November 24, 2006

Hello everybody! Well, not a lot of progress has been made on the Elves. I finished off a unit of 14 Seaguard and a Bolt Thrower. I have the crew and 10 Shadow Warriors half painted, which leaves two Mages, 10 more Seaguard, and two Bolt Throwers to paint. Thankfully, I have a week to myself to hunker down and get some intense painting done.

I’ve played a few more games with my army. Of note was a monster based Dark Elf army that I smashed into pieces. The pre-game shooting alone crippled a Manticore and the Beastmaster. Several bow shots later and the Highborn was a twitching wreck. Sadly, the Black Dragon passed its Monster Reaction test and charged into combat with a thin line of Elves. Imagine the hilarity that ensued when they fought the beast off and made it run! (Go static combat resolution!)

I also played a Tomb Kings army and managed a draw. Armies that don’t run and raise back their troops are definitely problematic for the Seaguard. Events of note were the three Bolt Throwers that all hit and all wounded a Bone Giant in one round, and the miserable Tomb Swarm that failed to show up until turn 5. Anyway folks, I’m off to finish off the last bits of my army. If I have more than a model or two to do by the next blog, you know I’m in trouble! Wish me luck!

November 17, 2006

Yes, yes, I’ve finally got another blog written. I’ll admit, I haven’t been working much on my Seaguard. With the Eldar codex coming out this November, I’ve been foolishly spending some time building and painting Eldar so that I can start gaming right away once the codex is released.

My army is pretty much fully assembled and I’ve painted my Elf Princess on Eagle, a regiment of 14 Seaguard, a bolt thrower, my Commander, and 95% of another unit of Seaguard. My goal is to have 1000pts painted by the weekend. I’ve divided my army into painting chunks:

Lord, Seaguard block (14), Bolt Thrower

Commander, Seaguard block (14), Bolt Thrower

Mage, Seaguard block (10), Bolt Thrower

Mage, Shadow Warriors (10), Bolt Thrower

This will prevent me from going insane from painting too many of the same models at once, and reward myself by throwing in a character model here and there.

I’ve played a few games with the Seaguard since my first blog. I’ve tackled a Dogs of War army and the new Orcs and Goblins. I played the Flank Attack scenario from the Hall of Heroes tournament package vs. the Dogs of War. Despite only having half my army on the table, I was still able to shoot up most threatening regiments. Let me tell you, 4 Repeater Bolt Throwers at close range vs. infantry are gross. Some accurate cannon fire from my opponent was able to claw back some victory points, but by the 5th turn my opponent conceded.

My game vs. the Orcs and Goblins player was surprising as he was fairly new to Warhammer and he beat me solidly! Due to the new 24” diameter gap in the middle of the table (new scenery deployment rules), I thought it would be a good idea to deploy as close as possible to start shooting ASAP. Sadly, I got no hills, which meant I had to shoot down a forest of Goblins before I could draw line of sight to the Orcs. The Orcs then WAAAAAGHED, and I was robbed of one more turn of shooting. The Orcs hit with brutal force, turning my thin Elven lines into pulp. If I could go back in time, I would have redeployed in a “refused flank” manner which would prevent the entirety of the Orc army bearing down on me at the same time. The benefit of 20/20 hindsight; wish me luck during this crunch time!