Warhammer 8th ed using 10mm figs

[lawhock76]

Hi Peeps, nice to join you.

i know i'm not re-inventing the wheel but thought i'd share.

WFB 8th seems ideally calibrated  for 2 rank Warmaster/ 4cm by 2cm  based figures. (2nd rack can fight and shoot)

in the last few weeks i have started playing 8th ed WFB with 10mm figs, using 1/2 ground scale.  we are using cm instead of inches, WYSIWYG, and markers to signify
special weapon upgrades etc that can't be shown on the model, and command where not included in with the models (bofa)  having played several editions of WFB over the years and never really learned the rules properly! i have thrown myself into 8th ed.

in 10mm a unit of 48 haliberdiers or 12 Reiksguard Knights isn't so daunting from a cost, painting or storage point of view. 

to make sense of  using 4cm by 2cm Warmaster sized bases with troops varying from 8 to 14 a base, 4 to 7 men frontage, i have made up base converters (initially in card-> moving to steel in the future ) so that the frontage of say 5 men is 5cm, and 7 men (bofa) is 7cm.  this isn't beautiful but workable. cav are on 12.5 per model frontage base converters. so an ogre will be on a 2cm square base. 

so far we have had a few games Empire v High Elves with troops, magic and cav.  Artillery, light cav, skirmishers, Monsters to be added as we go. then Orks and Chaos :0) 

i'm steadily collecting up 10mm proxies for every WFB army list and option, includin where fun extinct list entries, as far as i'm concerned if it existed once in WFB, it
still does. ( Empire War Waggon)   i'm planning  Pendraken Small Rats and Polish Lancers +  at Reading Warfare UK, this year...

i am happy to share bat reps, thoughts etc, next game is Weds 25th (i hope) pics to follow

i also play various editions of 40K in 6mm, if anyone is interested.

[Fenton]

Hi

Welcome to the forum

Lots of nice ideas though I havent played WFB since the little black book edition but still  enjoy Warmaster

[Techno]

That's another post that's gone awol.

Try again.....Pop them up lawhock...We love seeing things like that.
And a very warm welcome from me too.
Cheers - Phil.

[Leman]

Welcome to the forum. The ultimate pleasure dome?

[getagrip]

Welcome aboard Lawhock; everyone always welcome, fantasy players more so! 

[Steve J]

Welcome on board and looking forward to seeing pics of your stuff.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Good aternoon.

IanS

[Leman]

Have you seen Ironduke's Dogs of War 10mm army? It's quite spectacular.

[Maenoferren]

Yep, 'welcome aboard' from me too.

[cbr3d.com]

Welcome to the forum Lawhock, there seems to be an ever growing number of us 'newbies' on here! 

One word of warning, don't be drinking or eating anything whilst reading posts on here as you could end up choking with laughter at the banter!   

[Subedai]

Wotcha, cock. Another welcome here.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hello and welcome!

[Ithoriel]

Hi Lawhock,

a "welcome to the forum" from me too!

Sounds ingenious so I'll echo Techno and say please post some pictures.

On WHFB itself, I'd have to say I've played quite a few games but never really been happy with the rules. WHFB wants to be a big battle game but has lots of skirmish level rules with the resulting mish-mash being satisfactory neither as a skirmish nor as a battle. LoTR and Mordheim were better skirmish games and Warmaster a better battle one. As far as I can see GW pushed WHFB because the other systems needed fewer figures for the first two and fewer (expensive) heroes for the latter and that would impact on profits.

Personal view only, if you're having fun with them then more power to your elbow!  

[getagrip]

Sounds ingenious so I'll echo Techno and say please post some pictures.


Personal view only, if you're having fun with them then more power to your elbow!  

Amen to both points 

[lawhock76]

thanks for the big welcome!

ironduke's army is great and brilliant painting!  i did see it some time back.  
there is also a great army in a Warmuster issue i think.

i'm planning on using a mix of Pendraken and Warmonger figs for my Dogs of War, and some kind of birdmen scratchbuild.  

only some  undercoats and the rubbish paint some of them came with so far.  i'll try to finish off part 1 of my Orc army soon.