Affun's lead-pile - 24/6-22 - Northerners of many ilk!

[affun]

Today I did some play testing of a rules mod for gw's LoTR SBG. Feeling in the mood, I decided that I might as well make a Battle Report out of it as well. Thus -

One midsummers eve in the woods around Horve...

... A small group of adventurers, hired by the beleaguered City Watch to patrol the surrounding lands, is suddenly ambushed by a warband of evildoers.

The Heroes:


- And the villains:


Quickly spotting the raiders, the handgunner shouts a warning and prepares to fire:



The raiders doesn't give the man time to load his gun, though, as they immediately run for cover behind a nearby copse



From there, they decide to try a flanking manoeuvre through denser terrain, in order to mitigate the adventurers superior fire-power.



However -



- the wizard, no doubt anticipating just this plan of action, now has a clear line of fire. Chanting arcane words, he begins flinging fireballs towards the group, knocking both a skeleton and a marauder to the ground. Seizing the opportunity, the rest of the adventuring party charges into combat.




The situation quickly turns sour, though, as the leader is immediately cut down. The raider chieftain, a foul Knight of Darkness, sees an opening and rushes towards the wizard who had perhaps strayed a little too close to the fray.



What the chieftain hadn't counted on was the sneaky old man besting him in combat. Ducking under the clumsy swing of the chieftains sword, the wizard somehow manages to trip over the hulking brute, thus buying himself precious moments to escape.



However, this small stroke of luck proves insignificant, as the main group of adventures have been quickly run down by the raiders. As the last man standing, Sir Raleigh decides to leg it.



***

I learned a couple of things I want to tweak with the way wounding and weapons work, though I still am not entirely sure that the SBG engine is the right choice for what I want to achieve. I am looking for a set of rules for fantasy skirmishing a bit more detailed than Songs of Blades an Heroes. Possibly in the vein of Mordheim, but playable on a 2' by 2' surface. (I still have to try out Skuldred when the next beta of rules roll around.)

Sir Raleigh and the Wizard Timothy look fantastic together. I can see the forces of the Dark Gods tremble on their bases. Great painting.    

Thanks I am quite pleased with how they are turning out. Now if only the mail would hurry up and bring me the guys I ordered for the rest of the warband.

[DeafNala]

AND let that be a lesson to you, Young Scallywag!:



GREAT REPORT & WONDERFUL PHOTOS!

[FramFramson]

Yes! That does make for an excellent photo.

Great stuff! 

[kaiser]

I enjoyed your battle report!

[affun]

Really glad you guys liked it - Certainly was a lot of fun to play and write up. So I might do another one at some point.

For now, more painting! Miniatures arrived in the post today. Some Mirliton skeletons, which are excellent sculpts (I think the mirlitonsculpts, though a bit dated, are some of the miniatures I enjoy painting the most), if a bit too large. Its weird, their humans range between 25mm and 28mm, while these skeletons are closer to 28-32mm. Still, when painted and with the integral base sawn off, you dont really notice, unless put right next to one of the tiny Billmen.

[DeafNala]

The Skeletal Lad looks TERRIFIC...GREAT brushwork. Grenadier's, now Mirliton's, minis got larger as the years went by; the really old skeletons are tiny little lumps. VERY WELL DONE!

[affun]

The Skeletal Lad looks TERRIFIC...GREAT brushwork. Grenadier's, now Mirliton's, minis got larger as the years went by; the really old skeletons are tiny little lumps. VERY WELL DONE!

Thats sorta curious, but it does mirrors the way all of the other miniatures companies went. I just hate it when I order things that turn out to be in the wrong scale. :I

Anyways, Ill be moving, and after that taking a vacation to London, so I might not get that much painting done for the next couple of weeks. Then again, I might just squeeze a session or two in anyways  

[Katsuhiko JiNNai]

A really NICE Battle Report 

[DeafNala]

GOOD LUCK with the move AND enjoy the vacation...see you in a couple weeks!

[Jevenkah]

Better late than never: just had to say, "I liked the battle report!" 

It sounds like a smooth-flowing game. Is that the system or your report? Is that what you didn't like so much about the level of detail in the rules?

The minis and terrain look fantastic together. I love when it all comes together in a game.

Thanks for sharing!
Jevenkah

[Brummie Thug]

Excellent and impressive looking warbands. Enjoyed the mini AAR. Have you tried 7th Voyage by Crooked Dice they are also planning on releasing a Robin Hood/Beowulf/Kng Arthur expansion soon.

[einarolafson]

Fantastic minitures here!! I really love the goblins!!

[affun]

*The Show must Go On*

- and so on.

I've painted another spooky skeleton, if you will excuse the blurry pics




Still really loving these miniatures. Had to stop myself from ordering a couple more yesterday, since I allready have enough for a small squad. "Get those you own painted first, hombre". I am desperately trying to reduce the leadpile a bit in size, though my productivity these days is pretty glacial.

At any rate; I've got some ideas for a scenario brewing. I think I've decided that Song of Blades and Heroes is my definite favourite fantasy-system for the time being, and so want to set up a scenario with that soon-ish.

Better late than never: just had to say, "I liked the battle report!" 

It sounds like a smooth-flowing game. Is that the system or your report? Is that what you didn't like so much about the level of detail in the rules?

The minis and terrain look fantastic together. I love when it all comes together in a game.

Thanks for sharing!
Jevenkah

The system does tend to lend it self well to smooth-flowing games. That's what I enjoy so much about the LoTR sbg. There's a lot of smallscale shuffling about, and moment to moment decisions.

Thanks for the great comments everyone, and hanks for reading!
~affun

[DeafNala]

The Old Bony Guy looks TERRIFIC. There was/is something about them that is really appealing; your brushwork did a lot to help that along. GREAT WORK!
I can identify with not ordering more of the skeletons. I had been restraining myself for sometime now. Then Captain John decided he'd like to sell off most of the G.W. pieces. SO I got off a couple of orders despite the fact that nothing has actually been put up for sale yet.

[phreedh]

What a great thread, Affun! Can't believe I've missed it.  Keep on trucking, hope to see much more goodness here.

Your approach to trees remind me of my own exploits with magnetized forrest stands: http://ministuff.godzilla.se/?p=117