New Previews Storm Troll, Tiberion Sons of Bragg

Privateer Press gave us a trifecta of previews today. I'm really not looking forward to one of them being released (Tiberion). That model can stay in Privateer's Vault for years. ;)

Unbound Game 3

Sorry for the delay in postings, life has definitely been hectic!

I managed to get another Unbound game in on a day I had completely off. I got to play Danny and Brian in a 200 point per side game. Originally it was supposed to be two teams of two but one of the players (my teammate) had to drop so I just played both armies. Danny played Circle and Brian played Skorne. We set up around noon and finished the game (calling it during Round 3, I'll explain later) around 8 PM. Unbound takes quite awhile!

Madison 6 Pack Event 3 - Round 1

On Saturday, April 7th, the PGs from Madison, WI ran the 3rd of 6 linked tournaments. This tournament was a Highlander 35 point event at Misty Mountain. If you aren't aware, the basic Highlander rules are this: you can have 1 unit (with attachments), 1 solo, and as many warjacks/warbeasts as you can fit in your list, with the caveat that you cannot duplicate warjacks or warbeasts. This leads to some very interesting list builds and some warcasters/warlocks you wouldn't normally see in a Mangled Metal/Tooth and Claw event. The scenario all day was Close Quarters.

Animantarax Preview

Privateer Press has given us the final battle engine from Domination, the Skorne Animantarax. This thing fills the base. It is really wide and looks to be pretty tall. They did a really decent job on the armor of the monster. The details on the model are really neat but I don't think it looks all that agile of a monster to swing that tail around fast.

I just wish the rules were a little better for it so that it didn't feel so unfocused.

New Previews for the Desecrator and plastic Warpacks

Privateer Press has given us a lot of new goodies. Plastic warpacks (which a lot of people probably saw coming) as well as the new chassis for Cryx. Here's the photo goodness...

Skorne Venator Slinger Model Preview

PP released the Venator Slingers today. The models look pretty nice. There are only 4 sculpts in the 10-man unit, but Privateer has continued the trend of releasing all 10 models of a unit in one box. They aren't too expensive for $50 US either.

For a 4/6 cost unit, I think they are really nice against Cryx, Constructs, and other armies with non-living models. A range 10, POW 10 with 3d6 damage against non-living can do quite a bit of damage on a direct hit. Warjacks and Undead traditionally have a lower Defense, allowing them to hit harder. With Hexeris2 and his spell Black Spot, you can get quite a few models with these guys for cheap! Arcing fire can easily allow you to hit the back lines of someone's army too.

Collection (1/4/12)

This is the entire collection, as of 1/4/12. I'm probably still missing some models that have been lent out to friends.

Battle Report: Cryx vs Skorne

I ended up playing Warwitch Deneghra vs Void Seer Mordikaar at 50 points last night. The main consensus I can get from the game is that my opponent can't roll dice and that Warwitch Deneghra's feat is just cruel when it hits the entire army. I ended up getting Nightmare on Mordikaar under Mordikaar's feat turn, still did some damage, but couldn't kill him. Deneghra's feat prevented any retaliation from anything in his army. He placed his warbeasts too far apart and on the flanks while my army just moved in on the weak side of his army. Gorman di Wulfe died to protect Nightmare from a possible charge from a Bronzeback. I'm not sure if the Bronzeback could have still made it with Beat-Back and Rush (not in that order). We played Revelation and my army pretty much swarmed Flag #1 to keep my opponent from scoring. I ended up winning because I scored one point and had a free turn of attacking Mordikaar with Nightmare with Mordikaar not having any fury.

Unbound Game 1

Brian (Pook) and I played the start of an Unbound game on 7/23. I was rather proud that both of us had a majority of our models painted. Both of us were only 11 models short on each side from being fully painted.

Playing Unbound for the first time proved a few things to me. First, it is not for the faint of heart. Playing 150 points to a side is a ton of models and can take all day. We went into it expecting to play until 7 PM after starting at 12 PM.  We only played until 3 PM, finishing 1 round and 2 turns of the next round. Part of the problem was me having to help other players at the store out constantly during the game. This brings me to the second point, be prepared to spend all day focused on this event, otherwise, you won't finish. Just setting up your turns and deciding on what to do takes a while. Models block each other in ways that you just don't expect. Third: know your faction. Every time you have to look at your cards is time you could have been making your moves. I need to spend some more time memorizing my own models' stats and I'll feel much better playing this again.

I learned some other things while playing this game as well. 1, don't block your Wraith Engine from going anywhere. It did nothing except provide +2 ARM to Wraith Witch Deneghra on Round 2 and I wanted more out of it. It was my mistake each time, so I learned to not block its path. 2, don't take free strikes unless you are 100% sure you should be taking them. 3, use Satyxis Raiders to jam my opponent on their side of the table. Being stuck on the middle line sucked.

My Unbound list was this:
150+15 points, 73 models
Wraith Witch Deneghra  +6 points
* 2x Defiler  5 points each
* Nightmare  10 points
* Ripjaw  5 points
* Skarlock Thrall  2 points
Master Necrotech Mortenebra  +4 points
* Deryliss
* Deathjack  12 points
* Harrower  10 points
* Seether  9 points
* Stalker  4 points
Witch Coven of Garlghast  +5 points
* Egregore
* Defiler  5 points
* Harrower  10 points
* Malice  9 points
* Ripjaw  5 points
* Stalker  4 points
* Skarlock Thrall  2 points
10 Bane Knights  10 points
Bane Lord Tartarus  4 points
10 Bane Thralls  8 points
* Bane Thrall Officer & Standard  3 points
Darragh Wrathe  4 points
10 Mechanithralls  5 points
* 3 Brute Thralls  3 points
Necrosurgeon & Stitch Thralls  2 points
3x Pistol Wraith  3 points each
3x Warwitch Siren  2 points each
Withershadow Combine  5 points
Wraith Engine  9 points

Entire Collection (As of 4/6/11)

Here's a collection of photos of my room/collection, some older, some newer, but up-to-date as of 4/6/11 (which means they are still old).

Memorial Day Weekend

This last Memorial Day Weekend I decided to assemble some models and play a game.

Painting and Game

In the last few days, I've completed my 200th painted Warmachine and Hordes model.  I ended up finishing my Knights Exemplar unit of 4 that weren't done and got them dipped and sprayed.  I'll be basing them tonight and getting some photos taken.  I'm very happy with how the army is looking and I'm really excited to see the Grand Exemplar Kreoss theme force completed, cause it'll look awesome (think of a ton of Knights running around in armor, that the general idea!)  Speaking of Kreoss, that model and Reznik's model both took a dip last night to make those models pop more.  I'm terrible at shading, and this Army Painter dipping product is saving my life, making my models look better than ever.