Touchdown Tuesday on a Monday: Rumbelow Sheepskin Sneak Peeks

 

Yesterdays Sneak Peek release on the community site saw the preview of the first Halfling Star Player since 1990, thats right 1990 JEEZ have I really waited so long since Puggy Baconbreath was released.

In the upcoming months will see the release of Rumbelow Sheepkin, not just any Halfling Star Player this see Rumbelow riding onto the pitch on his cantankerous pet ram. 

Rumbelow takes the role of a Blocker on the pitch and I am sure he won't be the butt of the opponents jokes. 

Rumbelow has the following special rule: Ram

Looking forward to this release and I will do a more indepth review of the model once it is released and I have it painted up.

Warhammer The Horus Heresy Cinematic Trailer

 This cinematic trailer was released 2 weeks ago at Adepticon 22, this has pretty much been a daily watch for me. This has made my mind up on the two, that's right two factions for Horus Heresy. The simple matter of two factions is so that I always have an opposing force for any player that does not have one when they come to play.

Faction One: Imperial Fists

Faction Two: Sons of Horus

More to follow as I start my test models

The Mighty Zug

My first model has been completed and it is The Mighty Zug of the Reikland Reavers.

Mighty Zug comes in at 220,000 GP so if playing in a league he will make his way to your team a few games into the season. What will hiring Mighty Zug bring to your team?

MA:4

ST:5

AG:$+

PA:6+

AV:10+

Skills: Block, Loner (4+). Mighty Blow +1

Special Rules : Crushing Blow. Once a game Might Zug may apply an additional +1 modifier to the Armour Roll

With a movement allowance of 4 Zug is not going to be winning and footraces to the endzone, but with ST 5 he is a one player wrecking machine Dubing Up ( Rolling 2 Block Dice) against most players apart from the Big Guys he is going to be punching holes in most opponents lines. Supporting skill of Block is going to make him more durable along with his high AV of 10. 

The final 2 skills are loner (4+) meaning you have a 50/50 chance of using a team re-roll on Zug. Mighty Blow rounds out his skills, giving you the choice of adding a +1 modifier to your Armour or Injury roll, giving Zug a good chance of getting opposing players off the pitch. 

To further Zug getting players of the pitch once per game he can use the Crushing Blow skill. This allows Zug to apply an additional + 1 to an Armour roll. This can be done after your Armour roll has been made.

Final Verdict

At 220,000 Gold Pieces Mighty Zug is an expense to the team, but used correctly on the line I think he can be a game winner, he is more than capable of taking on the opposing teams BIG GUY all on his own and then punching his way through the rest of the front line.

 

Hobby Butterfly Part 2 The Reckoning

 

Over the course of this week I have gone through most of my plastic pile of shame and also looked at the games I have and what I realistically want to play going forwards. There are going to be two piles of shame going forwards.

1. Models to keep and paint.

2. Models to sell and make way and space.

Looking at the games I own and trying to weigh up now the time that I have available to paint and game So I have rationalised my list of games to the following:

Bloodbowl

I have always loved Bloodbowl and remember picking up the 1st edition from GW York way back in the mists of time. So looking forward to bringing back my Skaven team and painting up some of the new teams,

Necromunda

Was a big part of my gaming time when I worked in London, playing after work at the now closed Plaza GW store, with good mates Dean and Matt.

Horus Heresy

Well who isn't going to play Horus Heresy after the latest announcement from GW?  I have loved the novels for a long time and seeing the new trailer and the figures for the upcoming game it is time to dust off the Imperial Fists and Word Bearers that I have. Its going to be a real hardship to go through the novels again to pick up inspiration,

Adeptus Titanicus

This was the first game that I ever bought, a long summer of cleaning cars in York and picking the box set. This was the set that contained the polystrene buildings and red and blue titans. My friends dad had built them a custom built sculpted table and the summer was recreating battles that we read in White Dwarf. 

Aeronautica Imperialis

As my last true gaming event that I attended it is one my last completed fleets or lists. Also getting given the latest box set for Christmas it would be rude not to get them painted up. 

Kill Team- For Terrain if applicable

Terrain basically will need to fit in Necromunda or Horus Heresy.

There is an absence of Age of Sigmar and any fantasy related hobby, this is mainly as even though I do love some of the models in the range, I just cannot get my head round the background and the rules. Tried many a time but just feel like I am playing a version of 40K. I am looking forward to when GW release Warhammer Old World as that is my kinda fantasy game.

I am also going to add in something called Showcase Model

This will basically allow me to pick a model from any range or company that I would like to paint. I am using this a chance to improve my painting techniques and push to create my best paint job.