Orcs v's Empire and Bretonnia

[calmacil]

I have a Warmaster battle in an hour. I've set the table up, written my list and got my army ready. A 3 player game today, i'll be taking 4,000 points of Orcs v's Empire and Bretonnia with 2k each.


Here's my list;

General
7 Orc Heroes
4 Goblin Shamans (one shaman has Rod of Repetition)
1 Goblin Hero on Wyvern, sword of might

12 units of Orc Warriors
8 units of Goblins
2 units of Trolls
4 units of Rock Lobbers
8 units of Boar Riders
9 units of Wolf Chariots

reinforcement group;
1 Orc Hero
5 units of Orc Warriors
3 units of Goblins
1 units of Black Orcs


The scenario;

Empire/Bretonnia

+ 300 points = The Orc village contains at least one unit of Emp/Bret infantry or is completely unoccupied. Units of one stand do not count.

Orc

+300 points = The Emp/Bret village contains at least one unit of Orc infantry or is completely unoccupied. Units of one stand do not count



At the start of turn 3 both sides will get reinforcements. The Orc units will appear in the mountain pass, the human allies will appear from the keep near the orc village.

Both sides get 500 points of reinforcements, infantry only, and 1 free hero.

Turn 3 = 300 points worth of reinforcements will appear
Turn 4 = 200 points worth of reinforcements will appear

The human village will count as defended as normal, but the orc village counts as open terrain. To roughly even this out the orc village is further away, and the human village is more towards the centre.

The river surrounding the orc village has the bridge as a crossing point and 3 fords.







.........the conclusion will follow soon

[calmacil]

The two allied armies. One of my friends normally uses his Chaos army, for this battle he borrowed my empire army.

Bretonnia 2,000 points

General
2 Heroes
1 Wizard

6 units of Men at arms
6 units of Bowmen
2 units of Squires
6 units of Knights
2 units of Grail Knights



Empire 2,000 points

General
2 Heroes
1 Hero on Griffon
1 Wizard

6 units of Halberdiers
2 units of Crossbowmen
2 units of Flagellants
3 units of Handgunners
2 units of Cannons
4 units of Knights
2 units of Pistoliers
1 unit of Helblaster Volley Gun





the Orcs defending the village





The orc army deploys their entire army, but also moves his army first





Rock Lobbers cover the centre of the battlefield





Empire and Bretonnians in the centre





Empire infantry are the first to reach the village





Orc infantry gets a foot into the empire village





Orcs charge the centre, here's the remains






Battle of the empire village





The centre of the battle

[calmacil]

The orcs come to a halt on the bridge and the river






The orcs are being pushed back by heavy missile fire in the village






The orcs are sucessfull in the centre and destroy many bretonnian knight units






Both units of cannons have been pushed back by the goblin shamans with a spell





Orc reinforcements appear, charge an empire unit, but then get flank charged by empire knights





Human allies appear from the keep















more orcs appear through the mountain pass






despite not being able to take the empire village the orcs manage to swamp the bretonnian army and break the allied human force. A win for the orcs

[marell le fou]

I was only able to take time to read and appreciate the pictures today. Thanks for this exciting battle report !

I especially liked the two big mountains cliffs, and the picture of the orcs appearing in the center. What a vision.

Where do you store all those great scenery pieces ?

[empireaddict]

Nice to see WM at 4k per side and with great terrain.  Thanks for taking the time to record it.

[Edmund2011]

Great pics and report! Thanks for sharing

[calmacil]

Thanks all, very kind 

@marell ..... yes those mountains are a pain to store, i have 6 mountain pieces. At the moment i store them on top of my wardrobe



PS. Apologies for not commenting on any of the other battle reports, but i haven't been on this site for a long time 

[kyussinchains]

excellent report, fantastic terrain and armies too!

glad to see you back on the forums