Workbench update, bits and bobs

First up before I forget, Jonathan from Paulouse Wargaming Journal is having a giveaway to celebrate his blogging anniversary. Well done sir! Head on over for plenty of interesting stuff and your chance to snaffle a prize.

Next up, as you can see the Necromunda Cawdor are rapidly approaching completion. The first ten are entirely done and the remaining six on blocks are only a night away too.

I've already given some thought to basing and have dug up a bunch of junk including pipes, chains, 40K bits and more. I'm still trying to decide on the main base colour, torn between a brown like my other 40K or a ashy grey...

BTW, if anyone has a spare one of either of these chaps I'm happy to buy / trade / semi-enslave myself.

  

Today was rather exciting as waiting on my desk on return to work was a pile of packages for my Old(ish)hammer Christmas project. I'm not going to share any more on that just yet but it promises to be far more fluffy than most things I do. Ev already knows what I'm up to so you can consider yourself sworn to secrecy for now matey.

And lastly, welcome aboard to Tomsche and Sidney Roundwood.

Cheers,
Millsy

SAGA Clash of Warlords - Scots vs. Anglo-Danes

On Friday both Ev and I were lucky enough to be on leave so Ev trooped up to Chez Millsy with his Scots in tow and had his first ever game(s) of SAGA. I'm conscious that we don't do nearly enough AARs on the blog due largely to most gaming being done at night and the light being poor. That being the case we took full advantage of the daytime and took a pile of photos!

Ev bought the starter set for Scots giving him a Warlord, 2 x Hearthguard and 2 x Warriors for his four points. I fielded my Anglo-Danes including a Warlord with Dane-axe, 1 x Heathguard with Dane-axes, 1 x Hearthguard and 2 x Warriors for my four points. As it was Ev's first bash we stuck with a simple Clash of Warlords scenario, fighting over my scratch built terrain.

The battle had a bit of a slow start and then really kicked in hard for a couple of turns. Both sides held the upper hand at various times with the God's fickle favour in evidence. Over time Ev's Scots wore my Anglo-Danes down and eventually triumphed.

We discovered during our second game that we over-powered Ev's special abilities on the battle board in part through lack of attention (entirely my fault!) and in part through an inconsistency regards cover on the QRS in the back of the book. More on that later in the week when I post the second set of pics.

Here are the pics and a few comments...

The two forces converge

Anglo-Danes advancing 

Scots hiding in the woods

Coming to blows. Note my funky custom movement stick!

Village life temporarily on hold

Come on, get stuck in!

Now you're talking. Forces collide

And both sides get hurt

Canny wee Scots on the flank

More mayhem

Things going badly for the Anglo-Danes at the last

Stay tuned for another SAGA AAR later in the week, plus an update on the Necromunda Cawdor on the workbench.

Cheers,

Millsy

Workbench update

I blame Cory. Martial law was in force and the workbench was getting cleared at a pretty darn decent rate. All going according to plan.

Then Cory mentioned Necromunda, and like any plan this one didn't survive contact with the enemy.
I looked at my existing painted gangs (Delaque and Pit Slaves) and decided I wasn't that interested in them right now. Then I looked at my half painted Ratskin Renegades and decided I wasn't that interested in them right now either. Then I remembered I had Cawdor stashed away and this happened...

Completed test ganger in front and first batch behind

The other ten...

Long rifle conversion. We allow extra weapons from supplements like Ash Wastes in our normal games

I expect I'll have all fifteen gangers painted over the next 48 hours so at least I can get back to clearing the workbench soonish. And in my defence you can see some paint on the ECW already. [ahem...]

In other news Ev is coming up this Friday for his first game of SAGA. Really looking forward to seeing his superb Scots warband and getting some great gaming under my belt.

And before I go, welcome to Gary Amos and Captain LOL who have joined us recently. Welcome aboard chaps!

Cheers,

Millsy

40K Techmarine and Servitors

My declaration of martial law on the painting desk seems to be working well. I've just finished another seven miniatures for my custom 40K Space Marine chapter. Given I have an Adeptus Mechanicus theme I simply have to include Techmarines and Servitors. Here's the first batch...

The half-and-half red/green colour scheme follows on from my chapter being half Dark Angels and half Blood Angels.

After a great deal of eBay foo I've finally managed to nab myself one of the larger Techmarine chappies with the full servo-harness. He'll be my HQ and accompanied by a further retinue of servitors. I'm also chasing down other Adeptus Mechanicus figures which won't do anything game-wise but will add to the fluff, plus I love the whole bio-mech cyborg theme of this part of the 40K universe and really enjoy collecting and painting these miniatures.

The remaining two miniatures are my customised Scout sergeant and another close combat scout. Now these are finished I can field a full ten close combat scouts plus a further five with sniper rifles. In total I'm now over 1,200 points painted. Slow progress but getting there.

Next up on the painting table... 28mm ECW command stands.

Cheers,
Millsy

Bloggers for Charity

I can't help myself. I see a project like this and I have to get involved. This isn't a bad thing, in fact it is quite the opposite, good people doing good things for those less fortunate than themselves.

Last year I was tempted but the fact I'm on the other side of the world put me off. This time I've decided I shouldn't let that matter and Andrew was kind enough to accept my offer to paint for the team. I'm going to be painting a couple of units of Compagnie Franches de la Marine which look like great fun.

If you haven't seen or heard of the project head on over to Bloggers for Charity and check it out. You can donate money, follow the project or otherwise get involved however you like.

Cheers,
Millsy