When You Find a Troll...

 Look for a Troll Hoard or a Tale of Two Trolls 

So, after finishing off the Elf & Fae armies for Midgard, attention turned to the evil armies. And I found myself with two classic trolls on the paint bench. With a decision to repaint or not to repaint. 

Tidy enough for the table top again. 

Never been keen on this paint job 

And it seems quite a fine line for me as to if I repaint a mini or not. It’s not that I think the giant hill troll is particularly well painted, but he does represent my skill way back in 2021. Although it didn't stop me giving him a quick tidy up, a new base, and a repair job on the glaive. However, I think he still looks good on the tabletop. Which is probably why he escaped a repaint. 

That's better!

However with the classic C20 troll 'Shakined Bone Blender', it was a pretty easy decision as I have never been happy with the first repaint (this is already the second time I have painted this mini) and I decided to give him another go. Overall I am much happier with the third go and now he is ready to join the other C20 trolls as part of a Midgard detachment. 

Trolls on a Friday night looking for trouble!

Anyway after repainting up one of the trolls and just finishing the new relics set from Victrix. It seemed obvious to put them together....

As every troll needs a hoard. 

One troll hoard minus the troll. 

A troll and all his splendour

And as it is Friday 

Rob 

It was a Wintery Day

 New Bases for the Dryads

Work continues on the rebasing and tidy up of the dryads to bring them into line with the winter elves ready for Midgard.  When I originally painted the dryads, I added a couple of scenic elements to the multi bases add some interest. These have now been transferred and updated. 

Rob 

Dryads for Midgard

 25mm Ish

After a bit of debate, I decided that the dryads would get a bit of a refresh and new bases. In part it was because when I put the dryads together,  I used hand cut card bases and I wasn't exactly accurate with the sizing. So, now when I attempt to fit them into the movement trays they don't really fit. And it is just going to be easier to transfer them to new MDF ones. Especially as I want to theme the bases in the same way as the elves. 

The dryads will each get a quick wash and a 10 minute highlight. 

First of the tidied up and rebased dryads. 

After an inspection of the fridge, I found a number of Christmas beers lurking at the back of the fridge. So, this is a situation easily remedied. 

Rob 

Most of the Elven / Fae Midgard Army Done

Basing & Other Stuff for Midgard

One of the things about sorting out my elves and Fae for Midgard, has pushed me to finish off a few minis including this Warmonger elf sorceress. Who hung around after the 1000 point winter themed wild elf army. And now I am actually quite pleased with the result. 

Finished off the first batch of over twenty movement trays  and now I will have to wait for Beachhead in a couple of week to get some more. However, still plenty to do with more major rebasing activity ongoing with the Fae to align them with the winter themed wild elves. 

I have decided that the smaller Fae 

will be used as skirmishers in Midgard. 

Rob 

Typical Friday Night Post

Painting, Beers & Midgard

These Warmonger elves were painted back in 2021 and were crying out for an upgrade. Bronwyn Nightshade (above) did a sterling service against the shambling hordes of Jason last month so as a reward she is getting a repaint. I am using the previous paint job as the basis for the new scheme.  The mark one paint scheme is shown in the linked post Time for another elf. I am thinking it would be a good opportunity to try a special paint effect on the sword. 

After the wobbling dice towers of Space gits yesterday. I have started sorting the elf and undead minis into suitable Midgard armies. As well some repainting a few of the elf minis, I am now thinking about which one will need rebasing. The load of new movement trays also turned up today from Warbases. So, I can start finalise the units. 

Left over beers from Christmas aren't going to drink themselves on a Friday night. And the bottle caps will come in handy 😁.

Rob 

First Battle of Midgard

Hold the Hill 

As is tradition, I managed to meet up with a couple of long-term friends for a wargame between Christmas and new year. This year it was Midgard, as friend Jas had just got a copy and was keen to play. None of us had played Midgard before but Jas was familiar with the rules and had organised the forces. 

Not Jason's copy obviously

The Game

In terms of the game, the elves and fae were holding the high ground against an undead & orc horde. A third of the elves & fae were held in reserve until turn four and on turn four each side gained an extra victory (reputation) point for control of each of the three standing stones at the top of the hill. 

The undead and orcs opted to place their low value undead and orcs at the front of the horde to soak up the inevitable elf bowfire. However, the elven archers were clearly having a bit of an off day and most of the orcs and undead survived to contact the enemy. 

This then created a bit of problem in that the best orc and undead units were now all still behind the rabble. Whilst the elven spears and tree men* happily chewed up the front units. And reputation (victory) points of the elves and fae were beginning to rack up. 

*The tree men (large and small) had the brutal trait which meant they wounded on 4+ instead of the standard 5+ which did indeed make them brutal!

The giant treeman taking down the first undead unit

And the second

Before finally meeting his doom against the trolls

It wasn’t all going the elves’ way as the giant treeman had taken down several units of undead but was now surrounded by trolls and the ghouls in the centre were proving surprisingly tough even when faced with an elven spear unit supported by three heroes. 

But the tide had clearly turned and as both the black orc and second troll unit failed to make their charge rolls in the last turn. The elves and fae were then able to break the enemy force before these elite units could make the difference. 

Two heroes face off

And victory went to the elven and fae alliance. 

After the Battle

It was the first game of Midgard for all of us, but we quickly got into the swing of the game. And Jas did a grand job as rules master. Fortunately, he had a large number of movement trays otherwise it would have been a massive pain to move the units. 

And I have already put an order in with Warbases to rectify this situation for future games. And I am now looking to rebase some of the earlier minis fit in with these units. 

Oh and happy new year for tomorrow 😁.

Rob