Old World Army Challenge VI - Leader

July Entry for my Old World Army Challenge

 Old World Army Challenge

Old World Army Challenge VI - Rank and File Orc Spearmen 2

June Entry for my Old World Army Challenge

Featuring the second half of my Orc Spearman block and also the lesser Goblin unit posted earlier

 Old World Army Challenge

Old World Army Challenge VI - Rank and File Orc Archers

April Entry for my Old World Army Challenge

 Old World Army Challenge

Old World Army Challenge VI - Rank and File Orc Grashak Kra and Hobhounds

February Entry for my Old World Army Challenge

 Old World Army Challenge

Old World Army Challenge VI - Rank and File Orc Spearmen

January Entry for my Old World Army Challenge:

 Old World Army Challenge

Old World Army Challenge VI - Bloodbath at Orc's Drift

 As the year draws to a close the call went out again for the next Old World Army Challenge and one I have eagerly signed up for again!

The Challenge won't start properly until January next year but beyond adding my name to the starting line there is still a lot to get ready from actually deciding what to build and Introductory blog post to the all important prep. Last Year was my first year and the best bit of advice I received was to Prep and plan! Figures cannot be painted but they can be build and based and undercoated. When you are going through a whole army, this has saved a huge amount of time and pressure on each month, being able to have it all laid out and see each month as well as progress really helped me survive the time.

When I looked at last year my Slann and Bloodbath at Orc's Drifts projects were in my final list but were pipped by my Marines. This year I have decided to take up my Bloodbath Project and use the Challenge to get more of it done, and make up for the lack of progress on it this year!

Excluding the building which are an ongoing part of the project and some additional Orc warmachines at the bottom, three bolt throwers and two Snotling Pump Wagons which will make some nice bonus builds. The layout shows all the figures (bar three Orc archers which seem to have wandered off!) for the Scenario.

So far I have completed three of the Command Cards:

The Vile Rune Orcs with Fangor Gripe, Guthrum Mane and Silas Meel

The Dwarfs of Ashak Rise with Borinn and Snorinn Fimbul

The Engineers of Ozrim Chardz and Osrim Chardz

I have also made a start on the Linden Way Militia Card, completing most of the Villages and Mayor Leofwine 

But the bulk of the cards remain, with the two elf unit cards and one human character card to complete 

Ferndale Snart and his Patients. Still needs three more injured/casualty figures as the dwarf in a sling is a stand in

Brommidir and his wood elves ( I might try and replace these with more metal Wood elves)

The Wood Elves of Kachas Pass with Erdolas Thringal

On the Orc side, cards outstanding are:

King F'yar and his F'yar guard which are figures from Rugluds Armoured Orcs

The Kwae Karr orcs with Magyar Ironfist and Bagrash (to find/ buy three more archers)

The Severed Hand Orcs with Hagar Sheol, Grashak Kra and his Hobhounds

Next will be deciding on the force to assemble for the Challenge. 

Orcs, Human/Elf or a blend of the two?

 

Fire Hawks OWAC Roundup

The full breakdown and roundup for my completed Rogue Trader Fire Hawks army as part of the 2022 Old World Army Challenge

Old world Army Challenge

 

Tzeentch. Brother Jest and Brother Marc

 A couple of small additions to my Tzeentchian Warband before the year is out, hopefully 2022 will be a better year for the Church of Transmogrification.

Brother Jest of the Outer Church

Brother Jast had always been a religious man, but never a humble one. Raised a devotee of Sigmar, he had been a thorn in the side of the priests with his wealthy family affording him generous donations that always came with price and a demand that his voice be heard. 

Jest had always felt blessed and elevated in the eyes of the Gods but unappreciated of the earth and after arguing with the local priest for the last time he stepped into the Church of Transmogrification, maybe they would be grateful. Grateful they were for his patronage and flattered his ego until he had given all and took the Lilac Sacrament. The hand of Tzeentch reached out and blessed him with pale wings and his ego soared to new heights. He boasted of their beauty and revealed in flights between the colonnades of the church Halls, announcing to all that was amongst the favoured and would soon be blessed again, to join the Churches Cherubim and then on to daemon hood  and to stand by the side the Great Changer! 

His words were heard and the next time he took Sacrament he was brought low and his wings were shrunk until he could do naught but hop, his bright mask burnt and twisted and became a comical grin. Jast became Jest and now serves as a bloody Fool for the Church and still dreams of flight as he perches and drops with his mace

Brother Marc of the Outer Church

Marc had ended his life before the Church found him as a thief of poor skill and little luck. 

Born to a family with a little land, he was the third son and had inherited nothing on his father death. Unwanted at birth and unloved at home, he had been encouraged by uncaring brothers to seek his fortune away from them and in the town. They had given him a small sum of coin and their fathers sword to bribe him on his way. 

But his older brothers had no desire to give anything to him and had plotted for their farmhands to set upon him like brigands when he reached the town and take back all that they had given. Beaten and robbed, the town only saw yet another filthy worthless dreg, his protestations and pleas for help as only begging lies. Desperation drove him to steal, but unskilled and unaccustomed to his new life he was caught by the town watch and punished. His ears were cut and he was pilloried for his theft. Further undone he was found by the Church who took him in and showed him his first kindness and he gladly took the path they offered. Healed of his wounds, he now bears the drums of service and beats out each step on the Changers Way.

Brother Jest is a C12 Citadel Goblin Splat with a set of wings I found in my Bits box. Brother Marc is another figure taken from the Red Redemption set

The Church of Transmogrification revealed so far

  

Bloodbath. Terrain P5. The Stone Bridge, River and Forest

 

Next on my build list, as a quick addition before the end of the year, is the stone bridge. Adding this one would also push me to paint up a set of resin river sections that has been in a box for about five years!

Initially I was undecided about making the bridge as a separate piece to lay over a river section or add a river under it. I settled on the later as the river sections are quite wide compared to the original card design and didn't want to alter it too much.

The final build made with Plasticard, stirrers and glue for the banks

Laid out with two sections of the river and a section of road.

River effect was made with Tamiya Black Green on black undercoat with a gloss varnish

Completed Bridge

( although I may go back and add some more weathering )

Completed bridge and river sections

To go with my slowly growing village, as well as other games like my Prehistoric Project, I have been slowly acquiring and building trees

Ebay lot on wooden discs left over from MDF paint holder and washers

Flexible filler to build up the base and sculpt a trunk

finished first set of trees

Some bushes using Hanging basket liner and flock

Some trees using branches, hanging basket liner and flock

A quick mock up ( hence teh bad lighting etc) using terrain 

Dwarf Patrol stumbles on an Orc scouting party and defends the bridge to allow the villages to flee and alert the main army

Next on my build list are the tents, board base and then next building...

Bloodbath. Terrain P3. The Latrine

A quick build and tick of the terrain list is the latrine.

Image from the Townscape version

5mm Plasticard base and walls made from wooden drinks stirrers 

panels scored to add age and texture

Assembled with a plasticard roof tiles 

Finished Latrine with some added lichen and leaves

Smallest engaged sign I have ever done, thankful for my Optivisor glasses!

Finished business

Two down..