In the Emperor's name!

This morning I played in the local shop a game of ITEN for the first time. We played the scenario Kelly's heroes with a retinue of Space Marines vs. a retinue of the Iron Warriors Traitor Legion. Both squads had to retrieve an Archaic Record located in the centre of some ruins.

The SM retinue was formed by a sergeant with Bolter, a SM with a Plasma Gun, and three more SM with Bolters, all of them in Power Armour.
The Iron Warriors were formed by an aspiring champion with Bolter and Power Fist, one with Plasma Gun and two more with Bolters, all of them in Power Armour, and one lesser daemon with flamer.

A very classic encounter between good and evil forces!
All pics are clickable.

In the beginning the Space Marines were cautious and this let the Traitors to reach the ruined building in the centre before them. Seeing this and realizing that they could not shoot at the Traitors inside the structure, the rushed forward and made the first blood by killing the daemon on the left flank.

2nd turn of the game

The Iron Warriors entered the house unopposed and retrieved the Archaic Record. The Space Marines then dashed into the house in hot pursuit. There were several shootouts but the Power Armour and high Grit in both sides avoided casualties.

As the Traitors were escaping with the mission objective, one Space Marine run and engaged in close combat with the aspiring champion, with fatal result. Then the aspiring champion killed the Space Marine with the Plasma Gun, whereas another Iron Warrior locked in melee with a SM at the entrance of the building, and the two other run away with the Archive Record.

Seeing they were leaving the area with the objective, the Space Marine charged in hand to hand combat again with the closer enemies, and threw a hand grenade to the ones escaping, but missed.

The aspiring champion was stun, but when he recovered, he charged and killed the sergeant SM. The rest escaped with the Archaic Record.

In the Emperor's name! is a simple (rules are 3-4 pages) and really fast game (it lasted less than half an hour), and very fun to play. Moreover, it has a very promising campaign that we will soon start to play. It is great to play again with those W40K miniatures in the Rogue Trader universe! ITEN is a free downloadable game from the guys of Forge of War and FUBAR.

Blacksmith, Star Army Sergeant.

Gaea Prime dominance, Third Ring, planet Aesir. Its planetary colony has rebelled and proclaimed independent. The planetary Defence Force has been unable to restore order and the Star Army has been called to suppress the rebellion and purge the planet.

The Army has just arrived and the situation is so chaotic that Intel is nonexistent. A SA squad under Sgt. Blacksmith has been sent on patrol near one of the insurgents areas. Star Army controlled planet.

Star Army Investment Level is 5. Rebel IL is 2.
Patrol on daylight and weather conditions OK.
Successful aerial reconnaissance.
Intel Level 4 but Bad Pre-Mission Intel. Uh, oh. This is no good.
Insertion by walking.

Blacksmith's squad:
Sgt. Blacksmith, Star, Rep 5, HB armour, Rapid-Fire Laser Rifle (ME!). Assistant Squad Leader, Rep 5, HB, grenade launcher. 5 troopers Rep 4, HB, Laser Rifle.

Mission: Patrol with Rebels attacking.

Ruleset: 5150:SA by Two Hour Wargames.
Miniatures: Old 15 mm. Laserburn sci-fi range.
All pictures are clickable.

TURN 1. SA2/R2
Doubles, and lower than enemy's Intel Level. Random Event! but I ignored it as there is nobody on the board yet.

TURN 2. SA2/R3
Rebel PEFs activated before SA squad. The three PEFs advanced 16" towards the enemy. As there was nobody yet, I decided to move the PEFs towards the SA entry area but without entering them into it, so they got pretty close to the SA squad entry point. Blacksmith's squad entered on sector 9, rushed into a big building in front of them and then spotted the three enemy PEFs at the same time!

Although there was Bad Intel, there weren't bad surprises. Moreover, the first PEF turned into nothing, but the other two resulted to be two full squads in defensive position. The closer Rebel squad (all Rep 5 except the one with the SAW, the rest wearing Assault Rifles) took the In Sight Test first, opened fire and made one Obviously Dead, one Out Of Fight, 2 Stun and three Outgunned and Duck Back (AR rate of fire outguns Laser Rifle!) OUCH!

TURN 3. SA2/R2
Doubles again, and this time a sniper shot the Assistant Squad Leader who was already Duck Back, and missed him.

TURN 4. SA6/R3
Star Army squad did not activate as their higher Rep was 5. Now Rebels activated and, as they were attacking and started the turn within 12" of the enemy, they charged them. Blacksmith's men could fire at the Rebels while charging, but they couldn't because they were wounded, stun or taking cover. Nonetheless, they managed to kill two rebels when they finally rushed into the house. After that, there was the melee. It was five Rebels against 3 remaining SA troopers. The Rebels score four dice more than their enemy, so all of them resulted OOF. But as Blacksmith was a Star, he could shrug it off.

TURN 5. SA4/R3
There could be reinforcements on the SA side, but as the game was practically over I decided not to roll for it. Blacksmith was the only survivor of the patrol and was locked in melee with a Rebel squad, so he broke off and was shot in the back when he run towards his base. Thanks to he activated first, he managed to move out from the game board with Fast Movement and two Stun results, which were saved by his Star Power.

Game Over. Mission was a total failure. Blacksmith is the only survivor, with a -1 Fame Point.
Next mission will be defend with a new full squad.

Tiny Sacred Band.

With the release of Labours of the Gods I felt the urge to buy and paint a lot of Greek Mythic 28mm but after the first moment I realised I did not have time nor money for such project so I turned again to 10 mm.

Con la publicación de Labours of the Gods sentí la necesidad de comprar y pintar un montón de figuras de la Grecia mítica, pero después del primer impulso me dí cuenta de que no tenía tiempo ni dinero para semejante projecto, así que regresé de nuevo a los 10 mm.

As I did not have any hoplites around I took some Pendraken Macedonian pikemen and converted them by swapping heads and adding spears, swords and shields. The one with the red cloak is a Roman general from Magister Militum.

Como no tenía hoplitas a mano, cogí unos piqueros macedónicos y los convertí sustituyendo algunas cabezas y añadiendo espadas, lanzas y escudos. El que lleva una capa roja es un general romano de Magister Militum.

I like how they turned out and I especially enjoyed painting their tiny shields. All pictures are clickable.

Me gusta como quedaron y disfruté muchísimo pintando los mini escudos. Las fotos se agrandan pinchando sobre ellas.

Here you can see my sacred band cornering the Minotaur.

Aquí pueden ver a mi banda acorralando al Minotauro.

And here trying to snatch a treasure from some skeletons from Hades.

Y aquí intentando quitarles un tesoro a unos esqueletos del Hades.

Next I will be painting some Satyrs from Eureka and Centaurs from Pendraken.

Lo próximo que pinte serán unos sátiros de Eureka y centauros de Pendraken.

10 mm Weird WWII WIP Pendraken's "Mecha"

Pendraken's sci-fi range has Marines in battle armour which I'm using as Uber Soldaten, but it also has a walker (SF9) that I painted as a mecha for my Weird WWII project. I have only added a machine gun that can be seen next to the green windows.

El rango de ci-fi de Pendraken tiene unos marines en armadura pesada que estoy usando como super soldados, pero también tiene un walker (SF9) que he pintado como un mech para mi proyecto de Segunda Guerra Mundial Alternativa. El modelo es tal cual se ve, tan sólo le he añadido una ametralladora junto a las ventanas verdes.

When I was looking for some decals for my panzer mech I found some very old Tamiya 1/35 decals for German helmets and I decided to use them as shoulder pads for my Uber Soldaten. I think they turned out pretty neat.

Cuando estaba buscando calcas para el panzer mech descubrí unas calcas de Tamiya 1/35 de cascos alemanes y las usé como hombreras de los super soldados. Creo que han quedado bastante bien.

More to come: Allied in Powered Armour, German zombies, Red Skull, etc.

Cosas por hacer: Aliados en armadura pesada, zombies alemanes, cráneo rojo, etc.

10 mm Weird WWII (was Wolfenstein) WIP

I decided to expand Wolfenstein to Weird WWII and here there are some good guys and some Uber Soldaten that can either be used as heavy stormtroopers in Weird WWII or as bosses in Wolfenstein.

Me he decidido a expandir Wolfenstein para usarlo en Segunda Guerra Mundial alternativa y aquí tienen a algunos de los buenos y también unos super soldados que pueden usarse como tropas de asalto pesadas o como los jefes de Wolfenstein.

All the miniatures are from Pendraken. Pictures are clickable.

Todas las minis son de Pendraken. Pinchando en las fotos se agrandan.

British Commandos.

Comandos británicos.

Three Uber Soldaten with heavy assault rifle STG46, one sergeant and one specialist with heavy AT rifle.

Tres super soldados con rifles pesados de asalto STG46, un sargento y un especialista con un rifle AT pesado.


A size comparative picture of one Uber Soldat vs. one British Commando.

Una foto comparativa de un super soldado y un comando británico.

Return to Wolfenstein WIP. (edited).

Do you remember that great PC game called Wolfenstein 3D? It was one of my favourite games.

Se acuerdan de ese gran juego que se llamaba Wolfenstein 3D. Fue uno de mis juegos favoritos durante mucho tiempo.

Pendraken's 10 mm dungeon is meant for Fantasy settings but when I painted it in grey it reminded me the walls of the first Wolfenstein.

Here there are the first Nazi Germans and soon will follow powered armour troops, mechs, zombies and of course the good guys!
All the pics are clickable.

El dungeon de Pendraken en 10 mm está pensado para Fantasy pero cuando lo pinté de gris me recordó a aquel maravilloso juego para PC que era la primera versión de Wolfenstein.

Aquí están los primeros Nazis y pronto seguirán tropas acorazadas, mechas, zombis ¡y por supuesto los buenos!
Pincha en las fotos para verlas más grandes.

The guard dogs are wolves from Warmaster. They are a bit big sized but they will do.

Los perros guardianes son los lobos de Warmaster. Son un poco grandes pero servirán.

A close up of the bad guys.
Un plano corto de los malos.

The converted werewolf is unfinished but here we can see it learning to salute properly, although the stupid beast is still rising the wrong paw!

La conversión de hombre lobo está sin acabar pero aquí lo podemos ver aprendiendo a saludar correctamente, aunque la estúpida bestia todavía sigue levantando la pata equivocada.

BTW, can anyone tell me how to make 10 mm petrol barrels or where to buy them? TIA.

Por cierto, ¿alguien puede decirme cómo hacer o dónde comprar bidones de gasolina en 10 mm?

Stylish Blogger Award

I have just been nominated for the Stylish Blogger Award by Ruarigh and I am pleasantly surprised as I never imagined being nominated for any award. I am very happy of having started this blog a couple of years ago because it has allowed me to share my hobby and to know a lot of interesting people from all around the world.

1. Thank and link back to the person giving you the award.
Ruarigh of The Ooh Shiny Complex and Heitaroi . Thank you for thinking about my blog for this award.

2. Share seven things about yourself.

1. One day I started to play all kind of board games, Role and strategic games with miniatures as well as computer games and I haven't stopped since then.
   
2. I live in Canary Islands and I went surfing for many years.
   
3. I have being reading and collecting comics for years.
   
4. I love reading Fantasy, Sci-fi and "historic" novels like Bernard Cornwell's.
   
5. I like dogs but I do not have any.
   
6. I definitely quit smoking after 22 years!
   
7. I have never written a book but someday I'll publish one ;-)

3. Select 10-15 blogs who you think deserve this award.
This is the list of the blogs I keep visiting more often. In no particular order:

Heitaroi Wargames is a Spaniard mate like me and his blog is full of wonderful projects that he shows step by step, like his gladiator's schola and gladiators. He writes in Spanish and in English.

Ruarigh at The Ooh Shiny Complex who has many points in common with me in the hobby and not only the Warrior Heroes: Armies and Adventurers games.

Ruarigh again with his other blog Talomir Tales where he is narrating the funny adventures of brother Cedric in the world of Talomir, using the rules Warrior Heroes.

Dropship Horizon as an excellent source of information of 15 mm. sci-fi gaming and miniatures.

The Historical Miniaturist. A bit of everything, especially of THW games.

Chroniques du Fort Bastiani is a French and English language blog with excellent sci-fi BATREPs and very well painted minis.

Geektactica shows awesome painted Impetus armies and BATREPS as well.

Mik's minis. He publishes faster than I can read!

Iron Mitten for his absolutely lovely cartoons.

Doctor Mercury's Lab. All Iron Ivan games with lots of great BATREPS.

4. Contact these bloggers and let them know about the award.
Done!