Kommander Orsus Zoktavir vs Captain Allister Caine

System: Warmachine
Faction: Khador
Casters: 1/1
Points: 35/35
Kommander Orsus Zoktavir (*6pts)
* Spriggan (10pts)
Great Bears of Gallowswood (5pts)
Kayazy Eliminators (Leader and Grunt) (3pts)
Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts) (4pts)
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios (3pts)
Fenris (5pts)
Madelyn Corbeau, Ordic Courtesan (2pts)
Man-o-war Drakhun (with dismount) (5pts)
Orin Midwinter, Rogue Inquisitor (2pts)
Saxon Orrik (2pts)

Game 36: May 19, 2012
35PC SR2012 Close Quarters
Khador's Kommander Orsus Zoktavir vs Cygnar's Captain Allister Caine (Louie de Guzman)
Venue: Lito's Bunker
Result: Loss

Game 37: May 19, 2012
35PC SR2012 Close Quarters
Khador's Kommander Orsus Zoktavir vs Cygnar's Captain Allister Caine (Kei Valentin)
Venue: Lito's Bunker
Result: Loss

A very bad day for Butcher2!  It's always an uphill match up between Butcher2 and his random focus every turn against Caine2 and his fixed and guaranteed kill range.  But it was a very good day to game, and equally good losses!  I played my ace game, regardless of the Tautauhan event that was happening and the more than usual number of players all over.

I'll look forward to matching up against these two players again with Butcher2!

"Shit. I know why I've been losing. I've been playing without the Kossite Woodsmen, that's why! I miss my farmers."

Supreme Kommandant Irusk vs Garryth, Blade of Retribution

System: Warmachine
Faction: Khador
Casters: 1/1
Points: 35/35
Supreme Kommandant Irusk (*5pts)
* Behemoth (13pts)
* War dog (1pts)
Great Bears of Gallowswood (5pts)
Man-o-war Shocktroopers (Leader and 4 Grunts) (9pts)
Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts) (4pts)
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt) (3pts)
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt) (3pts)
Madelyn Corbeau, Ordic Courtesan (2pts)

Game 35: May 19, 2012
35PC SR2012 Gauntlet
Khador's Supreme Kommandant Irusk vs the Retribution of Scyrah's Garryth, Blade of Retribution (Jacky Chan)
Venue: Lito's Bunker
Result: Loss

Great Bears of Gallowswood failed to kill the Retribution warcaster on a charge, but managed to entrap him in a tight circle with the Behemoth.  Concerted efforts freed Garryth (Volkov failed his Tough roll against Garryth's Gallows), giving the elf the opportunity to drop the Supreme Kommandant with boosted Pistol shots.

Jacky Chan of Shapeless Avenue had a writeup about our game. Read it here.

Koldun Kommander Zerkova vs Captain Allister Caine

Warcaster: Koldun Kommander Zerkova
Warjacks: Spriggan (part of Zerkova's battlegroup)
Units: Great Bears of Gallowswood (Volkov, Kolsk and Yarovich), Kayazy Assassins (Leader and 5 Grunts) with Kayazy Underboss, Assault Kommandos (Leader and 5 Grunts), Kossite Woodsmen (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Solos: War Dog (attached to Zerkova), 2x Manhunters, Widowmaker Marksman, Yuri the Axe

Game 34: May 12, 2012
35PC SR2012 Gauntlet
Khador's Koldun Kommander Zerkova vs Cygnar's Captain Allister Caine (Louie de Guzman)
Venue: Schizo Art Cafe
Result: Win via casterkill

Koldun Kommander Zerkova vs Captain Victoria Haley

Warcaster: Koldun Kommander Zerkova
Warjacks: Spriggan (part of Zerkova's battlegroup)
Units: Great Bears of Gallowswood (Volkov, Kolsk and Yarovich), Kayazy Assassins (Leader and 5 Grunts) with Kayazy Underboss, Assault Kommandos (Leader and 5 Grunts), Kossite Woodsmen (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Solos: War Dog (attached to Zerkova), 2x Manhunters, Widowmaker Marksman, Yuri the Axe

Game 33: May 12, 2012
35PC SR2012 Gauntlet
Khador's Koldun Kommander Zerkova vs Cygnar's Captain Victoria Haley (Rob Ramos)
Venue: Schizo Art Cafe
Result: Win via tapout

Koldun Kommander Zerkova vs Kommander Strakhov

Warcaster: Koldun Kommander Zerkova
Warjacks: Spriggan (part of Zerkova's battlegroup)
Units: Great Bears of Gallowswood (Volkov, Kolsk and Yarovich), Kayazy Assassins (Leader and 5 Grunts) with Kayazy Underboss
Solos: War Dog (attached to Zerkova), 2x Manhunters, Widowmaker Marksman, Yuri the Axe

Game 32: May 12, 2012
25PC SR2012 Gauntlet
Khador's Koldun Kommander Zerkova vs Khador's Kommander Strakhov
Venue: Schizo Art Cafe
Result: Win via tapout

Kommander Strakhov vs Major Markus "Siege" Brisbane

Before the dust has even settled, Louie de Guzman took on me and my Kommander Strakhov with his Major Markus "Siege" Brisbane.  Playing the same scenario, we took to the tables with 35PC forces.

Kommander Strakhov vs Adeptis Rahn

A game of many firsts! My first recorded match against Adeptis Rahn!  My first game using not only Kossite Woodsmen, but also my first game using Assault Kommandos!  This game also marked the first kill my Kossite Woodsmen ever made!

35PC Steamroller 2012 Sacrifice -- Khador's Kim Navarro using Kommander Strakhov against the Retribution of Scyrah's John Benares using Adeptis Rahn.

Kommander Strakhov vs Kommander Strakhov

Rainy day Friday became a small-scale mirror match between two Kommander Strakhovs.  My opponent  was one of the Schizo Khador boys, Huey Melo, who was riled enough to go two games against me that evening.  I brought a 35PC list but I toned down to 25PC to match his pointage. 

Hobbycraft - WIP Assault Kommandos

So yeah, either I use these for my Lost Hemisphere PTT submission, or I go via Valachev and Nyss Hunters.  But here's my WIP for Khador Assault Kommandos.

1. The usual prepwork - flash removal, miniature cleaning and basework.
2. Using some Black Tac and a strip of thick cardboard, I used this setup to hold the miniatures for priming.
3. I used a cloth rag to hold onto the cardboard while spraying the miniatures using Bosny Primer Red (very convenient for someone with a red army).
4. Once the primer was dry, I used Citadel Devlan Mud on each entire Assault Kommando. This should be the first cheat step since the wash will sink into the recesses, bringing out the details.

Once that dries up, I'll start painting the P3 Khador Red Base flat colors straight up onto the prepped surface of the minis.  I'll just pick out the details individually afterwards.

Supreme Kommandant Irusk vs Garryth, Blade of Retribution

Pics and detailed article to follow.

Warcaster: Supreme Kommandant Irusk
Warjacks: Spriggan (Irusk2's battlegroup)
Units: Great Bears of Gallowswood (Volkov, Kolsk and Yarovich), Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and 1 Grunt), Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and 1 Grunt), Man-O-War Shocktroopers (Leader and 4 Grunts)
Solos: Man-O-War Drakhun (with Dismount), War Dog, Orin Midwinter - Rogue Inquisitor, Saxon Orrik

Game 27: April 28, 2012
35PC SR2012 Restoration
Khador's Supreme Kommandant Irusk vs the Retribution of Scyrah's Garryth, Blade of Retribution (Jacky Chan)
Venue: Schizo Art Cafe
Result: Win via tapout

The Old Witch of Khador vs Lord Assassin Morghoul

Pics and detailed article to follow.

Game 26: April 27, 2012
35PC SR2012 Close Quarters
Khador's Zevanna Agha, the Old Witch of Khador vs Skorne's Lord Assassin Morghoul (Emp Fernando)
Venue: Lito's Bunker
Result: Win via tapout

Kommander Sorscha vs Garryth, Blade of Retribution

I only got to play one game last Saturday, April 21 at Schizo Art Cafe, and it was against Jacky Chan's Garryth, Blade of Retribution. Instead of the Old Witch, I brought a variant of a Sorscha1 list which included the two warjacks of the Khador starter box.  I hoped to demo properly to a new player at Schizo, but due to some domestic issues, he was not able to arrive.

The Old Witch of Khador vs Garryth, Blade of Retribution

[Parental Guidance: Explicit Lyrics LOL] More apologies - not much messy audio this time, but got too excited and didn't get any pre-game army configs (since we were using the same lists anyway), and just jumped right in ahead with Pat's first turn.  We Still played 35PC of SR2012 Supply And Demand - Patrick's Garryth against my Old Witch of Khador.  Watch the video of the battle report on WMH Philippines.

The Old Witch of Khador vs Major Siege Brisbane

[Parental Guidance: Explicit Lyrics LOL] Apologies in advance - parts of the audio was really messy (there was a fan nearby). We played 35PC of SR2012 Supply And Demand - Kim's Old Witch against Louie's Siege.  Watch the video of the battle report on WMH Philippines.

Hobbycraft - Finished PTT entry, More WIP

Winter Guard Officer and Standard Bearer in Unreakable 111th color scheme; my submission for Lost Hemisphere's PTT for April

Umbral Umber on all of these bases

Primer Grey on a full squad of Man-O-War-Shocktroopers

Hobbycraft - WIP Winter Guard

My Winter Guard painted up in Unbreakable 111th color scheme (from Superiority).  I'll be submitting the Officer and Standard Bearer for Lost Hemisphere's Paint The Target for this month.

Basework done, plus some flats on the Officer

A different profile of the Standard Bearer

Finished Officer with the Standard Bearer

I'm proud of the outcome of her face - not too glam, but I did get her eyes and lips right

A blurry angle; I'll get a better one when I finish both

I got to finish the Officer last night.  So right now, I'm painting up the Standard Bearer.  I will be updating this entry shortly.

Hobbycraft - Paint Storage

Swim! Swim, my paints!

There's a blazing summer sun outside, so I decided to share some tips with storing your paints.

Although I often say, "Better to let the paint go to waste, rather than let the miniature go to waste."  I should change it to, "Better to let the paint go to waste, rather than let the miniature go to waste.  But only while you ARE painting a miniature."

Some simple tricks to keep your paint from drying up prematurely:

1. Get a deep enough container and fill it with water up to a quarter or so of its height.  When you place your paints in it, the water level should rise up.  I try to keep the water level up to half the paint pot.

2. Keep your paint containers in a damp (BUT CLEAN) place - like your bathroom or under the sink.  Of course it helps if you have the entire house to yourself, or have a very open-minded companion.

3. Common sense would dictate that you DO NOT store your paint under direct sunlight, like near a window. Just a reminder.

The busiest corner of the house

Forward Kommander Sorscha vs Grand Scrutator Severius

My second match that evening was against Erickson Kwok of An Exemplar's Road of War, using Grand Scrutator Severius.  Sadly I wasn't able to take any pics of our game (it was one of those winding-down-the-hours type of game).  This time around, he had a full unit of Bastions along with a full unit of Errants, plus a Templar and a Redeemer for warjacks.

Forward Kommander Sorscha vs Garryth, Blade of Retribution

Taking advantage of the environment

Taking the Gun Carriage out of action for the meantime so its paintjob can get some improvement, I decided to use a different list for the Saturday Schizo gaming.  My first game that evening was against Jacky, who was getting as many battles as he can with Garryth and his newly-bought Mage Hunter Strike Force.

Dark Prince Vlad vs Major Siege Brisbane

I took a video battle report of my match against Louie. Check it out below.

Game 20: April 13, 2012
35PC SR2012 Outfight, Outflank, Outlast
Khador's Vladimir Tzepesci, Dark Prince of Umbrey versus Cygnar's Major Siege Brisbane (Louie de Guzman)
Venue: Bunker
Result: Win via objective

Dark Prince Vlad vs Gorten Grundback

Vlad1, Behemoth, War Dog, Gun Carriage, Great Bears, Doom Reavers with Escort, Saxon Orrik

Mini-MOW obliterate the Gun Carriage! Again!

Landslide!

I took a video battle report of my match against Taks. Check it out below.

Game 19: April 13, 2012
35PC SR2012 Outfight, Outflank, Outlast
Khador's Vladimir Tzepesci, Dark Prince of Umbrey versus Mercenaries' Gorten Grundback (Highborn Covenant, Taks Arguelles)
Venue: Bunker
Result: Loss

Hobbycraft - Works In Progress 2012-04-11

Time to get some sand on those bases!

The basework I need is bound to be done sooner or later.

Kommander Orsus Zoktavir vs Commander Coleman Stryker

The Khador Gun Carriage taking the objectve

Playing A Flag Too Far, I decided to use the Butcher2 Gun Carriage force I left over at Schizo just to see if I can fare well against Louie's renowned Stryker1 Storm Surge.

Lost Hemisphere PTT March 2012

"Every time I get one of these I kinda want to go on a gaming tour of the Philippines. This one’s from Shink1m; someone explain to me why the heck we don’t see more Koldun Lords on the tabletop?!?!?!"

My first entry for Lost Hemisphere's Paint The Target challenge for March 2012.  The category was to paint something that has a spray or an AOE.  Well, hopefully we get a stronger showing for the April Challenge (During the month of April, paint a model that is NOT a warbeast, warjack or grunt.i.e., a warcaster, warlock, solo or UA).  I'll probably paint up Strakhov or Harkevich.  Or Markov.

Why the heck we don't see more Koldun Lords on the tabletop? Why indeed LOL  It's still a good magic shotgun IMHO.  But I guess there are better options to fill that last 2PC you'd have left over in your list.

I'd like to thank Kensei Yonzon and Louie de Guzman for nudging me to finally make a submission.

Lost Hemisphere March 2012 Paint The Target

Kommander Orsus Zoktavir vs Garryth, Blade of Retribution

Jacky figuring out his approach after my first turn advance

My second game for that evening was my first game versus Schizo Boy Jacky and his Retribution of Scyrah.  What could be better for a first game than to play against a battle engine, right?

Kommander Orsus Zoktavir vs Priestess of the Flame Feora

My opponent that evening was Erickson Kwok and his Feora, Priestess of the Flame.

Battle Engine 90% assembled, 75% painted! Hefting that insane price tag, I decided to break some tables with the Khador Gun Carriage! 

Kommander Sorscha vs Constance Blaize

Shooty Khador versus Bashy Cygnar

During Blood Of Heroes, Tiny and I decided to play a redux of the previous evening's match.  We used Dreng Tromm's floating islands as rough terrain for our match but we both played with unchanged forces.

Kommander Sorscha vs Constance Blaize

Chick fight! Kommander Sorscha goes up against Constance Blaize!

My last game for that evening was against John "Tiny" David, who was testing out his new Blaize force.  It was my first game against Constance Blaize, but we have discussed her at length for some time now.

Kommander Sorscha vs Broken Coast Queen Skarre

Chase's jack-heavy Cryx versus my bombard Khador

My second game that evening was my first game against Chase Gosingtian and his Cryx force.  I've heard he's a formidable player so as always, ace game up front from me.

Kommander Sorscha vs Commander Stryker

One of the more popular choices for force composition here in the Philippines among Cygnar players is the inclusion of Arcane Tempest Gun Mages, the ATGM Captain, and marshalling a long-ranged warjack (usually a Hunter or Defender).  I've compared the usage of Jack Marshals with Khador but found that the Man-O-War Kovnik's Drive needs a successful CMD check or the `jacks under his control won't benefit from JM for that turn; whereas with the Cygnaran counterpart, the benefits for the marshaled warjacks are automatic, no check needed whatsoever.  So in my deluded attempt to use Khadoran Jack Marshals, I came up with this force.

Pre Blood Of Heroes (Schizo Friday)

I just had three games today using a list comprised mainly of shooting components in a Khador army.   I went up against Louie's Stryker1, Chase's Skarre2 and Tiny's Blaize!  I'll be doing some more detailed write up with pics soon. As for now, time to prep for tomorrow's Steamroller event.

Kommandant Irusk vs Major Victoria Haley

Superiority Behemoth on a hill... nothing is safe...

This was my first game against Kei Valentin since his return to playing WARMACHINE/HORDES again after a long torpor.  We were discussing about a list he wanted to try out involving Haley2 and a catapult trick for a Stormclad, as well as playing without his usual components of Arcane Tempest Gun Mages and Hunter light warjacks.

Kommandant Irusk vs Grand Scrutator Severius

For some dumb reason, I forgot to pack my Behemoth in the box.  So for these games, I used that Ironclad as a stand-in.

For this match, I went up against Erickson Kwok and his Protectorate army led by Grand Scrutator Severius.

Kommandant Irusk vs Commander Stryker

Kommandant Irusk and Kovnik Grigorovich

Sorry, I was too engaged to take pics on this battle.

I opened up Lito's Bunker last Friday, March 9, 2012 for some casual WARMACHINE/HORDES gaming.  I had a chance to go up against Louie de Guzman's 50PC Stryker1 force using Steamroller 2012 Process of Elimination scenario.

Karchev the Terrible vs Grand Scrutator Severius

Karchev the Terrible... yeah he's terrible at keeping his cool. His spell list just screams GO FORWARD LOL~! Feeding off the early summer heat, that's exactly what I did.

The Butcher of Khardov vs Kaelyssa, Night's Whisper

MOW Drakhun and Fenris gunning up the left flank while IF Uhlans and four Berserkers ride up the right

 Shuttling forward at full speed with four Berserkers and all the infantry that The Butcher of Khardiv can muster!

Vladimir, the Dark Champion vs Lord Exhumator Scaverous

This is the big 75PC league game between my Khador and Dick Sy's Cryx led by Lord Exhumator Scaverous.  The big piece of woodland in the center was a stroke of good luck with the random die roll.

Koldun Kommander Zerkova vs Grand Scrutator Severius

Koldun Kommander Zerkova's skirmish force

Continuing with using my other warcasters, and the fact that Zerkova was a consideration with fighting Dick in a league game later that day, I decided to see if the Koldun Kommander can bring it on the table.

Kommander Harkevich vs Kaelyssa, Night's Whisper

Two Spriggans and Black Ivan lead the way to meet the Retribution of Scyrah

My first game at Schizo Art Cafe and my first win using Harkevich.  Here is when I recanted my previous hateful statements about Harkevich and his Broadsides spell.

Kommander Harkevich vs Bloody Barnabas

Kommander Harkevich, 2x Spriggans, Black Ivan, 2x Winter Guard Mortar Crew, Man-O-War Drakhun with dismount, Widowmaker Marksman (not shown)

I had to try to play Kommander Harkevich sooner or later, right? So I tried making a Tier 4 list with the models that's already in my collection.

Karchev the Terrbile vs Lord Carver, BMMD, Esq. III

Kensei Yonzon looks over the battlefield

In my second game against Kensei, he made a slight adjustment to his Carver force while I used a different warcaster with some of the same units in my Butcher force.