Five years ago, I posted my first army wide photoshoot. The army page has been the most visited on this blog. Since then (2020), as I painted more and more miniatures, the army grew slowly but steadily. That's why I made a new army page, here is the 2025 update! As I posted five years … Continue reading 2025 Army page : Topaz
It's been a while since I posted on my blog. Life was busy and, frankly, after Örb Wars, I spent some time on other hobbies than Kings of War for a while. Since then, I did paint some and this blog post tallies it. Goblins My goblin army expanded with a single chariot (counted as … Continue reading Hobby update – fall 2024
This part 2 of my battle report of our glorious 5k battle, Basilea versus Kingdoms of Men. Read part 1 for introductions and fluff. There will be a part (3) and maybe even (4) Instead of describing the battle turn by turn (or unit by unit), I'll describe what happened in four phases: deployment engagement … Continue reading Cleansing the abyssal artifact (2)
This blog post 1 of 2 describing this fantastic afternoon. Introduction two weeks ago, my friend JP and myself played a 5,000 point Kings of War battle using fully painted armies. This blog post aims to share the fun we had! We did this for the following reasons: To make great pictures. You'll see them … Continue reading Cleansing the abyssal artifact, a 5k battle report (1)
My previous blog post showed my most recent project, the restoration of ancient models in order to build a horde of arquebussiers. This time, the unit is finished: As you can see, the horde can be fieldes as two regiments and four troops respectively, making it a very versatile unit. In order to complete the … Continue reading Hobby Update – building hordes!
Yes, I know, it's May already, but my Monster March contribution is finally complete! In my defense, I've been on holliday to a sunny beach, so the past two weeks to which I didn't bring my paints, so the model has been *almost* complete for more than a month now. Without further delay: I present … Continue reading Hobby update – Monster March finished!
and some of my hobby results It's that time of year when the leaves fall and it gets dark early. This leaves a lot of time for painting. Not that I painted so much these last days, but JP certainly did! Two years ago, I posted about a pegasus cattle trade that started a remarkable … Continue reading JP painted “my” pegasus
Over two years ago, I met JP at a local tournament. We played each other and traded pegasi afterwards. Since then we meet ever so often to play a battle. Last time, JP wanted to give me another model. As he's quite the collector of ancient metal, it's always a treat t see what he's … Continue reading Cattle trade again & other hobby
This is a blog post copied from my post on the Kings of War forum on the same subject. I'm going into the changes to Kingdoms of Men in the recent Clash of Kings book. Im going through the changes one by one. First of all, the removal of the pot shot rule to both crossbowmen and … Continue reading Kingdoms of Men in Clash ‘24
Background (skip if you want straigth to the hobby) Recently, I went to Clash of Kings UK. One of the armies that featured well there, was the Basilean Army from Jonathan Quayle. An earlier version of that list featured on Dash 28. This type of lists can teach one thing: how to play Alpha strike. … Continue reading Kitbashing the Abbess & other hobby
Vince on all things Kings of War 