Game 76 - Abyssal Dwarfs - 2018/01/21

Greetings!

I managed to continue with Monday nights Kings of War gaming in the local store. It was even better that I know that I will need to skip gaming night in the week before Australian Clash of Kings. 

This time I had a great pleasure to play against Christo who this time brought his Abyssal Dwarfs (previously I played against his Empire of Dust army). 

Christo's army looks fantastic and has a great mix of Mantic units and models from other manufacturers, most notably an Overmasters from Scibor Miniatures.

In terms of composition Christo included a number of trade mark units for Abyssal Dwarfs and that also added greatly to the theme of the battle. Here is the list with the details:

Abyssal Dwarfs - Army List

6 Lesser Obsydian Golems, Horde

- 10 Gargoyles, Troop

- 10 Gargoyles, Troop 

- Angkor Heavy Mortar, War Engine

- Overmaster on Great Abyssal Dragon, Hero, Healing Brew

6 Lesser Obsydian Golems, Horde

- Angkor Heavy Mortar, War Engine

- Iron-caster, Hero, Surge(8), Inspiring Talisman

6 Abyssal Grotesques, Horde,  Maccwar’s Potion of the Caterpillar

-  Slave Driver, Hero, Banner of the Griffin

10 Abyssal Halfbreeds, Regiment, Dwarven Ale

10 Abyssal Halfbreeds, Regiment, Brew of Courage

Hobby Update - 2018/01/17

Greetings!

With Australian Clash of Kings 2018 getting closer and closer, I try to keep up the pace with painting and modelling. Previous week was quite productive as I managed to make bases for my cavalry units. I must admit that it makes even the old miniatures look much better and moving these units on the battle field is way easier too!

However, the main painting project I have ongoing at the moment is to finish painting chariots. I quickly learned that despite being bigger models and with fewer details, they still require quite a lot of time and attention. And the amount of details to paint turned out to be more than I expected! The fact that when I started painting them I had no clear idea yet how I want them to be painted also didn't help to accomplish the goal.

Game 75 - Romans - 2018/01/14

Greetings!

One of my hobby new year resolution is to play more  often and regularly at a local store. Fortunately for me, there is a weekly Kings of Monday gaming night and I really wanted to attend as I have missed quite many gaming nights so far. My challenge for a battle was quickly accepted and the second game of the year 2018 and the first one with the real miniatures was against Romans commanded by Tribune Glen! 

Glen plays with heavy infantry army of Romans and I had an opportunity to play against him once before. It was thus great to have a rematch and this time he brought a bit of a different version of the army, this time built around four hordes of Heavy Warriors. 

Romans - Army List

40 Legionnaires, Iron Resolve, Foulkon(2), Single Throwing Weapon, Crushing Strength(1)

- Hero, Hero

- Catapult, War Engine

40 Legionnaires, Iron Resolve, Foulkon(2), Single Throwing Weapon, Crushing Strength(1)

- Hero, Hero

- Catapult, War Engine

40 Legionnaires, Iron Resolve, Foulkon(2), Single Throwing Weapon, Crushing Strength(1)

- Army Standard, Hero

- Catapult, War Engine

40 Legionnaires, Iron Resolve, Foulkon(2), Single Throwing Weapon, Crushing Strength(1)

- Army Standard, Hero

20 Legionnaires, Iron Resolve, Foulkon(2), Single Throwing Weapon, Crushing Strength(1)

- Musician, Hero

20 Legionnaires, Iron Resolve, Foulkon(2), Single Throwing Weapon, Crushing Strength(1)

- Musician, Hero

Game 74 - Kingdoms of Men - 2018/01/12

Greetings!

The beginning of a new year is always great for the players in Oz because it is a time of anticipation and counting days to CanCon - huge gaming convention. Second year in the row CanCon will also host Clash of Kings 2018 tournament for Kings of War players. Hence a lot of them are busy now with painting or practicing or both! 

It happened that my good friend, Michael, needed to test his most recent version of Kings of War army. I have not played since Masters so some practice would only mean good thing for me too. We thus set up a game on Universal Battle!

After our last game Michael decided that he can bring back some Rifles and here are the details of his army list:

Kingdoms of Men - Army List

40 Foot Guard, Horde, Brew of Strength

- 10 Militia Mob, Troop

- 5 Mounted Scouts, Troop

- Hero, Mounted

40 Berserkers, Horde, Blood of the Old King

- Hero, Mounted

40 Arquebusiers, Horde, Jar of the Four Winds

- Army Standard,  Lute of Insatiable Darkness

20 Shield Wall, Regiment

-  Wizard, Pegasus, Bane Chant (2), Lighting Bolt (3), Scarletmaw’s Fenulian Amulet

20 Shield Wall, Regiment

-  Wizard, Pegasus, Lighting Bolt (3), Inspiring Talisman

10 Knights, Regiment,  Maccwar’s Potion of the Caterpillar

-  Wizard, Mounted, Lighting Bolt (3)

10 Knights, Regiment, Healing Brew

Hobby Update - 2018/01/10

Greetings!

Although I have already had two games of Kings of War in 2018 (reports are being prepared!) I also wanted to continue with modelling and painting. In my previous post I mentioned I considered rebasing some of the old models and putting them on multi-bases, even if the models are going to be repainted or replaced with new ones.

To do so I used the MDF magnetized bases I ordered some time ago from Olympian Games and used rolling pins from Greenstuff World to create the scenic surface. I decided to do so for all four cavalry units I have as a test of an idea and to see if I like it, even with old models.

Hobby Update - 2018/01/03

Greetings!

One of my New Year hobby resolution is to make some more substantial progress with modelling an painting my Kings of War army. I made a decision to go full multi-base earlier but only a few units were transferred to that. The main reason is that I actually paint new models and multi-base whole unit from the scratch instead of using the old, painted miniatures to do so. As I paint slowly and not regularly that often takes longer than I wanted. 

However, I don't want to abandon painting new models and multi-basing them. I am very pleased with the effect so far and I want to continue with that approach. I just need to be more disciplined, especially that I cannot count on having more hobby time this year than in 2017. Quite the contrary! 

The good plan should start with a quick assessment of where I am at the moment with the painting progress.