The Year Begins and I have joined the Challenge

Yes fellow friends of Moruya Marauders, I have madly decided to join The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. You can find it hear http://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com.au/
But to start the year I shall introduce what was finished off at the end of last year. I actually won the Warmachine boxed game 18 months ago and even though a fellow member of the club kindly glued them together I had not had the time or inclination to paint them. What with Chain of Command, Saga and Infinity and family and work and illness taking their respective turns. So on with the show.

Menoth Cinerators

Menoth Crusader

Khador Destroyer

Khador Juggernaut vs a Man size comparison

Kreoss

Khador

Menoth Repenter

Khador Shocktroopers

Sorscha

Menoth Vanquisher

So this was the boxed set and then of course I have succumbed to the lure of the new game (still have not played it) and I have picked up some new minis for it, these are also in the painting Challenge.

Winter Guard

Khador Manhunter

Menoth Redeemer

Menoth Revenger

So this puts me a whisker away from 35 points per side which by what I read is around the normal sized small game. Hmm CanCon second hand stall hear I come.

Last Games night for the year, sorry no pics.

Well the year comes to an end and the clubs final night for the year has come to pass. A larger game of X-wing battled out with 4 players.

Baz held his usual Wings of Glory WWI game with again 4 players and the Infinity game I held had 3 of us with 2 sides of 350 points.

My Nomads came out on top but it was a close run thing with the Ariadna on top of me in Turn 1. My flank was destroyed and 6 troops down but I made a come back and in the final seconds Pi-Well (you have to know the game to know who Pi-Well is) clambered up a building spent another token and captured the second out of 3 objectives.

The other highlight was the screams of mirth emanating from the little back room full of roleplayers. Around 6 of them hid out the back playing, no not Pathfinder but a fun little card game called Munchkin.

This fantastic game usually has you falling around in laughter within the first 15 minutes. Have a look online for reviews but take it from the young lads that it keeps you entertained for a good hour or so and you leave with a smile. Something that can not always be said about the odd miniatures games I have seen run over the years.

Pizza's supplied to keep us all topped up as is right for the last night of the year (for us).

I hope to talk again soon with some personal painting highlights.



This is a little image of a Battlegroup Barbarossa game I had earlier in the year. Sort of hope to have a few more next year but so few people play WWII around here.

Duel of Kings is all over yet The Kingdom of Men has only begun

 

It is over.

 

Imperial Bolt Shooters (only need 1)

General

Stone Golem Love this miniature

Hastati 1

Hastati 2

The Horde (Which is the Hastati and Principes joined together)

principies 01

 

principes o2

The actual Roman force rather than the KOW force

Triari

Velite 01

Velite 02

Velite 03 the joy of KOW is that as a base each of these units of a mere 3 minis will equate to a base of 10 militia (if no one minds of course)

The whole KOW Kingdom of Men army complete.

 

Thanks Owen, Grot, Glen, Drew and all the others for the motivation to get it done. Now on with the cavalry

Duel of Kings Almost complete 3 days to go

 

Well with three days to go I am finding it hard to fully finish but it is not over yet. Others have done both a far better paint job and have completed their units (thanks Drew http://backindrewsday.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/duel-of-kings-day-26-complete.html ) but I am going to try.

the whole force arrayed

same minis different angle

The Horde and a support troop, shields do not have funky symbols, as 1 I can't paint and 2 I need to come up with the cash for the decals

General stand complete with paint blob on shield, highlight and grass on the ground and this stand will be done.

Love this mini, reaper bones stone golem with fossil on shoulder but I realised that the base was 50 X 50 but I think it will look good on the large base. A bit of moss and finish the base and that will make this complete too.

Duel of Kings, the final week

 

 

The Whole army so far, sans shields

Half a Horde

Other half of a horde

The Legion

Triarii

Velites

Warbeast, not a wolf but sort of .....um built from the rocks near Rome.....er sorry in The Kingdom that my troops come from.........??

War engine

 

Italian Allies (not needed for Duel of Kings but will make a nice unit)

Balearic Slingers (militia again?) 

Cretan Archers (ummmmm bowmen)

My General, I could not track down a nice mounted general in time but these look the part and even though you need only 1 miniature for your hero/generals for the Kingdom of Men I sort of felt that it would look nice to have it as a group hope no one minds. Now where are the paint brushers?

 

 

Please note that the cavalry will not make an appearance and I am going to be pushed to finish this lot in time.

Duel of Kings the first lot of paint lands on the minis

 

This is the next set of stages towards the October 31st deadline

Most of the units with base painting done

Half of the Horde Super dipped, just highlighting to do

The other half of the horde

The Troop of Foot Guard or in the Roman language Triarii, also shaded

Velites or in KOW my militia

Duel of Kings 2 The Kingdom of Men take shape (no paint yet)

 

Well over the weekend I was able to put together the beginnings of the small force for Duel of Kings

Eventually it will look like this

Kingdoms of Men

using Agema Miniatures Punic War Republican Romans

Horde of Foot Guard Roman Principes and Hastati legion

Troop of Foot Guard Roman Triari

3 Troops of Militia Roman Velites

Troop of Mtd Sergeants Roman Cavalry

War Engine Imperial Roman Ballista

General on Horse

Beast of War (possibly a couple of nasty fantasy wolves in Bronze armour)

Agema Romans take shape

A slowwww begining to Duelling Paintbrushes 5 The Duel of Kings

Sadly I have barely begun to build or paint my attempt at the Duel for this year and yet there is still hope.

My Kingdoms of Men army based on Punic war Romans still in boxes

Close up of the only two minis glued together before this weekend. Two Triarii that will form 2 of 10 in a Troop Unit.

Will I pull it off? Hope so.