Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

Introduction I finally got the time I needed to set up and play my first game of the year.  As I'd been working on them for what seemed like forever I took the recently finished Victrix late-Romans and Germanics to the field.  I didn't have a rules set in mind when I started this collection, but I decided to use Warlords of Erehwon as I'm familiar with it. Set up I played the basic Upon the Field of Battle scenario from the WoE rulebook.  Each side was around 450 points.  I based the forces on the WoE Roman and Barbarian lists available from Rick Priestley's website  and took guidance from the Warhammer Ancient Battles Fall of the West supplement to give a flavour of this later period.  I calculated the points using the Points Values file also from the site.  The force lists are  here .  I used my usual trick to help randomise the game by numbering each unit and each order dice.  I use this to randomly deploy the units, as an ...

A busy and successful hobby month, consequently this is quite a long update.  I got some units finished, played a couple of games and even got some terrain work done.   Completed This month I've completed the following:   A regiment of 10mm Hobgoblins for my Chaos Dwarf army.  You can see them here . A regiment of 10mm Ogre Leadbelchers for my Ogre Kingdoms army which you can see here .   I did some work on making my terrain more usable specifically for a game of Burrows & Badgers.  I made some veg beds out of old credit cards and based all my Renendra wattle fencing.  I'll try and do a post when time permits.  In progress The following are on the table as February draws to a close: A regiment of 36 10mm Gnoblars for my Ogre Kingdoms Warmaster Revolution army.  I've just got the details to do on these and they'll be finished early in March.   I cleaned up and primed my last unit of 10mm Chaos Dwarf Axemen and a un...

Introduction Since the semi-finals took place ( here and here ), I've been trying to get a long enough time slot to play the Goria final.  This weekend I finally got that chance.  The big match was between the Fir Bolg (Undead) who had previously trounced the Formorians (Orcs and Goblins), and the Sidhe (Elves) who beat the Gaels (Humans).  I used the same selections as I did for the previous games with the exception of adding a Cyclops to the Fir Bolg force to bring the points up to the Sidhe level of about 800 points.  You can see the lists  here .  Set up To help randomise the game I number each unit and each order dice.  Then when I draw the order dice I play the appropriately numbered unit.  I also use this to randomly deploy the units, avoiding unconsciously matching up units during set up.  As an order dice is picked from the bag I deploy the unit working from top to bottom of the table/mat.  Starting point (Sidhe at top) Turn 1 T...

I was having quite a productive week hobby wise until an unexpected and unwelcome visit from Covid scuppered things.  I’m amazed I’ve got away with it this long really and grateful I'd had all my vaccinations,  because I wouldn't want to feel any worse than I did during the latter part of the week.  Gaming I posted the AAR for the Warlords of Erehwon game I played at the tail end of last week. This was the second Celtos semi-final between the undead Fir Bolg orc Formorians for the right to play the elven Sidhe in the final.  You can see what happened here .  Painting/modelling   I've nearly finished painting the first two 10mm Chaos Dwarf regiments for Warmaster Revolution. If it wasn’t for that pesky Covid I reckon I’d have finished them. As I was focusing on the Chaos Dwarfs I've only done a tiny bit more of the Butler's Printed Models 1/76th Stug 111G.   I've been improving the storage for my Celtos figures.  As I mentioned last week ...

Introduction Since my first game ( AAR here ) I've been itching to get back to Goria.  This time I played with the Fir Bolg and Formorians from my collection.  I used selections from the Orc and Goblin lists from The Warlords of Eherwon book for the Formorians, and the Undead for the Fir Bolg.  I had to do a bit of work to convert the Celtos Flesh Eaters but otherwise I used the troops straight from the WoE book.  I've put the lists here for those interested. Set up I had already assigned a number 1-6 for each unit of each faction and marked each command dice appropriately to help randomise activation and I extended this idea to deploy the units randomly.  I rolled a D6 to place each unit on the table working top to bottom.  This helped avoid me unconsciously matching up units as I deployed them, something that can happen with solo games.  Starting positions Fir Bolg to the left. Turn 1 As expected the first turn was all about movement with some except...

Overall a good week hobby wise.  Gaming I managed to fit in another Warlords of Erehwon game using more of my Celtos collection, this time the undead masses of the Fir Bolg and the unwashed orc and goblin hordes of the Formorians.  The AAR will be posted next week.  Painting/modelling   I've been progressing with the first two 10mm Chaos Dwarf regiments for Warmaster Revolution.  My 10mm technique is evolving and I'm enjoying painting up the little chaps, of which I've got 60 on the go at the moment.  I've done a bit more of the Butler's Printed Models 1/76th Stug 111G.   Research & Reading I've finally finished Pax Romana by Adrian Goldsworthy.  A really great read, it's a very accessible work from an academic and whets the appetite to learn more.  I worked on the army lists for Fir Bolg (Undead) and Formorians (Orcs, Goblins and Beastmen) for Warlords of Goria ready for the game I played.  Having bought 300 or so 10mm fig...