Thursday, September 15, 2016

Update: Pre-West Coast GT

By now, the West Coast GT is over. But at the time I right this, I am finishing up the army as best I can before I head out. With that, here is the most recent update on the Ratkin army for Kings of War.

First up is the finished wall for the second unit of Clawshots to hide behind. This one is less of a mad scramble of shields and rocks, and more of an old dilapidated wall with fence that the rats are using to protect themselves from return fire. I like the piece, though I may do some touch ups in the future on the red bricks to make them a little bit more dark red with orange highlights so they stand out a bit more.
Base front
Base rear

The other base that I managed to finish completely is the first Blight horde base. With this unit, the Blight are moving through a destroyed ruins and the unit will be the one carrying the Potion of the Caterpillar (which allows the unit to move through difficult terrain). I didn't like the idea of just stone pillars and thought that the people that lived here before the rats took over would have used some pastel paint on the pillars to highlight certain features.
Full base
Closeup left side
Closeup right side and censer fumes (a feature added by the rats, of course)
Then, to put on the base, I finished the first test Blight model. Here he is prior to being put on the base, and after. I went with a ruined clothing look and with rusted blades because the Blight don't care about how nice their things are, so long as they can cause havoc.
Blight close up prior to rusting on swords
Back of clothing and tail
Finished Blight on base (with rust effects)
Similar focuse

Finally, I was working on several other bases that I was able to get started, but not entirely finished before the tournament. But you should be able to tell what they are going to look like once they are all finished up.
Weapon team bases with various stones and debris
The start of the tower base for the Shock Troop horde

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

West Coast GT 2016: Army List

As I have been saying for the past several posts, this weekend is the West Coast GT. I am busting out my Ratkin army for the weekend, and though I am still sure that I don't quite know what I am doing (as I only have gotten a few games under my belt), I am sure that this list will be fun to play as (1) it includes all the available rat models that are already painted and (2) included lots of fiery death (assuming I can roll a 4+ at some point throughout the game). This is what I am bringing, take a look and complaint about my choices in the comments if you so desire:

Units:
Blight Horde (225 pts) (Maccwar's Potion of the Caterpillar)
Blight Horde (205 pts)
Shock Troops Horde (250 pts) (Helm of Confidence)
Warriors Regiment (120 pts) (Diadem of Dragon-kind)
Warriors Regiment (120 pts) (Crepognon's Scrying Gem of Zellak)
Clawshots Troop (90 pts)
Clawshots Troop (90 pts)

War Engines:
Artillery (90 pts)
Artillery (90 pts)
Weapon Team (80 pts) (Storm of Lead)
Weapon Team (80 pts) (Storm of Lead)
Weapon Team (80 pts) (Storm of Lead)

Monsters:
Death Engine (210 pts) (Vile Sorcery)
Death Engine (210 pts) (Vile Sorcery)

Individuals:
Warlock (115 pts) (Scarletmaw's Fenulian Amulet)
Warlock (120 pts) (Myrddin's Amulet of the Fire-heart)
Enforcer (65 pts) (Inspiring Talisman)

Total Points: 2240 points

So the premise of this list, if it can be said to have a premise, is to shoot things and then clean up the remnants of my opponent's army with the horde units. The list packs 4 breath weapons, 2 lightning bolt characters, 2 shooting monsters, and 2 pieces of artillery. The hordes pack a punch and have decent Nerve to help them survive at least one round of combat. I know there isn't as much Inspiring in the army as most people like, and I am sure that in the future after having played more games I will be putting more Inspiring into the army. But right now I don't expect to get to far away from my shooting units with that character and I also don't expect to do much moving at all. I am sure the tournament scenarios will change all that, but this is the list I submitted and it's the list I am sticking with. Here's to the weekend!





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