Next Meeting

Hey guys, I know that Sunday is not going to work for Scott this weekend, so I was thinking that maybe we could get together Monday for our Winter Phase. Just let me know if and when Monday we could get together, or when another better time would be. I'm assuming we're all raring to go... I haven't smashed up some 'umies or stunties in a good while!! Plus, I have 5 Empire Points to spend. *w00t w00t, raise the roof* Let me know, fellas.
-Matt

Cancellation!

I'm not sure if anyone reads this site anymore, sure enough no one is posting. Anywho, just wanted to let you all know that I won't be able to attend, nor host Warhammer this week; I'm moving. Right, moving out! We can't afford heat here so we have to leave. I'm not sure how this will affect my hosting status in the future. Stay tuned for more details.

Digital 'Heads Up'

Hey guys, I found some awesome alternate rules for Mighty Empires in this month's Black Gobbo. You can find that on the Games Workshop website. Give me some feedback on whether or not you are interested in putting them into our games. I vote yes.

Also, 1,000 points is for suckers. We're moving up to...*bum bum bum* 1,500 points! I know, it's intimidating, but I'd love to be able to field a Warboss someday. So write up some lists and see how feasible it is. I know that Shawn and Scott just got a big influx of models, so that will help. E-mail me with any problems, and we'll see you Sunday.

Bloomin' 'Umies!

We came up on da 'umies outside da woods. A rock lobba, some 'umies wif bows an' some wif puny spears. Da only ones I wuz keen on were da shiny ones on dere horsies, dey's da only ones what would put up a good fight. Me boyz lined up, 'ungry fer blood. I gave da Waaagh! an' all da boyz started forward, an' da spidey gobbos even got a 'ead start ta show 'ow 'ard dey wuz. Da 'umies wuz all scared, an' 'ardly moved. Dey let loose wif dere rock lobba but me boyz didn't even blink as it smashed right behind 'em. Gork wuz wif us, alright! Da scrawny night gobbos on da squigs ran up an' wuz runnoff by da puny arrerz. We laughed, 'cause we knew dey would run at da first chance.

Dem spidey gobbos musta 'ad lightnin' fer chow dat mornin', dey wuz almost at da 'umies already! Da gobbo's ran dere squigs off da field, an' I made sure dey'd pay after we finished da 'umies. Da spideys crashed into da 'umies at da rock lobba and killed 'em all 'cept one bloke, an' 'e only stayed 'cause dere flag wuz near. Fat lot 'o good dat did 'im, da spideys chopped 'im up good! Da boyz on me left wuz crushed by da shiny 'umies an' dey ran off and wuz cut down by 'em. Da ovver 'umies charged right at us, and we wuz ready fer 'em! Some ov da boyz got crumped, but we wuz still itchin' fer more fightin'!

Dem 'umies ain't so tough after dey charge, and we made 'em wish dey was wif dere mummies! Dey don't know when to quit, so'z dey stayed around for more crumpin'. Da gobbos on dere spideys, wif nobody ta fight, gots ta fightin' wif demselves! Stupid gits. Den me Black Orc boyz finally gets to da fight and show dem 'umies what a good crumpin' is really about! Da 'umies an' dere boss all runnofft da field, tails between dere legs! We turned around to wait fer da ovver 'umies to come and wet our choppas.

While da spideys wuz fightin wif demselves, da 'umies started shootin' arrerz at 'em. Dat shook dem up but good, and da gobbos let dem arrer 'umies 'ave it. Da 'umies ran away from da spideys and da gobbo's wanted to chase 'em, but dere spideys wuz busy eatin' whut wuz left. Den dey turned to fight agin, an' da spideys finished 'em off. Da 'umies wif da puny spears came at us straight away, and we gave 'em a good choppin' fer dere trouble! Dey ran away, but we wuz right on dere 'eels. Da Black Orcs wuz holdin' dere own, but den dey wuz all run tru by da shiny 'umies, and whut wuz left got trampled by dere horsies. Me and me boyz turned to face da ovver 'umies.

"Hur hur hur... its time for summore crumpin', boyz! WAAAGH!!!"

News For Sunday, 11/16/07

Hey everyone. This has been a great week for the start of our campaign. I think everyone agrees that Scott and Shawns' battle reports were totally awesome. I hope mine gets the same reviews. We will be playing at Scott's house on Sunday at 1:30pm. He says it's really cold, so if anyone has a space heater they can bring that would be great. We're going to finish up Round 1, then start Round 2 and hopefully at least get through the battles. If you need directions to Scott's place, give him a phone call. 315-256-6789. Hope to see you all there!

Maizie Struck Us Hard

Lord, I regret to report:

As we set up our cannon for battle, we heard the soft sounds of what seemed to be thunder in the distance. "Rain!" we shouted, thinking that with the mud on the field we could get the advantage, given man's absurdly high center of gravity. Much to our dismay, as we saw the cack-handed beast come around the tree line we realized what should have been on our minds straight away, and I said aloud to my men, "Of course these coward scum brought that giant numpty heap of filth." I could over hear murmurs of fear coming from the younger Thunderers just to the left of us (most of their beards barely reached their belts, for cryin' out loud!). I knew right then, with a recently promoted general at the helm, we were in for some real argy-bargy.

BALLS-UP!, by the time we saw the giant, we had already set up, and we didn't have time to move. With our flank covered by twenty of some of the best Miners I ever knew, I had confidence that we'd be okay, though.

When the battle got underway we immediately had forty or so shandy drinking men coming straight up the middle, right at us; we fired a couple a shots, and with the great (and somewhat surprising) accuracy of those Thunderers, soundin' off like a bunch of bangers, we took care of them, no problem; sent 'em all a-tabbin' in the opposite direction. Right then it hit me...

Where's the General of this disgusting horde of nob gobblers? Looking east I saw this modest group buggers heading out with a brolly of dogs leadin' the way. DOGS?! Who brings their house pets with 'em! The dogs were put out easy enough. The men however, put our Miners to shame.

Not to wibble on like the old fool I am, Sir, but that grotty giant came around the corner, tripped like the oaf he is and killed the General, straight away and half the comp'ny. I couldn't believe my eyes. Never got a chance to prove 'emself. Then he started eating the Thunderers! EATING! Only a real coward would bring such a monster to the battle field.

-Master Engineer Yompin, Son of Yompon.

Battle Report

As the cowardly stubbies came into view, I could tell that they would just stand there and shoot like they had every other time that we had clashed. Some would say that they were “Stalwart” or “Stubborn”. I call them cowards. Anyone who would rather just stand and watch the blood flow from a distance rather than stand on the body parts before they’ve turned cold, is simply….far to revolted by blood for warfare.

Spreading out as to envelope the stubbies, my warriors advance on the cowardly “bearded gnomes”. Myself along with the most experienced of my warriors flanked along the left of their main line with warhounds leading the way. The young, but definitely bloodthirsty barbaric northmen advanced towards the enemy head on. On the other flank, was Horace, A rather large bumbling moron. Dumb as he may be, very combat effective and a very impressive sight to behold.

“No Man’s Land”

As was stated earlier, they just stood there and fired the cannon and their guns. It seemed as though they didn’t even want to fight. As the sounds of the screams of my men in the sights of the cannon, filled the air. My blood began to boil with anticipation of battle. They had their orders…go forward.

“Contact finally”

Horace was the first to make contact. He promptly threw himself onto a mass of the stubbies at the same time that the other group of hounds crashed into their flank. Overwhelmed by his massive weight, the remainder fled for their lives. Heh, I knew they didn’t want to fight.

When the hounds in front of us dove into the ranks of the enemy, I could not see what was happening, but the bloodshed and screams that ensued made me smile. I could sense that khorne would be pleased this day. As the remainder of the hounds fled from the stubbies, a cannonball tore through the ranks taking a few out. Heh, I knew they didn’t want to fight.

Drawing closer to battle. I could see the fear in their eyes, could smell their soiled trousers. Their hands were trembling as we approached. As we crashed into their ranks, the killing started, the only reason that I exist. To bathe in the blood of my enemies. Cut one down and another took his place. With vision going red, I continued to dispatch the child sized dwarves. They didn’t even fight back, heh, they couldn’t. as soon as they were within range, they were bleeding and dying until the last few turned tail and ran like the cowards that they are. Heh, I knew they didn’t want to fight.

At this point, Horace was eating the stubbies with the guns. Aparently this was unsettling to them because they turned and fled. After the battle, I noticed that Horace had the indention of the dwarven general’s helmet on the shield that he wears around his gut.

Cowards. I knew they didn’t want to fight.

Kharhas

This Sunday

Hey guys. It certainly feels like it's been a long time since we got together. I was thinking that instead of playing this Sunday, we should have a painting day. If we all get together and start painting things, then maybe it will inspire us to get our armies finished. I've been kinda bumming because it seems like every time we get together no one (including myself, for the most part) has made any real headway in getting our army done. So hopefully this will turn things around. Make sure your guys are all primed and ready to be painted, bring your army books for inspiration and we'll all have a great time.

Warband Qustions

Um i was reading the instructions to Warband and i was wondering how the army actually grows when i thought we lost models in fights because we use the same list every game. also I can not play on 11/11 because I am working in Saranac Village on the ropes course. Sorry.

Just a Heads Up...

Hey guys! This Sunday we're going to be playing 500 points again, but I wanted to start the Warbands campaign. So look over the rules and be prepared to choose an archetype for your leader. Any questions about your list or anything else, just let me know! As a matter of fact, post it here so everyone can see. I have two blocks of 20 orc boyz and one block of 20 black orc sitting on my desk. I cannot wait until we do 1,000 points. We'ze goin' ta eat some faces and bash some 'eads!! WAAAGH!!

So whats your next move gonna be?

Shawn's fierce army charges in for the attack against the amazing Bretonian peasant bowmen, who although prepared for the battle axes and swords were no match for the brute strength of the chaos conglomeration.

Only Read By Moonlight...

Is there still room for an old dwarf at this battle? The Dwarfs of the Eastern Mountains are ready for war!

I'm sorry I missed last Sunday, but I was super busy. I certainly hope to make it this next Sunday. My dwarfs will crush you all. Of course, I don't have any totally done, but... we will still crush you all!

Good Sunday and Great Find!

So, Ryan, Shawn and myself had a great time this Sunday. Shawn managed his first victory (minus his giant, of course) against Ryan's Bretonnians in a close game. Ryan has a bunch of pictures I'm hoping he'll post, with some cool captions!

Also, I found an AMAZING website that allows you to make army lists for FREE on the Internet! From there, you can print it out and easily make changes, so how much something costs, fiddle around with points values and much more. Check it out at:
http://www.thegreatuncleanone.com/

And remember for this Sunday, make a 500 point list, still using the Warband rules, and have at least 200 of it painted!

**EDIT: The website has the old army lists on it. I just fooled around with the Orcs and Goblins one and saw how they had different points values. Tomb Kings, Bretonnians, and Chaos should still be the same, but Scott, Josh (if he ever plays), and myself will not be able to use this program. Suck it up!

It's Back!

Hey guys, luckily for all of us, the Battlewagon Bits website is back up! You can by specific model parts for conversions or just to keep all of your troops looking like they belong to the same army! More importantly, they have the small (and cheap!) rulebook from the Battle For Skull Pass for only $15! It might be good to do a big order together, so just post if there's anything on the website you want. I highly, HIGHLY reccommend that you buy the cheap Skull Pass rulebook. It has all the same rules, and costs a lot less then the $50 hardcover rulebook. I'll post the site here, and also on the side with the rest of the links. Enjoy!

www.bwbits.com

UK GT Mini Sneak Peek

I was totally blown away by these pictures. Words can't do justice to these models, I'll let them speak for themselves.

Daemonettes

Bloodletter

Dark Elf Cold One

Khorne Juggernaut

Vampire Counts Grave Guard

If you think I'm being dramatic, check out their current predecessors available in the online store on the GW site. You may just crap your pants.

Ryan's Pics

Here are my knights, ready for battle!

No "Wei" no "Hao"

Hey everyone, this is Wei making his debut. I believe Serge U.V. have introduced me so I ain't gonna make this long. Yes, I will be playing tomb kings and I love Christ. That's it, y'all have a good night and God bless.

Progress

Here's a pic of one of my unfinished warriors. Fact of the matter is, this is the only one that I've gotten anywhere near this far with.

...By the Wei....

Every say hello to Wei Hao (pronounced "way how"), who's going to be playing a Tomb Kings army. He's a great guy and a strong Christian, help make him feel welcome!

Gaming Time!

Alright, I pretty much have told this to everyone, but I want to put it down on the page so it's official. After thinking long and hard about availability and trying to make our meeting time the same every week, I announce the gaming day/time here:

Sundays at 1:00pm - 4:00pm (or so)

Church is over, you have time to eat some food (or bring it with you), and nobody that I'm aware of has to work at this time. The Oswegonians will drive down and go to church, then back to my place for gaming. We won't be meeting this Sunday as I have a previous engagment, but next Sunday, the 23rd, it's on like Donkey Kong.

Any major issues, let me know. I just want to say from the get-go that I know some people will not be able to come every time. I understand that things come up. But I don't believe it's an unreasonable time request, and I know we'll all have a good time! All I'm asking is for three hours or so on one day a week. You guys know I put a lot of time, money, and effort into Warhammer, and it's because I want to be able to hang out with my buddies and enjoy some competitive gaming with a lot of replayablility. I can't wait to get started, I'm excited and I hope you are too! Bring your paints, your modelling tools if you have some guys to build, a tapemeasure, some dice, and of course your army!

Site to buy stuff

http://www.ccgarmory.com/wafa.html

Found this site just browsing around. Not sure about shipping but... it seems like a good deal for almost everything that they have. (everything is 22% off retail).

Yo wait till my knights crush your make believe plastic peices. You're all going down!

Status Update!

Here's a picture of my boyz, who are still a work-in-progress but have all the base colors done at least. Get a move on!! I'm pretty sure Scott's the only one farther along then I am...but now that he's married, it's time for us all to close the gap!

Games Day Los Angeles Golden Demon Winners

Here are some pictures of the fantastic models that won awards at the LA Games Day this year. I hope these inspire you to new heights of painting genius!


Squig hopper. Oi!!

Ogre Tyrant, complete with HUGE weapon.

Bretonnia's King Louen Leoncoeur on his griffon.

An Empire Fire Mage, all burney and whatnot.

Dwarfen Thane, notice the non-metallic paints used on the weapon and armor.


A Centigor standard bearer from the Beasts of Chaos army.

The Great Unclean One of Nurgle. Just plain nasty.

Here We Go!

Well, since we all have such hectic schedules and we may not always be in the same place at the same time, now at least we can know what's going on with each other's armys!

I'm thinking it'll be easier to use this site to post hobby stuff, show articles or sites I've found on the internet, and hopefully some battle reports that have been colorfully narrated! Also, when people start getting their army painted, we can post some pics or even show the work in progress to motivate each other/incite jealousy!

I am really excited about setting this up and gaming with you guys, I hope you are too.