Thursday 31 December 2015

Last day of the year!

Well, it being the last day of 2015 and all... yeah well I don't have any comments on that. I don't know why I opened up with that line.

Embarrassment aside. It has been bloody hot down here in SA. It was 40 odd degrees in Cape Town yesterday and it was 30+ today. My worst nightmare. I wish it was cold here. Why won't it for just once snow! Hehe, not gonna happen any time soon...


Anyway. I always like to introduce new miniatures that I paint into my little gaming world by, well, playing them in.

Now, before we start, you must know a few things about what happened after the last battle. Hepplethwaite was fine, absolutely no injuries. Erik was pretty damaged, losing one T. Veladaunt is dead. Dead. Frank the Road Warden was fine as well. Pestulent Retch took damage to his leg: -1 M.

Now, once returning back to camp, Erik immediately challenged Hepplethwaite for the leadership of the war band. And, despite being 6 levels higher than they ogre, Erik was still beaten down. Enraged by his own failure, he left the warband and went off on his own. Soon after he met up with Pestulent Retch who was planning an ambush on a bunch of Sigmarite priests. He needed some extra muscle and Erik was desperate for some glory of his own, so he joined them.

Said priests were named Zelan, a high ranking Bishop, and John, a lowly, fanatical, witch hunting, monkish sort. Travelling with them was Adam, the Recruiter. It was his job to garner new recruits for the Province's army. They were heading now towards Kalitzdorf, along with Frank, the Road Warden, who was there to provide security
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They were Pestulent's target, and, as they neared the village, the trap was sprung!


Erik prepares to charge.


Pestulent readies his ratmen. To the left one can see the Nurglesque Warband's chief spy and informer, the Mouseling. He doesn't plan on fighting much, just sitting back and watching.


Meanwhile, in the shadows, Bruu, follower of Tzeentch lurks and watches.


The trap is sprung! Pestulent engages Adam while his followers assault John. Wanting revenge for the injuries dealt to him by Frank in the previous battle, Erik spurs towards the Road Warden.


 Pestulent easily dispatches the Recruiter, while the Road Warden lands a blow on Erik.


Pestulent goes straight after the fleeing Zenal, while his followers swarm over John. Erik and Frank continue to trade blows.


Suddenly, Bruu explodes from the bushes.


Pestulent has nearly reached the Sigmarite Bishop when...


Boom! Zzzzapp! Pink Fire of Tzeentch hits him full on. It was very amusing! Pink fire deals D6 Strength 4+D6 hits with no saves. I rolled six the first time and six the second time so it was 6 S10 hits with no saves. Yes, the hated follower of Nurgle was fried.


With one last mighty swing, Frank felled Erik (again!), hitting him in the exact same spot as last time! This was the end of the skirmish as the skaven lost all will to fight when two champions died right in front of them in quick succession. They promptly fled.


So, Zenal arrived in Kalitzdorf, and here he is, surveying the garrison. They would all celebrate the new year together tonight at the tavern!


Yet, late that night, Zenal slipped away and ran to the forest. There he was met by a huge bestial figure and the two went frolicking into the night... Is there more to the Bishop than there seems?


Anyway, sadly, on the casualty recovery table, Erik got another light body wound, maiming his Toughness down to 3! Oh so squishy! I love RoC!

Speaking of which, here are all the Oldhammerish? miniatures that I have painted since beginning this mad adventure a month or two ago? They are all metal which is amazing since until now I have religiously stuck to plastic, for its cheapness and convertibility. Hehe, I was practically raised on plastics!


Anywho? I am happy with what I have done so far and am really enjoying my Pseudo-RoC games. I generally find that if I'm stuck with anything I just make it up, but then again, I always have!

I have not shown any pictures of my lotr minis here, because I plan on repainting most of the elves. Still, in total I'd estimate that I've painted around 110-120? miniatures since I started blogging earlier on this year. I have found that blogging has helped me insanely with motivation.

So, happy new year everyone! May your 2016 be productive and enjoyable!

Sunday 27 December 2015

Oldhammer Batrep: Battle for Kalitzdorf


Here follows a long, long, long, winding battrep of my biggest oldhammer game yet.

My virtuous opponent, commander of the empire forces, Bellasaurus Rex. Well, not really. I played against my mother, but our dog was watching most of the game!

Victory went to the one with the most VP at the end of the game, or until one side surrenders.

Chaos would get a VC for killing Veladaunt, for killing Frank, for killing Edward and Donald, for killing the Royal Guard, for killing the handgunners, and last of all for finding the Mouseling (little skaven) who was hiding by the barn. To find the Mouseling, one needed to be within 3" and roll a 5 or 6 on a d6.

Empire would get a VC for killing Hepplethwaite, for killing Erik, for killing Pestulent Retch, for killing the beastmen, for killing the skaven, and for capturing the ale at the tavern.


So, here is the table, all set out. The village of Kalitzdorf.


In this battle, the forces of Nurgle and the followers of Slannesh joined forces to attack the small empire village.

The Nurgle forces were made up of Pestulent Retch and three skaven.


Edward (a lvl 5 hero) and Donald, the ogre defended the village.


While three handgunners guarded the village's only tavern.


 In the shadows of the forest, Hepplethwaite's warband lurked in wait, ready to ambush the soon to arrive empire road patrol.


And here they are, Frank, the Road Wardens (lvl 10 hero), Captain Veladaunt  (lvl 10 hero) and 8 Royal Guard of Blüdfendorf (humans in heavy armour with pikes).


Now, time for another pic of one of our dogs, eating one of our rabbit's carrots.


So, I took command of the forces of Chaos, while my mother took command of the forces of the Empire. So, I started out by charging Hepplethwaite straight into the pikemen, scoring first blood.


Meanwhile Erik spurred his steed forward, toward the tavern and the beastmen strode towards the two Empire heroes.


The skaven began to assault the tower in which Edward was hiding while Donald made a bee line towards where the Mouseling was hiding.


Down in the forest, Frank charged Hepplethwaite in the flank who panicked and fled and was cut down by free hack.


Veladaunt charged into the beastmen in an attempt to slow their advance and managed to kill one off.


However, Erik quickly seized the initiative and took command of the warband. He promptly charged Veladaunt who backed away before the Chaos champion's onslaught and was in turn ridden down and slaughtered.

He needed to save three 5+ armour saves and he got two fives and a four. Facepalm.


Having finished with the ogre, the men of the Empire turned to face the followers of Slannesh.


Up in the village, Donald began to dig furiously through the bushes to find the Mouseling. He could hear frantic squeaking  but couldn't find a thing.


Pestulent now joined his followers in hacking away at the tower.


Back to the forest, the beastmen slaughtered two more Royal Guard while Erik and Frank exchanged blows.


Back in the Chaos turn, the beastmen slew another warrior of the Empire, while they struck back and wounded a beastmen in turn. Frank smashed his hammer into Erik who took a wound for no retaliation.


Donald still can't find the Mouseling. The bushes seem to be getting larger and thicker to his addled brain.


Now, Frank hammered down two more blows I thought Erik was gone for good this time. But very luckily I managed his saves and the resulting wardance frightened my sister's rabbit and making my dogs bark madly.


The beastmen, infuriated by their champion's failure to harm the Road Warden, struck down two more Royal Guard. They wavered but held firm despite the odds.


Yes, Donald carried on looking for the Mouseling, to little avail. Now is it just me, or is that bush getting bigger.


Yet again, I save another blow aimed at Erik. Just.


Hmm, I don't know why but my dogs seem to be obsessed with carrots. Now the Bellasaurus is eating the bunnies chow too!


Finally, Donald gives up on the Mouseling and receives a charge from Pestulent. The three skaven come under fire from the handgunners and one falls writhing on the ground.


Donald and Pestulent exchange blows, Donald takes two wounds and Pestulent, one.


Finally, and tragically, Erik falls to the Road Warden's Warhammer.


Donald gets charged in the flank by the skaven and flees, miraculously surviving the freehack. The two skaven turn and charge Edward (who I like to call the MiniHero, because in all the games I've played so far, he has been useless). Turns out, he's not as useless as I thought. In fact he killed both his skaven attackers. He is definitely getting a level up.


Finally, the beastmen killed off the last of the Royal Guard and turned on Frank. He managed to finish off one of them, but their double handed weapons and weight in numbers brought them victory over the Empire hero. He also did really well this game, killing both Hepplethwaite and Erik. Also definitely getting a level up.


Bawling out a challenge, Donald rallied and went charging into Pestulent, killing him.


And with that the beastmen gave up the battle, turning and fleeing back into the woods.


Total points: Empire 4, Chaos 3.

With the battle over, the battered defenders of Kalitzdorf congregated at the village centre. They all blew out a collective sigh of relief.


Edward led the handgunners off to the tavern to get a drink of nice, cold ale.


Meanwhile Donald went back to looking for that damned Mouseling!


After a few more minutes spent beating around the bush so to speak, he uncovered the little ratty creature. He felt vindicated. He had not been imagining that squeaking sound. It was the proudest moment of his life!


Now, I shall give you, the reader, a limited edition view into Donald's mind. You see, the below is what Donald saw.


Whereas this is what it actually looked like. Ogres aren't the brightest!


Anywho, that was fun! Really fun! I am starting to get the hang of 3rd. Now all I need to do is work out the casualties and move on!

One last thing. I might have won (might) a Realm of Chaos Bloodthirster on Ebay, still in its blister, sealed, for around 20 pounds! Which was pretty fun as well. Anyway,

GOODBYE!