Hordes Trollblood Starter Box

 

 

One of the things I love about Warmachine and Hordes are the starter boxes. It allows a beginner to play the game with his or her own models with little effort or investment unlike other miniatures games where you have to shell out hundreds of dollars and paint for three months before you can play. The above pictures are the Trollblood starter box for Hordes. Mandrak Ironhide is the warlock accompanied by two Troll Impalers and a Troll Axer. I have a unit of Trollkin Fennblades and a Dire Troll Mauler enroute and hope to have them painted up in September.

 



More SAGA Armies On the Way

These are Gripping Beast 28mm Welsh archers that will be used in my friend's Anglo-Saxon Army. After four games I can safely say that SAGA is one of the most enjoyable miniatures games I have played and I look forward to more match-ups with other armies.

These are 28mm plastic and metal Gripping Beast Vikings without the shields. So far I have finished 12 levies armed with bows, 8 warriors with spear and shield, 4 berserkers considered hearthguard, and 4 warriors armed with one-handed axes who will eventually have shields once I complete them.

SAGA Practice Game

Anglo Danes on the left and Normans on the right. This was my first game with the models I painted in February while I was in Afghanistan. I am gearing up for another game at Great Hall this Friday

Back In July

I have not had reliable internet connectivity since March and no digital camera. However that is all about to change as I return home from a long overseas deployment next month. Stand by for updates and session reports as I get back to civilization. I will be doing some painting in July and August and hope to have pics up then. Good luck and happy gaming!

Spring Painting

 

Now that I finished two warbands for SAGA I am moving onto Warmachine/Hordes. I already have a large Warmachine Khador army painted so I am starting a Hordes army to celebrate the release this week of Gargantuans--the newest Hordes book. I settled on a Trollbloods starter box--it will be my first time painting Trolls. I painted some small Circle and Legion warbands to sell a couple of years ago.

 

 

I am also finishing up my Dystopian Legions FSA starter box which along with the squad I finished up last Christmas will give me a nice-sized force to play Dystopian Legions this summer.

 

Unfortunately I no longer have my camera so I will not be able to post pictures of my Trolls or my FSA guys! 

 

SAGA Normans and End of SAGA Month

I just finished 12 mounted Norman hearthguard, a mounted warlord, and 8 dismounted warriors for SAGA. I am adding some bow armed levies and crossbow-armed warriors as well when I return home.
Today is the last day of SAGA month. I finished a 37 man Anglo-Dane warband and this 21 man force of Normans. Not bad for a short month especially when I had to leave for 6 days for a conference.
I'm done with the Dark Ages for now. I'll be adding to my Dystopian Legions FSA army and starting a new faction for Hordes next.

SAGA-Normans WIP

I started my second warband for SAGA after finishing my Anglo-Danes--Normans. Pictured here are 12 mounted hearthguard and the warlord with sword. I am also going to paint an 8 man dismounted warrior unit. Normans really need combined arms to be effective, but I am going to wait and get some bow-firing levies and and some warriors with crossbows when I return home. I should have these mounted figures done in 3-4 days and will hopefully start the dismounted warriors this month.

Anglo-Danes For SAGA

My Anglo-Danes have two 8 man units of warriors, one 12 man unit of levy archers, 8 hearthguard with Danish axes, and a warlord also equipped with an axe. I am waiting until I return to flock the melted snow bases and apply decals to the shields which I am leaving primed black for now. I am going to take a couple of nights off then start my Normans. I have enough figs for a mounted Norman warlord, 12 mounted hearthguard, and one unit of dismounted warriors with swords and spears. Once I get home I am adding bow-armed levies and a unit of Flemish warriors armed with crossbows. I read that the Normans are a challenge to play since charging units are fatigued automatically so I may add a standard bearer as well.

It will be interesting to see how the Normans tackle an all-infantry warband especially Scots with spears or Anglo-Danes with axes.

 

 

SAGA Update--Anglo-Dane Archers

SAGA month continues as I put the finishing touches on these archers tomorrow. Next it will be on to the two units of warriors in the background and then 2 units housecarlswith chain mail and Danish axes. I am going with a mixed snow-grass base since it is supposed to represent Northern Europe and Britain. I need to brush up their faces and add some detail to the bows and quivers and then apply an inkwash.

SAGA Anglo-Danes WIP

This is my first batch of models for my SAGA Anglo-Dane warband. Models are unarmored Saxons from the wargames factory "Hammer of the Gods" series. I'll prime tonight and hopefully start painting tomorrow.
I have one 8 man group of levies armed with bows and 2 8-man groups of warriors. I will be using Conquest Games Norman infantry as hearthguard since some of them are covered in chainmail and can be equipped with double-handed Danish axes.

February 2013-- SAGA Month

Happy Belated 2013! After taking January off to travel home, I have returned to my undisclosed location with two boxes of plastic 28mm models and my SAGA rulebooks. Work has already started on Anglo-Dane, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman warbands so when I return home this summer the Dark Age battles will commence. I will be spending the whole month of February and part of March putting together over 100 levies, warriors, hearthguard, and a couple of warlords for this great game.