Battle Record - Middle Earth Goblin Town Vs Lothlorien, Game 1 #MESBG

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been playing MESBG again at Warhammer World! We had signed up for a midweek event again, just 500pts, 3 games. But this time we went down the day before, had a game and stayed overnight, so we were fresh the next day to do battle. But the 

Here's my 500 point warband with the 'might bank' from the captain's to buff the King with the Scribe.

• The Goblin King with 10 Goblins and Gollum
• Grinnah with 10 Goblins
• Goblin captain with 8 Goblins
• Goblin captain with 8 Goblins

First game and it was Wyn Price who'd brought Lothlorien:

• Celeborn
• 6 Galadhrim Warriors, shield and Lorien guard
• 4 Galadhrim Warriors, shield, spear and Lorien guard
• Wood Elf Sentinel
• Lothlorien warrior with banner
• Haldir
• 5 Lothlorien warrior with bow
• 7 Lothlorien warrior with spear

Hold Ground was the mission... 😡 once again I start the game with my opponent scoring 2VPs because I don't have a banner. Or more accurately I CAN'T take a banner even if I wanted to! 🤬 Sure if I can kill his banner I get the 2VPs too, but you opponent shouldn't be scoring them for doing nothing before the game has even started. Rant over [for now].

OK, I only took two pictures so there's no report. I was deeply annoyed that these pesky elves were going around singing their own [so-called] songs! They were disgusting warbles to me, nothing like the Goblin King's beautiful voice. Ordinarily I'd have gone straight to the objective and forced him fight me off it. But with Maelstrom [the King decided not to turn up in turn 1] and no Scribe to call Heroic March across the entire board I thought I'd let him have it. I hid my right force in that ruin.

Which I then won priority in the second turn which made me regret not going straight for the centre to get position. But in the end that force Wyn to focus on my right and [mostly] ignore my left force. Except transfixing the Goblin King. Ultimately we ended up trying to surround the objective with what we had left. Wyn had done a much better job because his warbands all came on together. He could focus on half my army with support. That meant he thought I had much more Goblins on the objective than elves.

But I had 16 to his 21. Throw in the King and Celeborn - your warlord is Dominant 3, so worth 3 points but they cancelled each other out. So Wyn won out 9:0, was the wooden spoon within my grasp?

I then went for a coffee and cake in Bugman's, while Ben and Otty disappeared so I was all Billy no mates!

Some of the best painted miniature entries.

Gwaihir went on to win the competition.

The trolls were fun.

And a  custom Balrog, that did not miss leg day!

Imperial Knights - Cerastus Twins in manufactorum pt15. White background pics ⚪

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on the Cerastus Knights. And they are TO DONE! Here are the white background pics, I already had someone asking for them after I shared pics of the Acheron on my Ferron Proxima backdrop. AI did help in in visualising the Tempest Power Sword.

There's not a lot to add to what I've already said except when I get to some of the close-ups so just enjoy.

The blessed verdigris 🗽 on the ammo box 😍 Although, I had seen one that was painted red, which would have been nice and mirrored the Acheron's yellow fuel tanks.

I used Daler Rowney white ink for the brightest glow effect. It's much easier to control than thinning white paint, so I was very happy [although missed it in a couple of places].

The kneepad had another Deathwing decal quote.

I think the amount of battle damage on the fuel tanks did help mitigate my feeling that it needed some red warning labels. They still could have been cool but I made it very busy anyway. 

I used Vernidas again to fill the dials. Some UV resin would have worked here, I need to get some.

The fuel cable is pretty cool.

I didn't use Tamiya Clear on the lenses. I think if they'd been bigger it would have helped but if I had they've have been much darker and harder to see.

I love the blade scratches.

I had serious doubts on the foot and shin colours but I am over the moon. So much so that I may consider more painted toes in future.

I painted the inside of the carapace vent so you can see the glow from the back.

You will hardly see the plasma generator through the slots when I finish the cockpit, but it shows a bit.

So many details that I love about both of these Cerastus knights.

There are definitely areas that could have been improved, or even space for more detailing but I'm so satisfied they're finally done and seeing them next to my other knights will be an absolute treat.