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30 November 2011
28 November 2011
Road to Lock and Load 2012
I interrupt my series of Domination Reaction Corners to instead bring up my random musings about my plans for the competitive tournament scene in 2012. If all goes to plan then next year will be a pretty damn busy one for me in terms of tournament play, first up there is Smogcon in February held down at my local store Firestorm Games in Cardiff, followed by the Welsh Open second weekend of May at the same venue, just two weeks after that then I have the UK Masters in Birmingham and the very next weekend I hope to wrap up the tournament schedule with a journey to Lock and Load way way across the pond over in Seattle.
Admittedly not too much is really known yet about what tournaments will be running at Smogcon and if there was any event that would have to make way due to financial reasons then this would likely be the one.
I have a personal interest in the Welsh Open, having won the event back in 2010 I lost my title to Jamie Perkins last year. I had the joy of playing Jamie during the tournament but came away unhappy with some of the glaringly obvious mistakes I had made over the course of the match and lost rather tamely as a result. First off I have to doff my proverbial hat to Jamie, he had a truly astounding year last year cumulating in winning the UK Masters with his Khador. That said however, as mentioned earlier I have a personal interest in the Welsh Open and will be hoping that I can come up with the goods to take back my title :)
Admittedly not too much is really known yet about what tournaments will be running at Smogcon and if there was any event that would have to make way due to financial reasons then this would likely be the one.
I have a personal interest in the Welsh Open, having won the event back in 2010 I lost my title to Jamie Perkins last year. I had the joy of playing Jamie during the tournament but came away unhappy with some of the glaringly obvious mistakes I had made over the course of the match and lost rather tamely as a result. First off I have to doff my proverbial hat to Jamie, he had a truly astounding year last year cumulating in winning the UK Masters with his Khador. That said however, as mentioned earlier I have a personal interest in the Welsh Open and will be hoping that I can come up with the goods to take back my title :)
27 November 2011
New Church League Painting Weekend
Painting Weekend
With EvilFuzzyDoom
This weekend I got some painting and photography in, and since the fine lads plugged gave me a plug on the Scrumcast last week I figured I'd show them off (especially since I haven't gotten this round's league game in yet!). I also played a 3-man round-robin night and test-drove eGrissel, so I'll be putting in a little bit about what I found with her as well.
With EvilFuzzyDoom
This weekend I got some painting and photography in, and since the fine lads plugged gave me a plug on the Scrumcast last week I figured I'd show them off (especially since I haven't gotten this round's league game in yet!). I also played a 3-man round-robin night and test-drove eGrissel, so I'll be putting in a little bit about what I found with her as well.
26 November 2011
Sid's Saturday Shenanigans #8 - 11/26/2011
Hello to all the Scrummers out there, and welcome back to another edition of Sid's Saturday Shenanigans. After a long break due to overwhelming school projects and deadlines. Finally, I will be able to make a post on the final product of the Scythean. It looks amazing, and it will look terrifying on the battlefield.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
In other news here is what's going on right now, future projects down the road, and also some ideas I have been churning in my head to shake up the Shenanigans. You guys are going to love what I have in mind for future posts.
Projects
First of all, the next project that demands my attention is the Magnus pink battlegroup for Breast Cancer Brawl. I have yet to get all the models for it, but there is nothing wrong with getting started right now. After that I have a full unit of Mage Hunter Strike Force and the UA. They will be painted the standard colors of Retribution with a little twist of my own. I am sure that Jason will love this little angry elves once they are done. As for my own models, I have decided to repaint my troll battlegroup and the few other models that I have for them. I was not sufficiently satisfied with the priming job that I did. It wasn't smooth enough to do a quality paint job on them.
I also still have Strakhov to finish, and there is not much left to do for him, and you will soon see pictures of him when he is done. I am very proud of how he turned out, and can't wait to use him on the table.
The Future of Shenanigans
For future posts, I am planning on streaming my painting sessions so you can see what I am painting at that particular moment. I will also be doing commentary on the techniques, that I use to get that top quality paint job. On the stream, you will be able to ask me questions about painting, personal stuff, armies that I play, or whatever strikes your fancy. Please be aware, that this is still in planning, and I need to get all the details flushed out and proper timings for breaks, and when I will be streaming. I hope to get this started sometime next year, when things die down a little after the wedding.
24 November 2011
Baka's Domination Reaction Corner - Rok
Welcome to the third installment out of seven of the Baka's Domination Reaction Corner series. The first two articles gave details, my personal reaction to and sample lists that can build on the strengths of our new Domination model entries. This one will be no different, and will be dedicated to our new character heavy warbeast, the fearsome (and drunken) Rok.
Rok
Rok is statistically a fearsome warbeast, statistically identical to a Bomber with +2MAT, +1PC but does boast a shockingly low THR of 7. Make no mistake, if you leave even a single fury on Rok then he is going to frenzy on average dice, which combined with his animus you might not even feel like you need to care about that. As well as boasting the standard big meaty fist found on Mulg and the Mauler, Rok also sports a rather tasty POW6 axe giving him a POW only one less than Mulg. He also packs a SP6 POW14 ranged attack which does frost damage and comes with Critical Freeze.
Rok
Rok is statistically a fearsome warbeast, statistically identical to a Bomber with +2MAT, +1PC but does boast a shockingly low THR of 7. Make no mistake, if you leave even a single fury on Rok then he is going to frenzy on average dice, which combined with his animus you might not even feel like you need to care about that. As well as boasting the standard big meaty fist found on Mulg and the Mauler, Rok also sports a rather tasty POW6 axe giving him a POW only one less than Mulg. He also packs a SP6 POW14 ranged attack which does frost damage and comes with Critical Freeze.
23 November 2011
Give Thanks
The young Dire Trolls all sat around the fire to listen to their Grandpa Dire Troll called Stone Eater.
"Be Thankful," the old Dire Troll growled, "for all the tasty humans that abound for you to eat."
"Be Thankful," the old Dire Troll snapped, "for all the wonderful things they build for you to smash"
"Be Thankful," the old Dire Troll exclaimed, "for all the tasty creatures in the wilds that try to fight"
"Be Thankful," the old Dire Troll roared, "for our hunger that drives us to glory."
The young dire Dire began their frenzy as the old Dire Troll knowingly guided them toward the battle playing out between the puny humans in the clearing just down the mountain from their caves.
NOTE: Dire Trolls are typically solitary creatures and probably don't sit around a fire talking to their elders...
During this Holiday of Thanks, please remember all the things we are grateful for as we play this wonderful game with our friends. Here at Trollbloodscrum we encourge you to use this upcoming holiday season to give a little back if you can. When you are finished, go smash each others armies up at your local gaming store.
"Be Thankful," the old Dire Troll growled, "for all the tasty humans that abound for you to eat."
"Be Thankful," the old Dire Troll snapped, "for all the wonderful things they build for you to smash"
"Be Thankful," the old Dire Troll exclaimed, "for all the tasty creatures in the wilds that try to fight"
"Be Thankful," the old Dire Troll roared, "for our hunger that drives us to glory."
The young dire Dire began their frenzy as the old Dire Troll knowingly guided them toward the battle playing out between the puny humans in the clearing just down the mountain from their caves.
NOTE: Dire Trolls are typically solitary creatures and probably don't sit around a fire talking to their elders...
During this Holiday of Thanks, please remember all the things we are grateful for as we play this wonderful game with our friends. Here at Trollbloodscrum we encourge you to use this upcoming holiday season to give a little back if you can. When you are finished, go smash each others armies up at your local gaming store.
20 November 2011
Son's of Bragg - AKA SoB's - A quick glance at our first Character Unit
Son's of Bragg - Trollblood Trollkin Character Fall Caller Unit
We have finally been blessed with our first Character Unit and oh what we have been given. In this article I am going to detail why I think this is perhaps one of the best units we possess in faction.
Starting out there are 3 of them by the names of Wrathar, Tor, and Rhudd. They are all autonomous with Identical stats lines.
We have finally been blessed with our first Character Unit and oh what we have been given. In this article I am going to detail why I think this is perhaps one of the best units we possess in faction.
18 November 2011
16 November 2011
The Scrum Cast E.3
Welcome to the Domination Extravaganza... As we attempt to provide you high class entertainment you are left with... well not high class entertainment. Between TheGreatBlah's giggles and Goris' gravelly voice you will definitely be entertained. In this episode we discuss
Sid's painting service
Breast Cancer Brawls
Domination Releases
Epic Grissel
Rok
SoB's
Storm Troll
and much more...
It's a long one folks 2:24:10. Continuing our trend of discrimination against those whose ears don't regenerate, you'll be confused if you only use one ear of your headphones. That or you can listen to just Goris... which is a blessing and a curse.
Those of you who used the old feed it has been fed to Rok, please use our new feed from our new Scrum Cast Page
Despite our tireless efforts to keep the Scrum Cast away from itunes (lets face it, their interface looks a little too 'Retribution of Scryah' for us) The Scrum Cast will be available on itunes in a few days.
Find The Scrum Cast on its new page http://scrumcast.trollbloodscrum.com/
14 November 2011
Baka's Domination reaction corner - War Wagon
Welcome all to the second of my planned series of Domination reaction corners, today I am going to be looking at and giving my reactions to the War Wagon, the Trollblood battle engine released in Domination.
War Wagon
Statistically it draws a great many comparisons to the Khador Gun Carriage, with identical SPD, DEF, MAT, RAT and points cost with one less ARM but two more POW on the mount attack. However the similarities end there, in place of the ranged weapons on the Gun Carriage we boast a Scattergunner spray and the Pounder, a RNG10 AOE5 POW16 gun with Quake and Arcing Fire.
Similarly to the Gun Carriage, the War Wagon is a Cavalry battle engine and also boasts the same Weapon Platform, Trampling Hooves and Power Attack: Trample rules as its Khadoran counterpart. Similarly the mount attack boasts automatic knockdown, however unlike the Gun Carriage it also ramps up the mount attacks to POW14 and has Horthol's amazing Linebreaker ability. This ability alone makes the War Wagon far more devastating on the charge than the Gun Carriage while losing relatively little in terms of ranged firepower.
Statistically it draws a great many comparisons to the Khador Gun Carriage, with identical SPD, DEF, MAT, RAT and points cost with one less ARM but two more POW on the mount attack. However the similarities end there, in place of the ranged weapons on the Gun Carriage we boast a Scattergunner spray and the Pounder, a RNG10 AOE5 POW16 gun with Quake and Arcing Fire.
Similarly to the Gun Carriage, the War Wagon is a Cavalry battle engine and also boasts the same Weapon Platform, Trampling Hooves and Power Attack: Trample rules as its Khadoran counterpart. Similarly the mount attack boasts automatic knockdown, however unlike the Gun Carriage it also ramps up the mount attacks to POW14 and has Horthol's amazing Linebreaker ability. This ability alone makes the War Wagon far more devastating on the charge than the Gun Carriage while losing relatively little in terms of ranged firepower.
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