Painting Update - The Eagles are coming

 Hello All,

Have a warhammer fantasy tournament coming up this weekend, to that end have a last bit of painting that I've been working on.

Decided to go for a really mobile list,  so the last bit was a bunch of eagles.

Basically 2 sets of the nice lord of the rings eagles, one with a hero riding on top, plus and old metal eagle I had in a box for 25yrs unpainted.

Not a big update but good to round off a project. Next up is a mini project of a few Marvel guys, bit sure what's after that have like 4-5 armies I am very keen to do!

Thanks;

Mike

Battle Report - Flames of War Westren Front

 Hello All,

Today was gaming time again with Duncan and Stan, decided to change this up and go for some Flames of War which we haven't done in ages.

I took a mixed Panzer 4 company, with panzer 4s and a unit of 3 tigers, Stan took the tigers I took the 4s.

Duncan made an American company to match with parachute infantry and Sherman's using the Bulge book.

Scenario wise we just went for free for all, which is easy if you just want to mash tanks and not really take ot serious. Thou admirably this is the worse mission.

Here's the set up, our objectives on the roads, tigers on the left panzer right. American objectives are around the infantry, with a platoon of Sherman's either side and some guns overeating accross the river.

My panzer have 0 interest in fighting the guns so set off through town. The tigers try to blitz up on the hill but fail, as a result they just get 1 bail. The Sherman's then seek cover behind the woods.

More advancing for the Germans, the Americans are holding back until they can see the whites of our eyes.

Get 1 platoon into position to shoot up the infantry, even get 2 kills! Surely they must react now.

American tanks race forward, but not great luck and only managed 1 kill.

The return fire was pretty brutal, we probably got half of the Sherman's. My panzer git the full trick of blitz up shoot, and scoot back.

The Americans did their best to fight back, but badly shot up now. They manage another kill, but we get the rest of the Sherman's on our turn. At that point they give up as we will get that objective eventually, can shoot em up out of range.

In the end I think we had a lucky key turn, us the infantry was bring a knife to a gun fight. I expected the 76mm Sherman's to walk all over the panzer 4s but that never really happened.

Anyway fun game, more marvel next time!

Thanks;

Mike

Battle Report - Wargammer High Elves vs Lizards

 Hello All,

Time for the first battle report of the year, one again warhammer day at Fandom. We are doing 2k 6th edition using ravening hordes lists as there's an upcoming tournament with that set up.

Here's the seto up, lots of elf knights plus archers and sword men, vs a couple of sarus blocks, skinks, and krokigors, plus of course a slann.

Lizardmen move up with lots of screening units, shots from the terradons took a wound off the griffon.

High elves move up cautiously, knights charge the terradons who flee. Bolt thrower took a few wound off a krokigor.

Terradons fail to rally and some stuff repositions.

Turns out the salamder fires similar to a stone thrower which is very scary, so gr8ffon moves to kill him, and knights kill some skinks. The dragon princes take the bait and charge down sone skinks, ending a inch in front of the krokigors.

Lizardmen murder all the princes and the bsb which us not good, to make things worse the salamander kills the griffon. The slann has light magic which is also doing good, this round blinds the knights on the middle.

My turn, knights charge the small skink unit which holds due to blindness. Swordmasters kill a few skinks and get into the krokigors. Finally the lord and knight kill the salamander. Things looking ok for me again.

Fights grind on, the krokigors try to kill my mage but miss badly. Terradons coming back again.

Knights charge the terradons who flee, but get run down. Knights finally kill off the skinks. But the mage gets smashed so I can't really dispel a skann anymore.

1 unit of krocks charge my knights on the middle who flee, the other unit breaks my sword masters, but 3 flee out of range.

My turn rally the knights and try and line uo the last fights. My 3 knights try a hail Mary charge on the slann but miss all their attacks.

Krocks charge my knights in the middle, but I gamble they are out of range which works. The other unit cleans up my knights however.

Charged thise krocks, but not able to break them, they are ld9 cold blooded so they are tough to move.

Ended in a solid loss for me, but very fun game!

Thanks;

Mike

Painting - Elves and Marines

 Hello All,

Hope everyone had a good Christmas break, I got lots of painting done so time for another painting post!

Was watching some cool youtube videos on the pyramids while working on these, a channel called History for Granite.

Silver Helms:

Starting with the high elves, getting ready for the last warhammer 6th edition tournament. So painted some knights, used a banner from the archer set so he holds it a bit sideways.

Griffon:

Also finally painted my lord on a griffin. Not the most advanced model but a really cool pose with the claws.

Now I just need to do some eagles.

Dreadnoughts:

On ti the marines, first a pair of dreadnought. Classic size librarian one and big boy new one.

Terminators:

Then a set of the new terminators, and a chaplain. Really great set what terminators were always meant to be. Will have to get a second box.

Stormhawk Interceptor:

Finally a fighter plane to round things out. Brings me up to a nice size army. Sadly due to weather didn't get to try it out yet.

Anyways that's it for now, pretty goid start to the year.

Thanks;

Mike