Weekend Hobby Update

Work progresses on a number of fronts at present.

Firstly, I have started painting my THM Volcanic terrain. The lava has received a base coat - Averland Sunset over two coats of Vallejo Grey Primer (brushed) over Army Painter Black (spray). And the rock is on its third colour over a black spray base. I'm hoping to finish the rock this week to allow me to spray the lava on the weekend.

Secondly, having finished all my Herd basing, today I got 10 Mierce Taurox that I am using as Guardian Brutes. Originally I was going to put five on the base but I may have to reconsider that as they are large figures. I'm hoping I'll get them based this week.

Finally, I have been undertaking "The Great Leap Forward". This is a rationalisation/organisation of all my hobby terrain. It involves new garage storage but also determining what to keep and what to get rid of. As a result I have a large pile of (mainly) 40k terrain I'm going to sell - craters, fliers, urban buildings, jungle terrain, 40k ruins, basecloths, mdf buildings etc. I'll take it along to Maelstrom (next 40k event locally) but if any locals want to come and rake it over first then let me know. I also have about 5-6 6'x4' mdf tabletops if anyone needs a board.

Kickstarter - THM "Volcanic"

Lasted year I supported the first Kickstarter by THM where they produced a series of resin terrain pieces for Wargaming.

That was their first venture and it delivered on time - the only hiccup being the delayed delivery by Canada Post (never get anything sent surface to NZ - it took 10+ weeks). However when the package arrived the pieces were fantastic, painted up well and looked great on the table.

In mid-April they launched their second Kickstaeter with the "Volcanic" theme. Again this was successfully funded and given the quality of their first KS, I enthusiastically supported it, being one of their "Early Backers". This meant that delivery was scheduled for August 2016.

I paid the extra postage to have my package sent airmail and it arrived yesterday.

The piece in the top left is the Dark Altar and is 11" across. In the picture below you can see how crisp the detail is.

There was only a minimal amount of flash and that was only on a few pieces. It was restricted to the very edges and so was an easy clean up - 20 minutes for the whole lot using the GW Finecast Scraper.

I have a mix of lava pools, craters, fences and stalagmites to round out the table I plan.

All the pieces have now been washed to remove and release agent residue and this weekend I'm looking forward to painting them up.

THM are really the poster boys for a successful Kickstarter. They produce a great product, on time with realistic stretch goals. I'd have no hesitation supporting their future ventures or adding to my collection from their retail webstore.

You can check that out at THMiniatures.com

 

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Terrain - Merchant's Townhouse

With me having free time in the evening - due to getting through household duties during the day - I'm finally getting a number of projects finished.

Over the weekend I was bugging Sam as I've finished basing all The Herd I've got back and was told that good things take time. So out came some terrain I had partly based and I've moved onto that.

The first of these is the Merchant's Townhouse from Tabletop World. Regular readers will know that I have a lot of these pieces and that I love working with them. I use them as gaming pieces and they are ideal for KoW.

The house has been mounted on mdf, fenced and landscaped.

The walls at the front were printed on my 3-D printer.

The fences are by Renadra while the trees are old ones from Citadel.

Base measures 8" square which is great for some Height 4 impassable terrain.

 

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Australian KOW Rankings Launched

Over the past few weeks I've been working with a group of Australian TOs to get an Australian KOW rankings system established.

That is now up and running (thanks to the efforts of Jack to create the interface).

The three countries now using the FOB rankings methodology for KOW are now all grouped on this site under a single button. This is still listed as UK KOW Rankings (below the main banner) but in fact it has widened its scope and will be amended in the next few days.

As always the rankings have an opt-out option and for the UK you just need to advise Darren Parkes, for Australia Nick Legrand and NZ myself.

Over time - with more events - it will be possible to track how different armies are doing in different countries (though of course the sample size is statistically insignificant).

Warlords Super Series "Spring" KOW Tournament

As foreshadowed earlier in the week, the final Warlords Super Series KOW tournament "Spring" has been brought forward to 17th September.

The Players Pack for the event can be found here

Event registrations will be tracked and can be accessed by clicking on the button below the banner.

Kings of War Historical out in September

I've been waiting for this all year - KOW Historical. And it is out in September!

These are full rules and 30+ army lists for Ancient/Medieval wargaming. I love the KOW mechanics so I've no doubt that the rules will work for Ancients making a fun and enjoyable game.

Mighty Ape will have them....and they will be available digitally.

Paint Pot - iPhone App

While looking through the Apple App Store this morning I found this really useful little app - Paint Pot.

Effectively it is a database of hobby paints which can be used to create lists from. It covers all the major paint manufacturers - Citadel, Vallejo, Privateer Press etc - and appears to be up to date and current.

I was looking at it to create a shopping list so that I can know what paints I need to buy when I go to the hobby shop or make an Internet order.

However you can also use it as a record of colours you used on specific models or armies. This is illustrated in the next screenshot.

You can create a paint log for the model including a breakdown of specific mixes.

And best of all - it is free!

 

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Fields of Blood Event Calendar Updated

I've updated the FOB Event Calendar for Kings of War and Ninth Age events that I have been advised are coming up.

Crack's Call in Masterton has its registrations closing soon so download the Players Pack and send Neil a registration.

The next Warlords Super Series was down for 29 October but I've checked and there is no Warlords meeting that day so I'll need to reschedule. With October filling up I may look at 17 September as the month is free.

Tournament Result - Kings of Shore

Last weekend Rob Sadler ran a one day KoW event in Auckland. It was three rounds at 2000 points. Here are the results:

The tie breaker was Attrition.

The results will be uploaded to the Rankings this week.

Great to see another event in Auckland.

LOVE Multibasing - Tribal Warriors/Hunters

Following on from yesterday Stampede post, here are my Tribal Warriors/Hunters.

These are Troop sized units using OOP metal Ungors with current edition plastic shields. Again they are painted by Sam (well 20 of them are - the other four I had to do to meet MMC) and based by me.

I've used a broken ground theme for the basing.

They can be grouped together for row Regiments.

Or for one Horde.

Next to base are two Infantry characters.

 

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