Encounter in Chaos wastes

Troll!! One of the archetypal monster race shared between Orcs and Chaos hordes, they 're an importante place in heroic fantasy univers and a miniatures collection.

These Big Guy'z have larges surfaces of flesh, perfect to begin with an airbrush. I invest in a common airbush from Prince August range (AM01) and it's a really great tool to paint miniatures.  I admit that the "Pchit" effect is strong but on a magic flesh I think it's not disgracious.

Most of them are sculpted by Ali Morrison. His interpretation is less pulled toward the stupid monster like the C20 Troll of the Perry twins. Anyway I like both styles :)

 

 

 

Other important monster for Chaos army is the Chimera. In 3rd ed that monster is totaly created with random profiles, heads and tails. It's the most fearsome Chaos children.

 

Unfortunately, the Citadel Chaos Chimeras CM1 is ridiculous compared to his profil (but his position is interesting) . With regret I choose to paint  Ral Partha - 11-414 Chimera (Ad&d). his body is more massive and I was able to use my airbrush to paint wings.

 

 

Battle Report : The last stand.

Today an Epic battle report between  Imperial Guard and Orks, the confrontation take place on the ruins of a small Imperial capital on Golgatha III.

The green horde acculate Humans troops, Commissars mention an increase of desertions acts who requires many exemplary punishments.

The weak moral of the Imperial Guard and the construction of a new Gargant make trustful the Big Boss Ork… Maybe too much, indeed, the Boss seems forget “La Garde meurt mais ne se rend pas!”

First turn, Titan Reaver is under fire but stay alive in the center of the battlefield, others units move to prepare assaults .

Second turn, Mekboy Gargant is routed by a blast of the Shadow Swords, Orks engage many closes combats but it’s inssufisant to break the Guards army. It smell no good for Orks.

Third turn, Impérial Guard decimates the last Orks units with theirs longue distance weapons, the horde is entirely rout. “Vive l’empereur”

 

Imperial Guard army  of Abdé my enemy of the day

 

My Ork army and his dreaded Chassas Squadrons

 

Initial deployment

 

First Turn and the Titans Battle

 

Second Turn

 

 

Third turn, Ork army is routed.

 

 

Battle report : Blood on the plain.

Today I'll show you a battle where you can find an opposition between two different styles, a full daemons army dedicated to Khorne against a populous horde of Chaos Ratmen.

The battlefield is situated on a plain between two Imperial villages where folks are just decimated by mysterious poison, this traditional Chaos Ratmen tactic is a preamble to an important invasion into the man-think realm. But Skaven Clans of this horde practices the decapitation of corpses, this infamous method was interpreted like an offence by the Chaos God of Skulls. The heads of these human are his property, nobody can take them without paying the price of blood.

My Skaven army is built around the Screaming Belt unit, I hide all my heroes inside this unit. I protect this command unit with a wall of populous Slaves and Clanrats units. Rest of army is a mix of shooting, charges redirectors and Hammers units.

A Daemonic army is an horrific vision, specifically when is a Khorne Legion. Bloodthirster and Juggers are fast and highly dangerous in close combat, they can easily impact my line at the second turn. Rest of army is also nightmarish …

A word on my adversary of the day, “finarfin”.  A thirsty year enthusiastic  Citadel collector, gamer and painter. Like many other (and me), his period of predilection is the Realm of chaos era. It’s always a pleasure of being able to discuss with somebody who shares same passion also intensely…

 

Initial deployement.

 

 The army of the Blood God.

 

The horde of the Great Horned Rat,

 

 Gutter Runners and a unit of Hell Hounds are deployed with Scout and Ambush capacity.

 

1st turn :  Khorne army go ahead.

 

 

 

 

 Stand and shoot is the only option for Chaos Ratmen.

 

 

 First event of the battle, Bloodthirster go back in his realm after a combined attack of the Jezzails, Globadiers and Gutter runners. 

 

 Positions at the end of the first turn.

 

 Second turn, the battle begin.

 

 

 

 After a good close combat against the Juggers, Rat Ogres finally root face to a combined attack of Bloodletters and Ass Cannon.

 

2nd event of the Battle, destruction of the most part of the Bloodletters unit. The dreaded 13th spell, 21 wounds with no save of any kind.

  Hell Hounds approach dangerously my war machines.

Third turn, Rat Ogres back and slain the Cannon. The khorne army is decimated.

 

Hell Hounds arrived too late on Jezzail.

 

Close up on this awesome Battle Standard and unit.

Battlefield from the past

A beautiful gaming table with nicely painted armies on are the essential factors to have good time and attract new players.

The current gaming tables (during conventions) are often very beautiful but do not tempt me to play, I don't know why but a little something is always missing.

The table which gave me the desire to interest me to Warhammer, is the Player Guild table of the Games Day 1986, when I saw the pics of this gigantic battle in the magazine the Hérault Citadel ( Fr), it was the revelation for me.

I dream from the day when I'll can spread all my miniatures over the same battlefield, an information for the fans... I am ready to move very far to live that experience...




The famous Player's Guild Table Games Day 1986. I love the flying boat.

How the can move units on this gigantic battlefield?

Rocks around table are really immersif, Games Day 1986.



Pete Talor's and his Daemonic Legions, Games Day 1989.

Demonstration of Warhammer Battle Siege, Games Day 1989.

WHFB 3rd ed Rules Book



Other famous Player's Guild Table.

White Dwarf



Chaos Dwarf Juggernaut

 

I never found time and courage to paint this uncommon machine but with the end of my Epic project, it’s time for me to take my brush and try to color this Oldschool master piece. After many hours of works, I finally got a satisfactory result.

Chaos Dwarfs and Centaur armors are painted in black with white highlights. A final glaze is applied to color armors (Dark Green, Space wolf Grey and Dark flesh). Like my unit of chaos warriors, I unify Chaos Dwarfs (and Juggernaut) with smalls touch of gold on the armors.
 

The Juggernaut chassis was problematic for me because the centaur is hidden inside the original chariot. I created an opening (Shutter is a green stuff mold of turret platform) to resolve my problem and to add details in this Juggernaut area. Rest of the chariot is a mix of Gold and Blue metal, oxidation in the dark part enriches the NMM effect (Glazes of Bestial Brown, Snakebites Leather, Dark flesh and Scorched Brown).

I under estimated the impact of shields on the global aspect of the war machine. At the beginning, I envisaged to put SH2 shields (Kev Adams O&G) all around the Juggernaut but they would bring too many colors on the miniature. I finally chose a mix between wooden shields (engraved), shields with transfers and Green stuffed shields with a Fraser Gray style. I added gold details on the border of shields to integrate these elements into the whole miniature.