Clue # 2 - My name is Bruce.

I am sure you all know what they are...but you will have to wait until Friday to see the un-altered versions.

Whats coming you ask?

Yeah, I finally got Photoshop to work. I will have another clue tomorrow. ::cough:: plus time to paint more of them... ::cough::

Weekend Update Without Dennis Leary!

 Well, have the camera back, but my lightbox is setup in the garage - and its snowing out and cold. So I just put some white card stock I have down and took some pics that way.

First up we have a group shot.

The Journeyman Warcaster, and the Firefly I think I have shown before so I did not take any close ups. I did take a clear shot of the defender.

One Defender. As you might be able to tell I still have not gotten any Black Wash to finish the last two 'jacks - and I even went by the FLGS to get some but they were closed for the weather.

Finally we have some closeups of Thor and Gorten. When I painted the test models I liked the black wash on them, but they did not feel dirty just shaded. So I washed a couple Gunners and viola - used and abused 'jacks. I wanted to play a few games and paint the battle damage as I go - to kind of tell a story.
 
Also, I was quite disappointed with the depth of detail on both Thor and Gorten. Both nice models, but the modeler didn't make much of an effort to recess the finer detail and I feel that quite a bit is lost.

As usual, let me know what you guys think!

Also, after I play with photoshop a bit I want to do a sneak-peak of one of my newest aquasitions. I get them in and had to start painting this guy.

Big thanks

Hey, just want to give a big thank you to all the great responses to my Battle Report. Still new to the game and all the tips and answers were wonderful. Thank you! Also, back to the painting subject I have all of the cygnar 'jacks block painted - just I ran out of wash. So I need to run to the store tomorrow. And as I type this I thought I would start on Thor Steinhammer. Since I did keep my promise to myself and paint as much as possible on the remaining cygnar models I own. Oh, and no pic's this weekend - the old lady has the camera. But I will still try to keep everyone updated on the painting this weekend.

35pt. pSorsha VS. pStryker

Well my bother finally showed up and we managed to get a battle in. WHat was supposed to be a 35pt Khador vs a 36pt Cygnar battle turned into a 35 vs 40 pt battle. How you say? When I was setting everything out and making sure everything was ready I had set out all 10 of my trenchers - they were SUPPOSED to be a minimum unit. So even with a 5 point swing I still managed to loose. Completely ignoring the back of the Hammersmiths card until he had three boxes left and the end of my turn I am sure helped. Never rolling for more than 4 points of damage even with sometimes boosted damage rolls against his heavies and the bane of my existence - Thor. Worse that Armor 20...Worse than P&S 19 Ice Axe.... my bothers uncanny ability to turn after turn succeed in a repair check AND consistently repair 5-6 damage. Kid was on fire with the rolls.

So, on with the lists and the pics. I made sure and took pics turn by turn after each of our activations. We had to call it with no definitive winner, but with two heavies still in play and a mechanic that could just repair the damage I conceded the win. Plus I figured out my mistake 1/2 way through the game and felt like a heel.

Forces of Khador:

• Kommander Soarcha +5
• Juggernaut 7
• Destroyer 9
• Iron Fang Pikemen (min) 5
• Hammerfall High Shield Gun Corps (Min) 5 x2 = 10
• Thor Steinhammer 2
• Wodowmakers 4
• Orgun Bokur 3

 35pts.

Forces of Cygnar:

• Commander Coleman Stryker +6
• Hammersmith 8
• Defender 9
• Sword Knights (full) 6
• Trencher Infantry (supposed to min was max) 10
• Long Gunner Infantry (min) 6
• Journeyman Warcaster 3
• Charger 4

Khador won to go first.

Deployment

Khador 1

As you can see we are both running heavy at the bottom of the screen. With so many troops the dwarves not blocking his LOS really paid off.

Cygnar 1

Khador 2

Cygnar 2

Khador 3

Cygnar 3

Khador 4

Cygnar 4

Khador 5

Cygnar 5

End of Game

Well, it was a fun match. Couple things learned and a few questions raised.

Things learned:

1. Khador Armor is nearly impossible to penetrate. I am buying Hunters for my Cygnar ASAP.
2. Iron Fang's with Shield Wall order - see point #1.
3. Mechanics are awesome. Thor was an after thought trying to find him enough points for a proper match. He easily made his points back.
4. Sword Knights - good tarpit unit. No good trying to kill Tron Fangs. Needing a 9 on 2d6 to do 1 point of damage is HARD to get.
5. Read your cards. I completely forgot to read the back of the Hammersmith and didn't get any Follow Up, Beat Back, or Chain Attack lovin.
6. Charger w/ Journeyman - Good combo. 2 range 12 shots both boosted to hit and to damage. My single Charger killed all but one Widowmaker and 3 Iron Fang Pikemen. 8 point combo took out most of 9 points. Good trade.

Questions raised. If any of you more experienced folks can help please do!

1. Can units charge without a charge order? The way we have been playing is that this is a NO as I can not find the specifics in the book. We just had to move into melee and swing away unboosted.
2.  When firing into Melee do you roll to see if you hit all the models withing helee range of the target model Friend or Foe? I.E. there were two Iron Fang Pike Men in base to base hitting my Sword Knight. Did it have a chance to hit his other guy as well as mine if I missed the initial target? 

Still no game...

Well, my brother was supposed to come over to the house yesterday and play a game of Warmachine with me but he was a no show. So he called late and said he would be over tonight. Again a no show. So, instead I decided to lay out my warmachine on the table and take some pics of the ol' game room. You will also see what I got for christmas - almost 50points worth of Rhulic Mercs!!! All are assembled finally, and all but the ones I put together tonight are primed.


So enough yacking and on with the pics. So what could it possibly be why my little bro would not want to hang out in my man cave?

It has a 6'x4' modular Realm of Battle board, atleast 4' of space on each side for plenty of room. Lots of chairs, and plenty of cool refreshments on tap.

Finally, I went ahead and took a group shot of the whole dwarven force plus some decent shots of my two test 'jacks. I promised myself I would not finish them nor paint anymore until I finish my Cygnar stuff I already had.

And if any of you readers are anywhere near Tulsa, OK and fancy a game while passing through (or if you live near here) let me know. Door is almost always open.

More Cygnar WIP, Journeyman Warcaster FIN

Well a week of being together I managed to have nearly a whole day to paint. I clear coated the holiday's helpings, and painted up the alt. Journeyman Warcaster. All I have left is the base - but I never base one model at a time so I will base her when I base the other jacks.

I spent a bit of time on her as you can see and did some more highlighting than usual - actually I liked the long gunner standard bearer's flag so much I hit her with a little as well. Let me know what you think.

Finally we have the other bit that I painted today and thats my Firefly, Defender and my other Charger. Just the blue's but I thought I would show what they look like before the wash.

That's it for today. Hopefully I will get more done tomorrow but my brother is coming over and hopefully I can convince him to play a proper game in the game room so I can take pics for you all.