KOW: Bespoke Army Boxes

For quite a while now I have been using file boxes to store my Kings of War armies in, but recently ran out of the small stock I had.
So decided to order some more and was horrified at how much they had risen in price, was a while since I had bought any.
This made me think about how I might make some boxes for myself. Wanted to keep the feel of the files but make them a bit more personal. So I came up with these.

Still some bits to finish off, but only when I can find nothing else to do.

KOW: Goblins V Abyssal Dwarfs 1170 pt x2

Abyssal Dwarfs

Grotesque Horde x2

Troop of Halfbreeds

Troop of Gargoyles x2

Abyssal Halfbreed Champion

Goblins

Horde of Rabble

Horde of Trolls x2

Regiment of Fleabag Riders

Troop of Mawbeasts

War Trombone

Mincers x3

Wiz with Inspiring Talsiman and Bane Chant

Game One

Steve and I had a couple of games down at the WWarriors club on Monday night, we had about 1170 points each. First game was Kill scenario.

Deployment. I got first turn and decided to take the bull by the horns.

I knew Steve would charge into the chaff units I had slung forward, my initial movement had pressured him to do so.

His rockets managed 1 wound on the fleabag riders on the right flank and wavered them! In total they were actually quite effective over the 2 games.

His Grotesques, nasty, and Halfbreeds demolished the goblin Rabble. Steve's models are always beautifully painted, very impressive.

The second Grotesque Horde routed the Mawbeasts.

However the Rabble had the Crystal Pendant of Retribution, on the hordes death it explodes and does 2D6 wounds with a -3 save mod, sneaky eh :-)

The trolls and the mincers then kicked into action.

Managed to waver the left flank and rout the right.

So got a second chance at the left flank and manged to rout the Grotsques and Halfbreeds.

Game Two

So having ripped through the first game we reset, swopped table sides and prepared to play the Dominate scenario.

Deployment, I noticed Steve had put 1 Horde of Grotesques right out on the right flank with a troop of Gargoyles, so I decided to ignore them.

The rest of Steve's army in the centre, my focus.

Again I got the first turn and surged forward.

After the second turn, Steve said he felt out manouvered and indeed he didn't move too much. His rockets did inflict 6 wounds on the Rabble Horde, effective shooting.

He charged the Grotesques into my Rabble and turned the Halfbreeds to protect his right flank.

The Rabble died and hurt the Grotesques, 6 wounds with the Crystal, then the Trolls had some great rolls, my best of the night and did 13 wounds ontop of the 6 previous. The Fleabags routed the Gargoyles, the central Trolls took out the Grotesques and the left flank Trolls routed the Halfbreeds.

At this point Steve threw in the towel! 

Two wins over my arch foe in one evening, I almost fainted.

Cheers Steve great games and I am sure the usual state of affairs will resume shortly, i.e. I will lose convincingly :-)

Frostgrave/KOW: Blocking Terrain Update

Posted a few pictures of the basic terrain pieces I had made a few days back. In the meantime I have completed the impassible pieces which I see being used in a wide variety of games: Kings of War, Walking Dead, 5 Parsecs, Frostgrave and even maybe Mordheim.

I have added lichen and flock to the rocks and added some painted moss type areas to make the base of the models work on both a grassland and rock strewn table.

KOW: Goblin War Trombone

Constructed this War Trombone for my Goblin army out of found bits from my bits box. Its a conglomeration of parts from snotlings, goblins and dwarven hornblower parts to create the Trombone.

I added some GS to get rid of some of the more Dwarf runey bits and mounted it on a 50 mm hardboard base.

I built it for the Beers of War tournament last week but it will see another outing tonight at the Wakefield Warriors Games club.

Frostgrave/KOW: Small Blocking Terrain

During the past 3 days, as well as other things, I have been working on making these small rocky outcrops from scraps of card and PVAcrete.

Undercoated in black, the most arduous part, then dry/over brushed in Fang grey, then ghost grey, then a lick of white. Quite roughly and quickly applied.

Will be using these in some Solo games shortly, Probably not so much on the green background though.

Will be interested to see how they work withother pieces I have. Also I have refrained form covering in stain again but may well add some flock and clump foliage to finish.