Terrain night returning has inspired a few things that have been long standing desires, one of which is a full on siege setup. We have done them in the past, and when I say past, the last time I believe we had a proper siege game was almost 10 years ago, sadly. Now, with Kings of War and miniature gaming in general picking up, this has driving the idea to a couple of great scenario ideas, some involving sieges, ship battles, dungeon crawls, and more! Here’s a quick preview of a siege tower that I’m working, if things go well, there might be some battering rams, ladders, and other siege equipment being created along with this.
Archive for May, 2011
Siege Tower (Part 1)
Friday, May 20th, 2011Kings of War Project – Abyssal Dwarf’s (Part 2)
Sunday, May 15th, 2011I had some time to catch up and finish building all of the Abyssal Dwarf / Chaos Dwarf army that I’ve gotten up to this point, it’s turning out well. I still have some move trays / magnets to make, but the majority of this is prepped to be primed and hopefully painted.
Current Progress
On another note, there is some interesting stuff coming from GW / Forgeworld. They have, with their Warhammer Forge line of products, begun to create a new Chaos Dwarf Army. Forgeworld has historically been expensive, and these do not disappoint in that regard. What’s striking to me is that the Chaos Dwarf Infernal Guard seem to really resemble some figures that belonged to a game called Chronopia, the vulture crossbowmen to be specific.
Courtesy of RPG.net
Courtesy of www.forgeworld.co.uk
I think it’s mostly the creased helmets, but that’s what instantly came to mind. In any event, I like the idea of a massive warmachine for my Chaos Dwarves, and this beast might end up in my army at some point…we’ll see. I’m not sure how GW / Forgeworld expect to sell an army’s worth of Chaos Dwarves at the price they are asking (10 figs for 36 Pounds or $58USD at the time of writing this). I’m not sure how you’d go about making an army happen without some giant bag of money. I just wanted to bring this up in a post about building an army at the complete opposite side of the spectrum, Mantic certainly isn’t resin models, and they have a very different look of course, but at the same time, the cost of the Mantic figures really shine as a whole package in comparison, to me.
Image Courtesy of www.forgeworld.co.uk
Terrain Night Returns, or how we might actually finish the Ship Board
Saturday, May 7th, 2011Inspiration has struck, a project that has been shelved for some time is now being actively worked on with the goal of completion! The bug has bitten a couple of us and we have been actively working on miniatures and terrain with the hopes of playing Kings of War for large scale fights, and Song of Blades and Hero’s for skirmishes. Some of the idea’s we are tossing around involve Ships and sieges. So, this post is simple and quick, but progress is being made towards completing of the two ships (see links below to the old ship posts). The planking has come along nicely so far, I can’t wait to see what it looks like with a proper paint job!
Part 1
Part 2
Pier / Dock
