So, I went to Clash of Kings last weekend! It was a great time meeting new opponents, catching up with the guys from last year and I even got to play a couple of battles. Clash of Kings is the celebration of the hobby, allowing middle aged guys (and even a couple of gals) to … Continue reading Clash of Kings ’23
While i'm at Clash of Kings this weekend, I sheduled this update to appear on my blog. It's just my regular painting update keeping me up to date with the painting tally and giving me a target to aim for when buying new models this weekend. First of all, I completed my two mincers: I … Continue reading Pre-clash painting update
and here's my army: The army with a bit of Dutch nationalism. (that's my living room wall, not the Rijksmuseum...) But for those of you who want to see the army up close: For those who want to see my army list: Predictions? It's always hard to predict before the event. Last year I did … Continue reading Clash of Kings ’23, here I come!
This morning SFG-Matt posted on Reddit with a question about starter sets for Kings of War. As this is a question which surfaces from time to time, I'll spend a few minutes writing about this. First of all, the best starter lists are built by yourself with the miniatures you own using the Mantic companion. … Continue reading 2023 Starter lists for ambush
Last summer, I was a bit bored and tallied the amount of miniatures painted in the year before. As work is a bit slow this summer too, I tallied the amount painted in the year since then too. Since my blog post then, I painted 145 miniatures. They add up to: 94 goblins, mawpups and … Continue reading 2022/23 painting tally
With no pressure to finish anything, I find that my painting progress slows to a crawl. Not that I mind - I'm just painting whatever gets my fancy at the moment. A few months ago, I had over 40 halberdiers printed and painted a test model. Content with the quality of the print and painting, … Continue reading Summer painting
Last year during Clash of Kings everyone -and their mother- was playing an ogre army. I seriously estimate the amount of ogre and nightstalker armies to be half of the player base. - And they did well. Not entirely, due to this success, I have thought about starting an army myself, but always resisted to … Continue reading Idea – 12 model ogre ambush army
First things first! I completed my goblin army! YaY! For this, I only needed my 2nd regiment of fleabags. Here's them finished! It's six original fleabags plus one mounted flaggit from vanguard. Apparently, I forgot to finish the basing in this picture, something I have remedied later. Together with my original fleabags, they can be … Continue reading Painting without focus
These weeks I painted up three sets of Balistas (and one more to give away). Moreover, I painted enough crew to use two of them in both of my human armies. To do so, I based the balistas without crew and then based the crew seperately. Here's the same three balistas with either three of … Continue reading Balista efficiency – hobby update
As I recently finished my #MonsterMarch entry, this weekend was time for tidying stuff up. spoken about #MonsterMarch, here's the final blog post from the challenges' host Swordmaster. I mean, seriously, how do people find time to paint a whole army in a month? Also thanks for Albert to join us. Lovely models there and … Continue reading Easter hobby update – finishing up stuff.
Vince on all things Kings of War 