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by huesofblue
Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:11 am
Forum: Rules Questions 8th ed
Topic: Hellheart and Banner of Sorcery
Replies: 6
Views: 1962

Hellheart and Banner of Sorcery

Hi, had this question come up during a UB battle yesterday --> When do you roll the D3 PD for BOS: before or after hellheart is declared? - Hellheart's text says "used at the start of one of the opposing's side magic phases, immediately after rolling for winds of magic" - BOS simply says &...
by huesofblue
Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:30 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Ogre Wars Part 4 updated 2011_10_21
Replies: 41
Views: 15586

Re: Ogre Wars Part 3 updated 2011_10_08

True about losing rerolls due to ASL aura being irritating, and your shooting/MM wouldn't have killed the tusk fast enough. However, going for the tusk as opposed to the Mournfangs also means that you'd be letting his cavalry do to you what you aim to do to his --> move fast, crush a unit, and be on...
by huesofblue
Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:13 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 707521

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

Good win! :) Nice to see the list works.

To clarify something, did you pursue both the spear orcs/big uns with the DPs? Don't have the BRB handy right now but I believe a unit can only choose to pursue 1 fleeing unit, not both.
by huesofblue
Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:07 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Ogre Wars Part 4 updated 2011_10_21
Replies: 41
Views: 15586

Re: Ogre Wars Part 3 updated 2011_10_08

Think you were really unlucky when the Mournfangs passed the rerollable Ld 3 break test, and the warp swallowed your AM :shock: Was the Dragonhide Banner's breath attack used at all? Didn't quite see it mentioned... Statistically, the spears stand a very poor chance of winning combat against 3-4 mou...
by huesofblue
Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:54 am
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: Ogres! Tactics!
Replies: 87
Views: 22117

Re: Ogres! Tactics!

Indeed... with the ability to take sabertusks in 1-10, and core groups of gnoblars in 10s, ogres have gained really excellent crap drops/redirecting ability, and scouting maneaters (or sabertusks) can do a rather decent job of sneaking into the backline. The magic items I agree are in general not a ...
by huesofblue
Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:05 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Brewmaster D's Coven of Light Blog - 05/12 Battle Report
Replies: 647
Views: 231236

Re: Brewmaster D's Mighty Empires Blog

Too true... but sadly can't bring along cameras to the place where I play the empire player, and I can't recall the specific details of the 1st 2 battles well enough to make batreps worthwhile. The last battle...well, was conceded at turn 3 after shooting took out all eagles/chariot, 1 DP unit, and ...
by huesofblue
Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:18 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Brewmaster D's Coven of Light Blog - 05/12 Battle Report
Replies: 647
Views: 231236

Re: Brewmaster D's Mighty Empires Blog

Hey Brewmaster. Like the last WoC game :) well executed, and congrats on achieving the "take down the chosen" mission! Running a Life/Light list similar to yours currently, main differences being 2 blocks of PG/WL instead, with 2 5 man DP units and a tiranoc instead of WLC. Switched over r...
by huesofblue
Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:39 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 707521

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

The vortex shard sounds like a rather interesting idea :) But it'd certainly require more aggressive play/careful maneuvering and planning to get maximal usage out of it - such that the one magic phase you stop is the game changing one. Not an insurmountable problem though. Think you'd need to consi...
by huesofblue
Tue May 17, 2011 4:36 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 707521

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

Presumably you'd get a high casting total from the Slaughtermaster and a sneaky low-cast from the Butcher. I personally think taking a second Butcher would be overkill. Even then though, you have to take a Tyrant don't you and a BSB must be a good idea. That's a lot in characters, though Ogre chara...
by huesofblue
Mon May 16, 2011 12:01 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Warhammer Woes
Replies: 8
Views: 1680

Re: Warhammer Woes

If you're in Asia too (where are you? :wink: ) you can probably lay your hands on Dettol - have read that it works (soak plastic figures undiluted x about 24 hours, use toothbrush and scrub after). My disclaimer is that I have yet to try it myself, but was planning to do so for eBay figures anyway. ...
by huesofblue
Mon May 16, 2011 11:57 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 707521

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

But 2.3 kills on average per cast means DPs very likely will test for panic, and even a SH bus stands a fair chance of risking a panic test. And attrition wise, for comparison 9 attacks from 3 ironguts will only give you 2.5 wounds average vs T3/2+ save. It's gold for Ogres on such cavalry troops si...
by huesofblue
Sun May 15, 2011 5:51 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog
Replies: 1626
Views: 707521

Re: Curu Olannon's Vindicators - 2500pts Army Blog

Good win :) Actually, his army IS illegal :P There's no provision for slaughtermasters or butchers to take big names (mawseeker, +1T) I believe. Only allowed for tyrants/bruisers. Another thing to watch out for, which it doesn't seem like he tried, is bonecruncher (2D6 S2 hits w no armour save). Dea...
by huesofblue
Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:37 am
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Plastic infantry assembly questions
Replies: 3
Views: 1754

Re: Plastic infantry assembly questions

I found the new plastic PGs to be quite a headache to rank up, due to the billowing cloaks and some of the halberds (just the way they're designed) which seem hellbent on decapitating their neighbours unless u rank them up on the extreme left. WLs are comparatively easier by a fair amount, although ...
by huesofblue
Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:30 am
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Special Chars Allowed Tournament! My List 2000
Replies: 4
Views: 1210

Re: Special Chars Allowed Tournament! My List 2000

Another way of looking at that is that there are plenty of lists containing Archmagi with +4 to cast and also 4 spells (builds w/o SW), where BoS would be considered high priority/necessary. With Eltharion and a lvl 2, there are 2 lvl 2 mages with +2 to cast and also 4 spells. Would the BoS then not...
by huesofblue
Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:53 am
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Tir's Log
Replies: 21
Views: 5476

Re: Tir's Log

Considering the cost to fly to the nearest GW... think I'll go for ordering more cavalry bases instead :P

Not to derail Tir's thread anymore, good luck and hope to see more models!
by huesofblue
Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:25 pm
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Tir's Log
Replies: 21
Views: 5476

Re: Tir's Log

Yup, was referring to the indentations in the archer robes (i.e. the bottoms) with respect to green stuff, not IOB...

That said, I was unlucky enough to have only 4 cavalry bases shipped in my IOB box :shock: which sucks, frankly.
by huesofblue
Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:54 am
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Tir's Log
Replies: 21
Views: 5476

Re: Tir's Log

I was wondering if the archers in the HE battalion had some newfangled robe creases for realism, when I first saw those lines, being part of a "new battalion set" :lol: and was thinking how ugly/weird they looked. Luckily I received my PG in the mail and saw your thread on the same day and...
by huesofblue
Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:04 am
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Tir's Log
Replies: 21
Views: 5476

Re: Tir's Log

A small question, sorry to be partially hijacking your thread, but noticed it on your miniatures: The archer bottoms (in fact new PG bottoms too I've noticed, just that they'll be covered by the cloaks) have these very shallow grooves/lines which I presume are an unfortunate side effect of the plast...
by huesofblue
Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:31 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: New High Elf battalion? Lion Chariot?
Replies: 3
Views: 1267

Re: New High Elf battalion? Lion Chariot?

Yes it does. Exact same components as the separate chariot kit :) Received mine in the mail already, personally.
by huesofblue
Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:49 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Plastic Sea Guards on advance order!
Replies: 7
Views: 2285

Re: Plastic Sea Guards on advance order!

It's actually not overpriced, is it? Not by GW standards - considering that 10 PG/WL go for £25 from GW... unfortunately I suppose it's not very fair to compare the LSG pricing to a Spearman box pricing considering the amount of detail/demand for LSGs. Plus, it's 10 RnF LSG whereas getting 10 IoB LS...
by huesofblue
Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:25 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: Prince with Bow of the Seafarer and Shadow Armour
Replies: 15
Views: 3491

Re: Prince with Bow of the Seafarer and Shadow Armour

How does scout deployment benefit the Bow of the Seafarer? It really doesn't. Since you hit on 2s at long range (if you don't move), being close is pointless. If you want to move and be a short range, a Great Eagle provides vastly more mobility. Being inside a shadow warrior unit is even more limit...
by huesofblue
Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:55 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army
Replies: 13
Views: 2944

Re: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army

I see... They're not choices, they're random rolls. The Silver Wand comes recommended on Archmages not because you can cast 5 spells in one turn (PD won't be there for that), but so that if you really need a particular spell you only have a 1.5% chance of not having rolled it. Apologies for the nome...
by huesofblue
Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:06 am
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army
Replies: 13
Views: 2944

Re: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army

Hmm so generally +1 PD has more utility than +1 to cast? I wasn't looking at increasing magic defence or loremaster's cloak initially cos my friend will only have dwarves, so no magic to defend against until we start playing amongst the wider community :) IIRC, the anvil wrath & ruin hits don't ...
by huesofblue
Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:54 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army
Replies: 13
Views: 2944

Re: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army

Would like some comments re: my revised army (with an aim to build it from the IOB/battalion sets, + a GE and the new PG box). Will mainly be playing solo initially with my friend who's decided on Dwarves as his first army. Archmage + Starwood Staff + Folariath's Robe = 345 BSB + halberd/hand weapon...
by huesofblue
Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:26 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army
Replies: 13
Views: 2944

Re: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army

Thanks for the tips on making a AM based army viable with those existing models! Hadn't thought of scratch building a BSB out of a standard bearer; quite a good option and yeah, a chance to practise modifying :) One of my concerns initially for my list was that I'd be lacking a BSB but I wasn't goin...
by huesofblue
Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:48 am
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army
Replies: 13
Views: 2944

Re: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army

Hi, thanks for the reply! the only other models besides IOB I'd be buying initially would be an additional battalion set (excellent considering the new one has chariot), and 1-2 great eagles. Yeah will hold off buying PGs, DPs, etc. until the plastic ones come out :D If I really fielded what I want ...
by huesofblue
Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:29 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Expanded 1500 pt IOB army
Replies: 13
Views: 2944

Expanded 1500 pt IOB army

Hi everyone, I'll be a new player to WHFB (to tabletop gaming for that matter) come the release of IOB, so I'm hoping for some advice re: putting up a list for play with my friends (starting WHFB together, planning to start small at 1500 pts first) In view of the omnipresent urge to save $$$ initial...