What Arrived In The Post Today, Wyrdstone Mines Bases Product Review

So, probably the best bit of any new army project is searching the internet for much-needed inspiration to see what little bits and pieces you can pick up, that in turn makes it stand out on the tabletop, and it wasn't long before I came across these resin bases on eBay. 

Fantascape™ is a new and expanding range of scenic bases for wargaming. Cast from high quality poly resin, the bases come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are designed to compliment some of the most popular gaming systems available. There are currently 3 ranges of Fantascape™ Scenic Bases. These will be expanded upon over the coming months, with new ranges being added regularly, along with the introduction of some beautiful pieces of scenery.

                                                 

Wyrdstone™ Mines

Anyone venturing into these ancient and long-forgotten Dwarf catacombs will discover that the once-sturdy flagstones are now smashed and decaying.

These broken floors are now littered with fallen props and planks, and scattered here and there you will find fragments of mysterious Wyrdstone™.

If you're lucky you may even spot a large Wyrdstone™ outcrop or two, but if you're scavenging for the strange glowing crystals beware..... don't be tempted to lift one of those old trap-doors, as the scurrying and skittering of innumerable sharpened claws has been heard to echo up from the depths..... 

As you can see from above I spent about £30 pounds which in turn gives me a good start point with everything I need to get started.

This is the first time that I have ever purchased such items and was a bit nervous considering the price as it's not the cheapest option, but considering the Skaven models can be purchased online very cheaply it all balances out.

I also really like the way the tiles on the floor make it look like they are collapsing inward as if something very heavy has walked across them.

So what's the conclusion I must admit I'm very impressed overall the quality speaks for itself, and they really do look good when put together. There is a few disadvantages using resin bases namely having to clip all your models feet, although it takes a little bit longer I feel the look is definitely justified with a small investment of time. 

The good

Look absolutely amazing when finished and painted

You can pretty much guarantee your the only one to have them.

The bad

Can be quite expensive although postage is free

A little bit more time spent attaching and clipping your models onto their bases. 

Final thoughts

Although not for everyone I would highly recommend them and am really looking forward to get the project up and running

1750 Ork Dread Bash For Assault On Arkham.

So in a few weeks I'll be heading off to  Assault on Arkham 40k tournament, and I'm hopeful that I will do a better than last time, considering I came last. So with that in mind I have decided to park my battlewagons and go for a simple option.

Event Details

Arkham Gaming Centre is proud to host this Warhammer 40K tournament, run in conjunction with Jonny Fisher. This 2 day ranking 1750 point tournament will allow the best 40K players in Ireland North & South to make war across the tabletop.

Unfortunately by this stage all the tickets have gone, but if you're still interested make sure that you make contact with them as there might be a few dropouts.

So with that in mind the next stage was to think about what I was going to take,

 and for me it was quite an easy decision.

    * Big Mek (85pts) 

        Choppa, Kustom Force Field (50pts)

    * Big Mek (85pts) 

        Choppa, Kustom Force Field (50pts)

    * Lootas (75pts) 

        5x Loota (75pts)

    * Lootas (75pts) 

        5x Loota (75pts)

    * Lootas (75pts) 

        5x Loota (75pts)

    * Deff Dread (Troops) (85pts) 

        2x Skorcha (10pts)

    * Deff Dread (Troops) (85pts) 

        2x Skorcha (10pts)

    * Gretchin (40pts) 

        10x Gretchin (30pts)

        * Runt Herder (10pts) 

            Grabba Stikk

    * Ork Boyz (208pts) 

        * 28x Boy (168pts) 

            28x Slugga & Choppa

        * Nob (40pts) 

            Bosspole (5pts), Power Klaw (25pts)

    * Ork Boyz (208pts) 

        * 28x Boy (168pts) 

            28x Slugga & Choppa

        * Nob (40pts) 

            Bosspole (5pts), Power Klaw (25pts)

    * Ork Boyz (208pts) 

        * 28x Boy (168pts) 

            28x Slugga & Choppa

        * Nob (40pts) 

            Bosspole (5pts), Power Klaw (25pts)

    * Deffkoptas (45pts) 

        * Deffkopta (45pts) 

            Twin-Linked Rokkit Launcha (10pts)

    * Deffkoptas (45pts) 

        * Deffkopta (45pts) 

            Twin-Linked Rokkit Launcha (10pts)

    * Deffkoptas (70pts) 

        * Deffkopta (70pts) 

            Buzzsaw (25pts), Twin-Linked Rokkit Launcha (10pts)

    * Killa Kans (120pts) 

        *3x3 Killa Kan (40pts) 

            Big Shoota (5pts)

        

    * Killa Kans (120pts) 

        

        * 3x3Killa Kan (40pts) 

            Big Shoota (5pts)

    * Killa Kans (120pts) 

        

        * 3x3 Killa Kan (40pts) 

            Big Shoota (5pts)

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From the very outset I wanted to try and keep it as simple as possible, and I think I have done this quite well, although it would be interesting to see if you guys have any feedback or suggestions, that I need to incorporate or change into the list.

ETC League 1 Battle Report Ork V Death Wing 1500pts

So, last week me and a very good friend headed off to Lisburn Gaming Club for the day, to try out our new ETC league system.

Basically every time you play a game of 40K using the ETC scenarios you work out victory points and tournament points, and your best five results go toward your overall ranking in the league. It also gives us much needed practice in regards to using the scenarios in the ETC as we hope to attend a tournament in a few weeks time at Arkam Gaming Centre.

Although there is a few rules and exceptions you can only play the same opponent twice in the same day and you must swap armies to make it fair. Also, after each game you must post a report to qualify your results on your blog within 7 days. Which in turn gives it a little bit of rivalry and smack talk.

 So that's what we ended up doing, and this is a quick battle report of my first game.

The game was 1500 points using

primary objective- Seize Gronud

second objective-Annihilation

deployment- spearhead

My pretty simple and straightforward basically Kan wall list 

Michael on the other hand took a very mean death Angel list.

The table in all its glory- some quite good fire points for Michael, I thought!

Table was very simple and straightforward.We rolled off to see who got the site with Michael winning and you can see his deployment below keeping everything in the centre maximising his first report.

For me this is when I made one of the biggest mistakes; deploying so closely together which ultimately give Michael the advantage when he started to fire his blast weapons. 

 Michael for a couple of turns successfully fired his ordnance and then moved back as I advanced. He then sent a squad of terminators into the fray.

On the other side things really did go bad for me, Micheal maximised his fast support with his land speeders to pretty much destroy that whole flank and with the advance of the terminator squad it only got pretty worse.

You can also just see in the far corner of the picture the advancing deep striking terminators from last turn. From behind my lines  he tried to serve and deliver the final blow in the next turn.

So the only option I had was to move forward and try to steal and hold the middle objective. And with six kans and a load of boys I was feeling pretty confident. Also you can see the terminators eagerly trying to get into combat.

This is where the game really started to turn in Michael's favour. With the arrival of his deep striking terminators they rolled really good results when moving through difficult terrain which meant they could get into combat. Another bit of good  luck for Michael!

So back to the centre point where things really started to heat up.  I easily took care of one squad of terminators that were sent in to try and see if they could hold off until reinforcements arrived but without success they were very easily butchered.

On the other side the flight was completely destroyed as Michael still managed to drop ordnance to try and soften up the works before reinforcements arrived.

Not really much to say, as the picture speaks for itself. Its just that the Orks just ran out of momentum although below I did manage to kill some vindicators in combat with the kans.

So with the tide finally turned. Things pretty much went from bad to worse.  I was pretty much going to be tabled by turn five. Although  I have managed to keep my Gretchen in reserve as they hadn't arrived to come on so hopefully I could steal a little objective. Knowing that the battle was over the Orks started to run away to fight another day.

Pretty devastating as Michael swept the board. 

And probably the best bit in the game- Michael had completely forgot about the Gretchen coming on, which they did on the final turn and he assumed that he was about to table myself forgetting about the objective. Knowing this he moved everything forward to try prevent me claiming one so with them coming on I managed to contest, failing that I could have very easily won. I could have got the primary objective.

So that was it, probably not the best battle report you'll ever read but then it is what it is. I really enjoyed the day and after this game we played our second round swapping armies which I hopefully will post very soon.

So my first game resulted in-

We managed to draw the primary objective which resulted in 4 points each, thanks to my Gretchen, no one had the second objective, I scored 527 victory points. Michael scored 1460 victory points which meant in tournament points I scored 6- Michael scored 14.

Looking back with Michael forgetting about the Gretchen he could've easily scored 20 tournament points, if he had of managed to kill everything and tabling me but ultimately it was not the case.

Skaven Hobby Update What Arrived In The Post Today

Just a wee quick update to show everyone what arrived in the post today which I recently got on eBay, for the grand price of £7 which is a bargain considering, these models are too good. 

It's something that I like to try and do with all my projects, is to try and incorporate old and new models which if done right can work very well and make it stand out.

Having said that I still haven't decided what they are actually going to count as I think I'm going to convert the old Queek Headtaker as a battle standardbearer, which I feel is quite a fitting purpose. 

So hopefully my post man over the next few weeks, will be delivering more little parcels. Also please feel free to leave a comment below if you have your own suggestions or ideas as it's always good to get feedback.

So I just need to get these little fellow stripped.

New Skaven Project And There Is Strength In Numbers.

As you will all probably be aware I have just recently sold my Warhammer Night Goblin Army, so I have some funds in the hobby Kitty, to spent on my next project. It took quite a while to figure out exactly what I wanted to be, but I definitely knew it was going to be warhammer. Over the last few years 40K has been well catered for in my hobby, and I thought it was time for a change.

So the only question was exactly what army would I like to collect,and it wasn't an easy one to answer straight away, with a lot of looking around the Internet for much-needed help it was decided it would be Skaven with a few obvious reasons. 

For me it came down to price, I do not have a lot of disposable income to spend on a brand-new army, off-the-shelf and with the release of island of blood box set recently, they are available online on eBay, for next to nothing which is always a good start in my book.

 The models have been completely revamped and their book has only recently been released which makes them very effective on the tabletop and somewhat competitive which for me although not necessarily the number one reason it certainly helps, after all I did play night goblin's so it would be nice to maybe when the game below is some pictures of some inspiration that I came across to use and like the look of.

Also modelling and converting opportunities are a big draw to these little fellows as I have recently came across some very impressive work which I hope to post.

these are some of the models that I have recently got on eBay and they just looked too good not to have in my army.

just goes to show what can be achieved with a little bit of imagination when it comes to conversions something that I want incorporate into the project. 

one of my favourites and something I'm going to use when I get round to doing my own.

So recently I have already started with buying the book on eBay for nearly half price which is a good start also I have picked up a few classic OOP models so the project is well underway, which in turn gives the army a very unique look mixing old and new.

also if you have any ideas or suggestions may contact.