Raindog

Week One. 1500 Points. Banner Battle. March to war bearing your colors. Special Rules: All unit banners are free upgrades. League Bonus. For each friend banner you hold at the end of the game, the bearer receives +1 league point.

Escalation League Ordo's Spring Escalation League is rapidly approaching. Starting Sunday, March 9th, Ordo Fanaticus is sponsoring a multi-week event culminating on May 11th with an all day tournament, open to all, known as Raindog's Rampage. The purpose of the league is learn the rules, paint up new armies, models and units, find new opponents and friends, and have fun. The league will be held on Sundays at 4 PM at WOW, located at 717 SE Main Street in Portland, OR. Spring Escalation Basic Rules: 1) No Special or Named Characters! 2) Standard Percentages apply for Core and Special Units. League Points: +3 for playing at Game Night. +1 for attending Game Night. +2 for bringing food or drinks to share. +1 Point Per Week if you post your modeling, painting, list making, and games results, thoughts, progress, etc, on Ordo's Fantasy Forum. +5 Points: If you bring some one new to play. +1 for each infantry, swarm, or war beast model painted, +2 for each cavalry or monster infantry model painted, +3 for any monstrous cavalry unit painted, +5 for any monster, war machine, or chariot painted. There is a maximum of 10 points for painting per week. Other random bonuses will be awarded for jokes, conversions, bad luck, good sportsmanship, and anything else I deem worthy. Remember this is about fun, community, sportsmanship, creation, and learning the game.

Booked my room!

I lost half of my GW flock, but the main flock I use is G9 Summer Grass. Guardian was out, so I bought army painter instead. The GW is a different color of green. It is a part of my mix, but not the main ingredient.

It happens before the turn, so it does not count…………..

I have been flocking……….. And now I need more. To Guardian, I go……...

The tray is taking way too much time. I have to get to flocking. I still have a bit of painting on the top to go, and then, I can flock. Last weeks games fell through due to the surprised snow storm. I cleaned off the dust on my dragon and played a game against TJP tonight. The game against Chaos went well, but I still feel very underprepared for the Brawl. Oh well. After the Brawl, I am shelving the Woodies for the Dwarfs. The new book is too tempting to resist.

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Well Will be at the Brawl! And for all You who asked for it Starting in March, Ordo will have another Escalation League. This time we are going from 1500-2000 points. Stay tuned. RD

Okay, I take it back. I found a roll for slayers. In units of five, they are perfect darts. You have to kill them all to get by them, and their death low ability lets them punish anything trying to blow by them. I can see 2-3 drops at 60 points each. They can easily die from a charge of fast cav, but with GW attacks, they can 3-4 of enemy with them.

They still have the strength modification vs. armor save.

Yes.

Automatic!

Derk, The Immune to Psch ability is cast on all friendly units within 24 inches. The extra armor is a single unit within 24". The directed damage attack is one unit within 24 inches.

Winners: Longbeards, Hammererss, Gyrocopters. Resolute. Shieldbearers. Oathstones. Solid potential: Runesmiths, Flame Cannons with a Rune of Forging, Irondrakes. Shield wall. Losers: Warriors, Thunderers, Quarrellers, Anvil of Doom, Slayers. The heirlooms items and a half a dozen pointless runes. The book seems like a bunch of tweaks. Overall, the Dwarfs are more expensive than before. I wanted bear riders, zeppelins, golems, etc. There is not enough new models. The slayers could have been redone. The current warriors , thunderers, and quarrellers are less than satisfactory. I prefer the old metals.

I have the Dwarf book in my hands. 1) There is no massive centerpiece model. 2) There are only two new units, Irondrakes and Gyrobombers.. 3) There are few new models: Hammerers, Irondrakes, Ironbreakers, Gyrocopters, Gyrobombers, an Engineer, a Runesmith, Dragon Slayer, and a Thane on a Oathstone. 4) The Ancestral Grudge rumors are true. Dwarfs hate any unit in the Skaven or Orc and Goblin book. This includes giants, trolls, Squigs! 5) All Dwarf handguns, crossbows, pistols, drake guns, drake pistols have no negatives when standing and shooting.. 6) Dwarfs have +1 Strenght on the turn they charge! 7) They do not need to make Leadership test to March. 8 ) When charged and if they bear shields, Dwarfs have +1 to parry. (Sweet!) 9) They have +2 to dispel attempts unless allied with spell casters.. 10) Oathstone do not have to be planted nor do they give up VPs. A unit with an Oathstone cannot flee as a charge reaction, they cannot be disrupted, and can parry in all directions. The character with the stone must accept challenges.. This is a huge improvement. 11) Shieldbearers rock. Why would you take a Dwarf Lord without one. It grants the Ld +2 wounds and +2 to the armour save in addition to the standard additional two attacks. 12) Runelords and Runesmiths no longer automatically add dispel dice. They can channel and grant the unit armour piercing and magic resistance. 13) The Anvil has changed dramatically. It is a war machine granted the Runelord two more wounds and makes him unbreakable. The Anvil starts with a 5+ ward save (3+ vs spells!) . The Anvil grants +1 power dice and dispel dice. Instead of one activating one rune per turn, it can use up to 3 bound spells. The Anvil can make a units Immune to Pysch, a +1 armor save, or 2D6 S4 hits. 14) Command units are now 10/10/10 , except for Slayers Giant Slayers are 12 points. 15) Quarrellers cost more and have heavy armor 16) Thunderers have heavy armor and cost less (they are now the same as Quarrellers), but lost the +1 to hit. 17) Longbeards are no longer one for one Warrior unit (Huzzah). The cost one more point. They are no longer Immune to Panic, but Immune to Pychology. 18) Hammerers are better. They lose Immunity to Fear or Terror if a Lord is in their unit, but they gain an extra attack and each model in the unit can accept a challenge. They cost two more points a model and they are worth the points. 19) Slayers did not get a boon. They are still special selections. They cost a point more. They always wound on a 4+ unless they need less to wound (this no longer caps out as in the previous book). The only new rule they receive allows the model to make a single attack the moment it is slain from a close combat attack or a stomp. Against monster Dragon Slayers do d3 Multiple Wounds. Ward saves against a Daemon Slayer must be re-rolled and gain the multiple wound rule against monsters. 20) Ironbreaker cost one more point, but gain a leadership point and gain a +1 to parry (ths is a 4+ parry if they are charged). The unit champion can take a brake of drake pistols and bombs that act as a stone thrower with rar piercing. 21) Miners are a point cheaper! They use the standard ambush rules. Blasting charge are now a one use only 4 inch, quick to fire, flaming, S4, armor piercing, missile weapon. The charges let them do something the moment they arrive. 22) War Machines lose engineers as extra crew. Bolt Throwers and Cannons are more expensive. All war machines can take up to a 100 points in runes. The crews are still stubborn. 23) Gyrocopter are now special. You can take up to six in an army. They are dirt cheap and have the ability to upgrade to vanguard. One per game, they can dive bomb doing S3, armor piercing, attacks to a unit they fly over. The number of bombs is determined by an artillery dice. The Gyrocopter can take a gun with an18 inch range at d3 multi-[big bad swear word]s that are flaming, armor piercing, quick to fire, and Strength 5. They are no longer fast cav, but I think you will see a lot of these in Dwarf Armies. 24) Rangers are now rare. They have great weapons, throwing axes, and crossbows, but cost as much as Hammerers. They can no longer be Longbeards. 25) Organ Guns can now take runes and have a 30 inch range. They have to roll to hit now, but now two artillery dice to determine the number of hits. If they roll a single misfire, they are -1 to hit. If two are rolled, then it misfires on the cannon chart. An Organ Gun can fire up to 20 S5 armor piercing shots! Organ guns can now take engineering runes! 26) Flame Cannons can fire up to an extra 12 inches before using the fire thrower rules. It can take engineering runes! 27) Irondrakes are Ironbreakers who have exchanged their shields for Drake Guns. Drake Guns have an 18 inch range with S5, Flaming attacks, armor piercing, and are quick to fire. Irondrakes will be pretty good at killing knights and trolls. 28) Gyrobombers are the Gyrocopters big brother. They are the price of the old gyro. The bombers can put the pie plate over a unit they have flown over. It acts like an armor piercing stone thrower. After the damage is resolved, the bomb scatters d6, and uses the small template. It has the potential to pound lightly armored infantry units.. The bomber also has a quick to fire, S4, armour piercing, multi-shot gun. 29) Dwarfs do not get magic items out of the BRB. 30) They have access to their own magic weapons called heirloom weapons.. 31) Dwarfs have for pages of runic items. The runes are created like before, but are slightly different in function. Multiples of the same rune do not repeat the same effect. Instead, they add additional boosts.

Aweswome! Ninja, I am hoping to get games against non-Darf Elf lists since 7 out of my last 10 games have been against the Druchi

I will be opening the doors at 2 PM! Yes, we can all get in two games if you like. Come at 4 PM if you can. Brawl Practice Time!

I am spraying the top black and the sides brown. The cold is hindering drying, so this will be a slow processes.

In between sledding and shoveling snow, I constructed my army display for the Brawl. I used a wooden paint "canvas" from Dick Blick. It is solid add light and won't bend or break. I cut sheet magnets to use as rocks where my unit movement trays will go. I added grit and put on the first coat of spray paint last night.

Sorry, guys. I am canceling game night due to the ice on the snow.

Due to the snow and half ice of icon top of it, game night is cancelled. I hope to see you all next week.

The Army is painted. I finished the last model last night. Now, it is time for the display board. The template is done. Now, for the rocks, grit and glue!

Looks like snow will be canceling my Friday fun...... It is better to be safe than wreck tryi g to play Warhammer.

http://plastickrak.blogspot.co.nz/2014/01/avatars-of-war-dark-elves-vestals-of.html I will try to link this up properly later, but they are nice models. AoW has made nice Chaos Warriors and Dwarfs in the past. I have the Slayers. Savion has the Corruptors.