[Open Combat] Chaos Warriors - Champion

I thought this model, which is the Slaughterpriest with Hackblade and Wrath-hammer model from Games Workshop (and was included free with an issue of White Dwarf), would make a great addition to my Chaos Warriors for Open Combat, so that meant it was time to get him assembled and painted for the tabletop!

This is fantastic model, with lots of character - in my mind's eye, don't see him as a priest, but as a mighty barbarian champion of Chaos, blessed of his foul god - and standing tall on his 40mm base, he is well suited to lead my Chaos Warrior warband into battle!

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[Open Combat] Stormcast Eternals

My next warband is comprised of the other half of the Age of Sigmar starter set - Stormcast Eternals! The warband is made up of a Liberator Prime (Leader), two Liberators and two Retributors.

This warband is only five-strong because the models are all on 40mm bases (which does take significant space on a 2'x2' board) and also fits with the lore of the Stormcast Eternals - super-elite warriors, wielding the finest armour and weapons.

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[Age of Sigmar] Model Size Comparison

I'd seen some Kings of War armies online, using Stormcast Eternals as Ogres, and after assembling my own Stormcast Eternals recently I thought I'd compare the model size.

To my eye the Stormcast Eternals make a good 'counts-as' Ogre model (size-wise anyway) and the fact that they both come on 40mm bases makes the substitution pretty solid.

I had a Chaos Marauder and Chaos Warrior on my desk at the time of snapping this photo, so they're in the picture getting their photobomb on.

Looking at the picture now, I wonder why the Chaos Warriors aren't on 40mm bases along with the Stormcast Eternals.

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[Dragon Rampant] Age of Sigmar Armies WIP

After finishing my Chaos Warrior warband for Open Combat, I thought I would FINALLY assemble the models from the Age of Sigmar starter set I had lying around.

I plan on using these models for Dragon Rampant, a system I've been interested in for a while, so here's hoping that this project doesn't fall by the wayside!

Alternatively, I can use the models as additions to my Open Combat warbands.

Khorne Bloodbound - Mighty Khorne Lord. Khorgorath, Bloodsecrator,
Bloodstoker, 2 Blood Warriors and 5 Bloodreavers

Stormcast Eternals - 10 Liberators

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[Open Combat] Gaming Night 3

Played an awesome game of Open Combat over the long weekend, with my newly painted Chaos Warriors!
In spite of terrible dice rolls, my opponent was able to take a decisive win against my new warband - a well earned victory for the Orcs.

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[Open Combat] Chaos Warriors

Finished up another warband for Open Combat last week, and snapped a photo over the long weekend - my Chaos Warriors!

Once again, Open Combat has motivated me to dust off models from another failed project - these models are from the Age of Sigmar starter set.

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[Open Combat] Dwarves

This was actually my first warband for Open Combat, but I've been dragging my feet on snapping a photo - so here is my seven-strong Dwarven warband for Open Combat!

These are made up from the Avatars of War range of Dwarves, and were intended to be a Kings of War Dwarf army (for the original 1st edition of the system!) but never saw the table, so it was awesome to actually get these stunties painted and onto the tabletop.

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[Open Combat] More Games

I had another great night of gaming playing Open Combat, managing to squeeze in two games on a cold Saturday night.

In the first game my newly painted Elven warband took on Hun'ta and his band of Orcs in the Capture scenario, which ended HILARIOUSLY as one of my Elven Rangers, with assistance from the Elven Captain, shot an Orc (carrying an objective) off the board, allowing the Orcs to claim the win!

The second game was the standard Kill game, with my Dwarves (with an extra Warrior) stealing victory against Hun'ta and his warband.

Here are some photos - I'm already working on my next warband for Open Combat, so stay tuned!

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