Wednesday, 27 March 2024

My Recent Efforts

 Had a couple of projects on the go and have finally completed them.  First up is my Astra Militarum Platoon Command Squad.  These ar Grimguard from station forge and make lovely Krieg models. 



Nice and simple and they match my Krieg scheme.

Next is another Krieg squad I like to brand Krieg jungle fighters






These guys are cool Krieg without their jackets. My dreams of a massive Krieg blog are now available!

And last a cool little battle tracker printed for me by my friend Dave. 



This should help me keep track of VP and CP. I have an app but I use the 40k app for my army list so bit of a faff to go through different apps while playing. 

That's it for now . Have a great day!


Sunday, 24 March 2024

Bolt Action at Safe Haven Gaming

 Today I got to play in a mini Bolt Action  tournament  at my gaming club Safe Haven Gaming . Only 4 participants but fun was had!

My list was airborne and commando.

Safe Haven Airborne

Reinforced Platoon 998 pts 12 Order Dice

Special

Artillery Forward Observer (Forward Observer) Regular (free)

Composition: 1 Soldiers

2nd Lieutenant (Ofcer) Regular (60pts)

Composition: 1 Ofcer + 1 Soldiers

Paratroop Section Veteran (83pts)

Paratroop Section Veteran (83pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 4 Soldiers

Infantry

Commando Section Veteran (191pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 9 Soldiers

Veteran Infantry Section (Late War) Veteran (81pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 5 Soldiers

Medium Mortar Team Regular (60pts)

Sniper Team Regular (50pts)

Flamethrower Team Regular (50pts)

Artillery

QF 6-PDR Regular (75pts)

Tanks and Tank Destroyers

Cruiser Tank MK VIII Cromwell Regular (205pts)

Transports and Tows

Bren Carrier Regular (60pts)


First game up was against another paratrooper list 


The prep bombardment gave everyone pins. My Bren carrier was destroyed and 2 of his flame jeeps were destroyed. The battle raged for 8 turns! Both sides took a beating, my sniper was useless and didn't do a thing! After adding all the VPs up I took the win by 3 or 4 . 

The last game was against Germans. Not.maby infantry but 2 huge Panzer 4s!! I failed my prep bombardment roll and got hammered by my opponents. 2 pins on everything and my arty observer was taken out. From then on I struggled to move anywhere with pins  and was pounded by the tanks. My poor Cromwell was hammered by shots set on fire twice and turret jammed.  When it finally could move I thought let's go and it charged forward but missed a point blank shot.


Surrounded my Cromwell survived another turn and then it died . 

I called the game when I had 1 unit left as everything else had been destroyed. A true stomping!

But awesome fun getting to play 2 games in one day .




Monday, 18 March 2024

The Lion Warriors have Arrived

 Decided to do a post about my whole space marine army now I have painted all the units I own. So time for a group shot. Here are my Lion Warriors.


Looks quite good I think


The HQ element of my army. My terminator captain (As they don't have a generic chapter master index card). A captain and 3 Lieutenants


The first part of armies hard hitting section is 10 terminators with storm bolters and assault cannons.  Ready to pummel the enemy from close distance.



Then we have the assault terminators ready to deep strike and tear up the enemy be it infantry or vehicle. Now the specialists


My Hellblaster squad ready to fling plasma at the enemy 


The Infernus squad step up to burn the heretic and Xenos!

Next is 2 squads of blade guard ready to hand out the emperors justice by blade



Now we have the line infantry for space marines. These 2 squads can be intercessors or a tactical squad. Holding objectives and laying down bolter fire.



 My heavy support units are my dreadnought and Storm Speeder Hammer Strike.



And that is my army comes in at just under 2200 points.  Can't wait to have a big game with them as I think they look really good and the yellow makes then stand out. 


Friday, 15 March 2024

The Road ahead 2024 (wow that sounds professional)

 Now I know it's March but I thought I would have a think about the year to come in model terms . I don't have any definite plans for the year when it comes to models due to growing space limitations but here's my thoughts anyway.

I have my 2 armies now, I never want to say I am done as there is always extra stuff I would like. 

Imperial Guard - I have plenty of points worth of guard so they are mostly fine in my eyes . It would have to be something very special to catch my eye. I am always looking at a Cavalry unit but that's a big chunk of space that will be taken up. I think realistically a few more artillery type tanks or chimera (another super heavy sounds fun but would never use them so a bit of a waste of money)would be possible . I really like my missile tank from Culverin models so another one of those would be good .


Space Marines - My Lion Warriors have a solid core of troops but I feel I do need some more melee units like assault intercessors and some more Heavy weapons. So this might be a focus on the coming months. 



No new armies I think (Don't want to tie myself down here ) for me in Bolt Action I quite fancy Americans but space is a premium so it would have to be a super elite force. So probably no new armies on the horizon. It will most likely me getting to grips with my British so I can actually play with them (see my previous post), maybe adding a few units here and there.

I'm going to stick konflikt 47 in with bolt action as it's short update. I am awaiting what Warlord plan on doing with Konflikt 47 before I do anything more with this game

Other games 

I'm determined to play my zombie game Last Days at some point this year. 


My friend wants me to show him Across the Dead Earth as well which will require some good remembering of the rules. 


 I have Xenos rampant and I still want to do the aliens Vs colonial marines 15mm game. 

I really got excited by the news of Legion Imperialis and then it was released set in the Horus heresy so none of the other races will be involved so my interest immediately dropped (I wanted a huge waaaargh!).

I really should play Fallout more but the rules are so much! Though Modiphus are releasing what appears to be a smaller simpler version of fallout set in Nuka world so this maybe simpler to play but alas to late I have invested in Fallout!

Fallout factions is the new game 

The rest of the games I can think of at this time, Victory at sea models wise I'm pretty much done with that have no real urge to upgrade my fleets so they can happily be played with . 


Rumble slam I'm ok with I may pick up a new wrestler here and there. I would like to play this more not sure of people remember the TCW? That would be cool but even little matches like that take ages to do for a blog post. 


 Gaslands I love and have plenty of vehicles for my only issue with it is, if you have say 3 players with 2 or 3 cars each the game takes ages! Probably could limit it down to 1 car for time purposes. 


Tanks Modern Age is now defunct so the models are in the loft but my kids liked that game so I'll keep it on standby by rainy days off school. 


Stargrave I really want to play this game but have no one to play it with at minute but I can make a crew as I only really need a captain and first mate and the odd character. My guard models would cover the soldiers. 

I still really want a space ship game. X wing won't cut it as I could never remember the best combo of cards to play with and that seemed to be where the game was going. Armada was awesome but expensive to get in. I really should have another look through my Billion suns rulebook.


That's about it at the moment I'm sure there is more .....there's al

ways more!



Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Wargaming and it's Frustrations

 


Have you ever felt an army just will never win for you even though it makes no sense as it's not just about an army it's how you use it. I love Bolt Action, the setting, the game rules and the models but man am I bad at it ... Well at least it feels like it. I don't think I have ever won though I could be wrong lol I did draw once . I just can't seem to get a grips with the Brits . I listen to plenty of podcasts so I know they win most tournaments with super meta lists but that is just not how I wanna play the game (I don't enter super competitive tournaments). So where do I go?


 1) Well the easy answer is keep trying and do some research into what units really help out Brits . Last night I tried Mauri soldiers instead of regulars and had the same problem (Now admittedly that was very likely down to my shocking dice rolls where for the first four turns I couldn't roll a 5 or 6 to save my life). The Mauris once in close combat did what they were designed to do and kicked butt but getting them there was my issue . 


2) I need to find and settle on a style of play. Do I use my British army or British Airborne ? Or maybe a combination of the both ?

The next game will defo try an airborne commando mix and see what happens.




3) learn all the rules and use them! I need to remember to use reserves and outflank. Last nights game the prep bombardment laid out pins on both our armies. If I had units in reserve they wouldn't have been effected. Outflank always seems a bit cheeky but it's perfectly acceptable I just have to remember to use it on my units that it's designed for. (Proper use for my SAS) . 


4) Going to research what units I am missing, do I need an artillery piece? Use my transports more? I need to start watching some battle reports. 


It's wierd how I don't have the same feeling s about my Imperial Guard and I lose all the time with them ! I guess maybe cos they are the 40ks whipping boys so it's expected much like halflings in Blood Bowl . 


In conclusion to my pointless waffle , don't give up keep and keep at it. Just got to find a build that works ! 

I have been pouring a lot of effort into 40k recently so I really should give some back to Bolt Action and quit moaning. Also if the dice gods could grant me some luck that would be great 👍

Monday, 4 March 2024

Incoming!!

 Another Lion Warrior addition!! My tank hunter has arrived , skimming low over the battlefield looking for any enemy armour is my Storm Speeder Hammer strike. 



It's another proxy from station forge. I do love the yellow but this vehicle does have a striking resemblance to Thunderbird 4!!!!! (Thanks Matt!!!!) But I shall embrace and hum the thunderbird theme while it's blowing stuff up!!!