bases update

Well while my bases didn't turn out too bad a local supplier in firestorm games is selling some bases made by a local manufacturer in model display products, they are very nice woodland bases and all in all will be far better than sculpting and making my own, just waiting to hear if there are any in stock at firestorm.

These will be jn keeping with the theme and will go nicely with avatar lilith come the end of April.

febuary wips (Lilith and aSonnia)

Well not much done so far this month, sculpted some bases for the first 3 models of my lilith crew as aLilith has been announced for April and no sign on aLeviticus, which as he's normally the last to be released sk probably July, but either way my levi crew is useable so I will dip in and out getting stuff for him when I'm not picking up the new guild releases or something for lilith.

Possible 35ss lilith list
Lilith ( 7 cache)
Primordial Magic 2ss
Hooded rider 8ss
Doppelganger 8ss
Lelu 7ss
Lilitu 7ss

This is without tots/young/mature as these are a more expensive buy in order to use successfully as I'd need all 3 so will go with either the models I have and/or the models I want to paint in the case of the twins.

leviticus, plans for 2012.

Well plans are starting to fall into place to build up my Leviticus. Thanks to my future father in law in am now the owner of a hooded rider, so will trial him out with levi once he's built, and he will also be a useful model for the lilith crew I'm planning. A nice melee focused minion that will work well with lilith and the doppelganger, which are the only two other neverborn models I own. Will probably have to be some more hollow waits, ashes and dust and more abominations before pick up dead and mechanical riders, though our local resser player had the dead rider so I can always borrow him to try out. But we will see does depend on when the pale rider is out, as I'm first and foremost a guild player he will be an essential purchase as soon as he is out.

Current 35ss list I will probably try
Leviticus cache 4ss
4 Steampunk Abominations 12ss
Hooded Rider 8ss
rusty Alyce 8ss
Cainine remains 3ss

Dog is for The 2nd waif asap to keep levi alive, abominations move and use anomaly to protect themselves then summon a desolation engine at the opportune moment, when I can use the spell casting ability of levi, melee of the engine and rider and Alyce's shooting to the best effect.

plans for 2012

Well its that time again, to plan what I want to do this year hobby wise, firstly malifaux as my guild is currently 100% complete and mostly painted, other than the new releases for this year, I am looking to complete the plan of having a crew for every faction, this means my Leveticus crew will get finished with more steampunk abominations, hollow waits, canine remains and ashes and dust, then when the avatar is out I will look at getting the 4 riders.
As for the other factions, for Neverborn I will be going with Lilith, Arcanists will probably be Collette and for Ressers it will likely to be Nicodem.

As I've started to get back into WFB, my dwarfs are again on the agenda, I want to pick up a battalion then a grudge trowr or two and get everything painted if possible before the new releases or new book which will hopefully be this year.

thoughts on avatar justice

Well j have finally gotten in my first game with avatar justice, firstly I like the model far better than the publicity photos, the beefy chin from the angle at least in the pre release photos wasn't flattering, but its nice in reality. The model as a whole was well designed, it fit easily together and apart from a slight twist in the ram arm whilst securely padded en route back from firestorm there's been no issues, I may well leave her there to prevent further damage once she's been painted, based and varnished as she could be fragile if my case gets dropped.
First game with her was against avatar Seamus, she did well, mainly using her avatars buffing to protect her crew, the mark of balance: crow is very nice indeed, didn't play as much of a hoard crew as I'd of liked with her, had 3 seven ss models in executioner, Nino and judge. Will take less next time, played with Perdita for The first time too (it was a 45ss brawl), she was good too, culminating in blowing away avatar Seamus, obeying Judge to use bullets and blades was a very good combo, with a decent hand on masks and a family obey spam list could really put the hurt out. Will be using avatar justice in my next few games to test her out against a variety of masters and schemes.

Update

Well after not blogging for a while there is some progress, the Guild hoard is virtually complete, I just have Avatar Justice to pick up today and around Christmas I will pick up Avatar Sonnia, Exorcist, Sue and possibly another Sue to convert as an 2nd Exorcist, which will complete it until the next batch of minis when Perdita comes out in Feb/March I cant remember which.

The next master for me unless I change my mind is Lilith, i'm planning Lilith, Nicodem and Collette or Marcus as my Non-Guild crews along with Levi, though especially Marcus and Nicodem will wait until their Alternative miniatures are released.

Possible Lilith List 35ss

Lilith Cache 8

Lelu and Lilith 14ss

3 Terror Tots 9ss

Hooded Rider 8ss

updates

Well a month or so on and the Guild Hoard is complete, well bought and built but not yet painted, I now own every guild model and I plan to keep that up with the next batch of releases. While I am getting these painted I am now looking at my demo crews now im a shiny new Wyrd Henchman, obviously I have a lot of variability in my guild however I want a crew from each faction though my current Leveticus is a bit too complex for a demo crew so i will need a new outcast crew for that, so far the purchases look like this.

Ressers: Seamus
Outcasts: Von Schill
Arcanists: Ramos or Marcus
Neverborn: Lilith

Last weekend I also participated in a one day tournie in Bristol at Cut and Thrust Wargaming in Bristol, currently I finished at 11/20 (I think a review of the results was due because of a mix up) not bad considering I drew 2 and lost 2, but the losses were fairly tight which helped, some cracking games too, 25ss was a challenge compared to the usual 35ss, and the store and terrain were fantastic. Thanks to Rudders too(http://rudders-modellife.blogspot.com/), he has given me his Dead Justice to paint as my Gencon order has been delayed and I will give him mine when it arrives.

Updated Plans

Well after a bit of decision making the plans for the Guild Hoard are coming to fruition. Dead Justice will be ordered with Twisting Fates during Gencon, Perdita's crew will be bought tomorrow, the Hoffman or Lucius for my birthday in late august with the other following the month after, which will then give me october free for additions such as more watchers and minions before november and Lady Justice's avatar and alternate are released with hopefully some more guild stuff, which will set me up nicely for christmas and a new faction, possibly the seamus gang I have been promising my self since I started, but we will see how the new releases shape up, Hopefully Ashes and Dust will be avaialble after Kaeris and Molly so I can actually run a Desolation list for my Levi.

Deliverance results and the plans for the summer

Well Deliverance 2011 has come and gone, I had a cracking weekend, not only did I do far better than I thought I would (coming 9th of 19) I got to play some masters I had next to no experience of playing such as Seamus, Rasputina and Collette. Results are below, cant remember all of the scores, sorry guys. Overall results are at http://www.mythicfox.com/malifaux/cdf-results-2011-0625.pdf

Round 1 vs Mike Penberthy (Lucius) won 8-2
Round 2 vs Craig Johnson (Marcus) won 4-2?
Round 3 vs Paul Hansell (Seamus) lost by 4vp
Round 4 vs Ashley Pinder (Collette) won 5-4
Round 5 vs Steve Scurr (Collette) lost by 5vp
Round 6 vs Simon Cheyne (Rasputina) won by 1vp


I have plans for the summer, they start with gencon August 4th-7th. I will be ordering Malifaux Book 3: Twisting Fates, Lady Justicce Avatar and the Dead Justice Nightmare boxset. Then I plan to get Lucius, Perdita and Hoffman boxsets (not in any particular order) in September, october and November to complete my Guild hoard as well as the avatars as and when they are released. I have picture of my guild so far below.

Deliverance Part 5

Well having just bought a 2nd Austringer and the Sonnia box is in the middle of painting, everything is set up nicely for Deliverance in 10 days. The only thing really to do is the basing which I will be doing tomorrow before work. I have also repainted the Judge as the White coat wasnt looking right, so he's now in a Brown Coat and Jeans rather than a White Coat and Brown Trousers.

Im now just getting to gether the last of what I need for Deliverance, I hope to play one of the scenarios next Tuesday just to get my eye in, as well as picking up a Puppet Deck ready for the day.

Deliverance part 4

Well i've now bought the Sonnia box set which nicely came with a Miss Pack, which will help if and when I ever do a Zorida or McMourning crew. I tried out the Witchling Stalkers in one game so far and they worked well as a nice flanking distraction from LJ and the rest of the crew. Will be trying them out with either Sonnia or LJ this evening at Firestorm Games. They are all blocked out in colours its just the detail I really need to work on, as well as the other Austringer I still need to buy.

Will definately work on Leviticus after Deliverance, just need 3 Necropunks, a Desolation Engine and another Hollow Waif to begin with. Ive proxied this crew and it worked very effectively.

Deliverance Part 2

Well no more pictures as of yet will try and get some when i'm down at Firestorm Games this afternoon. Just a quick update on another list I will be trying against Pandora or Hoffman tonight. Tried the Lawyer out in my last game, so today is the turn of Taelor, to get experience with varying lists before I buy Lucius next.

The list will probably be as follows

Lady Justice
Taelor
Nino
2 Death Marshalls
2 Guild Guard

Total of 32ss
Cache of 7 for LJ

Malifaux: the Hoard grows & the road to Deliverence

Well after neglecting the blog some more, im back. My Malifaux Guild hoard has grown substantially larger, leaving my Leviticus crew still just at the box set level, this will likely continue until after my first Malifaux tournament 'Deliverence' at Firestorm Games, Cardiff in late June, where i will be running Lady Justice as my master and i wan't a big a pool of models as possible to suit each game and opponent though i have been tempted with Seamus and his Belles can work well with Levi, i will see what takes my fancy in the long run. Here's a run-down of the guild i have with their cost or cache in brackets. Lady Justice (Cache 4ss) Judge (7ss) 3 Death Marshalls (3 x 4 = 12ss) 2 Guild Guard (2 x 4 = 8ss) Executioner (7ss) Peacekeeper (9ss) 3 Guild Hounds (3 x 3 = 9ss) Governor's Proxy (2ss) Scales of Justice (2ss) Taelor, Lady Hammerstrike (9ss) Lawyer (7ss) Guild Austringer (5ss) Nino Ortega (7ss) Total including both totems = Master + 84 soulstones worth of minions/totems. The current plan is for either the Lucius or Hoffman boxsets to increase my number of guardmen or constructs. Though i definately want at least on Guardian for bodyuard duty.

Malifaux

Wel after several months i've finally had the time to post again, my job has been taking up a lot of my time, and ive had little time for gaming, 3 hours or so at my LGS if im lucky a week, especially since the Border Prince's tournament Downfall in early December.

Ive mostly been playing Malifaux and Warhammer Quest for the past 2 months. I will post pictures of my Lady Justice and Leviticus crews in the next week or so.

Currently my 35ss Lady Justice list I will be using is this

Lady Justice
Peacekeeper 9ss
3 Death Marshalls 12ss
Guild Austringer 5ss
Executioner 7ss
Governor's Proxy 2ss
Total= 35ss plus a cache of 4ss