Warhammer Forge - New Models

Spotted at Games Day France were new Goblins.......

And some intriguing models in the background and truncated at the side.

I quite like the Armoured Squig (Mangler proxy for me) and the Banner Bearer.

There were also new Dwarfs...but as expected these were quite dull. I'll put in a picture of the Trollslayer just to show I'm not Dwarfist (even though I obviously am).

Only small though - like the readership interested in such stuff.

What The @#$% Was That? - Standing In Front Of A Steamroller

On Saturday I had a great game of Warhammer with Mike King. Recently back from the USA, he was trying his Skitterleap list that was the result of Theoryhammer rather than road trial.


Bloodthirster
Tzeentch Herald (Life)
3x 28 Bloodletters, each with Herald
4 Flamers

So about as subtle as a knee to the groin. From an opposition viewpoint, I imagined it would be like trying to catch an anvil dropped from a plane.

I used the Night Goblins (plus two Orcs) but I replaced the Spider with a Pump Wagon, a Rock Lobber, three single Trolls and a Wolf Chariot. So how did it go?

Early on I realised that the Life Herald had to die…..fast. He was parked in with the Flamers but the concern was that any wounds dealt to the BT would be “Regrown” back. I managed to kill him with a couple of Doom Diver shots which meant he didn’t get to see the end of Turn One. Unfortunately this meant that I couldn’t direct those shoots onto the BT so I took the next best option (IMO) and charged him with a Squig Herd. These, coupled with 3 Fanatics through him, managed to get him down to a single wound before they exploded.

On the one flank I engineered a multiple charge of dual pump wagons and goblin chariot into a Bloodletter block that had stepped on the Mangler. Unfortunately for me this only resulted in four wounds from the impacts…I had worked out that I should have got about 10 kills. These guys were able to regroup and took out my warmachines later in the game. The other flank saw another Boodletter unit walk onto 3 Fanatics taking 17 hits. They ended up taking around 10 wounds leaving them a little depleted. When they later charged through a fanatic to contact my second Squig Herd they had insufficient strength and over two rounds of combat fell to the herd.

However the key combat was in the centre. Here the BT charged my character bunker first killing the champ and then the BSB. He was joined by third Bloodletter block who were challenged out by the BO Warboss. In the ongoing combat the Warboss survived unscathed versus the Herald doing one wound in return. I lost the combat due to damage on the unit from the BT and hat to make a Ld 9 test. I failed and ran taking my army with me.

In retrospect I should have thrown my Level 4 Shaman under the bus (BT) before the BSB with Standard of Discipline. That would have bought me one more turn. It wasn’t helped by two Fanatics doing a total of 2 hits on the BT as they went through him while he was fighting. Neither could get that elusive last wound.

Mike managed to kill all but 100 points of my army while I picked up just over 1100 points of his. Although this doesn’t look close on paper it came down to a few critical rolls and a poor decision by me. His army is a steamroller and I was reasonably happy that the tactics I employed were geared to a win on another day. Certainly was a fun contest.

The Weekend's Gaming

Yesterday Ryan and Joel came over for a couple of games with Tom and myself. Those three were giving their Skitterleap armies a run while I was continuing in my quest for world domination with my Two Orcs & Night Goblin army.

General Advance of the Vamps Towards The Goblin Lines

My first game against Ryan was a close fought affair ending up pretty much a 10-10 draw. There were limited models left on the VC side but they represented a lot of points – Characters plus Terrorghiest. I missed out on Foot of Gork so that took a major tool out of my armoury but was able to whittle down the Black Knight bus with a mix of Fanatics and Squigs. The early part of the game was characterised by wayward Doom Divers that failed to hit anything for first three turns. In the end it was a really hard fought game and draw was fair result.

Sucks To Be Dire Wolves

The second game was against Joel’s Empire. When I checked this list for Skitterleap I thought it was an excellent list so was very interested to play against it. I lost Foot of Gork early as my Level 4 became a Level 2 but it did enough damage to the Demigryphs to take them out of play. These were finished off by Fanatics that were released in front of my line. In the end we finished up with a big battle in the middle where Steam Tank and Knight Bus worked their way through NG block. This allowed Squigs to get in flank and kill BSB. I suspect it was 13-7 or 12-8 to me when we finished.

Joel’s army wasn’t quite as good as I thought it was. I’m not sure the Stank adds much and it would benefit from another unit of Demigryphs or more knight units instead.

The Spider Earns 40 Points Before The Terrorghiest Lurking Behind Clears Its Throat

Both games confirmed to me what I knew at the outset. The Big Spider is an over pointed piece of poo. There are far better way to spend 290 points in the army and I’ll be looking to drop it in future. I’ll replace it with another Pump Wagon, a lobber, Chariots and some wolves, I think.

Hattip: Stole the photos off Ryan's blog

Never Let the Squigs Off the Leash in a Building

James and I had a game on Saturday afternoon - my Two Orcs & Many Goblins versus his Book of Hoeth High Elves. We played "Watchtower" and James was the incumbent.

At the outset I need to say that my 5 Night Goblin units that needed to make Animosity checks never made one check all afternoon. Both of us forgot I had to roll them. My fault [Cheater] - and I am making a big sign to remind me that I need to make them.

The most stunning part of this game was when my Squig Herd destroyed a unit of High Elf archers to take the Tower. In response James charged the Tower with a horde of White Lions that I had cast "Gork Will Fix It" on. When we chose the assault party - I selected the nine remaining NG Herders and a Squig. James killed the Herders and the Squig but it gave me 20 WS4 Str 5 attacks back. I rolled up - 16/20 hits and killed 14 of the White Lions, winning the combat.

However with the Herders now gone the Squigs exploded doing D6 Str 6 hits to all units within 11". This cleaned out a lot of my now loose Fanatics plus a significant number of additional elves!

Bad Moon Rising!!!!

So I have put together my list for the Night Goblins tomorrow:

Black Orc Warboss (General) - and Shaman's Minder!!!!!
Level 4 NG Great Shaman

NG Big Boss BSB
NG Shaman

49 Night Goblins - Full Command, Nets, 2x Fanatics
49 Night Goblins - Full Command, Nets, 2x Fanatics
20 Night Goblins - Muso, Bow, 1x Fanatic
20 Night Goblins - Muso, Bow, 1x Fanatic
20 Night Goblins - Muso, Bow, 1x Fanatic

Squig Herd - 18 Squigs, 12 Handlers
Squig Herd - 18 Squigs, 12 Handlers

Doom Diver
Doom Diver
Mangler Squig
Pump Wagon
Anarkarok Spider

I am going to get slaughtered but they should be fun.

Armies on parade will be 2x Dark Elves, High Elves, Daemons, Warriors, Beasts, Lizards and one unknown (Peter W)

A Foray into Night Goblins

With my finger broken on my right hand, my ability to paint models is curtailed somewhat. After a visit to the doctor then hand specialist on Friday, the hand is now in a splint to restrict its movement.


However not wanting to “waste” the weekend I got out Jack’s Night Goblin army and magnetically based them. This involved filling all the bases (GW plastics) with Polyfilla, cutting up magnetic sheeting, gluing this to the now filled bases and re-painting the edges black. I also ordered new movement trays for the whole army.

The new movement trays are from Sarissa Precision, a UK firm. James had some for his High Elves and they looked really nice with a solid 4-5mm lip. I clicked onto their website and was surprised how cheap they were – generally, and compared to their competitors. Worldwide postage is GBP2.50 and orders over GBP 50.00 are free. The other surprise was just how good their website was to use. Hopefully they will arrive in the next fortnight and I can finish the job.

Looking at what figures Jack had available here is the 2400 point army I am looking to use:

Black Orc Warboss
Level 4 Night Goblin Shaman

Night Goblin Big Boss BSB
Night Goblin Level 2 Shaman

50 Night Goblins – FC, Nets, 2x Fanatics
50 Night Goblins – FC, Nets, 2x Fanatics
20 Night Goblins – Short Bow, Muso, 2x Fanatics
5 Spider Riders – Muso, Short Bow
5 Spider Riders – Muso, Short Bow

Squig Herd – 18 Squigs, 12 Herders
Squig Herd – 18 Squigs, 12 Herders

Mangler Squig
Snotling Pump Wagon
Rock Lobba
Doom Diver
Anakarok Spider

To me it looks small. However it should be fun. Expect it will be out on table once trays arrive.

Thoughts?