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Scrivs and James have recently been bitten by the 10mm bug and put together armies for Midgard using Wargames Atlantic plastics and Forest Dragon prints. I obviously have quite a large collection of Warmaster figures but I have no intention of rebasing them permanently to play Midgard with. I was musing on getting some appropriately sized Warbases bases and adding steel to the top to allow me to use my magnetised Warmaster armies when someone on Facebook showed off and shared some 3D Printed sabots they'd designed. Martin very kindly printed some up for me and so, when James was looking for a reason to playtest some trial undead rules I was able to provide both an opponent and some suitable undead troops.
Here's the game in video form
The Empire army assembles
The horse were assigned the left flank
The raving flagellants were in the centre.
A host of undead manifested (we gave them all the same rules regardless of models - it was a playtest of those specific rules)
As well as undead there were Orcs and trolls to deal with
But a Necromancer held sway in the centre
More Orcs were on the left of their force
The Empire held their ground as the evil force surged forward.
the White Wolves however saw their chance to ride down the wargs
the Pistoliers strayed close to the enemy lines
As the Knights of Sigmar's Blood held back.
The Empire shooting did little to slow the onrushing horde
The pistoliers had indeed got a little too close for comfort
The Empire line stood firm
Well, apart from the flagellants, who charged and the Knights of Sigmar's blood who sought to avenge the fallen pistoliers
The Knights found the Trolls tough going
The flagellants did what flagellants do - inflicted pain and died in the process
the flanking Empire troops adjusted to close on the strong evil centre
As the flagellants went down swinging
The Knights too were taking punishment
The Empire centre was in danger of being overwhelmed
But the threat to their flank saw the undead turn as the Empire crossbows inflicted bloody ruin on the Orc flank
Only a single unit of Orcs survived the hail or darts
The flagellants met their demise (much to their delight no doubt) as the Empre general was drawn in to mthe fray
The White Wolves had worked their way to the rear but the Necromancer called up more undead to block their way
The fight was in full swing
The trolls were now threatening the Empire flank
The Empire General hung on grimly
The Orc left had been destroyed
Disaster struck the Necromancer - the dreaded "double raven" saw him banished from the mortal realm.
Fortified by the Wizard the crossbowmen poured fire into the Trolls
The trolls were routed and with that the Empire was able to claim the victory!
A great game - the playtest undead rules worked well and I felt under pressure the whole game until suddenly their Reputation deserted them and I ran out a victor by a large margin
Getting the 10mm armies out for Warmaster was also great fun.
The Orcs continued their pell-mell flight down the valley before splashing across the waters of the River Jeff with the Dwarfs in hot pursuit. Turnbing once again to face their foe they determined not to let the Oakenfinger Clan cross Black Ford and enter Orc territory!
The report in video form
Having lost the last game I would be defending as the Dwarfs attempted to cross the river
I had tweaked my army (possibly more than the campaign rules allow!) and included a Bloodthirsty giant!
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My forces were soon pushing up - the Dwarfs content to bide their time.
Once again my Orc Ladz faced Dwarfs across the rickety-rackety bridge.
The goat riders were proving annoying.
Sadly I forgot a piece of advice I'd given myself before the battle - "don't let the giant get charged".
Over on the rickety-rackety bridge the hearthguard disposed of the Orcs and set forth toward Orc territory
Followed by some of their fellows
The Orc Scouts were, at least, still alive
The Orc Shaman had formed a wall of spears
Aided by some magic the remains of the Orc boys splashed across Black Ford and charged home.
They were at half strength, charging an undamaged heavy infantry unit - the outcome was always likely to be unfavourable.
Dwarfs were pouring across the rickety-rackety bridge
With no-one left to oppose them
The boys dealt with the crossbow armed dwarfs felt able to brave the Black Ford
Preceded by the Goat Riders
the scouts were reduced to a single model as the Shaman bravely went hunting Dwarf
Defiant to the last
It was a forlorn and unlikely quest
The ford was in Dwarf hands!
Some additional phone pictures
All went very badly for my greenskins. When the giant went cheaply the numbers were always against me and Martins crossbow Dwarfs seem at last to have worked out how to shoot!
Next game will see the Orcs driven further up their side of the valley!
