{"id":330,"date":"2010-03-02T21:59:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T02:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2010-03-02T21:59:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T02:59:35","slug":"valhallans-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2010\/03\/valhallans-on-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Valhallans on Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of people in the local area have come across Matt L&#8217;s polar board by this point, given that I borrow it frequently for special events. Some of the larger glacial pieces and ice caves make it really quite striking. We played a short game last Friday playtesting one of the missions for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagegaming.com\/index.php?n=Warhammer40k.CombatPatrolTournament\">Combat Patrol tournament<\/a>, and I thought I would post up a few pics to show the board in its true glory, with his matching IG Valhallan army. One of the many awesome things about Matt&#8217;s work is the consistency and how everything really ties together. For example, check out in the background of some of the pics: He&#8217;s got ice blue dice to go with this army (and board), just like he has a block of orange dice to go with his rusted orange Legio Apex Nurgle-oriented Chaos Marine army. A small detail, but a serious focus on overall aesthetics!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_331\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/polar-board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-331\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-331\" title=\"polar-board\" src=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/polar-board-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Our Friday board.  We left out a lot of the bigger pieces so I could transport it to the tournament more easily, but it worked well and had a really neat ampitheatre looking piece that fit the mission well.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/polar-board-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/polar-board.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Friday board.  We left out a lot of the bigger pieces so I could transport it to the tournament more easily, but it worked well and had a really neat ampitheatre looking piece that fit the mission well.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_332\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mortar-team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-332\" title=\"mortar-team\" src=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mortar-team-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A mortar team lobs fire on the Kingbreakers from their rear position.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mortar-team-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mortar-team.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mortar team lobs fire on the Kingbreakers from their rear position.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_333\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mortar-team2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-333\" title=\"mortar-team2\" src=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mortar-team2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Another angle on the mortar team.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mortar-team2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mortar-team2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another angle on the mortar team.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_334\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/landspeeder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-334\" title=\"landspeeder\" src=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/landspeeder-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kingbreakers' Landspeeder slips through the ice spires.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/landspeeder-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/landspeeder.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingbreakers&#39; Landspeeder slips through the ice spires.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_335\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sentinel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-335\" title=\"sentinel\" src=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sentinel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Valhallan's Sentinel, which paid dearly for his early gambit to take out the Kingbreakers' lead transport.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sentinel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sentinel.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Valhallan&#39;s Sentinel, which paid dearly for his early gambit to take out the Kingbreakers&#39; lead transport.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_336\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sternguard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-336\" title=\"sternguard\" src=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sternguard-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sternguard and Tactical 1's Combat Squad stake out a firing position.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sternguard-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sternguard.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sternguard and Tactical 1&#39;s Combat Squad stake out a firing position.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_337\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tactical2-assault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-337\" title=\"tactical2-assault\" src=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tactical2-assault-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sgt Titus leads the charge through the Valhallan's rear quarters!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tactical2-assault-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tactical2-assault.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sgt Titus leads the charge through the Valhallan&#39;s rear quarters!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_338\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/valhallans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-338\" title=\"valhallans\" src=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/valhallans-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Valhallans' lead charge on the central objective.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/valhallans-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/valhallans.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Valhallans&#39; lead charge on the central objective.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_339\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/valhallans2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-339\" title=\"valhallans2\" src=\"http:\/\/rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/valhallans2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Another angle on the Valhallans.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/valhallans2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/valhallans2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another angle on the Valhallans.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A few more photos are available in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tjkopena\/sets\/72157623534606690\/\">Flickr gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of people in the local area have come across Matt L&#8217;s polar board by this point, given that I borrow it frequently for special events. Some of the larger glacial pieces and ice caves make it really quite striking. We played a short game last Friday playtesting one of the missions for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2010\/03\/valhallans-on-ice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[409],"tags":[272,38,17,274,24],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-battle-reports","tag-40k","tag-imperial-guard","tag-kingbreakers","tag-miniatures","tag-space-marines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}