WAP tournament

 Had a great day taking the hobgoblins to my first WAP tournament. 

My list had two heavy cavalry units with another two units of Tarkans to set scenery and war machines on fire. Two bolt throwers, a giant, a war wagon and three blocks of infantry rounded out the list. The natural choice to lead the horde of as the mighty Ghazrak Khan and his untrustworthy bro Oglah Khan second in command.

With little practice it was as always gonna be tough but three great opponents, two losses and a win and finally taking home the award for sports made for a great day.

Game 1 loss vs samurai themed wood elves

So much shooting meant my cavalry struggled to get across the board. Had fun setting the forests on fire though.

Game 2 win vs dwarfs

This one was gonna be a struggle with the lord occupying the high ground and a heap of war machines. My cav managed to get across and wipe out the war machines with my opponent very unlucky with his lord’s unit panicking.

Game 3 loss vs skarsnik and his gobbos 

It was the greenskin civil war with again my cav units struggling to survive after taking out the car at machines in my right flank. Although we managed toto cross the board, heavy magic and shooting took their toll. It was the watchtower so at least I got to set it on fire.

Lessons learnt

Need to get some magic resistance and shooting protection for the cav units and be in combat from turn 2.

Enjoyed using the war wagon although it was not very effective.

Bolt throwers are fun but lower your expectations on return.

Would love WAP to include units of the rhinox battle fortress.

Hobgoblin Tournament reinforcements finished

 With a final push the remaining 12 hand weapon and shield hobgoblins are now finished.

Again I have a couple of multi based dudes to allow for quick removal of the expected casualties.

And with that the unit is 38 strong and ready for tournament battle in just over a week.

Hobgoblin hand weapon and shield reinforcements

 With my first WAP tournament scheduled for May 22, I need to finish some hand weapon and shield hobgoblins for my 38 strong unit.

Thankfully I still have more of the 3d printed bros that were scheduled originally to be armed with halberds. I had converted about 20 of the halberd armed dudes so it was a tough decision to change these conversions.

However, I am happy with the final product as the cut down halberds provide difference between the standard poses of the sculpts. These dudes also have a mix of shields including the mongol fireforge minis to match those on my other hobgoblins they will be joining.

As I don’t expect them to last too long in a battle I will have approx 16 dudes on multi bases. This will speed up the removal of casualties.

Here is the work in progress unit with another 12 on the painting table.

Hobgoblin spear reinforcements

With two weeks until my first WAP tournament the rush is on the finish the needed hobgoblins for my 39 man (?) spear and 38 hand weapon and shield bros.

Using the fabelzel bros I have converted up the 12 hobgoblins I needed to finish the unit.

The spears mainly came from the old GW goblin wolf riders and some old skeletons plastics.

Here is the finished unit.

WAP battle - hobgoblins vs daemons

 So it was a dark day as the daemons seized the watchtower and despite our valiant efforts we could not shift the foul beats of the north.

The giant, wolf riders and war beast hit a blood letter wall.

A double charge of Keshig into the skull crushers removes them.

Belakor destroys the hobgoblin line after they try to destroy each other in a treacherous display of unity.

Ghazrak orders a valiant retreat as his unit of kheshig is destroyed. He joins Oglah Khan’s unit and leaves the daemons to their prize. Vengeance will be pursued another time.