Little_Lano Plays: Mordheim

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Little_Lano Paints: Malifaux, Lady Justice's Crew

So I had some more time over the last few days to paint up some more Malifaux. 

In sticking to my NY Resolution, if I want more stuff, I've got to paint what I have!  And I'm starting to put small dents in my never ending paint pile.

So lastly to paint is the Scales of Justice and Lady Justice.

Now I don't have much experience in painting flesh tones, I mean, I painted Blighted Blue skin for Legion, and Red Tyranids mainly!!

Well here they are, pretty pleased with what I have so far, now to make a sizable dent within the Tyranid Horde so I can get myself some more Malifaux! 

The blind fighter Lady Justice, Master of the Guild.

Little_Lano Paints: Malifaux Death Marshals and The Judge

So my friends at a gaming club turn around and ask if I've played Malifaux...

Sigh, Another game to play! 

I love the miniatures though and earlier this year I picked up Lady Justice ams her crew, only for the death Marshals for a proxy for some Pistol wraith. 

I've always loved Lady Justice and her models, and Malifaux in general is a beautiful game. 

And so in stocking with my New Years resolution, I'm not buying more models, just painting what I have already!

As a system, it is a refreshing difference to Warhammer40k and WarmaHordes. 

This is a game where I can spend hours painting a hand full of models to an high standard. 

With that, I spent the whole day painting the crew and managed to finish the Death Marshals and The Judge. 

I'm pretty happy with the result and some I'm feeling brave, will attempt some  OSL lighting and some point. 

Here is some photo porn, please enjoy, and sorry for the poor lighting, these photos were taken at 4am... 

Little_Lano Talks About: WarmaHordes in 2015

So, 2015 is the year my endeavours within WarmaHordes really takes off.  In 2014 I participated in a few tournaments with a few lists and I generally liked where I was going but I never took them very seriously.  I concentrated on Prime Thagrosh and Epic Vayl, although I almost exclusively played Thagrosh.  So within 2015, my first tournament being the Spring Masters SE Regionals, I'l be playing the 3 list format.  And i have been thinking over the holidays which three Warlock's i'l be playing.

At the moment, this is what I believe to be playing.  I'm going to try play with Warlocks that I normally don't play with.  Of the three I've chosen, I've only played Vayl2 properly before, and even then, I don't think I played her very well!

So let's take a look at what I have chosen.

Little_Lano Reviews: 2014, A Year of Gaming

2014!
What a year it has been!

Firstly, The Miniature Empire Gaming store closed down, we found a new home fore gaming but alas, the club had to close due to the store closing! It's been a turbulent year.

This year saw me make the transition from Warhammer 40k to WarmaHordes.  I do still like Warhammer 40k and I play it regularly with friends, but I prefer the tactical acumen and the competitive nature of WarmaHordes.

Little_Lano Plays: WarmaHordes 50pts Legion of Everblight vsMercenaries(Riot)

So Riot from (here) is coming over to drop his gaming table top off.

The poor lady has no home since the closing down of our local gaming club so I adopted her!

And we will be christening the table while he is here! 

So, as normal, what do I take? 

Well over Christmas i acquired a Gatorman Posse and Kallus the Wrath of Everblight.

Just before that I managed to win a ebay bid for Max Legionnaires + Captain Farilor, so, I imagine they'll work fairly well together considering Kallus is an Infantry Caster!

Let see what my list consists of today...

Little_Lano Plays: WarmaHordes 50pts vs Riot Part 2

The stage was set, and the two armies lined up across the brand new table.

Looking at the other side, my opponent was the ever dangerous Ashlyn.  And immediately the threats stood out in the opponent list.  

1) The two Mules.  I have very little ways of penetrating Armour 18+.  The only ways possible would be to Ignite my Warpers and with the help of Prey, I can crack that armour.  The other problem is the fact that Riot won't leave my Ogryns alone for me to get to them, it'll be a hard fought fight to get rid of those.

2) Stannis, mother fucking Stannis.  This guy, is soooooooooooooooooooo annoying, with his Halberdiers and Cavalry.  They move through each other, over each other get Flanking bonuses and what not.  And guess who is behind them, yes it Alexia, the Bitch of Warmachine, the common whore who is in every list possible... Looks like my Spawning Vessel will be competing for bodies for the rest of the game!

Here is my deployment.  The Legionnaires take place in the middle, Kallus and the support behind them ready to collect souls and hand out Dark Guidance  and Unyielding.  They are flanked by the Ogryns on both flanks, with the Gatorman Posse on the extreme right.

The Gatorman Posse i was hoping to be an annoyance, maybe to force some units to come engage me, but also, I want to be able to force multiple break checks next to my Ogryns.  They are able to pretty act independent of the main army, I haven't really played with these guys yet, and I'm already loving what they offering to me.

The Mercenaries line up ahead of me.  the amount of infantry on the table will mean there is a lot of pummelling on both sides!

The gun mages make another appearance, these guys are horrible under feat, critical brutal and my Ogryns will be feeling the pain through out the game!  Also, a Mule has be Marshalled to the Officer, meaning that there will be Critical Brutal Steam Cannon throwing everything mother fucking everywhere goodness.  I can't wait to see what will happen when that hits in the middle of the infantry blobs!

On the other side of Ashlyn, the man mountain of infantry takes place, with the compulsory corpse collector behind!
I'm pretty scared of those cavalry coming into my way, I'm hoping that I can hold them at bay and the Legionnaires can take the bulk of damage.  Hopefully the Ogryns will hit on the counter and get rid of them.

Turn 1: As always, both sides run forward in an attempt to gain the advantage in the middle of the board.

Turn 2: At the top of turn 2, My Legion army runs into the zone and eagerly await the Halberdier's charge.  The Gatormen advance down the flank against the incoming Devil Dogs. Little did i know that those Devil Dogs will unleash a massive Bukakke load onto the Gators.
The Legionnaires pop the mini feat to form an impervious wall.

The Gun mages take up position on the Ruins to gain the elevation bonus and to hold the right flank against the incoming Ogryns.

The first Mule opens up, but being ARM 22, (I was engaging the enemy objective) he does no damage.  Thank goodness it wasn't a critical hit!

The Halberdiers line up the initial charge, the mix of Gators and Ogryns and a lot of wounds to take off.

Firstly, the Halberdier Cavalry charge in with Stannis.  Stannis himself doesn't do much damage, the Ogryns have Set defence on the charge and Unyielding which means he doesn't have enough punching to power to finish one off, although he does pop a few damage boxes.
Although, the Steel Head Cavalry fail their Terror check!
A huge outcome which surely means I've saved an Ogryn.
That is game changer.

The Halberdiers receive a  Run\Charge order and due to Stannis, they can move through each other.  Proving to be a great meat shield for the Terrified Steel Head Cavalry.

The Halberdiers use Combined Melee attacks, but unfortunately they don't pull down any infantry.  The ARM buffs for all my infantry prove too tough.
The Devil Dogs Combined Ranged Attack and blow their load all over a Gatorman Posse.  The gators are taking damage by the boat full!
Meanwhile, the Gatormen head into combat and take off the Halberdier heads, LITERALLY.

Now at the time of writing this, things frothier get a bit shady, Riot and I got side tracked with the absolute amazing photo porn available, so my reporting from here on in will be sketchy!
From here, I remember using my Vengeance movements and the Legionnaires carve through the Halberdiers, I go for an Assassination on Alexia but come up 1 damage short. Which, will have dire consequences in the next turn!
At the End, I pop my Feat.  Any casualties will be starving Alexia of corpses and providing me with Incubi!

Photo Porn, pure porn.

Meanwhile the Ogryns on my right flank are getting hammered.  The Mule Marshalled to the Mages got a critical brutal which knocked down my UA which mean't I couldn't change.  Gutted!  I have to settle for walking one guy in combat and throwing African Sticks for hard 10s.  The Gunmages also blow away one and i'm no conceding to the idea that these are sacrificing themselves to make sure the Zone isn't over run and my objective is safe for a while longer.

I see you Gorman, you Black Oil throwing cunt.  Every Warmachine Army I've played in the last 6 months has either Sylys, Eiryss, Rupert, Alexia or Gorman in it... Unfortunately, most of them make an appearance today!
I'm planning on getting my Afflicter to swoop in and take him out.  a 4pt trade to get rid of him is well worth it.

So, not killing Alexia lead to this.  MAGNIFICENT PHOTO PORN!
It's like Scarlett Johansson got naked and laid over a gaming table.
But still, these fuckers are annoying, they come up everywhere and created what can only be a cess pool of undead, smelly cloud effects whirl of blades and teeth.
They manage to pull done a handful of miniatures, but generate Incubi in the process.

An overview of the battle

INCUBI RISE MY CHILDREN

The Harrier that was spawned from the Pot has a second go at Alexia.  This time, he makes sure she goes down with a terrific roll.  The tide is turning over on the left hand side of the field.

Starting to look healthier over here.

There aren't many photos of the right hand side because it's starting to look dire for me and Riot and I believed that the photos over here were much more interesting!

At this point though I was starting to worry.  One unit of Ogryns were now all but dead, and the second unit had taking massive casualties.  And there were two full health Mules for me to contest with if i want that zone.  

This is how it looked after my 4th turn.  The incubu were generated and we can now start pushing off the zone and get to work taking the objective.

Ashlyn starts swinging away and removes a lot of the models in the way.
Unfortunately, Riot's misses is calling and the end of the game comes beckoning quickly!

Photo Porn

Photo Porn

Photo Porn

In the Last throws of the game, the Spawning Vessel poops out a Stinger, the Stinger goes in for the kill on Ashlyn and puts his Stinger through her heart.
which is the Game.

Conclusion to the Game.
It was a shame that Riot had to leave, had we had more time, I reckon those two mules would have blasted Infantry everywhere and I would have had a real problem dealing with them.

So what did i learn today?

1) The list needs to be tweaked to find a better way to deal with high ARM.  I'm thinking I'll drop the war beasts and take a Heavy Warbeast for heavy hitting.

2) Remember what I have.  I forgot on numerous occasions to roll the additional dice for Dark Guidance.  Especially when Ashlyn popped her feat I forgot to roll that addition dice which could have helped!

3) Painted models are better models, and it makes the game look pretty!

Little_Lano Tutorial: Alien Themed Paint Job

Having posted some photos amongst the Ethernet, I have been asked by those amongst the Tyranid Facebook page for a "How to" on my Alien inspired painting.

It's actually fairly easy, and can be done in a few easy steps.

Step 1: Base coat in Tamiya Black Vinyl Paint

Don't worry, if you don't have access to Tamiya Black, it's fairly pricey pot of paint. I detail below a way around it! 

Tamiya do this acrylic shiny glossy stuff which dries shiny. Like below...

Step 2: Drybrush LeadBelcher/ Necron Compound

Don't do it too heavily, you really want the black to stand out.

Step 3: Pick out the talons in thinned out red.

Remember, afterwards, go back over the red with 'Ard Coat. Gives it the shiny gloss finish 

Afterwards, I go back over in the Tamiya Black in places where I want the the pitch black to really hide areas. That way it gives the perspective that they are jumping from the darkness!

Also, Nurgle Rot technical paint from GW does a wonderful job for slime! I applied it to the tongue and some joints to mix up the colours a bit! 

This is the end result of the Tamiya Black base.

So, what if you don't have access to Tamiya Black, well, instead of using Tamiya Black, the answer is to replace Step 1 with a base coat of normal Black. 

Then afterwards, just apply the 'Ard Coat to the whole model! 

Here is how it looks, 

Be careful though, too much and it won't dry properly leaving you with foggy layers on your models. 

There you have it! 

Also, obviously, base your model as you wish. 

Merry Christmas All!! 

I will blog up tomorrow for a Christmas special!

Little_Lano Paints: Warhammer 40k Tyranids: Deathstorm

So, with my two week break, I am finally able to get back to painting miniatures. 

Exam season at university meant that all gaming and painting had been on back burners. But it didn't stop me from picking up some miniatures, specially the ones from the relatively new box sets!

So, out from my insane mind of exam periods, I came to the conclusion that I needed Alien themed tyranids and "MechaNidz". I managed to get some of the alien tyranids painted earlier today so have some photo porn!

"The Beast of Phodia"

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The Spawn of Cryptus

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Let's just hope they do well on the table top!

Little_Lano Plays: Warmahordes 35pts Part 2

So... The scene was set, Anthony rode in on his mighty steel horse, I think he referred to it as a "bicycle"... I stared him down... Both silent, as he brought out his box of trolls... After a deathly stare, he opened his mouth... And said....

"I'm kinda hungry from work, wanna order pizza?"

AND THE STAGE WAS SET!! 

Another night of WarmaHordes, Tea and Pizza!!!

Here is how the table played out, elevation on both sides, the mission was simple, Central zone and two flags for either side.

Anthony brought a similar army to what he brought last time, although he had brought Hoarlock instead this time!

My general idea was to hold my own with Carver, push into the zone with an alpha strike, use the Brigands for shields, and send Rorsh and Brine as flankers to take the enemy objective.

Deployment was straight forward, in going to try push hard to the right, using the Brigands and anchors and Warbeasts to punch through.  

After turn one movement, everything does there mandatory running!

Rorsh and brine *ahem* I mean, Batman and Robin, race around the flank getting ready to attack from un expecting angles!

So it begins, my Warhog charges Lug... And with a great swing of his huge Axe...

Misses all the time and deals a measly 9 damage... Stupid pigs...

Robin does the same... Batman looking on and thinking, what a twat...

Making matters worse, the Burrowers come up and let loose on my Brigands, I haven't dug in either and the subsequent shots blow though me! I'm looking control of the left flank!

To our surprise, my ONE Brigand toughs 4 rolls and defiantly doesn't go down!

Meanwhile, on the right, with the Warhog missing and floundering like a wet fish... The Brigands watch as Lug bends him over and Cragback anally rapes him. To make matters worse, the Feralgeist which I learnt him takes over, and turns around to slap two of my own infantry!

Reinforcements arrive in the form of Spicy Beef and Extra Cheese, with a little slop, the Pigs are rejuvenated and ready to go! 

After popping my feat, the pigs get stuck in... I miss pretty much all my Attacks again... Leaving Lug on 2 HP, and Cragback on 1... Fuck the bear... 

Hulk Pig gets angry... And kills the Impaler only for the Feralgeist to take it over! I'm never going to capture this zone!

Photo porn...

Between Lug and an Inpaler and their undead counterparts, most of my Infantry are decimated!

All is nearly lost :(

My Left flank fails and Batman is left without Robin trying to hold the enemy flag. 

Having seen a gap, Carver goes after to vulnerable Hoarlock, but a little to no surprise, Carver slips and doesn't hit Hoarlock ... He does hit his second but rolls a Triple 1 on damage... What can you do..

Sometimes the dice gods just don't want to be your friend!