I got game!

Finally on Saturday I had my first games of Warmachine MK3 and wow Khador can have sooooo many jacks.

The ability to power up you jacks at the start of your tern really helps Khador and not starve a war casters of vital focus.

Prof I played a game!

Getting packed in the middle.

After playing a couple of games I can see terrain is a big thing now and pathfinder is going to be very handy. Also Kodiaks they are awesome now the ability to vent steam when ever and clear lines is great.

Game 2

I do have to get used to being more aggressive in play and not afraid to take a load of jacks in a list as infantry seems to be more of a distraction. One unit that has been upgraded is the Man o Wars which are great when added with the UA no knockdown yes please.


So for my next game I am preparing my Troolbloods starting off with the battle box and then adding my new unit of Fenn Blades which were a pleasure to build and my heavy which I received for my birthday this year...magnets ahoy!

The Trolls getting ready!

I am looking forward to my next games which I hope to be this weekend..its like they say about buses not had a game in along time now a couple in a few weeks!

Signs Of Life..

Hello....Anybody there...

Well its been a while....all I can say for my self is that its been so busy that gaming  has had to take a backseat for a while and as work has been in full swing it has left me contemplating how I can get some hobby time back and fit everything else in as well.

Over the summer (yes its been that long) I have been in the process of selling some of the games and minis that I know I will never get round to playing. In truth it needed to be done to make some space and I have my eye on somethings...Also christmas is soon and I have been asked for a list!

Over the past weeks or so I have been invited to play some Warmachine MK3 now I am ashamed to say I still have not had a MK3 game yet (yes my bad) I really want to try and get a game in soon as I want to see the miracle of Khador having more then one jack on the table now!


Ok so no gaming but I have managed to do a little bit of hobby related things such as try out some water effects. I found a video on line Cheap Water effects which uses cheap pound shop epoxy resin.

I popped into my local pound shop and picked up a couple of packets of resin and decided to base my proxy colossal swamp base. My advice would be to make sure you have a well ventilated area and leave it somewhere like a shed as I left it in my hobby room and the smell is not good.

Good Old Tommy!

Also be careful as you need to mix the two parts slightly and I seemed to not it mix it properly so some of the base looks like ice and other bits are still a bit wet so leave plenty of time to dry and it will self level out.

Still not dry..

So water base try out check next up I cracked out my mantic terrain from the dead zone set and the extra battle zone set I have grabbed some glue and got to work on making some
structures.

Now as in most reports about this terrian its not easy to put together and can be frustrating that bits fall off as you are trying to dry fit for ideas. My advise is try not to get to enraged with it. The concept of this terrain is good even if there are flaws like not fitting together perfectly, not getting enough clips and all that. Its great to get terrain that you can use multi level.

I want to use this as some kind of docking yard or general sci fi terrain for now. I will need to figure out a paint scheme for it so will look around for inspiration.

So as you can see not much to report game wise but hopefully over the next few weeks there will be some dice rolling.

Warmachine and Hordes MK3 1 week to go...

Its now only one week away from the official release of the new edition of Warmachine and Hordes. Now the rules have been out since the 12th June but its going to be great to get my hands on the new Khador battle box.

I have seen a few battle reports online and info about what has happened to khador like Iron flesh is now an a ARM buff rather then a DEF which makes sense fluff wise. It seems that khador have a few casters that give pathfinder now.

As for the rules I like the fact it seems more of a tidy up rather then sweeping changes such as haveing to be on top of a hill fully to gain the DEF bonus and pre measuring brings a whole new flavour to the game. Also terrain now be it blocking or not is allowed in zones which will make games more interesting.

The point system is interesting as battle boxes are now at 0 points from which you build to what is the standard game size now of 75 points.
The new ability to have a power up for jacks giving a free focus at the maintenance phase will really help my Khador army as I only could usually run one jack due to lack of focus but now I am rubbing my hands with this opportunity to bring more metal to the table.

The new battle boxes look great with the new colour plastics and the additions of a gaming mat, full rules and quick start guide, focus and spell tokens,  ruler and not forgetting dice at £25-30 is a great deal......

So as you can tell I am looking forward to getting some games in over the summer of warmachine.....but whats that I hear the earth rumbling.......




Yep I am also jumping into Hordes with the mighty TrollBloods!! Not just going to be painting red any more.