Full Thrust Trainwreck

Had my friend Chris over tonight for a couple games of Full Thrust. First game came down to one ship on each side with one box left on each. Chris won that one. Next one, well let's just say that I need a shower after that one. He inflicted enough damage that I had to roll for criticals on every system and managed to hit an insane number of critical hits including my bridge and life support. I ended up losing that battle by my remaining ship having it's crew bail due to lack of life support. Ugh. Well, I suppose Chris has to have one or two victories. Next time will be a different story.

Macedonian Baggage Train

Finished my Impetus baggage train base for my Macedonians tonight. All the figs are Foundry.




Next up is a batch of 7 merchant vessels for Full Thrust.

Also, like a crack addict I've been enticed back into Warhammer. I ordered my copy of the new rulebook yesterday. As I already have a virtually complete Tomb King army, I probably won't need to buy any more minis.

Some Macs and Some Ships

So amid the torrential rain, I thought I'd take a few pics of my latest completed minis. First up is another base of Macedonian Companion cavalry. These minis are all Foundry.

Next up is a large transport for my Full Thrust US Fleet. This mini is from Ground Zero Games.

Finally there is a small space station. This mini is also a Ground Zero Games mini.

Presently I'm working on a baggage train base for my Macedonian army. Now if only this damn rain would stop...

Imperial Alexander vs. Ceasar Romans Part Deux

Last night at game night Dave and I had a rematch of our two Impetus armies. Both of our armies were identical to what we used in the previous match. Here's the initial setup
Note the two Persian archer units in the bush on the Macedonian side (left side). This is rather important later.

Here is after the first turn.
The two lines start moving towards each other, with the Macedonian right flank surging forward to smite the tyrannical Romans!

Here is the second turn.
The Macedonian elephant hits and knocks back a Legion!

Here is the third turn.
Oh, wait a sec. Where's the Macedonian right flank?!? Having reached it's break point, they decided to pack it in and go home. Those two units of Persian archers I made note of at the start, I should have assigned one of them to this flank thereby raising the break point by one. Ergo I would have lasted at least another turn. A vital lesson to use next time.

And here is the last shot a turn or two before the end.
The two main front lines have crashed together with the end result being some casualties and some pushing and shoving. On the Macedonian right flank, the Romans start to envelop. From this point it was only a matter of losing a single unit till the Macedonians broke.

An entertaining game and I look forward to trying out some other armies (maybe Pyrrhic) against Dave.

On my painting table I have a couple Full Thrust units done, just need to get some pics taken and a unit of Companion cavalry nearing completion. After this is the baggage train base for my Impetus army.

Misbehaving Sump Pump = AWESOME FUN

So I found out last night my sump pump got itself in a jam a day or two ago. And as a result of it being a typical piece of terran shite it decided to flood my fracking basement. So I got to spend Sunday ripping out carpet and underlay. Great fun, I highly recommend it. I should've known something was up when my hot water tank's pressure release valve died and flooded the furnace room earlier in the week. As bad things supposedly come in three's I'm wondering what fate has in store for me next. Maybe I'll get hit by a water truck. Boy, would that suck. Then again, it is Monday.

Thureophoroi Finally Completed!

Tonight I finally completed my 3 bases of Thureophoroi. They are going to be used as assorted light infantry. The miniatures are all Crusader.


Next up is a couple units for Full Thrust and another unit of Companion Heavy Cavalry.

Imperial Alexander vs. Ceasar Romans

Tonight at game night I played Dave in a 500 point Impetus battle between my Imperial Alexander army and his Ceasar Romans. It was a very enjoyable game, thank you Dave. Early on it looked like my army was going to get crushed (Elephant 9 dice-> 1 hit = LAME!). Once the units of pike got stuck in, I was able to slowly grind down the Legionnaires. In the end, I squeaked out a draw. It's an interesting matchup of Legion vs Phalangites. The Legionnaires have a high VBU vs. the Phalangites staying power due to their depth. I look forward to future games.

But like a dope, I forgot my camera at home so there's no pics except for the ones taken by Bob (see Bob's Miniature Wargaming Blog).

Using Foundry's 20% off deal, I purchased a bunch of minis that will allow me to construct a baggage train base for my army. Hopefully they should be here in a few weeks.

Still on my table is 3 units of Thureophoroi and a couple of Full Thrust units.