Going, Going…

There has been a bit of an internet wobble as Games Workshop have announced a bunch of models are going to be retired. These are all from the Age Of Sigmar range that is due to get yet another rules version this year.

As I do not keep up with current versions of Warhammer games, I see this as an opportunity to pick up some of these models on eBay for a decent price. In particular, I would not mind getting some of the models I already have so they can be used to fill out larger units in Oathmark.

Quite a few of the models are Warcry warbands which is a little surprising as they are not that old in the greater scheme of things.

Luckily I already have a good number of these models, some are even painted!

The Iron Golems were the first Warband unit I finished for Warcry from the original starter box.

The Untamed Beasts were the second, one of the first batch of models I used contrast paints on and the results were pretty good.

The Unmade are not painted yet, in fact they are unmade at the moment (okay, so that was bad).

Another of the unopened boxes is the Sprire Tyrants that are up in the Loft Full Of Lead somewhere.


I never really liked the big hat horny Hashut warband, so they will not be on the shopping list.


Mr Steinberg has a few of these, so no point in my picking them.


…and quite frankly I still have other Warcry warbands to build and paint sometime.

Darkoath Savagers

These took longer to finish than I thought they would. When I started to pick out the details such as belts, straps, spikes and buckles, I realised there was more to these than just skin, a bit of leather and a weapon.

Luckily there are not very many of them, so they are now done and ready for a game of Warcry. Of course this depends on when we decide to take a break from The Silver Bayonet, our current game of choice for 2024.

I am also trying out a new phone camera so need to work on the depth of field…somehow…

Whats On The Table

Having been totally distracted recently with The Silver Bayonet and painting up bad guys and investigating units, I am now back on track with my original plan for 2024…which was to paint a unit of something followed by an Imperial Knight.

The first unit are the Darkoath Savagers for Warcry. I am doing these mostly in Contrast paints so they may not take too long…

Warcry Card Box

I did post some pictures of this a while back, but I have made a few tweaks and it is now finished.

As well as plenty of space for faction cards, it includes a few large trays for accessories such as the oversized cards…

…the dice…

…and the counters.

KitchenCon 2023

The First Annual KitchenCon took place on Saturday, a small affair, invitation only. Very exclusive. I was a little late, but it is often better to arrive a bit late rather than have to queue for registration…

We had a few games planned for the day, they all needed to be good multiplayer games for the three of us.

First up was Maximillian 1934. We had a few races planned, to be followed by a Death Match.

Maximillian Race One
Race one started with just about all of the vehicles failing to “Fang It” and just limping away from the start line.

Once we got into the second turn, the shooting started and as all the vehicles were still very close together, the carnage commenced.

Luckily for my Treadbike, it managed to sneak a lead and just kept the throttle wide open and went for any tight turns as necessary.

An immobilised tandem bike was waiting fo the Treadbike to come back by and popped a few shots off at the fast moving bike.

Machine guns still seem to be the weapon of choice and twin linking them on a few of the cars really helps.

The Treadbike was chased all the way to the finish line, but the rear facing machine guns on the pursuing buggy did not prevent the first win of the day!

Maxillian Race 2
For the second race, the vehicles went around the track the other way in a simple oval.

Once again, Fanging It was not that succesful…

But the Treadbike did manage to catch and pass the leader.

Back at the start line,  an immobilised buggy caused more than a little carnage and stopped the Audi Bullet from keeping up with the action.

The leading bike had a healthy lead and looked to be on for a second win. The red buggy hit the gas and raced up behind the Treadbike to ram it. This resulted in the Treadbike engine being disabled but nudged the Treadbike up to speed 5!

The Treadbike would then lose one point of speed each turn as it coasted to a halt. The buggy tried valiantly to catch the Treadbike, but lost it on a turn and spun out. Luckily the finish line was not too far away and as the Treadbike lost speed, the finish line got closer and closer and ended up being close enough to sneak a second win.

Maxillian Death Match
For the last Maximillian event of the day, some of the vehicles used in the races went off to the body shop for some repairs while the big hitters with their cannon came out for a Death Match.

The bikes were not the best selection in this game as they were susceptible to be rammed from the front. One did not last long.

The other Treadbike was fitted with a rear facing machine gun, but it was best for the bike to try to keep out of trouble.

The cannon equipped big red truck took the day, with plenty of armour, a Treadbike was not going to be able to inflict substantial damage.

Warcry
Next up was a game of Warcry, a few Bloodletters and Chaotic Beasts were guarding some of Khornes favourite treasure and three bands of adventurers were trying to steal it and take a few Bloodletter heads into the bargain.

The Chaotic Beasts and Bloodletters were not as difficult to finish off as I had thought and the three warbands then just had to take the treasure objectives.

The Undead warband was at a severe disadvantage due to their lack of speed, the Untamed Beasts and the Dark Elves were quick to climb the ruined temple steps.

The repeating crossbows of the Dark Elves were quite effective and they were able to stand off and fire plenty of shots at anyone careless enough to get in range.

Meanwhile the Untamed Beasts had moved onto the middle ruin dias and take a second treasure objective for a victory.

Space Hulk
The evening session involved a bit of Space Hulk and a few glasses of wine. Or was it bottles?
Two five man units of Terminators had to undertake the classic Cleanse And Burn scenario.

But I have never seen so many Storm Bolters jam on overwatch. Once the Genestealers were able to get some pressure behind the Terminators, the end was nigh. The Genestealers took out the two heavy weapons and so prevented the Terminators from getting to the target rooms.

Of the games played, Maximillian 1934 was the best game for three players with some great moments in all of the races.

Bloodletters

I do like my Bloodletters…

I only have enough for a Warcry warband.

Some really old Marauder Miniatures and a three current plastic Bloodcrushers.

But they are nice and colourful.

Warcry Bloodletters vs Lizards

I am still loving the Warcry vibe.

A few weeks ago, my Bloodletters and Mr Steinbergs Lizards had a confrontation over my rather nice ruined temple terrain.

Don’t care who won, it was just fun, which is what it is all about.

Red Harvest Warcry

I got the Red Harvest terrain out again for another game of Warcry. Once again it was the Orcs versus The Untamed Beasts.

In this game interestingly, neither Mr Steinberg or I spent any actions to “open the sluices” and get the hot stuff flowing, we just concentrated on the objectives!

The Untamed Beasts took an early lead grabbing two objectives, but those pesky greenskins came back and grabbed the four in total needed for victory.

Excellent game!

Kharadron Overlords vs Corvus Cabal

Now that I have more Kharadron Overlords on foot, I tried a Warcry warband without any flying chaps. That did not go well, they are just too slow.

So the next game had the balloon boys back in the lineup.

The Corvus Cabal are much faster than the Overlords, so when a mission needs some speed, then the flyboys are the only option.

We also got to use my newly painted Raptoryx for the first time and that added some extra fun!

The Cabal snatched the victory as we fought over the objectives, the Overlords will have to refine their strategy.

3D Printed Kharadron Overlords

The Warcry box of Kharadron Overlords is a good set, but I wanted a few more stout chaps on foot. As I was unable to pick up the GW figures that I wanted, I found a set of six 3D printed models for £10 on eBay. Bargain!

These are very impressive print quality, very smooth layers. The weapons match the various options available to the Overlords. The backpacks are not quite as good as the GW models, but when the whole model is painted up in the same scheme, they fit in really well.

I can also now field an allied unit of 10 short chaps on foot in games such as Oathmark.