King in the North 2: Tyranids vs Daemons
Pootle here with a write-up of my second game at King in the North against a mixed Daemon list, led by a Bloodthirster.Full details of the list I took up to Element is on my last post (along with the...
View ArticleKill of the Hill: Night Goblins vs Wood Elves
The Old World beckons again!Wood Elves vs Night Goblins!This time, Stylus and I (Kraken) will be trying out the Lonely Tower scenario. Two armies, one statue - who will establish the right to carve...
View ArticleKing in the North 3: Tyranids vs Necrons
Pootle here with a write-up of my third game at King in the North against more Necrons.Full details of the list I took up to Element is on my earlier post (along with the write up of my first game),...
View ArticleLoose Morels
Hard post to write, this. I've painted some fantasy mushrooms, and I want to steer clear of all the obvious puns. It's more Dungeons and Lasers. What's left in the box is mostly outdoor-themed...
View ArticleBoar to be wild: Beastmen vs Dwarfs
The Beastmen have entered the fray!We're dragging a new supplicant to The Old World tonight: Warsmith Chris is working on a Beastmen Brayherd horde, and so I, Stylus, offered the use of my own army so...
View ArticleSwamped: Warriors of Chaos vs Warriors of Chaos
Civil war in the Old World? Surely not. Everybody there gets on so well together. I, Kraken, have about five thousand points worth of Warriors of Chaos in the cupboard, and they haven't seen the light...
View ArticleEXT: St. Oubliette-in-the-Marsh
The scratch build itch has hit me again. Some days it just grabs you, that fey mood when you have to build something out of scraps of card and lolly sticks. Last week, a loose set of plans coalesced...
View ArticleThree of Monsters
More of the excellent Dungeons and Lasers vintage!A trio from the 'outdoors monsters' box, a nice range of mid-level big baddies (50mm round bases) for an evening's adventuring. First up, the evil...
View ArticleElf Confidence: Wood Elves vs Dwarfs
This time, it's televised.A mere 30 years ago, I got my first Warhammer army in the hope of bringing it over to a friends' house to play a game...And in a salutary lesson to never give up your dreams,...
View ArticleTower Heist: Dwarfs vs Orcs & Goblins
Battle rages over a genuine artefact of the old times ... cardboard scenery from White Dwarf!We return to the Old World once again as Monkey casts away his successful run with the Dwarfs and takes up...
View ArticleWaaagh! Meet Again...
One thing about an Orc & Goblin army ... there's always more of them.Observant readers of the blog will notice that I've jumped back into The Old World with some alacrity, and in addition to...
View ArticleSuper Beast Friends!
Enter the Beastmasters!I won't keep harping on about how long some of my models have been waiting for paint - but these were last seen in the 1991 Citadel Catalogue.They're the Wood Elf Beastmasters...
View ArticleA Few Good Mantis: Mantis Warriors vs Tyranids
Time, at last, to catch up with my long-suffering Mantis Warrior, Captain Nampo. Will he finally get his warriors back from the traitor who stole them?Captain Nampo leaned into his bike as it roared...
View ArticleFist and Furious: Death Guard vs Imperial Fists
Answering a distress call broadcast in an old Ultramarines code, a detachment of Imperial Fists have landed on Bagot Prime for the first time, but they've been ambushed by my Death Guard warband, The...
View ArticleLord of Magvirulence
A very quick project to create my own Lord of Virulence.The (no longer) new Lord of Virulence is a potentially fun option to have for my Death Guard so I decided to cut up my existing Chaos Lord to...
View ArticleMenhir A True Word: Beastmen vs Wood Elves
This forest ain't big enough for the both of us.It's a clash of the wild places! Red in tooth and claw vs green in leaf and thorn as the Beastmen fight the Wood Elves for possession of a...
View ArticleEXT: Granny's Garden
The Verger's Cottage is finally done.Took a bit - I've just started a new job and have been working pretty much flat out lately. Eight o' clock bedtimes don't leave much time for hobbying! This is a...
View ArticleWoodland Pals
There's not masses left of the DnL stockpile here. Enough to keep me going at my present rate, though - I've slowed right down lately (new job). First off, here's a trio of horse people. ShamanHorse...
View ArticleExtra Vert: Orcs & Goblins vs Bretonnia
Alors! Ce sont des petits lutins verts...Another battle report from Old World Swindon - this time my Orc & Goblin antiques face the freshly-painted Bretonnians of Sultan.The Lance of Duc...
View ArticleChaos Brawl Stars: Chaos vs Chaos
Kas hadn't tried The Old World yet!In some ways, I can't blame him. His armies are Vampire Counts, Ogre Kingdoms, High Elves and Dark Elves. As he pointed out himself, the new edition did feel akin to...
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