Well, last Sunday was the last day of the campaign. I scored a minor victory against the beastmen army, it was a close game, and lots of fun.
Afte the game was over, I got together with the other players, and we put together a scenario for an apocalypse style fantasy event. It should be a ton of fun, I may post up a copy of the scenario, or a link to it later if I can edit it to the way I like.
Other than that, I haven't been doing much at all. I ordered the Empire army book, but I don't think I will have any money to put towards an army for quite a while. I also like to read and write fluff, or background stories for armies and such, so I've been doing a little of that.
And it's raining, and wet, so I'm not terribly motivated at the moment, just very sleepy. I also ignore grammar, and any form of correct writing in this weather.... jhbiufhoihgr[ijqaij

So here are some 40k bases that I've been working on recently. The one with the submerged rhino hatch has been sitting around for ages, un-textured, and un-painted.

Oh no!!! I'm so, so sad. Someone else on the internet has also come up with the same idea I had for the Demigryph Knights conversion! Now it's not so cool or original an idea; if only I had the cash to make it happen when I came up with it. I suppose I will still do it though, becaus it is very cool.

I finally got a video recorded, and edited to where it will fit in YouTube's 10min time restriction.  It was a pain, but hopefully it is helpful to beginners, or anyone in general. Here is the link,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljb2KontyRE&feature=youtu.be

Right now I'm working on the first video for my YouTube account, also under the name " The Rusy Iron Priest". It's on basing, an odd place to start I suppose, but as good as any. I'ts not really going to be a tutorial, but kind of my progression from when I first began, to now. I'm not sure whether I will upload it first, or if I will make another one and upload it first....

Beaten, thrashed, whipped once again! I suffered another massacre today, at the hands of a freind who plays dwarves. I would say I made some poor unit choices with the list, and with what actions I had them take.

I can't wait to startmy Empire army, but alas "real life" gets in the way. I have some awesome plans for "Demigryph Knight" conversions, that I have been talking with  my friend about since last weekend. First I will start with the army book, and a Battalion box set, which can form 606-710 points. From there, I will probably buy a second box, and fill out with other units.

So, thought I might as well show what I'm doing with my movement trays. They are just made out of cardboard, but I have a can or two of "hammered metal" effect spray paint lying around, which certainly makes them look better than plain cardboard. So far I only have two trays, cut to fit seven ranks, four files deep of minis on 25mm square bases. I plan to build some more, hopefully for most of the army.

So, new update on the Warhammer Mighty Empires campaign. I got my butt whooped! In the two games following the first two, I was massacred twice! The first time was by a fellow Warriors of Chaos player just joining the campaign. The second time was by an Ogre Kingdoms player just joining the campaign as well. Even though I lost, I still had some fun, and learned a few things, namely screening. I call it screening, but there are many other terms used, bait and lure, chaff, what ever suits your vocabulary. Whatever you call it, the main idea is to get cheap, preferably fast units out ahead of your main force to prevent enemy units from charging your more valuable units. Then, whether your screening units charge or get charged, or not at all, you can control where enemy units move and how they (get) charge(d).

The next game I played, this last weekend was a draw. The deployment was pretty standard, but the objective was to control a Sorcerous Portal in the center of the table, if neither player controlled the portal, it was a draw. Game length was random. At the end of turn four and every turn afterward, a die was rolled. If the total of the turn number and die was less than ten, the game continued.

The game I played against the Dwarves continued on to turn 5. 2,000 point limit plus points from gold mines or raiding.
This isn't precise, but this is roughly what his army consisted of;

• General on shield bearers.
• Unit of Miners
• Unit of Slayers
• Some other large unit of dwarves
• Unit of Quarrellers
• Cannon
• Organ Gun
• Bolt Thrower.

I took the "Scouts" bonus from the Mighty Empires Rule Book. This forced him to deploy his whole army first, and gave me first turn.

We rolled for, and placed terrain, as well as table sides. He set all of units on hills or behind cover, which I expected.

My army consisted of ;

• Sorcerer Lord
• Wulfric the Wanderer
• Two Units of Warriors
• Unit of Marauders
• Two Units of Warhounds
• Unit of Marauder Horsmen
• Dragon Ogre Shaggoth

For most of the game, I was maneuvering my units to try and get in combat. The Warhounds did their job wonderfully. One kept a bolt thrower busy for three turns, with just one warhound left. The other unit died in one or two turns. The shaggoth took a cannon to the face, leaving it with only one wound, which it lost shortly afterward. However it charged a unit before dying, causing it to flee from terror! The Marauder Horsmen kept failing charges and getting shot before they even got close to anything. His organ gun misfired, leaving it useless for two turns. A unit of warriors and the sorcerer were chased to my table edge by the slayers. The other unit successfully chased the fleeing unit off the table that had been running from the shaggoth. We kept forgetting to roll in for his miners, and my marauders. His miners never got close to anything, but my unit of marauders charged the quarreler's before the game ended.
It was a fun game, that ended for both players on equal terms.

Something that has been bugging me the entire time, is movement trays. Having to borrow someone elses army, means I'm also scrounging up whatever movement trays I can, because the owning player is using his for a different army. This is making me use bases too wide, which is troublesome for moving, and also rank-file setups. So I made my own out of some cardboard to solve the problem.

I'm freaking excited about tomorrow! Let the world burn! For Chaos!!!

So, what my experience has been in the games of Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy;

-I have been playing Warhammer 40,000 for five or six years now.

-My first army was Dark Angels, from there I have played Orks, Space Marines, Daemonhunters, Tyranids, and Space Wolves.

-Of the armies I have played, Dark Angels and Space Wolves are still probably my favorite.

-For a long time I was interested in Warhammer Fantasy at all, but it has been growing on me lately. I went down to the friendly, local gaming store to watch I few games. My intent was to watch and learn, but they were 1 person short to play a campaign, so now I am in a Mighty Empires campaign with a Warrioirs of Chaos army. I believe I am in the lead just ahead of a Beastmen Army, two Dwarf armies, and a Dark Elf army. I bought one of the little rulebooks from the starter set to try and learn the rules, but I got the jist of it while I was playing.

Welcome, I don't know how you got lost enough to find my blog, but I hope you enjoy it while you are here.  This blog is about my adventures in the hobby and games of Warhammer Fantasy, and Warhammer 40,000..... Let it begin!