Swan-of-War

With Yosemite Sam or that chrome lady sihouette - that would be awesome.

You wear low-waisted underwear too?

I think what Munkie is saying is that artillery players are placing their warmachine sideways, right against the deployment line. When you go to fire, you pivot the barrel over the deployment line and therefore gain an inch or so. If your opponent has also deployed a unit on his deployment line, you should be able to hit them (if you're using a helblaster or something similar with a 24" range).

Wolf Mother

Brightly painted Lizardmen make for a pretty cool spectacle on the battlefield. I think they offer a broader range of unit types and play styles, but OK are pretty good too. A lot of "counts-as" armies lend themselves to the Ogre list well.

A punch to the junk solves a lot of these shenanigans. Requiring full ranks might be reaching too far as you would force a unit of Ogres 2x2 to go a full 4 wide and possibly miss out on attack or clip or whatever

This is exactly what I've been wanting to do - set up a little scenic diorama to showcase my painted units. The backdrop is super cool - I was thinking of buying a railroad one off of Ebay but didn't really need it to be 10 feet long. I took a picture of Mt. Baker up here in Washington that's suitabley grandiose and had it/printed shipped to me online. Should arrive this week. Will keep this thread bookmarked for inspiration / motivation!

Wow Sam, this looks fantastic! Love the feel of all the buildings and the backdrop is perfect

The OOP Forgeworld Temple Saurus? Someone suggested using the McFarlane Warcraft figs awhile back. I picked up one with two giant-bullywug looking guys on the base. Mean looking guys with kroot-like spikes coming off their backs. One guy jumping from a rock is about the same height as GW's - you can have them for free if you make it down to Redmond. If you PM me your number I can shoot you a picture too

It would be pretty cool to take a unit of dwarves in my Empire though, just for fun.

Reminds me of the Mantic Forge Fathers

Why? You're just advertising that you likely have guns inside to steal...

Mat showed up today and shows some cracking. Thinking I should mount it on MDF so I can paint over?

I usually ran 24 Greatswords + character. Maybe you could come up with a 40mm unit filler.

Off topic but I've seen the artist who did your avatar at our local Issaquah Salmon Days a couple years in a row. He has a cool Ghibli-meets-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are series too.

Second Brother Glacius' reply. More archers too, if you can swing it. Those little guys are great for skirmishing screens and mage bunkers (less die due to miscast templates and such).

That's a good summary Murphy's Lawyer, but I'd deviate a little and say that Warmachines take out Monsters, Chariots and others of their ilk (along with Buffing models).

Captasus should be off hunting enemy warmachines.

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Yeah, that's hard to say based on the board and your field of vision. I tend to take two cannons and spread them out. Each covers a somewhat diagonal arc across the board (if possible) with the knights a little forward and off to the side. Most fliers will try to come straight on at the warmachine so you can react with the knights to intercept, even if its shuffling sideways to prevent a turn 2 charge (and blocking LOS to the cannon). If you're fielding an Engineer (recommended with a Helblaster), you can also give him a Ruby Ring. A little fireball action does wonders against skirmishing warmachine hunters since there's no minus to hit with shooting. Another ding against crossbows / handgunners. Don't worry too much about keeping them alive the whole game. Prioritize your targets and take down as much as you can in the first half. Even if they keep big meanies hiding behind cover, they're doing a good job. I actually find that they kinda sit around in the later turns because the pickings are slim. Maybe finishing off a fleeing model or two just for the points.

Pro Tip: take 5 man units of Knights. Longer charge range to threaten those flippin' harpies, can redirect if needed and 1+ armor saves are going to help them stick around longer. Just hope you pass the Ld test.

Yeah, I couldn't get through the first ten minutes of Repo. Once people started singing it was like being forced to watch LARPers and it made me very uncomfortable.

I've had more than my fair share of casino's this past year. So dang smokey and disgusting, so much human misery and hopelessness. Gah. Did see MC Hammer last Fall and the wife got a great picture with him - stopped and posed right during a song Proppa!

Well, as I recall, the Forgeworld rules weren't particularilly well written or balanced. And since they're not readily available, I could see a tournament goer feeling blindsided or having to rely entirely on blind faith that their opponent it reading / interpreting / playing the rules correctly.

I've tried shooting outside, preferably on an overcast day - but that really limits me to weekends when it's not raining and I'm not off running the kids around. Photobox will give me a lot more flexibility on when I can just snap a quick pick.