January 30, 2014

Bolt Action: Scenario "Bunker Assault"

SCENARIO: BUNKER ASSAULT

Warlord Games released a new scenario for Bolt Action today. You can find the scenario HERE.
This scenario represents a frontal assault against a section of an enemy fortified line, and works perfectly with our Atlantik Wall bunkers set!This could represent troops storming the Atlantik Wall on D-Day, or the German Panzer Grenadiers attacking the dug-in defenders in the initial phases of the battle of Kursk, or the western allies’ assault against the Westwall/Siegfried Line, or the Soviets overwhelming the Seelow Heights defences… as well as ‘what if’ assaults against the Maginot line and so on – have fun!

January 29, 2014

Daily Chronicle: 1/29/2014

With my absence from gaming the last 2 years, I had lost my .com "www.theoldwestchronicle.com" to someone in China and had to revert back to the default Blogger address "theoldwestchronicle.blogspot.com".  Today I decided to get my old address back but with .net.  So this site can be reached via blogspot or the new www.theoldwestchronicle.net  Any items that I still work on that are Games Workshop related can still be found at www.adeptusarizona.com

An update on my Soviet army: My remaining bases have arrived and I was able to base the models that I do have (I am waiting for a few single infantry to arrive to complete my 'free rifle selection').  Today I will start to prime some of the infantry models and hopefully tomorrow night actually start applying some paint to the models.  After this weekend I will have a better understanding if I think I can complete the army in time for Gathering in the Desert.  I really do want to get them done in time, but I also do not want to really rush them and be unhappy with the finished product.  So we shall see.

January 27, 2014

Bolt Action: 1,000PT Soviet Union 'Starter Army'


Last week I was introduced to a fairly new game called 'Bolt Action' from Warlord Games. "From Blitzkreig to North Africa, from the Russian Front to the D-Day Landings, Bolt Action puts YOU in command of the most brutal and famous battles of the Second World War."

I have always been interested in WWII gaming and started on a few Flames of War armies, but the scale and the complexity of the rules for Flames of War have kept me away from the game. With Bolt Action, the scale is 28mm (standard for most of the games I play) and the rules are very scaled back. The authors of the rule book are former Games Workshop employees and the rules are very similar to the games they wrote for them (but much easier).

The weekend of February 22nd, a friend of mine is running a Bolt Action 2 day tournament called 'Gathering in the Desert' (used to be a 2 day LotR tournament a few years ago), so I decided to pick up a Soviet Union 1000 point starter army with the hopes to play in this tournament. I have not yet committed to the tournament, since it all depends if I can get the models built and painted by that weekend, but I am going to give it my best shot.
I have been out of town the last few days so not much was completed this past week, but when I got home late Saturday night I started to assemble my army. I noticed a I was short a few round bases for my infantry men, so I had to quickly place an order and those should arrive in a few days so I can finish assembly.
Soviet Infantry: assembled
Soviet Officers: assembled
Tonight I will start preparing the bases that I do have and hopefully by this weekend all the models will be primed and ready for painting.

The 'Starter Army' box comes out to 999 points and was originally designed based on the army lists from the main rule book. With the release of the army book "Armies of the Soviet Union" a few months ago, I had to make a few small changes to my list to be compliant with the new rules.

This is the list I am going to be starting out with:


1000 Pts - Reinforced Platoon Selector List - Soviet 1000 Starter


Reinforced Platoon

1 Senior Lieutenant (SMG) 2 Soldier (SMG x2)

11 Guards Squad (LMG x1; SMG x3; Rifle x6; 1 NCO (Rifle))
11 Guards Squad (LMG x1; SMG x3; Rifle x6; 1 NCO (Rifle))


1 Medic Team (Pistol)


11 Guards Squad (LMG x1; SMG x3; Rifle x6; 1 NCO (Rifle))

11 Guards Squad (LMG x1; SMG x3; Rifle x6; 1 NCO (Rifle))

12 Free Rifle Squad (Rifle x11; 1 NCO (Rifle))


2 Anti-Tank Rifle Team (Anti-Tank Rifle)


3 Medium Mortar Team (Medium Mortar)


1 T-34/85 Medium Tank (Coax MMG; Forward Facing Hull MMG; Heavy AT Gun)


Total List Cost: 996

January 21, 2014

February 4, 2013

W40K: IG Vendetta 1

As I mentioned in my 'IG Veterans With Plasmaguns' post the other day, I had started working on a Vendetta Flyer for my Imperial Guard army.  I had always wanted a Vendetta when they were first released, and with the release of 6th Edition and the need for Flyers, this model was now going to be perfect for my army.  Eventually I'll add a second Vendetta, but I may work on a few other models beforehand.

Once again I used 'The Army Painter' "Desert Yellow" spray, and then I brushed on their "Strong Tone" dip.  The dip gives my army that 'dirty, batteworn' look to the army.

Imperial Guard Vendetta 01 prior to paint.
Imperial Guard Vendetta 01 work in progress.
Imperial Guard Vendetta 01 work in progress.
Imperial Guard Vendetta 01 finished.
Imperial Guard Vendetta 01 finished.

Painting Points: 10

February 1, 2013

January 29, 2013

W40K: IG Veterans With Plasmaguns

Well I could not get back into Warhammer 40K and not have anything painted for the month of January.

Since I am going to be heading out of town tomorrow for a few days, I wanted to make sure and get something done.  I am currently working on a Vendetta also for my Imperial Guard army, but thought I'd also add some specialist weapons to my army.  With 6th edition, it seems like Plasmaguns are the way to go.  I currently have 4 Veteran Squads, 2 armed with 3 Meltaguns and 2 armed with 3 Plasmaguns.  I figure I'd paint up 3 more Plasmagun troopers in case I want to swap some of the Meltaguns out.

The other day I went digging through my IM bitz box and dug out the pieces needed.  After assembling the model it was time to spray the base coat on the models.  This is where I was worried, I originally started painting this army over three years ago and I used 'The Army Painter' "Desert Yellow" spray for my basecoat.  It was time to dig out the cans from years ago......  I tested the spray on a junk sprue, and sure enough it still worked.  I then proceeded with the basecoat of the models.  All looked good when they dried and I then continued on each model.  Also when I started this army, I used 'The Army Painter' "Strong Tone" dip, half way through I had switched to Polyshades due to price.  I now decided to go back to the 'The Army Painter' brand.

While taking a photo of my Vendetta in progress, I ended up catching these guys in the background.  Here are the 3 Plasmagun Troopers prior to getting their dip.


Yesterday afternoon I brushed the dip on, then this morning finished the bases and sprayed the dullcote.


When I get back this weekend I will finish up the Vendetta and have a great start for February.

Painting Points: 3


January 28, 2013

Daily Chronicle: 1/28/2013 'Rebirth of AdeptusArizona.com'


Back in 2005 when I first moved to Arizona from Chicago, I was a dedicated Games Workshop hobbyist and loved to promote the hobby to the gaming community.  I had successfully run a hobby forum called Illinois Warhammer Fantasy Battles and wanted to do the same for Arizona, so I launched AdeptusArizona.com.  Well through the years and being involved in other hobbies also, I decided to take down Adeptus Arizona and hand the reigns over to WargamerAZ.com for the local community.

Seeing how my interest in Warhammer 40K has once again risen in the last two weeks, I decided today to resurrect my domain AdeptusArizona.com and point it to my new blog.  A lot of those posts are old as I had exported them from my this blog The Old West Chronicle.  Adeptus Arizona will be used to track my hobbying/gaming for Warhammer 40K, and The Old West Chronicle will still be used for any other miniature gaming I still may be involved in.

Over the next few days I'll be slowly removing any Warhammer 40K posts I have on this blog so that there will not be redundancy between the two blogs.

So head on over to AdeptusArizona.com and follow along in my new blog.

January 22, 2013

Daily Chronicle: 1/22/2013 'Back Into Games Workshop'

8 months since my last post, and roughly 2.5 years since I last played Warhammer 40K, but last week a friend of mine started to spark interest for me back into the game.  Now it was time to go into storage, dig the armies out and see what we have left.  About the time I left Warhammer 40K, I had sold off a bunch of my armies to help pay for another hobby of mine, but I did decide to keep a few around.

Turns out I ended up keeping my Imperial Guard army, Black Templars, and my very first Dark Angels army.  I also did hold on to the start of the Blood Angels army (but I did not really have much progress on them).  With the new Dark Angels Codex just being released, and with my son really being into that army, I decided to give him that army to already add to his Dark Angels army.  So that leaves me with Imperial Guard and Black Templars.  Looks like I'll have to start and collect some more new armies.

For now I think I will expand a little bit with my Imperial Guard, and possibly add a few vehicles to my Black Templars.

With the release of the new 6th edition last year, it was now time to learn the rules all over again.  This past Sunday I had met up with my friend Gyan at Empire Games and we got to throw down 2 games of 1500 points.  We spent most of our time with our heads in the rulebook, but nonetheless it was still fun.

The first game I had played with my Mechanized Imperial Guard against his foot slogging Chaos Space  Marines, and I'm not sure how much fun he had since the Chaos Marines were tabled in Turn 5.  The second game I broke out my Black Templars so that both armies could get into assault and see how those new rules worked out.  This game went back and forth, and due to time we had to call it.  I believe the Chaos Marines had the slight advantage and would have gotten the win.

I have always liked the smaller point games over the larger ones due to time.  In this hobby I am more of Collector/Painter/Gamer, so I really enjoy the collecting of armies and getting them painted.  I will also be looking into playing some Combat Patrol games which are 400-500 points.  Gives me a chance to collect smaller armies to use for Combat Patrol, and possibly as allies for my existing army.

Time to get some models on the painting table.......

Imperial Guard vs Chaos Space Marines

April 23, 2012

MTG: 'Avacyn Restored' Prerelease

'Avacyn Restored' Prerelease April 28-29, 2012

This weekend is the prerelease event for Magic The Gathering 'Avacyn Restored'.  My son and I just re-picked up MTG after about 3 years removed from the game and we are planning on attending this event at our local game store, Empire Games.  We are really looking forward to a fun day in a relaxed environment.

Click the image below to find out more information about this weekends event.


'Avacyn Restored' will officially be released on May 4th, 2012.
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