#PP Colossals Launch Event

Colossals has arrived and with it, around the world there are open play events happening to celebrate this new expansion.

Yesterday my LGS (Worlds at War), held their event; starting from 9am and running through till about 6pm.  With 12 players, it was a little chaotic in the small space; but it was so much fun.  While I wasn’t officially running it, I did help to set it up for the PG applicant-in-waiting Tom.  Due to numbers of players, we dropped the required points to 35; so games got done quicker.  This was especially noted with the longer 4-way games, which took that little longer.  It seemed the 4-way battles were well received, with most players getting one game out the way first.

I jumped into an All Battlegroup, 4-way match up; which was a lot of fun.  Facing 2 Retribution and one Menoth, was going to present some challenges to my Tier 3 Morty list.  I wasn’t out to win anything, so just charged in on the Sanctuary; Deathjack in the forefront of the battle.  I nearly pulled off an assassination on Tom, sending my Ripjaw through the Sanctuary (Spectral Steel).  Perhaps having not faced Mortemebra before, he forgot about the Ghostly ability.  As it was, Severius was the one to kill Mortenebra in the end; having had all my bonejacks and DJ wiped out.

Heading home after that, I had lunch with the wife; before heading back with the intention of just watching.  Sadly this didn’t come to pass as I played another couple of games, this time with a Tier 4 pDenny list.

• Warwitch Deneghra
• Harrower
• Reaper
• 2 x Ripjaw
• 2 x Stalkers
• Scavenger
• Skarlock Thrall
• Necrotech
• Warwitch Siren
• Scrap Thralls

First game against Mercs, did reasonably well; just left Denny over exposed after her feat turn.  Counter feat from Gorten Grundback, pulled her within range of the Driller and Gorten…..game over.

Last game was against Dougie, with his Khador.  Running the Tier 4 list again, this came down to our usual slugfest; with just the two Casters and 3 jacks left on the board.  Denny well exposed, with the Harrower behind her and a Decimator and another jack in front.

Overall a great day and I’d love to run another open play format again in the future. For now, here are some pictures from the event yesterday.

Scaverous v Khador

Since buying Lord Exhumator Scaverous last year when the model was released, I have played him a couple of times; even ran him in the Glasgow tournament.  Today I headed down to the shop, for our usual Tuesday night session; where I pulled out Scavvy for a couple of games against Khador.

My opponent, Dougie had brought Sorcha, with two Juggernauts and a Descimator; MoW Demolition and Winter Guard Bombadiers..  Lining up against that……

• Scavvy
• Erebus
• Nightwretch x 2
• Bloodgorgers (Full)
• Bane Thralls (Min) + UA
• Gen Gerlak Slaughterborn
• Skarlock Thrall
• Pistol Wraith

Second game was against Irusk, Juggernaut and Destroyer; with MoW Kovnik, Manhunter, Marksman, Assault Kommando’s + WA and WG Infantry + UA/WA.  The only change I made to my previous list, was take out the Pistol Wraith to add in Gorman Di Wulfe.  The reason for this, was I completely forgot about the Pistol Wraith; so was wasted 3 points.

The biggest problem with Scaverous, is that he lacks any kind of punch.  To get the most out of him; you need those Arcnodes to open up charge lanes with Telekinesis.  The ability to turn the model’s back to you, is another great advantage; which can be capitalised on using heavy Jacks or charging Weapon Masters (Bane Thralls).  This is pretty much how I played both games, thought attrition was the killer for me.  Even with two Tough units, the dice were dire today; rolling lots of 1′s.  I messed up the Irusk game, but TK’ing the Juggernaut in a position to back strike Erebus; who was breathing down Irusk’s neck.  Losing him, pretty much ended the assassination attempt.

Overall I am pleased with how the games went, some stupid mistakes; but generally a fast decisive set of games.

Carronade 2012

The sun is still shining and I’m just about to get some dinner, but today has been fantastic.  While I was part of demonstration team for Livingston Battleground, I was also representing Privateer Press; with some demos at Carronade.

I was actually nervous about this, as this is the first convention/trade show I have done.  So in a way, it was good to be part of a larger group of players.  That said, other than a slightly hesitant demo against fellow club member Greg Fyfe; the rest of the day went smoothly.  A big part of that, is down to the help of Jonathan Mitchell (Skorne player); who played and ran a couple of demo’s while I took a break occasionally.

The Tiger Jack (Khador Boxset) were a massive attraction, with everyone commenting on how good they looked; and when could they use them.  I think they were used in every single demo, which is a testament to the advantage of using fully painted models at shows.  With a table booked for the other big Scottish show, Claymore; Warmachine/Hordes is definitely getting shown off to a large gaming audience in Scotland.

Khador Demo Set

As promised, here are better pictures of the finished Khdaor set.  For those attending Carronade tomorrow, these models will be available for demo’s; along with my Cryx and Merc boxsets.

I haven’t got around yet to painting my Legion of Everblight, otherwise I would have Hordes factions on offer too.  Whatever happens, I am looking forward to showing off WM/H to potentially new players.

Khador Boxset – Done

Literally just finished the boxset, so here are a couple of pictures to whet your appetites; I’ll post more detailed pictures when I have had my dinner.  It’s hard work painting you know, not all cups of tea and listening to heavy metal music.