Battle Record - Middle Earth Hill Tribes and Harad Vs Rohan #MESBG 01/10/26

Afternoon #Warhammer Community after a week away from the shed I'm back, but it's just Otty and I. Ben was on shifts and Liam has been back in hospital again [get well soon bud], but hopefully he'll out next week. So it was just the 'elite' of the hobby shed crew 😎 We spent an hour just chatting, Otty has quite the stressful job and was somewhat apologetic about having to vent. But he created this space for us, to reset and support our mental health. I'd have spent the entire evening just chatting if he needed it. Gaming is just an excuse to gather, it's really just about spending time together.

But we did have a game in the end. One of the War of the Rohirrim scenarios where a Mumak smashes into Edoras trying to destroy the city. The Rohirrim stand in the centre and I've got 36 Hill Tribesman, Wulf, General Targ, Tribe captain and Harad chief on the Mumak. Having faced one at Warhammer World I wanted to see what it was like to play. 

While I was getting it to the middle of the board I went aggressive with Wulf. I pushed deep, heroic combatted a spearman to get to Otty's Leader, who did Heroic Strike, won the duel with ease and cut Wulf's horse out from underneath him. I was careful not to get in with Hera behind as well.

I lost priority, but the Harad chief heroic moved the Mumak in the centre [not it is pointing the wrong direction because the trunk and tusks make it almost impossible to play. It just trampled through more than half of the Rohan force, squishing everything to paste. I think it ended in combat at Otty's hero managed to put two wounds on it as he has Hatred: Mumak and Mumakbane for this mission. It passed the courage test so it didn't go bereserk.

Next round and the Mumak still facing the wrong direction trampled further, killed a few of my men but failed to kill Otty's leader [Haleth or Hama I forget which]. So stuck in combat, which stops the rest of my guys being squished, who then bundle into [let's say] Haleth and Hera who was attacked by General Targ who cut her down.

With the final turn I tabled Otty. If I recall Haleth was killed not by the Mumak, but by a lowly spear support filthy tribesman! For me the forces were ridiculously unbalanced. But Otty said if the Mumak gets wounded and fails its courage the opposing player can move it and that can make all the difference. 

Once again Otty had some shockingly bad dice but that initial trample did so much damage, prevented his own Heroic move and completely shifted the game balance. I'm not sure he's going to want to play that scenario again, but it was entertaining if a little saddening how one-sided it became.

Meanwhile, Shed 1.0 is properly becoming an organised workspace for his hobby projects. He used part of the Shed of the Year prize money to get an FDM printer, you can just see 2 out of 3 ruined Rohan houses at the bottom of the image. So there will be a lot of exciting new things coming to the shed.

#DreadTober Adeptus Titanicus - Warhound Titans

Afternoon #WarhammerCommunity it's the first of #DreadTober2026 and I need to crack on with my Adeptus Titanicus Warhound Titans pledge. Having recently finished my Cerastus Knights I'm somewhat burnt out hobby-wise. So 2 Warhounds may seem like a relatively small pledge, compared to 2 AT Warlord Titans for DreadTober 2025 but I'm still not sure it's doable with my current level of hobby mojo. Hopefully, the community spirit will provide the fuel to get me going. 

Even so, I know my hobby pace and I'd already built and [mostly] primed the titans months ago, ready to be picked back up in October. Firstly I wanted to adjust the pose, so I started with one leg.

I cut off the top thigh and used flower arranging wire to extend the piston behind the knee.

I then drilled a hole through the hip sockets and waist. This was to allow the wire to pass between legs and waist and provide a solid structure for it all to be glued to. I will then fill the gap with some modelling material. I think I just went with tile adhesive/grout rather than kneed some green stuff or Milliput together.

I constructed a base with cork. Smoothed it was tile adhesive and added crackle paint for the titan impact.

I like doing these sorts of bases but they do delay things a bit - extra construction work. But it was months ago so doesn't really matter now . Sorry about the blurred pic.

Anyway, they both got done

And I was not surprised when I noticed that I'd done similar poses to my recent [? it was 2 years ago!] Armigers.

But, as it was last Hobby Season I get a belated Great Big Chrome 'BIG BUILD' Stamp of Approval.

But the bases had not been painted, so my Red Planet BASE! 🔴 got done. I had mistakenly done a lot of the AP Rough Iron, which has been caught by the drybrushing.

Hopefully that'll be covered up by further metallic highlights but we'll see.

What worries me though is I have not primed the missing armour plates or heads. I have the sprue and could just do it but I know I have some already primed, basecoated and with the metallics done. 

I did them at the same time as my last Warhounds because they were spare, just in the off chance I ever did some more. Now that situation has come up and I'm not entirely sure where those bits are! Typical! 

In the mean time though I get my first  Great Big Amber 'BIG BUILD' BASE Stamp of Approval  of the season.

I also have a stretch goal of 2 Adeptus Titanicus Acastus Knight Porphyrions. Again these were secret squirrel projects that I was saving for DreadTober.

And the last of my Great Big Chrome 'BIG BUILD' Stamps of Approval.

Built and primed in March for completion in DreadTober 🤞 I did realise that keeping the guns separate would be easier, but only after I glued one set on.

I think when I was doing the Red Planet BASE! 🔴 on my Cerastus Knights I also did these at the same time.

Obviously there are still bits to do. I want to try and do the marble effect on these similar to my Red Marble Display Board 🔴.

There is so much detail on these knights, I have certain amount of dread [pun unintended but I'm embracing it now I spotted it] in painting them.

As stretch goal go they seem easy as they're not that big. And I've been surprised how quickly epic scale knights come together. But something about these worry me. 

So, despite all the planning and headstart in getting both the Warhounds and knights to a point I think is achievable...

For now I'm still giving myself my last belated Great Big Chrome 'BIG BUILD' BASE Stamp of Approval. And I'll give them a  Great Big Amber  one too when I do the marble bit, because I can 😝

Obligatory Warhammer World pictures

Afternoon #Warhammer Community a little round up of our jaunt to Warhammer World the other week. Legally obliged to do the Rhino tank shot. This time with Ryan, who is a regular at the Midweek MESBG events and we've become good friends with.

I love this place.

Ben and Otty had a practice game with Army of the Dead the night before. Ben was still debating whether to take them or not.

Despite the win I think he thought they were too challenging and went with his Warg/werewolves instead 

There were some great displays, this Red Scorpions army was pretty good.

Deathwatch army was impressive.

Krieg are kool! I love their horses.

Imperial Knights, sadly I blurred the pic.

Some verry pretty Tyranids by Kirsten Williams.

Some Orks that appear to have scavenged all sorts of beast bitz for armour and added spiky things.

A trukk covered in Squiggoth hide.

We had a roast on the Tuesday night.

And BBQ pulled pork loaded fries before we left at Bugman's.

Moar of us and the rhino!