Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

Introduction  After last month's test game, I sat down and read the rules more closely and then gave my Chaos Dwarf and Ogre Kingdoms armies another outing.  I used the previous edition of the rules (version 1.2) and army lists (version 1.22) purely as I had these printed.  I'm not sure what the differences are in the newer version.  All of the rules and army lists can be downloaded for free at  https://www.wm-revolution.com/articles/download.html Set up Each army was just under 1000 pts.   The lists are here . Starting positions, Chaos Dwarfs at the top Turn 1 The Ogres gain initiative but it doesn’t do them much good as Tyrant MountainGut fails his first Command roll and that ends the turn for the Ogres. Flametache, the Chaos Dwarf general does better and sends his Hobgoblin Wolf Riders off to reconnoitre the battlefield.  His next order moves a mixed brigade of Axemen and Blunderbusses forward.  And that’s where the dice fail him and the m...

I finally got the time to take a few photos of my Chaos Dwarf Army for Warmaster Revolution that I finished last month.   They're quite a colourful bunch and I'm happy with how they look en masse.  There's about 1000 points worth here, or it was to the previous edition of Warmaster Revolution.  There's recently been a new version which I've yet to really look at, but I hope they haven't fiddled about with the points too much. I now need to study the rules and get on with sorting out a game against the Ogres that I was working on at the same time.

April's been a bit of an odd month hobby wise.  I started off very focused and finished off the last few 10mm Warmaster Revolution units early in the month.  I then lost all motivation for about a week with nothing in my hobby stash interesting me enough to work on.  Reading The Centurions started getting me back on track.  Then after prevaricating until 1030 on the day, I made up my mind and went to Salute 50 and had a cracking time which has filled me with enthusiasm as well as filling my hobby stash. Completed This month all of my figure painting has been finishing off the last elements for my 10mm Warmaster Revolution armies.  I've completed the following:   The Chaos Dwarf General. And then for the Ogre Kingdoms: A unit of 6 Ogre Rhinox Riders.    A slave giant. The Ogre Tyrant to lead my Ogre Kingdoms army. In progress The following are in progress: 1/72nd H-21 and H-34 helicopters for the Algerian War project.  These are Pia...

I finished off the 10mm Warmaster Revolution project by painting the Chaos Dwarf General and Ogre Kingdoms Tyrant.  The Chaos Dwarf General came moulded on quite a nice scenic base, which set the miniature off well.   The figure itself was easy to paint being very simple with not too much on him really. All axe and hat! The Ogre Kingdoms Tyrant is a hulking great brute as would be expected.  Really lovely figure to paint full of detail. The original that MGS Miniatures provided in the order last year had the haft of the axe missing, I suppose it's what they called a failed print.  I contacted MGS and then had to chase them, but they did get round to sending me the replacement so I was able to finish the army.  That's the 10mm Warmaster Revolution project finished for the time being.  I'll do some photos of each army next and post them.

It's been another busy hobby month, so it's another long update.  I finished a number of units, made some terrain and got a game in.   Completed This month I have mainly been working on Warmaster Revolution.  I've set myself the target of completing both the 10mm Chaos Dwarf and Ogre Kingdoms armies before Salute in April.  I've been cracking on with these and have completed the following:   A regiment of Gnoblars for the Ogre Kingdoms army.  The third and final regiment of Chaos Dwarf Axemen .    A regiment of Hobgoblin Wolf riders . A regiment of Bull Centaurs . A pair of Hobgoblin Bolt Throwers . I also threw together a few more scatter pieces for  Mediterranean/Algeria games.  Dead simple to make, I already had the bases cut out from when I made the first batch , I just collected a few more stones from a car park on a day out.  These will also do well for a Post-Apocalyptic wasteland project I'm starting on....

The last unit for the 10mm Warmaster Revolution Chaos Dwarf army is a pair of Hobgoblin Bolt throwers.  I can only take one of these for a 1,000pt army, but they came as a pair in the army deal I got from  MGS Miniatures  so I did them both.  These were really nice little models as all of them have been.    I used the same colour palette as I did for the Hobgoblin infantry  and cavalry which sped the whole thing up.  I spent more time doing the bolt throwers than the crewmen.