Unbound Game 2

I got together with three friends (Konkel, Dave, and Danny) to play a big Unbound game. It would be my second game and everyone else's first. We decided that we'd determine the scenario and teams randomly before the game (this won't happen again). We ended up with Protectorate of Menoth (Dave) and Circle Orboros (Danny) against Konkel (Khador) and myself (Cygnar this time around). Talk about teams that hate their teammates!

We ended up playing the Scorched Earth scenario. Konkel and I were the defenders, Dave and Danny the attackers. In hindsight, I'm always choosing to be the attackers going forward as Konkel and I had the choice.

The game ended on turn 3 with Danny and Dave destroying three buildings to achieve victory. Konkel and I just didn't have the speed to cope with their lists. Well, this lesson with just remind me to play Cryx and play fast stuff.

Each player brought 100 points to the table. List and photos of the start and end of the game after the break.

Painted Slayer

So I've finished another model, this time a Slayer Helljack. This completes my latest Theme Force, Master Necrotech Mortenebra's Infernal Machines. I still need to base the model, but I'm hoping to win some Dragonforge bases to do it with. This model was pretty simple to paint as it is the basic helljack of the Cryx forces.

Painted Harrower

As we last saw here, my Harrower was about 2/3rds of the way done. Tonight, I managed to get the painting bug (and infect a few of my friends with it) and got the bad boy done. Hell yeah! About time too because I need to get a Theme Force done for Lost Hemisphere for the Vox Populi Clash painting. I'm currently working on my Mortenebra Theme Force as it is one of my favorites. Without further ado, the finished Harrower (except basing).

August 27th Wrath Event in Chicago

August 27th (when I should have posted this) I attended a tournament run by my good friend Felix in Chicago (pokeminiatures). I ended up taking first and winning both the Champion Coin and the Cryx Coin.

For some coverage of my games, here are some relevant links hosted by my friends:
http://losthemisphere.com/blog/?p=15934
http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2011/08/wrath-release-event-thyra-vs-everyone.html
http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2011/08/wrath-release-event-winnas.html

I got to play my good friend Mike (PG_Seraphsong) and ended up losing a really close game. My Cryx will avenge me next time against him. ;)

Here are some of the pictures I took.

Terrain Work - Trenches, Part 6 - Command Trench Finished

Jeff at Hobbytown USA helped me finish my trench after I finished building it. Here it is in all its glory. I can't wait to play games on it tomorrow at the Wrath event in Chicago. I get to visit my friends in Chicago and get to play my first game ever against Seraphsong! This will be a great time.

Terrain Work - Trenches, Part 5

Continuing along with my Command Trench from Part 4, I've added Sculptamold to the sides. It was interesting to work with it for the first time on a terrain project, but I'm going to be using it for anything that needs dirt on it because it does so well with adding depth with no real work. After that, I put more ballast on the sides. I need to clean it up a bit and glue more ballast down, but I think I'm at a good spot at the moment. I have to figure out what I want to do for painting next

Terrain Work - Trenches, Part 4

I'm working on new trenches for the Wrath event and the Unbound scenario that requires them. The first one I'm working on is a 5"x8" trench with two open sides. I've also made a 5"x8" trench that was fully surrounded, but I haven't planked that one yet.

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.

Painted Warwitch Siren

This is my third painted Warwitch Siren. I own three specifically for Unbound games and Warwitch Deneghra's Theme Force Witching Hour. That army requires 3 for the list I made, so I wanted to make sure I had them. By finishing this model, I finished the Theme Force (which will be another post later this week).

Project: Weird Science

My friend Michael and I came up with a crazy idea: field an army of all Stormsmith type models. This was prompted by my purchase of two Storm Striders, Privateer Press' newest battle engine. They are wicked cool, and I can't wait to field both in the army.

The first iteration of the idea wasn't strictly Stormsmiths, I had the following list. It was just a generic attempt to utilize the Storm Striders in a pair, at 35 points.

• General Adept Nemo
• Firefly
• Stormclad
• Squire
• Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team
• Storm Strider
• Storm Strider
• Stormsmith Stormcaller
• Stormsmith Stormcaller

Michael suggested then to drop the Black 13th for more Stormsmith stuff, so we generated the following 35 point list that is the idea of the Project.

• General Adept Nemo
• Firefly
• Stormclad
• Squire
• Storm Strider
• Storm Strider
• Stormsmith Storm Tower
• Stormsmith Storm Tower
• Stormsmith Stormcaller
• Stormsmith Stormcaller

Now that list has more delicious electric goodness! It also looks like a blast to play!
I then wanted to make it 50 points just in case someone decided to challenge me to that type of game at the store.

• General Adept Nemo
• Firefly
• Stormclad
• Thunderhead
• Squire
• Captain Arlan Strangewayes
• Storm Strider
• Storm Strider
• Stormsmith Storm Tower
• Stormsmith Storm Tower
• Stormsmith Stormcaller
• Stormsmith Stormcaller
• Stormsmith Stormcaller

Sure, the list has some terrible matchups (an all electric immune army, which would be similar to this one, would be sucky to play against). It just looks like a ton of fun to shoot that much lightning around!

Here's a picture of the list in progress. I own everything, just didn't have it all with me when the photo was taken. The second Storm Strider is still in progress of assembly.

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

Painted Harrower - WIP 1

I'm continuing my work on my Harrower for my Mortenebra Theme Force/Hardcore list. He's pretty integral to the list due to his ability to Thresher with Reach and gain souls. He'll allow me to kill a lot more models, specifically infantry. My Mortenebra list can easily deal with heavies, it gets bogged down by infantry. That's why the Harrower is immediately in the list.

My current 35 Point Hardcore list:

• Mortenebra
• Deathjack
• Harrower
• Scavenger
• Slayer
• Slayer
• Deryliss
• Necrotech
• Scrap Thrall
• Warwitch Siren
• Warwitch Siren

It should be a ton of fun and pretty easy to use, so I'm excited to try it out. The Scavenger might get replaced with a Stalker, as I'm a very large fan of that bonejack as well.

Painted Darragh Wrathe Mounted

Here's the almost final Darragh Wrathe. I need to figure out what to do about the horse's undead flesh, but for now, I'm leaving it as it is. His base needs some tufts of grass, but I do my basing in batches, to make it easier on myself. I'm quite happy to have him finished, as now my Lich Lord Asphyxious list is fully painted. I also think my Wraith Witch Deneghra lists are as well. Darragh gets around in a lot of my lists, because he is so damn versatile. Between being Light Cavalry, effective in melee, and with a kick ass suite of spells, it is hard not to spend the 4 points on him. An offensive spell, and defensive buff, and an out-of-turn movement spell are just fantastic. More-so on a SPD 8 model with a 5" move after he does his thing. He's just great.

Painted Darragh Wrathe Dismount

I've been working on painting my Darragh Wrathe for my Warmachine Weekend lists in addition to my Theme Force projects. He's been half done for awhile, so I decided to finish him up tonight.

His eyes are all black, and I'm not sure I have the precision right now (or a small enough brush) to get the whites on the sides. I screwed it up three times on one eyeball alone to do it right four times!

SR2011 Tournament

Yesterday I hosted a SR2011 tournament. We had 7 players, 5 local and 2 from Madison. One of the locals played in this as his first tournament, which was really cool. The prize for first place in this event was a Battle Engine of their choice, even the upcoming ones.

The tournament was only going to run for 4 rounds, no matter the number of players, but because we didn't break 8, only 3 rounds were needed. Scenario wins placed a player higher that Strength of Schedule in this event, which is why the player who faced the top player in the final round took 3rd, not 2nd. I forgot to put Finals Tables in the rules for the event and I don't change things after people have come to events...

We played Capture the Flag, Overrun, and Command and Control. One player won Overrun by scenario and another won Command and Control by scenario.

Here's the final results:
1st - Fool - Minions - 3/0 (Won the Retribution Battle Engine)
2nd - Adam - Cryx - 2/1 with 1 scenario win
3rd - Andy - Legion - 2/1
4th - Brian G. - Cryx - 2/1
5th - Brian C. - Skorne - 1/2 with 1 scenario win
6th - Danny - Circle - 1/2
7th - Nate - Cygnar - 1/2
8th - Bye - No one - 0/3

Painted Mechanithralls

I just finished painting a 10 man unit of Mechanithralls. These models put me to 12.94% fully painted of my entire collect, 33.71% fully painted of my Cryx. I'm happy to have them done, even though I wish I did the 3 Brute Thralls that attach to the unit at the same time. They are next on my project list!

This unit satisfies my painting requirement for Mechanithralls for my Scavengers of the Line Theme Force for Iron Lich Asphyxious as well.

Terrain Work - Trenches, Part 3

When I left you last time, I had only finished planking 2 of the 19 trenches. I just finished 3 more. Here's the photo of them.

I also finished cutting all the rises in the pink insulation foam for the remained 14 trenches. Now, I just need to plank them all. I'm fairly sure I'll need to hit Michael's again for more 1/16" inch planking because I'm burning through my stockpile.

Terrain Work - Trenches, Part 2

Here are some updated Trench photos.  I've only finished these two pieces, but I wanted to get some test pieces done before really working on the rest.
I'm planning on using Sculptamold to build up the ramps so that a small, medium, and large based model can sit on it without falling off. Also going to use crushed walnut shells to give it the appearance of dirt.
Part 1

Terrain Work - Trenches

I decided I wanted to build some terrain after seeing some trenches on the Privateer Press forums. Trench Thread. So, I broke out my No Quarter issue #29, started planning out the work I'd need to do to get this done.  Spent today at the game store working on them. Here's my progress.

Painted Shadow Play Theme Force

Here's my first fully painted Theme Force: Shadow Play. I haven't really played it too much, but I think it should do well.

• Wraith Witch Deneghra
• Nightmare
• Defiler
• Ripjaw
• Stalker
• Skarlock Thrall
• Bane Knights (10)
• Blackbane's Ghost Raiders (10)
• Machine Wraith
• Pistol Wraith
• Pistol Wraith
• Warwitch Siren
• Warwitch Siren

Painted Wraith Witch Deneghra

Finished my first Theme Force with this model.  I completely painted my 50 point Shadow Play Theme Force by finishing Wraith Witch Deneghra.

However, I need to improve my photos.  I'm going to be researching light boxes ASAP because these photos make me sad.

Warmachine Weekend Qualifier Results

I ended up going 3-1 at the Madison Warmachine Weekend Qualifier at Pegasus Games.  I had a blast playing! I ended up losing to Mary Ann in the first round to a very lucky shot from her.  After that, I won all of my games to take 5th overall. I'm terrible at taking photos of games, which means I need to ask Felix how the hell he takes so many photos during a tournament!

Warmachine Weekend Qualifier Tomorrow at Pegasus Games in Madison, WI

Tomorrow is a 50 Point Warmachine Weekend Qualifier at Pegasus Games in Madison, WI. I'm excited I get to travel to the event with Fool, Pook, and G Konkel. Hopefully we all do really well, maybe even win the event! It would be great for someone from our store to win it.  I'm expecting players from Madison, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, and Iowa to be there.  It'll be a fun day, hopefully I remember to take photos of my games.

Painted Nightmare

I finished this model up today.  I'm happy to have finished him, as he's been unfinished for about 4-6 months now.  About damn time I got him finished.

A New Look

Well, I've updated the look and feel of the blog.  I was pretty bored with the last layout, and I really like what I've done with this one.

If you have any suggestions for it to be better, let me know.  I'll take all criticism into consideration.