Just painting random minis on my painting desk at the moment. Mostly driven by what I think I get finished. And Perry has been sitting base coated on the painting desk for a couple of months. I just wanted to finish something tonight.
And I think this seems a good point to contrast the two Citadel versions* of Merry & Pippin in their battle armour.
Rob
*I still prefer the two classic minis.
Back from the most recent work trip and managed to finish off the Thornspitter for Goblin Jousting. Nothing technical but a relaxing way to start the weekend.
Not tonight's beer, but a very nice way to pass an evening.
Rob
The second tournament played was in the bone theatre, were game came won by either beating the opposing team or by one player capturing three skulls. The game played much smoother as we were both more familiar with the rules. We have been playing with it an extra point of damage caused on a successful strike. As suggested in the rulebook to bring the game to a fast a furious conclusion.
Only one rider (my pixie - Pop) was knocked out before Snap (who proved surprisingly agile) managed to get three skulls and win the game.
I can now finally use the 'Tree of Evil' freebie from Alternative Armies for the thornspitter arena.
As work progresses on the next Ork scrap dread, I was thinking that that they needed some opponents for some classic RT WH40K games. While space marines are the obvious choice, I did have a RT Imperial guard army when the first plastic IG kit came out (really need to dig out the Old WD Imperial Guard army lists - WD109 I think). And I have plenty of WA minis (including a box of Cannon Fodder) that will make great IG proxies. In fact the basic cannon fodder minis are a dead ringer for the penal squads from the old army list.
This first command squad is a mix of WA Cannon Fodder, some 20 year old upgrade kits for EM4's troopers and some random plastic troopers that I got as a freebie at Salute. Really happy with the medic who is weighed down with all manner of kit.
As this is another Cheaphammer project (i.e. minimal new minis), still need to work out how to do the commissars as there aren't many obvious choices from the minis in the 'opportunity' pile. So, I might just have to buy a couple of commissars 😶.
Rob
I wasn't paying attention and I almost missed it (there were only 3 left in stock!), so if you wanted to get a copy then you better get over to Geoff's website and order one of the few remaining copies. I really enjoyed it last year and it was a welcome distraction from the nonsense in the 12th month!
And knocked up some skull tokens for the next jousting competition
Rob
So, the goblins (Nath) won 3-1 and won extra spikes as a trophy. The pixies (me) were robbed!
The two jousting teams are a real mix of manufacturers with
Oakbound pixie team coming out tops. I struggled to find enough minis to make two convincing teams. So, in the end I used Oakbound (very pleased with the look of the pixie team), Ral Partha Europe, Bad Squiddo, Warbases, classic Citadel and Wargames Atlantic. I would like to improve the goblin team but that can come later once we have played a few games.
And I have an idea for a Halloween themed team.
So, one game in on Wartnose Goblin Jousting, it was a lot of
fun. The rules were easy to pick up but had enough quirks from other rules to
make them different from other games. And the randomised movement templates
actually fitted the game very well.
Once we had read the rules correctly, combat sped up nicely (we
didn’t read the rules on double and triples right on the first read through). The only question
point we had about the rules was if the Dirty Tricks rules were dirty
enough. We wanted an occasional more dramatic effect such as unseating a rider.
But that could be just us!
Rob
Wasn't happy with the dinosaur and couldn't find a spider of the right size. So, ended up making a chariot for the spiders. Just a bit of painting and jousters will soon be ready.
Away again with work but still time to sample the local stuff.
Rob
Been a couple of years since I posted a world tour pic for Riolta.
Rob
So, I have worked out the first two teams for jousting. I just need to get them finished! Definitely a bit re-use and repurposing. If I manage to get a decent run of games then I can always get a few more minis! 😆
Rob
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After looking around various minis (painted & unpainted), I realised that the badger pixie riders (from Oakbound) would make the perfect team*. Ok so technically not goblins but close enough and make an interesting looking team. As I wanted to make each rider different, I found some different steeds from the bits box (Warbases & Ral Partha Europe). So, voila a Wartnose jousting team. Now, I need find some actual goblins for them to go up against...
Point to Note - Now I did realise that I bought the 50mm bases (should have been 60mm) but I don't think that will stop the fun.
*And two are already painted! Plus was a great opportunity to use this colour shift paint on the stag beetle.
Rob
The excellent game of Battle of the Five Armies using the Midgard rules (by https://mogsymakes.net/blog/) and using Iron Mitten's minis* (https://iron-mitten.blogspot.com/).
*And most likely some from Mogsymakes!
Work continues on two scrapheap ork dreadnoughts and I may build a third one as I have enough parts. But I probably should finish the first two...
I managed to get to Colours at Newbury races today and picked up a few things. Like last year there were some bargains to be had - a copy of War of the Ring for a tenner on the B&B and twelve dwarf miners for £12 from Black Tree designs. They were billed as retirement stock so this might the last chance to get them. I would still like to take another go at Blood Bath at Orcs Drift. And these miners have a nice Oldhammer vibe.
More pictures to follow of the tremendous Battle of the Five Armies and my go at 'Here's the Ruckus'.
The other thing that caught my eye but didn't buy (Doh!) was Hairfoot Jousting which only needs six minis to play. Fortunately, a friend of my has a copy, so I will have a go at putting together a team or two.
Rob