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Undead Progress, Second Wraith Unit
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:40:06 GMT
One more unit. I only needed 5 Wraiths for the 500pts list, but they come in a box of 10, so I made up an extra unit with the other five.
The King of Wraiths 500pts KoW Army
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:09:54 GMT
The complete 500pts army, clickly the image for a closer view.
I'll get movement trays built later.
| Valley of Shadows Border Patrol | 490 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Unit | Type | Sp | Me | Ra | De | At | Ne | Special | Options | Pts |
| Caddoc the Cruel | Necromancer | H/M | 5 | 5+ | - | 4+ | 1 | 11/13 | Individual, Zap (3), Heal (3), Dark Surge (8) | 110 | |
| Lord Anguish | Wraith Trp | Inf (5) | 10 | 4+ | - | 6+ | 10 | -/12 | Crushing Strength (1), Fly, Shambling | 110 | |
| Border Guards | Revenant Reg | Inf (20) | 5 | 4+ | - | 5+ | 10 | -/17 | Shambling | Banner, Musician | 130 |
| Longshadow Foot | Skeleton Reg | Inf (20) | 5 | 5+ | - | 4+ | 15 | -/16 | Shambling, Phalanx | Banner, Musician, Spears, Dogs | 140 |
Solid Units: 2, Minor Units: 1, Heroes & Monsters: 1, War Engines: 0.
Undead Progress, Skeletons complete
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:30:31 GMT
The last ten skeletons are done and added to the unit, which completes both the unit and the 500pts KoW army. Not bad progress, 500pts of troops ready to play and completed in less than a month.
I'll try and get a group shot of the whole army later.
More Undead Finished
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:15:59 GMT
The completed unit of twenty Revenants, plus another rank for the Skeletons. Just ten more skellies to go and I've completed the 500pts army for Kings of War. I'll push on and get the second unit of Wraiths done then take a break from this project.
Once I've had a break to paint something else up, I'll come back and push this army up to 1,000pts. I'll have to figure out what to add to make up the remaining points. Could do with another solid unit.
Undead Update, More Revenants
Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:16:00 GMT
Added the third rank to the Revenant unit, just five more models to go and the unit is complete.
Another Rank of Revenants
Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:30:54 GMT
Another rank of Revenants to go with the one posted yesterday. Just ten Revenants to go and I'll take a break from the Undead for a bit. Maybe paint some more Daleks.
Shrieking Skulls Will Shock Your Soul: Undead Update
Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:34:57 GMT
I've been busy with the Undead the last few days, I think the build to Halloween has me in the spooky scary skeleton mood.
Plenty of finished soldiers; Wraiths, Revenants, Skeletons and Necromancers.
And I'm up to date on Counters, Markers and Objectives.
The new lineup for Song of Blades
Kings of War Undead Progress: Some Paint
Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:03:14 GMT
A little progress, five painted Skeletons and the Army Standard.
I'm happy with the colour scheme so I'm going to push on and get the rest painted up. I have ten more Skellies and one Catapult undercoated, so they are next. The plan is to get some more spray and get others undercoated next week.
The Army Standard is an individual, which makes him my first completed unit. I'll call that progress. :)
Kings of War Undead Progress: Necromancers
Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:03:55 GMT
Lots going on at the mo, a little progress towards the King of Wraiths, my fantasy undead army.
Some weapon swaps for the Heresy Necromancers, switching out the huge staff for spare swords from the Mantic Skeleton set. To help tie them in to the look of the Mantic stuff.
Kings of War Undead Progress Pics
Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:31:29 GMT
Photo time, here are the current work in progress pics of the Undead Army. Everything has sand on it's base.
Not very exciting, but it's a step closer to getting them finished. Next stage is getting all the models sprayed black. On those who already have an undercoat, I'll paint the odd parts and bases by hand.
Kings of War Progress
Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:02:00 GMT
A little bit of progress, all the bases for the first 500pts of Undead have sand glued to them.
As ever, no photos until I can scrounge Max's camera.
Also I've knocked together a page to keep Army Lists and photos on. The plan is that the photos will be slowly replaced with new ones as each stage of the construction and painting is completed.
Kings of War Undead progress pics
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:17:32 GMT
It's photos day, so here are the Mantic Undead I've been talking about.
A the current state of the units and my first army list. The army list is using the KoW 2010 edition.
| Valley of Shadows Border Patrol | 500 | ||||||||||
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| Name | Unit | Type | Sp | Me | Ra | De | At | Ne | Special | Options | Pts |
| Taryn | Army Standard Bearer | H/M | 5 | 5+ | - | 4+ | 1 | 2 | Evil Dead, Individual, Inspiring | 25 | |
| Border Guards Regiment | Revenant Regiment | Inf (20) | 5 | 4+ | - | 5+ | 10 | 6 | Shambling, Evil Dead | Banner, Musician | 130 |
| Longshadow Regiment | Skeleton Regiment | Inf (20) | 5 | 5+ | 6+ | 4+ | 15 | 6 | Shambling, Evil Dead, Phalanx | Banner, Musician, Spears, Dogs | 140 |
| Longshadow Auxiliary | Skeleton Troop | Inf (10) | 5 | 5+ | 6+ | 4+ | 10 | 3 | Shambling, Evil Dead | Dogs | 65 |
| Longshadow Catapult | Balefire Catapult | War Eng | 5 | - | 6+ | 4+ | 10 | 2 | Shambling, Evil Dead, Indirect Fire, Piercing (2) | 70 | |
| Crypton Catapult | Balefire Catapult | War Eng | 5 | - | 6+ | 4+ | 10 | 2 | Shambling, Evil Dead, Indirect Fire, Piercing (2) | 70 | |
Solid Units: 2, Minor Units: 1, Heroes & Monsters: 1, War Engines: 2.
55 Minis, 2 Catapults.
The Mummy and Kings of War updates
Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:38:46 GMT
A bit more progress today.
The Pyramid is now assembled and painted, once the glue dries I'll give it a little retouch to cover the joins. Should be completed on Monday. The two extra stands of ruins are complete. I'll try and get some pictures of the finished items up on Monday evening.
On the Kings of War front, I've got all the Skellies and Revenants assembled now. I've a plan to go all skeleton in the Undead army, drop anything fleshy like Zombies or Ghouls, just stick to Skeletons and Revenants for Troops, with Revenant Cavalry, Catapults and Skeleton Archers for support and a small cabal of Necromancers to keep everything moving, maybe a few Wraiths.
Heresy do a few minis that would make cool Necromancers. Sebastien the Apprentice Mage would be cool, as would the Dark Lord .
I'll try and come up with an Army List of about 1,000pts and think about working towards that as a core.
Kings of War progress update
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:17:49 GMT
A little progress made late yesterday, the Ghouls are assembled as is the Catapult and 10 Skellies.
Combined with the Mantic stuff I picked up ages ago, and the leftover Zombies from Dairy of the Dead, I can put together the following Kings of War lists.
Dwarves
| Unit | Upgrades | Models | Points |
| Ironclad Regiment | Banner, Musician, Throwing Mastiffs | 20 | 165 |
| Ironwatch Troop | Rifles | 10 | 80 |
| Shieldbreaker Troop | 5 | 35 | |
| Ironbeltcher Cannon | 2 | 70 | |
| Totals | 37 | 350 |
Ironclads are Dwarves with hand weapon and shield, Shieldbreakers are Dwarves with two handed hammers and Ironwatch are missile troops.
For war machines, I list crew numbers, not the number of machines.
Undead
| Unit | Upgrades | Models | Points |
| Skeleton Regiment | Banner, Musician, Spears, Dogs | 20 | 140 |
| Skeleton Troop | Dogs | 10 | 65 |
| Revenant Regiment | Banner, Musician | 20 | 140 |
| Zombie Regiment | 30 | 90 | |
| Ghoul Troop | 10 | 45 | |
| Balefire Catapult | 2 | 70 | |
| Balefire Catapult | 2 | 70 | |
| Totals | 94 | 610 |
Revenants are skeletons in heavier armoured. Like Wights, Tomb Guardians or Grave Guard.
For war machines, I list crew numbers, not the number of machines.
These lists are just made up of Mantic plastics and don't yet include my existing fantasy collection. I've a few units of Dwarves and Skellies I can add to make up the numbers, plus a collection of Characters I can use as Commanders, Clerics and Wizards.
Kings of War
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:29:08 GMT
On a visit to Cut And Thrust, a new gaming shop in Bristol I picked up the new Kings of War boxed game from Mantic.
I've had half an idea to put together some Fantasy Battle stuff for a while, Harvey has been talking about High Elves and the place offered a decent discount, so went for it.
The game box contains the usual stuff for these sort of games, like Dice and Rules, plus two armies. In this case a Dwarf and an Undead army.
As long as it seems like a good idea, I'm planning to build up both armies. I'll post pictures and progress on here as often as I can.
The Dwarfs come in at:
- 20 Dwarfs with Hand Weapon and Shield, with Command Group
- 5 Dwarfs with Two Handed Weapons
- 20 Dwarfs with Missile Weapons (Crossbow or Rifle options)
- 1 Cannon with 2 Crew (single or seven barrelled options)
Along with a few decorative bits, four dead or drunk dwarfs, four throwing dogs (yes, throwing dogs), a set of scorched dwarf boots and four Goblin heads. Also lots of spare weapons, equipment and heads.
In the Undead Camp we have:
- 20 Skeletons with Hand Weapon and Shield (optional Spears), with Command Group
- 20 Armoured Skeletons with Hand Weapon and Shield, with Command Group
- 10 Ghouls
- 15 Zombies
- 1 Catapult with 2 Crew
Accessories for the Undead include Skeleton Dogs and Skellies bursting our of the ground. Lots of spare heads, arms and weapons again.
So 114 models and two War Machines. Not bad for £36 quit, which makes it about half the price of Warhammer, with 40 more models.
Having a skim through the rules, which total in 8 small (A5-ish) pages it looks much like Warhammer, in turn sequence and stat listing, but using the Lord of the Rings notation, for example instead of listing Bow Skill as 3, it lists Ranged as 4+.
Army lists are currently 1 page of A4 each and are free to download from the website. Lists are provided for each of the current Mantic ranges, Elves, Undead and Dwarves.
So a very clean and lean game, heavily influenced by Warhammer.
The big difference is the way damage to units is recorded, instead of removing models as casualties, you mark the damage caused to the unit, which becomes a penalty to morale. This means each until is treated as a single object, so multi based figures or singles on a movement tray would work well.
All in, the rules look great on paper, I'll have to see how they work in practice. Either way I'll end up with a pair of nice fantasy armies I can use for all sorts of stuff, I've got loads of old editions of Warhammer stashed away and Ganesha are talking about a Massed Battles game to complement Song of Blades.
The Dwarves are mostly assembled now, as ever I'll get some pictures done as soon as I can.
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