Blood and Plunder

 

        Two more girls in the EIC palette. 

        A new world civilian shepherd

        El Capitan got damaged. The paint rubbed off and his pants repainted. 

Mountain

2023

Bought = 228, 3 collection, 1 army

Sold = 122, 117 Detachments, 1 Army

Painted = 341

28mm = 53

20mm = 94

15mm = 0

10mm = 0

Epic = 143

Terrain bought = 161

Terrain painted = 59

Printed Terrain = 4

Printed = 30

Games

Games played = 19

Games hosted = 8

Books

Bought = 3

Read = 6

2022

Bought = 1289 + a collection + 3 Armies

Sold = 76, 14 Buildings, 22 detachments + 3 Armies + a game

Painted = 763

Terrain Boards, Cons, and the Future part XV

 

        The 2nd river tile. I was tossed back out on the road. On the road it is just too much crap to take with me. I got an hour or so to work on it. 2mm summer grass and 4mm double stacked autumn grass. I didn't use the new grass applicator. The old one struggles with longer grasses.

        Side by side here. On the right is the original test tile. 

                1.) You can notice the river stone look a bit lighter. That doesn't matter, as the ends only need to blend. 

                2.) Also the sand is not as heavy on the left. I am increases the sand coverage now. They will match in the end.

                3.) The tuff areas are smaller on the left. That is not getting fixed. The next board they will match. I did the tuffs with the original put away.

       2nd tile finished. It is on the left again.

Legions Imperialis "Dead on Arrival"

 

        GW drops the ball. Legions was slated for an August release. In the middle of a marketing push 4 weeks old, GW leaves a one paragraph statement on today marketing announcement. 

Legions delayed to later in the year!

        Something went wrong. Someone was praying and covering the fact that it was not going to happen. There is no way the company went forward with a marketing rush, only to say gotcha bitch. 

            Yet no one is truly surprised. GW has been under printing and producing product for over two years now. Not one of their releases judged supply. Orders were not filled, customers waiting half a year for books GW never printed more than one per their own stores. 

            This first occurred with the Black Books. FW/GW did not print enough leading to 2 printings of the Blood Angel and Dark Angle Black Heresy books. Then GW/FW never listed them as 1st and 2nd editions.

            Someone needs to be fired! This is a horrible way for a publicly traded company to be run.

            This is not a full on nerd rage. This is gross mismanagement! Exactly who is going to wait for GW to get their shit together?

                * GW has leaked the rules. Other than using inches, people are already playing. Not with their new rules. People are stoked about the game, waiting. Now they may find other ways to scratch that itch.

                   There are 3 rule sets in play now for the Horus Heresy in Epic scale. The last one being Imperialus Dominitius. Which I am sure Peter has updated to reflect the new Legions units. 

                * People own 3D printers. There are print services, print farms, running right now. As soon as the pictures and scale were released, the printing started. STLs were being created. The market will be saturated with minis by the time GW starts selling. 

                    In 8 hours my Mars II printed all the command section and primarch for the Emperor's Children and I am 4 weeks later to the game. I have Salamanders and World Eaters in 6mm Horus Heresy already. Other are posting their printed PAINTED armies!

Legions Imperialis Game rules and CAF

        More and more continues to come out about how Legions will work. It is 2nd Edition Epic with inches. CAF is back, hidden orders, and the turn sequence.

        If I was going to looking/interested in Legions and I were a veteran Epic player, one that lived through all editions, WHY would I not stick with Epic Gold? The Primarch dude and the community at Epic Gold went through the rules and lists. The rules are clearified, cleaned up, FAQed and the lists have been balanced, updated.

        The WHY, would be it is not 30K. True. Remember as a veteran Epic player I know of and or have looked at Imperius Dominatus. The Primarch dude, Peter, took Net Armageddon and Net Gold, replaced the D6 with a D10 to develop a 30K Epic. Again the community, proofed, and tested the system. 4 updates are out correcting mistakes.

        In Legions armies are back to being structured with cards. Or blocks of command elements. Those elements can be upgraded. The heavy tank is 2 for 150 with each additional tank costing 60. 

        Now the discount for fielding a large block Vs the same firepower in 2 activations has been continued. Example; you get one warhound for 275 or two for 500. The discount in combining the activations into one is 50 points. In legions it is 60 points.

        I always liked this idea. In Space Marine we had cards with the stats on them. Those cards are back. In the leak GW noted a deck of unit cards are available. Nothing about if they are included in the box set or you get to buy them.

CAF

            I remember CAF from back in the day. It is the biggest reason why I don't like Epic Gold. CAF is the circus called assault or engage. THE BAD,  it takes forever. Every stand get paired off, add modifiers, a roll off is done. The winner stays, loser tot he foam. If you out number you get extra dice. THE GOOD, engagements when completed result is one side wiped out. 

            In Armageddon; You roll and I roll, no difference. Hits get allocated, you save and I save, and then we add modifiers and roll off. Winner take blast marker, loser get over kills and broken. 

            The 2nd edition part of pairing off is what takes hours. Especial if your mate does not know his army or have the cards and looks up each CAF every time!

 

Regimental Fire and Fury Tom's house

 

        I have known Tom as long as I have been alive. Tom was one of dad's scholarly mates. I would see him at least once a year as I grew up. Then years later at history conferences or lectures. I never knew he played soldiers until 2009. Tom was a Battle Barn member. The Battle Barn ran games for years at HMGS Cons until it imploded in 2015.

        Tom's life got in the way. I had not seen him nor had he been able to come to a Con in serval years. We would talk on the phone or thru email. This June I saw him out in WY. Tom said he was going to start playing again and hosting games. Tom's collection is very very nice. He is an excellent painter. His original table was built by his dad in 1976 or something. It was 19 by 7. His new table is modular. Any where from 5 to 19 feet.

        Once I heard him say he was returning to hosting games, I asked for a spot. He asked when I was available. I said the day you choose, I will be there. I was going to fly in from Cali and then fly back. Cali dried up and I went home Thursday. Friday I drove out to OH, played Saturday and drove home Sunday.

Mountain

2023

Bought = 228, 3 collection, 1 army

Sold = 122, 117 Detachments, 1 Army

Painted = 367

28mm = 49

20mm = 94

15mm = 0

10mm = 0

Epic = 143

Terrain bought = 161

Terrain painted = 59

Printed Terrain = 4

Printed = 30

Games

Games played = 19

Games hosted = 8

Books

Bought = 3

Read = 6

2022

Bought = 1289 + a collection + 3 Armies

Sold = 76, 14 Buildings, 22 detachments + 3 Armies + a game

Painted = 763

The Road Heavy Rotation part III

 

        The trip home took 12 hours more. The ground crew guy in San Jose blew the electrical circuit when he plugged the plane into shore power. That was awesome. The whole plane went dark. 3 hours later, they got it started. The plane was wicked hot. I sweated my ass off. Only to land in MSP with my BWI flight long gone. 

        Delta hooked me up with meals and a hotel. But I had to stand in line for that shit. Ya know, cause if ya don't ask, you get jack all. The new flight was set up before I landed. I got to the hotel at 11:10. The flight out was 5am. 3ish hours down. Then back to the airport for 2 more flights to get back to BWI. 

            As a Delta share holder, the choice to use all contractors for ground crew and baggage was not the best idea. My hard plastic tool box had the locks torn off. One was hanging, bent to shit. A chip was taken out of the box. The Wifi lost a wheel on her Wednesday trip. I have never had a bag damaged with Delta or even when they were Northwest. 

          A 4pm flight. Out of the house at noon. Originally my flight out was at 7am. I would have had to leave at 3am. After getting home Saturday at 3:30pm, I got Delta to change for no fee. The new flight was cheaper. A credit held in SkyMiles is never seen by the company. Bonus for me! I land at 9:30pm in Cali. 

        Back up in the same Holiday Inn. Same deal. Same shit desk lamp. I had time the 2nd night to paint. 3 more got finished and another 4 are on their way. The 3rd night nothing. I am flying out again with an early flight. up at 2:45 for a 5:30am flight out. 

        Once in Atlanta the shit show started again. The flight to BWI was delayed. Then they loaded us and we sat for 2.5 hours as these retard never did the paper work for something.

Legions Imperialis Road Tiles, Rhinos, Terrain sets

        Yep that is new Rhino. Plastic Rhinos will be an upgrade box just like the Dreads and support weapons kit. It has a dozer blade for Mr Kharn!

            All the AT city kits are coming back. Even the big combo box. And to be real that is the one you want. It has two of the regular city boxes and one of the spires boxes. The Industrial box is very useful. Then one all new box of ruins and scatter terrain. 

            I would be in for an industrial and ruin box maybe. I say maybe because......ah someone has already done ruins for your printer! I will print some of these when I get home.

    

            Plastic city tiles in a 6 pack. If you want a 6 x 4 board, 4 packs. That is going to be expensive. I would guess 65 to 99 per pack. The Realms of Battle board was 350? when it came out. No section without roads?

        "The Civitas Imperialis City Road Tiles are fully sculpted, finely detailed plastic tiles that will transform a bare table into an immersive urban environment. These 12×12″ squares fit together neatly to build Legions Imperialis battlefields for any game size."