Hey guys,
Sorry about the last couple of weeks, I have been really busy and just couldn't get around to posting. 

But I have came to the conclusion that I am going to get rid of the majority of my 40k armies, keeping the pieces that I like and that will make a decent sized force if I decide to play again.  This one will probably be a short post, just still pretty busy with the holidays and all.  I wish I could get past the lack of motivation to start painting again.  I have yet to paint anything since I posted about starting back up again.  I think its a 2 fold problem, 1 being the lack of motivation and 2 the hectic schedule of the end of November and most of December.

But come January there will be painting to do.  I am pretty sure that the new Flames of War starter set is coming my way for Christmas along with some Warmachine and Hordes items, possibly even a few Ogre items to flesh out that army.  Time will tell.

But I do hope everyone of you has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Good Gaming!!

Hey guys,
  Nothing new to report in terms of hobby, but do have a few things to talk about.  As some of you know, I don't like the new 6th ed rules for 40k.  No biggie, I am not going to hurt GW's sales forecast by not buying anything new.  And I am not going to bash the rules or the game, I have met a lot of good friends due to the game and had lots of fun playing it.

But after much thought and deliberation I am going to give up the game for good.  Now what to do with my armies?? I have a decent sized force of Blood Angels, which was a pretty stout list in 5th, and a nearly huge CSM army which was my first army when I got into the game.  The Blood Angels are definitely leaving either as a sale or as a trade, haven't decided where to post them and what I really want for them.  And a very small starting sized force of Orks. This leaves me with my CSM.  Every time I think about getting rid of them, I get them down to write up the inventory and start remembering past games and all the fun I had playing them which leads to me putting them back up on the shelf until the next time.

So I am at a crossroads, I know I will prolly never play them again but still want to keep them for old times sake.  Which makes no sense, when I could at least get something for them either in trade or $$.  I did manage to thin the ranks of them a little back over the summer when I sold some of things I never used anyway, like 2 Landraiders and the CSM termies (never liked the sculpts and had plans of chaosifying some normal termies).

If I go the $$ route and sell the armies, then what?  I will just end spending the $$ on something prolly bills, and have nothing show for it.  If I go the trade route, then what do I want and really need?  I mean I have a decent sized OK army for Fantasy,  a Menoth, Khador, Legion and Circle armies for WM/H, and it appears that I will be getting the Flames of War starter set for Christmas, so do I try and trade for things to expand those or try to get a new army for Fantasy or even try some new game system (which I don't need much less have the time for or extra $$ to start some system).  Or do I try and get more board games, which do actually get used form time to time via family game nights and at friend's houses.  I just don't know what to do.

And then the way out there scenario, what if when 7th ed comes out, I happen to like those rules?  Do I keep the CSM for that and just start over?  I doubt that I will start over anyway, when I quit something it tends to be for good.  I mean I used to have a complete library of BattleTech books and several 100s of minis, and then things happened and I sold them all.

I don't really know what to do, other than I doubt I will ever play 40k again, but not sure that I want to get rid of my CSM, which are just taking up space.  Any ideas or comments would be helpful.

Don't really know if this is a blog post or actually a vent, if you will.  Not a vent in terms of ranting and raving but just getting a few things out and off my chest.  But whatever it is, at least now I will have possible prizes for the current contest and future ones.

Thanks for reading and don't forget about the contest, the rules are mentioned in a post about the beginning on November.  Also, don't forget to subscribe if you want and post a comment or 3.
Good Gaming!!

Sorry for the delay, got busy with Thanksgiving and all.  But it doesn't look like I will make this month's hobby challenge.  I got busy painting a few things for Christmas gifts, and making a few Origami projects for my Mom for Christmas.  But I guess I still got some hobby stuff finished.  I will include the link I used for the Origami project.

http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-dove.html

But unless I am mistaken I will be getting the 3ed of Flames of War starter set for Christmas.  So I have been on a bit of a WW2 kick as of late.  I found a memoir of a 101st Airborne Serviceman from WW2 at my local used bookstore, and have been reading it to no end.  Its not a very big book but very in depth and from personal notes and letters. Its been very interesting and entertaining to say the least.  Also, I have been watching a lot of WW2 stuff on Netflix, just about anything I can find I have watched.  I know my instant que has been growing with new arrivals.  And slowly the que has been shrinking too.

So need less to say, I will be focusing on the FoW minis after Christmas, if I get them. So I guess the Ogres might have to wait a little to get completed.  I really want to get them finished as an army but I just cant get motivated on them at the moment.

Update on the Orcs and Goblins army I mentioned last couple of threads, doesn't look like they will be the next WHFB army for me, the deal apparently has fell through, since I have not heard from the other party in about 3 weeks.  So my Blood Angels army is back on the block if anyone is interested.  I can post a list if there is interest in it.

Well until next time, thanks for stopping by and reading, and  Good Gaming!!

A day early this week, just don't think I will be able to get it done tomorrow.  An update on my hobby goal this month, I am hoping to assemble 4 Mounrfang Cavalry, 4 Ironguts, and 4 Ogres.  I am planning on painting the 4 Ironguts to join my other Guts from the Goldtooth tribe.

As soon as I get some pics I will post them.

Also, dont forget about the contest.  I really want to give something away.

Thanks for reading and Good Gaming!!

More Ogres for the paint gallery.  This time I finished up my Tyrant/Bruiser, depending on how I am running my forces.  And 10 little bugger Gnoblars. And finished up 1 objective marker for my OK.

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More Units Painted!!

Hey guys!
Been a while since I last updated the blog, but work has been busy.  I managed to get a unit of 4 Leadbelchers, another unit of 8 Ogres, and Standard Bearers for both units of Ogres painted.  Also, managed to get a victory in against the Skaven.  Hope to get a battle report up about that soon.  But here's the pics of the newly painted units. 
I must admit I am very pleased with how the standard bearers turned out.  I don't think the Belchers turned out bad either, but I was in a rush to get them finished by the end of the month.
Enjoy and please subscribe and leave comments about anything, whether about the minis, the army, or what you'd like to see in the future.

Good Gaming!!

First Unit of OK painted and based

Here is my first unit for my Ogre KIngdoms army painted and based up.  I'm not really happy with how the basing turned out, but this unit is finsihed and the basing works.  But overall I am pleased with this unit.

Any and all C&C is welcome, just keep it civil.  I know I am not the best painter, but its something I enjoy.

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First Game with the New OK

I had my first game my OK, this weekend.  It didn't end as well as hoped but I learned somethings and had a good time.  It was a 1750 game vs Lizardmen.  The scenario was Blood and Glory.  Basically, everything revolved around one turn of shooting by a Salamander. It shot into my unit with my Firebelly and 8 Ogres which caused them to run due to a failed Leadership roll.  The running unit ran into 2 other units, 1 unit of 8 Ogres and my block of 6 Ironguts with Butcher as general.  And then both of those had to take leadership tests due to the unit running into them and panicking within 12 inches.  Needless to say the other 2 units failed as well and the unit of 8 Ogres ran off the board. But the Butcher unit managed to reform the next round.  Until it was charged by an Ancient Stegodon.  And rather than standing and taking the punishment, I decided to flee.  Being 11.5 inches away from the board edge I thought I would be fine, but no I rolled a 12.  And that was the game.  But the Mournfang did get a successful charge on a 24 mini Lizardman unit and basically wiped them out. 
Mournfangs are definitely an auto-take for me.

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Upcoming Blog topics

For the most part, the next few topics will be on my OK army.  There might be a pop-up blog here and there just a random post about what ever is happening right then.  But for the next 5-6 posts will revolve around my OK army and games that I have played.  Also, I will try and give tactics form my games, as in what worked and what didn't.  Who knows I may even throw up a batrep or 2 as well.

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Enjoy and happy gaming!!

Quick Update of the Ogres

Quick update on the Ogres thus far. Here's the army thus far.  Everything is primed with the exception of Greasus, all the standard bearers, Butcher, Firebelly, Mournfangs and the Scraplauncher.  But its a start.
The army consists of 4 Mournfang, 4 Leadbelchers, Greasus Goldtooth The OverTyrant, 1 Scrap Launcher, 1 Firebelly, 1 Tyrant, 1 Butcher, 5 Ironguts, 16 Ogres, 3 Standard Bearers, 1 BSB, (not Pictured) 3 Maneaters, 24 Gnoblars.

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Ogre Kingdoms!!

Well, I am finally getting around to painting the big guys. To this point I have them primed. And will start the actual painting process tomorrow after work and on Saturday. Hope to have pics at the various stages but we'll see.

I'm also going to put some things Id like to accomplish with the Ogres while I am playing them. More for S and G than anything else.  I will update these as soon as they are accomplished.  They will be noted by the 'XX' and will give a brief description of how it was accomplished.  For the in game ones, they may become a separate blog post.

Ogre Achievements

XX1. Getting Started - Play a game of warhammer using the new ogre book (played 1st game today v. Lizardmen)
2. Going Large - Play a game of warhammer of over 2000 points using the new ogre book
3. Brace for impact! - During a game, an ogre unit successfully charges and rolls 10+ on the dice
4. I'm in charge! - play a game with the new book using a tyrant in your army
5. Incoming! - during a game, lose at least 3 ogres to a single war machine shot
6. look what we can do! - have a mornfang rider successfully parry an attack
XX7. Oooo, shiny! - buy one of the models new to the ogre range (Firebelly, Butcher and 4 Mournfang [all from Chaos Orc])
8. That's huge! - build a stonehorn or thundertusk model
9. Sigh! - lose more than 3 ogres to any one casting of a spell that involved you taking an initiative test as part of it's resolution
10. I didn't mean it lads - lose a spellcaster to the "snake eyes" effect of grut's sickle
11. Boom! Hur, Hur, Hur - field a unit of 5+ leadbelchers and shoot with them at least 4 times in a single game.
12. Say hello to my little friend! - field an ironblaster in your army
13. Still loving it - play 5 games using the new book rules
14. Crush the thinlings - take a new book ogre army to a tournament
15. getting colder - field a thundertusk OR a unit of yhettees in your army
16. it's freezing! - field more than one thunder tusk AND a unit of yhettees in your army
XX17. Getting warmer! - field a firebelly in your army (Unimpressive got 1 spell off and that was all)
18. Hot! Hot! - field more than one firebelly in your army
19. Unleash Hell! - field 2 scraplaunchers and 2 iron blasters in your army
20. One for the cauldron - paint an ogre model and post it on the forum
21. Paint a unit of ogres
22. Here Kitty! - field 1 or more lone sabretusks in your army
23. Win a game using ogres vs. beastmen.
24. Win a game using ogres vs. Dwarfs
25. Does this taste funny to you? - Win a game using ogres vs. Daemons of chaos
26. Win a game using ogres vs. High elves
27. Win a game using ogres vs. Wood elves
28. Win a game using ogres vs. Dark elves
29. franzfurters - Win a game using ogres vs. Empire
30. Tastes like chicken - Win a game using ogres vs. Lizardmen
31. Stake Out - Win a game using ogres vs. Vampire counts
32. Past their sell-by date - win a game using ogres vs. Tomb kings
33. Eat your greens - Win a game using ogres vs. orcs and goblins
34. Win a game using ogres vs. Warriors of chaos
35. Overtyrant - win a game using ogres vs. Ogres
36. Tinned food - win a game using ogres vs. Bretonnia
37. Rats! - win a game using ogres vs. Skaven
38. Convert one of the new range of ogre models
39. Oops! - destroy either a scraplauncher or an ironblaster with a misfire
40. We don't bicker! - field an army containing 4+ units of gnoblars
41. No auto-wounds for you! - have a butcher or slaughtermaster get hit with a poisoned attack
XX42. What that coming over the hill? - field a unit of 4+ mornfangs (4 unit of Mounrnfang caused 16 wounds and ran down unit of Lizardmen, auto-take)
43. Now you see me - field a unit of scouting maneaters
44. Hunger! - field 3 gorgers in an army
45. Hahahaha! - kill 3+ models in a single use of the gnoblar trappers rule.
46. Fork in the eye! - kill an enemy character with a scraplauncher killing blow
47. I'm special - field any one of the ogre special characters in your army
48. The maw! - successfully use the large template version of the maw spell to kill an enemy model
49. the maw the merrier! - have the large template version of the maw spell roll a misfire and kill one or more of your ogres.
50. Oh no you don't - use the greedy fist item to consume the magical properties of a weapon
51. I Heart you - use the hellheart to cause miscasts in 2+ enemy wizards in one use.
52. hole is where the heart is - cause an enemy wizard to dimensional cascade and go down a hole using the hellheart.
53. Its mine, MINE! - use the gnoblar Thiefstone to steal an item from an enemy character.
54. Just the lads - field an army containing ONLY ogres, no animals, gnoblars, etc.
55. You can't touch this - pass a 4+ ward vs flaming with a firebelly.
XX56. Start a paint blog for your ogre army (Duh)
57. Update pics into your ogre paint blog on at least 4 seperate occasions.
58. Use the thunder mace in a game to kill 10+ models with thunder crush attacks (does not have to be all in one attack)
59. Why do I bother? - lose 3 games in a row with your ogre army
60. Overpowered! - win 3 games in a row with your ogre army.
61. That's no place for a hatchet - roll a 2 on the scraplauncher misfire chart
62. Jugger! - roll a 10+ when successfully charging with a stone horn
63. Re-roll this! - subject 3+ high elf units to numbing chill in the same combat phase
64. Oh shi-! - Have a slaughermaster or butcher die from rolling a 1 on Bloodgruel.
65. Seigebroken - Hit a building with Seigebreaker.
66. OH GOD MY FACE! - Kill an enemy character with the chaintrap from the Thundertusk.
67. Dancing On Sunshine -. Have a character pass his Initative test from being hit by Purple Sun
68. Sunburned - Kill an Ogre with a Purple Sun that YOU cast.
69. Why Can't I Hold All These Items? - Roll 120pts for Golgfag magic item allowance.
70. Buffy The Ogre Caster - Have all of your Slaughtermasters spells be augments.
71. It's Rude To Bragg - Have Bragg kill a Large Target in a challenge.
72. WHAT THE FU-BOOOM! - Destroy an enemy model with an Ironblaster misfire.
73. Soups on! - Have Skrag kill enough models to unlock all of his special rules in one game
74. Crusher - play 10 games with the new ogre book
75. Bruiser - play 20 games with the new ogre book
76. Tyrant - play 50 games with the new ogre book
77. Maneater - play with the new ogre book in 5 different venues
78. ker-splat! - kill an enemy unit with just your impact hits alone.
XX79. Box clever - construct, buy or convert a new carry case for your ogre army (awesome deal on Btown for 2 GW cases)
80. Altered beast power up! - boost every unit in your army with a single augment from the lore of the great maw
81. ...and you play Ogres!? - Have more war machine weapons in your army than your opponent.
82. Small, but many -have a gnoblar horde break an enemy unit.
83. We're all there - have a unit of at least 12 ogres get into the enemy deployment zone with no casualties taken.
84. My horde is bigger then yours - have an ogre horde break an enemy horde.
85. So much power lost - have an ogre unit roll 10 or more and still fail a charge.
86. Rambo or Conan? - have a lone ogre lose a combat but pass his break test.
87. You call that a club?.... THIS is a club - cause 6 S10's with Siegebreaker on a unit occupying a building.
88. Ogre zoo - Paint at least one of the Stonehorn, Thundertusk, Mournfang and Sabretusk models.
89. She's a Maaaaaneater! - paint the female Maneater model.
90. They're not bloody Eagles you know! - Run a Hunter in a unit of 5 or more Sabretusks.
91. But they're soooo cute! - Fill your whole core with Gnoblars.
92. Bird brained - kill an enemy model with a hunter's blood vulture.
93. Timber! - lose an ogre when a giant (yours or your opponent's) falls on one of your units.
94. Thinling roast! - kill 5 enemy models with a single firebelly breath weapon blast
95. Cats paw - Kill a skaven weapon team with a sabretusk
96. Halitosis - use 3 breath weapon attacks in a single game.
97. Billy no-mates - field an army with only 1 character in it. He cannot deploy in a unit or join one. Bonus if he survives the game.
98. Steady now! - Use freehand to paint a banner for an ogre unit
XX99. Da lads! - post a pic of your entire army on the forum in your ogre paint blog. (a primed pic counts ;))
100. Feast master - place 1st, or best in race, at a tournament.
101. Brrrr! - field more than one thundertusk in your army OR more than one unit of yhettees in your army

Thanks for reading and good gaming!!

First Blog

Hey guys and the occasional gal,
My first post is going to detail what I hope to do with and in this blog.  First off, I hope to go over the various games that I play.  Mostly mini-war games, but an occasional RPG thrown in as well. 
I play 40k and WHFB.  I have a few armies from WarMachine have yet to play any games with them.  I am also a demo guy for CraftyGames, makers of FantasyCraft, SpyCraft, and the new release the MistBorn Adventure Game.
I think my first actual blog entry will be about my Ogre Kingdoms army.  I got an awesome deal on them, and mostly from friends for my B-day back in July.  I am really pumped about playing them since the releases of the new book.  They were intended to be my first WHFB army just do to the fact of the small amount of minis that I would have to paint. 

But the games store we were playing at at the time didn't have any in stock but had a decent amount of Empire and a few of the regulars said they were a decent army and pretty forgiving for a new player...so the Empire turned out to be my first army.  I took them to 'Ardboyz this past year and ended up taking 4th, nothing great but I was pretty satisfied with how they fought.
And at times within this blog I will tend to ramble about whatever it is that I have happen to be talking about at the time so there's the fair warning.
Well thanks for stopping by and good gaming!!