Thursday, September 10, 2009

Been a Little While

So yeah, been a little while since I've posted. I've been pretty busy with lots of stuff to be honest.

For starters, I didn't quite get my guys done completely for the Tale of Fantasy Painters. Maximilian Damark I didn't finish, because I wanted to give him a bit more attention. That also meant I didn't put grass on any of the Marksmen bases (Want to do them all at once). The good thing is though, once I have them done, I'll have 280 points of Dogs of War painted. I'm going to be working on Asarnil this month. I ordered some bits (yet to arrive) to also make him on foot, just in case Deathfang gets shot out from underneath him. That does however mean I have to basically do all my green stuff work on Asarnil himself again. Deathfang still needs work, really need to get him done so I can figure out what I want the base to look like.

For my Marines, failed. It's painful, but I really need to get on with them. Considering I jokered the first month, not only do I have to paint the original 5, but need to paint the rest of the squad as well. Maybe I'm in a bit over my head, as I think with my Blood Angels I've really stepped up the quality of my work as well.

Kroq-Gar I couldn't finish either. I wanted too, but just didn't have time and decided not to rush it. It's unfortunate, but that's just the way things go. I would rather accept not getting it done on time, rather than rush it and not get it looking as good as I want.

Khemri team haven't been looked at since Shrikebowl. With no tournies in the near future, they'll probably be put on the backburner until I get some more free time. It's sad though, because they probably need the least amount of work to be complete.

I got Space Hulk last weekend as well. It looks brilliant. Unfortunately I cut my finger pretty bad trying to get Lorenzo off the sprue (not bone deep, but still deep). That kind've killed the rest of the weekend for modelling. I've managed to get in one game though against my brother. We played Suicide Mission. I won both times (as marines and then stealers), but I also had a somewhat better idea of what was going on, and had some fairly decent dice rolls and command points when I needed them. Due to lack of time, unfortunately I'm not gonna be painting these guys anytime soon. Terminators might get some attention while doing my Blood Angels though.

Tto make matters worse. In addition to having to split my time between Dogs of War, Blood Angels and Champions Online, the Mordheim buzz has been going around. It's due to start after the Bloodbowl season is over, which means I've started (just last night though) making a warband. Gonna roll with the Possessed, and convert up the entire lot. Should be a lot of fun!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Southern Shrike Bowl '09

So just attended Southern Shrike Bowl 2009 last weekend. It was a blast, and definately an enjoyable event.
To put a bit of perspective into things. Bloodbowl was only really just starting up in Adelaide last year. Southern Shrike Bowl was being organised for the first time, and the CCKUP ran it's first league in the 2nd half of the year.
I myself heard of Shrikebowl around March I believe, and figured It might be interesting to get into the game. I wanted to do a Norse team, because who doesn't like manly Vikings, but the local GW did not have any Marauders in stock at the time. So I grabbed a box of Orcs, and went from there.
At Shrikebowl last year, I came dead last! I went a bit flavourful with my skills, and it was basically my first time playing the game. I had a few good draws, some tight games, but in the end, no wins are no wins.

So this year, was aiming a bit higher than that ;). I wasn't aiming to come in first originally, I mean, Khemri aren't exactly known for their game winning abilities (More like, team destroying abilities). However, after a very very nice first game against Necromantic, I was at the top of the leaderboard due to giving them a thumping of 8 casualties! 2nd and 3rd games followed with a win against the Wood Elves and a win against Humans, and at the end of the first day, I was sitting in 1st place with 3 wins! However, there was still a tough road ahead. I knew it would still be quite a task for Khemri to win the tournament with others on 3 straight wins as well, one slip up would spell the end of my first place chances.
So unfortunately, first game Sunday morning I lost against Dark Elves. It was a tough game. It was going basically to plan, but the Dark Elves managed to sack my ball carrier near the end of the first half, and steal the ball away for a 2-0 lead. It was uphill from there, I got a touchdown on the 4th, so had 4 turns to turn over the Dark Elves (now reduced to about 8 players) and score again to tie the match. With a spell of decent luck, I managed to do that! However, elven magic kicked in and after a 1 dice blitz that sacked my ball carrier, the elves were away for another touchdown.
That basically crushed my winning chances. I managed an undeserved tie against Wood Elves (My opponent had some terrible luck, and it should have been more like 3-1 loss than the 1-1 tie it was) and then got a 1-0 victory over Dark Elves to round out the day.
So with a 4-1-1 record, I managed to grab 2nd place in the end. I unfortunately did not get the prize I wanted (It was taken just before my shot to choose), but that's just the way things happen.
I had a great time at Shrikebowl '09, and I got 6 tough Bloodbowl matches out of it. Looking forward to next year, hoping to one up myself and go for the glory!