tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715715249855629472024-03-13T11:20:58.552+00:00The Last Chance WarTo the south of the Empire, the lawless Border Princes are wracked by war.
Undead legions sweep north from the Land of the Dead. Orcs, Skaven and Ogres run rampant and spiteful Wood Elves strike from the dark woods.
Against these dark forces stand the Dwarfs of Horn Hold, the Knights of Tempest Falls and the Men of New Sylvania, determined to stand firm; however if the undead can batter their way through the Border Princes then the Empire will be next.
This truly is the Last Chance War.Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.comBlogger258125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-43537059897378395962013-09-22T09:15:00.003+01:002013-09-22T09:15:20.476+01:00The Second Massacre at River's Crook Beastmen (Tim) vs Tempestrians (Gill)<br />
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Lord Ruin stood motionless and silent in the trees, his tough grey hide barely visible in the shadows, surveying the approaching Tempestrian force beyond the river. It was a sizeable army, easily powerful enough to rout the defensive troops he had lying in weight in a straight battle on open ground.<br />
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But they had the river to cross. And this was a place they had known devastating defeat already at the hands of Ruin's allies, the Dwarfs of Gorak Duraz.<br />
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It was in response to that conflict that he had come himself to the front line with his entourage of roaring Beastmen.<br />
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Lord Ruin knew well the Knights of Tempest Falls. Why wouldn't he? He used to be one of them. <br />
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Shatana, the Fay Enchantress of the Border Princes, led her archers forward to the edge of the river and bade them take up position, edging forward. The northeast border of Tempestria was imperilled here and a stand had to be made against the foul creatures of the Drak Heart. Complacency and fear could play no part. The dirty beasts had to be routed out and exterminated. <br />
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But across the river, the bushes parted and dozens of baying and stamping Gors emerged, clattering their swords against their shields, taunting this invasion force, daring them to cross the river. <br />
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The Knights of Tempest Falls hurdled forward, driving their horses into the shallows at the bend in the river, while the archers shot volley after volley into the air in arcing fire down toward their unclean foes. <br />
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At Lord Ruin's command, the Beastmen remained still but the Bray Shaman behind their ranks whispered foul and forbidden words of power, summoning something dark and terrible from the woods behind the lines of the Tempestrians, something with every ability of the unnatural Jabberslythe but cast into an even more grisly form. The great beast leaped forward on its mighty legs, tearing the crew of of a Trebuchet apart in seconds, even as the Bray Shaman fell to his knees from the power-draining exertion. <br />
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The Knights clattered up the opposite banks and charged full on into a pair of Giants, immediately impaling one and bringing it down. Its partner roared in rage, swinging its gargantuan weapons into the horses, slicing heads from bodies despite the magical protection provided by Shatana, the Fay Enchantress.<br />
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The remaining giant hacked most of the remaining knights apart then chased down the rest as they tried to flee. <br />
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The Tempestrian archers had cleared all attacking forces before them and were approaching the river ready to make the crossing, but they hadn't reckoned on the filthy bloated monster rampaging through their rear.<br />
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The beast leaped into their ranks from the flank, devouring some men and simply bisecting others until all were running in terror before its vicious assault. No force could stop this creature. They were doomed! <br />
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And as this happened, Lord Ruin himself was tearing apart the other strike force of knights, driving them back into the water and pursuing them there, dragging them down beneath the surface to drown of be crushed.<br />
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He surged up onto the opposite bank, right in front of Shatana and there she stood her ground.<br />
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Only one unit remained to her now of archers and as these were hacked apart by a speeding chariot and the remaining giant, she took Lord Ruin to battle herself. <br />
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It was an impossible fight.<br />
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Despite her unrivalled magical prowess, there was no way she could hold her own against the holder of the Dark Heart. Lord Ruin drove her to the ground and it was only her magic that spirited her away before the death blow was struck.<br />
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Lord Ruin had led his forces to victory again. Surely the Tempestrians had to have learned their lesson.<br />
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The Tomb Kings had wrested it from the Dwarves, slaughtering all inside, and now they themselves were under assault as thousands of malignant spiders swept down from the hills goaded and led by the cackling Spider Goblins. <br />
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And behind the lines, bundles of web filled with acid-mawed spiders were hurled, up and over the battlements into the waiting skeletons within. <br />
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The fusillade of arrows from the skeletons manning the walls was insufficient to more than slow the waves of arachnids and the spiders reached the walls with minimal losses. <br />
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To the west a siege tower infested with crawling horror clumped against the walls, disgorging hundreds of gigantic scuttling killers.<br />
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Already the defenders were flagging and the battle had barely opened. <br />
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Atop the back of his gigantic eight legged beast, the Spider King had already wiped out all resistance on the section of wall he had climbed. He turned the beast and immediately attacked the eastern tower.<br />
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And now the Goblin King himself reached the gates, hurling up a grappling hook with a cry of triumph as his spider horde scuttled up the wall around his climbing form. <br />
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The Goblin King dispatched the defenders rapidly, barely slowing, such was his hatred and thirst for conquest. <br />
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But from the north came reinforcements, galloping undead steeds and chariots, hurtling to defend their fastness. <br />
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Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-78732846221428548712013-09-02T15:06:00.000+01:002013-09-02T15:06:04.218+01:00The Gates of Barak Varr <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There is a place where the Howling River issues from the Black Gulf where stands the mighty Dwarfen fortress of Barak Varr.<br />
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In its heyday the fortress was proud and prosperous but has fallen now on desperate times, for all the Dwarven men and wives have been slaughtered, every child thrown into the sea. It is a dark place infested with now only with dark creatures.<br />
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There is more than one place of entry to Barak Varr, most notably from the very sea itself, but from the north the way is blocked by the river. Here a bridge of wide girth passes over, allowing in days now gone for trade and peaceful visits. <br />
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Instead, in these days of war, it functions only as a sallying point for foul raids into the Border Princes as the dark forces gathered within the fortress march forth to taint the lands with their tread. <br />
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But while the bridge still stands there remains yet hope, that instead of merely disgorging evil, it might act as a means to storm the bastion - for forces just and courageous to tramp down from the north and take Barak Varr back once more!<br />
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Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-17911504301827743272013-07-05T09:13:00.002+01:002013-07-05T09:13:19.008+01:00Why the HELL aren't I posting anything? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi there and apologies for the long period of not posting here. I can promise that I will return in time.<br />
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The reason I'm not posting is because I find it difficult to be into more than one game system at a time and at the moment I'm REALLY into Warmachine and Hordes.<br />
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If you've never played them it's worth going them a go. The miniatures are a little pricey but beautiful and you don't need as many and the rules are more complex and challenging. It's a more challenging and intellectual game in some ways.<br />
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Anyway, come and see what I'm up to on my Hordes Machine blog if you like. The link is on the right bar of this site.<br />
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Who doesn't love Margaret Thatcher? <br />
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I certainly do. <br />
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A little too much? <br />
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Maybe. <br />
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Should I have composed a song about her? Is that a bit sickening? I'm not sure. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9XP53INXME">Click here to listen. </a></span><br />
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Well I saw these on eBay and just had to have them!!<br />
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They're the Old West Hang Em High Gallows from Battle Flag and they really are a joy to own.<br />
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Now I have a usual rule about always building my own terrain but I was so excited about this kit I "forgot" about it. <br />
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It's one of these new wood kits with punch out parts and it was <i>pretty </i>easy to buildand super easy to paint. The hardest parta actually was the noose.<br />
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Look! The trapdoor opens and it has a cute little lever and everything! <br />
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There's not much more to say. We can only bask in the coolness. <br />
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I'm still basking. <br />
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Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-73755535648237894622013-01-25T20:15:00.001+00:002013-01-25T20:15:37.792+00:00On the Painting Table: Ogre Ironblaster <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Look! <br />
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Man, I have had this dude for AGES and REALLY couldn't be bothered to paint him. But now I have! <br />
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The original model has the ogre holding some sort of strap things but these snapped and I didn't like the look of them anyway. I preferred him with a couple of hand weapons instead! <br />
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I have to say I'm not a huge fan of the rules but hey! It isn't about that half the time and I do love the model. Isn't that enough for God's sake!?!?!? <br />
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Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-39690296206430453822013-01-16T10:32:00.001+00:002013-01-16T10:32:20.268+00:00On the Painting Table: Skaven Characters! <br />
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Well LAST Christmas (before the one we just had) I got a bunch of Skaven miniatures in my sack. In typical fashion I spent a year getting round to painting them.<br />
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And here they are! <br />
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This is the dude from the Warhammer boxed game Isle of Blood.<br />
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He's amazingly nice but in some ways I kind of don't like him. <br />
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Then there's this Craventail chap.<br />
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Observant viewers may notice he has a solid gold ponytail.<br />
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And then there's this happy chappy! <br />
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I actually like him best! I'd love to make a rat ogre with the warlord on his back but haven't got round to it. I'm kind of hoping GW will produce one sometime. This is the miniature I would probably use if I was going to do a conversion. <br />
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All of these models are going to be special characters in my campaign at some point. For now they're just lying in wait.<br />
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And of course we've already seen Killbloater! <br />
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<br />Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-28035383095533364802013-01-02T11:49:00.000+00:002013-01-03T13:24:17.683+00:00How to Base the Garden of Morr! If you own the beautiful Garden of Morr, you probably empathise with how irritating it is to put together.<br />
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If this pile of bits looks familiar then this tutorial is for you.<br />
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1) Realise that although the Garden of Morr looks great when assembled it is far too annoying to build over and over again. <br />
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2) Go to Pizza Go Go and order some delicious "Chicken Hot" pizza. Either take advantage of their free delivery or buy one, get one free on collection offers. <br />
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4) Assemble garden of Morr for the second last time inside pizza box.<br />
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5) Notice just how badly it fits together.<br />
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6) Wonder why it wasn't designed to jigsaw in more closely. <br />
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7) Draw round the base of the Garden of Morr leaving a little room on all sides.<br />
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8) Eat after dinner mint while trying to roll three dice until they equal nine. <br />
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9) Cut out shape and build Garden of Morr on the base for what you pray will be the last time.<br />
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10) Eat second after dinner mint. <br />
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11) Use clippers to cut off some of the inner wall base so it fits together better.<br />
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13) When Garden of Morr is FINALLY fully constructed, use super glue to fix parts in place. <br />
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19) Dry brush inner areas grey.<br />
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23) Redo gravel to match warboard: black | dark brown | light brown | mustard | cream.<br />
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25)Put mausoleums into Garden of Morr. <br />
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26) Reflect on how ace it looks.<br />
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For the complete story so far click <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lastchancewar.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-tale-of-years.html" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Betrayal in the Council of Princes </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Of Elves </span></i><br />
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When Malekith returned from his travels to Ulthuan he found it a different place than that he had left. <br />
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In the wake of the war, dark cults of pleasure and death had arisen amongst much of the populous, most prevalently in Nagarythe, his homeland. There, the sorceress Morathi, his mother, had nurtured the growth of these sinister rituals, goaded by the shard of evil that had been placed in her heart by the exalted daemoness K'syarta. <br />
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Malekith was seen as a saviour, returned to set these dark times aright; to guide his people back to the path of goodness... and indeed he immediately made a public declaration that he would expunge this cult before it could spread too far. He declared his mother outlaw and set his forces to hunt her down.<br />
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And then Alatariel, his twin sister, returned from the Chaos Wastes.<br />
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Malekith was stunned that she yet lived and begged her forgiveness for leaving her to the cold and ice, yet she only smiled and caressed her brother's face. Of course she forgavce him. There was nothing to forgive.<br />
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And so he took council with her, and as she whispered in his ear, the Circlet of Iron he wore on his brow whispered in his mind. For days did they convene in quiet discussion and when they finally emerged, Malekith declared that he knew exactly the path to take to bring these terrible matters to their conclusion.<br />
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He requested that the Phoenix King convene the council of princes such that he could request the power to take control of the armies of the elves to end this threat. But betrayal, instead, was in his heart; and as the princes gathered at the Shrine of Asuryan where the sacred flames burned that had once tested Malekith's father, the fell prince announced that Bel Shanaar, the Phoenix King, was the true villain behind the cults. It should be him that was brought to justice.Malekith himself would assume his rightful place now as Phoenix King himself and drive out this evil if only the other princes would support him.<br />
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There was chaos within the council of princes. As many that wished to side with Malekith also stood against him, demanding that he leave the chamber. <br />
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Rhetoric had failed Malekith but that was only the opening gambit of the sinister plan. At that moment the doors were smashed asunder as the agents of Nagarythe burst in to wrest control over the council for their fell master. <br />
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Blood was falling as knives flashed in the light from the sacred flames but even this was not the quick victory that Malekith had hoped for. He had thought a show of force would tip fate in his favour but here now before him was only death. <br />
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Then a whispered voice came in his ear; gentle caressing fingers on his arm and Alatariel's soft words telling him that only one action now from him could end these hostilities and allow him to stake his rightful claim to the phoenix crown.<br />
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Following her advice, Malekith strode into the flames of Asuryan as his father had done, knowing they would cleanse him and prepare him for rulership.<br />
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But instead, Alatariel smiled coldly as the flames smote her brother, flaying the skin from his flesh as he flailed in agony. For long moments the sacred fire tore at Malekith's hair and eyes and then he threw himself clear, wreathed in smoke and ash.<br />
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Led by Alatariel, Malekith's disciples hefted his smouldering form and flew from the chamber, hacking at what princes they could as they went. The dark prince himself was not dead but he was scarred horrifically and for all time.There were no moments left to tarry now and he could barely move. <br />
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In his stead, Alatariel commanded his forces to withdraw to Nagarythe to consolidate and prepare while her brother healed. And she made a declaration on his behalf. <br />
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The time of peace amongst the elves was over now.<br />
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From now on it was the time of civil war. <br />
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And in Malekith's blackened body, his heart now had turned entirely to hatred of those fair elves who had rejected him.<br />
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The tragic steps of history were striding on relentlessly. Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-53764305206865329512012-12-30T19:07:00.000+00:002012-12-30T19:07:20.291+00:00Special Character: Killbloater While Frostclaw has long led the armies of the Skaven of Spikehole on the front lines, backed up (and manipulated) by Skarskrit, the Greay Seer, there is another rat man of greater stature and more devilish cunning than either of them who is yet to show his face.<br />
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Killbloater... Lord of Spikhole and leader of all the Skaven within the Border Princes. <br />
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Using pure warpstone juices as a daily elixir, Killbloater has grown to enormous girth and muscle mass, easily lording his power over the lesser creatures around him. But as the Warpstone has multiplied his strength, so too has it sharpened his mind.<br />
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Killbloater has unsurpassed cunning for a Skaven, and worse, he holds in his belly the throbbing power of a mystical artifact of unimaginable power, crafted by the Old Ones themselves.<br />
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He holds in his belly one of the lost Eyes of Nippon, passed down from clutching claw to clutching claw over a thousand generations.<br />
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With no conception of how to use it to its fullest potential, Killbloater simply swallowed the jewel and now pulses with preturnatural prowess and longevity on the battlefield; a force of unbridled lethality. <br />
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Upon the frame on his back, Killbloater carries what appears at a glance to be the dismembered corpse of a woman, the bones from its arms removed; the empty skin used as rope to tie it in place.<br />
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But listen very carefully and you will hear the dry lips of this poor creature begging for mercy as the fowl sorcery of the Skaven and the proximity to the Lost Eye of Providence keep her alive beyond all reasoning.<br />
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The identity of this woman is unknown. No clothes adorn her naked mutilated flesh to help iodentify her, but she is clearly of noble birth.<br />
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The Lost Eye of Providence </b>(Enchanted Item)<br />
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Grants +1 Strength<span style="font-family: inherit;"> (included above)</span>, a 4+ Ward Save & Regeneration (6+) <br />
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<i>Killbloater is a model I bought from BaneLords (via my good friend Neil, who felt he was far too big to represent his Mordheim commander) </i>Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-28254116555081749862012-12-29T16:54:00.004+00:002012-12-29T19:53:40.832+00:00The Spike Hole Horror! With the success of the Hell Pit Abominations spreading through the under-empire of the Skaven, the bar was raised to produce some new killing fiend of even greater power.<br />
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But it wasn't Throt the Unclean and Clan Moulder who perfected this new beast. It was the warlock engineers of Spike Hole. <br />
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Bear witness to the Spike Hole Monstrosity! <br />
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The creature is every bit as deadly as the Hell Pit Abomination only moreso.<br />
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Far bigger and bulkier than the Clan Moulder creation, this gargantuan monstrosity is capable of swallowing a man whole without even slowing. <br />
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Worse; it has another great gaping maw at the other end! Never before has such a disgusting horror been seen! Never before are something so deadly slithered and crawled from the festering depths of Spikehole. <br />
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The real horror however is how the fiendish creatures are produced. It is a lengthy and esoteric process prone to frequent failure as well as lethally powerful success that begins, hard though it is to believe, with the purest of substances.<br />
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For the beast you see here was once a human woman, a beautiful young lady no more than twenty years of age, spirited screaming into the night from the town of Malko by cackling Night Runners. <br />
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At the beginning of the process, the human's head - the woman in this case - is detached, still alive and screaming, and affixed through surgery to the shoulders of the giant rat like a malformed hump. Using foul sorcery and unclean science, the head is kept alive and conscious; unable to die or even to fall unconscious; unable to control the actions of the filthy pox-ridden rat that crawls amongst the carrion and through the damp tunnels searching for prey.<br />
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For weeks, this human head is left to "season," going very quickly insane as it screams hoarsely for release of any kind; lying amongst the other rats and watching as they feast on mouldering human corpses of the head's own family.<br />
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While the head has been seasoning, the body of the human has undergone gruelling transformation, its essence spliced with that of other Skaven monstrosities until it has bloated and mutated unrecognisably.<br />
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The insane head is grafted back into the interior of this new bloated, worm-like beast to provide a dark soul and motive power. The creature has no eyes; only a twisted sense of smell and the need for rancid flesh. It is ruled only by hatred and when fully complete, goaded into battle and controlled (after a fashion) by the warpstone gems built into its armour plating.<br />
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It is truly a horror beyond imagining. <br />
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Impact Hits (D6) <br />
Large Target<br />
Terror<br />
Regenerate<br />
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Hatred<br />
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Shambling Horror<br />
Special Close Combat Attacks<br />
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Armour Save: 5+ <br />
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<i>This model is another toy from the McFarlane range: The Gemini. I've boosted the Toughness and Wounds a little and added an Armour Save and Hatred, then boosted the points to roughly match that. </i><br />
<br />Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-24111952930743610652012-12-28T20:00:00.000+00:002012-12-28T20:00:07.529+00:00On the Painting Table: Celestial Dragon Heh heh.<br />
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Well what Nippon army would be complete without an Oriental dragon!? So I went on eBay and bought this handsome chap from Reaper Miniatures.<br />
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Well, imagine my surprise when he came in the post and this was how he matched up for size! <br />
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I did have a chuckle but he's actually kind of cute.<br />
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Obviously in-game I can't give him the same stats as a full sized conventional dragon but I see him as a fast moving war machine hunter flanking unit. I may even give him access to spells. <br />
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I went with a gold dragon look. I always liked gold dragons back when I played Dungeons & Dragons and it suited the special nature of this miniature. I used Dwarf Bronze | Flesh Wash | Dwarf Bronze | Shining Gold | Burnished Gold and Kommando Khaki | Bleached Bone on his belly. <br />
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And here he is with the rest of the army as it stands!I'm getting there! <br />
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Pretty soon I'll have a force big enough for a little Skirmish game against Dark Elves and soon after that I'll have a proper army! <br />
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<br />Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-17121754251236144692012-12-27T19:57:00.004+00:002012-12-27T19:57:50.012+00:00On the Painting Table: Korsythe von Carstein Some years ago I made a half-hearted attempt to create some zombie pallbearers carrying the coffin from the Black Coach.<br />
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It was okay but the zombies were standing straight and it was a bit unimaginative. I toyed with rules for the vampire inside the coffin having ghostly attacks but soon afterwards gave up and just used it for colour in the unit.<br />
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Meet Korsythe von Carstein, a special character who will play a pivotal part (when the time comes) in my Tale of Years. <br />
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Once a powerful vampire lord living in Sylvania from the von Carstein line, Korsythe was slain by Marcus von Drak - my Empire lord. <br />
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Refusing to be destroyed, the casket containing Korsythe's remains is now carried into battle by his zombie slaves and, able only to manifest in close proximity to his coffin, Korsythe fights again - now as an ethereal creature, more powerful than Marcus could possibly imagine.<br />
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These are Mantic zombies. If you want to know why I used them you obviously haven't ever seen a GW zombie. <br />
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The vampire is Dark Vlad, Human Hunter from Enigma Miniatures. It's a shame in a way to paint him as a ghost but needs must and this idea was too cool not to do. <br />
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Korsythe von Carstein strides into battle in the midst of his zombie horde, a deadly opponent made all the deadlier by his rage. <br />
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<br />Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-88569272715669588162012-12-26T18:34:00.000+00:002012-12-26T18:34:00.504+00:00Nippon Characters! After a long break I have finally got back on track with my Nippon army and here are the first two characters! <br />
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This first dude is going to be one of my Lord level special characters. He's half human, half Oni and all ass kicking in combat.<br />
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The miniature's from Bushido, a welcome Christmas present from my friend Neil. <br />
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I painted him dark red | black ink wash | dark red | lighter red | light red. The metal bits were Tin Bitz | Dwarf Bronze. <br />
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This slightly grumpy looking woman is one of two assassin heroes I'm going to have, hiding in a unit, just like a Skaven assassin. <br />
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She's a miniature called Kimiko from West Wind and I have to say DOESN'T look as nice as I expected - mainly due to my lacklustre paint job.<br />
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But she'll do for now. <br />
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And here's my comp0lete Nippon army as it stands.<br />
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You can see that the Samurai are a little smaller than Kimiko but not TOO much.<br />
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I'm liking the colour scheme and the start of the imagery I'm going for. When it's done I think it's going to look great! <br />
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<br />Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-65508424279316910342012-12-25T18:08:00.002+00:002012-12-25T18:09:16.643+00:00Army Showcase: Beastmen! I finally have a playable and legal Beastmen army! Yippee!!! <br />
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Er.. . (clears throat)... Let's have a look at it. <br />
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My wife, Gill, and I had played an almost duplicate game in the Narrows on pretty much the same board layout. In that game I took massive losses to shooting early on but managed to use the terrain to limit her ability to win by concentrating my dwindled forces on one part of her army at a time. <br />
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Recalling this, I laboured to recreate the same conditions... minus the loss to shooting. <br />
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I held back initially, hoping she would close, lowering her shooting accuracy then closed in as she approached. With stand and shoot Strength 5 Bolters, I had my work cut out for me but I managed to get my Exalted Bloodthirster, Prospertine, into combat on turn 2. After that he worked his way in from the right while my Bloodletters dished out the armour slashing attacks front and left. <br />
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Redeploying my entire fast left flank (Screamers and Seekers) so that she spent three turns in a traffic jam was also a game-winning move. <br />
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All in all there isn't anything I would have done differently. <br />
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Though it did look very dicey for a minute in the mid-game when the dice turned against me for a while. Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-18238299814312561282012-12-21T10:00:00.000+00:002012-12-21T10:00:12.157+00:00Massacre in the Narrows <i><b>Tim (Daemons) vs Gill (Space Marines) </b></i><br />
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The Men of Stone had forged south before into the Narrows and been repulsed.by the Daemons of the Pernicious Gate but they knew no fear. Lead by their brave lord, Felix Wulf, they pushed south immediately following their withdrawal. </div>
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Their determination to break through to the Pernicious Gate was without compromise. </div>
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But again they were caught in the hemmed-in defiles of the Narrows. And immediately the force of Daemons that came to meet them withdrew on the left flank, redeploying their faster elements elsewhere and leaving the mighty warriors and their fire sticks with no targets. </div>
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Prospertine crashed through the foliage, a towering Exalted Bloodthirster, and ripped apart the greater knights of Ebon Scar with his huge halberd. </div>
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An army brought to battle here risks terrible loss if they aren't able to use the terrain to their advantage to cut off and hem in their enemies. With rocks rising high, detachments can find themselves trapped and unable to manoeuvre freely as more agile forces circle to cut them off. </div>
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I'm sure you'd agree I am right to get excited about this one. <br />
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How cool is this guy!?!?!?!? <br />
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This monstrous fiend is the new Special Character Lord for my Beastmen army who will, when the time comes and the story catches up with modern times, get a hefty chunk of storyline in the<span style="color: cyan;"> </span><a href="http://lastchancewar.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-tale-of-years.html" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">Tale of Years. </a><br />
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Scale-wise here's how he matches up to the Beastmen and Giant I have already. This guy is all about being a centrepiece and he fits that role perfectly. <br />
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Painting-wise I started on very dark grey and worked my way up. The tusks were Graveyard Earth | Kommando Khaki | Bleached Bone. I wanted to keep these subdued so scrimped on the lighter colours.<br />
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His pose is a tad static for battle but he does look like the regal head of his army, coldly directing his slavering troops before wading into battle himself. Which is how his character will develop. <br />
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For those interested, he's the Poacher model from McFarlane toys - still available on eBay. If you get him as well you'll find that the sword is more posable than it looks. Mine snapped at the hilt though which limited me to the down angle. <br />
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The only real downside to this model is that weird skull he's holding. I don't like models holding decapitated heads and such. The image created is too much of a snapshot. Surely he doesn't ALWAYS carry his lucky skull into battle.<br />
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Perhaps I should write rules for him and his lucky skull! Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-13287972704353949262012-12-17T09:30:00.003+00:002012-12-17T09:30:58.245+00:00On the Painting Table: Beastmen Giant and Bray Shaman! Man, I am so close to having a reasonably sized playable Beastmen army and that's partially thanks to this dude!<br />
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Say hello to my Beastmen Giant! <br />
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I painted my original <span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;"><a href="http://lastchancewar.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/on-painting-table_12.html" target="_blank">Beastmen Giant</a></span> a year and a half ago and though I bought this guy on the same day it's taken me this long to get round to painting him. I actually lost him for a while!<br />
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He was another Papo toy originally but based up on a chariot base (this one made by sticking smaller bases together) and painted to match my Gors, he blends into the army quite well.<br />
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His upper torso is Khaki | Brown Ink | Khaki | Dheneb Stone. The armour is dull metal | black ink | dull metal | bright metal. The bronze bits are Warplock Bronze | Dwarf Bronze. The horns are khaki | bone | off-white.<br />
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Well he's about right... for a giant. <br />
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It's going to be interesting having two themed giants in-game.<br />
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Unfortunately I have several giants already and actually find the rules terribly dull. The quirkiness actually just irritates me. <br />
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Here he is next to my other Beastmen Giant. They make quite a nice pair.<br />
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I'm thinking of writing these up into my <a href="http://lastchancewar.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-tale-of-years.html" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">Tale of Years</a>, not as mindless oafs but as strong and revered characters. <br />
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This guy was an easy conversion from a Beastman Gor with one of the more distinctive heads and a lance from the Chaos Knights frame. <br />
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<br />Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-30005105464001857752012-12-16T14:10:00.003+00:002012-12-17T09:31:26.597+00:00The Tale of Years - Part Five <div style="text-align: right;">
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For the complete story click <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lastchancewar.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-tale-of-years.html" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Dread Seer of Vorshgar </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Of Elves and Dwarfs and of the ancient realm of Nippon </span></i><br />
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Unwilling to watch the
Elven prince Bel Shanaar revel in his stolen throne, Malekith and his sister Alatariel
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In the Old World, in
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with the stoic and stunted Dwarfs, a noble race created too by the magic of the
Old Ones. Joining with the Dwarfs, Malekith fought bravely against the ravening
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Content with their
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Araby and then east to the Dark Lands and the Dragon Isles. They crossed the
Mountains of Mourn and journeyed south through the eastern swathes of the great
continent. They travelled to Nippon, most ancient of human civilisations, a paradise
that had remained untouched by the fell fingers of chaos because of the
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Malekith remained for
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She could see all of
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She could see a
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this devil's pathway - a last chance war - to prevent all of civilisation from
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Alatariel gazed long
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This was only one of a
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That was something she
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This Last Chance War
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Her destiny was set. </div>
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<![endif]-->Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-82596206135628930742012-12-14T11:23:00.000+00:002012-12-14T12:20:24.949+00:00The Tale of Years - Part Four <br />
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For the complete story click <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lastchancewar.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-tale-of-years.html" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">The Fall of Aenarion </span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Of Daemons and Elves </span></i></div>
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It is said in the history books that from the
union of Morathi and Aenarion came a single child of dark fate, the male-child Malekith;
but surely from such ancient times it is impossible for every event to be
recalled, no matter how pivotal. As the eons tumble forward, surely some facts must be lost. For in truth there was a girl-child named
Alatariel, a creature every bit as precocious and gifted as her fraternal twin.<br />
<br />
Alatariel was the most beautiful elven bairn the light of the sun has ever illuminated, a princess every bit as filled with bubbling potential as her brother.<br />
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Every bit as cursed. </div>
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Aenarion raised his offspring to be powerful
warriors and able leaders while Morathi taught the siblings powerful witchcraft
and subtlety of thought. Malekith was named as Aenarion’s heir but when the
powerful sorcerer lord Caledor Dragontamer founded his own kingdom to the
south, talk began that perhaps the succession would not be as simple as all that.
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And all the while, in the pernicious realm of
chaos, K’syarta plotted the time of her most dreadful vengeance. Aenarion had slaughtered her beloved consort and she could never let that go unfogrgiven, even should the world become naught but cinders while she waited.<br />
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When forty two
years had come and gone since the slaying of Prospertine she finally got her chance.</div>
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Leading a weltering tide of daemons into the
mortal realms, K’syarta made her way to face her nemesis; her forces hacking and slaying all opposition they met to bloody ribbons.<br />
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Knowing that life
could not continue with the forces of chaos running free, the mage Caledor
began a powerful ritual to bind the winds of magic in a great vortex. Against
his own better judgement, Aenarion defended the spellcasters as they began the incantations,
fighting back against the onrush of slavering monsters.<br />
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Reaching him at last, K’syarta sent four
greater daemons to make battle with him as she stood waiting; but the great
Elven lord slew all of them. </div>
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Exhausted, he looked up as the towering form of
K’syarta approached and gave a blood-flecked grin. Then battle was joined as
the vortex increased in power, sucking the magical energy into it and forcing
many of the daemons to fall prey to their unnatural instability. </div>
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Battered and dreadfully wounded, Aenarion was
no match for the exalted Keeper of Secrets. K’syarta slashed at him again and
again as he fought on stoically, but his sacrifice was not made wastefully. As
he held K’syarta at bay, the great ritual was completed and the vortex snuffed
out the daemonic horde and the dark magic that had kept them free of their
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Realising that her time was done, K’syarta
screamed in rage, plunging her sickle into Aenarion’s heart before she was
banished in an explosion of esoteric force, leaving the now mortally wounded
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Tales tell elsewhere of the wounded Aenarion’s
final pilgrimage to the Shrine of Khaine and his death at the foot of the black
altar wherein he thrust his sword from whence it had come. We will not dwell on it here. The Elven realm and
the greater world had been saved from the deluge of evil left behind by the Old
Ones’ departure and that is all that must be said. The survivors set out at once to rebuild and start anew and to purge the taint of chaos as best they could from the once fair lands about them. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But Malekith was not chosen as successor for Aenarion, despite his
obvious heritage. The prince Bel Shanaar was selected in his stead. Malekith's mother, Morathi, was
enraged and bid him fight for his right but his sister, Alatariel, closed her
slender fingers round his arm and whispered quietly in his ear. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now was not the time for this. Now was not the place. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">But that time and that place would one day come. That she assured
him. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So with good
grace, the true heir to the Elven realm stepped aside</span><span lang="EN-US"> and allowed the rebuilding of the Elven realm to continue. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">And he bided his time. </span></div>
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Approve or disapprove the use of toys and action figures as proxies - and I've been laughed out of more than one GW veteran's nights by nerdy guys with one half painted army (he said bitterly) - but I like them! </div>
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Obviously there is an element of money-savingness but also I've come across and developed what, to me, make lovely centre pieces. </div>
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Let's look at the model. </div>
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This was originally the McFarlane figure, Lucidique, from his Tortured Souls range. With a repaint and basing, I'm using her to represent an Exalted Keeper of Secrets - Greater Daemon of Slaanesh.</div>
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More specifically she represents the special character in my campaign and ongoing Tale of Years, K'syarta, the instigator of the corruption of the Elves and a key influence on the turning days of the Warhammer World. <br />
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Painting-wise, I used Dwarf Flesh | Flesh Wash | Dwarf Flesh | Elf Flesh on her skin and dark red | black wash | dark red | lighter red on her skirt.<br />
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Her hair was drybrushed very dark and then lighter grey.<br />
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The base was cut from foamboard to the same dimensions as the Araknarok Spider base. <br />
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Scale-wise, she's big - and unlike a lot of the other big models I've done, quite slender.<br />
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Here's a shot of the proportion to other models - which I'm pleased with. She's huge and scary but there's still an element where you're not sure whetehr you would or wouldn't want to meet her on a dark night.<br />
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And of course she is the leader of the Slaanesh element of my Daemon army - and can be used in 40k!!! <br />
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Finally, here she is with her eternal lover, Prospertine. If you've started to follow my <a href="http://lastchancewar.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-tale-of-years.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Tale of Years</span></a> you'll know that this pair are pivotal and have been mixing it up since just about the dawn of time. <br />
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In the present day campaign they command the northern and southern wings of the Daemonic Incursion from the Pernicious Gate.<br />
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<br />Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871571524985562947.post-81740102404335506442012-12-12T14:35:00.002+00:002012-12-12T14:35:37.323+00:00To Battle! Well it is officially the start of campaign turn four and with three new armies (Nippon, Dark Elves & Chaos Warriors), the map looks something like this:<br />
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The "good" races of Tempestria, New Sylvania and Karak Hirn are all doing rather well, while the evil races aren't doing quite so well. The Daemons in particular are looking distinctly unhealthy.<br />
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The undead - instigators of this whole war are not feeling too good at all with the almost undefeated Spider Goblins knocking on the door of their capital. <br />
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Let battle commence! Jack Finn http://www.blogger.com/profile/06903601053894000515noreply@blogger.com0