Heralds of War - An Australian Gaming & Hobby Podcast · Clint Mallet

212 - Travis's Long Distance Cross-Cultural Warhammer Exchange Experience

·1 hr 18 min·5 clips

Travis painted his entire Warhammer army in a hotel room during a 26-hour trip to the UK.

This episode features hosts Clint and Enrique discussing their recent hobby activities and gaming events. Clint details his Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game hobby progress and a doubles tournament, while Enrique recounts his trip to the UK for a Warhammer tournament. Clint assembled and painted a Forge World Mûmak for a 400-point-per-player doubles event, teaming with David under the name "Angry Mûmak Noises." He also painted Humblewood anthropomorphic animal miniatures, like an owl paladin, and assembled a Mahûd King on camel that proved difficult to glue. Enrique traveled to the UK for the Facehammer GT, painting a Slaves to Darkness army in his hotel room over five nights with about 15 paints, finishing a Daemon Prince, Centaurian Marshal, and banners just in time. A memorable moment involved Enrique spray-varnishing models in a car park due to rain. In Clint's tournament, a game against a team with Hobbits and Sharkey's Rogues saw his Mûmak slowed by traps and set on fire. One opponent used a Hobbit troll's special rule to place Clint's teammate's Mûmak on a cooking fire, with players wearing chef hats for the theme. The hosts discuss a future "Hobby Chicken" challenge to see who can start painting a doubles army closest to the Cancon 2024 event. Clint's Mûmak once killed 11 Uruk-hai in a single move by running over them. Enrique carried his army in carry-on luggage and bought only a single paint pot at Warhammer World during his trip. The tone is casual and conversational, filled with personal anecdotes and hobby camaraderie. Listeners who enjoy painting challenges, tournament travel stories, and casual gaming anecdotes will appreciate this episode. Those seeking deep strategic analysis or focused single-topic discussions might find it too meandering.

As heard by us

A loose hobby chat where Moomaks, trolls, and rules clarifications carry the episode.

Heralds of War opens with a week-in-review catch-up, slips into a furniture-and-exhaustion detour, and then settles into a Middle-earth doubles match built around Moomaks, trolls, and list constraints that leave tabletop players sounding pleased and slightly unwell.

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For when you want Middle-earth hobby chat that turns a double-Moomak doubles event into a story.

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