Just a quick hobby update: I’ve mentioned before that the goblin army box I got as a gift wasn’t high quality as it’s very early mantic stuff. (probably the start-of-company goblin box, somewhere in 2013 or 2014). (https://kingsofwarvince.business.blog/2018/12/16/the-curious-case-of-my-goblin-detachment-1/) while this remains true for the goblin spitters and sharpsticks (same base model) it is most definately … Continue reading Quick hobby update – goblin biggit.
I have received my Clash of Kings '19 book in the mail today! Pretty happy with the contents, but my abyssal army needs some serious rethought to be even somewhat effective as its MVP's have been hit with the nerf bat. This blog post describes my thought proces..... the original abyssal army In 2017, I … Continue reading Post CoK-19, reconstucting a broken army
Intro Back in 2012 or so - when I still played Warhammer instead of Kings of War- my brother got me an army he bought from ebay as a gift. As was then en-vogue, this army had the talabecland colours (red/white). While it was painted with a steady hand, it was also painted with little … Continue reading Kingdoms of men – the creation of an army
-post copied from the Mantic forum just a day before it goes down- A friend gave me a goblin army box. It;s one of the very first Mantic produced and the quality is average at best. These days Mantic does a lot better, but this box isn't that great, that's why he didn't want to … Continue reading How to get a 1,500 point army from a army box
Early 2018, I wanted to do a goblin detachment. The reasoning was threefold: a) A buddy gave me a goblin battalion to build as he didn't like the minis. And frankly, he's right. The early Mantic goblins are abysmal. The stuff I see on the interweb from these days is much better, but the early … Continue reading The curious case of my goblin detachment (1)
These are the blogs I read on occasion. Expect this list to grow over time as I now have to keep track of this stuff without resorting to the Mantic forums. None of the pictures in this blogpost are mine (unlike the rest of my blog) as they are all owned by the linked blog … Continue reading Linked blogs
back to the 80's What '80 and '90 kid doesn;t remember the cult movie Army of Darkness? The bad special effects combined with great quotes.... "Ooh, wait a minute. The words...All right, all right, all right. Say the words. Klaatu...barada...Iu -necktie. Nectar, n-- nickel. Noodle. It's an "N" word. It's definitely an "N" word. " … Continue reading Ze Army of Darknezz; part one
