More AoS sprue-doodles...

 Two of the other sprues I picked up in the small eBay lot were from one of the Warcry kits (pretty sure?).  I knocked them up into a few decent ruins.  I'll just have to ignore the sigmarines carved into each column.

 

 

AoS Terrain Sprues?

A week ago, I picked up a random smattering of terrain sprues from Age of Sigmar and...I think(?) Warcry.  These were on eBay for a "reasonable" price, and I snagged them in the hopes of bashing them into something useful.

 

This is the first two sprues.  I de-AoS'ed them significantly (leaving the Griff Hound statues off, showing them as destroyed instead, covering up AoS emblems with gravel, etc.).

 

I have four more different sprues remaining, and think I can make some decent terrain bits out of them.

 

 

State of the Chaos Dwarf Union, July, 2025.

A few pictures of the current status of the Chaos Dwarf force - now quickly exceeding my ability to capture it in a convenient picture.  At present this force is perhaps 75-80% complete.  I still have a sizable pile of stuff left to paint/add.

The Last of the Wolfriders

I finished (hopefully) the last six wolf riders for my Chaos Dwarf army.  I think I'm done with them, and can start tackling more proper Chaos Dwarfs.

 

These will be skirmishing archers, used to unlock additional deployment options for the army.

 

 

After 11 years of service...

I picked up my first neoprene battle mat back in 2014 or 2015 from Deepcut Studios.  It was their original 'Steppe' pattern and I used it endlessly in numerous games as my "go to" grass mat.

 

Today, while sorting mats, the edges are finally gone - having cracked and become tacky, and crumbly.  I debated giving it away or throwing it out, but then decided to actually cut it up into two small 28"x38" small mats for demo'ing games or small skirmish games.  Not even sure how often I'll use them, but better than throwing it out!

 

 

Night Goblins emerge to help the Chaos Dwarfs!

This past weekend we played game...seven(?) of our narrative campaign.  Here's the updated quick-fire story line:

 

The Dwarfs, having lost five of six games, have been on the backfoot.  While word has been sent to the main Dwarf force, the hermit wizard 'Mr. Crowley' has been leading a hit-and-run resistance against the Chaos Dwarf army as it marches toward the Border Princes region.  Crowley's force was driven off after a failed ambush on a Chaos Dwarf column (last game).

 

Word came to Mr. Crowley that the Chaos Dwarfs had been meeting with Night Goblins.  A truly troubling thing...

 

The Night Goblins had negotiated with the Chaos Dwarfs to show them a long-abandoned entrance to a Dwarf great hall.  The Chaos Dwarfs sent a force to the entrance to see if they could find a route through the dark to the Dwarf's home hall.

 

Crowley and his Dwarfs arrived just in time...planning to hold the bridge against the Chaos Dwarfs...

 

The game was a custom scenario.  The Dwarfs had to find crates of gunpowder, drag them to the bridge, while holding off a Chaos Dwarf force (attacking a doorway into the mountain).  Inside the abandoned Dwarf hall, Night Goblins and Sneaky Gitz would be emerging (from a random table) to attack the heroes and bridgehead.

 

Fortunately for my buddy he managed to sneak two crates onto the bridge at the very end, and triggered the explosives - destroying the bridge and preventing the Chaos Dwarfs from entering the hall.  Sadly Mr. Crowley was cut off and left inside the abandoned hall...

 

 

Battlegroup: Kursk (Soviets and Germans)

Just a few pictures of a Battlegroup game from this afternoon.  A 500 point game of Soviets vs. Germans with the Soviets stealing the win while being mauled by the Germans.  A lot of infantry casualties and a lot of mortar fire.

 

 

Some highlights from a game of Famine, Sword, & Fire.

 My buddies got together today for a rather large game of Famine, Sword, & Fire.  The greenskins finally defeated the Bretonnians.

 

 

More minis...and a game of FSF!

Finished up another four bases for the city watch (bringing the unit up to a normal eight-block).  Finished the first small unit of night goblin archers (they'll probably be expanded to eight-block later).  Also did some city watch champions/heroes, and a hero to inspire my mercenary artillery.

 

 

I also snapped some pictures of my last game of FSF with another local buddy.  Forgot to snap more.  It was a test for an "escape" scenario.  We called it at the end, as close to a tie, so we'll re-visit the win conditions, etc.

 

 

I paint at 0200 hours, like most people...

Around twelve hours ago I had 14 miniaturs primed.  I sat down to maybe paint two...then I started on the other 12, and then I kept going back to the painting desk until a few minutes ago I snapped pictures of two additional units for FSF.

 

Up first is a rather quick/lazy kitbash of a Goblin shaman, using some simple spearman pieces and some doo-dads.

 

 

Up next is a first detachment of City Watch or Town Guards.  This is from the new "Guards of Traitor's Toll" game, but I just bought the box of minis direct from Wargames Atlantic as I thought they'd be cool.  they're a very decent kit - lots of bits.  The box is 24 minis, so I'll have another detachment later (and they can be combined into a company of eight bases).

 

 

 

 

Famine, Sword, & Fire: Lady Azorius Rescued!

In game eight or nine(?) of my two buddies and their narrative campaign...Lady Azorius of Bretonnia finds herself pursued by the Undead, with mercenary forces rushing to her rescue.  In a very deadly, shooty, cagey, crazy game...the Bretonnian/Mercenary alliance managed to steal a 9-7 victory over the Undead.  Sadly I only took four pictures!  We were too involved in the gameplay...