Ahoy matey’s

Once again it’s been a while since my last post, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy. Ive painted up my Dwarf Starter Fleet for Uncharted Seas, and used them in some multi-player games over at the Evesham gaming Club. Pics of the game can be seen at the blog site http://eveshamwargames.blogspot.com

I really enjoyed playing Uncharted seas and will be looking to play more games next year when I’ve added to my fleet. Ive also started to play around with different Chaos Army builds, and getting some practice games in in preparation for Tides of Chaos 2010. Some of the other lads have expressed interest in attending next year, so I’m really looking forward the event. So far I’ve played against magic heavy Dark Elf list and scored a Massacre and against a Tough Wood Elf list a draw. Still haven’t decided on the final list but ill do a battle report on my next game.

As our March getaway is fast approaching I’m now concentrating on getting my Flames of War American force done and have made a good start on it, with 2 Rifle Platoons and 1 Sherman Platoons completed. Now i know the look I’m going for I should whiz through the rest and get the army done by Christmas, leaving me a couple of months to concentrate on doing some terrain.

Now back to painting and hopefully winning some games.

 

 

 

 

Tides of chaos 2009 Results

Ranking Table

1. Richard Laking Tomb Kings
2. Chris Legg Daemons of Chaos
3. Chris Tamplin Lizardmen
4. Chris Nobbs Empire
5. Daniel Gibbons Vampire Counts
6. Russ Veal Tomb Kings
7. Ian Scovell Vampire Counts
8. Tris Smith Daemons of Chaos
9. Donnie Nicholls Dark Elves
10. Michael Biggs Dwarves
11. Anthony Jackson Tomb Kings
12. George King High Elves
13. Dan Heelan Lizardmen
14. Gareth Bowan Lizardmen
15. Stephen Follows Orcs and Goblins
16. Rob Clayton Lizardmen
17. Lance Gibson Orcs and Goblins
18. John Broome Vampire Counts
19. Rob Michell Dark Elves
20. James Jeffery Skaven
21. Clive Kershaw Orcs and Goblins
22. Rich Barter High Elves
23. Dave Palmer Dark Elves
24. Rob Pierce Wood Elves
25. Dave Saego Lizardmen
26. David Saunders Warriors of Chaos
27. Paul Bulpin Vampire Counts
28. Luke Thompson High Elves
29. David Henderson Daemons of Chaos
30. Mark Hampson Dark Elves
31. Vaughan Robinson Dark Elves
32. Grant Alexander Dark Elves
33. Al Pidwell Vampire Counts
34. Simon Hyett High Elves
35. Jon Jones Lizardmen
36. Declan Waters Lizardmen
37. Mike Clee Dwarves
38. Chris Ryder Dark Elves
39. Paul Faddon Warriors of Chaos
40. Kris Hesta Skaven
41. Chris Aston Orcs and Goblins
42. James Harding Lizardmen
43. Dan Tunbridge Orcs and Goblins
44. Ben Gibson Lizardmen
45. Paul Eacott Bretonnians
46. Dan Kohorn-Hill Orcs and Goblins
47. Daniel Law Vampire Counts
48. Edd Hamon High Elves
49. Mike Ralph Dwarves
50. Oliver Sliney Warriors of Chaos

As you can see there is an interesting mix of armies in the top 20, where as last year it was all Demons and Vampire Counts.  Im happy with end result as last year i was in the bottom 40’s. I also scored the highest out of the Warriors of Chaos armies taken. Also I placed higher than kris and Clee

I hope Spiky Club stick with using Comp and Im already thinking of what ill be taking next year

The Boyz are back in Town

Howdy folks, i’ve had a busy couple of months as i’ve been preparing to attend the Tides of Chaos tournament held in Reading. This involved myself painting up some Chaos knights and 2 more characters for my Tzeentch army. As this tournament was introducing a comp system for the first time, i spent quite a bit of time selecting my army, and overall was happy with its performance as all my opponents were tough to play against.
I managed to play some practice games before hand, my favorite being against Skilling, whose Greater demon of Nurgle miscast and destroyed himself.
The tournament itself was held over a weekend and consisted of six games with fully painted armies. I had some great games, and some not so great games, but fought against no armies i would consider unfair or cheesy, the only problems i had came from the personalities of a couple of players,(asking my previous opponent what items my characters had) etc.
Even managed to fit some Cut throat caverns in the evening so i was pretty much gaming 24/7. So to sum up i had a great weekend and I’m already thinking of what ill take next year.
Andrew one of the lads who helps run the event has sent me some of the pics taken whilst we were all playing so ill be putting those up in the gallery section soon
So what am I doing now?
My energy is now being put towards a main project with a couple of side quests. I have an American FOW army to put together, which I’m aiming to complete by xmas. I also bought some Uncharted seas stuff at the UK Games Expo, I’m looking to finish these this month, ready to start playing with against Conrad in August.
Plus I have more Chaos to paint and I still want to add to my small Skorne force.
With so much painting to do I have purchased some army builder paint brushes to use, so ill let you know how the quality checks out.
All in all I have plenty of painting to be getting on with so ill stop typing now and get on with it.

There be wargamers in dem dere hills

I survived yet another week away with the lads in Brecon and had a great time. Caught up with friends I dont see often enough and played a lot of games, mostly 40k with a sprinkling of board games to spice it up,(and some dark future….).
Best bit is I managed to fully paint my Blood Angels to at least 1500pts if not more. Pics will follow of the rest of the army in the next couple of days aka on my next day off.
Will I be painting up more stuff? You had better believe it, but not for a little while as im taking a break from painting, I can feel the call of my xbox even as I type.
So whats the plan after that?
Well there will be another week away in wales with lots of gaming so I suppose I had better paint up stuff for that.
2009/2010 sees us playing Flames of War and Warmachine, but as always i like to challenge myself so ill be adding units to my Blood Angels and Warriors of chaos too.
Always more figs to paint but im sure one day everything will be fully painted… even that Dwarf army

Winter Wonderland

Wow these last few months have flown by and it’s nearly time to Mosey on down to Wales for another week of Gaming madness. Ive spent the last few weeks busily painting more Blood Angels completeing two more troop choices and a fast attack unit. Pics will follow in the next day or two once the camera is charged and it stops bloody snowing…..
There is still plenty of stuff that needs painting, such as HQ’s, plenty of tanks, terrain and hopefully i can squeeze in some extra stuff.
I have seven more days at work then my long weekend, which i hope to complete the rest of my foot troops. so fingers crossed you see a 2nd entry this month, maybe even 3 if i can get my tanks done in time too.
Now how to stop undercoat from freezing….

Prepare to be Terminated….

Its been a long time coming but I have finally painted last months figures.  Buying Warhammer Online was a big mistake,(as it soon took up my spare time) but I won’t be buying a subscription until after Feb, so I can avoid further temption .

So I managed to complete a second tactical squad, there fore completing the mimimum troops requirement. I also painted up a unit of terminators. This means I have now painted up the contents of the AOBR box set.

Ive still got a long ways to go before im ready for the Wales tour 2009. I will be spending the remaining days this month on adding to my troop choices as two will not be enough, and I will be adding a HQ choice.  If im real lucky I will have time to add a fast attack choice too.

Expect another post soon, later dudes

A 40K Winter

Right cancel all previous plans, it looks like if we go away to Wales next year the theme of the week will be 40K. Its a mixture of good news and bad news. The good news is its going to an awesome week with themed boards and a campaign to match. The bad news is I have around 6 months to paint up a 1500 – 2000pts Blood Angels army.
This wasn’t planned until a couple of weeks ago which means ill be painting a mass of figures and terrain over the following months. Ive started this month by completing a 10 man Tatical Squad and a dreadnought from the Black Reach box set and a Warlock for my Skorne, although that little project is on hold until further notice. A good start and I like how they have come out but there is plenty more to do, so next month ill be painting up the rest of the contents from the Black Reach box set.
Ill also be picking up the new Space Marine Codex next month so ill be able to decide what else ill be painting once I get my grubby hands on it.
Until next month later dude.

Waiting for November

Well I struggled towards the end but here are my painted figs. I painted a combat squad of Space Marines, and im happy with how they came out. So happy in fact that I proceeded to order the Assault on Black Reach box set, and ill be putting them together throughout September ready for the following month.
I also got off my butt and finished the second half of a Chaos Warrior unit that I had started originally last March.
For next months painting target Ill be staying away from the ole Chaos until the new army book is released so ill be concentrating on getting some more Hordes units done and either more Space Marines or a Wild West gang. Ive been managing to get some games in recently, and ive come to realise that im out of practise so fingers crossed ill play some more and if I remember ill take some pics too.
later dudz

Hurry up with the Army Books!!!!

So I went to a 2250pts Warhammer tournament on the weekend along with Clee and Kris. And first off I have to say that I was surprised (in a good way), the Spikey Club held it in a good venue, with a bar next door, it was well staffed by normal guys, non I am happy to say would fit the current critera of a GW Manager. Also on the whole there wern’t that many beardy players there, although tournaments tend to bring them out from under there stones, and this year they seemed to be armed with demon lists, but all the opponements i faced were more interested in having fun than winning at all costs.

How did I do? In one word terrible lol. This was mainly because two weeks before the tournament i received a email informing me that I would have to use the WD list. This put some serious restrictions on what I could field as I didnt want to take unpainted figures (although there were others there with totally unpainted armies which i feel should not be allowed). Will I be going again next year? I think all of us agreed that we want to come back and try again, and by that time the new army books for Hordes of Chaos and Lizardmen will be out so ill have even more choice and a much more competeive list. One thing for sure is ill better be prepared to take on demons as they are very nasty, even when people are not being beardy, which means ill have to get some practise games in as i was very rusty.

On a different note I have been keeping up with my painting and have been persuaded to start a new project… Hordes, which are a pleasure to paint as i love the miniatures. I currently have to idea on how to play the game but once I have painted my 4 man box set ill treat myself to the rule book and maybe even play a small game. I also painted up a unit of leadbelchers as I could use them in both my warhammer army and in quest.

For next months painting project im spoilt for choice as per normal. I have 10 chaos warriors I need to finish to complete a unit of 20 i started 18 months ago so I would like to finally get them done, plus another skorne miniature for hordes. Also with the release of the 5th edition of 40k coming up soon and the rule changes that have been anounced I have been tempted to redo a space marine army so if I have the time ill try paint up a unit. Im also going to purchase some LOTR figs so expect to see them up and running soon.

I found my paint brush….

After taking a well deserved month off from painting, im back. Ive started by buying the new chaos plastic spawn figures. Ive kept it basic painting wise as I wanted to try out the Army Painter quickshade, a varnish and shade in one…. Despite seeing the effect on Conrads Khemri I was nervous, and I couldn’t bring myself to dip them in and instead resorted to using a brush. Im honestly surprised by the results and im tempted to go and use it on the rest of the army, but let me know what you guys think…..

Ill be using these in my Tzeentch army, but also plan to use them in Warhammer Quest as Gorgans etc And the aim is to have all the figures needed to play Quest in around 18 months time, and I won’t be the only one contributing towards this. At the same time I want to try and complete other projects that ive had on the go but never finished, such as a Lotr force, Confrontation, Wild west and Warmachine. I think my Dwarfs will be put on hold once again, but one day……
Its going to be a busy year but I really enjoyed using a fully painted army in March and I dont want to fall back on my old ways, time to buy more paint…..