I finally finished lots of figures this week. Namely, from Pulp City: Six Feet Under, Mourn, Red Riding Hoodoo and Solar. This brings my “need to paint before Gen Con” list up to 50% done. Since I had the camera and lights out, I decided to take pics of some old Confrontation stuff, some WIP Space Marines and Lizardmen, and an almost-finished Apebot (just the base left!) that I started work on today.
Go check out the Gallery here.
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At our local store, Games To Die For, one of the players is running a Warhammer Fantasy campaign. I didn’t get to play in the opening mega-battle, but I was able to get a game in with a gentleman named Bill. We met up yesterday at the store at around 6pm and got started soon after that. We were told by Aaron, the guy running the campaign to place an objective on the board worth 200 points to the player who controlled it at the end of the game.
Here is the list I played:
Bill’s list went something like this:
This game actually went pretty quick based on my experiences with Warhammer in the past. First turn, we both inched forward trying to stay out of charge range of the enemy except for the Skinks who moved in and took shots at the Flesh Hounds, doing no wounds. The Screamers moved to my left flank, the Flesh Hounds moved somewhat toward my right.
Second turn, the Screamers passed over the Kroxigors and one unit of Saurus causing me to lose one Saurus and one Kroxigor ending up behind both units. The Flesh Hounds charged the Skinks who killed one of them by standing and shooting. They subsequently lost combat, ran and were destroyed by the Flesh Hounds. His Bloodcrushers moved down to my left flank.
Third turn, We both inched forward some more and I lost more Saurus and got some wounds on the Kroxigors thanks to the Screamers. I turned the Kroxigors to help out the unit of Saurus on my right.
Fourth turn, his Bloodcrushers and a unit of Bloodletters charged my Scar Vet and Saurus unit. The other unit of Bloodletters charged the other Saurus unit. The Champion and his unit were decimated while the other Saurus unit destroyed a number of Bloodletters in Bill’s turn and then finished them off with the help of the Kroxigor on mine.
Fifth turn, Screamers killed more Saurus and wounded more Kroxigors, leaving me one. In my turn, the Screamers were charged by the remaining Saurus and destroyed.
Sixth turn, the last Kroxigor finally died in combat with Bloodletters and the Saurus fled from charges to the rear from Flesh Hounds and Bloodcrushers.
We called the game at that point giving Bill a victory.
In hindsight, I should have taken more Skinks to be able to shoot at the infantry units and reduced the number of Saurus just a bit. 1,000 points is difficult to build an army in sometimes and I never really like tailoring an army to my opponent.
All in all, a really fun game.
Rumour has it that the Lizardmen will be getting a new army book and models come February 2009. Man, I can’t wait!! I loves me some Lizardmen. Here are some preview pics I found while scouring the ‘Net.
New Stegadon - Closeup
New Stegadon
The new Stegadon looks pretty sweet if you ask me, even though it looks a little exaggerated. Supposedly, he’ll be modular such that he can be used as a regular Stegadon, an Engine of the Gods (from the Lustria book) and as a character mount for a few different kinds of characters. The supposed retail price will be $40. I’ll likely end up with a couple.
Temple Guard
Terradon and Kroxigor
I’ve never personally used either of these in any of my Lizardmen lists, but the lure of plastic Temple Guard just might pull me in. I think I’ll stick with my old 6th edition Kroxigor. The new Terradons don’t look too bad, though the buck teeth are a little weird. Too bad they don’t look more like Pteradactyls.
Supposedly, the cost of Saurus is going down by a point or two, which a lot of people like. I always felt like they were the heart of the army and have never played a list without them. There’ll be some new models called Razordons, which people are speculating will be kinda liks Salamanders. We also expect to see a nerfing of the Salamanders as well. Some new characters are coming out, one of which is named Thictac’to. The silly names are a little off-putting, but it seems like something they trow in every once in a while for kicks.
I’m definitely looking forward to February and I expect to be working more on the Lizardmen in the near future. I gotta get me a Slann to go with those spiffy TG and some Salamanders so I can complain when they get nerfed.
