Everyone remembers their first Conquest!

After weeks of painting KOW Champions it’s back to hardcore rank and flank with my Hundred Kingdoms. Since the Cavalry list was completed I’ve been sitting on my next army expansion, the Theist.

Now the nights are drawing in and everything is getting grim it feels like the right time to get these done.

Now I’ve long thought that the Sicarii whilst simple to paint with just speedpaints might be sustainable to the old ‘coffee staining’ if I wasn’t careful so I wanted to experiment with how I’d get these done.

After a few experiments using a Halfords red (AVOID!) and Speedpaint I then thought about utilising Slap chop as weirdly I’ve never tried it before. So I dried drybrushed the ever loving out of a model and gave it a crack….

now some of you may have noticed that there is and image above with Ashen Stone that doesn’t look any different. That because I was getting carried away with new found painting styles and decided I’d have a crack at Non Metallic Metals. Now I should caveat I have not got a clue how this is supposed to be done so this will be purely Speedpaint over slap chop with some pure white streaking!

Now the model was effectively done and whilst it looked okay it didn’t look finished. I wanted to give it some more depth but as you know I don’t do line highlighting, it’s time to bring out the BIG GUN!

Apologies, ive just realised the Project system must have glitched and the last turn didnt update so hear it is!

As we enter the final turn the inspired charges of the earlier rounds were paying off for the Hundred Kingdoms as they had scored well off the objectives and were sittng comfortably on a 5 – 0 lead. Could they hold their early gains from the insidious Spires….

Pheromancer cast Pheromantic Overdrive on the Abomination causing him to attack twice, first attack causes 5 wounds after resolve and the second caused 2 wounds after resolve.

He aslo cast Lethargy on the Order of The Sealed TEmple.

Household Knights clash the Abonination causing 2 wounds

The Biomancer then heals 3 wounds on the Abomination

Order Of The Sealed Temple clash the Brutes causing 8 wounds after resolve.

The Brutes then heal 4 and clash the Order Of the Sealed Temple causing 9 wounds and wiping them out.

Crimson Tower charge the Force Grown Drones and wipe them from the field with ease!

The Force Grown Drones on the left fail their charge against the Ashen Dawn.

The Ashen Dawn then charge into the Force Grown Drones causing a mighty 23 wounds, decimating the unit.

The Aftermath

And with the final charge of the Ashen Dawn in Turn five we called the game.

It was obvious there was no way back for the filthy Spires and they retreated back to their termite mounds to grow some more meatbags.

Really enjoyed finally geting to use my Cavalry list, and im sure there will be  rematch on the cards soon.

Until then im planning on looking to venture to some tournaments with them in 2025 so watch this space!

Things start hotting up this turn as one of the dreaded Abominations charged onto the field.

The Squires cautiously move forward in an attempt to draw charges away from the other knights.

The Pheromancer casts Peromantic Overdrive.

Household Knights charge up the left flank

Force Grown Drones on the right continue their cautious approach

In an thunder of hooves and breaking trees the Crimson tower burst from the small woods.

Biomancer passes

Priory Commander passes

Force Grown Drones on the left stay put.

The Order Of The Sealed Temple charge onto the central hill to take the objective.

The Force Grown Drones on the left charge the Squires causing 5 hits / 4 wounds and a furthe to failed relsolve tests.

The next Abomination also charges onto the field.

Fianlly the Brute Drones reform and shuffle forward.

The 100 Kingdoms kicks of turn 4 with the Household Knights charging the Abomination on the left causing 3 wounds wifrom the Impact Hits and a further 4 from combat and a failed resolve.

The nearby Biomancer heals 3 wounds from the Abomination and a furthe 3 by Flesh Knitting.

The Order Of the Sealed Temple conduct a free reform and charge the central Abomination causinf 4 wounds from Impact Attacks and a further 13 wounds from combat killing it dead!!

The Abomination on the left kills 1 Household Knight.

The Squires activating trigger the Force Grown Drones ‘Aura Of Death’ causing 5 wounds

The final Squire cases 4 wounds on the Force Grown Drones.

The Pheromancer casts Lethargy on the Sealed Temple and +1 resolve on the Brutes.

The Crimson Tower Knights advance and take the right objective.

The other Pheromancer on the left heals 4 wounds from the Force Grown Drones and they kill the final Squire.

With a sense of dread in the air the mighty bastions of ohnour that are the Order of The Ashen Dawn race up the field.

Finally the Brutes charge the Order Of the Sealed Temple causing 2 wounds with impact and a further 3 wounds from combat.

Old vs new!