28 March 2012

Player Spotlight: ~ Vash1318

From time to time here on The Scrum we like to highlight a Trollbloods player.  This time we decided to pick on the player known in the PP forums as VASH1318.  There are many reasons why we pick a player for a spotlight, in this case that reason is largely due to the fact that Vash claims that Stubbs cannot beat his way out of a wet sack with his Cryxian army...


25 March 2012

The Scrum Painting Challenge Week 10

Well folks we are 10 weeks into the challenge and I am back on the horse with real progress mad eon my War Wagon.  I'm still getting amazing submissions from everyone and I am proud to say we have all produced 10 painted models towards a complete army so keep them coming guys!  I am privileged to have you guys contributing to The Scrum and hope you all make it to the end.



19 March 2012

The Scrum Painting Challenge Week 9

Well folks, I have failed you this week, I have made no significant progress on my War Wagon this week as I have been swamped with work and life.  However, I can see that I have kept you all motivated and that's important, especially as I can't win the prize anyway :)  You'll have my submission for next week which will hopefully be a mostly completed War Wagon.  Good luck guys and keep those models coming.


17 March 2012

Tenacious Techniques #2 - Bases!

  I have seen some awesome bases, that people have done over the years; I have always wondered how they did that. Hardcore hobbyists have put a lot of time and effort into making their scenic bases. I wish I had the time to practice sculpting and basing techniques, but life would have me take care of the more important things in life.
  Today I am going to go over how I do bases for my minis. It saves a lot of time, but it is in no way a masterpiece winning technique. So let's get started:

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VASH1318'S EPIC MADRAK GUIDE TO MADRAKING!!!!


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VASH1318'S EPIC MADRAK GUIDE TO MADRAKING!!!!

So Epic Madrak, what's he good at? lets take a look at the old

Stat Line

One of our more solid stated casters he comes in with the fastest speed trolls have on foot, as well as the highest mat in our faction. His Rat is also nothing to joke about being the same as our fell callers, and we will make use of this rat but that's for latter conversation . He has the Defense of most heavy armor casters, same as borka. Finally his fury is the same as his old self and though low, I have found that I never need more fury on him.

So what do we actually get from this line of numbers, well, to start he is a finely tuned killing machine, a bolstered mat and solid speed means he can move in and kill if he needs to, he has a solid chance of hitting and getting caster kills, though I find most of the time I end up simply killing infantry with him that the rest of my army might have trouble with.

14 March 2012

New Prices at Sid's Painting Service

New prices are to be found at the painting service page.
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Grissel2 A Song of Love and Hate - Guide by Somnicide

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 Grissel2, A Song of Love and Hate - a guide to epic Grissel


Grissel Bloodsong, Marshal of the Kriels is, at the time of this writing, seeking to lead her people to safer lands. We all know that no such thing exists in the Iron Kingdoms but this article will aim to at least give you a map to smash your opponent's teeth in with Resounder.

No other Trollblood warlock has garnered the controversy that she has. Love her or hate her she will seldom inspire indifference. The purpose of this article is to help you get the most out of her when and if you do decide to put her on the table. I will not be comparing her to her previous incarnation other than as a frame of reference for her stats.

Just the stats, ma'am

eGrissel is rocking pretty solid offensive stats with her MAT and RAT getting a bump or one each from her prime incarnation. She is still carrying her war (sledge)hammer, Resounder, and hasn't been hitting the gym any extra so it hits the same. Defensively, she adds a point of armor while keeping the same DEF and Speed. Her command and fury are likewise the same though she does have an extra warbeast point.

She no longer has Fell Calls but rather has Fell Blasts. The Fell Blasts give her up to 3 different shots a turn - a 10" spray, a knockdown 3" AOE, and a 4" AOE that remains in play and acts like a pow 12 covering fire template. A cool little thing about this 4" AOE is that it only affects enemy and nonfaction models so feel free to move into the AOE. It also bears mentioning that the knockdown AOE only triggers on a hit of enemy models, so don't run up next to your target and shoot your own model expecting to put the other guy on the ground.

She can fire each of them up to once per activation, but if she wants to she can fire all three. Situationally good.