Empire Project Update 004 at 6:57 AM

And so grows the Empire! My shipment of bases and my Bartertown trade arrived on Monday and were quickly forced into action. I was able to get all my plastic Spearmen based and in the movement tray(you may notice 3 old school Spearmen in the back there are 3 more where they came from. I also finished up a detachment of Handgunners and Swordsmen. Finally I made the decision to use my Templars as Greatswords I just removed their. Below are some new images of the growing army.

From WIP

From WIP

Currently on the workbench for this army I have a unit of fighters that will be made up of Griffin Purifiers and Duelists lead by Phidias. I also have come to the conclusion that I am just going to have to break down and buy a box of Flagellants and of course a Steam Tank, these GW models are just to good to pass up and their is not much in the Confrontation range that matches up well(the Sessair models I was going to use just don't have the same look and feel).

Empire Project Update 003 at 11:43 AM

Just a small update today, over the weekend my Warstore order of Rackham plastics arrived and withing a few minutes the miniatures have been liberated from the oversized packages, removed from the circular bases and in the case of the Knights of redemption attached to proper Warhammer fantasy bases. Today I am expecting a big shipment of bases as well as some items I recently traded for. Below are some WIP shots of the Knights, the images were taken with my phone so quality is a little suspect.

Before

From WIP

After

From WIP

Empire Project Update 002 at 10:59 AM

Work on the Empire continues, although at a very slow pace. On the positive side I am now up to 32 plastic griffin spearmen(and they are already painted to boot). Not much work to do on the spearmen just some minor gluing and modifying to get them to rank up properly. I will eventually prime and paint them however they are last on the list since they are already painted. I also worked on my griffin conscripts putting on there shields and fitting them into rank formation. That's about it for assembly I did put a bunch of stuff into the "simple green" to strip their paint and get them ready for inclusion in the army. Finally I ordered two spearmen attachment boxes and a Knight of Redemption attachment box from The Warstore.

Its kinda of weird but I am looking forward to Rackham plastics now... as easy editions to my Empire army. Now they need to get around to starting up the Dragon army so I can finish up my Cynwall-High Elf army.

Oh finally saw that my 20mm bases shipped should be here Saturday or Monday along with my stuff from The Warstore. I already have a sizable army for less than 100 dollars at the point.

Empire Project Update 001 at 12:49 PM

Progress continues on my little project. Over the weekend I re-based 17 plastic griffin spearmen along with a small unit of swordsmen and even some fusiliers. I also built Sered and plan to use him as a War Priest I also re-based Mira and plan to use her as a Captain of the Empire. I am currently waiting on some more figures to come in based on some trades as well as some more 20mm bases. I will need to do some assembly on my fighters as well as figure out some more equivalences Below are a couple images of my progress.

From New Images

From New Images

The Empire Project at 8:15 AM

Well its been a few weeks since my last post and I can say that those weeks have been pretty much crap. I haven't been able to get much gaming in due to a lot of family related stuff. I haven't even working on any models or anything. I did get the last bits of my order from Wyrd in finally so I guess that's a positive oh yea I also picked up another year in age as well but that's neither here nor there. Anyway after a lot of thought and some gentle prodding from a few friends I have finally decided to put all the metal that is just sitting in my closet to use and get back into Warhammer Fantasy Battles however I am going to be doing it without buying GW models hence my new project, that's the goal anyway. I am planning to take my Age of Ragnarok sized Griffon army and re-purpose them as and Empire army. I am also looking at doing a full Cynwall, High Elf army that is going to take a bit of work though. To do this I am planning on augmenting my exiting metals with the Age of Ragnarok plastics(repainted of course) I should be able to put together a fairly descent army. With that said I am still looking for metals so if any of my old Confrontation buddies(or friends of Confrontation Buddies) have any Griffon(plastics included),Lion(plastics included) or Cynwall collections(I am open to all conditions would prefer to see complete models paint conditions is irrelevant) they aren't using and wouldn't mind parting with for a modest amount please drop me and e-mail or Facebook message whatever. I am just tried of seeing these awesome models just sitting on the shelf.

Oh yea almost forgot. I am also looking for a Dwarven Chariot to convert into a Steam Tank...figures I would through that out there.

Gallery Updates and Blood Bowl! at 6:48 AM

I 'mmmmm baaaaaack! Well I never really left its just been a slow couple of weeks for gaming but I got some updates. First I was able to get some studio shots taken of my Malifaux miniatures and what is quickly becoming one of my favorite miniatures my Buccaneer. Special thanks to Totengräber for taking the time to take the pictures. In other news I have finally got some Blood Bowl in with my new Orc Team(soon to be named) and I can say it was a blast, not quite the same as playing online but I was able to see how the game worked pretty fast and implement strategies pretty quickly. Anyway that's all I got for today I am working on a custom pitch for my Orcs and should have a name for them soon. Check out those new images below and they have also been updated to the main gallery.

Malifaux,RPGs and Bloodbowl? at 7:13 AM

Forgive me blog sphere for it has been 23 days since my last post. Yup that's right been to busy to even blog! In the last three weeks have I got a ton of stuff done and have been playing a lot of Malifaux and DDO and I also have a new addiction that kinda counts as both a tabletop game and a video game. Now without further delay on with the blog!

Malifaux
The local group and I have gotten in a hand full of games and this game just keeps getting better. I think at this point we have the mechanics down and are starting to work more on the tactics of the game. I personally have also gotten all but on of my painted that's right folks that two crew starter boxes, 3 hoar cat groups and Hans. They are some of the best models I have ever painted. I have one more remaining and another starter box should be on the way now that Wyrd has models back in stock.

Elsewhere in Gaming
In between Malifaux games, reading and painting I have found time to play and work on some other games. A couple of weeks ago I was able to get a copy of the Cortex Rpg rules set. I can't say how much I love this concept even thought I have yet to run a game along with the Cortex book I picked up the Serenity RPG book which is what Cortex is based on and even named after(cortex is the computer network in the Firefly series). I am currently working on an adventure set in the Serenity universe I hope to run for a few friends.

And now on to the video game/tabletop game I mentioned in my introduction...well is none other than Blood Bowl.....the video game, or should I say and 3d virtual can of tabletop fantasy football whoop ass! This game has it all full classic Blood Bowl rules that play exactly like the tabletop game along with full league rules and you can even take all of this online and play with other from all over the world. The only draw back to this game at the moment is that they do not have all of the races but they do have a core of 8 that cover most of the popular races, but thats not to say that an update couldn't be made tomorrow to add a race or two as well as support for for LRB 6. Come on GW and Cyanide you know you want to.

Well that concludes my confession...I mean blog entry hopefully it won't be three weeks before my next entry. I doubt it will as I am hoping to have a little Games day at the house the 2nd week of October. Until next time, Oh and stay posted to the gallery I am going to try and get pictures of my Malifaux stuff online soon.