Warmaster Kislev Axemen

 Last few additions to the Kislev force were two more units of axemen - resin greenskin miniatures

Done quite quickly with mostly Contrast paints.

Painted in Kslevember, even though it's now December.

Kislevember: Warmaster Kislev Characters

I needed a few extra characters for my Kislev army for the Warmaster 25 tournament.

First up a hero, or alternate general

Lovely little model in barded horse armour

Then a sorceress

Again a characterful little model

One of the spells available to Kislev is the ability to turn into a Giant Bear

This one, a plastic model from the Battle of Five Armies set (Beorn) fits the bill

I still have a few more in the Lead Pile but this gives me what I need for now.

Warmaster Revolution: Kislev v. Lizardmen

With Warmaster 25 over thoughts have turned towards to our Winter Warmer event in January. Alan has come up with a new scenario he wanted to try out so that's what we did.

First a video

Alan started the game at a rare old lick and managed double moves with his entire army racing up to claim defended status in the fields.

The Kislev forces stood firm

Not one, but two War wagons

And blocks of cavalry

Skinks and Krox move up.

The gems were representing objectives

They have a T-Rex with them!

The wagon laagered to block the passage

As the Lizards pushed up

Shooting from the Kislev forces pushed some Lizards out of the field.

Still the lizards massed

The second wagon was stuck in the field

Sneaky Lizards flew down to attack the end of the line

Cold one cavalry pushed up

The lizards closed in

As the laager held firm

Horse archers massed behind the lizards

The Kislev cavalry had some initial success killing Cold Ones but were in turn caught in the open

Eventually the blue tide  struck home

Winged lancers were caught from behind

The wagon held firm but the troops with it all died.

On the other flank the wagon stalled but shooting drove back the Lizards

The Lizards closed in on the war wagon.

With the destruction of the wagon the Kislev break-point was reached and Alan claimed the win.

A good fight which saw me on the back foot for most of the game after Alan's excellent start. The wagon was impressive in defence but quite easily outmanoeuvred.

Some additional pictures from my phone

Warmaster 25 Game Three: Chaos v Kislev

For this game I was again on my own and facing Peter who had come all the way from Germany with a Chaos army that bore a close resemblance to the version I use.
Naturally this would make things easy for me as I know intimately how best to use such an army and would no doubt be able to bring all my experience to bear to secure an easy victory!
Ahem

Peter's lovely Chaos Knights

And plenty more Chaos besides

The Winged Lancers stand ready

War Wagons ready to roll

The lines clash

Bears get stuck in

As the cavalry watches on

More Chaos moves up

The wagons are engaged

Brutal close quarter combat

Sadly for me Peter's army worked in almost exactly the way mine never ever does - charged in, handed it out and won in very short order!

The laagered war wagon proved a tough nut to crack but despite that with objectives seized and units smashed apart it was all over in a few short and bloody turns.

A great fun game with a very nice opponent though.