More Warmaster

 Another game of Warmaster sees the Tomb Kings ravaging the lands of the Empire.

The cannons are ranging in on the restless dead.

Knights occupy a hill on the Empire left flank.

While the undead cavalry and chariots advance.

Flagellants work themselves into a frenzy.

The Empire centre is reluctant to advance.

The Empire left flank, heavy metal!.

The undead left flank crash home against the handgunners and cannons.

Despite firing grapeshot the cannons are overrun.

The knights are dazed and confused by a skull chukka catapult (the red counter denotes confusion which is basically disorder).

And a cloud of doom and gloom oppresses another unit of knights (I love this spell, it stops them charging or pursuing, with luck and good timing it can cause havoc). 

On the other flank the little Pendraken knights charge home.
The crazed Flagellants scale the hedges and charge to their doom, proper radgy gadgies!, as they say where I come from.

Severely disrupted by the skull chukka and doom and despair the knights attack goes in piecemeal.

While the Pendraken knights are up against it.

As are the left flank knights.

The Empire centre is driven back in confusion by bow fire and a cloud of doom and despair settles over them.

Things aren't getting any better on the Empire left.

Slowly but surely the undead get the upper hand.

Empire crossbows and halberdiers confront the skeletal infantry.

The Empire left flank is getting desperate.

The knights fight like hell!.

But are ultimately overwhelmed.

The Empire are defeated, they were on the back foot from the start and the Liche Priests played a blinder with their doom and despair spells.
Another cracking game, the more I play Warmaster the more I enjoy it. I got these figures out of the cupboard to play Hordes of the Things and had a couple of good games but these Warmaster games have been much more entertaining.

In line with Warmaster Revolution and the Ancients version I cap combats at two rounds which prevents the possibility of rolling up an entire army with a well placed flanking unit.

I have added a link to Warmaster Revolution, the rules and army lists are available as a free pdf. 

 With the availability of stunning 3d prints from Excellent Miniatures and Printing in Detail and good metal ranges from Pendraken, Kallistra and others, Warmaster is having a well deserved renaissance.

Kallistra knights for Warmaster

 I managed to paint my new Kallistra knights over the weekend and made them into three Warmaster units. 

Technically I am four men shy but I quite like the gaps on the stands, I think it gives them a bit of movement.

They are very nice castings and I am delighted with them, I would definitely buy from Kallistra again.

Here they go, riding past their General.

As usual with my painting efforts they don't stand close scrutiny but they'll do for me.

Kallistra are advertised as 12mm so here they are sandwiched between the nominally 10mm Games Workshop on the left and 10mm Pendraken on the right.

And once again at a lower angle. The little gadgies fight just as well as the bigger ones however.

In regards to size differences you may find the next pictures amusing.

Here is a blurry shot of me with some little people I found on a bridge and while I am nearest the camera there is still a heck of a difference in scale.

Here's me with some more little people doing a bit of twanging back in the 1980's.

Even this T-34 tank seems a bit underscale to me!.

Scale is a funny thing.

Reinforcements for Warmaster

 Well I've been playing Warmaster relentlessly with my three little 1000 point armies and enjoying it so much I bought myself some reinforcements. 

I ordered from Kallistra using their 6 for the price of 5 deal and I am very impressed with the little fellas. 

So far I've painted 48 undead cavalry and 16 elf horse archers which I have managed to stretch to five and two units respectively.

I was concerned that they may be too big compared to my original Games Workshop models but I reckon they fit in just fine.

Here are my Kallistra High Elf Reavers ahead of my Games Workshop High Elf Silver Helms.

And facing my new Kallistra Tomb Kings cavalry.

I had myself a cracking game tonight that saw the High Elves boxed in against the cliffs and defeated by the merciless Tomb Kings.

These pictures show the end of the battle.

Next to paint are three regiments of Empire knights.

 Champion!.