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Two new Easterling commanders.

It is 1274 BC. Rameses II of Egypt and Muwatalli II of the Hittite empire are fighting over control of Syria. This is the campaign that led to the famous battle of Kadesh.

In our apocryphal battle the two armies will face up near Kadesh but deployed for battle with equal forces. What if Rameses had been warned of the approach of the Hittites by his scouts and was ready for them?

One of the largest chariot battles in history shall take place at Kadesh near the banks of the Orontes River.

Each army will also have 3 hero counters.

The battle will be fought on a 6×4 table. Maybe my new gridded battle mat will arrive in time?

Edit: My new map arrived from Deep Cut Studios so all I need are an opponent!

Holding aloft the banner of dol guldur

Finished some wood elf command figures. I just need to finish the bases. Painting with contrast paints and blue and green GW ink wash. VVV transfer to the flag.

Next I am trying something different. I had a Gundabad orc upgrade pack and thought I had best get round to using it . So I purchased some more orcs and used leadbelcher spray as a base then applied wraith bone primer by hand . Will it work ?

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Phil, Bruce and Darryl tried to beat red skull. First was crossbones then absorbing man in a campaign.

Each time we beat the first version easily with no threat anywhere. Then each time all of a sudden before we can react the next version completely overwhelms us with side schemes, threat tokens, damage and minions. Ending up drawing 4 bad cards a turn it was soon over with another 2 defeats.

What are we doing wrong?