Warmaster: Skaven army

Last 4 months have been very poor in my hobby performance (summer, holidays, social life and activities after long time), so now I need to restart my effort and finish what I have started. 

But first a small recap. 

My first skaven unit for warmaster were Plague monks of clan Pestilense, their robes looked very easy to paint. But it was a terrible mistake. It took me hours to finish them.

So first unit was done. And I was afraid to start with another one. So I decided to make some heroes and general. But for this, I had to do a research in the proper skaven books. After few hours, first hero was chosen.

Packmaster Skweel Gnawtooth with his wolf-rat Gutsnagger and few other skaven pets. 

Then I made a mistake. I found an old book in my Library - Skavenslayer. So I read it again and it brought me to my next character. 

"Boneripper, quick quick. Bite slay kill!"

Grey Seer Thanquol and Boneripper, my skaven general.

It was a very nice moment to finish such two "legendary heroes" and bring them to tabletop life. Next heroes followed. 

Lord Skrolk, Plague lord of Clan Pestilens, also known as the Disease-That-Walks. 

Throt the Unclean, one of the most twisted and ingenious Master Mutators of Clan Moulder. 

In this time I started next stage of my skaven research, heraldry of the clans so I can make nice and colourful army that makes sense (according to lore each army consists of various numbers of diferrent clans). And Clan Gnaw was revealed. 

Clan Gnaw is a Warlord Clan that hunts the creatures and Orc tribes that dwell within the Badlands. Their captured prizes fetch an impressive price in Hell Pit. Fighters in the lower ranks of the clan color their fur to immitate and thereby flatter their leaders, who wear capes fashioned from the furs of their unlucky prey. Clan Gnaw swore alliance to Clan Moulder and is therefore always ready to answer its call for war.

But as I understood it, wars are won by soldiers in warmaster. So next unit was chosen.

Clan Mors Stormvermin and Hell Pit Abomination (count as Doomwheel).

Next I needed a hero to lead my stormvermin brigade. And it was an easy pick.

Warlord Queek Headtaker, is the legendary and much-feared Lord of the City of Pillars, Great Warlord of Clan Mors and the personal right-claw of Warlord Gnawdwell, the one and true Grand Ruler of Clan Mors. He wields the magical maul Dwarf Gouger, an ancient weapon forged during the time of the Goblin Wars.

2 warlocks followed. First of them, Ikit Claw, Chief Warlock Engineer of Clan Skryre, is one of the most ambitious and talented Warlock-Engineers of his age. 

Second one was a Warlock engineer of Clan Skryre tinkering with his Warpdust distiller, hoping to improve its performance. 

I found out that a lot of units are not included in wmr army lists (such as hellpit abominations). One of them is Verminlord. But it didn't stop me from making one for my force.

Skweevritch, Verminlord of Clan Skyre (count as grey seer). I Found this guy on thingiverse (with other great models), just pimp him with additional horns, fur and tail from gs, absolutely love him 

So my command secrion was completed and I switched for more foot-soldiers again.

Clan Rictus Stormvermin followed by Two units of wolf rats (planning to play them as clanrats for moulder clan themed army).

So I never mentioned my most favourite unit. Rat swarms. They were great for painting in large numbers. So after 2 months I reached 1.000 pts. in full paint.

I realised that I am short of shooting so I picked my next few units. Deathmaster Snikch, overseeing the deployment  of artillery (Warp lightning cannons) by a warlock engineer and setting up an ambush with his Gutter runners, should the enemy be foolish enough to dare and attack the vulnerable cannons.

Still short of foot-sloggers I focused more on the regular units. As a result I finished pure Clan Pestilens "brigade".

The third unit of Plague monks was done. I realy like how the purple turned out. So different from the 50 shades of brown. 

Plague Priest Sholla with his Brood Horror mount Gnawer-chewer. 

Plagueclaw catapults (count as warplightning cannons). The last reinforcements for Clan Pestilens. 

Lords of Decay send their regards. Horned Rat approve. Yes-yes. 

Also hard hitters were required. So I got some. Rat Ogres were ready to join an invasion force of Grey Seer Thanquol. And second Hellpit Abomination (count as Doom Wheel), in a colours of Clan Gnaw. 😁

Then Clan Skryre sent their regards, two Doomwheels and Screaming Bell have joined the invasion force.

Last addition to hero ranks. Packmaster Schliick and his two loyal companions, Wolf rats Geery and Geely. With 6 units of Wolf rats (count as clanrats). 

At least, but not last, anorher reinforcements from Clan Skryre. Poison wind globadiers (count as stormvermin or plague monks for Clan Skryre) and Doomwheel. 

And that's it. Almost 2.500 pts. in 8 weeks. Thank you for reading. And I hope I will see you soon with new painted models. 

+++ Alessan +++

Flesh-eater Courts vs. Lumineth Realm-lords (1.500 pts.)

Trošku tej recyklácie na blogisek, aby sa naň nezabudlo, keď som ho tak zanedbaval niekoľko mesiacov. 

Takže včera prvá hra AoS 3.0 a druha hra AoS vobec. Bol som zvedavý na čo sa Noble knights z hollowmourne courtu zmožu proti presileným  Noble elfom. 😁

Moja zostava: Archregent, Ghoul king, Varghulf, 3x6 Horrorov, 1x3 Flayery. Kopa jazdy sprevádzajúca svojich kráľovských veliteľov.

Superova zostava: Elania and Elathor, Scinari Cathalar, Vanari Lord regent, 10x Sentinel, 2x10 wardens, 5x bladelords,  5x dawnriders, balista, Shrine a kúzlo Ohnivá papula.

Misia: First blood s 3 objektívmi na stredovej línii.

Vyložili sme sa, ja som mal battak s 1 dropom, ale ani to nestačilo na prvé kolo. 

T1: Falanga v strede stola sa pohla vpred, supportovana lukmi a balistou. Kone si popobehli na flank. Streľba zabila 1 flayera a dala pár woundov na horrorovi. Kuzlenie u elfov bolo peklo, každá unita niečo caryfukovala. Ja som sa pohol dopredu, Regent vyčaroval 3 flayerov a king 10 ghoulov. Skúsil som 1 charge po advanci za abilitu ale nedal som tých 7" do kópií (co bolo vlastne dobre).

T2: Druhé kolo vyhral super a nabehol to do mňa. Horrory na strede dostali bukakela Vianoce a 5 zo 6 sa porucalo, ale zobrali zo sebou pár kopiji. Flayery na flanku ustáli charge koníkov. A streľba bola zas taka vlazna a moc neurobila.

Na oplátku som chargoval ja. Varghulf do koníkov k flayerom. 1 Horrory na pomoc na strede a druhy si hodili 12" charge a naskakali na lukostrelcov a balistu (2 umreli na overwatch). A teraz už len long story short.

T3: Varghulf s horrormi zabili koníkov. Varghulf následne umrel na Gemini chara. 

Horory v strede dostali naložené ale trochu okusali kopie. Tie potom padli keď do nich nabehli zostatky 2 unit flayerov. 

Tretí Horrory zozuvali balistu aj lukostrelcov za 2 fázy a následne umreli. 

T4/5: Mne ostali 2 chary a 1 horror na začiatku 5 kola. Nemal som ako skornut objektívy, nakoľko geminies v chargi zabili 10 ghoulov jak nič a druhy char s načarovanym monster keywordom mi stompoval stred stola. Nakoniec prehra 16:24 (ale na konci 4 kola to bolo 16:15 pre mňa), ale v poslednom kole mi došli modely a dych. Každopádne dobrá hra, súperovi ďakujem za hru.

Pár postrehov:

1. Ta hra je zaujímavá, má už viac layerov na skorovanie ako 40k (objektívy, battle dačo na začiatku kola, grand strategy na záver), čo sa mi páči je, že objektívy sa skorúju na konci hráčovho turnu. Toto platí aj po ďalších hrach, ktoré som absolvoval.

2. Zle som zahral najmä Varghulfa, ktorý chýbal pri horroroch aby tam dosypaval horrorov každé kolo. Plus ešte pár chýb pri prioritizacii kombatov, sem tam mal ísť prvý niekto iný ako som si vybral. Tiež pretrváva aj keď courtierov som už poslednú hru zahral o dosť lepšie. 

3. Tí usatci majú mega generovanie mortal woundov a nebyť mojich nadštandardných hodov na 6+ fnp tak som upratany okolo tretieho kola. Tie fnp boli dosť rozhodujúce aj v iných hrach, dáva to tej armáde lepšiu odolnosť a pomáha to kde tu udržať unitu aby sa dali dokuzlovať modely courtiermi.

4. Kuzlenie je fasa, keď niečo vykúzlite, čo sa mne včera podarilo presne 2x z 15 kúziel. Nesťažujem sa, ale elfom to padalo na Kuzlenie brutal, okolo 9viny a ak aj bol fail tak reroll. Ale tak bad luck pre mňa. Musím trénovať. Aj napriek tréningu tie kúzla sú peklo a poväčšine sa podarí len v 1.kole keď som mimo rangu súperovho wizarda.

5. CPcok je výrazne viac a treba ich míňať lebo po každom kole prepadajú. Na to ale treba poznať všetky Command ability. Takže sprtajte. Už sa míňajú celkom rýchlejšie.

Na záver súperovi ešte raz diky za hru, Adamovi za odborný guidance s armádou a rulsami (a nie velitelske rozhodnutia nechal na mňa, takže za to dopadlo ako dopadlo).

Thanks for watching. See ya soon. 😁

+++ Alessan +++

Flesh-eater Courts vs. Stormcast Eternals (1.500 pts.)

Dlhšie som blog zanedbával a tak som sa ku záveru roka rozhodol trochu prispieť k počtu tohtoročných článkov. A tak nech sa paci battrep.

Dnes sme dali ďalšiu hru AoS 3.0. Ja klasicky s mojimi hrdinskymi rytiermi žijúcimi v svojej sladkej deziluzii. Súperom mi nebol nik iný ako space marines fantasy sveta. 

Môj list: Archregent, Infernal courtier, 3x6 hororov, 2x3 flayerov. Nič zložité. Hollowmourne court.

Sce: Lord Aquilor, 2x Lors arcanum (jeden na gryphovi), 2x5 vindictors, 1x5 liberators, 1x3 anihilators, 2x3 vanguard palladors. 

Misia: 4 objektívy, na hranici diplom zóny, 2 v strede stola. Home obj za 1vp, stredové za 2vp, súperov za 3vp. Zabudli sme že v treťom kole mal 1 z nich zmiznúť podľa výberu.

Začneme deployovat. Môj one drop batalion má  navrch a tak si vyberám kto začne. Nakoniec so vyberám seba, chcem sa pohnúť vpred na objektívy kým super začne šufflovat modely po stole. 

T1: Summonujem varfhulfa. Napravo si vyletim dopredu k objektívu. Naľavo a na strede sa držím späť. Jedna unita flayerov to dáva full dopredu, a za cp charguje po advanci. Zabijam ale malo modelov. Super padá anihilatormi a teleportuje koníky s charom ku mne. Umierajú 2ja flayery a asi 4 horory. 

T2: Idem zas ja. Courtieri docaruju 1 flayera a 3 horrorov. A ide sa zase vpred. Flayeri zredukuju anihilatorov na počet 0 najmä vďaka shrieku a mw na hity. Na strede stola nabehnú horory kopijnikov a začnú sa nimi presekavat. Ide to ale pomaly. Naľavo varghulf ukusava z koníkov, ale dosť pomaly. Na oplátku char na gryphovi dorazí horrorov. Situáciu komplikuje vracanie modelov u súpera. 

T3: Opäť šťastie a idem prvý. Nakoľko som došiel o horrorov na strede, idem tam ďalšími. Tí s feeding  frenzy dávajú dole obe unity kopijnikov. Z prava priletia na pomoc flayery. Naľavo prichádzam o posledných horrorov a varghulf ostáva osamotený. Redukuje koníkov na 1w na poslednom. Horrory na strede potom dostanú charge a začnú ubúdať.

T4 a T5: Super ziskava double turn a už to ide dole vodou. Varghulf umiera. Posledný horory umierajú. Archregent vzdoruje ale umiera aj on. Posledny ide zo stola môj warlord.

Result: Hra nakoniec konci 25:22 pre sce (a to na konci 3.kola bol stav 20:6 pre fec). V podstate rozhodla grand stratený nakoľko prežil posledný model z poslednej battleline. Každopádne super hra, už sa s tým viac zžívame. Ešte pár hier a bude to ultra cool.

Ďakujem za pozornosť.

+++ Alessan +++