Warhammer: Halberds, Bears & My Love Hate Relationship With Forge World...

Welcome to what is; as far as I recall; the first Warhammer Fantasy post on the 14th Legion Blog so here we are, updates! 

Gaming - We now have the Warhammer Fantasy rulebook, templates and magic cards. terrain has been built in the form of trees and a guard tower, and there is still a Dreadstone Blight to be built. Next month Lorna is planning to buy some hills, while I build a 6x4 frame of some sort for the Realms of Battle table.

Miniatures - My army arrived on Monday, while the resin bits from Forge World arrived yesterday (more on that in a bit). Annoyingly, Lorna's army is still to be shipped out and we have an estimate of end of next week...Due to the fact that Lorna's army has not even arrived yet, today's post will deal solely with my Empire army.

Huge Hobby Update!

The last two weeks have been a mix of distractions; I have been fully engrossed with Ms Lara Croft; having lots of fun trying not to get crushed by rocks and doing generally nasty things to people with a climbing axe...It has been quite some time since I have played a Tomb Raider game (15 years maybe?) and I have to say, I love this new grittier game and origin survivor Lara - more so than the original (brace for impact haters right ahead!). BUT this game has been taking up far too much of my precious hobby time and it is time to get back to the grind (for now...).

Just before I was captured by Lara Croft, I had been waiting on a large Nurgle order to arrive. A mixture of new and old stuff including 9 Plague Drones and another Soul Grinder for fire support. From day one of the new Daemons release, an army of sorts has been sitting at the back of my mind, I just need to put pen to paper and see just how many points I can muster once everything is here and built. The Plague Drones are moving slowly as they are still in the cleaning phase, while the Soul Grinder still has not turned up at all. At least I know it has been out mid this week. With no opponents on the horizon yet, I have lost a little motivation to put together this army, but either ways below is a shot of the growing Nurgle army as it currently stands. It will look nice when it is done, but with no incentive to paint right now, it may be sometime until completion.

Site news: What's On The Table

Quiet in terms of blogging, however not in terms of hobby. A couple of weeks ago I decided; in preparation for the upcoming Daemon Codex; to spend more time painting and less time blogging. The problem with trying to mix the two (for me that is), is that I end up worrying more about what I am going to write, instead of worrying about having something to write about. Anyways, my little 'experiment' seems to be working. Sitting in front of me is a unit of 14 Plaguebearers which are pretty much done (right down to the eyeballs!) apart from the bases, those who read the blog regularly, know that I struggle to get 5 - 10 man squads done, let alone anything above that number, and yet before the Daemon Codex was released I had a sneaking suspicion that I would have to; at the very least; double up on the number of infantry I have.

Site News: Warzone & Chaos Daemons

This morning Games Workshop released their next Warhammer Fantasy and 40K codex: Daemons, regular readers will know that I have been really looking forward to this release, especially for the new units. I have to say I am not disappointed with what I have seen having pre-ordered a limited edition codex, the psychic cards and of course both the Plague Drones and Herald of Nurgle boxset. This months White Dwarf is naturally a huge advert for Marches Daemon incursion, from the battle report and various notes I managed to glean a few details such, but as per usual GW have been pretty stringent with giving away too much (and further boost codex sales as a result). Anyway I think existing Daemon players will be happy with the following details - pictures weaved in for eye candy purposes.

D12 chaos effects table/Warpstorm - From a background perspective I love the idea of it, it goes with the 6th Edition ethos of cinematic, this chart has effects that can provide negative and beneficial that range from instability tests (i think that is what is hinted) to +1 to invulnerable saves army wide, as far as I could make out, the Daemon player needs to roll each turn. How this will stack with say an Epidemius list, I can only speculate, however I have a feeling that Epidemius will be toned down in this edition to prioritise the purchase of standard Heralds.

Warzone: Bauhaus Teasers Compilation

Lots of lovely Bauhaus teasers from the Prodos Games Facebook page, It is really nice to see those involved, opening the doors to public opinion on the product. Prodos have released a few pictures of the redesigned Bauhaus main soldier (Hussars) with a number of helmet choices, which are to be voted on by fans/supporters. Even I - who normally remains quiet on things like Facebook - have cast my vote on helmet choices for the upcoming release.  Below is a collection of the current Bauhaus concepts Prodos are looking at for the army as a whole.

Some fans have reservations concerning scaling ie the Vulkan battlesuit. In my opinion while noticeably smaller than the 2nd edition sculpt (I had two boxes back in the day), I think the new kits fits the theme of a 'modern' integration for today's miniature collector. While the likes of Privateer and in many ways GW thrive on big shoulder pad syndrome, I do not think it is something every company can pass off right now...I guess times have just changed and the novelty that is nostalgia may not (be enough?) translate well into a much more modern and larger wargaming community. 

It is still very early days for this Kickstarter project, with 59 days left to run, we may well see much more new and unique product as the weeks roll by; as it stands; £20,000 + in one day is not bad going, however it remains to be seen whether the popularity of brand and Kickstarter tiers will carry the funding over and beyond the £35,000 primary goal. 

To check out more on both Warzone: Resurrection and the kickstarter project, click the links:

Warzone - Facebook

Warzone - Kickstarter 

Thanks for reading,

DiStudios

The 14th Legion

P.s. I even watched the 2008 Mutant Chronicles movie...bad I know but what a fun guilty pleasure it is.