rudra34

I have mixed success with beastmen without using any magic. The pain really does come during the opponent's magic phase, but on your turns it's not a big deal. Just frees up more points of face-smashing.

They are less common now, but I get bored by lists with extreme magical superiority. Nothing is lamer than sitting through the magic phase and just watching spell after spell go off with no way to stop it. It's like fighting a magical gunline. Give me an army to fight, damn it!

Nice work, guys! Grats to Art and Seth!

I'll make it down this week.

You could go either way on this one. I would side more with charging at his movement stat at the start of the charge, but can understand why people would think the other. If it ever comes up in a game and there is a dispute, just roll off. Hopefully that 1" wont decide the final outcome of the game :)

You don't get extra range from having bigger bases. War machine range comes from the machine itself, not the base.

If he is mounted on a monstrous beast he becomes monstrous cav. In that case, he can only get a LOS save from other monstrous cav models. Regular cavalry isn't going to cut it.

He hasn't been running them as conga lines, just effective chaff road blocks. The only time you'ld get into a conga line situation with these is if you decided to charge them in the flank.

Eh, conga line all day long if you want. A tactic like this is annoying and cheesy, but far from game breaking. If somebody wants to make a blackgaurd unit with an expensive character in it and a giant exposed flank, then so be it. It's just another thing to be prepared for, and honestly a small unit of unbreakable/stubborn whatevers is not terribly intimidating.

Great night for the beasts! First off, I want to thank Iraf and RD for two great games. Against Iraf I won due to luck. His main block ran from panic, and did not stop running. I gladly accept the victory, but look forward to a game where we can bash each other's heads in a little more. RD and I had a much closer game. He kept my bestigor unit in the backfield for most of the game, but my bulls managed to whittle down one of his blocks of longbeards and run them off the board. It was a very close match, and I narrowly edged out another win. In the future I might not be so lucky. Lessons learned: -Bestigors are great, but I need to get them out into the battle and not block them up in the my deployment zone. -Magic is fun, but not always a game-changer. -Never count on impact hits.

Escalation starts this week! Because of a work meeting I'll have to leave around 4:45, but I will be back around 6ish. Hopefully somebody will still be willing to get in a quick game or two with me and the beasties. I'm going bold at 1500 and starting off with no magic. Feel free to absolutely wreck me in the magic phase, I'm going for all-out combat and close-up face-melting. On the painting front I have 12 ungors done, but I need to finish the bases on them. I should have some time in the morning tomorrow to get them finished, and then to either work on the second chariot or start painting my razorgors. I challenge everyone, consider the gauntlet thrown!

Hunting characters is the last thing a peg captain should have in mind. My favorite build is a 1+ rerollable save with the dragonhelm and a lance. He wont hold up anything with ranks, but charge him into any chaff unit, chariot, or even monstrou cav (hopefully they have the flaming banner, if not hit them in the flank!), and he will do amazing things. I used to run three at 2400+, they never disappoint. The griffin is a little bit harder to justify. He is a solid, fun choice, but in an army with so many superior lord choices he is simply lackluster. Also, Empire characters are not known for their incredible fighting ability. If you want to run one, go right ahead. hook him up with the white cloak and some other gear, as the cloak adds some survivability to the griffin as well.

oh crap! I didn't realize these were starting at 4! I will show up at the beginning, then have to leave. Hopefully when I'm back somebody will be up for a quick match.

I will have a work meeting that starts off at 5 that night, but it will be in Portland. I'm should get down to wow about 6:15.

Alright! Brawl has come and gone, hopefully everyone had a kickass time down in Salem. While I missed out on the event, I plan full well to have a fully painted 2k for the spring escalation league. That being said, I need to get on it! Between work and girlfriend my free time is limited and random, so I'm going to try and start with small goals. This week's goal is to finish another 10 ungor, and if I have extra time I will work on getting some base coats done on my razorgors. With me luck, I will post progress when it's made!

Holy crap, I might actually be free this weekend!

I will do my best to be a part of the league, got to get those beasts together again!

I put off posting this for awhile because I was bummed out. Work has been nuts lately, and with us losing an employee I have to back out of the black sheep brawl and work that weekend. For OFCC I still plan to have this army ready, but its going to take some discipline to get going on all the work I still need to do. I'm hoping to be able to make it to a sunday game soon. It's been almost 2 months and I am itching to bloody up a table.

I believe I finally have a free Sunday, so count me in with 2400 of beasts!

I'm gonna have to miss again, got a meeting at work. Looking forward to coming next week.

Today I actually found some time to be productive! I got a base coat down on 28 nurglings, 2 razorgor, and a possible gorebull. More importantly I'm working on a converted gorebull BSB which I'm really excited about. Tomorrow I should have some time to get a little more done, but with work it might not happen. When I get a chance I'll throw up some new pictures.

I'm going to have to miss this week, I'm cooking for a good friend's birthday.

You have enough mobility, the bolt throwers will help with MC and monsters. 100% bolt throwers.