New Age of Sigmar miniature photos leaked.

Bit behind on this so anyone who is actively following the upcoming Warhammer Age of Sigmar has probably already seen these... but look! 

But Randroid! What do you think about all these changes and shiny new models and stuff!? Well...

The name has already flown out and stuck to the Sigmarines. From the photo I am not in love with the look but I am also not a fan of Space Marines which these are clearly using as a design aesthetic.

The Chaos forces look cool but I am always a sucker for barbarian type dudes in various forms of undress rampaging about with their blood and skulls. I can see plenty of uses for them in other games I play too like Mordheim and Blood Bowl. So yeah I like them.

Round bases? Eh... I am not going to rebase my old WHFB minis. I can live with it.

New rules? Well the rumor that at least this starter box will have free rules available is pretty cool and certainly more in line with other current gaming companies. I certainly wouldn't mind a more skirmish focused ruleset as I don't have the time for long games of WHFB anymore in my life. Hopefully they scale up nicely to include larger units or blocks of infantry. I certainly won't be working on any of my WHFB armies in (eternal) progress until I learn more.

But what about Ogres!? Shit man!! I don't know! I hope they make it into this new world and 9th edition. All I can say is my love for Ogres and monsters will never die and worst case Ogre lovers can always fall back to 8th edition or roll into Kings of War or something. They will survive!

Now the waiting can begin until the official announcement comes around. 

Games Day UK 2009 - Golden Daemon Winners.

Games Workshop has added pictures of the Golden Daemon winners from the UK Games Day 2009 to their website. Who won you ask? This awesome Warhammer Empire Engineer from Ben Jarvis!

You can see the rest of the winners here.

For those too lazy to check out the Games Workshop site I have included a few of the "blog pertinent" models as well. Here is a cool Ogre Kingdoms Butcher from Charles Kirkpatrick.

And from the "Duel" category there is this really cool Giant fight from Nigel Carmen!

And for the legal minded folks out there - all of these images are © Games Workshop Ltd. All rights reserved. I have used these without permission. Don't sue me!

Seeing these latest GD winners has inspired to me work on my own models. Perhaps this weekend will be one filled with painting (in addition to some homebrew bottling).

Capital City Carnage recap.

Well it was a long and exhausting weekend of Warhammer but I made it out alive. I don't have the energy for a long play by play battle report and most of the battles were not interesting enough for that anyway. I do remember a few high and low points though.

Before I get into the bullet point lists here is a picture of the partly painted Beer Gut Tribe on the table at the event.

I am pretty happy with how most of my painting turned out. I still don't think I will ever be able to paint things to the standard I am looking for, but with only a few months of practice I have come a long way. I will get better individual model pictures up here as I complete each model. For this event I was only able to get the base coats and a wash on so I still need to do some touch ups and finish the bases.

Enough about my cruddy painting skills ... on to the games!

Saturday - Game 1 vs. High Elves

• Objective was to capture and hold a bridge
• The High Elf list was fairly easy going with minimal magic and no Star Dragon
• Siegebreaker Butcher miscast on Turn 2 - rolling a 1 and blowing up in the big Bull unit
• He took 2 Bulls with him and the other Butcher as well (removing the buffs I had cast with irresistible force on all my Ogre units)
• Scraplauncher guesses were spot on but bad scatters of 8" kept me from landing the killing blow
• Game ended before time but I had managed to kill half of his forces without any magic defense (including his Lord)
• Game was a Draw (mostly due to the miscast and the loss of the Slavegiant to repeating bolt throwers)
  

Saturday - Game 2 vs. Empire

• Objective was to capture and hold 4 secret table segments (out of 6 possible)
  
• Empire list was hard but not impossible with 2 Great Cannons, a Hellblaster, 2 large units of State Troops, a large unit of Flagellants, and 2 large units of Knights (one being Inner Circle with a Lord)
  
• Great Cannons deployed on both flanks covering the entire board with the Hellblaster in the middle
  
• One cannon was deployed in a forest edge giving my Trappers the ability to place behind them outside of the woods
  
• That same cannon got off one shot which was a direct hit on my Slavegiant's head, dealing 6 wounds and killing him outright
  
• The Trappers charged the cannon and kept it from shooting any more while the other two warmachines misfired and sat useless for a turn
  
• Scraplauncher dropped sharp and point death on the State Troops killing 15 out of 30 in one shot
• Inner Circle Knight unit charged the Bull deathstar and was promptly destroyed and cut down
• Game ended in a massacre for the Beer Gut Tribe with only 5 flagellant models still on the board
  

Saturday - Game 3 vs. Warriors of Chaos

• Objective was to kill an enemy musician nominated at the start of the game (a battle of the bands)
  
• WoC list with one unit of Knights, two units of Warriors, Marauders, Hounds, Juggernaut Lord, Exalted Hero on disc, and Dragon Ogres
  
• Scraplauncher rained pointy death on the Warrior blocks
  
• Trappers deployed near a hill and threw sharp stuff at the Dragon Ogres dealing two wounds
  
• Knight unit moved up a flank to kill the Scraplauncher
  
• Scraplauncher charged the Knights, killing three with impact hits, two more falling to the Rhinox, and the last Knight dying to a SCRAPPER - MOMENT OF THE TOURNEY
  
• Bull deathstar charged into one unit of Warriors and killed all but two of them on the charge
• Game ended as a Draw due to time but I probably could have won given another turn

Sunday - Game 4 vs. Beasts of Chaos

• Objective was to take all of the taverns on the street (BEER)
  
• BoC list was hard! 8 chariots with rerollable panic checks, maxed out magic with 13 power dice, 8 dispel dice, two large beast herds, unit of minotaurs, 4 units of Hounds, 2 units of cav.
  
• Scraplauncher misfired and ran to the edge of the board (narrowly missing a block of trees and two units of Ironguts)
  
• Flanks were rolled up by Ironguts while the Bull deathstar was stuck on the street facing down three chariots
  
• Beastlord charged a unit of Leadbelchers off the board with Steed of Shadows
  
• Scraplauncher was forced to charge the Lord doing two wounds with impact hits, another one from the Rhinox, and another one from a SCRAPPER
  
• Beastlord saved the last wound and smashed the Scraplauncher with one Strength 8 or 9 attack
  
• With nothing left to live for (the game was a loss) Tyrant Karnov charged the chariots down the street
• The first chariot fled leaving Karnov alone in the middle of the road
• Tyrant was charged from two directions by 4 chariots at the same time before he exploded
• Gamed ended as a Loss but the Beer Gut Tribe managed to hold on to 1 Tavern

Sunday - Game 5 vs. Daemons of Chaos

• Objectives were random for each player
  
• All Nurgle DoC list with two huge units of Plaguebearers, two Nurgle Beasts, Heralds, Nurglings, and a GUO
• My list had nothing that could hurt it
• I lost the game by the end of Turn 3 (about 20 mins)
• Hands down the least fun game of WHFB I have ever played
• Terrible way to end the tournament (how did I even get matched up with this a-hole!?)

So there you have it. 1 Win 2 Draws 2 Losses. The two draws were close and the losses were to lists I had no chance of beating so overall I feel pretty good about my first GT showing. Now it is time to start working on my VC list so maybe I can win a few more games! In my next post I will catalog my thoughts on the list overall, what worked and what didn't.

Cap City Update - Saturday.

Just got back from the first day of Capital City Carnage.

Drew my first game, won my second, and drew my third game.

Played High Elves, Empire, and Warrior of Chaos (in that order).

I think I am ranked about 20th out of the 60+ players at the tournament. Not bad for my first one ever! Not bad for Ogres!

Progress Report - 10/4/08.

The sickness is spreading! The sickness is spreading!

Picked up the Empire army book last night at my local gaming store. I was there to get the remainder of the Slayers I need for my Slayer Army. I am still in the process of getting all of the little buggers cleaned up and assembled, but I hope to have some WIP pictures up here soon (maybe tomorrow!?).

I bought the Empire book for a couple of reasons.

1. After I complete the Slayer Army I want to model a force of Ulric/Middenheim Warrior Priest driven smash-a-tude. I will get into more of that at a later date, but it is something I have been kicking around in my head for awhile now.

2. The THURMANATOR seems ready to make the dive into WHFB (finally!) and has chosen the Empire as his starting point. Being friendly and what not I wanted to help ease the financial burden of starting the hobby by having the Army Book ready for him to use.

Still kicking around the ideas for a "Paint and Play" campaign type setting for my small Warhammer group. With the upcoming Warriors of Chaos release we should have 6 players to get this going. Maybe then you will finally start seeing some painted Beer Gut models!

I leave you now with a beer review! Expect more reviews of beers from this brewery in the near future as they are more readily available in my area now!

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Stone Brewing Company - Stone Smoked Porter

Beer Type: American Porter

Appearance: 1 Pt. 6 Fl. Oz. brown Stone bottle with the good ole Demon/Gargoyle logo. Not the fanciest bottle, which is a bit off for this brewery, but there is still plenty of ink printed on the glass. Beer poured a dark redish black with a thick tan head that started to patch up a bit as it settled.

Smell: The aroma isn't terribly strong which was a bit surprising to me (most Stone brews have a solid smell), but I can make out some dark smells. Coffee, roasted malt, some smoke of course, but it is not overpowering.

First Drink: A little sweet for a porter, but there is a lot of dark flavors at work here. Again, coffee on the front with the roasted malt and smokey flavors coming out in the finish.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, perfectly carbonated, no complaints here. Maybe a little thin for a porter?

Last Drink: A lot more smokey, woody, flavors now. Tastes like a delicious beer flavored campfire!

Drinkability: I can't say this is my favorite Stone beer, but it is a solid porter in the American brewing style.

Notes: There are suddenly new variations of Stone brews here in Austin! Very exciting! I have a couple other which I will be reviewing shortly. One of these days I would love to make it out to this brewery for a tour and to get some schwag.

Verdict: 4.25 out of 5. Tastes good, and feels good with the cooler fall air coming in.

Links: Beer Advocate and Stone Brewing Company.