I have been focusing more on my traitorous dawi lately but now I am practicing for a tournament coming up in a week. Tonight I played a game against the nasty Bretonnian exiles. I had some abysmal rolls but was able to land a small victory in the end.
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Beautiful armies !
How did the game go ? Your right flank seems in a bit of a precarious position in this picture !
Thanks!
You are correct, but that was actually my plan. I would not have managed to deal with the Bretonnians if they had swarmed me all at once. Plus they had cannons. So I had to use the impassable terrain to avoid getting shot at, at least for a turn. Moreover, the terrain features created two natural funnels which would help slow down the assault. It was a bit crowded and messy at first, and I had to shuffle some troops around as reactions to my opponent’s moves, but I avoided taking any significant cannon damage (except for my unlucky wizard who failed his “Look out, sir”).
Meanwhile, on the right flank, the gobbos earned their points back quickly by standing close to the objective. They may have even killed a knight or two. I put my baggage train on the far right, to further divide his army, knowing that I would give up some points doing so. My five black orcs died gloriously protecting the baggage train, since they delayed the Pegasus knights during the game’s most significant turns.
Eventually the charges did come but my guys were then ready and able to fend off the attackers.
One thing that still bothers me, though, is my warboss, who failed his re-rolled break test, broke from combat, failed to rally, and ran off the board. He has been consistently unlucky since I started taking him!
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A quick summary of the tournament:
1-19 vs Ogre Kingdoms
16-4 vs Tomb Kings (Royal host)
18-2 vs Empire
15-5 vs High Elves
3-17 vs Bretonnia (Exiles)
As you can see, my games were either big wins or big losses. 9th place out of 20 was my final result, which is actually my worst GT result so far. I only ran one Iron Daemon in this tournament. Against a superior list, or player, running two of them would even out some of the imbalance. Maybe this explains how the losses got so big this time, idk. It was a lot of fun, though!
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Oh wow. Any more pictures you can post of these games would be appreciated. Always nice to see excellent armies in combat, especially on such awesome boards with such handsome armies.
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Thanks! I don’t have many pictures unfortunately, but here are two more:
Iron Daemon helping my dwarfs crush some flagellants.
My Taur’ruk’s charge roll in the last game.
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I just played another GT. I got 11th place out of 37, not too glorious but at least it was better than my previous result.
11 - 9 vs Nomadic Waagh
15 - 5 vs Warrior of Chaos
8 - 12 vs Chracian Warhost
10 - 10 vs Wood Elves
12 - 8 vs Lizardmen
I played a list very similar to previous ones (Castellan on Bale Taurus, Black orc warboss on a chariot, big block of Hobgoblins with Khan on foot, some Infernal guard with great weapons, two Iron Daemons and a Taur’ruk). Dropping the wizard didn’t affect me too much.
Even though I like this list archetype and I do okay with it, next time I will probably try something new. Maybe I should finally get a wyvern… it’s just that I haven’t found any models that I really like. Also, having read the new Renegades draft, there should be plenty of new listbuilding options there for future tournaments, should it be accepted by TOs.
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Anticipating being able to run more dwarf-oriented lists in Renegades 2, I have some painting to do…
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Painted the Bull Centaur standard bearer which was also my first verdigris attempt. Plus I added some blood 
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He looks great!
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Just finished the last of the command group. I don’t know what you think about AI backgrounds, but I promise it’s better than my dusty desktop.
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Painted the second Scibor guy. He will most likely go as a Castellan in an upcoming one-day tournament.
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I’ve had a few chances now to try the new Renegades draft and it’s a lot of fun. For example, I played at a local RTT about a week ago, where the drafts were allowed. I ran a Sorcerer-Prophet on a Lammasu, a Seneschal BSB, a Castellan, a Taur’ruk, some dwarfs, hobbos, centaurs, wolf riders, an Iron Daemon, and a Dreadquake mortar.
Relentless March is a huge help to us, and Infernal Taskmaster can really add some spice. Although not a new thing, the Lammasu’s breath weapon (together with Breath of Hashut) is just hilarious. The upgraded Dreadquake, however, has not done much for me yet, except in a practice game earlier. Also, the centaurs, although good on paper, I can’t seem to manage.
Results were:
7-13 vs the Dawi
12-8 vs Vampire Counts
15-5 vs Wood Elves
Final result: 6/18
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