Plasman

Well I'm not organised enough to post in the monthly thread, but been doing some Lizardmen spurred on by games of TOW. A local guy laser cut some skirmish trays for the new style of skirmisher rules.

Not sure, until we all get bored maybe? I think I'm battling uphill by using lizards... Still, can fit a stegadon into the 750 list this month!

Hah did they NOT include a link to his channel in the article? Some good exposure for the Zorp anyway. I've fallen off his videos as they're often so samey and it feels like no project gets properly completed/gamed on.

Well he certainly looks like he'd be chilling out in the Moot, not very chaosy/evil looking.

Given the whole "sales reporting divide" between TOW and AOS I don't see a skaven range for TOW, especially if it means AOS players can get bulk units cheaper.

Crikey they're only a decade late...

So just a spraycan range for minis?

Patrol-Leader Tlopek sniffed the air and looked around the misted green land. Their cold one mount shook her head, trying to dislodge the last feathers from between it's teeth. "Where are lesser-skink-kin, strong-one?" grunted the cohort champion to their side. "Stay-formation, lesser-skink-kin search for path-ways" Tlopek was feeling the closest thing to concern a saurus warrior could. Their cohort had been taking a "shorter-path" suggested by a skink guide one moment, the next they had stepped through the jungle mist into the cold sunlight of this strange land. Wooden buildings dotted the landscape and warmbloods ran in fear, leaving their fowls for the eating. Tlopek glanced at the shifting grass nearby, the familiar sight of a Sotek-spawn-blessing still accompanied the cohort even in this cool land. Suddenly a sound and movement ahead, mounted figures in the mist between the buildings. The sunlight glinted off their armour and lances. A flash of inspiration, bordering on genius for a saurus warrior, came to Tlopek. This must be the battle-leader of the warmbloods, but lizardmen had no fight with warmbloods as far as Tlopek could recall. "Cohort leader stay." they grunted "I address-query lesser speaks-warmblood-food. Seek knowledge." Urging their mount forward Tlopek bellowed out a simple greeting, suitably worded for speaking with a lesser caste and not unduly frightening them... Baron Gastonne felt the heat of anger rising up his neck as the hideous beast roared its senseless challenge across the hamlet. "Praise ze Lady, today we will all be made monster slayers!" shouted his second by his side reaching for his horn. Though some had fought orks, the undead or badland beasts in their time none had seen creatures like these lizards that walked like men. "Zere is no time to wait on zer levvies, let zem come as zey may" the Baron shouted, lowering his visor "We charge and cleanse our lords realm of zis filth! For zer Lady!" The horn sounded as the knights spurred their steeds forwards... First game in a local escalation league, 500 points which doesn't work particularly well but is great for learning! The setup Skinks scouting to where they MIGHT be some use? No never mind, no sixes scored from my ambush. I took them with blowguns but I can't work out WHY as it seems very difficult to be in a position (not moving or in half-range) where you can use multiple shots and hit on sixes, whereas javelins are move-and-shoot. After moving my units forwards, his knights somehow make a huge charge across the board towards the most hated enemy - a handful of snakes and lizards! Swarms seem to make for GREAT roadblocks, being unbreakable. We didn't move the swarms correctly for combat, apparently they don't have flanks so I should have been able to line them all up to fight. His knights shuffled around in victory leaving them open for my units. My Saurus veteran fails their stupidity roll and bumbles their way into combat! The saurus warriors join in. My general takes a wound and barely survives a duel and I lose two warriors, but I do kill some knights! The peasants join in! Alas, with the general overkilled in single combat the warriors rout and are unsuprisingly run down. What follows is the jungle critters hilariously doing their best, the skinks killing a few peasants, then the Brets mopping up. The moral of the story - don't get magically transported into foreign biospheres full of frenchmen if you can help it!

Had my first game today with another bloke who hadn't played since 8th. A lot of book flipping and brain overheating, as well as unlearning old rules (and double checking wrong rules advice from well-meaning spectators!) His brets demolished my lizardmen, but not before my saurus warriors made a big block of men at arms disintegrate, and skinks were worrying his archers. Pity about the thundering cavalry rolling up the flanks... oh and Cold One Riders continue their great tradition of not being great (or being circumstantial) Lots of small things between similar rules, such as which forms of fleeing or falling back etc are 2D or 2D pick highest or other movement is 1D6 stuff like that.

I really need to get around to seeing the India episodes There's so many of the bastards, if I take them to site with me and just do a handful every night it will help... (not pictured, the doot doot skele box...)

I made up a brief single player "boot camp" to help motivate people to get some rules practise going even if you don't have anyone handy for a game. Please have a look and let me know if it's any good, I might post it somewhere busier if it's helpful. The Old World Boot Camp (1).pdf

I mean, we all knew it would be classic WFB crunchy no? I'm sure I'll be pulling my hair out over it when I get the rulebook and some time! Planning on a practice sort of "bootcamp" game, either with my brother or singleplayer, to learn.

We could use the "like" system to informally vote our favourite each month? Give a "trophy" icon to your pick? (because we like liking every post where someone has put time and effort in regardless!)

More time painting some beasties, I now understand how easy I had it with lizardmen as my first WFB army... so many different textures and materials on these guys! Two thumbs up for simple rust effects too! 1) paint plain jane iron parts 2) stipple a bit of rust effect on at random 3) brown wash 4) congrats you now have interesting looking shittily maintained metal bits! Better than, say, this one which is just iron + a black wash Looks great on skaven stuff too! Not sure what makes rust effect orange different to just using an orange paint but it's lovely just to poke it at iron parts with an old splayed brush!

Not just any someone, Auspex Tactics!