tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80758454058333783012024-03-05T00:42:04.241-08:00Insane HeroismBravely charging the enemy with a fistful of onesFirewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-68802441791386232042018-10-12T14:26:00.001-07:002018-10-12T14:26:20.821-07:00A tale of knightsSir" the words were spat at him like an insult. Of course that's what he should have expected. He tried to change his stars and had nearly succeeded. The only thing his countrymen hated more then the nobles were people that dragged themselves out of the mud in which they toiled. "Enjoy your stay, Sir. Sorry if the accommodation isn't up to your usual standard!" The guard Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-37696765895726284222018-09-28T16:42:00.001-07:002018-09-28T16:42:52.287-07:00Tale of four gamersSo for my tale of four gamers I have decided to do knights. I've have a couple bouncing around in my pile of shame for a while. As a couple of knights is essentially an army of one model a month it seemed like a good choice. So my first months painting (due today) is one knight crusader with rapid fire battle cannon, gatling cannon and missile pod. Month 1 completed!Still awaiting transfers Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-82045717452162506772017-01-02T14:41:00.001-08:002017-01-02T14:42:00.033-08:00CATCH 2 A Clash of Orks++Proceed++Was all the message said. Was all it needed to say. In that one word Veddack had been granted the full authority to pursue a resolution of this unwarranted IIC intrusion using whatever means he deemed fit. Alas due to the vagaries of long range astropathic communication, the IIC had already landed and begun broadcasting by the time the message arrived. This meant that the most Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-87857476189735807952016-12-31T11:15:00.001-08:002016-12-31T11:15:16.846-08:00CATCH a beginning++++++++ Incoming transmission +++++++++Received via astropathic relay 258GB45A+++ Vermillion Level clearance required +++. . . .++Thank you Arch magos++++originator: Magos Veddack++++imperial time stamp: M41.9801-451++++Location: Research Facility FS-21++++Message begins++Arch Magos. Surveillance satellites detected an imperial ship entering the system at the Mandeville point. Cross Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-2555709094426807522016-06-02T14:44:00.000-07:002016-06-02T14:44:06.565-07:00London GT 2016
I recently attended the
inaugural London grand tournament, with a total of 86 attendees this was quite
a large tournament, and the largest that I have attended. I took my Tau as per
my previous post. I’ll just post a quick run through of my games rather than a
detailed account of the action.
Game 1, vs chaos sorcerer
cabal and zombie horde. With Typhus and cypher.
So this Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-64829081947677709032016-05-26T14:44:00.001-07:002016-05-26T14:44:47.329-07:00London 40K GT 2016As some of you may know, there is a tournament coming up in London this weekend. As my interest in 40K has been rekindled recently, I have decided to go along and try my hand. I don't expect to do too well as my experience has been somewhat limited in regards to gaming. However I thought I would post a copy of the list I am taking. My force will be as follows:Primary Detachment Faction: TauTau Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-19129786877781211002016-05-25T15:01:00.001-07:002016-05-25T15:01:19.059-07:00Ghostkeel WIPJust wanted to post a quick work in progress shot of the latest addition to my Tau army. The rust effect looks a little over the top in the photo. But the flash from the camera shows it up far more than in actually looks in daylight. I recently got to try the optimised stealth cadre in a tournament. I was hugely impressed with their performance. They took huge chunks out of a war convocation, Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-67122280712580647882014-09-26T04:19:00.001-07:002014-09-26T04:19:06.390-07:00Journal of a Sentient Grot: Don't Get Cocky, Kid...Curses!
The revolution is postponed!
I had developed a super weapon, a fortress hidden beneath the wastes of this planet that when finished, would fly across the galaxy and unleash awesome destructive power. With it I would free my cousins from the yoke of Orkish oppression, and maybe blow up a planet or two just for shits and giggles...
But now it's all ruined, the whole thing destroyed, Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-54261336844519687662014-09-10T05:46:00.000-07:002014-09-10T05:46:01.896-07:00Ereyou: Experiments with Gravitational Fields, Weaponised.
Or, to put things more simply, the pictures of my finished Traktor Kannons I mentioned in my last blog post.
Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-38608849036216474302014-09-03T12:38:00.000-07:002014-09-03T12:38:03.401-07:00Journal of a Sentient Grot: A change of scenery*This is a narrative series of posts I've run on my other blog to accompany my last Tale of Some Gamers I did with Orks, and as I'm posting on this blog about my current tale, I've decided to transfer this across to here. If you wish to read up on the old posts, follow the link.
Greetings once again fellow travellers. So much has happened since I last had the chance to address you, so here goesGingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-74429709771934930502014-08-13T09:12:00.000-07:002014-08-13T09:12:15.236-07:00A Tale of TrukinSo I recently started a Tale of Some Gamers, and have started work on my army. I've completed a squad of boyz, a mek, a runtherd... but I've painted plenty of Orks before, the only real difference is this time there is a splash of yellow instead of red for this tribe. The one I was more concerned with was my first vehicle.
One, it's my first time painting yellow. Tricky on the little patches on Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-55070715167245284992014-07-21T11:49:00.001-07:002014-07-21T11:50:12.597-07:00A Tale of Some GamersJust writing the rules down in a convenient place for future reference.
Tale of X Gamers (X - To Be Determined)
Starts Tuesday 29th July
Phase 1 lasts till last Tuesday of September
Phase 2 lasts till last Tuesday of November
Phase 3 lasts till last Tuesday of January 2015
Phase 4 lasts till last Tuesday of March 2015
Phase 5 will last an as yet undetermined time...
Expanding an Army
The Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-88143258239842184382014-07-03T19:46:00.005-07:002014-07-03T19:46:45.329-07:00Da PlanSo I'm sure many of you have done this before but is kind of a first for me... I have planned an army that I want to build. Yeah, I know, to most gamers not exactly newsworthy, but I've always been a sort of absorbing hobbyist - I'll absorb any new releases into my burgeoning collection and figure out what to do with them months down the line. This can lead to some boxes I still have sat on my Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-69079450728784638332014-06-29T13:39:00.001-07:002014-06-29T13:39:32.035-07:00Waagghhheeeeerrree do we go from here?So, the new Ork codex is out and I've had a quick look through it, plus had plenty of time to appreciate the look of the new models that have been dribbling out over the last few weeks (whilst having no idea how they'd play and if I wanted them, so instead I spent my money on X-Wing this month, your loss GW)
Having looked at all they have on offer, I feel that my current Ork army has been Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-19359126754257251122014-06-25T05:06:00.002-07:002014-06-25T05:06:51.429-07:00First game of 7th: ReviewLast night I played my first game of 7th edition, including the use of the new "Tactical Objectives" cards. We didn't quite do it right as we only had one deck, and technically whilst one person can't draw the same objective twice, each opponent could do so - sharing a deck meant that once an objective was gone it was gone for both. However we found simply drawing cards from the deck to be far Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-697791081611575662014-06-15T09:44:00.001-07:002014-06-15T09:44:16.204-07:00Musings on Blog War 7Well, it's all done and dusted, the smoke has cleared and the cannons have been stowed. So what happened at Blog Wars?
Well, the field was a little tougher than I had expected if I'm honest - yes, I know it's a tournament, but Blog Wars started as a hobbyists tournament. It still is for the most part, but there are a few competitive spirits about it has to be said. Then again, it had been 2Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-7918074478808457302014-06-14T01:30:00.000-07:002014-06-14T01:30:00.840-07:00Yarr, weigh anchor!We be sailin the seas at Blog Wars 7, normal service will resume when the parley be over and the rum be all gone...
Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-80135649708985725582014-06-11T02:26:00.000-07:002014-06-11T02:34:37.100-07:00Longstrike completed The final piece of the painting for blog wars 7 is my special character, Longstrike. Now completed. This means that all i have to do is base a few models tonight and my painting is finished. This will mark the first blog wars that I have attended and will not be up until 3am the previous morning to finish off my painting. Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-29375802480434018282014-06-09T05:10:00.000-07:002014-06-09T05:12:09.163-07:00Blog Wars 7 Army That time of half year is upon us again. I'm looking to keep up to my trend of making every odd numbered blog wars. 1st one i took my Tau and came a respectable third place, since then I've taken my tyranids to 3 and 5. Though a couple of bad matchups left me in the mid / lower table regions. This time I am heading back to the roots and taking my tau force. This will be my first outing in a Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-8491601690380690552014-05-27T06:03:00.000-07:002014-05-27T06:03:17.847-07:00I see you took my advice about theatricality a bit... literally...Taking a few snaps of the ninja contingent of my Blog Wars force and the quote used to title this post sprang to mind...
Ten more Mandrakes and Kharakhadakakaeshashaka or whatever his name is to go. The throaght clearer is built, needs undercoating. Half the remaining Mandrakes are waiting to be built, the other half I had to take back to the shop as they'd put the wrong sprues into the box Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-3234177112670317492014-05-21T17:41:00.000-07:002014-05-22T08:18:02.735-07:00Blog Wars Appears on the Horizon...Ken and I shall be attending Blog Wars in a few short weeks, and he came down to visit for a couple of days for some practice games. We figured we'd get used to our armies and the missions and such.
Well.
I played one mission with my Blog Wars list. It was such a MASSIVELY crushing defeat that I thought it best to break out the guard so that Ken had something to actually TEST his army againstGingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-72027813432318722122013-07-28T18:27:00.000-07:002013-07-28T18:27:19.576-07:00Micromanaging the ApocalypseOr GM-ing a test game of Apoc to see what works
So today opportunity presented itself for a quick test game of Apoc. Far sooner than I anticipated, but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. With the short notice nature of the game not many people could attend, and we ended up with just three players, playing roughly 7000 points per side. Classic Chaos versus Imperials match up.
Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-50541256886232238472013-07-14T15:43:00.000-07:002013-07-14T15:43:54.473-07:00It's the Apocalypse. Again.The question is though, have the problems that have developed over two editions of core rules advancing been fixed with this new release?
Firstly, let's recap the problems with apoc, both from conception and that had been introduced by sixth ed.
Super Heavies get crew shaken out of the game too easily
Strength D does everything, is an auto choice on titans, and dominates a game
Sixth Ed Gingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-30786094772107362042013-05-06T14:11:00.000-07:002013-05-06T14:11:41.178-07:00A Small matter of Honour 2013
I recently attended the Sad Muppets Society a Small matter of Honour tournament at triple helix wargames in Westbury. The tournament consisted of 4 games during the day two games at 1250 points with a raid force and a further 2 games at 1750 points.
I had decided to take my Tyranids along for the day, the few games of sixth edition I have had with them so far proving to be the Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075845405833378301.post-480873058351367482013-04-12T12:33:00.001-07:002013-04-13T03:18:41.132-07:00Tau codex: first impressionsAfter a few reads through the new Tau codex one of the things I have to say is... Wow.
Hats off to Jeremy Vetock for creating, what in my opinion, has got to be one off the most flexible, yet balanced codexes to date. Almost every entry in the army list is viable in one way or another with no obviously lacklustre units. Each entry would be marked on it's own merits within your preferred army Firewasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437136828739603902noreply@blogger.com0