Warmachine Slow Grow Update

We finished up our last round of 25 point games last time we got together and are looking forward to moving up to 35 point armies this weekend. As you can see some of the armies are really beginning to come together as our group spends more time working on them. 

 Everyone has been slowly working on their armies over the course of four months now and we are at the half way point as far as our competition goes. Hopefully when the next Warstore Weekend or Mechanicon happens a good portion of us will be able to play in their steamroller events.

 After the "completely within" debacle we had previously, the group has been a lot more conscious and deliberate in their positioning. As a group I think everyone has moved past the "newbie mistakes" phase of learning the new system and our games are starting to show more strategy and depth. I can't wait to see what people bring for our games this weekend, because my legions need more enemies to crush!

WARMACHINE & HORDES Charge into PBL

     Our WARMACHINE / HORDES escalation league kicked off a few weeks ago and while we all made lots of mistakes in our first games we all also had a blast! The plan is to begin with a fifteen point army and every two months the point value of our games will increase by ten points. Originally the plan was to end at 35 points but after having played a few rounds at fifteen most of the group has expressed interest in moving up to finish at 50 points.

     As we play we are keeping track of our league using a simple points system. You get 10 points for a win, 4 for a draw and 1 for a loss. There are also points to be had for painting your models.  We are using the following values for painting points.

30mm base – 1
40mm base – 2
50 mm base – 4
Battle engine – 5
Colossal – 6 

In addition everyone gets a few points for attendance and there is a list of achievements with varying point values. When we finish the player with the most points will be the winner!

Here are a few more pictures from our first games. I'll post more as we continue playing and painting like we got a pair!

Warmachine Slow-Grow Incoming!

Look at your Caster. Now back to me.

Now back at your Caster. Now back to me.

Sadly, he isn’t me, but if you stopped using cookie-cutter-Casters and switched to Captain Jeremiah Kraye, he could win like he’s me.

Look down, back up, where are you? You’re on a battlefield with the army your army could be as awesome as.

What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an army of Warjacks that have cavalry rules, making a Light Jack run-n-gun list not only possible but gloriously attainable.

Look again, the Light Warjacks are now Heavy Warjacks charging for free at +5 inches with boosted attack rolls.

Anything is possible when your Caster plays like Captain Jeremiah Kraye and not sissy traditional Casters.

I’m on a horse.

NOW GET READY TO PLAY LIKE YOU GOT A PAIR ON JANUARY 28TH!

Building A Metal Model

Basic modeling knowledge was bread and butter to me when I first got into the hobby. I have noticed that once most bloggers get established they never really go back to talking about the basics and thus the current new guys miss out. Not so today! Most of you all know this but here are the basics of prepping, assembling, and basing a metal model.

Pillaged Videos

TQ has been doing a video every day in October to test out his new video equipment, and work on his editing skills as he begins to venture into videography. Since he, like myself, is all about miniature war gaming many of his videos are and will be about the hobby. I will be posting them here since they could be of use to others who are looking for some tips or just want to see another dudes gaming room. So without further adieu, here is the first pillaged TQ video!






Here we have TQ making a list, checking it twice, and playing a game of WARMACHINE against the in-laws!

If you liked the video head over to his you tube channel and check out some more!