A NO BAT REP BAT REP WITHOUT PICTURES

YET ANOTHER WEDNESDAY NIGHT BAT REP WITHOUT A BATTLE
Welcome one and all to an account of our gaming crews famous (nearly) Wednesday Night throwdown, as some of you may know we as a group are facing spatial challenges, so for now we are struggling along in my dining room.Thankfully my wife isn`t a controlling psychotic hell bitch so we can play at mine.
ATTENDANCE
ME - I live here so can`t not make it really
MORPH - Armed with beer as always
GRUFF - Allowed out to play with his DEADBEAT friends
ANAL - There will be no calling him Sheldon again
NO SHOWS
NORTHERN LIGHTER THIEF - babysitting his grandkids,cos she can`t cope on her own
F.N.G. - Does he even really exist
EVENING`S ACTION
We havn`t got the room for 40K and Blood Bowl seems to have ground to a halt, so we broke out the old standby ZOMBIES!!! Much fun and zombie slaying mayhem all round, if you havn`t played it you really should check it out.
Two games were squeezed in this evening and MORPH won them both getting to the chopper on both occasions.Much banter and B.S. accompanied both games,along with a chat about 40K seeing as they snuck in 6th edition.
We havn`t even bought the new rules yet as we don`t play regularly enough.(due to lack of a place,not a lack of interest) yet.
So it went something like this :- ANAL said that when he went to our local gaming club,Crusaders, not one game of 40K was played the previous weekend. We all asked why? ANAL then said that nobody liked the new rules,and the feeling at the club was that this along with all the recent price rises and news of more,was that GW had f*^ked off more than a few people.Now this is coming from an official GCN member club,yet they are all playing Warmachine.
ANAL has a new Warmachine army,Infinity army and the one with the forge fathers against the orx.This is on top of his 40k stuff. Every week he promotes one or the other, now the rest of us haven`t got anywhere near his disposable income,which brings me to my predicament.
My predicament is that I have spent several hundred pounds on GW`s products and if I walk away from 40K all that stuff is just going to sit in a cupboard,plus I don`t have the cash to spend on a new system and army. Thanks a f%*^ing bunch GW.

                                                           END OF RANT

                                                                                    BTB OUT

I BET YOU THOUGHT I HAD DIED

MASSIVE APOLOGIES (A.W.O.L. AGAIN)
It has been many months since my last confession post,real life and illness literally brought things to a grinding halt. I now seem to have the time and energy to resume my hobby activities again.
Hopefully this should lead to a regular (or semi-regular) series of posts once more.

WHAT`S BEEN GOING ON THEN?
Our brave and intrepid band of "HOBBYNAUTS" is still meeting once a week,there has been some shocking attendances,several times nobody showed up including myself.On other occasions just one or two attendees.
The Bloodbowl league seems to have fallen flat on it`s a$$,like a well blocked lineman.We were half way through a season when Anal (he does not deserve the moniker of Sheldon anymore) threw all his toys out of his pram,did I mention he was a bad loser,because he lost a game and sustained several injuries to his starting line-up.
Anal`s answer the next week was to change the rules,literally,he got himself a copy of the new "competition" rules and insisted we use these,as there was a way to balance games with inducements,because he didn`t have "fun" the week before.
Instead of telling him to f&*k off we all agreed to restart the season,including team re-writes,so half way through this new improved season he loses another game and promptly disappears for several weeks. What a w*^ker. We are still waiting on him to complete his fixtures for the first half of the season.
So for now we are treading water playing ZOMBIES!!! until we move venues at the end of the month.
Hopefully this move will materialise and we can get back to 40K at last.

ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE

Well,it`s finally happened. What`s that then? More pageviews than posts! WHOO HOOOOWWWW! Thank you one and all for checking out this rubbish that I have the cheek to call a blog.

You may have noticed that once again I`ve been AWOL for a few weeks, I think it might have a lot to do with us (WALES) winning the six nations with a GRAND SLAM too boot! %*&KING AWESOME JOB BOYS!

Anyway once the hangover has cleared up I should get back some sort of normality and try to stick to the planned schedule of posting twice a week. One show and tell, the other relaying our intrepid little band of "hobbynauts" adventures. That`s the grand scheme anyway, just can`t seem to get it done at the moment.

                                             HOPE TO BE MORE REGULAR

                                                                                   BTB OUT

A BELATED WEDNESDAY BAT REP

ATTENDANCE
Almost a full house this evening, the usual motley crew assemble to compete on the blood and gore drenched turf that is the BloodBowl field.

1. Me ( I live here so can`t shake off these losers)
2. Morph - not much beer this week, times be hard
3. Sheldon back from saving SHELDONOPOLIS
4. Gruff ( WOW not last for a change)
5. Northern Lighter Thief (bringing in the weed, bringing in the weed, we shall work together etc. etc.)
6. FNG didn`t show again, working late. (Maybe he avoid us)

THE EVENINGS ACTION

Tonight we play the second half of Morph`s Dwarves ( DEVITO`S DEVILS) against Northern Lighter Thief`s Elves (MORNING WOOD). Taking off from where we left it last week with MORNING WOOD up by 2 TD`s.

DEVITO`S DEVILS kick off, MORNING WOOD storm up field at breakneck speed.After more pathetic blocking from the Dwarves ( they only manage to get their other Trollslayer killed) the Elves stroll in untouched for a 3rd score.3-0 MORNING WOOD !

On the ensuing kick-off,the fans having seen more than enough,invade the pitch and attack the Dwarves, when the dust settles and the screaming stops it`s discovered that they killed a Dwarf lineman.

When play resumes although short (HA HA ) a player the DEVILS get and keep their shit together,holding on to the ball until they score a consolation Touchdown, but as their legs are small this takes the rest of the half.

FINAL SCORE:

MORNING WOOD 3 DEVITO`S DEVILS 1

MORE ACTION

Second game of the evening was between my Orcs ( DA DEFF SKWAD ) and Gruffs Necromantic Undead ( NEVERMORE RAVENS).We rolled the gate and 37,000 fans showed up.

RAVENS kick-off putting the ball deep into the Orcs half. DA DEFF SKWAD pick up the ball and proceed to rumble up to the half-way line, the blocking is ferocious and several of the RAVENS are left stunned in the Orcs wake.

This set the stall out for the Orcs as they ground the ball up field on every turn. The RAVENS are battered again and again, but no one sustains any serious damage..

On the sixth turn off the half as the Orcs are grinding out the hard yards towards the Endzone the brutal blocking finally claimed it`s first victim. Unfortunately it was an Orc Lineman, he fractured his arm putting him out for the game.Not only is he out for this game,he also misses the next game and picked up a niggling injury. Oh well thems the breaks (GROAN).

The seventh turn proved to be successful for DA DEFF SKWAD as they rushed the ball in for a Touchdown. 1-0 DA DEFF SKWAD

This left little time for the NEVERMORE RAVENS to reply,so we just concentrated on beating seven shades out of each other till the whistle blew for half-time.Incredibly no further injuries were sustained.

DEFF SKWAD kick-off but a "bad kick" puts the ball out of play, resulting in a touch-back.RAVENS proceed to run the ball at the Orcs,both teams style of play should ensure some meaty impacts on the blocking front.Over the next few turns this is exactly what happens as the RAVENS rumble to the half-way line.Although this turned into a blocking war,nothing more than stunned results were turning up on the dice.

Then on the fifth turn of the half some game changing hits were made.Firstly an Orc Blitzer smashed a Zombie Lineman to the ground,hard enough to put him out for the rest of the game.(Although he passed his Regeneration roll and shook the injury off).This left enough space for another Orc Blitzer to get to the ball-carrier.The second bone-crunching hit smashed the ball-carrier into the crowd,knocking him out and resulting in the ball scattering into the crowd as well.The following throw-in puts the ball just in front of the Undead Endzone.

The next two turns are taken up by more vicious blocking and a mad sprint for the ball.The outcome of which is an Orc Lineman picking up the ball and "going for it" to score.2-0 DA DEFF SKWAD.

Scoring again on the seventh turn left almost no time for the NEVERMORE RAVENS to answer and pretty much secured the win.After a final turn of "revenge" hitting the whistle blew to end the strangely bloodless carnage.

FINAL SCORE:DA DEFF SKWAD 2 NEVERMORE RAVENS 0

POST GAME

The winnings were divided,team ratings and fan factors recalculated leaving us all looking forward to round two and a little confused.

Next time SHELDON throws his hat into the ring,with his first game.

You all thought I had neglected the"EXCUSE DICE"(copyright pending) but you would be wrong, NORTHERN LIGHTER THIEF rolled it and the result was "had to walk down as the car has no MOT, insurance or petrol". Pretty good one if you ask me.

More tales of mayhem and mirth next time.

In the words of "THE DUDE" take it easy

                                                                BTB OUT

TROUBLE AT MILL

HOW NOT TO HOBBY
Things seem to have taken a nose-dive on the hobby and blog front the last couple of weeks.
Painting progress = zero
Terrain building = zero
Photos taken = zero
Games played = zero
Internet access = cut off till yesterday
Gaming night = cancelled
Real life = sucks

Hopefully things should get back to normal over the next few days and regular service can be resumed.

THE COSMIC CUPBOARD OF DOOM
I am lucky enough to have a hobby room, within this room is a cupboard to store all my hobby supplies that won`t fit in all the units and on the shelves.It is so full of stuff that when you open the door the contents hit you like a breaking wave.I have not opened the door for over a year as I can`t surf.
The mission I chose to accept was to clear and reorganise this tangled hobby knot, it took me 4 days, things are now boxed, stacked and labelled. I could not believe the things I unearthed, things that I had completely forgotten I had accumulated over the years of my hobby journey, so with what felt like a whole raft of new toys enthusiasm was restored.

It can begin anew,catch you all soon for more shenanigans.
                                                               
                                                                    BTB OUT

A CELEBRATION

JUST A QUICK ONE
Unbelievably I have kept up this blogging malarkey for a month. That`s the longest time I have stuck at anything in years. A massive thanks to all those who have looked in on this rambling rubbish about our little band of "hobbynauts". At some stage I have to fill you all in a little more on everyones armies, teams, gangs and warbands etc. Another thing that has to be corrected is my painting progress.
I did say this was going to be quick so catch you on the next one.AGAIN THANK YOU ALL.

                                                                    BTB OUT

WEDNESDAY BATTLE NIGHT REPORT 4 29/02/12

SPECIAL LEAP YEAR REPORT
ATTENDANCE
GRUFF-(for 5 minutes to drop off LRB) and an unsolicited roll on the "EXCUSE DICE" (kids are sick and his wife cannot cope with pus and vomit) I think he dropped off his balls as well as the rulebook.
MORPH -gamely prepared with beer and a winning attitude.
THE NORTHERN LIGHTER THIEF-with enough cannabis for himself and yours truly to get a lickle tickle on
BTB-(no excuse I live here)
NO SHOWS
SHELDON-no contact, probably saving SHELDONOPOLIS
FNG-working late again ?

APOLOGY
If anybody is checking in you may have noticed no "show and tell" last weekend, I must take this opportunity to say I`m sorry and explain that I was taking a break from reality and completely forgot (oooopppss) this is most remiss of me and I`ll try not to let it happen again (yeah right)
Any way back to this evenings action.

EVENINGS ACTION
As I was scheduled to play GRUFF and SHELDON was this evenings referee I sat in for SHELDON and ran the game between MORPH and THE NORTHERN LIGHTER THIEF so without any more BS on with the game.

We are now running full league rules(pre and post game phases,fouls,injuries etc.)
 So in front of 23,000 screaming fans the opening day game kicked off.

MORNING WOOD (Elves) kick off,the weather is nice (perfect for BLOODBOWL) and before DEVITO`S DEVILS (Dwarves) can pick up the ball a rock is hurled from the crowd and fells a Dwarven runner,luckily he`s only stunned.Even as the player crumples to the turf the ball bounces out of bounds resulting in a touch back.

With the ball safely tucked away the DEVILS rumble forward,after some average blocking a Trollslayer takes the law into his own gauntlets and tries to injure a Wardancer with an underhand move. Not only does he not injure the player but the ref spots the rule breach and the Trollslayer takes an early bath. Sent off on the 1st turn (OUCH). In hindsight this set the tone for the rest of the night regarding MORPH`S luck.
The Elves reply and manage to knockout the other Trollslayer. DEVITO`S DEVILS down 2 players after the 1st painful turn.
The DEVIL`S proceed to rumble (or is it stumble) towards the half way line and after some less than spectacular blocking end up completely surrounded by a far quicker Wood elf team.
The following turn is dominated by more piss poor Dwarf blocking and the ball carrier is smashed to the ground coughing up the football which bounces straight to a waiting Wood Elf hand and with a blazing turn of speed he highsteps untouched into the Endzone. ONE NIL MORNING WOOD!

On the following kick-off the WOOD`S fans crazed cheers gain their team an extra re-roll counter for this half, can anything go the DEVIL`S way ?
Now the Dwarves have established a pattern of shocking blocking they seem to be reluctant to give it up. The ball is scooped up and they trundle forward as fast as their little legs can carry them.The Wood Elves react by closing down the flanks.
The 5th turn does not see things improve for the wee men as more woeful blocking see`s one of their Blitzers knocked cold and he is dragged from the pitch by the coaching team.The WOOD close down the ball carrier but in doing so allow a Long Beard to slip through unmarked.
After some desperate scrambling in the backfield and more pat-a-cake blocking from the DEVIL`S a pass is heaved upfield  to be promptly dropped by the open Long Beard (Dwarves can`t pass or catch for shit). The Wood Elves swoop on the grounded ball,a Wardancer picks up and passes the ball in one fluid movement, arcing it over the heads of the flat-footed Dwarves in the direction of the furthest player upfield who plucks it out of the air and sprints towards the Endzone.
Turn 7 brings some stalwart defence from the plucky DEVIL`S (about time) leaving 2 Woodies stunned and a Catcher carted off unconscious but as the only player able to reach the breakaway Elf fumbles his "GO FOR IT" roll and crashes to the ground leaving the unmarked Woody to stroll unmolested into the Endzone. TWO NIL MORNING WOOD!

The final turn of the half kicks off with the Woodies taken by surprise with a quick snap leaving an unconscious Lineman and another so badly hurt he will take no further part in this game.This last action leaves the doughty Dwarves with a small measure of satisfaction (BOOM BOOM) And the whistle blows for half-time.

As much of the early part of the evening was taken up waiting for people who did not show up and the incoherent condition of those who did show up, it was decided to call it a night and pick it up again next week.

So to sum up, this is only half a BAT REP (WHAT!?) Without any pictures again (Hormonal Daughter Issues),we seem unable to accomplish or finish anything.I guess it`s just one of those weeks,let`s not have another one like it too soon.No I haven`t forgotten.THE NORTHERN LIGHTER THIEF turned up last so he had to roll the "EXCUSE DICE" resulting in "what can I say, the bitch is mad".That brought this evenings fun and frolics to it`s sad conclusion, more tales of woe and misunderstanding next week.

                                         SEE YOU ON THE OTHER-SIDE
                                                                                                     BTB OUT

WEDNESDAY BATTLE REPORT 3

WELCOME TO YET ANOTHER BAT REP WITHOUT A BAT REP (OR PICTURES)
ATTENDANCE
Full turn out this evening (Well nearly) Usual Suspects as follows :
Morph
The Northern Lighter Thief
Sheldon "Not Anal" Cooper
Gruff
Myself
No Shows
FNG(no reason forthcoming, no contact )

BORING   PAPERWORK
Major part of the evening taken up by the administration of a new BLOOD BOWL league.The idea being we all take different teams for a new season of fantasy football mayhem. So we all got allocated races by Sheldon the league`s commissioner (of course).They were as follows :

1. Sheldon = Human, BAD BAY HACKERS
2. The Northern Lighter Thief = Wood Elves, MORNING WOOD
3. Gruff = Necromantic Undead, ALLEN POE RAVENS
4. Morph = Dwarves, DEVITO`S DEVILS
5. Myself = Orcs, DA DEFF SKWAD  

We all had the standard 1,000,000 Gps to spend on our teams.

Before I go into the details of my team list, I do believe we need to resolve this weeks "EXCUSE DICE" roll which is awarded each week to the person who turns up the latest. This weeks recipient is Gruff (I don`t know about you but I feel we have a pattern emerging ) The die was cast, "the kids have chicken-pox at last" came the disgruntled cry.

Anyhoo, back to my Orcses DA DEFF SKWAD .
After reading a tactical article during the week, I set about the task of building a team to bring the hurt, to the likes of softy humans, elves, sssquishy undead and not so soft dwarves.
The first purchase was to max out on BLITZERS so I took the maximum 4 allowed.This was then followed up by the addition of 2 BLACK ORCS, 4 was a little too pricey for my taste. I then decided not to take any throwers as this would only confuse me and stop me sticking to "DA PLAN" running the ball and beating up the opposition.
The rest of the roster was filled with cheap ass LINEMEN, 6 to be exact, to make sure I had at least one substitute, you cannot end up outnumbered from the start of the game, too painful in my experience.
This did not leave me with a lot left in the kitty so instead of the planned apothecary and fan factor, I went with 2 team re-rolls, hopefully to outwit the dice gods.
Now with my cash all gone, I can only offer up sacrifices to Mork and Gork, as I can`t even bribe the Ref !

The organisation of teams did not take all night so we had time for a quick game of ZOMBIES!!!!

A great game ensued, but it was fast and furious as the helipad was shuffled into the top half of the tile deck. Top Zombieslayers were Gruff and Morph, but as the helipad was out early Sheldon took the win because he "GOT TO THE CHOPPER".

MORPH`S  MYSTERIOUS  GARAGE  AN UPDATE
The question was posed yet again to Morph about a possible return date to his garage, the plot it seems has thickened, his wife is using it to store boxes in which cannot be exposed to smoke (cigarette or cannabis) or dust. Upon the suggestion we smoke outside or not at all, Morph then mumbled something about having to move out "fridges and stuff to do with work" which was the original lie excuse. So it would appear that we are no closer to a real (or even believable) answer than we were nearly 18 months ago. Luckily we were not holding our breath.

More tales of heroes and zeroes next week!

                                                                         BTB Out

CRUSADE SQUAD KONRAD 3

                                                     Final shot of Crusade Squad Konrad
                     L to R Brother Darmere, Brother Hunding and Brother Guthorm (with Power Weapon)

CRUSADE SQUAD KONRAD 2

                                                More members of Crusade Squad Konrad
                           L to R Brother Stefan, Brother Nachtigall (with Meltagun) and Brother Ada

CRUSADE SQUAD KONRAD

                                              Introducing members of Crusade Squad Konrad.
                                      L to R Brother Tristan, Brother Konrad and Brother Brunhilt
This squad is also armed with Bolt Pistols and CCW`s and is usually accompanied by a large number of Neophytes to make up a large Crusade Squad.

SIGISMUND`S RETRIBUTION 4

                                                        Rear View of Sigismund`s Retribution
                                    Heavy battle damage to denote length of service with Crusade

SIGISMUND`S RETRIBUTION 3

                                                   LHS View of  Sigismund`s Retribution
                                                     Showing Lascannon sponsoons

SIGISMUND`S RETRIBUTION 2

                                                    RHS View of Sigismund`s Retribution
                                Things of note : Honour Cloth,Stowage and Field Repairs to exhaust.
                                   Sigismund`s Retribution has been with the Crusade a long time.
         Originally an Ebay rescue project (shocking paintjob and damaged) turned out quite well I think.

SIGISMUND`S RETRIBUTION

                                               Front View of Sigismund`s Retribution
                This is an Old Skool Mk 2 Predator armed with turret mounted twin-linked Lascannons
                                                     and Lascannon armed sponsoons
                  Crewed by Brother Radbod (driver), Brother Jurdii and Brother Thorias (gunners)
                                                     

WEDNESDAY NIGHT BAT REP 2

WORST TURNOUT EVER.

Only one person showed last night (Gruff) and he only stayed for 5 minutes to drop off his printout of the Living Rule Book for Blood Bowl.As he was the only one to show up he still had to roll the "excuse dice" with his result being "the wife is having company tomorrow and wants me to help her clean up". What a spineless wuss!

I already knew Sheldon wasn`t showing up because he had to work late.BUT WEDNESDAY IS HALO NIGHT ! Never mind maybe he should terminate his "career" or maybe his boss.

Morph avoiding any human contact sent a text message to say "he was running late so could not make it" as he runs his own business you could take this at face value.HA HA HA face value my ass.

The Northern Lighter Thief didn`t even let anyone know anything so maybe his wife has finally killed him? This would be funny but the bitch is crazy enough to do it!

I think we could have a new recruit for the cult, he shall be known as FNG (F*&£$%g New Guy) until we get someone else.Unfortunately he is not due to be indoctrinated until next week.

Anyhow I think that`s enough ranting rubbish from me , I`ll just have to play with myself. 

Until next time.

                       BTB out.

ENDURING PIETY 4

                                    Side View (LHS) of Rhino assigned to Crusade Squad Biterolf
                                  Again items of note are : Stowed equipment and Campaign shield.
Thanks for your patience as my posts were a little late this week.Sometimes "real world" stuff get`s in the way.

ENDURING PIETY 3

                                       Front View of Rhino assigned to Crusade Squad Biterolf
                                        Driven by Brother Hofer guns manned by Brother Loge
                                                  Skull motif denotes a chaplains transport.

ENDURING PIETY 2

                                   Side View (RHS) of Rhino assigned to Crusade Squad Biterolf
                               Again note Honour cloth, Crusade seals and previous Campaign Shield.

ENDURING PIETY

                                       Rear View of Rhino assigned to Crusade Squad Biterolf

IMPLACABLE HONOUR 4

                                       Rear View of Rhino assigned to Crusade Squad Alberich
                                                        (OOPS! Insignia isn`t on straight)

IMPLACABLE HONOUR 3

                                   Side View (LHS) of Rhino assigned to Crusade Squad Alberich
                                     (note equipment stowed to denote extended time in the field)

IMPLACABLE HONOUR 2

                 Side View of Rhino (RHS) assigned to Crusade Squad Alberich (note red honour cloth)

IMPLACABLE HONOUR

                                    Front View of the Rhino assigned to Crusade Squad Alberich
                                                   (turret missing,DOH! in getting repaint)
                                  Driver is Brother Thanatos and the Gunner is Brother Nachbaur.

VENERABLE BROTHER ORTZ 4

                                    Front View of Brother Ortz showing Templar Iconography
                                                                     (and his nickname)

VENERABLE BROTHER ORTZ 3

                        Left Side Shot of Brother Ortz showing Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon

VENERABLE BROTHER ORTZ 2

                                                              Rear View of Brother Ortz

VENERABLE BROTHER ORTZ

                                           Side Shot of Brother Ortz showing Assault Cannon

WEDNESDAY BATTLE REPORT (SORRY NO PICS)

OK A FEW EXPLANATIONS.
1.We had a regular battle night on Wednesdays for about 10 years, we played at Morphs garage, we had 2 cool tables set up, an 8 x 4 desert themed and a 5 x 3 grey one for Cityfight and death world theme.About 18 months ago we had to give up this awesome venue. We also stored our terrain collection there (including 12 cityfight buildings).No reasonable explanation has been given.
2.We relocated to my house, and as I have limited space (the dining room table approx 5 x 3) we have been reduced to playing Blood Bowl, Deathwatch RPG, Space Hulk and Zombies!!!
3.No pictures due to a hormonal teenage daughter banning me from her camera.

ATTENDANCE.
All the usual suspects show up.
1.Myself BTB (hard not to as it`s my place)
ARMIES: Black Templars,Tau,Chaos Daemons,Orks,(and my sons Space Wolves).
2.Morph.
ARMIES: Space Wolves and Necrons.
3.Lone Chainy (more affectionately known as Sheldon).
ARMIES: Ultramarines,Tau (and his sons IG).Some Warmachine nonsense.
4.The Northern Lighter Thief .
ARMIES: Orks.
5.Gruff.
ARMIES: Blood Angels

EVENINGS` FESTIVITIES.
SHELDON vs THE NORTHERN LIGHTER THIEF.
FINAL BLOODBOWL LEAGUE GAME.
Sheldons Necromantic Undead The Cleaved and Brown, current league leaders play the final league fixture of the season against The Northern Lighter Thief`s Orks Orkfield,playing for a 2nd place finish.
This turned out to be a tense encounter,(any game against Sheldon usually is,the dude is so ANAL) and a closely fought 1-1 draw being the final score.Not that many hi-lights, although the death of one of The Northern Lighter Thief`s Black Orcs was celebrated with a chorus of BLACK ORC DOWN. This resulted finalised the league table.
WINNER:
SHELDON.THE CLEAVED AND BROWN: W-5 L-0 D-2 = 17 PTS.
RUNNER UP.
THE NORTHERN LIGHTER THIEF.ORKFIELD: W-3 L-3 D-1= 10 PTS
3RD PLACE.
BTB.HUMAN. TSK. THE SERIAL KILLERS: W-3 L-4 D-0= 9 PTS
4TH PLACE.
MORPH.HUMAN.BAD BAY HACKERS: W-2 L-4 D-2= 7 PTS
LAST.
GRUFF.ORCS.GRUFFS ORCS: W-1 L-3 OTHER GAMES VOID.= 3 PTS.

Sheldon is declared LEAGUE CHAMPION and will be presented with his "TROPHY" next week.(Pics to follow.) As Sheldon is also league commissioner he threw Gruff out of the league for not meeting his fixture requirement.(Did I mention he was ANAL).

OTHER GAMES.
A DUNGEONBOWL FRIENDLY.
MORPH vs BTB.
Our first game of Dungeonbowl in many a year so this was a sedate affair with much stopping and starting to check rules etc.Morph takes a well deserved win,by 9 o`clock so we all sit in on the league game, much banter and piss taking ensues.
You may not have noticed that I haven`t mentioned Gruff much,this is because he was late as usual, as being the last to arrive Gruff got to roll the "excuse dice".His result was "I thought I had Man-flu but it turns out it was the wife and kids"

OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST.

1.Sheldon tries once again to sell us on Warmachine, but everybody NFI as usual.

2.We try to find out the likely return date to Morphs Mysterious Garage by asking the man himself , (again), the scoop, and I quote "Don`t know at the moment.Haven`t got a f*&$ing clue" thereby not answering the question yet again.

So there you have it another Wednesday Night Battle Night without a battle, tune in next week to see who turns up, another roll on the "excuse dice",possibly a new season of Bloodbowl, and more lies from Morph about the return to MORPH`S MYSTERIOUS GARAGE. To be fair this was the 1st night in about 2 months that everyone has shown upto which was excellent.More tales of heroic deeds fuelled by Pepsi Max next week.
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EMPERORS CHAMPION TARNHELM

                        Emperors Champion Tarnhelm assigned to lead Crusade Squad Alberich
These posts have covered my 2 "Core Troops" and HQ slots, both squads are equipped to take the fight to the enemies of mankind, both squads also have Rhino transports (pictures to follow).I hope you have enjoyed my fluff,anyway back to another busy week at the Chapter Keep.Wow his sword needs a repaint!
                                                                                                               BTB out

BROTHER GORTHIS WOUNDED FACE

Close-up of Brother Gorthis (severe facial wound sustained fighting Orks during the heavy actions of

The Armageddon Crusade)Photo not the best,I think I have another,will post that one soon.

SQUAD BITEROLF FINAL

The final 3 members of Crusade Squad Biterolf, L to R Brother Gorthis, Brother  Ulrich (with melta  gun)
and Brother Krug

SQUAD BITEROLF PART 2

Another 3 members of Crusade Squad Biterolf L to R Brother Thunor, Brother Biterolf and Brother Matthias (with Power Weapon).
WAY TOO MUCH FOREGROUND!!!!!!!

SQUAD BITEROLF MEMBERS PART 1

Members of Crusade Squad Biterolf L to R Brother Vogler, Brother Demes and Brother Ortlinde all armed with CCW and Bolt Pistols and Frag Grenades

SQUAD BITEROLF GROUP

CRUSADE SQUAD BITEROLF

BROTHER BITEROLF

 

Brother Biterolf squad banner bearer of Crusade Squad Biterolf

REVERED BROTHER TANNHAUSER

Master of Sanctity Revered Brother Tannhauser

assigned to lead Crusade Squad Biterolf

(his seals are not finished DOH! didn`t notice till took pictures)

BROTHER GORTHIS WITH SQUAD BITEROLF

 Close up of members of Crusade Squad Biterolf

CRUSADE SQUAD ALBERICH FINAL

The remaining 3 members of Crusade Squad Alberich, L to R are Brother Hagen,Brother Cador and finally Brother Welund with some much needed Anti Armour firepower.As you can see from the shots not only am I a very slow painter but I`m not going to win any prizes for my painting either, but I enjoy it and that`s what matters to me.That`s it for this week hope you enjoyed it, (woooooooh hoooooo no longer a blog virgin)     BTB out.

BROTHER DALHAUS

 Close up of Brother Dalhaus showing power weapon detail,(but it`s too shiny to make much out)

CRUSADE SQUAD ALBERICH CONTINUED

Three more members of Crusade Squad Alberich L to R we have Brother Dalhaus,Brother Groma and Brother Liudolf.(I have also found the enlarge function) (and yes I know Brother Dalhaus has a bendy power weapon)

CRUSADE SQUAD ALBERICH PART 1

The above shot is 3 members of Crusade Squad Alberich,as you can see they are equipped with CCW and Bolt pistols,Frag grenades and Crusade seals.From L to R we have Brother Norn, Brother Alberich(with squad banner) and Brother Thalhaiden.The Crusade has a alternate colour scheme, red cloth to honour the blood that has been spilled by their fellow brethren, and black shoulder pauldrons (because the original colour scheme was not black enough)

THE NAMING

This is the name of my Crusade,the above is a shot of the custom sticker I made for my figure case.(Sorry about the flash reflection it does say Templars) The Crusade was named this because the original Templar colour scheme contained far too much white, not nearly black enough, so I reversed the shoulder pauldron and cross colour scheme,much better. I also like to think it implies the carrying of the emperors light to the darkest places of the galaxy.

CHRONICLE CONTINUES

I have wanted to Blog for quite sometime,but negotiating the use of my sons netbook and my daughters camera            (there will be pictures!) has taken an age and no small amount of bribery.The correct use of this esoteric technology is still being tutored so please bear with me.Back to the intro,where were we,post Codex Armageddon.On seeing Matt Hutsons Templars in White Dwarf and dismayed by the shortage of Heavy Support choices I opted to go tank heavy.As I am a really slow painter(and typist) this army was still being painted and developed when lo and behold GW released Codex Black Templars,much to my chagrin. A complete refit ensued,with much purchasing of the upgrade box and new figures,this obviously lead to new paint scheme as well.I am still in the process of completing this refit (told you I was a slow painter)when WTF but I hear rumours of a Codex update AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH! This kind of brings me up to date,and hopefully the posting of this blog will serve as inspiration and spur to finish the army.Thanks for taking time to read this.                                                                                                                                                                                   BTB out

CHRONICLE A BEGINNING

wow my 1st post ,um where do I start,I have been in the hobby for 20+ years,starting out with Rogue Trader, Space Hulk and Blood Bowl progressing through various RPGs,D&D,AD&D,Rolemaster,Vampire and Bar Wars to name just a few.After a few years sabbatical I found myself pulled back by the gravity of GW.So I guess that was when the TEMPLAR CHRONICLES really began.You see this was still pre-Armageddon codex,and as such the Black Templars didn`t really exist.So I dragged out my original Space Marines and they needed a new paintjob and as black is my favourite colour that is what they were sprayed.The chapter grew slowly but they were pretty much black codex marines,then came Codex Armageddon and everything changed, out went the devastator squads and the whirlwinds and new tactics had to be refined to better bring the emperors justice and light to the dark corners of the galaxy.