Mlkr's plog and misc.

[Bel]

Thanks.

[mlkr]

*Blaaaaaaaarghhh*

Edit: As soon as I saw the pic on screen I noticed a troll with unpainted hair... urgh.

[Geep]

Nice trolls, though I think I'm going to like those colourful squigs more 

[mlkr]

How about both?

Bases lack colour and grass+tuft but these 4 units will see the battlefield tomorrow!

WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!

[mlkr]

Also - my all infantry-list for the funs

[Geep]

Very nice. I'll be interested to hear about their on-table performance. The -1 command penalty looks very harsh for Orcs.

[mlkr]

Oh, they are basically a very expensive but very dangerous roadblock. If they actually do manage to move a bit I will be pretty pleased

Will take photos of my games today so will try and create battlereports.

[mlkr]

As expected - very expensive roadblock. 4 Trolls isnt really viable in a 2000 points army I'm afraid. All 3 battles have been photographed and I will try to do something interesting with the material when I can find the time.

[Geep]

An unfortunate first outing. One suggestion I've heard of is to take trolls with a crown of command. You can only give them one order a turn (reliably), and it must be with the general, but it'll be at an unmodified 10- so distance and all other factors don't matter.

[mlkr]

Yup. I was contemplating that and would def drop a troll for a nice crown on my general and the added bonus of actually get to use the trolls!

They won best painted unit at least ^_^

[Jo]

A brigade of trolls might indeed not be the fastest brigade on a table - and indeed for a whopping amount of points.

I tend to make brigades containing 1 troll and 1-2 goblin units - goblins initially to take some shooting hits and afterwards for support. You need some additional commanders to get them to actually move but these brigades are ideal for keeping an objective or holding a defended part of terrain. And people tend to remain more than 20 cm away from them

O&G have a command penalty but it can be countered by taking an extra hero. Especially in larger games it does not really matter - it's just that your general has 1 less command value. Field sufficient orc heroes and your army should move...

Jo

[Geep]

The problem with the trolls though is they give an extra -1 command penalty to any brigade they are a part of- so our usually low but ok leadership becomes very poor.
Extra heroes help you try and get the trolls moving and still keep the rest of the army going, but the trolls themselves are still not going to be moving much (it can be very easy for opponents to drop the effective leadership to 6 at most).

[mlkr]

Screw gobbos! Ogres might not be greener but they are certainly meaner

Based 3 per base these will add up to 6 units +4 mini's I can use on characterbases and such ^_^

[Aquahog]

Looking hungry!

(Meanwhile not far away on the coast some Reiksguard are being paintjob-converted to Knights Panther and Knights of the Blazing Sun).

[Stormwind]

Grrr, looking very mean! =D