One very good, One very bad

Went to two fringe shows last night.

The highlight one, which was the one that was planned to go to, comedian Andrew Lawrence was very good. His ramblings and commentary on things were very good, thought out and occasionally a little dark edged leading to a good show and well worth the money.

The other show, which will remain nameless, was rubbish. The material was at best simplistic, the execution was terrible.

Question of the Day

What is right once a day?

The Circle Victorious

Well, last night was the first outing for my circle army. Against the elves of the Retribution (who have recently been my bane), which the circle won. The enemy warcaster was torn limb from limb by a feral warpwolf. It was an interesting game, I really don't like the elves, they have a lot of tricks. I think my circle list needs tweaked, I think the wolves infantry was wasted last night, while the mannikins did their job and got shot at and died a lot.

The winter argus is a nice warbeast, although builds up the fury very quickly. Kaya worked out well, even after all the doomsayers indicating she is rubbish. Maybe she is, but then maybe different playing styles prefer different warlocks.

Question of the Day

What song is this: story of the pixies in the big city

The Hordes await

Going to try out my Hordes circle army tonight instead of the staunch defenders of the Empire. I think it should be interesting to try out the fury mechanic and a more mobile, hit and run style force.

Have decided that while they are a good unit, I loathe the models for the doom reavers due to their fragility. Their swords stick out and snap off in the case, very annoying, has ruined the paint job.

Question of the Day

Who was the mother of Spock? and what was the original name of the song with the shortened version of her name?

Break in Transmission

Well, Friday was an unexpected break in transmission due to some mishaps with the car.

The olympics are over, now for the inevitable come down.

H+ looks to be shaping up as a good web series, the first 6 eps are good although I wish they would settle on a length of episode or cut some of the credits a little.

The circle is growing, and also have picked up a new warjack for my khador forces.

Finished off painting the sentry and mannikins last night, pictures below.

Unit

Mannikin and Stone

Mannikin

Mannikin

Sentry Stone

Question of the Day

What piece of music is: The Wireless Babytalk

Mess Around

Last night I did nothing to do with warmachine or anything. I did go to Adam Hills show, Mess Around, which was really funny and well done. The show is based around the audience for the most part and he works well with the audience in a funny and genuine manner, not cruel or harshly mocking like some people do. He adapted well to the differing types of people, including a 5 and 12 year in the audience. I would recommend his show to anyone.

Question of the Day

What will be consumed almost 1.7 billion times today?

Alas, the Elves Won, but Comedy tonight

Alas, last night, the elven forces of Vyros won over the brave troops of the motherland. It was a close game, swinging one way then the other. A few dice rolls either way would have blown it open.

Unfortunately that is two games on the bounce lost to the Retribution. This will be avenged, eventually.

I'm going to try out my circle forces next week, see how things go with them as they are a very different style to Khador.

I finished off my winter argus last night. May need a few tweaks.

Tonight I'm off to see the comedian Adam Hills in the fringe. Should be a good show.

Question of the Day

Who is quoted as saying, "God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us."

Warmachine night after a long weekend

But a long weekend as in three days not at work.

Spent a monday off taking my eldest niece to the edinburgh fringe, went to three shows with her. She enjoyed herself and the shows were good. Going to see Adam Hills later in the week.

Privateer Press has released their War Room app. A lot of things getting said in the forums about it, not all of it positive.

Have been working on my circle faction models, finished off a druid wilder, see below. This is essentially an apprentice type warlock druid from what I understand.

Wilder Front

Wilder Back

Question of the Day

What connects the following, William Kidd/Adventure Galley, John Gow/Revenge, Evans/Scowerer and Dirk Chivers/Soldado?

Friday, the weekend beckons

Another week gone, flown by it has. And only a brief entry today.

Other than watching some olympics and a few other things last night, I got my wolves infantry painted up. That is my main screening unit for my circle forces for now. Will need to get a few more of them plus their officer and standard bearer attachment so that they don't run away too easily.

Wolves Infantry Unit

Question of the Day

Taken from an SAT practice website(http://sat.collegeboard.org/):

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E. 

The results of the study Aindicate that the new drug is Bboth safer and more effective than Cwas previously Dassumed.   ENo error

The Circle is coming

An eventful day in the Olympics, what with the badminton farce going on.

And the ends of the current series of Castle and final series of Eureka both fast approaching, its good to see the programs are finishing this year out on a high.

Picked up a swamp gobber bellows crew and a woldwatcher light warbeast for my circle army last night. Also got more of my infantry worked on, the two main colours are painted on all of them now. Have to say units can be both rewarding and tedious to paint up, they look good as a coherent unit but takes ages to do them.

My woldwyrd has been painted up. This stone and wood construct is one of the stranger things in the circle arsenal. Pictures below.

Woldwyrd Front

Woldwyrd Side

Question of the Day

An nice simple one:


With only five of the letters in the word Europe,  the name of a unit of currency used in an Asian country can be spelled out.

Victory for the Motherland

Kommander Sorscha has taken the forces of the Motherland to victory over the forces of Cryx in a tense battle. Even with losses of some valiant assault kommandos and some criminal doomreavers, the warjacks and snipers of the Khador army prevailed over the teeming hordes of undead.

Afterwards, I got my woldwyrd painted up while watching Falling Skies. Falling Skies is getting interesting, but I hope they don't get too optimistic in it.

Have ordered some more circle stuff, so the first game with them should be in a few weeks time once I've got them all painted up, or at least mostly painted.

Question of the Day


What years were the following sets of movies produced:
a. Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz 
b. The Absent Minded Professor, The Hustler, and the West Side Story 
c. Manhattan, Norma Rae, 10, and the Tin Drum