KOW: Skysteamer by Vane Dolenc

Saw this in issue 46 of Ironwatch Magazine from Mantic. Vane Dolenc has written some addendum lists for several armies, the one that caught my eye was the dwarf one.

It featured a Skysteamer, very much like a Gyrocopter, so thank you very much Vane I will be trying out your ideas as soon as I get a chance.

Skysteamer                                                         Monster

Unit Size          Sp     Me     Ra     De     Att          Nv        Points 

    1                   10       5+      5+      5+     8         15/17           190

Special: 

Base size, 50 x 100mm, Fly, Crushing Strength 1

Bombs - Range 6", 4 Attacks, Blast (D3), Piercing (2)

Flying High: 

Any charge made against this unit is resolved as a hindered charge

unless the enemy has Fly special rule.

Bombs Away: 

This unit makes ranged attacks in its rear arc rather than its front

arc. Measure range and LOS from the centre of its rear edge rather

than its leader point.

This is not the only new unit: he has produced rules for Sappers, a General with shield bearers and and Anvil, so it is really worth a look.

Skysteamer rules reproduced here without permission, Credit to Ironwatch Magazine and Vane Dolenc.

Musings/Sketches: First Post in New Home!

So in the last week or so sketching, a bit, is all I have had time for, and not much of what I felt like doodling was really connected to my blog, but there you go. 

I love doodling, do it all the time :-)

These last two are actually the only pictures that I started with the intention of drawing something related to the blog.

The feat are all over the place! Or perhaps its the ankles.

Not sure when I will post again, I have my hands full at the moment with the house and there certainly won't be any modelling as I have nowhere to actually model at present.

It'll get organised, but not for a while :-)

Frostgrave: Wall Sections

After playing on Monday night it become obvious to me that the terrain box needed some separate wall sections, high enough to block LOS or which could be used to suggest ruins.

Thought I would include some pictures to show how I made them.

White masonry paint gave the rough snow feel.

I had a length of 20 mm wide hardboard which I cut into 4" lengths and I had some thick card which which I cut to shape and then glued onto the hardboard bases.

Basically it was either make these in the next 2/3 days or throw away the materials as we are moving in a couple of days! I don't like throwing materials away very much, So a quick project to be completed before we move.

There you have it my last project in our current house. Will be a week at least before I post again, if not more as we will be very busy setting up new home :-)

Necromunda: Delaque Sketches

Seriously thinking of sculpting any more Delaques I may need in the future, hence the sketches.

As move day gets closer and closer, 3 sleeps now, Serefina has informed me this morning, more and more of my stuff is packed and I have less to work with. 

Therefore there may well be a few more drawings cropping up, I only need paper, pencil, rubber and a biro, simple.

Necromunda: Minion Gang

Saw these erasers in The Range the other day and felt I just had to buy them, They looked like mad Delaques! So I got them home and threw them on some bases, will have to play with them when they have weapons organised, can't wait to see rest of players faces when I whip them out!

They were a bargain at £4.99 for 10. Will be while before complete as moving soon :-)

Dwarfs V Undead 1000 points

Played a 1000 point game down at the club week before last against Ian with his Undead army.

This was sort of a training game as Ian had not played since first edition KOW.

Was very aware that the werewolves can move very fast and deliver a punch.

So shot just about everything at them and managed to rout them, very lucky!

    On the far right you can just make out the rangers who managed to shoot and rout the balefire catapult. They went on to rout the ghouls in hand to hand, they are presently behind the cairn top right.

However I new the regiment of 3 werewolves were going to be enough to take out the war machines.

First the flame belcher then the organ gun! 

The wavering marker you see here was later removed along with the model, I had forgotten to tell Ian to triple his attacks against a was machine, we just assumed it would have routed with 18 more dice, it nearly did with just 9!

In the centre the Ironclad face up to the horde of revenants.

Having dealt with the war machines the werewolves had either the crossbows or, more likely, the Ironclad flank in their sites.

Unfortunately for the werewolves the Ironclad, who had the brew of strength and a bane chant cast on them, managed to rout the Revenants and turn to face the werewolves.

The werewolves and the crossbows begin an epic struggle with pillows!

The rangers rout one standard bearer.

There was a short skirmish between the ironclad and the regiment of skeleton spears, I think that's what they were. 

The werewolves are eventually routed.

Left all alone the last standard bearer, rather baleful and dejected, and this was how the game ended. I hope Ian enjoyed it. It was interesting to play a smaller game for once and I felt it lost non of its tactical focus.

We have been considering a Clocks of War type tournament in the next few months, being a 1000 pts tournament, I will look forward to it :-)