map.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1359" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2Zc8qrlRRfCm59EXDa42I8-09cgu_2b7pa2LK7NrsrmTOP9klk7pWAo7nthLEeir1UpjVFocgCSMsLvfU9-Oj0cnYWVAGxHSiRHsr398egagqfBoqgT6aYbSpWj3EGODDnbpNYb_BUCzIpJqkmwv2odJqS-4WmqiQ6GRd9ehMNcmm0huAKWCL2CXKg/w640-h423/Map.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Terrain Details</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Deployment & Scenario</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpN-ESPBw_TgO1e6Sund7FjnYrQxneZ1v9rgHMi5RXdz8gFoLggbha0HunyjMoNOGnE1uv83qaosg0uQ4L3DihGnlPqPoDZymVnKdw9bFuaaKt-2grEInV_Wjd2Uieb7WxSCCgygFbEZ0IteLQdUWKiwUVR2RmAfW0HMZSkx71f4g5fPYhZ95AiCOfRw/s1024/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Deployment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpN-ESPBw_TgO1e6Sund7FjnYrQxneZ1v9rgHMi5RXdz8gFoLggbha0HunyjMoNOGnE1uv83qaosg0uQ4L3DihGnlPqPoDZymVnKdw9bFuaaKt-2grEInV_Wjd2Uieb7WxSCCgygFbEZ0IteLQdUWKiwUVR2RmAfW0HMZSkx71f4g5fPYhZ95AiCOfRw/w640-h426/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Deployment.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves vs Twilight Kin</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">We played Plunder as a scenario in this game. You can see orange tokens worth 2 points and white tokens worth 1 point.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This game was played on <a href="https://universalbattle2.com/">Universal Battle 2</a> online platform in Play By Email mode. It meant that after the deployment, each of us would play the turn in our own time and send the relevant file to the opponent to continue. It is the way that helps to play games if you are not able to find enough spare time in one go to complete the battle live. I must admit I like it a lot, even if it means that it takes some time to finish the game.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We deployed our armies in the "blind deployment" way. What it means that Duncan deployed all his army without knowing how my units are going to be positioned. I did the same with all but one unit to match the number of the deployment drops in the Twilight Kin arm (twelve). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Because of that I decided on the gamble that I may not have a chance to pull off with normal deployment rules. I simply decided to go full refused flank and hope that Duncan would spread his forces across the width of the battle field. The plan was to focus on two tokens worth 2 points each and have more units on the single flank. If that worked, I would have had a chance to fulfil the plan I explained earlier. I.e., use the speed to position units in favourable positions, strike early and decisively and avoid war of attrition. Especially before the units from the opposite flank would arrive.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This situation reminded me about Paul's most recent discussion regarding such deployment in one of his battle reports (<a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/the-elven-way-a-tale-of-gaming-updated-20-10-22-big-red-book-changes/2481/56">The Elven way - KOW Forum</a>). He advised against such deployment but I hoped that because the reinforcements were infantry and rather slow, I still had a chance. It didn't help, however, that I still had to deal with well armoured units (def 5+), some with regeneration and with the full back up of Drain Life.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, that is part of the fun to try something and see if that works!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqrpmYsl-SQN_xvfXOzFQdWM1QCh3iwet1u_D-9OSTwEFS0dURLgNrIqoDQpUNCaV8l66gSPMawvcaL1t6bdi-SvkQEz_rywdKAchU2Kn3tpQR0PzQwySZW8zmCZ2TQBb2sc7TeM5q1HToGhi8hC90Jc1kKZiyFzhwJlMsI1RNoXxLCmeQt6yStrLkg/s1024/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Deployment_scouts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqrpmYsl-SQN_xvfXOzFQdWM1QCh3iwet1u_D-9OSTwEFS0dURLgNrIqoDQpUNCaV8l66gSPMawvcaL1t6bdi-SvkQEz_rywdKAchU2Kn3tpQR0PzQwySZW8zmCZ2TQBb2sc7TeM5q1HToGhi8hC90Jc1kKZiyFzhwJlMsI1RNoXxLCmeQt6yStrLkg/w640-h426/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Deployment_scouts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Deployment of the armies after Scout moves.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #f700ff; font-size: xx-large;"><u>Twilight Kin - Turn 1</u></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLMncF8t1qzoAuuqQY6Wy_fRYmY_RfakS3qORCKSYSRiezYOlItte0bdDzoDQ0txn20yN_iLJbQevXaPEvDK4nUzjP7M-8daplPBDe_6ObrvX58pmNkKFJ_q7Fma_qAbC6uIbrE4tKHd6-qp4QTWmr9fny6mjRCNGNS50iZfMun8WlSPMb1wc19yQsA/s1024/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_1_Twilight_Kin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLMncF8t1qzoAuuqQY6Wy_fRYmY_RfakS3qORCKSYSRiezYOlItte0bdDzoDQ0txn20yN_iLJbQevXaPEvDK4nUzjP7M-8daplPBDe_6ObrvX58pmNkKFJ_q7Fma_qAbC6uIbrE4tKHd6-qp4QTWmr9fny6mjRCNGNS50iZfMun8WlSPMb1wc19yQsA/w640-h426/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_1_Twilight_Kin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Twilight Kin army runs towards the treasures!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Twilight Kin commanders were a bit surprised to see the deployment of their hated enemies. However, they showed nothing and ordered their troops to advance towards the Elves as if they were evenly matched. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The units on the right flank pivoted towards the centre and the shooters opened the fire at the Forest Shamblers. Unfortunately, for the Twilight Kin army, no damage was done.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;"><u>Outcasts - Turn 1</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6P91ds2_mx5Vd9acZArIvb4hB9Hw_OlpsPpGcY_JI9P-FrnJkuDgu-jAQ_cQdi-IAE22OjKOBl5H-Gy4o5-GaQy2yTgd14pMgmeGxjhmCSeTbdE6VXWsQ7sN2Gn-u3hRaqXIXuWufQDhYmOaZtUTpIo1GDm4NhzSJMbtoeX2bCyerScCIBKqLAvqf8g/s1024/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_1b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6P91ds2_mx5Vd9acZArIvb4hB9Hw_OlpsPpGcY_JI9P-FrnJkuDgu-jAQ_cQdi-IAE22OjKOBl5H-Gy4o5-GaQy2yTgd14pMgmeGxjhmCSeTbdE6VXWsQ7sN2Gn-u3hRaqXIXuWufQDhYmOaZtUTpIo1GDm4NhzSJMbtoeX2bCyerScCIBKqLAvqf8g/w640-h426/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_1b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Forest Shamblers charge first!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Elve forces had to be both fast and careful in setting up the inevitable attacks. To help with that, Forest Shamblers were sent to attack the enemy early. In this way they were to buy some time for the rest of the army to get into positions.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Elven shooters moved to the top of the hill to have a better view over the battle field and opened fire at the regiment of Horsemen on the left flank.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #f700ff; font-size: xx-large;"><u>Twilight Kin - Turn 2</u></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDX0xYlsaYWL2vPwW75Bmpq8AETjFV5UaPkF5dyUvOjD5k-RfspzXI9M0Z1zqz6V-7BTAYTu2vm0_2XYwxuoP-3KzxTdh5A2d85STIHT2gyJdPrICDEXyOrQmM_KhiNMZAkP7sonNpuwExxSiiut7oTX935FMCNQwZHGhvFqdwpmePiVtr7YrhNcRQA/s1024/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_2_Twilight_Kin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDX0xYlsaYWL2vPwW75Bmpq8AETjFV5UaPkF5dyUvOjD5k-RfspzXI9M0Z1zqz6V-7BTAYTu2vm0_2XYwxuoP-3KzxTdh5A2d85STIHT2gyJdPrICDEXyOrQmM_KhiNMZAkP7sonNpuwExxSiiut7oTX935FMCNQwZHGhvFqdwpmePiVtr7YrhNcRQA/w640-h426/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_2_Twilight_Kin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Stubborn Forest Shamblers refuse to yield.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The units on the left stopped their advance and those attacked counter-charged. Unfortunately for Butchers, their enemies refused to run despite horrendous casualties. Would that be the opening Elven forced hoped for?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the meantime, the units from the right continued their march. Once again, the shooters failed to inflict any damage on their chosen targets.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;"><u>Outcasts - Turn 2</u></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhi21WjUhIGJxxTzV8REBYMUW2wLAhdjxedU7-I51_dZR0n2ILOmoxmQSI64d9hOuLc-tNed9WR9Co19CnevtMRHt9jt8r4Mpc7cYsSLN5ndWSXAaSndP96rQ1K1pVOEEFplCq0_XHDyPx6uJUBWX3M39PP80NxEUbSixTQQA27WSzVFzJYiZRYxIoQ/s1024/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_2b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhi21WjUhIGJxxTzV8REBYMUW2wLAhdjxedU7-I51_dZR0n2ILOmoxmQSI64d9hOuLc-tNed9WR9Co19CnevtMRHt9jt8r4Mpc7cYsSLN5ndWSXAaSndP96rQ1K1pVOEEFplCq0_XHDyPx6uJUBWX3M39PP80NxEUbSixTQQA27WSzVFzJYiZRYxIoQ/w640-h426/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_2b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Elves launch the first wave of their attacks!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves had to attack fast to be able to take an advantage of the temporary numerical superiority. The Drakon Riders and their Lord were the first to mount a strong attack, aiming at destroying the enemy on the charge. It worked and Elven fliers were now threatening the flank of the Twilight Kin army.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Using the opportunity, Silverbreeze cavalry charged down the slope and scattered Gargoyles to the four winds. More importantly, they also collected the first treasure.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was an important early success but it was time for the Twilight Kin to respond.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #f700ff; font-size: xx-large;"><u>Twilight Kin - Turn 3</u></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlnStSmevKkDlMTnr1vGycWDwm9tITFI0JQL-1tIkexwQdo4LzIH0QPwY7HXzKDZ9NoB9Ny7yx1R-FmNDwuDuB2xy-_U66L657gSQBXThEkFFIBvE-n--12kJUu7TP-S7Hf73rvXF-0_oxqBjwe_u_uIDiaLihcVG_ep3fVheV74WGR75QU2j0vnjXQ/s1024/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_3_Twilight_Kin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlnStSmevKkDlMTnr1vGycWDwm9tITFI0JQL-1tIkexwQdo4LzIH0QPwY7HXzKDZ9NoB9Ny7yx1R-FmNDwuDuB2xy-_U66L657gSQBXThEkFFIBvE-n--12kJUu7TP-S7Hf73rvXF-0_oxqBjwe_u_uIDiaLihcVG_ep3fVheV74WGR75QU2j0vnjXQ/w640-h426/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_3_Twilight_Kin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Twilight Kin forces attempt to regroup.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Twilight Kin units continued to manoeuvre and to look for the chance to counter attack. Butchers finally defeated the Forest Shamblers and all units nearby regrouped to face Elves.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;"><u>Outcasts - Turn 3</u></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK11kzPLmuFoWBcy49Y5m_ZBJRmhakMi7EaCZZgk-i3oSPDixbgHFPJwyX6I1YKtc1DFpeL3hapNowTgMuYtNlXGAht3zvr5B1QrapgHJ6efcsqf48Mo7cOH69plJbulfpD2QFBUjx70LPfjgvXXmN2QtgonfRHUQVzapLmJu5biEHkNqb_a1fKIvl_w/s1024/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_3b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK11kzPLmuFoWBcy49Y5m_ZBJRmhakMi7EaCZZgk-i3oSPDixbgHFPJwyX6I1YKtc1DFpeL3hapNowTgMuYtNlXGAht3zvr5B1QrapgHJ6efcsqf48Mo7cOH69plJbulfpD2QFBUjx70LPfjgvXXmN2QtgonfRHUQVzapLmJu5biEHkNqb_a1fKIvl_w/w640-h426/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_3b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Second wave of the Elven attacks.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Using the momentum of the first wave of the charges, Elves continued with committing more units to the melee. This time the combined efforts of many Elven regiments routed a horde of Butchers and a second regiment of Horsemen.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This left the army of Twilight Kin in a very disadvantaged position. The last horde of Butchers risked being surrounded, regardless if they attacked or not. The remaining units in the area were outnumbered and without many good options either.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">What is more, Elves seemed to control and protect to pieces of most valuable treasures. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In such circumstances, the commanders of the Twilight Kin army decided to save what remained intact and withdraw before Elves inflicted more damage.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIl1XgPDIPmXUshLB2j3ES_dzjigi_QQ25aHuPCukyJabCjsR_estfAYA8XyxY7p5bJq-YjiDa41o0mqzBuOw1omIf0oQeT-YStr9dKZHNcSk23PglnIOOnVWkIZE1VMkX3gwBsTGvoDwInN_gVclYgzAvLNBF3JehZ-kKZO9RtG9qn21Mkc9YpkduQ/s1024/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_4_Twilight_Kin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIl1XgPDIPmXUshLB2j3ES_dzjigi_QQ25aHuPCukyJabCjsR_estfAYA8XyxY7p5bJq-YjiDa41o0mqzBuOw1omIf0oQeT-YStr9dKZHNcSk23PglnIOOnVWkIZE1VMkX3gwBsTGvoDwInN_gVclYgzAvLNBF3JehZ-kKZO9RtG9qn21Mkc9YpkduQ/w640-h426/2022_10_04_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Twilight_Kin_Turn_4_Twilight_Kin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Final positions of the armies.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Summary</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjT_Wk1btOBp8He5-3cIY4ZmkcShHIcT387UhZfQZ3w9lZiVwuM0p6avIxq8JJxCRhstuDZL4z45Ks_ziZ7utso7yMi0ePqQMFGbg4DdX-tbI2005xyN4AF-37D93HvQDaZPLr8vBNGaO5Fzixi8g0LS5Ef8hngwSLMuhpNIIx31CvxeTCA9wr7BxRA/s1024/Summary.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjT_Wk1btOBp8He5-3cIY4ZmkcShHIcT387UhZfQZ3w9lZiVwuM0p6avIxq8JJxCRhstuDZL4z45Ks_ziZ7utso7yMi0ePqQMFGbg4DdX-tbI2005xyN4AF-37D93HvQDaZPLr8vBNGaO5Fzixi8g0LS5Ef8hngwSLMuhpNIIx31CvxeTCA9wr7BxRA/w640-h426/Summary.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Turn-by-turn summary animation.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>After-battle</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Duncan for a great game! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite the fact we ended it before turn 6, it was not an easy one for me. I took some risks with the deployment and throughout the battle. I am thus fully aware that my gamble may have not paid off, especially if any of the melees did not end with routed enemy units.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am, of course, happy it worked this time but I need to come up with a new plan next time we play. It is not going to work twice in a row for sure! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was tougher lesson for Duncan, as is usually for the one who loses the battle. I wonder if Twilight Kin players who may read the report would have some feedback? What would you do differently, considering the starting positions of both armies as they were in this battle?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">From my point of view I was concerned that Duncan may keep his left flank at a distance longer. My shooting was not doing much damage to his tougher units (as expected). His own did not do much either but that could have changed any time. Every turn that my units had to advance in a crowded formation without any breakthrough would decrease my chances of success.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am glad the frontal charges worked in this game. I made some mistakes in positioning my units and had to attack this way. For example, my initial plan was to try and place Drakon Riders and Drakon Lord on the left so that they could have some flank charges. But I didn't do it well and they were still in front arcs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It also helped that in some of the melees the nearby enemy units were not able to reinforce their friends. So if something went bad I thought I am still relatively ok. I did expect some casualties in the process anyway. But as long as I was losing fewer than Duncan, I thought I had a chance to win. As it turned out, the plan worked better than I anticipated.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope you enjoyed the battle report and thank you for reading!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-19858187001351759492022-04-23T10:08:00.001+10:002022-04-23T10:08:54.390+10:00Game 162 - Forces of Nature - 2022/04/23<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXHHCRnygCqN_NmyG-Ex6XFxfW7Onaur0oPirIkI5-c0w-f7g2jIMezWBY0gze8CQZwRHnDlycwqmu696enqQMkftmmfXXU0NSyXbtND_vRPm8foFVaoA5OqUUueebbPZhmRqv-s3SQncF9Uch5MEyM9K9-Q0PjXkRjHzBQOX0Vyb0fzXWsIXalTNiw/s976/FoN%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="976" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXHHCRnygCqN_NmyG-Ex6XFxfW7Onaur0oPirIkI5-c0w-f7g2jIMezWBY0gze8CQZwRHnDlycwqmu696enqQMkftmmfXXU0NSyXbtND_vRPm8foFVaoA5OqUUueebbPZhmRqv-s3SQncF9Uch5MEyM9K9-Q0PjXkRjHzBQOX0Vyb0fzXWsIXalTNiw/w640-h468/FoN%201.png" width="640" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Greetings!</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to my most recent battle report! It took me some time to organize a game (again!) but fortunately, I was able to do so. It was played on a freshly updated <a href="https://universalbattle2.com/">Universal Battle 2</a> platform. This time I had a great pleasure to play against Ed and his Forces of Nature army.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's been a while since our last game so I was really happy to catch up and play again. Ed has been running variations of the Forces of Nature army for some time, including the formation. However, this time he did not use this particular option. The army list offers nice variety and provides a lot of options to choose from. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is the army Ed chose for our game:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Centaurs & Elementals - Army List</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Earth Elementals Horde (EE1)</b>, Large Infantry - 220<br /><b>Fire Elementals Horde (FE)</b>, Large Infantry - 220<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Earth Elementals Regiment (EE2)</b>, Large Infantry - 130<br /><b>Centaur Bray Striders Regiment (CBS)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Frenzied Otter</i> - 165<br /><b>Centaur Bray Striders Regiment (CBS)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Frenzied Otter</i> - 165</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Hunters of the Wild Troop (HotW)</b>, Large Infantry - 90<br /><b>Hunters of the Wild Troop (HotW)</b>, Large Infantry - 90</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Beast of Nature (BoN)</b>, Monster, <i>Wings, 7 Attacks</i> - 205<br /><b>Greater Fire Elemental (GFE)</b>, Monster - 175<br /><b>Greater Air Elemental (GAE)</b>, Monster - 180<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Druid (D)</b>, Hero (Infantry), <i>Conjurer's Staff, Bane Chant(2), Surge (4), Heal (2)</i> - 105<br /><b>Gladewalker Druid (GW)</b>, Hero (Infantry), <i>Tome of Darkness, Ring of Harmony [1], Heal (4)</i> - 135<br /><b>Unicorn (U)</b>, Hero (Cavalry), <i>Lightning Bolt (5)</i> - 120</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;">The army has 13 units total, 10 scoring, with total unit strength of 19. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Even though I played against Forces of Nature before and many unit types are familiar to me, I don't think I had an opportunity to fight against a similarly composed force. It looks to me as melee orientated army, as it has only two sources of ranged attacks. Namely a Unicorn with Lightning Bolt (5) and Greater Fire Elemental with its Fireball (8). However, there is quite a variety of different units and their capabilities in melee.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's start with Elementals. The Earth ones are obviously very tough with their Defence 6+. They have "only" Crushing Strength (1), meaning they are not the hardest hitting elements of the army. However, it is more than enough against fragile Elves. And you can always expect shambling units to try and get into your flanks with a timely Surge. Fire Elementals are even better in dealing the damage Crushing Strength (2) and Vicious. Greater Fire Elemental adds to the potential even more, making frontal attacks with a few units at the same time a viable option against many opponents. All these units can form a solid battle line and their high defence helps in reaching the fight.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, the regiments of Centaurs, the Beast of Nature and the Greater Air Elemental, all add speed and manoeuvrability to the army. I learned in my previous games that Centaurs can be very efficient in a fight and I decided to make them a priority for my own ranged attacks. This is to have a better chance of inflicting damage (as they have defence 4+) and to try and eliminate fast units. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Beast of Nature is always a great addition, as it can threaten the flanks well and can hold on in the fight on its own against several of my units. As long as they fight one on one of course. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greater Air Elemental adds the ability to fly over to the flank of a target and then get Surged into a fight. Something that is hard to counter.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">That would be something to watch for as any combined charge where Elementals and/or Centaurs attack frontally, while the Beast or the Greater Air Elemental join from the flank, will be deadly to any of my units. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">To make it all happen, the army still needs a few heroes with Surge spells. Ed brought two, Druid and Gladewalker Druid. Druid was equipped with three very useful spells: Heal, Bane Chant and Surge. Gladewalker Druid also had Heal spell and got Surge (5) thanks to the Tome of Darkness magic artefact. This was further augmented by the Ring of Harmony that allowed to cast these spells twice per turn. With further help from Conjurer's Staff and Nature in Balance special rule, it looked like these spells should work really well! I fully expected that whatever Surge plans Ed would have during the game, would work :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's not forget about the Hunters! I was very curious about these troops as they can Scout and can do well in intercepting my units. With 12 attacks hitting on 3+, potentially augmented by Bane Chant, it can be enough to cause trouble.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My first impression was that I would need to play a patient game against this force. Try to inflict some damage with shooting while manoeuvring to look for good options for the combined charges. And avoid the Surge into the flanks if possible!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is my army list for the reference:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Quicksilver Lancers Regiment [1] (QL), </b>Cavalry - 240<b><br />Palace Guard Regiment (PG1),</b> Infantry - 160<b><br />Palace Guard Regiment (PG2),</b> Infantry - 160<b><br />Therennian Sea Guard Regiment (SG),</b> Infantry - 150<b><br /><br />The Swirling Tempests Regiment (ST1), </b>Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180<b><br />The Swirling Tempests Regiment (ST2), </b>Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Silverbreeze* Regiment (SB), </b>Cavalry - 200<b><br />Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1), </b>Large Infantry - 120<b><br />Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1), </b>Large Infantry - 120</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">Paul the King (K), Elven King, </b><span style="text-align: left;">Hero (Cavalry),</span><b style="text-align: left;"> </b><i style="text-align: left;">Hann's Sanguinary Scripture, Sabre Tooth Cat</i><span style="text-align: left;"> - 155</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><b style="text-align: left;">Kal'ar (Ka), Lord on Drakon, </b><span style="text-align: left;">Hero (Large Cavalry),</span><b style="text-align: left;"> </b><i style="text-align: left;">Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i><span style="text-align: left;"> - 170</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><b style="text-align: left;">Archibald the Archmage (A), </b><span style="text-align: left;">Elven Archmage, Hero (Infantry), </span><i style="text-align: left;">Inspiring Talisman, Lightning Bolt (5)</i><span style="text-align: left;"> - 155</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><b style="text-align: left;">Argus Rodinar [1], </b><span style="text-align: left;">Hero (Monster) - 70</span></p><p>This army has 13 Units, 10 of them are scoring and the total Unit Strength is 23.</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Terrain</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbv9c40MSlXPtlyNPJmhXnfn2PoTZxIcwNo6y7BKMxp5cp8CrZuanBNJBIOuh542sE0jj422p57bvN6nDQ5N3zPxxNmoWg7EzG2pZcryKdotaUw1SLApjuYLroKXwFDlqPj2x0xwgPqTdhXfGK6ZEE93EkjlE04MywrZWc9BWr1rVA6C21cUPHhSctA/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Terrain.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbv9c40MSlXPtlyNPJmhXnfn2PoTZxIcwNo6y7BKMxp5cp8CrZuanBNJBIOuh542sE0jj422p57bvN6nDQ5N3zPxxNmoWg7EzG2pZcryKdotaUw1SLApjuYLroKXwFDlqPj2x0xwgPqTdhXfGK6ZEE93EkjlE04MywrZWc9BWr1rVA6C21cUPHhSctA/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Terrain.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Terrain Details</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Deployment & Scenario</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjoWyRusNbDlpcAxgRe-vAJ0nVowsLwsWPdYZ4FlHi1W-Yn8Rzrh7tw7Bos-ct21a9d2jA5tiYT-5MMBYk8UI06hAZEARfgeiHCRXnM2x6qbqGv3I1i6tfXe-tmvXMYVkwnoaJeYQwWgbKt_NBKmcA6QNl6pmD6lyY9Ro6EWQBc-xJgE8n_pMVqiSZA/s1471/00%20Deployment.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1471" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjoWyRusNbDlpcAxgRe-vAJ0nVowsLwsWPdYZ4FlHi1W-Yn8Rzrh7tw7Bos-ct21a9d2jA5tiYT-5MMBYk8UI06hAZEARfgeiHCRXnM2x6qbqGv3I1i6tfXe-tmvXMYVkwnoaJeYQwWgbKt_NBKmcA6QNl6pmD6lyY9Ro6EWQBc-xJgE8n_pMVqiSZA/w640-h420/00%20Deployment.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Elves vs Forces of Nature - Universal Battle 2 view.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">We rolled for the scenario and got one of the classic ones, Loot. However, for me personally, they all seem like new as I haven't played for a while! I had to place my token on either side first so I tried to make sure it does not leave any spot for the last one on the same side. This is to avoid a situation where I would need to fight against the enemy with a tough and compact army on half of the battle field only. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I chose the right side of the table and Ed placed his token on the left. I ended up on the Northern side this time as well.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">At the beginning of the deployment I decided I want to focus on two out of three tokens only. I was concerned that there may be not enough room for my units to manoeuvre. I wanted to avoid frontal attacks and war of attrition. I thought that if I managed to feign the interest in all the tokens then perhaps it would be possible to use their speed and manoeuvrability to strike elsewhere. And carry two tokens to the safety. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hence, I intended to deploy my units in a way that would allow them to threaten all three objectives, but choose two I wanted to take as the game developed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After a while it was interesting to see that Ed's army is deployed mainly on the centre left, with Centaurs challenging my units on the left flank and lonely Beast of Nature on the right. I also waited with Silver Breeze regiment until Centaurs are deployed. In this way the fast cavalry would be in the position to threaten Centaurs with bows. But also with potential charge, if needed. I hoped to engage with Centaurs relatively early so that I could divert the forces to the centre and see which token I could collect.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the right flank, I needed to tie up the Beast before it could find a safe spot to land behind my lines. It was important to do so quickly, otherwise a single enemy unit would be threatening several of mine. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The difficult task was assigned to the Palace Guard and Forest Shamblers in the centre. They had to pretend to be more dangerous than they were in order to distract more numerous forces Ed deployed there. That was to contest the central token for as long as possible and to buy time for the flanking forces to win against their respective enemies. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhccLvMpE6oQsMdwQiH5e_kU2elbGvF7j0xYxVpY07SoPCbhTTPBPCDRK8Ud_53fzUUTC2Xj_5hW6_KuqjfVQfCN-STHYn0Q9MZ7PpnttZwgMnY40TroI1AOEz-O6RD2tQ7PQEc3yVHtE7XNFDWlTDneUxtOg6ip436nUPKZM5fwPxgF_ixbnXE-AAWQ/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Deployment_Scouts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhccLvMpE6oQsMdwQiH5e_kU2elbGvF7j0xYxVpY07SoPCbhTTPBPCDRK8Ud_53fzUUTC2Xj_5hW6_KuqjfVQfCN-STHYn0Q9MZ7PpnttZwgMnY40TroI1AOEz-O6RD2tQ7PQEc3yVHtE7XNFDWlTDneUxtOg6ip436nUPKZM5fwPxgF_ixbnXE-AAWQ/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Deployment_Scouts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Deployment after Scout moves.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Outcasts - Turn 1</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4oWX9I1cCmMZC6L2m2-kTLs6KsJP7rClXfo7RKQkpA2C3dFKIhcUHHlrozBikqA0aPgrzDFmk7MIsuMNEXNDJsJc6LwcIpWz38iedMlWj8d1A_qyNYEd98cm7iPOojUN9ekcJwkPq4rx0pLUxOxFawNREmjDlLrS36wHVC8vSWWIVWDelrrLO2JSVg/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_1_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4oWX9I1cCmMZC6L2m2-kTLs6KsJP7rClXfo7RKQkpA2C3dFKIhcUHHlrozBikqA0aPgrzDFmk7MIsuMNEXNDJsJc6LwcIpWz38iedMlWj8d1A_qyNYEd98cm7iPOojUN9ekcJwkPq4rx0pLUxOxFawNREmjDlLrS36wHVC8vSWWIVWDelrrLO2JSVg/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_1_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Elves take control over the fist objective.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves tried to seize the initiative by moving the army first. The units on the Western flank moved into the positions to shoot at the Centaurs but the first volley was not that efficient. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Forest Shamblers on the Eastern flank moved forward to secure the first objective. The nearby regiments, led by the King, waited in support in case the Beast of Nature decided to attack early.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Centaurs & Elementals - Turn 1</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwCTYLm0Fi-qrDonwrZXqw6NQESDstRtUrXM9swXeHq4KfPyqr-H0_32fU07uSHMqU_Kr3HAtEMJgmBrZAydLjX7bjCogARro272Zaa6IGNFoBeXqbiE9Kxh3VlE3lVNnXP3lWCgPuJ1pUJpWV4YYKbFg_b6Edu2-MAFrbwpAsv1u7XkKXVtoYh1l_g/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_1b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwCTYLm0Fi-qrDonwrZXqw6NQESDstRtUrXM9swXeHq4KfPyqr-H0_32fU07uSHMqU_Kr3HAtEMJgmBrZAydLjX7bjCogARro272Zaa6IGNFoBeXqbiE9Kxh3VlE3lVNnXP3lWCgPuJ1pUJpWV4YYKbFg_b6Edu2-MAFrbwpAsv1u7XkKXVtoYh1l_g/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_1b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Hunters lead the way!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Forces of Nature responded by withdrawing Centaurs and the Beast on the flanks while moving with the Elementals and the Hunters forward. One of the units of the Hunters grabbed the treasure quickly too. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Druids were busy healing the little damage done by Elven arrows and surging some Elementals forward a bit.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Outcasts - Turn 2</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-Vd_dCKRElvSiSeNgdecx4-uf1Hzg2t1JUcum1uuay3CHdxoNY6uGIaBRCxsfoNPqkyDcTcvIbwpX44uNxjNdXH7aN-C5nNDshQx0_qwLf2l42kt208LTH8QEC3wBAyIEINf-lkc__03vXosKqJ6d_P5_rYAwJJsFRur5pdu8U00akDpwxW5RSUpng/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_2_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-Vd_dCKRElvSiSeNgdecx4-uf1Hzg2t1JUcum1uuay3CHdxoNY6uGIaBRCxsfoNPqkyDcTcvIbwpX44uNxjNdXH7aN-C5nNDshQx0_qwLf2l42kt208LTH8QEC3wBAyIEINf-lkc__03vXosKqJ6d_P5_rYAwJJsFRur5pdu8U00akDpwxW5RSUpng/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_2_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Elves engage in the centre.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Elven units on the Western flank kept the distance and continued shooting, not discouraged by the fact their previous attempts were nullified by magic. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Forest Shamblers in the centre of the battle field engaged the enemy Hunters but they did not inflict much damage. Hopefully, they would be able to block the foes for some time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The regiments on the Eastern front continued manoeuvring but started splitting their forces. The King, with the back up of Dragon Riders, spurred his horse and chased the Beast of Nature, seemingly cornered in the open. While Stormwind cavalry pivoted towards the centre to assist their companions in the incoming combats.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Centaurs & Elementals - Turn 2</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfm1X5LYAoMEwjLjNHV5kCs-2BXnCCSRxPcMvC1C6U6Ex3FFSjL7fz4ZKp4EqkYfZkGo99zU3D9V9Jx0LrSNPLkFimYuhtv0rUIbrTVJh4fz5bbwA5ew5V7vdlrOixViuxePwBxYHSK7m1ruZhT61MCgfS5eqwDZ2J1kE5jQEPeJuOkh5-IwDZx5uvg/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_2b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfm1X5LYAoMEwjLjNHV5kCs-2BXnCCSRxPcMvC1C6U6Ex3FFSjL7fz4ZKp4EqkYfZkGo99zU3D9V9Jx0LrSNPLkFimYuhtv0rUIbrTVJh4fz5bbwA5ew5V7vdlrOixViuxePwBxYHSK7m1ruZhT61MCgfS5eqwDZ2J1kE5jQEPeJuOkh5-IwDZx5uvg/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_2b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Elementals counter attack successfully!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Although there was not much room for manoeuvres, the Fire Elementals were still able to join the Hunters in their fight against the Forest Shamblers. With such overwhelming odds, the regiment quickly perished.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">While the Centaurs still didn't move against their enemies, the Beast charged the lonely King. However, Elven commander had centuries of experience fighting against many foes and managed to avoid majority of blows.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Outcasts - Turn 3</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDk29BXdV1KZuNk424Fi34t927bW7NBckblqkrvUoi1HMjWh6tXrdnr2IctpEGEUrlENcOpgZLKb_cdq-WhISbfHnlLhmbGr_j4UvyLYyIOTHKlEmty2Ix_21C6ok5po0fgQX6DQzvXWnWRpWAz27CWOMO-H_Sqeh-LQ6hYxRrkSumfTc3WOnWlF1mQ/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_3_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDk29BXdV1KZuNk424Fi34t927bW7NBckblqkrvUoi1HMjWh6tXrdnr2IctpEGEUrlENcOpgZLKb_cdq-WhISbfHnlLhmbGr_j4UvyLYyIOTHKlEmty2Ix_21C6ok5po0fgQX6DQzvXWnWRpWAz27CWOMO-H_Sqeh-LQ6hYxRrkSumfTc3WOnWlF1mQ/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_3_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Elves launch a few successful attacks of their own.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The third round of shooting proved to be more effective, as the Elves finally managed to rout one of the regiments of Centaurs. That shifted the balance towards the Elven forces slightly.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the opposite flank, the King was joined by the Drakon Riders and the Forest Shamblers in the fight against the Beast. Unsupported and alone, the Beast was quickly captured and Elven units quickly reformed to move to the centre.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And then the Palace Guard charged the Hunters and managed to rout them quickly. That was a bit unexpected and the Palace Guard braced for the impact as Elven warriors expected some Elementals to counter attack soon.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Centaurs</u></b></span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><u> & Elementals - Turn 3</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnQM-Iel1iMLVaInLGnwFz1d-CC3AAOh-NBjN074n96gyatDkcNA0flN6q388wteztRGc3K9ynGunz-RTY1hJXoiN0yGPEsY41U7y1UYEmNPR9lmUC5RvtIxOZykJy-1FJn-HmncJpAlnC4MxadDZPQ7eoiFDlOFUf_nPv4g9y5muZt7UDMCNK954Yg/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_3b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnQM-Iel1iMLVaInLGnwFz1d-CC3AAOh-NBjN074n96gyatDkcNA0flN6q388wteztRGc3K9ynGunz-RTY1hJXoiN0yGPEsY41U7y1UYEmNPR9lmUC5RvtIxOZykJy-1FJn-HmncJpAlnC4MxadDZPQ7eoiFDlOFUf_nPv4g9y5muZt7UDMCNK954Yg/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_3b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Forces of Nature continue advance through the centre.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The loss of three units at the same time was not part of the plan Druids had for this battle. The army was consolidating the position and reformed to fill the gaps in the battle line. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Earth Elementals regiment was sent to block the Palace Guard, with Greater Elementals waiting in the second line to engage.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The nearby Hunters used this to circle around and outflank the Elven infantry. At the same time, the Centaurs and the Elementals faced the Elven flanking force.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Unicorn noted a great success when it managed send a few accurate lightning bolts at the arrogant Elven Archmage, who walked in the open with complete disregard for his safety. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Outcasts - Turn 4</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaV-rJ1rY_i5mHhwQv6aNB6ZQbIyQTt-pXNNiuKmoK8tRjtZHFnR21WQTBT6f-lxko6w5KFi89nwfVCPRV-q1jcEHEqQXvHlGDHVBdc72i3IeIYTVjQPsD4YoNcLk9cQO12wtwirmqfD1MZAJxZLT1KYLud4eLt_IYmyEMn1C_u0yqjldynzM9IyeYYw/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_4_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaV-rJ1rY_i5mHhwQv6aNB6ZQbIyQTt-pXNNiuKmoK8tRjtZHFnR21WQTBT6f-lxko6w5KFi89nwfVCPRV-q1jcEHEqQXvHlGDHVBdc72i3IeIYTVjQPsD4YoNcLk9cQO12wtwirmqfD1MZAJxZLT1KYLud4eLt_IYmyEMn1C_u0yqjldynzM9IyeYYw/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_4_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Palace Guard regiments crumble the Earth Elementals.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves changed the priorities for the attacks. Drakon Lord attacked the second regiment of the Centaurs to block them. This allowed the regiments behind him to safely turn towards the centre. The shooters did well in hunting down the Hunters who were caught in the open.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Palace Guard regiments combined their efforts and managed to crumble the regiment of the Earth Elementals. With the remaining Elven units rushing from the Eastern front, it looked like Elven are attempting a pincer manoeuvre to defeat their enemies.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Centaurs & Elementals - Turn 4</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3eDmZgLtdY6W24pL1_B2kledWaPRZ035dlaljjkO2bPX0KCnd7vuWhyGi_kWDi6aFePC87kfG0PnDibdQCkoTphrX3GoLSi1CFaj3xPC11bhUwU4dznFYXarxabfFnIo1xbHjHf1B92R62CQRA8qwAjVL8csHXPT9KUqoTJIAwuWEFEZiq9Z2WBLYA/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_4b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3eDmZgLtdY6W24pL1_B2kledWaPRZ035dlaljjkO2bPX0KCnd7vuWhyGi_kWDi6aFePC87kfG0PnDibdQCkoTphrX3GoLSi1CFaj3xPC11bhUwU4dznFYXarxabfFnIo1xbHjHf1B92R62CQRA8qwAjVL8csHXPT9KUqoTJIAwuWEFEZiq9Z2WBLYA/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_4b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Forces of Nature counter attack!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Forces of Nature army was still very dangerous and proved it. First, the Unicorn charged against the Drakon Riders and the ferocity of the attack surprised Elven flying cavalry. They had to withdraw to regroup.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Drakon Lord was also badly wounded, which threatened Elven plan to stop the Centaurs from engaging the main Elven forces too early.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The main counter attack was through the centre, however. The Palace Guard regiments faced the wrath of the Fire Elementals and Greater Elementals. As a result, one of the regiments was destroyed but the second one remained steadfast, despite significant damage done.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Outcasts - Turn 5</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKazWtV6M0lUCs71Q10o1nTbfMHGdvg7n_s3b8pLzYpktQdyLMX2hpFUYbSTkTVvBsG5ieZAEUTpXGIr9iHmiEq4v_4t0epk_Dws3zA65g0Ej1bp1g3gyWtohXGu62ydqhAwosLdnPgndcXjwyxer5gEAOE6N_IWtMJrUgGEbColwphGoJLV_fsBnfQ/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_5_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKazWtV6M0lUCs71Q10o1nTbfMHGdvg7n_s3b8pLzYpktQdyLMX2hpFUYbSTkTVvBsG5ieZAEUTpXGIr9iHmiEq4v_4t0epk_Dws3zA65g0Ej1bp1g3gyWtohXGu62ydqhAwosLdnPgndcXjwyxer5gEAOE6N_IWtMJrUgGEbColwphGoJLV_fsBnfQ/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_5_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Big scrum in the centre of the battle field.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Anticipating that the Drakon Lord would not hold for much longer, the Drakon Riders momentarily unable to fight and the Sea Guard too far to attack, it was up to the Silverbreeze regiment to charge. Using the impetuous the charge down the hill gave them, the fast cavalry smashed into the flank of the Fire Elementals precisely when the Palace Guard engaged them from the front. The attack was successful and one of the most dangerous enemy units was defeated.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The King and the Stormwind cavalry also attempted to crush their foe but the Greater Fire Elemental proved to be harder to damage than anticipated. Despite the fact the Elven cavalry could charge in the open, they did not do as much as expected.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Centaurs & Elementals - Turn 5</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquL2t5_U-cvnTUHbiUIWW9EAVIq1h6d7hPKBbSm3d709qiEBFE3DmFZhFhlkeD5MKlAyJcoy2ZZPFD9RBUhh5i75dsMCm8IAktaoSfqtpDJvfKyn6rFGPSrFb5kc4nWVxK2OejhB1TsqStejKGHdS2uo9kvJaRJzqcbraHoNdwtSzvWzrHOqOiuZCLg/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_5b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquL2t5_U-cvnTUHbiUIWW9EAVIq1h6d7hPKBbSm3d709qiEBFE3DmFZhFhlkeD5MKlAyJcoy2ZZPFD9RBUhh5i75dsMCm8IAktaoSfqtpDJvfKyn6rFGPSrFb5kc4nWVxK2OejhB1TsqStejKGHdS2uo9kvJaRJzqcbraHoNdwtSzvWzrHOqOiuZCLg/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_5b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Forces of Nature hit back.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It was now time for the Elves to suffer some damage. First, the Drakon Lord had to finally concede a defeat and was captured by the Centaurs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Second, the Earth Elementals, animated with the power of magic, charged the Silverbreeze regiment and scattered it. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, neither of the Greater Elementals managed to rout their opponents. The Palace Guard held against all odds while the Stormwind cavalry's armour proved to be an excellent fire protection too.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Outcasts - Turn 6</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWJYhA22RlkaWnS5C49APUNFhOz6pLOTKKLaWb9ivxCGD7v1jLQU4ethT9lOviN5Vd7WI8gOL445tV4z-DIMitcVenOecMpBEQ0CWK6AnHw6GB4B8hhProZb-W2EmC226ZEaHgCrHY3rtbnBZnMV-_l3Nhsv4bvrjmQRTy1eagqvsuSKYug7mvEu4YA/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_6_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWJYhA22RlkaWnS5C49APUNFhOz6pLOTKKLaWb9ivxCGD7v1jLQU4ethT9lOviN5Vd7WI8gOL445tV4z-DIMitcVenOecMpBEQ0CWK6AnHw6GB4B8hhProZb-W2EmC226ZEaHgCrHY3rtbnBZnMV-_l3Nhsv4bvrjmQRTy1eagqvsuSKYug7mvEu4YA/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_6_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Stormwind cavalry defeats the Greater Fire Elemental.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Palace Guard withdrew to make room for the Drakon Riders that engaged the Greater Air Elemental in the aerial combat. That kept it distracted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The King and the Stormwind doubled their efforts and this time managed to extinguish the fire that animated the Greater Elemental. That also allowed the Elven knights to snatch the treasure!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Centaurs & Elementals - Turn 6</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aBHXQj5EYrDB3YVmwiP2VfVa_sAXtYf1rWB4CatJFyC1JGb1T5mmuXUd6M-j8g-RMe9ywGqwB7_ibOSSJ9ceEVmJkghc_9JyDRLth6yjCubiYG_D9XRONt86A4wbc0YA5mfXbtsf1Tnf_TX2vuEdxSYmF2io7ihJMgXQY5P-akI-4zoPzfojHm53Rg/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_6b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aBHXQj5EYrDB3YVmwiP2VfVa_sAXtYf1rWB4CatJFyC1JGb1T5mmuXUd6M-j8g-RMe9ywGqwB7_ibOSSJ9ceEVmJkghc_9JyDRLth6yjCubiYG_D9XRONt86A4wbc0YA5mfXbtsf1Tnf_TX2vuEdxSYmF2io7ihJMgXQY5P-akI-4zoPzfojHm53Rg/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_6b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Centaurs collect the treasure of their own.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Free at last, the Centaurs galloped towards the treasure that was left for them by the Elementals. They, in turn, charged the Drakon Riders, together with the Greater Air Elemental, and defeated them.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, the Unicorn failed to damage the second regiment of the Drakon Riders this time and the Elven cavalry was free to move! That would prove a costly mistake.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Outcasts - Turn 7</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcACzw16pMbGmD6S1W0n7yoOmjB6_7przqOTxCkV-w9s_gmsovcYyaMkjiMqRQy-URcv2J0Kz43k0rzcYYg_tRFLM80VIfk0P9G1Tg0gtmxlAvitTI7gjWedu018UDRCMFUvrXkYuIfG56sDAl68DUpbPBYYa36g2teniFMr5FuzE2n9lRLHKY5pG6Q/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_7_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcACzw16pMbGmD6S1W0n7yoOmjB6_7przqOTxCkV-w9s_gmsovcYyaMkjiMqRQy-URcv2J0Kz43k0rzcYYg_tRFLM80VIfk0P9G1Tg0gtmxlAvitTI7gjWedu018UDRCMFUvrXkYuIfG56sDAl68DUpbPBYYa36g2teniFMr5FuzE2n9lRLHKY5pG6Q/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_7_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Elves claim all the objectives!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite significant losses on both sides, neither army was ready to cease fire and the fight continued. Due to the failure of the Unicorn to stop the Drakon Riders, they were now ready to team up with the Sea Guard and attack an exposed flank of the Centaurs. Not only they managed to rout the enemy but also recovered the third piece of the treasure.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The units in the centre managed to defeat the Greater Air Elemental. Heroic Place Guard blocked the Earth Elementals from engaging with the Elven knights protecting one of the treasures.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Centaurs & Elementals</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YBcjxpAwjbMpuwOCklZsAj6AGW7QUz5ofEWIRpveUzclBUKG4xIbZmQfv3K3dyynPYsmMNcGTryLdFPJJTMInLv2IjfPTUDm4p-lFcfxRTMcy6nn2CvSLqqMeqSqcRd6IpwnkfxcZU87qEOHnlL84MI0Z_01tu67Y-h6VbEDn5YVl6PIXGmaNWzb8Q/s1024/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_7b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YBcjxpAwjbMpuwOCklZsAj6AGW7QUz5ofEWIRpveUzclBUKG4xIbZmQfv3K3dyynPYsmMNcGTryLdFPJJTMInLv2IjfPTUDm4p-lFcfxRTMcy6nn2CvSLqqMeqSqcRd6IpwnkfxcZU87qEOHnlL84MI0Z_01tu67Y-h6VbEDn5YVl6PIXGmaNWzb8Q/w640-h426/2022_04_13_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Forces_of_Nature_Turn_7b_Forces_of_Nature.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Last charge of the Elementals.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Forces of Nature lost too many units to be able to reclaim all the treasures that were now controlled by the Elves. Hence, the Earth Elementals fought the Palace Guard only to break through from the encirclement. The Elven elite infantry was finally defeated but the army emerged victorious.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Summary</u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOII6dMAEqKTdrAolac3FFspQj3ozySwpqW90HzwFsUfizO9aIXYz2L5sxAkaskGGZGJxbqTJLWPX9f48_bmP_qV3AWTSKWEw6-d3CThCsrdXX5aFQkBHvP1xBQvo5qRisB7Jj8H8-RINhhrMn6yaoTDGFUA0KlKJDa5QAsSjCT1ZQ-mqMeehy8_g5UQ/s1024/Summary.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOII6dMAEqKTdrAolac3FFspQj3ozySwpqW90HzwFsUfizO9aIXYz2L5sxAkaskGGZGJxbqTJLWPX9f48_bmP_qV3AWTSKWEw6-d3CThCsrdXX5aFQkBHvP1xBQvo5qRisB7Jj8H8-RINhhrMn6yaoTDGFUA0KlKJDa5QAsSjCT1ZQ-mqMeehy8_g5UQ/w640-h426/Summary.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Turn-by-turn animation summary.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>After-battle</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Ed for a fantastic game! Especially after such a long break! It is always great to play against you!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was worried that I may be a bit rusty due to not playing for some time but it turned out better than I expected. However, as it often happens, the end result is not the reflection of the battle and how it could have ended if a few situations were resolved differently.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In general, I am quite happy with how I played. The obvious mistake was to leave Archie the Archmage in the open, or rather, outside of inspiring range. I forgot he does not have his talisman anymore!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It certainly helped to rout one regiment of the Centaurs with shooting turn three. My plan was to attack them in turn 4 anyway. But if they survived, it would have mean committing other units there as well. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, being able to rout the Beast of Nature early, helped to move the units towards the centre in time. I believe Ed mentioned after the battle, that he should have kept the Beast there for a bit longer and not engage yet. That would have bought his units in the centre more time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some of the units proved to be more resistant than anticipated, like the Palace Guard in the centre. Ed had bad luck with a nerve roll when the Greater Air Elemental failed to rout them. This gave me additional turn and the ability to swap units in a fight. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And one more bad luck situation when the Unicorn did no damage against the Drakon Riders. That allowed them to charge and help reclaiming the final piece of the treasure for the Outcasts.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also enjoyed a new version of the Universal Battle 2 with a lot of great features that help in the game. The favourite ones so far are the damage tokens (little skulls with numbers attached to the units) and automatic distance measuring between highlighted unit and other elements.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope you enjoyed the report!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you for reading!</p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-35387508443251124562022-04-10T17:04:00.001+10:002022-04-10T17:04:18.321+10:00Monster March 6 - Final!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0qPBdsiPs-pDy27h2anPsZxC9K7STIT48Nv5Z8EHqjvVtQ82V7jyVNytyEFXqTyPiBC9qUHiPo90cNYvTcw_879DzvBTrjwFtBxnH1yu6VzPBrfprn2Zt-O09BP8qZIDZsw1Ib-JOWr2fyafj5zFOR1ZMUsgvHcqNRZ2fiAomLkxZipYUXA3v31eNw/s695/MonsterMarch6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0qPBdsiPs-pDy27h2anPsZxC9K7STIT48Nv5Z8EHqjvVtQ82V7jyVNytyEFXqTyPiBC9qUHiPo90cNYvTcw_879DzvBTrjwFtBxnH1yu6VzPBrfprn2Zt-O09BP8qZIDZsw1Ib-JOWr2fyafj5zFOR1ZMUsgvHcqNRZ2fiAomLkxZipYUXA3v31eNw/w640-h532/MonsterMarch6.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I need to start with apologies for a delay in posting the final update. Some real life interference pushed my planned update from the previous weekend. I hoped to catch up during the week but work related things said "no". And the fact that my computer has just decided to die, did not help. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, I hope you will enjoy this post regardless! It was another fantastic experience for me personally, as I am always amazed and inspired by all the contributions the participants submitted.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">To begin with, I always learn about new models I did not even know exist! Then there are some very creative ways the participants approach their respective projects in terms of modelling and/or painting. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And of course, it is a great pleasure to meet new participants and welcome back the returning ones, who contributed in the previous years. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">So, let's have a look at the final update, where I am going to show the works of all the participants with their most recent update after the whole month!</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Azazel</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the last week of the challenge, Azazel completed two more projects. The first one was a classic duo for the Blood Bowl fans, especially those who like Big Hats!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmchiKfo4loHSW_cXCJsSc2FxE4Tab_kYrr6LVmTCm21d6dP-pk9Gi8x5vySxZhwye95M84z8PoFjP9qHBwN6g7QdBoYd8-dnZ17up888i3Y-K9GkXOBk_jsNPwFuSlfRL8GzqxHgLNSvEYkQWUk_3shoHGzEijRc7Ei733MP3C63NN5t_sTS5Qd0rg/s768/Azazel%2006a.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="768" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmchiKfo4loHSW_cXCJsSc2FxE4Tab_kYrr6LVmTCm21d6dP-pk9Gi8x5vySxZhwye95M84z8PoFjP9qHBwN6g7QdBoYd8-dnZ17up888i3Y-K9GkXOBk_jsNPwFuSlfRL8GzqxHgLNSvEYkQWUk_3shoHGzEijRc7Ei733MP3C63NN5t_sTS5Qd0rg/w640-h556/Azazel%2006a.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Chaos Dwarfs Bull Centaurs! That definitely brings back some memories of Warhammer Fantasy world :) Check out Azazel's blog post about these great, old school models:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2022/03/31/blood-bowl-3e-chaos-dwarf-team-hthark-the-unstoppable-and-bull-centaur-monstermarch6/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Azazel's Bitz Box - Blood Bowl 3e: Chaos Dwarf Team</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">The second project was about Yetis from Shieldwolf Miniatures, another great choice to support the theme of Monster March!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2022/04/02/shieldwolf-miniatures-krumvaal-lower-yetis-yeti-b-monstermarch6/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Azazel's Bitz Box - Krumvaal Lower Yetis</span></span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would like to thank Azazel for sharing so many interesting projects with us! He often had 2 projects completed every week, which in itself is quite amazing. All of them were very nicely documented with dedicated blog posts so if you have not checked them yet, do it now!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Special thanks to Marouda as well for the fantastic project completed for Part 3 of the Monster March challenge!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I am really happy Azazel and Marouda joined us this year and I am sure everyone got a lot of inspiration from their projects!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Ben</b></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ben chose a project that brings him closer to completion of an entire Herd army for game of the Kings of War.<span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: small;">The aim is to have every single model in the army converted to fit a special theme. I have already seen some examples of other units for that army. So when Ben announced he is going to model and paint his own version of the Avatar of the Father, I was really excited to see what kind of excellent idea he is going to have this time! </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ben has just completed his Monster March project and here are the final photos he sent me:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Gob_GjxavzwU130GSxWw2a3iloiC8JOtdBIynNXpO5iJAqm4tnz7oYLotdRiz8smJch9FH93U1Oga8a21cDaN2ar0P2CIx_D2dYEZurcMq7HPaGmtBSj-wpbkZ2yh-h3jhEK8YBRJpj05aQvnY-vvW8WVZStLDi6y4AEv18eFHFRkAQLFsenlYxdWg/s3264/Ben%2006a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Gob_GjxavzwU130GSxWw2a3iloiC8JOtdBIynNXpO5iJAqm4tnz7oYLotdRiz8smJch9FH93U1Oga8a21cDaN2ar0P2CIx_D2dYEZurcMq7HPaGmtBSj-wpbkZ2yh-h3jhEK8YBRJpj05aQvnY-vvW8WVZStLDi6y4AEv18eFHFRkAQLFsenlYxdWg/w360-h640/Ben%2006a.jpg" width="360" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXr_n8pgvyxLKbIR974DweM_4GI_yAxR46v0zMvAYhO7_RKjeCTPXCNwesV2Nw3Y8RUCB1ZDMwyKabCDOkTjC7A0WNAJ9UYFJWLRgz8EYIxhdzT_aFEq9K2TzI_xfkJhXCGWTZvWCniE6cnOfOg2pZxhClV55-VDC2yte4s8HQcmoMHCAoJ46uxuaWIQ/s3264/Ben%2006b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXr_n8pgvyxLKbIR974DweM_4GI_yAxR46v0zMvAYhO7_RKjeCTPXCNwesV2Nw3Y8RUCB1ZDMwyKabCDOkTjC7A0WNAJ9UYFJWLRgz8EYIxhdzT_aFEq9K2TzI_xfkJhXCGWTZvWCniE6cnOfOg2pZxhClV55-VDC2yte4s8HQcmoMHCAoJ46uxuaWIQ/w360-h640/Ben%2006b.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span></span> </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wLfg1Y7-2ALSi1z5eu72NYuGFaOwa5Sj3hmmjmEQPCaQv_dQMVupXq3n5OG6QHgXxS3K3Pua5SQX9wrLnM0aLGtD-U6YecUd_zLOkRDZ3kuxr2TAU1syBD4XFKSA0Wv0PT6Wuz-ab360KvG9umfIifEFHNYeG6kJxMpfGGaphQ7byCxmJHCCxD8DPg/s3264/Ben%2006c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wLfg1Y7-2ALSi1z5eu72NYuGFaOwa5Sj3hmmjmEQPCaQv_dQMVupXq3n5OG6QHgXxS3K3Pua5SQX9wrLnM0aLGtD-U6YecUd_zLOkRDZ3kuxr2TAU1syBD4XFKSA0Wv0PT6Wuz-ab360KvG9umfIifEFHNYeG6kJxMpfGGaphQ7byCxmJHCCxD8DPg/w360-h640/Ben%2006c.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrhcK6S1VZSdKDbBCTsu255UMQeB06oAZQMDEEtKhO2eETKR9EaXiKEikp_qaYPUYHx2jIMrjW4-VMxI852k_9KxMIr_P_Y-MgyMdC81apaahGSZ_jlWrpVKduOiooPYGoAm6g-ArSNC0VJH7SMtAhbH69yCbBPIu8nHYoDS6lELO5LN42sD44Vv3_A/s3264/Ben%2006d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrhcK6S1VZSdKDbBCTsu255UMQeB06oAZQMDEEtKhO2eETKR9EaXiKEikp_qaYPUYHx2jIMrjW4-VMxI852k_9KxMIr_P_Y-MgyMdC81apaahGSZ_jlWrpVKduOiooPYGoAm6g-ArSNC0VJH7SMtAhbH69yCbBPIu8nHYoDS6lELO5LN42sD44Vv3_A/w360-h640/Ben%2006d.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I think Ben did a fantastic job in choosing the model, converting it and painting it to a great overall effect! I am sure it will draw attention, even among other great looking units in the army. Those who are going to have the privilege to play against this army in the future are very lucky indeed!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well done Ben and thank you very much for your amazing contribution this year!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chris</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">You can always count on Chris to choose a classic, old school model that brings back lots of memories! His choice for a Reanimated Behemoth for his Empire of Dust army for the Kings of War was excellent! Chris has just finished painting his model! <br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m5ouS2Sn82m88Kg1bsJKjDRLQRBexZxmazYSVmIbQVDW0OW-51yL0wnJ17jwdHLHEbW3KjTVNlkdEPXq5YH--z-xkFOGd2tDeeHU4n3clN_NB6WjeoNsnXrRNhQZlTYY68veCTLoeBsQyDuTElNgRDaRMC4jl8kDgR67TXLJXEQgkPqlvDvI4LY4Eg/s750/Chris%2006b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="726" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m5ouS2Sn82m88Kg1bsJKjDRLQRBexZxmazYSVmIbQVDW0OW-51yL0wnJ17jwdHLHEbW3KjTVNlkdEPXq5YH--z-xkFOGd2tDeeHU4n3clN_NB6WjeoNsnXrRNhQZlTYY68veCTLoeBsQyDuTElNgRDaRMC4jl8kDgR67TXLJXEQgkPqlvDvI4LY4Eg/w620-h640/Chris%2006b.jpeg" width="620" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNOXMxYcqOLR6dMwUIyP9JnlIsUihOFUncSu_jnteKZv8Sd1vo6U3wCaT60fYDGFMQrwFBME1KhjIgD0nq4GftbmTwFJw8c6voBBcbqlPPqv3UQHjz_FsJApc2BlIyuWzeFSnyb6ivnHvY28QeLwFqsJfHXJCR_w1gUdF0q_iZKq5cHAHbLG5gDbaWQ/s757/Chris%2006c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="757" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNOXMxYcqOLR6dMwUIyP9JnlIsUihOFUncSu_jnteKZv8Sd1vo6U3wCaT60fYDGFMQrwFBME1KhjIgD0nq4GftbmTwFJw8c6voBBcbqlPPqv3UQHjz_FsJApc2BlIyuWzeFSnyb6ivnHvY28QeLwFqsJfHXJCR_w1gUdF0q_iZKq5cHAHbLG5gDbaWQ/w640-h634/Chris%2006c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">I think it looks perfect! Can't wait to see it among his "friends" in your army Chris! You did great and thanks a lot for joining us this year!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">coOk_pAss_BaBtridge</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">CoOk joined us in Part 2 of the challenge with his Bone Giant! CoOk is a member of KoW Forum so I hope he is going to contribute more of his works there, perhaps in one of the monthly painting topics!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMrkSkt0ji7_uteTH5t3tQB6H37ioPwBQXbnzdGg5r4HocB7rUEbcaC_32TV3K6EMMUryMhiTa7GeDP-rQfLT6ZFyrr4al98jBOW-7Ji1iffQ3uiE89sgMEtinMMkfZwT4zefDJozEzS2kXhL6KVAdJJp-Cwc0zUg_XdqHHnrtu25p9yCG0XGN95OTg/s1600/coOk_pAss_BaBtridge%2001a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMrkSkt0ji7_uteTH5t3tQB6H37ioPwBQXbnzdGg5r4HocB7rUEbcaC_32TV3K6EMMUryMhiTa7GeDP-rQfLT6ZFyrr4al98jBOW-7Ji1iffQ3uiE89sgMEtinMMkfZwT4zefDJozEzS2kXhL6KVAdJJp-Cwc0zUg_XdqHHnrtu25p9yCG0XGN95OTg/w640-h480/coOk_pAss_BaBtridge%2001a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQdFSQ9rmh4kSk5tJv__vEDHUiDJ3kTnVHPpr4XsdNaDOE9M7N6xt1VpvkrZaErsOhhGYvYL-my255jR6rTo5Z5GAM29xWXnlwlzU-YfL6slXl2yMs-ch4c5QLMNuaHGmfQRAM1JRtQsmOb4XVspveITRWzPKCHQ-u-rCF2V9rWw8B_nGbcMNo7eoQw/s1600/coOk_pAss_BaBtridge%2001b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQdFSQ9rmh4kSk5tJv__vEDHUiDJ3kTnVHPpr4XsdNaDOE9M7N6xt1VpvkrZaErsOhhGYvYL-my255jR6rTo5Z5GAM29xWXnlwlzU-YfL6slXl2yMs-ch4c5QLMNuaHGmfQRAM1JRtQsmOb4XVspveITRWzPKCHQ-u-rCF2V9rWw8B_nGbcMNo7eoQw/w640-h480/coOk_pAss_BaBtridge%2001b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_D217eKiDJU3OsVU3Gx445VtILqk7rg3l5C3aNWLgk5-QPt3TyMcqMD3ngpEwj7WNWXrOSwPUSwo5QN5lq7ZPx6pGiktzoo1L3wEZay9J0mgW6H5piBJaVENAlH-DjE33LBZHOyeHAKzWKGt_M3bTjWHw82N893_8J9V6umG0zDpf_P78sRxiB1YWA/s1600/coOk_pAss_BaBtridge%2001c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_D217eKiDJU3OsVU3Gx445VtILqk7rg3l5C3aNWLgk5-QPt3TyMcqMD3ngpEwj7WNWXrOSwPUSwo5QN5lq7ZPx6pGiktzoo1L3wEZay9J0mgW6H5piBJaVENAlH-DjE33LBZHOyeHAKzWKGt_M3bTjWHw82N893_8J9V6umG0zDpf_P78sRxiB1YWA/w640-h480/coOk_pAss_BaBtridge%2001c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks for joining CoOk! I hope to see you next year as well! And in the meantime, see you on KoW Forum!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DAM</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">DAM took on an ambitious project of assembling and painting two Titans this year! He progressed steadily and methodically and he has almost completed both of the War Engines!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54dgO_ix072Sy88iUvfOKkwc2OrPMEzEpxrcg8_kMFBo3f8dmgcZXk9xyR1EoG_L4ykC0mVQMY7vwj4FlPGiOnYT06kT00EV6V5EnBJiTUXin6yx34IyzKITZ6CCqswr8DCh0THPyXcMM337GL-xplumQIkLMCjrk2v_9dt5e_LI6MHMcrS6OzpbTpg/s469/DAM%2006%20-%20MonsterMarch6%20Pledge%20-%20Final%20Results.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="469" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54dgO_ix072Sy88iUvfOKkwc2OrPMEzEpxrcg8_kMFBo3f8dmgcZXk9xyR1EoG_L4ykC0mVQMY7vwj4FlPGiOnYT06kT00EV6V5EnBJiTUXin6yx34IyzKITZ6CCqswr8DCh0THPyXcMM337GL-xplumQIkLMCjrk2v_9dt5e_LI6MHMcrS6OzpbTpg/w640-h640/DAM%2006%20-%20MonsterMarch6%20Pledge%20-%20Final%20Results.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The amount of time and effort put into this projects is enormous! Especially, when you consider how detailed blog posts DAM prepared every week to document the progress and share his excellent techniques. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">No matter what models you paint, you will do yourself a favor by visiting DAM's blog. He has three new posts since the last update for his projects!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2022/03/monstermarch6-week-four-progress.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">262nd Death Korps of Krieg - Week Four Progress</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2022/04/monstermarch6-brushes-down.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">262nd Death Korps of Krieg - Brushes Down! </span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2022/04/legio-tempestus-warlord-and-warbringer.html">262nd Death Korps of Krieg - The Continuing Saga</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you very much for your amazing contributions DAM! It is always a great pleasure having you! On behalf of the participants and spectators, many thanks for the series of excellent tutorials. If they ever release Eldar Titans, I may not resist the temptation anymore. But I must say that every update you submitted makes resisting very tough already! :)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DanKennedy</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dan from KoW Forum was quietly busy in March and completed painting a few of new units for his Varangur army for Kings of War!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOwCNnKp7gpNB_dhTWJIzKeolGwKxrQcHL7PNgiIQsVHZnP4EyIRPHhNRxqTpHLwso4OEkbiAPL-_6a7J0yz--VZPOymYBjqmPTk7dh1p_GpHR1S28jpQBLVHqbncIN1MUu-RHc-NfJsOlzvxe40-KDGK_DOl4yvesvZwm-D5sI-M1AsTYkAtpOlhwg/s750/DanKennedy%2006a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOwCNnKp7gpNB_dhTWJIzKeolGwKxrQcHL7PNgiIQsVHZnP4EyIRPHhNRxqTpHLwso4OEkbiAPL-_6a7J0yz--VZPOymYBjqmPTk7dh1p_GpHR1S28jpQBLVHqbncIN1MUu-RHc-NfJsOlzvxe40-KDGK_DOl4yvesvZwm-D5sI-M1AsTYkAtpOlhwg/w640-h640/DanKennedy%2006a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2bF2Tk6TdFOfZKf-7YPeYTjX9zJp0Q9H0I0aTriCxIbZt_Ngz9cd1h1yb8oCw-rlBea7huPY5pnMRFZAmdyEyQxJJVWIo5pyE_m69DXJMI-oPM71X-UK-YPKMEMHSQgddj38uLxjwYaWRxkGQrfHlwDiX55gyikBIStPJ_j7-mrP98iTf-l7Ks6uAw/s750/DanKennedy%2006b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="586" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2bF2Tk6TdFOfZKf-7YPeYTjX9zJp0Q9H0I0aTriCxIbZt_Ngz9cd1h1yb8oCw-rlBea7huPY5pnMRFZAmdyEyQxJJVWIo5pyE_m69DXJMI-oPM71X-UK-YPKMEMHSQgddj38uLxjwYaWRxkGQrfHlwDiX55gyikBIStPJ_j7-mrP98iTf-l7Ks6uAw/w500-h640/DanKennedy%2006b.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div><br /></span> </span><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp-OkeRaTCU1F_esUU8nXjKUFhYcdz5xykoplE_4DFIRphB8_uPmY77-eBz_5LDOk9Kce1ZXrEkIcL07kKmj5E0Dg6KvuoRr9pHW1Ji02Oby3QCguiS5AWy6OavjIr_2QDODx5RPYy5AAMsE0UjSFsxmKFDaekpUqbb-eZzW-0qqpBKfG7In9s7wHpg/s750/DanKennedy%2006c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="586" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp-OkeRaTCU1F_esUU8nXjKUFhYcdz5xykoplE_4DFIRphB8_uPmY77-eBz_5LDOk9Kce1ZXrEkIcL07kKmj5E0Dg6KvuoRr9pHW1Ji02Oby3QCguiS5AWy6OavjIr_2QDODx5RPYy5AAMsE0UjSFsxmKFDaekpUqbb-eZzW-0qqpBKfG7In9s7wHpg/w500-h640/DanKennedy%2006c.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Great looking models, very nice colour scheme and an excellent idea for a proxy for Tundra Wolves. And all in a single month! Well done indeed, Dan! </p><p>Check out more photos Dan posted on KoW Forum:</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/monster-march-painting-topic/3268/230">KoW Forum - DanKennedy</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks a lot for joining Monster March and sharing the photos of your models Dan!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DreadNort</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">DreadNort is an inspiration for many. His super clean painting is a huge motivation for me and I hope that I will be able to achieve his level one day :) He painted a regiment of Paladins and a Flame Priest for his Kings of War armies. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmctwZeuZpR4d92cAX6lPYhne-cvl_wS6R5cbPXErn-SI1rxs8J0GCiyUkPlgsADY-E33dlSkcpHhW1nId7uLXQ2cR9TbEMwUU7LRSACrLfkkDU9Zn-I8MdW3E-vE4PcKfAWsCagpj1lryN1XS_TsfKhiPOCwtkH8xY-raBMtXzggH3b4TnW3B4tU7EA/s1920/DreadNort.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmctwZeuZpR4d92cAX6lPYhne-cvl_wS6R5cbPXErn-SI1rxs8J0GCiyUkPlgsADY-E33dlSkcpHhW1nId7uLXQ2cR9TbEMwUU7LRSACrLfkkDU9Zn-I8MdW3E-vE4PcKfAWsCagpj1lryN1XS_TsfKhiPOCwtkH8xY-raBMtXzggH3b4TnW3B4tU7EA/w640-h472/DreadNort.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXPmXdyMhnPXzmsll7nBxV00eDilpxzfbJ2TIv54dNfrVVdWHTGEymbSq4Cxo80G5H27_b7bnJILNDVh7Ap5b8X0snGS4_GI4Mu7pTxZcSwkkcqsQfvWLrvE71kyjKee5ydPXqAu77MjWPVBEta2Suuq-pyjJm5W7FbnGnNf2pWosuRRIRPCgAMufbg/s750/DreadNort%2006.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="382" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXPmXdyMhnPXzmsll7nBxV00eDilpxzfbJ2TIv54dNfrVVdWHTGEymbSq4Cxo80G5H27_b7bnJILNDVh7Ap5b8X0snGS4_GI4Mu7pTxZcSwkkcqsQfvWLrvE71kyjKee5ydPXqAu77MjWPVBEta2Suuq-pyjJm5W7FbnGnNf2pWosuRRIRPCgAMufbg/w326-h640/DreadNort%2006.jpeg" width="326" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p>More photos on KoW Forum!</p><p><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/monster-march-painting-topic/3268/234"><span style="font-size: medium;">KoW Forum - DreadNort</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks a lot for joining and please, keep those photos coming! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Duncan and Matilda</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dad and Daughter team did very well indeed! I can already tell you that I shared their method of using contrast paints to other Dads to try out with their kids :) I absolutely love the vibrant colours Matilda chose for their monsters!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LTttQ0_lvcc45zPV2e9q4fyJ09P5dOxNoUqnXP5wb3yf9QIwkPWrYwljESruIjOY1WShMfN-E-K0Kl9Nrb11KZ0BIAhUuzTF0QU2CvRAXciSsQPgNtF7b2hqsPPzvr-t8yYX59eXg7LJ6tzDUcwPiwcoIyhij2haILT-VpDXVorA-FbFCGp_uRY6Ww/s3640/Duncan%2006a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LTttQ0_lvcc45zPV2e9q4fyJ09P5dOxNoUqnXP5wb3yf9QIwkPWrYwljESruIjOY1WShMfN-E-K0Kl9Nrb11KZ0BIAhUuzTF0QU2CvRAXciSsQPgNtF7b2hqsPPzvr-t8yYX59eXg7LJ6tzDUcwPiwcoIyhij2haILT-VpDXVorA-FbFCGp_uRY6Ww/w640-h480/Duncan%2006a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitXIveh09AjJKBWP72Abkg6iAw1HA9MJ-R2nevyX1dtfd1PApKp_1LfUZfPK83Ruiwf5ZoOXgk3ysIJPvgEKsw-TnaX7HVOvU5I8yOD1kHksCQwIVM9-heXlEc4jRi98pqFKkczPip-GgtbTwK2iGokubHtqGn9gCpBE_w5CO-NoHGdjbKzC1KZkuzg/s3640/Duncan%2006b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitXIveh09AjJKBWP72Abkg6iAw1HA9MJ-R2nevyX1dtfd1PApKp_1LfUZfPK83Ruiwf5ZoOXgk3ysIJPvgEKsw-TnaX7HVOvU5I8yOD1kHksCQwIVM9-heXlEc4jRi98pqFKkczPip-GgtbTwK2iGokubHtqGn9gCpBE_w5CO-NoHGdjbKzC1KZkuzg/w640-h480/Duncan%2006b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span> </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhOEVOpo-fHXUja2J6nD_1hiEvwu6ml-4FCyNf6LqsyYCqTf7B_dmllqSdHEwJfaKksBlXDgp9sBnFriUG1H_yrWTyCQfOLJ2NS2-03dZv2s5eKd_RbDlQYewNwGUW8X-smr9xQDL2SydQf50bb-4z7l14r7-sxRHiSc5E_PXxknPAPzvnM5uWxX0vA/s3640/Duncan%2006c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhOEVOpo-fHXUja2J6nD_1hiEvwu6ml-4FCyNf6LqsyYCqTf7B_dmllqSdHEwJfaKksBlXDgp9sBnFriUG1H_yrWTyCQfOLJ2NS2-03dZv2s5eKd_RbDlQYewNwGUW8X-smr9xQDL2SydQf50bb-4z7l14r7-sxRHiSc5E_PXxknPAPzvnM5uWxX0vA/w640-h480/Duncan%2006c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you both for joining us this year and I do hope you will be back next time too! Keep up the fantastic work and enjoy painting together! :)</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ed O'Malley</span></b></u></span></p><p>Ed is one of the veterans of Monster March painting challenges and it was great to have him joining again!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqALfXAkKGnzUX16tgz6CeWnxEPjo6HHUtwNrToZw-ppzI8WTABDLUiYuzhM2SP1gLH-4TVf5glyKQW_fTy4oRir8SuyYdB69CfPhJrb_D-Swdk3JFgW7d-9vPrfmsNs_brHuoLbDrCeoP7nGcyy4id9vfqU0XwzZjJY_SU1BIQ5WKZRHHb0IFrKPUw/s1275/Ed%2005b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1186" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqALfXAkKGnzUX16tgz6CeWnxEPjo6HHUtwNrToZw-ppzI8WTABDLUiYuzhM2SP1gLH-4TVf5glyKQW_fTy4oRir8SuyYdB69CfPhJrb_D-Swdk3JFgW7d-9vPrfmsNs_brHuoLbDrCeoP7nGcyy4id9vfqU0XwzZjJY_SU1BIQ5WKZRHHb0IFrKPUw/w596-h640/Ed%2005b.jpg" width="596" /></a></div><br /><p>That Hive Tyrant looks awesome and I am really happy Ed shared this project with us. Hopefully, real life is not going to interfere that much next year and Ed will join us for 7th season! </p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Eddie Bar</span></b></u></span></p><p>Eddie seems to have some secret, underground lab somewhere as he is spawning Ratkin units and monsters on regular basis. Most recent creation is this Mutant Rat Fiend!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCS0gA_c_094yGNED6tBf-QZznD-g6bv7shyuuO_937LOYCaueBgk1EGW7Odd-3epQDBEQvSA_GtAMEy2OTSpxrKyyGQ0AUgwznOShktTgka4kZ0zfee96QRf_4WaHYyzXJhZXnsWXLw3dBDVtR-BxP1xZgPKxJAe44YjwTmjxRbUIfMkqc4cObtCYw/s2048/Eddie%2002a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCS0gA_c_094yGNED6tBf-QZznD-g6bv7shyuuO_937LOYCaueBgk1EGW7Odd-3epQDBEQvSA_GtAMEy2OTSpxrKyyGQ0AUgwznOShktTgka4kZ0zfee96QRf_4WaHYyzXJhZXnsWXLw3dBDVtR-BxP1xZgPKxJAe44YjwTmjxRbUIfMkqc4cObtCYw/w640-h480/Eddie%2002a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks a lot for joining Monster March Eddie! I am looking forward to seeing more great photos of your units and armies on Twitter! :)</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Erasmus</span></b></u></span></p><p>Night Stalkes for Kings of War is one of the armies Erasmus collects and is regularly adding new units. The army allows for some very interesting ideas to represent its various regiments and Erasmus uses that to a great effect!</p><p>His most recent addition is the horde of Fiends and Erasmus cleverly used the models of spiders to represent it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iem2JGgNtRrNn8RzTXie6BZpY-LM4G1FTMv6KhTPy-0wEd85ZVQvtThF8RGIy5zE1qe-RVIVqJQRQFLY8evinuv5M7klelT1KtWSsykG0oEUbffkAToaLcDFN7I23c54AF-f9nZ6DfyvJzpBeGAKJ74axpo4fuHIrZPMnN1nM6wBWjPyuV1YQ6x5dQ/s880/Erasmus%2005.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="880" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iem2JGgNtRrNn8RzTXie6BZpY-LM4G1FTMv6KhTPy-0wEd85ZVQvtThF8RGIy5zE1qe-RVIVqJQRQFLY8evinuv5M7klelT1KtWSsykG0oEUbffkAToaLcDFN7I23c54AF-f9nZ6DfyvJzpBeGAKJ74axpo4fuHIrZPMnN1nM6wBWjPyuV1YQ6x5dQ/w640-h544/Erasmus%2005.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>I think the effect is great and the unit will fit into the whole theme of the army very nicely! Thanks a lot for joining Monster March and I hope to see you next year!</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Findol</u></b></span></p><p>Findol posts on KoW Forum and he joined Monster March with a very interesting model to represent a Greater Air Elemental for his Sylvan Kin army for Kings of War.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-ttsebEa5uM8AO-P33eSOFtUZd45UPi5yF0F3prdFlX_9jZwnpo3Atg2NM0qUvEtplIXS-xnmtj6mUVOeOZOh_ZIXygHf0J_rk7DY2AxptaPaLdC6XvbdSnwkj6k_AdxT6Kzd8RHbpzPQkdppP_A1lFxOTbbLHee1t-zduQbMC0HWbX_nFG2750lRw/s2550/Findol%2006a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-ttsebEa5uM8AO-P33eSOFtUZd45UPi5yF0F3prdFlX_9jZwnpo3Atg2NM0qUvEtplIXS-xnmtj6mUVOeOZOh_ZIXygHf0J_rk7DY2AxptaPaLdC6XvbdSnwkj6k_AdxT6Kzd8RHbpzPQkdppP_A1lFxOTbbLHee1t-zduQbMC0HWbX_nFG2750lRw/w482-h640/Findol%2006a.jpeg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFnEdIO2YnrXcp_s1wYycHfwncqFSJuGLpuCnUHSdTpqXWdTfwiZ0qxJwN5Be3H2SzDj7gPKWzKF5OvXc6l7IhvFrmjedNHT3qYapZVoeanElsY_E4bsYYOnT7ohRu-EO5Bh3QO54VfmwuGPvoWw1Pmg91JPGpKw8B6UzvYYytQeEuuiyDsw7UnZbOA/s2550/Findol%2006b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFnEdIO2YnrXcp_s1wYycHfwncqFSJuGLpuCnUHSdTpqXWdTfwiZ0qxJwN5Be3H2SzDj7gPKWzKF5OvXc6l7IhvFrmjedNHT3qYapZVoeanElsY_E4bsYYOnT7ohRu-EO5Bh3QO54VfmwuGPvoWw1Pmg91JPGpKw8B6UzvYYytQeEuuiyDsw7UnZbOA/w482-h640/Findol%2006b.jpeg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJWRMCT5YHYTeXHH20YVjdAfSL_PnnZRWy5O6XoyxArz22UjNattxUsr6tVKB68Oj-7EC9UeJzAD0nI51Mdk6qHfogF-aO8amCvBQh9MoRvTRIVpAopbtKbgH14OoUnGXJGFJNYmG12Wok_14VfGFrbCQF26uAVc0SaXHif46rKCx17P0heHQqO6vbQ/s2550/Findol%2006c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJWRMCT5YHYTeXHH20YVjdAfSL_PnnZRWy5O6XoyxArz22UjNattxUsr6tVKB68Oj-7EC9UeJzAD0nI51Mdk6qHfogF-aO8amCvBQh9MoRvTRIVpAopbtKbgH14OoUnGXJGFJNYmG12Wok_14VfGFrbCQF26uAVc0SaXHif46rKCx17P0heHQqO6vbQ/w482-h640/Findol%2006c.jpeg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Fantastic idea Findol! It will look amazing in your army and I think it is great to have a unique model to represent this Elemental in Sylvan Kin army that matches the theme beautifully. Well done indeed!<div><br /></div><div>Thanks a lot for sharing and joining Monster March!<p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">HouseElf</span></b></u></span></p><p>HouseElf had his project completed in the first half of the month already! He painted three models that to me look like some sort of Swamp Horrors :) He did a fantastic job and the models are brilliant!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdocHDyn3zue6ngq8AWziTHRcOKo7sZicgQgIhp5jpHeD7BiAFIT9hHefoxM6_fFBFzJ24rq5bJ_KG9vK0mAMk9Yar2y05PsloM_evKw70eFB2DZuOwemUwMh5-CJYaSEazLe7sWwdEX6-_IGA2igDIH4s3SLuDKwoVTLSq7ekEmeAFAdZYmfb_lEKZQ/s999/HouseElf%2002.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="999" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdocHDyn3zue6ngq8AWziTHRcOKo7sZicgQgIhp5jpHeD7BiAFIT9hHefoxM6_fFBFzJ24rq5bJ_KG9vK0mAMk9Yar2y05PsloM_evKw70eFB2DZuOwemUwMh5-CJYaSEazLe7sWwdEX6-_IGA2igDIH4s3SLuDKwoVTLSq7ekEmeAFAdZYmfb_lEKZQ/w640-h480/HouseElf%2002.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>If you have not done so already, you should definitely check more photos on KoW Forum!</p><p><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/monster-march-painting-topic/3268/157"><span style="font-size: medium;">KoW Forum - HouseElf</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks for sharing this excellent project with us! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">John-Paul (JP)</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">JP also chose a model for the army for Kings of War. He decided on a project to paint a model of the Abyssal Archfiend, that can be assembled with or without wings. It was a great idea and JP sent the following photos of his project. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqh-XIhpDwgrmCPtkCKRSWEsH9xJb5APdidiUkPlTgVi-2vGcI9E2qXJM5rNRAtHKkyRD-9Hf5xES4cXOpUV--IzMKBmDN9xM8KG5tPyxNWyQhpeEWikdowVko0PJsj90QU_X-w4ebwfOwQ4V1nyHj8mV-MGQOieMT6feon19jILq0uo6iuBe7wkCwEg/s4032/JP%2006a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqh-XIhpDwgrmCPtkCKRSWEsH9xJb5APdidiUkPlTgVi-2vGcI9E2qXJM5rNRAtHKkyRD-9Hf5xES4cXOpUV--IzMKBmDN9xM8KG5tPyxNWyQhpeEWikdowVko0PJsj90QU_X-w4ebwfOwQ4V1nyHj8mV-MGQOieMT6feon19jILq0uo6iuBe7wkCwEg/w640-h480/JP%2006a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAGMJpYlBiXGO0mRM4IOPZQ1iTfRLomiSoyjDL1TtPeA4kxsJrRYuzR426QI5HiboLsGTedSSmp18zlRSSx77wFvFLNYy9XDY6OvD7vtA6niuuo9bJAv5npD-9zlQ3BJ4UTWqi-8sNeveZ6jQrxxHOjTsiqT6LIS6S5gb5Vm15emvDIlCTD_vEVDJow/w640-h480/JP%2006f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">JP was also kind to provide the following description of what he has done so far and what are the remaining steps:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The skin started off with a basecoat spray of Macragge Blue. Next I
covered it all with the Shyish Purple contrast paint, aiming to get
some real darkness into all the muscular crevices. I came back with
multiple thin coats of Macragge Blue to eventually get the skin tone
back to the previous blue. By this point I was bit over painting layers
and turned to my Artis Opus drybrushes to apply some Caledor Sky and
then some Caledor Sky mixed with Dead White. This final light dry brush
was applied only in a downward motion to hopefully simulate some light,
and very gently because this light blue really could ruin everything. I
think it worked!</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The wings were also Macragge
Blue to begin with, but to get them quickly onto the red side of the
colour wheel I directly applied Flesh Tearers Red contrast paint. This
didn't quite look how I wanted, but at least I was on the way there.
Next it was many layers of Khorne Red, and then it was time for
drybrushing again (ah my reliable ally). I grabbed some Bright Red paint
(Army Painter), and then with minute additions of orange to the layers
managed to get the wings looking quite bright.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>What
remains? The black horns protruding from his body need attention, and
then the dentures need to get some grit and grime. The last step will be
the flames, which will be bright green-yellow. In the end, it will be a
true centerpiece for my army!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Many thanks for joining Monster march this year JP! The project was definitely an inspiration. Many thanks for taking time to provide some descriptions too!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kristoffer/Hektor/Gottfrid</span></b></u></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kristoffer and his two sons, Hektor and Gottfrid, did an amazing job working on their respective models very consistently. It was a pleasure to observe how each of them progressed with their unique monsters and how each of them approached the challenge. I would like to thank Kristoffer for taking time and providing very nice descriptions of the projects' progress every week! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's see what did they achieve in the final week of the challenge! Here is the update in Kristoffer's own words:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">I did the base this week for the
big troll. It turned out quite heavy on vegetation with some bushes I
hadn’t tried before. In style it matches the rest of my army so it’s
okay, but next time I might think a bit more before chunking out a rock
like that and have more of a plan than just covering it in flock and
tufts.
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took on a mouthful and have learned a great deal in the process I think.
The model isn’t finished and he’s now on to the challenge of the
“skin” and the OSL-aspect of it. He’s also worked on the base and I
personally love the little red imp that’s standing beneath. It’s at
great contrast piece. Hektor will however finish the model outside of
Monster March. It’s going to turn out great I think.</span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONMIao2mzGwYe1tJScNxQEJ8JXcTSUGs2SJlEJBDVjWhAtW46pSyepDVM-IcSTLguuLHb3e7JyOhwY4TTnFsKSKplNq3WqtSPeFuH3GATMxhVVGrr5KPZXc2WiVtfpnNcPhiPqKd7vwY4W3nONNktwVqrPiQ9iiJ1VnUKs5gGoK6YMYt2YixlkDdo5Q/s1672/Week%205%20-%20Hektor%20-%20WIP%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONMIao2mzGwYe1tJScNxQEJ8JXcTSUGs2SJlEJBDVjWhAtW46pSyepDVM-IcSTLguuLHb3e7JyOhwY4TTnFsKSKplNq3WqtSPeFuH3GATMxhVVGrr5KPZXc2WiVtfpnNcPhiPqKd7vwY4W3nONNktwVqrPiQ9iiJ1VnUKs5gGoK6YMYt2YixlkDdo5Q/w480-h640/Week%205%20-%20Hektor%20-%20WIP%201.jpg" width="480" /></a></i></div><i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3N4KZ7SLX4ru2yFdkrqyPo2p39o7XsRDms7HGNxLxRX9bF7ZGxd2t4ChETnlKh1rrqZcg9_SGET6q7RkRAxH1h2NJ3z1g_FDBnHwFd5u1qCk2JE1J2oaHtQnnQe0ae1N0yYXjqQnkihZIEG4htCnXMza04FcHxJ82RE5MvhczsMOCko4_YoIdlH44w/s1672/Week%205%20-%20Hektor%20-%20WIP%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3N4KZ7SLX4ru2yFdkrqyPo2p39o7XsRDms7HGNxLxRX9bF7ZGxd2t4ChETnlKh1rrqZcg9_SGET6q7RkRAxH1h2NJ3z1g_FDBnHwFd5u1qCk2JE1J2oaHtQnnQe0ae1N0yYXjqQnkihZIEG4htCnXMza04FcHxJ82RE5MvhczsMOCko4_YoIdlH44w/w480-h640/Week%205%20-%20Hektor%20-%20WIP%202.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTnTScvAsmQCGtznT-9lZkdbYKpBIiH-cIt9MWUK9tF41I4au_mU7vEhKK7FCeDlwszvE33fAaMHgvgV8pYDjzEbM6fbEqAJ-lCde4nTv5jTqsuMuFwE-XUB8-WQbnMGhkEX1fmq8kgR-_aE9axYTePqJeDVLgfNMedCFkNgtpZdedUvatEj4aUVYPg/s1448/Week%205%20-%20Hektor%20-%20Base%20Imp.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTnTScvAsmQCGtznT-9lZkdbYKpBIiH-cIt9MWUK9tF41I4au_mU7vEhKK7FCeDlwszvE33fAaMHgvgV8pYDjzEbM6fbEqAJ-lCde4nTv5jTqsuMuFwE-XUB8-WQbnMGhkEX1fmq8kgR-_aE9axYTePqJeDVLgfNMedCFkNgtpZdedUvatEj4aUVYPg/w640-h640/Week%205%20-%20Hektor%20-%20Base%20Imp.JPG" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Gottfrid was done already last
week. I think the cliff and terrain turned out really nice and I also
particularly like the colour of the wings. It’s a solid good looking
model.</span></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvNDAY_zvE1OZJYm5kZu3IbZFUyDp4oqMHW56nkbkGzReXtQH5zM92Ij-v4-YNm2qhBA5_UOG0Wj4mofAMJJY3X9PEQIgMmBMJdnDCa7Z5z-Zgw9_DdOWofqzgoEwtvR4SEfgmYJA677D2nX6OFrouCl_K-C-tOEyfLBRjvOcRxhzFELb_mETXkYcGQ/s1672/Week%205%20-%20Gottfrid%20-%20Done%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvNDAY_zvE1OZJYm5kZu3IbZFUyDp4oqMHW56nkbkGzReXtQH5zM92Ij-v4-YNm2qhBA5_UOG0Wj4mofAMJJY3X9PEQIgMmBMJdnDCa7Z5z-Zgw9_DdOWofqzgoEwtvR4SEfgmYJA677D2nX6OFrouCl_K-C-tOEyfLBRjvOcRxhzFELb_mETXkYcGQ/w640-h480/Week%205%20-%20Gottfrid%20-%20Done%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkSgwzLMpIkWQe8pWciepYKnnIDeF2SFG1lB0DXYbHrGsMHxUyCAh90PxJNUTYwTsWPyBPOmiu2MvYRWY4qKV9MNwkZcwNhEu2GKLS_ZwwmIFoMPk55URd0wO-NyWV6mDzWzVvSUBS09YfXPbdNU64a2YlFWjqo735kkGrRSMjOI0OfbYBNZ9nnWWVA/s1672/Week%205%20-%20Gottfrid%20-%20Done%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkSgwzLMpIkWQe8pWciepYKnnIDeF2SFG1lB0DXYbHrGsMHxUyCAh90PxJNUTYwTsWPyBPOmiu2MvYRWY4qKV9MNwkZcwNhEu2GKLS_ZwwmIFoMPk55URd0wO-NyWV6mDzWzVvSUBS09YfXPbdNU64a2YlFWjqo735kkGrRSMjOI0OfbYBNZ9nnWWVA/w640-h480/Week%205%20-%20Gottfrid%20-%20Done%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"></span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxBZZDJevVk9thdJwkJNkxueJ-6JeiCl3tj0hV53on6zZkuNdHsFCTiGymUluxvgNocvCR8yLYDGHVWyteCW0HAv3iNOeW6rbPHJc4u6STBTCfVIZqrw9we2lGuPwci2RWaO7oLwXcWzv2c7mfgtejscME3yVtZTiRxFltXcUrAvJXZs_cRYjOw3Hew/s1672/Week%205%20-%20Family%20Shot.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxBZZDJevVk9thdJwkJNkxueJ-6JeiCl3tj0hV53on6zZkuNdHsFCTiGymUluxvgNocvCR8yLYDGHVWyteCW0HAv3iNOeW6rbPHJc4u6STBTCfVIZqrw9we2lGuPwci2RWaO7oLwXcWzv2c7mfgtejscME3yVtZTiRxFltXcUrAvJXZs_cRYjOw3Hew/w640-h480/Week%205%20-%20Family%20Shot.JPG" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"></span></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Well done and great thank you to Kristoffer, Hektor and Gottfrid for joining Monster March this year! Awesome models all and fantastic results indeed! Keep up the great work and I hope to hear about your new projects soon!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Luca</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Luca chose a project where he combined some cool, classic models with modern 3d printed ones. I think the idea is brilliant! I see more and more people using 3d printing in general, so I assume we are going to see more of such models now.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Luca has just completed his Drakon Lord for his army for Kings of War:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVj2NJKeXwfTPdLo4LyYSr22raBPbZEDP2YsSSH7pAGEyc3LUVqCX-zix6euNmNvVXbIq2n0cpEN6zf4nFE4mfdAm479dQKWNiTb7o0eNEILimHa758lC61JBypxvunG6FNwqWUbu6eGdJkxp8OviTHRXc2kGZ3jLa57SFsqpW5yJf3_RDTtuihC9cg/s1617/DSC_0174_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="1212" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVj2NJKeXwfTPdLo4LyYSr22raBPbZEDP2YsSSH7pAGEyc3LUVqCX-zix6euNmNvVXbIq2n0cpEN6zf4nFE4mfdAm479dQKWNiTb7o0eNEILimHa758lC61JBypxvunG6FNwqWUbu6eGdJkxp8OviTHRXc2kGZ3jLa57SFsqpW5yJf3_RDTtuihC9cg/w480-h640/DSC_0174_2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The drakon lord is done and I'm happy with how it turned out. For this project I did a lot of experimentation with oil washes and although I am still relatively new to the techniques the results were impressive.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>There is definitely a lot of potential for oil paints in combination with acrylics and I look forward to more experiments in the future. </i></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></span></i></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I've still got the drakons troops to finish up which should be done by next week. </i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many thanks to Luca for great contributions to this year's Monster March!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Marc</u></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Marc is a representative of the "Old Scholl" of painting and gaming and it is always great to see his works. The classic looking models bring back fond memories when I was only starting with the miniatures hobby!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Marc often participated with a model from Tyranids for the Warhammer 40k and this year was no different! Check out this great </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDtnbe96qbbRUW7pbjDePMFD9qLFaTzvM5IDbOSyUZNPNv8oVSFt6hEUZlCcdk0tqwyVXezVDHLgryMz8Rz6JTD0dwH1ISGd7Wkx_mt2JICthNtnH-sERKBWvAnCiqCNXY2foaxP7Gy0v8EWHcStJgT8mkpe2cBedc0nESvHbSwmI21-CcXILsVRChg/s1617/Dactylis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1617" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDtnbe96qbbRUW7pbjDePMFD9qLFaTzvM5IDbOSyUZNPNv8oVSFt6hEUZlCcdk0tqwyVXezVDHLgryMz8Rz6JTD0dwH1ISGd7Wkx_mt2JICthNtnH-sERKBWvAnCiqCNXY2foaxP7Gy0v8EWHcStJgT8mkpe2cBedc0nESvHbSwmI21-CcXILsVRChg/w640-h474/Dactylis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Marc for joining Monster March again! As always, it is a pleasure to see his great models! And if you re interested in the Old School, check up Marc's blog:</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/">Old School Gaming</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Michael C.</u></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Michael has been experimenting with 3d printing for some time as well. He is now very good at it and is creating some really great models and units for his armies. He joined the challenge with this fantastic model to represent a Living Legend Hero for his Salamanders army for Kings of War.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXtF_jG489liSel9fdiWIvWoaJb3BV7aK0FstO3W4Z1aDT472VQCmcQ37NQ4ekewC5V_84yjoAy2XgD_ZAtGF-tC2J8vUHrazNiFnHsU3Nm23b9r-U_tzcy2AM282VQK1NfPXYxT1_KAg4xxawTbn8g-DFlrLOkgLmQ-BmnTgj79waq5l0FANFNfupQ/s2048/Michael%20C%2006a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXtF_jG489liSel9fdiWIvWoaJb3BV7aK0FstO3W4Z1aDT472VQCmcQ37NQ4ekewC5V_84yjoAy2XgD_ZAtGF-tC2J8vUHrazNiFnHsU3Nm23b9r-U_tzcy2AM282VQK1NfPXYxT1_KAg4xxawTbn8g-DFlrLOkgLmQ-BmnTgj79waq5l0FANFNfupQ/w480-h640/Michael%20C%2006a.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDbFuqWvqW6DtozmZoNpmJ2P0UAaBzXZ60sw8aI6PV5zEC3fvnVlgTScU_S7NFpFlAJPKP67KxL6pqerJCkMySyk2SsD_0O6KXqqDMlR4a-vSq_IEseMfN7UFLqkEIiOXP23-poX2RXZk-sIwe68xqIQWAfhXz_tkXr5RyoMz-0W4NMyrfooQZ-H96g/s2048/Michael%20C%2006b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDbFuqWvqW6DtozmZoNpmJ2P0UAaBzXZ60sw8aI6PV5zEC3fvnVlgTScU_S7NFpFlAJPKP67KxL6pqerJCkMySyk2SsD_0O6KXqqDMlR4a-vSq_IEseMfN7UFLqkEIiOXP23-poX2RXZk-sIwe68xqIQWAfhXz_tkXr5RyoMz-0W4NMyrfooQZ-H96g/w480-h640/Michael%20C%2006b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxcPSYob5kS4GjOBunvQEJDuoMMhEDyoB8Yy7GUa2FD-P6ZbXMAZxwHmWiDgFPHFdufiVqoSpO3MmkgZ229OEVrRxAC148GsfSFxj-FjvSfiHdGmyN6Bby7j69PLgB6tj-OeQimaP60M_OCSJBpaiVr4hPI8D7n8z6vZ18QAYMKv2YAEWiNgBaETDNg/s2048/Michael%20C%2006%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxcPSYob5kS4GjOBunvQEJDuoMMhEDyoB8Yy7GUa2FD-P6ZbXMAZxwHmWiDgFPHFdufiVqoSpO3MmkgZ229OEVrRxAC148GsfSFxj-FjvSfiHdGmyN6Bby7j69PLgB6tj-OeQimaP60M_OCSJBpaiVr4hPI8D7n8z6vZ18QAYMKv2YAEWiNgBaETDNg/w480-h640/Michael%20C%2006%20c.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">I think the model is gorgeous and can't wait to see it in real life. Hopefully sooner than later! Considering the fact that real life threw a few challenges at Michael last month, including but not limited to moving houses, I think he has made an excellent progress! </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Keep up the good work, Michael and thanks for joining Monster March!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Michael S.</u></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Michael joined the challenge with a great model of a Rhino to represent a Mammoth for his Ogre army. He completed his project in the previous week. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMkxQOcVZM_S6yr3FVqdhHXMO8Cr060PoW-WWwLHtrQ39FRQSd4QFnCJTd9twrJadHvjENudrihrgUtAj644G0cmf4ao2iAB1X0z_n1q_2oU0AKYCqhkGjq6XSdR4tIGpFH2HYwt3Tk-EAHDwuZjU8ov4tKefBevVaHY8p4_L4rvXpQgoEgoqt-i7Bg/s2919/20220325_152044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2721" data-original-width="2919" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMkxQOcVZM_S6yr3FVqdhHXMO8Cr060PoW-WWwLHtrQ39FRQSd4QFnCJTd9twrJadHvjENudrihrgUtAj644G0cmf4ao2iAB1X0z_n1q_2oU0AKYCqhkGjq6XSdR4tIGpFH2HYwt3Tk-EAHDwuZjU8ov4tKefBevVaHY8p4_L4rvXpQgoEgoqt-i7Bg/w640-h596/20220325_152044.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">It makes a great addition to Michael's Ogre army for Kings of War! Michael tells me he started painting this force at the beginning of the year. I promised to post the photos of it as well in the final update of Monster March!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDRLkVhrGfZG63TYWOVjP-Nj-xBf0QU6L8XNVgbTpJL-FNMj9zd2heVyphQjzSG2pkzlrIY7jKuMOSG8-dkl0RMiuq3UWqbQSuXeHyLo60lblp2KsDTd8JTkSIN2j0Ud56yiYUJKIp-n7HR7lk9KFslhPaKamlxt3SzcNCiqh-QeoauryACOVrvt4xA/s3696/20220326_101236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="3696" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDRLkVhrGfZG63TYWOVjP-Nj-xBf0QU6L8XNVgbTpJL-FNMj9zd2heVyphQjzSG2pkzlrIY7jKuMOSG8-dkl0RMiuq3UWqbQSuXeHyLo60lblp2KsDTd8JTkSIN2j0Ud56yiYUJKIp-n7HR7lk9KFslhPaKamlxt3SzcNCiqh-QeoauryACOVrvt4xA/w640-h258/20220326_101236.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3676" data-original-width="2573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQMQZPU4Phc6HQVrdXoCu8AO1DbJjF5nkAEXbJXw2eszAIexXNM0hKmwa63UfXA_BdhjtEYXscTN665CrLsl3gizTsMVfBxhgAlwEqbNDV7TBqvYapfErl1Bys2-v6QXLAdaVe4DaC43Krx2CfFRiDaiwa3tgUib7sy78aJb4hcPrKyLGpXVrE84nQw/w448-h640/20220326_101703.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Michael aims to complete this army to be ready for Briscon tournament. I am sure it will look awesome and it will be an absolute pleasure to play against such wonderfully looking force! </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">All the best and thanks a lot for joining Monster March!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Mikes</u></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Mikes surprised himself in a very nice way as he completed his initial project, 2nd Tree Herder for his Kings of War army, quite early! </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZRcZqZgubCGyT5kDq7rKP2G3C8RMEL8K-lVnKU9Rvtj7WK9Mosk8I5g-KqJm1j-V2X5B37XEPU3r1C9o8_Dzl6QsMm9qaGcUo3f-hVBv8caZQ5WXez5A_PQ-5H__73FlpBMJjZydf0d4U0ohkr9EdpxW0QAu4ZOOCQiMBYXH-c47asvQ6KdXv9Vm6w/s4032/Mikes%2002c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZRcZqZgubCGyT5kDq7rKP2G3C8RMEL8K-lVnKU9Rvtj7WK9Mosk8I5g-KqJm1j-V2X5B37XEPU3r1C9o8_Dzl6QsMm9qaGcUo3f-hVBv8caZQ5WXez5A_PQ-5H__73FlpBMJjZydf0d4U0ohkr9EdpxW0QAu4ZOOCQiMBYXH-c47asvQ6KdXv9Vm6w/w640-h480/Mikes%2002c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">He could then move to a stretch goal and started painting a Dragon and a Drakon Lord! Here is the most recent update from Mikes:</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHes6jhyXCBpNmPksC9lRIPgm3Ny3iGXntglreiMF3FWsCnKJG61bajTC5s1Xc-GVIOOUAyBj5f6RHV4itXOFWH1qdR8RiNyb9i5T8hkM-wlbKeI7Pb0GZ3yyDOtKfUm8iauvxl23I8OYNqleb7bscnGDRVCWhoXacJm21lRQ1YPenEfWg9ExKgXNbA/s4032/Mikes%2006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHes6jhyXCBpNmPksC9lRIPgm3Ny3iGXntglreiMF3FWsCnKJG61bajTC5s1Xc-GVIOOUAyBj5f6RHV4itXOFWH1qdR8RiNyb9i5T8hkM-wlbKeI7Pb0GZ3yyDOtKfUm8iauvxl23I8OYNqleb7bscnGDRVCWhoXacJm21lRQ1YPenEfWg9ExKgXNbA/w640-h480/Mikes%2006.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">I think it is simply a sign that with practice, you can increase the speed without losing the quality! Well done indeed, especially knowing how little spare time you have at the moment :)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Keep up the great wok!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>PageNeo</u></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Page is very well known among Kings of War players for his battle reports he posts on his YouTube channel. If you are playing KoW and like video battle reports, you should definitely check Newbie Dice!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/NewbieDice">Newbie Dice - Battle Reports</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">However, Page likes modelling and painting as well and I have already seen some of his great ideas for the models for his Bortherhood army. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This time Page shared something a bit different - <span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">Manifestation of </span><strike style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">Bael</strike><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"> Jafar!</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_fnXY2Ubl-27x1IKcolxvOkoKdQhAYGnCQxjLh8tpDVDqt1jms7I8xC9EhxUbCyx2Sa15AYr353ssi7VvqS-ZhjPZhkYSHKi-my2e1yce6V4rVVhcyjOK2ona7v_otvAL1CZ48thwqP7cVkKLg7Teq1cGWJQpCbzutolcRnOwMPoRXXlcIdD00OfqQ/s2536/20220331_151840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2536" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_fnXY2Ubl-27x1IKcolxvOkoKdQhAYGnCQxjLh8tpDVDqt1jms7I8xC9EhxUbCyx2Sa15AYr353ssi7VvqS-ZhjPZhkYSHKi-my2e1yce6V4rVVhcyjOK2ona7v_otvAL1CZ48thwqP7cVkKLg7Teq1cGWJQpCbzutolcRnOwMPoRXXlcIdD00OfqQ/w572-h640/20220331_151840.jpg" width="572" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">In case you wondered what may be an inspiration for the name and the model, Page provided a bit of a hint :)</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfGZAsQFep9jAiC5YndiVBpL4u8DMg5ZK4Jg0bz6FvtboPDsxVY0SfMfcrBOv01l3Y5NCiuCHFC9EuW3ZNZ1U8f8pTB7Lrw6fVpRFSQCARjfUxntMmzFa0lfKhG81YSck5IHFwtlEY7bGB-4Ojw6c40wRVHgDnftorlfP1DFBDuX10GLhQQkRo3RUww/s1080/IMG-20220331-WA0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfGZAsQFep9jAiC5YndiVBpL4u8DMg5ZK4Jg0bz6FvtboPDsxVY0SfMfcrBOv01l3Y5NCiuCHFC9EuW3ZNZ1U8f8pTB7Lrw6fVpRFSQCARjfUxntMmzFa0lfKhG81YSck5IHFwtlEY7bGB-4Ojw6c40wRVHgDnftorlfP1DFBDuX10GLhQQkRo3RUww/w640-h640/IMG-20220331-WA0014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">Many thanks for the photos Page! It is great to have you joining Monster March and it is certainly a very good idea and execution for the model. I love the new name too!</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sceleris</u></b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">I believe we have already established that Sceleris is an absolute machine in terms of how many projects and models he can complete within a single month!</div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Here are his most recent updates:</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FXqZ_4WvZ8YYQqWjwJb5O958TClE0gdA7gQfFlbhrlnymkvLkPaOzXoqX0ZWpsyYrSB_gD3ZFCnji70zpdN1IcL_eSFj7LYqCB2J7EOYF1J0SFnQZ2f9cSVjbLi8SjYYZO4dF-V2RGeKfmxQL9hjUHHcGe0ozawP0w1W72J2hivfKUFuMtoGjQjELA/s690/Sceleris%2006%20a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="690" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FXqZ_4WvZ8YYQqWjwJb5O958TClE0gdA7gQfFlbhrlnymkvLkPaOzXoqX0ZWpsyYrSB_gD3ZFCnji70zpdN1IcL_eSFj7LYqCB2J7EOYF1J0SFnQZ2f9cSVjbLi8SjYYZO4dF-V2RGeKfmxQL9hjUHHcGe0ozawP0w1W72J2hivfKUFuMtoGjQjELA/w640-h358/Sceleris%2006%20a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfpYDHy6w_8KJ_lSCUpwBNDXPxGTwxRKG5s8Z_MsL8M7jZdWINqIG0aVjhKCqL6k7qM2v0JpxQZjUEI109RRRvtpWRtyXi-tlxJJ9XdFvZyKP0UwcE1sUqVHYlt-l2U_Azi1JyozkP1wZYt_c5pn0kYWz15hpp0exheeLA_qtUxpMy8j_i1jNhhzx8A/s690/Sceleris%2006b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="690" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfpYDHy6w_8KJ_lSCUpwBNDXPxGTwxRKG5s8Z_MsL8M7jZdWINqIG0aVjhKCqL6k7qM2v0JpxQZjUEI109RRRvtpWRtyXi-tlxJJ9XdFvZyKP0UwcE1sUqVHYlt-l2U_Azi1JyozkP1wZYt_c5pn0kYWz15hpp0exheeLA_qtUxpMy8j_i1jNhhzx8A/w640-h372/Sceleris%2006b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">And some group photos to show all that was accomplished in March alone!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisC0buxBG_zV2mEx7uahzGTyuCXcMhZJV6KzwOTefw-0Ixik7dflqaui2UY88le3wkzOslccr3MdGSgI-oDVAWyWP4VXROEyRYe5SNRUAFnnRq9mocdABXyneDsvVbx5PUlR5yO6iaYwiYF4QBATKA3Uc4eu4c69AZYZEvAUuPy5QJIRczS5FqUaiC8A/s690/Sceleris%2006c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="690" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisC0buxBG_zV2mEx7uahzGTyuCXcMhZJV6KzwOTefw-0Ixik7dflqaui2UY88le3wkzOslccr3MdGSgI-oDVAWyWP4VXROEyRYe5SNRUAFnnRq9mocdABXyneDsvVbx5PUlR5yO6iaYwiYF4QBATKA3Uc4eu4c69AZYZEvAUuPy5QJIRczS5FqUaiC8A/w640-h418/Sceleris%2006c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrG9i_6FzUpwfViDJiVgT_J5fJC1LuUR74x5o-cDcfbqFfhlZs95S1zvqrCLs7AOJSyVBRDMBox2b2eiC_y0HIerlEkTj8js-jukVll77aSNyT_reXPkrfZRPXI7FTKIqlD3WM76KXXxshCX8peugJdhADy69uIXytZ6c9GGiCkqeVUrb6R4DwN-e6Q/s619/Sceleris%2006d.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="619" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrG9i_6FzUpwfViDJiVgT_J5fJC1LuUR74x5o-cDcfbqFfhlZs95S1zvqrCLs7AOJSyVBRDMBox2b2eiC_y0HIerlEkTj8js-jukVll77aSNyT_reXPkrfZRPXI7FTKIqlD3WM76KXXxshCX8peugJdhADy69uIXytZ6c9GGiCkqeVUrb6R4DwN-e6Q/w640-h516/Sceleris%2006d.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Thank you very much for your fantastic contributions, Sceleris! You are an inspiration for many, I think I mentioned that before but it is worth repeating :)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Snapfit</u></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Snapfit had two projects during Monster March, the first one was Boglar War Tortoise and the second was Gorgrim Bloodjaw, Orruk Megaboss.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzRc7-b6p6ift4AdiiHe0tu7X2wia6jtVQeWx7oSmY43ywcT_qLXfWKMDZGUwiwlO-k4FMHDEDsoVp6xiVlOQa6UZ2Xv8d0vjxFRYzYcPkHHRz1ATHkllATdPBuvDUGdTEuURXP2V_D59QFlRCCfqs1sV09E8KhRRgKv-2TY5BgdCPxA8FUBLQlwlxA/s640/Snapfit%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzRc7-b6p6ift4AdiiHe0tu7X2wia6jtVQeWx7oSmY43ywcT_qLXfWKMDZGUwiwlO-k4FMHDEDsoVp6xiVlOQa6UZ2Xv8d0vjxFRYzYcPkHHRz1ATHkllATdPBuvDUGdTEuURXP2V_D59QFlRCCfqs1sV09E8KhRRgKv-2TY5BgdCPxA8FUBLQlwlxA/w640-h640/Snapfit%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTqM0CGHOs2EA3RosGHDbvO75KxWan5mGTWYGBULtDCvXsjgk250ATiVHH-5o58gNO9FhdVPKZEAPVdmFb3JEltyfW58crKKQIP8tc-EoK_oqXqoDVSwVKFZmdzyz0f3LiPZFpDAabcVh9uuRWfWAc9JnQniv9b34YzmWSABYwsnY0HENJpW3IcNqNQ/s320/Snapfit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTqM0CGHOs2EA3RosGHDbvO75KxWan5mGTWYGBULtDCvXsjgk250ATiVHH-5o58gNO9FhdVPKZEAPVdmFb3JEltyfW58crKKQIP8tc-EoK_oqXqoDVSwVKFZmdzyz0f3LiPZFpDAabcVh9uuRWfWAc9JnQniv9b34YzmWSABYwsnY0HENJpW3IcNqNQ/w640-h640/Snapfit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Both are most recent additions to the ever growing Da Green Horde! If you like green colour, then Snapfits blog is the place you should visit!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://dagreenhorde.blogspot.com/">Da Green Horde</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Many thanks to Snapfit for joining Monster March!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Telchar</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Telchar posted photos of the most recently completed project at KoW Forum. It is a great idea to use a very well known plastic gryphon to represent Exemplar Redeemer on Winged Unicorn for Kings of War army. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVoIrggbih7jSfPx9InV0cbSsF88QlsrHSqD9wdrtGQmHFzvRja4nbhJ2QOejZOfkc7n3FORDf-k1FwPyuYIve-i0i_i2T-e2Q_L1ZesJQOoVmdNx_nb7GdvMrKo0iMlz6bsbEEUGVVrii1YxiYrq0SPuY3Nl5uX3wT96xMPJ8Fw8QtVU7Oudf-pMsg/s640/Telchar.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVoIrggbih7jSfPx9InV0cbSsF88QlsrHSqD9wdrtGQmHFzvRja4nbhJ2QOejZOfkc7n3FORDf-k1FwPyuYIve-i0i_i2T-e2Q_L1ZesJQOoVmdNx_nb7GdvMrKo0iMlz6bsbEEUGVVrii1YxiYrq0SPuY3Nl5uX3wT96xMPJ8Fw8QtVU7Oudf-pMsg/w640-h480/Telchar.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks for joining us this year, Telchar! I hope we will see more of your work on KoW Forum and that you are going to return next year!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Vince</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vince did very well with his huge unit for Kings of War. The horde of Knights is one of the largest units you can field in that game and I think Vince did great with his idea for it!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_Qj3Ql1SmN4qUamD7T0rhpQk_3EviUNY5n1E2a1-gYh5hf3bBDBL9R7Hky9YJ3o4naweybFKrWm7G3g24KKoOoie9ZRbQYgyhxRe_YwO0sVWZ0uDcOadJkD8tJAXMUO_V4KC2O1599iAK5YK2wJtjBvexosxoFbIoUn1IdjKjTP31c3vrocWUHXy1Q/s770/Vince.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="770" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_Qj3Ql1SmN4qUamD7T0rhpQk_3EviUNY5n1E2a1-gYh5hf3bBDBL9R7Hky9YJ3o4naweybFKrWm7G3g24KKoOoie9ZRbQYgyhxRe_YwO0sVWZ0uDcOadJkD8tJAXMUO_V4KC2O1599iAK5YK2wJtjBvexosxoFbIoUn1IdjKjTP31c3vrocWUHXy1Q/w640-h526/Vince.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vince was also posting regularly about each stage of his project so you should check it for more details!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/">Vince on all things Kings of War</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Wilberforce</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wilberforce worked diligently on his Halfling Harvester for Kings of War army! It is a very interesting and new model for this range so it was great to see it being assembled and painted!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjclRRvBxc3qOIYCKzfmiRTLZ-Vs3bbaIwJc7BqwXbSUS5rIiy4L3WVlrpW6Xjl3U_cR0SLMTllR6NAEXKnWTKkzn2RexYlBkfQB5EY6aovDVLLlshiHqs4la3b5U-E7J9wrXXTgjASBl1NipUoMguZ6kIni_kiqgiEm3Z-UDCm4o55Q6OTKL6X2tIgA/s962/Willberforce.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="962" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjclRRvBxc3qOIYCKzfmiRTLZ-Vs3bbaIwJc7BqwXbSUS5rIiy4L3WVlrpW6Xjl3U_cR0SLMTllR6NAEXKnWTKkzn2RexYlBkfQB5EY6aovDVLLlshiHqs4la3b5U-E7J9wrXXTgjASBl1NipUoMguZ6kIni_kiqgiEm3Z-UDCm4o55Q6OTKL6X2tIgA/w640-h554/Willberforce.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Wilberforce for joining Monster March! Please, check his blog as well!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://joyfullybad.blogspot.com/">The Joy of Painting Badly</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Zac</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zac chose another awesome model for an iconic character, Krq-Gar for his Lizardmen army:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC4M9P-2ceasuCcz6EFE09bLfER6EaVCLfNiQ6bnlPvXRy2n7ybJGngi-umgWEHbLzqQEf_ZzQfTEhV4ZEP3I2vBH-oR225mIVoXDBscdxt8itrlfFwjsSyKB-I5jQiruCozCLPr6FabPqLqXEQ8wtfcdPINPoj6hvI4WwnKFwXJRB93n-8pj2nfC7g/s640/Zac%2001b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC4M9P-2ceasuCcz6EFE09bLfER6EaVCLfNiQ6bnlPvXRy2n7ybJGngi-umgWEHbLzqQEf_ZzQfTEhV4ZEP3I2vBH-oR225mIVoXDBscdxt8itrlfFwjsSyKB-I5jQiruCozCLPr6FabPqLqXEQ8wtfcdPINPoj6hvI4WwnKFwXJRB93n-8pj2nfC7g/w640-h480/Zac%2001b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope all is well on your side Zac and many thanks for joining Monster March!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Summary</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This concludes this year's edition of Monster March! Once again, I was really inspired by the creativity of all participants! Incredible models, really cool ideas for modelling and painting, some awesome tips on how to achieve the effect presented etc.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is my great pleasure hosting this challenge every year and I do hope you enjoyed it as well. Also those of you who may have checked the works of others but did not participate this time. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My only wish is that next year I will be more organized and even with some unexpected real life interferences, I will be able to contribute something as well!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With that, I would like to thank you all again, apologize for the delay in preparing and posting last update and I hope to see you all next year for Monster March 7!</div>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-88400893931896482312022-03-27T16:53:00.002+11:002022-03-27T16:53:40.201+11:00Monster March 6 - Part 5<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbeu4wv3pq7eoIOfxUc98Zu1CliwfiFpSTTHG5e7ogsD2soq_jCqygJoLMZpsP5iPh_HdvYhV5mczVjsKlYEXslyMqZNrdvB5PHiWAhZ8la6cUK7HczBi9Cbd7tZZJVMaG3WWkx-w3XxVDs5vIqXiL7n1MprODohO6V3B5gf6g6uy6rMtVhKDgvmx6A/s695/MonsterMarch6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbeu4wv3pq7eoIOfxUc98Zu1CliwfiFpSTTHG5e7ogsD2soq_jCqygJoLMZpsP5iPh_HdvYhV5mczVjsKlYEXslyMqZNrdvB5PHiWAhZ8la6cUK7HczBi9Cbd7tZZJVMaG3WWkx-w3XxVDs5vIqXiL7n1MprODohO6V3B5gf6g6uy6rMtVhKDgvmx6A/w640-h532/MonsterMarch6.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This week passed away really fast for me so I am very happy to see that many of the participants continue making a very good progress on their respective projects! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We are getting close to the final update and the end of this year's Monster March challenge. It means that many of the participants have completed their projects already, and some continue with their stretch goals. In general, models are often look almost finished and it is fantastic to see all the accomplishments already. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well done everyone! Let's see what did everyone paint last week!</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Azazel</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I would like to apologize to Azazel as I forgot to mention one of his earlier works he completed in early March. He painted this fantastic Teumessian Fox!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dg36UZLRLR5EyVWw1JhHnGIbOvsnvkOyqKp0AnlPa9bfLtLXaNyRIrrNTvXAdppuDD_vhn1fLojQCVjHmaubpEYkvYNNJ4DXQYyo4wjAhXAHNpu6M1ll-Xut1hf7qJibwz7rXFpvEE3ynJRoHSlo2obWIhp6oJQ5JShYdOEvPGsPuNUVkPKvtzZcKA/s768/Azazel%2005.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="768" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dg36UZLRLR5EyVWw1JhHnGIbOvsnvkOyqKp0AnlPa9bfLtLXaNyRIrrNTvXAdppuDD_vhn1fLojQCVjHmaubpEYkvYNNJ4DXQYyo4wjAhXAHNpu6M1ll-Xut1hf7qJibwz7rXFpvEE3ynJRoHSlo2obWIhp6oJQ5JShYdOEvPGsPuNUVkPKvtzZcKA/w640-h516/Azazel%2005.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">As always, there are many more details in Azazel's dedicated blog post!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2022/03/08/mythic-battles-pantheon-echidnas-children-teumessian-fox-monstermarch6/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Azazel's Bitz Box - Teumessian Fox</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Azazel continues with painting some gorgeous models every week and for this update he prepared Fell Beasts!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKDEBUcwmRbw7eKfGxRTpyHgqsq2Gr0Xo08GtgW47UbnZLlqn1IUu09c54GxQ-FaDF_2j9ZJgGUa-GDDc_12iEsi0wGQbYSDFcG0wp8JT77SeAKdm9vbTC3gzvKVr09HrNwWY85Do4dG7sKFaKcfKbeeCodNmTQLT0DhmMlgRxO6GQiNcNEi1kz5ZAw/s768/Azazel%2005b.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="768" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKDEBUcwmRbw7eKfGxRTpyHgqsq2Gr0Xo08GtgW47UbnZLlqn1IUu09c54GxQ-FaDF_2j9ZJgGUa-GDDc_12iEsi0wGQbYSDFcG0wp8JT77SeAKdm9vbTC3gzvKVr09HrNwWY85Do4dG7sKFaKcfKbeeCodNmTQLT0DhmMlgRxO6GQiNcNEi1kz5ZAw/w640-h364/Azazel%2005b.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Please, check his most recent post where you will find more photos of these great models:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2022/03/25/fantasy-flight-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth-spreading-war-fell-beasts-monstermarch6/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Azazel's Bitz Box - Fell Beasts</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ben</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ben took a break from his project to help his friend with the preparation of his Basilean army for the upcoming tournament. Ben did all the basing, models preparation and assembly, as well as priming them for painting. Check out the effects as I think the models look great even without the paint on them yet!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlb9NUINWgItugojooGLqKVQ9cghIWICmWt7k4seqNtDEfd7r8N9sAiChOjZ-Pk1HXNRQp2Hv0fY9wWinfMj6COrfavsxWHO6CZ70shpXUOT-eXWLM6ud9oAo02FRBt4wLpLK2keQl3pIFn4iyePImf5KX4Vir8gQniuF9YmTKwAe-GRv-3QsYO87jQ/s3264/Ben%2005a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlb9NUINWgItugojooGLqKVQ9cghIWICmWt7k4seqNtDEfd7r8N9sAiChOjZ-Pk1HXNRQp2Hv0fY9wWinfMj6COrfavsxWHO6CZ70shpXUOT-eXWLM6ud9oAo02FRBt4wLpLK2keQl3pIFn4iyePImf5KX4Vir8gQniuF9YmTKwAe-GRv-3QsYO87jQ/w360-h640/Ben%2005a.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_oFh4Rv2l2SHOwyi5zFxb2Ud7Dg4I7TxP2mGpUhH5nHqG0dp2IRUE2WejRM1mm5rmujQ4blp8sMw-TGyy9_CB1bra8kV3h9vp259O3W5Vli2Tw7RFbHZwHjrFn52LKh_jIf1nIgl7LL0hlBIST9L5nB_jSO_-SrnslSVSqJO9a3c8HNfGx9hEvqZSw/s3264/Ben%2005b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3264" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_oFh4Rv2l2SHOwyi5zFxb2Ud7Dg4I7TxP2mGpUhH5nHqG0dp2IRUE2WejRM1mm5rmujQ4blp8sMw-TGyy9_CB1bra8kV3h9vp259O3W5Vli2Tw7RFbHZwHjrFn52LKh_jIf1nIgl7LL0hlBIST9L5nB_jSO_-SrnslSVSqJO9a3c8HNfGx9hEvqZSw/w640-h360/Ben%2005b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBqLuiXSmg9HWGoIuXCwYvazWzq2qzdJZBRuTUmCM33WhJJeAwSo-_sSrcplz0jDlTD-r10dEHsSBJDQZuXteGORX2CyEOoFfZ1NrT5mir0dfqG5ox0q_thT1Y3YQrotUjpmoN2JCHSdPQFgVsWNcO0y2Z_DyPr35Hr8WnHwtbq152pM_-RcXUHryiQ/s3264/Ben%2005c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3264" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBqLuiXSmg9HWGoIuXCwYvazWzq2qzdJZBRuTUmCM33WhJJeAwSo-_sSrcplz0jDlTD-r10dEHsSBJDQZuXteGORX2CyEOoFfZ1NrT5mir0dfqG5ox0q_thT1Y3YQrotUjpmoN2JCHSdPQFgVsWNcO0y2Z_DyPr35Hr8WnHwtbq152pM_-RcXUHryiQ/w640-h360/Ben%2005c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I like the models representing Basilean Elohi in particular! Although the mounted Paladins are great too!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chris K.</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chris is very close to complete his project! His Reanimated Behemoth looks really good indeed!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sBt6GhqywiYK9OlWt1q3lGRJoY12bLiNuR4viW7fA5lgYacdPILnbwkCjmO1yMYySxvNuhS6QJpNR4hf370bKUdczdPkjxd5e3sJYuZN8NN4I8vM0fRk3BKsh4cp_wgJkFV3gYNx0ijHoDPjhwZ0kQSHU83Sg1EM0mZsKXFpcjgORK_EpvcnnFFQKg/s801/Chris%20K%2005.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="801" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sBt6GhqywiYK9OlWt1q3lGRJoY12bLiNuR4viW7fA5lgYacdPILnbwkCjmO1yMYySxvNuhS6QJpNR4hf370bKUdczdPkjxd5e3sJYuZN8NN4I8vM0fRk3BKsh4cp_wgJkFV3gYNx0ijHoDPjhwZ0kQSHU83Sg1EM0mZsKXFpcjgORK_EpvcnnFFQKg/w640-h600/Chris%20K%2005.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">I can't wait to see it finished and as a part of the army! Who knows, if I am lucky, I may have a chance to admire the Behemoth personally :)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DAM</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I really admire DAM's patience as he meticulously paints the intricate patterns on armored plates for his Titans! Check out an example below:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofMsWA_UOs6Hpu4lAxEYBI6r4QpFGUJWGH2CF3S8Shu4lpZtgBAvbDjffD1N8UOwaTkEJSkcdQU2pbFYTW-D4E5JCGPGGBrn7kqILwMU-Qs76QUGt0_Uwv7TdRZHQj5dOkrmcNlkJ-bepF4ZU2XzpJFMRtdkm98kIc9S-uIvjnsNrtYLf9otyMWEdiw/s640/DAM%2005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="640" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofMsWA_UOs6Hpu4lAxEYBI6r4QpFGUJWGH2CF3S8Shu4lpZtgBAvbDjffD1N8UOwaTkEJSkcdQU2pbFYTW-D4E5JCGPGGBrn7kqILwMU-Qs76QUGt0_Uwv7TdRZHQj5dOkrmcNlkJ-bepF4ZU2XzpJFMRtdkm98kIc9S-uIvjnsNrtYLf9otyMWEdiw/w640-h428/DAM%2005.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is no doubt that both engines are going to look fantastic! And while we are all waiting for them to be assembled and ready to march to war, why not check DAM's another excellent blog post?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2022/03/monstermarch6-week-three-progress.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">262nd Death Korps of Krieg</span></a> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Duncan and Matilda</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dad and Daughter team is now working on the bases of their awesome models. What is equally important, the mushrooms received some much needed dots! I am sure you would agree they look even cooler with the dots!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRivsy3Dchgwih8zrpS3P5F_W6OVFPaI6hqpe6W8HkDDyqwnYU-IbFo1Jihzua3K9rH1Ciq3LPQJ431nkw0xhB4AZ_m6BIZlBpnNjzICNQf1WLYydbvxqttNh__xqWmvG6EirNmbMQdnXd2q4tXJWRIW2UNIc4968kuENR4e63aDh6Ts1QGRb89H5JTQ/s3640/Duncan%2005a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRivsy3Dchgwih8zrpS3P5F_W6OVFPaI6hqpe6W8HkDDyqwnYU-IbFo1Jihzua3K9rH1Ciq3LPQJ431nkw0xhB4AZ_m6BIZlBpnNjzICNQf1WLYydbvxqttNh__xqWmvG6EirNmbMQdnXd2q4tXJWRIW2UNIc4968kuENR4e63aDh6Ts1QGRb89H5JTQ/w640-h480/Duncan%2005a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iXh-I6eb3hBj2dk4jhh_WiyhpabXNzHhPyzbPTvSepYnod3ONZkDyf9RxW1sFrITO8xMoiqLNUwP4C3SHUd-G3CAxo2MC_x07V__hxolK96p3zm4v7dBhJ77kaTELArnKF5GLz8chnDFy4Qhamh1f185HO71YdpwoDdeJ9tpQFm-aX1H_cWCK7LQ8w/s3640/Duncan%2005b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iXh-I6eb3hBj2dk4jhh_WiyhpabXNzHhPyzbPTvSepYnod3ONZkDyf9RxW1sFrITO8xMoiqLNUwP4C3SHUd-G3CAxo2MC_x07V__hxolK96p3zm4v7dBhJ77kaTELArnKF5GLz8chnDFy4Qhamh1f185HO71YdpwoDdeJ9tpQFm-aX1H_cWCK7LQ8w/w640-h480/Duncan%2005b.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kctiDoojvsi1kdUCn21l_1XkyOjXEyeCSYTa4GFhjSdsBY8IhIyJBP2iIKqsTZcV5Q3Jz1PqYyCCWoqkFBOdG3UJ01bKls1Qh9XKh8Tgrj-KD2pBCWcR9QZtE_A_HcrM2XUk268FN9gF94kQ4VHfNMVSX3uGEd1bJxrLnVj0kwdxwubLwnAUL_V8sQ/s3640/Duncan%2095c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kctiDoojvsi1kdUCn21l_1XkyOjXEyeCSYTa4GFhjSdsBY8IhIyJBP2iIKqsTZcV5Q3Jz1PqYyCCWoqkFBOdG3UJ01bKls1Qh9XKh8Tgrj-KD2pBCWcR9QZtE_A_HcrM2XUk268FN9gF94kQ4VHfNMVSX3uGEd1bJxrLnVj0kwdxwubLwnAUL_V8sQ/w640-h480/Duncan%2095c.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">I really like the vibrant colours you chose for your models! It is great to see they are almost finished too, well done! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ed O'Malley</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ed is one of the regular participants of Monster March painting challenges. It is no different this year, although real life interfered and Ed was not able to post the usual updates on his blog. However, the massive Hive Tyrant with Wings was painted and that's all that matters!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwviktA4bYXxtxHo9pianYhSS1tAtx07qRDDBaAzFIqltcfGQTdT0qWxmXcHrxwKVOD6yjEN9MlWGik9cWpKqgtUth2wf01Nz0ENwDQgOaesYz_gI1g03WAalFIU7YNgm5GFkyG02h1Tx6sl6MdC9tIXIAUwhhDuKCaPsl_tuXmmJQ8G67fOfM9CX-2Q/s1760/Ed%2005a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1760" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwviktA4bYXxtxHo9pianYhSS1tAtx07qRDDBaAzFIqltcfGQTdT0qWxmXcHrxwKVOD6yjEN9MlWGik9cWpKqgtUth2wf01Nz0ENwDQgOaesYz_gI1g03WAalFIU7YNgm5GFkyG02h1Tx6sl6MdC9tIXIAUwhhDuKCaPsl_tuXmmJQ8G67fOfM9CX-2Q/w546-h640/Ed%2005a.jpg" width="546" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoq2Jeisu62ZqhfgNPZYyVpIQFU5DxE3gWcTTIciFHyx0mOcc9_RWBiEYj1SzQBacFTgYzSCYLtbsHRl8MMcTD61OwiAkzTisNtw7PjXew6GTAytgtvLRGj0I2Djz0qPydavaIYrAspRJH_qre9eonh_VJC7EF3jhFFJyHd4tmJAJIzEClYhkf8PxoeQ/s1275/Ed%2005b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1186" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoq2Jeisu62ZqhfgNPZYyVpIQFU5DxE3gWcTTIciFHyx0mOcc9_RWBiEYj1SzQBacFTgYzSCYLtbsHRl8MMcTD61OwiAkzTisNtw7PjXew6GTAytgtvLRGj0I2Djz0qPydavaIYrAspRJH_qre9eonh_VJC7EF3jhFFJyHd4tmJAJIzEClYhkf8PxoeQ/w596-h640/Ed%2005b.jpg" width="596" /></a></div><br /></span> </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-9ySPT82BGD2JOMBh_MEUew1pbN7J5hCLmN-brsFED7t2n46h4pK7KYM_P0-DuRq5az67EK0l-FdKXkGO_hIU2sseLzF2AvJ925OVLbLYaskQ28CTqNBNwsY_qpfNqP5-DDIOowbddtHtpYcn4KPl-oF1Gen-LWHpPlo2hnnK2QNcBngy23p0j8gYQ/s1454/Ed%2005c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="1372" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-9ySPT82BGD2JOMBh_MEUew1pbN7J5hCLmN-brsFED7t2n46h4pK7KYM_P0-DuRq5az67EK0l-FdKXkGO_hIU2sseLzF2AvJ925OVLbLYaskQ28CTqNBNwsY_qpfNqP5-DDIOowbddtHtpYcn4KPl-oF1Gen-LWHpPlo2hnnK2QNcBngy23p0j8gYQ/w604-h640/Ed%2005c.jpg" width="604" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Erasmus</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Erasmus has just finished his project for this year! His Night Stalkers army has now a new unit ready for battle!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgM2oKTEY5VJdW9RmCRCvsQjiPaogq3WmV8xUBZaNqGeS-rvGHuf6GS4QdJa_HV16qpNBfeDXmewZW8ILdU02MghyR1VDFLJrX8A4HuFVoRC6P_5LeOasD-yAZcISR5dsI-GUPPNo6CnJbiTl9iULz5bMRHO4VpjRCxpzBXm7JFpJ-5pZd0L_fN-hOg/s880/Erasmus%2005.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="880" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgM2oKTEY5VJdW9RmCRCvsQjiPaogq3WmV8xUBZaNqGeS-rvGHuf6GS4QdJa_HV16qpNBfeDXmewZW8ILdU02MghyR1VDFLJrX8A4HuFVoRC6P_5LeOasD-yAZcISR5dsI-GUPPNo6CnJbiTl9iULz5bMRHO4VpjRCxpzBXm7JFpJ-5pZd0L_fN-hOg/w640-h544/Erasmus%2005.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I think this spider is so cute that from now on I am going to call it Itsy Bitsy :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kristoffer/Hektor/Gottfrid</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kristoffer has just send me some updates on his and his sons models progress. Gottfrid has already completed his project but we would need to wait for the photos for the next week. Hektor is working on his Chroneas and you can see it in the family photo below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfw1I0LLduH7wAy1YI74qLpPDdAetDECNGdFbY6opWXi9woB1KA07rm93EqErDF5fq1jyb-u9FYHBDmrZTppmd9ly-wcIF7Gz9XpV_twZXxM-1Gb7YT3cTr0wK7bYA6_QTRlJ6sqXy1t6Gfc9I-r34_LHTyb9Mv4FPn8bVN8gIaSS_MCRDP06DuJdIWQ/s1448/Week%204%20-%20Kristoffer%20-%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1448" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfw1I0LLduH7wAy1YI74qLpPDdAetDECNGdFbY6opWXi9woB1KA07rm93EqErDF5fq1jyb-u9FYHBDmrZTppmd9ly-wcIF7Gz9XpV_twZXxM-1Gb7YT3cTr0wK7bYA6_QTRlJ6sqXy1t6Gfc9I-r34_LHTyb9Mv4FPn8bVN8gIaSS_MCRDP06DuJdIWQ/w640-h496/Week%204%20-%20Kristoffer%20-%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAXsl4FKfm-OjoSDw8VwhSsxH2rNwqPcWMHbkxRKMlCX53gPASINCaqKQYm252Nd519rWohoOTwIk8gkPoHQUyjUPPLHHM9T7o8k9KxyWZKn0ww7riHZz94KgE7vj-le9xZPUt4ECVPKD3v23mBDxFcsEmBAp7nA0lcz4rmrrXB-aJlGyaI1TEW16Tw/s1193/Week%204%20-%20Kristoffer%20-%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1193" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAXsl4FKfm-OjoSDw8VwhSsxH2rNwqPcWMHbkxRKMlCX53gPASINCaqKQYm252Nd519rWohoOTwIk8gkPoHQUyjUPPLHHM9T7o8k9KxyWZKn0ww7riHZz94KgE7vj-le9xZPUt4ECVPKD3v23mBDxFcsEmBAp7nA0lcz4rmrrXB-aJlGyaI1TEW16Tw/w640-h540/Week%204%20-%20Kristoffer%20-%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDD6tVeGsKMqmAXM5VZMr9C6gAhv-sAI-iY6qBLIwEUHBcVj2T1Fh0f4XIuhgg1eZPnF3yaPsmUsqdhdUIB1SvHfoSiFFkeNF2HRrsDr4ZhMxY3NSu52GSZVy5EGbNDqGnjLsVahM_IzXFZ6uJP3SaHiOSzX7th74_bdflS2ceiiv1WjJCo8JnZG3hqQ/s1447/Week%204%20-%20Kristoffer%20-%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1447" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDD6tVeGsKMqmAXM5VZMr9C6gAhv-sAI-iY6qBLIwEUHBcVj2T1Fh0f4XIuhgg1eZPnF3yaPsmUsqdhdUIB1SvHfoSiFFkeNF2HRrsDr4ZhMxY3NSu52GSZVy5EGbNDqGnjLsVahM_IzXFZ6uJP3SaHiOSzX7th74_bdflS2ceiiv1WjJCo8JnZG3hqQ/w640-h422/Week%204%20-%20Kristoffer%20-%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAW5SGgAdo2fki0QIkOARtUWKIXheKUVo4NiOBg26PRsnHBTiJL65ZnGtk9JrhFBphDGN9AAAHE5jRwHIIrB1KizJxTuPqnphthmNiH5E68VEpthTVFAHt5iMXC5toQN-wkmq1cRgTolU1c5CX9QteuppKkQgUW8z_WxR1cjap18bHgjBkNgcftWh3g/s795/Week%204%20-%20Kristoffer%20-%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="795" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAW5SGgAdo2fki0QIkOARtUWKIXheKUVo4NiOBg26PRsnHBTiJL65ZnGtk9JrhFBphDGN9AAAHE5jRwHIIrB1KizJxTuPqnphthmNiH5E68VEpthTVFAHt5iMXC5toQN-wkmq1cRgTolU1c5CX9QteuppKkQgUW8z_WxR1cjap18bHgjBkNgcftWh3g/w640-h540/Week%204%20-%20Kristoffer%20-%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5_UCFj8f-fswtr5oFqnNl9-FAYOSH4-GxonaYM_WCkaNpDBjmA-OvAOM4kvhn35UqARQ8TpiAYlxTdXv1YevEbs3_aQ6pVtxrafonZT6mscJW7sqKdRJ4AG4S1O7mCODHlPr4nqQZ0V9hUOaHApRubLeeoBiQ2dD5IqOnusErtFV0wNVoIHRwuJkVw/s1672/Week%204%20-%20Family%20Shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5_UCFj8f-fswtr5oFqnNl9-FAYOSH4-GxonaYM_WCkaNpDBjmA-OvAOM4kvhn35UqARQ8TpiAYlxTdXv1YevEbs3_aQ6pVtxrafonZT6mscJW7sqKdRJ4AG4S1O7mCODHlPr4nqQZ0V9hUOaHApRubLeeoBiQ2dD5IqOnusErtFV0wNVoIHRwuJkVw/w640-h480/Week%204%20-%20Family%20Shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">As always, Kristoffer has some great things to share:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">I managed to get one good painting session when I did
all the details on my big Troll. The pictures show the result. Worth
mentioning might be that I ended up making the eyes black
and I’ve added some lime tones to highlight the skin. I’m pretty sure
it can be pushed and refined further but this will have to do. I intend
to do the base during the final week, and I think that will make the
model come together. My main purpose of the strange
sandy cliff he’s standing on was to elevate and angle him better for
gameplay – now I’ll have to see what can be done to make it look right. </span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">The models look great and I am already looking forward for the next week to see the final stages of each project. Well done guys, keep up the good work!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Luca</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">Luca has just returned from a local tournament and got really inspired by the armies he has seen there! Way to go Luca! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeicQAW5EulTc8Zc6-MpizrOJjM5Kb14V7ZRmroFkyaDgy7_Pv7pgnZJE4GqUj_UwMAw0C2aY2TM33BYzQ8MgmfO3TxexwNsF2G1GVJUgiTHYyIW-zrnTdzZk8pYQQFiEQQ-THVv3KiccNODguXRIzFW40WEEPsFMtcX7gJ5Ja2-oUqgGLvUCbnhO7A/s919/Luca%2005a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeicQAW5EulTc8Zc6-MpizrOJjM5Kb14V7ZRmroFkyaDgy7_Pv7pgnZJE4GqUj_UwMAw0C2aY2TM33BYzQ8MgmfO3TxexwNsF2G1GVJUgiTHYyIW-zrnTdzZk8pYQQFiEQQ-THVv3KiccNODguXRIzFW40WEEPsFMtcX7gJ5Ja2-oUqgGLvUCbnhO7A/w512-h640/Luca%2005a.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv43P7Gxqhgvy-dBtcRkL8bZAJLZlS0OdpyYJBF73kcoui7mmr0sCKjNdJa3I7yVIXbOX0rNlig_RQ-yOhjZqGjprloYBNeLnsllpSZMMzQcZ8xagWbPx72XGs6g9YksRmc3-PwxqK94wj9KtfkBSia9jkZkosIYyApwHU1hphwqgJHQ2QlvyguGFsw/s992/Luca%2005b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="794" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv43P7Gxqhgvy-dBtcRkL8bZAJLZlS0OdpyYJBF73kcoui7mmr0sCKjNdJa3I7yVIXbOX0rNlig_RQ-yOhjZqGjprloYBNeLnsllpSZMMzQcZ8xagWbPx72XGs6g9YksRmc3-PwxqK94wj9KtfkBSia9jkZkosIYyApwHU1hphwqgJHQ2QlvyguGFsw/w512-h640/Luca%2005b.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAhc2JAz_1IaVEb75ZjXDG-oo8gywRsZdQUE6sQGlmIqLNZR-bWEdy1zRnqq-7ESDrmeZi99xkbFW6TXFsazFtt772LGs2a11HYYE9p5vk1E0LN4W-eZgSnphrSKRpNVQI15VARYc-bSIDg41fTgL4V4_s21tEn4L1kxAvH3dbQgUN6FnU3VrSCGWcw/s1100/Luca%2005c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAhc2JAz_1IaVEb75ZjXDG-oo8gywRsZdQUE6sQGlmIqLNZR-bWEdy1zRnqq-7ESDrmeZi99xkbFW6TXFsazFtt772LGs2a11HYYE9p5vk1E0LN4W-eZgSnphrSKRpNVQI15VARYc-bSIDg41fTgL4V4_s21tEn4L1kxAvH3dbQgUN6FnU3VrSCGWcw/w512-h640/Luca%2005c.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2Q2X6xRIPffE1-eyvn36_zeIePWo4O7JAhCdXenF64sjXSeLop2LR8MV54jAL2IUb8EkBOWGq5YUwjmrRndR_xHea3XtOpuNMxUKUZCdCkKX7mh3D-5WPKLaAQENfR8S_0ZlJD95fO8Ly2ystYYpzCLTz_st73B7Yhmw4ee8U_vI8jioTNckytdzyw/s1177/Luca%2005d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="883" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2Q2X6xRIPffE1-eyvn36_zeIePWo4O7JAhCdXenF64sjXSeLop2LR8MV54jAL2IUb8EkBOWGq5YUwjmrRndR_xHea3XtOpuNMxUKUZCdCkKX7mh3D-5WPKLaAQENfR8S_0ZlJD95fO8Ly2ystYYpzCLTz_st73B7Yhmw4ee8U_vI8jioTNckytdzyw/w480-h640/Luca%2005d.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">The model is almost finished! Well done!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mikes</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">To break up the routine of painting one model, Mikes switched from a Dragon to a Drakon instead! That is often quite a good idea to keep the motivation high and momentum going!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbSV_k58kqfqOoJN3_7LpW49dgFb3VkXnyFgfJHLuaFYYJwzcP-XHhoEo_MJ41RSkaaMmR_EikXkmjrU_jP7b34WT4_xy9eSXWofWYnraLZcO_oQRq8m6cTTj1e4w-dgAl2a8BNnpAQHPMJy0nZyQ_2gMgOAXDkosMhCQkcDPG4jldY6iSMF968_IAA/s999/Mikes%2005a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="999" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbSV_k58kqfqOoJN3_7LpW49dgFb3VkXnyFgfJHLuaFYYJwzcP-XHhoEo_MJ41RSkaaMmR_EikXkmjrU_jP7b34WT4_xy9eSXWofWYnraLZcO_oQRq8m6cTTj1e4w-dgAl2a8BNnpAQHPMJy0nZyQ_2gMgOAXDkosMhCQkcDPG4jldY6iSMF968_IAA/w640-h480/Mikes%2005a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div> <i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></i><span lang="EN-GB"></span><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaiuveMKKVSbNAH7t9L_Y5v3uXXDJTOar_dIK-yKpJJnmLRYmn8mn36nhOWLysYTERKJOGVEmCKhWYKUokKg-wwAkJJnj3hCXxjyGvw8sBPyok5tLnigjuAKKnrkgke9s0R8BCjwCZSQq9dYd6UQYFRrtjvVB2tcApZzoFKG4rTpXrMHCRYTh7GH23Q/s4032/Mikes%2005b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaiuveMKKVSbNAH7t9L_Y5v3uXXDJTOar_dIK-yKpJJnmLRYmn8mn36nhOWLysYTERKJOGVEmCKhWYKUokKg-wwAkJJnj3hCXxjyGvw8sBPyok5tLnigjuAKKnrkgke9s0R8BCjwCZSQq9dYd6UQYFRrtjvVB2tcApZzoFKG4rTpXrMHCRYTh7GH23Q/w640-h480/Mikes%2005b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">You are making a lot of good progress this month Mikes! Keep it up!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Michael S.</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">Michael also has just completed his Monster March 6 project! His Rhino (acting as a Mammoth for his Ogre army) looks absolutely fantastic!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBm_UsixuJF8rOlW_VN6baKzh7BHvR99w02DSRDlzannhN-seU57rw0CrRioCAmtP2rPuRSuOZKObvyH3HcBMs1BHpZbLTrj42ACkcxKbIciVGaCECUPvSEuJYmY1_vRshBQwyxSSDm3dOST6Ybc1FcMQnKAO2ey9A6QE6TZ4GO1KBwFmqlhDpjtD71Q/s2928/Michael%20S%2005a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="2743" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBm_UsixuJF8rOlW_VN6baKzh7BHvR99w02DSRDlzannhN-seU57rw0CrRioCAmtP2rPuRSuOZKObvyH3HcBMs1BHpZbLTrj42ACkcxKbIciVGaCECUPvSEuJYmY1_vRshBQwyxSSDm3dOST6Ybc1FcMQnKAO2ey9A6QE6TZ4GO1KBwFmqlhDpjtD71Q/w600-h640/Michael%20S%2005a.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2721" data-original-width="2919" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MV3iRbKhm3_BfUwXxSQEVOpPeTO2ctbcfnWJMqyQgMUyUPPSHTWft3b5phN_EBjYoxs_epczuv7mLruOJnLSj3nBmS2Sff1EQwDsPs4i-mV22QJIc9Zmh2cG3KKDV2oQkDVwIYE7hZXvGTvnC4o7gIphUTa5UtBEj5dlR9-MZ-YnMeAlBvgsxuT-Sw/w640-h596/Michael%20S%2005f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I think the model looks fantastic! I like the eyes in particular, very fitting for the model and the army! Michael is now finishing preparation for Briscon tournament which, if I remember correctly, should take place in the second half of April.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Michael has already sent me some photos of his army but I will show them next week for the final update. You will see then how well the Rhino/Mammoth fits in his army!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sceleris</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">I have a feeling that Sceleris accelerated last week and painted even more models than usual! Here are some examples:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuDVMPKLvDUehrTAEDRcsloNVOEbayoKi4C61wBDujnXgGzBjftMRfOcd_T2zwXYTo0aaDl0JhLx8GYrWUVs_VFeEDpuikmtl9kO6FnvSbympXGSGkOt-jm_-PcadC47SwtHT4pVqFNKdGbVxG435Nzu7wgMBdbNmAeef2XXzeB0HOlKIx68dzsV2NA/s768/Sceleris%2005a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="768" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuDVMPKLvDUehrTAEDRcsloNVOEbayoKi4C61wBDujnXgGzBjftMRfOcd_T2zwXYTo0aaDl0JhLx8GYrWUVs_VFeEDpuikmtl9kO6FnvSbympXGSGkOt-jm_-PcadC47SwtHT4pVqFNKdGbVxG435Nzu7wgMBdbNmAeef2XXzeB0HOlKIx68dzsV2NA/w640-h624/Sceleris%2005a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZO9VBwzus5xXVTy4tthwUvA7JBbND_krs_O4q_35yxWo6cSBoM095hZak6bmayOQn7yFTDgEMZZgzYPGUasQRZkxHBkGUZPb6A3iwOKD9gezZGc1m6NrlLfLk4QzJ511nvioscI7jMcO7GgtYNuY4FCbAta_wAgSZv-yUXIZt3wYqB2KP4Jz6edT9ZA/s1035/Sceleris%2005b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1035" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZO9VBwzus5xXVTy4tthwUvA7JBbND_krs_O4q_35yxWo6cSBoM095hZak6bmayOQn7yFTDgEMZZgzYPGUasQRZkxHBkGUZPb6A3iwOKD9gezZGc1m6NrlLfLk4QzJ511nvioscI7jMcO7GgtYNuY4FCbAta_wAgSZv-yUXIZt3wYqB2KP4Jz6edT9ZA/w640-h418/Sceleris%2005b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFsfves03GEeKcDrtfyzASy4KBy1__hzh8qhDxkGthd0Zov8ZuYTa7x39iUsorAx2xBWXKa8kKW2UCzPCxQS1EoaMxfFkkwXyPCHYVtx8cGk-XHaWc75ukHpXLImq-kBaaZyh4bce6lJ_XAd7xF0qGxvBvEp_QYU7UwJMXqW6ThZTvF1vQKHE_wcabQ/s828/Sceleris%2005c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="828" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFsfves03GEeKcDrtfyzASy4KBy1__hzh8qhDxkGthd0Zov8ZuYTa7x39iUsorAx2xBWXKa8kKW2UCzPCxQS1EoaMxfFkkwXyPCHYVtx8cGk-XHaWc75ukHpXLImq-kBaaZyh4bce6lJ_XAd7xF0qGxvBvEp_QYU7UwJMXqW6ThZTvF1vQKHE_wcabQ/w640-h578/Sceleris%2005c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUFavRD98uhz_8N91rjtp9vpwTgVbgrx_P0Ag4lNGzT2qvRH3iULkhlEDKSPrXgOSUsqbT_bljLFOSLMHNjqHCfdB4huSOQd6w4VoKSORFgtY_LRoDj1U536coCEVr_pvEOCc838Ump0a3kQIbu1ouGBOcGkfE6Cn3N0OyCKZAc1yfmXwV7kl1gfY2w/s1035/Sceleris%2005d.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1035" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUFavRD98uhz_8N91rjtp9vpwTgVbgrx_P0Ag4lNGzT2qvRH3iULkhlEDKSPrXgOSUsqbT_bljLFOSLMHNjqHCfdB4huSOQd6w4VoKSORFgtY_LRoDj1U536coCEVr_pvEOCc838Ump0a3kQIbu1ouGBOcGkfE6Cn3N0OyCKZAc1yfmXwV7kl1gfY2w/w640-h394/Sceleris%2005d.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4PVkJ-Y2I9w0i4NW0CowF6qjIiRksATXtw1_qOBi-eT90nvZaNQN04Rj7rfMr7VF_L60YKa1SLYJQTie9H7_G45YkyVXTHYoD43UtYeDWOIfsPtTaMQ0xJbhQ96Uafel7kar0gYrI1uZz_LLA1Qn4GHAVocsp7U4Iwa2xTEpWDwhQNWUArE5BldIvQ/s1035/Sceleris%2005f.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1035" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4PVkJ-Y2I9w0i4NW0CowF6qjIiRksATXtw1_qOBi-eT90nvZaNQN04Rj7rfMr7VF_L60YKa1SLYJQTie9H7_G45YkyVXTHYoD43UtYeDWOIfsPtTaMQ0xJbhQ96Uafel7kar0gYrI1uZz_LLA1Qn4GHAVocsp7U4Iwa2xTEpWDwhQNWUArE5BldIvQ/w640-h452/Sceleris%2005f.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">Well done indeed! Please, keep them coming!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Snapfit</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">Snapfit converted and painted the model for Gorgrim Bloodjaw, his Orruk Megboss!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoepDD_4AEasCWZAX5hrtlEmXPGvJQ0DMlu204fwENVxlt3J7ofwMrekqTEfBH6gWrLBVQcemuPY5UPI6w2p7M_NVJbDhcBx_60BirCtl4oVdxh-Z8hV3lRunEogG2V8d1ZYfE2bAG3nsOfEUHzbrPCiaUytMNeYA1Vw03q-EtR80BItURRSmlhycIQ/s2563/Snapfit%2005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="2563" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoepDD_4AEasCWZAX5hrtlEmXPGvJQ0DMlu204fwENVxlt3J7ofwMrekqTEfBH6gWrLBVQcemuPY5UPI6w2p7M_NVJbDhcBx_60BirCtl4oVdxh-Z8hV3lRunEogG2V8d1ZYfE2bAG3nsOfEUHzbrPCiaUytMNeYA1Vw03q-EtR80BItURRSmlhycIQ/w640-h640/Snapfit%2005.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">Make sure to visit his blog where he explains what was his inspiration and here you can find more pictures too!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://dagreenhorde.blogspot.com/2022/03/monstermarch6-gorgrim-bloodjaw-orruk.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">Da Green Horde - Orruk Megaboss</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Telchar</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Telchar converted and painted a model to represent the Exemplar Redeemer on flying Unicorn for the Brotherhood army for Kings of War:</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrehaxkIp707Uf57Y9IF8av_aDTXSLKPMtlacgiVyAXaKeF7rvhwCJ22QEFAE_tGGUahkRSXAaL9DGK7EGOdBOFoCrG9FlOqwXgX17tnHvpSHiKKeGa3hunvm_1RuOakxg-2CcI_qN342NLsgl5RgxncPkRLqYCBt_dM6HRcq9i76s9ZBooQ1W6_RM7Q/s1280/Telchar.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrehaxkIp707Uf57Y9IF8av_aDTXSLKPMtlacgiVyAXaKeF7rvhwCJ22QEFAE_tGGUahkRSXAaL9DGK7EGOdBOFoCrG9FlOqwXgX17tnHvpSHiKKeGa3hunvm_1RuOakxg-2CcI_qN342NLsgl5RgxncPkRLqYCBt_dM6HRcq9i76s9ZBooQ1W6_RM7Q/w640-h480/Telchar.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">The flying monster looks very familiar :) More pictures of Telchar's model on KoW Forum!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/monster-march-painting-topic/3268/199"><span style="font-size: medium;">KoW Forum - Telchar</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Vince</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">Vince planned his project very well and thanks to that he has just completed his Horde of Knights for Kings of War army!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRnXpqR2UHMBlGhjfakEtwURoc20mqESj9PFew2lR_2czMTE0oxvx-_BHJIthPkb-H7lADJVR9ihFcSmmfpPD3hbyL6vbsk5yMTm7eKe2mvjb22w22GueBUYZ15OVXE9QCYLHoo5-yCpxR1lToEoOBNQk6B0AJ7hKZdmrDF7984gBZXCknNvEcijrtA/s1024/Vince%2005.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1024" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRnXpqR2UHMBlGhjfakEtwURoc20mqESj9PFew2lR_2czMTE0oxvx-_BHJIthPkb-H7lADJVR9ihFcSmmfpPD3hbyL6vbsk5yMTm7eKe2mvjb22w22GueBUYZ15OVXE9QCYLHoo5-yCpxR1lToEoOBNQk6B0AJ7hKZdmrDF7984gBZXCknNvEcijrtA/w640-h526/Vince%2005.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">There are many more photos and a dedicated post on his blog, so make sure you visit!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/2022/03/22/monster-march-4-finished/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vince on all things Kings for War</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wilberforce</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">Wilberforce made a significant progress on his model despite being sick. I hope painting helped you to fight off the sickness and we all wish you a speedy recovery!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TGaDAxvv2egeLo50ARzlYUoJGCuCL4lUVsYmhygQ-STb3-jcJmzdDkPBi3KWq9mpg0HJcJrou9mQF2M1wlHHvWE7Bntass94Up0CYxvmDjNrF1IFQy2OgIVPQTBBTucUeqfidWqNLc7rSOvY3nSERRkIfNsR-1q0cCSZqiChn36ihrgk558V5osd1Q/s911/WIlberforce.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="911" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TGaDAxvv2egeLo50ARzlYUoJGCuCL4lUVsYmhygQ-STb3-jcJmzdDkPBi3KWq9mpg0HJcJrou9mQF2M1wlHHvWE7Bntass94Up0CYxvmDjNrF1IFQy2OgIVPQTBBTucUeqfidWqNLc7rSOvY3nSERRkIfNsR-1q0cCSZqiChn36ihrgk558V5osd1Q/w640-h544/WIlberforce.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">He even made a short blog post to document his progress! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://joyfullybad.blogspot.com/2022/03/monster-march-3-im-tired.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Joy of Painting Badly</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks to all who sent the updates for the last week and congratulations on your progress! We have only one week left but please, remember it is never too late too join! It may be a good opportunity to start something new as well and use the momentum to continue with another project.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">See you next week! </span> </span><br /></span></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-31065441248019451752022-03-20T16:31:00.002+11:002022-03-20T16:31:24.135+11:00Monster March 6 - Part 4<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1MvCT_-hnY2s6Eju34iqmvBj1Cy3LzeJvremhEspJXQoG9oqH1elVtK5iC5CLKurpW9lyy4PfIoOE80hCRsHNb2KrzxumfxYUlY0-eEAxHowcvEEyCEne_edxB077lDYhI6SwfLpzfHaWGmibxIujjlJY7WK1AAI3L_xrn_Jn2FDik_YPNJbQW05p4A=s695" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1MvCT_-hnY2s6Eju34iqmvBj1Cy3LzeJvremhEspJXQoG9oqH1elVtK5iC5CLKurpW9lyy4PfIoOE80hCRsHNb2KrzxumfxYUlY0-eEAxHowcvEEyCEne_edxB077lDYhI6SwfLpzfHaWGmibxIujjlJY7WK1AAI3L_xrn_Jn2FDik_YPNJbQW05p4A=w640-h532" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We are now past the half-way through the Monster March 6! It is great to see the continuous progress the participant make. For many, it is the time to start working one some more intricate details of their models. Some are already working on their stretch goals too! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, please remember that it is never too late to join so if you are thinking about starting a new project, just let me know! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's see what's new from the last week!</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Azazel</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">One of the things I always admire about Azazel is his ability to keep his motivation high. He continuous painting all these fantastic models at a very regular pace and his blog posts are an unending source of inspiration! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Azazel had two posts in the last week that he contributed to the Monster March 6 painting challenge as well.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The first are Siege Engines for the Lord of the Rings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrUJXbkaOWT6N2qqyS3n4u2sFudWGb1B9ZYQF31N1vt7vTkB1jQiZK-l8hUsA1Cv-F482PdCr4NX1IqokmSTPssducENJLCHyOUFBBC8zFNw3PIlTsZCHaUzVAo5z-N2_A5wk2wy0ZrBlcHwnBdN_xIkK1orljeqvqjgkRMytG2yVPfVe_B1kJtrSrsA=s768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="768" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrUJXbkaOWT6N2qqyS3n4u2sFudWGb1B9ZYQF31N1vt7vTkB1jQiZK-l8hUsA1Cv-F482PdCr4NX1IqokmSTPssducENJLCHyOUFBBC8zFNw3PIlTsZCHaUzVAo5z-N2_A5wk2wy0ZrBlcHwnBdN_xIkK1orljeqvqjgkRMytG2yVPfVe_B1kJtrSrsA=w640-h512" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is absolutely clear to me that Siege Engines qualify as "monsters" :) After all, they towered (pun intended!) over the battle field. Apart from that, it is always a great idea to link Azazel's blog post as he explains this project in more detail:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2022/03/16/fantasy-flight-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth-spreading-war-siege-engines-monstermarch6/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Azazel's Bitz Box - Siege Engines</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Azazel didn't stop there and continued with the three Monsters for the same game from Fantasy Flight - Lord of the Rings: Journeys in the Middle-earth - Shadowed Paths. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-zyX9dQGk9hg6tVDKOwFeTiL7rnn5BpymuZbkCOlv4CEyPGagiRpUNj7omVY-8ojjzI6y9VTr5ssnBp_xIKegYb2jqtE7ra_c48fbXdJU3xnJfzBcm2mk8bInNhFAzD8AqUWHvyb8HLoyTiFI9WKdhy_UuDnC5wgIAlinukBT2EISwvLLLjjCiNJlYw=s768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="768" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-zyX9dQGk9hg6tVDKOwFeTiL7rnn5BpymuZbkCOlv4CEyPGagiRpUNj7omVY-8ojjzI6y9VTr5ssnBp_xIKegYb2jqtE7ra_c48fbXdJU3xnJfzBcm2mk8bInNhFAzD8AqUWHvyb8HLoyTiFI9WKdhy_UuDnC5wgIAlinukBT2EISwvLLLjjCiNJlYw=w640-h396" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">The details regarding painting this monstrous trio can be found in Azazel's blog post:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2022/03/18/fantasy-flight-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth-shadowed-paths-nameless-things-monstermarch6/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Azazel's Bitz Box - Nameless Things</span></span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks a lot for your fantastic contributions this week, Azazel!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ben</span></b></u></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ben focused on some finer details of his wonderful model, representing the Avatar of the Father for his Herd army. This time, he lightened fur a little and worked on<span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: small;">its texture on the parts of the model that are smoother. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqhON3s9R25sL2jitQE69PRR3tdH08fpQgh52t5UPc5BTIDy8eiJpUqwkJx8z3jv2BKNXZc_RuKH6ULRzeuojzBuelgycDAn7ehQHD_Kh03LPkZm2M4iTj2Kc45xNzPZSBp2gVtvAgIeWSsyms1wbsjCuKSzmnwf4pnmcy-3TW2jkRp098JN5pv3r0bw=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3264" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqhON3s9R25sL2jitQE69PRR3tdH08fpQgh52t5UPc5BTIDy8eiJpUqwkJx8z3jv2BKNXZc_RuKH6ULRzeuojzBuelgycDAn7ehQHD_Kh03LPkZm2M4iTj2Kc45xNzPZSBp2gVtvAgIeWSsyms1wbsjCuKSzmnwf4pnmcy-3TW2jkRp098JN5pv3r0bw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDYFIJuFenOne7goD19cFjmGOOnuAW9soP1se-fkc9VrHvdbDm6qDY2AxJS0ZH4jOEY5e9CUSP39hMTRUpI6iYhwaEUpzPhcRFe8Scl8Hples-98fkyZ7W_NpXPvcEoxFNwgspjkaVzIn31l7YJiP8nn7TyIdRy46yRCxtvdcoEA9EiRdHRHbDjOa1fg=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3264" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDYFIJuFenOne7goD19cFjmGOOnuAW9soP1se-fkc9VrHvdbDm6qDY2AxJS0ZH4jOEY5e9CUSP39hMTRUpI6iYhwaEUpzPhcRFe8Scl8Hples-98fkyZ7W_NpXPvcEoxFNwgspjkaVzIn31l7YJiP8nn7TyIdRy46yRCxtvdcoEA9EiRdHRHbDjOa1fg=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhov11dIP05gwoF11-nfitJD6Y_5PAGkryniZ68sdVdeAcDkhseT6lO1vYrImat2PKiQaVslyaPagwg_EUIlz__9Q7W7D-lDwa1D6DRU47UX9EKn6aS-Gi1UG65aBcxLLpSHydi1vHofGSgLQON_fcJkFpvnIpx4XK4DKCO984v-B8GliSaBcHySrO2-g=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3264" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhov11dIP05gwoF11-nfitJD6Y_5PAGkryniZ68sdVdeAcDkhseT6lO1vYrImat2PKiQaVslyaPagwg_EUIlz__9Q7W7D-lDwa1D6DRU47UX9EKn6aS-Gi1UG65aBcxLLpSHydi1vHofGSgLQON_fcJkFpvnIpx4XK4DKCO984v-B8GliSaBcHySrO2-g=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">But the most amazing part of the update are the model's eyes! I am sure you would agree that these are awesome!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdNk2kwdj13txTKX4prVtIFA6YaEVSAROV3jgrqF4pbJ7QitnerHifrRfPotqIdRq-en3MBl11QNsUy0rBrWq5w-gS0sxr95oe1x-FyEXfZTwREM2pIwNaS9UhwZXaj1F7HpeddaTvvriurc5ehphUzaajL0iiuqrQPDFGUC5M8Touu2_ZK5ETGNRvDA=s1564" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdNk2kwdj13txTKX4prVtIFA6YaEVSAROV3jgrqF4pbJ7QitnerHifrRfPotqIdRq-en3MBl11QNsUy0rBrWq5w-gS0sxr95oe1x-FyEXfZTwREM2pIwNaS9UhwZXaj1F7HpeddaTvvriurc5ehphUzaajL0iiuqrQPDFGUC5M8Touu2_ZK5ETGNRvDA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span> </span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fantastic Ben! They are painted so well and make the model so alive now!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chris K.</span></b></u></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chris continues making a steady progress with his Reanimated Behemoth:</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiuOmBRmumiLw6gOUzWbsZlBk3v1Gc9xJwXLujzi9iM8iLPFpAtk56z5Zb9cElhmkdShipT0Usnmc5D5Ij7ef-WTILyV5MrGAyExS1kqDup8rag_npjOjRXP8x2Ksbvou6h7zXj2FgXXYIkrgMWa9m81s7Mg5pXeGyiao-K6EecySiuFgP6xfyXN9fEw=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiuOmBRmumiLw6gOUzWbsZlBk3v1Gc9xJwXLujzi9iM8iLPFpAtk56z5Zb9cElhmkdShipT0Usnmc5D5Ij7ef-WTILyV5MrGAyExS1kqDup8rag_npjOjRXP8x2Ksbvou6h7zXj2FgXXYIkrgMWa9m81s7Mg5pXeGyiao-K6EecySiuFgP6xfyXN9fEw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's coming along very nicely Chris, keep up the great work!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DAM</span></b></u></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">DAM is at the stage of the project that requires time and effort as he methodically paints intricate patterns on each armour part of his Titans. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirG9Qte9tG0-WfnkDvDtIOEz-6W8cKwdYmTV7shvRs3dAG3_MjQ3XnM-f9UO0ROKlHCXZHHujmyDAYpIRLN0h9jNHD0lLzHAGmu8pjwbEsbTZOHt-R9P3H3NL_fiUFz7JQHsxIrbMsIGCMG8OQJgKU6MewEjxvnb021GhjtypVkptAzy9jMZ9KG3c89g=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirG9Qte9tG0-WfnkDvDtIOEz-6W8cKwdYmTV7shvRs3dAG3_MjQ3XnM-f9UO0ROKlHCXZHHujmyDAYpIRLN0h9jNHD0lLzHAGmu8pjwbEsbTZOHt-R9P3H3NL_fiUFz7JQHsxIrbMsIGCMG8OQJgKU6MewEjxvnb021GhjtypVkptAzy9jMZ9KG3c89g=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">His approach is to pain all the elements while still on their sprues. It is a very interesting method and I think a very helpful one too. It does, however, require a lot of discipline to maintain the motivation high. I am sure the effect will be awesome once the parts are assembled!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the meantime, please check DAM's post with all the details on the progress and techniques used. It is great read, even if you paint different types of models!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2022/03/monstermarch6-week-two-progress.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">262nd Death Korps of Krieg</span></a><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Erasmus</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Erasmus made some good progress and is now painting the Big Spider for his unit. Here is the result:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWbzrAwwYnGeA7fyM8Y6ufYAgLluJ5b-apwSU1AE3KaZNcFvPn38wK21xGHmRQUdhzP_74yRmCcG1TUqJKyJ0aaP-13pKJNtcxvi2hpHWBIvRcisT-P1uV5Far30i5nBi4JKTVYcPVlPPliw5pAEi95y--F5d5Q08The4FhPGxfU5Id1tv_zoUE9azlw=s856" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="856" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWbzrAwwYnGeA7fyM8Y6ufYAgLluJ5b-apwSU1AE3KaZNcFvPn38wK21xGHmRQUdhzP_74yRmCcG1TUqJKyJ0aaP-13pKJNtcxvi2hpHWBIvRcisT-P1uV5Far30i5nBi4JKTVYcPVlPPliw5pAEi95y--F5d5Q08The4FhPGxfU5Id1tv_zoUE9azlw=w640-h560" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It fits nicely with the colour scheme of his Nightstalkers. You can check the photos of his army here:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/darkblacks-night-stalkers/2274"><span style="font-size: medium;">DarkBlack's Night-stalkers</span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kristoffer/Hektor/Gottfrid </span></b></u></span><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kristoffer, Hektor and Gottfrid also focus on the details of their respective models. As usual, Kristoffer provided a very nice description of what has been achieved since the last update.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Gottfrid and Hektor have both been working on, but
not that much. Gottfrid has chosen a gold/bronze armour for the Captain
that he’s been painting and he has put effort on the wings while Hektor
has been painting further
on the flames.</span> </span></i> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8YqPhSZYZaAyKq21-aQKS5MQeHqjwD8-sNAZ9JpdxFVCl-2T5UHBQnHIQ684S49ZKKD5ofJ2HuBgASeENVn7sZq4p7W93ZwsEJNfh5EACvw78xAJfba1SDOOgMwoRfECFI7R6PWT7ygf2ULrOUNw8JGTliJA4egXGETJw3dbHRtmvHrxRe2A80mqGRg=s1672" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8YqPhSZYZaAyKq21-aQKS5MQeHqjwD8-sNAZ9JpdxFVCl-2T5UHBQnHIQ684S49ZKKD5ofJ2HuBgASeENVn7sZq4p7W93ZwsEJNfh5EACvw78xAJfba1SDOOgMwoRfECFI7R6PWT7ygf2ULrOUNw8JGTliJA4egXGETJw3dbHRtmvHrxRe2A80mqGRg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm1zcrslZJZJ4RR5piGGXJXd6p_5AgzvHn5fBegzDcMYOjlcN-KLSZvgWwhprVdeBBmI2Df8bS-A9mCU8WVkgd6AohzP5bpLOR5NlibZyAcf6oozWxTlD8UiSpwlV3xzFSVdvjS26KtuGxxvpv_-GqxcN1QUX8wVuAJP6AI3Td0d4q-NTzOOnSJz5SdQ=s1672" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm1zcrslZJZJ4RR5piGGXJXd6p_5AgzvHn5fBegzDcMYOjlcN-KLSZvgWwhprVdeBBmI2Df8bS-A9mCU8WVkgd6AohzP5bpLOR5NlibZyAcf6oozWxTlD8UiSpwlV3xzFSVdvjS26KtuGxxvpv_-GqxcN1QUX8wVuAJP6AI3Td0d4q-NTzOOnSJz5SdQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTEPK4bJ1f5lthUZAmozDCkanvhFEyTQcn3ENEpD6foneWcdsLZd6vXa3g0JMn4Yr95Qy43fZOw0t80TZ5rmaaDePbpPa7-bF0VQyqx84Y7YZkd50YfgYk0LyzmTZUG4I5V2-OirEWvGR74McRyYmnHEg_a9WTpV8qyMFCr5Ywm09-oWauqtsy9Rk4MQ=s1672" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTEPK4bJ1f5lthUZAmozDCkanvhFEyTQcn3ENEpD6foneWcdsLZd6vXa3g0JMn4Yr95Qy43fZOw0t80TZ5rmaaDePbpPa7-bF0VQyqx84Y7YZkd50YfgYk0LyzmTZUG4I5V2-OirEWvGR74McRyYmnHEg_a9WTpV8qyMFCr5Ywm09-oWauqtsy9Rk4MQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEe2Dkrpr_mH1MQHE5pM1RPR6rnu5EYSslC2CX5uvVPnYdHSi1luY-KcU_Um2wZKsiKoLm9ShM-DxhvB0IqCrVcuCOdbV9aETgKvTRmIPymSrjC_L9I_hljjVNhpiV7VI24eFrfMVw_1dlRAPv3ib_nuIfOZs0OrEMFhiGeeeYYGhR0RZiaymTwgbu-A=s1672" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEe2Dkrpr_mH1MQHE5pM1RPR6rnu5EYSslC2CX5uvVPnYdHSi1luY-KcU_Um2wZKsiKoLm9ShM-DxhvB0IqCrVcuCOdbV9aETgKvTRmIPymSrjC_L9I_hljjVNhpiV7VI24eFrfMVw_1dlRAPv3ib_nuIfOZs0OrEMFhiGeeeYYGhR0RZiaymTwgbu-A=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">Regarding my model I haven’t put in much time this
week either (life and all that), but I’ve made some progress: I’ve done
the oil wash I intended to more or less finish up the skin, as shown in
the pictures. Then I painted
the rocks on the back and spine white to make them ready for other
colours – I (quite dimly) had the plan to paint them up as crystals but
hadn’t decided on the colour, purple or pink or some mix of that was
what I was closest to deciding on. Then, when I
was to start painting them I changed my mind and made them grey,
natural rocks instead. The thinking behind that being that I’m very
happy with the skin and don’t want to draw to much attention and light
away from that. In the end I think the stones came out
a little light and I might add a red-brownish wash later, but that’s
basically the current status of the model.</span></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrPvTG8X8AeuJ4Y1tXgszjdf9pL2Re1vKoyFmttfU8_dWUaZ1yldQERaj35H1UF_zORsRBcXlBh_DsQezD_VU_9kjMgZmxLYgETa3f63xAp3NVrFWgRkoUC6l-t0z4XGjoIBM3fPNW-cBh_fcaEm5gE_IlrSXl4ChAcgGDnzKyJ8GXEfxRmNRp__fNlQ=s1672" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrPvTG8X8AeuJ4Y1tXgszjdf9pL2Re1vKoyFmttfU8_dWUaZ1yldQERaj35H1UF_zORsRBcXlBh_DsQezD_VU_9kjMgZmxLYgETa3f63xAp3NVrFWgRkoUC6l-t0z4XGjoIBM3fPNW-cBh_fcaEm5gE_IlrSXl4ChAcgGDnzKyJ8GXEfxRmNRp__fNlQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></i></div><i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8C-pmP8jK2p4Qtzx2FrOwCuqfCM1gYQfKMDrcB5ssl1Rhenbn8IA5PHAKwoK5-8cvquZ_HAjw6C_xV28LAbmbH5l0vbdYP9Mrl3TMgzB6brscLZRfAEJtrBXmdbQiXQ9W_mMk1yF-MiD8Mwb-zWYGGI-aE9U9GDcXBYnq9-abMvJsxZuE67iWAhbHLA=s1448" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8C-pmP8jK2p4Qtzx2FrOwCuqfCM1gYQfKMDrcB5ssl1Rhenbn8IA5PHAKwoK5-8cvquZ_HAjw6C_xV28LAbmbH5l0vbdYP9Mrl3TMgzB6brscLZRfAEJtrBXmdbQiXQ9W_mMk1yF-MiD8Mwb-zWYGGI-aE9U9GDcXBYnq9-abMvJsxZuE67iWAhbHLA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB"></span></i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwAUNGaVTycWpUugk64ZaUWPEgDGFL-J50J_eTq2iK2i1rbS7gA-lLP4qm08T7zb8KckMjysuk0VnmhM6jfoRxBARLHna3_Z7Tp5K8srEKTxuQjMNnsvbDOlEEtBQxzV2uMsju0sd8fYdYaa8L4HJnMNqZ9YaFmrKqLGEeU-FQ1QlJtf0RFv4GbxaDuA=s1448" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwAUNGaVTycWpUugk64ZaUWPEgDGFL-J50J_eTq2iK2i1rbS7gA-lLP4qm08T7zb8KckMjysuk0VnmhM6jfoRxBARLHna3_Z7Tp5K8srEKTxuQjMNnsvbDOlEEtBQxzV2uMsju0sd8fYdYaa8L4HJnMNqZ9YaFmrKqLGEeU-FQ1QlJtf0RFv4GbxaDuA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjTGCtLGRMufiV01PKLR49h4s_OSYkScXShywIeSQX_yZntvigqsvm3AMmzkdCru252NOz5veFVoM6Tz4I54Ad5iPka0iMb8F4PsJlON_BUWNv5R6PpkdjE6j5oHEbq_EYmlOIP3luGP6p4JY4-f4D7uYbQsz6cGHZ9i4S9Bq3VKdwc3HWHGZ_7jPLKQ=s1448" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjTGCtLGRMufiV01PKLR49h4s_OSYkScXShywIeSQX_yZntvigqsvm3AMmzkdCru252NOz5veFVoM6Tz4I54Ad5iPka0iMb8F4PsJlON_BUWNv5R6PpkdjE6j5oHEbq_EYmlOIP3luGP6p4JY4-f4D7uYbQsz6cGHZ9i4S9Bq3VKdwc3HWHGZ_7jPLKQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">And last but not least, the family photo!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4af-ZjRXkDHx_Lm4YdQi5TdUOqIC9aQuH7wNOcFRxPFm9n2h0MRKoRn0c2ci2PPQ473qpuVm7hjcBsS257qJQChDRRE80FCPs9rjOUxphxErh5Lxh968LDzrewJmOtG2gCyrEqEeepA4ldteK87RRT5-ML2aOxtUMwLLsDJEqfFPlcp6iwt8SNIh00Q=s1672" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4af-ZjRXkDHx_Lm4YdQi5TdUOqIC9aQuH7wNOcFRxPFm9n2h0MRKoRn0c2ci2PPQ473qpuVm7hjcBsS257qJQChDRRE80FCPs9rjOUxphxErh5Lxh968LDzrewJmOtG2gCyrEqEeepA4ldteK87RRT5-ML2aOxtUMwLLsDJEqfFPlcp6iwt8SNIh00Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Luca</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span><i><span lang="EN-GB"></span></i>Luca dedicated his time to basing and preparing the army for a local tournament. While he did not work on his Drakons, I think it is definitely time well spent and here are the photos of his Elves for Kings of War:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic5DFR8FnJ2akREKS-sVNftHmbIdfIgyvq3ylilvpIwJ-0JOfP5sIDYGWQ5nnk7Kz4_e99IW-zU9RYkYhCi8ZA4EqBFW9UeJUhondpv5pX-fhzrKo9TDyvozTLi_EZLI1zYZlbOsu9a0SXxybGUsEWCYyTObJ2khjFdV8acWbSkkhhZfOClzifOPxdww=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic5DFR8FnJ2akREKS-sVNftHmbIdfIgyvq3ylilvpIwJ-0JOfP5sIDYGWQ5nnk7Kz4_e99IW-zU9RYkYhCi8ZA4EqBFW9UeJUhondpv5pX-fhzrKo9TDyvozTLi_EZLI1zYZlbOsu9a0SXxybGUsEWCYyTObJ2khjFdV8acWbSkkhhZfOClzifOPxdww=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqEiScBDpp2NmJ3nADsLEI8W84td3EUzwcUIlKwCRrOeRh_UBfgJ9TcJ8bBQ0N-cGQaDD-x9CST1jQorl6OAFgBrslr0N3BzZo9f92Qxl0_qIVur7NqUJ3yiz6jl1Z8vPeOLF6-NXPclW_mKdv_rx2qADjeSFjeucJzWV7BOPLQhnnD6YF3bLDMGB3lA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqEiScBDpp2NmJ3nADsLEI8W84td3EUzwcUIlKwCRrOeRh_UBfgJ9TcJ8bBQ0N-cGQaDD-x9CST1jQorl6OAFgBrslr0N3BzZo9f92Qxl0_qIVur7NqUJ3yiz6jl1Z8vPeOLF6-NXPclW_mKdv_rx2qADjeSFjeucJzWV7BOPLQhnnD6YF3bLDMGB3lA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguFFEVbE8OKKv9P4F186GY-W8XoQxNubU5j99l-hT5gEspIaSk8P2BwdG0goztUjyZAGVjx6f3UHZGthqWMYyKYYksJ5hDoTDUWZSzkbJ4KZDlULy335pURqKxcl21wwupcuOQXyUHUT_aurCqQYvjo4gbUQqUqE_bv7diWAVlVRSEIDYXWSd073HYzA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguFFEVbE8OKKv9P4F186GY-W8XoQxNubU5j99l-hT5gEspIaSk8P2BwdG0goztUjyZAGVjx6f3UHZGthqWMYyKYYksJ5hDoTDUWZSzkbJ4KZDlULy335pURqKxcl21wwupcuOQXyUHUT_aurCqQYvjo4gbUQqUqE_bv7diWAVlVRSEIDYXWSd073HYzA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaaoD0e9LkcsGLeJYQdBpkB0JciQpFID-02x0cMZShOIdExOHambI_EnZJ-0TH1esaRZxLejSj2kfKkdfaYy7nftUMmffs00I328RMkVFE3tnbtP-UIraxYMz7g25rvRiV4X04oXmSbHN5IbYWaO1nWnKNfO9Ye-sgJfu6-tFDD6qjbn_kdOIfNgRQFg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaaoD0e9LkcsGLeJYQdBpkB0JciQpFID-02x0cMZShOIdExOHambI_EnZJ-0TH1esaRZxLejSj2kfKkdfaYy7nftUMmffs00I328RMkVFE3tnbtP-UIraxYMz7g25rvRiV4X04oXmSbHN5IbYWaO1nWnKNfO9Ye-sgJfu6-tFDD6qjbn_kdOIfNgRQFg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis8S0k0zzJxnc6Ffkh3ILBxYFv_NxHtAP_AakEPVpnJ81_1tl-ciJH_h-unkfGO-8eeBl14zhoXA02IY65o-nIGW1gacObJ-ncKHeFcRlGUqj-1kqVBf2EOGP2xN4ATZPrKnt1FrRUcDOH8xeJEUPS2ZsPR3FCUhpefSI2JlqO25kdxk6RRxcBH3Qwhw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis8S0k0zzJxnc6Ffkh3ILBxYFv_NxHtAP_AakEPVpnJ81_1tl-ciJH_h-unkfGO-8eeBl14zhoXA02IY65o-nIGW1gacObJ-ncKHeFcRlGUqj-1kqVBf2EOGP2xN4ATZPrKnt1FrRUcDOH8xeJEUPS2ZsPR3FCUhpefSI2JlqO25kdxk6RRxcBH3Qwhw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Looks great, Luca! I hope the tournament went well and you had great games too!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Marc</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Marc is painting his old school style Tyranid Dactylis, using the style that was so popular all these years ago!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvs80YzN01EyiVXLw3bQTHCHxI0pi3iyjLXIIFwYERCtctaHZi0V-k_u9IXWUogH2yJ4Wuv3Se-bl2yCuQldiaM3TqWWsH_x_MTVDhN27bIXPT4L81wik0KwCMXxdtIxcG15Me0ZRWrpb-m6BYueglR9a6vB3X0Rb4KCzd7oZAM8b3Csg6vZHrestDvQ=s1617" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1617" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvs80YzN01EyiVXLw3bQTHCHxI0pi3iyjLXIIFwYERCtctaHZi0V-k_u9IXWUogH2yJ4Wuv3Se-bl2yCuQldiaM3TqWWsH_x_MTVDhN27bIXPT4L81wik0KwCMXxdtIxcG15Me0ZRWrpb-m6BYueglR9a6vB3X0Rb4KCzd7oZAM8b3Csg6vZHrestDvQ=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Looking great already, Marc! Please, visit Marc's blog if you are interested in more old school models and painting style like this:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Old School Gaming</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Michael S.</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Michael also focused his efforts on preparing a nice base for his model. I find this approach very good for Kings of War in particular, where you have multiple models on the same base. But even with a single model, it feels good to have a proper based done and waiting for the model.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Michael sent me a very good description of how he painted the base and some progress on his model too.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>That week I completed the base. I use wood putty and
some stones from the yard to give the mdf base some height and variance.
I then add a few grass clumps ensuring they glue hard to the putty
surface and some sand and small rocks from the yard to add some extra
interest to the base.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinWcDWIcC3iUPcBIAMmBXASzBJTz_yWzEn2b4AgbjReJzfOrdTWL5L4azvQpeNdv97vxgvOpUvD4i14L577Q4BJL5yYyR6u9zx4jhzG_SX8mXPTKF1AZySTe8R3sOZGihvIUXMX45-72Ou8wzW2wCrXYIhJgvkYyldTQKYxzb04VothC16ioFJqoJXbg=s2346" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1937" data-original-width="2346" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinWcDWIcC3iUPcBIAMmBXASzBJTz_yWzEn2b4AgbjReJzfOrdTWL5L4azvQpeNdv97vxgvOpUvD4i14L577Q4BJL5yYyR6u9zx4jhzG_SX8mXPTKF1AZySTe8R3sOZGihvIUXMX45-72Ou8wzW2wCrXYIhJgvkYyldTQKYxzb04VothC16ioFJqoJXbg=w640-h528" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Once this is all dry and use a
black paint to prime the base (careful not to paint the grass) and then
use Army Painter Chaotic Red to give the base it's first colour. From
there I wet brush Army Painters Wasteland Soil to add some purple to the
high points of the base and some colour definition in other areas that
are lacking. I wait for it to dry and then then use Army Painters Dark
tone to define some of the recesses and lower parts of the base.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDccXBxWZvd5FhhXOZfwr0vt--BlRHUpfWU-RIjDoeQpNqVlhX9HZ-OrsdcTYiJWTns_CS3gQo745yTZJYXJSoc7_MW7zhVNVsEGpveCQqfrAc82i6yduMBHiDiDnfpcIJ05thFwfZRieWPRZrYWPv7Pb7o3G_u__WzwOrcYHHEZgbCuOSVzrLQ470Ew=s2476" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="2476" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDccXBxWZvd5FhhXOZfwr0vt--BlRHUpfWU-RIjDoeQpNqVlhX9HZ-OrsdcTYiJWTns_CS3gQo745yTZJYXJSoc7_MW7zhVNVsEGpveCQqfrAc82i6yduMBHiDiDnfpcIJ05thFwfZRieWPRZrYWPv7Pb7o3G_u__WzwOrcYHHEZgbCuOSVzrLQ470Ew=w640-h420" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Final
stage of the base is a dry brush of Army Painters Arid Earth and
finishing the stones from black primer, Necromancer Cloak, Wolf Grey and
highlight with Ice Storm all from Army Painter.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnCovzTOpHIBzGxj7ae4oXDELDLlIRCU6sgTu5_nwQkepLQbaHQ5Qivu0B3vPYIDX60zq97B-BvNICDL3CsH3-rIM15OX0hQuW-DaYIWeQpfxAO8_NFlkiIhAbRmV9OVAEwtKjxYew02LKP2SD3OKT6baWCiF6nzRvDgsJ2Y0Dm9iR-Dujdg2hkyj92g=s2513" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="2513" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnCovzTOpHIBzGxj7ae4oXDELDLlIRCU6sgTu5_nwQkepLQbaHQ5Qivu0B3vPYIDX60zq97B-BvNICDL3CsH3-rIM15OX0hQuW-DaYIWeQpfxAO8_NFlkiIhAbRmV9OVAEwtKjxYew02LKP2SD3OKT6baWCiF6nzRvDgsJ2Y0Dm9iR-Dujdg2hkyj92g=w640-h388" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>This
week started with the fur on this Mammoth Rhino. Using Wet blending my
base coat with a use of Chaotic Red in the recesses and Fur Brown in
the highlights using the zenithile prime as my guide. Love the look
that coming together and will be looking to finish the rest of the base
coating next week with adding some recess shading to the fur and some
highlights to make it pop.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitUNPPapixcrCcnG_IAhsurgnyZSEMZpjsK1JzMBazs8dvx3htawqkybDZaNfyLrMs17lQA9DJJudjvSfMIrh2utUrsxjzN0jsHNjh6484FtldGElFIlVp11ygH_ZZvn75KCVv9b-SV8w8TVGBet4c0XLjydXdo2F6_u0Uujmn7UpPUOTd_hLkHAVILQ=s2946" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2473" data-original-width="2946" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitUNPPapixcrCcnG_IAhsurgnyZSEMZpjsK1JzMBazs8dvx3htawqkybDZaNfyLrMs17lQA9DJJudjvSfMIrh2utUrsxjzN0jsHNjh6484FtldGElFIlVp11ygH_ZZvn75KCVv9b-SV8w8TVGBet4c0XLjydXdo2F6_u0Uujmn7UpPUOTd_hLkHAVILQ=w640-h538" width="640" /></a></div> </i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIPeyJgVzPlR38DMBfgyuMiFOxsg6qp6AbWSv5SL2qxc5NSbrB2pUaxwZiCPVbLurHR3azcNhlksEAEVl5W_aL3X4_Y0vi9KMJM43Q5L71wlxg1Qg0FLNnVLPrd2GeEJWrqtTLPXXyIoaZN5imqO57XIb--x7L1wMeUVAM-INAnGRUvxEGazqzS7gESA=s2946" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2381" data-original-width="2946" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIPeyJgVzPlR38DMBfgyuMiFOxsg6qp6AbWSv5SL2qxc5NSbrB2pUaxwZiCPVbLurHR3azcNhlksEAEVl5W_aL3X4_Y0vi9KMJM43Q5L71wlxg1Qg0FLNnVLPrd2GeEJWrqtTLPXXyIoaZN5imqO57XIb--x7L1wMeUVAM-INAnGRUvxEGazqzS7gESA=w640-h518" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Great effect on the base Michael! The fur comes along nicely too. Well done, Michael! Keep up the great work!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mikes</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">After completing his main project, a second TreeHerder for his Elves for Kings of War army, Mikes continues with his stretch goal. Last week, he worked on painting base colours on the dragon:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjX7tWCTzofYe7GZwzg5_UhcDw94dq7JGB_sDHYy7TOKzbaFtk_cl6wIB7hzxvj99lSlUW_lZC7vLMiB5SZhYv4yv-hrBdkhip9ec27O6nnryzi1dx6u8lbRoQE--ZLhCL9nJjwHcXVI7iCASYE2uveVLRSkcKfbSqlnwPUcsRaw6uJagFX1M7qaFk4nQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjX7tWCTzofYe7GZwzg5_UhcDw94dq7JGB_sDHYy7TOKzbaFtk_cl6wIB7hzxvj99lSlUW_lZC7vLMiB5SZhYv4yv-hrBdkhip9ec27O6nnryzi1dx6u8lbRoQE--ZLhCL9nJjwHcXVI7iCASYE2uveVLRSkcKfbSqlnwPUcsRaw6uJagFX1M7qaFk4nQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Indeed, having the main project completed, makes it for much more relaxed painting as, quoting Mikes, everything he can achieve now is a bonus!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sceleris</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As expected, Sceleris was very efficient with painting his second model that is going to represent a Mammoth in his Kings of War army. Well done indeed!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeN85hbjMesPM89C9yGkEBG6VuwEPj0EL2mONhH231JHI6JwZk4DG23jOxIdQsRS6pM7ZTrfzDvp81RSWiH6whL51uNWJ3_KB2Ohh5TSELvautaZbC1opIJclvit5RESyJvvAb55dZgX3M3FUlKtvNF1yiDX_d8Eb0A7X7dlYKBR1cAfPQAc4rflmYoA=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="522" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeN85hbjMesPM89C9yGkEBG6VuwEPj0EL2mONhH231JHI6JwZk4DG23jOxIdQsRS6pM7ZTrfzDvp81RSWiH6whL51uNWJ3_KB2Ohh5TSELvautaZbC1opIJclvit5RESyJvvAb55dZgX3M3FUlKtvNF1yiDX_d8Eb0A7X7dlYKBR1cAfPQAc4rflmYoA=w446-h640" width="446" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3946fKoBUrbPoeWIVuCu6FMRVM8nlEvdzzyPd3V3XPnLejZ0dORJc6bMQ2BfAudJ5IsvSfq2Y8IEzI4zoC65Wj954q7uFNUi_YakGvHnIpwHziHhEkFdepBef96-Mb3UBz6AQQVuxHYbjeiktk56yi-inHvBEnqkfTBgrFNri8vflNqYTFSyciCF44g=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="729" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3946fKoBUrbPoeWIVuCu6FMRVM8nlEvdzzyPd3V3XPnLejZ0dORJc6bMQ2BfAudJ5IsvSfq2Y8IEzI4zoC65Wj954q7uFNUi_YakGvHnIpwHziHhEkFdepBef96-Mb3UBz6AQQVuxHYbjeiktk56yi-inHvBEnqkfTBgrFNri8vflNqYTFSyciCF44g=w622-h640" width="622" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5g9CAKaSgoBKEpcNBAGVV_7a9F09u74dgoT7VRQy9U3NcKFa87KiDtlaLVq-YuHUNM4PT5BZj1rdtiUJq1Ej5WeKQZODLUXI1a4RzPeMYossDsPwMVJDd-KH6IT_1boCHZPRkHkXz76i5IQigAk8nEP8V6L6QR6JiN1xUPSJnykE4hzTLz4i9ZZ-y3A=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="702" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5g9CAKaSgoBKEpcNBAGVV_7a9F09u74dgoT7VRQy9U3NcKFa87KiDtlaLVq-YuHUNM4PT5BZj1rdtiUJq1Ej5WeKQZODLUXI1a4RzPeMYossDsPwMVJDd-KH6IT_1boCHZPRkHkXz76i5IQigAk8nEP8V6L6QR6JiN1xUPSJnykE4hzTLz4i9ZZ-y3A=w600-h640" width="600" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">They look really good together!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Vince</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Vince has already painted all his knights last time, so he could now focus on the proper base for such a huge and powerful unit. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2UJ5mexRixCaHXoaWu-UCfQ3c9hMP0fh9GgGt-jX0IuG56u5MjIFta80WC7BrMzJpoVNh2xIPyeI2I193t2UpoUwDg0hu1R491BysKRf-NcFNTmJPoPwT-LoTHsCDCTOX2E6lb9AB2dIQM40NCFtp3wu0yW0jhAFuuUbMKQpE3CTN3dlSE8lNJDw2GQ=s1862" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1862" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2UJ5mexRixCaHXoaWu-UCfQ3c9hMP0fh9GgGt-jX0IuG56u5MjIFta80WC7BrMzJpoVNh2xIPyeI2I193t2UpoUwDg0hu1R491BysKRf-NcFNTmJPoPwT-LoTHsCDCTOX2E6lb9AB2dIQM40NCFtp3wu0yW0jhAFuuUbMKQpE3CTN3dlSE8lNJDw2GQ=w640-h350" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It is not finished yet but I encourage you to check Vince's post as he has some good ideas on how to build one:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/2022/03/15/monstermarch-3-building-the-base/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vince on all things Kings of War - Building the Base</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks to all who contributed their updates last week! It is fantastic to see them coming and I am sure everyone was able to find something particularly useful for their projects!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Keep painting and see you next week! </span> </span><br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-44237019060477462342022-03-14T21:42:00.001+11:002022-03-14T21:42:25.756+11:00Monster March 6 - Part 3<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8Av3zEAKUHpqCm9boZURftKVuIg5RN2Qb5EsVHbGqRsi-wt1jGP3lnePDoDYiM8nXktXKCg2sOYRxGhyp4Ih2-B9Szt11IW_qjYq4d5tALZlqM_kM2pUFZMH5AQycNlHLDsLpw1UnSPHkzmgvdh-J_CDg3UU6uOW469V9gGGiBzJ8egTIeZRbecLLDg=s695" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8Av3zEAKUHpqCm9boZURftKVuIg5RN2Qb5EsVHbGqRsi-wt1jGP3lnePDoDYiM8nXktXKCg2sOYRxGhyp4Ih2-B9Szt11IW_qjYq4d5tALZlqM_kM2pUFZMH5AQycNlHLDsLpw1UnSPHkzmgvdh-J_CDg3UU6uOW469V9gGGiBzJ8egTIeZRbecLLDg=w640-h532" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Time for an update on the progress after second week of Monster March 6 painting challenge. It is usually the time when the first layers are painted on the models. Of course, participants have their own pace! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once again, it is absolutely amazing to see all the progress made and such a wonderful variety of projects and models. It is also fantastic to see that there are more people joining the challenge as well!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's have a look!<br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Azazel & Marouda</span></b></u></span></p><p>It is great to see Marouda joining the challenge, Welcome! :) And many thanks to Azazel for suggesting joining the Monster March too!</p><p>Marouda picked a Gorgon model and I must say it is an excellent choice! I love how animated it looks and there is something magical in this bronze creature. <br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b></b></u></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></u></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPBA-ifNeKV_F6Y_XqxW7pqtyH7qg5AQt9BqpNAdNq2EN5eDec_B0qSj2Ikyu8gPSlMQtq7PXLAoUDxMWMp-znfTMBFlFuagF-aKBcGphh5Ekz8gu_esfaeMDLvSn87D9TProlM1y1C0f14WE3SjOTGEvri7OVZHNwkKC8dZhilsTtj4sHLM6REg83JA=s788" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPBA-ifNeKV_F6Y_XqxW7pqtyH7qg5AQt9BqpNAdNq2EN5eDec_B0qSj2Ikyu8gPSlMQtq7PXLAoUDxMWMp-znfTMBFlFuagF-aKBcGphh5Ekz8gu_esfaeMDLvSn87D9TProlM1y1C0f14WE3SjOTGEvri7OVZHNwkKC8dZhilsTtj4sHLM6REg83JA=w624-h640" width="624" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">You absolutely have to check the post on Azazel's Bitz Box Marouda wrote. There are more photos of the Gorgon there and some really nice descriptions of the colours and techniques chosen for this project.</span> <br /></span></p><p><a href="https://azazelx.com/2022/03/10/wizkids-wzk90079-dd-nolzurs-marvelous-miniatures-gorgon-dd-monster-manual-70-monstermarch6/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Azazel's Bitz Box - D&D Monster Manual 70</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looks fantastic Marouda! I hope we can see more of your projects too! Keep up the great work!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Azazel is always an inspiration in terms of choice of some amazing models. I am also jealous that he is able to paint so fast :) It is a great motivation though, especially in the time when I don't have many opportunities to paint. I will keep trying too!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">This time, Azazel painted a Chimera. Another fabulous, mythical beast!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6n_-jBRX8SJoIZKeVP2R7S5uvQQWf3VKtamhxOwPuCFSRBpXYALjjomZFtHMwiJKOg_xNos_nu-NOYVvQbhNQwRE2nQGflWDIYZmP1vwFU34jMQswR-yGoOQqctbpvWWXvXJto5xu2NTxqOUm9gQNkfPsvStJ1Pn612EehfgMf4c06DeRVgnDWNJP4w=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="768" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6n_-jBRX8SJoIZKeVP2R7S5uvQQWf3VKtamhxOwPuCFSRBpXYALjjomZFtHMwiJKOg_xNos_nu-NOYVvQbhNQwRE2nQGflWDIYZmP1vwFU34jMQswR-yGoOQqctbpvWWXvXJto5xu2NTxqOUm9gQNkfPsvStJ1Pn612EehfgMf4c06DeRVgnDWNJP4w=w640-h622" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can also count on Azazel to have a dedicated blog post for his models, so make sure you check out all the details he provided!</span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2022/03/12/mythic-battles-pantheon-echidnas-children-chimera-monstermarch6/">Azazel's Bitz Box - Mythic Battles: Pantheon</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks again! Can't wait to see what is going to be next!</span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ben</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">After assembling and priming the model last week, Ben was ready to start painting his Avatar of the Father for the Herd army for Kings of War. With main colours painted, the models looks great already!<br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-6XEgZeYApuUsFgaNnfrEEfiLj3tas79DnvZYkVCQiBpzPRvxWYbMFlhCl2_yyW2LZ0o6yUBGpfXrOuV9usHg5Ybc6Q9f3BZY5ALrQFUiPM8Rtl35oXtAK2iImZQgLgiDRBUrbgc9rbuIKo41IYAzGl0G3k-lcOVP4Xuch97aBnSaerk8LJNm1_w1Fw=s2479" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1693" data-original-width="2479" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-6XEgZeYApuUsFgaNnfrEEfiLj3tas79DnvZYkVCQiBpzPRvxWYbMFlhCl2_yyW2LZ0o6yUBGpfXrOuV9usHg5Ybc6Q9f3BZY5ALrQFUiPM8Rtl35oXtAK2iImZQgLgiDRBUrbgc9rbuIKo41IYAzGl0G3k-lcOVP4Xuch97aBnSaerk8LJNm1_w1Fw=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSnKjZZvPlmr9F3Gn2CXVZj1sq4I5zyfzIMy5n12boq5qVqNopYe7AKLJt_1wqRvENTyf1bGr80mZqJ95-kESCc1vUZbgTyKhw1OAuJGYccvGS5oec9ZYziHsfPZ9zEZm-SewuAXncqbNIuTamjN45NtbHWE3ozqw3TZgUBGNu2Ndhd40G6b81TEGoeQ=s2908" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2908" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSnKjZZvPlmr9F3Gn2CXVZj1sq4I5zyfzIMy5n12boq5qVqNopYe7AKLJt_1wqRvENTyf1bGr80mZqJ95-kESCc1vUZbgTyKhw1OAuJGYccvGS5oec9ZYziHsfPZ9zEZm-SewuAXncqbNIuTamjN45NtbHWE3ozqw3TZgUBGNu2Ndhd40G6b81TEGoeQ=w640-h404" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I really like how natural the transition between brown and grey fur looks. Awesome effect Ben!</span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chris K.</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">I recall that assembling metal models was always a challenge in itself so I hope Chris did not have many problems with his Reanimated Behemoth. </span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEsvR4k-5mTfaxu47hCOAbVSu15-bAnmTxQPUJ_RIgMv-4-XqfFIAtnAhwIbvH1ToU0vOYKOc9ZmVoDgkZFWQfliFloPuOVw9ZU-anuETWN7IgiRKSF8h0EhxeVZjBLJGGwm06Qe7Ng247HYiep0ql_U42D9gqSGsB569I5Q3NKddy4zvwICD7gsnb7Q=s999" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="999" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEsvR4k-5mTfaxu47hCOAbVSu15-bAnmTxQPUJ_RIgMv-4-XqfFIAtnAhwIbvH1ToU0vOYKOc9ZmVoDgkZFWQfliFloPuOVw9ZU-anuETWN7IgiRKSF8h0EhxeVZjBLJGGwm06Qe7Ng247HYiep0ql_U42D9gqSGsB569I5Q3NKddy4zvwICD7gsnb7Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">I really like this model! As always, you can be sire that Chris is going to bring the model to life with his awesome old school painting style (pun intended! :D).</span><br /> </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DAM</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you have not seen DAM's work before, let me tell you that he is organized and methodical as every self-respecting adept of Mechanicum is! What is more, he records the progress and stages of assembling and painting of his models in a very structured way. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is no different this time! Which is awesome because I am sure many people would find the information he shares very useful for their own projects.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4_csUdJMQ--hXXDXDguPAGn_KAr-VOqGWF9GQxUEgU9muzDJO_GAGhY8Pgslg1dVardJhYfbpNp-bG-65_nRIRrjj3vRXOy2Kz_5LcvLrf-1ttZzw6-spaLuQSC2FZgDrhHtbDvyUDoNb4DzBFWzkEWd3YgKC-k4hSrHY5kIOWnf1WQNaKqZbnjcAhQ=s2878" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2238" data-original-width="2878" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4_csUdJMQ--hXXDXDguPAGn_KAr-VOqGWF9GQxUEgU9muzDJO_GAGhY8Pgslg1dVardJhYfbpNp-bG-65_nRIRrjj3vRXOy2Kz_5LcvLrf-1ttZzw6-spaLuQSC2FZgDrhHtbDvyUDoNb4DzBFWzkEWd3YgKC-k4hSrHY5kIOWnf1WQNaKqZbnjcAhQ=w640-h498" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhA-2SS57K_wfBLUgoxHgH-RCNk6dBEZoxALLWGbQWs02sXBNeHgVuBWTviCvsq_j_3XabDsWOnHtmEFBAn0IaQ7tZY6Ov4vtc2ywEn8cxxP5f_iaxj82zTNO73cJkS-gqXq5uJZ_WYe_Nv9-tmJfnLzJNJnMx95-LEczk02d9x-zjrdby71ZKHK__8HA=s3561" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="3561" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhA-2SS57K_wfBLUgoxHgH-RCNk6dBEZoxALLWGbQWs02sXBNeHgVuBWTviCvsq_j_3XabDsWOnHtmEFBAn0IaQ7tZY6Ov4vtc2ywEn8cxxP5f_iaxj82zTNO73cJkS-gqXq5uJZ_WYe_Nv9-tmJfnLzJNJnMx95-LEczk02d9x-zjrdby71ZKHK__8HA=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">You should definitely check his dedicated blog post for some excellent tips and many more photos!</span> <br /></span></p><p><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2022/03/monstermarch6-week-one-progress.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">262nd Death Korps of Krieg - Week One Progress</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well done and keep up the great work!</span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DreadNort</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">DrearNort is well known among Kings of War players for his super clean style of painting and really cool ideas for units' bases. You can see how Kings of War multi-basing allows for creative approach to what is building mini-dioramas.<br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1s_d9ti6E6h87JkXMYvlrc8gQP29E6AjG46oNoftXP8xsxH-TjNpwG1m27fxMB_oGZ2dRTLx5hZc-f1wkdTHKHvEJYKSJKvEpfh9xKbo_qHpGq8khbeXJ0BkYeli46k1PAt1el-6bDnfGxE_uKjJ2idViMwRekI0O5z4JOVHEE7-3spfMwSC_D-admA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1920" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1s_d9ti6E6h87JkXMYvlrc8gQP29E6AjG46oNoftXP8xsxH-TjNpwG1m27fxMB_oGZ2dRTLx5hZc-f1wkdTHKHvEJYKSJKvEpfh9xKbo_qHpGq8khbeXJ0BkYeli46k1PAt1el-6bDnfGxE_uKjJ2idViMwRekI0O5z4JOVHEE7-3spfMwSC_D-admA=w640-h472" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are many more photos from various angles of this regiment for the army of Basilea DreadNort keeps adding to on a regular basis.</span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/monster-march-painting-topic/3268/139">KoW Forum - DreadNort</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks a lot and please, keep them coming! </span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Duncan & Matilda</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Duncan and Matilda are quickly becoming masters of the Contrast Paints! They are already finishing the Griffon and had a lot of fun with the Troll. Especially Matilda, because the model has a lot mushrooms and that is a fantastic opportunity to paint them all in different colours!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hydra needs a bit more time as it seems to be a bit more complex model to paint.<br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPKenGUeiK5fJ8Sijn7UvVpOPLZw4pdULx9cZMBVrhXRRf2PSDDjXn8bV4gzDrb794TOTzQOUnEsLnEQrrZOPfoR7Qpc0H82jC91hn6Bth4TGvQSvFJEBwYqaMh6KKevMqrctaVWyP36xT2KtRlTnPrw3K0axev69RFGPOx6lPJAXn3wWFSOX8jDVe0A=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPKenGUeiK5fJ8Sijn7UvVpOPLZw4pdULx9cZMBVrhXRRf2PSDDjXn8bV4gzDrb794TOTzQOUnEsLnEQrrZOPfoR7Qpc0H82jC91hn6Bth4TGvQSvFJEBwYqaMh6KKevMqrctaVWyP36xT2KtRlTnPrw3K0axev69RFGPOx6lPJAXn3wWFSOX8jDVe0A=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQnWleBkyJBuB42wlHlNA_ll8nAfanuKbReJ9QzqU3fFQXs-zag2ZBx6Q9RI3fk8gv81HknRTswaTmspUs0ap8VM_2whBbplBvgIAE7s1XMUEnzG_uXRaKucx7L-G6YWRiFNyy6C0x9V3fPTc3aKe_j2dFFcD2LolZCubyVYP-a1YRyZmbLnAra30xPw=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQnWleBkyJBuB42wlHlNA_ll8nAfanuKbReJ9QzqU3fFQXs-zag2ZBx6Q9RI3fk8gv81HknRTswaTmspUs0ap8VM_2whBbplBvgIAE7s1XMUEnzG_uXRaKucx7L-G6YWRiFNyy6C0x9V3fPTc3aKe_j2dFFcD2LolZCubyVYP-a1YRyZmbLnAra30xPw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTfquSxiZe0TR_nSMXlcc-9vxt1OcuFgmycFsGEeiW7VwVqqQIhr5cbVUFcQW14iMeKV0HhHk8_DLgYYwkX9_iFRjS2KNNB-GL4EExLJ2MZ770a-HHrwLJi0VADONYTwkgiHCuAcos-a9x094tZSbk-CW-cAdFHnocEGAw3iTefro0eGGDITh51ktiIg=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTfquSxiZe0TR_nSMXlcc-9vxt1OcuFgmycFsGEeiW7VwVqqQIhr5cbVUFcQW14iMeKV0HhHk8_DLgYYwkX9_iFRjS2KNNB-GL4EExLJ2MZ770a-HHrwLJi0VADONYTwkgiHCuAcos-a9x094tZSbk-CW-cAdFHnocEGAw3iTefro0eGGDITh51ktiIg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">All models are looking great so keep up the great pace! The vibrant colours will ensure to attract attention and I am sure they will be great centre pieces of any army!</span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Eddie</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My apologies to Eddie, as he has posted the new photos almost at the same time I did my update last week. I wanted to update the post with these photos but before I knew it, it was the time for another update! I think I got myself in some sort of strange time bubble!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Check out the progress on his Mutant Rat Fiend!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvfjx34QWf3aAlbJpccsodtWSMVPV3QZazbm5-_QAac1FS33CUBJRsdwUmm-8JiTtFQXp_YBCkmp86OMvkdf4BM9ZTB5lEsqrae2kojfiFCa-U95QViXo4MN02D5Zb0D4AjOLwXRWTgWSai6ojRxsMOf6Q0xSDuf0SiVLTjvDYYVQoh7p3f9RR9-RkIQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvfjx34QWf3aAlbJpccsodtWSMVPV3QZazbm5-_QAac1FS33CUBJRsdwUmm-8JiTtFQXp_YBCkmp86OMvkdf4BM9ZTB5lEsqrae2kojfiFCa-U95QViXo4MN02D5Zb0D4AjOLwXRWTgWSai6ojRxsMOf6Q0xSDuf0SiVLTjvDYYVQoh7p3f9RR9-RkIQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgahpOHqzjTNj0UW94uVLipZZtr559_NUbSM2Mb1vVvPIIMq3xvvRSXWbka5yX6licB2nrXKMKdKSrSL9wM2w1W9nUED-WXSdJ3EfuxkkZ32TRh29CR6xc03zKNajRrJT1LLmVE9N0rPEUA4e5L1Cw_zSswEj7ZsApOA-gxs3R3nsd64-xtT3OHqVd51g=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgahpOHqzjTNj0UW94uVLipZZtr559_NUbSM2Mb1vVvPIIMq3xvvRSXWbka5yX6licB2nrXKMKdKSrSL9wM2w1W9nUED-WXSdJ3EfuxkkZ32TRh29CR6xc03zKNajRrJT1LLmVE9N0rPEUA4e5L1Cw_zSswEj7ZsApOA-gxs3R3nsd64-xtT3OHqVd51g=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht-QgJ3-gdL9fM4e2Z5F2-AGRiwbKFpdE-9KOzmN6t1D4or4OKfz-zzRkkk31WKEG1oov8pl3EMdHInlvtdJjB996HBnS0j774-SKOIlK0kt9bR88u4geK5BXx1D7gBBvi7LBV7sbAgqTFNoR7v3s-QG6KK5t4qDLRsFflvXNbYzLHQizC1Ild5iMqUg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht-QgJ3-gdL9fM4e2Z5F2-AGRiwbKFpdE-9KOzmN6t1D4or4OKfz-zzRkkk31WKEG1oov8pl3EMdHInlvtdJjB996HBnS0j774-SKOIlK0kt9bR88u4geK5BXx1D7gBBvi7LBV7sbAgqTFNoR7v3s-QG6KK5t4qDLRsFflvXNbYzLHQizC1Ild5iMqUg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">It looks really good, Eddie! Great job! :)</span> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Erasmus</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Erasmus started with the base and little "spiders" before he continues to the main model of the project. No wonder, as the big Fiend dominates the base and it would be unwieldy to try and paint smaller models later. <br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia9koOpIo_DpYZlwiQ-Mj2yFaxRN9DhZYisihEAl2coMFv122AfLJWYkXPVOpuu5SbBF-cagOv00v2Cgh_JamSnjMMMd1mhN5fbJIgBGny7dDTIwJ6fT97pOvgPPD-FjrCI78hTeJIGjb17QJsLoHi7BwvQtPyvNuEzYESvDJeJ1QMePv1hx-UZn5wXg=s1035" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1035" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia9koOpIo_DpYZlwiQ-Mj2yFaxRN9DhZYisihEAl2coMFv122AfLJWYkXPVOpuu5SbBF-cagOv00v2Cgh_JamSnjMMMd1mhN5fbJIgBGny7dDTIwJ6fT97pOvgPPD-FjrCI78hTeJIGjb17QJsLoHi7BwvQtPyvNuEzYESvDJeJ1QMePv1hx-UZn5wXg=w640-h446" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmXzKRBnhEiuBgG-MXM79tr2RdwDb27daEfWVbCA3YNDMM1PCxx3TXugOxEnZPgAn49Oc20wlocZoIWEzIVWoW2sF3wDo-r86o3biol5_U0Ad-0zBD8NkNNiTP_g159ydjZWL-I0IGQXDkGFckfe1rTvosanI-EHSeH7yuayVqTGRrTTJHM7aUhG4wiw=s892" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="892" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmXzKRBnhEiuBgG-MXM79tr2RdwDb27daEfWVbCA3YNDMM1PCxx3TXugOxEnZPgAn49Oc20wlocZoIWEzIVWoW2sF3wDo-r86o3biol5_U0Ad-0zBD8NkNNiTP_g159ydjZWL-I0IGQXDkGFckfe1rTvosanI-EHSeH7yuayVqTGRrTTJHM7aUhG4wiw=w640-h538" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">They all look properly spooky, fitting the theme of the army perfectly!</span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">HouseElf</span></b></u></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">HouseElf has just joined the challenge and not with one but three models together! They look to me as some Swamp Beasts and I am sure you would agree that the project execution is superb!</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSXjs1fiVBe0HfBLwqzZJtyrZ93XPJDUwEnkQkGK6c8D3c02x28W7rx8CXTwrIPesrKbY-EpJ3f2m0mHO6DIIJ1fSAN9FADHqcq7RmD7d_M8f_YCz6ef5mZlQ3ww4TmZkb-IJ279yc2UcUtCpUr-SGEKMLRGWcY11JQTeqSW4U75PsryZz2sdymhwf3Q=s999" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="999" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSXjs1fiVBe0HfBLwqzZJtyrZ93XPJDUwEnkQkGK6c8D3c02x28W7rx8CXTwrIPesrKbY-EpJ3f2m0mHO6DIIJ1fSAN9FADHqcq7RmD7d_M8f_YCz6ef5mZlQ3ww4TmZkb-IJ279yc2UcUtCpUr-SGEKMLRGWcY11JQTeqSW4U75PsryZz2sdymhwf3Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Please check KoW forum as HouseElf provided many more photos of these great models and share some tips regarding the bases.<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/monster-march-painting-topic/3268/158"><span style="font-size: medium;"> KoW Forum - HouseElf</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks a lot for joining and hopefully we will see some more models from HouseElf in the upcoming weeks!</span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kristoffer/Hektor/Gottfrid</span></b></u></span></span></p><p>Kristoffer always provides a very good description of his and his sons' progress so I am going to quote him directly regarding the details from the last week! </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">First off, sadly Gottfrid hasn’t
worked on the Aralez since last week so it’s status is unchanged,
however he had a head start and will probably soon be back on track. <br /></span></i></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>
</i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>As hinted last week Hektor has
been working on a plan to do the flames on the Chroneas with transparent
yellow spray paint – tinting them from blue/turquoise to green. The
hope is to get a nice blend and a shine simultaneously.
This would certainly have been a lot easier using a proper air brush,
but we don’t have any, so boldly he tries out the concept without one.
The pictures show before and after. (On the after picture the
armour/skin has been painted dark again.) Concept works,
but we could have hoped for a better result. It seems fine as a
foundation for further work though. The flames are really the most
prominent feature of the paint job and as such the plan is for Hektor to
continue to focus on them during the next week also.</i></span></p>
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paints for the skin of the big troll. I’ve been experimenting some with
oils before and I think they will serve well on the big surfaces of the
giant, and painting some base colours with
acrylics first it becomes obvious that this is a huge model and the
amount of paint needed is a lot more than I’m used to. I did the oil
painting on the skin in two days and since it has been drying for three.
Now the plan is to spray varnish it and then do
an oil wash. I feel unsure to do an oil wash without first varnishing
out of fear to dilute the oil already on the model, but it might be
unnecessary. Pictures show application of oil paint in dots that I later
blend with dry brush and the result. I’m quite
pleased with how it came out, and it was very easy to do.</i></span></p>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Finally there’s a family shot of all three models as they stand today. <br /></span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB">I’ll be back next week. Happy painting!</span></i><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> </i><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk2t-u-6owsbuHfyCRwX8r4tQMetyaiBqyV1GgADX2sQIUftscEHmZW61RwsDrjD76Z0qexgpokCOhQVZo_4nbdes7UYF8AivS7yuhynCV16Z0qa0N1ZQ0in-AC69yCly0dzUJATWvinALm0zyj0ibSfdtsQEghDI5xNhsd9aVxKQRWn4AazpsaarjTw=s1672" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk2t-u-6owsbuHfyCRwX8r4tQMetyaiBqyV1GgADX2sQIUftscEHmZW61RwsDrjD76Z0qexgpokCOhQVZo_4nbdes7UYF8AivS7yuhynCV16Z0qa0N1ZQ0in-AC69yCly0dzUJATWvinALm0zyj0ibSfdtsQEghDI5xNhsd9aVxKQRWn4AazpsaarjTw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks a lot, Kristoffer! Great progress and all three models are shaping up to look awesome when finished! Keep up the great work!</span> <br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Luca</span></b></u></span></span></p><p>Luca took me for another sentimental journey to the past when he decided to use some of his old, metal models of Wood Elves to be the Riders for his 3D printed Dracons. What an excellent idea to merge the old school with modern technology! </p><p>They definitely brought back some memories!<br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaArGEvDtOWB1OPXB7cLsgUPcUEwOsEZaB2fTq5x0jOgxw3DSoIEi__jDnIoePmdCyC97Wc5DcWsTkL0rOPJFJFBiLCSub3NB5IGBZrCGmF2mIHjRmK9kIHYX4Ft_uau9oFwJHXNaQRDWogJFQo0eAarUmeXd2VHnXsZ8XobVw4Ui_rHQrOToHN5J-IQ=s1042" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="781" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaArGEvDtOWB1OPXB7cLsgUPcUEwOsEZaB2fTq5x0jOgxw3DSoIEi__jDnIoePmdCyC97Wc5DcWsTkL0rOPJFJFBiLCSub3NB5IGBZrCGmF2mIHjRmK9kIHYX4Ft_uau9oFwJHXNaQRDWogJFQo0eAarUmeXd2VHnXsZ8XobVw4Ui_rHQrOToHN5J-IQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-OflF9ONH5tCRCThj933lnMyb5uO_0pcPzmRkW-okvDIBWeOME7S3y9bdzdEHhHB3ytPYSJ_XxkFiUl7sqESZ3cSlGXvvpfvnGk68AIActavIAYajsOziSAPJvO2Dl0-Hwf-mKdLy-Y2gZnskqa45EgMulTC5mKmp__AaxEV6SDGlgBPEjYd9TifTAA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">As you can see, the Riders are already primed and ready to get painted!</span><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Marc</span></b></u></span></span></p><p>It is great to see Marc joining Monster March again! This time he chose Armorcast Tyranid Dactylisand you can see the elements of this model on the photo below:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSO0OUE9pku1z9GKVS4tXY5p380ht2RjfRBe_m8nQUG-JK92wgL83paylhM97yuci9a4yE6O9NWlyEp7wIg8dGHa5ON0yk5qDKb7nXXaeLGO9bzdd-osSFGS0g88XPzAOg9aXgVMXbYSxUzWkfgxNRYiIjYJrXJ5gPaU4VT2ThIaMpPhoFvHh47OgoTw=s3270" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2852" data-original-width="3270" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSO0OUE9pku1z9GKVS4tXY5p380ht2RjfRBe_m8nQUG-JK92wgL83paylhM97yuci9a4yE6O9NWlyEp7wIg8dGHa5ON0yk5qDKb7nXXaeLGO9bzdd-osSFGS0g88XPzAOg9aXgVMXbYSxUzWkfgxNRYiIjYJrXJ5gPaU4VT2ThIaMpPhoFvHh47OgoTw=w640-h558" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">You should also check Marc's blog for some really cool models:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Old School Gaming</span></a> </span> <br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mikes</span></b></u></span></span></p><p>Mikes kept the momentum going and used every opportunity to work on his Treeherder. Thanks to that dedication he managed to finish painting the model already! Well done Mikes!<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaY0hWWgOTt4yCwssJGBBrC2YzyW5ZfpHXT-iXkxAjutISjqDBsS6uXNzDsxswPDPNgaA5oN8fRETGG4CyxQS0MR-jvWR592P01Ii0gLjq1xfMJohs0NTV14yMRlkXzbpWi7TMLYSM7c6njhO0l7a1lR2xKSYlpFMttybNEEODFH6pP1ElXfM9_BuWmw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaY0hWWgOTt4yCwssJGBBrC2YzyW5ZfpHXT-iXkxAjutISjqDBsS6uXNzDsxswPDPNgaA5oN8fRETGG4CyxQS0MR-jvWR592P01Ii0gLjq1xfMJohs0NTV14yMRlkXzbpWi7TMLYSM7c6njhO0l7a1lR2xKSYlpFMttybNEEODFH6pP1ElXfM9_BuWmw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi2JxDbHAGeXm-R5W7ZMkH5-az_NGdpwmewki45q-rmKdLpPhMMLyVaFQ2Z-wpJqXAhPf_bH0ezM9KLRlnyglhYO79okIxUm8lcKZvyCBofygQ4fOIbKnIMdwtDzLqexbr7983biGm-aiFFsyOfl7sjuRgmmDUk-h13QUzHR8NXNp5td2qSUy7GgpCSA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi2JxDbHAGeXm-R5W7ZMkH5-az_NGdpwmewki45q-rmKdLpPhMMLyVaFQ2Z-wpJqXAhPf_bH0ezM9KLRlnyglhYO79okIxUm8lcKZvyCBofygQ4fOIbKnIMdwtDzLqexbr7983biGm-aiFFsyOfl7sjuRgmmDUk-h13QUzHR8NXNp5td2qSUy7GgpCSA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>However, Mikes decided that it is not time to stop and quickly moved to his stretch goal. Check it out!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIgDB-u_2UsPYRryh65EddxcoTd835sRX01aCu9bwT7CJ0jwU8MFpq9htmOEpUqfIf5SpZrs4E2GEgg6fSRg2dsQ3Jtr0FkulhqbnXKUDIp5V03Yd7Ks3dNeGUw8bclfC2tISGEpcqaICq_5egQhp_XTm3_2igxGoKH31OyeOKG0WCSO-UT5sQX9aiQg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIgDB-u_2UsPYRryh65EddxcoTd835sRX01aCu9bwT7CJ0jwU8MFpq9htmOEpUqfIf5SpZrs4E2GEgg6fSRg2dsQ3Jtr0FkulhqbnXKUDIp5V03Yd7Ks3dNeGUw8bclfC2tISGEpcqaICq_5egQhp_XTm3_2igxGoKH31OyeOKG0WCSO-UT5sQX9aiQg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPWJrxilTeOs8uWXO5ppv0k9CepGhbClvX8_CkQlinOKDDG-xPiJjfxYgKSXCS4ScDu52rVKJfxwpAVXbhFLZVrdrIrUoMEV9UNZ8jxOwMw_jlKbW7sp7fVdNyQp9_G5glFNucSsKmhbkvbHJ8lZlHz7EDKM9KdNIE9mcllGRMSrLWTasfFpZGf5Qi4A=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPWJrxilTeOs8uWXO5ppv0k9CepGhbClvX8_CkQlinOKDDG-xPiJjfxYgKSXCS4ScDu52rVKJfxwpAVXbhFLZVrdrIrUoMEV9UNZ8jxOwMw_jlKbW7sp7fVdNyQp9_G5glFNucSsKmhbkvbHJ8lZlHz7EDKM9KdNIE9mcllGRMSrLWTasfFpZGf5Qi4A=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Keep up the great work, Mikes! And thanks for encouragements to try and catch up with you :)</span> <br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sceleris</span></b></u></span></span></p><p>Sceleris finished his model as well! Excellent! I must say that this is a great example of repurposing the model meant for completely different entertainment!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIHUsjTMLJtMvN73lCGsVMCQNXZ9_y8uXYsTrboHum6gjHjwfbriXYy5o7FrcF5y4DE7c11ihm197jYkQdNaE_4tCyRmH0SH5j8U-E4rzVSFACDDlradT8UMIePiaLMhVAa_kMx7vlQPD1EtHzPww-R9nlGCew4j_xRXbdN4s7HVxmcjEsa9SS_Umniw=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="604" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIHUsjTMLJtMvN73lCGsVMCQNXZ9_y8uXYsTrboHum6gjHjwfbriXYy5o7FrcF5y4DE7c11ihm197jYkQdNaE_4tCyRmH0SH5j8U-E4rzVSFACDDlradT8UMIePiaLMhVAa_kMx7vlQPD1EtHzPww-R9nlGCew4j_xRXbdN4s7HVxmcjEsa9SS_Umniw=w516-h640" width="516" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">And as is Sceleris' style, the next model is already on the bench, getting ready! This time it is to represent a "Mammoth". Absolutely love the idea of giant cat in that role, well done!</span> <br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyFfJzR8FgJxCwC0biax3ETCM3r0mrfdIZxVo0uNoPlOfwZO87HJDiA2fPq1jgztpLid4QlkfGYqVpCBqNJ5fg-NRyJ0j6UkCXxUD8gZcZ5b8j1BoZ3-TGvJKd6v46rWFCklFTAl3E7-7HzkL7h7GyQ3yESLcy_VammIRTfOTOVzhOKh3ppvLtt8DCgA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyFfJzR8FgJxCwC0biax3ETCM3r0mrfdIZxVo0uNoPlOfwZO87HJDiA2fPq1jgztpLid4QlkfGYqVpCBqNJ5fg-NRyJ0j6UkCXxUD8gZcZ5b8j1BoZ3-TGvJKd6v46rWFCklFTAl3E7-7HzkL7h7GyQ3yESLcy_VammIRTfOTOVzhOKh3ppvLtt8DCgA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA7PQ_G_tkHXJmgEydx1S3cKHYHmAlp1dgqoPXxYCELaaC9df5y8ASyiJN_YfflrTIYqk4PcjkL4rkd7UdkO11lu0pitXRdX-9m3E_oClp6QrxbHNMCnp7oqB5ojuENjIlPy5PJ6dXDfTcjErzcjzkBZpC709tSyzG_3E_jGI7RWKnkPbDbtciC8NXew=s834" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="834" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA7PQ_G_tkHXJmgEydx1S3cKHYHmAlp1dgqoPXxYCELaaC9df5y8ASyiJN_YfflrTIYqk4PcjkL4rkd7UdkO11lu0pitXRdX-9m3E_oClp6QrxbHNMCnp7oqB5ojuENjIlPy5PJ6dXDfTcjErzcjzkBZpC709tSyzG_3E_jGI7RWKnkPbDbtciC8NXew=w640-h576" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSiitoRx7Nxg2kiPBdo003EUxyIexGI-fsfWh6VtHD_nFQuE6MgPmdTfxqHdFEBNpvGvhgkHeo4G8_7COWYLYL18CO7L7uv6dbguuYPtOzqGxa1t3g8DsUWoJuMSLsUW73Ki7BGtJXdwle6OKecSyWnfaWWye_GgkfCpVuO035N8feiXwbGCKpFGvxaQ=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1815" data-original-width="1920" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSiitoRx7Nxg2kiPBdo003EUxyIexGI-fsfWh6VtHD_nFQuE6MgPmdTfxqHdFEBNpvGvhgkHeo4G8_7COWYLYL18CO7L7uv6dbguuYPtOzqGxa1t3g8DsUWoJuMSLsUW73Ki7BGtJXdwle6OKecSyWnfaWWye_GgkfCpVuO035N8feiXwbGCKpFGvxaQ=w640-h606" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Snapfit</span></b></u></span></span></p><p>Snapfit has just joined the merry band of Monster March participants. Welcome on board! The model to start with is Boglar War Tortoise:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn1x0VpCcvq4D04Clt0m7Ip-pycyUAmbJysPm5DsoiCQoF1nwf3V1Bt_n_3gDuA0WpdBCSOE-YfvrHO38db4Lr8skNteWG9Qt5xZ6x0HBNQL4eUGwHWszOXfSbP89iEyABQS7u-RL9CcFqg2er3ryNHC63co-flElN4z3pA-9jyk5LnEmNCaCM2INj2w=s2900" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2900" data-original-width="2900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn1x0VpCcvq4D04Clt0m7Ip-pycyUAmbJysPm5DsoiCQoF1nwf3V1Bt_n_3gDuA0WpdBCSOE-YfvrHO38db4Lr8skNteWG9Qt5xZ6x0HBNQL4eUGwHWszOXfSbP89iEyABQS7u-RL9CcFqg2er3ryNHC63co-flElN4z3pA-9jyk5LnEmNCaCM2INj2w=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Check out some more details on the blog:</span> <br /></span></p><p></p><p><a href="https://dagreenhorde.blogspot.com/2022/03/monstermarch6-boglar-war-tortoise.html"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Da Green Horde - Boglar War Tortoise</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: small;">There may also be a chance to see another model in due course too! <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Vince</span></b></u></span></span></p><p>Vince started strong with his monstrous project! He is painting those knights at a good pace and I am sure he is going to complete his project just on time!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMmeGCFm97K39tYaGVytE1Tw5i-TR_rrunsyGnxDQ5iJ0j3N_pDKfTbawVIglJ5w_vY1vbZYww9WzNCFvYAKuLntEtiuJYID7b5qn7-Y4xADFwHl17Y-sZvvScdzhLJfvtap6AHkcuDpPucWnaeY0AhQ82-KtN2hDvd1_CtlQcpHkm_qW22HQkdr8ipQ=s1866" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1866" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMmeGCFm97K39tYaGVytE1Tw5i-TR_rrunsyGnxDQ5iJ0j3N_pDKfTbawVIglJ5w_vY1vbZYww9WzNCFvYAKuLntEtiuJYID7b5qn7-Y4xADFwHl17Y-sZvvScdzhLJfvtap6AHkcuDpPucWnaeY0AhQ82-KtN2hDvd1_CtlQcpHkm_qW22HQkdr8ipQ=w640-h384" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">For more photos and details, please visit Vince's blog!</span> <br /></span></p><p></p><p><a href="https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/2022/03/07/monstermarch-2-speedpaint-those-knights/"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Vince on all things Kings of War - speedpaint those Knights</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wilberforce</span></b></u></span></span></p><p>After successful assembly of the new model, it was time to start painting! You can see the effect of the first layers on:<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_rGya7heTAKpqlUzhErLz8EUK-6b6gk6XktINZh86bsCxDGazhk6EVoxwTxke1Q1yiePS1z0sxDvntR7nM2A3ZSdty4UapkCv_MyFh6_uw_6ZEzV5QFecQoRCP-LztpoGl8Ou92xcYAAx_MIrqZF9gf_3LwzAWWzeALNOUDq8Uw2E20pcU3RTcGVs_g=s1009" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1009" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_rGya7heTAKpqlUzhErLz8EUK-6b6gk6XktINZh86bsCxDGazhk6EVoxwTxke1Q1yiePS1z0sxDvntR7nM2A3ZSdty4UapkCv_MyFh6_uw_6ZEzV5QFecQoRCP-LztpoGl8Ou92xcYAAx_MIrqZF9gf_3LwzAWWzeALNOUDq8Uw2E20pcU3RTcGVs_g=w640-h476" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">And of course, don't forget to visit the blog!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://joyfullybad.blogspot.com/2022/03/monster-march-2-paint.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Joy of Painting Badly</span></a> </span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Congratulations to those who kept their momentum going and achieved some fantastic results with their models! To those, like me, who were not able to paint last week - don't worry! Get some inspiration from the updates and re-start this week! There is still time until the end of March to continue painting!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">See you next week! </span> </span><br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-50740743009933615622022-03-06T19:47:00.001+11:002022-03-06T19:47:42.658+11:00Monster March 6 - Part 2<div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBWDnuCFYHrIDmjwB06AH42lCjqDkmSDTCPuYt2KLDg6rUtvhgEpUGV33_gzw6X9sj-E2B_0fRwaHwhPRBwDIna-qX82yqyL2-Y6vTiXo3BsiNHzucs1-W_sOssHcZc-3_qWTg23swMbf_FnSzmQWpyyNvBHamfC5vW6pBBJadSDFzJRWlpbI54aZp8A=s695" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBWDnuCFYHrIDmjwB06AH42lCjqDkmSDTCPuYt2KLDg6rUtvhgEpUGV33_gzw6X9sj-E2B_0fRwaHwhPRBwDIna-qX82yqyL2-Y6vTiXo3BsiNHzucs1-W_sOssHcZc-3_qWTg23swMbf_FnSzmQWpyyNvBHamfC5vW6pBBJadSDFzJRWlpbI54aZp8A=w640-h532" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: left;">It's time for the update on the progress the participants of the Monster March 6 have made so far. You could see all the amazing models they pledged in the <a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2022/02/monster-march-6-part-1.html">Part 1</a> blog post. It is great to see a really strong start and good progress in the first week!</p><p style="text-align: left;">What is more, more people are joining the painting challenge too! Thank you very much for doing so! Please, remember that there is always a good time to join. Just check the details on how to contact me in this post:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2022/02/monster-march-6-introduction.html"><u><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Monster March 6 - Introduction</span></b></u></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I would like to take the opportunity to thank a few readers who let their friends know about the challenge and thanks to that we have more people joining! That is awesome, thanks a lot! </p><p style="text-align: left;">Ok! Let's see what did everyone do last week!</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Azazel</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Azazel is off to a great start as he has already finished painting his first model! Check out this amazing Monstercrown Orc Juggernaut!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI-dCJH-UOTvoGDRrAQ-Rdd9nQT_Z5H9VcpI5vNrUrR_GU7L18tMlJjNzPXn7p6pczeO_l6BVaGbivK3WH_zlsbKbhg6SYjTGw0iuuI0lJbe-ydPlFPxidETDBgcBVgIP9YprCfOi7TBk2N8W19z6YsNGFTe97fzfL62V5AFxJomMsi5Strox4GWzSog=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1200" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI-dCJH-UOTvoGDRrAQ-Rdd9nQT_Z5H9VcpI5vNrUrR_GU7L18tMlJjNzPXn7p6pczeO_l6BVaGbivK3WH_zlsbKbhg6SYjTGw0iuuI0lJbe-ydPlFPxidETDBgcBVgIP9YprCfOi7TBk2N8W19z6YsNGFTe97fzfL62V5AFxJomMsi5Strox4GWzSog=w640-h572" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Azazel is, of course, not going to stop there and he is already working on the second model! What is more, he is going to be joined by </span><span style="font-size: small;">Marouda. That is fantastic and I really like the fact we are getting more and more team contributions!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">You should definitely check Azazel's blog. He has just posted about Orc Juggernaut, with more photos and descriptions:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/2022/03/06/reaper-bones-black-44011-monstercrown-ogre-juggernaut-orc-monstermarch6/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Azazel's Bitz Box - Monstercrown Orc Juggernaut</span></a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can't wait to see what's going to be next!</span> </span></span> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ben</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ben continues with his very unique and creative project of building the Herd army for Kings of War. Each model in the army is going to be converted and has some interesting theme. Ben was very kind to provide a description of what he wanted to achieve with the model that is going to represent the Avatar of the Father. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">The
model is Sif, the Great Grey Wolf from the Dark Souls board game.
I've taken the model off its 100mm circle base so it can be put on a
square base for KoW. </span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">The sword in its mouth was reeeeally long and I thought it would get in
the way of the game, so I shortened it. It has been pinned and to hide
the seam I used Green stuff to make a cloth bandage. </span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">As it will be a unit for my Herd army where each unit has a real-world
human element to it, I decided to add a kerchief: a common fashion item
for dogs.
The trick here though was to try get the kerchief / bandana not just
sitting on top of the fur, but underneath. I think the effect came out
well </span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp2YmEb5zv6URVmPz7v2sI5S-Lt3UXS3cRgO21qDcQiHbZnf3e7vRR6cKe0NpNDWmHssbsRjCXD4Ns41hF_HrsNox9nqUtV77EW-TTr6tLuCRZHH_sN8sajxEY0XE0RroMkoA7_mh-7_unKgq-DgLmVmmRmsYHKorijaf53kZ-H80SFUQ-g2fSoZQXXQ=s2276" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2276" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp2YmEb5zv6URVmPz7v2sI5S-Lt3UXS3cRgO21qDcQiHbZnf3e7vRR6cKe0NpNDWmHssbsRjCXD4Ns41hF_HrsNox9nqUtV77EW-TTr6tLuCRZHH_sN8sajxEY0XE0RroMkoA7_mh-7_unKgq-DgLmVmmRmsYHKorijaf53kZ-H80SFUQ-g2fSoZQXXQ=w640-h518" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaQAWzNjZGUTUxRMasyOycncdgPVYO_lPnQSC6xNlJAfGjL03izAocyPzVHBwEwyBPAj9FA0ajB80-LwChPkzIS6Co1Wt7nvu5T2fKee7sMsMRQ_encQiKbMAauH38fUnuUuShdqh71-CUMgcXYcgpoCx4EzGmLWdQvxBN1hyA5dHthI3q68J7ZEylKg=s2463" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2463" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaQAWzNjZGUTUxRMasyOycncdgPVYO_lPnQSC6xNlJAfGjL03izAocyPzVHBwEwyBPAj9FA0ajB80-LwChPkzIS6Co1Wt7nvu5T2fKee7sMsMRQ_encQiKbMAauH38fUnuUuShdqh71-CUMgcXYcgpoCx4EzGmLWdQvxBN1hyA5dHthI3q68J7ZEylKg=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">I think that Ben did a fantastic job and it is going to be a great looking model for his very original army! Keep up the great work Ben!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chris</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Chris is very well known for his love for old school, metal models. His entire Kings of War armies are comprised from such miniatures, painted and based in that unforgettable style of Goblin Green painted individual square bases. I am very lucky I had opportunities to play against Chris and admire his armies in real life!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is thus no surprise that Chris chose another cool, metal model for the Monster March 6! This time it is going to be the one to represent Reanimated Behemoth for his Empire of Dust (or as Chris calls it, Empire of Dirt!) army for Kings of War.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCe-V4a9jnp5T0ZQb-D8oOFJzJSVjIjYY04rp0oeFldXoz7PehBAa2tVMzbAiz9rwQ8aggTEKIkFKa_5b-AVy_2tkd2rNgC3mykvCOOMWDDvF-NHQCGMEUxPEj82fViA8eInHDjK_xb-zYk_Zn4pY5B5R_KoM8e-yunEdGvFwRt06r32kVDCls54RlUg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCe-V4a9jnp5T0ZQb-D8oOFJzJSVjIjYY04rp0oeFldXoz7PehBAa2tVMzbAiz9rwQ8aggTEKIkFKa_5b-AVy_2tkd2rNgC3mykvCOOMWDDvF-NHQCGMEUxPEj82fViA8eInHDjK_xb-zYk_Zn4pY5B5R_KoM8e-yunEdGvFwRt06r32kVDCls54RlUg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKgLD7TujsQPx6hYkNjYlYMDjLPOpN6EHbubczfKJS_OybocC2YQR3Y-o0n8Pm0nuNERGGCCTPiz2CyFxl3Y_9btXSuk_PPggbItjhxbgcp_c3eQGj9HundifNFpZG-meSDHVLSXFf6V2wg4QMy5ca-sP_oN7PB668Fsp1umeUNquORoJ_jiYpHbRgfg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKgLD7TujsQPx6hYkNjYlYMDjLPOpN6EHbubczfKJS_OybocC2YQR3Y-o0n8Pm0nuNERGGCCTPiz2CyFxl3Y_9btXSuk_PPggbItjhxbgcp_c3eQGj9HundifNFpZG-meSDHVLSXFf6V2wg4QMy5ca-sP_oN7PB668Fsp1umeUNquORoJ_jiYpHbRgfg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSj5qmtEKc36U1CzfkJn7VtskANVOk7GMDjgZU7i_Ti846sK5TYjrYWiX9vktgk0tKcuggYYVs8wKaMoAppS0RIONRTHZQk-xjBq4Rl6iJtQzh5mgaudB5CP2B5ePWgbtD6MLdg9kbNFFpPcvwi2WgO2K9XjB7tSLRKJg71A1M2zeopL5ww4fLqJ3zQg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSj5qmtEKc36U1CzfkJn7VtskANVOk7GMDjgZU7i_Ti846sK5TYjrYWiX9vktgk0tKcuggYYVs8wKaMoAppS0RIONRTHZQk-xjBq4Rl6iJtQzh5mgaudB5CP2B5ePWgbtD6MLdg9kbNFFpPcvwi2WgO2K9XjB7tSLRKJg71A1M2zeopL5ww4fLqJ3zQg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks a lot, Chris! Can't wait to see it on the battle field! :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">coOk_pAss_BaBtridge</span></span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">CoOk is joining us via Kings of War forum and he pledged a Bone Giant for this year challenge. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjakv1CfH_rwwpTtP_Yg1Mnhezi4ZILfjPZzqGin84uZBynqXsTZdhiC65CVLSL-CkO4QIY7_ZRNVcWZRx6R4PiyZlzQYe1cRPSrGC1B5oUoSJTDMt1ek2tbABHKp_3C8hhl_Wcx3P2LJ8BmUyjzUzsAxJLBYM5fidBg3_KN7fXZZdh2QGHQq7V9mEqsw=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjakv1CfH_rwwpTtP_Yg1Mnhezi4ZILfjPZzqGin84uZBynqXsTZdhiC65CVLSL-CkO4QIY7_ZRNVcWZRx6R4PiyZlzQYe1cRPSrGC1B5oUoSJTDMt1ek2tbABHKp_3C8hhl_Wcx3P2LJ8BmUyjzUzsAxJLBYM5fidBg3_KN7fXZZdh2QGHQq7V9mEqsw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Check out more photos of the model here:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/monster-march-painting-topic/3268/130"><span style="font-size: medium;">CoOk - Bone Giant - KoW Forum</span></a> <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Welcome on board CoOk!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DAM</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dam decided that this year he is going to pledge not one but two Titans! Personally, I am super happy about it because he always provides a lot of very interesting and useful tips on how to build and paint such models. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This first one is the warlord battle titan Martis Renes. While the second one is the warbringer nemesis battle titan Liberatus Mortis. Both for DAM's Legio Tempestus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp4_CBW0rAJ__0sBb8QVqzEohxVEI8slxmKhwkPX5bmqdCPot_i_zGdgevwCBUwEJ_66hnC420C51rql2yX80AaPmIooB-x5Qo9n9pg4z_z5qz0mrhvIql_C_oZv7DyogfqPDMObmlRun74Z2sv3hwvjmgTx7L090Y1LaCSQGZMXVCHp1T7ZmBlgsKBQ=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp4_CBW0rAJ__0sBb8QVqzEohxVEI8slxmKhwkPX5bmqdCPot_i_zGdgevwCBUwEJ_66hnC420C51rql2yX80AaPmIooB-x5Qo9n9pg4z_z5qz0mrhvIql_C_oZv7DyogfqPDMObmlRun74Z2sv3hwvjmgTx7L090Y1LaCSQGZMXVCHp1T7ZmBlgsKBQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVYbkX6-2ObIV9LM43AJKC1c27CSG7XZT2XadSo4JhtIJN71SNFpjNFOUkto5Zu8-6FgTNA7hOo4yOqKscLThnyYRdnn-m2LwnMBN2Xl8r0RYgt3xjSckelf0wfkZiHrJK8CeJ8VZYK6NxRho2rAJo3l3PBAOzUsXWdNTPBknd53GnIiGhqJBQBvz0BA=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVYbkX6-2ObIV9LM43AJKC1c27CSG7XZT2XadSo4JhtIJN71SNFpjNFOUkto5Zu8-6FgTNA7hOo4yOqKscLThnyYRdnn-m2LwnMBN2Xl8r0RYgt3xjSckelf0wfkZiHrJK8CeJ8VZYK6NxRho2rAJo3l3PBAOzUsXWdNTPBknd53GnIiGhqJBQBvz0BA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">DAM, as usual, documents the progress on his blog. I highly recommend reading his article, as it provides a lot of information regarding the ideas, modelling advice and some photos of his past contributions to Monster March in the previous years:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/2022/03/monstermarch6-pledge-2-titans-for.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">262nd Death Korps of Krieg - Monster March 6 Pledge</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Great progress and excellent article, DAM! Keep up the great work!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Duncan and Matilda</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Duncan and Matilda are painting all the models together and using Contrast Paints for their projects. Matilda is painting the majority of the models at the moment, covering all the large areas. While Duncan focuses on smaller parts and finishing the edges. I think it is a fantastic idea for painting models together and I am sure it also adds to the improved efficiency. So that the models are painted a bit faster than if they were to be painted individually. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHvB8zJlkn74hncAL3yRkop0lB9Dk3DSYzLeLNnl66qr31CA3lXgDmrPrwDj7nYah5CJtET3_BXfMpR55HwnqZTlPCoh4QIweNG3FwQxyV0M1_5WuCeqR44RkjddogVEGvcJ_TTiSpYOatByPqysDAMxhzrD-CQTR_pj9yiKgnJdkFPuT88DoLRRTZ_Q=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHvB8zJlkn74hncAL3yRkop0lB9Dk3DSYzLeLNnl66qr31CA3lXgDmrPrwDj7nYah5CJtET3_BXfMpR55HwnqZTlPCoh4QIweNG3FwQxyV0M1_5WuCeqR44RkjddogVEGvcJ_TTiSpYOatByPqysDAMxhzrD-CQTR_pj9yiKgnJdkFPuT88DoLRRTZ_Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga6hZiBbzdk99nf7mSG6wXeoALVWWBvXshjkzFDq0uwg3IvgBhwt4RnjmwHV-93EuSqFGeK66o9sFbrm_Pu-ezrIUEDZkzRgLU6wQCdV4APNmshKfmTTmsBk3wSx2xOwOrYrQKFV6MJrdPBhjnQSd3oe77hC5lWWMP4KfwT4GcA9YBe_mKGPYDyiQq0g=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga6hZiBbzdk99nf7mSG6wXeoALVWWBvXshjkzFDq0uwg3IvgBhwt4RnjmwHV-93EuSqFGeK66o9sFbrm_Pu-ezrIUEDZkzRgLU6wQCdV4APNmshKfmTTmsBk3wSx2xOwOrYrQKFV6MJrdPBhjnQSd3oe77hC5lWWMP4KfwT4GcA9YBe_mKGPYDyiQq0g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL1vVfS44zgvTBHbMj-m7AI16eQwUCDml9Y1YknZUM_bNSUbL5zLSNlcC9MLNBhPf5AUT6ZKlxNDhynTYoPRjZtg15F_Hh5olJTszmJFVb3UViUuzh3y_yAkcSdNj-Gw-pvhRo15fyOqOC4UeJOdK9joJUj-yAEQsc1PTGc-s5fPlE5_ozWaIocFyRDQ=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL1vVfS44zgvTBHbMj-m7AI16eQwUCDml9Y1YknZUM_bNSUbL5zLSNlcC9MLNBhPf5AUT6ZKlxNDhynTYoPRjZtg15F_Hh5olJTszmJFVb3UViUuzh3y_yAkcSdNj-Gw-pvhRo15fyOqOC4UeJOdK9joJUj-yAEQsc1PTGc-s5fPlE5_ozWaIocFyRDQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7XlLLiN4URPnMHt_a47oB5kRj5nXEgUlZXHG3iswlDIULqBBRM9i2zXcvdPFaC6MBN0EA8Gmx0GjkPB_do1AlH0m8mBPunxIEQcEEDBpjCDo_8o79mXnWvKi9FrsI6OXAOVcQfwAm5CDz1oPKfZghH2q1pi8rny_7TPp1cjAzt4rVa8MbqJRYKvh8tg=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7XlLLiN4URPnMHt_a47oB5kRj5nXEgUlZXHG3iswlDIULqBBRM9i2zXcvdPFaC6MBN0EA8Gmx0GjkPB_do1AlH0m8mBPunxIEQcEEDBpjCDo_8o79mXnWvKi9FrsI6OXAOVcQfwAm5CDz1oPKfZghH2q1pi8rny_7TPp1cjAzt4rVa8MbqJRYKvh8tg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE3m9bg1q8OkcgytdMX5cJFv8FPrp-P7VnZQWJnpslD54qe4Y4CXlpUe9BC0-B3Omo4UjLIO0A71eMB0Dpvx__rFPcg7o6IjxaNd5xFYPyKrq6DIumkSU_KWit6yeJme4Rstpi8CH3YE4-ul3yQqjt6D3QuJ9bRAqTEObBqkXAvm9es4pAz7-TrCWy6g=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE3m9bg1q8OkcgytdMX5cJFv8FPrp-P7VnZQWJnpslD54qe4Y4CXlpUe9BC0-B3Omo4UjLIO0A71eMB0Dpvx__rFPcg7o6IjxaNd5xFYPyKrq6DIumkSU_KWit6yeJme4Rstpi8CH3YE4-ul3yQqjt6D3QuJ9bRAqTEObBqkXAvm9es4pAz7-TrCWy6g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span> </span><p></p><p>Well done indeed! Keep up the great work, you are doing very well!</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Eddie</span></b></u></span></p><p>Eddie pledged to painting Halfling Ironbeasts but unfortunately, the models have not arrived yet. That is, of course, not a problem for unstoppable Eddie. He had another model in his collection to get some attention and that would fit in the theme very well. Another Mutant Rat Fiend!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe4t6egnl5XKLPTyMBk4m8qwUqH3o-viGNfTtT6I5A_Ef3XYdNhfXqK9rybx6HWfIHfs17WvPPqAb6r9FdVZUR0bvgOD1GPNIVgCAYAxD1aCRLi29_VWxBCBBYurWxN9x0z11Qwfg2evU7IeJzaQT4cfLd73IvCnGFqVTyuWNKUbIBTNMhphzkr0eoug=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe4t6egnl5XKLPTyMBk4m8qwUqH3o-viGNfTtT6I5A_Ef3XYdNhfXqK9rybx6HWfIHfs17WvPPqAb6r9FdVZUR0bvgOD1GPNIVgCAYAxD1aCRLi29_VWxBCBBYurWxN9x0z11Qwfg2evU7IeJzaQT4cfLd73IvCnGFqVTyuWNKUbIBTNMhphzkr0eoug=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Well done, Eddie! And thanks a lot for being prepared for any scenario!</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Erasmus</span></b></u></span></p><p>Erasmus had a fantastic idea of using one large spider and a few small ones on a single base to represent a Horde of Fiends for his Night Stalker army. I think it is one of the great examples where you can use multi-basing to your advantage and create mini-dioramas. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVF6S1EwU761jBZWxNRiojVIVphrtCXZcIUBswutKMWhHhB_0yISgjzzrDux9u6nr0sFqvnmke856gYBGwxYbi-ST8q5azcFwkP7i4-OJC-8wydLCSPR95qCiMqLH_oITvcOSRu1QXW3Dr-cbcYPI9D8Srq8zKIMd6ZDourI02QnEyt3wkqHHx9syvyQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1381" data-original-width="1920" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVF6S1EwU761jBZWxNRiojVIVphrtCXZcIUBswutKMWhHhB_0yISgjzzrDux9u6nr0sFqvnmke856gYBGwxYbi-ST8q5azcFwkP7i4-OJC-8wydLCSPR95qCiMqLH_oITvcOSRu1QXW3Dr-cbcYPI9D8Srq8zKIMd6ZDourI02QnEyt3wkqHHx9syvyQ=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Erasmus posts on KoW Forum as well, here is his update on the forum:</p><p><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/monster-march-painting-topic/3268/129"><span style="font-size: medium;">Erasmus - Horde of Fiends - KoW Forum</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Keep up the good work!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">John-Paul</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">JP not only is doing very well in preparing his model for the challenge but he also wrote a very detailed and very useful description of each stage of his project so far. It is so good that I asked him to allow me to copy it to this update in unchanged format. I am sure many of the readers would find it very helpful in their projects!</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><i>Aims</i></b></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Archfiend of the Abyss and Abyssal Fiend
are both fantastic units. In fact I have one of each in the form of a
Rakdos miniature from Wizkids (for the Archfiend), and a Shaggoth from
Games Workshop (for the Fiend). Now I wanted to add a Mantic Archfiend
to my collection, but seeing how the wings attached quickly realized
that this could probably be magnetized. This would give me the ability
to not only field full Mantic armies, but I can also run two Fiends of
Archfiends in a game. This would also help with the waxing and waning of
monsters across the lifetime of the game. Thankfully I never think they
will become 'useless' in the way monsters in 8th edition WHFB were, but
it's good to be flexible.</i></div><div><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><i>Assembly</i></b></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Of all the kinds of miniatures Mantic
produces, it is generally agreed that the resin monsters are among some
of their best. Having built the Chroneas, I knew this to be true. They
usually come reasonably clean of flash, with only some trimming and
filing required.</i></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>The Archfiend model was not much different in this regard, with most of
the bits of excess resin that needed removing around non-detailed parts
of the model. Once cleaned of these and then literally washed twice in
soapy warm water, I quickly super glued together the arms and legs to
the torso. Normally prior to drilling and putting in magnets I would not
do this, but considering the shoulders of the arms form an important
part of where the back piece fits, I wanted to make sure I would get
that fit right when testing the magnets. In all cases, the fitting of
the parts and gluing them was seamless. I really like how little
manipulation I needed to do to get the miniature looking like it does on
the box.</i></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><i>Basing</i></b></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I realized that if I was going to all this
effort for the miniature, I might as well make a suitably cool base. For
those not aware, I have published pictures of my Forces of the Abyss
not only on the Goonhammer website under the pseudonym "Cytoplasm" but
also on my Youtube channel "Couple of Dabblers". I went for an ice
effect on my multibases which at the time seemed simple yet effective.
It is a good basing technique, but now that I have done it many times
over I am a bit tired of it, and it has limitations when it comes to
monster models. There just isn't much space to place lots of victims in
the ice. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I grabbed a chunk of 3D printed ruins, and some old
Minas Tirith miniatures from Lord of the Rings the Return of the King
(painted by a 12 year old me). I set to work making what you see below.
Easy, and plenty of room for my Archfiend to stand.</i></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHHYObn7W6Bem7oUjTBdwm6XerwGSCwBodjqE2dH8q8INT3PU67XlUa3dwS512yYd921bErK8_OTvpKyTyZfJsV-up5JbMnqPjSn6606MDWSbXYjtV2bMRM2ltjbFS4xKQrX_BwS5bIC95FXWhw9PPQo7XlQ4lk11W0dGJIrUdDEa-r_KoVNMoAfF0Ow=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHHYObn7W6Bem7oUjTBdwm6XerwGSCwBodjqE2dH8q8INT3PU67XlUa3dwS512yYd921bErK8_OTvpKyTyZfJsV-up5JbMnqPjSn6606MDWSbXYjtV2bMRM2ltjbFS4xKQrX_BwS5bIC95FXWhw9PPQo7XlQ4lk11W0dGJIrUdDEa-r_KoVNMoAfF0Ow=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /> </i><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><i>Magnetizing</i></b></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>This is where things became tricky. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The
back piece without wings (we can call it the spikey back) was pretty
easy to magnetize as it has almost no weight. Using a bit of the Wood
Elves' Treeman kit, I made pedestal within the torso of the Archfiend on
which I could place a pretty big rare earth magnet. I then glued the
counterpart magnet to the underside of the spikey back and it very
easily stuck into place. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Unfortunately, the spikey back piece
just didn't quite fit with the model, so many gaps of about 1-2mm were
prevalent. I could just hope that painting the miniature would render it
less conspicuous, but eventually I gave in and got out the Milliput and
Liquid Green Stuff. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I quickly started lining the edges of
the spikey back piece with soft Milliput, then I would place the piece
on the model and push to form the impression of the model on the
Milliput. Instant fitting! Then it was time to smooth using some tools
and then a wet brush. Any remaining gaps that were too fine were then
filling with semi-dried Liquid Green Stuff. I would apply a blob of it,
fit it again to the model (not pushing too hard as the Liquid Green
Stuff didn't need the force). Soon I had a perfect fit!</i></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtsWz9gYE0KK1SBg2kuIT7QfDs_qH3O8lzB87uNhDpPHvwRZSz_oSlz3Lz-vQT5DibOKFptGRKmxOE6V9_GimX7nj27Kt4TNm48zs2CV-8zH8cE97JN_pYoJ3Kd6UbBE0q1_K1tyH7cqjcL3zOyw7wFsPdvbtoMXCGshMwcZE02TUoyYgGU6EIWlQtQQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtsWz9gYE0KK1SBg2kuIT7QfDs_qH3O8lzB87uNhDpPHvwRZSz_oSlz3Lz-vQT5DibOKFptGRKmxOE6V9_GimX7nj27Kt4TNm48zs2CV-8zH8cE97JN_pYoJ3Kd6UbBE0q1_K1tyH7cqjcL3zOyw7wFsPdvbtoMXCGshMwcZE02TUoyYgGU6EIWlQtQQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></i></div><i> </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUMUClj0mNrZjx-UKmgVkw0lnVYYa5IVzKW-IetG1nIk_wm4UmJHGEhMI0KVlSjtyOuAETyYfDbusZSBAlqvM8TnDOScPVST_57b4JizZX4JVfV99qFkFDajyHmc5r5XRgjZaqSmvx1xgsoWaq2PFHWGgxQTHh9j7caGt8MkG_3-tnrWaqDByKn-veFw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUMUClj0mNrZjx-UKmgVkw0lnVYYa5IVzKW-IetG1nIk_wm4UmJHGEhMI0KVlSjtyOuAETyYfDbusZSBAlqvM8TnDOScPVST_57b4JizZX4JVfV99qFkFDajyHmc5r5XRgjZaqSmvx1xgsoWaq2PFHWGgxQTHh9j7caGt8MkG_3-tnrWaqDByKn-veFw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Wings were a completely different story. These had no problem
fitting. Wonderful! However, the single magnet was no match for the heft
of the wings. Shaking the miniature even a little would cause the wings
to fall off. I could see much ruin in my future if I let this stand (or
not stand as the case may be). </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>It was time to get more magnets.<br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Using
some much smaller rare earth magnets, I drilled three holes around the
edge of the torso, at points least likely to be obvious on the sides
(that are covered by the arms) and then one at the base of the head
(where I needed the back piece to firmly sit). I then drilled
corresponding holes onto the wings' back piece. </i><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqiU15JjMLOmSaCeDkr4Lu8kOA0sJGi3JYnGGJNbSgm8vCRYwlym4iErrCTRTg1nOXWILJ0rhB36KAD7E6sVRsWbsbMoktclcGvp9c4j2Nu9-EE39lrYX1chH8XP21snNNufz1vvp-0KFg-9jnqexuNaXGDrMA7s7rmBuM-SSCx2GpnZm7utt4_lzM0A=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqiU15JjMLOmSaCeDkr4Lu8kOA0sJGi3JYnGGJNbSgm8vCRYwlym4iErrCTRTg1nOXWILJ0rhB36KAD7E6sVRsWbsbMoktclcGvp9c4j2Nu9-EE39lrYX1chH8XP21snNNufz1vvp-0KFg-9jnqexuNaXGDrMA7s7rmBuM-SSCx2GpnZm7utt4_lzM0A=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2Odhr_SFyK6lsdJTT6uN3Je2ZbhKMosOW61a5qSZq_K7uhz3Sjj1L4vGz4ArFWlYqIzj7oltVVjbe7SVUZOr4__8XTipgJgOV4lgbTwvHCzMDrDiKYiRK3hHdGdIUmkyOpNtQ-q72TZMPtU5AaBJnTHC2jpTkCibUSlrHzLLNOoGmks9PFkbilTLVMA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2Odhr_SFyK6lsdJTT6uN3Je2ZbhKMosOW61a5qSZq_K7uhz3Sjj1L4vGz4ArFWlYqIzj7oltVVjbe7SVUZOr4__8XTipgJgOV4lgbTwvHCzMDrDiKYiRK3hHdGdIUmkyOpNtQ-q72TZMPtU5AaBJnTHC2jpTkCibUSlrHzLLNOoGmks9PFkbilTLVMA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>This was the most tedious part. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I would drill, dry fit
the magnet, think that it was a good fit and super glue the magnet in.
After waiting for it to dry (don't want the magnets flying out!) I would
place the wings and then realize that actually the magnets were not
flush and now the whole thing had major gap issues and wobble. Much
sadness and disappointment, before I cracked all the magnets out,
drilled deeper and did it all again. I did this about 3 times over until
I got it just about right. I say just about because in the end I just
decided the 0.5mm gap was fine and that my Milliput and Green Stuff
would finish the job. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMMxqb-nWSH6yrjbCDCWU2VQeFaAVqkVbXDDR4vla9xpSpTrc7lD3eLrK2PcW7kHhF1Kr7SLGqNwRst3QSNrWat1Hf4NMIy6nKeTP8PsJvbXaN4-KHA3mPgdc6Vai1-uHYfdkcTkZhuJMVy67sKEaE7zFvmwAqwcfHxzI1UT1bcS0WQAU1tq-8_xDPhQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMMxqb-nWSH6yrjbCDCWU2VQeFaAVqkVbXDDR4vla9xpSpTrc7lD3eLrK2PcW7kHhF1Kr7SLGqNwRst3QSNrWat1Hf4NMIy6nKeTP8PsJvbXaN4-KHA3mPgdc6Vai1-uHYfdkcTkZhuJMVy67sKEaE7zFvmwAqwcfHxzI1UT1bcS0WQAU1tq-8_xDPhQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><i>There were major gaps between the wings and the arms, but this was
pretty easy to remedy, and once I did the wings finally sat on very
snugly. I am now confident these will not fall on someone's Basileans.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><u><b><i>Extra 'sculpting'</i></b></u></div><div><i> </i></div><div><i>As
is always the case, one makes more Milliput than needed, but actually I
did need it. I wanted to make the inside of the Archfiend at least look
like something. Much like opening a Rhino tank is fun to see a
well painted interior, I used the Milliput to create some fleshy tissue.
I don't think demons rely on the regular physiology of mammals, so
trying to make vasculature and a heart seemed a bit much (a good excuse
at least). Instead I filled in all the gaps around the Treeman piece,
put some Milliput on the underside of the back pieces, and set about
making muscular striation patterns so that it looked like fleshy muscle.
I then got particularly bold and tried to make some ribs around the
chest... hopefully they become more obvious when painting.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><u><b><i>Basecoating</i></b></u></div><div><i> </i></div><div><i>Basecoating
was quite quick. I used up the last of my Macragge Blue spray on the
Archfiend, and then some generic matte white spray for the base. I have
to spray my bases white for the Forces of the Abyss as the ice effect
goes on top. It just means I'll be spending excess time painting the
ruins. The blue for the Archfiend just makes painting the blue skin much
easier. I'm already on my way to being done!</i></div><div><i> </i></div><div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv6jNL1sqEyHkc6twYmrvgA_LWONmCGjopvrabJfIh4bym2Cx_kN2IfB_CMi4vd5oEBLqhmDAs7xm-IHqUQ_vnPcus15KwgYzAzoaAc5F-RU9_0vD6sYEVfYwGq103LV6UBC5BjvWGpnHYynCdJpIbKFKSTIvapKHph3DsFatWc1P_ZrnWQwgaii0X1w=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv6jNL1sqEyHkc6twYmrvgA_LWONmCGjopvrabJfIh4bym2Cx_kN2IfB_CMi4vd5oEBLqhmDAs7xm-IHqUQ_vnPcus15KwgYzAzoaAc5F-RU9_0vD6sYEVfYwGq103LV6UBC5BjvWGpnHYynCdJpIbKFKSTIvapKHph3DsFatWc1P_ZrnWQwgaii0X1w=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWV2YNdBrg0aq_xp_GhakAp5fG7pLq64o8ebwnc2i2NxSVNCzfrvrnPwfqSoqXSIYprxV3DFonPBnAoYoEMq1vYYttF9KRaY4INE28xhHkoxXmufv7fjpZGFsaCyuvJHdqr44wqzcLA8TBFF_luLzi6G_tNHtfOQQr4B_zV6RF6aWycz4ddTGdPnnJLQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWV2YNdBrg0aq_xp_GhakAp5fG7pLq64o8ebwnc2i2NxSVNCzfrvrnPwfqSoqXSIYprxV3DFonPBnAoYoEMq1vYYttF9KRaY4INE28xhHkoxXmufv7fjpZGFsaCyuvJHdqr44wqzcLA8TBFF_luLzi6G_tNHtfOQQr4B_zV6RF6aWycz4ddTGdPnnJLQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC78zsesTl-uQHmEYchkeGsKnoDK9snYtt4CIva2dLrPafQLhwbTiiKCFg9lStHGt3wfachNBMCJ78FnUheWQMP3suCpPU8lb3KrLMqtSMJul6KmBurDQHEFILzH-GoXGXEOqeWtHy7xd9ztcva_o2adtU8hLRV3cy0qxK0Dk5_fiSBb8kO08ygXu8zg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC78zsesTl-uQHmEYchkeGsKnoDK9snYtt4CIva2dLrPafQLhwbTiiKCFg9lStHGt3wfachNBMCJ78FnUheWQMP3suCpPU8lb3KrLMqtSMJul6KmBurDQHEFILzH-GoXGXEOqeWtHy7xd9ztcva_o2adtU8hLRV3cy0qxK0Dk5_fiSBb8kO08ygXu8zg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO4gmgUPH3hu56Rc8b3F38sLKS0sKjG9m4ZaJW19_9KFIN2AjX7aASCxTs-e7NFXTAumr5_rJ6-Q-HLWg0vFGShpQA5TODoviafNIQerA5eXkt9N1u_bJyhBO_zXgZ-j6etJG39LNQcua9DCRF5gCpszeICCmkNPlEepCsjwUupyywMvXU6iO32iS5KA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO4gmgUPH3hu56Rc8b3F38sLKS0sKjG9m4ZaJW19_9KFIN2AjX7aASCxTs-e7NFXTAumr5_rJ6-Q-HLWg0vFGShpQA5TODoviafNIQerA5eXkt9N1u_bJyhBO_zXgZ-j6etJG39LNQcua9DCRF5gCpszeICCmkNPlEepCsjwUupyywMvXU6iO32iS5KA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div> </i><i> <br /></i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I like to think now the Milliput and Green Stuff are not so noticeable! </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Very impressive JP! Many thanks for taking time to document the steps of your project!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kristoffer/Hektor/Gottfrid</span></b></u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kristoffer and his sons, Hektor and Gottfrid, are making a very good progress too! Their chosen models are assembled! Here are some words from Kristoffer describing their achievements last week:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Both Hektor’s and Gottfrid’s minis were already
assembled but they’ve been spray primed and started painting. Hektor’s
look kind of strange now but we have a plan for making the flames green
involving transparent yellow
spray paint. We’ll see how that goes… My big troll has been placed on a
cliff to be somewhat playable with all the overhang from his really big
hammer. Gottfrid’s got the same idea elevating his also on a cliff.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kristoffer's Giant, very intimidating one for sure!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-ku2AgsiFip8ykpM3BksftSVZPDPAONODRjg94yvaJ9QBJCU163MY0rx51NbFUT48wsJFg4icMviH9lkDcEFH4PEnyaEyVj8qYQhrZYDB7gx-CB3Yy1_T17or3-YHbjxAOTXHLuA97LkCehjCTudIQ-5e_sH0eiTRJzbE_vdJ4QqM5Bg2nLYEqJIUjw=s1672" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-ku2AgsiFip8ykpM3BksftSVZPDPAONODRjg94yvaJ9QBJCU163MY0rx51NbFUT48wsJFg4icMviH9lkDcEFH4PEnyaEyVj8qYQhrZYDB7gx-CB3Yy1_T17or3-YHbjxAOTXHLuA97LkCehjCTudIQ-5e_sH0eiTRJzbE_vdJ4QqM5Bg2nLYEqJIUjw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlqLihqI9Si-jPZCdmBFi_2uidia6sdcT5-PU7ChTiFwPGjgzTuf3bwGbrdprFUmaMhPmO0pNMtovp6pdBXLiCf_a1YW6MveASy4PwkWyV7iyPyrIgxfLh07nFL_AS-vGpU7PR0j0tOeHIZRlhKDRMvyJ_DJjO4sIPnsoMe327w9Y_JXOSHWASi7QY7w=s1448" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlqLihqI9Si-jPZCdmBFi_2uidia6sdcT5-PU7ChTiFwPGjgzTuf3bwGbrdprFUmaMhPmO0pNMtovp6pdBXLiCf_a1YW6MveASy4PwkWyV7iyPyrIgxfLh07nFL_AS-vGpU7PR0j0tOeHIZRlhKDRMvyJ_DJjO4sIPnsoMe327w9Y_JXOSHWASi7QY7w=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Hektor's Chroneas. I really like this model! <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqP9TVrd833Cr80JhzUS57azcVcyPngJGh9TyeclcCGPRYnp6y62Z8c9J1_3KxoRpEJzNYS8_Cr2QeyASTD2TW7oVRuZSvnHsR2B-jfrHZIgq7_IszVDHzg3oA87o9UY_RiPfUtwIkR2XVSHXH3JG7j2jiwJoVVUlAD1kofIplOSF4wn_BI2YI91bobA=s1540" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1540" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqP9TVrd833Cr80JhzUS57azcVcyPngJGh9TyeclcCGPRYnp6y62Z8c9J1_3KxoRpEJzNYS8_Cr2QeyASTD2TW7oVRuZSvnHsR2B-jfrHZIgq7_IszVDHzg3oA87o9UY_RiPfUtwIkR2XVSHXH3JG7j2jiwJoVVUlAD1kofIplOSF4wn_BI2YI91bobA=w640-h566" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Gottfrid's Muster Captain is ready too! The new Halflings range is really good!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6na7Ypfsuygh9o2MAo9Z9Zb03hlqMRhs1J6uxH2lZodei1IG2FYEDGR83rqjGcg3LdtJl7iF9g2nTFRJJcHglJMR4xt_OlyyeRDOCg7rY5ZKpMvddgsumxdARVTYYFx-QCzx5f82mR-0wUGEB-L6w-t7lSKThNhBKF5cNjnaax5NDzjKFHzuMUZr5rQ=s1672" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6na7Ypfsuygh9o2MAo9Z9Zb03hlqMRhs1J6uxH2lZodei1IG2FYEDGR83rqjGcg3LdtJl7iF9g2nTFRJJcHglJMR4xt_OlyyeRDOCg7rY5ZKpMvddgsumxdARVTYYFx-QCzx5f82mR-0wUGEB-L6w-t7lSKThNhBKF5cNjnaax5NDzjKFHzuMUZr5rQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>And a family photo :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjJn5FifuMfaFg0RftofWJqwF6Rvj9MbNyLaU5dnC6EFlfxB65LAoSXHJTOoOiZPnoZ9J62ued4TXssl9CePVjk4RImm7r2NjzmRgy-1J1oP9UmJbtRSVcBKubNZeJvrDMEaBMmx5Fg8xjXNOSQaJeh106RPFEGPW5kbNKtLpmcbvs00maV7MxTh2F6w=s1672" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjJn5FifuMfaFg0RftofWJqwF6Rvj9MbNyLaU5dnC6EFlfxB65LAoSXHJTOoOiZPnoZ9J62ued4TXssl9CePVjk4RImm7r2NjzmRgy-1J1oP9UmJbtRSVcBKubNZeJvrDMEaBMmx5Fg8xjXNOSQaJeh106RPFEGPW5kbNKtLpmcbvs00maV7MxTh2F6w=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As you can see, the models were primed and some first layers were already painted too. It is great to see them next to each other as that gives us the better appreciation of the relative size of each of them. That giant is huge! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well done! Great start of the projects and perfect pace towards the successful completion!<br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Luca</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Luca joined the challenge just after Part 1 post was published. He has pledged 3D printed models to represent a Drakon Lord and Drakon Riders!</p><p>Here are some words from Luca regarding the hobby in general and a bit about his project in particular.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I'm really excited for this project as I've always been
in love with fantasy dragons since I was a kid. My passion for dragon
miniatures really kicked off when first saw the wood elf forest dragon
at the local GW store back in the late 90s. I desperately saved my
pocket money for ages to afford it.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I
started and stopped painting that dragon on multiple occasions but my
adolescent focus struggled to sustain such a big project. I always felt a
pang of disappointment whenever I saw it unfinished on the shelf. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Now
with a bunch of new tools and tricks under my belt and and slightly
larger attention span I am ready to finish my first dragon! It's great
to have some extra motivation in the form of this monster March
challenge and a small tournament coming up in a few weeks. It will be a
centrepiece for my Elf army that has a strong dragon theme and flavour. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The
dragon was 3d printed on an anycubic photon mono with the model from
broken anvil miniatures. I try to update my Instagram account weekly
with my progress through hobby projects. Linked below:</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/miscreant.miniatures/&source=gmail&ust=1646544547593000&usg=AOvVaw0gtTfZKyAKaabmUql3YgcN" href="https://www.instagram.com/miscreant.miniatures/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/<wbr></wbr>miscreant.miniatures/</a></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I've attached a photo of the 3d print and base that will be the Drakons lord for my KoW Elf army. </i><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><i>I've done a few practice models on the Drakons rider regiments and essentially used the same models from Broken Anvil. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><i>I
have them painted up to a table level but my goal is to get the guy
looking extra flashy as he will be a bit of a centre piece for the
army. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><i>I've attached a photo of the other Drakons to give an idea of where I'm up to in the project. </i></div><div dir="auto"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7wRpNGs696EhPYa3h8vPgc4ejvCGnszJVTIYiyYu8bfI-lNAv3-Alv4W1cygjY03fwAx5ngGYJSaO3Xav2lRdYJSnGKpmNDRWrqC6LhELIR7XePqgAY0msOuhKvxRnCGlBYGig7ORrAEqMJTYcOqbP9cbVZJTNsVt2Nk4-_ePrcfgPfwMEXWD08p83w=s1283" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1283" data-original-width="1283" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7wRpNGs696EhPYa3h8vPgc4ejvCGnszJVTIYiyYu8bfI-lNAv3-Alv4W1cygjY03fwAx5ngGYJSaO3Xav2lRdYJSnGKpmNDRWrqC6LhELIR7XePqgAY0msOuhKvxRnCGlBYGig7ORrAEqMJTYcOqbP9cbVZJTNsVt2Nk4-_ePrcfgPfwMEXWD08p83w=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTu8yWQp_f2iatIKzx33DHQckMeAxTSBNy0u0fQsjFOmX7Y6PN-YAfK8W1_EAS8nf-CZpMrWbzRcH2vjasyCGPQ22G3SVpEIjyULyFPLSGgsz8dt4wh7Thd1yYyiLKPvGVhZ9QVilcNYtGan791Y3nYMJ41vU7u1ox4X1U-95aYCKY2dhWfzBWIgb2qA=s681" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="681" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTu8yWQp_f2iatIKzx33DHQckMeAxTSBNy0u0fQsjFOmX7Y6PN-YAfK8W1_EAS8nf-CZpMrWbzRcH2vjasyCGPQ22G3SVpEIjyULyFPLSGgsz8dt4wh7Thd1yYyiLKPvGVhZ9QVilcNYtGan791Y3nYMJ41vU7u1ox4X1U-95aYCKY2dhWfzBWIgb2qA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyFz7p-1HisIWTuy8yjgum3e9V3qNYN8tkL7fM566TefRDAD85C_jpHZ9-sV1rnohc4fU48IEil-MoAoK6iKM7WlkuqMlA2jg7v19_MZHpLyddcII7sPIBzKy6PHICOawA1tAzr56HocaP76-nGx-7DX3Yab75cw4Anhw53HLRx03ckb97ETJkklqPwA=s603" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="603" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyFz7p-1HisIWTuy8yjgum3e9V3qNYN8tkL7fM566TefRDAD85C_jpHZ9-sV1rnohc4fU48IEil-MoAoK6iKM7WlkuqMlA2jg7v19_MZHpLyddcII7sPIBzKy6PHICOawA1tAzr56HocaP76-nGx-7DX3Yab75cw4Anhw53HLRx03ckb97ETJkklqPwA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9fb54_8KdpL814Rug6XVq_UIEux3U8fJ2ZnhfxTso9NuLhHM6B6OP-I95CyjNs0JLKQLuWvWdrh0PeWZC645URp8tpdOtgRaGVUQuGw1BkPnDW-M-x7JVpvqjEh1ylhQDC3U3Kr7jdfIsdoRqcaFtpzd7fQoFIzsGv6XZ599TUo8ZsLZiXEalyU9SYA=s629" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="629" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9fb54_8KdpL814Rug6XVq_UIEux3U8fJ2ZnhfxTso9NuLhHM6B6OP-I95CyjNs0JLKQLuWvWdrh0PeWZC645URp8tpdOtgRaGVUQuGw1BkPnDW-M-x7JVpvqjEh1ylhQDC3U3Kr7jdfIsdoRqcaFtpzd7fQoFIzsGv6XZ599TUo8ZsLZiXEalyU9SYA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjudb9GLOBWyfaXEX9irBjgRaChh8pvuugNmLgN_oqIKrAWxVlV97f9wyo6_JFmgb40nDqi7j_wdoKfLJwVugktDC9sAHhbj-NF7X6MGHMDQuvC6jTvAPvBH6bboiDls6CjptHyZtXSYHWEXnuOtNa9WQfRwRV8MfpVxS10Op8XuuM4tTW58baXiXHXPg=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjudb9GLOBWyfaXEX9irBjgRaChh8pvuugNmLgN_oqIKrAWxVlV97f9wyo6_JFmgb40nDqi7j_wdoKfLJwVugktDC9sAHhbj-NF7X6MGHMDQuvC6jTvAPvBH6bboiDls6CjptHyZtXSYHWEXnuOtNa9WQfRwRV8MfpVxS10Op8XuuM4tTW58baXiXHXPg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The models look absolutely fantastic and I can't wait to see more photos with further progress! Keep up the good work!</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Michael Smith</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Michael spent time properly preparing his fantastic model of a Rhino to represent Mammoth in his Kings of War army. This is the stage that does not produce spectacular effects, as it is all about filling the gaps between the parts. Michael worked on the base for his model as well.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am sure, however, that everyone would agree that it is very important foundation for the successful project. I must also say that I really like this model, even in its unpainted version!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_BzcUcCs4tUJe3xCuEQTT_RoqrlvTgdKqwqbHgtvcNDkFAa5nTwfujkCoGPnZEAAc__TQ1yeFJ-3zFR-P_NvvmnekeWIorTiXt3aw_guUZ7hvDWceq5w7U5bdwEqp_QYp1Sc8bXzjogjzQvOb2lSQML5MzjPLTh__TmVzJrVYMgK66kFj9th6wEtU0g=s3260" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3260" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_BzcUcCs4tUJe3xCuEQTT_RoqrlvTgdKqwqbHgtvcNDkFAa5nTwfujkCoGPnZEAAc__TQ1yeFJ-3zFR-P_NvvmnekeWIorTiXt3aw_guUZ7hvDWceq5w7U5bdwEqp_QYp1Sc8bXzjogjzQvOb2lSQML5MzjPLTh__TmVzJrVYMgK66kFj9th6wEtU0g=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwdsiFbGWNZOcI_BiaB0uj352SEq2yZkNyT2GGoRdYDPn5JsSGgonaxGHa0-SzJWlGuZ4K-amYhV1fekahmF74q-x4qI09IBSO6XJoqYkB0dbr67TIx6Ujq5qt5X0Fl4q_WGJPAC8pqFF461Jw6qh5fBdqWdKzjsrJZB3APgkFiTlNLmtyF3z0-qC4Gw=s2937" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="2937" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwdsiFbGWNZOcI_BiaB0uj352SEq2yZkNyT2GGoRdYDPn5JsSGgonaxGHa0-SzJWlGuZ4K-amYhV1fekahmF74q-x4qI09IBSO6XJoqYkB0dbr67TIx6Ujq5qt5X0Fl4q_WGJPAC8pqFF461Jw6qh5fBdqWdKzjsrJZB3APgkFiTlNLmtyF3z0-qC4Gw=w640-h508" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Well done Michael!</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mikes</span></b></u></span></p><p>Mikes is using every single moment available for painting, usually when his family is asleep :) I admire his determination! He has made some good progress on his second Treeherder:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih9FIJseArLpJAfa-Pk3DZ9bdpveGjiGupqhC0lBz-GmWAgLmLAabrlu-wPb730OO1tLAJZRGYwFZDXdxb_e6KLdpOOcgn-lQiK9T9IcQi4R9WNPw4rcG9OT9auWGAvTvWOkWfAZi-GIsxhbdRhgtkE7d7MBcou1mLyxC5Vj0LwRYIslk4NBdklUapPA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih9FIJseArLpJAfa-Pk3DZ9bdpveGjiGupqhC0lBz-GmWAgLmLAabrlu-wPb730OO1tLAJZRGYwFZDXdxb_e6KLdpOOcgn-lQiK9T9IcQi4R9WNPw4rcG9OT9auWGAvTvWOkWfAZi-GIsxhbdRhgtkE7d7MBcou1mLyxC5Vj0LwRYIslk4NBdklUapPA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuXYS6tbU7_-Qgq2cLqtORv7d3fak8Df7KfuzGwznG5zYMKeIJkIRZK61ZKcabEgryMTVj8k5Ip7Z6jhFUhBpemIeZtM3anFWk_gOWXC84QYLIwusUrQSQoKdKE66xtpyh5OhQIqW9EPlBdMBejeAiP6ESng4x8-3cZexYw9Y_Em99lXJmL5VayjlW5w=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuXYS6tbU7_-Qgq2cLqtORv7d3fak8Df7KfuzGwznG5zYMKeIJkIRZK61ZKcabEgryMTVj8k5Ip7Z6jhFUhBpemIeZtM3anFWk_gOWXC84QYLIwusUrQSQoKdKE66xtpyh5OhQIqW9EPlBdMBejeAiP6ESng4x8-3cZexYw9Y_Em99lXJmL5VayjlW5w=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Looking good Mikes! I like the glowing eyes a lot!</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sceleris</span></b></u></span></p><p>Sceleris is progressing with his model at his usual pace, which means he is on the right to complete the painting of his model soon!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1FKbKIz7rqgsJ8iDviEu9pWdUymFGYKnQfp5Z4ycP1ay49IssbqMI-4qLdZFCXO4ZAGqWGaLoBDcfaddJ3d0W2go5XGAQLgTCyT9j-PInNhb4sFFFZajGGNxYLK42lKBg_h31w1DyiajhsET4spN9iEdZgDW5iepSivYmTZCP8c0nEfpSsTgg_FbsQQ=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1FKbKIz7rqgsJ8iDviEu9pWdUymFGYKnQfp5Z4ycP1ay49IssbqMI-4qLdZFCXO4ZAGqWGaLoBDcfaddJ3d0W2go5XGAQLgTCyT9j-PInNhb4sFFFZajGGNxYLK42lKBg_h31w1DyiajhsET4spN9iEdZgDW5iepSivYmTZCP8c0nEfpSsTgg_FbsQQ=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><br /><p>Here is the photo of the model with other Giants:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5Z2jW6XSd5u1wD-tU9pvsGt1Pja18dX21peWqw7gLVoHfmrVMplCXBZqS5ie4pxNm9WsdIkuX36UuXp3aBDNr856kblEHmXLP0HJpZHR-YBc8c-R0QFfvoe2WIITIMwspjrZUAK_0iZZqIxrsNZHdAlvlLwMjbfOqctyPPD9YFvKBbyLY77ARd7rVUg=s970" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="970" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5Z2jW6XSd5u1wD-tU9pvsGt1Pja18dX21peWqw7gLVoHfmrVMplCXBZqS5ie4pxNm9WsdIkuX36UuXp3aBDNr856kblEHmXLP0HJpZHR-YBc8c-R0QFfvoe2WIITIMwspjrZUAK_0iZZqIxrsNZHdAlvlLwMjbfOqctyPPD9YFvKBbyLY77ARd7rVUg=w640-h494" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Sceleris often posts on KoW Forum in the monthly topics dedicated to painting challenges, so I encourage you to have a look at some of his other works there!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/monster-march-painting-topic/3268/123"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sceleris - KoW Forum</span></a><br /></p><p>Well done! Keep up the good work!</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Vince</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Vince participated in a few editions of the Monster March in the past. It is great to have him back for another round! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This year, Vince came up with a very creative interpretation of the theme. Instead of a single model, he decided to paint the Horde of Knights for his army in Kings of War. This is a type of a unit with the largest foot print of a base in the game! And if you want to go for the full model count, you need 32 knights!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP1FxY67B_MWzBGeeUqa_ExXHp7wwfQJsHsoy97mVrpFndBzIAvxRhIRFQ8z2v-FWavIl3OFBdTmrgvw0H36mmNlfoAFOKYoRtG_i-JIeE76lELyuMgVif4wHcnqjcxUniAKyiwd9zaq_XrjgWxsu7dUAMEOPMEEq38QIzo62Jj6hW0s884hYeZ4Lxxw=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP1FxY67B_MWzBGeeUqa_ExXHp7wwfQJsHsoy97mVrpFndBzIAvxRhIRFQ8z2v-FWavIl3OFBdTmrgvw0H36mmNlfoAFOKYoRtG_i-JIeE76lELyuMgVif4wHcnqjcxUniAKyiwd9zaq_XrjgWxsu7dUAMEOPMEEq38QIzo62Jj6hW0s884hYeZ4Lxxw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Vince has his own blog where he wrote more about the project for this year and his previous entries. Check it out:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/2022/03/04/monstermarch-again/"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vince on all things Kings of War - Monster March Again</span></a><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wilberforce</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Wilberforce focused on preparing and assembling his new model of Halfling Harvester. It is good to know that the model is actually easier to assemble than it looked like! It is, indeed, a very interesting concept and I am sure Wilberforce is going to have a lot of fun painting it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHXf9Q_OIVWEv7hc3Ytt2d8weN0sq7W-dn-NbUvFcqI3MYC-ZQsuzAY_kT1x9f2HFkB4Csd8vH-00RVzVOFeuMNkq-g8JV5AGjF5I9BMDmYYcFHMsN2VEpMkz1v4uX2ALP09XuRXldOGjGaf-mm2S9XQWSKB8OalDJh4eeNk01Vdp7_EOeB2Dadfi1eg=s2560" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHXf9Q_OIVWEv7hc3Ytt2d8weN0sq7W-dn-NbUvFcqI3MYC-ZQsuzAY_kT1x9f2HFkB4Csd8vH-00RVzVOFeuMNkq-g8JV5AGjF5I9BMDmYYcFHMsN2VEpMkz1v4uX2ALP09XuRXldOGjGaf-mm2S9XQWSKB8OalDJh4eeNk01Vdp7_EOeB2Dadfi1eg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>Wilberforce has his own blog too so you should definitely check it out. Here is the link:</p><p><a href="https://joyfullybad.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Joy of Painting Badly</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Keep up the good work! </span> </span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Zac</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Zac was told about the Monster March by a friend (thank you!) and decided it is exactly the right motivation to paint a model of a legendary Lizardmen general, Kroq-Gar on his ferocious mount - Grymlok. It does bring back some memories for sure!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdT2fK5l4mC0udxqJRmqkOzOhUHOpsF5OslGRPkxMoXKP2hrk5dXtbbloTrwyzfwAnGKhzYLhirmTWfWLZm1vNFFPZPknm9QWnSPVzZKwG9GWcO9N8PA_PIDdz--ID6-JuSebt-FTQUv5pEvKuGxSBtXgEmZrhqWOoT0WR5ym4bFt48QpfQ3XqiYAiMA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdT2fK5l4mC0udxqJRmqkOzOhUHOpsF5OslGRPkxMoXKP2hrk5dXtbbloTrwyzfwAnGKhzYLhirmTWfWLZm1vNFFPZPknm9QWnSPVzZKwG9GWcO9N8PA_PIDdz--ID6-JuSebt-FTQUv5pEvKuGxSBtXgEmZrhqWOoT0WR5ym4bFt48QpfQ3XqiYAiMA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEied82cmsYvHUNcUd_gIUDNKkm8w-O3wFyI3sjlRGJ5S53PmdQyIY1pEhl8rbqOlWiEXS1O2c_cx9e6pYoZJD9U6Rh6j3EKfIrnWdZ75pIFDiDGSEFjWJquexxOzHYOBlNp-sKlmHSSv0OpQMkcvvGVfShuHLWNLmnooWksyMErC5fGw-t0rwj71Oymyw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEied82cmsYvHUNcUd_gIUDNKkm8w-O3wFyI3sjlRGJ5S53PmdQyIY1pEhl8rbqOlWiEXS1O2c_cx9e6pYoZJD9U6Rh6j3EKfIrnWdZ75pIFDiDGSEFjWJquexxOzHYOBlNp-sKlmHSSv0OpQMkcvvGVfShuHLWNLmnooWksyMErC5fGw-t0rwj71Oymyw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Fantastic model and a perfect choice for the Monster March challenge! Well done Zac!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Swordmaster</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have a few plastic mages from the old sets of Island of Blood for Warhammer. I thought I should use them and when I painted one to be included in my Palace Guard regiment, I decided I can use another one to represent a hero. However, instead of another Archmage, this time I thought it would be a good idea to represent Argus on his Altar of the Elements.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the game of Kings of War, Argus needs to be on 50x50mm base so I wanted to do something to represent four elements and tie the model with the colour scheme of the army. Hence, I decided to model the base with some similar elements I used elsewhere. I happened to have four identical lion heads, so I thought the elements can be represented by painting them in four colors corresponding to each element.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I started with the base but I have not finished it yet. I will need some more time on lion heads as they are now a bit "flat". <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1m_OQXwub95sAfFgcwko5NaZPuaX8bF24f7tQMDxn2iCRp_H7LNdmcL-nsTZG-lI3CosO2zz8jZLHaVXSv1A_ewZjFFk9jHyoBpABCSdjTBqSuaM4HAJUGck0D9fY9a0PuPG54uRpbFrcLDWXBrc38jqdzfleFFSfiyK89s7HF5Pa_oWrHSHGCj-n3g=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1024" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1m_OQXwub95sAfFgcwko5NaZPuaX8bF24f7tQMDxn2iCRp_H7LNdmcL-nsTZG-lI3CosO2zz8jZLHaVXSv1A_ewZjFFk9jHyoBpABCSdjTBqSuaM4HAJUGck0D9fY9a0PuPG54uRpbFrcLDWXBrc38jqdzfleFFSfiyK89s7HF5Pa_oWrHSHGCj-n3g=w640-h512" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks for all the photos and projects descriptions everyone! It is really great to see so many fantastic models being prepared and painted. I am definitely inspired (as always!) and it gives me a lot of motivation to keep going. Hopefully, even picking up the pace!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Keep up the good work everyone! Keep your own pace, the one that makes you feel comfortable and happy! Channel your inner Bob Ross :) </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am already looking forward to seeing the next stage of your projects. Perhaps our merry band of painters will be joined by even more people next week too!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cheers!<br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-4408763319031453032022-02-27T16:33:00.003+11:002022-02-27T22:52:18.206+11:00Monster March 6 - Part 1<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGj13iAUi6XWB8sUL9RNKrA_WNxTqkitBODxqOSOdw4J44S1UyAdyxomteXGwpwUe1BW8mnbI0O7Gur596tjCzviYXFpTGWpTTT3N8S5tX0KvVjrT-1qpRXuVoLrqbaRkemOfs0fFlHp6rlQ3hDwnttwh8h9bhHGr6IHOJLKO6wO5hxDo07qQc4UuHMw=s695" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGj13iAUi6XWB8sUL9RNKrA_WNxTqkitBODxqOSOdw4J44S1UyAdyxomteXGwpwUe1BW8mnbI0O7Gur596tjCzviYXFpTGWpTTT3N8S5tX0KvVjrT-1qpRXuVoLrqbaRkemOfs0fFlHp6rlQ3hDwnttwh8h9bhHGr6IHOJLKO6wO5hxDo07qQc4UuHMw=w640-h532" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Greetings and welcome to the 6th edition of Monster March!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Although 1st of March is on Tuesday, I think it is a good idea to start the painting challenge already! It was fantastic to receive a great response from the participants, both new and returning! Thank you all already! Every year your enthusiasm and creativity make the challenge absolute blast and a pleasure to host!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this post, Part 1 of the painting challenge, I am going to introduce all the participants who have joined so far. Please, remember, there is always time to do so! If you are interested, please check my introduction post for details:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2022/02/monster-march-6-introduction.html">Monster March 6 - Introduction</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And now, let's see who is going to participate this year!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Azazel</b></u></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Azazel is a very prolific painter and modeller and he kept inspiring many of the participants in the previous years. It is fantastic to have Azazel back this year again! You should expect a few models from him, here is the picture of the box of those he considers painting for Monster March!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipR5N13Tlj1-NZ5fXauNMAppzW2_jMel6gztgiTSRRRmGoqmhzR9P61DTpHepa7lijAfVg4WViVZpUOH3vLLHVNpYi8oF0JcaBQGwhWh60AmUvLvVfIm2jReMnl36vDrRtaxW38ClADLcOT6gI4l3z6HYzHnmYqLPwvVcN5ZvGqGN-LljehVJQm0xBWQ=s1541" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1541" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipR5N13Tlj1-NZ5fXauNMAppzW2_jMel6gztgiTSRRRmGoqmhzR9P61DTpHepa7lijAfVg4WViVZpUOH3vLLHVNpYi8oF0JcaBQGwhWh60AmUvLvVfIm2jReMnl36vDrRtaxW38ClADLcOT6gI4l3z6HYzHnmYqLPwvVcN5ZvGqGN-LljehVJQm0xBWQ=w640-h622" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also greatly recommend visiting his blog. He updates it regularly and often with an enormous variety of models!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://azazelx.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Azazel's Bitz Box</span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bensome</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you play Kings of War, especially in Australia, I am sure you have heard about Bensome! He is one of the famous Direct Misfire crew. I am always looking forward to their Podcast's new episodes, which you can find here:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://directmisfire.podbean.com/">Direct Misfire Podcast </a> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ben is coming back to the challenge as well and this time he is going to work on his own conversion of the model representing the Avatar of the Father for his Herd army for Kings of War.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome back Ben!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DAM</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is already a tradition that DAM participates in the Monster March with a model representing a Titan for Adeptus Mechanicus. It may be a Warmaster type of a Titan this year, we shall see!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1lPVLzlDDW6PJrGP065Exwvq7lMcHgxntjo44mNEo4-6-UagYgDicQwBxV_cWpHec_FeW_dP6RBNmTGN2monZzJUiQTsZZaov54dHf2UNjRxWVs5fJ36OuJsaIQb9csuagq9-SSgUIFnFUWc6u3GmDq4drnKyF-2tnBKf6fCz04IjDXp6okIrHmIYwg=s578" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="449" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1lPVLzlDDW6PJrGP065Exwvq7lMcHgxntjo44mNEo4-6-UagYgDicQwBxV_cWpHec_FeW_dP6RBNmTGN2monZzJUiQTsZZaov54dHf2UNjRxWVs5fJ36OuJsaIQb9csuagq9-SSgUIFnFUWc6u3GmDq4drnKyF-2tnBKf6fCz04IjDXp6okIrHmIYwg=w498-h640" width="498" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">DAM has his own excellent blog and you should definitely check it out!</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://262krieg.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">262nd Death Korps of Krieg</span></a><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Duncan and Matilda</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Duncan is joining the Monster March together with his 6-years old daughter Matilda! Parenting done right for sure! :) They picked some really nice models for the challenge too. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSiT7fPwsGIbsA0tpGsDu_X_Y-ttPSp__-C5H9b64K6xlCYp3itzdFy9cPTFGtgo2d4mEImmicU2ll-cbaaeITGjkjOYKBPirfmWl3Bbu74_GEY5OYepJm1f9xdWBscY-aeQgC8W9-AqS82W5L3Vm-YUBzgieRCtfFTU0ye6WDm7fI62kh67FI27SVDA=s1040" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1040" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSiT7fPwsGIbsA0tpGsDu_X_Y-ttPSp__-C5H9b64K6xlCYp3itzdFy9cPTFGtgo2d4mEImmicU2ll-cbaaeITGjkjOYKBPirfmWl3Bbu74_GEY5OYepJm1f9xdWBscY-aeQgC8W9-AqS82W5L3Vm-YUBzgieRCtfFTU0ye6WDm7fI62kh67FI27SVDA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglbUr__a8GZKQUDM97EJQyr_6RMjzuc2o8t-jDHvTeYUrOO8029yLB2_iCVdb1_Ss-eOVS2qtVxolDpgbxGqDoH0UmBcU2AHXMLjdun67cv_vepSklDVugYk6vooOD3vCp5IdzJjbtMYZmI1Z62UIyVVPZZZc5DGKV09yUgpoYReLKwK9XP-YcZV1B5Q=s1040" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1040" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglbUr__a8GZKQUDM97EJQyr_6RMjzuc2o8t-jDHvTeYUrOO8029yLB2_iCVdb1_Ss-eOVS2qtVxolDpgbxGqDoH0UmBcU2AHXMLjdun67cv_vepSklDVugYk6vooOD3vCp5IdzJjbtMYZmI1Z62UIyVVPZZZc5DGKV09yUgpoYReLKwK9XP-YcZV1B5Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwFAXrbgCu2Mf1-PzNZ7UgazGYFAQs2zbJlyzB7EQSjN4LW2l4WKsUmCA-JDv-YfVFwrtHHfnzmcpy0skWD2hL88u5NQrFMWdwSqcM7HmmUFAXkNYpjKJeC1c_UVXWpZd895yt-lZkG_XS3HRBUYdqp_fT605IXOyOq0L1mcN2bV9_YSuQC5fc0FnB1A=s1040" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1040" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwFAXrbgCu2Mf1-PzNZ7UgazGYFAQs2zbJlyzB7EQSjN4LW2l4WKsUmCA-JDv-YfVFwrtHHfnzmcpy0skWD2hL88u5NQrFMWdwSqcM7HmmUFAXkNYpjKJeC1c_UVXWpZd895yt-lZkG_XS3HRBUYdqp_fT605IXOyOq0L1mcN2bV9_YSuQC5fc0FnB1A=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Duncan tells me that he likes to use such monsters in multiple armies he
collects. In this way, he can use one model to represent different
monsters in each force. He also has a very good plan how to help Matilda
with painting too, I will let you know what it is next time :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Eddie</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eddie decided to jump on a Halfling bandwagon this year. Halflings are quite popular among Kings of War players, after <a href="https://www.manticgames.com/">Mantic</a> released quite a lot of new models. Eddie chose the new Ironbeast (or three!) for Monster March this year!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibvlwPKqh3_1TeWQpGM_SQ0a60r-46E2yYgjsP8vTjRFbl5O5pym-O8PWSZHJfEMDho9cRJ53TsmWn4iGx0pdcFvxe-w39qGj_c_WqVXX744p0QErJnx3ZbHuZePi9YTIJHswxaQcm3WhKowNRnEX8Tp9OjeulXXVa-HleiHPocj4EGCfKk5aPAunKGA=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibvlwPKqh3_1TeWQpGM_SQ0a60r-46E2yYgjsP8vTjRFbl5O5pym-O8PWSZHJfEMDho9cRJ53TsmWn4iGx0pdcFvxe-w39qGj_c_WqVXX744p0QErJnx3ZbHuZePi9YTIJHswxaQcm3WhKowNRnEX8Tp9OjeulXXVa-HleiHPocj4EGCfKk5aPAunKGA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> You can follow Eddie on Twitter at @EddieBe77. </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Erasmus</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you followed some of my recent battle reports, you would have met Erasmus as my opponent in the games vs Night Stalkers and Dwarfs. Erasmus chose an appropriate model for this year challenge, Colossal Spider from Reaper to be a central part of his Horde of Fiends!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAjL2s83VQbLkUWeMBXxg6gpMfhgMTBLhdIb6jucLcIMDFKJKQ4rVxaxAYd0zsERYjAUr4ecFrLb-_rHY3gkAzWktmUGxneAQbgyXvFh5Xmt9T3wJbNbRpVJGPzmhBZtpvwSmyUNY0syDqF7b4YFHQiW3wtRpATWxobSTlle0AHKDddGN1wihdER8blw=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAjL2s83VQbLkUWeMBXxg6gpMfhgMTBLhdIb6jucLcIMDFKJKQ4rVxaxAYd0zsERYjAUr4ecFrLb-_rHY3gkAzWktmUGxneAQbgyXvFh5Xmt9T3wJbNbRpVJGPzmhBZtpvwSmyUNY0syDqF7b4YFHQiW3wtRpATWxobSTlle0AHKDddGN1wihdER8blw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Erasmus is going to post the updates of his project in the dedicated topic to monthly challenges on Kings of War Forum:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/the-fabulous-february-of-painting-painting-topic/3268/121">Monster March - Painting Challenge </a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">John-Paul</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">John-Paul is a Kings of War player as well and he chose a great model for such a challenge. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Archfiend of the Abyss, fantastic model by Mantic!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEildO78L16LfjOj3nUWe1K_mqE3sm5Syo041t8qNAJgZuzc0VvT-Yf3yBON75FSTfv0aub3EneWHA9nJA3L2LcZkcsXxKsZVMlqwdi7UZgQ9AIIZfPxso6s1kau0RuSO_DhF_0A-mYleQ7-pUH6jhT0f7kt9TMyxnDL0owV5bhBMVTJTgbk_3wgCzjCFQ=s675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEildO78L16LfjOj3nUWe1K_mqE3sm5Syo041t8qNAJgZuzc0VvT-Yf3yBON75FSTfv0aub3EneWHA9nJA3L2LcZkcsXxKsZVMlqwdi7UZgQ9AIIZfPxso6s1kau0RuSO_DhF_0A-mYleQ7-pUH6jhT0f7kt9TMyxnDL0owV5bhBMVTJTgbk_3wgCzjCFQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is going to be a fantastic center piece for his army for sure!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kristoffer/Hektor/Gottfrid</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kristoffer and his two sons, Hektor and Gottried, are participating in this year's challenge for the very first time. They have picked up Kings of War recently and are very busy painting their respective armies. I am very happy they joined as they picked some fantastic models for their projects!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kristoffer needs a Giant for his Goblin army and he is going to paint this model:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJzVX_5MEQT9H1tJc-GRxnLPgGG5K0HX6JfiDAORANiofgu7tiJQC1xVBrHYmbZwpmGsBJqu46ZTqjALAGASFN5_qtIhPe61d6a0flL1_N4Hw1pRIuoHqRB6jSGpe6S3YzAEw53nK8R6RrvGKuhnaHDdqdHm7cSwiGter9U5rqpAbnJeuBjYk3eUv8sg=s393" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="393" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJzVX_5MEQT9H1tJc-GRxnLPgGG5K0HX6JfiDAORANiofgu7tiJQC1xVBrHYmbZwpmGsBJqu46ZTqjALAGASFN5_qtIhPe61d6a0flL1_N4Hw1pRIuoHqRB6jSGpe6S3YzAEw53nK8R6RrvGKuhnaHDdqdHm7cSwiGter9U5rqpAbnJeuBjYk3eUv8sg=w640-h512" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> It's a Grimmtroll from Mierce Miniatures. </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hektor is collecting the army of the Forces of the Abyss. Chroneas is a choice that is hard to resist so no wonder Hektor picked it for his entry!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGYlWo163p42K6ug0cBn9s4MPUcO3a-96iQBz43yGWhn5NIjMRfif4qS6iCLngGXpO4xLnGOXKGhPuDu5Kj-JAJJ8MQmnj4qgpQeSYaGOOBfZCyQN5jA_XRqVJqJ3NG_J-U5zCpqpNgqcL8TctXR74Lk0A0zcCMQsLyZ36y6F8Iol07nmjHrVyQ6mdXQ=s472" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="458" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGYlWo163p42K6ug0cBn9s4MPUcO3a-96iQBz43yGWhn5NIjMRfif4qS6iCLngGXpO4xLnGOXKGhPuDu5Kj-JAJJ8MQmnj4qgpQeSYaGOOBfZCyQN5jA_XRqVJqJ3NG_J-U5zCpqpNgqcL8TctXR74Lk0A0zcCMQsLyZ36y6F8Iol07nmjHrVyQ6mdXQ=w622-h640" width="622" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gottfried made a great decision as well! The new range of Halfling models look really good but I have not seen </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Muster Captain on Winged Aralez personally yet. I am thus very grateful that Gottfried is going to paint this fantastic model!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNN5Hk9EwqoR0Radx7JZf5q6WoWhEbKpAbJ2DX26sP1UcsOmuMDU7NtX1kU3jFqoGkzwaAEOpJl2VoWZhSl2XtJp7vz9d04JFaiY3yOZSV_IuE8FCGIaG9CYgX3ylmyNSZrPJ4O0YuqS-ZvGp0gdtRe5uJLgZr3Q4DJmVBAXOSK5nvzVumb7QdDtObQw=s468" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="468" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNN5Hk9EwqoR0Radx7JZf5q6WoWhEbKpAbJ2DX26sP1UcsOmuMDU7NtX1kU3jFqoGkzwaAEOpJl2VoWZhSl2XtJp7vz9d04JFaiY3yOZSV_IuE8FCGIaG9CYgX3ylmyNSZrPJ4O0YuqS-ZvGp0gdtRe5uJLgZr3Q4DJmVBAXOSK5nvzVumb7QdDtObQw=w640-h522" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Michael Clark</span></b></u></span> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Michael has been perfecting his 3d printing skills for some time and has recently printed quite a number of great looking models. This time, he is going to paint the model for his new Salamanders army for Kings of War. A living legend, Rakwas the Pale Rider:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhy5tkCJNYOT_THN8poDQss84uh4ZuxLdANt5MboA3yuK8Z4UAsVRMKDn4f0u2uGtqYMFRoCt1cWu3nzM0g3CKP7VmuaQ20DFUH2XXdq_bErlWqJXs7fOL8LZSjgq7_5-5-1suVMz258lREptAhyn4xe1YeXjpt3nwm_mhmW38CesNA3Q9dkIuajakoJg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhy5tkCJNYOT_THN8poDQss84uh4ZuxLdANt5MboA3yuK8Z4UAsVRMKDn4f0u2uGtqYMFRoCt1cWu3nzM0g3CKP7VmuaQ20DFUH2XXdq_bErlWqJXs7fOL8LZSjgq7_5-5-1suVMz258lREptAhyn4xe1YeXjpt3nwm_mhmW38CesNA3Q9dkIuajakoJg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The model looks awesome and I can't wait to see it painted!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Michael Smith</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Michael decided he needs a Mammoth for his Ogres army in Kings of War. I think it is always a fantastic idea to add a big model to your force, it always looks much better with it! There are some really cool models out there you can use as a Mammoth as well and Michael chose this magnificent Rhino:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtfrupsLw7RqMYTs8iUAx4e541kXzuFNxZ3gfoOQY6WkhVcnxQ6VNw2TfOEnZClWKIDGyaKmt8N6vXmLK26LFKj_k4BnFC6L7aaw-O8pp395BdLTfPB-RZzmvlJlroLXTPVlFpLfqnRdeGgYudnccFJ3UgyV546PB0ueLRSsZCOPKb9mmVnmHij5SMFg=s3817" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1889" data-original-width="3817" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtfrupsLw7RqMYTs8iUAx4e541kXzuFNxZ3gfoOQY6WkhVcnxQ6VNw2TfOEnZClWKIDGyaKmt8N6vXmLK26LFKj_k4BnFC6L7aaw-O8pp395BdLTfPB-RZzmvlJlroLXTPVlFpLfqnRdeGgYudnccFJ3UgyV546PB0ueLRSsZCOPKb9mmVnmHij5SMFg=w640-h316" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is no doubt it is going to look great when painted!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mikes</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mikes is steadily building and expanding his Elven army for Kings of War. Majority of his models are Mantic too! You should check his personal topic on the Kings of War Forum:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/mikes-elf-army-humble-beginnings-nah-2300-points-fully-painted-now/1434"><span style="font-size: large;">Mike's Elf Army</span> </a> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, this time he chose a very interesting model for a Treeherder:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiO4XkqpRkPB-pxai3-gZdntIqGqTgu7KXTinxgXPzta5btVRApbRhSs4lofM0ZZvo8P4jM0KMfynZH_c9UkBjZg4V3L5b_Yo4Zi_bN6LLj85oHvKEW61XO-NVcR9Ms5hEIrZ6rjFe76CR0ZjMiutrxp1ILfUAbh4okqbsVxZbWe83Tuk5E5KrZHz0LA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiO4XkqpRkPB-pxai3-gZdntIqGqTgu7KXTinxgXPzta5btVRApbRhSs4lofM0ZZvo8P4jM0KMfynZH_c9UkBjZg4V3L5b_Yo4Zi_bN6LLj85oHvKEW61XO-NVcR9Ms5hEIrZ6rjFe76CR0ZjMiutrxp1ILfUAbh4okqbsVxZbWe83Tuk5E5KrZHz0LA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiAUN4MUMy-AvEQiYKwuzJ3-eEYXXnqUPBVQhN97BJOMiCjDxgjLI770DSLEBvonSKYlqdYmU0wDiMpdDM6Y9rdOvH-eJI4ir8jtd6A3WHFeXDBgIWFuL1_8e6AHHlCDJ0eULZRVzPVpoHzABMCnBrupSBxi3a8zRQIHqYvPmTR_FV_ZcCvvyWivEDjw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiAUN4MUMy-AvEQiYKwuzJ3-eEYXXnqUPBVQhN97BJOMiCjDxgjLI770DSLEBvonSKYlqdYmU0wDiMpdDM6Y9rdOvH-eJI4ir8jtd6A3WHFeXDBgIWFuL1_8e6AHHlCDJ0eULZRVzPVpoHzABMCnBrupSBxi3a8zRQIHqYvPmTR_FV_ZcCvvyWivEDjw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mikes has even an interesting story he posted in the topic that is dedicated to monthly painting challenges:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/the-fabulous-february-of-painting-painting-topic/3268/119"><span style="font-size: large;">Monster March - Painting Challenge</span></a> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sceleris</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sceleris is doing a fantastic job by painting his armies at a very fast pace. I am always amazed how quickly he can get his units done. He always participates in the monthly painting challenges on the KoW Forum and contributes a lot! I am thus very happy he decided to join Monster March! His models of choice is a big knight that is going to serve as a Giant/Monarch for his Kings of War army!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVI1U6-6Z3ttHgMojs86mQs1ZeORGXBCYirz4IztftDhkhDLFh1adLhcYKhIvhDW4MgSrBGqVixeJHKuJkJGVOW1RvZbzopE-iD3c7DK_Mi0sfVpz6Npy-3RCURlm1i5n9-BY6EiQqM5bSdvgkHeSTWK1uySGn78v2wdwf4yMffEzh2YFou_yshzsdSg=s748" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVI1U6-6Z3ttHgMojs86mQs1ZeORGXBCYirz4IztftDhkhDLFh1adLhcYKhIvhDW4MgSrBGqVixeJHKuJkJGVOW1RvZbzopE-iD3c7DK_Mi0sfVpz6Npy-3RCURlm1i5n9-BY6EiQqM5bSdvgkHeSTWK1uySGn78v2wdwf4yMffEzh2YFou_yshzsdSg=w384-h640" width="384" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am really curious about this model and can't wait to see it painted. Perhaps we will be able to convince Sceleris to post some group photos too, if only to check the size difference!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wilberforce</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wilberforce, as many others, did not resist the temptation to start a new Halfling army after Mantic's releases of the new models! We have already seen a few participants in this year's Monster March who also chose models for this faction. Wilberfoce is going to paint Halfling Harvester!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiguZ_CyJSOIaFCFIdZkvZtz7zIPqbEPn2XyL_YEQK8XEmol5UM699Jur1cJGfO6J-bVu0ZV0n3-FdWKGE5JfgGoVBd32nOyKpnM8MsSC3_2FDDNMaoyN_0tuXMUQfFO-ydEYxWwBjJtvd-KMF_g1fFMl88XFEQnIoozHHIbuV-AtB-sHKQNnRaCaXgJQ=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiguZ_CyJSOIaFCFIdZkvZtz7zIPqbEPn2XyL_YEQK8XEmol5UM699Jur1cJGfO6J-bVu0ZV0n3-FdWKGE5JfgGoVBd32nOyKpnM8MsSC3_2FDDNMaoyN_0tuXMUQfFO-ydEYxWwBjJtvd-KMF_g1fFMl88XFEQnIoozHHIbuV-AtB-sHKQNnRaCaXgJQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am sure he is going to have a lot of fun with this model!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Swordmaster</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">As in the previous years, I find it very inspirational and motivational to be among the participants of the Monster March. It always helps me to make some progress in the painting of my own models. So I decided to join with my own project too. I am going to paint the model to represent Argus Rodinar, the living legend hero for my Elven army for Kings of War!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks to all of you for joining the painting challenge this year! We started very well and I hope there will be more and more people joining the challenge in March. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">All the best and I will see you next week! </span><br /> </span></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-5899911265992184922022-02-13T14:22:00.005+11:002022-02-13T14:22:41.044+11:00Monster March 6 - Introduction<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfrrv8NakKuSaZyjwOkCAdI7FIo84CQUgp9-LaI7qACQUPWlye8ASqvHfuWERiStRd0VCNNkANap2dh2JNy5vzyHfRF2i-VeH-pxrPjezdbbhj09-1aphkaEpprxFbPEo8xv6mjmB1FG6dGW632JANQI0hGR9Xej1RSBlctPcGbdFK0fhSrZYvz0rS1w=s695" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="695" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfrrv8NakKuSaZyjwOkCAdI7FIo84CQUgp9-LaI7qACQUPWlye8ASqvHfuWERiStRd0VCNNkANap2dh2JNy5vzyHfRF2i-VeH-pxrPjezdbbhj09-1aphkaEpprxFbPEo8xv6mjmB1FG6dGW632JANQI0hGR9Xej1RSBlctPcGbdFK0fhSrZYvz0rS1w=w640-h532" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><div style="text-align: justify;">It seems that the time of the year when all sorts of monsters or simply big models would demand your attention is approaching fast! If you have not started thinking about your next BIG project yet, it is a perfect moment to do so.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's start, however, with a brief introduction of the Monster March. In general, it is a painting challenge, where you have a month of March to assemble and paint your chosen model or models. The main theme is, as the name suggests, a big model. Perhaps something monstrous for your fantasy collection/army? Or maybe something titanic for your Sci-Fi host? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main goal, however, is to use the opportunity to try and complete painting of whatever you like. And share the progress with your fellow participants. If you would like to get a better idea what kind of contributions and spectrum of models were chosen in the past challenges, here are the links to the posts from the previous years:<br /></div><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2017/04/monster-march-week-5-final.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Monster March 1 - 2017</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2018/04/monster-march-2-summary.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Monster March 2 - 2018</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2019/04/monster-march-3-final.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Monster March 3 - 2019</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2020/04/monster-march-4-final.html">Monster March 4 - 2020</a></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2021/04/monster-march-5-final.html">Monster March 5 - 2021</a> <br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope you are interested in participating! The way in which you can join and some more details regarding the challenge are described below:</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>How can I join?</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">There are a few ways you can join. Please choose the one that you like the most!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">- Email - you can contact me at swordmasterofhoeth@gmail.com</p><p style="text-align: justify;">- KoW Forum - There is a monthly painting topic on <a href="https://www.kowforum.com/">KoW Forum</a>. The current topic is going to be renamed to Monster March 6 when the challenge officially starts. However, check it already, as there are some really cool models there: <a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/the-fabulous-february-of-painting-painting-topic/3268/101">Painting Topic at KoW Forum</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">- Twitter - I can be reached at Twitter at @SwordOfHoeth</p><p style="text-align: justify;">- Facebook - and you can also find me on FB at "Pawel Mieczowski - Swordmaster" I am going to post updates on various FB groups. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">All you need to do is to let me know you would like to participate, what model or models you intend to paint and start posting/sending pictures. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Please, use the preferred platform to post the updates (or send them to me directly) and I will be checking each of them regularly for the photo updates of your projects!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>What miniature/model can I paint?</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As
mentioned before, the challenge started years ago as a motivation to
paint a fantasy monster. However, all are welcome! In fact, if you are
free to choose anything you like to paint and use the challenge as a
motivation to continue. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I
always find it very inspiring to see how creative the participants are
and in the past I even tried myself to paint something bigger than usual
:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">What
is more, it does not have to be a new model or project. Very often the
participants picked something they have started some time ago and
decided to come back to. In short, the choice is yours!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><u>Weekly Challenge</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">To
help to keep the motivation high and to share the progress with others,
I will be providing updates every week on this blog. My plan is to
collect the photos during the week and then post the update on Sunday. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Please
note that you may join at any time so if you missed the beginning of
the challenge, there is no deadline! Feel free to join whenever you
want!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If
you happen to start a new model or project, you may want to follow the
plan outlined below. However, it is really up to you how you organize
your painting schedule. I am mentioning it simply because it helped me
to be the most efficient and it seems that it also worked for some other
participants too!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>1. Start and the presentation of the participants and their projects</u></b>
- I am going to collect some information on the participants and their
projects until Monday, 28th February. If you have your own blog or
website where you are going to write about your project, please let me
know and I am going to include the link in the updates!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>2. Assembling and preparing the model</u></b>
- the first week of the challenge is often dedicated to assembling and
preparing your model for painting. I will post updates on this stage on 6th March.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>3. Painting stage 1</u></b>
- It was often the first time when the participants started painting! I
will write about the progress on that part on 13th March.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>4. Painting stage 2</u></b>
- in the past, the participants were going now into more details with
their models. This part is going to be updated on 20th March.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>5. Painting stage 3</u></b>
- this was often quite exciting part of the challenge as some
participants were able to get near the completion of their projects.
This stage is going to be updated on 27th March.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>6. Final update</u></b> - I will be collecting photos of your final updates until 3rd April when I am going to post the summary of the challenge!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As
you can see it is really simple! I hope you will join this challenge
and I cannot wait what fantastic entries the participants are going to
have this year!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">See you soon in Monster March 6!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></p></div>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-51230151531546237092022-01-30T20:56:00.002+11:002022-01-30T20:56:55.366+11:00Game 161 - Dwarfs - 2021/01/30<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrFXQXXyzhVCLJXPrdr-yrknWowrCQuO5k8IoC4VdFfBDtixo9hZZX6XDUctQkd9HINWCAnhiWEXTamyhXY0UcRI3RUPW5GLKa24Lq9mC-lpchv_Z83uA1wlx1VQQmf5fP-cFZznlnZ4eZu3OZ7OTtL652x3KVUfBPTjW88WeRFlQJP-V6FhUPijARlA=s941" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="941" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrFXQXXyzhVCLJXPrdr-yrknWowrCQuO5k8IoC4VdFfBDtixo9hZZX6XDUctQkd9HINWCAnhiWEXTamyhXY0UcRI3RUPW5GLKa24Lq9mC-lpchv_Z83uA1wlx1VQQmf5fP-cFZznlnZ4eZu3OZ7OTtL652x3KVUfBPTjW88WeRFlQJP-V6FhUPijARlA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was very nicely surprised when after I posted about my very first game in Play By Email, I learned that quite a number of players use this way. I also receive a few generous offers to play this way, so I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who reached out! I will definitely find time to organize a game against everyone who contacted me. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the meantime, a sort of rematch was scheduled already. This time, however, Erasmus decided to use another force of his - The Dwarfs of the Fool's Hold! You should check how the army looks like in real life and read their story too!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/the-dwarfs-of-the-fools-hold/2063?fbclid=IwAR1UChXUnOCM4FzNsR2rNS2eJuPmbAFnDsFd5jKuV9aC2MM93mWyTPB9s7E">The Dwarfs of the Fool's Hold - gallery</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.kowforum.com/t/who-are-the-fools/1488">Who are the Fools? - story </a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was thus another classic match up, with another battle to be added to the long saga of Elves vs Dwarfs conflict. Here are the details of the army Erasmus brought to our 2000 points per side game:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Dwarfs of the Fool's Hold - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ironclad Regiment (I1)</b>, Infantry, <i>Throwing Mastiff</i> - 125<br /><b>Ironclad Regiment (I2)</b>, Infantry, <i>Throwing Mastiff</i> - 125 <br /><b>Ironclad Regiment (I3)</b>, Infantry, <i>Throwing Mastiff</i> - 125 <br /><b>Shieldbreakers Regiment (S1)</b>, Infantry, <i>Throwing Mastiff</i> - 140 <b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rangers* Regiment (R1)</b>, Infantry - 185 <br /><b>Rangers* Regiment (R2)</b>, Infantry - 185 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sharpshooters Troop (S2)</b>, Heavy Infantry - 100 <br /><b>Sharpshooters Troop (S3)</b>, Heavy Infantry - 100<br /><b>Sharpshooters Troop (S4)</b>, Heavy Infantry - 100<br /><b>Berserker Brock Riders Troop (BR1)</b>, Cavalry - 125<br /><b>Berserker Brock Riders Troop (BR2)</b>, Cavalry - 125</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Steel Behemoth (B),</b> Monster (Chariot) - 245</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Berskerker Lord (BL)</b>, Hero (Cavalry), Gnome-Glass Shield - 150<br /><b>Dwarf Army Standard Bearer (AS)</b>, Hero (Infantry) - 50<br /><b>Flame Priest (FP)</b>, Hero (Infantry), Inspiring Talisman, Bane Chant(2), Increase to Fireball (10) - 120</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This army has 15 units, 12 of them are scoring and the Total Unit Strength is 24.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;">The first thing I focused on when trying to analyze strengths and weaknesses of this army was shooting. Erasmus brought quite a selection of units that can hurt the enemy at the distance. Sharpshooters can provide longer range shooting. Rangers add both, good volume and good range, and can also Scout to a favourable position. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Things get even more dangerous at mid range where Erasmus has 4 packs of Mastiffs waiting to be released. And let's not forget about the Behemoth and the Flame Priest. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In short, there is enough shooting to discourage defensive play but it gets even more dangerous if you want to get into the charge range. And then you have to face a stalwart battle line of grumpy Dwarfs, who are too stubborn to yield in any circumstances! :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Because Dwarfs outnumbered my army slightly, I decided I cannot deploy in a "typical" formation with Drakons on the flank and the infantry in the middle. Instead, I thought it would be more beneficial if I deployed in a way that still allows me to choose the direction of the attack during the battle. If I could keep it secret long enough, perhaps I would be able to surprise Erasmus with the charges against the part of his battle line. And hopefully overwhelm it while the rest of the forces are not in the position to help. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In order to do that I wanted to use shooting to add some damage before the charges, so that it is easier to break the opponents. Or, if the attack would be in a different direction than the shooters can support, do some damage to the reinforcements. I trusted that speed and maneuverability would allow me to engineer such attacks.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is my army list for the reference:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Quicksilver Lancers Regiment [1] (QL), </b>Cavalry - 240<b><br />Palace Guard Regiment (PG1),</b> Infantry - 160<b><br />Palace Guard Regiment (PG2),</b> Infantry - 160<b><br />Therennian Sea Guard Regiment (SG),</b> Infantry - 150<b><br /><br />The Swirling Tempests Regiment (ST1), </b>Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180<b><br />The Swirling Tempests Regiment (ST2), </b>Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Silverbreeze* Regiment (SB), </b>Cavalry - 200<b><br />Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1), </b>Large Infantry - 120<b><br />Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1), </b>Large Infantry - 120</p><b>Paul the King (K), Elven King, </b>Hero (Cavalry),<b> </b><i>Hann's Sanguinary Scripture, Sabre Tooth Cat</i> - 155<br /><b>Kal'ar (Ka), Lord on Drakon, </b>Hero (Large Cavalry),<b> </b><i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 170<br /><b>Archibald the Archmage (A), </b>Elven Archmage, Hero (Infantry), <i>Inspiring Talisman, Lightning Bolt (5)</i> - 155<br /><b>Argus Rodinar [1], </b>Hero (Monster) - 70<p style="text-align: left;">This army has 13 Units, 10 of them are scoring and the total Unit Strength is 23.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Terrain</b></span></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS5GHqwdnYhnP-PzkOneemqltT4APP8_enkqPo3xegVMYVE-B5dlxS6d0HiNhcs1VJJiUBl7J7CMUzEY4i8_tg2GPHB1dV_U1-CEzO5oFlGqKzbyUUA0x6Kohv2CT-aa9K5O_Qbr3_Mwn3o4FrVe0gyAZbCEkGzlOzdFCZ9JQsfsjqMCl4x8ISBximvQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS5GHqwdnYhnP-PzkOneemqltT4APP8_enkqPo3xegVMYVE-B5dlxS6d0HiNhcs1VJJiUBl7J7CMUzEY4i8_tg2GPHB1dV_U1-CEzO5oFlGqKzbyUUA0x6Kohv2CT-aa9K5O_Qbr3_Mwn3o4FrVe0gyAZbCEkGzlOzdFCZ9JQsfsjqMCl4x8ISBximvQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Terrain Details</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Deployment and Scenario</b></span></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis7UGfrV5iHpVV8us6XcCsHbfTYdsJ8CuTO6dWoEzGMK50kIF7iKuaAqa2c6rLegpPJMrPjloo3qYoZjX_qc-HMingwRUjOb1WW8QjpMujb035j8Mn4dt4vbJhP9VrXCfxpEajMXOmG4uKG2a8V0r9KJHGrDmfqPZ7HT9fv1vQXDElBCVGV-fXHCzYOg=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis7UGfrV5iHpVV8us6XcCsHbfTYdsJ8CuTO6dWoEzGMK50kIF7iKuaAqa2c6rLegpPJMrPjloo3qYoZjX_qc-HMingwRUjOb1WW8QjpMujb035j8Mn4dt4vbJhP9VrXCfxpEajMXOmG4uKG2a8V0r9KJHGrDmfqPZ7HT9fv1vQXDElBCVGV-fXHCzYOg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves vs Dwarfs - Deployment of the Armies.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pillage was the scenario for this game and we got 6 tokens on total to distribute across the battle field. Here came the first decision to make. "Usually", i.e., against the slower enemy and the one with fewer scoring units, I want to spread the objectives. In this way, I can fight first and then use the speed to reach the objectives too far for the enemy to control. Or, if the foe decides to leave some units to guard the tokens, then there are fewer of them to fight elsewhere. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Against the Fools such approach would be beneficial for the Dwarfs. Especially with units such as Sharpshooters that can still affect the battle with their long range fire. I had to have a different plan and I came up with an idea that I need to shift the balance in the number of scoring units. If I can rout more than I lose during the battle then I should be able to control more objectives. If they are close to each other, then I can also make sure to have time to reach them before the game ends. Hence, I started placing the tokens in the centre rather than on the flanks or even in some corners of the battle field.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Second decision was to be made when I had to pick the sides. In this case I also needed to consider the fact that I would start deploying first. It means that the difference between the number of units mattered a bit more. Hence, the deployment had to be more flexible.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the end, I decided to choose the South, even if more tokens were in the North. I knew we would need to fight anyway, and my army is not good at static defense. Controlling objectives would also give less incentive for the Dwarfs to abandon them. Giving me a bit more time to attack elsewhere before the reinforcements arrived. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also thought that Southern deployment was more beneficial in terms of cover against the shooting. I was able to hide more units behind the hills for example. Important, especially in the case when I was second.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, it happened I got to choose who would begin as well. I think players may usually choose to be the second, so that they can have the last turn to claim/contest the objectives. I decided to go first instead, because I thought it would help me to close the distance faster.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So, the plan in general was to engage fast, use the shooting to thin down/eliminate the enemy where possible and keep the opponent guessing as to the direction of the attack. Then attempt to eliminate more enemy units so that there are too few to control/contest the objectives.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's see if that worked!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdj4YD-uZ5z7nUlq99e57qssOouFiz8n2MlycSe7_kego8s3uKJc0L4sR6NZUKIhmGPo9rFptCEfqatJOmjB3gMVze4wpd1FvoWYNzOdSgs2sAkN2JBKYddEXCC0wtZc7d8uKT8Lpzf5iQ9wDlSHUj3cLGoZuMIwqhGHG00zq9V98f0jw3wHIqMj8wvg=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdj4YD-uZ5z7nUlq99e57qssOouFiz8n2MlycSe7_kego8s3uKJc0L4sR6NZUKIhmGPo9rFptCEfqatJOmjB3gMVze4wpd1FvoWYNzOdSgs2sAkN2JBKYddEXCC0wtZc7d8uKT8Lpzf5iQ9wDlSHUj3cLGoZuMIwqhGHG00zq9V98f0jw3wHIqMj8wvg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Deployment after Scout moves.</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Outcasts - Turn 1</span></b></span></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5LbFovwQ2hi9RsHgFuVHg73-7lGhPtyHEkgiJ_k-ppXBb9S_kuVMf_JIHkVZ34-syCRmrSZsBrdOpZhDgDPRZF5ipEq7Rw0dvUU9nZSxGSzhWwgPxkZIh7Za9l4fspKHGFmsENgsenlGj5jcobPxQUO_eET6LAG0VMQLf0koxpLebXGzBEnF-FrK7Rw=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5LbFovwQ2hi9RsHgFuVHg73-7lGhPtyHEkgiJ_k-ppXBb9S_kuVMf_JIHkVZ34-syCRmrSZsBrdOpZhDgDPRZF5ipEq7Rw0dvUU9nZSxGSzhWwgPxkZIh7Za9l4fspKHGFmsENgsenlGj5jcobPxQUO_eET6LAG0VMQLf0koxpLebXGzBEnF-FrK7Rw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Surprisingly efficient Elven shooting.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves moved first in order to seize the initiative. The Forest Shamblers moved ahead of the entire formation, providing necessary cover for the Elven Knights and Drakons. The Palace Guard regiments on the left also advanced, getting ready to engage the Rangers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the meantime, all Elven shooters also targeted the Rangers to inflict some damage before the melee. However, to everyone's surprise, the shooting proved to be way more efficient than expected. As a result, the first regiment of Rangers suffered too many casualties to retain any battle worthiness.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Fools - Turn 1</b></span></span></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvQVpdxs64bmUX0-s1JBILrfdJ91ps7GzVowCxg7rovX_hRYvykJilUsf1ljRcd37lbAc5Wc_UAGYnSqXxi0de9EDzfMP9cWQHhK7CxtPZhWFYi32Ae7XE_xehiFPhZhSFAWTrwatq5OyqXte2aoQLuKEHHGfQ4mVKX-PGIMeaIV-KdnTkOSt2aP5ZfQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvQVpdxs64bmUX0-s1JBILrfdJ91ps7GzVowCxg7rovX_hRYvykJilUsf1ljRcd37lbAc5Wc_UAGYnSqXxi0de9EDzfMP9cWQHhK7CxtPZhWFYi32Ae7XE_xehiFPhZhSFAWTrwatq5OyqXte2aoQLuKEHHGfQ4mVKX-PGIMeaIV-KdnTkOSt2aP5ZfQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Mastiffs unleashed!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dwarfs responded by slow but steady advance of their Ironclad battle line and released the dogs. Mastiffs attacked the front line of the Elven army comprised of the Forest Shamblers. Sharpshooters and Behemoth also aimed at the same targets. However, despite such a barrage, the damage was not nearly as expected and only a single group of Shamblers was destroyed. The second one kept marching forward as if nothing happened. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXzJBJ7ENNeWOgdppYGq3dfrqVKqOrGJz2Qs4_vM4bBei9GVGNumi6Ut5_A5rJqqjpmxAqKMP8H7nZgYcgoQoF5_-8bPAetwxdNbYuzEx8W0PganjmxPxxrNXO6Ug1kV2xohPM8Mi2X2s67s9kkX4CgJyde_LrUGY2r_dsKEQL7eq0NaRgqYQm1EjAWQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXzJBJ7ENNeWOgdppYGq3dfrqVKqOrGJz2Qs4_vM4bBei9GVGNumi6Ut5_A5rJqqjpmxAqKMP8H7nZgYcgoQoF5_-8bPAetwxdNbYuzEx8W0PganjmxPxxrNXO6Ug1kV2xohPM8Mi2X2s67s9kkX4CgJyde_LrUGY2r_dsKEQL7eq0NaRgqYQm1EjAWQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>First wave of the Elven attacks.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">With the initial success of the shooting on the left flank, it was decided to direct the main attack on that side as well. Even though it meant facing the unstoppable Behemoth. The attack was organized so that Palace Guard and one of the regiments of Drakon Riders delivered the main blow against the Ironclads. While other units charged to prevent any immediate counter attacks to happen. </p><p style="text-align: left;">As a result, the Rnagers and Behemoth were blocked, one of the Sharpshooters groups were routed by another salvo of accurate Elven shooting and the rest of the Dwarven army was out of position to offer assistance. Only Shieldbreakers and one of the Ironclad regiments were able to counter attack at this moment. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fools - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY5wRr1mpWpUXNRj0AhTI9f8EtWJsEdm9IiyTgiWHPzq6rGykTjG2E8Ky7RLBt97KV8LqNsCuElQSoZYYF_EOyKt-rtjtyDgwLU7UjBDTAlbyDdx-hddFcEtzVFaBQfunkcG98gyO2gxtLu6QdbiLAk2DpUBj5FILSWBydtZrBekvkbMutQAMGymW1og=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY5wRr1mpWpUXNRj0AhTI9f8EtWJsEdm9IiyTgiWHPzq6rGykTjG2E8Ky7RLBt97KV8LqNsCuElQSoZYYF_EOyKt-rtjtyDgwLU7UjBDTAlbyDdx-hddFcEtzVFaBQfunkcG98gyO2gxtLu6QdbiLAk2DpUBj5FILSWBydtZrBekvkbMutQAMGymW1og=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Disappointing Dwarven counter attack.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">It seemed that Dwarfs were quite surprised by the ferocity of the Elven charges as their counter attacks were less successful. Only damaged Forest Shamblers were routed by Steel Behemoth. All other units were not able to inflict sufficient damage to rout their opponents. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUZAQZYqX3nNGJY1Ki7SmCxTrK5RNGaVU_Xt3F3xfjmU7vHl18IrvcyR4tBwjGFINzbGMSQ4-aZCZZIYGL9NPGtg2PZSIYvKcKdJleHCLGSK-azsv30qrg11yX6WVVos91WPC-a0Ywy9NrLLWPnBSQ4MV2Q5PuoBFXl2diZmMsitFwEEMBQXK4uj8nGQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUZAQZYqX3nNGJY1Ki7SmCxTrK5RNGaVU_Xt3F3xfjmU7vHl18IrvcyR4tBwjGFINzbGMSQ4-aZCZZIYGL9NPGtg2PZSIYvKcKdJleHCLGSK-azsv30qrg11yX6WVVos91WPC-a0Ywy9NrLLWPnBSQ4MV2Q5PuoBFXl2diZmMsitFwEEMBQXK4uj8nGQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Stubborn Dwarves refused to yield!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves did not lose the momentum and continued their attack on the left flank. This time, the second wave of the Elven regiments joined the fight. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Palace Guard regiment on the left joined forces with the Drakons to defeat the Rangers. This unit, however, unlike their companions, decided to stubbornly hold their ground. (<i>Edit: first double 1's :)</i>). The Elven Knights maneuvered flawlessly around the fighting units and smashed into Shieldbreakers. But they too refused to abandon their position! (<i>Edit: second double 1's! :)</i>). It was probably that turn of events that further disheartened the nearby regiment of Palace Guard who, despite spotting the opportunity to charge nearby enemies in the flank, simply failed to inflict expected amount of damage. Even with the help of the Drakon Lord attacking from the front, the attack failed to impress the Ironclads.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It looked like the Elven attack, that by all means should have routed a few more enemies, was stopped in its tracks.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Fortunately for Elves, the outflanking Brock Riders were stopped from exploiting that situation. However, Dwarfs were preparing another counter attack. And Elven units were not prepared to receive it.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fools - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgurZLK3pZjILMLZ4vnuC-hrllM4ZpD4vaOptQtV8uKnkj11g3MCABkleHMmonAYd1C_aWBRgK1Jbhik7PZnYNT5hbqwmNurQDHBCgZALawkoGNCl3lsZSvCx8y8vx49wzdA_3qr6zkOGr4cNGB8IQREuP6d9quDr_Ks7SDO6elnj3uNHYyNZxQY9sjww=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgurZLK3pZjILMLZ4vnuC-hrllM4ZpD4vaOptQtV8uKnkj11g3MCABkleHMmonAYd1C_aWBRgK1Jbhik7PZnYNT5hbqwmNurQDHBCgZALawkoGNCl3lsZSvCx8y8vx49wzdA_3qr6zkOGr4cNGB8IQREuP6d9quDr_Ks7SDO6elnj3uNHYyNZxQY9sjww=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Dwarven Vengeance!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dwarfs took the matters close and personal. Behemoth and very angry Shieldbreakers both charged the Elven Knights. Against such a powerful attack, even the elite warriors were not able to hold and many of them perished in that fight.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nearby Palace Guard paid the highest price for their inefficiency too. Finally, the Berserker Lord charged the Drakon Lord, challenging Elven hero to a single combat. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilHi7pFae_vpkj2yqZQXSJR2qSq6XyGlUB9Wtr1Vd0mlv1Et7hNF2PQ8fT6UFO1gWiPv9IZUaM6ATyM-uJ8_OPMmK1hLdKjiF_r1FeEEkgRIP4UpHFjCVJmy_wLfG2U2IrmURxFfD0MgtGJzar6wKDgVRZK3foNrhdp3LagCtABjybfqBu73petsVxTg=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilHi7pFae_vpkj2yqZQXSJR2qSq6XyGlUB9Wtr1Vd0mlv1Et7hNF2PQ8fT6UFO1gWiPv9IZUaM6ATyM-uJ8_OPMmK1hLdKjiF_r1FeEEkgRIP4UpHFjCVJmy_wLfG2U2IrmURxFfD0MgtGJzar6wKDgVRZK3foNrhdp3LagCtABjybfqBu73petsVxTg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves can still punch hard!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite some unexpected drawbacks, Elves knew that the only way is to continue the attack. And so they did! Palace Guard on the left did not let the Rangers to regroup this time and routed them from the battle field. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Shieldbreakers suffered some more casualties from the shooting as they suddenly found themselves in the open. This time they too were damaged too badly to continue the fight.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Drakon Lord ignored the angry Berserker on even more angry Badger and pressed his attack against the regiment of the Ironclad. But was not able to rout them yet, even if their nerves were shaken.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nearby Drakon Riders picked a completely new target and flew over the enemies, to attack the Sharpshooters. Dwarfs did not expect such an attack and did not prepare defensive shieldwall. They were scattered. Surprisingly, Paul the King was able to defeat another group of the Sharpshooters all on his own too! <i>(Edit: this time, lucky high nerve roll allowed it after just a single point of damage was inflicted</i>.)<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fools - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc_vY29XjMtbKanT2Lts_94djF-pGvh8YJWK_nbjFGl5cbcBJRtq7IEITDIuW_ht2aJ1Z8GFRx3J-qqjVbqrTcrRlYc7_FgwP4VygWefVPbzRQOhE6zvTaQEaGLlPALPMbvAbeZiPLkLjJMJyZtS06UXzw8FSnkoeBWtUxuHM-NTv0a6ciK2gBP6x2iA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc_vY29XjMtbKanT2Lts_94djF-pGvh8YJWK_nbjFGl5cbcBJRtq7IEITDIuW_ht2aJ1Z8GFRx3J-qqjVbqrTcrRlYc7_FgwP4VygWefVPbzRQOhE6zvTaQEaGLlPALPMbvAbeZiPLkLjJMJyZtS06UXzw8FSnkoeBWtUxuHM-NTv0a6ciK2gBP6x2iA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Another challenge by the Berserker Lord.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Dwarven army lost a significant number of units already but the remaining ones did not even think about surrendering. No matter how much damage they have suffered.</p><p style="text-align: left;">There were not many available targets for their attack though. Hence, only Behemoth and Flame Priest attacked Drakon Riders on the left and Berserker Lord challenged the Drakon Lord again in the centre. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The damage done with ranged attacks proved to be mediocre but Drakon Riders wavered nevertheless. Drakon Lord, on the other hand, ignored the Berserker Lord one more time.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrAEFJyKeGkK_mCFGF_bX0K1a-YaFv4y26cuS86Oh9P1Yn6JSa8RybHflCHzd9x7pXJRYadg848zqoVj9WUEFASgaLVg8sxWuR6WS4S1hLoWikE70M2YNjWbt68BK6EfgTTAeRjK2HIDGT1Hlg79eTadM9RAWKl4-18cSkmYJ2MBiFd2sBnzT_A1UwWA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrAEFJyKeGkK_mCFGF_bX0K1a-YaFv4y26cuS86Oh9P1Yn6JSa8RybHflCHzd9x7pXJRYadg848zqoVj9WUEFASgaLVg8sxWuR6WS4S1hLoWikE70M2YNjWbt68BK6EfgTTAeRjK2HIDGT1Hlg79eTadM9RAWKl4-18cSkmYJ2MBiFd2sBnzT_A1UwWA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves rout two more Dwarven units. </i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves were quite methodical in their attacks. The Drakon Lord finally routed the badly damaged Ironclad while Paul the King assisted the Drakon Riders in defeating Brock Riders. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fools - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCpj-kPBkYLjcA_m6Fle2bTAH0QcDOcVr9EFNZj9H7-BYldPKV3IJ8MnAamgGGReUy6qKSEgKlKFwlrYwwH62LGSldYrga_C9dlXi19SZKWKgUbV0Om3VNe3kupmpJJSfJoCGzDG5wvcqkrJD-felejiqNmJsPkb2x_GehhktYyqew1Gqns--i-qq4VA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCpj-kPBkYLjcA_m6Fle2bTAH0QcDOcVr9EFNZj9H7-BYldPKV3IJ8MnAamgGGReUy6qKSEgKlKFwlrYwwH62LGSldYrga_C9dlXi19SZKWKgUbV0Om3VNe3kupmpJJSfJoCGzDG5wvcqkrJD-felejiqNmJsPkb2x_GehhktYyqew1Gqns--i-qq4VA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Drakon Lord is finally defeated!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">"FIGHT ME!" - shouted Berserker Lord but Elven noble either did not understand or preferred to ignore the challenge. It is quite likely it was the former, especially that the angry Dwarf added quite a long and colorful list of expressions that made even his usually angry Badger to close his ears. Infuriated to the extreme levels, Berserker Lord promptly knocked the Elven warrior unconscious and captured as a prisoner of war.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the meantime, the Palace Guard got spooked by the fireworks initiated by the Flame Priest. No doubt due to complete disregard for any safety measures about using fire in the forest. Because of that, the Drakon Riders had no choice but to hold their ground and shield them from the wrath of Behemoth. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Last but not least, Paul the King did what he could to stop greedy Dwarfs from proceeding towards the treasure guarded by the second regiment of the Drakon Riders.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg81VgTi25YYnQEeMmWKZ7PFqIq_JuEvulonT9Yga1o5CBGHR7eFqtxzEjkM2unsgosJcuPbCLEtOLhloJC9gaaUihSTW27sCDEEjqse3yw6nC38eAHwaBFcW_h-UOfBXgBFSqkgtEcJmMQ2ER9evXxmDOYsrjECVKHFRrH0JSY8uNB93Tf2yJo0lkxqA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg81VgTi25YYnQEeMmWKZ7PFqIq_JuEvulonT9Yga1o5CBGHR7eFqtxzEjkM2unsgosJcuPbCLEtOLhloJC9gaaUihSTW27sCDEEjqse3yw6nC38eAHwaBFcW_h-UOfBXgBFSqkgtEcJmMQ2ER9evXxmDOYsrjECVKHFRrH0JSY8uNB93Tf2yJo0lkxqA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves decided to play safe.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"> <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thinking that they gained sufficient advantage in numbers, Elves avoided combats and focused on strategic positioning of their regiments. It appeared that they had a chance to control twice as many objectives than their opponents. That was, however, a mistake and a false sense of security.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fools - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3JY1zcYYoNP125fY-l8Y4Bqg9bcjhReTGhsBitadvON13qgm-mB9poQEZFt1dygBzJ4ys0onczMRYU0UQX_M1R6y4Dvx6Rj-sc93T0lCj_SirxkjOn-YkHyUawJFxZPYI8Ir4Fd2nUh1WgnJmnRZqUdb04y8jMIaX09cTQLNUAYOXioXbrpqHnXH9EA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3JY1zcYYoNP125fY-l8Y4Bqg9bcjhReTGhsBitadvON13qgm-mB9poQEZFt1dygBzJ4ys0onczMRYU0UQX_M1R6y4Dvx6Rj-sc93T0lCj_SirxkjOn-YkHyUawJFxZPYI8Ir4Fd2nUh1WgnJmnRZqUdb04y8jMIaX09cTQLNUAYOXioXbrpqHnXH9EA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Dwarfs refused to cease fire.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Dwarfs, however, kept on going. The Flame Priest and Behemoth kept sending fiery projectiles at their Elven foes and Drakons finally were routed. The Phoenix Guard held their ground but were a bit far from the treasure at the moment.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Finally, Berserker Lord urged his trusty mount to race towards the other Drakon Riders, hoping there will be enough time to catch them and defeat them.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 7</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHu32AT83aO_OMNylP5GDVcd5LFZYs4ngJ6WCYFos389HL_7orqzMOqrQ7ZEEVJYfk7I_yt_LIjooBImCFbEicgET_P4cjXFYAGz-dfxtGF8p2WxJYcqVVXcZZZI6q5yej6u7ibcjNFNPnWnpehjY9zRNkETm4zS8Vnq4JtJ4OVjy9zJR1z26NYd0pmQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHu32AT83aO_OMNylP5GDVcd5LFZYs4ngJ6WCYFos389HL_7orqzMOqrQ7ZEEVJYfk7I_yt_LIjooBImCFbEicgET_P4cjXFYAGz-dfxtGF8p2WxJYcqVVXcZZZI6q5yej6u7ibcjNFNPnWnpehjY9zRNkETm4zS8Vnq4JtJ4OVjy9zJR1z26NYd0pmQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The show must go on!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves found themselves in a strange situation. They had required superiority in the number of units but some of them were not in a good position. Either too far from the treasure or under direct threat. It meant that they needed to gamble and then see if the enemy would be able to recover one more time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First, the Palace Guard attempted to capture the Flame Priest. If they succeed, they would have the opportunity to shift towards the objective. And perhaps get lucky in holding their ground against Behemoth. But that plan was quickly ruined by one, stubborn Dwarf with a beard that seemed to be constantly on fire.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Next, all the Elven shooters aimed at the isolated Ironclads. The arrows flew through the sky and many Dwarfs fell dead. But the rest remained steadfast.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, Paul the King decided to challenge Berserker Lord and distract him from the Drakon Riders nearby. Perhaps it was the fatigue due constant galloping across the battle field and fighting many, often numerous enemies. Perhaps it was the mysterious, mirror like shield carried by the Dwarf that clearly showed in how poor condition the splendid Elven armour was now. Nobody really knows. It is sufficient to say that Paul the King failed to even scratch his opponent in a duel. The type of combat the Elven King was supposed to excel at! <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fools - Turn 7</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQqanbrduea8jNRevtg7Wxbh0lTR_OqPUVud-DmSLF3BeszVim1XaKISMwVKF9bkjHY2RSMcREMaZhg39Z-nOLxhn0sC9BhL1nHQfoelFXMfqibz4aM9MokGCJuI0ilCjKYwadrVFvUtGqTv7KvRMNnRhrjlnwmmwlPcETAJqodDYQttxleoDetyIHyQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQqanbrduea8jNRevtg7Wxbh0lTR_OqPUVud-DmSLF3BeszVim1XaKISMwVKF9bkjHY2RSMcREMaZhg39Z-nOLxhn0sC9BhL1nHQfoelFXMfqibz4aM9MokGCJuI0ilCjKYwadrVFvUtGqTv7KvRMNnRhrjlnwmmwlPcETAJqodDYQttxleoDetyIHyQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Dwarfs avoid a defeat!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Not only Elves put themselves in a difficult situation where all depended now on their enemy, but they also left a few openings that could, potentially, help the remnants of the Dwarven army to snatch the victory in the last possible moment!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First, Behemoth completely ignored the Palace Guard and aimed at the Silverbreeze. It was close but the swift riders managed to hold their ground. Just!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then the foolish charge of the Elven King presented Dwarfs with another opportunity. Berskerker Lord urged the last regiment of Ironclad to join him in surrounding and capturing yet another Elven noble. Then, marching slowly towards the Drakon Riders and presented them with the offer they could not refuse. Abandon the treasure but safe the lives of their two noble warriors. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And thus, after a long and blood battle, none of the combatants could claim the victory and the survivors disengaged. Perhaps, one day, both armies will face each other again to settle the score.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Summary</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6K4eDhBErDDTAKjuIgvtiWKvcJtMCIzHqN6LNVLWbt5jJWR62vpWyhw7UYqX2gbhVWeod5gUPEIhjk5214O4IsKOB52jPxn5IOlHcQCBmPZEvgq2hmk7J1IkohEYOlcyc-IZtU2ORQk6TK8pvzPSQ7oovrXIwCuywhSckUt4lKfLxPsz9Wc2rC4HSKQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6K4eDhBErDDTAKjuIgvtiWKvcJtMCIzHqN6LNVLWbt5jJWR62vpWyhw7UYqX2gbhVWeod5gUPEIhjk5214O4IsKOB52jPxn5IOlHcQCBmPZEvgq2hmk7J1IkohEYOlcyc-IZtU2ORQk6TK8pvzPSQ7oovrXIwCuywhSckUt4lKfLxPsz9Wc2rC4HSKQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After-battle</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Erasmus for yet another fantastic game! This time, Paul the King did not save the day as he did in the previous battle against the Night Stalkers! Dwarfs, despite initial setbacks, remained stubborn and steadfast and that helped them to finished the battle with a draw as a result. Well done for never giving up and playing until the very last dice roll to avoid the defeat at the very least. And having a shot at emerging victorious too!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The game was full of unexpected turn of events. Some units were routed too early, some held their ground against all odds! Some performed much better than expected, while others disappointed unfortunately. I tried to capture these dramatic events in the story, I hope it gave you a glimpse at what happened!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In general, I am very happy with how the way the battle unfolded. I think my plan worked in principle. I was able to shift my army to the left flank and apply a significant pressure there. The shooting worked really well, so that when I was not able to rout Rangers, Shieldbreakers and Ironclads in turn 3, I still had opportunities to come back to the game. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was very interesting to consider different options each turn and I still don't know for sure what would have been better. I am very intrigued as to what you would do differently. A few examples I considered in particular.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First, while the shooting was very good throughout the game, I think I made a mistake in target selection. Instead of shooting at the difficult to hit Flame Priest, I should have aimed at the last Ironclad unit. I was able to do it with the Archmage almost every turn. And with Sea Guard and Silverbreeze often enough too. That proved to be important for the end game. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Second, after being lucky and not losing Drakon Riders on the left flank due to shooting, I could execute a combined charge against Ironclads. Drakon Riders from the front and rear and the King from the front. I was, perhaps unnecessarily, concerned with the fact that Drakon Riders would have been hindered. And if I didn't break them, there was that angry Dwarf on a Badger to help with the fight. However, even if I lost both units, I would have been able to rout the enemy unit as well by other means. Either with the King or with shooting. In this way, only Behemoth would have remained against 2-3 units of my own.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, the last thing to consider, was the mistake with the final charge by Paul the King. I missed the fact he can be charged by Ironclads as well and if they advanced far enough (needed 4+), they would have moved within 3" of the objective. Because they had higher Unit Strength than Drakons, they would have claimed it. And that's exactly what happened! So well done to Erasmus for spotting the chance and getting the desired result in the end!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope you enjoyed the battle report and thank you for reading!<br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-61034721500352307212022-01-23T20:33:00.005+11:002022-01-23T20:33:31.916+11:00Game 160 - Salamanders - 2022/01/23<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPvy8dk0Qm-9q3wm-x2zmAQzK-_Q0YtFDVBKETGv84b1fSLb44JaW7gaoDGvl2mTLx5uW4nMzRD2lRs3A3Z0oTeoItMbRgtPljL_t_IcJdD5jpf_bYyg_XNV_189mKYD4bqxMa3NN78JUE_ZXpIi5K88eNXL54lGuOVqIvXnMrgs2w5s1AbuWS5n_5bw=s919" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="919" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPvy8dk0Qm-9q3wm-x2zmAQzK-_Q0YtFDVBKETGv84b1fSLb44JaW7gaoDGvl2mTLx5uW4nMzRD2lRs3A3Z0oTeoItMbRgtPljL_t_IcJdD5jpf_bYyg_XNV_189mKYD4bqxMa3NN78JUE_ZXpIi5K88eNXL54lGuOVqIvXnMrgs2w5s1AbuWS5n_5bw=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br />Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: left;">It has been some time since I played a game of Kings of War "live", either with real models or online. It was thus a great that when Karl reached out to offer me a game on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/">Tabletop Simulator </a>I had some spare time to do so. It was our long overdue re-match too! We played our first game almost exactly a year ago. You can check it here if you are interested:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2021/01/game-152-salamanders-20210126.html">Game 152 - Salamanders - 2021/01/26</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">If you are interested in playing Kings of War on Tabletop Simulator platform, I highly recommend you read Karl's article on Mantic Blog:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.manticgames.com/news/how-to-play-kings-of-war-on-tabletop-simulator/">How to play Kings of War on Tabletop Simulator</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">And check all the goodies Karl prepared for you on this FB group:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/804007473421876">Kings of War - Tabletop Simulator</a> </p><p style="text-align: left;">There are a lot of very useful functionalities built in now, that make the experience even more smooth and user friendly. I also learned that you can have moving models as well, in the same way as they are in computer games! I hope I am going to find some time in the future to play with that and create more personalized version of my own as well.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Karl brought his trusty Salamanders again and we both had some updates to our respective army lists since last time. Here are the details of the army list of Karl's Salamanders:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Salamanders - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Salamander Ceremonial Guard Horde (SC),</b> Heavy Infantry - 265<br /><b>Tyrants Horde (T1)</b>, Large Infantry - 240<br /><b>Tyrants Horde (T2)</b>, Large Infantry - 240</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Ancients Regiment (A1)</b>, Heavy Infantry - 185<br /><b>Ancients Regiment (A2)</b>, Heavy Infantry - 185<br /><b>Scorchwings* (SF1)</b>, Large Cavalry - 120<br /><b>Scorchwings* (SF2)</b>, Large Cavalry - 120<br /><br /><b>Fire Drake (FD1)</b>, Titan - 210<br /><b>Fire Drake (FD2)</b>, Titan - 210</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Herald (H)</b>, Hero (Heavy Infantry), <i>Lute of Insatiable Darkness</i> - 85<br /><b>Mage-Priest (MP)</b>, Hero (heavy Infantry), <i>Heal (3), Shroud of the Saint</i> - 135</p><p style="text-align: left;">This army has 11 Units, 9 of them are scoring and the total Unit Strength is 22. </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;">I must admit that to me, Karl's army looks really tough. There are a lot of units with defense 5+/6+, high nerve value or even fearless. A bit more fragile Tyrants are more resilient than any of my units, as they are fearless too. Only Scorchwings look a bit more vulnerable, but they are fast and maneuverable, I would not expect them to be in the open unless specifically ordered so. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It means that I would not be able to defeat any of the tough Salamanders in frontal charge, until there is some damage done to them first. Which may be even more tricky to do as the Mage-Priest came equipped with a nice healing ability. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Salamanders also have nice ranged attacks abilities. Fortunately, they are mid-range so I could potentially try to inflict some damage without risking immediate retaliation. The army is also a bit slower. I really hoped that extra maneuverability thanks to nimble would help me in exploiting potential openings. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hence, the general plan was to focus shooting on a single target and then try and eliminate it with a timely multi-charge. Avoid engagement, in particular with the Ceremonial Guard, until sufficient damage from shooting is done and such charges can be executed. To help with that goal, I also needed to eliminate Scorchwings early. They are very nice, versatile units, that thanks to their speed and nice melee abilities, can intercept my own regiments, threaten the flanks and interfere with my movement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My army list for reference:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Quicksilver Lancers Regiment [1] (QL), </b>Cavalry - 240<b><br />Palace Guard Regiment (PG1),</b> Infantry - 160<b><br />Palace Guard Regiment (PG2),</b> Infantry - 160<b><br />Therennian Sea Guard Regiment (SG),</b> Infantry - 150<b><br /><br />The Swirling Tempests Regiment (ST1), </b>Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180<b><br />The Swirling Tempests Regiment (ST2), </b>Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Silverbreeze* Regiment (SB), </b>Cavalry - 200<b><br />Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1), </b>Large Infantry - 120<b><br />Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1), </b>Large Infantry - 120</p><b>Paul the King (K), Elven King, </b>Hero (Cavalry),<b> </b><i>Hann's Sanguinary Scripture, Sabre Tooth Cat</i> - 155<br /><b>Kal'ar (Ka), Lord on Drakon, </b>Hero (Large Cavalry),<b> </b><i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 170<br /><b>Archibald the Archmage (A), </b>Elven Archmage, Hero (Infantry), <i>Inspiring Talisman, Lightning Bolt (5)</i> - 155<br /><b>Argus Rodinar [1], </b>Hero (Monster) - 70<p style="text-align: left;">This army has 13 Units, 10 of them are scoring and the total Unit Strength is 23.</p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Terrain</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaNxdk2WaujBGPtcl5wodknkm847CEZD1VirMygpNfFPP5dC-3kUK74bWeNf5IanzUBiKVehPnp7RIlroWHZbmJP1UnCzH6NJzeImAPfgIKLAQvliEidJzMm1CAj0V27jpLb-gWP1X_4MzGtrBkN4qh5-UDAs6mw8ukJcMwH195-rLYaqwol39iIIEVQ=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaNxdk2WaujBGPtcl5wodknkm847CEZD1VirMygpNfFPP5dC-3kUK74bWeNf5IanzUBiKVehPnp7RIlroWHZbmJP1UnCzH6NJzeImAPfgIKLAQvliEidJzMm1CAj0V27jpLb-gWP1X_4MzGtrBkN4qh5-UDAs6mw8ukJcMwH195-rLYaqwol39iIIEVQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Terrain Details.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Deployment and Scenario</span></b></u></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNSUK3Od5ldrd7z3BoFfKJheUIPcwlQ6QakfK3CKLznWNKlewefVJPQUQ8pwasP2xFajB1Nr8JIMQ0dsdoDGX-nGfTP1jUc4k1iflzATt7YmqwLfMT6txYC3hTHAyNU9h-AX_bJjrmMKP2baTy3QgLQMbSENz-tb9XsA83UrcC0L6ba3zXqCYZWSbEbQ=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNSUK3Od5ldrd7z3BoFfKJheUIPcwlQ6QakfK3CKLznWNKlewefVJPQUQ8pwasP2xFajB1Nr8JIMQ0dsdoDGX-nGfTP1jUc4k1iflzATt7YmqwLfMT6txYC3hTHAyNU9h-AX_bJjrmMKP2baTy3QgLQMbSENz-tb9XsA83UrcC0L6ba3zXqCYZWSbEbQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves vs Salamanders - Deployment of the Armies.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In this game we played Invade as a scenario. Nice and simple, at least in theory! The good thing was we did not have to worry about any tokens. The bad thing was that were not able to use some cool tokens Karl prepared for scenarios when you need them. Ah well, hopefully next time!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have similar number of units and almost the same total Unit Strength. It means that there will be no room for error, as every loss takes a way precious Unit Strength that matters for the scenario. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In addition, at least from my point of view, I do not have staying power to engage the enemy on its territory, thus win the scenario by preventing it from invading my half of the battle field. I needed to inflict more damage than Karl and be able to move my units over the middle line safely.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Careful choosing of the targets for shooting and creating the necessary gaps in Salamander's formation would be a must. Hence, I deployed in a way that left the middle of the battlefield relatively open but with regiments close enough to threaten the approaching enemies. Either with shooting or direct attacks.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I decided to focus my own shooters on the centre left and move the infantry there. In this way, I hoped they would be able to create the gap in the enemy formation. While nimble units on the right were fast enough to change the direction of the attack. If needed. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's see if that worked!<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj809tVs-0Ewwg-WhXkcxhdDe4_lZnMa5Bo6Rb0sKeAfinyRJGSmKRXKUYYBQKdsoGsQHs_sifLDIuS7OSYNeARjP9wA1gTZIxQxVX6jX-s-SkLiIpwsG7kYsZjQ_3wuKCtSEJtsBp3NghuXjYk8f-Mrl-2QRzrfGwU0aFzLcChyS1mkTwOQyL8RCtcIQ=s1913" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1913" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj809tVs-0Ewwg-WhXkcxhdDe4_lZnMa5Bo6Rb0sKeAfinyRJGSmKRXKUYYBQKdsoGsQHs_sifLDIuS7OSYNeARjP9wA1gTZIxQxVX6jX-s-SkLiIpwsG7kYsZjQ_3wuKCtSEJtsBp3NghuXjYk8f-Mrl-2QRzrfGwU0aFzLcChyS1mkTwOQyL8RCtcIQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Deployment from Salamanders' point of view.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT2t0aTr0Lsz8wJsalr_w5Yox1dK_B64rH4tHZbYPdTRuUz6FafRof39Xy6tI4tk8YHAg_xOkVO7UNJ11Y9h1KGn8OSnjRg8cZk6-4958bikzrc0mkj7RGi5xTxyafGqz0iyEdkh67pQnCE-s33wnnLdVscFLnLn3WWj7hurFi1F2Y6jzNR0mz6F_gFg=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT2t0aTr0Lsz8wJsalr_w5Yox1dK_B64rH4tHZbYPdTRuUz6FafRof39Xy6tI4tk8YHAg_xOkVO7UNJ11Y9h1KGn8OSnjRg8cZk6-4958bikzrc0mkj7RGi5xTxyafGqz0iyEdkh67pQnCE-s33wnnLdVscFLnLn3WWj7hurFi1F2Y6jzNR0mz6F_gFg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Deployment after Scout moves.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Salamanders - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS3RD2rY6ke9_z06d1b5m0liXuygkrRtFAFKSaGg_uQGQrQqiZJCYZI3DxpoOBb6cVSY2FvW04_QMwXi6s1QoCXNO3cH7viScrSLsKLVAU67zHWu7mWWr2nBracvpGvrF_nPztmsvIEny94ucnJLf6xnqf28tls7WGMM8FzyqrlKK-bL-v5toZVCog-A=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS3RD2rY6ke9_z06d1b5m0liXuygkrRtFAFKSaGg_uQGQrQqiZJCYZI3DxpoOBb6cVSY2FvW04_QMwXi6s1QoCXNO3cH7viScrSLsKLVAU67zHWu7mWWr2nBracvpGvrF_nPztmsvIEny94ucnJLf6xnqf28tls7WGMM8FzyqrlKK-bL-v5toZVCog-A=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Advance on all fronts!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Salamanders moved forward in a seemingly impenetrable wall of scales, shields, massive weapons and sharp teeth. Exposed Forest Shamblers were the targets of the shooting but fortunately for Elves, not much damage was done. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwSUPp7IfIjLCNmj1oYRjGVKowtvqk8eN0nWVMX4m8pHtGzzZNvol0ZdhP_TBn_GqzP9Pgt3uL9ByAmKN7EumeiocWGJFxg-1vJoXJvCkilIrOz9ZyKiemJbRhcI17RGdfbyt52gZ7bn6BbNv3NaoEf84M8X-Ejd3Egt6WlRn5zgJo7fsyh5AARrEFXA=s1909" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1909" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwSUPp7IfIjLCNmj1oYRjGVKowtvqk8eN0nWVMX4m8pHtGzzZNvol0ZdhP_TBn_GqzP9Pgt3uL9ByAmKN7EumeiocWGJFxg-1vJoXJvCkilIrOz9ZyKiemJbRhcI17RGdfbyt52gZ7bn6BbNv3NaoEf84M8X-Ejd3Egt6WlRn5zgJo7fsyh5AARrEFXA=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Salamander's right flank.<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijzOYaQg_KD6MzJH40gHOBWfTO5O7R21jPjODHiRmTSaBlxceOJRSw5XNFR2CT5VSCpPGwj-90fCNlOABuTwjlwDqYfJ2vyUmfD6b4j2t0nGeeOOwNS3ZnKM8rpCeOHlhzQTfcd7lx0pGk6lksqu4ccT3_VAMfZusSK2cS7dwuSdefwgZXIeNu4bMggQ=s1911" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1911" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijzOYaQg_KD6MzJH40gHOBWfTO5O7R21jPjODHiRmTSaBlxceOJRSw5XNFR2CT5VSCpPGwj-90fCNlOABuTwjlwDqYfJ2vyUmfD6b4j2t0nGeeOOwNS3ZnKM8rpCeOHlhzQTfcd7lx0pGk6lksqu4ccT3_VAMfZusSK2cS7dwuSdefwgZXIeNu4bMggQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Charge (red) and ranged attacks (green) ranges, plus arcs switched on.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCuLqlhILFtSzfUblTgbrCzR30lzPAYMRr-fIhZovjenXAEf25CTe_4nnt_VUESFCi5y9fYS0U-X3jKTdAhUPB4kUnphJnf7EULrFCLQQ3Dk6n5wtqqEzObnyrBo9qwiUg_ys82-OpvNCNb_fSvac7BImPOAeGUpLyXmuDWhfkwcJ-yZyAM8yCLyQJ6Q=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCuLqlhILFtSzfUblTgbrCzR30lzPAYMRr-fIhZovjenXAEf25CTe_4nnt_VUESFCi5y9fYS0U-X3jKTdAhUPB4kUnphJnf7EULrFCLQQ3Dk6n5wtqqEzObnyrBo9qwiUg_ys82-OpvNCNb_fSvac7BImPOAeGUpLyXmuDWhfkwcJ-yZyAM8yCLyQJ6Q=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves spotted an opening on their left flank.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The regiments on the Elven left flank moved to positions to shoot at the enemy and to close the distance to it. Forest Shamblers charged the Fire Drake to distract it, as the nearby Drakon Riders spotted a safe landing site, in between the enemy units. </p><p style="text-align: left;">At the same time, the regiments on the right flank pulled back a little, buying more time and looking for the opportunity to choose the right target to attack.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqXODyTI_1_xXP_RqVPvkkLeiY4tq5CAiFKevqHvT2C93-TehscTxo_QxZTSS56Z8iFVbS9Mf7RqQfmqY1s29ngZ_C7cL6fvN9Be-2izGtVbaERgnA6WQani55EYub2sP5F3l9DpRDbIAVVG0ykh2koNZzEdkDiDzTvqwSZ-eDyTohifOCSaqxxga2pw=s1911" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="1911" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqXODyTI_1_xXP_RqVPvkkLeiY4tq5CAiFKevqHvT2C93-TehscTxo_QxZTSS56Z8iFVbS9Mf7RqQfmqY1s29ngZ_C7cL6fvN9Be-2izGtVbaERgnA6WQani55EYub2sP5F3l9DpRDbIAVVG0ykh2koNZzEdkDiDzTvqwSZ-eDyTohifOCSaqxxga2pw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The view from the Salamanders' left flank. <br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFjQjOinutPinW2TOLUaBKeyXrKadxDpEQrKRVoA9zGVK0RToqnGt_BmDZc1HwTea5UIMwEoRHU6BGPmY0M8hQURmgdkfFnsoRoM9vB25McA4FzGSY0gZu29-qfDTPK_Ob_n0bZOREXYYIgg8A9JCyS_ApshIS7UDKoQpeiAB0B0eliWn4kKdjkd-T9A=s1719" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1719" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFjQjOinutPinW2TOLUaBKeyXrKadxDpEQrKRVoA9zGVK0RToqnGt_BmDZc1HwTea5UIMwEoRHU6BGPmY0M8hQURmgdkfFnsoRoM9vB25McA4FzGSY0gZu29-qfDTPK_Ob_n0bZOREXYYIgg8A9JCyS_ApshIS7UDKoQpeiAB0B0eliWn4kKdjkd-T9A=w640-h354" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Battlefield's overview.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Salamanders - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY3eTJUMWf_sKCjifMVIBauJSuq1xYtMsOSjyin8Xi3r5LsqpvSWGlOyF1tYUynvGn7kd852ZFo-TeEbvEcHLoodR0jV4HKSItRJ-RzDGr6KrL5V3frmh8rzyr9x2M_zR0aNKsejZRziOKOFj8Qbmjor8GUtF76EIF0Cw_TWpQ942hNnb81BDCaiGvmQ=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY3eTJUMWf_sKCjifMVIBauJSuq1xYtMsOSjyin8Xi3r5LsqpvSWGlOyF1tYUynvGn7kd852ZFo-TeEbvEcHLoodR0jV4HKSItRJ-RzDGr6KrL5V3frmh8rzyr9x2M_zR0aNKsejZRziOKOFj8Qbmjor8GUtF76EIF0Cw_TWpQ942hNnb81BDCaiGvmQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Salamanders attempt to outflank the enemy.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">The unexpected advance of the Elven units into the gap on their left flank resulted in an instantaneous response from the Salamanders. Several units pivoted on the spot and moved behind the screen of the Ceremonial Guard and the intervening terrain, to intercept the intruders.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In the meantime, Scorchwings on the Elven left flank also attempted to outflank the enemy. Unlike enemy Drakon Riders, however, they would have to survive the storm of Elven arrows.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOTuJfsrn4EUF0n5sf-JCXftXCWULqwGcb8yidxhsUe6k86SR_EWJzpPi5HNhdHRozVqhri1ayaec84Z5DUUkezDcSyC7IJWxZYyfgQhb0BF9_x3mRoHny2_nAYNb-IY9CbQicCBUSYbI5udRuLfn6XCcwdRrTM5kZ2--yPUKvOskjrBIN8yRtth-UQg=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOTuJfsrn4EUF0n5sf-JCXftXCWULqwGcb8yidxhsUe6k86SR_EWJzpPi5HNhdHRozVqhri1ayaec84Z5DUUkezDcSyC7IJWxZYyfgQhb0BF9_x3mRoHny2_nAYNb-IY9CbQicCBUSYbI5udRuLfn6XCcwdRrTM5kZ2--yPUKvOskjrBIN8yRtth-UQg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves attack on the flanks.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Elves decided there are some good opportunities to create gaps in the Salamanders' battle line. First, the Drakon Riders on the left flank, joined forces with the Palace Guard and managed to eliminate one of the huge Fire Drakes.</p><p style="text-align: left;">At the same time, Sea Guard, Silverbreeze and Archmage, all targeted Scorchwings, knowing that if left unchecked, they will cause a lot of problems. Fortunately for Elves, they inflicted sufficient amount of damage to discourage flying lizards from participating in the rest of the battle.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Last but not least, Drakon Riders on the right flank attached the second flock of Scorchwings while the Drakon Lord distracted the nearby Fire Drake. </p><p style="text-align: left;">These attacks created two breaches in the enemy lines but the Salamanders were not without options to counter attack.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDe6-9oHUvS3Q5moPJ-2XuL90WXYPReHSRDYEuIyKICvwH3DPD5pfwyuyH5S0jIg0LrnL9DN6u_nVK5oZ7HjjmbpRVoOz_6iXDO7B0I_gXqC5nNOWkeT3dIzBbqae7JE-SQ29UnOtJASmnLIPODbUDGXq2En_l1LgC8sdVRw_qPfCTfQOgPmAI2GMmtw=s1911" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1911" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDe6-9oHUvS3Q5moPJ-2XuL90WXYPReHSRDYEuIyKICvwH3DPD5pfwyuyH5S0jIg0LrnL9DN6u_nVK5oZ7HjjmbpRVoOz_6iXDO7B0I_gXqC5nNOWkeT3dIzBbqae7JE-SQ29UnOtJASmnLIPODbUDGXq2En_l1LgC8sdVRw_qPfCTfQOgPmAI2GMmtw=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Aerial combat!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Salamanders - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgigCjBll96z6BTz3Ao950RnYgi8Vw6ugNRhgsP7Vn67UUwfPjcFM_X_SAUVDK79_R3jivBifLWz1nv3bETwklm9slBtivRyTdnat1oy8M5Z-agvuWUWs8du1N0UaNvb1UYTKb4pKxUA5wLLMe8dMThar6dT0id0WAZAfi06_-eDl8M-quhrHoQ1so2mQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgigCjBll96z6BTz3Ao950RnYgi8Vw6ugNRhgsP7Vn67UUwfPjcFM_X_SAUVDK79_R3jivBifLWz1nv3bETwklm9slBtivRyTdnat1oy8M5Z-agvuWUWs8du1N0UaNvb1UYTKb4pKxUA5wLLMe8dMThar6dT0id0WAZAfi06_-eDl8M-quhrHoQ1so2mQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Salamanders counter attack!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Despite the best efforts, Palace Guard was not able to completely block the Ancients. The veteran Salamander warriors ignored the Elven infantry and charged Drakon Riders instead. Elven flying cavalry perished soon after.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Another Palace Guard regiment, however, got a full attention of the Tyrants but to everyone's surprise, they survived the attack! Would that be enough for other units to come to the rescue in time?</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBh_diNPkixDFrvYWpiHabCRPGOzJDDAe8MzbzBwCctIDO9kMs9gEZMstGbsweF_fmCPTFDW1cksRaPJIh1H2s3zKnV03LrKlI7QYUCDXgNvDDaG560QSUgvAAotP762JS1RclEbePu65kR88KrNlKwrfCaQJF743l_ASlcQpEcK7kDK_9rkrzXokDdg=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBh_diNPkixDFrvYWpiHabCRPGOzJDDAe8MzbzBwCctIDO9kMs9gEZMstGbsweF_fmCPTFDW1cksRaPJIh1H2s3zKnV03LrKlI7QYUCDXgNvDDaG560QSUgvAAotP762JS1RclEbePu65kR88KrNlKwrfCaQJF743l_ASlcQpEcK7kDK_9rkrzXokDdg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Stormwind cavalry breaks through as well.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Majority of the Elven regiments used the opportunity to regroup and seek more favorable positions. The shooters once again focused on the Ceremonial Guard, doing a bit of a damage that Salamandres simply ignored.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Elven Knights, however, got their chance to charge and break through at last. Together with the Drakon Lord, they chose the second Fire Drake as their target. Not only hunting down such a beast was important to ensure the threat is eliminated, but it also opened the door to the enemy territory.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Salamanders - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij5Kzz85MiK3ybZ86jFzMzbQGCdaQ5XiSclPOrWMc3t5Dd5VvBATEVFRUooPEf9kUct9myfyz5p76z8gEamykWEH7pwJMGlovI9XoLqeRmhwG1Sh65yp4P4R07Uts-3X4jZkbE9VPLnySceNM2x5lUzZgXh-3xUeE4O40JFdDSTz9Hcz6PttqZjcdYJw=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij5Kzz85MiK3ybZ86jFzMzbQGCdaQ5XiSclPOrWMc3t5Dd5VvBATEVFRUooPEf9kUct9myfyz5p76z8gEamykWEH7pwJMGlovI9XoLqeRmhwG1Sh65yp4P4R07Uts-3X4jZkbE9VPLnySceNM2x5lUzZgXh-3xUeE4O40JFdDSTz9Hcz6PttqZjcdYJw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Slamanders' march is slowed down again.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">With majority of the Elven army either out of range or out of sight, Slamanders focused on regrouping and covering the flanks where possible.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This time, badly damaged Palace Guard, however, had no more will to fight and was routed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwbmt1iU65v4s3pzRSi63Lp-V4oj42ImSMXZDSsObS-PD0f0BGhqfP6HSFM_GpVcZmvf7GJsv8Utn2t0lDvi_tB5wKrwBsokyDYAFcwXV892rYjMui_2hybZqmCBdxBA6YHp6v4HHSx97TzN6XW-nsxEuIilZak3FfZ_-7h9uiHioXyuA4XNrgwpBkRQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwbmt1iU65v4s3pzRSi63Lp-V4oj42ImSMXZDSsObS-PD0f0BGhqfP6HSFM_GpVcZmvf7GJsv8Utn2t0lDvi_tB5wKrwBsokyDYAFcwXV892rYjMui_2hybZqmCBdxBA6YHp6v4HHSx97TzN6XW-nsxEuIilZak3FfZ_-7h9uiHioXyuA4XNrgwpBkRQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves concentrate their attacks on the left flank.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves launched another wave of coordinated attacks. The sacrifice of the Palace Guard did not go for nothing, as the Sea Guard and Silverbreeze regiments managed to rout the Tyrants. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Interestingly, however, the nearby Ancients, despite being attacked from three sides and suffering significant damage, held their ground! Luckily for Elves, other units of the Salamanders army were too far to help.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Salamanders - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGumbDl2evUHTdpKehJi3kYQokIPK9tc-UVjtaaWWpRsyOP0-ZHD-JsVnJtIXaNZkxSnFgA9s3MbJuaWUGj5nveAaV_mMwd_Y8lr-0EsYzxcEnPTHIND9--eCFNTVjJ_y_69Z2r1TOcDwDr06byO6T3AmG02JuAmRvhBLjRTffOB-z95eN1Ns9Zx-zQw=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGumbDl2evUHTdpKehJi3kYQokIPK9tc-UVjtaaWWpRsyOP0-ZHD-JsVnJtIXaNZkxSnFgA9s3MbJuaWUGj5nveAaV_mMwd_Y8lr-0EsYzxcEnPTHIND9--eCFNTVjJ_y_69Z2r1TOcDwDr06byO6T3AmG02JuAmRvhBLjRTffOB-z95eN1Ns9Zx-zQw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Invading Elven territory.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Surrounded from all sides, the Ancients tried to take as many enemies with them as possible. While, the rest of the army, unable to help, moved forward to invade Elven territory.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhY90mm2PxdbQhVHMlecqy8yCxcm5pU50yhme01SvFNiEBKKLURrAdYmKoGdz3LNyLiupBQDdz7Lk5ms5vYmsiL_ArRxyl8U8zp_D8EYFbIxJHSvS0aQiRXlE0QVxETXeHZf41EU1mYxAi-vboCKnXc6S4yVlW9YaXsv4e1hEp7U38rxjR1p5iUpq9WsA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhY90mm2PxdbQhVHMlecqy8yCxcm5pU50yhme01SvFNiEBKKLURrAdYmKoGdz3LNyLiupBQDdz7Lk5ms5vYmsiL_ArRxyl8U8zp_D8EYFbIxJHSvS0aQiRXlE0QVxETXeHZf41EU1mYxAi-vboCKnXc6S4yVlW9YaXsv4e1hEp7U38rxjR1p5iUpq9WsA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves move forward as well.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves were mindful about the strategic objectives as well. With a few venues open into enemy territory, they started moving towards that direction. While using their ranged attacks to target the Tyrants, the only enemy unit with a bit less armour.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">At the same time, Palace Guard and Drakon Riders managed to defeat the stubborn Ancients. This helped Elven army to control left flank.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Salamanders - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3dkHpYWKIcpDbCcNOjgF7IA-diNDkzcsdPn0aqkebGGvmoJ9PSZxJbIl217Gq7086ESePv9JnOauly_W-umahZf7dtD7kdnCZ9uGizrI6xJ82eM8Xh5qyEkxNLKUCowDi_pf1SYEGv7Dm6Y8g9u_449j0-ifhtn9i0xGpeTQL7L5tacas4Q7b9-1M4Q=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3dkHpYWKIcpDbCcNOjgF7IA-diNDkzcsdPn0aqkebGGvmoJ9PSZxJbIl217Gq7086ESePv9JnOauly_W-umahZf7dtD7kdnCZ9uGizrI6xJ82eM8Xh5qyEkxNLKUCowDi_pf1SYEGv7Dm6Y8g9u_449j0-ifhtn9i0xGpeTQL7L5tacas4Q7b9-1M4Q=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Final charge by the Salamanders.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The three remaining units of the Salamander army moved deeper into Elven territory. Unfortunate Forest Shamblers were not able to avoid the foe any more and were destroyed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The final word belonged, however, to the Elven army.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvdWK5DfiHJ5uJPSLNKhVz2cNCLY3lU7pVt8lGnuwn69EnHKPElEPJgNJG4burgYRT6xutbpCjwmNABpWDUxe0WAbldgCMQVXzb_3F0ukY2fpOKXQml8B6zRlAJlGIKuJptitavusPjzxf85prpweN0Cww01TteNlcitgJlIbakgapnPrWUxBgaVPPkA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvdWK5DfiHJ5uJPSLNKhVz2cNCLY3lU7pVt8lGnuwn69EnHKPElEPJgNJG4burgYRT6xutbpCjwmNABpWDUxe0WAbldgCMQVXzb_3F0ukY2fpOKXQml8B6zRlAJlGIKuJptitavusPjzxf85prpweN0Cww01TteNlcitgJlIbakgapnPrWUxBgaVPPkA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Parting shots!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves did not risk any unnecessary attacks this time. The remaining regiments focused on securing the perimeter and it was clear that Elves moved more numerous force into the enemy territory. It would, most likely, force the remnants of the Salamanders force to withdraw. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Only the shooters aimed at the Tyrants one more time but despite the significant damage, the large lizards refused to yield.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nevertheless, strategic goals were achieved by the Elves who claimed victory.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Summary</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6oMk2IQC8ZbJCYv44F1S2_1AYnmv7c50nzxxT-FqYm5PMbJcAaOOHSMcZ4n2rI3JyK1fKAbx7B5zo8RaxmKcQmAO3HuEyLhZl5828wRKsIImWg1oioRPf6UMdk2fXla_mdDqJwWy-IllX3VvRY9cJVYlcndWors_7sGLpq2PpcgElzV52DdaTIc_ZkQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6oMk2IQC8ZbJCYv44F1S2_1AYnmv7c50nzxxT-FqYm5PMbJcAaOOHSMcZ4n2rI3JyK1fKAbx7B5zo8RaxmKcQmAO3HuEyLhZl5828wRKsIImWg1oioRPf6UMdk2fXla_mdDqJwWy-IllX3VvRY9cJVYlcndWors_7sGLpq2PpcgElzV52DdaTIc_ZkQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After-battle</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">First of all, many thanks to Karl for reaching out, offering the game and then being extremely patient when I tried to recall how to use Tabletop Simulator. Also for his help in learning how to use new features and, as usual, for even more patience when it took me some time to make the decisions during the game.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The new features that Karl prepared are really good. It helps enormously when you can switch on the circles indicating the range for charges and shooting. It is great to have an easy way of switching on lines indicating arcs. There are very useful features that help to pick up the right dice in no time, dramatically speeding up the game. And simply making it very easy to use. There are many more things that have been included, but I have not discovered or needed to use yet. But I highly recommend trying all the goodies that are just ready to use. And perhaps drop Karl a line, I am sure he will be happy to teach you how to use Tabletop Simulator, show the features he created and simply have a great game! <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I really like his army. It looks really intimidating and I think I just got some luck to spot a few openings and not get locked in the corner by tougher, stronger and meaner Salamanders! I am glad the Fire Drakes were occupied soon to limit the effect of their ranged attacks. These titans are so versatile, especially with Nimble, that I preferred to attack them first, even if from the point of view of the scenario, they contribute only a single Unit Strength point.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, it was very important to get rid of the Scorchwings. While more fragile, they are highly maneuverable and if left unchecked, can do some damage with timely attacks from flanks and rears. And can add a few well aimed arrows, to make life of the opponent even more difficult.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Even with that goal accomplished, it was not easy to gain advantage. The remaining units are really tough. Even the Tyrants, with the defense "only" 4+, are not easy to stop. You just have to rout them completely, as they cannot be wavered. And as you could see in the game, I still had to lose a regiment to get one of them.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My shooting this game may look as if it was not efficient but it is wrong impression. The shooters managed to take care of the Schrowings on the flank. But other than that, the usual available target was Ceremonial Guard. In the course of the game I inflicted some damage but that was sufficiently neglected by the healing abilities of the Mage-Priest. Really good combination. That's why I was not able to attack that unit, even when I had opportunities for potential charges from the multiple directions.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the end, I am quite happy with the game, especially after quite a long break. I am sure we will catch up with Karl at some stage again!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks for reading!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-32368632229586907972021-12-28T15:55:00.001+11:002021-12-28T15:55:12.217+11:00Game 159 - Night Stalkers - 2021/12/28<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi02Z9DvQ2nMBg4udd6XcNOYonWMAj4dd6QPz0dohea4gfsYi78gZYlxz-UAsfK2BsjJXSqyEUdNxrnQO6bbULu2mhABA4UdjrM9vcrAIl2elAYmBpDEM8S4ufCwVu6DCSD9gJk2ASloH9TAi4ox2rAcqxfUZRb9Z9ttyOS_0aJyszedNNyZUV-kFx6VA=s888" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="888" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi02Z9DvQ2nMBg4udd6XcNOYonWMAj4dd6QPz0dohea4gfsYi78gZYlxz-UAsfK2BsjJXSqyEUdNxrnQO6bbULu2mhABA4UdjrM9vcrAIl2elAYmBpDEM8S4ufCwVu6DCSD9gJk2ASloH9TAi4ox2rAcqxfUZRb9Z9ttyOS_0aJyszedNNyZUV-kFx6VA=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's been a while since my last battle report. I had far less spare time for hobby in general, let alone for playing games in 2021. That's what happens when you welcome a new family member in your life :) Fortunately, Erasmus (aka DarkBlack on forums and UB2), who seem to be in a similar situation, came up with a brilliant idea of how to help another new dad not to lose touch with the hobby completely. He reached out and suggested we use <a href="http://www.universalbattle2.com/">Universal Battle 2</a>, with its great feature of saving games, to ... Play By Email! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you have never hear of this way, I recommend you check this video by everyone's favourite KoW community member:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2cbwOJnDvE">Death by Dragons - How to use UB2 to play KoW by email! </a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In short, you play on UB2 one turn at a time, on your own, whenever you have a bit of a spare moment to do so. It is obviously not the same as playing a full game in one go. But when you are not able to reliably lock 2-3 hours at particular time of the day, then this is a perfect solution. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A huge "Thank You!" to Erasmus for reaching out and suggesting we play this way. And even more so for being extremely patient, as it took me quite a long time before we could finally begin our first game. However, when we finally started, all went smoothly and we were able to play a turn each almost every day. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I must admit that there are some aspects of this way of playing the game I like a lot! For example, I really like that I can take it easy and think a bit about my moves without time pressure. Interestingly, it does not result in me spending a lot to make the moves. It is more about the comfort of doing it at the pace I wanted. This was quite important when everything else in life seemed to be quite hectic, changing fast and quite unpredictable! Hence, a bit of peace to enjoy the hobby was exactly what I needed. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">For our first game by email, my opponent chose his Night Stalker army. I consider this faction to be an archenemy for the Elves so I was thrilled to fight against it. It can be equally fast but is also significantly different in many aspects. Perfect enemy for an interesting game!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">What is more, COK2022 was released just prior to when we decided to begin and we both modified our armies accordingly. Erasmus tells me he didn't change much in his force but since a number of units in the Night Stalkers list were updated, there was a lot to try out as if it was new! For me, I also tried to keep my army as similar to the one I used last time as possible. But as you will see, the same units may have gained some new options and I was curious how would they do this time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We decided to play at 2000 per side. Here are the details of the Night Stalker army: <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tentacle Street Sneakery Club - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Scarecrows Horde (SC), Infantry, <i>Screamshard</i> - 135<br />Butchers Horde (B1), Large Infantry - 205<br />Butchers Horde (B2), Large Infantry - 205</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Dopplegangers (D), Infantry - 145<br />Shadowhounds* (S), Cavalry, <i>Chalice of Wrath</i> - 205<br />Soulflyers* (SF1), Large Cavalry - 165<br /></b><b><b>Soulflyers* (SF2), Large Cavalry - 165</b></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><b>Planar Apparition (PA), Monster - 165<br />Shadow-Hulk (SH), Titan - 225</b></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><b>Dread Fiend (DF1), Hero (Large Cavalry) - 135<br /></b></b><b><b><b><b>Dread Fiend (DF2), Hero (Large Cavalry) - 135 <br />Butcher Fleshripper (BF), Hero (Large Infantry), <i>Blade of Slashing - 115</i></b></b></b></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><b><b><b><i><span></span></i></b></b></b></b></p><a name='more'></a>This army has 12 units, all of them are scoring, with a combined unit strength of 24. <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The fist units I checked for changes were the fast ones. Soulflyers in particular, as I must admit I consider them a great option, with subtle but important potential. I thus noticed the number of their attacked increased. That makes them even more dangerous, especially if allowed to attack exposed flanks. Naturally, I saw them as the main adversaries for the Drakon Riders. They can potentially end up fighting each other and if that happens, it looked like those who can attack first may have an advantage. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also wanted to see their Wind Blast in action, as I think it can be a game winning ability to have. At the same time, I would need to take it into account in my plans and try to limit the effects.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Shadowhounds got faster as well, now being able to outpace Elven knights and adding to potential threats for the Drakons. Highly maneuverable, they can prove to be difficult to catch. And with regeneration, they may be more resilient than they seem to be. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Add two Dread Fiends to the mix and it will not be a surprise that I considered these units as a priority targets to be engaged as soon as possible. And hopefully eliminated, so that I could have an advantage in speed and maneuverability.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Doing so is even more important when you look at the army's tougher and more resilient units. Butchers can take a hit and push back quite comfortably. I cannot attack them with any of my own units alone, I need combined charges. And even then with the assumption that I am going to lose some anyway. With Fury, they will always be able to counter attack and with 5+ defense and 16/18 nerve, they are not easy to rout.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Scarecrows and Shadow-Hulk are both quite resilient as well, if in a different manner. Both cannot be wavered, so are very reliable in advance. The infantry does not have much armour but can soak up some damage anyway. And the Titan can take any of my units on its own. Great addition to the army, either as unit that operates alone or heavy support for the main battle line.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Planar Apparition is also one of my favourites in the Night Stalkers list due to its versatility and a lot of useful abilities. It can support from afar, heal damaged units or enforce some unwonted nerve tests. It can also support in melee, especially if allowed to attack from the flank. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In general, it is not the army I can hope to defeat in a straight fight as it is more resilient and does better in war of attrition. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Before I continue with the general plan how I thought I may be able to win against it (before taking into account the scenario), let's have a look at CoK2022 version of my own army. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Quicksilver Lancers Regiment [1] (QL), Cavalry - 240<br />Palace Guard Regiment (PG1), Infantry - 160<br />Palace Guard Regiment (PG2), Infantry - 160<br />Therennian Sea Guard Regiment (SG), Infantry - 150<br /><br />The Swirling Tempests Regiment (ST1), Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180<br />The Swirling Tempests Regiment (ST2), Large Cavalry, <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 180</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Silverbreeze* Regiment (SB), Cavalry - 200<br />Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1), Large Infantry - 120<br />Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1), Large Infantry - 120</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Paul the King (K), Elven King, Hero (Cavalry), <i>Hann's Sanguinary Scripture, Sabre Tooth Cat</i> - 155<br />Kal'ar (Ka), Lord on Drakon, Hero (Large Cavalry), <i>Kal'ar's Hunters Formation</i> - 170<br />Archibald the Archmage (A), Elven Archmage, Hero (Infantry), <i>Inspiring Talisman, Lightning Bolt (5)</i> - 155<br />Argus Rodinar [1], Hero (Monster) - 70<br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This army has 13 units, 10 of them are scoring and the total unit strength is 23. So while the number of elements and total unit strength is comparable, the difference in scoring units was an important factor. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's have a look at the updates to the army list first, in comparison to its previous version, before COK2022. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The rumours already mentioned that there is a Nimble heavy cavalry with an increased nerve to 15/17, so I wanted to try that unit. I usually don't have numerical superiority to outdeploy the opponent, so I try to use higher speed and maneuverability to engineer the favourable fights. Preferably as combined charges from flanks, when possible. Hence, having a nimble regiment of Elven knights, with their great charge range, should help in achieving such a plan. Increased nerve should make them more reliable too. I decided not to add any further items for this regiment, mainly because I didn't have points left. But also because they would become a bit too expensive for me.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For a player who has always used two regiments of Drakon Riders and at least one (often two) Lords on Drakon, the new formation was a great surprise! I loved it as soon as I read what it does! I would have taken it if it only gave nimble to the regiments :) In addition, it gives the regiments and the hero a Spellward ability. And I like extra attacks for the Lord against some types of the enemies. Should make him more dangerous on the flanks, where he usually operates.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">With the increase of points for the Archers, the regiment I used to have previously, I had to re-consider this option. I decided to get back to the Sea Guard regiment, as it is not much more expensive than the Archers now. And with Steady Aim rule they should be a bit better at supportive shooting now.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, I had a problem after all these updates. My army became more expensive and I faced a dilemma. I had to let something go from the list in order to keep it at 2000 points (I wanted to start at that size, and expand it later if needed). It looked like I would need to let Army Standard go which made me quite uncomfortable. Because I would have had only three sources of inspiring presence, two of which were fast heroes, often needed to do solitary missions. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is where Paul came with his great advice and excellent suggestion (Thanks Paul!). First, he suggested to combine two Silverbreeze troops into a single regiment. Mainly to save points but it would also change the role of the unit a bit. It would still be the medium range support but less vulnerable and potentially more dangerous on the flanks (if needed). The price was less flexibility and one element less in the army.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then Paul suggested taking Argus Rodinar instead of regular Army Standard. I usually don't take the Living Legends but since I have already taken Quicksilver Lancers and a formation, I decided to check this hero. It seems I misinterpreted his rules before. For some reason I thought he is not inspiring himself and gives inspiring presence to one unit only (i.e., making it self-inspiring only). I was nicely surprised to notice he is actually creating an additional source of inspiring presence. Then his new ability (Master of Strategy) sounded like a nice to have as well. On top of that, he is more resilient than regular Army Standard. And all for 10 more points only!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> I have already came up with an idea for a model so I wanted to try him out because of that as well!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When comparing both armies, I thought that to balance out the disadvantage in one-on-one fights, I need to use greater maneuverability and shooting to my advantage. It would be tricky as Night Stalkers are all stealthy (makes shooting significantly less effective) but the aim would be to add a few damage points to help with the inevitable melee. Then I would need to neutralize the Soulflyers, Shadowhounds and Dread Fiends to have more room to maneuver. That would be tricky too, as it meant I would have to set up some baits and traps to lure the enemy into fights. And most likely decide what to sacrifice for the exchange. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is risky when starting the fight with fewer scoring units. However, without "air superiority", I didn't expect to win the battle. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">That was my general plan before we rolled for scenario!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Terrain</b></span></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihxbwZD8UTtnnw46iW6cqrpfm4dV44LeUjmF64RGT6CaqhpkNgCCNWv2ZS2zLR2S-3esZQ5kAclz5Gl9gTtstLTeIK96xep1bUy0BTi2nS73URgI8HC-Efrb3xiaABa2ATc3X2UIhsNT-3EbQG7NlyYT_uLDIpj8S5WXqM9faRLdxN1nrLassS9iR7yA=s989" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="989" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihxbwZD8UTtnnw46iW6cqrpfm4dV44LeUjmF64RGT6CaqhpkNgCCNWv2ZS2zLR2S-3esZQ5kAclz5Gl9gTtstLTeIK96xep1bUy0BTi2nS73URgI8HC-Efrb3xiaABa2ATc3X2UIhsNT-3EbQG7NlyYT_uLDIpj8S5WXqM9faRLdxN1nrLassS9iR7yA=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Terrain details.</i><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Erasmus prepared a very cool map for our game. It is appropriately dark for Ethereal Plane called "Shadowfell"! If you would like to use it for your games, it is called "Dark Land". I am sure DarkBlack would be happy if you did!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Deployment and Scenario</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmlyxdTbZQ8xOTDSADdzEOBNES2mdyBG9Ls-9uDAG1dXbHJlMGqTkgmYTGERwa89USB9mJxbrMJ3qXfYua3uprEZpPs3EC5JziFnUNyi_IFKwu422Rd8ZtE1ml3lRpAdGzWLBUPK7F2dQMf2eDoMJcAD6pIyhsKWb0w9ynbLolEHUmrdzIo_p4-n7OgA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmlyxdTbZQ8xOTDSADdzEOBNES2mdyBG9Ls-9uDAG1dXbHJlMGqTkgmYTGERwa89USB9mJxbrMJ3qXfYua3uprEZpPs3EC5JziFnUNyi_IFKwu422Rd8ZtE1ml3lRpAdGzWLBUPK7F2dQMf2eDoMJcAD6pIyhsKWb0w9ynbLolEHUmrdzIo_p4-n7OgA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves vs Night Stalkers.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">We played one of the classic scenarios for this game - Loot. In this scenario I want the tokens to be spread, so that I can still use the speed of the army as an advantage. With Loot concentrated on one half of the battle field, that advantage is significantly restricted. I got to place the token first so I wanted to make sure I do not leave enough room for the third one to be positioned on the same side. I chose the right side and placed the second Loot token a bit less than 24" from the centre. That meant that Erasmus had to place his on the opposite flank.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now, the question that would determine the deployment was "Do I want to fight for all three tokens or should I focus on two only?". Fighting for all three seemed to me to be risky because we have the similar number of units but I have fewer scoring ones. I.e., fewer to pick up the token if needed. Carrying a token slows the unit significantly, especially in the case of all my nimble and fast regiments. And I didn't think I would be able to hold against many of the Night Stalkers units if needed to fight one-on-one. Which may be unavoidable if I got the token first. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I thought that in order to have a chance to safely claim and keep the token, I would need to eliminate a few enemy units first. In this way, Night Stalkers superiority in war of attrition would have been neutralized. And I would have some units to keep holding back the reinforcements. Hence, I decided I would have a better chance of doing so if I focused on two tokens only. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I initially planned to spread my army into two independent task groups, more or less similar in size. I wanted to position my entire shooting base on the left and use the hill for extra punch for such regiments as SeaGuard and Silverbreeze. As Dark Black placed his Butchers first and he positioned them in the centre, I was convinced it is a better option for me. However, I modified the deployment when he placed his Soulflyers on one flank only. So instead of being on the left flank, one regiment of Drakon Riders and Silverbreeze cavalry were also deployed there. That was to ensure I had local numbers superiority. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, it also meant that Erasmus could immediately redeploy his Butchers and Dopplegangers, so I did not have much time to execute my plan. Hence, the final idea was as follows. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Move on the left to secure the token with the scouting Forest Shamblers, especially if getting the first turn. Use shooting to damage the Dread Fiend there and engage it with the King. If it wanted to move around and attack my units, the King would be able to catch up with it. If not, the King had a good chance to win eventually. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Sea Guard and Archie would use shooting to do some damage against Scarecrows and hopefully eliminate them in melee. And then try to hold against whatever is diverted towards that flank. If nothing, they they would try and advance towards the centre.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the right, I wanted to use scouting Forest Shamblers as an obvious bait. Either to encourage some charges and then counter attack or to charge first and hold up enemy for a turn. I place heavy cavalry in the front to discourage the Dread Fiend from moving too far forward (in the case I was second). With the option to move Silverbreeze forward for round of shooting against it if I got the first turn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then I intended to use the Drakon Lord as another bait. He would be in charge range of Soulflyers but would limit the frontage to other units behind them, not allowing both regiments to attack the single target. And at the same time threaten to charge in and block them if they didn't. That was to allow other units to get into positions for the attack before the Butchers arrived to help. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is important to take into account the fact that in order to "speed up" the deployment phase, we deployed two units at the time. Erasmus deployed first so by the time his army was fully lined up, I still had the advantage of choosing where to place Silverbreeze, Quicsilver Lancers and Drakon Riders.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Erasmus was kind to write a bit about his plan for the deployment as well:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #800180;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My plan was
to have a strong cent</span><span lang="EN-CA">re and weight the right flank. The
strong centre is part of my army design and a habit; because I find it to be a
good principle in general; for reasons similar to those in chess and because I
think it is potentially beneficial with most scenarios.<br /><br />
I went for the right flank because the impassable and forest on the left make
it difficult to assault and The Outcasts are even more manoeuvrable and nimble
that my army.<br />
<br />
It is important to note that a regiment of drakons and both regiments of
cavalry were deployed after my army, so there could have been significant force
in the centre as far as I knew until after my last unit was down.</span></span></i></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #800180;">
</span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #800180;"><span lang="EN-CA">I certainly did not expect nothing in the
centre and in hindsight should not have committed to the right quite so hard. I
could have deployed the soulflayers in a more versatile position that still
threatened the right, lesson learned there.</span></span></i></p>
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<![endif]--></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As you can see I took the full advantage of the time I had to consider a few options of the deployment that Playing By Email gave me :) It was also useful for someone who had a very long break in playing!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I happened to win the roll off and decided to take the first turn to shoot a bit and get closer to the tokens with my Forest Shamblers.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUkulILOGF4_U5cvxGebqoX9xArJMWJDGZouAgXztNWcxsJp7ohYNlt02BgA3Rj-5ZWbqhenWM7Z3ZWz5AmbxPWero8fmveHSVw4DTnO7nuBxNX1d2XKNSIyNYiwzbEjSn7FcoQiZ55Yk4AO-OU1frjMtP85Xk9gu50hhHrSjUIFpOVnIab7v-XeedIQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUkulILOGF4_U5cvxGebqoX9xArJMWJDGZouAgXztNWcxsJp7ohYNlt02BgA3Rj-5ZWbqhenWM7Z3ZWz5AmbxPWero8fmveHSVw4DTnO7nuBxNX1d2XKNSIyNYiwzbEjSn7FcoQiZ55Yk4AO-OU1frjMtP85Xk9gu50hhHrSjUIFpOVnIab7v-XeedIQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Deployment of the Armies after Scout moves.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVIQ_neRF02TtNtMnAPFoB6dZq7OT7uzm98aEfPANMpS873LF8paqHFM8Tsz3wWJLAXHlUPi3TEED3A8iZQbtWA-2V5wV82q2O4U_GaYBbTf_1JZzgSFuF0qEn2tHb-HGk3H3rbdbyC85Wr6MyOpZ6Z6TGlhAy9l8ZtRYQD6HjziXe0BT0Rb5x9X9NDQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVIQ_neRF02TtNtMnAPFoB6dZq7OT7uzm98aEfPANMpS873LF8paqHFM8Tsz3wWJLAXHlUPi3TEED3A8iZQbtWA-2V5wV82q2O4U_GaYBbTf_1JZzgSFuF0qEn2tHb-HGk3H3rbdbyC85Wr6MyOpZ6Z6TGlhAy9l8ZtRYQD6HjziXe0BT0Rb5x9X9NDQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves seize the initiative!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elven army moved forward towards the two of the locations where the treasures were buried. Forest Shamblers led the way and the one on the left flank has claimed the first one already! While the one on the right blocked the passage to the second one and tempted the enemy to commit to melee early.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The shooters on both flanks aimed at the Dread Fiends caught in the open and despite stealthy nature of their foes, managed to inflict some damage as well. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Night Stalkers - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB0MOQyUoPweockpHw8P0dPl1GsBJKUmSizt9Po3GAxu412pOEzK2yONKAu0JaXGqkErSpwZDND7mHj1Z_3pbwFYVxisb9DpfQfI4yoQRdwX1m8TSe56FXBo6G-sFHYQvDG1cj44BJ_4rr4L1VGRyyVAu4luClfcSh5YDWKax9zaQ6Jo5mmImXU_F3ng=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB0MOQyUoPweockpHw8P0dPl1GsBJKUmSizt9Po3GAxu412pOEzK2yONKAu0JaXGqkErSpwZDND7mHj1Z_3pbwFYVxisb9DpfQfI4yoQRdwX1m8TSe56FXBo6G-sFHYQvDG1cj44BJ_4rr4L1VGRyyVAu4luClfcSh5YDWKax9zaQ6Jo5mmImXU_F3ng=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Night Stalkers begin rapid redeployment.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">With sneaky Elves refusing to engage in the centre, Night Stalkers army started rapid redeployment of the units concentrated in the middle of the formation. Scarecrows, Shadow-Hulk and Dopplegangers were ordered to move towards the left flank. While Butchers turned towards the right. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Soulflyers, Shadowhounds and Dread Fiends were to delay the enemy to allow the reinforcements to arrive in time. Only lonely figure, shrouded in the thickets shadows kept moving towards the centrally located treasure. Hoping the Elves would not notice him, being busy defending against immediate threat.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYNDMPqK2ll247Nl0t_5-1AUV9f9n6H0acfq5KeVyfssMxvBwb_z6CMcIHHtFCDr3Y5FmQN8r1Q8-obsnNOsfeXfuee1UnTUq1-gt0yzvzKPvpFJo2hpoTPpSQdcZ9GnQ9CDLmp98Jju4_OsL70S4p_pvpnpgbIYyWz5RlfKQgIZFBGWtqUSEe2EsrVQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYNDMPqK2ll247Nl0t_5-1AUV9f9n6H0acfq5KeVyfssMxvBwb_z6CMcIHHtFCDr3Y5FmQN8r1Q8-obsnNOsfeXfuee1UnTUq1-gt0yzvzKPvpFJo2hpoTPpSQdcZ9GnQ9CDLmp98Jju4_OsL70S4p_pvpnpgbIYyWz5RlfKQgIZFBGWtqUSEe2EsrVQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paul the King leads by example!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Night Stalkers did not take the bait so the Elves re-arranged the formation on the right flank. In this way more Elven regiments were now threatening the charges, while the tight formation limited the option for the enemy to intercept them. The shooting continued and the Dread Fiend was damaged some more. However, it was not yet enough to discourage it from fighting.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the opposite flank, Paul the King charged down the hill against the other Dread Fiend and tied it in melee. Forest Shamblers withdrew to avoid being charged by the Scarecrows. Who became the target for the Elven shooters now.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Night Stalkers - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNrCWSPCxW_I5K4zss1W8niOheTc_xm_4Vpqkxz-NMeCKP2Pf-u1AE18Sc_mlcYdd56nos_cuoyLgD0Fnl5Ud5VACVc_RbbXVJ2CcOFKJbatBCpbP6sihUv0R3tpSzsUMH2Aa7j5R8atAZ9xiC-56lZTGH-5U_Y35EKbkAwMAr8AkyqkPVKEURIwkwDA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNrCWSPCxW_I5K4zss1W8niOheTc_xm_4Vpqkxz-NMeCKP2Pf-u1AE18Sc_mlcYdd56nos_cuoyLgD0Fnl5Ud5VACVc_RbbXVJ2CcOFKJbatBCpbP6sihUv0R3tpSzsUMH2Aa7j5R8atAZ9xiC-56lZTGH-5U_Y35EKbkAwMAr8AkyqkPVKEURIwkwDA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Night Stalkers are still reluctant to engage.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Night Stalkers are still avoiding engaging in melee with Elves and keep moving more reinforcements to bring their superior numbers to the front. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It takes time, however, for the shambling Scarecrows to close the distance to their foes. As they block the passage, it forces the Shadow-Hulk to traverse the nearby forest, which also slows it down. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the right flank, the Soulflyers keep the safe distance, meaning they are not able to affect the movement and positioning of the Elven units at this stage. The Butchers move to the top of the hill, which means that they are now in the perfect spot to attack their enemies. Unless Elves decide to launch their attack first!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjou9vT-r3fBEcEERq0i-7evG3NW1pJxfsTfG4ZhVP7HFAB4scTNK7lA0ntj7X8BJqrhKKbDaPW6gp4h1lTe5JjwTb9RQlQGTAWcqHw4YKuDU9TbOF1fggl2Z7x04_4qprjW7qtUSEoTcaSuYhT5lWnotsVTPyatOb87S2Y_paAv8ohrWmWvEcg3toqxw=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjou9vT-r3fBEcEERq0i-7evG3NW1pJxfsTfG4ZhVP7HFAB4scTNK7lA0ntj7X8BJqrhKKbDaPW6gp4h1lTe5JjwTb9RQlQGTAWcqHw4YKuDU9TbOF1fggl2Z7x04_4qprjW7qtUSEoTcaSuYhT5lWnotsVTPyatOb87S2Y_paAv8ohrWmWvEcg3toqxw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves attack on both flanks!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elven commanders decided that it was time to attack. Waiting longer would only benefit the enemy and it seemed like there were a few openings to try and exploit as well.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First, the Forest Shamblers on the left flank dropped the treasure to be picked up by the Sea Guard and joined Paul the King in his fight against the Dread Fiend. The beast was surprisingly resilient, however, and despite being wounded many times, refused to yield.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Drakon Lord was at the spearhead of the attack on the right flank. He attacked and grounded the Soulflyers. Silverbreeze cavalry followed his example and did the same to the second flock of the nightmarish beasts lurking in the nearby ruins.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">That allowed Drakon Riders and Elven Knights to mount the main attack against one of the hordes of Butchers. Luckily for Elves, the attack was successful and one of the most dangerous enemy units perished.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves now braced for the counter attacks, with the second wave ready to join the fight. Hopefully, there will be enough Elven units form the first wave to survive and continue fighting.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Night Stalkers - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnuYErFzrriNeAb55v6ON-4CD0Ioe9j_UumgcrzHJ8Zgo1ELuv8DkWuu1Wcb8WLlU_iXvjKJibi_8HVMmQ_7QQT3B8v0pbfk8v_4T2Ql_8QfNu14QQQGKXCaCGKjn72CqV3_VQZNnUzIbKoWPRPf5Sqn3fgvcgp95H7mp5uidPlGSOnc0RQvmFAvk68w=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnuYErFzrriNeAb55v6ON-4CD0Ioe9j_UumgcrzHJ8Zgo1ELuv8DkWuu1Wcb8WLlU_iXvjKJibi_8HVMmQ_7QQT3B8v0pbfk8v_4T2Ql_8QfNu14QQQGKXCaCGKjn72CqV3_VQZNnUzIbKoWPRPf5Sqn3fgvcgp95H7mp5uidPlGSOnc0RQvmFAvk68w=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The counter attack did not go as planned!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elven attack put some pressure on the Night Stalkers line. In addition, a few enemy units took advantage of the relative positioning of various regiments and were not viable targets. For example, the Dread Fiend on the right did not see Silverbreeze cavalry and was not able to flank charge the Drakon Lord either, as the gap between the units was too small.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hence, the Soulflyers counter-charged alone. The attack did some damage to the enemy but not enough to rout them (<i>Edit: Argus' ability to inspire units helped Silverbreeze to stay in the fight though!</i>)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Shadowhounds had a few options to choose from in terms of the target of the charge and were ordered to aid the Butchers. Both attacked Drakon Riders and did significant amount of damage. Unfortunately for the Night Stalkers army, stubborn Elves refused to give up and held up their position! (<i>Edit: That was one of a few double 1's nerve rolls DarkBlack got in this game!</i>)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv-KloZsOvtyqHEPR29PE0siWJuXkKbZVRmm3LxBdW2bGqxECQdWtAPKWbsslAfch0VXHJvso0sD4ErG82wf2n4h4kSc7vA8lrYZHeEdiVFj_ZUwKFsBqT91TOqcyZuzPQdfaGGNSRwtyohj39vcWEqqw1oHZgKB2kfVcJ7nvPriTO846ZO8afU7ZU6g=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv-KloZsOvtyqHEPR29PE0siWJuXkKbZVRmm3LxBdW2bGqxECQdWtAPKWbsslAfch0VXHJvso0sD4ErG82wf2n4h4kSc7vA8lrYZHeEdiVFj_ZUwKFsBqT91TOqcyZuzPQdfaGGNSRwtyohj39vcWEqqw1oHZgKB2kfVcJ7nvPriTO846ZO8afU7ZU6g=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Devastating second wave of the Elven attacks.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves wanted to take the full advantage of the situation and launched a second wave of the attacks. This one proved to be more devastating than the first one. Especially on the right flank, where they could send two units of their own against one of the enemy. As a result, both Soulflyers and Shadowhound regiments were routed. Remaining Butchers, Planar Apparition and Dread Fiend were now outnumbered and with limited options to counter attack.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The situation on the left flank was also interesting. Forest Shamblers were left alone to fight against the Dread Fiend and managed to destroy the beast at last! More importantly, Paul the King was free to choose a different target. Using the mobility of the individual hero to the fullest, he moved around and charged Scarecrows all alone! That had a significant advantage of holding the line not only against Scarecrows but also blocking the Dopplegangers behind them!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Night Stalkers - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqUtcNkKlKsNlBsDWuNo5GmNuofhGqA0z352SSmPSAsc3aZCeDZjnK6TxhB3tibZ0vC-7_ZME5oZVZ7K26NwUURWME6zRo9MQnft6xXaiQDtkghEZcfAfSoZ0jyvXyQV0WoIkifWu19ng6jW81c8gxZw_b4iefaJys-Fe5HWdF3aZQorDudSnjFXbvUQ=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqUtcNkKlKsNlBsDWuNo5GmNuofhGqA0z352SSmPSAsc3aZCeDZjnK6TxhB3tibZ0vC-7_ZME5oZVZ7K26NwUURWME6zRo9MQnft6xXaiQDtkghEZcfAfSoZ0jyvXyQV0WoIkifWu19ng6jW81c8gxZw_b4iefaJys-Fe5HWdF3aZQorDudSnjFXbvUQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Night Stalkers do not give up!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Night Stalkers did not consider surrendering at all. The situation on the right flank did not look good for them but they still could claim a few Elven souls. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And they could still win the battle by stealing two pieces of treasure. One was most likely secured by the Fleshripper, silently moving away from the battle field. The other was held by the SeaGuard but the Shadow-Hulk finally cleared out the forest and was ready to attack Elven infantry. The titanic monster was more than capable of accomplishing that mission.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 5</span></b></u></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGLcI2aaDdyHKQzmGix9Q9tJdkTjZGMnzLRRdk3b7LOuQiLNj-ziWygveRFot1zniIFsqaHpBvZQ1VNdoHgbjQyNtLRQ1E8Shyc7wbbVmwLw4CzjOlaQIYWTAHgrwtLBcteTH9uVwRMxOniddgrpzV-NoBxXY2V0p8Ql8gqey0oh5sGnbR8MIoSpKj5Q=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGLcI2aaDdyHKQzmGix9Q9tJdkTjZGMnzLRRdk3b7LOuQiLNj-ziWygveRFot1zniIFsqaHpBvZQ1VNdoHgbjQyNtLRQ1E8Shyc7wbbVmwLw4CzjOlaQIYWTAHgrwtLBcteTH9uVwRMxOniddgrpzV-NoBxXY2V0p8Ql8gqey0oh5sGnbR8MIoSpKj5Q=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Can the Palace Guard hold the line?<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Elven forces secured the treasure on the right flank and another round of attacks saw two more elements of the Night Stalkers army disintegrating. Only single horde of Butchers remained there to fight.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But the situation on the left was not as good as the Elven commanders hoped for. Even though Forest Shamblers scattered the remaining Scarecrows and blocked the Dopplegangers, it was up to the Palace Guard to hold the line. They charged the Shadow-Hulk to attract its attention and hoped that the Sea Guard would use the time to carry the treasure away to safety.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Night Stalkers - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix1zXSxp9Yf8BvZ18ppjnHCGm0f2LvqD-WgonPZtYRift9JlaLe-5izdOfWqHLTQUFTiB14osRU8FQvwdrvNTl0Pame9wnXR7OlGSK5aXq_BNZ7Iz49E13yI50a0ktFjaw19a6-wUCjfvWKxhM0FQ2eJjRtt-HkoxYRa5Q-38IfcSz3L-xUj5O7oLuDw=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix1zXSxp9Yf8BvZ18ppjnHCGm0f2LvqD-WgonPZtYRift9JlaLe-5izdOfWqHLTQUFTiB14osRU8FQvwdrvNTl0Pame9wnXR7OlGSK5aXq_BNZ7Iz49E13yI50a0ktFjaw19a6-wUCjfvWKxhM0FQ2eJjRtt-HkoxYRa5Q-38IfcSz3L-xUj5O7oLuDw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Palace Guard is destroyed!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Neither Dopplegangers nor Butchers managed to rout their opponents. Butchers in particular disappointed with their attack against the Drakon Riders, failing to do enough damage to even waver their enemies.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But it was all less important as the Shadow-Hulk hacked and smashed through the ranks of the Palace Guard. Even the elite Elven infantry was not able to hold the line against such a ferocious attack. It then opened the path towards the Sea Guard, which was too slow to avoid the charge. Unless ...</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjru6U_ahYj5qFeRH117IdPKXgr519IOroPRxpuV9sW1JSFKgXKiPhNGPQIkziAmbeNlUg-H0LuilMvo1czJ2iJGmRmxY3q7QzkVfdf2oIm4yn9t1WmFpgjfCNa5YZm3exURqpsFZTQuFGsYraRlO6aSnJyT4VrN6F6b3pPc--vTPz3zsKvUbk83SfGcg=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjru6U_ahYj5qFeRH117IdPKXgr519IOroPRxpuV9sW1JSFKgXKiPhNGPQIkziAmbeNlUg-H0LuilMvo1czJ2iJGmRmxY3q7QzkVfdf2oIm4yn9t1WmFpgjfCNa5YZm3exURqpsFZTQuFGsYraRlO6aSnJyT4VrN6F6b3pPc--vTPz3zsKvUbk83SfGcg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paul the King sacrifices himself for the greater good.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Suddenly, despite complete victory on the right flank, Elves found themselves in a very dangerous situation. Forest Shamblers were tied up in the fight against Dopplegangers and were not able to help the Sea Guard. Elven infantry, slowed down by the heavy treasure, was not able to move away from the Shadow-Hulk either. It looked like they would need to reform and brace for impact. Hoping to hold long enough on their own.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But then, the hero the Elven army needed arrived to save the day!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Archibald the Archmage scanned the battle field from the elevated position on the hill. He could see the regiment of Sea Guard trying hard to move away far enough to secure the treasure in their possession. But he knew that they were not fast enough to do so. It looks like the commander of the regiment realized that too and started shouting order to form defensive phalanx. As Elven warriors quickly moved to their positions, the ground shook with every step the titanic Shadow-Hulk made towards its new prey.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>And then Archibald the Archamge noticed a single Elven warrior galloping towards the huge monster, waving his sword and shouting at it to attract its attention. If only he could distract the beast for a while, it would buy some time for the Sea Guard to move to safety. Unfortunately, the Shadow-Hulk has not reacted to any of the efforts the Elven hero made.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Only when Paul the King (as it was him who dared to challenge the Shadow-Hulk) threw the insults worthy of the drunk Dwarven Berserker, the monster finally noticed him and turned towards him instead of the Sea Guard.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>"Where did he learn such a foul language?" thought Archibald the Archmage as he waved towards the commander of the Sea Guard to hurry up and run away with the treasure."</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: #800180;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Night Stalkers - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpVdxIH_ntlsvK5Fqb4Qe4RtPu1uwOiUWMndXT5MjxRaCnZBUIGEZCmgBjUX-Ne3oMxmAFme19dGW4TKVqpaH8qkp5t64UtwKEPE0DmsIzFXATeN--Q64RfB4xn2wZnV2slwP0n0QbuEBqUeYVJ-2vPYH551TgVAewJo2msaWvOA9MLFQRHP9MCQWrMw=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpVdxIH_ntlsvK5Fqb4Qe4RtPu1uwOiUWMndXT5MjxRaCnZBUIGEZCmgBjUX-Ne3oMxmAFme19dGW4TKVqpaH8qkp5t64UtwKEPE0DmsIzFXATeN--Q64RfB4xn2wZnV2slwP0n0QbuEBqUeYVJ-2vPYH551TgVAewJo2msaWvOA9MLFQRHP9MCQWrMw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paul the King - the hero of the day!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Night Stalkers tried one more time to snatch the treasure from the Elven hands but Paul the King had none of it! Even though badly wounded, he kept on fighting, alone against the Shadow-Hulk, refusing to give up. (Edit: <i>Erasmus was kind to roll double 1's for that fight as well!</i>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When Forest Shamblers held against the Dopplegangers as well, it was clear that Elves would be able to carry two treasures to the safety. The Shadow-Hulk obeyed the voice of its master and left the wounded Elven King alone. While the Butcher Fleshripper carried away the third one, laughing quietly, knowing that Elves fell into another trap at the eve of their victory.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">While
the Elven forces could handily defeat the Night Stalkers to control the first piece of treasure, they had been deceived!
A Night Stalker agent was already on its way to secure a second piece, making the victory hollow. </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">The forces of darkness could only be pushed back if the Elves controlled
more elements of the treasure, so the brave King and the Archmage led a few warriors and
forest allies to claim the third piece.
The Night Stalkers were on their way too though! </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">The King had to hold off a Dread-fiend in single combat to stop it
getting behind the lines! When the forest shamblers were in position he
had to leave it wounded to hold off the tide of scarecrow and
doppelgangers at a choke point near the ruined castle. </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">Then his hand picked palace guard were swept away and he was called to
single combat with a titanic shadow hulk so that the sea guard could
escape with their lives and the final piece of the treasure. </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">- by <b>Erasmus</b></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41"><b> </b></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41"><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">Summary</span></span></u></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41"></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTOS_NVSeM3xc0bWvK7w8dd8wvnv678h7r3z_ykcbUjfkCDokPOkb8Yj2UM5r72R8d7BAUcJffHxljAOA9L8qYbNcvm4wFJeZopMSJu1WbucQOkzwlee7nN2JjAYI-hrJgOS46Mr6DDwFQyaWOI4CJOLSZrSk7J0kilKWdoOeuaikdfcghFyJ5zYIdAw=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTOS_NVSeM3xc0bWvK7w8dd8wvnv678h7r3z_ykcbUjfkCDokPOkb8Yj2UM5r72R8d7BAUcJffHxljAOA9L8qYbNcvm4wFJeZopMSJu1WbucQOkzwlee7nN2JjAYI-hrJgOS46Mr6DDwFQyaWOI4CJOLSZrSk7J0kilKWdoOeuaikdfcghFyJ5zYIdAw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </b></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41"><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">After-battle</span></span></u></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41"><span style="color: black;">Many thanks to Erasmus for a great game! As you could see, it was not decided until the very last moment. It actually looked like, despite the Elven success on the right, that the Night Stalkers would steal the victory in the end! </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41"><span style="color: black;">Here is the game summary Erasmus wrote from his point of view:</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span lang="EN-CA">The star of this battle was certainly the
Elven King! That hero held up four units when they needed to do something
critical. Stopped the dread-fiend outflanking early on, then held up the
scarecrows (and doppelgangers behind them) and finally got in the shadow hulk’s
way at the critical moment! I definitely underestimated the king when
estimating how much force to send to the left flank.<br /><br />
Truly the stuff legends are made of. </span></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i>
</i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span lang="EN-CA">It would have made a difference if I could
have gotten a regiment of soulfayers to the left flank early on, but
Swordmaster put the enough pressure on that flank to tie them up there. Anything
without flying would also have been held up behind the scarecrows.</span></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i>
</i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span lang="EN-CA">It was a great game; seeing if
Swordmaster’s risky plan would pay off.<br /><br />
The only thing I would have suggested would be to put forest shamblers in the
centre to grab the middle token and make me fight for it. There were more elf
units that needed on the right, so one could have been spared as a safety net.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: black;">Reviewing the battle while writing the report (one of the reasons I like writing them!) I can definitely agree with Erasmus that it would have helped. To win against the Shamblers, he would have to send one of the hard hitters. Butcher Fleshripper would not have been enough on his own. I did like them on the flank during the game as they worked as a mobile obstacle. But I could have potentially used another unit to do something similar. Or simply threaten any enemy who would like to collect the token with an attack of a few units at the same time.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: black;">I was definitely happy with the way things worked out on the right flank. I expected more casualties and exchanges there. It did help to have nimble Drakon Riders as they could re-adjust their positions much easier. That, in turn, allowed me to launch the attacks against the right targets, often with two units vs one of the enemy. This is something I need to do in order to create a break through and start enveloping the foe. Very often, getting to such position with maneuvering alone is not that easy. Simply because some armies are able to deploy across entire width of the battle field.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: black;">I did make one mistake that almost cost me the battle and I am glad I managed to spot the opportunity to block the Shadow-Hulk with the King to make up for it. The mistake was to move Sea Guard in turn 5 in such a way that I still needed another pivot later on to stay on the battle field. I should have moved towards the bottom left corner then, so that I could move them at the double turn 6 without sacrificing the King. Fortunately, I was able to position him in such a way that did not allow the Shadow-Hulk to charge past him. Even with turn 7, the Sea Guard could run away, regardless if the King survived or not. However, it made for a much more fun and heroic ending of the battle when Erasmus rolled double 1's for him!</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: black;">In terms of the new list, I like it and I will try to have some games with it in the future without any further changes for now. I like nimble Drakon Riders a lot and I am very happy with Argus as well. I just need to remember his Master of Strategy rule! Elven knights with Nimble and improved nerve values are great too, so I will keep using them for now as well. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: black;">It was nice to have a bit more reliable unit of Silverbreeze (troops often got wavered quite easily). Although I sacrificed the versatility of having two where I could divide the shooting between two targets. The regiment may also be a bit more useful in melee as a supporting and not often expected flanking force.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: black;">I hope you enjoyed this battle report. I highly recommend Playing By Email method if you constantly find yourself with insufficient time to play a full game. I will do my best to play again in this way and Erasmus tells me that his Dwarfs are eager to have a word with my Elves :)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: black;">Thanks for reading! </span></span><i><span lang="EN-CA"> <br /></span></i></span></p>
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<![endif]--></span></span><i><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41"><b> </b></span></i></span></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-16366841454387990712021-05-05T22:53:00.002+10:002021-05-05T22:53:23.844+10:00Mortem et Gloriam - Game 58 - 2021/05/05<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMC7MdPlSSIwXhdQ4PNYRcS_ivgmbjdmOhFuxSXRp55Eb6kRBzpypUidjonAbVouefMSgt-hhTPmJ3ZfdCXJ4KoTl1eVCgyvsrdKAFwwj93M4VmfSZQcYV7wmRIR_Jr-tLdfkNmF-V7i3J/s1057/Turks.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1057" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMC7MdPlSSIwXhdQ4PNYRcS_ivgmbjdmOhFuxSXRp55Eb6kRBzpypUidjonAbVouefMSgt-hhTPmJ3ZfdCXJ4KoTl1eVCgyvsrdKAFwwj93M4VmfSZQcYV7wmRIR_Jr-tLdfkNmF-V7i3J/w640-h454/Turks.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In my first (and so far, only!) game of Mortem et Gloriam in 2021 I played against my usual opponent Paul, who decided that "New Year - New Army" is going to be his motto. After a few battles against his Muslim Indian Sultanates, it was time to fight against completely different enemy - Ottoman Turkish!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Paul chose 1400 C.E. as the year for his army so it was only 16 centuries that separated our armies! However, both empires controlled some of the same territories in their time!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">What is also interesting in Paul's force is that it also had Serbian allies included. Quite a colourful army to fight against for sure!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ottoman Turkish - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYeqlEJWF9G3xwzzqQWr265BpNhNIVFZJ8BX0DOW1mZP2l_wqQctQJnJQxdLB_t8-w6L6PmbSHRNBOO0AOTiVS7w1wPdQ6R_SPeFl-nXb-NbpSo6ayBRRPJGvXIPo7lccKvYF5tNL8RPot/s814/Turks+-+List.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="814" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYeqlEJWF9G3xwzzqQWr265BpNhNIVFZJ8BX0DOW1mZP2l_wqQctQJnJQxdLB_t8-w6L6PmbSHRNBOO0AOTiVS7w1wPdQ6R_SPeFl-nXb-NbpSo6ayBRRPJGvXIPo7lccKvYF5tNL8RPot/w640-h596/Turks+-+List.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I must admit I was concerned with all the shooting Paul's army had. It was always a challenge for my slow phalanx to advance under the fire. At the very least it can slow them down, and often the casualties pile up anyway.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Paul's army had some very good combat orientated TuG's as well. The Serbian contingent alone was very dangerous, while Jannisaries and Sipahi provided a very flexible elements to the army as well. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I expected that Paul would want to soften down my units with shooting, use the numerical and cavalry advantage to get to the better positions, outmanoeuvring my slower army. And finish it off with well timed charges from flanks and rears.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My goal would be, of course, not to let that happen! Here is my army I used in this battle:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8bc3fCoOPNxpKxz4hNJfM8ohaiyDItTmROTQ1zdyTthlSAVvf6hUUhSTIiMfTjGoZVtdPaZ92gsr5rSnb-5w1IgWPZNbKjAEo6wZWFX4HnfSVLR-jXnV7m3EU5ozI_NtMr6PALFMaxzK/s1035/Seleucids.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1035" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8bc3fCoOPNxpKxz4hNJfM8ohaiyDItTmROTQ1zdyTthlSAVvf6hUUhSTIiMfTjGoZVtdPaZ92gsr5rSnb-5w1IgWPZNbKjAEo6wZWFX4HnfSVLR-jXnV7m3EU5ozI_NtMr6PALFMaxzK/w640-h480/Seleucids.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pre-battle</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Paul's army had more units and was generally faster so I needed some terrain to negate that advantage. Fortunately, I managed to keep my village and I got it in the middle. In this way I could divide the battle field. The question was, should I choose the secure flank to lean on or not?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Paul had more cards to scout so I expected to lose in that department badly but if I remember correctly it was not that bad. Of course, I ended up deploying my army before he finished but I don't think anything out of ordinary happened in the pre-battle phase.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Deployment</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlAgmHvkM-pkn-L7bD6-RHkCQYuWs_dgPzBhJjE24B4vNeUHBWeqH0_pVXGKmJsO5X8dRPw5S7jHIgcU5Hg-jYwup8lsgjBs4bnGzvIAOJCgn6kq_QDyFinF8w28XiA49PINDmnbFQbzz/s1024/00+Deployment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="1024" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlAgmHvkM-pkn-L7bD6-RHkCQYuWs_dgPzBhJjE24B4vNeUHBWeqH0_pVXGKmJsO5X8dRPw5S7jHIgcU5Hg-jYwup8lsgjBs4bnGzvIAOJCgn6kq_QDyFinF8w28XiA49PINDmnbFQbzz/w640-h310/00+Deployment.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Early Seleucids vs Ottoman Turkish with Serbian Allies.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;">I decided to deploy majority of the army on the Western flank instead. I was able to squeeze the units in the narrow passage between the woods and the village. The plan was to move forward and expand so that one flank would be always protected.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I left one Phalanx TuG to guard the camp and I attached Javelinmen as help against enemy shooters. While they were far away at the moment, the Sipahi would cover the distance really fast anyway. I also deployed Thracians near the village so they get some protection against cavalry. But also to allow them to be a bit annoying if any of the enemy TuG's would approach show up in some proximity to the village. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Paul divided his army in what looked like three groups. The one on the West had some horse archers so I hoped the Cataphracts would be a good shield against them. Superior Companions should also be less affected by shooting. While phalanx should keep Kurdish cavalry in check.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Serbian contingent was a problem unless I could attack it with Elephants and phalanx. However, Jannisaries could make it problematic so I had Agema in reserve to, hopefully, distract the Turkish infantry. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thus the plan was to block the passage to the camp and lead the attack on the Western flank against half of the enemy army. Before the rest would come to the rescue.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWoNDeOpbX6q5XqXh2kPPWgGgnTC8-2yuTqywynaELlXbqCnJ7r_d5zdPqxK6Lciv1xMValndI-IgUdr1umkH0kReY62ISBNrnwrVez74pCBAajdBv_XKzzEsGGINaP-Sktv9xjtL8HEr/s1024/2021_05_03_-_MeG_-_10_000_vs_Ottoman_Turks_Deployment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWoNDeOpbX6q5XqXh2kPPWgGgnTC8-2yuTqywynaELlXbqCnJ7r_d5zdPqxK6Lciv1xMValndI-IgUdr1umkH0kReY62ISBNrnwrVez74pCBAajdBv_XKzzEsGGINaP-Sktv9xjtL8HEr/w640-h426/2021_05_03_-_MeG_-_10_000_vs_Ottoman_Turks_Deployment.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Deployment of the Armies<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Turks - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEd4yiY2112gc7KjdwXwX58CvvHnDzM0eFQawxzJ0AzOaV1yjVFnqIjWOM-AYT7Z5x6d4sH_RTGzjBjDEQ3nBmNJCuEKXFuc6TOt4q3LA3rVlqirxAJrt7g3uMJzbRGv1hl-e_RaXUbuZ/s1024/01+Turn+1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEd4yiY2112gc7KjdwXwX58CvvHnDzM0eFQawxzJ0AzOaV1yjVFnqIjWOM-AYT7Z5x6d4sH_RTGzjBjDEQ3nBmNJCuEKXFuc6TOt4q3LA3rVlqirxAJrt7g3uMJzbRGv1hl-e_RaXUbuZ/w640-h426/01+Turn+1.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn 1 - Sequence of Actions<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWBCQzG8VkoL0BhDKT_fOfzgDoWM-tE_-HQ0QszQ4Q07h6KTMRyf1Y7LT3wEgfw-7s9rniOXgPy9hk-iTaFtckAWIMODTW4rapEGBtBg1t1zVMW0fVDKhm0VJA6f1fR6_1-9-axAay8pM/s1024/01+Turn+1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWBCQzG8VkoL0BhDKT_fOfzgDoWM-tE_-HQ0QszQ4Q07h6KTMRyf1Y7LT3wEgfw-7s9rniOXgPy9hk-iTaFtckAWIMODTW4rapEGBtBg1t1zVMW0fVDKhm0VJA6f1fR6_1-9-axAay8pM/w640-h480/01+Turn+1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Phalanx and Elephants.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Both armies begun their opening manoeuvres. Turks sent their fast cavalry contingents on the flanks to envelop enemy formations, while Seleucids started the unfolding of their battle line. One of the Serbian Vlastela was also sent forward deep into enemy territory.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxny7ONuonFf9M3bApMyQundhaiT5NT3ALuokYiz53r9wrjHQiq8JmjTv2oqwRLiX-xTnOwIZCplSJyASEGHIcWTX9zYAEWf4IPOSyvbG3KJ05G5Pup8ogt_TQIf0tmMIAdIV1ynAQHhDC/s1024/01+Turn+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1024" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxny7ONuonFf9M3bApMyQundhaiT5NT3ALuokYiz53r9wrjHQiq8JmjTv2oqwRLiX-xTnOwIZCplSJyASEGHIcWTX9zYAEWf4IPOSyvbG3KJ05G5Pup8ogt_TQIf0tmMIAdIV1ynAQHhDC/w640-h332/01+Turn+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turks advance in a wide formation.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seleucids - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwinl_RYyi8UslNIuH_nW4H6E_7R9Vd4egh-s2a0MkCGkojQPz_GeNRq68Ohdy1S2kUOmW-Efd0h0XrzyJwphXoUJCnUuMMn7hitzvOpNB3surjCTSQHKhihm1vI8_QYNwpgYCSsPiyB7/s1024/02+Turn+2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwinl_RYyi8UslNIuH_nW4H6E_7R9Vd4egh-s2a0MkCGkojQPz_GeNRq68Ohdy1S2kUOmW-Efd0h0XrzyJwphXoUJCnUuMMn7hitzvOpNB3surjCTSQHKhihm1vI8_QYNwpgYCSsPiyB7/w640-h426/02+Turn+2.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn 2 - Sequence of Actions<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCk-jir5B4Z6TQUq5hoyaJ4jSMz7NH18GAtgOVywN2Q39R5DB2-b7X21EVR46inC8HGujUhDWAQ38I51ETeHwDzAeHwyThqyB3jT7y2wSBCZ9z8HO_h20FSDRYZb8cFO5Z3eptCrlkofa/s1024/02+Turn+2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1024" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCk-jir5B4Z6TQUq5hoyaJ4jSMz7NH18GAtgOVywN2Q39R5DB2-b7X21EVR46inC8HGujUhDWAQ38I51ETeHwDzAeHwyThqyB3jT7y2wSBCZ9z8HO_h20FSDRYZb8cFO5Z3eptCrlkofa/w640-h450/02+Turn+2a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Sipahi Cavalry.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Seleucids finally managed to expand their battle line but not without some difficulties. One of the phalanxes had to remain in the second line as the co-ordination was not perfect. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">At the same time, Turkish skirmishers tried to slow down the Seleucids Companions and Cataphracts. Cavalry kept the safe distance, with some TuG's continuing the outflanking moves.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufk4Bvm0Gqtuqfht0TfV9lH86LNbxyIg4MDEsfnN-NRhuT1CzBZ3rai2t8pMbjcJsb7FdP42niMh14W-TXf0FzVcPnJHSD4ibPG4poeAVH2fiPfIaDBiWHGcT0h0OnpUC5Ej3x5Q9PZ-J/s1024/02+Turn+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="1024" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufk4Bvm0Gqtuqfht0TfV9lH86LNbxyIg4MDEsfnN-NRhuT1CzBZ3rai2t8pMbjcJsb7FdP42niMh14W-TXf0FzVcPnJHSD4ibPG4poeAVH2fiPfIaDBiWHGcT0h0OnpUC5Ej3x5Q9PZ-J/w640-h344/02+Turn+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Seleucids enter enemy territory.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Turks - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZY96lLsWvpFc4VKmfNu5E8gV0nmIAPYPYYC-7m3o9VcIk0Gmq6r71ZFaKX4m2DUmDN8HyeJ7YbbErK4hDuMp66rglj5gH8vPGUm3xMI0lPLyWvOrVHMYAsDkDfnIWb3dj-SvHusaAQKd/s1024/03+Turn+3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZY96lLsWvpFc4VKmfNu5E8gV0nmIAPYPYYC-7m3o9VcIk0Gmq6r71ZFaKX4m2DUmDN8HyeJ7YbbErK4hDuMp66rglj5gH8vPGUm3xMI0lPLyWvOrVHMYAsDkDfnIWb3dj-SvHusaAQKd/w640-h426/03+Turn+3.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn 3 - Sequence of Actions</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4y0ruB6W2TcQUVmW8llHlcFd5lq4UEs3ZvMYkiIvVbPP3FOjdg_-ivHmuc7JEyA_bnfa8RFVA4WG6kGX32_V0io7_3O5GGaL7FFBnHuWFECzshKf_YWurquh2olv2oUYCf7sBXg2k9jnG/s1024/03+Turn+3a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1024" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4y0ruB6W2TcQUVmW8llHlcFd5lq4UEs3ZvMYkiIvVbPP3FOjdg_-ivHmuc7JEyA_bnfa8RFVA4WG6kGX32_V0io7_3O5GGaL7FFBnHuWFECzshKf_YWurquh2olv2oUYCf7sBXg2k9jnG/w640-h366/03+Turn+3a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Seleucids are closing the distance on the Western flank.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Seleucids continued their advance, with the Companions and Cataphracts leading the way on the flank. Their enemies there still kept the distance, drawing them deeper and deeper into their territory.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Elephants and one of the phalanxes turned towards the centre. Serbian Vlastela cavalry TuG's used that as an opportunity and moved into the gaps in the Seleucids formation. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSHiqPiq6G69pXRNf-B7uEFpjiWAivyKNu2tUIibrfjz5pFM0FVtgWQ3aQLUo-8_H_fUgfV6kE_fbIPISjiuRTxMhTG1dC2AvDpsShue9IY5d1mR-eMUvseFDAn2Ip9BgKJdPeebUOABZ/s1024/03+Turn+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1024" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSHiqPiq6G69pXRNf-B7uEFpjiWAivyKNu2tUIibrfjz5pFM0FVtgWQ3aQLUo-8_H_fUgfV6kE_fbIPISjiuRTxMhTG1dC2AvDpsShue9IY5d1mR-eMUvseFDAn2Ip9BgKJdPeebUOABZ/w640-h370/03+Turn+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Did the Phalanx moved too far?</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seleucids - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Zxnrw9DksYsAwzjOHDXdiE6EyDa-touX4UvE39MmoHWLeOqZcl8sNEcHYgd-bMiCoBI-K9JHsVNDlZwwN0ytIKSx2MahBD5hMpwPyHGyKTbazKwdMXpCIth_Jz_JNjn3MfjCjKx1PiM0/s1024/04+Turn+4.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Zxnrw9DksYsAwzjOHDXdiE6EyDa-touX4UvE39MmoHWLeOqZcl8sNEcHYgd-bMiCoBI-K9JHsVNDlZwwN0ytIKSx2MahBD5hMpwPyHGyKTbazKwdMXpCIth_Jz_JNjn3MfjCjKx1PiM0/w640-h426/04+Turn+4.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn 4 - Sequence of Actions.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxvaq3mlNO3t0jeIHFx6gGMNqMfRIQIQ3RKFREl1qKud4rml_YtOCX3Vj__6j41SGQz5NQSp7lNeGqFjV0qr6JdkuygcM-jweY5F8WlVWIcyNymDez7zNPm8kYKm3UhjbWnw7wjqeWQI7/s1024/04+Turn+4a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1024" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxvaq3mlNO3t0jeIHFx6gGMNqMfRIQIQ3RKFREl1qKud4rml_YtOCX3Vj__6j41SGQz5NQSp7lNeGqFjV0qr6JdkuygcM-jweY5F8WlVWIcyNymDez7zNPm8kYKm3UhjbWnw7wjqeWQI7/w640-h412/04+Turn+4a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Crucial moment of the battle - can Serbian knights use the opportunity?<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally the first contingents were committed to close combat! On the Western flank, the Companions chased away the enemy horse archers while Cataphracts tied down the Kurdish cavalry.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Elephants moved towards one TuG of the Serebian knights but was immediately outflanked by another. The nearby phalanx marched hard to plug the gap in the battle line!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">At the same time, another phalanx was caught off guard by the third group of Vlastela and suffered heavy losses. Fortunately for Seleucids, they managed to regroup, reform and faced the enemy with their pikes ready.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, the flank of the Seleucids formation was in grave danger.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxxrvfYtsgfJHX-6JrQCg2MjcIzey4IvZ9xeXXMQkHGs9oiQAmfZVPXNGYw7-cuVRmmMfXkUqK9fZDMH7xZz8ASTRnzrGrbY41wbgSx9L146wDhLSK0pID7L04J1GC1HgRrlMKgr4CjaL/s1024/04+Turn+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1024" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxxrvfYtsgfJHX-6JrQCg2MjcIzey4IvZ9xeXXMQkHGs9oiQAmfZVPXNGYw7-cuVRmmMfXkUqK9fZDMH7xZz8ASTRnzrGrbY41wbgSx9L146wDhLSK0pID7L04J1GC1HgRrlMKgr4CjaL/w640-h434/04+Turn+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Who will prevail?<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Turks - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLZu75sKK2HiTHv4uvXH0Tcqf9xIoPPmLZtAK3oKkbd2_pu9iTWXjWkRjOWDMOrmW-pGMvdVyxoD4WTadwZfWxoSLj-cW_TrDiqRiyMtt6wUaox1n-dZyMDOc8kvhc1XgoStjQ-wemtsz/s1024/05+Turn+5.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLZu75sKK2HiTHv4uvXH0Tcqf9xIoPPmLZtAK3oKkbd2_pu9iTWXjWkRjOWDMOrmW-pGMvdVyxoD4WTadwZfWxoSLj-cW_TrDiqRiyMtt6wUaox1n-dZyMDOc8kvhc1XgoStjQ-wemtsz/w640-h426/05+Turn+5.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn 5 - Sequence of Actions.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAR4gIH3KtPdY_wQpslUk-P-RBb18HOj0jUrlOZWl4Ly8C03NINRK9RW1D0W6RzNnHwTsLZuNnk_4T9WujLZ0usGX2ARvbB9z3rTeQGYvd3PBTugPmzR9kYmBVfOCEx2EeagkQYbQFcYM/s1024/05+Turn+5a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1024" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAR4gIH3KtPdY_wQpslUk-P-RBb18HOj0jUrlOZWl4Ly8C03NINRK9RW1D0W6RzNnHwTsLZuNnk_4T9WujLZ0usGX2ARvbB9z3rTeQGYvd3PBTugPmzR9kYmBVfOCEx2EeagkQYbQFcYM/w640-h390/05+Turn+5a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>In a dramatic turn of events, Seleucids gain upper hand!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The events of the battle started to unfold very fast and in a dramatic way. Serbian knights attempted to charge the exposed flank of the Seleucid Elephants but that plan was destroyed by the intercepting phalangites. In turn, Elephants were free to charge the knights in front of them and broke them in a furious attack! What is worse for the Vlastela contingent, the third TuG was now caught in the open and attacked by Thracians while still fighting the phalanx to the front. It was too much for them too and suddenly the Serbian allied force was reduced to one third of its initial strength.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Seleucids also launched a successful attack on the Kurdish cavalry on the Western flank. The charge of the Companions together with the phalangites from two directions resulted in the rout. While hot pursuit led the Companions to a very good position to attack the Jannisaries. Currently distracted by the Agema advancing from the front.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Although Seleucids routed three of the enemy TuG's, it was not without casualties of their own. One of the phalanxes was routed by Jannisaries who used the opportunity and shot at the badly wounded TuG of Seleucid infantry. Then they moved to position to threaten another one. Could Serbian knights hold long enough for them to attack?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1f2Hdk_vz3rN9hQ1KSCfaO-JdSl705VspQ7WT5xQh67I-3i19QBsnOM0wn75BQ6gh1kq1Wc8x6QdeC5XtzR6UJ_e7Xz7kL8IW6vZ0Niu-BtAQ2rEB3xnhQ2zkWhq_PG0Z4_FUwn4KYhxq/s1024/05+Turn+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1024" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1f2Hdk_vz3rN9hQ1KSCfaO-JdSl705VspQ7WT5xQh67I-3i19QBsnOM0wn75BQ6gh1kq1Wc8x6QdeC5XtzR6UJ_e7Xz7kL8IW6vZ0Niu-BtAQ2rEB3xnhQ2zkWhq_PG0Z4_FUwn4KYhxq/w640-h434/05+Turn+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turkish formation broke but the fight was not over yet.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seleucids - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMm_gUwlhYu4f8e8i-sVTXCYi6af7NJZmpqVodDnZebeYLn28mQ2iIG8N0EGmcZoVRRfgnBvwT0uO4W29kISCNrt_-10VfL0TW0NaMuTsotsl8BdwQU9N4WHMmo2m9IQ34FSRCOFEAhX5/s1024/06+Turn+6.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMm_gUwlhYu4f8e8i-sVTXCYi6af7NJZmpqVodDnZebeYLn28mQ2iIG8N0EGmcZoVRRfgnBvwT0uO4W29kISCNrt_-10VfL0TW0NaMuTsotsl8BdwQU9N4WHMmo2m9IQ34FSRCOFEAhX5/w640-h426/06+Turn+6.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn 6 - Sequence of Actions<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5AuRewyW6OXoTNmxqPVuuf0O2ypVeChSRSmBxsl-uQZXzAIHdr_B72wZQMLzW1fsBLwDwcz745BqQXVbIZTgKpFRSdcWBphrhRgNB5R20RSE6bDKRewc-gY3a02y9Mr9S56z7F0Inajb/s1024/06+Turn+6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1024" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5AuRewyW6OXoTNmxqPVuuf0O2ypVeChSRSmBxsl-uQZXzAIHdr_B72wZQMLzW1fsBLwDwcz745BqQXVbIZTgKpFRSdcWBphrhRgNB5R20RSE6bDKRewc-gY3a02y9Mr9S56z7F0Inajb/w640-h528/06+Turn+6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Seleucids increase their advantage!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Once again, the timing of the charges by respective units was crucial. Thracians charged the exposed Jannisaries before they could attack the flank of the phalanx. Although Thracians were caught by Sipahi shortly after, that allowed the phalanx to rout the enemy cavalry in turn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When Companions and Agema destroyed another TuG of Jannisaries in a well coordinated charge and when Elephants were now heading towards the enemy camp, it was clear that Seleucids were now very close to winning the battle.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VuRPoUjAVS1G5LFZ1Qgj6Mp5RHv6TZig-grjDa4tixj4z3H8RRSU57Y0KBmeGov8AStZcnJlEpDb9l1JCERkjY6-ckwJsYVjSufQBCgfVJR5rSFDolkP3HPG19OhpObtcFo8F_ztS9ak/s1024/06+Turn+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1024" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VuRPoUjAVS1G5LFZ1Qgj6Mp5RHv6TZig-grjDa4tixj4z3H8RRSU57Y0KBmeGov8AStZcnJlEpDb9l1JCERkjY6-ckwJsYVjSufQBCgfVJR5rSFDolkP3HPG19OhpObtcFo8F_ztS9ak/w640-h452/06+Turn+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Seleucids march to victory!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Turks - Turn 7</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6ooP9TmYuZcQfEy2DNnP9ZuktvL1tusqF4gBl0TwVAsxNSC1fGJ7HqDHzXb3IRJMJQe9dOtxrjTz4rHFKPGsPW7J3QuNG-4Nqyid-upfOAzEvR4gP-jWneXNdh25qAia79433sJOwpVD/s1024/07+Turn+7.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6ooP9TmYuZcQfEy2DNnP9ZuktvL1tusqF4gBl0TwVAsxNSC1fGJ7HqDHzXb3IRJMJQe9dOtxrjTz4rHFKPGsPW7J3QuNG-4Nqyid-upfOAzEvR4gP-jWneXNdh25qAia79433sJOwpVD/w640-h426/07+Turn+7.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn 7 - Sequence of Actions.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In the final moments of the battle, Seleucids Elephants charged enemy archers who stood no chance against such opponent. While a few Turkish units were still capable of fighting the battle, the army was broken and the survivors withdrew, leaving the camp at the mercy of the victorious enemy.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOC-wLZ7jd6-FC_PA0dBwwloYO1gYqCkwhMBPhm1IXIDIRGFtvfkLSFLgFk_WNtc-dX6SmF4gr6YDqXWIU3DUtG2_XK4qalmCBHAgB7waG1PCg0TgUgtBomxRz-jOGAv80p1rPVmq-g9d/s1024/2021_05_03_-_MeG_-_10_000_vs_Ottoman_Turks_Turn_4_Ottoman_Turks_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOC-wLZ7jd6-FC_PA0dBwwloYO1gYqCkwhMBPhm1IXIDIRGFtvfkLSFLgFk_WNtc-dX6SmF4gr6YDqXWIU3DUtG2_XK4qalmCBHAgB7waG1PCg0TgUgtBomxRz-jOGAv80p1rPVmq-g9d/w640-h426/2021_05_03_-_MeG_-_10_000_vs_Ottoman_Turks_Turn_4_Ottoman_Turks_02.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Final position of the armies.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Summary</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHWmrP7JEcx1ZHiO1Ivj6UGAyK-_KxitrEFHQrva47wHOFmB8kVywrf-t2Uq22M54k-XZz7XTtT2hzz-dOOlFZc06rcdx4NmuKzo_7FVrxto65Z3O3GjMqdsiHrHtJ7zbO40SZ1C-QD1U/s1024/Summary.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHWmrP7JEcx1ZHiO1Ivj6UGAyK-_KxitrEFHQrva47wHOFmB8kVywrf-t2Uq22M54k-XZz7XTtT2hzz-dOOlFZc06rcdx4NmuKzo_7FVrxto65Z3O3GjMqdsiHrHtJ7zbO40SZ1C-QD1U/w640-h426/Summary.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After-battle</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Paul for another fantastic game! Although the final score was 15:5 in my favour, closer look at the condition of the units would show much different story!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cataphracts were just one wound short of breaking and the horse archers were not able to land that final blow, despite many attempts! And one of the phalanxes barely escaped thanks to the sacrifice of Thracians. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I must admit that the game did not start how I wanted because I underestimated the way my army could manoeuvre through the narrow gap. But what I thought is a mistake (one of the phalanxes was left behind), turned out to be an opportunity to save my overexposed units.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When we talked with Paul about crucial moments of the battle, we agreed that the phalanx that lagged behind saved the day with the timely intercept of the charging Serbian knights. It prevented potentially devastating flank attack against Elephants and continuation against the units that were fighting against Kurdish cavalry and Jannisaries. Not to mention that the Vlastela was then routed instead. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I got lucky when the earlier charge by the knights against flank of the phalanx did not result in the rout as well. It was quite possible but perhaps illustrates the necessity to attack from two directions at the same time. I am glad I sent the Thracians to the village for exactly such situations so that they could help when needed. Then I had them in the right position to stop Jannisaries in their tracks. Just to buy one more round of melee to win against the last of the Serbian knights.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plan on the Western flank also worked and I managed to outmanoeuvre Kurdish cavalry and catch Jannisaries in the attack from two sides. It would not have happened without the intercepting phalanx as well, so it is really interesting to play the game when single move had such far reaching consequences.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">While the actions near my camp where not as spectacular, the ability to block Sipahi from charging the camp was very important too. What is more, the annoying Javelinmen prevented them from inflicting damage on the pahalnx with the shooting as well!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was a very interesting battle from my perspective and I hope you enjoyed the battle report. As always, I am very interested in your comments on the game!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks for reading!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-85368104864675879902021-04-25T14:33:00.002+10:002021-04-25T14:33:55.937+10:00Game 158 - Ratkin - 2021/04/25<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GrHwv6nBifufr5dGk0FEK1T3Q8UA-GBNfR04Xb-MrzE3uOAC0JLqru-5el5yNSRHoH8gpsm2Ii0XHIlz2Idm4Zc47BTzoZ6t_EDXn8TXLr_qjdbn3_bHFFH4e7HzPD86tSK_N3NfpXiY/s956/Ratkin+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="956" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GrHwv6nBifufr5dGk0FEK1T3Q8UA-GBNfR04Xb-MrzE3uOAC0JLqru-5el5yNSRHoH8gpsm2Ii0XHIlz2Idm4Zc47BTzoZ6t_EDXn8TXLr_qjdbn3_bHFFH4e7HzPD86tSK_N3NfpXiY/w640-h482/Ratkin+2.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After I played against Ed and his Free Dwarfs, I had a fantastic opportunity to have a game with another prominent member of the Oxford Gaming Club - Simon aka laribord for those who play on Universal Battle 2. We have played against each other since the down of time but there was a bit of a break since our most recent encounter. It was thus great to organize a game again!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This time, Simon brought his Ratkin army. This is the faction I didn't play against often and Simon always adds a special flavour to the armies he designs. It was no different this time and I was really curious about this encounter. Let's check Simon's army in more detail:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Desert Rats - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nightmares Horde (N)</b>, Large Infantry, Blessing of the Gods - 265</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Shock Troops Regiment (S1)</b>, Infantry, <i>Heavy Halberds (Phalanx), Plague Pots</i> - 160<br /><b>Shock Troops Regiment (S2)</b>, Infantry, <i>Plague Pots</i> - 145<br /><b>Shock Troops Regiment (S3)</b>, Infantry, <i>Plague Pots</i> - 145<br /><b>Hackpaws Regiment (H),</b> Cavalry, <i>Maccwar's Potion of the Caterpillar</i> - 170<br /><b>Tunnel Runners (TR)</b>, Chariots, <i>Brew of Sharpness</i> - 245<br /><b>Vermintide* Regiment (V)</b>, Swarm, <i>Staying Stone</i> - 70</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Mutant Rat Fiend (MRF)</b>, Titan - 220<br /><b>Tangle[1] (T),</b> Titan - 160</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Weapon Team (WT)</b>, War Engine - 85</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Brood Mother (BM)</b>, Hero (Large Infantry) - 140<br /><b>Brute Enforcer (BE1)</b>, Hero (Large Infantry) - 75<br /><b>Brute Enforcer (BE2)</b>, Hero (Large Infantry) - 75<br /><b>Swarm-Crier (SC)</b>, Hero (Infantry) - 45</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;">This army has 14 elements, 12 of which are scoring and the combined unit strength for the army is 23. First surprise was that there was only a single horde in the entire army. For some reason, there is that image of the Rakin army where hordes of expendable rats are being herded forward, before weapon teams and elite troops can move in and finish the enemy.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">That was not the case here and the army looked smaller and more compact. That usually means that the units have some special abilities. It was a good assumption as the units Simon took for his force were either equipped with artefacts or had some interesting upgrades. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I must say I am a bit jealous that Ratkin army has so many options that either upgrade the units with additional abilities or they have auras that affect the regiments nearby. For example, Shock Troops have have Phalanx without losing any other of their skills and Plague Pots make them harder to hit for turn (either with ranged attacks or in melee). While units like Brood Mather and Tangle boost the morale of the regiments, increase the number of dice to cast spells with and add quite a few other abilities. I really like this type of indirect support that still requires the player to think and choose what and how to use for the best effect.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Another element that characterizes the army is the diversity of the units. Some of them are melee orientated, some provide support at range and some may do a bit of both. Such an army provides a fantastic opportunity to tailor the plan to particular enemy and scenario, makes it harder to predict and counter it. But it is also more difficult to use and I expected that the units need to co-ordinate their efforts well to achieve a success.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was worried about Nightmares, Mutant Rat Fiend and Tunnel Runners in particular. Nightmares are quite versatile on their own and provide the highest volume of ranged attacks I hoped to avoid. I thus needed to distract them early and seek an opportunity to eliminate them. If possible, I wanted to use some shooting to do so. Mutant Rat Fiend, as any unit with Regeneration, is a tricky opponent. I would expect it to be difficult to catch by more than one units of my own. Tunnel Runners had a lot of attacks and combined with Brew of Sharpness this looked like the hardest hitting unit in the army. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, the more compact composition of the army gave me some hope that it would not be able to cover the entire width of the battle field. In such circumstances, perhaps I should be able to have some openings on the flank to exploit. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is my army list for reference:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b>Outcasts - Army List</b></span></u></p><p><b>Stormwind Cavalry Regiment (S)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Chalice of Wrath</i> - 230<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG1)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG2)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Kindred Archers Regiment (A)</b>, Infantry - 120<br /><br /><b>Drakon Riders Regiment (DR1)</b>, Large Cavalry - 165<br /><b>Drakon Riders Regiment (DR2)</b>, Large Cavalry - 165<br /><br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1)</b>, Large Infantry - 120<br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS2)</b>, Large Infantry - 120<br /><br /><b>Silver Breeze* Troop (SB1)</b>, Cavalry - 130<br /><b>Silver Breeze* Troop (SB2)</b>, Cavalry - 130</p><p><b>Paul the King (K)</b>, Elven King, Hero(Cavalry), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Hann's Sanguinary Scripture, Sabre-Tooth Cat </i>- 155</span><br /><b>Dave the Drakon Lord (DL)</b>, Lord on Drakon, Hero(Large Cavalry) - 170<br /><b>Archibald the Archmage (A)</b>, Elven Archmage, Hero(Infantry), <i>Inspiring Talisman, Lighting Bolt (5)</i> - 115<br /><b>Arnold the Army Standard (AS)</b>, Army Standard Bearer, Hero(Infantry) - 60 <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The army has 14 elements, 11 of them are scoring and the total unit strength is 22. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Terrain</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5xw-r4Vu3c75fofUG8uBUjAyQbsXd4jtZi1Mo_KJF5Qup772GAMy4-xD7BEq-N80eeTHdhSFJuNeYa_fwP8gJB03Dfet64I54n6zwwqLWyEj87QClDhBLOJFyCylCaCl8sVshQm-1oeK/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Terrain.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5xw-r4Vu3c75fofUG8uBUjAyQbsXd4jtZi1Mo_KJF5Qup772GAMy4-xD7BEq-N80eeTHdhSFJuNeYa_fwP8gJB03Dfet64I54n6zwwqLWyEj87QClDhBLOJFyCylCaCl8sVshQm-1oeK/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Terrain.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Terrain Details.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Deployment and Scenario</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNUl5NsxOImupPFnsseceEj2f_F9AoH7lo09TzRptCSaROYJZ5r8UKPfoo1k8HChR4aSmTtJ8qfZz1_MjijRmEqCOWiss8NQDOES7TzLsDWRq0Yt_cMYBBPgQyFr_ADKGyKoz0lkNfwWW/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Deployment.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNUl5NsxOImupPFnsseceEj2f_F9AoH7lo09TzRptCSaROYJZ5r8UKPfoo1k8HChR4aSmTtJ8qfZz1_MjijRmEqCOWiss8NQDOES7TzLsDWRq0Yt_cMYBBPgQyFr_ADKGyKoz0lkNfwWW/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Deployment.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves vs Ratkin<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In this game we had Invade as a scenario. It is one of the classic scenarios and I actually quite like it for its simplicity. It does not mean, however, that is simple to achieve the goal! Our respective armies have the same number of units but Simon's has one more scoring unit and one more total unit strength. Thus I would need to achieve the advantage in the number of scoring units and unit strength during the course of battle to increase my chances of successful invasion. It may not be necessary, but it seemed to me it would definitely help.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I thought I have a bit of an advantage in shooting but only if I kept a distance. I also hoped to have a bit of a speed advantage but it also depended on how respective units are deployed. For example, Drakons could outpace Hackpaws and Stormwind would be faster than Chariots but only just. Even then it is not a guarantee that either of my units would be able to rout the foe on the charge. As always, I needed some help in the form of ranged attacks and try to set up the multiple charges.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thus, the plan was to focus the shooting on enemy shooters while they are too far to fight back. Then use my own fast units to charge weakened foes. If that works, then I should be able to create some holes in the enemy formation. I also deployed my Drakon Riders and Shamblers on the flanks to try and envelop Simon's army. Shamblers can Scout and that helps to keep up with the Drakons.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also wanted to use the hill to some advantage so I deployed Palace Guard behind it. I kept more fragile Silverbreeze and Drakons behind other units to have a mobile cover while they would still be able to see the targets.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When I saw how Simon has deployed I modified my plan to push a bit more on the centre left and keep the units on the right in check. I had a feeling it would be the game of cat and mouse (pun intended!) with both of us manoeuvring to try and achieve better position. :)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvX4Fx-Jyez8Q0r1a5ZxLjzxzPE5XqBYZge3mRpqYD6Ia4P3C7mEdmVXn0d_3u0tkdK9RyZMbzQiWWU4G1tEfXTdz9GO83akUHkGke1qYVonVv60H-SKgKqTkQXnq-wCBi_K1IxIj2vMX/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Deployment_Scouts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvX4Fx-Jyez8Q0r1a5ZxLjzxzPE5XqBYZge3mRpqYD6Ia4P3C7mEdmVXn0d_3u0tkdK9RyZMbzQiWWU4G1tEfXTdz9GO83akUHkGke1qYVonVv60H-SKgKqTkQXnq-wCBi_K1IxIj2vMX/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Deployment_Scouts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Deployment after Scouts moves.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Desert Rats - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjishYz-nfEbrOKLTq3R3cDzPnf3ZiMUmrsYhV_sBCbQ5njJGR1EKZQ8G8BBYpgPx5AxkLSt4vU-Ij-vxmD9v_acHnZNqRFQLnUK5XdqlH59oxA7YzR4yNPLDHhvi9QpPmj_rkE4iw0tuJ5/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_1_Ratkin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjishYz-nfEbrOKLTq3R3cDzPnf3ZiMUmrsYhV_sBCbQ5njJGR1EKZQ8G8BBYpgPx5AxkLSt4vU-Ij-vxmD9v_acHnZNqRFQLnUK5XdqlH59oxA7YzR4yNPLDHhvi9QpPmj_rkE4iw0tuJ5/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_1_Ratkin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ratkin army shows exceptional discipline!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Ratkin Army seized the initiative and moved forward towards the enemy. The battle line was was maintained with the perfect discipline, perfectly supervised by the watchful eyes of Brute Enforcers. That was not the typical horde of rat slaves Elves were facing but what seemed to be hand picked, elite army. At least according to Ratkin standards.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxUjFosrRoUTjdo1FicFVlO1RcULsyCEi4cGmdtsCpOwGNqtv0M7AEXo_ZBpLfNhYOioxL0qT-8NG3GuxoD1UdnQDbSE4QeGoe1Gbls6EJ-N1XuMzDmWyWi43q9emFm32bioTkKXVQcfi/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_1b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxUjFosrRoUTjdo1FicFVlO1RcULsyCEi4cGmdtsCpOwGNqtv0M7AEXo_ZBpLfNhYOioxL0qT-8NG3GuxoD1UdnQDbSE4QeGoe1Gbls6EJ-N1XuMzDmWyWi43q9emFm32bioTkKXVQcfi/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_1b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Secure the hill!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves responded by slow advance on the flanks and the move in the centre to secure the hill. The shooters then all aimed at the Nightmares in the open. Unfortunately for Elves, this salvo was not an example of the usual, famous Elven proficiency with bows.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Desert Rats - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBAGkTHvV3CVjMe2ucqsmrUfjI5oSwLwJbX3_Cbyp399gQ5yUkCBcyLy24RCEnB8C2wYbNCOu1dDrMnsJxj6Bm3-hkhqD0dZPJmkyY6zT39yYNezjbhk5F3MAQd_J40_6BMB98LbyiL2I/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_2_Ratkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBAGkTHvV3CVjMe2ucqsmrUfjI5oSwLwJbX3_Cbyp399gQ5yUkCBcyLy24RCEnB8C2wYbNCOu1dDrMnsJxj6Bm3-hkhqD0dZPJmkyY6zT39yYNezjbhk5F3MAQd_J40_6BMB98LbyiL2I/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_2_Ratkin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ratkin shoot back!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Ratkin army continued the advance but this time the units manoeuvred in a more complex pattern. Entire formation of Storm Troops cracked their Plague Pots and they were soon all covered by the green mist. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ratkin returned the favour and shot back at one of the Palace Guard regiments. This barrage was far more efficient than what Elves did. It was only thanks to the superiour training that the Palace Guard regiment held its ground.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNaPHes_uu-c7yuhIX6bDnxp1_vTnx2TEY9XZwpG3yqt9Rz6qG6V_O5qFLO6RXAd-AQlmgNWHUsGmhuIki2oVkT3qTnUnbTeccQT56bENq78RpuIJms4AL1Up5Bdlbrp75DLtkE2ofjVJ/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_2b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNaPHes_uu-c7yuhIX6bDnxp1_vTnx2TEY9XZwpG3yqt9Rz6qG6V_O5qFLO6RXAd-AQlmgNWHUsGmhuIki2oVkT3qTnUnbTeccQT56bENq78RpuIJms4AL1Up5Bdlbrp75DLtkE2ofjVJ/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_2b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Early Elven attacks.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves decided to gamble and attack simultaneously on multiple front despite the initial plan to wait patiently for the enemy to advance deeper. There were multiple targets to charge but none of those was an easy choice. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the end Elven regiments attacked in the following order. Forest Shamblers and the King charged the Shock Troops in Phalanx formation to block this regiment. However, their attacked was even more successful as they wavered the enemy, and that despite the toxic fumes still covering the foe.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then the Palace Guard regiment charged down the hill against the Nightmares and inflicted substantial damage as well. That opened the pathway for a combined attack of the second Palace Guard regiment and Stormwind cavalry. Shock Troops were not able to hold against such pressure and were routed. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Next, the Forest Shamblers blocked the Mutant-Rat-Fiend to allow the Drakon Riders to eliminate the Weapons Team. And last but not least, the shooters managed to waver the Vermintide. It was an excellent (although lucky!) outcome for Elves as it blocked the Tunnel Runners from charging in response.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Desert Rats - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPafd8IKCG-60tyegqfm8LfQeXskY74HpI7j7f5cpHa11_gvr1swGxhauX5F9r1hwNRKcq82I-seNLHM4RRFTeNuyCyGwkpP4YVNXj5lnnS58typ-ExFDoWNQXmwikEFUrQ7e7trIzdI4/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_3_Ratkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPafd8IKCG-60tyegqfm8LfQeXskY74HpI7j7f5cpHa11_gvr1swGxhauX5F9r1hwNRKcq82I-seNLHM4RRFTeNuyCyGwkpP4YVNXj5lnnS58typ-ExFDoWNQXmwikEFUrQ7e7trIzdI4/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_3_Ratkin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ratkin army counter attacks.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Although the result of the Elven attack was a bit surprising, the Ratkin regiments quickly counter-charged. Unfortunately for them, they only managed to destroyed already damaged Palace Guard and Forest Shamblers regiments on the right flank.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWklhR7owC1LJ5Jd1tlM69C6xQHzbSNHahajgCVb4snKYgLlItLIdgE5_pgF3ZQaIo4ncA-7oagfR-T0WvjwGvB0xo8HgIKU463h6XjcJEE65wgOUKnCbCFS6z5dQ9ezniXazObRCFjA-G/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_3b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWklhR7owC1LJ5Jd1tlM69C6xQHzbSNHahajgCVb4snKYgLlItLIdgE5_pgF3ZQaIo4ncA-7oagfR-T0WvjwGvB0xo8HgIKU463h6XjcJEE65wgOUKnCbCFS6z5dQ9ezniXazObRCFjA-G/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_3b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves win on the left flank.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves continued their offensive on the left flank. Using the opportunity where Shock Troops were either in a bad spot or already damaged, they pressed harder and two remaining regiments of Ratkin warriors perished. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">When the shooters eliminated Nightmares and Drakons helped Stormwind to capture Brood Mother, Elves seemed to succeed in winning on the left flank.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Desert Rats - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0e8AVbyiGbWmzursI1engPXS4Rg44s5uQg62dj_gUvWrDXjL7diea8ycsIUbw7hn-XuwmvQOz_mbACrxeErAqxEnC2q3LL__XBCJQ8nUAFAkwzSHo0dCof_kWZGA3eMdNxklvWVmTizB/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_4_Ratkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0e8AVbyiGbWmzursI1engPXS4Rg44s5uQg62dj_gUvWrDXjL7diea8ycsIUbw7hn-XuwmvQOz_mbACrxeErAqxEnC2q3LL__XBCJQ8nUAFAkwzSHo0dCof_kWZGA3eMdNxklvWVmTizB/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_4_Ratkin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ratkin's most powerful units in action.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;">However, Ratkin army still had their most powerful units fully intact and they were about to join the fight. Stormwind was the main target for the attack as both, the Mutant-Rat-Fiend and the Tunnel Runners charged against Elven knights. They were not able to hold against such an attack and perished.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Also the Drakon Riders regiment on the right flank was not able to hold its ground against Hackpaws and Brute Enforcer. In this situation, Elves were now under pressure as they lost some of the best attacking regiments and were not able to counter attack in force. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn0Apet6plYw8A2uXq0f0UljSUmLYP64YRoCGcuQqeie24lkOlr5jo-fj-993UTHFpKEUPNJkBZ256WxGI1-8XPKnYox60bvI6Srm32dV3kHnsxKBGJIabKJU_ylXJugoyeZ-gk9H0yvc/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_4b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn0Apet6plYw8A2uXq0f0UljSUmLYP64YRoCGcuQqeie24lkOlr5jo-fj-993UTHFpKEUPNJkBZ256WxGI1-8XPKnYox60bvI6Srm32dV3kHnsxKBGJIabKJU_ylXJugoyeZ-gk9H0yvc/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_4b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Surprise attack by the light brigade.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite the heavy losses in the centre of the battle field, Elves kept fighting on the flanks. Forest Shamblers and Palace Guard on the left charged the Tangle together and destroyed it. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Using the opening that the Tunnel Runners left, all light Elven troops charged the enemies on the left flank. In this way, they avoided the enemy chariots and were closer to invading enemy territory as well. Especially that the Drakon Lord got rid of the Vermintide and was ready to lend a helping hand.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Desert Rats - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lL4YAeO-MNWN8QjaRSGD3NW7dbZvd5XWHGBNXofqYOlPChDGD7iVOhalVuxOcNbFYVpzH7xdA2dsZVPQyageDFa-2dIGfhrmBXINoc9uvu95GnHuXWRp1-kMU97qdPjJ7pY6peWb8LOF/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_5_Ratkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lL4YAeO-MNWN8QjaRSGD3NW7dbZvd5XWHGBNXofqYOlPChDGD7iVOhalVuxOcNbFYVpzH7xdA2dsZVPQyageDFa-2dIGfhrmBXINoc9uvu95GnHuXWRp1-kMU97qdPjJ7pY6peWb8LOF/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_5_Ratkin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ratkin army is still dangerous!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;">Both armies suffered some significant losses by now but neither could afford to withdraw. Ratkin mounted another wave of attacks and while the Brute Enforcer finally managed to destroy stubborn Forest Shamblers, the rest of the charges resulted in wavering the enemies only.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94FaVvppGtsqiebFZ-r9UmJUnrMVdKL5p6eBzShutRiDtbFkPkamVsesXEdLhgD__tohJM2yq3XWpsvgJgYEkMq2ZYeM3pxSJXy0u-7EkrLI7hmHnJ9njO9JzXTwGyde8rZvSgP7I3XOv/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_5b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94FaVvppGtsqiebFZ-r9UmJUnrMVdKL5p6eBzShutRiDtbFkPkamVsesXEdLhgD__tohJM2yq3XWpsvgJgYEkMq2ZYeM3pxSJXy0u-7EkrLI7hmHnJ9njO9JzXTwGyde8rZvSgP7I3XOv/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_5b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves invade the enemy territory.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the left, Palace Guard sprinted forward deep into enemy territory while the Drakon Riders covered them. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the right, the combined attack of the Silverbreeze and Drakon Lord saw the Hackpaws defeated. The second unit of the Silverbreeze cavalry was not, however, able to impress the Brute Enforceer, even with a flank attack.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Desert Rats - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKthl8Go1WJzqzSreT9r9HlFyJLJUo2qZPtIKTEE-v42Z-Xo3Vpw8ur2V3VU-hCAft74938gylleB063DzrRX9wvLy6o5KYdueTGkQHJt4dyWpmmIXvm49RTkmhLr0zAkxg4xcunMyNPp/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_6_Ratkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKthl8Go1WJzqzSreT9r9HlFyJLJUo2qZPtIKTEE-v42Z-Xo3Vpw8ur2V3VU-hCAft74938gylleB063DzrRX9wvLy6o5KYdueTGkQHJt4dyWpmmIXvm49RTkmhLr0zAkxg4xcunMyNPp/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_6_Ratkin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves are running out of the units!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;">The Mutant-Rat Fiend and the Brute Enforcer charged the wounded Drakon Riders together and this time they were not able to hold their ground. Similarly, exposed Silverbreeze troop was no match for the Tunnel Runners.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Archers still held miraculously but Elves had very few units left.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW76SefEPyNIDPnbe2_k5kUkk50bbf0eVKa3uCLG6gzSSM4tj6bfTcIFroeUOOewwGqGPbuMSLB2KbP9Xm-l1Ll_1BtpTVdaIOtN0mB6Q3cgFd4ekubOCSd49V_7-66hlSzt90spx_NlZN/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_6b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW76SefEPyNIDPnbe2_k5kUkk50bbf0eVKa3uCLG6gzSSM4tj6bfTcIFroeUOOewwGqGPbuMSLB2KbP9Xm-l1Ll_1BtpTVdaIOtN0mB6Q3cgFd4ekubOCSd49V_7-66hlSzt90spx_NlZN/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_6b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">A few last fights.</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Palace Guard continued its march into enemy territory, also to avoid the attention of the Mutant-Rat-Fiend that picked up their scent and started chasing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the right flank, the Drakon Lord moved into enemy territory as well while Silverbreeze still was not able to get rid on one, stubborn Enforcer. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Desert Rats - Turn 7</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABxKT3QEj42XkT1F9SnqdE8XmUL8bpsBjnP1RP_VLBevXnxhcMMhANd_yHwfkBVat4w615_9fEI_gBJHc9E93HX3ehAAIX7QhbiuIC-DHa7jY1-KRMmYQUj4frqLIbDWe3UT_zyU7SA8E/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_7_Ratkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABxKT3QEj42XkT1F9SnqdE8XmUL8bpsBjnP1RP_VLBevXnxhcMMhANd_yHwfkBVat4w615_9fEI_gBJHc9E93HX3ehAAIX7QhbiuIC-DHa7jY1-KRMmYQUj4frqLIbDWe3UT_zyU7SA8E/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_7_Ratkin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ratkin army attempts to invade Elven territory as well.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, the remaining Ratkin army regiments were reminded about the objectives and rushed towards the Elven territory. While the Tunnel Rats managed to easily destroy Elven Archers, the last word belonged to Elves.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 7</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4vpG7HxH28vPQ2P343u0MFtnIaZnOzsbM_LBLSsJUiz_1H06eygQNsHmtJxk4O_i9YMpG6TRGS17joCBL8L70flYw6PU1-VrDPr93jVLHDX4lN1IDp9vK5xJ94f3LTHc-STJBXK1ijaI/s1024/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_7b_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4vpG7HxH28vPQ2P343u0MFtnIaZnOzsbM_LBLSsJUiz_1H06eygQNsHmtJxk4O_i9YMpG6TRGS17joCBL8L70flYw6PU1-VrDPr93jVLHDX4lN1IDp9vK5xJ94f3LTHc-STJBXK1ijaI/w640-h426/2021_04_22_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Ratkin_Turn_7b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Final attacks!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite all the efforts the Elven King put into hunting down the Brute Enforcer, he was not able to kill the beast in the end. Fortunately for Elves, Silver Breeze managed to do that and while it did not initially look like a big deal, it was the tipping point and shifted the balance into Elven favour at the very last moment.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Both armies suffered huge casualties but Elves emerged victorious. Just! And by the smallest of margins!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Summary</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdYakJQrLEkbSU2XZnn112hkog6rY3LGdx6_ecNr3mdFAaiTGa0TCD91y-A4uOadfFuJ3NlmcYmPM16jeBkGLnU8sH5RBSMDCZ5pF2DzPLbqDfX-a-G1hyphenhyphenvoobU5m-kjFFa7j2tlzyqHT/s1024/Summary.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdYakJQrLEkbSU2XZnn112hkog6rY3LGdx6_ecNr3mdFAaiTGa0TCD91y-A4uOadfFuJ3NlmcYmPM16jeBkGLnU8sH5RBSMDCZ5pF2DzPLbqDfX-a-G1hyphenhyphenvoobU5m-kjFFa7j2tlzyqHT/w640-h426/Summary.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After-battle</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Simon for a great game! It is always fun to play against Simon so I highly recommend that you reach out to him and see if he is available on Universal Battle 2.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I really like his army too! It is a bit deceptive as it does not seem to look that big. However, there are a lot tricks it can use and I am sure it is very rewarding when they work. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was another game where I was quite lucky and the one where the result was hanging in the balance until the very last moment. I actually thought it was a draw, only to realize that the Tunnel Runners regiment has the unit strength 2. Which means that killing that Brute Enforcer with Silverbreeze in turn 7 was what helped me win in the end.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, I think there were a few important situations and factors that contributed to the end result as well.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My initial shooting was very poor but it is perhaps due to the fact I kept my Silverbreeze cavalry behind the Palace Guard. Hitting on 5+ is never optimal, even with Elite. I think I should have kept the cavalry unobstructed for that first round of shooting. Although I am sure it would not have been enough to make much difference in the first round. Perhaps Weapons Team was a more suitable target?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In any case, I decided to attack despite the fact that Shock Troops benefited from Ensnare rule for that turn. However, I could still charge one of the units with two of my own and that paid off. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I didn't want to charge the one on the left with Drakon Riders, together with Forest Shamblers, even if that would have resulted in blocking the middle Shock Troop regiment. First, they had Phalanx so Drakons would have been affected. Second, I think Drakons would have ended up in the middle rather than on the left flank. And that would have made them the target for the charge. While my charge was more efficient than expected and counter attack was not, I think the odds were not in my favour to risk such attack.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite that, Simon consistently routed my units, especially with the Tunnel Runners, decreasing the initial advantage I gained n the left. Hence, it was very lucky that I "only" wavered Vermintide. That stopped Tunnel Runners from charging Silverbreeze cavalry, that foolishly ended up in their charge range.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Another important situation that helped me in this game was the opening in turn 4. I could avoid the Tunnel Runners and block the Hackpaws, as well as Brute Enforcer. While I lost 2 units in the process, it also meant I routed 2 enemies that would have otherwise counted as invading force.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And last but not least, the Mutant-Rat-Fiend chased after Palace Guard for one turn which helped a lot because it did not turn and moved into my territory in time. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">All these elements contributed to my victory so I need to come up with a more solid plan next time we play. While it is always good to be lucky it is hard to base any plans on good fortunes! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope you enjoyed this battle report. It looks like I may not be able to post any new for the time being as I haven't played and new games in the meantime. Hopefully, I will be able to return at some stage, sooner rather than later.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks for reading!<br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-52024266877767063962021-04-18T14:42:00.003+10:002021-04-18T19:22:46.743+10:00Game 157 - Free Dwarfs - 2021/04/18<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5p_R-IUtmGPl8vHXVNlJyBnsAHCC1l4VI6Y-YOBzPg_laD6hHgNiOvifs1YQQpOsbmhiRLXinjdLD8-filifT1VqFvuDtSHgJIW6Lr2ppJGaCfMSqCkS-EA6_sTsSgIXb51ecPTcS78q/s1483/Elves+vs+Free+Dwarfs.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1483" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5p_R-IUtmGPl8vHXVNlJyBnsAHCC1l4VI6Y-YOBzPg_laD6hHgNiOvifs1YQQpOsbmhiRLXinjdLD8-filifT1VqFvuDtSHgJIW6Lr2ppJGaCfMSqCkS-EA6_sTsSgIXb51ecPTcS78q/w640-h490/Elves+vs+Free+Dwarfs.PNG" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is the battle report from the very first game I played in 2021. Yes, I know, a bit late and I apologize to Ed, my opponent, that it took me so long to get back to our battle. However, I hope it was worth waiting for as I think the game was very interesting and was not resolved until the very end!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ed decided to use Free Dwarfs army this time. I still have the impression that this army is not quite popular and I was curious what would be Ed's approach to the composition. Here are the details:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Free Dwarfs - Army List</b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Earth Elementals Horde (EE1)</b>, Large Infantry, <i>Blade of Slashing</i> - 225<br /><b>Earth Elementals Horde (EE2)</b>, Large Infantry, <i>Mace of Crushing</i> - 225</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Free Dwarf Brock Riders Regiment (BR1)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Brew of Haste</i> - 215<br /><b>Free Dwarf Brock Riders Regiment (BR2)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Maccwar's Potion of the Caterpillar</i> - 215</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Mastiff Hunting Pack* Troop (M1)</b>, Swarm, Throwing Mastiff - 80<br /><b>Mastiff Hunting Pack* Troop (M2)</b>, Swarm, Throwing Mastiff - 80 <br /><b>Mastiff Hunting Pack* Troop (M3)</b>, Swarm, Throwing Mastiff - 80 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Craggoth & Kholearm [1], Greater Earth Elemental (GEE)</b>, Titan - 255</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Stone Priest (SP),</b> Hero (Infantry), <i>Darklord's Onyx Ring, Bane Chant(2), Martyr's Prayer(7) [1]</i> - 155<br /><b>Packmaster (P)</b>, Hero (Infantry), <i>Mastiff Munchberries [1]</i> - 100<br /><b>Berserker Lord (BL)</b>, Hero (Cavalry), <i>Blade of the Beast Slayer - </i>160<br /><b>Sveri Egilax on Hellbrock [1], </b>Hero (Large Cavalry) - 210</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;">This army has 12 units, 9 of which are scoring and the total unit strength is 17. You can tell that Ed is definitely a dog person :) <br /><br />I find the Throwing Mastiffs quite dangerous to my troops in particular. It is because their effective range is 18" (6" move + 12" ranged attack), exactly the same as the shooting range of Silverbreeze cavalry. Hence, my fast cavalry can be in the immediate danger if I chose to use it to shoot at the Mastiffs. I thus needed to make sure I can eliminate them before they release the Throwing Mastiffs.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is also important to rout them because otherwise they can be used as a shield for the more fragile Brock Riders, the main target for my shooting. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Speaking of which, Ed brought 2 regiments of those, one with Pathfinder and one with Brew of Haste. Combined with the Wild Charge (+1) special rule from Sveri, these regiments are quite fast. Only my fliers could outpace them. While taking the charge usually is not an option due the sheer number of attacks they have. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Earth Elementals, on the other hand, are quite opposite. They are slow but really tough. The only element they share with the Brock Riders is the fact that neither of them can be wavered. Ed assembled a very reliable army that would keep coming at you no matter what.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The element I noticed, however, was that the army has lower number of scoring units. What is more, Mastiffs and Brock Riders seemed to be good targets for shooting so I wanted to use that to my advantage. If I could eliminate these units with the combination of shooting and melee attacks and avoid slower Earth Elementals, perhaps I would have gained enough advantage in scoring units to win the scenario. Whichever that may be, it could be beneficial to increase that advantage.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here is my army list for comparison:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b>Outcasts - Army List</b></span></u></p><p><b>Stormwind Cavalry Regiment (S)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Chalice of Wrath</i> - 230<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG1)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG2)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Kindred Archers Regiment (A)</b>, Infantry - 120<br /><br /><b>Drakon Riders Regiment (DR1)</b>, Large Cavalry - 165<br /><b>Drakon Riders Regiment (DR2)</b>, Large Cavalry - 165<br /><br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1)</b>, Large Infantry - 120<br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS2)</b>, Large Infantry - 120<br /><br /><b>Silver Breeze* Troop (SB1)</b>, Cavalry - 130<br /><b>Silver Breeze* Troop (SB2)</b>, Cavalry - 130</p><p><b>Paul the King (K)</b>, Elven King, Hero(Cavalry), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Hann's Sanguinary Scripture, Sabre-Tooth Cat </i>- 155</span><br /><b>Dave the Drakon Lord (DL)</b>, Lord on Drakon, Hero(Large Cavalry) - 170<br /><b>Archibald the Archmage (A)</b>, Elven Archmage, Hero(Infantry), <i>Inspiring Talisman, Lighting Bolt (5)</i> - 115<br /><b>Arnold the Army Standard (AS)</b>, Army Standard Bearer, Hero(Infantry) - 60 <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The army has 14 elements, 11 of them are scoring and the total unit strength is 22. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Terrain</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpXbnt__Bo3Peu_U-nN2lwvlGSOWg9zUavcvDhYq4akALPZjYm5HK3IEyg198xv9hcSt2wVNE6D_cp9Hf9VacAt16ZqeDSzkOZt_dLWWxBRBr9qrDK58hl4q9ge38luodGLOEtJfQMomW/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Terrain.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpXbnt__Bo3Peu_U-nN2lwvlGSOWg9zUavcvDhYq4akALPZjYm5HK3IEyg198xv9hcSt2wVNE6D_cp9Hf9VacAt16ZqeDSzkOZt_dLWWxBRBr9qrDK58hl4q9ge38luodGLOEtJfQMomW/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Terrain.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Terrain Details<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Deployment and Scenario</span></b></u></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbhQJWd7wX7IxANri9uOV7W5ok2bSrsOjjOJImLQFg8vzhha_yZYty3cTlLD9okCPgwArf3z5XGUJKtOOUI7KEIR-5Mf6artTcCUsKJyErLlJO5QI5EWxB2M3MKb5egjEVKa9wwceEwt2/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Deployment.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbhQJWd7wX7IxANri9uOV7W5ok2bSrsOjjOJImLQFg8vzhha_yZYty3cTlLD9okCPgwArf3z5XGUJKtOOUI7KEIR-5Mf6artTcCUsKJyErLlJO5QI5EWxB2M3MKb5egjEVKa9wwceEwt2/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Deployment.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves vs Free Dwarfs</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In this game we played Control as the scenario. Interestingly, Ed deployed his army in a tight formation and completely neglected one of the flanks. I assumed he planned to control 4 out of 6 potential zones, which would still give him the victory. In particular if he could gain 2 points from my central deployment zone while denying the same to me.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I intended to continue with my initial plan to use the shooting to soften the enemy before the melee. Hence, I deployed my shooters in the centre as I thought I would have more flexibility in choosing the targets. It looked like I would do so by focusing on Mastiffs first. <br /><br />I must admit I did not quite anticipate that Ed would deploy his army only on one half of the battle field, so I started deploying wider. However, it allowed me to move one flank force faster and delay with the opposite one. Especially, that it would take some time for the Elementals to cross the distance between both deployment zones. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The full plan, thus, was to shoot down as many units as possible, use the freedom of movement on the left flank and eliminate Brock Riders regiments. In this way, I should have significant advantage in the number of scoring units I could use to disperse and control multiple zones by the end of the game.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's see if that worked!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03cRJ_6K3Md-djr1LTOHjc_xrcdbEQMSjv7piChBLvhWU-eLHQAG_UB5HhIiYKYuCd3VbD70KK3TgDclORmzUSMK5m2Q5zrlmm3d2A5jdmehZFDUVuurOqaOuv0PNSOM9TJEITRQVMrtT/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Deployment_scout.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03cRJ_6K3Md-djr1LTOHjc_xrcdbEQMSjv7piChBLvhWU-eLHQAG_UB5HhIiYKYuCd3VbD70KK3TgDclORmzUSMK5m2Q5zrlmm3d2A5jdmehZFDUVuurOqaOuv0PNSOM9TJEITRQVMrtT/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Deployment_scout.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Deployment of the armies after Scout moves.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Free Dwarfs - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46tkya8l_tQXEfcd5QEW0lWo5RQtya4Rq4wpFjhiknc7UgqCmPomSFV25R3l3jAuvgLu8IrZUsQuBLWzZNmrggv9QbAIVIBEvRK2f1G8u3cEMwh5YgZj3MTOpc8VBScFVP_orjyaOCaIX/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_1_Free_Dwarf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46tkya8l_tQXEfcd5QEW0lWo5RQtya4Rq4wpFjhiknc7UgqCmPomSFV25R3l3jAuvgLu8IrZUsQuBLWzZNmrggv9QbAIVIBEvRK2f1G8u3cEMwh5YgZj3MTOpc8VBScFVP_orjyaOCaIX/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_1_Free_Dwarf.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Dwarfs march forward.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Free Dwarfs moved forward at the steady pace. The Brock Riders moved patiently behind a few packs of Mastiffs. While the Earth Elementals shambled forward slowly but purposefully.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Craggoth & Kholearm spearheaded the advance on the Estern flank and got an early opportunity to use their ranged attacks. That surprised the Drakon Riders that did not expect any shooting just yet.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI32fpz2_yKjLA1I1ex8AUJX-6clHfB0A1CIi_FJQim9QpmiqCRn7318odHsKZBkISLbQtc_4xwvMPhRKVofx9DKrNvcyrUg3wwm_7-gknLMNrHYyEfyh1MTl_gRxi1scid1AONtcdhzbT/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_1_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI32fpz2_yKjLA1I1ex8AUJX-6clHfB0A1CIi_FJQim9QpmiqCRn7318odHsKZBkISLbQtc_4xwvMPhRKVofx9DKrNvcyrUg3wwm_7-gknLMNrHYyEfyh1MTl_gRxi1scid1AONtcdhzbT/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_1_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves begin with outflanking manoeuvre.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves used the opportunity that the forces on the Western flank had absolutely no opposition and begun their outflanking manoeuvre. At the same time the fast cavalry and archers focused on eliminating Mastiffs. One pack was routed and the second one suffered some minor damage.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The units on the Eastern flank moved backwards a little, to make sure they are not in range of the enemy.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Free Dwarfs - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2zxZTZyX85q6ZB4wGwE-oG492_iYr5Q4L94M4cqrihjWqglrBA_SHOZ_wdze22pxfA6YGH7-56EjZsmDLWL_5-9udi_gwSCpQQc7S4YwcD4PpCrm0KWq1OvOjKGnCd65LElhcbmEDbGY/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_2_Free_Dwarf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2zxZTZyX85q6ZB4wGwE-oG492_iYr5Q4L94M4cqrihjWqglrBA_SHOZ_wdze22pxfA6YGH7-56EjZsmDLWL_5-9udi_gwSCpQQc7S4YwcD4PpCrm0KWq1OvOjKGnCd65LElhcbmEDbGY/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_2_Free_Dwarf.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Who let the dogs out?!?<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /> </i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This time it was Dwarven turn to "shoot". The Mastiffs were unleashed and one of the Silverbreeze troops had to flee the battle, chased by the packs of vicious dogs.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The rest of the army advanced as normal, turning slightly towards the centre of the battle field.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCCzewD9tL6f3B8bQqgDokEedmrkd6pKXMt73Z1jcWpKI0Yg1Tb3YnFNHtgYthOYuz9jyScvvTBa92q67pxu8m04tjkJWxpmNuJQDoKY8gkjdLDvyoX-wU8mCrZjmk1fGM3nPcE4G4XrO/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_2_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCCzewD9tL6f3B8bQqgDokEedmrkd6pKXMt73Z1jcWpKI0Yg1Tb3YnFNHtgYthOYuz9jyScvvTBa92q67pxu8m04tjkJWxpmNuJQDoKY8gkjdLDvyoX-wU8mCrZjmk1fGM3nPcE4G4XrO/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_2_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Patience is a virtue!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves continued the plan execution knowing that it would pay off to be patient. Despite the loss of one of the Silverbreeze cavalry units, the shooting continued and one of the Mastiffs pack was wavered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The rest of the army continued outflanking (on the West) and withdrawing (on the East).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Free Dwarfs - Turn 3</span></span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJ9kTZlP0ZhZnQEnjzadHxEqnsFRCEvqbSKYnF8yYUwBQmk-q-pZ_UgYSMDlsm5CSo0ExBcSzqvgm4Wzi4PxNnRKiSUJev1Nuk-EHWleS9nU8Y7zfREJMUYIMMLMSH_wam2huWCO0Cp8m/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_3_Free_Dwarf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJ9kTZlP0ZhZnQEnjzadHxEqnsFRCEvqbSKYnF8yYUwBQmk-q-pZ_UgYSMDlsm5CSo0ExBcSzqvgm4Wzi4PxNnRKiSUJev1Nuk-EHWleS9nU8Y7zfREJMUYIMMLMSH_wam2huWCO0Cp8m/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_3_Free_Dwarf.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Earth Elementals stubbornly advance</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Earth Elementals kept advancing as there was really no other choice since Elves did not seem to want to commit to the fight. At the same time, Brock Riders did not move forward much, aware of the outflanking Elven forces. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Only the Packmaster stepped forward and released his personal pack of Mastiffs to attack the Silverbreeze cavalry.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOCblOWFnDtGNqLCp79fetWSvzbQh58IjQdeyzeCqsBiqCy7ilzvhzPvS9Tou_PhxPCSB3rpxHdsOYtTKYYgoYDgApBYd-4T4Qyu3GAGNGmYkOxDOCw303IG4tGi_PCfD7KZEkQrti1XW/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_3_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOCblOWFnDtGNqLCp79fetWSvzbQh58IjQdeyzeCqsBiqCy7ilzvhzPvS9Tou_PhxPCSB3rpxHdsOYtTKYYgoYDgApBYd-4T4Qyu3GAGNGmYkOxDOCw303IG4tGi_PCfD7KZEkQrti1XW/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_3_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Yet another round of shooting and avoiding combat.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves still did not want to commit to melee and kept shooting at their enemies. As a result, the second pack of Mastiffs was routed. The units on the Easter front moved back and Palace Guard braced for impact as it was not possible to avoid the attack of the Elementals anymore.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Free Dwarfs - Turn 4</span></u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb16RfXEscLU2B45-Nvd-PdSt-oOguwGSYf16zf68ehZNm0gNa2-VarOZfNg7IgAs72RVySD3NRp6Z-0cD4_BGZnxt_N9HtR5diVEM-I65OwWj0pRAgrSbHEou8Iv-epUMbrCa9cpJ1bk7/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_4_Free_Dwarf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb16RfXEscLU2B45-Nvd-PdSt-oOguwGSYf16zf68ehZNm0gNa2-VarOZfNg7IgAs72RVySD3NRp6Z-0cD4_BGZnxt_N9HtR5diVEM-I65OwWj0pRAgrSbHEou8Iv-epUMbrCa9cpJ1bk7/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_4_Free_Dwarf.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>First charges!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, Dwarven units were able to charge some enemies! On the East, the Elementals did not give a chance to the Palace Guard and routed the Elves quickly. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the West, the Brock Riders charged the Forest Shamblers but this regiment held its ground.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt1ZyR4UWmhLqAIVSauwZ4zB9BHTYMIOw4soJmSx-iEHzFCFnY_vJqfRvEgYvZJeqaXx_vSzQGzK-SiFgIBvx8QFTHXCda-wQldAZVqf9SIJDJdb4tPw4ePSVMZPP3Cn2t93BF0A6pges/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_4_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt1ZyR4UWmhLqAIVSauwZ4zB9BHTYMIOw4soJmSx-iEHzFCFnY_vJqfRvEgYvZJeqaXx_vSzQGzK-SiFgIBvx8QFTHXCda-wQldAZVqf9SIJDJdb4tPw4ePSVMZPP3Cn2t93BF0A6pges/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_4_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elven counter-attacks<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><br />If Elven army appeared to be idle, it has just made up for it. However, a lot of the attacks were blocking charges to allow other elements to continue the fight and reposition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First, the Forest Shamblers kept Brock Riders Busy and Drakon Riders distracting the Berserker Lord. Drakon Lord challenged Sveri to a personal combat while Palace Guard captured the Packmaster. All to allow Stormwind and Silverbreeze to get rid of the last Mastiffs pack. And with Silverbreeze and Archers blocking the path, Stormwind was free to counter any charge second Brock Riders would be willing to execute.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, Forest Shamblers, the King and Drakon Riders attacked the Elementals but the charge was a huge disappointment. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Free Dwarfs - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2ttO80KN78TQ31VdkgWZnpHzdbF-28P3XCDsQYXrviqSRz7nYSSgQfDT6pPDHHmiL0BVTs5wq5eEioWBLnm1HMX6_DSMPvSVek1sTK-R58_CabU1_pfcDnyFkWm2ZBU_oSlB64cf20TZ/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_5_Free_Dwarf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2ttO80KN78TQ31VdkgWZnpHzdbF-28P3XCDsQYXrviqSRz7nYSSgQfDT6pPDHHmiL0BVTs5wq5eEioWBLnm1HMX6_DSMPvSVek1sTK-R58_CabU1_pfcDnyFkWm2ZBU_oSlB64cf20TZ/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_5_Free_Dwarf.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves lose a lot of units!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The next wave of the Dwarven attacks proved to be quite devastating. Elves lost no less than 4 units and the attack on the East was powerful in particular. Craggoth & Kholearm attacked the Elven King who was not able to hold his ground. The momentum allowed Craggoth & Kholearm to smash into the flank of the Forest Shamblers and destroy them as well. Nearby Drakon Riders did not stand a chance either, as they were attacked by another horde of Elementals from the most vulnerable direction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 5</span></u></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04iyXPB4cJV3fRjRPLJDdq-6NadNtSx-4udnWwYODeTudQDKhNNztWuqLx9UPY3cBi95joyD7kHOcKKaMOfCQhlbKMENmaVzoRZa9TrVkEQoA_lNuKJYazNCq4s3Gcm-61DyKTqrCjgBs/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_5_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04iyXPB4cJV3fRjRPLJDdq-6NadNtSx-4udnWwYODeTudQDKhNNztWuqLx9UPY3cBi95joyD7kHOcKKaMOfCQhlbKMENmaVzoRZa9TrVkEQoA_lNuKJYazNCq4s3Gcm-61DyKTqrCjgBs/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_5_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves do not give up!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite the heavy losses, Elves were not without the options to punch back. Palace Guard and Archers attacked Sveri, that resulted in significant damage inflicted. What is more, it allowed Elven unit to escape Elementals (for now!) and move to control enemy territory!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Stormwind cavalry was in a difficult spot so it had to take the gamble. The Elven knights charged Brock Riders, routed them and had enough of the momentum to move away from the charge range of the Elementals as well!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Free Dwarfs - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk54baCx_5uxkAXgV1XaSmw3rh6_ROyxh-3-AthytfH_alYRhBjgtjdXRUUowzlmSiQykkSNDytdczWHn4W8G9sAWfrXDvn2Seewk9iWLr-UROIiZjv2C8Q7igWROThBqVCHm0eKXiwwRy/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_6_Free_Dwarf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk54baCx_5uxkAXgV1XaSmw3rh6_ROyxh-3-AthytfH_alYRhBjgtjdXRUUowzlmSiQykkSNDytdczWHn4W8G9sAWfrXDvn2Seewk9iWLr-UROIiZjv2C8Q7igWROThBqVCHm0eKXiwwRy/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_6_Free_Dwarf.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elementals surge to join the fight!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was quite a peculiar situation. Elves were losing units fast but were still in a good fighting position. Dwarfs, and Elementals in particular, took much less damage, but were a bit too far from the action. It was thus only the Brock Riders that succeeded in routing another enemy unit. While both, Berserker Lord and Sveri were not able to inflict sufficient amount of damage to destroy their foes.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The only hope was if Elementals were surged by the Stone Priest far enough to join the fight. Unfortunately for Dwarfs, they failed to do so.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVZcewi4sZHVxIR_hH29Z38rbxhn3PyRj4R_z1SLZlzfddgriGmfxkGNFSE5D8VEexUalff25AQgJ5kI8kF_fob6pXdgu0F2aZr1XuYIlbmAxw6qC8CUF_Jhw-nIv5b8cEU0Melj-vyHX/s1024/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_6_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVZcewi4sZHVxIR_hH29Z38rbxhn3PyRj4R_z1SLZlzfddgriGmfxkGNFSE5D8VEexUalff25AQgJ5kI8kF_fob6pXdgu0F2aZr1XuYIlbmAxw6qC8CUF_Jhw-nIv5b8cEU0Melj-vyHX/w640-h426/2021_04_15_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Free_Dwarfs_Turn_6_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Lucky Elves!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It looked like the fight was at a stalemate at this stage. Elven regiments fought hard but the stubborn Dowarven heroes refused to give ground! There were no more losses on the Dwarven side however, somehow, Elves managed to steal the victory from them!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When the dust settled and both armies disengaged to re-group it turned out that Elves achieved marginal tactical advantage and could claim the victory.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Summary</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22pGXZoAtO5Rz8JNA4PkriyGCwah3d7UGZCMdyRc7TDTkowl6AX7vCIlJ41cR_B3Y7tu7Y16toQjmekwQdjNpPMGOGi_jtUdENWjhugwJHmkKqvn5m9nF1t6eGykLUxSSTIYF7jeTcjix/s1024/Summary.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22pGXZoAtO5Rz8JNA4PkriyGCwah3d7UGZCMdyRc7TDTkowl6AX7vCIlJ41cR_B3Y7tu7Y16toQjmekwQdjNpPMGOGi_jtUdENWjhugwJHmkKqvn5m9nF1t6eGykLUxSSTIYF7jeTcjix/w640-h426/Summary.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After-battle</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Ed for a great game! It was fantastic to play again and it was the type of battle I wanted to open new year with! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I must admit I thought I actually lost the game and only after the roll for 7th turn was made and we started to look at the situation, Ed mentioned that it may be my victory. I was really lucky here, because turn 7 would definitely shift things back to Ed's favour.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope Ed will be able to provide some comments from his end (provided he still remembers that game! He had many more after this one for sure :)), so at this stage I am going to focus on my side of the battle.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">One of the reasons I delayed any action was because I did not manoeuvre well on the Western flank. In particular, the way Forest Shamblers and Drakon Riders blocked each other more than helped and supported the other regiment was the reason the advance was slow there. The main mistake I made there was to position Drakon Riders in a way that did not allow me to attack together with Forest Shamblers against Brock Riders. I could only attack with one or the other but not both (this is due to the relative position of the respective leader points).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also think I could do better with delaying actions on the East. After looking at the situation again, I think I could do better by charging with the King against the Elementals in turn 3. This would stop them from charging the Palace Guard together with the Greater Earth Elemental and would give me better chance to hold both units for one more turn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Second, instead of charging the flank of the Elementals with the Drakons in Turn 4, I think I could fly to the side to avoid Greater Earth Elemental but still be out of range of the second horde of the Elementals. In this way, I could have that unit annoying the enemies by just being there. And either be able to attack or fly to another zone to make sure I control it. In particular if we ended up with turn 7.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The fact that Stormwind cavalry advanced far enough to avoid being charged and as a result, contested the control over this zone was very lucky. In addition, Elementals falling short with Surge against the Archers was also lucky for me. Because of that I could control the top right zone.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I guess it shows that sometimes you just need to be lucky! I am sure next time we play the dice will favour Ed to make things equal!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks for reading!<br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-7425057856910540812021-04-11T21:38:00.001+10:002021-04-11T21:38:46.501+10:00Game 156 - Basileans - 2021/04/11<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTASNE_gtYzYSUaO1J3LOiQLi3GZC6mFcEaNL1oumnhXVG1WGYAax8yfcpnCD1CBokf8HCVgBQSjBbfj55bZB4MoElDpzkFoV_GP1nGUKztJecO14oRnBFI6adjIQ3NZhB2ok2JODzUrnG/s1540/Picture1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1540" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTASNE_gtYzYSUaO1J3LOiQLi3GZC6mFcEaNL1oumnhXVG1WGYAax8yfcpnCD1CBokf8HCVgBQSjBbfj55bZB4MoElDpzkFoV_GP1nGUKztJecO14oRnBFI6adjIQ3NZhB2ok2JODzUrnG/w640-h468/Picture1.png" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the last round of the Rage of Isolation 4 online tournament, played on <a href="https://universalbattle2.com/">Universal Battle 2</a> I played against Yan. I had a great pleasure to play against him a few times in the past, although not yet in person. All our games were online. Yan brought a difference force each time and this tournament was no different. While expected either Herd or the Empire of Dust, Yan decided to try out some Basileans instead. I got an impression he really just wanted to play with this enormous Paladin Knights Horde! And some Elohi! And a Phoenix! And some Living Legends!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Basileans - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Paladin Knights Horde (PK)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Brew of Strength</i> - 395<br /><b>Ogre Palace Guard Horde (OPG)</b>, Large Infantry, Staying Stone - 240</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Men-at-Arms Swordsmen (S1)</b>, Infantry - 105<br /><b>Men-at-Arms Swordsmen (S2)</b>, Infantry - 105<br /><b>Elohi Regiment (E1)</b>, Large Infantry - 160<br /><b>Elohi Regiment (E2)</b>, Large Infantry - 160</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gur Panthers* (GP1)</b>, Cavalry - 85<br /><b>Gur Panthers* (GP2)</b>, Cavalry - 85 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Phoenix (P1)</b>, Titan - 195<br /><br /><b>Gnaeus Sallustis[1] (GS)</b>, Hero (Large Cavalry) - 180<br /><b>Samacris, Mother of Phoenixes[1] (S3)</b>, Hero (Large Infantry) - 195<br /> <b>Priest (P2)</b>, Hero (Infantry), Bane Chant (2) - 95<br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;">This army has 12 elements, 11 of them are scoring and the total units strength is 22. It is probably not surprising that the first unit that attracted my attention is the horde of Paladin Knights. It is truly an armoured juggernaut. With 36 attacks and Brew of Strength that grants Crushing Strength (1) on top of the Thunderous Charge (2), this unit can steam-roll everything I have in my army. Even if attacked first or forced to charge through terrain, it has sufficient amount of attacks to do the job. It can be defeated, of course, but in order to do that I would need to take care of a few elements of the army first. This is to have the freedom of movement required to engineer all out attack against such a beast.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Knights are not the only powerful unit in Yan's army though. Ogre Palace Guard also hits very hard. Elohi are very dangerous, especially when attacking from the flank and can easily block my own Drakon Riders. The same is true about Gnaeus, the Living Legend.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The army has a very good healing ability. The Priest, the Phoenix and Samacris, all have Heal spell. Combined with the Radiance of Life from the last two and Iron Resolve across the army, this force can recover some damage quite fast. That meant that the effect of my ranged attacks that I may use to soften up the enemy before the melee, may be mitigated. However, I would still do so if only to provide Yan with a dilemma, to heal or to use his own ranged attacks!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In general, the plan I had for this battle was as follows. Engage and eliminate Gur Panthers and Elohi as the fastest elements in the enemy army so that they would not interfere with the movement of my own force. Avoid the knights, and to some extend the Ogres, for as long as it is possible. Unless there is an opportunity to launch a coordinated charge of sever units at the same time.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My army for the reference:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b>Outcasts - Army List</b></span></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Stormwind Cavalry Regiment (S)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Chalice of Wrath</i> - 230<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG1)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG2)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Kindred Archers Regiment (A)</b>, Infantry - 120<br /><br /><b>Drakon Riders Regiment (DR1)</b>, Large Cavalry - 165<br /><b>Drakon Riders Regiment (DR2)</b>, Large Cavalry - 165<br /><br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1)</b>, Large Infantry - 120<br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS2)</b>, Large Infantry - 120<br /><br /><b>Silver Breeze* Troop (SB1)</b>, Cavalry - 130<br /><b>Silver Breeze* Troop (SB2)</b>, Cavalry - 130<br /><br /><b>Paul the King (K)</b>, Elven King, Hero(Cavalry), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Hann's Sanguinary Scripture, Sabre-Tooth Cat </i>- 155</span><br /><b>Dave the Drakon Lord (DL)</b>, Lord on Drakon, Hero(Large Cavalry) - 170<br /><b>Archibald the Archmage (A)</b>, Elven Archmage, Hero(Infantry), <i>Inspiring Talisman, Lighting Bolt (5)</i> - 115<br /><b>Arnold the Army Standard (AS)</b>, Army Standard Bearer, Hero(Infantry) - 60</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The army has 14 elements, 11 of them are scoring and the total unit strength is 22.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Terrain</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-QZHa6345j5xo7WqJSLKBxDcWmSDUW7PUJglp-bjuONvbXIA4kqeDdU8gJT6G1yK_IxmCc5ercxW35pu6qQLJpfw_SfphIcDBUZagsvnZFx8ZMvEVQwiTAQoKTua3DsHloJSKMdaavQu/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Terrain.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-QZHa6345j5xo7WqJSLKBxDcWmSDUW7PUJglp-bjuONvbXIA4kqeDdU8gJT6G1yK_IxmCc5ercxW35pu6qQLJpfw_SfphIcDBUZagsvnZFx8ZMvEVQwiTAQoKTua3DsHloJSKMdaavQu/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Terrain.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Terrain Details<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Deployment and Scenario</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74mGa42YvDZBxYwHpVE-W7fodGQqOipmUqL0zJXty56Po_hmzaxO2Yx9DJCKQ7eTZGf3rFiOIBKM2jR-yz9nNU6yAYVlgKaaJlTgGVVPya5hlVIpWeHUj7EsiTD2ZL-RjbkrzUZr5xaGa/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Deployment.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74mGa42YvDZBxYwHpVE-W7fodGQqOipmUqL0zJXty56Po_hmzaxO2Yx9DJCKQ7eTZGf3rFiOIBKM2jR-yz9nNU6yAYVlgKaaJlTgGVVPya5hlVIpWeHUj7EsiTD2ZL-RjbkrzUZr5xaGa/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Deployment.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves vs Basileans - Deployment of the Armies<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;">In the last round we played Control as a scenario. I must admit I expected the knightly horde to be deployed dead centre and simply stomp everything in front of it, while it was trotting towards my deployment zone. Because of that I decided to place my shooters in the middle. Silver Breeze had a good chance to move away from the knights, while all ranged attacks had a good view on many targets thanks to open centre. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also grouped Drakon Riders, Palace Guard and Forest Shamblers to threaten the flanks and be able to control some territory, even if I lost my own centre in the process. <br /><br />When I saw the Ogres in the centre and the knights on the flank, I decided to position my own Stormwind cavalry on the opposite side. In this way we would most likely try to overwhelm respective stronger flanks and whoever would be successful first, would be in better position to control enemy deployment zone. And potentially threaten the rest of the enemy force too. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisk779j60rdD5pco8cLnEh_k4Z5WnDdhb0CzGrqjXHuFzp7zdWGA-u4q3hD7-jqjq5mqmzw-iUVkfD4J_oCT6siqoD2fGLLrv8_040yZr1LuUN2CmeHn5Dggl72F_WL30joEpLyDyu_JX1/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Deployment_scout.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisk779j60rdD5pco8cLnEh_k4Z5WnDdhb0CzGrqjXHuFzp7zdWGA-u4q3hD7-jqjq5mqmzw-iUVkfD4J_oCT6siqoD2fGLLrv8_040yZr1LuUN2CmeHn5Dggl72F_WL30joEpLyDyu_JX1/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Deployment_scout.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Deployment of the armies after Scout moves.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNM9md6H4_UsPvHXP7nMeqcDOXVO8aviFuXYAoYM6bXnrjTPoijp7yPmqDhdrtBUndlbvEsSAG6Hz4_dV0A2sTx1OZKJe7OMA-NtYVBEsOIs1fsgsJWS0-WH50FTmmiTqFM5prbnX_ZpG6/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_1_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNM9md6H4_UsPvHXP7nMeqcDOXVO8aviFuXYAoYM6bXnrjTPoijp7yPmqDhdrtBUndlbvEsSAG6Hz4_dV0A2sTx1OZKJe7OMA-NtYVBEsOIs1fsgsJWS0-WH50FTmmiTqFM5prbnX_ZpG6/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_1_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves attempt to seize the initiative.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves attempted to seize the initiative and moved forward first. There were a lot of targets to choose from but for now, Elves focused their ranged attacks on the Swordsmen on the centre left. The barrage unnerved the human soldiers and their sergeants were now busy restoring the order.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Basileans - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkywnjeSgRXpAn_gq35LcPfyubfCxvReIWC7yPqtKjCjtmwsyzeYzn3-QsaOc6-Os4DNgbjOWXMYcuMimPiRyUE_yeDDFNmgT62BlCCh809Z6D8ZvWx0O7rYdf6FAFvZXqqw9s3IvJr1L/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_1b_Basilea.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkywnjeSgRXpAn_gq35LcPfyubfCxvReIWC7yPqtKjCjtmwsyzeYzn3-QsaOc6-Os4DNgbjOWXMYcuMimPiRyUE_yeDDFNmgT62BlCCh809Z6D8ZvWx0O7rYdf6FAFvZXqqw9s3IvJr1L/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_1b_Basilea.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Healing powers of the Basileans.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Basileans moved forward as well but in a more cautious way. The Paladin Knights led the way, as expected, with the units in the centre only re-adjusting their positions. Then the healing powers were invoked and the damaged Swordsmen were restored to their full strength!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigK-u5nGkGewQOyAXh_ejo_6ivxnIdClj7SGvi9x-yb4d778-sxxuCwnBeCHRT4G-pDbQ0a0DCh_Xe45mGgOPDIwvpOq8Hyb0b5UT2MDibmqGCS_POlE3ptuXoNrkRwNBMMztQnNT8ogK2/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_2_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigK-u5nGkGewQOyAXh_ejo_6ivxnIdClj7SGvi9x-yb4d778-sxxuCwnBeCHRT4G-pDbQ0a0DCh_Xe45mGgOPDIwvpOq8Hyb0b5UT2MDibmqGCS_POlE3ptuXoNrkRwNBMMztQnNT8ogK2/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_2_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Pre-emptive attacks.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Elven King spurred his steed and rode all by himself to disrupt enemy battle line. He attacked the second unit of the Swordsmen and that charge surprised them greatly.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">At the same time the Drakon Riders attacked lonely Gnaeus in order to stop him from advancing to the flank of their formation.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The shooters did not give up and let lose another volley at the same target. This time it was too much for the Swordsmen and they fled the battle.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Basileans - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aO799wmnvG9o6icMScjCYKcctNMxsQ3P4qVc9_bJeZ7RJBhtIbdhpfC8siMQhVhX8lL-fIzryWP_zgFWem0zWJiBUFL-1rMkilFAk1Rq0JX-m3oxkjpYZEKSDTN0i1tBaQBeAMZRpeKz/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_2b_Basilea.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aO799wmnvG9o6icMScjCYKcctNMxsQ3P4qVc9_bJeZ7RJBhtIbdhpfC8siMQhVhX8lL-fIzryWP_zgFWem0zWJiBUFL-1rMkilFAk1Rq0JX-m3oxkjpYZEKSDTN0i1tBaQBeAMZRpeKz/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_2b_Basilea.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Basileans strike back!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">There were fast troops in the Basilean army too and these were unleashed to intercept the Elven Drakon Riders in particular. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The regiment on the Western flank was routed by the combined efforts of Gnaeus and Elohi. The one on the East pinned down the Palace Guard while nearby Panthers grounded the Drakon Riders.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then the Phoenix and Samacris spotted Silver Breeze troop that was further away from their leaders. Nimble Elven warriors were engulfed in flames and the survivors fled the battle.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsiy1KUUxS3VG_uffVxNij4MAQ-Ae4AmkiSKIV5xLDZ7_iM10-84MHDYHIFXW_5AFngKf7VN7QAX5Sh7AEavgP8n1nx6ypiFlHM3ATfuZnPBzbrvGQddpoXzaEDnKody1VtGAmA4-UKfI/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_3_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsiy1KUUxS3VG_uffVxNij4MAQ-Ae4AmkiSKIV5xLDZ7_iM10-84MHDYHIFXW_5AFngKf7VN7QAX5Sh7AEavgP8n1nx6ypiFlHM3ATfuZnPBzbrvGQddpoXzaEDnKody1VtGAmA4-UKfI/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_3_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The exchange of blows continues.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves continued their attack on the Western flank and routed the Elohi in return while Gnaeus was badly wounded by the Palace Guard. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The remaining Silver Breeze and the Archmage moved away from the centre and shot down the Panthers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The fight on the East was not as successful. The Drakon Riders who counter-charged the Panthers only wavered the big cats. And the combined efforts of the Palace Guard and the Forest Shamblers did not rout the Elohi, despite the flank charge of the Shamblers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Basileans - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlN9PRHsxf7br5Ko6geqSmaNJwQJHC6kpHtFzluB-KzUE2y4UJoK_zhMS0FNEiFU5lcx1d2gtz_R8ZwjCZNbscEFON2meOWCWxamY8zthHffIGclBlcQ-5Aw1Q_dTwuCYTMKFJN4uZmrB/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_3b_Basilea.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlN9PRHsxf7br5Ko6geqSmaNJwQJHC6kpHtFzluB-KzUE2y4UJoK_zhMS0FNEiFU5lcx1d2gtz_R8ZwjCZNbscEFON2meOWCWxamY8zthHffIGclBlcQ-5Aw1Q_dTwuCYTMKFJN4uZmrB/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_3b_Basilea.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Basileans press forward on the Eastern front.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;">Paladin Knights had the first opportunity to charge the enemy and poor Forest Shamblers were in a very bad spot too. They were routed quickly. Fortunately for Elves, the Palace Guard held its ground against another attack of the Elohi.<br /><br />The Phoenixes charged this time and while the younger one distracted the Archers, Samacris failed to do any damage against the Drakon Riders.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpevCargUbTjxIWNtEaSDxqLh6-dNzfa08p8JPiVJcuseZKfmbMz6UNexH9Hl5K6OPBijKnA3so1AGr_Q_yFffgc_e0maea9F5MZk8-2mx0jv9uFhyHlKlLZ1lVUqrn7fCHQHHuXty3gs/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_4_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpevCargUbTjxIWNtEaSDxqLh6-dNzfa08p8JPiVJcuseZKfmbMz6UNexH9Hl5K6OPBijKnA3so1AGr_Q_yFffgc_e0maea9F5MZk8-2mx0jv9uFhyHlKlLZ1lVUqrn7fCHQHHuXty3gs/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_4_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elven powerful attacks.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Elves mounted a series of very successful attacks. Gnaeus had to withdraw after his trusted mount took a few arrows and lightning bolts too many to protect his master. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">There were a few counter attacks in the centre where Elves tried to tie down the enemies. And last but not least, the Palace Guard on the East won the duel against the Elohi.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It all could look quite well for the Elves if not for a few crucial mistakes.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Basileans - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KODVVeGoAYh2mnyKlwd-FxikFEkuE4CP9B_-5JO6_p72ToNomAKXrO7ZiWYKAfISPK-pbY39coGsNx_Nqg6vC0t2JKlumx7ofSYXuvoDTUDjk16CT-KJbmaVWuqfXDs721e00dqfNC1D/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_4b_Basilea.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KODVVeGoAYh2mnyKlwd-FxikFEkuE4CP9B_-5JO6_p72ToNomAKXrO7ZiWYKAfISPK-pbY39coGsNx_Nqg6vC0t2JKlumx7ofSYXuvoDTUDjk16CT-KJbmaVWuqfXDs721e00dqfNC1D/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_4b_Basilea.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves are losing on the East.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: justify;">While the Palace Guard accepted the grim fate of fighting against the Paladin Knights on their own, the Archers were surprised by the charge of the Ogres. Both Elven regiments perished as a result of the uneven fight.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3XEHrHRMT3xZ_lBLSJOfdxOmPRl-6cVEdbXe15EpPcUBIuzWJRCJ_JQhoxrtS-HTtIh2x9MFI6nsCL4bRqLN8w8kwuNIUbkfcSofDQpdAxAABNnaJ9DU3NNvi1mhGFL449nzZ8pIR-3e/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_5_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3XEHrHRMT3xZ_lBLSJOfdxOmPRl-6cVEdbXe15EpPcUBIuzWJRCJ_JQhoxrtS-HTtIh2x9MFI6nsCL4bRqLN8w8kwuNIUbkfcSofDQpdAxAABNnaJ9DU3NNvi1mhGFL449nzZ8pIR-3e/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_5_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves don't give up!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite the losses, Elves had some good options to attack and gained control of the enemy's deployment zone. Stormwind cavalry defeated Basilean Swordsmen while combined attack of the Drakon Lord, the King and Forest Shambelers made the Phoenix disappear. No doubt it would be reborn again but at least it would not participate in this battle.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Basileans - Turn 5</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUGnhiU2b29rUD4_WMgwB44ljYArcI1FwWIs2kkr2xLzsTf-bI6Ec9-MXZSzeiGbdbmJ-tLBeQIrzYl4CpO5hI0cxdGM1hWSXJPZ_XOrZxePiQnWju1z1atdlQcZmPGAMYbHBF4HZlliX/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_5b_Basilea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUGnhiU2b29rUD4_WMgwB44ljYArcI1FwWIs2kkr2xLzsTf-bI6Ec9-MXZSzeiGbdbmJ-tLBeQIrzYl4CpO5hI0cxdGM1hWSXJPZ_XOrZxePiQnWju1z1atdlQcZmPGAMYbHBF4HZlliX/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_5b_Basilea.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Basileans capitalize on Elven mistakes.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Basileans quickly capitalized on the mistakes of the Elven regiments. The Ogres charged the Stormwind cavalry while Paladin Knights made sure to get rid of the Forest Shamblers. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">While the battle has not been decided yet, Elves were on the back foot now.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvFI6wqVfet07iXfb_SH4MvGMBd7K9uKiprS0DJEO3PiEK7lyxrtM5lWo7UuBiYQo9V1KlpeD-K-3Qs5JxoPD0xVAFVsExvPEBny6dtTVpnB24f3BOLRpH8sKHRZ81s0fJS-wjmpOaGMD/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_6_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvFI6wqVfet07iXfb_SH4MvGMBd7K9uKiprS0DJEO3PiEK7lyxrtM5lWo7UuBiYQo9V1KlpeD-K-3Qs5JxoPD0xVAFVsExvPEBny6dtTVpnB24f3BOLRpH8sKHRZ81s0fJS-wjmpOaGMD/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_6_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elven attempts to control the territory.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Although the situation looked bad, Elves still had a chance to control the territory. Hence, the Palace Guard moved to one of the zones, Silverbreez remained where they were and Drakons flew to another.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Stormwind attempted to do some damage against the Ogres but it was not sufficient to rout the enemy. Now they had to brace for impact.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Basileans - Turn 6</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyc_KeElFJwuS4PcSsT72xAy004LwM7lUvPpEvD0KdVY-yMlI3be75awllY5PjitQuFy9Qmd59-xosZuiWQh5xvFUoczPpwzx0nCVYHmn0vJLme9c7gQtqMDi14jqbCdgp6XQw3mYh95TJ/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_6b_Basilea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyc_KeElFJwuS4PcSsT72xAy004LwM7lUvPpEvD0KdVY-yMlI3be75awllY5PjitQuFy9Qmd59-xosZuiWQh5xvFUoczPpwzx0nCVYHmn0vJLme9c7gQtqMDi14jqbCdgp6XQw3mYh95TJ/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_6b_Basilea.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Elves lose their heavy cavalry.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately for Elves, the Ogres did not give any chance for the Stormwind cavalry and Elven knights perished. Elves still controlled enough territory to deny the Basileans the victory. But the humans did not intend to stop and continued the fight.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 7</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWBs8hTBtC8adI60lOJ_-Dxzr3xIF2moyDx8Wp8IuFZoiP0T41w8ZRhP6Qu1pQpvmLR7ICb8nWSCPuNxyWvv6XKVfvH8-oMWiYSbpzXQflccYYKVCPjZOgud8rNpjauNVpUU-YnVxaQIt/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_7_Outcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWBs8hTBtC8adI60lOJ_-Dxzr3xIF2moyDx8Wp8IuFZoiP0T41w8ZRhP6Qu1pQpvmLR7ICb8nWSCPuNxyWvv6XKVfvH8-oMWiYSbpzXQflccYYKVCPjZOgud8rNpjauNVpUU-YnVxaQIt/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_7_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Last salvos of the Elven army.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">At this stage Elves focused on just maintaining the distance and some ranged attacks that proved to be insufficient to rout the Ogres. And yet again, Elves made a crucial mistake that was about to cost them the battle!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Basileans - Turn 7</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7L9liky0YRRCcUDSsgsibBX-GoynBluRLMz4OInrl6Qu1UOBVwg1eXfWfe2R1CxQRM02gjK2XvJRzmHRafK_b88zMuYFEDLm7b4wQr-y8pSmkzR3oXHT2-op0Ar2Hx1NWpiJXwJYPrpdF/s1024/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_7b_Basilea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7L9liky0YRRCcUDSsgsibBX-GoynBluRLMz4OInrl6Qu1UOBVwg1eXfWfe2R1CxQRM02gjK2XvJRzmHRafK_b88zMuYFEDLm7b4wQr-y8pSmkzR3oXHT2-op0Ar2Hx1NWpiJXwJYPrpdF/w640-h426/2021_04_10_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Basilea_Turn_7b_Basilea.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Basileans carry the day!</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In the final charge the Basileans shift the balance of the battle into their favour. The Ogres use the opportunity to catch careless Drakon Riders and take the control over this zone of the battle field from them. Next, the Samacris flies over to its own centre to claim this area as well. And finally, the Paladin Knights capture another Elven leader to seal their undeniable success. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Summary</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiatiyv-HuaV7RoMh0ZnTJxMSfoyeO2kRsgH8mrsS9U02b7EotAM67aMpSjm1-m0R-17VIt-ShSR5Drn5jBtLcH6WWJ20K1ztqqndG43t5ljB4a7LJl1eWCwd4mwhDv3NsbSxbgNjg9Iom/s1024/Webp.net-gifmaker.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiatiyv-HuaV7RoMh0ZnTJxMSfoyeO2kRsgH8mrsS9U02b7EotAM67aMpSjm1-m0R-17VIt-ShSR5Drn5jBtLcH6WWJ20K1ztqqndG43t5ljB4a7LJl1eWCwd4mwhDv3NsbSxbgNjg9Iom/w640-h426/Webp.net-gifmaker.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After-battle</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Yan for a great game and congratulations on the well deserved victory! He did what the best generals always do, kept his eyes open for any openings and mistakes the opponent may make. This, after a few turns of the exchange of punches, to some great charges of his two most powerful units, the Paladin Knights and the Ogre Palace Guard. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I wish I was a better opponent for Yan this game. Unfortunately, I made a series of mistakes that he masterfully exploited and that cost me the battle in the end. Let's have a look at these that I consider the most crucial for the outcome of the game.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I think that first 3 turns were quite good and interesting, with both our armies winning on their respective stronger flanks. In turn 4, however, I made a mistake as I did not think if counter-charging with the Archers against the Phoenix is the best option. I thought that as I cannot shoot with them, at least I will deny the Phoenix the ability to fly for a turn. Unfortunately, it also meant I allowed the Ogres to charge, invade my centre and escape the pursuing units. If I withdrew with the Archers instead, I believe I would have been out of charge range of the Ogres. Perhaps that would have also kept them in the charge range of the cavalry.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Second, even more crucial mistake was made in turn 5. After routing the Phoenix, I focused on reforming Forest Shamblers in a way that would present the front to the Paladin Knights. It did not matter in the end but as a result I opened the path for the Ogres to intercept my heavy cavalry. I did not lose them on the charge but it stopped my assault.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then, in turn 6, I could withdrew with my knights and charge in with the Silverbreeze cavalry. That would have allowed me to block the Ogres for a bit and even give the opportunity to charge for Stormwind in turn 7 with the bonus from Thunderous Charge (2). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And the final, really sill mistake, was to leave the Drakons in the charge range of the Ogres in the last turn. That allowed them to take away the control over that zone, for Samacris to step aside to the centre zone and Palading Knights to finish off my Drakon Lord. Instead of a draw, I lost 4:2 in the scenario objectives. Ouch!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As much as it feels bad to make so many mistakes in a single game, I have some hope because they can be avoided in the future games. I also take some hope from the fact that despite these mistakes, the game was not resolved until the very end. Well, almost :)<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The most important was, however, that it was a fantastic game against an awesome opponent! The great way to finish the tournament, regardless of the result. Once again, many thanks to Yan for all the fun!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For those interested, here are the final results of the event:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSIYLob5pEaDuhjiPxqkJK3shLRrtg2GutOglTC6m9qAoLUdMq7pnKBR7Zmea_5zEQlt0lWQx2GALVo2DScr0hDDdtuiKcYXmrfolq9WvdvyFWjdF1nX58cyM23UXKinkIQR81WclbqAi/s902/Results.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="902" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSIYLob5pEaDuhjiPxqkJK3shLRrtg2GutOglTC6m9qAoLUdMq7pnKBR7Zmea_5zEQlt0lWQx2GALVo2DScr0hDDdtuiKcYXmrfolq9WvdvyFWjdF1nX58cyM23UXKinkIQR81WclbqAi/w640-h526/Results.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Many thanks to Michael for organizing the event and to all my opponents, Nick, Michael D., Michael C. and Yan for the games! Congratulations to Jeff for smashing all the opposition and claiming the overall win!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">That concludes the series of the battle reports from the last tournament I took part in last year. It is unlikely I will attend any tournaments in the near future but I will do my best to play some games and write battle reports as usual. In fact, I have 2 in the making already!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks for reading!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921669614910911724.post-74588652323177764142021-04-06T21:01:00.007+10:002021-04-11T17:19:37.372+10:00Game 155 - Sylvan Kin - 2021/04/05<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBvGU5bIf01qCIKWNZtvrcliN0ZUNJA89FjZppZ07RswCTdWWYWKyvVxYa8sgd8JRhYVrFR1SxVq8Od-izHJjzAvyD3yx3tSXwoS7f2dGzz5tvhSx1JfDOiKy2mlK-Bik65WE5PBmAeEc/s1472/Picture2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1472" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBvGU5bIf01qCIKWNZtvrcliN0ZUNJA89FjZppZ07RswCTdWWYWKyvVxYa8sgd8JRhYVrFR1SxVq8Od-izHJjzAvyD3yx3tSXwoS7f2dGzz5tvhSx1JfDOiKy2mlK-Bik65WE5PBmAeEc/w640-h498/Picture2.png" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the third round of the Rage of Isolation 4 online tournament, played on Universal Battle 2, I played against a second army of Sylvan Kin. This time, however, commanded by the Tournament Organizer himself - Michael. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I believe Michael 3d-printed some of his models for a brand new army at that time already and was testing some of the options online. From my point of view, as an opponent, it was very interesting to see a different approach to army composition than in the case of Nick's army. Even if there were a few elements that were exactly the same, the army looked different and thought it would play differently as well. Here are the details:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sylvan Kin - Army List</span></b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Forest Guard Horde </span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>(FG)</b>, Infantry, <i>Brew of Strength</i> - 310<br /><b>Forest Shamblers Horde (FS)</b>, Large Infantry - 200</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hunters of the Wild Regiment (HW1)</b>, Heavy Infantry - 160<br /> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hunters of the Wild Regiment (HW2)</b>, Heavy Infantry - 160<br /><b>Stormwind Cavalry* Regiment (S)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Maccwar's Potion of the Caterpillar</i> - 235</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Boskwraiths Troops (B1)</b>, Infantry - 115<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Boskwraiths Troops (B2)</b>, Infantry - 115</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wiltfather [1] </b>(W), Hero(Monster) - 300<br /><b>Army Standard Bearer (AS),</b> Hero (Infantry), <i>Lute of Insatiable Darkness</i> - 85<br /><b>Dragon Kindred Lord (DKL)</b>, Hero (Monster), <i>Blade of Slashing</i> - 320</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This army has 10 elements, 9 of which are scoring and the total unit strength is 20. Although it looks smaller, there are some really tough units there. Wiltfather, Dragon Lord and Forest Guard horde make up almost half of the army's points and all are capable of routing any of my units on their own. Either by grinding them down or destroying them in a single turn.<br /><br />Hence I wanted to be careful around them and either avoid them, slow them down or make sure to engage only with a few units of my own.<br /><br />Apart from the big guys, what caught my attention is the fact that almost entire army has Pathfinder special skill. This meant I would prefer not to fight in any terrain while I fully expected that Michael would like exactly the opposite!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was very curious about the Hunters. I have not seen them in action before. They can Scout which means that there were 4 units in Michael's army that can do it and put the pressure on my units early on. The Hunters have 15 attacks, hitting on 3+ which is dangerous on its own against my 4+ defence regiments. They can be potentially supported by the Bane Chant spell, if Army Standard is nearby. In addition, as they have Verdant special rule, Wiltfather's aura would make them even more efficient in the melee. And their own Defence 5+ would also help them stick in the fight longer.<br /><br />In general, the army is close combat focused so naturally, I would seek opportunities to inflict some damage with my shooting first. It would be beneficial also because of the fact there are fewer units in the opposing force. Any casualty before the inevitable fight would be even more beneficial and should open more space for manoeuvrers. <br /><br />My army for the reference:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Outcasts - Army List</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Stormwind Cavalry Regiment (S)</b>, Cavalry, <i>Chalice of Wrath</i> - 230<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG1)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Palace Guard Regiment (PG2)</b>, Infantry - 160<br /><b>Kindred Archers Regiment (A)</b>, Infantry - 120<br /><br /><b>Drakon Riders Regiment (DR1)</b>, Large Cavalry - 165<br /><b>Drakon Riders Regiment (DR2)</b>, Large Cavalry - 165<br /><br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS1)</b>, Large Infantry - 120<br /><b>Forest Shamblers* Regiment (FS2)</b>, Large Infantry - 120<br /><br /><b>Silver Breeze* Troop (SB1)</b>, Cavalry - 130<br /><b>Silver Breeze* Troop (SB2)</b>, Cavalry - 130<br /><br /><b>Paul the King (K)</b>, Elven King, Hero(Cavalry), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Hann's Sanguinary Scripture, Sabre-Tooth Cat </i>- 155</span><br /><b>Dave the Drakon Lord (DL)</b>, Lord on Drakon, Hero(Large Cavalry) - 170<br /><b>Archibald the Archmage (A)</b>, Elven Archmage, Hero(Infantry), <i>Inspiring Talisman, Lighting Bolt (5)</i> - 115<br /><b>Arnold the Army Standard (AS)</b>, Army Standard Bearer, Hero(Infantry) - 60</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The army has 14 elements, 11 of them are scoring and the total unit strength is 22.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Terrain</span></b></u></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHyafB1l39tT8bC62QMqNZj35pad951WSNY8hzn7Xy7rhseeUTN7osPna1s6Wyg6doPw1_3qK03IAPI5OAwVeVLr6KzTbOAx63c3uKcO5OLrbc3Dgak5Wy7WtINjWsZhEJMwFDLkul6XZ/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Terrain.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHyafB1l39tT8bC62QMqNZj35pad951WSNY8hzn7Xy7rhseeUTN7osPna1s6Wyg6doPw1_3qK03IAPI5OAwVeVLr6KzTbOAx63c3uKcO5OLrbc3Dgak5Wy7WtINjWsZhEJMwFDLkul6XZ/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Terrain.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Terrain Details</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Deployment and Scenario</span></b></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAroFAXDfNsVy36lof36N0yZR7v0gj_6P753u8VmKj6Ebedms6G8JnD_38vgmc3dhcuTvf_TG1REO9f4EX4v6FAe8RLo3HX6ABHm7_lA87bn96JerprijICNqlZIXaP74s5FCmfk3HoC5Q/s720/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Deployment.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAroFAXDfNsVy36lof36N0yZR7v0gj_6P753u8VmKj6Ebedms6G8JnD_38vgmc3dhcuTvf_TG1REO9f4EX4v6FAe8RLo3HX6ABHm7_lA87bn96JerprijICNqlZIXaP74s5FCmfk3HoC5Q/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Deployment.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Elves vs Sylvan Kin</span></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In this round we played Salt the Earth as a scenario. I decided to gamble and place my tokens as if I had a choice to pick sides. I thus assumed I would be taking Southern deployment and placed the tokens accordingly. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I decided to place all the tokens a bit away from the edge of the deployment zone in the way that would allow me to control all three without the need to move. Be relatively close to each other so that I could relocate the units to control them if needed or burn them if it was not possible to keep them. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The gamble paid off as I ended up with the Southern deployment zone. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I kept my shooters in the centre so that I could threaten any enemy attempting to park there and control the middle token. It would also allow me to choose which flank I can support. It helped because Michael decided to split his forces between two flanks. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I kept Stormwind and Drakon Riders until the end for the deployment drops and seeing how Sylvan Kin arranged the army, I decided to defend on the left and attack on the right. In this way, I hoped to inflict some casualties via shooting and slow down advancing units on the left. While I also wanted to isolate enemy cavalry and block the Dragon on the right.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The overall plan was to control the tokens in my deployment zone and inflict enough damage to use higher number of regiments to control the centre as well. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0vA85HX9ir3I628pCAJmNYwBHm4dIrKH5aTH8Jio0X4D-zY2VtFeCnxQP3d2zup-J_E8eN7ee9i9Pxn98JbpRnS-gVCqXAqW4lyo4eOItg6DN3H5jIJiB8zfYWEolZipVUx5xb7H5QpK/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Deployment_Scout.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0vA85HX9ir3I628pCAJmNYwBHm4dIrKH5aTH8Jio0X4D-zY2VtFeCnxQP3d2zup-J_E8eN7ee9i9Pxn98JbpRnS-gVCqXAqW4lyo4eOItg6DN3H5jIJiB8zfYWEolZipVUx5xb7H5QpK/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Deployment_Scout.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Deployment of the armies after scout moves.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sylvan Kin - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZGuvAG40UOTNggUvay4FK7D-GwLIqnZFUzuMpJhrOAj9ee7ibiEDG76oRXk-W6vO2WuYv5DJyKWOH2wW4hGU9nWdfsbNd7PMMX86-TCM-TEhp12s5LJxuLXJCu-x01dzX9u8v_HvrtmP/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_1_Sylvan_Kin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZGuvAG40UOTNggUvay4FK7D-GwLIqnZFUzuMpJhrOAj9ee7ibiEDG76oRXk-W6vO2WuYv5DJyKWOH2wW4hGU9nWdfsbNd7PMMX86-TCM-TEhp12s5LJxuLXJCu-x01dzX9u8v_HvrtmP/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_1_Sylvan_Kin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Advance on both flanks.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Wiltfather led his children across the forest and towards one of the hidden treasures. One regiment of the Hunters turned towards the centre, using the shadow of the hill to conceal this manoeuvre. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The rest of the army on the opposite flank also advanced but kept the distance away from the enemy Drakon Riders.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 1</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeZ5pw8PBaG-8lSg3E1E6WZnIMCRsmL8cDC6_sMYowwWcPWl8moDD06qNYfO4wmud61zNEIYul-NxzpGLwtdad-pnGd8hr5DJtpkCygEeA0E-JiewjuthOrmyZwKlNbKT7z7LtoJdaMdQ/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_1b_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeZ5pw8PBaG-8lSg3E1E6WZnIMCRsmL8cDC6_sMYowwWcPWl8moDD06qNYfO4wmud61zNEIYul-NxzpGLwtdad-pnGd8hr5DJtpkCygEeA0E-JiewjuthOrmyZwKlNbKT7z7LtoJdaMdQ/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_1b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The Outcasts open fire!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Outcasts re-positioned some of the units in order to get them in range for the shooting attacks and directed the fire against enemy Forest Shamblers. The rest of the infantry on the Western flank kept the distance from the approaching Sylvan Kin. The shooting was very efficient, although the Forest Shamblers did not care and did not slow down.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the Eastern front the Drakons and Stormwind cavalry formed the crescent where units supported each other. With the regiment on the extreme flank tempting the Dragon Lord to commit early.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sylvan Kin - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEila0BXtccW7rK_0EF9mU7FlQaonPH31FZkKgdq8HBAMPMNVQF3bXB5I3idBbEnc8bp7lMkdVOLaBIvgcb-CEw2dqSJMh-E6Cb6rM3z91NP5S4hc-5PqTThWidkTHjUit3ty9IjEgBYzi78/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_2_Sylvan_Kin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEila0BXtccW7rK_0EF9mU7FlQaonPH31FZkKgdq8HBAMPMNVQF3bXB5I3idBbEnc8bp7lMkdVOLaBIvgcb-CEw2dqSJMh-E6Cb6rM3z91NP5S4hc-5PqTThWidkTHjUit3ty9IjEgBYzi78/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_2_Sylvan_Kin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The Dragon attacks!</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Dragon Lord decided to attack on his own in an attempt to break through the regiment of Drakon Riders and to get into unprotected flank of the enemy army. Unfortunately, the charge failed and it looked like he is in trouble. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wilfather spearheaded the advance on the opposite end of the battle field, unleashing the power of Aura of Death. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 2</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnagelY05rlbRMDY9fqshwgDqOg7do4qBdshf7t_MDMlSY8Za-adxYY6o9Uiq0_hzxiyhQxFH-ZEOznG2Y-5ZzmIo1Ubhr9EYhGvklYQQaN5bSTrz8FLKLYDY9XqVThvQnrU1Zh4oZCTcS/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_2b_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnagelY05rlbRMDY9fqshwgDqOg7do4qBdshf7t_MDMlSY8Za-adxYY6o9Uiq0_hzxiyhQxFH-ZEOznG2Y-5ZzmIo1Ubhr9EYhGvklYQQaN5bSTrz8FLKLYDY9XqVThvQnrU1Zh4oZCTcS/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_2b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Counterattack!</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Elves were not intimidated by the early attacks of the enemies most powerful heroes and counter attacked! On the Western flank, the Palace Guard regiments bypassed Wiltfather and charged damaged Forest Shamblers. The frontal attack was successful and the regiments advanced towards the Hunters of the Wild.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">With the enemies distracted or not in position to attack, Silverbreeze units aimed at the exposed Boskwraiths and routed them as well.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The biggest success, however, was the opportunity to charge the Dragon Lord. The flank attack, shielded by the Drakon Riders, resulted in capturing the enemy general!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sylvan Kin - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlo00hLx_HnubAdzCcWu2ajycBJpsbqtLRCOOk_-UJoimn2x_HodDjoR8xr5PIe5qef4KrjrQqSgFJvKUaLq2Wvr_0zJjlgR8esh_8wuUkYB9qrUlKq5cOhkxgofSjdXlr7AQWZYaAzYy/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_3_Sylvan_Kin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlo00hLx_HnubAdzCcWu2ajycBJpsbqtLRCOOk_-UJoimn2x_HodDjoR8xr5PIe5qef4KrjrQqSgFJvKUaLq2Wvr_0zJjlgR8esh_8wuUkYB9qrUlKq5cOhkxgofSjdXlr7AQWZYaAzYy/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_3_Sylvan_Kin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Sylvan Kin counter attacks.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sylvan Kin army, despite heavy losses, had no other option but to keep on fighting. The Hunters and Stormwind cavalry charged their opponents but only the knights succeeded in routing their enemies. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">In such circumstances, Sylvan Kin regiments started burring down the treasures so that they would not fall into enemy's hands.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 3</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXizI7TJUXds-SxS8IWM4xxh59jXuV_kc5jJolGIjw0Mq_cYbT0zGo6w0LbVMo5Cut9F6M4pAmLVe08ZHZEORRxbLPCX9QCSX4zjh4sT6sg8kzaKQ2YFp1k7DuQexs7OEX116IFucTpFko/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_3b_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXizI7TJUXds-SxS8IWM4xxh59jXuV_kc5jJolGIjw0Mq_cYbT0zGo6w0LbVMo5Cut9F6M4pAmLVe08ZHZEORRxbLPCX9QCSX4zjh4sT6sg8kzaKQ2YFp1k7DuQexs7OEX116IFucTpFko/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_3b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The Outcasts continue their attacks.<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Outcasts continued trading blows and once again their attacks were more successful. Two more regiments of the Sylvan Kin army were defeated. However, the Forest Guard and Wiltfather were fully intact and kept on fighting.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sylvan Kin - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOAU8_JasB1_TJbGf455u7pYcqgskidqaeyCuMs9oxkSghnyZupMzzdF-bPABQjgvWBlrYihMTmnKdM3kkDKBk_kqDIvguKmwnk7oCCSszIv7vQQtYHoUiXYHh_v6YiLs2WfES9nFXGKT/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_4_Sylvan_Kin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOAU8_JasB1_TJbGf455u7pYcqgskidqaeyCuMs9oxkSghnyZupMzzdF-bPABQjgvWBlrYihMTmnKdM3kkDKBk_kqDIvguKmwnk7oCCSszIv7vQQtYHoUiXYHh_v6YiLs2WfES9nFXGKT/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_4_Sylvan_Kin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Both regiments of the Forest Shamblers perish.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Forest Shamblers regiment bravely stood their ground but neither of them was a match for Wiltfather or the Forest Guard. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Hunters withdrew to destroy another piece of treasure and braced for the incoming attacks.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outcasts - Turn 4</span></b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiB0fFJVSVbFsh4sYEPxxsv_20FVKNogViSRmgVt6lFPcyz3OiiQ06x8oYfSZZOSTMsxFR8tkYA4RwTwQxd1m53b_aIwLG62VvNb0QaImvGz0buu_1kXgG4HwXPRF33Ld_HzshIGURd40v/s1024/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_4b_Outcasts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiB0fFJVSVbFsh4sYEPxxsv_20FVKNogViSRmgVt6lFPcyz3OiiQ06x8oYfSZZOSTMsxFR8tkYA4RwTwQxd1m53b_aIwLG62VvNb0QaImvGz0buu_1kXgG4HwXPRF33Ld_HzshIGURd40v/w640-h426/2021_04_05_-_KoW_-_2000_vs_Sylvan_Kin_Turn_4b_Outcasts.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Final charges.<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Despite defiance the Sylvan Kin showed in the face of the overwhelming odds, it turned out to be the last stand. Badly damaged Hunters of the Wild were finished by the Palace Guard and the shooters picked isolated and exposed Boskwraiths.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even the Forest Guard was not able to hold its ground against a massive frontal charge of three enemy units at the same time.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was thus clear that the Outcasts were victorious. Wilthfather surveyed the battle field one more time and withdrew, not disturbed by the enemy.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Summary</span></b></u></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSj9fTKN5DGndCNHVE1wN-erz7ELMa8J8FXjrg4XRHGOPII_juCveuLnadXpgL81AoJHja49j2wIJhbYjJdO5wUHNp0utHSKlQoX9X-DjNQJY_GymY2LZ4HI1zBwRRqmPGWtkxMmIObre/s720/Summary.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSj9fTKN5DGndCNHVE1wN-erz7ELMa8J8FXjrg4XRHGOPII_juCveuLnadXpgL81AoJHja49j2wIJhbYjJdO5wUHNp0utHSKlQoX9X-DjNQJY_GymY2LZ4HI1zBwRRqmPGWtkxMmIObre/w640-h426/Summary.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Turn-by-turn animation summary.</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>After-battle</b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks to Michael for a game! I am really sorry it turned out so bad for him. We decided by the end of turn 4 that there is no need to continue as he was left with Wiltfather only. We agreed that he would most likely survive the battle anyway.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The good thing is that Michael continued with his Sylvan Kin army and with the force almost identical to the one he used in this event, he placed 7th out of 30 or so players at the most recent Clash of Kings Australia. So clearly, the army is good and he can use it to a great effect!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am sure that if we play next time, the game is going to be completely different!<br /></span></span></p><p></p>Swordmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735639525894232458noreply@blogger.com2