Sunday, February 21, 2010
Painting some Malifaux
Here is Seamus, Im not 100% sure i like the way he looks, but I doubt I'll change him at this point. I was going to go with a more complex base scheme, but glues him in and couldn't get him out with out bending his legs too much so i just went with Sand. Still using my crappy phone camera, i tried to use Ellen's camera but it wouldn't focus.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Malifaux Battle Report
In my most recent game against ryan, we both tried to play something outside the battle-box level for the first time. I actually took the time and effort to create a list, he did to a lesser extent.
List of the Good Guys
Seamus, Sybille, 2x Rotten bells, 2x Necro-Punks, 1 Convict Gunslinger, 6 Soul Stones
List of the Jerk Bags.. Err Guild
Lady Justice, 3x Death Marshals, The Judge, Scales of Justice, The Executioner, 6 Soul Stones
So we drew our random strategies, I got Assassinate and he got Treasure Hunt.
I started with my standard tactice for Seamus, pull on guy way out of position and shoot him in the face until he's really really dead. But I was out of range with Seamus and couldn't shoot him. We traded blows for the most part I killed a marshal he killed a bell. I shot the Judge full bore with the Convict and did horrible damage, even when I hit with the red joker he flipped a King to keep my damage small. His third turn is when things went really south for me. Lady Justice popped her all undead take 3 damage, dropping both punks to 1 wound. The executioner killed the Convict Gun Slinger, a Marshal and the judge finished off the Punks, and he killed my last bell. My respite came when Seamus and Sybelle killed the Executioner. Seamus also raised a corpse counter into a new bell. So it was Lady J at full, a Marshal at 4 wounds, and the Judge at 1. vs Sybelle at 4(soon to be 5) Seamus at full and a Bell at Full. Lady J charged into Seamus and we went to town on each other! Using every soul stone we had we went back and forth until in the End Seamus had 1 wound, thanks to Hard to Kill, and Lady J had 2. we each had 0 Soul Stoned. The last Marshal walked over to Seamus and took a swipe at him killing the big guy off. I swing full bore at Justice with my last bell and Sybelle but to no avail. On the Final turn with the last 4 models on the table in the center engaged in a huge melee he won Initiative and Justice went to work. She hacked the first bell in half in two swings but was stuck down by the Parasol as the Slow to Die hooker stayed around for one last swing. Sybelle then whipped the poor Marshal into the ground with her riding Crop and stood supreme.
It was a very hard fought game, Lady Justice is a pain in the ass when playing Undead. Seamus I think has enough tricks up his sleeve that he can stay around and hang with her for the most part. My biggest error this game was moving Seamus up too far too early. It locked him into Melee with the Judge very quickly and kept his .50 Flintlock out of the game. I did force Ryan to Discard 2 soul stone with a throat slit to lady J, that was pretty cool.
tonight my models arrive, So i will have to chose between assembly and priming them or playing NBA 2k10, which is frustrating me, but in a way that I feel like I have to keep playing so i can win. especially since my team is amazing.
List of the Good Guys
Seamus, Sybille, 2x Rotten bells, 2x Necro-Punks, 1 Convict Gunslinger, 6 Soul Stones
List of the Jerk Bags.. Err Guild
Lady Justice, 3x Death Marshals, The Judge, Scales of Justice, The Executioner, 6 Soul Stones
So we drew our random strategies, I got Assassinate and he got Treasure Hunt.
I started with my standard tactice for Seamus, pull on guy way out of position and shoot him in the face until he's really really dead. But I was out of range with Seamus and couldn't shoot him. We traded blows for the most part I killed a marshal he killed a bell. I shot the Judge full bore with the Convict and did horrible damage, even when I hit with the red joker he flipped a King to keep my damage small. His third turn is when things went really south for me. Lady Justice popped her all undead take 3 damage, dropping both punks to 1 wound. The executioner killed the Convict Gun Slinger, a Marshal and the judge finished off the Punks, and he killed my last bell. My respite came when Seamus and Sybelle killed the Executioner. Seamus also raised a corpse counter into a new bell. So it was Lady J at full, a Marshal at 4 wounds, and the Judge at 1. vs Sybelle at 4(soon to be 5) Seamus at full and a Bell at Full. Lady J charged into Seamus and we went to town on each other! Using every soul stone we had we went back and forth until in the End Seamus had 1 wound, thanks to Hard to Kill, and Lady J had 2. we each had 0 Soul Stoned. The last Marshal walked over to Seamus and took a swipe at him killing the big guy off. I swing full bore at Justice with my last bell and Sybelle but to no avail. On the Final turn with the last 4 models on the table in the center engaged in a huge melee he won Initiative and Justice went to work. She hacked the first bell in half in two swings but was stuck down by the Parasol as the Slow to Die hooker stayed around for one last swing. Sybelle then whipped the poor Marshal into the ground with her riding Crop and stood supreme.
It was a very hard fought game, Lady Justice is a pain in the ass when playing Undead. Seamus I think has enough tricks up his sleeve that he can stay around and hang with her for the most part. My biggest error this game was moving Seamus up too far too early. It locked him into Melee with the Judge very quickly and kept his .50 Flintlock out of the game. I did force Ryan to Discard 2 soul stone with a throat slit to lady J, that was pretty cool.
tonight my models arrive, So i will have to chose between assembly and priming them or playing NBA 2k10, which is frustrating me, but in a way that I feel like I have to keep playing so i can win. especially since my team is amazing.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Malifaux + a little FSA
I have taken the plunge into the world of Malifaux as i was fairly certain I would. The game is very rich in its fluff, strategies, and subtle nuances. I picked up Seamus the Mad-Hatter, the very model that interested me in this game in the first place, being a huge Alice in wonderland fan. His gang of undead hookers, which includes 3 bells and Madame Sybille, the character hooker. I ordered a box of the Necro punks, I just think they look cool, little half mechanical half undead constructs with wicked claws. The grave spirit, whose model i just don't much care for, but his rules are very solid and he's only 1 point. The Hanged, who i haven't tried yet but just came out this week, I hear they are a great addition to Seamus at higher points. And lastly the convict gun slinger. He is so very very cool, and provides me the range support i need for my army, mine will be painted to look undead... its not like Seamus is gonna pay the guy come on! They are on back-order so im not expecting them until the last week of Feb. Still im really excited.
Bonus F.S.A stuff. we have our campaign guides, thanks to mike who put a lot of effort into getting this off the ground. I will be representing the Collective's Fleet as we attempt to expand our power into the known galaxy while dealing with Pirates and those Rat bastard Dindrenzi.
Admiral Boreas of the Sorylian Collective has assembled his finest ships and crewed them with the strongest Marines and smartest Techs he could find. With the full armadas of the collective at his call he believes he is poised to return the Sorylians to glory.
Sorylian Armada
3x Sword-Breaker class Battle Ships
12x Sky-Hammer class Cruisers
16x Scythe Class Frigates
3x Morning-Star Class Carriers
Glory to Boreas and to the Warriors of Kerender!
Bonus F.S.A stuff. we have our campaign guides, thanks to mike who put a lot of effort into getting this off the ground. I will be representing the Collective's Fleet as we attempt to expand our power into the known galaxy while dealing with Pirates and those Rat bastard Dindrenzi.
Admiral Boreas of the Sorylian Collective has assembled his finest ships and crewed them with the strongest Marines and smartest Techs he could find. With the full armadas of the collective at his call he believes he is poised to return the Sorylians to glory.
Sorylian Armada
3x Sword-Breaker class Battle Ships
12x Sky-Hammer class Cruisers
16x Scythe Class Frigates
3x Morning-Star Class Carriers
Glory to Boreas and to the Warriors of Kerender!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
More Painted FSA
Carrier is now done!
The Frigates will be done tomorrow I think, the first 3 are drying right now, ill finish their tail fires tonight. That's almost it for FSA until I put in a second order.
The Frigates will be done tomorrow I think, the first 3 are drying right now, ill finish their tail fires tonight. That's almost it for FSA until I put in a second order.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Painting my FSA
I've been painting my Ships up for the upcoming campaign and figured i'd throw up the pics
Quick Edit: My Carrier is probably next then I will likely paint all 6 frigates in one go.
Cruisers & Battleship I also named the battleship
Quick Edit: My Carrier is probably next then I will likely paint all 6 frigates in one go.
Cruisers & Battleship I also named the battleship
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Malifaux
I've been looking more and more into this one and felt compelled to write a bit about it. But first I have to say this, No matter who you are, where you go, or what you do in life for the love of GOD never NEVER drink two energy drinks back to back. If you do this kind of thing regularly already, then my god your body must be a total wreck. I got 2 Monster energy drinks today, thinking hey these are small i better get 2! Well im fairly sure at this point that they are small for a reason. I got about 3/4 done with my second one when it started to hit me. I'm jittery, I feel really disoriented, im totally hyper, my stomach hurts, and i've peed like 5 times in the past 4 hours. Never again, energy drinks on the whole might make it to the never again list at this point.
On to Malifaux. this bad boy is a skirmished based wild west, Victorian, magic fueled world with monsters and demons. Its in the steam punk genre, but is vastly different from warmachine. Its big claim is that instead of Dice you use a deck of playing cards. all standard 52 cards +2 jokers. the mechanic is easy enough. When I attack i flip a card, add its value to my attack. You do the same but add to your defense. if i win or tie i hit. Since 54 cards makes for a very random spread each player gets 6 cards per turn with which they can cheat, replacing their random card with one from their hand. There is also magic, but im still fuzzy on how that one works.
Each band, gang, whatever gets a leader plus a few henchmen. A standard game has between 5-9 models, from what i've seen only 1 leader ever gets above like 10 guys, and hes a minny master.
My big appeal so far is the Battle Fields you can play this game on. its a small skirmish game designed to be played on a small board filled with terrain. I'm envisioning like a train station, a mine shaft, or a city street, like where duels were fought back in the day, with alleys to hide in, or barrels to jump beind.
The Factions all seem very rich to me.
The Guild - These guys are the law in Malifaux. But the only reason they are the law is that they are the gang that was tough enough to take over. They are corrupt and think themselves infalable. They also rule with an iron fist, which is necessary since Malifaux is a very harsh world where if you stray from the rules you die. Like Pandora, except less pretty and the blue people aren't spiritual their blood sucking demons.
The Neverborn - These are the blood sucking demons. Malifaux is their home, and the humans are pissing them off. So they kill humans.
The Arcanists - This is like the labor union of Malifaux, they have tentative peace with the guild, but they aren't friendly. The labor stuff is a front for an underground crime syndicate who works the black market.
Resurrectionists - Necromancers, they don't work with any law or group, they just want to increase their own powers with new magic items and make more zombies.
Outcasts - These are Mercs, they work for money and sometimes just to survive.
Overall the game looks like it could be a lot fun, I'll have to test it out some to get a better feel for it. I'll post again after i get a game under my belt.
On to Malifaux. this bad boy is a skirmished based wild west, Victorian, magic fueled world with monsters and demons. Its in the steam punk genre, but is vastly different from warmachine. Its big claim is that instead of Dice you use a deck of playing cards. all standard 52 cards +2 jokers. the mechanic is easy enough. When I attack i flip a card, add its value to my attack. You do the same but add to your defense. if i win or tie i hit. Since 54 cards makes for a very random spread each player gets 6 cards per turn with which they can cheat, replacing their random card with one from their hand. There is also magic, but im still fuzzy on how that one works.
Each band, gang, whatever gets a leader plus a few henchmen. A standard game has between 5-9 models, from what i've seen only 1 leader ever gets above like 10 guys, and hes a minny master.
My big appeal so far is the Battle Fields you can play this game on. its a small skirmish game designed to be played on a small board filled with terrain. I'm envisioning like a train station, a mine shaft, or a city street, like where duels were fought back in the day, with alleys to hide in, or barrels to jump beind.
The Factions all seem very rich to me.
The Guild - These guys are the law in Malifaux. But the only reason they are the law is that they are the gang that was tough enough to take over. They are corrupt and think themselves infalable. They also rule with an iron fist, which is necessary since Malifaux is a very harsh world where if you stray from the rules you die. Like Pandora, except less pretty and the blue people aren't spiritual their blood sucking demons.
The Neverborn - These are the blood sucking demons. Malifaux is their home, and the humans are pissing them off. So they kill humans.
The Arcanists - This is like the labor union of Malifaux, they have tentative peace with the guild, but they aren't friendly. The labor stuff is a front for an underground crime syndicate who works the black market.
Resurrectionists - Necromancers, they don't work with any law or group, they just want to increase their own powers with new magic items and make more zombies.
Outcasts - These are Mercs, they work for money and sometimes just to survive.
Overall the game looks like it could be a lot fun, I'll have to test it out some to get a better feel for it. I'll post again after i get a game under my belt.
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