... has had a busy year

At the beginning of the last year I became a press ganger for privateer press. Which has ment that I spend a potion of my time organising events in the Leeds area. This is one main reasons why the blog has been quiet.

The main event being the BCB where we managed to rise over a £1000 on the on the day.

Right I thought it would be a good idea to post a rough idea what i have planned this year for the blog.

There are a few topics I would like to start and cover over the next year.

One of the firsts is to post up the top three players list form the events that take place at Leeds Warmachine through the year.

Towards the end of the year I received the results of kickstarter for wild west exodus which is boxed and i will do a unboxing as post. Along with thoughts on the game.

I would like to also post unboxing pictures and new models and games that I buy over the year. This includes the new 2 player starter set for firestorm armada.

I would also like to post a series of unboxing that will cover the the new star trek magazine.

Not sure if there will be time to still cover topics other then table top gaming but I may throw in a short movie review here and there.

... is planning another BCB

Last year we managed to raise £500 for Mac Millan this year we are hoping for more please come and join us!

More information can be found at Leeds Warmchnine along with the rules pack for the event

.... Painting Hordes

Here are a few things that i have painted, these are both starter boxes the for Hordes game by Privateer Press.

Hordes Trolls starter Battle Group

This Troll Battle box contains:

Madrak Ironhide, Thornwood Chieftain Warlock

2 Troll Impaler Light Warbeasts

Troll Axer Light Warbeast

Madrak Ironhide

Troll Axer Warbeast

Next up is the Legion of Everblight Battle Group which contains:

Lylyth, Herald of Everblight Warlock

Carnivean Heavy Warbeast

4 Shredder Lesser Warbeasts

Hordes Legion of Everblight starter Battle Group

Carnivean Heavy Warbeast

I did paint the Legion models for a local event Called the BCB which is a charity event that will be held again this! The painted theme is pink armies!

With both these Battle Groups i tried a pre shading the models base coat using three primers from Halfords (White, Gray, Black). The first coat is black which covers the hole model. The second is gray which i only spray the models from 90 degrees and up then white from directly above, this gives the great gradient, which you then only needs thin coats of paint which colour the gradients.

Watch this link Pre shading Video and everything will become clear.

... enjoying his New Year

Right it that time of the year again where i am going to state what  my Goals are for the coming year:

1. First i would like to become a better painter and that can only be done with practise with both my brush and new airbrush.
2. I would like to Blog more this will help keep track of what i have got done and the games that i have enjoyed. I would also like to post about the films and books i enjoy, which i tried last year but the post would always turn into reviews which i never finish. So this year i have decided short posts is the i am going to address this. My aim is one post a month minimum.
3. Finally i would like to play more game and have fun which i hope is a goal i share with every one.

The next post will be a catch up from what i managed to paint and play last year.

... Painting his Brood Lord

There is still a few touch ups to do but here it is, next is the Lictor, then i plan on spending some time painting some Warmachine units considering that i have not played 40K for over a year and it will be a while before my Nids will see the table

... Painting Space Ships

I have managed to paint a very basic scheme on both my Call to Arm Star Fleet starter sets and play a game. Which Means that I have managed to play a game with both side painted.

It was a Demo game where we play several of the rules wrong due to the way in which I read the rules, So I will not post a review/ my thoughts yet but there are several others in the club that want a demo game so i will post once i have played more games. The main issue I have with this game at the moment is that you need a detailed reference cards for each ships which would allow you to keep track of several element during the turn. This is something the Mongoose Publishing are addressing with laminated reference sheets, which is due out soon.

... Playing Skyrim

I will keep this very simply and sweet this is a fanatic game that every one should own! Think open World like GTA but with Dragons, Troll etc. Get it but be warned this game will stuck up your time. I will post a small review once I have played a few more hours, but so far its been fun killing Dragons, and exploring the world.

... Looking Forward to Playing

With Christmas and New Year over i am looking forward to playing the following Games in 2012:

Wing of War, 

One of Local Club Players has just pick this up and i looking forward to this simply dog fighting game which combines Cards and Models. no dice needed. (and the miniatures are all painted)

Battle Ships Galaxies, 

Had this in my collection for a few months now but not manager to get to the table i have been looking forward getting this game to the table for a while now.

Call to Arms : Star Fleet

Just got the rule book and two starter set, painted the models and have already arranged a Demo game. will post a small review once i have had a couple of games.

Quarriors,

Every one seems to love this game, i hope me and the misses do to! Quarriors is an interesting take on deck building games which uses dice instead of cards. This will add a twist of luck to what would normally be a games of he who controls that the best card collection wins.

Dust Tatics,

Another great fun board game which i have had for a while but has not seem much play which i hope to change. There is now Several new models which can be used for both the board game and Table top War-game  variant. 

Warmachine & Hordes

This is a currently my most played game, because its a great game which never plays the same, I have a new Epic caster with tones of units which need to see the table. This is my game of choice and is going to be my painting focus for the year, so no new Factions models till i can field two fully painted 50 point list. I am going to wait till the end of the year and till I have played with two plastic starter set for Hordes before i decide which faction to go with.

Warhammer 40K

With the Necron Back and the rumours of the Tau and a New edition on the way i will most likely have a few games. and hopefully finishing painting my Nids but its at the back of a long painting queue.

Infinity

Another Si-fi miniatures game that i have been enjoying and would love to play more this coming year. The miniatures are great but i feel that i will need a lot more paint skill to do them justice, so these will be staying in primer for a while.

My main goal for the year in hobby terms is to play with more painted stuff so i have decided not to keep trying to follow master painter guides but to try and get my miniature up to a basic table top standard.

11/11/2011 - 11:11:11

Just Saying.
Where you?

HAS been update

It been quite here but not because i have been ignoring this blog but because i have been gaming probably too much! I have now taken part in a few mini one day tournaments, one for Warmachine 35pts Steam roller and the other was seal deck event for Magic the Gathering (Innistrad). In the following week i will also be playing a 1000pts King of War tournament (Army pictures to follow once i finish sticking them together).

Besides from one day events I have mainly been playing tones of Warmachine, and even grown force to the include several new Cryx casters (the Generals of a Battle group). The more i play Warmachine the more i like it. This is due to the game easy to play but difficult to master.Warmachine is a complicated strategic skirmish game which never seems to play the same twice. I would highly recommend this game to everyone who enjoys any type of strategic game. I am still not winning many games but my uses of my Casters spells with unit combinations and positioning is getting much better. The key to this game i feel is understanding how to play against opposing forces Caster and the trick and combinations they use, and more importantly not let your caster get in to an position where is can get assassinated.

I have also been watching The Big Theory Season 1 which has me in stitches very time. Should i be worried that i get almost all the geek references? Bzinga

With DC launching the #1 across the range of comics I have picked up Batman Detective Comic and the Justice League lets see how long these lines hold my attention. I am also very slowly going through the fourth book in the Horus Heresy books (Flight of the Eisenstein). So far this book has not been a page turner (only half way through) I am not sure why, it could be that the main Character of the book is not the same as the previous three books in the series, and this books time line starts parallel to the last half of the previous book thus not progressing the story of the Warmaster Horus's heresy.