Terrain Update 7/23/15

I finally made myself get more work done on my terrain pieces.  One of the things that has made it so hard is my lack of game play lately.  It seems timing never works out.

Last evening I did some spray painting on my projects.  I put a black base coat on a wall section and then sprayed over it with a grey "stone" spray.  I think I laid on the stone a bit thick but I have an idea I'll try to bring out the "mortar."

Trial of Stone Spray

I was happy-ish with the look so I moved on to spray the wall tower that I had taped up.  I went much lighter with the amount of spray I put on it.

You can see in the picture that some of the paper on the foam board is peeling up.  I didn't notice this. Then I went to work on the next thing and when I turned around to check the tower...

... it looked like this.

So, that was a huge fail and now I need to come-up with a new tower idea.  We'll see what I think of.

Luckily the paint on my other ruins had turned out okay.  I used a different paint on the three story building than I had used in the past because I liked the darker brown color.

I had to lighten the photo a lot... I'm a terrible photographer.

I prepared my elevation pieces for spraying and if my wall isn't damaged by the propellant I'll paint those soon.

On the model front, I bought some dog models to make some hounds for my warband.  I love the idea of the dogs in a Witch Hunter warband, I just never had models for them and now I do.  Maybe someday I'll get to play them... maybe.

7/24/15. Painted a few more things with stone, nothing interesting enough for pics.  I'll update when there is something more interesting.

Terrain Update 7/14/15

Getting closer.  I've been able to find a little bit of free time to do some terrain stuff.  I found time in roughly fifteen minute segments to get some stuff done so it's going slowly but surely.  We havent played in what seems like forever so I guess I have time.

I've been finishing up filler on brick-like structures so I can prep them for painting, which I should be doing soon.  I'll be going camping for bit so I probably wont get any more work done on this stuff for a bit.

I'm happier now with how the wall is looking.

Filler around the sides to give a grout-like feel

I've almost finished masking off the tower piece to get some paint on it.  (I though I had finished but I noticed in the pic I missed part.)

Missed a spot on the right, oops

I got some grit and rubble down on the three story ruin so I can spray it soon and get one step closer to finishing up the buildings.

Added Rubble

I also took those crappy cardboard bases from the gallows, stocks, the well, and the fruit stand.  I'm watching and reading some tutorials to help me come up with ideas for much better bases on these items.  I do feel mdf is the front runner.  Hopefully I'll make up my mind shortly.

I also need to turn my attention to Chaos Cup 2015 soon.  I'm still leaning toward playing an all new team but I got out my Dwarfs of Anarchy to show a friend the other day and now they are a possibility.  

Terrain Update 7/2/15

I didn't have much time to work on stuff last night but I used the time I had pretty efficiently.  I was able to finish laying out and gluing down the field stone look on an elevation section.  I am looking forward to seeing how this project finishes up.

Flagstone laid out and glued down.

The next step is to sand the cardboard edges to look warn and smooth.  Then I'll put grit in the gaps and it should be ready to paint.  The sides of the section will have a brick pattern carved into it.  I haven't decide exactly how to do it but I think it may involve spackle.

I should have a bit of time over this holiday weekend to get some more done.  Now that I'm getting more of this terrain stuff done, I want to play even more.  Fingers crossed I can find some time and someone to play against.

On another topic, Chaos Cup 2015 is in September and I've got tons of roster thoughts running through my head.  Pre-registration began yesterday and there is a bonus to paying and turning in your roster early.  Play is a ways off but I want to get registered soon.

Nose, meet Grindstone

I haven’t posted hobby stuff in a long, long time.  That’s not just because I’ve been lazy, I just haven’t had the time.  I’ve had a couple opportunities to play but no one else has been able to play at those times.  I’ve also been sick for some of the time and busy for the rest.  I’ve taken my newly diagnosed diabetic cat to the vet many times and that’s contributed to the lack of free time as well.  My wife and I had a garage sale this past weekend and now I can get some stuff done.

On the terrain tip I realized I need to finish up what I have instead of starting anything new.  I used some brown and black spray paint I had laying around the garage to give a base color to some ruins, fencing and wood stuff.

Spray pained base color/primer.

I found a tutorial for using thick cardboard to make up a flagstone look.  I’ve started to make some risers take on that look.  I also added some height to the edges of one elevation change.

My first attempt at a flagstone pattern.

Wood glue for adhesion and water to aid with curling.

I decided one of the elevation changes should have some walls built up.  I'll add some ropes to it to use as rope and hooks.  I like the options it will give.

Built-up about 1/2 inch with some scrap foam blocks.

I will finish up these buildings first then the flagstone.  After this I’ll finish work on the water tower, town walls and watch towers.  This should catch me up on what I’ve started and then I’ll do more.  My goal is to have this stuff finished up by August 1.

Now onto some miniatures.  I need to finish up the witch hunters that are almost done.  After that I will finish up the skaven warband my friend is using.  After that I’m going to show some love to some Blood Bowl teams for a bit.  The next tournament that I’ll be attending is Chaos Cup 2015 in early September.  I think I’ll be playing a different team than I’ve played in the past so I need to get that going.  Also I am painting up a hobgoblin for the CC legacy team, so I need to get going on that.  My goal is to have these things done by September 1.  The Blood Bowl team and player must be done by September 1.

In order to keep up with my non-specific posting goals, I should be posting quite a bit.  I hope to get in plenty of play too.  A friend wants to show me the Star Wars game also so hopefully I can learn that soon too.

This all sounds like a lot to do this summer but I think it’s doable.

In the Meantime 6/2/15

Another Monday has passed and we weren't able to get the large group together for some Mordheim action so a couple of us played our little side game instead.  We've played two of the side scenarios in the past and the score was Skaven 1, Witch Hunters 1 but in the most recent game three members of the WH band died.   So we were a bit short handed.  In the post game searching roles we did find an elf ranger, so there was that.

The scenario was a chance encounter (or something like that).  The Skaven deployed first and went first.

Skaven turn one saw them move forward and fire a steady barrage of slings toward the Witch Hunters.  Eight projectiles missed their targets, one knocked out-of-action a zealot with a bow, and one glorious stone did a wow.  The skaven needed a 7+ to hit the elf ranger; the rolls came down as 6, 4 (needed to hit), 4 to wound, and 4 to stun.  I didn't even get to use my new toy!

Turn one for the WH saw the ranger roll over, some hiding, and my lone crossbow shot stunning a night runner.

Skaven turn two sent a black skaven in to finish off the ranger.  Also my lone remaining shooting warrior was stunned by a stone.

In turn two for the WH's we passed our route test and proceeded to do a whole lot of nothing.

Turn three for the skaven saw more sling fire take out the crossbowmen and a flagellant was charged and taken out.

Turn three for the WH's didn't happen as we voluntarily routed.

Rolling for injuries at the end saw the flagellant die and the crossbow carrying witch hunter go stupid.  So needless to say I will be restarting that warband.

Unfortunately there are no pictures of this slaughter because my phone ran out of memory.

Update 5/21/15: Mordheim

It seems like forever since I've done any painting and it has been quite a long time.  I got a whopping 15 minutes set aside to paint yesterday and I used it to get one coat of paint on two rats skin.  This should've probably taken about two minutes but I forgot something as simple as how much water to add to my paint.  My first efforts were way too watery and then too thick.  I finally got the consistency I wanted about one minute before my wife called down to me to let me know my timer was going off.  I quick snapped a photo.  I figured it would be a reminder of how much I need to keep painting to even stay okay at it.

It's like riding a bike... the falling off part.

In the Meantime

No Spacehog here.

It's turned out to be incredibly difficult to get the group together for KUMC1, but that hasn't stopped the Mordheim play.  KUMC1 is not defunct.  It will be there when the group can get together but in the meantime, two of us have decided to embark on a different Mordheim endeavor.

We decided to build three warbands a piece and play them in some random fashion.  The first game of this campaign was Witch Hunters versus Skaven.  We are playing these races in KUMC1 but we started these wb's from scratch.  We rolled off to see which scenario from the rule book we would be competing in.  We rolled up Skirmish, which is the most basic for of play.  Set-up and go fight.

The game started with the Rats having the first turn.  They used it move toward the center of the board.  Turn one for the Witch Hunters was the same.  

Turn two meant the Skaven could get close enough to unleash their first volley of sling fire.  The WH sustained no damage from the shots and proceeded to move closer.  Their one missile weapon, a cross-bow, was able to take one verminkin out-of-action.  

Turn three saw the Skaven move tactically out of WH charge range for the most part.  They were still able to fire a large sling barrage.  However, they were only able to stun one zealot.  Turn three did allow for some charges to come from the WH.  The shooting and combat in this round took out two more rats,  another verminkin and a giant rat.  They stunned another giant rat but didn't do enough damage to cause a rout test.  

Skaven turn four saw them take out two flagellants in hand-to-hand combat and they knocked down a WH in shooting.  Witch Hunter turn four started with two crazy zealots charging the assassin.  One almost took out the leader with his spear but it was not to be as the return attack from the leader stunned him.  A WH was able to take out a giant rat that had been stunned earlier and that was enough to cause the rats to route.

Post game exploration earned the WH four shards and the Skaven 3.  The WH also found some stuff it didn't have money for.  Oh well.  Here are a couple pics.

I intend to do some painting and terrain stuff soon.  Haven't done those in a long time.

Darkest Before Dawn 5/1/15

Darkest Before Dawn

There’s power in the nighttime that you won’t find in the day. Greed doesn’t only manifest while the sun is up, it grows stronger in the dark.  Rumor has it that the Scalari hid a multitude of riches around the city and a map to some of these treasures is buried in the square.    

Terrain

4’ x 4’ table.  Each player takes turns putting out terrain on the table.  Each warband will place one treasure chest.

Deployment

Each warband will start within 10” of a table corner.  The warband with the lowest rating will deploy first, then the next lowest and so on.  If there are more than four warbands, play can be on a 6’ x 4’ field and deployment will be spaced out close to evenly.

Starting the scenario

Roll off d6, then go clockwise from the high roller

Ending the scenario

All but one warbands routes, maximum of 8 turns

Special Rules

To open a treasure chest come into base to base contact with a chest.  Roll a d6, on a 4+ the chest opens.  Each chest can only be opened once contains 2d6 gold.  Any chest left un-opened at the end of the game is vacated.

Night fighting – During the first four turns of battle it is dark out.  When shooting, all to hit rolls have a negative one modifier.  Shots needing a 6 to hit (before darkness modifier) cannot be fired. 

Treasures – Beneath the gallows at the center of the square there is a map.  The first hero to come into base contact with the gallows get the map.  If the hero is knocked down/stunned/OOA he drops the map and it is picked up by the attacker.  If the hero is knocked down/stunned/OOA by shooting the map falls to the ground.   The next hero to come into contact with the map now has it.  The hero that holds the map when the scenario ends will add it to his warbands holdings.  If no one holds the map at the end it is lost.

Experience

                +1 to winning warband leader (if multiple warbands fulfill all eight turns this is not given out)     

                +1 survival

                +1 to a hero for any warrior taken out of action

                +1 to the hero that holds the map

The hero holding the map may re-roll one exploration dice.  Also his roll for rare items gets a +2.

The scenario actually started and ended in the dark.  Four warbands routed on their turn four.  The scenario winners were the Ratkateers.  However, they were unable to obtain the map.

Here are some photos of the game:

City setup

City setup

Dwarves to the left of me, Skaven to the right...

Set to Charge a Rat Ogre... didn't go well.

The Drill 4/21/15

Two of us were able to meet-up last night and played a 1v1 scenario.  The scenario we played was a custom scenario entitled "The Drill".  Here is a copy of the scenario:

The Drill

Fever!  The low-lives of Mordheim have heard the rumors of the riches below.  Many rudimentary digging devises have sprung up around the city, some even work.  You have stumbled upon one of these dig sites.  The machine must be destroyed and plundered.

Terrain

4’ x 4’ table with a machine in the center.  Each player takes turns putting out the remainder of the terrain on the table.  Each warband will place one treasure chest.

Deployment

Each warband will start within 10” of a table edge.  The warband with the lowest rating will deploy first, then the next lowest and so on.

Starting the scenario

Roll off d6, then go clockwise from the high roller

Ending the scenario

The machine is destroyed, all but one warband routes, or eight turns.

Special Rules

The machine has 4 wounds and 5 toughness, the machine is immune to poison, shooting, magic, and critical hits.   The machine is automatically hit.  Roll to wound.

To open a treasure chest come into base to base contact with a chest.  Roll a d6, on a 4+ the chest opens.  Each chest can only be opened once contains 2d6 gold.  Any chest left un-opened at the end of the game is vacated.

Experience

                +1 to winning warband leader   

                +1 survival

                +1 to a hero for any warrior taken out of action

                +1 Warrior who destroying the machine

Bonuses:  The warband that destroys the machine adds a d6 to your exploration dice.

The first turn belonged to the skaven, The Ratkateers and they used it to move up toward the drill.  Orden Molotka, Witch Hunters, moved forward in their first turn as well and got a few shots off with nothing but a knock down coming from it. Turn two saw a steady barrage of fire come from the Skaven slings not doing much damage but getting some stuns.  Witch Hunter turn two saw some shot but no action or damage.  Turn three meant both warbands were close enough for charges so some hand-to-hand could start-up.  Unfortunately for the Orden Molotka this began the Witch Hunter exodus.  Over the next three turns,  The Ratkateers took out 6! Witch Hunters and lost no warriors.  The Orden routed and The Ratkateers won the day.  They didn't, however, destroy the machine.

The Board

Rats Hiding as Rats Do

Group of Hunters

Campaign Time 4/20/15

A group of us decided we were going to play a Mordheim campaign.  Well, getting all of us in one place has proved very difficult.  So I came up with a campaign that has some group scenarios and some one-on-one scenarios so we can play as we have time.  In my original drafts of the campaign/scenarios there will be 2 written specifically for the whole group and at least 3 written for 1v1 games.  The last scenario of the campaign will be a group game but getting there will be organic.  The entire group will meet up for that final game having played the same amount of games.  This first campaign will be a six match campaign to get our feet wet.  Hopefully we'll be able to play longer campaigns in the future.  As time goes on I'll post pictures of games and more scenarios.

Here is the campaign intro I wrote up .  The first campaign scenario may happen tonight.  As of right now there are four warbands in it.

Kalamazoo Ultimate Mordheim Campaign 1

Welcome to the first KUMC.  In this campaign warbands will be search of spoils and glory.  Many mysteries lie in wait to be found in these streets.  Spoils and danger can be found among the ruins of this once great city.

The River

It has been said that a great underground river ran beneath Mordheim.  Its existence was known only to a select group of powerful men called the Scalari.  The Scalari protected the river, its secrets, and its source.  In the eras before the comet a new “cult” took over the hearts and minds of the cities inhabitants.  The Cult of Sigmar didn’t take kindly to the existence of the Scalari and sought to eradicate the group.  Generation passed from the time of the Scalari and the arrival of the two-tailed comet, Sigmar’s Hammer.  Some believe the comet was sent to rid Mordheim of all remnants of the Scalari.

With no one around to protect the river and its resources, it soon ran dry.  If the comet was punishment for the city it didn’t work.  More evil roams these streets than ever before.  In the years since the great comet rumors have spread about why the city came to its fate.  Murmurs and whispers have spread far and wide of the treasures the city hides.  These loose-lipped tales have drawn all manner of beings out.  Some look to protect this once great place and still others care only for the power and the wealth this city holds.

Winning the Campaign

All warbands may come into the campaign with gold and wyrdstone in their possession however their starting amounts will not count towards victory.  The victory currency of this campaign will be wyrdstone.

·         Each Scenario won +1

·         Most Scenarios won +1

·         Bloodiest Warband (most warriors taken out-of-action) +1

·         Hero with the most experience gained during the campaign.

Update 4/14/15: Mordheim/Board

Last night a buddy and I broke in the new table and in true Furry fashion, I forgot to take photos.  One of these days I'll actually remember.   I do have a few more photos to look at of the table and a random set up.  I left the door open so there's too much sunlight coming in but oh well.  Hopefully soon the whole group can get together and we can get a campaign going.

Here are some more pics:

Finished up the supports

Sample set-up

Sample set-up

Sample set-up

Now I need to get this terrain finished up so I can justify building more.  I also need to do some work on the miniatures.  Where will I find the time?

Update 4/10/15: Mordheim/Board

It's been so long since I've posted anything.  I've played some games in the meantime but hobby time has been scarce.  I have done some stuff but haven't taken pictures of it so I didn't feel like posting any of it would be worthwhile.  I've added more texture to a few building and did some "brick work" on some foam but that's about it.

My most recent project is setting up an area at my house to play games in.  Thanks to a friend of mine, I think I finally will have a multi-use table-top  It's about 73" by 44" so it should work for multiple games.  I found a Home Depot Gift Card laying around so I got some spray paint to give it a textured gravely look.  Since the majority of game play for me is Mordheim, it should make a good city-like base.  I guess if I ever get into a fantasy-type game it would make a good rocky ground too.

I started by spraying it a really patchy brown and then added some black splotches.  After that I added some texture paint to it which was a cloudy-clear paint with grit in it.  I finished it off with some gray-black-white speckled texture paint.  For the base of the table I used some steel shelving units I have.  They should provide a small amount of storage too.

Dirty underbelly

Added texture comes out cloudy but dried clear

Looks patchy so I added more "stone" later.  Not Pictured

I haven't fully decided on where to put the board.  Next week I will have a more completed look and I'll add some terrain to get more of an idea what it looks like.

Game Play 3/23/15: Mordheim

One month between games?  No not really.   I just didn't post before before and now I changed up my warband.  I will still be playing Witch Hunters just a slightly different lineup.  (After a death in this game it will change again.)

Occupy 3-21-15:
We finally got all four of us in one place and played a four way Occupy of sorts. Each of us started within eight inches of a corner and had one main building in our quadrant to occupy.  We also placed a central building to give the game five total objectives.  Here are a couple shots of the city.

City View: Occupy

City Veiw 2

The participating warbands were Undead, Possessed, Skaven, and Witch Hunters.  Here are the starting views of each warband.

Undead

Possessed

Skaven

Witch Hunters

The scenario began with each warband moving forward in turn 1.  All four leaders started with the same approach of splitting up and heading toward opponents and objectives.  Turn two is when the first carnage started and it led off with two Skaven slings taking out a Flagellant and my captain on a steady stream of sixes and fives from the Skaven warband.   Since my warband only had seven members and two were taken out before I did anything other then move, I decided to rush the rest of my members into fights.  I took one Possessed henchmen OOA and then proceeded to lose almost everything else.

Witch Hunters about to route

I voluntarily routed with only two warband member left in play.  The Undead left one turn after me and the Skaven snatched the victory out of the hands/claws of the Possessed.

Post Game
One of my flagellants lost his life.
The only Witch Hunter who did anything will Miss Next Game.
The remaining three that I rolled for all got a full recovery.
I found four shards of Wyrdstone and no extra GC.
We haven't sold Wyrdstone or searched for rare items yet, we'll do that at our next game.

We should be playing some one on one matches on Monday.  Hopefully my Witch Hunters can perform better.

Update 3/5/15: Mordheim

We are close to starting our Mordheim campaign.  We're all getting in a couple games to build up our Warbands a little bit.  I've played two build-up games so far and have been soundly defeated in both.  I don't really know what to do yet and combine that with my terrible rolling and you've got an uphill battle on your hands... or my hands... I'm not good at words. 

I've also been starting more terrain projects.  That's problematic since I haven't finished a single piece.  I need to finish the building of one more wall piece and then I've promised myself I won't start anything else until I finish my current stuff.    Rubble, grit, and paint.  Here are the advancements I've made to this point.

Added bases to these

Tavern front 90%

Tavern left 90%

Tavern right 90%

Extras

Extras in use (Tavern inside needs work)

Extras in use

Wall with one Corner piece (one to come)

The Wall

I've got these to finish up and some models to paint.  Geez, I got a lot to do.  Hopefully with my next set of pictures you will see a little less black, blue, and raw wood.  There should be paint,grit, or texture in the way.  Maybe even all three!

Update 2/24/15: Mordheim

We played!  We didn’t get as many games in as we thought but at least we played. 

Scenario:  The first game of the evening saw my Witch Hunters take on the Undead.  The scenario we rolled for was Surprise Attack.   My Witch Hunters were too busy searching the ruins to notice the Undead approaching from the west.  I’ll do a story style write-up later. 

Result:  The Undead destroyed me causing me to have a route test from the get go.  They continued to maul me for a bench of turns but I was very stubborn and kept passing route tests.

Injuries:  One of our Witch Hunters received multiple wounds which included a miss next game and a -1 Initiative.

Most Valuable Warrior:  The Warrior Priest did his part to keep us in the battle taking 2 of the Undead out-of-action including an outright kill on a Dreg.

Money:  My Injured Witch Hunter had to fight a Pit Fighter.  He defeated him in round 1 of combat and won 50 gc for his trouble.

Exploration:  2 Wyrdstone were found

Blurry shot of the table

My first knock down.  He knocked me down earlier but my boy took care of him.

The second game was between the Undead and Skaven.  I enjoyed this game from afar.  They played the Scenario:  Wyrdstone Hunt.

Skaven with "Wyrdstone"

Necromancer with "Wyrdstone"

 It was so much fun to get to play.  Now I know to make some wyrdstone tokens, hiding tokens, and other stuff I overlooked or forgot about.