Warmaster Skeletons

Forest Dragon models, kindly gifted by Chum Alan

These are lovely models, but because they're so nice and detailed they're a ball ache to paint for a unit that's worth only 35 points!

Swollen Purple Ghoulies

More Forest Dragon Ghouls for my Warmaster Vampire Counts

Lovely little models - washed and Contrast paints doing the heavy lifting.
Alan has furnished me with a few Skeletons (thanks Al) so it's full speed ahead to get this army ready for Winter Warmer.

Warmaster Grave Guard

 More Forest Dragon prints for my Warmaster Vampire Counts

Slowly my force is shambling forward.

Warmaster Revolution Battle Report: Chaos v. High Elves

For a variety of reasons that need not detain us here I have not played a game of Warmaster since Wormaster waaay back in May. So this was a welcome return to the giddy heights of Alan's Adult Attick for a game. 

I bought the Chaos because they seem quite easy to use and Alan took his four dragon (yes, you read that correctly FOUR FRIKKIN' DRAGONS) High Elf list. 

He's off to a tournament next month that is insisting on use the foolish optional "Slow" rule and so is experimenting with ways to win without using any cavalry. This feels like the law of unforeseen consequences that the person who added the pointless and foolish optional "Slow" rule to the system should pay attention to. 

I don't like the foolish "Slow" rule, can you tell?

My Chaos infantry pushed up, and then got lost in the woods for a few turns.   

The General led a mounted brigade forward.

And another mounted brigade plodded into a field.

The Dragon Ogres decided to go and have a look at a tower.

The High Elf infantry stood firm. Checking their makeup and combing their long, blonde tresses.

Some of them went gambolling through the woods.

The Chaos General pushed his brigade out onto the left flank

And the Wizard drove his tropps on.

The Warriors were still stumbling about among the trees.

Swift moving Chariots and a Dragon crashed into the Chaos cavalry

The General weighed up a charge of his own.

Lots of arrows (some bigger than others) began to be flung about.

Still stuck.

The Chaos charge went in but, hampered by a muddy field the horsemen were thrown back.

Archers picked on poor, helpless flying flatfish

The Elf troops enjoyed the dappled sunlight coming through the trees 

Dragon Ogres prepared to charge.

On the left a whirling melee broke out with Dragons, Knights, Eagles and more involved.

Two Dragons!

The Hippogriff is *also* actually a Dragon!

Aha, out of the woods! Follow the grey brick road!

Chariots dead. Wood a long way away.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the grey brick road.

Tricksy Elf behaviour with one set of bolt throwers blocking the line of sight of another set.

One of the many Dragons attempting to kill some Knights

The flying fish got in the way, so some re-ordering was necessary to bypass them.

The knights somehow survived.

But victory went to the High Elves. Who waved their handbags in celebration!

Great fun to get the Warmaster models on the table. The four dragons wasn't quite as terrifying as they maybe appeared. The flyer rules are quite restrictive and they're a bit brittle when unaccompanied. Chaos are tough though. I didn't play well, but four wounds and four attacks goes a long way to evening things up!

Warmaster Blood Knights

October seems the ideal time to do some more work on my Warmaster Vampire Counts force.

I painted these as Blood Knights, because that seems to be what the models are and because cool.

These are Forest Dragon miniatures, which I *think* are still available, at least as STLs. GIven to me by Alan a while ago, thanks mate.

There are no rules for Blood Dragon Knights in Warmaster so these will be a unit of Black Knights with a magic banner or sword or something.

Here's a few "in the field" shots