Hordes.
Faction: Legion of Everblight
Army Points: 722
Victory Points: 26
Lylyth, Herald of Everblight (painted)
Carnivean (painted)
Carnivean
Seraph (painted)
Shredder (painted)
Shredder (painted)
Shredder (painted)
Shredder (painted)
Shredder
Shredder
Shredder
Shredder
Blighted Archers (6)
Blighted Swordsmen (6)
Totem Hunter
ALT Warlocks: Thragrosh, Vayl
Faction: Trollbloods
Army Points: 570
Victory Points: 18
Chief Madrak Ironhide
Dire Troll Mauler
Troll Axer
Troll Axer
Troll Impaler
Troll Impaler
Trollkin Scattergunners (8)
Mostly painted, I'm told?
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
More Army Inventory
Warmachine.
(whew, this is hard AND scary)
Faction: Cygnar
Army Points: 575
Victory Points: 22
Captain E. Dominic Darius
Ironclad
Charger
Hunter
Lancer
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Stormsmith
Stormsmith
Stormsmith
Field Mechaniks (4)
Sword Knights (6)
ALT Warcasters: Stryker, "Seige" Brisbane
NONE painted except for Darius. Started work on the Warjacks but only just.
Faction: Protectorate of Menoth
Army Points: 1343
Victory Points: 42
High Exemplar Kreoss (painted)
Crusader (painted)
Guardian
Reckoner
Vanquisher (painted)
Redeemer
Redeemer
Repenter (painted)
Revenger (painted)
Revenger (painted)
Knight Exemplar Seneschal
Paladin of the Order of the Wall
Choir of Menoth (4)
Deliverers (10) (painted)
Holy Zealots (6) (painted)
Monolith Bearer
Knights Exemplar (painted)
Knights Exemplar
Temple Flameguard (10) (painted)
Alt Warcasters: E-Kreoss, Severius, Feora, High Reclaimer, Amon
Faction: Khador
Army Points: 1587
Victory Points: 60
Butcher of Khardov
Destroyer (painted)
Destroyer
Devastator
Juggernaut (painted)
Juggernaut
Kodiak
Marauder
Man-o-War Kovnik (painted)
Manhunter
Manhunter
Battle Mechaniks (4)
Doom Reavers
Greylord Ternion (painted)
Greylord Ternion
Iron Fang Pikemen (6)
Man-o-War Shocktroopers (4) (painted)
Man-o-War Shocktroopers (3)
Widowmakers (painted)
Widowmakers
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (painted)
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (painted)
Winterguard (6)
ALT Warcasters: Sorscha, Vlad, Irusk
Faction: Cryx
Army Points: 1229
Victory Points: 35
Iron Lich Asphyxious (painted)
Deathjack
Seether
Slayer (painted)
Deathripper (painted)
Deathripper (painted)
Defiler (painted)
Nightwretch
Nightwretch
Nightwretch
Nightwretch
Skarlock
Bane Lord Tartarus
Necrotech (painted)
Pistol Wraith
Pistol Wraith
Scrap Thrall (painted)
Bane Knights (10)
Bane Thralls (10)
Mechanithralls (6) (painted)
Mechanithralls (6)
ALT Warcasters: Denegra, Terminus, Skarre, Goreshade.
Faction: Four Star Syndicate
Army Points: 1397
Victory Points: 47
Gorten Grundback (painted)
Ghordson Driller (painted)
Grundback Gunner (painted)
Grundback Gunner (painted)
Grundback Gunner (painted)
Magnus the Traitor
Mangler (painted)
Mule (painted)
Mule (painted)
Nomad (painted)
Nomad (painted)
Renegade (painted)
Renegade (painted)
Talon (painted)
Talon (painted)
Alexia Ciannor
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios (painted)
Croe's Cutthroats (6)
Herne and Jonne
Sam MacHorne and the Devil Dogs (6)
(whew, this is hard AND scary)
Faction: Cygnar
Army Points: 575
Victory Points: 22
Captain E. Dominic Darius
Ironclad
Charger
Hunter
Lancer
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Stormsmith
Stormsmith
Stormsmith
Field Mechaniks (4)
Sword Knights (6)
ALT Warcasters: Stryker, "Seige" Brisbane
NONE painted except for Darius. Started work on the Warjacks but only just.
Faction: Protectorate of Menoth
Army Points: 1343
Victory Points: 42
High Exemplar Kreoss (painted)
Crusader (painted)
Guardian
Reckoner
Vanquisher (painted)
Redeemer
Redeemer
Repenter (painted)
Revenger (painted)
Revenger (painted)
Knight Exemplar Seneschal
Paladin of the Order of the Wall
Choir of Menoth (4)
Deliverers (10) (painted)
Holy Zealots (6) (painted)
Monolith Bearer
Knights Exemplar (painted)
Knights Exemplar
Temple Flameguard (10) (painted)
Alt Warcasters: E-Kreoss, Severius, Feora, High Reclaimer, Amon
Faction: Khador
Army Points: 1587
Victory Points: 60
Butcher of Khardov
Destroyer (painted)
Destroyer
Devastator
Juggernaut (painted)
Juggernaut
Kodiak
Marauder
Man-o-War Kovnik (painted)
Manhunter
Manhunter
Battle Mechaniks (4)
Doom Reavers
Greylord Ternion (painted)
Greylord Ternion
Iron Fang Pikemen (6)
Man-o-War Shocktroopers (4) (painted)
Man-o-War Shocktroopers (3)
Widowmakers (painted)
Widowmakers
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (painted)
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (painted)
Winterguard (6)
ALT Warcasters: Sorscha, Vlad, Irusk
Faction: Cryx
Army Points: 1229
Victory Points: 35
Iron Lich Asphyxious (painted)
Deathjack
Seether
Slayer (painted)
Deathripper (painted)
Deathripper (painted)
Defiler (painted)
Nightwretch
Nightwretch
Nightwretch
Nightwretch
Skarlock
Bane Lord Tartarus
Necrotech (painted)
Pistol Wraith
Pistol Wraith
Scrap Thrall (painted)
Bane Knights (10)
Bane Thralls (10)
Mechanithralls (6) (painted)
Mechanithralls (6)
ALT Warcasters: Denegra, Terminus, Skarre, Goreshade.
Faction: Four Star Syndicate
Army Points: 1397
Victory Points: 47
Gorten Grundback (painted)
Ghordson Driller (painted)
Grundback Gunner (painted)
Grundback Gunner (painted)
Grundback Gunner (painted)
Magnus the Traitor
Mangler (painted)
Mule (painted)
Mule (painted)
Nomad (painted)
Nomad (painted)
Renegade (painted)
Renegade (painted)
Talon (painted)
Talon (painted)
Alexia Ciannor
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios (painted)
Croe's Cutthroats (6)
Herne and Jonne
Sam MacHorne and the Devil Dogs (6)
An Army Inventory, Part deux
Warhammer!
Chaos: Mortals - Approximately 3000 points painted. Want to replace one unit of Marauders that I painted (poorly, and not in the scheme with the rest of the army) Overall mostly finished with this, unless I add more Daemons. Played with it twice - once against Jeff's Dwarves (lost) and once in the megabattle, mostly against Mike P's Dark Elves (lost)
Chaos: Beastmen - Approximately 2500 points painted. Needs some touch-ups; most of the bray models look pretty much the same and units are not easily distinguished. (A known issue with Beastmen armies, admittedly) Would like to add: Shaggoth, Centigors, some Trolls? Have played it several times, mostly against Jeff's Dwarves, mostly losses.
Ogre Kingdoms - Approximately 1500 points. 1200ish points painted. Needs: Slave Giant, Butcher, more Maneaters? Have never played with it.
Empire - Approximately 2000 points painted. Very likely to hit the auction block. I was excited about them a long time ago, but... mostly now they have gathered dust. I only remember one game with it, in the 1st-and-only Warhammer megabattle held at the Gaming Mecca. Was mostly wiped out.
Tomb Kings - Approximately 2000 points painted. Need to add two Screaming Skull Catapults, a bone giant, more archers. Have played it twice - one loss against High Elves, one overwhelming victory against Jeff's dwarves.
Dark Elves - Approximately 2500 points, 1500 points painted. If the other 1000 points gets painted, this is a very good army - in theory. Have never played with it.
Chaos: Mortals - Approximately 3000 points painted. Want to replace one unit of Marauders that I painted (poorly, and not in the scheme with the rest of the army) Overall mostly finished with this, unless I add more Daemons. Played with it twice - once against Jeff's Dwarves (lost) and once in the megabattle, mostly against Mike P's Dark Elves (lost)
Chaos: Beastmen - Approximately 2500 points painted. Needs some touch-ups; most of the bray models look pretty much the same and units are not easily distinguished. (A known issue with Beastmen armies, admittedly) Would like to add: Shaggoth, Centigors, some Trolls? Have played it several times, mostly against Jeff's Dwarves, mostly losses.
Ogre Kingdoms - Approximately 1500 points. 1200ish points painted. Needs: Slave Giant, Butcher, more Maneaters? Have never played with it.
Empire - Approximately 2000 points painted. Very likely to hit the auction block. I was excited about them a long time ago, but... mostly now they have gathered dust. I only remember one game with it, in the 1st-and-only Warhammer megabattle held at the Gaming Mecca. Was mostly wiped out.
Tomb Kings - Approximately 2000 points painted. Need to add two Screaming Skull Catapults, a bone giant, more archers. Have played it twice - one loss against High Elves, one overwhelming victory against Jeff's dwarves.
Dark Elves - Approximately 2500 points, 1500 points painted. If the other 1000 points gets painted, this is a very good army - in theory. Have never played with it.
An Army Inventory
Well, if I am the only one posting, I might as well make this thing useful to me.
Let's go over my various armies and what they have to-be-painted as of yet.
Organized by game system, shall we?
40k
Blood Angels - Have about 2000 points painted. Currently have 6 Tactical Squads and 6 Landspeeders - thanks to windfall of 3rd edition 40k boxes courtesy of Mr. Chris Arant. Would like to replace Terminators in the army with the new model plastics. Would also like to add a Land Raider (Crusader?) to the army for punch. Overall, very playable.
Word Bearers - Have about 2000 points painted. Approximately 3 Squads, 10 Daemonettes, 10 Bloodletters, 1 Rhino, 1 Defiler to be painted. Would like to add Statured Daemon Prince, possibly a Greater Daemon to the army.
World Eaters - Have about 1500 points painted. Haven't looked at the army in a long while - it's hard to play these days without some adds to the army, like a Statured Prince, a couple of Predators, maybe a Bloodthirster.
Necrons - Have about 2500 points painted. Some of the army needs re-basing. Some of the Warriors don't have green rods inserted. Would like to add some Pariaths and a Monolith to army - maybe two? Have several bases of Scarabs unpainted - overall, probably the most complete 40k army I own!
Tau - Approximately 1500 points. Only one unit of Kroot painted. Low on overall priority list. Would like to add two Hammerheads, one Devilfish.
Tyranids - Approximately 2000 points. Scattered pieces (30ish Gaunts, 7-8 Warriors) painted. Would like to replace older-model Hive Tyrant and Tyrant Guard with new models. Would like to add Raveners.
Sisters of Battle - Approximately 1000 points. Nothing painted. Would be useful as add-on to Guard army, but little push.
Imperial Guard - Approximately 2000 points. Mostly painted except for the vehicles. My Guard army is really two armies in one - the (old metal model) Cadian infantry side, and the Steel Legion mech infantry side. At one point I was trying to push for all Steel Legion/Mech Infantry but didn't get this accomplished. The Mech Infantry army is fun any surprisingly effective on the field...although I don't think I ever played it in 4th edition. I don't imagine much has changed because while assaulting-out-of-vehicles got riskier, Mech Infantry NEVER assaults. Would like to get the remaining Steel Legion and vehicles painted and make this the primary "Guard" army.
Orks - Last remaining bunch are Ebay-bound.
Grey Knights - never really an army. Two squads, and Inquisitor and some retinue. Mostly just an add-on for my Guard and Blood Angels. Wouldn't mind getting a squad of Grey Knight Terminators but hardly a priority for me.
Dark Eldar - Approximately 1000 points painted. Tons and tons unpainted.
Man, I'm thinking about starting ELDAR? I'm nuts. Screw that noise.
Okay, new post for each game system.
Let's go over my various armies and what they have to-be-painted as of yet.
Organized by game system, shall we?
40k
Blood Angels - Have about 2000 points painted. Currently have 6 Tactical Squads and 6 Landspeeders - thanks to windfall of 3rd edition 40k boxes courtesy of Mr. Chris Arant. Would like to replace Terminators in the army with the new model plastics. Would also like to add a Land Raider (Crusader?) to the army for punch. Overall, very playable.
Word Bearers - Have about 2000 points painted. Approximately 3 Squads, 10 Daemonettes, 10 Bloodletters, 1 Rhino, 1 Defiler to be painted. Would like to add Statured Daemon Prince, possibly a Greater Daemon to the army.
World Eaters - Have about 1500 points painted. Haven't looked at the army in a long while - it's hard to play these days without some adds to the army, like a Statured Prince, a couple of Predators, maybe a Bloodthirster.
Necrons - Have about 2500 points painted. Some of the army needs re-basing. Some of the Warriors don't have green rods inserted. Would like to add some Pariaths and a Monolith to army - maybe two? Have several bases of Scarabs unpainted - overall, probably the most complete 40k army I own!
Tau - Approximately 1500 points. Only one unit of Kroot painted. Low on overall priority list. Would like to add two Hammerheads, one Devilfish.
Tyranids - Approximately 2000 points. Scattered pieces (30ish Gaunts, 7-8 Warriors) painted. Would like to replace older-model Hive Tyrant and Tyrant Guard with new models. Would like to add Raveners.
Sisters of Battle - Approximately 1000 points. Nothing painted. Would be useful as add-on to Guard army, but little push.
Imperial Guard - Approximately 2000 points. Mostly painted except for the vehicles. My Guard army is really two armies in one - the (old metal model) Cadian infantry side, and the Steel Legion mech infantry side. At one point I was trying to push for all Steel Legion/Mech Infantry but didn't get this accomplished. The Mech Infantry army is fun any surprisingly effective on the field...although I don't think I ever played it in 4th edition. I don't imagine much has changed because while assaulting-out-of-vehicles got riskier, Mech Infantry NEVER assaults. Would like to get the remaining Steel Legion and vehicles painted and make this the primary "Guard" army.
Orks - Last remaining bunch are Ebay-bound.
Grey Knights - never really an army. Two squads, and Inquisitor and some retinue. Mostly just an add-on for my Guard and Blood Angels. Wouldn't mind getting a squad of Grey Knight Terminators but hardly a priority for me.
Dark Eldar - Approximately 1000 points painted. Tons and tons unpainted.
Man, I'm thinking about starting ELDAR? I'm nuts. Screw that noise.
Okay, new post for each game system.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
"Big Games" versus Skirmish Games
This is mostly just a discussion piece, so I don't expect anyone to try and sway me or feel attacked or anything like that. Failing to heed this notice will result in a McBoot to the McBackside. (No, Tim, you can't have seconds)
One of the things that keeps me coming back to Warhammer and 40k is the "feel" of the games. Even though I don't love all of the mechanics - particularly some of the stuff in 4th edition 40k sticks in my craw - I really like how when you put stuff on the table, it looks/feels like an ARMY.
I like Warmachine, and all of the other skirmish games we're dabbling with (deep breath: Confrontation, Rezolution, Infinity, Dark Age, Urban War, I'm-sure-there-are-more-I'm-forgetting-that-I-have-armies-for) but they don't really provide that same OOMPF that Warhammer and 40k do. It's a feeling of mass, I guess. It makes me understand why the historical types enjoy their games so much - couple hundred bases of AWI or Napoleonics or whatever just makes you go "Wow."
Probably my favorite game of all time is Epic, also know as Adeptus Titanticus/Space Marine/Space Marine 2nd edition/Titan Legions/Epic 40,000/Epic Armageddon. Yes, there have been a number of changes over the editions. I like the scale of it. I did note, however, that the current incarnation - Epic Armaggedon - doesn't actually carry as much mass as the older editions. Back in the day, you bought Space Marines by the COMPANY. 100 men. Well, powered armor supermen, anyway. I know this because I was infamous, INFAMOUS, for getting entire companies killed in 2nd edition by sticking them in buildings which would invariably crash down on them and lay waste to the entire company. My men feared buildings far, far more than they feared the enemy. (Damn 2nd edition and its ease of dropping city-blocks full of my Marines!)
In Epic it was all about SCALE. You felt like when you were playing, the stakes really were huge. I don't really feel the same way about Warmachine. Superiority, I think, has worsened that - with the background stuff available, you start to realize that while Warcasters really are that rare, the numbers of soldiers in the Iron Kingdoms is massive. Really, most battles occur between the lowest grunts dying by the hundreds, and Warcasters are as rare as a kiss from the princess turning you from a frog into a prince.
Are their any other games that really capture this scope? Battletech doesn't, and we would probably never play Battleforce, or (shudder) the Succession War game. (Yes, I own a copy) Clix games do not. Mighty Empires SORT OF did, but I haven't played that since Glenn and I lived on the same street. Battlefleet Gothic is cool and epic, mostly, but it's not really the same thing - big ship battles are more skirmish than anything else.
A second point, that I have stolen from John -
One of the great things about games with big scope is that the stories that come out of them are more meaningful. You get stories like the Spartans at Thermopylae, where one desperate squad holds back the tide of the enemy and turns the battle for you. You don't really get that in Warmachine - the scope isn't the same. I know that John has stories of that sort of thing, where a lone unit of Assault Marines held a pass against hordes that should have, statistically, beaten the crap out of it and surged through. It's good story-telling. And it makes for great games.
One of the things that keeps me coming back to Warhammer and 40k is the "feel" of the games. Even though I don't love all of the mechanics - particularly some of the stuff in 4th edition 40k sticks in my craw - I really like how when you put stuff on the table, it looks/feels like an ARMY.
I like Warmachine, and all of the other skirmish games we're dabbling with (deep breath: Confrontation, Rezolution, Infinity, Dark Age, Urban War, I'm-sure-there-are-more-I'm-forgetting-that-I-have-armies-for) but they don't really provide that same OOMPF that Warhammer and 40k do. It's a feeling of mass, I guess. It makes me understand why the historical types enjoy their games so much - couple hundred bases of AWI or Napoleonics or whatever just makes you go "Wow."
Probably my favorite game of all time is Epic, also know as Adeptus Titanticus/Space Marine/Space Marine 2nd edition/Titan Legions/Epic 40,000/Epic Armageddon. Yes, there have been a number of changes over the editions. I like the scale of it. I did note, however, that the current incarnation - Epic Armaggedon - doesn't actually carry as much mass as the older editions. Back in the day, you bought Space Marines by the COMPANY. 100 men. Well, powered armor supermen, anyway. I know this because I was infamous, INFAMOUS, for getting entire companies killed in 2nd edition by sticking them in buildings which would invariably crash down on them and lay waste to the entire company. My men feared buildings far, far more than they feared the enemy. (Damn 2nd edition and its ease of dropping city-blocks full of my Marines!)
In Epic it was all about SCALE. You felt like when you were playing, the stakes really were huge. I don't really feel the same way about Warmachine. Superiority, I think, has worsened that - with the background stuff available, you start to realize that while Warcasters really are that rare, the numbers of soldiers in the Iron Kingdoms is massive. Really, most battles occur between the lowest grunts dying by the hundreds, and Warcasters are as rare as a kiss from the princess turning you from a frog into a prince.
Are their any other games that really capture this scope? Battletech doesn't, and we would probably never play Battleforce, or (shudder) the Succession War game. (Yes, I own a copy) Clix games do not. Mighty Empires SORT OF did, but I haven't played that since Glenn and I lived on the same street. Battlefleet Gothic is cool and epic, mostly, but it's not really the same thing - big ship battles are more skirmish than anything else.
A second point, that I have stolen from John -
One of the great things about games with big scope is that the stories that come out of them are more meaningful. You get stories like the Spartans at Thermopylae, where one desperate squad holds back the tide of the enemy and turns the battle for you. You don't really get that in Warmachine - the scope isn't the same. I know that John has stories of that sort of thing, where a lone unit of Assault Marines held a pass against hordes that should have, statistically, beaten the crap out of it and surged through. It's good story-telling. And it makes for great games.
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