Warhammer The Old World - battle report

Well, kinda... 🙄

After 3-years long break from Warhammer (and before that there was like 10-15 years gap...) I finally got opportunity to take Chaos warriors army for a walk through Empire's north lands. To my surprise instead of hordes of defenceless peasants I found angry mob of Undivided Chaos warriors - also looking for easy prey...

All in all both lords decided to discuss differences between gods of Chaos and their views on the manking. Strength of arguments was supported by enchanted blades, charging cavalry and and savage beasts fighting alongside Chaos warriors. Result of the debate was almost perfect draw: 940 : 900 for the guests, which is pretty amazing since I haven't read rules 😊

I was hoping to make nice battle report but the flying reporter managed to paint only single war-picture while circling the battlefield on wyvern's back (above) so having only limited resources the report isn't something as epic as Slaanesh would appreciate.

The game was 2000 points battle, no magic items used. The reason for this was it was my very first Warhammer The Old World game, so it was just casual game with some beers around instead of regular match or some sort of powergaming bullcrap.

So here're some piccies:

First epic clash of claws and paws: Chaos poochers vs Chaos poochers:

During the game I recalled why I quit Warhammer ages ago. The rules changed (surely for better) but whole logistics and army transporting is still just pain in the ass - especially if compared to Bolt Action. Game is definitely more balanced then editions I played before but again - it's not much compared to BA. Apparently skirmish games work better for me... 🤔 

Apart from that bitching is was nice to see models on battlefield instead of just in display case (staring on my back while I work). Watching these toys fighting in the name of Dark Gods reminded me what got me into wargaming ages ago. Despite all flaws the game has and Games Workshop's attitude, Warhammer Fantasy world is just cool. 

And the game was opportunity to meet old buddy who is actually regular Warhammer battle player, master of rules and armybooks and it was his idea to confront army of Slaanesh against horde of Undivided Chaos. Thank you for the meering, Dr Satan - hope for re-match anytime soon.... 😈

Slaanesh Chaos army - finished 🤘🏻

It is done!

The army is painted so it is time to sum up the Chaos army project. It took longer then I expected (no surprise with avarege painting ratio ~4 models per month...) but Slaanesh has finally brought his army to the Empire of men. It was nice to dig out and made use of some oldies from the very bottom of the Bucket of Shame.  

Surely I don't have enought models for another force like that but while looking for proper Warriors models I found some oldies from WH 40.000 range, so I actually might try to assemble some oldschool styled combat patrol. That is as long as it's not purple... 🤢

I've always loved that themed army pics from old White Dwarf zines and army books: wide pictures with painted background etc. It's impossible to take such pic on painting desk that's why especially for this project I brought the toys to gaming bunker and prepared more-less natural backdrop for army-size photos. As for the very first time - turned out pretty fine. 

So here they are - already raging through the Empire:

And some close ups with links for detailed pictures: Daemon Prince, Dragon Ogres and trecheous Ogre mercenaries (those back-stabbing bastards were serving Undead Lord during Oldhammer 2022 campaign):

And here - warhounds, exalted champion on Slaanesh steed and some Chaos warriors: 

Below - some more Chaos warriors and Chaos knights:

Pair of Chaos spawns / fiends of Slaanesh and the chariots (one of the led by sorcerer):

Heavy hitters once again:

More Chaos infantry:

And the backdrop - apparently there was perfect weather in Empire for the raid... 😈

Chaos sorcerer of Slaanesh

After recently dealing with the Slaanesh chariot, I decided to dig up another oldie from the collection — this time, a chariot carrying a Chaos Sorcerer! That means the army gets another 310 points ready for action.

I'm really glad I found a good use for this old Sorcerer miniature. I love models from that era of Warhammer, but honestly, this particular one is a real pain to fit between regular Chaos Warriors. On the other hand, it works perfectly as a chariot crew replacement!

As for the painting — I stuck to the same color scheme as before.
At first, I had the idea to make it much more "aggressive": using charging horses and splattering them with a bucket of blood, as if they just hit an enemy.
Unfortunately, I found only a tiny bit of Tamiya Clear Red left in the jar — so what you see is the best blood effect I could get.

Regarding the face, I didn't have a clear plan at first. The initial thought was to paint it either black or metallic (kind of a skull-shaped helmet), but since there were already so many metallic elements, I wanted something more striking.
I aimed for a "jade burial/ritual mask" look — after all, Chaos absorbs everything it touches!
From a distance, it looks cool enough, so it stays.

For practical reasons, I didn't glue the Sorcerer permanently to the chariot. Instead, I pinned him solidly — this way I can field him on foot if needed (for example, if I tweak the army list or the chariot gets destroyed). Hope Slaanesh appreciates this humble effort!

And here’s a quick scale shot:
The Chaos Sorcerer is about to brutalize an Ogre Mercenaries unit. As you can see, the base I used for the chariot is slightly larger than the original (10 × 8 cm), but thanks to that, the whole model looks much better — you can add lots of little details to make it tell a story.

Take care!

Chaos Warriors chariot

Because my US army did quite well during Road to Berlin campaign, I could roll something different on painting station to give eyes some rest from olive green everywhere. Recently I had little chat with buddy yet from high school times, and it turned out he's still playing Warhammer Fantasy with his local group. This kinda made me to excavate, assemble and paint one of chariots for Slaanesh Chaos army (it's basic version - it evolved a bit later on).

I had lots of fun painting undead chariots, so there was that idea to add pair of these death-dealers to the Slaanesh force as well. No idea are these effective at all or not (don't think these ever will see the battlefield anyway) but they look ace. And that's basically it.

Contrary to undead models, this one was pain in the ass to paint - models had to be painted separately and asselmbled after done... Sure this way you can give more attention to every part, but it also makes painting process much longer and simply boring.

Wasn't sure about that purple / violet tone at first, but looking at whole piece assembled and varnished matt - I think it's ok. Pretty believable for Warhammer Fantasy standards. This unit is pretty clean (horses seem to be walking rather slowly) but there's one more coming with sorcerer on it, which should be much more gory...

So here it is: another 130 points crossed off the list:

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