June 14, 2018

Daily Chronicle: 2018 2nd Quarter Painting Queue Update

I kind of expected going into the 2nd quarter this year that my modeling/painting would slow down, but I honestly did not expect it to basically come to a halt.  I knew that at the end of May I would be going back down to Arizona for a few days, and that is all that I had planned.  Well 2 bathroom remodels, a trip to Arizona, and now 2 new puppies has placed a halt on my 2nd quarter.

I decided today that instead of having 1 Painting Queue to act as my queue and backlog, that I would create a separate page for my actual Painting Queue Backlog and then move models from there to my actual Painting Queue   My original Painting Queue was getting a little hard to manage, by having the separate page I can move a few models a little at a time and keep it a bit more realistic.

I did manage to get a few models assembled from my new queue.  I have a Unit of Khador ‘Battle Mechaniks’ and 2 Khador ‘Kodiak’ Warjacks that are almost ready to be primed.  My plan is to have these model ready for the NOVA Open and I may want to get in a practice game with them next week before I start to prime them.  I think for the first time I may break out my airbrush for the Warjacks so I can basecoat the red them.  I have never used it on my Warmachine/Hordes models (only Bolt Action Tanks) but I think it should not be an issue, then I just have to pick out a few details and the Pig Iron metals.

Battle Mechaniks and Kodiaks.

New puppies for the family.



June 11, 2018

Weekly Chronicle 2018 #23

Boy time is flying by pretty fast this year, we are already into Week #23 for the year.  As you can see in my blog, gaming/hobbying has been pretty slow for me the last 2 months, and I am way behind in my ‘Painting Queue’.  I really need to re-evaluate my queue and start to get ready for the NOVA Open.  We picked up 2 more Siberian Husky puppies this past weekend, so house training them will once again take some gaming time away, hopefully I will be able to get a few models assembled shortly and start painting them.

On our long drive to pick up the puppies I was thinking of some lists to use at the NOVA Open, originally my plan was to play my Minions army (and I still may), but I feel more comfortable playing Warmachine over Hordes.  I came up with a few Warmachine Khador lists that I think I am going to try and complete for the event.  I always prefer to play with painted models at these large events (though it is not required for the NOVA) so that is my goal with my Khador,  I should be able to get these done in time (there really is not too many) and I still need to play with the lists for practice.  Lets just hope the pups get housebroken quickly so I can get back to playing.

Models Completed: 0

Games Played: 1 

June 8, 2018

Battle Report: Warmachine 6/7/2018 Khador vs Circle (50 Points)

It has been some time since my last game of Warmachine/Hordes but last night my son and I finally got to get a game in downstairs in the man cave.  To keep things a little quicker we played only 50 points and I wanted to proxy in my new ‘Assault Chariot’ that had just arrived.

I elected to play ‘Vlad 1’ (I am really liking his spell “Signs & Portents” which for a bad player, it really helps out) and my son played ‘Kromac 1’ which is a change from playing ‘Kromac 2’ most of the time.

I went first and tried to quickly move my army up the table, especially with the ‘Assault Chariot’, I really wanted to see what kind of damage this model can do.  Turn 2 I was outside of charge range, so the ‘Assault Chariot’ advanced towards his ‘Tharn Ravagers’ and laid down some fire.  The ‘Assault Chariot’ was able to get 4 shots, and only 1 was not a direct hit (with S&P).  The ‘Assault Chariot’ managed to do quite a bit of damage leaving only 2 models with just a few boxes left, my ‘Winter Guard Rifle Corps’ were able to finish off the Unit.  My 2 Warjacks advanced forward but were too far for any charges.

I did end up losing the ‘Assault Chariot’ from multiple attacks from his Warbeasts, so I think the trade off with his Unit and my Chariot were even.  My problem now was a huge forest protecting his Warbeast from my charging Warjacks.

At this point my son had actually clocked out and I was really close with less than 2 minutes on my clock.  We decided to play out the next turn.

I ended up getting my ‘WGRC’ around the flank and got shots off on ‘Kromac 1’, with once again “S&P” which then Assassinated ‘Kromac 1’.

Control Point wise it was pretty close through out the Rounds with me leading by 1-2.

Scenario: Standoff















June 7, 2018

WM: Khador Man-O-War Assault/Siege Chariot Arrived

This past weekend my Khador ‘Man-O-War Assault/Siege Chariot’ arrived from Black Anchor Heavy Industries (Privateer Press), and I was so busy putting our main bathroom back together that I forgot I received the package till yesterday afternoon.  Once I remembered about it, I had to open it and take a few pictures and I wanted to check out the BAHI truckers hats that came with it.

The flashing on the resin is not too bad, looks like it will be pretty easy to clean up, but one of the horses legs was broken.  Looks to be a clean break and should heal pretty good, does not look like I will have to put that horse down.

I do not remember when I assembled my ‘Dracodile’ from BAHI if it came with assembly instructions, but the ‘Man-O-War Assault/Siege Chariot’ does not come with any (wish that it did).  I did do a dry fit of some of the pieces and it does not look like it will be too hard to put together.  The two gun options also look like they can be easily swapped out (even without magnets) which is a nice option.

I am actually going to play a 50 point game tonight with my son and proxy base this model too see how it plays.  Currently there is no Theme for this model, so we’ll see how the game goes.









June 4, 2018

Weekly Chronicle 2018 #22

It has been pretty bad for my hobbying/gaming the last 2 months (ever since coming back from AdeptiCon), but both of my bathroom remodeling projects are now completed, my trip down to Arizona to move my son up to Michigan is completed, so now HOPEFULLY I can start to get back into the swing of things.

There is 85 days until our next convention the NOVA Open, I need more practice of Warmachine/Hordes and Guild Ball (which I have only played 3 games this year).  I am hoping there might be another local Guild Ball tournament in next few months so my son and I can get some practice in.

I also need to take a hard look at my painting queue this/next week and re-prioritize my models I need to paint.

Models Completed: 0

Games Played: 0

May 28, 2018

Weekly Chronicle 2018 #21

Today is Memorial Day so a nice extended weekend to my few days of vacation last week.  We made it safely back to Michigan early Friday morning and got the car all unloaded once we woke up.  I still have to finish remodeling our main floor bath room this week in the evenings so there probably will not be much time for hobbying/gaming, there may be some time tomorrow night while I wait for our tiles to dry, but we’ll see.  Then this coming weekend we are adding 2 more fury friends to our family, so we will be busy with that.  Hopefully next week I can get back on some kind of gaming schedule.

May 21, 2018

Weekly Chronicle 2018 #20

I am back in Arizona for a few days for a graduation and we are starting to load my sons car up for the road trip back to Michigan,  We shipped 10 boxes via UPS and then the car is loaded up with another 6 and a BUNCH of army bags, some Warhammer 40K armies that you never know we may play again.

I did manage to pack up all the X-Wing models, so you never know, I may start to get my feet wet again with it.  The pre-painted aspect I seemed to always enjoy.

May 14, 2018

Weekly Chronicle 2018 #19

Once again, nothing new to report this past week and it will be like this for the rest of the month (at least).  Heading back down to Arizona this weekend for my middle sons High School Graduation, then driving back to Michigan next week with my oldest son.


May 8, 2018

WM: Khador Man-O-War Assault/Siege Chariot Pre-Order

Yesterday was the last day to pre-order a Khador Man-O-War Assault/Siege Chariot from Black Anchor Heavy Industries and receive a free Truckers Hat.  I thought the hat would look real nice with the T-Shirt I already have from ordering the ‘Dracodile’ late last year so I bit the bullet and placed my order yesterday.  Not sure when this model will get painted (eventually) but it is the first Battle Engine that I have for my Khador army.  I hear there will probably be a Man-O-War box coming out later this year also, I may also need to add that to my Khador army to change it up a bit from playing Winter Guard all the time.

The Man-O-War Assault/Siege Chariot kit includes:

  • Man-O-War Chariot
  • Man-O-War Driver
  • Horses (x2)
  • Weapons and equipment for Man-O-War Assault Chariot
  • Weapons and equioment for Man-O-War Siege Chariot












May 7, 2018

Weekly Chronicle 2018 #18

This is bad, another week without anything accomplished, and too be honest, I think it will be like this for the entire month of May.  This weekend and next week I will be working on renovating our main bath and then we are off to Arizona and do not come back until around Memorial Day.  Hopefully when my son gets uo here, the interest will be kickstarted once again.


Models Completed: 0

Games Played: 0

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