Bull City Wargaming Podcast, Episode III

Episode III of Bull City Wargaming is out now!  Go and get it on ITunes!  Tom and I talk about our experiences with Sixth Edition and the awesomeness that is Chaos in the Old World.  As always, you'll learn proper British from Tom, play along with our Warhammer Trivia, and hear a random fact from Michael Penny.  Plus, I shout about things!  Who doesn't like that!?!?

First Wood Elf Game - Victory

I finally played my first 2500 point game with my new Wood Elves yesterday, and ended up tabling Tom's Skaven. Rather than use the dry written battle report, here are some thoughts on the game.

- The Storm Banner hurts. It was up for the first three game turns.

- Treekin are fantastic. They're tough enough to withstand a lot of hits, and strong enough to dish out enough pain to keep them in combats. Mine held up and eventually killed off a Plague Furnace/ Monk unit and some slaves.

- Ditto for Dryads. They're not all purpose killing machines, but tearing some into the Plague Monk flank was super effective, while another group of Dryads held up his General and Stormvermin by being stubborn in the woods.

- An Elf Highborn on an Eagle is still very fragile, no matter how you dress him up.

- Throne of Vines and Dwellers are just as nasty when I'm throwing them as when I'm on the receiving end.

- Focus fire on the Abom!

- Be prepared to bail out with your casters. I almost lost my Level 4 when the Abom missed a long charge by an inch.

- Don't expect one Eagle to automatically handle a war machine.

- Treemen are nasty, but aren't unstoppable killing machines. Mine got held up for a long time by a block of Slaves.

Weekend Update: June 25th, 2012

Busy weekend behind me; busy weekend in front of me.

I finished a few things this weekend.  Two secret (for a few days, anyway) models that I'm painting are completely done, and I have ten Grey Hunters basecoated, with the main gray color having been fully shaded and highlighted.  Each one has nine different gray/blue shades and highlights, so that takes a while.  I'm hoping to finish them soon. 

I got to play a bit of Chaos in the Old World with my painted set this weekend, and it remains my favorite board game.  I won a game playing as Nurgle by overrunning a couple of provinces while taking some partial credit when Slaneesh and Tzeentch did the same.  There's such a balancing act for Khorne in making sure that one of the other three players doesn't break the game early.  Otherwise, one player will run away with things quickly. 

Bull City Wargaming Episode Two is out on Itunes!  If you haven't checked it out, do so!  It's delicious like strawberries, if strawberries were the flavor of talking about Wargames!

What is up in the what?

Hey kids,

I'm working on a couple projects right now, but since they are super secret I don't have any pics. They'll be up after next Sunday. I hope to start work tonight on a set of Space Wolf Grey Hunters this evening as well, so that should lead to some updates!

Sixth Edition Confirmation and Prices

Confirmed from a local store:

Warhammer 40,000: Rulebook (English) 440pp Hardback Book July 23-Jun-12 30-Jun-12 30-Jun-12 $74.25
Warhammer 40,000 Munitorum Templates 3 x Templates July 23-Jun-12 30-Jun-12 30-Jun-12 $19.75
Warhammer 40,000 Munitorum Tape Measure Servo Skull Tape Measure July 23-Jun-12 30-Jun-12 30-Jun-12 $16.50
Warhammer 40,000: Psychic Powers (English) 32 Cards, Leaflet, Box July 23-Jun-12 30-Jun-12 30-Jun-12 $13.25
Tanglewire TBC July - 7-Jul-12 7-Jul-12 $10.00
Warhammer 40,000 Munitorum Dice 12 Dice, 6 Dice Holders, Tin July 21-Jul-12 28-Jul-12 28-Jul-12 $16.50
Warhammer 40,000 Munitorum Battlefield Objectives 12 Dice, 6 Dice Holders, Tin July 21-Jul-12 28-Jul-12 28-Jul-12 $16.50
Warhammer 40,000 Munitorum Vehicle Markers 12 Dice, 6 Dice Holders, Tin July 21-Jul-12 28-Jul-12 28-Jul-12 $16.50

Painted CMoN Lord on Eagle

This is the last model, and the centerpiece model, to my current Wood Elf army.  Don't worry, I have roughly a billion other Wood Elf and High Elf models to paint for this army, including another Treeman that I'll probably paint fairly soon, but for now this model completes my initial 2500 points. 

I saved this model, which is the Cool Mini or Not Lord on Eagle for those interested, to paint last.  It's an epic model that deserves to be saved for last, as a treat to finish up an army. 

Anyway, the army now marches to war, and I'll have more on that later!