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Monday 18 March 2024

The Lion Warriors have Arrived

 Decided to do a post about my whole space marine army now I have painted all the units I own. So time for a group shot. Here are my Lion Warriors.


Looks quite good I think


The HQ element of my army. My terminator captain (As they don't have a generic chapter master index card). A captain and 3 Lieutenants


The first part of armies hard hitting section is 10 terminators with storm bolters and assault cannons.  Ready to pummel the enemy from close distance.



Then we have the assault terminators ready to deep strike and tear up the enemy be it infantry or vehicle. Now the specialists


My Hellblaster squad ready to fling plasma at the enemy 


The Infernus squad step up to burn the heretic and Xenos!

Next is 2 squads of blade guard ready to hand out the emperors justice by blade



Now we have the line infantry for space marines. These 2 squads can be intercessors or a tactical squad. Holding objectives and laying down bolter fire.



 My heavy support units are my dreadnought and Storm Speeder Hammer Strike.



And that is my army comes in at just under 2200 points.  Can't wait to have a big game with them as I think they look really good and the yellow makes then stand out. 


Friday 15 March 2024

The Road ahead 2024 (wow that sounds professional)

 Now I know it's March but I thought I would have a think about the year to come in model terms . I don't have any definite plans for the year when it comes to models due to growing space limitations but here's my thoughts anyway.

I have my 2 armies now, I never want to say I am done as there is always extra stuff I would like. 

Imperial Guard - I have plenty of points worth of guard so they are mostly fine in my eyes . It would have to be something very special to catch my eye. I am always looking at a Cavalry unit but that's a big chunk of space that will be taken up. I think realistically a few more artillery type tanks or chimera (another super heavy sounds fun but would never use them so a bit of a waste of money)would be possible . I really like my missile tank from Culverin models so another one of those would be good .


Space Marines - My Lion Warriors have a solid core of troops but I feel I do need some more melee units like assault intercessors and some more Heavy weapons. So this might be a focus on the coming months. 



No new armies I think (Don't want to tie myself down here ) for me in Bolt Action I quite fancy Americans but space is a premium so it would have to be a super elite force. So probably no new armies on the horizon. It will most likely me getting to grips with my British so I can actually play with them (see my previous post), maybe adding a few units here and there.

I'm going to stick konflikt 47 in with bolt action as it's short update. I am awaiting what Warlord plan on doing with Konflikt 47 before I do anything more with this game

Other games 

I'm determined to play my zombie game Last Days at some point this year. 


My friend wants me to show him Across the Dead Earth as well which will require some good remembering of the rules. 


 I have Xenos rampant and I still want to do the aliens Vs colonial marines 15mm game. 

I really got excited by the news of Legion Imperialis and then it was released set in the Horus heresy so none of the other races will be involved so my interest immediately dropped (I wanted a huge waaaargh!).

I really should play Fallout more but the rules are so much! Though Modiphus are releasing what appears to be a smaller simpler version of fallout set in Nuka world so this maybe simpler to play but alas to late I have invested in Fallout!

Fallout factions is the new game 

The rest of the games I can think of at this time, Victory at sea models wise I'm pretty much done with that have no real urge to upgrade my fleets so they can happily be played with . 


Rumble slam I'm ok with I may pick up a new wrestler here and there. I would like to play this more not sure of people remember the TCW? That would be cool but even little matches like that take ages to do for a blog post. 


 Gaslands I love and have plenty of vehicles for my only issue with it is, if you have say 3 players with 2 or 3 cars each the game takes ages! Probably could limit it down to 1 car for time purposes. 


Tanks Modern Age is now defunct so the models are in the loft but my kids liked that game so I'll keep it on standby by rainy days off school. 


Stargrave I really want to play this game but have no one to play it with at minute but I can make a crew as I only really need a captain and first mate and the odd character. My guard models would cover the soldiers. 

I still really want a space ship game. X wing won't cut it as I could never remember the best combo of cards to play with and that seemed to be where the game was going. Armada was awesome but expensive to get in. I really should have another look through my Billion suns rulebook.


That's about it at the moment I'm sure there is more .....there's al

ways more!



Tuesday 12 March 2024

Wargaming and it's Frustrations

 


Have you ever felt an army just will never win for you even though it makes no sense as it's not just about an army it's how you use it. I love Bolt Action, the setting, the game rules and the models but man am I bad at it ... Well at least it feels like it. I don't think I have ever won though I could be wrong lol I did draw once . I just can't seem to get a grips with the Brits . I listen to plenty of podcasts so I know they win most tournaments with super meta lists but that is just not how I wanna play the game (I don't enter super competitive tournaments). So where do I go?


 1) Well the easy answer is keep trying and do some research into what units really help out Brits . Last night I tried Mauri soldiers instead of regulars and had the same problem (Now admittedly that was very likely down to my shocking dice rolls where for the first four turns I couldn't roll a 5 or 6 to save my life). The Mauris once in close combat did what they were designed to do and kicked butt but getting them there was my issue . 


2) I need to find and settle on a style of play. Do I use my British army or British Airborne ? Or maybe a combination of the both ?

The next game will defo try an airborne commando mix and see what happens.




3) learn all the rules and use them! I need to remember to use reserves and outflank. Last nights game the prep bombardment laid out pins on both our armies. If I had units in reserve they wouldn't have been effected. Outflank always seems a bit cheeky but it's perfectly acceptable I just have to remember to use it on my units that it's designed for. (Proper use for my SAS) . 


4) Going to research what units I am missing, do I need an artillery piece? Use my transports more? I need to start watching some battle reports. 


It's wierd how I don't have the same feeling s about my Imperial Guard and I lose all the time with them ! I guess maybe cos they are the 40ks whipping boys so it's expected much like halflings in Blood Bowl . 


In conclusion to my pointless waffle , don't give up keep and keep at it. Just got to find a build that works ! 

I have been pouring a lot of effort into 40k recently so I really should give some back to Bolt Action and quit moaning. Also if the dice gods could grant me some luck that would be great 👍

Monday 4 March 2024

Incoming!!

 Another Lion Warrior addition!! My tank hunter has arrived , skimming low over the battlefield looking for any enemy armour is my Storm Speeder Hammer strike. 



It's another proxy from station forge. I do love the yellow but this vehicle does have a striking resemblance to Thunderbird 4!!!!! (Thanks Matt!!!!) But I shall embrace and hum the thunderbird theme while it's blowing stuff up!!!

Sunday 25 February 2024

The leader Arrives Along with some Heavy Support

 The leader has been painted!


*Cough* Any resemblance to any characters and n 40k is purely coincidental *cough*


Man all that decoration on his armour was a pain! But he looks quite cool inam absolutely loving this yellow I have to say.   Sadly I would have liked a generic chapter master index card so people can make their own chapters up but their isn't so this guy will just be a captain in terminator armour (Highly modified obviously).  

Next up is a big boy , my dreadnought 




It looks really cool, not hugely sold on the pose but after looking at Etsy store picture I realised I can adjust it some what. So lesson learned  for next time. It provides a nice armoured punch I'm after.

Just waiting on one more package to arrive hopefully this week for some more armour busting 


Thursday 8 February 2024

More Lion Warriors!

 I have been on a bit of a painting spree! I have got a massive chunk of my space marines painted in fact all but one dreadnought and my leader are done! And I even had a small game with them !

First up is 




Is some blade guard and a captain / lieutenant. These were born from one of the companies sending me the wrong squad so free extra models is always good! I'm still loving the yellow I have to say.

Then I did some core troops that can be intercessors, heavy intercessors  and tactical squad. Depending on what I want






The bolt weapons have slightly different magazines so that's how I will tell them apart. The bolt weapons are awesome looking. 

Then we have some lieutenants 


These can bolster my squads with lethal hits .

Last up is my terminator squad  






That's it I can get cracking on the leader now!

Thursday 25 January 2024

The Lion Warriors have landed!!

 I have started painting the recent influx of space marines! After a too long look at the list of space marine chapters I finally settled on one. The Lion Warriors, a primaris chapter with very little known about them. This makes em perfect for me and gives me an almost freehand with their lore and details. Yellow and black is their main paint scheme. This would make them stand out against my other armies. I've completed 3 squads so far.

First up some assault terminators 




These guys will hopefully be my shock troops deep striking in and hitting stuff hard. Armed with thunder hammers and lightning claws. You'll notice some models appear to just have power fists but I'm gonna say they just have their claws retracted (Cheers Matt for the idea)

Now we have dinner Infernus marines. I'm exceptionally proud of the flames on these models.






Last up some Hell blasters 




These guys are ready to fling plasma at anyone . I'm really like the yellow on the models makes them really stand out and it looks really nice. 

That's all for now! Plenty more to come though