Another Great Haul

I won a few minis in a second-hand auction, and they should come in handy later in my Warlords of the 41st Millennium project.

Of course, the flying thingamadoo needs a small repair, and the Assault Marines need to be assembled and painted, but apart from that, I'm pretty pleased with this batch.

The Orks can be used as is, and so can the Techmarine, the Servitors, and the Chaplain, while the hooded Marine is actually a Dark Angel (Cypher? I'll have to investigate further ... dispatch the Interrogator Chaplain!), and the Psyker is a Grey Knight. Both the latter need some colour changes.

The Bikers and the Land Speeder will have to get gradually repainted for my Ravenwing, and the Gun-toting mini-gunship-thingy. too.

Warlords of the 41st Millennium - The Calexus IV Incursion, Prelude

As mentioned on an earlier occation, I have been growing very fond of Rick Priestley's 'Warlords of Erehwon' (same system as Bolt Action and Beyond the Gates of Antares).

I also have been very taken with Games Workshop's Grimdark Techno-Fantasy universe for several decades, I just never could get myself immersed in the game, as the rules did/do not reflect the Grimdark Lore very well.

The thing now is, Priestly provides a full point system breakdown for Warlords of Erehwon - and I got the idea to transcribe W40K profiles to that system - with the possibility to tweak trrop types I feel are too weak (probably to ensure that all players have to cash out and buy a substantial mumber og expensive minis),

More details later - all you have to know for now is that I have two small forces ready for a test run - which will happen one of the next days! (Or, so I thought, but life wanted it differently)

Here are some pics of the 75x150cm table and the two forces.

I promise to take a lot of pics of the game and explain some of the principles I used for the transcription!

Return of the Lichemaster

I finally managed to pull myself together after a long period with absolutely NO energy and initiative, due to a mystical ailment making my stomach hurt after each meal, and preventing me from getting more than 3-4 hours of sleep per night.

I have been in a programme at 'Center for Functional Diseases' in Vejle, and am now in medical treatment, which has helped me overcome the problems associated with eating (and that alone has helped my mood a LOT, as I am very fond of good, well cooked food), and a physiotherapist helped ne get off the couch and become more active - which has also given me more energy.

Summa Summarum, I think I am almost back in the saddle, I have played a couple of games and I have been buying quite a few things - and promise to start posting pics here!

The last week I have been unpacking and sorting two small crates and two large boxes worth of assorted purchases. A lot of it is now taking up all the space I currently have available for it in the living room, and I am in sore need of some boxes to store the goodies in!

As you can see, I have been purchasing both terrain and minis ...

... and as you can also see, Lyra, the Terror of the Lichemaster, would very much like to get up there and push everything over the edge ...

That guy is HUGE! 

Quite a few biggies, actually, 

The yellow school bus! I've been wanting to get one for my Scoobycalypse Walking Dead project (which has been on hold for quite a while). Fred and Daphne are both sitting on one of my Hammers-invented cork-handle faquir-beds, awaiting further attention.

I've got painted minis for several Deadzone factions (at least Enforcers, Asterians, Forge Fathers, Rebels, Plague, maybe Marauders), and unpainted minis for GCPS Troopers and Veer-Myn.

I own a copy of that game, so I am very happy about having acquired those!

I also got a lot of painted and nearly painted Necrons, along with a bunch of Adeptus Mechanicus Scitarii Vanguard/Rangers (hmmm) and as I am just creating Space Marine and Eldar profiles for 'Warlords of the 41st Millennium' (W41M) - my own adaption of Warlords of Erehwon/Bolt Action rules for the Grimdark Universe, I couldn't get a better motivation for pressing on with that project!

I promise to get better pics of the various groups and Items when I get started putting them away in some nice sturdy boxes (I need to procure some shoe boxes or the likes, until I can get enough priter paper boxes).

For now: May Your Dice Favour You!

2018-07-14, Vacation 2018 - Day 5, Part 3: Evening, Criel-sur-Mer

After Azincourt we drove south for some hours, and we settled in at Camping Municipal Touffreville-sur-Eu Les Acacias (HERE), where they were just celebrating Bastille Day, but the gestionnaire' took time to let us in and explained where we could get something to eat (we only had some bread for next morning, and we needed a warm meal).

I think the following couple of pics are from earlier that day after we left Azincourt.

This is the restaurant in Criel-sur-Mer (LINK) where we dined. They specialize in sea-food.

Maybe the smallest library in the world?

After spending some time on the stony beach, we went back to the camping site for a calm night (the Bastille Day party was in a building and was not heard at all).

2018-07-14, Vacation 2018 - Day 5, Part 2: Azincourt

This is a long post, but it may hold something of interest to wargamers!

We were driving south on a 'route départementale' (not quite sure exactly which one, may have been D928), when suddenly signs were telling us that Azincourt was close at hand, and I decided to take a small detour to visit the site.

Five minutes later, we arrived at this sign, and luckily there was sufficient space for parking with the camping trailer.

I shall let the pictures speak for themselves.

I am quite pleased that we took that detour - it is a nice place to visit!