Nick's Hobby Bloggy

Welcome back to the bloggy for a new battle report! This time, I had the pleasure of playing Warhammer Fantasy Battles 6th Edition , a classic, and my favorite, edition of the game which survives in our hearts and memories. I can still remember distinctly the first time I picked up the 6th edition "big rule book." I had just returned from staying with my grandmother in Florida during the summer of 2000. The new (and sealed) book was waiting for me back home, but I begged my parents to bring it with them when they picked me up from the airport so I didn't need to wait another excruciating 30-45 minutes without it. All summer I had pored over my glorious Warhammer Armies: Skaven supplement, imagining the incredible horde of chittering ratmen I would loose upon the denizens of the Old World. However, little of the supplement made much practical sense, as I had never read the actual rules  of the game. Frustratingly, my entire understanding revolved around what my thirteen y...

Hello and welcome back to another riveting entry into my hobby bloggy. This entry will cover the newest edition to my Warhammer Fantasy Battles  Empire army; handgunners! As you all are acutely aware from my last blog , I'm currently working on a Reiklander army. Reikland uniforms are nice and clean white with red slashes, but are a total bear to paint. These units were no less challenging than the last, especially as I elected to paint 30 at once. To begin, I started converting some ancient 6th edition starter set handgunners. Luckily I already had a collection from my childhood, though over the years I've accumulated more from swap meets and eBay. I needed 27 original monopose gunners (12 aiming, 15 at ease) and 3 of the (relatively) new 7th edition ones with their big ol' Hochland Long Rifles to serve as my Marksmen. To break up the monotony of the monpose figures, I spent a little time swapping heads with other state troop sets and even some  Reptilian Overlords  3D p...