Blind Pig Games Club - 16th August 2014

Rain, rain go away, come again another day.
Yes it rained but in the end we had 36 people (maybe a few more we missed) who turned up for the day.
Pat, our Master of the Keys was sick today so setting up was a little later than usual, but in the end all good.

Games in play today were:

Dystopian Wars (thanks to Peter F for coming along and keeping the flame of a very much fun game alive)
Battle Fleet Gothic
Warhammer 40K
Warhammer Fantasy Battles (must ask Tim what the result was)
A Game of Thrones LCG
Dungeon Saga (test play of Alpha rules from Mantic - yes it is fun!)
Marvel Dice Game (not sure the exact name)
Lords of Waterdeep (yes, a rare occassion by I, John McD, actually won the game, yes everyone is still wondering how)
Sentinels of the Multiverse
Deadzone

Next meet is 13th September 2014, remember that it will be the Geoff Jose Memorial Warmachine Tournament. As far as I am aware the day will be devoted to the event, so other tables won't be available for other game play. (Paul may speak further on this)

Below are pictures from the day.

A Game of Thrones LCG

Dystopian Wars

Dystopian Wars

40K or was it 30K in action

40K in action

40K in action

40K in action

Lords of Waterdeep (I think being packed up) - hey I won this game!

Hall on it's way to being packed.

Dystopian Wars

Sentinels of the Multiverse (a much loved game of Allen!)

Who brought along all these boardgames?

Game of WFB.

Aaron's magnificently painted Death Guard.

More of Aaron's models.

40K - love the Knight

More 40K

BFG

Wild Wild West Building Project Part 2

Have finished the bunk house for my mate Glen.  Have now started on the farm house.

Should have taken a "selfie" of myself today.  I've got a severs case of lung rot and I had a face mask on to stop any fine particles adding to my hacking fits.

Here's the step by step photos.

Enjoy.

The roof section for the Bunk House.  Tiles have been added (no photo though)

The frame of the farm house.

The door was originally where the fireplace is now placed.
I had a problem of the door being out of alignment,
that and the fact I had forgotten about the fireplace.

Fireplace section.

Windows added.

All windows up and in place.

Walls and floor done.

Just the roof to go (actually almost finished at time of this post)

Wild Wild West Building Project

I have been asked to build some buildings for an upcoming Wild West game that will be coming up soon.

I have to produce a Farm House, Bunk House and Stable/Barn.

Here is what I have done today.  I confess that it has been a larger drain on resources than I had planned.  I think the other buildings will be shell frames with the details on the outside.  Still happy with the results.  Yes it still looks rough, but the Western buildings were not built by master builders in the days.  They were drafty, vermin infested and would not pass building codes today.

So enjoy, and look forward to more.

The starting frame.

Door frames up.

Windows.  I've used plastic craft sheets that are used for
sewing projects (minds gone blank as to the correct name).

Windows where they will be placed.

Windows up.

All windows are up.

Floor laid.

More internal walls.

The internals all done.

Window shutters inserted,

Logs for the external walls.

Front porch.

All but the roof and then a tidy up.

Madness - The Skaven Project!

Madness took me recently as I pondered what army I should build next for Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd Edition.  Below is the "proof" of where the project is at present.

The army in total.
This comes to a base total of 3,337 points.
An awful lot of Skaven for not a hell of a lot of points.

5 Units of 25 Skaven Clanrat Warriors
25 x Skaven with
Hand Weapon, Light armour & shield (6 pts), spear (+.5 pts [6.5 pts],
Standard (+6.5 pts), Musician (+6.5 pts)  = 175.5 points
(TOTAL = 702 points)

3 Units of 40 Skaven Clanrat Warriors
40 x Skaven with
Hand Weapon, Light armour & shield (6 pts), spear (+.5 pts [6.5 pts]),
Standard (+6.5 pts), Musician (+6.5 pts)  = 273 points
(TOTAL = 819 points)

2 Units of 50 Skaven Skavenslaves
50 x Skaven Levy with
Hand weapon (2.5 pts), slings (.5 pts) [3 pts]
Standard (+3 pts), Musician (+3 pts) = 156 points
(TOTAL = 312 points)

2 Units of 20 Skaven Clanrat Warriors
20 x Skaven with
Hand Weapon, Light armour & shield (6 pts), spear (+.5 pts [6.5 pts]),
Standard (+6.5 pts), Musician (+6.5 pts)  =  143 points
(TOTAL =  286 points)

2 Units of 5 Skaven Gutter Runners
5 Skaven Gutter Runners with
Hand Weapon (12.5pts), Throwing stars/slings (.5 pts) [13 pts] = 65 points
(TOTAL = 130 points) 

1 Unit of 20 Black Skaven Clanrats
20 x Black Skaven Clanrats with
Hand Weapon, Light armour (7 pts), halberds (+1 pts) [8 pts],
Standard (+8 pts), Musician (+8 pts)  = 176 points
(TOTAL = 176 points)

1 Unit of 16 Clanrat Stormvermin
16 x Clanrat Stormvermin with
Hand Weapon, Light armour (7.5 pts), double-handed weapon (+1 pts) [8.5 pts],
Standard (+8.5 pts), Musician (+8.5 pts)  = 153 points
(TOTAL = 153 points)

1 Unit of 20 Skaven Plague Monks
20 x Skaven Plague Monks with
Hand Weapon (4.5 pts) [4.5 pts],
Standard (+8 pts), Musician (+8 pts)  =  99 points
(TOTAL = 99 points)

6 Plague Censer Bearers (40 pts)
(TOTAL = 240 points)

Clan Moulder Beastmasters
4 Animal Handlers, hand weapon (9.5 pts), light armour (+1 pt) = 42 points
24 Giant Rats (2 pts) = 48 points
(TOTAL = 90 points)

Clan Moulder Beastmasters
2 Animal Handers, hand weapon (9.5 pts), light armour (+1 pt) = 21 points
6 x Rat Ogres (38 pts) =  228 points
(TOTAL = 249 points)

Clan Skyre Seer (to be determined)
Warpfire-Thrower Teams (81 pts)
(TOTAL = 81 points)

Verminlord (to be determined)