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Hobby Update: Lords of the Wild

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Hey folks, welcome back! Today, I finished another three points of elves for my SAGA Age of Magic's Lords of the Wild warband. These guys were the last big "push" on my warband (fatal last words, I know), as they were twelve mounted minis (so twenty four in reality, counting horses).  A potential, albeit not optimized, eight point warband.

Hobby Update: Lords of the Wild

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Welcome back, happy holidays! Here's an update with a focus on heroes. Recently, I completed some new heroes for one of my SAGA Age of Magic warbands, the Lords of the Wild. To help make my warband less creature focused, I've added a traditional mounted warlord, a mounted sorcerer, and ranger (lieutenant) minis. Here's also a group shot with some of the other miniatures from the warband. Over time, as mentioned before, I hope to make this warband more mobile, mounted, and range combat-driven. Here are a selection of close-ups for each hero. WARLORD My warlord will primarily act as an enabler for large units of mounted hearthguards with compound bows. Using We Obey , I hope to give my hearthguard an additional opportunity to fire their bows without using SAGA dice. SORCERER My sorcerer will continue the trend of my high-mobility strike force. However, she will primarily be used to generate clumps of trees for my wood elves to Ambush!

Hobby Update: Lords of the Wild

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Hello and welcome back! Today's blog is a small update on my Lords of the Wild warband for SAGA Age of Magic . Currently my warband is composed of heroes, creatures, and monsters per the Minotaurs of the Black Hills Legendary Warband rules. However, this feels a bit limiting, especially when Lords of the Wild have so many ranged weapons and abilities at their disposal!

Hobby Update: Masters of the Underearth

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Welcome back for this (circa) Thanksgiving hobby update! Today, I finished out the remainder of my current Masters of the Underearth miniatures for SAGA Age of Magic. 

Hobby Update: The Great Kingdoms and Masters of the Underearth

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Hello, everyone! In the last few days, I focused on finishing up my Great Kingdoms Warlord mounted on flying beast. After completing him, my Great Kingdoms army is effectively "done," barring potentially adding a sorcerer and mounted warriors (I'm not sold on the combat effectiveness or need for either, to be honest). Regardless, those are minis for another update! I'm particularly proud of how this guy turned out. I don't consider myself a sculptor and rarely have I attempted to sculpt so much myself, rather than using pre-existing bits (to see the sculpted parts isolated, take a look at this previous blog ). For the coloration, I looked to nature for inspiration. Seeing as the Teutonic knights's heraldry uses a black eagle as its charge, I figured I would use them as reference for the aquiline portion of my griffin. Heraldry of the Teutonic Order   Actual black eagles For the hind portions of the griffin, I wanted do keep

Hobby Update: SAGA Age of Magic

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Welcome back! Tonight, I continued working on my Great Kingdoms warband, focusing on the flying beast that my warlord will be mounted on. Below are the steps I took.

Hobby Update: SAGA Age of Magic

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After being away for a week, I'm back! Tonight, I mostly worked on finishing up my Great Kingdoms War Machine and Warlord mounted on flying beast. The flying beast has been a real challenge. I'm not a professional sculptor, but I'm pretty proud of the work I've done so far. I'm just using simple ProCreate, Vaseline, water, and some sculpting tools. Hopefully you all are as jazzed with how it's turning out as I am!

Hobby Update: SAGA Age of Magic

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Hey guys, here's a quick update on some more minis for my Great Kingdoms! Tonight I got the paint done for my war machine and crew. I also finished my creatures, though they were finished earlier this week. Check them out!

Hobby Update: SAGA Age of Magic

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Welcome back! Today I'm posting some hobby updates for one of my SAGA Age of Magic warband, The Great Kingdoms. I've been focusing on finishing this warband before returning to Lords of the Wild warband, which I've posted pictures of in earlier blogs. Tonight, I began basing my bipedal creatures, assembled a war machine, and started converting my griffin to act as a steed for my second warlord.

SAGA Age of Magic: The Great Kingdoms vs The Horde

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Welcome back for another game of SAGA Age of Magic. Today, I played an 8 pt game against my friend Matt. Matt's new to the game and hobby overall, but he's quickly learning how to roll the bones. Rather than complicate things via the Book of Battles, we chose to play a standard game of  Clash of Warlords . The Narrative: The Outlands are on fire. All along the horizon, columns of smoke herald the coming of unspeakable monstrosities. These are enemies without remorse, fear, or mercy. A cold, clammy dread seizes the heart of The Protectorate as wide eyed, blood soaked survivors spread tales of raids, massacres, and unearthly terror. Sworn to protect the meek, His Order of the Ebon Cross is roused and readied in the panoply of war. Prayers are spoken, oaths taken, and weapons anointed. Time is fleeting and the fate of the Outlands must be decided.  The Outlands are on fire. Below are our lists. THE GREAT KINGDOMS 8  pts Warlord -mounted: flying Sorcerer 1 pt