tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20345224220503408872024-03-13T20:02:50.728+00:00Warhammer For AdultsWeazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-7088419261813153972024-02-20T17:43:00.000+00:002024-02-22T18:37:57.463+00:00Stokesy<p>Pictures, apparently, paint a thousand words. </p><p>Here is a story of Stokesy the tank:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwrDvN2ORAI45RMEulckWy7h-ApQ5-nWTKfmJf9nIhBARon7fY-9kQgnG8CE1YcTP0qS1jY_IkIkG7dFrg3LABcsDGhErra-HS3MABKS7SEJzgF4lZ81OqN2Uakl7MoBACy1W4irY5VZp6J4QQ7xixjIP212sAYSjmQFuzXcCwQI1I-L1_Fqmj5lpvw/s2048/FAD46DE7-7F2E-46D9-A9FA-77A51BB4D634.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwrDvN2ORAI45RMEulckWy7h-ApQ5-nWTKfmJf9nIhBARon7fY-9kQgnG8CE1YcTP0qS1jY_IkIkG7dFrg3LABcsDGhErra-HS3MABKS7SEJzgF4lZ81OqN2Uakl7MoBACy1W4irY5VZp6J4QQ7xixjIP212sAYSjmQFuzXcCwQI1I-L1_Fqmj5lpvw/w480-h640/FAD46DE7-7F2E-46D9-A9FA-77A51BB4D634.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFi5LLvetp6oGHV0SWZyJW6KhmBfK2sZSlx1vVD5bNe1NDTi882LZyD1ozeM4cO6E4On6huRUBGRT2EsQn2kTQjheAanVkWQ-2nEWBCWqp50Q4vz5HXfIMI6CHp3RFI31ii4cPO8At-EDasLrDCHnxaU7YSi9WG_byrCowXuOrbDRK3HhCPJX9phHD0A/s2048/1CDCE730-0674-4FD0-BC7C-B469DB585094.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFi5LLvetp6oGHV0SWZyJW6KhmBfK2sZSlx1vVD5bNe1NDTi882LZyD1ozeM4cO6E4On6huRUBGRT2EsQn2kTQjheAanVkWQ-2nEWBCWqp50Q4vz5HXfIMI6CHp3RFI31ii4cPO8At-EDasLrDCHnxaU7YSi9WG_byrCowXuOrbDRK3HhCPJX9phHD0A/w480-h640/1CDCE730-0674-4FD0-BC7C-B469DB585094.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYKJjIQY9L5XC001r5D3pGiG9i3usKMj1m67UGAg4-cFsZ1HgD2Kz0cZ1tkHBJiaj1utEu8prQG513R_1BlhbmX1PVwPgvwZj_OWql6Akqqq3em1kEVvScx8nBSvgLPkUnjxSDL2h7d8VIBIQsKuTpt3W0gzDhj_AERvg4oRDwWcDP1tskDzUFiCHUQ/s2048/AAF3212E-86A3-4765-A9EC-32A157A0CC49.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYKJjIQY9L5XC001r5D3pGiG9i3usKMj1m67UGAg4-cFsZ1HgD2Kz0cZ1tkHBJiaj1utEu8prQG513R_1BlhbmX1PVwPgvwZj_OWql6Akqqq3em1kEVvScx8nBSvgLPkUnjxSDL2h7d8VIBIQsKuTpt3W0gzDhj_AERvg4oRDwWcDP1tskDzUFiCHUQ/w480-h640/AAF3212E-86A3-4765-A9EC-32A157A0CC49.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>It’s a Ramshackle Games tank. A Rhebok APC, as I recall. I think it can come with wheels too. I forget where it came from, but it was a gift to me from another oldhamerererererer. </p><p>It is comprised chiefly of two almost solid blocks of resin. </p><p>So it’s heavy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aYwABQlJDVPDHus2w7MAgxNU4k-KTYCIA4kpnrBCt2ipYR99euWCaHdZSu1zi7m5fv1t1heuI_O4_EBw1Hppc4SUguGBmJQeJzdUv4ISanIr2MLa8yn5EmKCwoodu-I1ycMBaae2gZYyJloUtmhr7oRvPouy08IomW5FAAScTxjwxgHZiirYcgv-8Q/s2048/F9127420-518A-4373-A35C-702BBC5673C9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aYwABQlJDVPDHus2w7MAgxNU4k-KTYCIA4kpnrBCt2ipYR99euWCaHdZSu1zi7m5fv1t1heuI_O4_EBw1Hppc4SUguGBmJQeJzdUv4ISanIr2MLa8yn5EmKCwoodu-I1ycMBaae2gZYyJloUtmhr7oRvPouy08IomW5FAAScTxjwxgHZiirYcgv-8Q/w640-h480/F9127420-518A-4373-A35C-702BBC5673C9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomDpqMnNsWChaa4WVHh-cdqpG4sIewjuY1Zo1nFxu8w2xgH1kVVTOA0QXgxFQcmVBH67uaoABuPYaxg2L5vQL1XF2roGnVtUnhIrBAaW0JLxmtKu21NakLsSlYj23KT03Zd5X1kTjSnQihuoPU72VCZuSSI1YOR5anNG8fxkm7BHQsFeYtSLWC-f9iQ/s2048/36F22195-9FFB-44F3-8291-46A9B907DA8A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomDpqMnNsWChaa4WVHh-cdqpG4sIewjuY1Zo1nFxu8w2xgH1kVVTOA0QXgxFQcmVBH67uaoABuPYaxg2L5vQL1XF2roGnVtUnhIrBAaW0JLxmtKu21NakLsSlYj23KT03Zd5X1kTjSnQihuoPU72VCZuSSI1YOR5anNG8fxkm7BHQsFeYtSLWC-f9iQ/w640-h480/36F22195-9FFB-44F3-8291-46A9B907DA8A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW4AebLGkfBwVqwROBXljk6nPFmwaeZ7jFDWBx0bn2WNbIB7tJgQwlRcw3b79GosuqvVnadiNG7M-kep9-KGdYEtRkm8loWaaIrLnxNLmkE3dfQWHio8hN9O7Inu3Xl6jAa98WpgpV97h2DYnfm9mUIYpfhL6XfdeUfPBa1W_S_h-gPPTS853ANUjug/s2048/9716E3B3-387D-4258-B1D0-AF537D13E28D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW4AebLGkfBwVqwROBXljk6nPFmwaeZ7jFDWBx0bn2WNbIB7tJgQwlRcw3b79GosuqvVnadiNG7M-kep9-KGdYEtRkm8loWaaIrLnxNLmkE3dfQWHio8hN9O7Inu3Xl6jAa98WpgpV97h2DYnfm9mUIYpfhL6XfdeUfPBa1W_S_h-gPPTS853ANUjug/w640-h480/9716E3B3-387D-4258-B1D0-AF537D13E28D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeGQ38A4YYjtVrage9GOzGTJ66-DID-5m9JAHN-KI5f9DrosNc7CIOkNwDYhKEr3dyM0zzzUqaSIshnXm8xKgqcHS8wJQIuazWN69JClgdIQveQDssnf0cQzag-vh6QNP97UxGHaYD2hRhcu9GNm9RBl3f9RgYyxC2-piy232KfCsomRhfL0jgBm8SQ/s2048/D6EF030D-3584-4D8C-A46C-91317BA2E7EE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeGQ38A4YYjtVrage9GOzGTJ66-DID-5m9JAHN-KI5f9DrosNc7CIOkNwDYhKEr3dyM0zzzUqaSIshnXm8xKgqcHS8wJQIuazWN69JClgdIQveQDssnf0cQzag-vh6QNP97UxGHaYD2hRhcu9GNm9RBl3f9RgYyxC2-piy232KfCsomRhfL0jgBm8SQ/w640-h480/D6EF030D-3584-4D8C-A46C-91317BA2E7EE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>But, it cleaned up nicely enough. It is a mighty, and heavy, thing. There was more pinning than I would have expected - the tracks are pinned to the body to ensure they can hold it up. </p><p>Amongst other pins. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErwWbyMb0dHGcTCEW9jBJPn-ATZs2rh3e5R-60p19hmX54Mp63cu-DpulhmdHrarvv4BYH1j0fgdItNx4ivIY4lU5ZxBMytM5hhfLqRRrsrhBGW8x7ElHYD3frvL5ptGitPQVxdGRRd4zhp8sMVo0sJu4aGwII8sL342C_4j6mSr8OE-DYbxulaLuWg/s2048/01F4EAC6-A6CE-4C1D-8B1A-46A862F740B3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErwWbyMb0dHGcTCEW9jBJPn-ATZs2rh3e5R-60p19hmX54Mp63cu-DpulhmdHrarvv4BYH1j0fgdItNx4ivIY4lU5ZxBMytM5hhfLqRRrsrhBGW8x7ElHYD3frvL5ptGitPQVxdGRRd4zhp8sMVo0sJu4aGwII8sL342C_4j6mSr8OE-DYbxulaLuWg/w480-h640/01F4EAC6-A6CE-4C1D-8B1A-46A862F740B3.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPFTXQxnrE8XX47KC9h3TzpAJhMSyQ2vO-l-n-j9qqaI9fLAbSiT8KeIQI5TBXQRWsHyWIVNu7kzq4CFhKPBs5DLLeBDvCX0itRWgDrRr8sd8SkygZwPPywy0OVdlyV9cBKa-T-NkcKDV3HqAYemz1jlaJPPy1R1fOqSYg7T81GHjcP6MGKCxAwoelw/s2048/7D03D4DC-9F8B-4E68-A106-BFBAA9F4CAB7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPFTXQxnrE8XX47KC9h3TzpAJhMSyQ2vO-l-n-j9qqaI9fLAbSiT8KeIQI5TBXQRWsHyWIVNu7kzq4CFhKPBs5DLLeBDvCX0itRWgDrRr8sd8SkygZwPPywy0OVdlyV9cBKa-T-NkcKDV3HqAYemz1jlaJPPy1R1fOqSYg7T81GHjcP6MGKCxAwoelw/w640-h480/7D03D4DC-9F8B-4E68-A106-BFBAA9F4CAB7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUuk3SawvW3lSSXgo6lzwj3I-HVEyVADxskSAiw9W0vncS3PTkwJc9ZYCW8eqLAFz4u_EIcaAw_gsgGIP_0M_rhsUrepjOqEJT8TZ3M1bXfVHnQqYv5vae6ntu1U_Ddpuaxluy9GHqIkCL3_ohrDE0m7ZZmK1Baz9IzSnhjFSrZKsE0pGLHG9O6Xtdg/s2048/13EBCE96-ED71-47EC-AEFE-996AC331D037.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUuk3SawvW3lSSXgo6lzwj3I-HVEyVADxskSAiw9W0vncS3PTkwJc9ZYCW8eqLAFz4u_EIcaAw_gsgGIP_0M_rhsUrepjOqEJT8TZ3M1bXfVHnQqYv5vae6ntu1U_Ddpuaxluy9GHqIkCL3_ohrDE0m7ZZmK1Baz9IzSnhjFSrZKsE0pGLHG9O6Xtdg/w480-h640/13EBCE96-ED71-47EC-AEFE-996AC331D037.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAPOlgrqi0vtdLGYFXcEgpZPEXpysU-iJkHFiCSAAuKfVcYAnG5jVSArvYVS9tQLJV2pBSmfxl5Q2W1MZSyuaqbDKeO5hgbE7gwuwXIMmsPqui6cWTBYE3pAJ5eYVmhCjmvgmO8oWHTNFh0mpZfFGXypVB88lGJZ4b99tJjjKuPMpq5SJCxR3PihC0g/s2048/BEFA14AD-5F4F-4D09-BCE1-0A4FB5C93B05.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAPOlgrqi0vtdLGYFXcEgpZPEXpysU-iJkHFiCSAAuKfVcYAnG5jVSArvYVS9tQLJV2pBSmfxl5Q2W1MZSyuaqbDKeO5hgbE7gwuwXIMmsPqui6cWTBYE3pAJ5eYVmhCjmvgmO8oWHTNFh0mpZfFGXypVB88lGJZ4b99tJjjKuPMpq5SJCxR3PihC0g/w640-h480/BEFA14AD-5F4F-4D09-BCE1-0A4FB5C93B05.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I intend for this vehicle to serve the squats. </p><p>So, I <i>was</i> going to paint it in the greenish colour they’re in. I was inspired by Vietnam / WW2 Pacific theatre tanks. </p><p>But the tank had other ideas. By the time I realised what was going on, I had painted it like an IKEA duvet cover. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcnPSKidhmUGhbXKWyhteOEfrzJhZtZMzTNs4OA7Af-5yJk2qqYTowpVwPUmf-CPh082lx5SBhCHLooNsperbVyzIKSWbokJjkqsFqIxXM3C58ZEAe5foJZpmhs5BrgReihbBfQbBulbPdKFOR-ASwWcXt2Lcakl73kRfktwUInZwXaq51evQp_htWA/s2048/20592CB9-3C54-4045-AEB3-28EDA9CF30BA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcnPSKidhmUGhbXKWyhteOEfrzJhZtZMzTNs4OA7Af-5yJk2qqYTowpVwPUmf-CPh082lx5SBhCHLooNsperbVyzIKSWbokJjkqsFqIxXM3C58ZEAe5foJZpmhs5BrgReihbBfQbBulbPdKFOR-ASwWcXt2Lcakl73kRfktwUInZwXaq51evQp_htWA/w640-h480/20592CB9-3C54-4045-AEB3-28EDA9CF30BA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_bby7TrEUKR_35IBPLjUlNvnMBLnkdv5pEWD4tGidjFCMRH77N6oAhvn2JuXmPKaJJMlXb_HnpcZpNZ40cTzd3K5DNY2KbsZQID0CTdEnZ3X-sia5W08xhpk7fXceDfoZ1vnLyjuVITCOVKmxSirnUBKChxavazqUaGlHx9fkojiWVppNNLhqp_3eA/s2048/11BA81F1-4C17-4C7B-8DB9-EB0C86B2E1C9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_bby7TrEUKR_35IBPLjUlNvnMBLnkdv5pEWD4tGidjFCMRH77N6oAhvn2JuXmPKaJJMlXb_HnpcZpNZ40cTzd3K5DNY2KbsZQID0CTdEnZ3X-sia5W08xhpk7fXceDfoZ1vnLyjuVITCOVKmxSirnUBKChxavazqUaGlHx9fkojiWVppNNLhqp_3eA/w640-h480/11BA81F1-4C17-4C7B-8DB9-EB0C86B2E1C9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj242WRguwrXgGBLOVCR08qPDlwQrNtadMs5YwOW0EDtAkUd0h0TvIZXne3BgQH7EnHO9UuzfX0kzoxSLxecC23r927MsXKr_K5fl6C5kq_ZNzaLOcE6Sg2Fg8b5xPRdgba9V7btweD1BIulpbmO7BS9PmAjrVahJ71NX5TYQG4p1oG-rDdT0mtEGw4-Q/s2048/402DE544-F987-4DCE-A6AC-D94DC7E4FBD7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj242WRguwrXgGBLOVCR08qPDlwQrNtadMs5YwOW0EDtAkUd0h0TvIZXne3BgQH7EnHO9UuzfX0kzoxSLxecC23r927MsXKr_K5fl6C5kq_ZNzaLOcE6Sg2Fg8b5xPRdgba9V7btweD1BIulpbmO7BS9PmAjrVahJ71NX5TYQG4p1oG-rDdT0mtEGw4-Q/w640-h480/402DE544-F987-4DCE-A6AC-D94DC7E4FBD7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQbhruPTKycSWy2ylkpt37jmpbZx0xvh3bs-h4CyC3AZJwUzDeGVPBDgl7MqDbEAaX03MCwE5Ys6m4kFbneBbMW9IvQX9d-1sC3Uy3-ZOydtFvqhbQ0JfGvND7tqyZdHT25EyJI5efnQJhSM7qKYc3oRI51KHqHtS9wADWW5Dm0nTxEI61bA_braqiA/s2048/913ED052-1769-4B41-98DB-F7B8CFFE703E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQbhruPTKycSWy2ylkpt37jmpbZx0xvh3bs-h4CyC3AZJwUzDeGVPBDgl7MqDbEAaX03MCwE5Ys6m4kFbneBbMW9IvQX9d-1sC3Uy3-ZOydtFvqhbQ0JfGvND7tqyZdHT25EyJI5efnQJhSM7qKYc3oRI51KHqHtS9wADWW5Dm0nTxEI61bA_braqiA/w640-h480/913ED052-1769-4B41-98DB-F7B8CFFE703E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>But, it kinda goes with this whole red planet thing I’m beginning to converge on. </p><p>I suspect I knew that all along, but just refused to admit it to myself. </p><p>Anyway, the squats liked it. They called it ‘Stokesy’. Olivia seems willing to tolerate it for now. </p><p>I’m thinking graveyards are in vogue right now. So we’ll look at those next time:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVvOUeehcGmV2N3yS6b3Kt0o8d1y8C2gInmgxtDZPLODVuyeJ2MQqrt-geDH2y794fi40RfJLfuRq1RgZYSsICEru9RtptHQHnQZA0owWFuARaOSpcfoRKZII_vh30EX7vG4YThWXr148f6XhumWKuzLKYqXiUsRlhc9kN8Qx0sORy_59aX9rshx15Q/s2048/7929A21B-C283-4020-9614-3833A59AE166.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVvOUeehcGmV2N3yS6b3Kt0o8d1y8C2gInmgxtDZPLODVuyeJ2MQqrt-geDH2y794fi40RfJLfuRq1RgZYSsICEru9RtptHQHnQZA0owWFuARaOSpcfoRKZII_vh30EX7vG4YThWXr148f6XhumWKuzLKYqXiUsRlhc9kN8Qx0sORy_59aX9rshx15Q/w640-h480/7929A21B-C283-4020-9614-3833A59AE166.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Occ8Z0dOEBuAh_-AdUGcq9OMQX1e8_jcn0E-xcRmL6dGIaOHNGMJ48ZCpj7R2EqQMNn8I522GaI98F4YtpD8I5_Bc8An9mZswFOIfbvZBTPh1GadMN2bZDBqD2GaKs0dE8OJUCOkmfzMCN6eFtKanmhlX2xznj4TtDfpSzDdc9qixSM6_n3J1jze0g/s2048/69F9DB8A-E162-42E7-B039-84EBD8347D6C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Occ8Z0dOEBuAh_-AdUGcq9OMQX1e8_jcn0E-xcRmL6dGIaOHNGMJ48ZCpj7R2EqQMNn8I522GaI98F4YtpD8I5_Bc8An9mZswFOIfbvZBTPh1GadMN2bZDBqD2GaKs0dE8OJUCOkmfzMCN6eFtKanmhlX2xznj4TtDfpSzDdc9qixSM6_n3J1jze0g/w640-h480/69F9DB8A-E162-42E7-B039-84EBD8347D6C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KAxxBHF8M8Cjfkg52JM7iNwdQzhMbo5qJWtkgim4w22AUnQdj5Pa9d03VFCXdi8wHhOmLiDHBDslmG1nAgUssf4A5gPaaEiOiybuocK2YqSUTsVs_yI8m42cAv4ly6swf9QDZtEEjDEL6CkewLe8rZevpJGNc-thA7DWqJbIg_cHQMhPEwg8wilfUw/s2048/5B31B928-9BF0-4D65-9C06-D116038F249A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KAxxBHF8M8Cjfkg52JM7iNwdQzhMbo5qJWtkgim4w22AUnQdj5Pa9d03VFCXdi8wHhOmLiDHBDslmG1nAgUssf4A5gPaaEiOiybuocK2YqSUTsVs_yI8m42cAv4ly6swf9QDZtEEjDEL6CkewLe8rZevpJGNc-thA7DWqJbIg_cHQMhPEwg8wilfUw/w480-h640/5B31B928-9BF0-4D65-9C06-D116038F249A.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-21867604848845110922024-02-07T22:13:00.000+00:002024-02-07T22:13:27.393+00:00Snow White and the Seven Squats<p>I have a confession to make.</p><p>Also: happy new year, sorry for not blogging etc, etc.</p><p>My confession: I don’t like squats. Either the exercise (although by all accounts they are spectacularly good for you), or the 40k species (although by all accounts they are also spectacularly good for you).</p><p>Well, I didn’t like squats. I …kinda do, now.</p><p>In a breathtaking show of wisdom and love, The Minister of the Interior got me a job lot of 4th Ed high elves for Christmas. To go with the other elves, you see. I have plans for elves.</p><p>But whilst I was thoroughly enjoying the remodelling of the phoenix guard that I started over the holiday, I was constantly drawn to a surprise entry in the job lot - a little squad of squats and some space pirates.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTy_G_dbp9Xk5koKKb4fbgfcM_aTv5lnsB3nOSPVp810EnRSVuDHe-Aorqr0r94huHf4c0xZPk74rnqytXblI0oe_0XB_-RxkL1Hk0ZyU5QhMVw_23ig5Yvuaak-dqk4bS2ooVVrkbu9tbAZiGMeMTyanSoGXtHyU6MjkNiaju2gjRj4uSXRRrx9RcQ/s2048/D9785918-77FC-4EBA-8E0F-B230D1370A5C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTy_G_dbp9Xk5koKKb4fbgfcM_aTv5lnsB3nOSPVp810EnRSVuDHe-Aorqr0r94huHf4c0xZPk74rnqytXblI0oe_0XB_-RxkL1Hk0ZyU5QhMVw_23ig5Yvuaak-dqk4bS2ooVVrkbu9tbAZiGMeMTyanSoGXtHyU6MjkNiaju2gjRj4uSXRRrx9RcQ/w640-h480/D9785918-77FC-4EBA-8E0F-B230D1370A5C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP37EimyZcLFoBkBiFPvDYYhkMhlDB6rwITUz2CK-v1oy_ermvyiNA01oHrtRRRwkzA6GHIOTbWUbUISllIHGpCLg3PwtnEJFinzlrMyTcp5pnxIrhqbT0QsSjZSI5tCLl7q7jiSXeiJW7WGhzwojQXmFq_-73H1FvbbsFyEpxvCaAEz-JUhqfU2UXZA/s2048/44AF0A17-CF85-426E-AA01-3A8AC1BE45AB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP37EimyZcLFoBkBiFPvDYYhkMhlDB6rwITUz2CK-v1oy_ermvyiNA01oHrtRRRwkzA6GHIOTbWUbUISllIHGpCLg3PwtnEJFinzlrMyTcp5pnxIrhqbT0QsSjZSI5tCLl7q7jiSXeiJW7WGhzwojQXmFq_-73H1FvbbsFyEpxvCaAEz-JUhqfU2UXZA/w480-h640/44AF0A17-CF85-426E-AA01-3A8AC1BE45AB.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I could not stop looking at these squats. They looked like the most professional military operators in the whole RT universe. They needed to be painted. </p><p>NEEDED.</p><p>But of the space pirates … well, mercenaries specifically - there were only four. And four <i>would never do</i>. No - five is what was required, and so after scouring the internet for lots of hours looking for the perfect 5th mercenary and generally wasting time, I realised <i>I already have the perfect mercenary</i>.</p><p>Olivia Neutron-Bomb. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvef8TMtrE2eYGLh3dDBbI2693HZEVzomf4bHJSetpXhMCiRe85iuT7uwqW4faZhDRuy1ValuO667aKVS4oYr22H8RyRN5zgK4cWjC1nmzA-odl8Nlat5MfvrZJgMspqk4pjAg0snxKHsmuVg4zwm_khGBrs6kRBkSKGu7Pjbql3E44mm0jxbfdfSYA/s823/24181BB1-A004-4C8E-A462-FFDF0D95742A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="823" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvef8TMtrE2eYGLh3dDBbI2693HZEVzomf4bHJSetpXhMCiRe85iuT7uwqW4faZhDRuy1ValuO667aKVS4oYr22H8RyRN5zgK4cWjC1nmzA-odl8Nlat5MfvrZJgMspqk4pjAg0snxKHsmuVg4zwm_khGBrs6kRBkSKGu7Pjbql3E44mm0jxbfdfSYA/w640-h638/24181BB1-A004-4C8E-A462-FFDF0D95742A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>One of the Bring Out Your Lead figures. I should know … I’ve been there a few times now.</p><p>So, one thing led to another.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjceGVLBQht01qRGFL6E8esU3mlZQ_5KoyxTZw4Pi8LUj1PrvMLy_GSsxnAIc9xmbBQgj_qDrBGOTKDpqHB2H9ssFyKGKbmmoyAhfa9rgRSKvC-51rlTsJChUyBvkNrFSJ_xZ4cWIP66jxlsYHT8ojiZ2D0wBnLsOAlkScXHXwtnhqU4hSRIHNfLAvKg/s2048/A52E3718-B80E-4B96-B801-44AC1F6CD963.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjceGVLBQht01qRGFL6E8esU3mlZQ_5KoyxTZw4Pi8LUj1PrvMLy_GSsxnAIc9xmbBQgj_qDrBGOTKDpqHB2H9ssFyKGKbmmoyAhfa9rgRSKvC-51rlTsJChUyBvkNrFSJ_xZ4cWIP66jxlsYHT8ojiZ2D0wBnLsOAlkScXHXwtnhqU4hSRIHNfLAvKg/w640-h480/A52E3718-B80E-4B96-B801-44AC1F6CD963.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>And another.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdwPriOO3rWQjjLXHB44CAbBZcVIuXnspAiaqWmt8HdWNUtsp9RzByM-7sS9HvPrpJKCygt0-SwS1x_bO_w1w_EzkcYuUg3xpLG4NiQa-z3jGI8WuMrC42fN5a6lvxNsidkY9C7XQbpGjKO7iy2FnX2LKtu-gNx7-FbstnNzjoygfP7nk5XFb_qRn_g/w640-h480/4DC2584E-81D3-4FC9-8D32-42D51684E2D3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5SKCoNHvBsqE9DR85jTE9uInIIiI4aghk-ydEje1Zi0Ho3wb6lmNUVhW4ZxTyqUXLBtNfG0lsG_Z4rhJhPrFDdUFE_54qsiBaALbfaFRD4WEktFabp8SY-YaIa-OhS01mnXrV4-25ShzWTKMp5g-8lzMVmL8doCx3r-bHTVSZHkR79CWYY3L90eGdw/s2048/D6B74A1A-4FFF-4412-A131-B7D3934641EB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5SKCoNHvBsqE9DR85jTE9uInIIiI4aghk-ydEje1Zi0Ho3wb6lmNUVhW4ZxTyqUXLBtNfG0lsG_Z4rhJhPrFDdUFE_54qsiBaALbfaFRD4WEktFabp8SY-YaIa-OhS01mnXrV4-25ShzWTKMp5g-8lzMVmL8doCx3r-bHTVSZHkR79CWYY3L90eGdw/w480-h640/D6B74A1A-4FFF-4412-A131-B7D3934641EB.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>So you may have noticed that Olivia is a little monotone. That is intentional, with the lovely side effect of be easy to paint. Because the good lady is essentially black and white in the book, I was taken with the idea of trying to pay homage to her possibility. Some colour was needed, so I went with a “Schindler’s List” style of single colour, using only red. </p><p>And then, because I had a camera, some figures and some time… I took some pictures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQnP6LqCwxKsIcJ6f-5lBG0_m4G4iKvR7cd7Jbwl4fY9Tv3bnhtxeRlUDpZiQpa7HufnyTdlTWTJN7ngEmIacOhWa3x_eqDy8mRNFCoUDhaxbKP5FscsGMPLSvaPESnlHQWjaqHHD3JJBXR5ULhBB8R8jdDhP6-jazDlT5ENq1Y8yXo4B3afzEz8B3Q/s2048/3C188305-6D08-4686-8B0E-63E0DFF5D6B2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQnP6LqCwxKsIcJ6f-5lBG0_m4G4iKvR7cd7Jbwl4fY9Tv3bnhtxeRlUDpZiQpa7HufnyTdlTWTJN7ngEmIacOhWa3x_eqDy8mRNFCoUDhaxbKP5FscsGMPLSvaPESnlHQWjaqHHD3JJBXR5ULhBB8R8jdDhP6-jazDlT5ENq1Y8yXo4B3afzEz8B3Q/w640-h480/3C188305-6D08-4686-8B0E-63E0DFF5D6B2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They’re behiiiiiind you…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofT3FtRV6CGc5mX2GrT-td8rxk1VXcUcrs011McnIk27-T_sNNhwk9LpAG5LpTw9pJYn9UehHkxMRLEPSNFlFGV_z3railE9RR7CVbheZdaGYyifLYppbJdGZIttHThNAMoHaJw5URG0RKbrLAaqTiel3hHcJNn50vnL6asLfIywGfex0LaOeQ05VBQ/s2048/318E4D90-BFF7-4A1B-B0F8-721DAD7CC83B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofT3FtRV6CGc5mX2GrT-td8rxk1VXcUcrs011McnIk27-T_sNNhwk9LpAG5LpTw9pJYn9UehHkxMRLEPSNFlFGV_z3railE9RR7CVbheZdaGYyifLYppbJdGZIttHThNAMoHaJw5URG0RKbrLAaqTiel3hHcJNn50vnL6asLfIywGfex0LaOeQ05VBQ/w640-h480/318E4D90-BFF7-4A1B-B0F8-721DAD7CC83B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Snow White and the Seven Squats?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXjvj0SBf2RR1nGLKxHrYDTLrOGSJLKWabfc2jDsrIL67PKK_eKUU0bMt9RCaEgatFEeThfZcSxZcXSyZFLst4ADdW3KBzUVuc9sBpk7JLsSzXC32Dsh675GA11OExdI7_3uaIfbUlFkxdFanb_vAxpJkSVTgBK_OhDhf0zjiPDeT4qt84ZyLw4XdkQ/s2048/C2A2278E-9DD3-45B3-A239-1F75290A935A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXjvj0SBf2RR1nGLKxHrYDTLrOGSJLKWabfc2jDsrIL67PKK_eKUU0bMt9RCaEgatFEeThfZcSxZcXSyZFLst4ADdW3KBzUVuc9sBpk7JLsSzXC32Dsh675GA11OExdI7_3uaIfbUlFkxdFanb_vAxpJkSVTgBK_OhDhf0zjiPDeT4qt84ZyLw4XdkQ/w640-h480/C2A2278E-9DD3-45B3-A239-1F75290A935A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Olivia Neutron-Bomb and Psycho Sam</div><br /><p>Downright irresponsible leaving those squats in there. Those elves are on a hard RT back burner now…</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sY35dQb_g8dmE-c7GwecL95uOXGMfnOxFmI5bSsOz-7Jz8gAFhklAmko0r_um3zLP2OyQL5iaHt5wvUaHXkHdjvdy_TvP48t3oyf1xv_fFWsQEwS3J20dsVI_362PWPj6acK_CKYeUwUiO1pYKWIbClQl08Pc0wtl2XGUGGRcgJeAV_BG_2tRWXjwA/s2048/8EDCADC2-8AB7-4D30-9205-21F77C8063AD.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sY35dQb_g8dmE-c7GwecL95uOXGMfnOxFmI5bSsOz-7Jz8gAFhklAmko0r_um3zLP2OyQL5iaHt5wvUaHXkHdjvdy_TvP48t3oyf1xv_fFWsQEwS3J20dsVI_362PWPj6acK_CKYeUwUiO1pYKWIbClQl08Pc0wtl2XGUGGRcgJeAV_BG_2tRWXjwA/w480-h640/8EDCADC2-8AB7-4D30-9205-21F77C8063AD.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No, nothing to see here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-89221845723455349612022-01-03T22:44:00.004+00:002022-01-03T22:54:28.036+00:00Battle Report: The Vampyr of the Riding: Turn 4<p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Turn 4: Undead</h1><p></p><p>As you no doubt know, the common skeleton can muster 4" of regular movement, pushing that to a jaw-dropping 8" on the charge. </p><p>8" was hardly going to hit the Hammerers on the bridge. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDk06hWojo8PsxdcuVONF3NWjALpeDOr2yHUCDwxXIg_sPKaZOU8tayi6_wORXe_VrQ5r99X8F8KqrVNnJXaI-oTLKBPGotZpYnkKwQf_Y9-n1ZOzc9bOKpktq6I9XGY5s4MFPwFjAtomi00r-GkkI9tE4yTmoaezrx7b3JyLbTJ7P8WCL0KpMfps=s7834" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4472" data-original-width="7834" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDk06hWojo8PsxdcuVONF3NWjALpeDOr2yHUCDwxXIg_sPKaZOU8tayi6_wORXe_VrQ5r99X8F8KqrVNnJXaI-oTLKBPGotZpYnkKwQf_Y9-n1ZOzc9bOKpktq6I9XGY5s4MFPwFjAtomi00r-GkkI9tE4yTmoaezrx7b3JyLbTJ7P8WCL0KpMfps=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></div><p>But, you may not know, the humble vampire - of which Danni is one -
can manage a much more thrilling 6" move, resulting in a breakneck
charge of 12" - exactly the sort of thing that could result in the
sudden death of of some dwarfs exploring a bridge. </p>And so, screeching a cry of "<i><b>HEROHAMMER!</b></i>", Danni charged alone into the rear if the Thunderbuckle Household Guard. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0Ah3aE5UFGzwV99mW_0vtHji9pwoUkMuTty3jqjdMlXIucGyxvJ6t7o3vwWs3oBQ2P-ZNISs7gOFF0vxExTl-rWTaNH6LFdbxaJwqb8dIVA6sb9StR9ofaww7r49YgtD4AUgQzqxDQWjKucJ-_pM5xTYFKyF-fEbvEiE6Gzt1hM9LKUDVt1vS73w=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0Ah3aE5UFGzwV99mW_0vtHji9pwoUkMuTty3jqjdMlXIucGyxvJ6t7o3vwWs3oBQ2P-ZNISs7gOFF0vxExTl-rWTaNH6LFdbxaJwqb8dIVA6sb9StR9ofaww7r49YgtD4AUgQzqxDQWjKucJ-_pM5xTYFKyF-fEbvEiE6Gzt1hM9LKUDVt1vS73w=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We decided that Hesior couldn't issue a challenge this turn because he was in the rank facing away from the Vampire Lord. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Hateful Eight (Five?) rallied, reforming in front of the bridge and
establishing a future hammer for the vampiric anvil that had just
arrived. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPsAbYj9_e9OfI8paxLE0be2uJe6t3MkG8-eryOl4-xhP7S8z-rBmCMBTNXXYen13roIwTwT4wTTt-KH_ag4k6pEyi_z2jSXVo-Ayoi7GBjIr6VwakETiVM28f0D6_a_DvzHyfdWjOA1hpJKaviEH1v91vWMXLjAGettYfNCv7y-y3u5ZQKnmMsm4=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPsAbYj9_e9OfI8paxLE0be2uJe6t3MkG8-eryOl4-xhP7S8z-rBmCMBTNXXYen13roIwTwT4wTTt-KH_ag4k6pEyi_z2jSXVo-Ayoi7GBjIr6VwakETiVM28f0D6_a_DvzHyfdWjOA1hpJKaviEH1v91vWMXLjAGettYfNCv7y-y3u5ZQKnmMsm4=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chaos Warriors lie in wait...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl5rLbfJmYasJeHjR5Bg54cHUuvY-k1dMMsm5NOGe05jF0iXeIyWpvqeeDYtud-vGr2142DFCmEhVf1ENi-gti3Oc7ql9Et6IFz_ecd3M7ksfqoIZPynUUmPpoiec_WEL54oDc1o6J35aofQSSK3QquZm4VRy8OjC7DQBfcx0KS4lu6pk9RBCOvPY=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl5rLbfJmYasJeHjR5Bg54cHUuvY-k1dMMsm5NOGe05jF0iXeIyWpvqeeDYtud-vGr2142DFCmEhVf1ENi-gti3Oc7ql9Et6IFz_ecd3M7ksfqoIZPynUUmPpoiec_WEL54oDc1o6J35aofQSSK3QquZm4VRy8OjC7DQBfcx0KS4lu6pk9RBCOvPY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Reapers reposition to close in on the reformed Longbeards<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjufDn0ylQ9kmvRqNG3WCjFCqiYbgD9Jvo3cHHdJqhV2S_-UoD89lbtkCU_fCg46P_LnzYbQiNWLh8TeNF-CBp3gSDpCc6LSD0_VKj12OHy8xvXidA9uXtFG7hHTREAFa1rRoNOJrwtmG-Ou3X7DLP9Y66GYGZjZzd3ViLyVyBLEmx7iZma024FQo0=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjufDn0ylQ9kmvRqNG3WCjFCqiYbgD9Jvo3cHHdJqhV2S_-UoD89lbtkCU_fCg46P_LnzYbQiNWLh8TeNF-CBp3gSDpCc6LSD0_VKj12OHy8xvXidA9uXtFG7hHTREAFa1rRoNOJrwtmG-Ou3X7DLP9Y66GYGZjZzd3ViLyVyBLEmx7iZma024FQo0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Having already set expectations with Matt for the mediocrity of a Tomb King and the power of the Manticore, we fully expected A Certain Outcome in the combat with the Light Brigade. What neither of us had anticipated (certainly, I had forgotten) was just how rich the stat line of the average Rune Lord happened to be. Given that we had spoken about challenges we had discussed the Warhammer practice of neutralising powerful characters with challenges to preserve rank and prevent casualties (a thing repaired in later versions with overkill, as I recall). As a result of that conversation, I decided that Bofel wouldn't issue a challenge, if nothing else to allow Matt to experience what a fully wired Manticore could do in combat. He decided to split attacks: half on Bofel, the ancient Rune Lord, and half on the unit itself.<br /></p><p>What transpired was less inspiring. Between Mihartiskaphut and the Manticore, they managed a single would on the Light Brigade. The rest of the Light Brigade watched in amazement, though, as Bofel beat six shades of shit out of the manticore, because, well, he was just so much stronger than we anticipated! </p><p>And also rolled some sixes. He's not THAT strong, after all. Just stronger than we anticipated. <br /></p><p>Fortunately, Mihartiskaphut was resolved to fight to the (re)death, and stubbornly passed his break test. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxdihcWOyImCGxix-_fA2447Alitpw033EkwthdunFDKdq6lKrmUxZTJ7YcDg2JZ6YgboKXYZ8VfTbr3viiATopGv4Cod9jWfSdiQr_pcwBIT01UEHGHzqUv_V70JKMm8Qbt9tJwrYg3FYtCXarytLyguj66cuGqsO2mukOn7SPGqN15vCWYyTfwU=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxdihcWOyImCGxix-_fA2447Alitpw033EkwthdunFDKdq6lKrmUxZTJ7YcDg2JZ6YgboKXYZ8VfTbr3viiATopGv4Cod9jWfSdiQr_pcwBIT01UEHGHzqUv_V70JKMm8Qbt9tJwrYg3FYtCXarytLyguj66cuGqsO2mukOn7SPGqN15vCWYyTfwU=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Danni's charge resulted in a much more predictable outcome: Hammerers formed ranks as they looked to protect Hesior from the Vampire - but to no avail. Their eyes were still wide with shock as their heads sailed from their necks, or their bodies were launched into the river from the bridge: four dwarfss crumpled like paper before the wrath of the Vampire. </p><p>Hesior bade his dwarfs stand aside: he knew this was his fight alone. Inspired, the Hammerers passed their break test and prepared for their lord's retaliation.</p><p>Both the Undead and the Dwarfs denied each other any opportunity to cast with well played dispel cards. <br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Turn 4: Dwarfs</h1><p>Darkness was closing in as the day waned. The Longbeards refused their flank to the approaching Undead, but the lines were otherwise set.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi009s22PEOLhnTRftnMxe0vHD62RFGRujZ9K7Lnz_TUkOVb3r81N6oxVqUILsuKdw_SQObeIvjfAva6gRWs73_a4o0kvgJFiN278uXRL36thUIBnZdhGZZtGH14zj0sDUhd0bUG1RMOcCUf5k_aV1sHKLOjBYCWW1H5oqKaPja5XXMur2z3GCM8Zo=s7834" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4472" data-original-width="7834" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi009s22PEOLhnTRftnMxe0vHD62RFGRujZ9K7Lnz_TUkOVb3r81N6oxVqUILsuKdw_SQObeIvjfAva6gRWs73_a4o0kvgJFiN278uXRL36thUIBnZdhGZZtGH14zj0sDUhd0bUG1RMOcCUf5k_aV1sHKLOjBYCWW1H5oqKaPja5XXMur2z3GCM8Zo=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final Positions<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrtBIB8akwoDvfJde1SkaPZdHXBXmcU7ciOWMMHu0lQXjfO1G6M8kNeec37Exp-Ed4CvNI4_jb0qnt5Serw1HoA9QGm7KGlorX6h1hR-1UKsLWLWBmfdBoqA2DZmxpZaOaCk2-fiTldMERw9fkmk2EpzncTDbCJanrpLMKOzIFP5FP9SMyJZx6Hg0=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrtBIB8akwoDvfJde1SkaPZdHXBXmcU7ciOWMMHu0lQXjfO1G6M8kNeec37Exp-Ed4CvNI4_jb0qnt5Serw1HoA9QGm7KGlorX6h1hR-1UKsLWLWBmfdBoqA2DZmxpZaOaCk2-fiTldMERw9fkmk2EpzncTDbCJanrpLMKOzIFP5FP9SMyJZx6Hg0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the field<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh87QUecuZmDl7t_hLOOnapntO37d06cp0Imx82YydpHRhbFDc_xrMjp6MqJg_BOji1V4PD6k_I4LGkVYzx9kJG9hxgoJFPqSxRnT4Ek0wNY7gaGaE9MlLt3XVoIbeT2bQT8ETTiTYSX_8J3zc5WEWt40bfiY1tlcYE8_6ioQeTZk541luJs4mf-k=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh87QUecuZmDl7t_hLOOnapntO37d06cp0Imx82YydpHRhbFDc_xrMjp6MqJg_BOji1V4PD6k_I4LGkVYzx9kJG9hxgoJFPqSxRnT4Ek0wNY7gaGaE9MlLt3XVoIbeT2bQT8ETTiTYSX_8J3zc5WEWt40bfiY1tlcYE8_6ioQeTZk541luJs4mf-k=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Longbeards reposition themselves to face the Reapers, again preferring width to depth<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiupz33kWxfIyyGle44SGasjszg9NdHYYK0pg2pSdIlEhcOF6mXUpU6f3KwoqTVIOSXEl3ZTBzQ8kQPWpSl2dav5hgqsQo7UNixsMWYsBfhKA9ty9b4RgCyQAYgxmZ7tpJWcG9Y2NPkq8_LrcHbP6hALp0qmg2oeWgp1F-7qRv5VV5dMIEwQT-F9Sg=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiupz33kWxfIyyGle44SGasjszg9NdHYYK0pg2pSdIlEhcOF6mXUpU6f3KwoqTVIOSXEl3ZTBzQ8kQPWpSl2dav5hgqsQo7UNixsMWYsBfhKA9ty9b4RgCyQAYgxmZ7tpJWcG9Y2NPkq8_LrcHbP6hALp0qmg2oeWgp1F-7qRv5VV5dMIEwQT-F9Sg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bugman's Rangers try firing at the Chaos Warriors, but at that range no bolt found a target<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Big Jessie, was primed and ready to go. The halflings had cleared her down, re-aligned her and cheered as she launched six pounds of solid iron at the skeletons of the 1st Companie of Averridge. The ball crunched into the middle of the unit, disintegrating one, and only one, skeleton, before digging itself firmly in the ground just in front of the second. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpkGxFp-pK57-PhE21JxAP-nvXKA4tapVc3mu0JNWtXjTt_luye8ZIVVjAuo0-SVYJ8DER506OlTjaQnv5jWIKC3OECfMWemZQYjw0NpbpWcaYssRMCaih6gzYIH-kVVkw6mZgfs2IvF-26uRzHuVrVQ7cXBvsokOE1Ukh6o8YrR_gnLNrICFIP-Q=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpkGxFp-pK57-PhE21JxAP-nvXKA4tapVc3mu0JNWtXjTt_luye8ZIVVjAuo0-SVYJ8DER506OlTjaQnv5jWIKC3OECfMWemZQYjw0NpbpWcaYssRMCaih6gzYIH-kVVkw6mZgfs2IvF-26uRzHuVrVQ7cXBvsokOE1Ukh6o8YrR_gnLNrICFIP-Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>This time, Bofel did issue a challenge because HEROHAMMER!!</p><p>Mihartishaphut and the Manticore again were outclassed by Bofel, who chose to panel the Tomb Lord into, well, the manticore, one supposes. Three wounds were lost to Mihartiskaphut then - not enough to (re)kill him, but certainly enough to cause him to ponder his life (death?) choices. The manticore was able to bite through all of Bofel's considerable experience and defence, causing a single wound to the old dwarf. Again, the tomb king refused to flee, and the two units remained locked in combat. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH3AWFrWF1pimDDmXs4lJ2ViM-e0D0ibRAyy-XekHHkq1jBcnPy23FYZA3gk85gAeDjcqjk1ejLrUyxQzqn4HPJJTU_I7lVoqaXdWXevRARjhXn-U9DMGjPd2IfEmDsnQ3GuDes1CpFzfpHSjvvETi0EvNo4-LF3Qfh4zxawtNIv_It6bLqRu3E1Y=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH3AWFrWF1pimDDmXs4lJ2ViM-e0D0ibRAyy-XekHHkq1jBcnPy23FYZA3gk85gAeDjcqjk1ejLrUyxQzqn4HPJJTU_I7lVoqaXdWXevRARjhXn-U9DMGjPd2IfEmDsnQ3GuDes1CpFzfpHSjvvETi0EvNo4-LF3Qfh4zxawtNIv_It6bLqRu3E1Y=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hesior issued a challenge (HEROHAMMER!!!). Danni perceived the slight confusion on his face before he heard the words he hated most. </p><p>"But, you're not a woman..." started the dwarf lord. Danni was on him in a shot, rage pouring into every blow as he battered Hesior. </p><p>The dwarf was made of stern stuff, blocking what he could and receiving with stoic grunting that which he could not, in the end only taking one wound. Danni's eyes widened as the dwarf returned the courtesy, suffering two wounds in the process. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVMemb9uKCgmRU3VUU0vS5nb82mdsbzBOTa_52upu1jRVjA9b6gZLliHTVLOpu6tNQlGfWTvh5pNG5F8RJUq7JAMTncW48iLCEHQyiMn4E7sovMrJqE-V1cReaxnHL55GdwGwRP_wIRtTtPOS43pPCQGFQ13Wb6DoyVK2ZZiKa3wdrGHi3Ym3udQg=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVMemb9uKCgmRU3VUU0vS5nb82mdsbzBOTa_52upu1jRVjA9b6gZLliHTVLOpu6tNQlGfWTvh5pNG5F8RJUq7JAMTncW48iLCEHQyiMn4E7sovMrJqE-V1cReaxnHL55GdwGwRP_wIRtTtPOS43pPCQGFQ13Wb6DoyVK2ZZiKa3wdrGHi3Ym3udQg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both generals hold<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>One might argue that Danni's concentration was off because even as he battled Hesior on the bridge, he was raking Elrich's mind (HERO!!! HAMMER!!!), snatching from him The Radiance of Ptolos in a final Mental Duel. No other magic took place, with Elrich barely managing to counter anything the vampire tried to achieve.<br /></p><p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Epilogue</h1><p><i>Those who bore witness to the terrible battle on the bridge attest to the might of dwarf and the vampyr, who smote each other with such force as to crack the very bridge itself and cause waves in the river below.</i></p><p><i>They say that the deadlock was broken by the Grey Wizard who accompanied the constables and their allies that day: he was moved to rescue Captain Prangle and whichever surviving residents of Averridge there remained. </i></p><p><i>Realising the undead had the advantage and that they were enveloping the dwarf position, he called forth a bridge of shadow and compelled the dwarf commander and his personal guard to follow it to safety. The vampyr did not deign to pursue them. instead regrouping his wicked forces and ordering them to continue the march westward on the road to Shoodthorpe. </i></p><p><i>The dwarfs, accepting the ancient wisdom of living to fight another day, themselves withdrew north of the field, skirting around the silent undead, who ignored them as they passed.<br /></i></p><p><i>Captain Prangle was found to be alive and well, having gathered no fewer than thirteen constables from their rout into the safety of a nearby forest. Although the Imperial and Dwarf forces had neither apprehended the vampyr nor stopped the undead advance, their spirits remained high: their small force, being still well provisioned and not overly fatigued, was now behind the undead army; well positioned for a reprisal if they acted with courage and resolution. </i></p><p><i>Also, their champions had faced both a vampyr and a manticore in single combat, and both had distinguished themselves admirably.</i></p><p><i>The matter most paramount on Captain Prangle's mind was to send warning to Shoodthorpe, so that they may have time to prepare. To this end, the wizard conjured a steed of shadow, which carried him west through the night, in order that Shoodthorpe would have the time to prepare for The Vampyr of The Riding...</i></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Conclusion<br /></h1><p>There we have it. Many thanks for holdng on long enough to read this post - I forgot how much work it ended up being to do this sort of thing and had not yet thought to adjust the load in my life - y'know, just before Christmas. It was fun to put together a report again and I hope to do something similar again soon. </p><p>I'll definitely focus on better lighting and making sure the pictures are clear of clutter. I'll also take actual notes instead of having to use the pictures to recreate the crime scene like a fantasy CSI unit. </p><p>I look forward to using 4th edition again - I also look forward to getting some more imperial figures painted in a hope to continue this narrative... somewhere. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p>Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-26714016102332279452021-12-24T08:18:00.001+00:002022-01-03T22:53:51.630+00:00Battle Report: The Vampyr of the Riding: Turn 3<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Turn 3: Undead</h1><p>Let the map be evidence that the poor Plague Bearers managed to slog their across nomansland and to the other side of the river. Of especial importance is the fact that Mihartiskaphut remained still, looking to capitalise on the impact of the terror tests the Manticore would cause in the dwarf turn. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhluMBiNFvhmQfMBCanI9lCL9K1VrVqCpcQ5Dx4Wu7DUcin5g8XzN-3mMj651J3U2ZhNedWIVFE1sSNhdDtLwsRZkk6ynjTNFU-ABDaYiWysdqwaQWLGeIG4p_oykSyfj2WPmkQe27Sv2tlXoVL7Aj59DAGc1qNQy3YZ6ALFfOM075cuz9ak2dLs9Y=s7834" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4472" data-original-width="7834" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhluMBiNFvhmQfMBCanI9lCL9K1VrVqCpcQ5Dx4Wu7DUcin5g8XzN-3mMj651J3U2ZhNedWIVFE1sSNhdDtLwsRZkk6ynjTNFU-ABDaYiWysdqwaQWLGeIG4p_oykSyfj2WPmkQe27Sv2tlXoVL7Aj59DAGc1qNQy3YZ6ALFfOM075cuz9ak2dLs9Y=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Undead right flank redresses the line. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT0Nrbnl3mlsug34Docbex-RWZ0YUqK938NM8QeXtEtpFXZ-L1xSJkRE9ymIdIrcGp6nJRFJXki4tlxwqVKnYVGT2SLp0BWjoaM5xHV0rRfIDGAeou9WQEkdREfngagRrEvFL9Utj8Yf-pEaYrd5xFqR7cX7OqluEcyyhhsxRUrvXOTsWNLL-aSeI=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT0Nrbnl3mlsug34Docbex-RWZ0YUqK938NM8QeXtEtpFXZ-L1xSJkRE9ymIdIrcGp6nJRFJXki4tlxwqVKnYVGT2SLp0BWjoaM5xHV0rRfIDGAeou9WQEkdREfngagRrEvFL9Utj8Yf-pEaYrd5xFqR7cX7OqluEcyyhhsxRUrvXOTsWNLL-aSeI=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The zombies reform whilst Scuttlebotch moves in behind Lord Helke and The Reapers of Fairie Tor<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTvMfeWqAPKJILe85cLzwKQUrlOzaXBVqz3QBUfd3H6vdrtHg9Kmsi9ZJCQQbvy0P6wqlmJO5Ogr1NTi0h6fED6-J_IeBgsJ7cxk9D0krlHewNRBlyGx__PD-xKnH-etst8lrB-1V0zw2C0s1oU-1byCqIzYRXzoGmnWv-bDwxXoOztD_xlgZ04CA=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTvMfeWqAPKJILe85cLzwKQUrlOzaXBVqz3QBUfd3H6vdrtHg9Kmsi9ZJCQQbvy0P6wqlmJO5Ogr1NTi0h6fED6-J_IeBgsJ7cxk9D0krlHewNRBlyGx__PD-xKnH-etst8lrB-1V0zw2C0s1oU-1byCqIzYRXzoGmnWv-bDwxXoOztD_xlgZ04CA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The net closes in around the Longbeards.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt80Zvd6dncq1Nsq1ZKWUOGN8Ej8B3_wvUsRjcxEpdKexIAIExLqzvWh252KeoJ6fMlC6Y-Ei89l5AZCLnDpTPSbU_KKMASHsNYU0pNXr85sY001_ubMh7scAEbgaDfzIgXtEB5X6pr68-m2Z4UPwntyO5f830lHUv64OJI-jcE1dazslwJ9XhSUg=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt80Zvd6dncq1Nsq1ZKWUOGN8Ej8B3_wvUsRjcxEpdKexIAIExLqzvWh252KeoJ6fMlC6Y-Ei89l5AZCLnDpTPSbU_KKMASHsNYU0pNXr85sY001_ubMh7scAEbgaDfzIgXtEB5X6pr68-m2Z4UPwntyO5f830lHUv64OJI-jcE1dazslwJ9XhSUg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But the Hammerers keep the threat of the Chaos Warriors at bay<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6OR49TTOpb5b87RQUJYqDyzbh_ObtIvijaEkLL9h_fegRrEdiBtmfVrphhso2oTY7rsuDzDhVhWbsmm9OMDuaEcIKEC2c4A4vHRemvjqSCdIVNQZxiSC64JGix2Kx6vQc0ZXMHd_PqxjoJ3slGdQ2pbhgQkS10YSlbr1Z6adhSdt6gaoZTrCJClg=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6OR49TTOpb5b87RQUJYqDyzbh_ObtIvijaEkLL9h_fegRrEdiBtmfVrphhso2oTY7rsuDzDhVhWbsmm9OMDuaEcIKEC2c4A4vHRemvjqSCdIVNQZxiSC64JGix2Kx6vQc0ZXMHd_PqxjoJ3slGdQ2pbhgQkS10YSlbr1Z6adhSdt6gaoZTrCJClg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the lines<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>So remember that thing about dice with hard-to-read pictures? Here's two more dice. What's the context? The context is that Danni managed to cast Vanhel's Dans Macabre on the Reapers. </p><p>He used that to cause the Reapers to charge the Longbeards. </p><p>We weren't sure if we should roll fear or not (the charge happening as it does in the magic phase), but the impression we came away with was that the spell enabled a move or a charge move (amongst other things) which would have the typical reactions available to it. </p><p>So, I rolled for fear. The target number was 10 or less. I scored an epic double six, the Longbeards pretty much accepted they were too old for this shit, promptly voted with their feet (52% voting leave, 48% remain) and rolled a spectacular nine for their 'tactical' withdrawal.</p><p>The Reapers didn't have the range to catch them, so their charge petered out into an uneventful, albeit enthusiastic, shuffle.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtCyAwhoDjXRGBbUm5eFG9J0eha_q_8Rj6ETdXp6HQOhJnRPnNlfu1l2JKpf0zvVpLOIR3y5GXN4fyTdq7ZzFNHewBLiZWyANiJVjShivwG_EKBlUn3ih0mx5ed4KNtC2bD7bO_7DIL6CrXXQo1zshC133bIv2dk2EoICfA6dmpxvnqHovjdBT4B4=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtCyAwhoDjXRGBbUm5eFG9J0eha_q_8Rj6ETdXp6HQOhJnRPnNlfu1l2JKpf0zvVpLOIR3y5GXN4fyTdq7ZzFNHewBLiZWyANiJVjShivwG_EKBlUn3ih0mx5ed4KNtC2bD7bO_7DIL6CrXXQo1zshC133bIv2dk2EoICfA6dmpxvnqHovjdBT4B4=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It LOOKS like a double one. It's not.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQu-iJaGue-ZvV2ReN5uemJgkXokpvOc22beowEUAa5ssqF_WRmWP_25cgQ30Q9MIUDikNhzuWPn7pZD6N7gzUujx6Ww4IHtkjttPVxiuM4lmgok2nj5fJPP92hgIp952yvg8yhEi5lUq9Js7xAXJWMfShSzE1bGLPR8tq4rbPVAqjBC9tvART_hE=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQu-iJaGue-ZvV2ReN5uemJgkXokpvOc22beowEUAa5ssqF_WRmWP_25cgQ30Q9MIUDikNhzuWPn7pZD6N7gzUujx6Ww4IHtkjttPVxiuM4lmgok2nj5fJPP92hgIp952yvg8yhEi5lUq9Js7xAXJWMfShSzE1bGLPR8tq4rbPVAqjBC9tvART_hE=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did you know the collective noun for Lonbeards is a 'confusion'?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXJF-Nx39K409e5nm8s9FWGUKCHLq2aa4s8Vjd0YdpA4DLW007eJ7ci_4SxTqrPbf9wg5n8TkY_gVeVnC2dqOfJM-_fMRSQUvETee80bgyIlZPMKnGqAPHqnP458mNsFWC0Q2ZMpqXhxunkkVWLCmd1DcNZlucnfVlbOhQd8-S7_4Xmz0vd4OgEnc=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXJF-Nx39K409e5nm8s9FWGUKCHLq2aa4s8Vjd0YdpA4DLW007eJ7ci_4SxTqrPbf9wg5n8TkY_gVeVnC2dqOfJM-_fMRSQUvETee80bgyIlZPMKnGqAPHqnP458mNsFWC0Q2ZMpqXhxunkkVWLCmd1DcNZlucnfVlbOhQd8-S7_4Xmz0vd4OgEnc=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4,500 years of dwarven life experience hurtle past the manticore, hoping to secure another 4,500...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h1 style="text-align: left;">Turn 3: Dwarfs</h1><p>Turn 3 for the dwarfs led to uncharacteristic aggression, with two key charges taking place. </p><p>Also, remember that terror test the manticore wanted to cause?</p><p>The dwarfs passed them. <br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizhxXxC2GqpjGvjrmye3k9u0akoPQ9gwiiNNnfFyS4-wnIkwvJ4-iDTuYEPgTY9sDb6jKbTtfX1ua6KCYzhigfHgAcTzfLSIZz2aWURR9rGv_BlWhzLI6AaZLZGw5vwMICYg8uQGeAQMNxCWOjQyrJ3gVyzOj-xxUWjB0c-0ubAYV0_41DNlRdj1g=s7834" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4472" data-original-width="7834" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizhxXxC2GqpjGvjrmye3k9u0akoPQ9gwiiNNnfFyS4-wnIkwvJ4-iDTuYEPgTY9sDb6jKbTtfX1ua6KCYzhigfHgAcTzfLSIZz2aWURR9rGv_BlWhzLI6AaZLZGw5vwMICYg8uQGeAQMNxCWOjQyrJ3gVyzOj-xxUWjB0c-0ubAYV0_41DNlRdj1g=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also, check out that cannon shot!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Turn 3 was, quite literally, pivotal for the dwarfs. The Household Guard charged the Chaos Warriors, before the Longbeards (who had rallied) and the Thunderbuckle Light Brigade pivoted to get the Manticore into their charge arc.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw4d2xh9y_r2QBxpH6snvXmPvhAIC1hG7AjWJdxfahdYZ95GmJ4CoA1NbyFhKCUUTnsaW8uNTMFv0-nNwb7T_ay9JY6L52YoUkfSrcWvLKe_E9ML42DbevYm7vvl9lVLPAXUVsTAQi-Gwao4rmr9miRTAdQow1Rh8cE7CVaznKgJkFJONyxQcFDAs=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw4d2xh9y_r2QBxpH6snvXmPvhAIC1hG7AjWJdxfahdYZ95GmJ4CoA1NbyFhKCUUTnsaW8uNTMFv0-nNwb7T_ay9JY6L52YoUkfSrcWvLKe_E9ML42DbevYm7vvl9lVLPAXUVsTAQi-Gwao4rmr9miRTAdQow1Rh8cE7CVaznKgJkFJONyxQcFDAs=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Longbeard's new position is much more advantageous.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Everyone has eyes on the hill, though. It's almost as if they'd all seen a battle from a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, where the high ground was particularly advantageous for those looking to retain their limbs...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJXZ4h1EUix38G4OU_eew7OPGzvJ_keeW1ylsNHiJdxl5otKmxq1ejklQN3CfNRHXPpJvslk9eGHD69F_8IIXJefFQnh6RMualTOwxMj1kAEUj1KI-UE8xdztOVJWMSZOMv0LYXD_S4IHRQ3wCGl1Rb_ydXe5OawNUIzUoH0to6F1hHRZ_tKZOWQo=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJXZ4h1EUix38G4OU_eew7OPGzvJ_keeW1ylsNHiJdxl5otKmxq1ejklQN3CfNRHXPpJvslk9eGHD69F_8IIXJefFQnh6RMualTOwxMj1kAEUj1KI-UE8xdztOVJWMSZOMv0LYXD_S4IHRQ3wCGl1Rb_ydXe5OawNUIzUoH0to6F1hHRZ_tKZOWQo=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Fortunately, Big Jessie's crew had managed to get their shit in order, interpreting the mystical sequence of powder, ball and fire correctly and placing a direct hit on the Manticore!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVu3u8_S2A7MqsFJfRQ6qh51fyl0RM-Sd_DeN3DnfEEte4l0VzEbmXYXAPPxSIprO0qZYmWclhjSLLSP9kUY1aGy6zScYdEpfVxmU_7-eZ6tw0m4o9z3qgkp7grOocsZJwDpdBXqoyoygmX_J5ovUZLIhSyd6G2OkjdwVnJi9YX0OhHH6gqRIXBxI=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVu3u8_S2A7MqsFJfRQ6qh51fyl0RM-Sd_DeN3DnfEEte4l0VzEbmXYXAPPxSIprO0qZYmWclhjSLLSP9kUY1aGy6zScYdEpfVxmU_7-eZ6tw0m4o9z3qgkp7grOocsZJwDpdBXqoyoygmX_J5ovUZLIhSyd6G2OkjdwVnJi9YX0OhHH6gqRIXBxI=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's what you get if you want to go swanking around the place on an orange manticore!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The ball hit the manticore (as opposed to the mummy), but was only able to deal one wound to the powerful animal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, three more plague bearers were shot down in cold blood whilst going for an afternoon stroll in the eastern fields. This brings the total number of plague bearers murdered to eight, with the police still investigating. Reports indicate the murders could be linked to an altercation between some dwarfs and undead earlier in the day. Police are calling for any witnesses to step forward. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwdnqVCNCPI0tdMNDJrnJD7r5qnlB-av1-PaEMix_gTPCBNY1FISqJNa9H5Kqr4x2p387m371DWZbApENwLrQvyQLliQSGGuVGtv7PLjGOXw-WgQj3zAnGN_SE4Zf5nIADU11QahwbvxKNPZ_6UVXK1xzzI7mI0tCddLvw5xbU2rGLIEVLdiX8d24=w640-h480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actual footage of one of the most rare of dwarven events: the charge.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO2fx46D45g2X2FL6O4HCjJ4ZyFsufHrhKukpOZfDBxHf5c1ob-Vbn7wWVintC0VxBS34mjBeNstzP0W1q3nVGc1hNAa73l4QxUKZxTCwsrD1VDWKG5aJ876zsnqJkfE6APME42YfbZp5DLlKYSHAdFYd67ZKac6CJblIVEhk_I6Hffq1wtYAVryI=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO2fx46D45g2X2FL6O4HCjJ4ZyFsufHrhKukpOZfDBxHf5c1ob-Vbn7wWVintC0VxBS34mjBeNstzP0W1q3nVGc1hNAa73l4QxUKZxTCwsrD1VDWKG5aJ876zsnqJkfE6APME42YfbZp5DLlKYSHAdFYd67ZKac6CJblIVEhk_I6Hffq1wtYAVryI=w480-h640" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hesior and the Household Guard hit the chaos warriors hard. Given their
reduced frontage of four and the use of double handed weapons, the fact
that three chaos warriors were killed should not be wasted on the
reader. The Hateful Eight (well, Five...) were able to kill a dwarf in
response, but the rapidity and efficacy of the dwarf charge ultimately
overwhelmed the overconfident chaos warriors and they fled. Fortunately
for them, they were easily able to outpace the hammerers, who only made
it to the middle of the bridge in pursuit. <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhkfw7CENPcO3QmmjA8_LVoZ1J1B9sd0OoX5pPrsUIvR2Q3gXPTkjVqV6rCAGmZN_V4tumGjYB_-1u1hz8qqaq6p-aitaFOA6D8ZXyd1L8SwpIEkCo-wDKHIajTJjAyusrNFBpXrwjBBw2nR5DO7byl3_j4jxqjHVrLYv0Uplias6Jk2TAjT7ktew=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhkfw7CENPcO3QmmjA8_LVoZ1J1B9sd0OoX5pPrsUIvR2Q3gXPTkjVqV6rCAGmZN_V4tumGjYB_-1u1hz8qqaq6p-aitaFOA6D8ZXyd1L8SwpIEkCo-wDKHIajTJjAyusrNFBpXrwjBBw2nR5DO7byl3_j4jxqjHVrLYv0Uplias6Jk2TAjT7ktew=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actual footage of the more common dwarven event: the failed pursuit.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVlA3HlJzZ1slyntzEu7pCWkMYHoNRi7ugA6jMul6-pFqGqsqfyoYYm8QHEk8IEoL9vzUqbIBaUCX-GbTAKdHTfAg8mOvpcmU5d5s8eolnuuMC-9wTH37J29_C7L3ZlNxlGaR3pq8oAt5UUsH8y4kSMmXgeSRNSkHjCBxPAjwLfEHR2sC2UgGLmVI=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVlA3HlJzZ1slyntzEu7pCWkMYHoNRi7ugA6jMul6-pFqGqsqfyoYYm8QHEk8IEoL9vzUqbIBaUCX-GbTAKdHTfAg8mOvpcmU5d5s8eolnuuMC-9wTH37J29_C7L3ZlNxlGaR3pq8oAt5UUsH8y4kSMmXgeSRNSkHjCBxPAjwLfEHR2sC2UgGLmVI=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mihartiskaphut, confident the dwarfs cannot outmanouevre him, waits arrogantly in amongst the dwarf line...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Not pictured here, but visible in the next turn, is the successful cast of The Bridge of Shadows on the Thunderbuckle Light Brigade, giving them a full tilt charge at the manticore! Channeling our inner Lord of the Rings again, we are reminded of the time when Aragorn is asked to hurl Gimli at the orcs because he can't cross the distance himself. Founded, then, in that long but unspoken understanding between Men and Dwarfs, Elrich easily understood the enthusiastic gestures Bofel the Wise was making, and supplied the necessary boost, allowing the Light Brigade to get in on some manticore action!</p><p>Join us next time for the Turn 4: The Final!</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p>Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-61258494550763699132021-12-22T23:18:00.003+00:002022-01-03T22:53:25.754+00:00Battle Report: The Vampyr of the Riding: Turn 2<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Turn 2: Undead</h1><p>Bloodshed continued at pace, with no less than three well placed charges. The rest of the Undead line carried on forward, with the Chaos warriors taking the bridge and the Plague Bearers fording the river.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeXmNxM_fSi0cgrZh3qdbPJKTA3b7-u_5fg8nYpVh_1J4pTI2tYpUGzZJoRYcwKDCyVB4O7T4SwQTU7cGjd5VEBwV7laEsUO_Yfk2bLhBMcFgiDo8XQ79Vtpd0M7c-EBZZYm6ArhEl6bx5p-1Lep1tUrETPICr7aXEVqhHg5HUDRG_GcJN5EnbI8E=s7834" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4472" data-original-width="7834" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeXmNxM_fSi0cgrZh3qdbPJKTA3b7-u_5fg8nYpVh_1J4pTI2tYpUGzZJoRYcwKDCyVB4O7T4SwQTU7cGjd5VEBwV7laEsUO_Yfk2bLhBMcFgiDo8XQ79Vtpd0M7c-EBZZYm6ArhEl6bx5p-1Lep1tUrETPICr7aXEVqhHg5HUDRG_GcJN5EnbI8E=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Halberdiers encounter... resistance<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVBfkKABbjPf43YRIIDySXK4GbHE5TJ1Ypqj5n3g5TFB8ihGsHM-vj1WcL406-Q-71iXtajC_45I_dP8LHI3Z-LMMb5PqzOcSA_2SP0h1Tb0gQ6oFS_sZSJGSb598g1J6L29VC03WqughLscvb59RD_UUFZ1Ihy0QBTiiJ1v0FogU3q--axw66JAo=s1911" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1911" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVBfkKABbjPf43YRIIDySXK4GbHE5TJ1Ypqj5n3g5TFB8ihGsHM-vj1WcL406-Q-71iXtajC_45I_dP8LHI3Z-LMMb5PqzOcSA_2SP0h1Tb0gQ6oFS_sZSJGSb598g1J6L29VC03WqughLscvb59RD_UUFZ1Ihy0QBTiiJ1v0FogU3q--axw66JAo=w514-h640" width="514" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How it started.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4RVbazNiMBH083WO1DR8RJ2dBCqez3hMGUkbsr_3AE40sjDvoChWwg5xLxFPYqv9jASDNSPiblYADVB--dAySs5eojR4fFCjgEThwSt4LgKTy9URqua3_9ROo8iLHZcAgFX1FeULlbz5m0rOrwIPqJgd5aPcqtm-7ROrECIKz4-xrPqPvgbmgLx8=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4RVbazNiMBH083WO1DR8RJ2dBCqez3hMGUkbsr_3AE40sjDvoChWwg5xLxFPYqv9jASDNSPiblYADVB--dAySs5eojR4fFCjgEThwSt4LgKTy9URqua3_9ROo8iLHZcAgFX1FeULlbz5m0rOrwIPqJgd5aPcqtm-7ROrECIKz4-xrPqPvgbmgLx8=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How it's going...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMBNBjnlxO1y1Reo9xXmjK_ujiFguOIeJjJIgVD8kcK25iJnukija5cAM9cEIFQ1mXQbqb9f4QfbZM4P7VLc0MtepcauJkrv6tgCWKW2KFaw_LaaV7ok-3rL0wPxPRS-WelFubDbd6SONvNp4-2hwOBY6eCv47bq0X2PJ9-GTsn01IKwFQIdN50c0=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMBNBjnlxO1y1Reo9xXmjK_ujiFguOIeJjJIgVD8kcK25iJnukija5cAM9cEIFQ1mXQbqb9f4QfbZM4P7VLc0MtepcauJkrv6tgCWKW2KFaw_LaaV7ok-3rL0wPxPRS-WelFubDbd6SONvNp4-2hwOBY6eCv47bq0X2PJ9-GTsn01IKwFQIdN50c0=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tuvith and the boys pass their <strike>bladder</strike> terror test<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_ZErjnpSj1EseH7ZilOsMJX4zzmG7IC406Qw7xbsruaqEXG9j2TG0oxdFtTwOhnfZ7f83SOYVI-X7TzwPLfTUgB6tFZdpMHJNdJReakLzY5H6KR_aTKJt4MbRcaF5uhBfoCYVi4V27PUdYiGgHnyTCd-qFDzeSB8IZqaU9tWV_e-y726njc4nBLU=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_ZErjnpSj1EseH7ZilOsMJX4zzmG7IC406Qw7xbsruaqEXG9j2TG0oxdFtTwOhnfZ7f83SOYVI-X7TzwPLfTUgB6tFZdpMHJNdJReakLzY5H6KR_aTKJt4MbRcaF5uhBfoCYVi4V27PUdYiGgHnyTCd-qFDzeSB8IZqaU9tWV_e-y726njc4nBLU=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Danni and Livvissspot join the skeleton advance<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>The battle between the halberdiers and, well, the entire undead right flank was close. </p><p><i>Very</i> close. </p><p>In fact, there was only one point of combat resolution in it. </p><p>As all good undead generals know, if a unit loses combat to a fear causing enemy that outnumbers it ... then it routs automatically. Captain Prangle put in an epic performance, (re)killing four undead as he hacked and slashed about him. The halberdiers, inspired, put on similarly inspired performances. </p><p>But not before Scuttlebotch had torn a gaping hole in the flank of the men of Averridge. His kills, together with Lord Helke's, were just enough to unseat the heroic men, who, realising they were outclassed by their disturbing and supernatural foes, broke and fled, heading for the road to Shoodthorpe, only to be caught and cut down by the zombies!</p><p>Lord Helke refused to pursue, choosing to hold his position and regroup to reform the Undead line. Scuttlebotch had no such compunction, giving in easily to the urge to hound and slaughter the terrified men.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-I8o9xDW9o7G-20WZzypo_r4E-xUcdPsv1wWyoo9AGrItpYoRSJYint2lx6XrmmO_v517IC2oUTfClpc8xwhmBMusl_1SdvrjZb5jbw1BP-tEFWJcZdp9YYxwC6wsbdhNMT7rOwT9kJRAohUrNR-KoumFMt4Pv67EeGqb_1qGny8v_h_Z8bVFXfI=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-I8o9xDW9o7G-20WZzypo_r4E-xUcdPsv1wWyoo9AGrItpYoRSJYint2lx6XrmmO_v517IC2oUTfClpc8xwhmBMusl_1SdvrjZb5jbw1BP-tEFWJcZdp9YYxwC6wsbdhNMT7rOwT9kJRAohUrNR-KoumFMt4Pv67EeGqb_1qGny8v_h_Z8bVFXfI=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How it ended...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>One of the key differences between the 3rd edition and the 4th is the to-hit chart - in 3rd edition, it is rich with variety and full of subtle shifts, allowing charging, height, weapon selection and the broad variance in weapons skills to make a real difference. In 4th edition, it is as subtle as a brick going through a window. Unless some special rule is in play, the best you'll ever get to hit is 3+, which means you can end up in situations like this:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4n1vkDyIwgiLSZvrNoH8WD3YdL7xI54TaS2J6uO9K1HhFXT3FIUZtNxVzhdn3BCJUuW0UVJpm0vmWZZ8dRJq3zA2mHawFso5SLQdHIAk-f6o8vG4KjvcnOaCUkDLL9en7l1q8sj6wZoFhEuPG0JRzLGsl-3rjc9IWC1EyioEgJsjE3Q6Ev0NUvUQ=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4n1vkDyIwgiLSZvrNoH8WD3YdL7xI54TaS2J6uO9K1HhFXT3FIUZtNxVzhdn3BCJUuW0UVJpm0vmWZZ8dRJq3zA2mHawFso5SLQdHIAk-f6o8vG4KjvcnOaCUkDLL9en7l1q8sj6wZoFhEuPG0JRzLGsl-3rjc9IWC1EyioEgJsjE3Q6Ev0NUvUQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is probably a good dice throw. For some other game. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>...where the Manticore spectacularly missed the easiest meal of its day. Of course, we're all about narrative here, so imagine, if you will, that scene from The Hobbit, where the dwarfs have escaped the elves and are bobbing down the river in that crazy scene where the orcs chase them down the river and there is shooting and bouncing and chopping and splashing and elves and dwarfs and greenskins and waterfalls. As you know, no dwarfs were harmed in the production of that scene. </p><p>Now, imagine the same thing, but without elves, the river, waterfalls, orcs, goblins or barrels. Then, throw in a forest and a manticore with a mummy on top, and, well, you can begin to make sense of what happened. </p><p>Through spectacular courage, redoubtable fortitude and phenomenal good luck, the dwarfs draw with the Mihartiskaphut and his manticore.<br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Turn 2: Dwarfs</h1><p>The Longbeards were first to see the rout of the Averridge Constabulary as they crested hill and took the high ground. The Household Guard moved up to keep the dwarf line integral, whilst the right flank continued to fire at the Plague Bearers, who were at this point quite literally up the creek without a paddle, proverbial or real.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI-8A5hGJ3emTcQ0GCZJiGs9YXTr2Wk1oCh2AXassaLuCVlTcCUn449d4Xlor_sWdjf18E4BsxJR2gAobCZZ3nzj2zLjeGEHsG2UyPvD4IDorRu2RSNeguCpGHwcnOGPKUaM4TnjEVsVYp8JZ1fZ-vnGttyvPQVtm3kXDIUqKVFTcoJk0Evd7MEA0=s7834" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4472" data-original-width="7834" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI-8A5hGJ3emTcQ0GCZJiGs9YXTr2Wk1oCh2AXassaLuCVlTcCUn449d4Xlor_sWdjf18E4BsxJR2gAobCZZ3nzj2zLjeGEHsG2UyPvD4IDorRu2RSNeguCpGHwcnOGPKUaM4TnjEVsVYp8JZ1fZ-vnGttyvPQVtm3kXDIUqKVFTcoJk0Evd7MEA0=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With only one human left on the board, the advance truly is a dwarven advance<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXaVO2h9Idf8NoOXXdfnGzWCQd6yxhUwHLmrHYTEbxBQY49S5NW-frRz90cmkBpkN5ZPa-DBAQaVZXkRjik-jySTR8oTOiwrzol3JSnCAWk7bNb3B_tpmF21KKaN1XsOBfM3PnyVBY9suPYD8XNP6Nipyxi_W8wZfRbREUTtNzDvo38aDNkrww3VE=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXaVO2h9Idf8NoOXXdfnGzWCQd6yxhUwHLmrHYTEbxBQY49S5NW-frRz90cmkBpkN5ZPa-DBAQaVZXkRjik-jySTR8oTOiwrzol3JSnCAWk7bNb3B_tpmF21KKaN1XsOBfM3PnyVBY9suPYD8XNP6Nipyxi_W8wZfRbREUTtNzDvo38aDNkrww3VE=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bugman's Rangers tear the plague bearers apart with their crossbows!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKa0orSYm4Z2pv0JpyfEF3HVzz8g1aD2b7w9rwH5D_QX-9VgoCDoABFFLak-JpsvdxqA-v20mXisVeQSRalyCBJY3vaDPchXe5lAgLCJwpTnNqmE1sCLBlOqyCujRdRU3cZkWKrZnECEHZ69Ne09M7RZB2lVPUXiUOd_0j3Cx5jPcOmy9UxAwtak0=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKa0orSYm4Z2pv0JpyfEF3HVzz8g1aD2b7w9rwH5D_QX-9VgoCDoABFFLak-JpsvdxqA-v20mXisVeQSRalyCBJY3vaDPchXe5lAgLCJwpTnNqmE1sCLBlOqyCujRdRU3cZkWKrZnECEHZ69Ne09M7RZB2lVPUXiUOd_0j3Cx5jPcOmy9UxAwtak0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt had produced some pretty shocking saving throws for these chaps<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>In this time of open-mindedness, justice and equality, it pains me to stereotype halflings. I've already mentioned The Hobbit, so I accept they are full of heroic verve and spirit, and vanquish all manner of foe with their quick wit and wicked good fortune. </p><p>But, that accounts for only four of them. The others of that species seem, dare I say... less? Not up to the job? Clearly, the hobbits in The Hobbit had not seen a cannot before, and, it seems, neither had the crew of Big Jessie:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgJ0QhyKD_TjHp9Dji10NhFRGjwILnquVyQsJhKCtLQdKrIy-R0-svwouNT38NcXmEclS2Yye1z3DNx1o3KqkR6JuQpkYR4hG_2BZKdUfqfLRQVb4cPJdQoDC-KQpByoCgyu5Xk-915A8geHIUqGO7r9MPHpmi8QHHA80a8K-fItcZ6d9lik6GSHY=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgJ0QhyKD_TjHp9Dji10NhFRGjwILnquVyQsJhKCtLQdKrIy-R0-svwouNT38NcXmEclS2Yye1z3DNx1o3KqkR6JuQpkYR4hG_2BZKdUfqfLRQVb4cPJdQoDC-KQpByoCgyu5Xk-915A8geHIUqGO7r9MPHpmi8QHHA80a8K-fItcZ6d9lik6GSHY=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't you hate it when people hae fancy dice and you can't tell if its a one or a six?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>That is a six, by the way. </p><p>So nothing exploded. </p><p>No one died. </p><p>It was more embarrassing than that. Presumably someone forgot to put a ball in, for instance. Or they'd only put in a pipe's worth of powder. Or they were brewing a pot of tea and forgot to shoot it. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtCZ8OESZFuwNOF_cfZ8LPu0up6sL0BWgKVaphBkULOr2_aKBItG0ghacny9CiH6tes5rXlQJecsaesQO4yyOsLyg66_9wggy46DL9kxIa2ALkXxYM6jNoZ7NNcpu-QuGznz_Xi9UZvUu1q__5VUaTY_vCiegaF_RGjbg5gM7LftHXZ3XwEqLU3hU=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtCZ8OESZFuwNOF_cfZ8LPu0up6sL0BWgKVaphBkULOr2_aKBItG0ghacny9CiH6tes5rXlQJecsaesQO4yyOsLyg66_9wggy46DL9kxIa2ALkXxYM6jNoZ7NNcpu-QuGznz_Xi9UZvUu1q__5VUaTY_vCiegaF_RGjbg5gM7LftHXZ3XwEqLU3hU=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now that the manticore had warmed up...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Mihartiskaphut was able to galvanise the manticore into action, causing the thing to obliterate all four of Tuvith's dwarfs in a splatterfest that covered the trees. Tuvith fought valiantly, but panicked as he realised even his years of experience could not protect him. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO5B6UcIJ9VPBf8hQU5BtOr2MAnkUdqAAUtbkOjbbfJAvieoj5Kr9m88lK3gLPAoLZQRQ9INHj8IHP6IQeEY65ZYcOzwCs0mW8YvBYFMtT7ta_l2ujkL6wQMRfC2Vlih7FATS8YKQ0ih1VK9CwYqyLBCP2zfdHpM9lCPm676VmaYYPuo4DmX54TVo=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO5B6UcIJ9VPBf8hQU5BtOr2MAnkUdqAAUtbkOjbbfJAvieoj5Kr9m88lK3gLPAoLZQRQ9INHj8IHP6IQeEY65ZYcOzwCs0mW8YvBYFMtT7ta_l2ujkL6wQMRfC2Vlih7FATS8YKQ0ih1VK9CwYqyLBCP2zfdHpM9lCPm676VmaYYPuo4DmX54TVo=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mihartiskaphut finds himself in a target rich environment<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Sadly, the manticore pounced on him as he fled, its instincts guiding it to a point just behind the centre of the dwarf line. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh318jiEHWfgSjLhGeN7S_BhZauB7c8B3sBLWf-Du9KzbuU3GqPbstdV7DHIa4Us3z9ezkCqe0ECwnm1y7uIjVV2e63lpMfzAc_KOmGzLAF9U2SaQn61IruxxCHvQYNx_NXw6texSyQdAxeI7qJSb54oha1_X_SaLoJIeAhyXlrOrCiZVDP0hfi5eE=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh318jiEHWfgSjLhGeN7S_BhZauB7c8B3sBLWf-Du9KzbuU3GqPbstdV7DHIa4Us3z9ezkCqe0ECwnm1y7uIjVV2e63lpMfzAc_KOmGzLAF9U2SaQn61IruxxCHvQYNx_NXw6texSyQdAxeI7qJSb54oha1_X_SaLoJIeAhyXlrOrCiZVDP0hfi5eE=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fortunately, both the Longbeards and the Hammerers have long since developed the ability to ignore anything younger than them, so they hardly noticed the manticore...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcTM6fK3yAEuGwuue7FQCLELGQPDeCei-Xgcm1AY-LurZgUyWc_QvU0cp6szD8jVv3qTQhBMrGw__sP21afsCzyYeh4gHIX6eS06hDoX_E-Ii_qa0294zu1nyi6gJovntcUuouEMHIIwYGMHxurzRm5-Jj6IbjNZC6l85rQtFkhLQl7m_UoT6WP0Q=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcTM6fK3yAEuGwuue7FQCLELGQPDeCei-Xgcm1AY-LurZgUyWc_QvU0cp6szD8jVv3qTQhBMrGw__sP21afsCzyYeh4gHIX6eS06hDoX_E-Ii_qa0294zu1nyi6gJovntcUuouEMHIIwYGMHxurzRm5-Jj6IbjNZC6l85rQtFkhLQl7m_UoT6WP0Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dwarf line.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Astute readers will have by now formed the question: "but what about the magic phase?"</p><p>We did have them, yes. </p><p>Both were dismally ineffective.</p><p>Anyway, join us next time to see if the dwarfs can recover from the loss of the Averridge Constabulary!</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p>Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-64915921029986169642021-12-13T09:05:00.001+00:002022-01-03T22:52:55.693+00:00Battle Report: The Vampyr of the Riding: Turn 1<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p>Turn one! </p><p>And what a turn it turned out to be. Around here, we classically talk about the 3rd edition, waxing lyrical about opening manoeuvres and intelligence tests for spell casting, as we patiently watch players plan their reserve phases and organise their units into the appropriate formations. </p><p>Compared to the gentle, gentlemanly art of 3rd edition, 4th edition is like taking a spinning class having downed nine redbulls and the spinning class is on a rollercoaster which itself is on a hovercraft ramping off a waterfall.</p><p>Into a whirlpool. </p><p>It's <i>fast</i>. </p><p>Anyway, Matt had elected to play the undead, leaving me command of the noble avengers of Averridge. We rolled some dice - the net result was that Matt was to take the first turn. <br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Turn 1: Undead</h1><p>The undead began with a fairly sedentary advance, wholly anticipated and with exactly <b>no</b> surprise moves.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYGHBJMfoHyTO5UH3kl5Q3NSlkiGLkzik90Ho9_a5WGC59tG42St9BPn4a55ta-bnPTldC2hODdYEkySbC7Mb4VXQTrjGRh0jjtJoBqgMCsBwklHAckyFznC9qeu8vPCQUwSC4V_MTa8BJYxMs6WiRVjZIud5Jib0ISVPV9K_umynWWF1dkYFs6H8=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="2048" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYGHBJMfoHyTO5UH3kl5Q3NSlkiGLkzik90Ho9_a5WGC59tG42St9BPn4a55ta-bnPTldC2hODdYEkySbC7Mb4VXQTrjGRh0jjtJoBqgMCsBwklHAckyFznC9qeu8vPCQUwSC4V_MTa8BJYxMs6WiRVjZIud5Jib0ISVPV9K_umynWWF1dkYFs6H8=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A map! To tell you where things are!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Indeed, the most interesting move on the behalf od the undead was the election of the Plague Bearers NOT to march, but to keep parity with the rest of the line. We'll analyse that decision in later turns.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPmCJHviXqtEcZwpkTO4yIw1SYUAWIk_hkUFbp9DoCKtpKWslll70VaG7SaxRKQZtTPFhhZlGl2-s_n5XsNKFydejkFTRdy04WiwtRjX2HzSC_y5DzFs4ziTj4YBAG5TpuQbgGnMfmBlf9RvTSgh1ZWhIoG7EyIEni6utNugcwDrcyhV88x_1atrs=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPmCJHviXqtEcZwpkTO4yIw1SYUAWIk_hkUFbp9DoCKtpKWslll70VaG7SaxRKQZtTPFhhZlGl2-s_n5XsNKFydejkFTRdy04WiwtRjX2HzSC_y5DzFs4ziTj4YBAG5TpuQbgGnMfmBlf9RvTSgh1ZWhIoG7EyIEni6utNugcwDrcyhV88x_1atrs=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The least surprising move - the enormous terrifying monster taking cover from the cannon.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please pardon the lighting. It only occurred to me to chronicle the game shortly before we actually started, so I hadn't done any work to solve the lighting issue required. Also, Matt and I like to talk. </p><p>A <b>lot</b>.</p><p>So, we deployed just before lunch, ate lunch, talked for about three hours and only then played turn one, at which point the lighting was... poor.</p><p>The alternative would have been a lot of cables, which as you know are trip hazards and we all know how perilous tripping over rare, spiky wargaming miniatures can be. </p><p>Not because of the miniatures or one's delicate skin either - I'm talking about the owner if the figures. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-yM7tDIv3H_hwjZctIG45SIjlmiM1M7SGJXXzbO0pMCmSgX3GQDF3ZAikcNbioYRqwhphe4E-vVVECam9CQRl7TZ_ZJASHK4qGuJc4toJIUrG5BtNB-8vXl3_VjbDUq6bZYXuCdNozuws7wZMOfVDGwNcPYgvaTfg5ck5ma_SCYSPzZV8rGmeKaE=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-yM7tDIv3H_hwjZctIG45SIjlmiM1M7SGJXXzbO0pMCmSgX3GQDF3ZAikcNbioYRqwhphe4E-vVVECam9CQRl7TZ_ZJASHK4qGuJc4toJIUrG5BtNB-8vXl3_VjbDUq6bZYXuCdNozuws7wZMOfVDGwNcPYgvaTfg5ck5ma_SCYSPzZV8rGmeKaE=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The forces of Chaos advance slowly. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>The 4th edition magic phase is a fascinating thing, never to be repeated in any edition. Essentially, it is a mini-game, with each player being able to cast spell, regardless of whose turn it actually is. Predictably, the Danni cast Van Hel's Dans Macabre, to motivate the zombies and skeletons. </p><p>Predictably, the Elrich cast The Bridge of Shadows, to motivate the halberdiers into meeting the zombies head on. </p><p>Of course, given the magic phase was at the end of the turn, no actual fighting took place. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwcolz_V7g5dN9KyCpU9DZn9YBMpcTbh-GNM9TKVsvZL3Jq_goXV0bpNoeApCabDD654rcxKsjHhzru4UlgCSEaPhv1o_YD1U03i6h9jxO1ButwWei7tPZwnAeWe2tOWqG0yLGnVi497QLze0cDu30QmJoBbotKGNILTTiUi8Gr4jze4GN4vXuMEs=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwcolz_V7g5dN9KyCpU9DZn9YBMpcTbh-GNM9TKVsvZL3Jq_goXV0bpNoeApCabDD654rcxKsjHhzru4UlgCSEaPhv1o_YD1U03i6h9jxO1ButwWei7tPZwnAeWe2tOWqG0yLGnVi497QLze0cDu30QmJoBbotKGNILTTiUi8Gr4jze4GN4vXuMEs=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elrich Lang conjures the Bridge of Shadows, catapulting the Constabulary straight into the advancing zombies!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWEvQEImag_5PwDku1WI_b6L_zCbkajaizJsx8gK6gjts72fd3UfNS8yTjlbsEWchnPb4fi1BIMPs-T1UAJfjocurGgC9WXjLXqkw6Z9T3-Xkvx6eLEz6LQkaExQCs5-rVM7fMzOQUILUgwy045eZcVtPTiQYf_3ROy7gy0W3Rfy8ZunEWYcjGO6c=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWEvQEImag_5PwDku1WI_b6L_zCbkajaizJsx8gK6gjts72fd3UfNS8yTjlbsEWchnPb4fi1BIMPs-T1UAJfjocurGgC9WXjLXqkw6Z9T3-Xkvx6eLEz6LQkaExQCs5-rVM7fMzOQUILUgwy045eZcVtPTiQYf_3ROy7gy0W3Rfy8ZunEWYcjGO6c=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scale of the zombies' immediate problem...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjM7XpSa1nWONPo26FnvJ2pYCGrYFC4WkVxYRicw2tlgDY0pzIh6FJf8klO3HVZ5K3jB-4YcCTL1vqDWQUwbRANXmixEAI019vzUd0wx2GIfyAvBK9l2WNJvCss-YTNjZhQMQ26dd8khVdt6TfsxU1NAeTJevbiBYwGn4X0QrljXheStSS4bOa0O4I=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjM7XpSa1nWONPo26FnvJ2pYCGrYFC4WkVxYRicw2tlgDY0pzIh6FJf8klO3HVZ5K3jB-4YcCTL1vqDWQUwbRANXmixEAI019vzUd0wx2GIfyAvBK9l2WNJvCss-YTNjZhQMQ26dd8khVdt6TfsxU1NAeTJevbiBYwGn4X0QrljXheStSS4bOa0O4I=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Undead left. On the left. All of them were left. On the left. None were not left. We left the left ones on the left.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ9uHQpqBII0KzPW1v4-NdFrJQ66EqG2SKkVcR0eCS7c7Z0jcCW5Im5mwhxb9o9YXC9z8MVqGn1aq6Bh8wZ8vztU1fhNsiEG4VkoCWrJqIZ6V5ukhRIW-C0YdDB19vNrrZ11MpLVb5di547FkqwlzcXWNDiyAMJVZLrJeyzLUjkJR4xp6jbKAExnM=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ9uHQpqBII0KzPW1v4-NdFrJQ66EqG2SKkVcR0eCS7c7Z0jcCW5Im5mwhxb9o9YXC9z8MVqGn1aq6Bh8wZ8vztU1fhNsiEG4VkoCWrJqIZ6V5ukhRIW-C0YdDB19vNrrZ11MpLVb5di547FkqwlzcXWNDiyAMJVZLrJeyzLUjkJR4xp6jbKAExnM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dwarf view of the Undead right. Well actually, it was the Undead left, but we've already been through that above and we're not going there again. As far as these dwarves were concerned, it was the right. Right?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 style="text-align: left;">Turn 1: Dwarfs</h1><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibPnbB1sUIA-I6bjYLw86lmOh0nILtoc2AOI4ubYugCgon5l9LRjfdK0ljP68fNmSyEadOMKU0OBJvBDvP5r3_aFNwEMdv6QlciohCiVpQuiZuunYh_SxsA0leCltX7RxI78QoTSaHJUBYsaOt0k9HHhAQPBk3SVfrlR9F_BvNC17j2KJcyWoAt84=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="2048" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibPnbB1sUIA-I6bjYLw86lmOh0nILtoc2AOI4ubYugCgon5l9LRjfdK0ljP68fNmSyEadOMKU0OBJvBDvP5r3_aFNwEMdv6QlciohCiVpQuiZuunYh_SxsA0leCltX7RxI78QoTSaHJUBYsaOt0k9HHhAQPBk3SVfrlR9F_BvNC17j2KJcyWoAt84=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dwarfs... largely stay put.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The dwarf opening moves were hardly stunning in their creativity either. There were fifteen crossbows and a cannon and the Thunderbuckle clan were keen to see those assets sweat. As much as the dwarfs wanted to admire the courage of the Men of Averridge, there was more headshaking, grumbling and proverb-saying about their immenent demise than anything else. The dwarfs could do a lot of things, it was true, but crossing the field in a hurry to support the halberdiers was not one of them. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkOsMln_qNP0H6VRRahuUmmwU5p8Ylvz5uLOMySCLjHJFFV2qMkamljGpUvz6-c1wV0fq0dH0GVKRrHvAhaA9g2f8bBwO5mXMbvY73Nulgeny8f1hAOS1aC6GtN594nCM6G3GF0C75b_fqvmbiDgH1cu-RMA8KFmCp-ehHEA7RMV-4jlPQFQ6Jc-I=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkOsMln_qNP0H6VRRahuUmmwU5p8Ylvz5uLOMySCLjHJFFV2qMkamljGpUvz6-c1wV0fq0dH0GVKRrHvAhaA9g2f8bBwO5mXMbvY73Nulgeny8f1hAOS1aC6GtN594nCM6G3GF0C75b_fqvmbiDgH1cu-RMA8KFmCp-ehHEA7RMV-4jlPQFQ6Jc-I=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First <strike>blood</strike> pus to Bugman's Rangers! Two plague bearers are gunned down in cold pus!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Tuvith and his scouts actually managed to hit the manticore, being, as it is, a large target. Of course, it is also a tough target, so the boys did nothing other than to attract it's ire. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7-4WVwPjVsLdoGgteglyxyN78_VDDvXB69qXWivngH8Lx2_qKTLRdndeHcq7h0O_GVrm0g6VnVJVKXQE_GOhOt0rZ5mLq-tPzMLhTA-OgJarG4S97OnmryoKcrLcSIp00cjVeG14ZVFUkS8nigSN3nQ0IACVQOXrPBpbrupjp-qW_YTGLeklcT1w=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7-4WVwPjVsLdoGgteglyxyN78_VDDvXB69qXWivngH8Lx2_qKTLRdndeHcq7h0O_GVrm0g6VnVJVKXQE_GOhOt0rZ5mLq-tPzMLhTA-OgJarG4S97OnmryoKcrLcSIp00cjVeG14ZVFUkS8nigSN3nQ0IACVQOXrPBpbrupjp-qW_YTGLeklcT1w=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mihartiskaphut and his manticore probably had no idea Tuvith and his scouts were in this little forest. But then they shot at him. This is now what the manticore is seeing. No mummies or manticores were harmed in the taking of this photograph.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The combat phase was brief and delicitously bloody. Captain Prangle and the Constabulary hacked, slashed, chopped, mashed, crushed, kicked, punched, gouged and in once instance even poked at the zombies, (re)killing several. Enough to compel them to break and flee!</p><p>Of course, the young Captain was no fool. Rather than overrun the Undead line, he commanded his men to hold, in order that they might better prosecute their sudden advantage against the skeletons.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3YdwSydx_NzWJFGv5FDEAcb2tsenQCzgp5PW8BXfTyp0fRD6ncGYJdO-Za0AWwQGvwPP0ir6GtyoVmZNeySkNYZ00j0VUmXZFExyVn8RjnrPW8ds5Tb8t6kIf07gf7HK3f3KwASbOPhWZBtTGDgP3BZ8zneJd47_fEJAtVaZaJLjt7fuDAO1Sqmc=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3YdwSydx_NzWJFGv5FDEAcb2tsenQCzgp5PW8BXfTyp0fRD6ncGYJdO-Za0AWwQGvwPP0ir6GtyoVmZNeySkNYZ00j0VUmXZFExyVn8RjnrPW8ds5Tb8t6kIf07gf7HK3f3KwASbOPhWZBtTGDgP3BZ8zneJd47_fEJAtVaZaJLjt7fuDAO1Sqmc=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elrich, knowing only one especially useful spell, used it again to enable the Men of Avveridge to charge forth and engage the skeletons! <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Elrich, seeing the splendid wonder The Bridge of Shadows had wrought for the Men of Averridge, used it again to accelerate Captain Prangle's plan, Across the new bridge they ran, enthused to the point of fearlessness. Let the (re)killing commence!<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT8hQv2bDHD82bXaGmpn3cJokJcfCpgrlGV_53TCJScbm4wcHfeoTsUePeqpT2vpXFu7OAEWovwPNYrPo22eF7_xy2kTNnIWy5OtULa4dKo3T3e7bJpF7qzdnDHT7cSQPz9dR23rJyQw2-qYkYZ2Eh9w1u7XAuso7aXuXvkZScFOsK_4YjdBEalxU=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT8hQv2bDHD82bXaGmpn3cJokJcfCpgrlGV_53TCJScbm4wcHfeoTsUePeqpT2vpXFu7OAEWovwPNYrPo22eF7_xy2kTNnIWy5OtULa4dKo3T3e7bJpF7qzdnDHT7cSQPz9dR23rJyQw2-qYkYZ2Eh9w1u7XAuso7aXuXvkZScFOsK_4YjdBEalxU=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but Danni, who hates to see things go to waste, quickly reanimates the zombies the halberdiers destroyed - summoning them to reappear just behind their new position.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Too late did Elrich realise that courage alone was not enough for the halberdiers. Danni smiled as she commanded the zombies that had previously been slain to rise again and outflank the out-of-position halberdiers. </p><p>Keen to press her superiority in, well, everything, home, Danni reached into Elrich's mind, easily pushing aside his memories of riding with Miss Amelia (and then riding Miss Amelia), his curious fascination with tea pots and an awkward interview with a witch hunter who confused Elrich's unfortunately large bunion with a mark of chaos, to snatch at the magical centre of his brain, scrambling the memory of The Crown of Taidron.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyAULGUuu_39aW3Pf3a6qL9ELsKEGZtMfQpB772qe_xstOEQ_dV554JCCrWD0GUidC2ceESFTanADNaVaC4ubLmPsnoLgdpNwd6uO392921mmddpru6LbwzPwnIGd7KIDxc_Y6VM3UIZCyj87HDBNX86_zafJm5T1lAOZkb6TQPeXP3zAn_gDZ5nI=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyAULGUuu_39aW3Pf3a6qL9ELsKEGZtMfQpB772qe_xstOEQ_dV554JCCrWD0GUidC2ceESFTanADNaVaC4ubLmPsnoLgdpNwd6uO392921mmddpru6LbwzPwnIGd7KIDxc_Y6VM3UIZCyj87HDBNX86_zafJm5T1lAOZkb6TQPeXP3zAn_gDZ5nI=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insult to injury! Not only has Danni outflanked the 1st Company, but she proceeds to duel mentally with Elrich, wrenching a spell from his mind!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Will Captain Prangle and the Constabulary fight off the advancing zombie horde? Will the despicable vampyr shred yet more memories inside Elrich's mind? Will the dwarfs even move?</p><p>Tune in next time for Turn 2 of The Vampyr of the Riding!</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p>Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-18654276041276449412021-12-04T23:23:00.004+00:002022-01-03T22:55:38.575+00:00Battle Report: The Vampyr of The Riding: Deployment<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p>I started curating the images I had taken for the report, when I thought "how about I make one of those handy map things with the arrows and whatnot that they used to put in White Dwarf battle reports?"</p><p>So I did. </p><p>What I had not appreciated, however, was <i>how much easier it is to levitate an x-wing out of a swamp using only my mind and two fingers</i> than it is to make the assets necessary to make a battle report work. </p><p>But. </p><p>I stayed the course. </p><p>And, whilst I realise there are some minor scale issues with the map, the fact is, the thing will work to support the descriptions of what actually happened. I also had occasion to look at the early reports, and - I hate to break the magic for you - they're actually not all that great. They really are 'purely functional +1'. </p><p>That's not a criticism, by the way. Having attempted this in 2021 with, y'know, <i>modern software</i>, I can only imagine how much more frustrating it must have been in 1993.<br /></p><p>Anyway, enough bleating. </p><p>We begin with a legend: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikeu3SLXaIOUIc-QYVIdfDb7rGLEM-IkWJU_Qrl5B7MXhRBZb4NGnPpVNm5CQBWb0PUB2iTW1ZUsuEI71qYPfhDRXF2yY6gXcXl9xfv2OgtFcDdZXvR94Rjp6gPG9_DEvnvra33ywn2RYGHmaqKEvQlWZH-vJe1q1HWd6i3JSdDV11REbRX-I73XM=s2837" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="2837" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikeu3SLXaIOUIc-QYVIdfDb7rGLEM-IkWJU_Qrl5B7MXhRBZb4NGnPpVNm5CQBWb0PUB2iTW1ZUsuEI71qYPfhDRXF2yY6gXcXl9xfv2OgtFcDdZXvR94Rjp6gPG9_DEvnvra33ywn2RYGHmaqKEvQlWZH-vJe1q1HWd6i3JSdDV11REbRX-I73XM=w640-h250" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />The glorious, glorious map:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdmHd48oIh5rxTsuxxG13lLk7loY1EQjiF5AxByt0URi1gVwJn8D_IrpwTNpsfwp-L1gxkArkeK3mBLOXyCkINYAxRziS7n-EPN057-ubQE01Lj433DyJVdnwLFy4G98EnQvd22upNwxH5eQ1QOmOOpsZmfY1YIyz84OBWzlFsWJPZar5QCAwfLpk=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="2048" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdmHd48oIh5rxTsuxxG13lLk7loY1EQjiF5AxByt0URi1gVwJn8D_IrpwTNpsfwp-L1gxkArkeK3mBLOXyCkINYAxRziS7n-EPN057-ubQE01Lj433DyJVdnwLFy4G98EnQvd22upNwxH5eQ1QOmOOpsZmfY1YIyz84OBWzlFsWJPZar5QCAwfLpk=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>And pictures. Because this <i>isn't</i> a White Dwarf. </p><p>And I'm <i><b>not</b></i> limited for print space. </p><p>I am limited in memory and cogent thinking however, so please accept my sincere apologies for leaving the army books and the tape measures and so on in the shot. Also, no Bob Ross inspired watercolour backgrounds. You'll have to make do with our playroom, the view out the window and various crotch level shots. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_f5XyL2X2a3pKcg5yCXlYEUY-dkLmYxgeDgXo8WA8ORkurxqo7DIFsAXXA6s2h0IxhECnh1y3a2H4utcx1aHA1cNBYamfLjScyF0o7TfVx6xv9h10wIFrX77HcKXKLgK1c4jR4JPO2M5Ira5xc2zQ43YriFp_qG0qZo896iGwEPZMMEAdQVM02Cw=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_f5XyL2X2a3pKcg5yCXlYEUY-dkLmYxgeDgXo8WA8ORkurxqo7DIFsAXXA6s2h0IxhECnh1y3a2H4utcx1aHA1cNBYamfLjScyF0o7TfVx6xv9h10wIFrX77HcKXKLgK1c4jR4JPO2M5Ira5xc2zQ43YriFp_qG0qZo896iGwEPZMMEAdQVM02Cw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left side of the Dwarf/Imperial line.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW1SH2ErhNNXal43dqk5ePrLv6kId3mq_B6826SRj2IayH8FYPVLen1PjlpzQnWyEvTx8cY7umeApd4CcLGdgBTo8gZxwn_dTLHLQX-H8hiDtboTXeILsrgYW_SYtAHFNgaW4CesHIMj8dyJAoekeW7Hg0JrpGIXkxp1PVCq71sfbmKWZiwlILV5o=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW1SH2ErhNNXal43dqk5ePrLv6kId3mq_B6826SRj2IayH8FYPVLen1PjlpzQnWyEvTx8cY7umeApd4CcLGdgBTo8gZxwn_dTLHLQX-H8hiDtboTXeILsrgYW_SYtAHFNgaW4CesHIMj8dyJAoekeW7Hg0JrpGIXkxp1PVCq71sfbmKWZiwlILV5o=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the right hand side. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn_lDxlCiEeVHNY2VZEUe2tZMIG2Fa5kFDI2IuaQ_R6EyRWFC6LkuESDAvlxGrlSY4lQyoKHnq_VZ3V1WWnP2RUuFFt8TNlis0vuue25w1mx_HKL0rJtRJ-8Hw10rs8U56RQmlemEz52HtCmLJI9N2PzM6bWseNwGZOMuLYOyGb-XQkg5jvStpMJw=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn_lDxlCiEeVHNY2VZEUe2tZMIG2Fa5kFDI2IuaQ_R6EyRWFC6LkuESDAvlxGrlSY4lQyoKHnq_VZ3V1WWnP2RUuFFt8TNlis0vuue25w1mx_HKL0rJtRJ-8Hw10rs8U56RQmlemEz52HtCmLJI9N2PzM6bWseNwGZOMuLYOyGb-XQkg5jvStpMJw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left side of the Undead/Chaos line.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB4DZAc6bBxpfLYDLllfnVbwvaqoCuesLw-rvEF8hpmVmtMycf5XiUy9Ywd2_LUOP3yMO_YucPmlcbWWfSYAXlrbOs6GrPGUNnN4pLTO4N3EiOhfxxMtLViyB0EgChOQEJdBMkRbR7-IXXPMTHBs7fXJ2cwTXuvodqSrbkEmInFSZi_yZb4ZpMWN0=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB4DZAc6bBxpfLYDLllfnVbwvaqoCuesLw-rvEF8hpmVmtMycf5XiUy9Ywd2_LUOP3yMO_YucPmlcbWWfSYAXlrbOs6GrPGUNnN4pLTO4N3EiOhfxxMtLViyB0EgChOQEJdBMkRbR7-IXXPMTHBs7fXJ2cwTXuvodqSrbkEmInFSZi_yZb4ZpMWN0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surprise! The right hand side. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHpFG8UP_KCKiH17SfDyIiwVbHc3cJPgVk6rBmRYTHI6rJEzUTQLME0sNn1D9ztrSfNuhuJZeEdHJ5orrzr6q4k7_U_Fv_KcbOm7mE9_mdU6Cq5WHl78qhxNdB82YIZk-4X4OysU4gq70_Hvuu-uvqhVfNozHLKe4pscPJb1s2VZF0gk2cRJsGi8c=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHpFG8UP_KCKiH17SfDyIiwVbHc3cJPgVk6rBmRYTHI6rJEzUTQLME0sNn1D9ztrSfNuhuJZeEdHJ5orrzr6q4k7_U_Fv_KcbOm7mE9_mdU6Cq5WHl78qhxNdB82YIZk-4X4OysU4gq70_Hvuu-uvqhVfNozHLKe4pscPJb1s2VZF0gk2cRJsGi8c=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skeletons and Zombies under the watchful eyes of Mihartiskaphut on his manticore!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgOj211-wr79Vweh9pFbkxX1h1RBHYOowRi676y8BJ-uUntSaSQ-_pMxep35PU66uvKwhckQBItTGAdTAR30Izg5tnJhRG_JYjvwGTrCyx42I6S2IqSm1xNDAR1VpDUJNzmadVSZzGrDIdg17uSIuibENbeD9pJxvJygopM-tL_BF173otbgIzIcQ=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgOj211-wr79Vweh9pFbkxX1h1RBHYOowRi676y8BJ-uUntSaSQ-_pMxep35PU66uvKwhckQBItTGAdTAR30Izg5tnJhRG_JYjvwGTrCyx42I6S2IqSm1xNDAR1VpDUJNzmadVSZzGrDIdg17uSIuibENbeD9pJxvJygopM-tL_BF173otbgIzIcQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The forces of Nurgle.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5ax2IQNBL4wVBGCrI7J2pi4qHwTLLow5y-sWv_gQ_DQLmWpK00EhIycmR7S2dMgPokyG2yZ06VJuhHlEP9rz8kjqYx_vSCS1tDB-RJROxU5GYECO8zSAw5EyQz1hzemQ-NAYXSyl9NSOhepwchkZg1tjHrBch99gBMaShDLlU6Fl9o9UxWXTLVcI=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5ax2IQNBL4wVBGCrI7J2pi4qHwTLLow5y-sWv_gQ_DQLmWpK00EhIycmR7S2dMgPokyG2yZ06VJuhHlEP9rz8kjqYx_vSCS1tDB-RJROxU5GYECO8zSAw5EyQz1hzemQ-NAYXSyl9NSOhepwchkZg1tjHrBch99gBMaShDLlU6Fl9o9UxWXTLVcI=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...who find themselves in target-rich environment. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCXU-8gFUxFXnF7L_HrNeY2Aw4al_l-Kf6l-2iAMZhBYaQz48Hy5SAVrUOEnXH7jQtNeB8Rni4nBmsNC1EGt15sBOe9PmmDAEa_NsnrTM28pNtOLz6N1BDPqiu97A1W4PrERSGE3iMwcw-o_7eiQ_zY8vhGcXhdJAy2FC8HhCSoLYdF_G7j-8XDgA=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCXU-8gFUxFXnF7L_HrNeY2Aw4al_l-Kf6l-2iAMZhBYaQz48Hy5SAVrUOEnXH7jQtNeB8Rni4nBmsNC1EGt15sBOe9PmmDAEa_NsnrTM28pNtOLz6N1BDPqiu97A1W4PrERSGE3iMwcw-o_7eiQ_zY8vhGcXhdJAy2FC8HhCSoLYdF_G7j-8XDgA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The line of the defenders. Note the halberdiers weren't able to stand on the hill, so you'll have to use some of your overpowered imagination to picture them all there, having Timotei moments with their hair. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvf9N49B0DgUAeIiaQhuWqOWzuid86xwUdFaFu-Aek7baxeRyxpiARaii2gDJsq8LhnXOb-yMXxdeEh0qHbLRgowQSwctXh5HWBamt3yScKznP3Yte49MUtnO4SIQvjJ49j-A2PlH2fKPmMzggWOLRGvKJwrAzloxBFolWKv8bohXQWDYcjgbFTx4=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvf9N49B0DgUAeIiaQhuWqOWzuid86xwUdFaFu-Aek7baxeRyxpiARaii2gDJsq8LhnXOb-yMXxdeEh0qHbLRgowQSwctXh5HWBamt3yScKznP3Yte49MUtnO4SIQvjJ49j-A2PlH2fKPmMzggWOLRGvKJwrAzloxBFolWKv8bohXQWDYcjgbFTx4=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shhh! An editorial error! You'll note that the forces of chaos have ALREADY MOVED in this DEPLOYMENT IMAGE. Remember that imagination we used with the halberdiers? Great. Use that to put the chaos chaps were they were in the previous pictures. All better. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0NHAAaCs3b5as4rfuGpR6VySSapSuavn43fl6j0MPEldwvt3LFssZ4no1zW1GnrnDQjgUvAtOjo0xvS5a2VaQ8IxScxD5VJ_jmVpiDrUSlW8qIXwEyNUIfpo89qhPpnKToIaVoJEy96_7AnRSVFkK6lXlYmNMN1SXqZZ9CerTNf52NTjk5QuBR0M=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0NHAAaCs3b5as4rfuGpR6VySSapSuavn43fl6j0MPEldwvt3LFssZ4no1zW1GnrnDQjgUvAtOjo0xvS5a2VaQ8IxScxD5VJ_jmVpiDrUSlW8qIXwEyNUIfpo89qhPpnKToIaVoJEy96_7AnRSVFkK6lXlYmNMN1SXqZZ9CerTNf52NTjk5QuBR0M=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tuvith and his dwarf rangers hiding in the forest. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAVpy34-zCv-w3JWz52Og4HUHt7Ka7KF3uy8Ewy--J5YG-eG1uQDIkInCszTS_58jznE_MND1WUGOiG91eJlU2tflodEvW8FvvtaKFAY70rmNnIM2ZynwYC2qbCCs_lPoU26rDVWsCEAWYLjWN2E7aQATbY1AjS8Ex341zgYjwUB9nnBS9Okc2ioY=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAVpy34-zCv-w3JWz52Og4HUHt7Ka7KF3uy8Ewy--J5YG-eG1uQDIkInCszTS_58jznE_MND1WUGOiG91eJlU2tflodEvW8FvvtaKFAY70rmNnIM2ZynwYC2qbCCs_lPoU26rDVWsCEAWYLjWN2E7aQATbY1AjS8Ex341zgYjwUB9nnBS9Okc2ioY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scuttlebotch and Mihartiskaphut anchoring the end of the Undead line. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7CLnLhYC4-DXr-CyoZ5iK2gq9OusNiCMI_eXNBw6onf5epbUDYcKNKnBmdcc-PUK5_S53WBQsL5fnTrSJUKwim1SHhf6TZ-qu3u7wBCdl0iPpxm1MeqcjkYlvzIpRQyj9XAgoKuPfL2ndb9orcX-byEEr2X733MM_h-7Rp72Ml9kFs0uR2S-nPGw=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7CLnLhYC4-DXr-CyoZ5iK2gq9OusNiCMI_eXNBw6onf5epbUDYcKNKnBmdcc-PUK5_S53WBQsL5fnTrSJUKwim1SHhf6TZ-qu3u7wBCdl0iPpxm1MeqcjkYlvzIpRQyj9XAgoKuPfL2ndb9orcX-byEEr2X733MM_h-7Rp72Ml9kFs0uR2S-nPGw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It IS a large target!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrTWdvwBeEFOYVW7tL1sa0iidWlKy6mvzQ6mGpRRzQJKrT1ZJ-9fEiJlPTPyWCRvj-mwSmqdyJ_bbga5hg3oR-wMmfJiplScuiWSXvNrz3lSx4ScE4fnzDI5VHRLedhQ12lLMCCjOR_p8qm1qvjoHpq5GhL08NuliQTxhls49P1dei5ruZQ4E5DXI=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrTWdvwBeEFOYVW7tL1sa0iidWlKy6mvzQ6mGpRRzQJKrT1ZJ-9fEiJlPTPyWCRvj-mwSmqdyJ_bbga5hg3oR-wMmfJiplScuiWSXvNrz3lSx4ScE4fnzDI5VHRLedhQ12lLMCCjOR_p8qm1qvjoHpq5GhL08NuliQTxhls49P1dei5ruZQ4E5DXI=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elrich Lang and the Thunderbuckle Household Guard preparing to march on the bridge. Imagine those blurry chaos chaps a little bit further back and closer to each other, like you did in the previous picture. Chaos! Can't trust those sods one jot!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Fortunately, now that I have the assets to describe the story, we should get underway with the actual battle shortly! </p><p>See you next time!</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>GAME NAVIGATOR<a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html"><br /></a></b></h3><p><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/11/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Narrative & Army Lists</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding.html">Deployment</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-1.html">Turn 1</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-2.html">Turn 2</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2021/12/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-3.html">Turn 3</a><br /><a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/2022/01/battle-report-vampyr-of-riding-turn-4.html">Turn 4</a><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p>Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-69143207471755228992021-11-29T22:18:00.007+00:002022-01-03T22:51:33.817+00:00Battle Report: The Vampyr Of The Riding<p> Last weekend, I had the privilege and pleasure of playing one of the most enjoyable games of Warhammer Fantasy Battle I've ever played. </p><p>And I have played quite a few good games of Warhammer, so let me assure you of the quality of what I experienced last week. </p><p>"Playing with yourself again, are we?' wonders the ancient reader, familiar with events long ago on this blog. </p><p>Thanks for asking - but no. This exchange involved a real, actual human opponent that, well, <i>wasn't</i> <i>me</i>. </p><p>There are a few reasons for the superlative experience, I think:</p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I felt the desperate rush to paint something in a way I've not experienced since my Warhammer infused childhood. </li><li>The desperation caused me to look again at figures I had in my collection that had not yet been stripped, or were semi-painted, or, well, anywhere close to allowing me to do something I haven't done for a while. Thus I realised that a large proportion of the dwarves in my collection were still waiting to be stripped down, but were actually in quite good condition. Salvageable condition. Quickly salvageable - achievable within about a week or so. </li><li>...which created a <b>whole new possibility</b>, the results of which you will read about shortly</li><li>The chap with whom I had played has not, for various reasons, had very many or good experiences with any versions of Warhammer, but had a jib squarely cut in the <a href="https://warhammerforadults.blogspot.com/p/why-is-it-called-warhammer-for-adults.html">oldhammer</a> pattern. I submit to the reader that this was <b>very fertile ground</b>.</li><li>I had to formulate both forces as a result of owning all the figures and also being the more experienced player. Long have I pondered how capable the 4th edition of Warhammer would be if tackled responsibly, and this was a very, very rich opportunity to explore that. </li><li>Having played <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/400319303383363/permalink/4422345144514072">The Battle At The East Gate of Karak Eight Peaks</a> at Bring Out Your Lead with the <a href="http://ernysplace.blogspot.com/">formidable</a> <a href="http://snickitstail.blogspot.com/">Gillson</a> brothers, I was still on a high, because that was another of the most enjoyable games of Warhammer I've experienced in a very long time. I wanted to play some more 4th edition. </li><li>The chap that I played against has previously visited me to play 3rd edition. For a new starter, 3rd edition is a tough prospect, and he found the detail distracting. 4th edition felt like it would serve well in this scenario. </li></ol><p></p><p>Now it has been a long time since I've crafted enough narrative to enrich a battle report. The few games I've been able to play have all been rushed and boundaried by unfair and ridiculous constraints, which mean they've not received the love (or the player engagement) they deserved. I had entered this game expecting the same thing, and although I had formulated <i>some </i>of the narrative (enough to shape some of the force selection), it was only after the event that I realised the thing deserved more, because it was so good. </p><p>Which leads us to the game itself. As all games should, we'll begin with a prologue...</p><p style="text-align: center;">***<br /></p><p><i>The Striganie people of Cruel Sylvania, called also in ancient times
the Fennone, have a long habit of opening the stories told of and by
their people with a time one hundred and one years in the past. Be the
matter last week, last year or last decade; it occured one hundred and
one years ago. </i></p><p><i>And so it is with this story so faithfully
retold to me by that redoubtable people. It settles me to say the story,
starting as they do with this curious endearment of theirs. <br /></i></p><p><i>For
one hundred years ago and one, a peace had settled on The Auld Ryding.
In that time, it was known simply as The Riding, and contained within
its borders the villages of Shoodthorpe (referred to by some as
Stoodthorpe), Averridge and Mayby. Modern day cartographers will tell
you that the village of Stoodhof must necessarily be - or be found upon -
the remains of Stoodthorpe, and indeed, the same for Maylhof with long
forgotten Mayby. </i></p><p><i>The Auld Ryding nuzzles like a hound at his
master's feet into the roots of the Black Mountains, in the northern
shadow of the peaks that boundary the freezing flows of the Black Water
Lake.</i></p><p><i>Should it ever be that you conduct your business in lonely
Zhufbar, or indeed travel west from that place to warmer Imperial
climes of Einsamholtz, Averheim or even far away Nuln, you may very well
find yourself taking your mutton at the Inn of the Green King in
Averridge as you pass by.</i></p><p><i>Now it came to pass that the peace was shattered: there fell a great tragedy upon the Roogslaugh
family, who resided at their family estate of Hill House: the great
house burned down, and with it, all of its once noble occupants. </i></p><p><i>The
folk of The Riding claim the house was put to the torch by an angry
crowd from Shoodthorpe, for the house was profane in the eyes of all
good and holy men. In that house was practiced necromancie, and
daemonologie, and other acts of malice and wrongdoing. </i></p><p><i>Still
others claim that the house was consumed by daemons, come to collect the
souls of Count Roogslaugh and his kin that were long over-due.</i></p><p><i>Yet
the Striganie make a third claim, by which they swear, that the house
in fact was set on fire by the youngest son of the Count: Daniel
Roogslaugh. In their telling, young Daniel desired one thing above all
others in life:</i></p><p><i>To be a woman. </i></p><p><i>Being
as yet unlearned in the ways of his family's spellcraft, he beseeched
his father, his mother, his brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts and any
of the servants with the heart to listen to entreat whatever dark gods
and powers with whom they kept appointments to grant him this one desire
- but to no avail. </i></p><p><i>Full of shame, his father and his brothers
beat the boy within an inch of his life and ejected him from the house,
bidding him never to return. Young Daniel was compelled to live a
scoundrels life, reduced to eating worms and beetles and whatever gruel
the pigs of Shoodthorpe could not reach in their troughs. </i></p><p><i>Full
of rage and spite, Daniel survived and grew strong in his adversity.
There came a travelling circus to Shoodthorpe who took in the boy, where
he learned the skills of acting, and powder, and disguise. In the years
that followed, he succumbed to his craven appetite for all things
feminine: consuming costly fashion, spreading innane gossip and fainting
as the occasion saw fit. He also abandoned the Roogslough name, setting
on Danielle Le Roux, or has he became known: Danni.</i></p><p><i>At the height
of his new performing career, it came to pass that Danni beguiled and
fascinated a wealthy theatre goer. The gentleman, whose name was Andru
Wwoydlebber (of the West Hochland Wwoydlebbers) was also a fearsome
vampyr, known in society only as The Bantam of the Opera, on account of
the cockerel mask he donned at such events. He pledged his love for
Danni and on the night of their wedding, bestowed upon Danni the Kiss
Everlasting. Too late did Wwoydlebber perceive the truth: he had not
made sure that the girl was pure, as directed by the ancient wisdom of
the Tone Loc. Nay, declared the vampyr: he was not about to play around
with no Osca Myewina (a derogatory term the Striganie declined to
illuminate) and thrashed Danni within an inch of his life before expelling
him into the night in his wrath.</i></p><p><i>Long did Danni wander,
developing erudition in the way of the vampyr. Finally, the master of
his dark power, he returned to Hill House to exact his revenge on his
former family. Terrible was his vengeance that night; not a creature
made a sound in all The Riding, lest they drew the ire of the avenging
vampyr in all his terrible fury.</i></p><p><i>Yet, even with his dying
breath, the old Count Roogslough pronounced a curse upon Danni:
paralysed shall he be, as unto stone, until one hundred years and one
had passed. At once, Danni was turned to stone and there stood in the
burning ruins of his family home. </i></p><p><i>In the time that followed, many grave robbers and their ilk visited the ruin of Hill House, prospecting for whatever wealth there remained. In a daring display of bravado, once such character cleaned up the statue that Danni had become, and, struck by the look of anguish on the statue's face, was this able to sell it to the village council of Averridge as a statue of the Martyr Morga, Our Lady of Sigmar Distressed, for no less than one hundred pieces of silver. The statue was placed in the market square, and there dwelt until the passing of one fateful Hexenstag.<br /></i></p><p><i>And so it was that late on that evening of Hexenstag, when a single cloud interrupted the full light of Mannsleib, that the curse was finally broken, and the young vampyr, possessed with the hunger of one hundred and one years of waiting, came to his senses. Immediately, he locked eyes with the rotund (some cruel folk had been known to say 'porcine') Lady Weller, gazing vacantly out of her parlour window. With unnatural power and grace, Danni leapt up to her window, compelling her with his daemonic charm to allow him to enter, whereupon she yielded to his most base desires: the waxing of his upper lip and the immediate trimming of his split ends. This done, the two discussed the fashions of the modern, conscientious lady, before he drained her of every drop of blood her formidable form could muster and fled with her wardrobe. </i></p><p><i>Beset with sorrow, Sir Weller demanded the village constabulary immediately bring to justice the wicked vampyr. Their leader, the brave Captain Prangle, knew a little of vampyrs and realised he and his men would be quickly outclassed by such a vicious beast of the night as the one that had so brutally murdered the good lady. To this end, he secured the services of the Thunderbuckle clan - merchant hill dwarves that had been looking to expand into the area. </i></p><p><i>There came also a renowned wizard of the Grey order: Elrich Lang, who specialised uniquely in the hunting of vampyrs and the consumption of alcohol, preferring especially the heady ciders of the southern Empire. Having heard of the plight of the village of Averridge whilst on route to the Shrine of Gadd (on account of the legend of that places brew house), he immediately volunteered to join the company of men and dwarves, to seek out and destroy The Vampyr of The Riding.<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"> Location</h2><p style="text-align: left;">An ancient map of The Riding:<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSqPiFncczpcp_5tHLqUTAuk8rr0sYBd7Y1x5KmIqQWkazk9eDcPc8AMvshP-icPESpGJkFtSpQVK3EgDlqbv4nH4BVch0gh_2RwwpyIJEg19RIML8zG99NM7o-zYtAEAWXBiUwhooK0/s2048/OldMapOfTheRiding.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1514" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSqPiFncczpcp_5tHLqUTAuk8rr0sYBd7Y1x5KmIqQWkazk9eDcPc8AMvshP-icPESpGJkFtSpQVK3EgDlqbv4nH4BVch0gh_2RwwpyIJEg19RIML8zG99NM7o-zYtAEAWXBiUwhooK0/w474-h640/OldMapOfTheRiding.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><p><br /> Note that the right hand side of the map is, in fact, south. This map:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oUVuLn2cu6oPTLP1kcK6Ba6pJgRhhJ783mPppKQeEI0jRCTwJbPyuMzOi03Pi0cHfT0MfCvWAb_xVfhZGPKlDhETs5SCPTBRnSprcJ-k_O0b16EKbzHw9teNlfMFFueL7bxDlhevcIw/s2048/TheAuldRyding2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oUVuLn2cu6oPTLP1kcK6Ba6pJgRhhJ783mPppKQeEI0jRCTwJbPyuMzOi03Pi0cHfT0MfCvWAb_xVfhZGPKlDhETs5SCPTBRnSprcJ-k_O0b16EKbzHw9teNlfMFFueL7bxDlhevcIw/w640-h430/TheAuldRyding2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </div><p></p><p>...better shows both the position of The Riding in the Empire, as well as its true orientation (the top of the map is north). <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">***<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Forces</h2><div style="text-align: left;">So remember when I spoke about being responsible with the rules? Well, in my opinion, one of the greatest contributors to the horror of 4th edition was the irresponsible use of lists and the delegation of the players' abilities to have fun down to the rule books and army lists. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I love (LOVE!) the early army books from 4th edition because they have the right amount of passion and none of the marketing finesse (as in, power creep...) that the later editions would introduce. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p>In this case, I was able to achieve what I wanted within the bounds of the army books, but this is strictly coincidence, as opposed to my being boundaried by what the books offered. There were some differences to what might have happened in 4th edition way back when:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I did not use points to determine the forces. I went with a looks-and-feels-right approach. </li><li>Whilst I don't think characters should buy magic items directly (random draw or pay for random draw), having no points basically just meant I would randomise the magic items. </li><li>The player could determine which item was best suited to which character (sometimes, I'd advocate the character has what the character has, but this felt right this time). </li><li>I opted not to use the Chaos Gift cards (so no Eternal Labour...), even though I was really aching to. I didn't want Matt's 4th edition experience to have his chaos characters forced off the table before he could apply himself to the situation. I did use spells and magic items from that set, however. </li></ul><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p> <br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;">The Undead</h1><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpJ8s1f4YK1Jv9MYIp1igDzd4f7Vnx6jgFbVGIpOw_k5AzoiKsmRMnodu7fvjFO04664dqbb9c3DiMkYuLVmLOnDoltunvCNqr7_utQjrI2lEUCG8pbzAng_FQuuC0qNTM7S2E28_lbw/s2048/Undead+-+02.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpJ8s1f4YK1Jv9MYIp1igDzd4f7Vnx6jgFbVGIpOw_k5AzoiKsmRMnodu7fvjFO04664dqbb9c3DiMkYuLVmLOnDoltunvCNqr7_utQjrI2lEUCG8pbzAng_FQuuC0qNTM7S2E28_lbw/w640-h480/Undead+-+02.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Undead. Clickening will embiggen. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">CHARACTERS</h3><p> <br /></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Danni Le Roux - Vampire Lord</h4><p>Items: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Blessed Sword </span></b>(Grants WS 10. 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And the brave constables of Averridge.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">CHARACTERS</h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>Hesior Thunderbuckle - Dwarf Lord</b></h4><p>Items:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Hand Weapon</li><ul><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Master Rune of Flight </span></b>(throw weapon up to 12")<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Rune of Cleaving </span></b>(+1S)<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Rune of Parrying </span></b>(Enemy automatically misses one attack)<br /></li></ul><li>Heavy Armour </li><ul><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Master Rune of Adamant</span></b> (+2 Sv)<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Rune of Fortitude</span></b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> (+1T)</span><br /></li></ul><li>Talisman</li><ul><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Master Rune of Spite </b>(4+ Save, if saved, wound is rebounded on enemy)</span></li></ul></ul><p> </p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>Bofel The Wise - 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Battle Standard Bearer</h4><p>Items:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Hand Weapon</li><li>Shield<span style="color: #6aa84f;"></span><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></b></li><li>Heavy Armour</li><li>Battle Standard</li><ul><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Master Rune of Stromni Readbeard </b>(+1 Combat resolution for all friendly units within 12") </span></li></ul></ul><p> </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Josef Bugman - Dwarf Hero</h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Hand Weapon</li><ul><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Rune of Cleaving (+1 S)</span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Rune of Fury (+1 A)<br /></span></b></li></ul><li>Crossbow</li><li>Shield <br /></li><li>Light Armour </li><ul><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Rune of Resistance </span></b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">(Reroll failed armour save on unmodified 4+)</span><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></b></li></ul><li><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Bugman's Tankard </span></b>(Recover 1 W per drink, 3 uses per game)</li></ul><p> </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">'Owd' Tom Thyksson - 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I though about world peace. I thought about cancer. I thought about losing weight. I thought about where I might get some new weight to replace the lost weight. I thought about family. I thought about my spiritual existence.</div>
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Now the thing that has been plaguing me about this blog, which I didn't realise until 2016's round of contemplation, is <i>perfectionism</i>. The desire to do the best possible thing, for the most impact, with the highest quality. </div>
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"Maybe if you suffered from a bit more perfectionism, Skullzinschitte would be finished. New figures would be painted and we wouldn't have to look at the same bloody figures repurposed purely through the awesome power of narrative. What we're thinking, Gaj, if we're honest, is perhaps a little bit MORE perfectionism!"</div>
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I intend to combat it. I could hardly leave you here with this explosive revelation and then just wander off, my mind at ease. And whilst I can't promise to slouch over to Blogger once a week to deliver a casually sub-standard post, I'll do my level best to try. </div>
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So what I have is pictures of unpainted lead. Very low bar today. One has some greenstuff on it.</div>
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This paunchy fellow is called Mancrates. Mancrates* popped into existing when discussing an unusual contact from Man Crates (an organization that sells <a href="http://www.mancrates.com/" target="_blank">crates for men</a>, a situation devised entirely to relieve the millions of crateless men out there, or alternatively, to supply a unique gift that men have to break in to) over on the Oldhammer Facebook group.<br />
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It was, in fact, Captain Crooks, from the Antipodes and <a href="http://funkywenisrodeo.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Funky Wenis Rodeo</a>, that created our fat philosopher. I'm fairly sure that his honorific of UN Ambassador of Awesomeness will be coming through any day now. Captain Crooks', that is, not Mancrates, who is a tiny static pewter figure and whilst singularly amazing in my eyes, probably falls far short of the requirements to become a UN Ambassador, which are vast and diverse. Captain Crooks will certainly have his work cut out for him.<br />
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Look, the back of Mancrates. I am thinking of putting a small cat on his base too.<br />
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Next up, is a Mummy on a Manticore. It is my opinion that every fashion conscious mummy should get one - it is absolutely the must have accessory of 2016.<br />
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Look - it's not even finished being sculpted yet! Hows that for low quality, eh? I'll be putting something under those feet soon. For now, just wire. Pure, imperfect wire.<br />
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You might recognize the candidate Manticore as the visually defective creature that Dieter von Helsnicht uses to get around. This one:<br />
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And another angle. Because you really need to appreciate this...<br />
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....manticore.<br />
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Anyway, I've repositioned limbs, I've cleared out all the lead between the teeth and the claws, I've removed most of the mane and started to re-sculpt it so that it doesn't look like a <a href="https://youtu.be/_BRp7ezUqbI" target="_blank">cat that's just discovered a cucumber</a> sneaking up on it.<br />
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The main element for me is the considerable learnings I'm making around green stuff. This is the first time where I've used green stuff in stages, to build something up and then have to come back to it once that base is dry.<br />
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I always thought sculptors were special people, but I have a whole new respect for them: sculpting is hard!<br />
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Now if one was to present their 3rd edition oldhammer credentials to me and propose that, outside of narrative being king, that Mummies are not characters and therefore don't have access to monsters to ride and the fact that they're stupid when uncontrolled and can't actually choose manticores in Warhammer Armies anyway, so stop being a dick, Gaj, I guess I'd have to agree.<br />
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Mummies cannot 'officially' (hah!) ride Manticores in 3rd edition.<br />
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But they <i>can</i> in 4th edition...<br />
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Anyway. I'll just leave that there. Because I'm now an imperfect blogger who just leaves things lying around for no explanation. Why - yes, thank you - I appreciate your encouragement.<br />
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In other 4th edition news, I have also recently taken ownership of a <a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/56017" target="_blank">shit-tonne</a> (it was spelled wrong, which is probably why it was archived) of Skaven. I guess the box doesn't really tell the story, but the blister packs are 4 deep and there are loose skaven above and below them too.<br />
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I am also nursing interests in 4th edition High Elves and 4th edition Orcs and Goblins. Over and above my 3rd edition High Elves and 3rd edition Orcs & Goblins. And the Chaos. And the Dark Elves. And The Empire. And, uh, <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lichemaster</span>.<br />
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I will get there.<br />
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No, really. I will.<br />
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So there we have it. Unpainted lead, half arsed plans, and not a single word more on Skulzinschitte. Coupled with that a dangerous fascination with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1568119033401734/" target="_blank">Middle Hammer</a> and The Red Era of the Cheerleader Pose declared publicly - a decidedly imperfect post indeed.<br />
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Welcome to Warhammer for Adults 2016 - <i>The Year of Mediocrity**</i>.<br />
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*Y'know? Like Socrates?<br />
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**It might perchance be that you already thought the blog was quite substandard and that mediocrity was the order of the day. In that case, prepare to have those experienced mined out and collapsed as we explore a whole new level of <i>underwhelmingness</i>. Look, I just made up a word!Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-55004236231255744542015-10-21T10:41:00.001+00:002015-10-21T10:42:40.601+00:00Skulzinschitte: The Harvesters of ChaosIn our last post, we considered the glorious throng of the Doomlord himself, Dieter Helsnicht. In this next (but hardly final) instalment of our exploration of 4th edition, we cast our eyes to his hated enemy: Luther Vangross, Champion of Nurgle.<br />
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But then I realised something.<br />
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The name is a <i>pun</i>.<br />
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And 4th edition, as you may recall, is not about puns. Or wit. Or subtlety of any variety.<br />
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No. 4th edition is about SKULLS! And BLOOD! Oh, and SKULLS! No longer do our words stem from the subtle satire that can be generated from the world around us. Instead, they stem from the basic, banal, almost primal grunting of fantasy as told by thirteen year olds. Our words express intent, whilst still attempting to convey the sheer awesomeness and undiluted fantastical... well, <i>fantasy</i>. Thus, we append the names of monsters, or weapons and the verbs that describe their application: Axel Daemonpuncher, or Sir Chopfest von Deathcrunch.<br />
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Visceral. Unmistakable.<br />
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<i>Awesome</i>.<br />
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In this next (but hardly final) instalment of our exploration of 4th
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Irongrind Dragonhacker, Champion of Nurgle (Chaos Lord)<br />
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Equipment: <span style="color: red;"><i>Nurgle's Cloud of Flies, Chaos Armour, Mark of Nurgle</i></span><br />
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Count Mordrek the Damned (Chaos Lord)<br />
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Equipment:<span style="color: red;"><i> Sword of Change, Chaos Armour, Living Damnation</i></span>, Shield, Chaos Steed, Barding<br />
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Hornlust Sinbiter (Master Sorcerer of Slaanesh)<br />
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Skullscreamer the Sly (Sorcerer Champion of Nurgle)<br />
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Equipment: <span style="color: red;"><i>The Chalice of Chaos, Chaos Armour, Mark of Nurgle</i></span><br />
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Spells: Shrivelling Pox, Miasma of Pestilence<br />
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Equipment: Chaos Armour, Shield, Chaos Steed, Barding, Standard<br />
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Equipment: <span style="color: red;"><i>Plague S</i></span><i style="color: red;">words</i><br />
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Spells: <i>Stream of Corruption, Fly Swarm</i><br />
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Grom the Paunch of Misty Mountain (Goblin Warlord)<br />
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Equipment: <span style="color: red;"><i>Axe of Grom</i></span>, Light Armour, Chariot, Niblit<br />
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257 Points<br />
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Goblin Chariot<br />
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Equipment: Scythes, Shields, Short Bows<br />
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87 Points<br />
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16 Goblins<br />
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Equipment: Short Bows, Shields<br />
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56 Points<br />
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16 Goblins<br />
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Equipment: Short Bows, Shields<br />
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56 Points<br />
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20 Goblins<br />
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Equipment: Light Armour, Shields, Standard, Musician<br />
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85 Points<br />
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Broggin Thicke (A Stone Troll, courtesy of that fine figure of a man, <a href="http://givemlead.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Airbornegrove</a>)<br />
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Equipment: None<br />
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<b>Characters:</b> 1280 Points (41%)<br />
<b>Rank and File:</b> 1093 Points (35%)<br />
<b>Daemons:</b> 150 Points (5%)<br />
<b>Allies:</b> 606 Points (19%)<br />
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<b><i>A brief note on the selection of special characters:</i></b><br />
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Special characters. Surely one of the most important concepts introduced into the later editions of Warhammer. Whilst in 3rd edition, the thing that made your characters special was <i>you</i>, in 4th edition, the thing that made them special was Games Workshop. In some cases (say, Dieter Helsnicht), there was nothing special about them at all. You could recreate the character from the army list with exactly the same capabilities for exactly the same cost - they were only special because they had a name.<br />
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But in the list above, we see not just one special character, but two! Characters who have something that is not otherwise available in the army list.<br />
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<i>One of a kind</i>, one might say.<br />
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Apart from one or two (Grom and Eltharion, specifically), I must be honest: I don't like special characters. I really struggle to relate to the super hero like problem of all these one-in-a-bajillion type of characters all being alive and in the same place at the same time, with nothing to do with their amazing super powers than harass and frustrate each other over immature and frankly pointless schemes. I just can't see Nagash waking up to escort 120 skeletons on a patrol to see what Emperor Karl Franz is up to whilst on his morning stroll with his 130 strong body guard.<br />
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And I don't like Grom and Eltharion because they're special characters. I like Grom and Eltharion because they come with a narrative which creates an excellent backdrop for gaming a story.<br />
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But, because this exercise is objective, academic and arguably (semi) archeogaming, I felt compelled to include special characters, because they were so very exciting and new in 4th edition.<br />
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And also, I had the figures.<br />
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In the next post, I shall craft a reason for these two forces (and their epic super hero special characters!) to come together at the ill-fated hamlet of Skulzinschitte,<br />
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As if you needed a reason in 4th edition...<br />
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<br />Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-9223372032434905502015-10-16T09:20:00.001+00:002015-10-16T09:29:58.928+00:00Skulzinschitte: The Dread Throng of the DoomlordSo the last time I wrote, I mentioned a battle report.<br />
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I know. I <i>know</i>.<br />
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It was all very exciting - in August. But now it's October, and your incessant inner monologue is probably voicing an opinion about those who chose to skip September. If it makes you feel any better, I began crafting this blog post on the 4th of September.<br />
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Still, in some circles, it is claimed that many things are better late than never. With the exception possibly of bullet proof vests and those little puke bags one gets on planes, I suspect the statement is otherwise true.<br />
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Don't mistake anything above for any variety of apology - it is not. But - an apology follows:<br />
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What you are about to see are two 'sets' of miniatures. Miniatures I've painted... and miniatures I've not. They are <i>painted </i>(if, indeed, that is how you choose to describe their coat) - we'll have none of that naked lead business here, what with being the respectable outfit that we are! What I mean to say is, I've not painted all the figures you will see.<br />
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Equally, I have no idea who <i>has </i>painted the things. I have acquired these over my collecting time and have always promised myself that they will be stripped and repainted one day. The day is coming soon, but has not yet happened, you see.<br />
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So, <i>sorry</i>. Some of the figures are rightiously fugly.<br />
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Nevertheless I thought it best to proceed with the various mismatched figures - because this is how Warhammer was for me when I was a kid. We could only afford a few figures or units each, so a whole army only came together when we all came together and collected our enamel encrusted blobules together for a game. Of course, none of us encrusted our blobules in quite the same way, so it was a beautifully mismatched affair.<br />
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Good times.<br />
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So, the army you are about to lay your eyes on (and, indeed, the vast bulk of the report), follows in that glorious heritage thick paint, scratched extremeties, goblin green bases and rudimenatary terrain. I'll say sorry, because it is a bit of an eyesore, but I believe I appeal to your inner child as we join together on this curious road down memory lane into the bizarre interior of Warhammer 4th edition.<br />
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Let us begin with the forces. In this post...<br />
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The Dread Throng of The Doomlord</h2>
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The Doomlord himself - Dieter Helsnicht (Necromancer Lord).<br />
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Equipment:<i> <span style="color: red;">Chaos Runesword*, Staff of Flaming Death</span>, Manticore</i><br />
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Spells: <i>The Dark Mist, Summon Skeletons, Drain Life, Raise the Dead</i><br />
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725 Points<i> </i><br />
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Dr Darkington-Blackness (Master Necromancer)<br />
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Equipment: <i>Skeletal Steed, Barding, <span style="color: red;">Staff of Damnation</span></i><br />
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Spells: <i>Wind of Death, Gaze of Nagash, Vanhels Danse Macabre</i><br />
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334 Points<br />
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Oppa-ra (Tomb King)<br />
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Equipment: <span style="color: red;"><i>Blade of Leaping Bronze</i></span><br />
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150 Points<br />
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Ludwig von Bluddenskulls (Vampire Count)<br />
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Equipment: <span style="color: red;">Dragonslayer</span><br />
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Spells: <span style="color: red;">Hand of Dust</span><br />
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325 Points<br />
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Two Ghosts<br />
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Equipment: <i>None</i><br />
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8 Mummies<br />
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Equipment: <i>Light Armour, Two Handed Weapons</i><br />
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6 Wights<br />
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Equipment: <i>Heavy Armour, Shield, <span style="color: red;">Wight Blade</span>, Banner, Musician</i><br />
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314 Points<br />
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20 Skeletons<br />
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Equipment: <i>Light Armour, Shields, Spears, Banner, Musician</i><br />
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20 Zombies<br />
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Equipment: <i>Banner, Musician</i><br />
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20 Skeletons<br />
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Equipment: <i>Heavy Armour, Two Handed Weapons, Banner, Musician</i><br />
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276 Points<br />
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Equipment: <i>None</i><br />
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75 Points<br />
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20 Zombies<br />
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Equipment: <i>None</i><br />
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A Screaming Skull Catapult<br />
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74 Points<br />
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<b>Characters:</b> 1609 points (51%) ...This happened because I forgot about the wraith!<br />
<b>Rank and File:</b> 1476 points (47%)<br />
<b>War Machines:</b> 74 Points (2%)<br />
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<b><i>*A brief note on the selection of magic items:</i></b><br />
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Now I know that there is an entire game that can be made out of just selecting the magic items for characters and units in 4th ed. I know that this is one of the elements that, if not handled in a responsible manner, could make the game absolutely unpalatable for players - I still remember coming across dread combinations that made me quake at the thought of engaging enemy character models.<br />
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In this case, I just randomly determined them. I randomised how many the army might have, then which categories they might have and then finally the items themselves. Once I had determined all the items for the army, I then allocated them to the characters and payed the points accordingly.<br />
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I found this approach meant that characters had a small choice in their items, but that the opportunity to have a 'killer combo' would therefore only be based on luck. I also reasoned this would be a good way to get some of the more obscure items out onto the field.<br />
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Before you ask - yes, I really, really did generate the Staff of Damnation randomly. Yes, I know. That was <i>really</i>, <i>really</i> lucky. It was.<br />
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<br />Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-34996983623421846372015-08-24T19:59:00.001+00:002015-08-26T21:09:33.201+00:00On The Traversal of Points<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wonder if you get this sometimes: at one junction, you find yourself at, say, point A. Then, at another junction, you find yourself at point B. With me so far? Indeed. But then, when challenged on the subject of your <i>traversal </i>from point A to point B, you find yourself quite unable to explain. You recall the process, of course.<br />
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You're not an idiot, after all.<br />
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You just find that organising those memories into a cohesive structure is beyond the realm of man. That's because the snowball affect of one amazing idea colliding with the next amazing idea is so deceptively fast and powerful, it makes the Hadron Collider look like Playmobil.<br />
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Well, that's my excuse anyway. The point being, I cannot quite explain how I come to post about the thing I am posting about.<br />
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Okay?<br />
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Anyway, let's get started. We've recently moved house. Also, my wife is a counseller. These two facts connect, by virtue of us having a room in the house specifically dedicated to the business of counselling. The room is not ready for this purpose yet, because, like anyone who moves house knows, none of the furniture we've placed in any of the rooms is actually going to stay there.<br />
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But in the mean time, there is a room that isn't specifically serving a purpose. Equally, there's a set of trestles and a tabletop that just seems to be, y'know, hanging around. Finally, in the counselling-room-that-is-not-yet-a-counselling-room, there is a bookshelf with no books on it.<br />
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Eh? What's that? The way you've raised your finger seems to suggest that you are losing faith in my ability to connect this to Warhammer in some way.<br />
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Sit tight there, fella - I'm getting there.<br />
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Anyway, so a few synapses get together with a few other synapses, some of them had a little chemistry thing happen and before you know it - BAM! I'm playing XBOX. But AFTER that - well, I put together a place where I could play warhammer.<br />
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Like this:<br />
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Now, what you're looking at is four shelves from the bookshelf, spread out across the ridiculously thin tabletop (2.5 feet! There should be laws about this sort of thing!) mounted on the aforementioned trestles. Unfortunately, the bookshelf then ran out of shelves, leaving me with about 8" of gap on each side.<br />
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Enter <i>Therapy Today</i>! <br />
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...and also, <i>Super Hot Sex</i>. Now I know whar you're thinking. Title says Warhammer for Adults and I want to be a a little edgy and so just to keep the pundits happy I'd chuck in a little flesh.<br />
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Well I have two arguments for you.<br />
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1. All of the other literature that my wife has in the boxes waiting to get onto the bookshelf (whose shelves are now spread across the table) are NOT the exact same thickness as four copies of <i>Therapy Today</i>. No, not <i>The Counselling Dictionary</i>. Not <i>Mindfulness</i>. Not even that timeless classic, <i>I'm OK, You're OK</i>. I tried. As it turns out, there is just enough super hot sexual content to be the same thickness as the shelves from the bookshelf AND four copies of Counselling Today. Fortunately.<br />
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2. I appreciate the metaphor that I shall be playing Warhammer on a table made of sex books. Well, one sex book. How many sex books has your gaming table been constructed out of?<br />
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Exactly. <br />
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Anyway, look - trestles. I thought I'd show this because I raised the table right up to arm height, so one can stand and play comfortably.<br />
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I'm so nerd, I put my wargaming mat over a picture of a nice lady's buttocks. <br />
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...and then built a pretend village...<br />
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...so that I can push my toy soldiers around... <br />
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...by myself...<br />
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*sigh* <br />
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Did I mention my wife was a counseller? <br />
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*ahem* <br />
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So.<br />
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Let's get onto those pretend people, eh? <br />
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Looks like we've created a little village. Look at the villagers, just milling about their daily, village-y activities. Look, there's Wilfred, looking to get a cup of sugar from Katerina. Say hi to Wilfred, everyone!<br />
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The village (Hamlet, even?) wants a name. It was going to be Little Grump, but then something happened.<br />
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Hold on a sec whilst I pop out back quickly. Look at some more pictures of the villages. Won't be long!<br />
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Before.<br />
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RAAAAAAAARRR! I mean - After.<br />
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But Gaj! That's...that's... f...f..<br />
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What's that, poppet? What is it you're trying to say? "<i>Fourth edition?</i>" Yes? Is that what you wanted to say?<br />
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Why, dear reader - it is like I said above - you're not an idiot. No sir! Not at all. <br />
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Because what we have on our hands, boys and girls, is a Battle Report. Using the 4th edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. And awful 90s paint jobs (not mine either).<br />
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Eh? What's that? You had a question? The village? Oh! The village! Yes, of course - what did I change its name to?<br />
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Well, now that we're playing fourth edition, we have to start acknowledging heroic names and the prevalence of skulls and blood in everything. The village (and indeed, the whole battlereport) is now called:<br />
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<b>Skulzinschitte.</b><br />
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You take care now. I'll see you all soon...<br />
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<i>Ah</i>, he thinks to himself as he sees the keywords. <i>That makes sense. </i></div>
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<i>Bring Out Your Lead just happened. Most popular keyword?</i></div>
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<i>Freaks</i>, our mild-mannered administrator thinks as he closes the log window and returns to his Bratz fan-fiction site.</div>
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So yeah. Bring Out Your Lead. Right now, you're wondering across Facebook and Blogger and Google+ and who-knows-where-else, just absorbing the photographs. </div>
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So in the first instance, this blog post is <b>An Apology</b>. </div>
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To all those people who were not able to make it, as a result of illness, travel, spouses, work or that idiotic thought that you really had something better to do - I apologise for the fact that BOYL! 2015 was so undeniably, inconceivably, implausibly incredible that you won't be able to sleep tonight for grief at having missed it. I'm afraid there is no cure for this situation, really. It might just be possible that a <a href="http://shadowking-shadowkings.blogspot.com/2015/08/boyl-2015-oldhammer-day-newark.html" target="_blank">strong </a><a href="http://herebexp.blogspot.com/2015/08/so-that-was-boyl-15.html" target="_blank">course </a>of <a href="http://realmofchaos80s.blogspot.com/2015/08/oldhammer-weekend-2015-bryan-ansells.html" target="_blank">electric </a><a href="http://snickitstail.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-first-boyl-4th-edition-battle.html" target="_blank">shock </a><a href="http://oldhammeronabudget.blogspot.com/2015/08/bring-out-your-lead-2015-aftermath-part1.html" target="_blank">therapy </a>might see you through this <a href="http://thelostandtheverydamned.blogspot.com/2015/08/boyl-2015-report-trouble-with-kludo-and.html" target="_blank">difficult </a><a href="http://theleadpile.blogspot.com/2015/08/boyl-15-saturday-photo-dump.html" target="_blank">time</a>. </div>
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Or, unreleased rogue trader adventurers? You're right. Meh.</div>
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Chaos marines driving a hovercraft made out of a real deodorant stick around a race track trying to blow up the Freeway Warrior car whilst ramping over a Gobsmasha? Oh. Seen that before have we? </div>
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McDeath?</div>
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Tony Yates, drawing your picture<i> on demand</i>?</div>
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Right, my duty of care to all those unable to attend complete, let us move on to our second order of business. In the second instance, this post serves as<b> An Open Letter of Gratitude.</b> </div>
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The problem with giving thanks to people is that the words employed are so very often unable to cover the scope of what those being thanked did. English is a powerful and rich language and allows us to explore many ways of expressing things, but saying thanks just somehow... doesn't cut it. </div>
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The magnitude of the gratitude just cannot be expressed. </div>
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<b>Captain Crooks:</b> Hey Gaj, you devilishly handsome fellow. I have figure I'd like to put in the display cabinet?</div>
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<b>Captain Crooks:</b> Oh wow. I have a lot of oldhammer that needs to be seen to be believed. What shall we do? Save us, Gaj!</div>
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<b>Gaj:</b> Er...okay. Fear not citizen. (exit stage left)</div>
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<b>Gaj:</b> Hey Marcus, you devilishly handsome fellow. I have a guy who has a figure he'd like to put in a display cabinet. Funny thing is, I left my display cabinet in my other trousers. (laughs nervously)</div>
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<b>Gaj:</b> (surprised) Really? I mean, excellent, yes. Just like we planned. Over there, please. (points)</div>
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<b>Gaj:</b> (swooning) That is one of the finest examples of a display cabinets I've ever had the good fortune to come across. I believe the phrase these days is 'totes amazeballs'. Many thanks. (exit stage right)</div>
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<b>Gaj:</b> (nervous laughter) I don't deserve you, Captain. Please stop touching me.</div>
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<b>Ramshackle Curtis:</b> Hey Gaj, you fiendish bastion of manhood. How is the painting competition going to work?</div>
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<b>Curtis:</b> Oh. See, there is a cabinet full of figures for display. It would be an awful tragedy if they were not judged and rewarded appropriately. </div>
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<b>Ramshackle Curtis: </b>Er...fear not, citizen. I have some prizes that have been generously donated from <a href="https://grumpyoldtin.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Grumpy Old Tin</a>. </div>
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<b>Gaj:</b> (shocked) But is it enough, Ramshackle Curtis? Look at all these figures in this display cabinet that wasn't even here this morning!</div>
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<b>Ramshackle Curtis;</b> Stay here. I know what to do! (tears off shirt - exit stage right)</div>
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<b>Ramshackle Curtis:</b> Marcus! We need judges and prizes, or the world will implode with grief!</div>
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<b>Marcus:</b> We have judges and prizes. Furthermore, we have the power of organisation. Look, your eyes are wide and you're sweating. Also, you seem to have lost your shirt. We will not judge today, because it will be too rushed. I declare that judgement with prizes will occur at 14:00 on Sunday. you may go now. </div>
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<b>Ramshackle Curtis: </b>Gaj, you gift of the heavens, I have resolved the conundrum with the power of organisation!</div>
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<b>Ramshackle Curtis:</b> I don't have time to explain, but I believe the phrase one could employ to describe it these days is 'totes amazeballs'.</div>
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<b>Gaj:</b> I shall google that post haste. Well done, Ramshackle Curtis! Will you marry me?</div>
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<b>Ramshackle Curtis:</b> Alas, Gaj, I am an artiste, and demand nothing less than a muse for inspiration. Are you very inspirational?</div>
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The weekend was full of examples where either Diane or Marcus or another oldhammerer would end up saving something or other because I had just not thought of it. Looking back at the example - there was no painting contest, there were no prizes, there was no cabinet - it just did not exist. By Sunday at 15:00 or so, vouchers, unreleased miniatures and little laser cut buildings were being handed to deserving painters in front of about a thirty solid entries. </div>
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Dear Diane, Bryan and Marcus, Martin, The Foundry Et Al...</div>
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I'm writing on behalf of the oldhammer community simply to say Thank You. Whilst there is a nominal awareness that The Foundry is a commercial enterprise, the simple truth is that you are so very open and welcoming with us that the whole affair feels like a large family gathering. Going to BOYL is like going to visit Uncle Bryan, Aunt Diane and Cousin Marcus and catching up with all the happenings in our worlds over the past year. All the while returning to our thirteen year old selves and playing with toys.</div>
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I don't doubt that the oldhammer community could extract a good time from any rented hall, with any rented catering and any set of rented tables. The community is good like that. But when we come to Foundry, that extra dimension of familial familiarity (say <i>that </i>ten times fast!) is unheard of. Nobody is nervous, nobody is afraid. We really believe in your warm, unconditional positive regard for us individually and as a community and, well, the words fall short. Simply put, we thank you for it. Lots and lots and lots.</div>
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The Foundry is warm, whereas any other location would be cold. And, whilst no-one would dare admit it, I think there were even some manly tears. That is the sort of emotion your benevolence is able to evoke in us. </div>
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<b>Diane </b>- we know that you are the organisational powerhouse behind the whole thing. We were glad that a small token of gratitude could be presented on Sunday, but again, we know that it is hardly a fitting compensation for the considerable effort you put in, all the while making the thing look graceful and effortless. </div>
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<b>Marcus </b>- thanks for rolling with the punches. The speed with which you were able to move (on just about everything) made the world of difference to us.</div>
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<b>Bryan </b>- The resources you put at our disposal just cannot be accounted for! It was great to have you gazing benevolently on the various expressions of games and figures you've created (and helped to create) over the years. Also, thanks for taking the time to sculpt that hand especially for James - it was a small thing, but, you know - also a big thing. Thank you. </div>
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It feels a little banal to refer to 'the rest of the Foundry staff'', but unfortunately, I don't know all of their names. I'll call out <b>Martin </b>and <b>Darren </b>(I think?) for their top assistance over the weekend - the casting demo was great! To the rest of the staff - those that fed, served and cleaned up after us - those that carried things all over the place (a working beer fridge being topmost on that list) - to those involved in preparing the site during the week before hand - creating the bloodbowl tables, moving the 7' behemoth into place - all of these things - thank you. </div>
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<b>Kev </b>- what an incredible idea for charity! To sit sculpting the ugly mugs of the oldhammer community in 28mm is simply genius, if somewhat disturbing. Thank you for immortalising us in green stuff and furthermore - donating the proceeds to charity!</div>
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<b>Tony Ackland</b> - you thorough gentleman, you. We loved having the opportunity to gaze at the very drawings that shaped our imaginations and seeded them with rich and varied outputs. It was fascinating to get your take on your art and get yet another insight into the fascinating world of Games Workshop in the mid eighties. We're especially grateful for your time and the effort in your travelling - thank you!</div>
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<b>Tony Yates</b> - always a pleasure to see you. I know we always have good chats, but this is equally good for everyone else too. I'm thrilled with the drawing you did for me (her name is <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/realm-of-chaos-ellen-degenerate.html" target="_blank">Ellen Degenerate</a>, by the way) and I know there are a lot of oldhammerers that, even now, are trying to find the courage to suggest that something you've drawn be framed and hung on the living room wall. </div>
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Finally, I call out to <b>Rick</b>, <b>Nigel </b>and <b>Tim </b>and say thanks to you all for coming out to see us - it was great to see you guys (again, Rick :) ) - we hope it filled your hearts with joy to see us playing your games with childish abandon, lost in a made up world of space elves and goblin fanatics - it certainly filled our hearts with joy to see you all!</div>
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Our greatest thanks go to all of you. But especially Diane. Especially you. Thanks.</div>
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We look forward to the next family visit!</div>
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The Oldhammer Community</div>
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Another Open Letter of Gratitude</h2>
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Dear Oldhammerers, attendees of BOYL! 2015</div>
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I just thought I'd write to say thanks to all of you. I am a natural pessimist and I expect the worst at every stage of my life. Whilst this does mean that I'm usually pleasantly surprised most of the time, I still keep an eye out for the worst. </div>
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We reckon that there was a peak of about a hundred people at the event (probably around the time of the photo on Saturday). That's a lot of people. In spite of that, the thing ran without a hitch. A league of gentlemen* is the most frank and honest description. </div>
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You were courteous with each others figures and storage boxes. </div>
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You were accommodating and patient with the rules (and lack of rules).</div>
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You were merry and inviting to the new faces. </div>
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Conversations were inclusive - games even more so. </div>
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You trusted each other with your trades and your in play miniatures. </div>
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You went the extra mile for each other - sorting out accommodation, lifts and other logistical enablers. </div>
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The level of trash talking in games was spot on - not too much, not too little.</div>
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You shared figures with each other. You shared figures with people you'd never even met. Your actual, old, lead, rare figures. Wow. In many cases, even your life partner doesn't get to do that. </div>
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Looking at the list above, one might suggest this is what utopia ought to look like. It could actually be possible that we had a glimpse of what heaven might be like. </div>
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Anyway, before we all start gushing with manly man-tears (damn dust!), there are a few call outs I'd like to make:</div>
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To <b>Curtis </b>- thanks for manufacturing a painting contest out of nothing! And for contributing so much stuff to so many games. Actually, I think you're the only guy capable of playing two games at once! Also, your gifts to the various players were most welcome!</div>
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To <b>Drew </b>- you came all the way from San Francisco just to come and see us! And bring robots! I'm sure if you check with everyone, they'd agree its in that order too ;) - Still, it's a hell of an investment for a weekend and we love that you chose to spend it with us.</div>
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To <b>James </b>- you came all the way from Australia! With Deathrace, a stack of cars, a wife and a small child. We know that one doesn't simply travel with children - one deploys children with expense, difficulty and considerable planning. Equally, your project management of the production of Deathrace ranks right up there with initiatives from giants like IBM and NASA. Perhaps we could convince you to manage BOYL! 2016? Anyway, we cannot imagine the investment on your side to enable us to see your cheery face, but we were overjoyed that you did - may it be one day that somehow something like this could happen again!</div>
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To <b>JB</b>, <b>John </b>and the <b>Pauls </b>- good to see you guys again (and even to play with you this time!) - it is still a hell of an undertaking to cross the tiny tracts of ocean in between our countries, especially trunks full of figures - thank you for coming!</div>
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I'm just going to call you <b>Nibbles</b>. <b>Niibl</b>, on the forums. I apologise, because I don't recall your name rightly - but we know you came from Germany and had to drag figures all the way with you - so to you - thanks very much - it was great to have you along!</div>
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I knew of no other international travellers (Scotland doesn't count yet, I'm afraid), but we were jolly glad to have you along!</div>
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To the game organisers - <b>Harry, Chris, Jamie, John, Aiden, Chico, James T, James A, Colin, Geoff</b>, and <b>JB</b>. Although the organisers (that's you lot) will no doubt defer the glory on to the efforts of those that created the figures for their games (the ships, the cars, the warbands abundant), you are entities around which the weekend congregates - the nominal reason for us all to pitch up. Sure, there were other games, and lots of effort went into those games - but each of you outdid yourselves in the pursuit of gaming excellence. Oldhammer salutes you. </div>
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Some may think it sounds silly, but having access to what I now believe is the Voice of Oldhammer is hugely valuable when it comes to herding oldhammerers. <b>Colin </b>- the verve and delight with which you shout brings real, actual fear to our hearts. I can only assume your students are the most obedient in education today. Thank you for, well, shouting a lot.</div>
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Finally, thanks for reading this far.</div>
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Here's to Bring Out Your Lead! 2016.</div>
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*I suspect we'd all agree that Chico is gentle in every way - the title might be challenged on its use of the term 'man' however. I am happy to accept gentlething in his case ;)</div>
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Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-68504702839610539782015-05-25T20:16:00.003+00:002015-05-25T20:22:36.133+00:00Buster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This is Buster.</div>
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Yeah.<br />
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He thinks its a stupid name too. Someone would name a dog Buster. One could name a board game Buster. Hell, it could even be a brand of condom.<br />
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Sometimes its little things like names that change a man's life. Sticks and stones and all that.<br />
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Perhaps, if he'd been called Johnny, or Kev, or even Nigel, things would've worked out okay. The kids at school wouldn't have picked on him so much. He wouldn't have had to internalise so much shame. So much anger.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and long walks on the beach...</td></tr>
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Unlike many outcast kids at school, providence was with young Buster. He was one of those kids that puberty hit like a freight train overloaded with concrete screaming down a seventy degree incline.<br />
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One day, a knock-kneed, gawky kid with a stutter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and keeping fit - I do a lot of boxing myself...</td></tr>
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The next, a tall, straight-backed powerhouse. None of the other kids saw it coming. It must have taken Buster two or three months to realise that he was suddenly bigger than his counterparts.<br />
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Having one's confidence stripped away from one makes it hard for one to believe in oneself. That sort of thing takes time.<br />
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But one day, he finally got it. And then they got it.<br />
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All of them. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and Origami. Man, I loves me some origami...</td></tr>
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Who'd have thought young Buster had a memory like an elephant? Photographic. It's, like, a medical thing. Never forgets <i>anything</i>.<br />
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He never actually killed any of the kids at school - he ain't a monster. But he made sure that every antagonist he ever encountered recalled the wrongs they did to him.<br />
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Especially Hargreaves. His parents couldn't afford bionics, so he's on crutches for the rest of his life.<br />
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Punchard too. He only whispers now. Turns out voiceboxes don't grow back the same. At least he doesn't need the machine to breath anymore.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and distortion pedals. Ain't music if there ain't a distortion pedal...</td></tr>
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Anyhow. That sort of thing does kinda dent ones academic career. Buster had to move along quick-sharp after that.<br />
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Last I heard, he works on a freighter now. Local, small hops only. No warp travel or anything unusual. He ain't the skipper of the operation, but sounds like he's doing okay. The crew likes having him around. He's good with engines, cooking and guns, it turns out.<br />
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I'll tell him you were looking for him the next time he's in town...Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-87634891751809368052015-01-29T22:32:00.001+00:002015-01-29T22:33:25.417+00:00Dear Bear<div>
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So there's this <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2460">thing</a> happening over at the <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/index.php">Oldhammer Forum</a>. You'll need to read that to understand what this is about. I'll wait.<br />
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It's a good thing. It should be supported.<br />
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So I've supported it. Here's my entry:<br />
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"I think you've got the wrong idea there, son," the scarred show master said. "Sign says 'bear wrestling'. B. E. A. R."<br />
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"Oh. Oh, I see," Dew stammered. "Silly me," he continued, as he pulled his trousers back on. There was nothing he could do to hide the crimson bloom of his cheeks. "Um...could I get my money back, please?"<br />
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The show master raised an eyebrow. "Sorry, kid. No refunds."<br />
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"What do you mean, no refunds!"<br />
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The show master grinned. "Well, its like this: imagine that you said 'hey, could I get my money back?' and then I said 'okay, sure, put out your hand.' You then put out your hand and I put your money back in it. With me so far?"<br />
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Dew nodded. "Yeah. Sounds good so far."<br />
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"Yeah, I'll bet. So when I say 'no refunds', its like all of that except for the bit where I put the money in your hand, see?"<br />
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"Wait a minute! So you mean..."<br />
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"Yep," the show master nodded. "Unless you actually <i>want</i> to wrestle the bear? Maybe you can win the prize and your money back?"<br />
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As he waited, Dew Rexe remembered that fateful day. He had no idea how it was that he'd actually beaten the bear. He supposed the bear eventually got dizzy from running around in circles and that's what led to his being able to choke it with his jock strap. <br />
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Killing the bear had been one thing, but the prize - that was the real life changer: a cloak that change its wearer into a bear. That sort of power could only be used for good. <br />
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And so it was that Dare Bear was born. A mild-mannered baker's assistant by day - a raging bear of justice by night. It wasn't long before the exploits of Dare Bear reached the ears of Patton Mountbatton - the mysterious commissioner of the Dogs of Law. <br />
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And it was he who Dew and Colin the Centaur were waiting for. <br />
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Dew was dragged from his reverie by the sound of a carriage approaching. <i>Patton Mountbatton</i>, he thought. <i>Finally</i>.<br />
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The carriage pulled up alongside the elf and the centaur. "Evening, chaps," said a voice through the curtain. No one ever saw the face of Patton Mountbatton. <br />
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"Evening, sir," the two replied. <br />
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"Good to see you Dew. I have a special task for you. I need you to head out east tonight. Scout the woods. I suspect there's a camp of chaos sympathisers out there and I want to find out more. Don’t engage - just scout. I was thinking your bear aspect would be especially useful here."<br />
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Dew, no - Dare Bear - nodded. "Will do, sir!" He ducked past the carriage to get some distance between himself and the horses before he changed. Having a bear appear right next to horses always produced a bad outcome. Looking over his shoulder, he established that he was clear. <br />
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"I'm too sexy for my shirt!" he sang, invoking the power of the cloak. <br />
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Dare Bear growled. <i>Let's go see about these... sympathisers</i>. <br />
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"That's interesting," Colin said as he watched Dare Bear bound off into the nearby forest. "I thought the Dogs were heading west tonight?"<br />
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"They are," Patton Mountbatton replied. "But we're deploying the giant tonight, and he's afraid of bears. I just need Dew out of the way for a while..."<br />
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Dew Rexe is a standard Wood Elf, but counts as a Were-bear as a result of his magical cloak - The Bristles of the Bear. All of the rules for Weres apply (Page 224 of Warhammer Fantasy Battles) apart from the fact that no transmutation test is required in order to change shape - this can be done at will by the wearer of the cloak. <br />
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<li>Should Dew (Dare Bear) ever leave the table in his Bear form, he is assumed to have 'gone feral' and wandered off. He will eventually return to the Dogs of Law, but for the purposes of the game (and calculating victory conditions), assume he has fled from the table. </li>
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Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-24181776976548246952014-09-16T06:32:00.001+00:002014-09-16T06:32:27.080+00:00ChaosThurauder Horse and Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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A long long time ago, I fantasised about Chaos Thug Horse. As best as I can recall, the first figures that were actually released as some sort of human light cavalry for chaos were as late as 6th edition - Thugs had stopped being and Marauders became what Thugs once were. Perhaps you remember the figures - this was when GW decided that Marauders were large, muscular, topless (with shaved and likely oiled chests) and wore tight trousers. All a bit YMCA, in my opinion. I think the cavalry were less over the top, by virtue of having horses, but I digress. </div>
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The point is, if you want Thug Horse, you'll have to make your own.</div>
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To my simple mind, the solution, therefore, was to use normal foot Thugs and put them on horses. I mean, duh! Right? </div>
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Hmmm...I'm not so sure. I believe the place I fell over on this one was that for whatever reason, most of my Thugs have a lot of armour. Curiously, those that would fit on horses are also carry the heaviest armour. It's almost like they <i>knew</i> the best way to get on a horse would be to have lots of armour. </div>
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So at this point, I was going to put pictures up to explain and then move onto some further commentary. But I see that I've stuffed up my picture numbering, so that I would have to work harder than any returned value to change that into anything like how I pictured this post. </div>
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But, by way of explanation, when I was taking pictures of the Thurauders, I thought I'd position them with a small chaos army. Just chaos, this time - not the extra friends that I typically use. It is a small army, but beautifully proportioned, as some would say. And not any cheaper (points wise, if that's of interest to you) for it either. </div>
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Ultimately, everything else is self evident and warrants little explanation. We'll discuss the term Thurauder after the pictures...</div>
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Actual close ups of the Thurauders:<br />
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The Thurauders are all mounted on Marauder metal chaos steeds - from what I can see, Marauder pretty much cloned the Citadel equivalents, but made them substantially smaller. I presume this was a cost thing, as the Citadel horses were colossal compared to the other mounts of the time. Below are some comparison shots of a Marauder and equivalent Citadel steed:<br />
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So, Thurauder. I'm hoping the term makes sense now, but essentially, right up until I had painted them, they looked like Thugs. Once painted, they looked a lot more like Marauder Horse. There was nothing 'light' about them as cavalry.<br />
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Now, of course, no one can argue they're not Chaos Thug horse - said troops can wear heavy armour. Once I've painted up the Citadel Chaos Warrior Horse, there will be quite a solid visual distinction between the two that I could capitalise on as I shift between Thug -> Marauder -> Warrior as I need to. Ultimately, I had planned to have the warriors on Juggernauts of Khorne as the Warrior Horse on Chaos Steeds, with the ones on steeds as the Marauders. Perhaps one day, when I get there, we can have the debate again. The point is, with the smaller horses, these guys are only likely to ever occupy the two lower slots...<br />
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Anyhow, must dash - see you soon!<br />
<br />Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-92209170732204252172014-08-12T22:13:00.000+00:002014-08-12T22:13:20.262+00:00An Open Letter of GratitudeDear BOYL PARTICIPANT<br />
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I just thought I'd write to say Thank You. With an upper case T. and Y, of course.<br />
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Thank You is one of those curious phrases that covers the frankly banal to the life changing, without changing much to account for it. It is a phrase of <i>broad scope</i>. It is fit for use when you're given your change at the kebab outlet and it is equally fit for use when you receive your knighthood. I presume - I've never had my nomination taken forward for that.<br />
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But enough about me! Let's talk about <i>you</i> some more.<br />
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To the community, I want to say Thank You. I consider BOYL to be a massive success. Chiefly, that would be down to there not being any knobbish behaviour. The Foundry was filled with gentlemen, scholars, Chico and even some ladies, who did a stirling job of not looking bored.<br />
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Thanks for granting your opponent the benefit of the doubt.<br />
Thanks for asking before you picked up someone else's model.<br />
Thanks for not dropping the model, or for fawning at the feet of the owner when you did.<br />
Thanks for keeping the game going when the rules threatened to lock you up.<br />
Thanks for answering the questions of the others around you.<br />
Thanks for sharing your figures and your dice and your pens and your measuring tapes.<br />
Thanks for making laser noises and silly voices as appropriate for events on your table.<br />
Thanks for remembering the names of those you met last year.<br />
Thanks for asking the names of those you didn't.<br />
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<i><b>Thanks for taking accountability for the fun of the other players on your table. </b></i><br />
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Thank you.<br />
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There are special mentions, of course. There should always be special mentions. That's how you manipulate people into doing the same awesome thing next year, you see. I would encourage you to encourage them by also saying thank you.<br />
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So, to <a href="http://antipixi.blogspot.co.uk/">Antipixi</a> - thank you. You stepped into the breach and made sense of the various games that were forming, choosing to organise them neatly on the forum for us - a huge help all round.<br />
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To <a href="http://theleadpile.blogspot.com/">Whiskey Priest </a>- thank you. With such a powerful and terrifying voice as yours to command, we all sleep a little better at night knowing you use it only for the power of Good. Thanks for herding the oldhammerers together for the photo. And the scenery. F**k me, the scenery...<br />
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To <a href="http://tabletopheroesandvillains.blogspot.ie/">Just John</a>, <a href="http://sho3box.wordpress.com/">Cheetor</a> and <a href="http://theottovonbismark.wordpress.com/">TheOttoVonBismark</a>, who no doubt had to endure withering stares from anti-terrorist police as you explained what exactly an ork was and why they might be lurking in your luggage. They crossed land and sea to join us, hailing from that other fair jewel, Ireland - thank you.<br />
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To <a href="http://leadplague.blogspot.co.uk/">Asslessman</a>, who also crossed vast tracts of mother earth to engineer himself a table side seat in five separate games - thank you. A stirling guest, generous and polite and most, most welcome. And, through the selfless and admirable steering of the Killdozer 5000 to victory, he also enabled a dream for one stuck in the Antipodes, confounded by timezone, money and the selfish incapability of the human race to devise a working long range teleporter...<br />
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...which leads me to Captain Crooks! Unable to make the journey himself, he instead posted his models all the way to Asslessman and then proceeded to create high quality hand outs and suggestions for use in the Gorka Morka game. For all this he gets nothing but the faint fragrance of BOYL! 2014 on the base of the Killdozer. The ultimate GM - thank you.<br />
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To <a href="http://eldritchepistles.blogspot.co.uk/">Citadel Collector</a>, who besides supplying most of the artillery for the siege attackers, also allowed us all to gaze into the terrifying orifice of his asscannon, painted in the powerfully striking colours of black and white, supposedly in a nod to Malal, but no doubt actually just to make it hard to steal - thank you (and damn you!).<br />
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To <a href="http://shadowking-shadowkings.blogspot.co.uk/">Tony Yates</a>. It's one thing to see your drawings. It's another to see you <i>making</i> drawings. On demand. Just for the sake of the thing. I know a lot of people commented on how good it was to talk to you, both whilst you drew and just as you wondered about. We look forward to your return next year - thank you.<br />
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To Wargames Foundry. For not being 'one of them'. I don't believe anyone experienced anything but warmth and generosity from the people of Foundry. At no point was there a 'them-and-us' feeling - which is why I've not separated you out in this note, you see. You lot were as much BOYL participants as the rest of us! To Martin, Shaun (Shawn? Sean?) and Rob - thank you.<br />
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To Kev Adams. For making the oldhammer goblin. Especially for us. Our own special event figure! For showing us your new greens and talking through the concepts - thank you.<br />
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To Diane and her team. I saw it mentioned somewhere on the blogosphere / internet and I believe it to be true - there is no wargames convention in the world that offers the same catering. Your team were courteous, patient and efficient. Dinner, again, was a huge hit - thank you.<br />
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To Marcus and Bryan. I don't believe you do know what you've enabled for us. I don't believe that understand the value of what you have made available to us as a community. I suspect you have an idea, of course. Like us, you have a love for toy soldiers. But it is more than that, you see. Perhaps you know <i>what</i>, but just not <i>how much</i>. Words, especially the <i>Thank You</i> ones, are unfortunately overwhelmed and spent when it comes to quantity. Still, thank you for being patient with us during the organisation. Thanks for making suggestions as you did, for providing the tables, the tent, the toilets, the parking, the lighting, the tours, the explanations of the moulding process, the figure cabinets. For the painting prizes - I think those took everyone by surprise! For the concept sketches and unreleased greens and the aluminium Mighty Fortress and the sphincter beasts. For inviting us back next year - thank you.<br />
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So there you are. Thirty expressions of gratitude, completely unfit for the job, but all I have to offer. I suspect that I speak for the entire Oldhammer community when I say it finally: Thank You.<br />
<br />Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-42284227275047501312014-07-25T22:04:00.003+00:002014-07-25T22:08:14.908+00:00Ten Things. In some sort of order. A list, if you will...<a href="http://magpieandoldlead.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/my-top-10-minis-of-all-time.html">You've</a> <a href="http://realmofchaos80s.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/orlyggs-top-ten-miniatures-of-all-time.html">probably</a> <a href="http://leadasbestosblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/leadasbestos-10-ten-miniatures-of-all.html">seen</a> <a href="http://theleadpile.blogspot.com/2014/07/my-top-ten-miniatures.html">this</a> <a href="http://oldhammeronabudget.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/chicos-top-ten-miniatures-part-2.html">going</a> <a href="http://geeklydigest.blogspot.com/2014/07/alright-here-are-my-top-ten.html">around</a>:<br />
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You know. Top 10 lists.<br />
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These are the things that the internet runs on, after all.<br />
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But, before you judge my response to be critical and sarcastic, of course, it serves a good purpose. For are we of the oldhammer movement not gripped by nostalgia? Reliving our childhoods under some maniacal delusion that somehow the things we craved as children are somehow more within our grasp now that we earn money? And what better way to relive that nostalgia than to see the blogosphere erupt with memories retold and hopes relived - sometimes even realised.<br />
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Also, it makes a nice change from trying to get some hobby work done in the baking, stagnant heat of our house (it's one of those, warm-in-summer and cold-in-winter varieties, you see). Unfortunately, I am not blessed to be a member of the teaching profession, and so must confine my painting activity to the evening, when I am tired.<br />
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Heat and exhaustion are not conducive to painting, it seems.<br />
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Now my list is really the top 10 miniatures that for whatever reason burned themselves into my consciousness as a youngster. I would drool over the catalogues trying to devise ways that I could get my hands on these things. Being out in South Africa at the time confounded the situation even more, what with the unfavourable exchange rate, import duties and the general opinion of the era that if boys weren't playing games that involved some kind of ball, they were clearly mentally defective or homosexual.<br />
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So, herewith a pleasant evening's distraction. It is worth noting that I have numbered the images, not because these are my preferred order or that one is more favoured than the other. This is simply so that you know how much more list you have to go, lest you are overcome with your emotions and must look away.<br />
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1. This is everything an orc is supposed to be. Stupid, menacing and a bit gormless.<br />
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I've got one of these.<br />
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2. I was one of those Tolkien Lord od the Rings sort of kids. In that line of fantasy, gunpowder weapons didn't feature. Imagine my surprise when games workshop not only suggested that goblins might have cannons, but that they would have the most awesomely irresponsible sort of cannon in the world - one with blades on the wheels and a ridiculous mortar on top. I have the perfect video of this weapon firing in mu head...<br />
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I've got one of these.<br />
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3. Again, another off the wall suggestion from GW - a stone thrower with a crew at rest, but also expressing their extreme hatred of goblins at the same time. Casual hate, if you like. Beautiful.<br />
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I don't have one of these yet.<br />
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4. Tolkiens fantasy and what little other fantasy I ended up with didn't include ratmen. I was initially skeptical about this race - I mean, really? Its a man-rat. Come-on.<br />
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But then one day, a friend of mine decided to play skaven (we played with cardboard, you see) - and he fielded something in the region of 600 skavenslaves (you can do that sort of thing with cardboard...). It was then that the way the army worked dropped into my thick skull and I was hooked.<br />
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Alas, I never had (and don't really have it now) the money to pursue the skaven, but I always, always wanted this figure. He just says <i>control.</i><br />
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5. I remember when I first saw the Red Catalogue. This dude was on the front. Or maybe the back. I submit that he was quite obvious, at any rate. I had no real idea what chaos was and I actually thought this was some sort of 40k orc. Again, from my constrained Tolkien line of fantasy, I hadn't quite wrapped my mind around the idea of orcs with guns - but this guy? He was the gateway drug.<br />
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I've got one of these.<br />
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6. So if you can imagine me not quite getting orcs with guns, you can imagine my scorn at this ridiculous thing. Some kind of machine-horse? Really?<br />
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But I couldn't let it go. I would stare at this thing for hours in the catalogue, trying to work it out. Trying to make sense of it. In doing so, it moved from my all out worst-idea-for-a-figure-ever to one of my all time favourites. What a bloody good idea!<br />
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I have seven of these. I could really do with an eighth, if you have one lying around.<br />
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7. Chaos Knights. F**king love 'em. I remember running through the catalogue and stopping because of just how big these guys were. And the horses! Proper, big, scary horses. When I had laid my hands on Warhammer Armies, I was quick to determine that five of these buggers would make a massive dent in an army list without making a massive dent in my budget. How I longed to have enough money for 5 of these guys...<br />
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...twenty years later? I have five of these.<br />
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8. I was in a bit of a quandary about the beastmen, to be honest. But in the end, because of the amount of time I spent staring at the three or four pages of beastmen in the catalogue, I decided to include them. Again, to a child's mind, the idea of paying ten points for a W2 WS4 figure just completely blew my mind. How could it be? How was this possible? And they could have chaos mutations? I specifically remember marking all the ones that weren't goat like in the catalogue, trying to work out how few would be left and if one could make a viable unit of the remnants.<br />
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Curiously, I only have one of these now - the others have traded for other things I'd rather have.<br />
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9. Marauder Longbeards. The whole range, but specifically this one. Because dwarves don't have to use axes and hammers, Games Workshop. Get over yourselves, arseholes. And if Skaven can somehow wrap their idiotic minds around the spears-in-tunnels conundrum, then so can dwarves. Arseholes.<br />
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I don't have any of these any more. Alas, how I miss them!<br />
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10. Stone Trolls. I think the real testament to these figures is the considerable length of time they've been in production. These guys started my off on my first goblin horde - I loved the idea of the really little guys and the really bug guys forming a force - especially the idea of goblins trying to goad stupid trolls into combat.<br />
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I used to have six of these, but they've all been traded to grow my collection in other directions. I love the figures and I think they were really important in GW's history, but curiously, I have no desire to own them again. Well, okay, maybe a little bit.<br />
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Okay, a lot!<br />
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So there is a brief trip through my nostalgia. You'll note that the Red and Green catalogues are broadly the only ones featured, so you can tell exactly when I got into the hobby. There are loads of other amazing figures for so many reasons, but these ten - these are the ones I'd drool over, imagining them in my armies and coveting them in others' armies.<br />
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It remains to say thanks to those who have posted this up - one of the most pleasant little wanders I've had through the past in a long while. Cheers, all!Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-32918188138846276202014-06-30T21:49:00.000+00:002014-06-30T21:49:38.935+00:00Ellen Degenerate: Lord of ChaosWith <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/bring-out-your-lead-2014.html">Bring Out Your Lead! 2014</a> fast approaching, I find myself preparing, like you.<br />
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Painting.<br />
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As the more regimented of the readers of this blog may have noted, the posts have been sporadic and a little too spaced out. The sort of thing that happens when one is tackling real life: two year olds, family holidays and heroically ambitious company growth plans despite ridiculous cutbacks.<br />
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And if you thought the posting was suffering, well the past three months have produced absolutely no painting at all. Not a jot. No pots opened, no brushes laid out, no figures even undercoated, or cleaned. Not even been sniffing the glue.<br />
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But inspiration comes, as it always does.<br />
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Enter <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/realm-of-chaos-ellen-degenerate.html">Ellen Degenerate</a>. Don't recall the name? Go ahead and follow the link. There's time.<br />
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Now as you will see, the good lady is a good and powerful lord of chaos. Someone not to be trifled with, by all accounts. But how do you model a sinister and powerful chaos lord, when they're afflicted with one of these:<br />
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Providence is afoot, because it just so happens that <a href="http://realmofcitadel.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/citadel-c38-ostrich-man.html">Don Hans</a>, slavering scion of Nurgle that he is, decided to paint an ostrich man, which goes to illustrate the point:<br />
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Interesting? Yes.<br />
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Disturbing? A little, yes. Mainly due to the paint job, actually.<br />
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Chaos Lord? ...er.....no.<br />
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And it was this conundrum that stopped me from working on Ellen. I had worked out what she might look like when I produced the <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/battle-report-bridge-over-river-chai_30.html">epilogue</a> of the <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/battle-report-bridge-over-river-chai.html">last battle report</a> played out on this site, which helped with the overall idea, but I was still stumped for a candidate figure.<br />
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I needed something frail, like an elf, but still full of power, as only a chaos lord could be. Likewise, something suggestive of the mind-shredding madness that is only millimetres away from engulfing her strained and anxious mind.<br />
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All along she was just sitting in front of me. I'm talking about 3 years now. Before I'd even written the first line of her first appearance, the candidate was waiting before me.<br />
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The Dark Emissary.<br />
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It is one of my favourite figures of all time - a candidate for so much. It could be dark elf sorcerer, some kind of chaos thing, a necromancer - it's even a good candidate for a grey seer. And also for Ellen Degenerate.<br />
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What I didn't do was take a before shot. But, you look like you're into <i>finding things out</i>, so you can google that and see what a normal one looks like.<br />
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In essence, I've not changed much at all. I toyed with different heads and I was on the very verge of replacing her staff with the daemon sword she has. In the end, I just gave her the neck, which twists over her back before returning under her left arm and positioning her head beautifully in the centre of her chest.<br />
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A shot considering her armoured neck (she is blessed with fused chaos armour, you see). I tried to keep the colours bright, as she is an elf after all, and I suspect Slaanesh people are big on colours. In hindsight, I should have rounded the armour plates more, as I ended up trying to paint that in some sort of crustacean shell pattern.<br />
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A quick note about the camera. It's new and frustratingly shares nothing in common (y'know, like the user interface) with my old one. I took lots of shots which seemed okay on the camera screen, but were just useless for the blog - so, apologies for the light and the comparatively few shots.<br />
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Now I am clear to start working on her terrifying retinue - being comprised of Teacake, the chaos goblin and Sirrell Tonjon, the chaos dwarf.<br />
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Candidates have already been selected...Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-2057945228557846852014-06-06T20:59:00.004+00:002014-06-06T20:59:56.959+00:00Bring Out Your Lead! 2014The Oldhammer community are pleased to officially announce <b>Oldhammer - Bring Out Your Lead!</b> (2014). Of course, you've heard about it already. But this is the official announcement, so now you can officially start panicking about how long it will take to grow a mullet.<br />
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We are also extremely pleased with and grateful to our hosts - <a href="http://wargamesfoundry.com/" target="_blank">Foundry Miniatures</a> in Nottingham. The event is taking place over the weekend of the 08/08/2014 (Friday afternoon onwards) - 10/08/2014 (Sunday).</div>
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So, first things first: This is a gaming event. The entire idea and surely the primary purpose for attending is to play games.</div>
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BUT - it is NOT a tournament. Nothing can be won. Your victory over your opponent is purely moral and for retelling in a pub later. There are no ladders, no leagues, no recognition of your amazing army building talents and keen interpretation of the rules. THIS IS NOT A TOURNAMENT!</div>
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Which makes things a little harder to organise. In a traditional tournament, the organisers would set a points limit, army restrictions and painting guidelines in order to ensure that everyone has a fair chance. There is no need to worry about who matches who, as once the first game is completed, better players will be faced off against better players and the whole thing is supposedly fair.</div>
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This means we need your help. In order to understand the numbers attending, we have a <a href="https://boyl2014.wufoo.com/forms/oldhammer-bring-out-your-lead-2014/" target="_blank">booking form</a>. BUT, because it's NOT A TOURNAMENT, the organisers will not allocate you an opponent on the day. Read this as <i>the organisers do not guarantee you a game</i>.</div>
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You, aspiring gamer, CAN ensure a game, however, by following up your booking with an entry on the <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewforum.php?f=36">Oldhammer Forum BOYL 2014 Thread</a>. In this forum, you will be able to tell others what you're planning to bring, how many points/figures you plan to field and what sort of game you want to play.</div>
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You are still welcome to simply turn up at Foundry with your army and no booking, but if there is more demand than supply, preference will be given to those who are registered.<br />
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Entry to the event is free. Our generous hosts, <a href="http://wargamesfoundry.com/" target="_blank">Foundry Miniatures</a>, are not charging us for the venue, and as it's NOT A TOURNAMENT, we're not offering any prizes.</div>
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Of course, you still have other costs to consider - if you're travelling a long way, you might need a place to stay overnight. You will need to get there. And, of course, you'll probably want to get an army ready. Start saving now!<br />
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The even takes place over the weekend of the 09/08/2014 - 10/08/2014 at The Wargames Foundry (in their new premises):<br />
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Friday (08/08/2014) from <b>13:00 until 20:00.</b><br />
Saturday (09/08/2014) from <b>10:00 until 20:00</b>.<br />
Sunday (10/08/2014) from <b>10:00 until 17:00</b>.<br />
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Foundry Miniatures Ltd<br />
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We do ask that you arrive on time, as you will need to factor in finding your game, meeting your opponent, unpacking and packing of figures and copious amounts of pointing at things and going "Wow! Is that (delete as appropriate) [your amazing paint job / that ultra rare figure I've never seen in real life before / really your sister*]? </div>
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Yes, it is. As mentioned above - they have offered their facility free of charge. They have the space, the tables and the interest in the hobby and so stand head and shoulders above any other option we've considered to date.</div>
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To be clear, we have no official relationship with Foundry - they've offered because they have an interest in what we're trying to achieve and they've offered us the facility as a result.<br />
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Yes, it is. So lets talk about Foundry. Perhaps you've heard of Bryan Ansell? No? Once upon a time, he ran Games Workshop. Take a look at your Warhammer 3rd Edition books - that's right, he co-authored some of them. Marcus (Bryan's son, following in the family footsteps) runs Wargames Foundry. They have a clear 'spiritual' connection to the Oldhammer movement.</div>
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We mention this because we ask that the Oldhammer community respect the facility and the effort that Foundry (and the Ansell family) have gone through to host this. When you're on site, please don't litter, or break things, or steal, or do anything that would bring the Oldhammer community into disrepute. We would dearly love to be invited back to the Foundry. Keep this in mind when you attend.<br />
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The Ansell family also conduct business in catering. As a result of this remarkable good fortune, Foundry are able to offer hot food and are licensed to sell alcohol. Of course, you'll have to pay for this (expect typical pub rates), but you won't need to go foraging around the fields of Neward-upon-Trent for food.</div>
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Fear not, citizen! Participation events there will be. <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2991">This is the place</a> to determine which ones you're interested in.<br />
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<li>Register on the <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/" target="_blank">Oldhammer Forum</a>!</li>
<li>Create an entry on the <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewforum.php?f=36" target="_blank">BOYL 2014</a> thread to organise your games!</li>
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Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-190876658961249552014-06-02T21:06:00.001+00:002014-06-02T21:06:36.977+00:00Zoids, Liebsters and An OxymoronDear Reader. It has been a long time.<br />
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So <i>very</i> long.<br />
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Where to begin? What explanation does one offer for two months of stark, blank absence, the same post waiting to greet you on your repeated visits, shamefully shuffling its feet, unable to explain where it's colleagues are or indeed, quite what is happening with this enterprise as a whole.<br />
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And yet, despite my absence, I seem to have collected some Liebster awards.<br />
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Now these things wander around the internet all the time, constantly hounding bloggers into frenetic bursts of personal revelation, as well as the instruction to nominate five or ten or twenty or whatever-the-hell-the-number-is blogs to be visited as part of the nomination.<br />
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<i>Or else.</i><br />
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So, let's explain. I'll get to the Liebster things in a bit. In defence of my absence, I can only say that I've been living in another hemisphere for the whole of May. For those in the know, they'll realise I'm traditionally based in the northern one, so the only other one I believe we have on this planet is the southern one. That's the one I've been in. Tine to learn a word:<br />
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The oxymoron I shall employ by way of example is 'family holiday'. Ostensibly, the purpose for my spending the entirety of May in South Africa was for a <i>family holiday</i>. Don't get me wrong. Families are great. Holidays are great. But the union of the two is something frankly unholy, especially for extended periods of time.<br />
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Oh wait. It occurs to me that I ought to define <i>family</i> at this point. I don't refer to the spending of time with my wife or my child on holiday as 'frankly unholy'. They are treasures to be savoured and time with them in a relaxing environment is pure gold.<br />
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I'm talking about the rest of the bloody family.<br />
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So May has largely been spent in a curious state of pleasure (I forgot how well they eat out there!) and despair (I didn't fly my child 9000 kms for you to ignore her as you watch 20/20 cricket...)<br />
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More frustratingly, 31 days of being 'off' have failed to produce even a single painted figure. Not only was I not in the same hemisphere for the whole of May, but in order to prepare my employer for my considerable absence, I pretty much spent the whole of April working flat out, again stopping dead in it's tracks my hobby time. No blogging, no painting. Even accessing the <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/">Oldhammer Forum</a> has been sporadic and confused. Both because of time and the desperately poor internet connections made available in South Africa to me.<br />
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Let me just say this - if you are planning on starting a new country, or perhaps taking over the one you currently live in - when you write up the new constitution, please ensure you enshrine the right to high speed internet access within it. Internet access is now a human right, not some kind of product to be exploited! I shall send a very strong letter to the European Parliament expressing my thoughts on the matter.<br />
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Still, I did get some time to catch up on the various blogs I frequent (but for May). It was whilst I was so doing that I noticed the whole Liebster thing. Firstly, Thantsants of <a href="http://teasgettingcold.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/teilen-sie-die-liebe.html">Somewhere The Tea's Getting Cold</a> thought kindly of me and dropped a mention, and then Stylus of <a href="http://woffboot.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/i-accept-this-liebster-award-on-behalf.html">The WoffBoot Chronicles</a> did something very similar!<br />
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I have nothing but praise for Thantsants, being, as he is, an all round fine gentleman of noble demeanour and sound oldhammer principles. Quite frankly, I have no idea how such a chap gets all his painting done - I can only imagine his house must overflow with joyous visits from the thousands of friends he must surely have.<br />
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I didn't realise it, but The WoffBoot Chronicles is spearheaded by the efforts of not one but two thoroughly diligent posters (Stylus and Kraken), who have also recently experimented with <a href="http://woffboot.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/unbeaten-chaos-warriors-vs-wood-elves.html">remote gaming</a> - a thing we've explored here on this site <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/battle-report-its-fun-to-slay-at-wyemm.html">two</a> <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/battle-report-shadow-of-koles-lorr.html">or</a> <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/battle-report-bridge-over-river-chai.html">three</a> times before.<br />
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So - thanks to the both of them for the award. I seem to remember these things have made their way to this blog before, but not with the considerable verve that seems to be sweeping the oldhammer community at the moment. Far from ignoring the thing, I thought I'd mention it and provide the suitable supplication in response to those who have awarded the them.<br />
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I gather from the way those that have offered the thing to me have blogged, one is suppose to be asked a set of questions and must therefore provide a set of answers. I'm afraid, dear reader, you shall have to wait in violent suspense for those answers, because I have other things to do right now.<br />
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<i>Hobby things. </i><br />
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One of the curiosities that returned from South Africa with me was the dusty remains of the only Zoid I ever owned - Mad Thunder:<br />
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The image is not the one of my own Zoid, which was in a much dirtier state and had been disassembled for storage, you see. I also very much doubt the electricals still work.<br />
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The thing is, I've long been considering some sort of 15mm Rogue Trader - an idea that has been gaining traction in <a href="http://fightingfantasist.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/15mm-rouge-trader-project-part-fourth.html">other corners of the internet</a>. I fear that the Zoid is the last straw in this campaign against my wallet. I fear I must concede and buy 15mm stuff immediately. Otherwise the Zoid will be lonely.<br />
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That would never do.<br />
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Finally, just so that there is no confusion - yes, I will continue to tell the tale of young Gromeo and the Escape from El-Catrase - I still have the notes and the pictures, although I've taken so long with the thing I'll now have to buy Comic Life in order to complete it - the evaluation copy I had expired ages ago...<br />
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<br />Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-37691809830885944932014-03-23T21:05:00.001+00:002014-03-23T21:05:48.205+00:00Battle Report: Escape from El Catrase - Turn 1I can't quite put my finger on it. Either, whenever I do a battle report, I underestimate how much work it really is, or the entire planet is hell bent against me producing battle reports.<br />
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I suspect the latter.<br />
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Still, through no small amount of bravery, toil and triumph on my part, I am able to continue the story of The Escape from El-Catrase.<br />
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With pictures. Taking a queue from many other stories I like (very special mention to Airbornegrove26, whose inspirational use of Comic Life had me aching for more...), I elected to use Comic Life.<br />
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Contrary to what I expected, it was much harder to tell a story visually. Especially if you can't go back and set up the poses of the figures.<br />
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So, I'd be awfully interested in opinions of this approach. Better or worse than the written story?<br />
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Anyway, here's turn 1. The quality of the images (of the comic page, that is, not necessarily those within) is quite high, so I'd imagine they would be best viewed if you right-clicked on the image and opened them in a new page. Apologies - blogger doesn't have any really clever options here. I know I can set it up not to use the slide-show, but the corresponding lack of navigability is too frightful to consider.<br />
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GajWeazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-51099938584924056282014-02-24T21:27:00.002+00:002014-02-24T21:29:34.434+00:00Battle Report: Escape from El Catrase - Prologue & DeploymentI know that you are an astute reader. You just look astute.<br />
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No, really. You do. Go and admire your astuteness in the mirror. This can wait.<br />
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Back so soon? It was almost as if you opened the dictionary and turned to <i>Astute</i>. There was a picture of you.<br />
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And because you're an astute reader, you probably worked out from the nature of the pictures in my <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/a-scenario-escape-from-el-catrase.html">previous blog post</a> that it was not just a scenario.<br />
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It was, in fact, a battle report.<br />
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The game was with one of my two nearest oldhammerers: one Jeff McC, of Portsmouth. Okay, he has more name than that, but I've not revealed it all just in case MI5 locate him and confiscate his old lead. You'll recognise him as <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1284">Jeff</a> <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1838">McC</a> on the<a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/index.php"> oldhammer forum</a>. Well, you will <i>now</i>, given that I've just told you.<br />
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Perhaps we should have a prologue, hmmm?<br />
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Prologue: The Escape from El Catrase</h2>
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Tzeentch opened the door. "Khorne! You made it!"<br />
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"Wouldn't miss this gig for the worlds! You won't believe what I've cooked up!" Khorne pushed past Tzeentch. "'Sup, ladies!" he barked at Nurgle. "Oh. No Slaanesh yet?"<br />
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"Hey, hey - it's everyone's favourite Khorne-dog!" Nurgle purred, slipping slightly as the arm of the chair he was ensconced in finally rotted away. "I just got the board out! Oh boy - you brought some Skulls!"<br />
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Khorned winked down at Nurgle. "Wouldn't be games night without 'em!"<br />
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The bag melted under Nurgle's gentle administrations, allowing the Skulls to tumble onto the table, a part of which formed into a bowl just as Tzeentch walked in. "C'mon Nurgle! I just got that chair!"<br />
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"S'not my fault your stupid chairs only last for a hundred thousand years! You gotta stop buying shit at Eyekea! Happens every time I come over." Nurgle stuffed a fistful of Skulls into his mouth, crunching indignantly.<br />
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"Ah, that'll be Slaneesh, then," Tzeentch pronounced, as a multi-coloured arm materialised from the wall before him and pointed to the door. "Don't touch anything else, Nurgle!"<br />
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Tzeentch returned with Slaanesh in tow. "Good! We're all here!"<br />
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"New 'do?" Nurgle said, bits of Skull drizzling from his mouth.<br />
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"Yes, actually," Slaanesh titivated, flicking his hair. "Glad you noticed. It's the day of Saint Valentine around about now, so I thought I'd do something with the colours of disappointment: dates not turning up, finding out your life partner is gay - you know, that sort of thing. I like how it turned out."<br />
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"I'd imagine finding out your deity is gay is quite disappointing too?" Khorne muttered.<br />
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"I think you'll find my satisfaction ratings are high on both sides of the fence - higher than yours all round, actually," Slaanesh quipped back. "Let me guess," he said, looking into the peculiar bowl, which tipped itself towards him as he leaned over. "Skulls! Originality must be your middle name, Khorne! Oh wait, I forgot - it's Dick!"<br />
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"I thought you quite liked dicks? What did you bring, anyway?"<br />
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"I don't like them enough to lick my own, though." Slaanesh took his seat opposite Khorne. "I brought some cucumber juice."<br />
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"Cucumber juice?" Tzeentch raised his eyebrow. "No fancy dispair-of-finger-nails-being-dragged-down-a-chalk-board-remixed-with-Miley-Cyrus-sings-polka-triple-filtered-through-tax-return-frustration-and-distilled-over-a-thousand-years?"<br />
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Slaanesh shrugged. "I thought of that, but we've sort a done that before. Any of you had cucumber juice before?"<br />
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The other gods shrugged and shook their heads.<br />
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"See? New experience all round. Simple cucumber juice! I see the board's all set up?"<br />
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"Yep," Nurgle said. "Picking up where we left off the last time."<br />
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"Remind me again?" Tzentch said, sitting down opposite Nurgle.<br />
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"So you had a Community Chest card, which you played on the half-orc." Nurgle looked at the card and read it aloud:<br />
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<i><b>Lusty and Late</b></i></div>
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<i>Play this card against any one opponent's playing piece to cause that piece to miss a turn.</i></div>
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"Yeah, I remember now," nodded Tzeentch.<br />
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"So, the half-orc-" Nurgle started.<br />
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"Gromeo," insisted Slaanesh.<br />
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"-Gromeo - was under Slaanesh's control, but that's caused him to miss his turn. Which makes it Khorne's to go."<br />
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"Boom!" barked Khorne, slamming a card down onto the board. "Double move, bitches!"<br />
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Slaamesh rolled his eyes. Tzeentch picked the card up and peered at it. "Okay, so what're you going to do?"<br />
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"I'm dropping this orc army on Gromeo's arse, is what I'm doing!"<br />
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"You're such a pussy, Khorne!" Slaanesh scowled.<br />
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"Yeah? Well, you know what pussies do to people don't you? They f-"<br />
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"I know what they do, yes," Slaanesh interrupted. "But never having seen one, I bet you don't!"<br />
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"C'mon guys," Nurgle admonished. "Go on, Khorne. Roll the dice..."<br />
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Jeff swallowed nervously. He considered the door and pondered the various different ways the next few minutes could play out.<br />
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"Ahem," he knocked. Softly, if he was honest about the thing. May as well look respectful.<br />
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Nothing happened. He could just make out some low moaning and a giggle.<br />
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"Um, sir?" he tried again, this time a little louder. Jeff shook his head. He couldn't really understand the desire to use these idiotic human titles. Sir? It sounded weak. At least, it did when <i>he</i> said it. When Gromeo said it, it sounded amazing! He just had, well, <i>a way</i> of saying it.<br />
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"Excuse me, Sir!" Jeff tried again, this time thumping the door.<br />
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"What is it?" a luxurious baritone demanded. "I'm busy!"<br />
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"Sir? Sir! We need to get out of here!"<br />
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"I'm not even in her! What are you on about? I'm not about to leave now!"<br />
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"Not her! Here!" Jeff croaked, hoarse with frustration. "We need to get out of here!" He pressed his ear to the door, barely catching another giggle.<br />
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After much creaking, groaning, grumbling and swearing, Jeff heard a sound that he approved of: the heavy thump of Gromeo's steps towards the door. What the little goblin chief had not anticipated was the door launching open at such a speed that he would have no time whatsoever to react.<br />
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The full force of Gromeo's considerable frustration slammed into Jeff's forehead through the medium of the brass doorknob. Jeff Leppard, Grand Nobbe of the Tripe Valley horde of goblins in the command of Roland Stones, 2nd in commnand to Gromeo himself, landed unceremoniously in the mud.<br />
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Jeff's jaw dropped in horror as he gazed up at the vast green bulk that was Gromeo. He appeared to be unclothed, but chins covered his belly and his belly covered, well, up to his knees. He watched Gromeo's face crack into a savage grin.<br />
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"It's Gromraaz!" Jeff stammered.<br />
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"And what, pray tell young Jeff, is a Gromraaz? And perhaps even more importantly, why in the name of all things holy and unholy - and that, let me tell you, is a great many names indeed - did you see fit to interrupt me for it?"<br />
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Jeff swallowed again. Gromeo's voice was soft and his face was as gentle as any visage might be when presented on a morbidly obese half-orc. His fear was that Gromeo was one of those commanders that was all calm and serene on the outside and the most depraved of savages on the inside. So far, nothing had happened in the force by way of extreme discipline, which caused a nervous terror amongst the entirety of the greenskin contingent - how could he enforce discipline without outward, obvious and regular displays of violence? Jeff had no plans to discover what it was that Gromeo did. Now was not the time anyway.<br />
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"Gromraaz the Poet!" Jeff ejected "He's on his way here!"<br />
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Gromeo's eyes roamed the pre-dawn sky as he contemplated the name.<br />
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"Minorca?" Jeff prompted.<br />
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"Ah," Gromeo grinned. "Good times, Minorca..."<br />
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"Gromraaz don't seem to think so! He's coming in force! Looks like he wants to take El Catrase!"<br />
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"Is that so?" Gromeo said, scratching his chin. "I s'pose I can't rely on your retards to manage that. Better safe than sorry, eh? Get my chariot ready, then!"<br />
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Finally! thought Jeff, the idiot is seeing sense. Jeff winced as he gazed up at Gromeo's considerable belly. "And your clothes, Sir?"<br />
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"Oh. Good point, young Jeff," Gromeo chuckled, looking down on himself. "Don't want little Gee to get cold now, do we. Ben? Ben! BEN!" he shouted.<br />
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Another goblin scrambled into view. "Yes Sir?"<br />
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"Get my chariot ready. Jeff here needs to help me to get dressed!"<br />
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"Yes Sir!" Ben Jovey confirmed, before racing into the darkness.<br />
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The colour drained from Jeff's face. "Dre... dressed, Sir?"<br />
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"Come on, you," Gromeo hummed, hefting poor Jeff up by his throat.<br />
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">
Deployment</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look! A table! Every deployment should have one. We are facing north (so the closest table edge is South, see?).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And some pictures of things... deployed. Y'know. Cos its deployment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the Chaos camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gromeo and his Goblin Guard occupy El Catrase</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Agatha and Christie, two of Gromeo's many squeezes...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The southern deployment of the orcs...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their northern deployment...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their western deployment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The field, as seen from the east.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeff, already totting up victory points in his head...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Explanation of the Chaos deployment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Explanation of the Orc & Goblin deployment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A thousand words....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and the extended explanation of the Orc & Goblin deployment, because my camera couldn't fit all the little buggers in...</td></tr>
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Next time on Warhammer For Adults: will Gromeo defy the mighty horde of Gromraaz? Will either side's trolls pass their stupidity test? How will Agatha and Christie escape the field with so many goblins around?<br />
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All this and more in the next exciting instalment of The Escape from El Catrase!<br />
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<br />Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-5636648223952067912014-02-11T22:44:00.003+00:002014-02-11T22:44:25.974+00:00A Scenario: The Escape from El CatraseLong time readers may remember everybody's favourite ladies-orc, <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/gromeo-gromeo-wherefore-art-though.html">Gromeo</a>, and the remarkable <a href="http://warhammerforadults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/gromeo-sponsored-by-gods-of-chaos.html">sense of humour expressed by the gods of chaos towards him</a>.<br />
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Dear reader, I am well aware how many of you wished you had a Gromeo in your force. How often you fantasise about his tactical genius, his jovial leadership style and his titanic half-orcliness. How you might guide his unique talents on the table, if only you had some sort of scenario where you might be able to field him.<br />
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Well, rejoice, one and all, for a scenario has been thought of! One which is all about young Gromeo and his curious force. A scenario which describes a young half-orc general satisfying one of his many appetites, as only one of his grandiosity and rank should. Well, okay, not describing the actual satisfaction - heaven forbid! Rather, the scenario lays out what might happen when said young general is caught - literally and figuratively - with his trousers down.<br />
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Ladies and gentlemen, Warhammer for Adults presents <i>The Escape from El Catrase</i>, a scenario for the 3rd edition of <i>Warhammer Fantasy Battles</i>.<br />
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Scenario: The Escape from El Catrase</h3>
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So Gromeo has been caught with his trousers down. He has been located in the coaching stop of El Catrase on the north-south road between Sheepless and Ratchitt, where he has been attending to two ladies of questionable repute. It is then that the orc horde of Gromraaz the Poet arrives to capture him and the ladies. </div>
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The powerful jealousy Gromraaz has for Gromeo is no secret. Folk still tell of the time Gromeo seduced all of the womenfolk (if, indeed, such a term might be applied to female orcs!) of his family, causing them all to fall pregnant and to produce fat, lazy, disinterested children whose eating habits have brought Gromraaz and his household budget to its knees. Having extracted the truth about the children's father from his terrified family by threatening them with a Justin Bieber concert, he has since hunted Gromeo relentlessly, aiming to make the fat half-orc pay for his loss of honour.</div>
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But Gromeo is not the innocent young lover he once was - favoured of Nurgle, he is himself a mighty chaos champion and leads as chaotic a force as has ever been assembled in the service of chaos!</div>
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Now the coaching stop is a fairly opened minded stopping site, but even they can only tolerate certain types - and those chaos types are simply unwelcome. So, Gromeo has stationed all of the unsavoury things (that is, the things in his force more unsavoury than chaos goblins) in the lee of a hill not far away - just enough that they can't be seen from the road or the coaching stop. Essentially, his force has been split in two - he and his chaos goblin bodyguard (more tolerable than any chaos creatures) in the coaching stop, with the remaining chaos forces just over the hill to the east. </div>
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Deployment will be as follows:</div>
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The orange building represents the building where Gromeo and the two ladies deploy. Gromeo's chariot starts in base to base contact with the building, so chaos player may chose to start with Gromeo in his chariot, if desired. The three units of chaos goblins may deploy anywhere within 6" of this building.<br />
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The remainder of the chaos force must deploy 21" to the west of the building Gromeo starts in, and 18" from the northern table edge, in the lee of the hill. They may deploy within 8" of this point, but must not be visible to the coaching stop.<br />
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The Chaos forces of Gromeo deploy first.<br />
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The Orcs & Goblins may choose to deploy in any (or all) of the northern, eastern or southern deployment areas (as described in the diagram).<br />
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War machines start off table and may move onto the table in turn 1.<br />
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Victory Conditions</h3>
Standard Victory Points will be used to determine the winner, however, there are some objectives which are worth focusing on:<br />
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<b>Orcs & Goblins</b></div>
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<li>+200 points for each 'lady' captured (there are two). </li>
<li>+400 for Gromeo captured</li>
<li>+200 for destroying the ladies' home (the orange building - destroying this means they won't come back!)</li>
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<b>Chaos</b></div>
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<li>+200 points for each 'lady' who escapes the table (see Capturing the Ladies, below)</li>
<li>+400 for Gromeo escaping the table (any table edge)</li>
<li>+200 if ladies home still standing at the end of the game</li>
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Capturing Gromeo</h4>
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Gromeo will be captured if:</div>
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<li class="li1">he is reduced to 0 wounds and carried off the table. The carrying unit must (by adding their Strength stats together) have at least 24 points of strength (so 8 goblins would be required, but only 6 big'uns, for instance). Mounts do not count do the strength score. The same applies to friendly units 'recapturing' Gromeo.</li>
<li class="li1">he is routed off the table and the pursuing unit is able to remain in base contact with him. The pursuing unit must (by adding their Strength stats together) have at least 24 points of strength (so 8 goblins would be required, but only 6 big'uns, for instance). Mounts do not count do the strength score. </li>
<li class="li1">Units 'carrying' Gromeo will move at full speed if they have 36 or more points of strength, half speed if they have at least 24 points of strength. They will not be able to carry Gromeo if they have less than this figure. Units unable to move may remain stationary whilst they wait for reinforcements, but will still count as having captured Gromeo, unless he is rescued or they flee. </li>
<li class="li1">Any unit carrying Gromeo who fails a panic or rout test will drop him and flee as normal. </li>
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Capturing the Ladies</h4>
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<li>A lady will be captured when the capturing unit moves into base to base contact with her.</li>
<li>Any unit carrying a lady who fails a panic or rout test will drop her and flee as normal. The lady will be free to move as normal from her next movement phase. </li>
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<li>Before the game starts, but after deployment has completed, the Chaos player (who will control the ladies until their capture) must randomly determine which table edge the ladies should leave by. This should be done in secret - the Orcs & Goblins player should not know this information. This can be done by hiding the roll and writing the result on a piece of paper, or better yet, through the facilitation of a games master. </li>
<li>Both ladies must leave via the same table edge - it is not one edge for each lady.</li>
<li>No victory points will be gained for killing the ladies - they must be captured. </li>
<li>No victory points will be gained if the ladies are not captured but have not yet left the table, or have left the table via a different edge to the one randomly generated. </li>
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Forces</h4>
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Both forces are sized at 3000 points.</div>
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The historical battle occurred between Chaos and the Orcs & Goblins (using the lists described below), but could reasonably be fought between any two forces). To reduce the difficulty for the Chaos player (playing Gromeo), players may wish to reduce the attacking force (in this case, the Orcs & Goblins) to 2000 points.</div>
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The Forces of Chaos</h2>
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Gromeo's Host of Grandfather Nurgle</h3>
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<b><i>Gromeo</i> - Level 15 Half Orc Chaos Champion & General</b><br />
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<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Double-Handed Axe</li>
<li>Heavy Chariot drawn by 3 Giant Wolves</li>
<li>Chaos Attributes/Gifts: <i>Immensity, Musk, Fear of Blood, Regeneration, Enormously Fat</i></li>
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<b>7 Chaos Warriors of Nurgle</b><br />
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<li>Heavy Armour</li>
<li>Double-Handed Weapons</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Chaos Attributes: <i>None</i></li>
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<b>3 Trolls - <i>Slalem</i>, <i>Huggles</i> and <i>Toothless</i></b><br />
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<b>28 Plague Skeletons - Led by <i>Brian Maiden</i></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Shields</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Musician</li>
<li>Champion (Brian Maiden - Level 10 Hero)</li>
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<b>35 Plague Skeletons - Led by <i>Alex Cooper</i></b><br />
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<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Shields</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Musician</li>
<li>Champion (Alex Cooper - Level 10 Hero)</li>
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Roland Stones' Command (Chaos Allied Contingent)</h3>
<b><i>Roland Stones</i> - Level 20 Chaos Sorcerer & Allied Contingent Commander</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Chaos Armour</li>
<li>Chaos Steed</li>
<li>Chaos Attributes: <i>Stupid, Hypnotic Gaze</i></li>
<li>Spells: (LEVEL 1: <i>Summon Undead Champion, Zone of Life, Summon Skeletons, Aura of Resistance, Enthuse, Ignite Missiles</i>. LEVEL 2: <i>Mental Duel, Raze, Aura of Protection.</i> LEVEL 3: <i>Cause Cowardly Flight, Animate Sword, Cloak of Darkness</i>)</li>
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<b>10 Chaos Dwarves - Led by <i>Jack Sabbath</i></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Heavy Armour</li>
<li>Double-Handed Weapons</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Champion (Jack Sabbath - Level 10 Hero)</li>
<li>Chaos Attributes: <i>Poisonous Fangs</i></li>
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<b>1 Chaos Dwarf Bazuka</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Heavy Armour</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Chaos Attributes: <i>Powerful Legs</i></li>
</ul>
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<b>20 Chaos Goblins - Led by <i>Ben Jovey</i></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Shield</li>
<li>Hand Weapon</li>
<li>Bow</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Champion (Level 15 Hero - Ben Jovey)</li>
<li>Chaos Attributes: <i>None</i></li>
</ul>
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<b>20 Chaos Goblins - Led by <i>Jeff Leppard</i></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Shield</li>
<li>Hand Weapon</li>
<li>Bow</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Champion (Level 15 Hero - Jeff Leppard)</li>
<li>Chaos Attributes: <i>None</i></li>
</ul>
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<b>20 Chaos Goblins - Lead by <i>Jean Daye</i></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Shield</li>
<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Hand Weapon</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Champion (Level 15 Hero - Jean Daye)</li>
<li>Chaos Attributes: <i>Weapon Master, Powerful Legs</i></li>
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<b><i>Gromraaz the Poet</i> - Level 25 Orc Hero & General</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Wyvern</li>
<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Shield</li>
<li>Lance</li>
<li>Hand Weapon</li>
</ul>
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<b><i>Ed</i> - Level 25 Goblin Hero</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>Giant Wolf</li>
<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Shields</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
</ul>
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<b><i>Wuzzbad Da Green</i> - Level 20 Orc Hero</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>Shield</li>
<li>Heavy Armour</li>
<li>Hand Weapon</li>
</ul>
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<b><i>Thuumsting</i> - Level 15 Orc Hero - Battle Standard Bearer</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Heavy Armour</li>
<li>Hand Weapon</li>
</ul>
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<b><i>Dimgrotz</i> - Level 15 Orc Wizard</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>Double-Handed Weapon</li>
<li>Spells: (LEVEL 1: <i>Summon Skeletons, Cause Animosity, Wind Blast, Steal Mind, Flight, Aura of Resistance</i>. LEVEL 2: <i><i>Hand of Dust, Aura of Protection, Steal Magic Power</i>.</i>)</li>
</ul>
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<b><i>Gilwotz</i> - Level 10 Orc Wizard</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Hand Weapon</li>
<li>Additional Hand Weapon</li>
<li>Spells: (LEVEL 1: <i>Hand of Death, Strength of Combat, Leg Breaking, Flight, Aura of Resistance</i>.)</li>
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<b><i>Skurkub Chatterbox</i> - Level 5 Goblin Wizard</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>Double-Handed Weapon</li>
<li>Spells: (LEVEL 1: <i>Summon Skeletons, Steal Mind, Fire Ball</i>.)</li>
</ul>
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<b>20 Boyz - Wuzzbad's Ladz - Led by <i>Wuzzbad Da Green</i></b></div>
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<li>Shields</li>
<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Musician</li>
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<b>20 Arrer Boyz - Da Red Hunters</b></div>
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<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Bows</li>
<li>Banner </li>
<li>Musician</li>
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<b>20 Stickas - Da Noze Biters - Led by <i>Dingle</i></b></div>
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<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Short Bows</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Musician</li>
<li>Champion (Dingle - Level 10 Goblin Hero)</li>
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<li>Shields</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Spears</li>
<li>Javelins</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Musician</li>
<li>Champion (Level 15 Hero - Skummwaaz)</li>
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<ul>
<li>War Boars</li>
<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Shields</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Musician</li>
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<ul>
<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Scythed Wheels</li>
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<b>20 Bigunz - Darksunz - Led By <i>Uglutz the Unwashed</i></b></div>
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<ul>
<li>Light Armour</li>
<li>Shields</li>
<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Additional Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Musician</li>
<li>Champion (Uglutz the Unwashed - Level 10 Orc Hero)</li>
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<li>Hand Weapons</li>
<li>Short Bows</li>
<li>Banner</li>
<li>Musician</li>
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<li>Hand Weapons</li>
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Weazil the Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034522422050340887.post-58140103788810870372014-01-07T22:23:00.001+00:002014-01-07T22:23:46.062+00:00Nemesis. As In 'My...'It has taken months.<br />
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Orlygg has <a href="http://realmofchaos80s.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/do-you-have-miniature-moriarty-or.html">raised this question before</a>. Curiously, it was also a chariot for him.<br />
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Month upon month I would gaze at the Ironclow chariot sitting on my desk. I would stubbornly refuse to complete it on the grounds of its unwordly hideousness, and it would stubbornly defend all of the figures behind it, refusing to let me move on to them.<br />
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And so we were trapped in this loveless relationship. It refused to let me see the children and I refused to give it the love it needed.<br />
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Why is it so ugly? Where do the influences come from? What sort of oriental, viking precision goblin box was this thing? I know Ironclaw models are generally like marmite, but with this one glaring exception, I've always found Ironclaw fascinating.<br />
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So, I've plumbed new lows in my painting standard (which is what happens when one closes ones eyes and thinks of England) and completed the revolting thing - enough to get it off my desk and free up all the beautiful, patient wonders hid behind it.<br />
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Even the camera struggled with this one - unsure of its focus - not wanting to emphasise any part of the thing, lest the operator lose an eye or a mind.<br />
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The thing shrieks of compromise and is littered with clumsiness that I just can't bring myself to fix.<br />
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Still - we must look for silver linings. Simply put, I have another chariot, which has in it a goblin wizard, and the thing is complete and off the table. Mustn't grumble.<br />
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