First Look: New WFB Empire

Hello again, this time in First Look lets have a look at the new WFB Empire models(if you haven't already):

New Empire cover with drunkard on it. WTF?

I'm really, really disappointed here, this guy look like he is gonna fall on his back any second now. After previous awesome covers like O&G and Vampire Counts(the best one so far) we get this. Shame on you GW(i hope new paint will be as awesome as they seem). Next:

I like the new, Griffon, this one is looks serious!

The best of the three Griffons. Huge, proud an awesome!

MUTATION!!

I like the new Griffon, it is proud, muscular and screams: I'm a wild beast! Come at me bro!. I don't like that he is using front of the Steam Tank as a breastplate. And why there is a mutated two-headed Griffon in the Empire army? Next!

Heroes are nice, move along...

Nothing to see here, move along please.

Heroes of the Empire are just that. Generic human heroes. I can't say i like them but I also can't say otherwise. Next!

Knightly Order of The KFC ready to charge!!

Minis are nice, but I can take better photo!

Demigryph Knights seems like a good model, but they're a victim of recent GW "don't-take-a-good-picture-of-your-product" policy(like Necro/Warsphinx and Stormraven) I'm sure that they will look 100 times better in person than they look on those horrible photos. Next!

Looks kinda like an old Altar, but I like the old one better.

The same carriage as the Altar but with some kind of Heavenly Spheres contraption.

Same as above but WITH LASERS!!

Now, I like the Altar(but still think that the old one was the best), but I don't know what to think about those crazy Mage-mobiles, models looks kinda silly but I hope that they are victims of the bad-photo policy i mentioned earlier. With a few tweaks they should be cool looking models(even LASER-CANNON one). And of course, I wander what those crazy, crazy contrapions do on the battlefield. I'm afraid, we run out of photos. Please tell me what you think of those models.

Cheers,

Gamer

From the Couch: Infinity The Game

I love this cover.

Hello, again everyone! Lastly i managed to get few Infinity games and I want to share my thoughts on this awesome game. First of all, I must admit that it was very different experience form what I'm used to from GW games.

Sorry, my camera broke so generic photos only:(

The most important thing is movement, how are you going to spend your orders is pretty much deciding factor. Moving too many miniatures can result in you being vulnerable for your opponent to kill your minis. Having an opportunity to go deep into enemy territory with fast and hard-hitting model is something that you must do(at least my very limited experience says so). Stopping mid-field and waiting for your opponent to act is a foolish idea at best(which I learned the hard way). I've got the feeling that being too careful is soon going to bite you in the butt.
Next thing are the special skills, they are invaluable for you(especially those that affect movement like Climbing Plus or Super Jump). Those are a real deal and I would try to include as many minis with special abilities as I can. Terrain is almost as important after those few games I think that there is no such a thing as too few terrain on the Infinity table. So these are my initial thoughts on the subject. I'll certainly return to it when i get some more experience so watch out.

In other news here are the pictures of April releases:

Cheers,

Gamer.

First Look: New GW paints, probably.

Hello there, sorry for not posting anything for a long time(I was busy playing Mass Effect 3, but now I can return back to the living). As a way of making this up to you I post rumored list of new GW paints(list is taken from MWC, so kudos to them). Before we get to this list, a quick update on my plans. Last week I played my first two games of Infinity so later this week you may expect few thoughts about this awesome game. And now the list:

The List:

BASES
Ceramite White
Averland Sun
Jokaero Orange
Mephiston Red
Khorne Red
Naggaroth Night
Daemonette Hide
Kantor Blue
Macragge Blue
Caledon Sky
Stegadon scale green
Incubi Darkness
Caliban Green
Waaaagh! Flesh
Castellan green
Death world forest
Zandri dust
Steel Legion Drab
Bugmans Glow
Ratskin Flesh
Mournfang brown
XV-88
Rhinox hide
Dryad bark
Mechanicus standard grey
Celestus grey
Abaddon Black (the only black in the range)
Rakarth flesh
The fang
Screamer pink
Leadblecher (metal)
Balthasar Gold (metal)
Screaming Bell (metal)
Warplock brown (metal)


LAYER
White Scar
Yriel Yellow
Flash gitz yellow
Troll slayer orange
Fire dragon bright
Evil sunz scarlet
Wild Rider red
Wazdakka red
Squig Orange
Xereus Purple
Genestealer Purple
Warpfiend Grey
Slaanesh Grey
Alaitoc blue
Hoeth blue
Altdorf guard blue
Calgar blue
Teclis blue
Lothern blue
Sotek green
Temple guard blue
Kabalite green
Sybarite green
Warpstone glow
Moot green
Warboss green
Skarsnik green
Loren Forest
Straken green
Nurgling green
Elysian green
Ogryn camo
Ushabti Bone
Screaming skull
Tallarn sand
Karak stone
Cadian fleshstone
Kislev Flesh
Bestigor flesh
Ungor flesh
Skrag brown
Deathclaw brown
Tau light Ochre
Balor brown
Zamesi brown
Doombull brown
Tuskigor fur
Gorthor Brown
Baneblade Brown
Dawnstone
Administratum grey
Eshin grey
Dark reaper
Thunderhawk blue
Skavenblight dinge
Stormvermin fur
Ulthuan grey
Pallid wych flesh
Russ grey
Fenrisian grey
Pink horror
Emperors Children
Ironbreaker (metal)
Runefang steel (metal)
Gehennas gold(metal)
Auric Armour(metal)
Hashut Copper(metal)
Sycorax Bronze(metal)
Brass Scorpion(metal)
Runelord Brass(metal)

SHADES
Casandora Yellow
Fuegan Orange
Carroburg Crimson
Druchii Violet
Drakenhof Nightshade
Coelia greenshade
Biel-tan green
Athonian camoshade
Seraphim Sepia
Reikland fleshshade
Agrax earthshade (Devlan Mud)
Nuln Oil

DRY
Praxeti White
Hexos palesun
Kindleflame
Lucius Lilac
Etherium blue
Skink blue
Hellion green
Underhive ash
Eldar Flesh
Tyrant Shell
Terminatus stone
Longbeard grey
Changling pink
Necron Compound
Golden Griffon

GLAZE
Lamenters yellow
Waywatcher Green
Guilliman blue
Bloodletter

TEXTURE
Mourn Mountain snow
Stirland Mud
Blackfire Eath
Astrogranite
Armageddon Dust
Lustrian Undergrowth

TECHNICAL
Lahmian Medium
Ard coat
Imperial Primer
Liquid Green stuff

For me, this looks promising, changing to the shade/base/layer format seems like a good idea. I only hope that they won't reduce amount of paint i the pot and/or rise price per pot. Getting rid of the crappy flip-top pots would be nice. Since I used Vallejo paints I love bottles instead of pots, also I hope that GW will finally make better bronze/brass/gold metallics(well I have't found any good metallics in this colours, anyone?).

Cheers

Gamer

List Time #1: 250p Japanese Sectorial Army

Feb. 28th i wrote a post, where i presented three army list for my current systems(Infinity, WM/H, WFB), due to my mistake this post got lost:(. So here I present to you first of the list(along with the few WIP photos of my first Aragoto). This time for Iinfinity. This is my(soon-to-be-complete) army list for JSA. 

 JAPANESE SECTORIAL ARMY

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 GROUP 1 (Regs: 9/Irrs: 1):

  ARAGOTO Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife (25 | 0.5)

    MOV:8-6  CC:14  BS:12  PH:11  WIP:13  ARM:2  BTS:0  W:1  

    Regular, Impetuous, Cube

    CH: Mimetism, Motorcycle, V: Courage, Lieutenant

  ARAGOTO Spitfire / Pistol, Knife (29 | 1.5)

    MOV:8-6  CC:14  BS:12  PH:11  WIP:13  ARM:2  BTS:0  W:1  

    Regular, Impetuous, Cube

    CH: Mimetism, Motorcycle, V: Courage

  3x KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife (9)

    MOV:4-4  CC:14  BS:10  PH:10  WIP:12  ARM:1  BTS:0  W:1  

    Regular, Not Impetuous, No Cube, Linkable

    V: Courage

  KEISOTSU Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife (25 | 0.5)

    MOV:4-4  CC:14  BS:10  PH:10  WIP:12  ARM:1  BTS:0  W:1  

    Regular, Not Impetuous, No Cube, Linkable

    V: Courage

  KEISOTSU HMG / Pistol, Knife (18 | 0.5)

    MOV:4-4  CC:14  BS:10  PH:10  WIP:12  ARM:1  BTS:0  W:1  

    Regular, Not Impetuous, No Cube, Linkable

    V: Courage

  SHINOBU Combi Rifle, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Monofilament CCW (50 | 0.5)

    MOV:4-4  CC:20  BS:11  PH:13  WIP:14  ARM:1  BTS:-3  W:1  

    Regular, Not Impetuous, Cube

    Martial Arts L5, CH: TO Camouflage, Superior Infiltration

  NINJA MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Shock CCW (50 | 1.5)

    MOV:4-4  CC:17  BS:11  PH:12  WIP:14  ARM:1  BTS:0  W:1  

    Regular, Not Impetuous, Cube

    Martial Arts L3, CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration

  MIYAMOTO MUSHASHI Chain Rifle / AP CCW, EXP CCW (26)

    MOV:6-4  CC:22  BS:9  PH:14  WIP:15  ARM:1  BTS:0  W:1  

    Irregular, Not Impetuous, Cube

    Martial Arts L5, CC with 2 Weapons, V: No Wound Incapacitation

 250 Points | SWC: 5

ARMY CODE: eNozNFY1VjNRM6wxVjMEkoZqBkikCZhEEodQFmrGII4JiAMAxp4ODw==

Army Infinity v.3.0. - http://www.devilteam.com

This I hope to master and crush my enemies with. It's a wild guess on what I would need on the battlefield(I hope that my choicesw are correct, if not I'll have to adjust). If everything goes ok, next month this list will be ready and I'll start the field tests. Until know, since I don't have everything I need I'll try to catch few games to learn the rules and to learn how to wield my JSA properly. That's it for now, I leave you with the pictures promised on the beginning of the post. If any of you have any thoughts on this, please, don't hesitate to comment.

Painting white is hard. This is my first try.

Hopefully second Aragoto will turn out better than this one.

Cheers

Gamer

Hobby Project: March Update #1

Look what the cat dragged in , Nevermind the date its way off.

Yeah, yeah.. I know, I should be posting those lists that I effed up yesterday. But today I have something more interesting that my lousy army lists(they will return tomorrow). I bought some new stuff. Today few models found shelter on my painting desk. A Japanese Sectorial Army starter, Aragoto box and a Keikotsu with ML. I planned to buy two starter sets but my LGS was short on ALEPH starters(so I decided that I'll buy more models for the JSA instead). I returned home with a big smile on my face and imediately started to unpack my new minis. They are as nice in person as they are on the pictures but when I assembled them I cursed my large bulky fingers and small parts of the models(like Aragoto handlebars). To put together an Oniwaban was a little nightmare as well(pinning them to be precise).

Little dark, sorry :P, Also base is WIP

Other than me, killing my wallet, I painted a new mini for Warmachine. It's a Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator! I love this little bugger, and painting him was a lot of fun(while it lasted, which wasn't very low). I chose a classic scheme with black hat and light brow coat. I'm really proud of him. Those WM/H stuff is very, very cool. I'll be getting a Winterguard UA(Standard and Officer), they'll be at my door later this week. I tried to get Widowmakers but they didn't have them.

And last, but not least, this weekend I attended a WFB Torunament(it's called Bazyliszek). It was a 2400pts ETC Format tournament with 120+ attendees. Also, it was my first tournament since 6th edition of the WFB. We played 5 games over 2 days. I played Dwarfs(their army list will be posted tomorrow).  My opponents were, in this order: Skaven(they crushed me 0:20), Skaven(the same, 0:20), Warriors of Chaos(this time i was victorious, 18:2), Dark Elves(a victory!, 17:3) and Skaven(this was supposed to be a victory, but due to my mistake it was a draw, 10:10). I was 91th overall(thanks to lack of experience and borrowed minis). It's not very impressive position but i think that is not bad for a total tournament noob(well I have played six games of 8th ed total).


That is all for today. I hope you found my ramblings interesting, and my english, didn't make you bleed through your eyes.

Cheers

Gamer

List Time: Fail!

Sorry. The post with my army lists was lost when I tried to edit it and post Tags. Those lists will return some time this week. Welcome to the first fail. ;(

First Look: New GW models Part 2

Now its time for the better part of the photos of new GW minis. Tyranid models are imo much better than the SW ones. So without further jibber-jabber.(pictures taken from Beasts of War)

Tervigon

I love the new Tervigon, it is exactly as I imagined, large Tyranid beast with bloated underbelly full of spawning Termagaunts, ready to kill and eat everything. Long story short, Gamer Approves. What we have next?

Tyrannofex and Swarmlord

Tyrannofex is OK, although pretty standard. Swarmlord is a bit disappointing. I expected that it will be little more "slashy". Still it is a solid miniature. Next.

Winged Hive Tyrant

Hive Tyrant with wings is another OK model, looks somewhat small but i think its the picture, GW-taken pictures are not the best lately.

That is all for today. This weekend I'll be attending a 2400p ETC Warhammer Fantasy Tournament in Warsaw. Tomorrow I'll post my list and so on. After the event you may expect some pictures and my after-action report.

Cheers.

Gamer.

First Look: New GW models Part 1

          Hello again! This time i'll be talking about new GW minis which photos surfaced on DakkaDakka and in other places in the Internet. Those are Thunderwolf Cavalry, Grey Hunter with Wolf Banner, Fenrisian Wolves, Cyberwolf, and Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf for Space Wolves. Also there are few pictures of new Tyranid models: Tervigon, Tyranofex, Swarmlord and some flying monster which name i can't remeber(please ignore my incompetence). So here we go:

  Thunderwolf Cavalry

As you can see, they're basicly just Space Marines on giant wolfs. I don't really know what to thing about them. On one hand they're not overstuffed with various 40k things(like skulls and emblems), on the other those wolves look a bit thin and fragile(actually too fragile to carry a SM). Well at least they don't look like Canis Wolfborn over-sized squirrel. I would like some more muscles and maybe some armour/bionics. What we have next, lets see, 

Grey Hunter with Banner and Cyberwolf

Little better, GH is a OK sculpt, but again cyberwolf looks like a sculpture made by the creepy man that stuffs animals, not like a wolf with bionics/cyberbody, not enough metal! Flesh is weak!

Fenrisian Wolves

Not much to say here, they're pretty much OK for me. And finally for the Space Wolves:

Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf

The wolf is much better(at least on this picture) than the regular ones, armour is OK, and the axe is pretty nice too. What i don't like is the face, and the shield(too small). Overall this is a nice mini. Please notice the unfortunate Thousand Son carcass on the base(not the best but nice touch). For the better part of the miniatures(Tyranids) You'll have to wait till i wake up.

Cheers

Gamer

From the Couch: The state of the local scene

As you can see my blog has a new logo(but i'm pretty sure this will change again) with some „badges” of the armies that i play in varius systems. Some of them are an overstatement, because for my WarmaHordes Khador i have just eSorscha and Kovnik Joe and my Infinty starters will not be arriving probably by the end of the month:D Despite that, i look forward to play each of the systems that are new to me. So, excited by the beautiful models and nice rules I went on the Interwebz and did a little reconnaissance to see how much games i can get. 

Lets just say, that in the current circumstances 1 game/week/system(except for the WFB) should make me happy as hell(and It will). It's because a thing that i observed about wargaming in Poland(if, you are not interested in reading about Poland stop right there, because this post will be full of it). I noticed that many of the LGSes around(and pleas note that Warsaw is the biggest city in Poland with population close to 2mln) that are the main distributors of the „other”(non-GW) systems seems to not give a flying frakk about the popularity of their game. When i went to buy my sexy Khador caster(or castress??) i asked, guy at the counter if there, will be any introgaming to WarmaHordes this month i heard simple „not in the predictable future”....

...WTF?? Those guys are the official distributors of WM/H for Poland and they don't care to get more people to play? It goes the same for the Infinity, the other LGS, which is the Infinity distributor for our country has a forum and there seems to be no info about introgaming or something(Wait, i just found it but buried pretty deep in the forum, I'll go next week and see whats what). I find hard to believe that there is so few people that are willing to share their experiences and promote the systems that they love/sell. I hope to change that when learn my way around the both games. Seriously people! Why it seems that „other” systems are so elitist that, people who play them don't bother to popularize them? Well, lets just hope that i was mistaken. (This note again came shorter that i thought it will be). If you don't want this happening to you, keep on promoting your hobby, keep the flow of new players, because they are essential. I know now i'm Captain Obvious but sometimes i think that retailers/distributors in my country don't know that. And with this I leave you. Keep on gaming!!

Cheers

Gamer

Hobby Project: Vulkan, Vindicare and Sorcha

Over last few weeks, i was bored. I've got a break at my university so i sat at my desk and painted few things. So without further ado:

Vulkan He'stan

Wow, this model is so cool! I love it! Painting it was a real challenge due to the number of details and intricate armour. I painted it for my friends Salamanders army, and as a practice. I'm very fond of it. Sorry for the blurry picture, when i'm back from my in-laws i'll try to get a better picture and switch it. I love the idea of lava base always wanted to try one. Lava was made of green sutff and the rock is a wine bottle cork. 

Vindicare Assassin

This Vindicare I found in my bits box. I love this model. In my opinnion its one of the best modes GW has ever made. I know, that, this is another blurry picutre :( I wasn't aware of this until i added it to the picassa gallery. I must also work on the background.

Forward Commander Sorscha Kratikoff(or eSorscha)

Although my 2400p WFB Dwarf army isn't finished, i grew bored of painting little, bearded madmen.(lets face it, plastic 7th ed dwarfs are not the best of GW miniatures). So i starded reading about WarmaHordes(or HoMachine as Frontline Gamers says :D) and decided to make little force of Warmachine for me. I chose Khador because of their cool Imperial, Tzar's Russia theme, but i thought tha it will be cool if i paint them like the Red Army. Here is my first attempt to do so. Sorscha is a lovely model, and i tried my best. I'm pretty much happy with how it turned out.

Coming up next are: Kovnik Joseph Grigorovich(WM/H), Imperial Inquisitor(40k) and some dwarfs(or dwarves, who knows?) And later this month some Infinity models(well maybe i'll make a review).

Cheers

Gamer

Well, hello Internet!!

Gamer comes to the Interwebz! Welcome to backcouchgamer, the blog about all kinds of miniature wargames and other cool stuff which you like(i hope!). My name i Gamer and i am not an miniatureholic. For those few of you who my show interest i am living in Warsaw, Poland with my beautifull wife. I'm a dedicated sci-fi/fantasy geek. Also i try to study law and find a job when i'm not gaming. But enough of this jibber-jabber. You're not here to read about my boring, private life but about all kinds of wonders that are wargames, RPGs, boardgames and video games.  So lets see what you can expect from me:

- Weekly reports about my hobby projects(painted/converted miniatures and stuff)
- Product Revies(Well, let's be honest, how frequent these will be is dependent on my wallet :D)
- My musings about all the above.

I'll try to be frequent, interesting and on time. Trust me, I'm a Gamer.


Cheers.

Gamer