Painted:
48 Napoleonic British Line - 2 x units of 24
34 Ghouls - 2 x units of 12, 1 x 10
1 Napoleonic British brigadier, mounted
2 feral vampires
Tzeentch Shadespire set - 6
Month total: 91
Year total: 195
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Parliaments Stand - English Civil War Scenario
30th January 1649............King Charles I is led to the scaffold after his trial for crimes against the realm. He is wearing two shirts, to not shiver and appear afraid in public and, curiously, takes great pains to arrange his hair and to ensure others are aware of this tonsorial concern.
A fatalism had been upon him since the verdict and a relative calm as he spoke with both the executioner and the bishop.
After laying on the block and making a sign to the executioner, the deed was done. The executioner raised the kings head to display in front of the assembled crowds
Witnesses described the crowd releasing "such a groan as I never heard before, and desire I may never hear again", people within the crowd fainting, falling upon each other and a wave of horror rolled over them.
This would not prepare the crowd for what was to happen next.........
The head of the King was replaced on his body, so that it may be sewn on at a later time. What nobody expected was, once the head was set by the neck, for the Kings torso to reach up, grab at the head and settle it firmly upon its neck, then rising from the stage and to begin to angrily address the crowd and denounce the Parliamentarians as heretics, traitors and witches all.
If the crowd had been horrified before, utter chaos erupted at being addressed by the King they had seen executed only moments before, and by being urged by the corpse king to enact justices on his behalf.
A violent wave swept through the city as the King demanded his guard come to him and they felt compelled to follow him.
Royalists split into those driven mad by the witnessed event and those who viewed this as divine evidence of the Kings royal authority and holy mission, making them fanatically gather their armyand their allies and begin to wage ruin on the people around them, before marching on to Parliament behind their Divine King.
The Bishop, having witnessed all of this, calmly followed in the wake, seemingly confident of what he was witnessing unfold.
Then the true devilry began.............as the King walked amongst his guard and took charge of the assault on Parliament, the dead began to claw their way from the surrounding graves and cemeteries, wet corpses rose from the river and picking up dropped pikes, swords and shields and assembling themselves into a fighting force, seemingly at the command of the King and forming his Royal Guard, utterly loyal to one of their own and their crowned King.
The Parliamentary leaders and forces within the locale were massacred. The New Model Army managed to fighting retreat out of the city to join with the surviving leaders to the south west of the City and reinforce, before deciding what to do and consult with the priesthood.
The decision was made to hold where they were, assemble the battle lines and prepare to make a stand against this corpse king, staying within close proximity of the remote wooden church where they had met, so as to remain near hallowed ground, as no dead beast would dare to cross this sanctuary.
As word spread of the Royalist army advance on Parliaments Stand, the locality emptied, other than assembled fanatics, witchfinders and assorted hardline volunteers who hurried to the Parliament lines to bolster and lend support where they could.
Venue: Old Sergeant, Wandsworth
Date/Time: 7th April 2019. 12pm arrive and setup.
Table Size: 8x6
Rules: Pike and Shotte
Deployments:
The terrain is fairly open, with trees, outcrops and some hedgerows in the area. To the more wooded Southwestern quarter, there is a simple wooden church.
The New Model Army deploy along the Southern end of the table and around the church grounds.
The Royalists and The Dead deploy along the Northern end of the table.
Brigades may be kept in reserve if the CIC wants to, arriving on the table a turn after the GM is notified the reserves will be given the command to arrive.
Parliament Considerations: You must fight, you must attempt to destroy this vile heresy and end this war. You are outnumbered, but your men are veterans and are the New Model Army. You have fought greater forces, but never one like this. Your faith will hold!
Royalist Considerations: Revenge. You will revenge yourself on those who saw fit to kill their King and make an example of them. A new era in the Kingdom beckons.
A fatalism had been upon him since the verdict and a relative calm as he spoke with both the executioner and the bishop.
After laying on the block and making a sign to the executioner, the deed was done. The executioner raised the kings head to display in front of the assembled crowds
Witnesses described the crowd releasing "such a groan as I never heard before, and desire I may never hear again", people within the crowd fainting, falling upon each other and a wave of horror rolled over them.
This would not prepare the crowd for what was to happen next.........
The head of the King was replaced on his body, so that it may be sewn on at a later time. What nobody expected was, once the head was set by the neck, for the Kings torso to reach up, grab at the head and settle it firmly upon its neck, then rising from the stage and to begin to angrily address the crowd and denounce the Parliamentarians as heretics, traitors and witches all.
If the crowd had been horrified before, utter chaos erupted at being addressed by the King they had seen executed only moments before, and by being urged by the corpse king to enact justices on his behalf.
A violent wave swept through the city as the King demanded his guard come to him and they felt compelled to follow him.
Royalists split into those driven mad by the witnessed event and those who viewed this as divine evidence of the Kings royal authority and holy mission, making them fanatically gather their armyand their allies and begin to wage ruin on the people around them, before marching on to Parliament behind their Divine King.
The Bishop, having witnessed all of this, calmly followed in the wake, seemingly confident of what he was witnessing unfold.
Then the true devilry began.............as the King walked amongst his guard and took charge of the assault on Parliament, the dead began to claw their way from the surrounding graves and cemeteries, wet corpses rose from the river and picking up dropped pikes, swords and shields and assembling themselves into a fighting force, seemingly at the command of the King and forming his Royal Guard, utterly loyal to one of their own and their crowned King.
The Parliamentary leaders and forces within the locale were massacred. The New Model Army managed to fighting retreat out of the city to join with the surviving leaders to the south west of the City and reinforce, before deciding what to do and consult with the priesthood.
The decision was made to hold where they were, assemble the battle lines and prepare to make a stand against this corpse king, staying within close proximity of the remote wooden church where they had met, so as to remain near hallowed ground, as no dead beast would dare to cross this sanctuary.
As word spread of the Royalist army advance on Parliaments Stand, the locality emptied, other than assembled fanatics, witchfinders and assorted hardline volunteers who hurried to the Parliament lines to bolster and lend support where they could.
Venue: Old Sergeant, Wandsworth
Date/Time: 7th April 2019. 12pm arrive and setup.
Table Size: 8x6
Rules: Pike and Shotte
Deployments:
The terrain is fairly open, with trees, outcrops and some hedgerows in the area. To the more wooded Southwestern quarter, there is a simple wooden church.
The New Model Army deploy along the Southern end of the table and around the church grounds.
The Royalists and The Dead deploy along the Northern end of the table.
Brigades may be kept in reserve if the CIC wants to, arriving on the table a turn after the GM is notified the reserves will be given the command to arrive.
Parliament Considerations: You must fight, you must attempt to destroy this vile heresy and end this war. You are outnumbered, but your men are veterans and are the New Model Army. You have fought greater forces, but never one like this. Your faith will hold!
Royalist Considerations: Revenge. You will revenge yourself on those who saw fit to kill their King and make an example of them. A new era in the Kingdom beckons.
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
January 19 Painting Tally
Painted:
40 Hadenoda - 2 x units of 20
40 Skeletons - 2 x units of 20
20 Barrow Wights - 1 x unit of 20
3 bramble patches.
Month total: 103
Year total: 103
40 Hadenoda - 2 x units of 20
40 Skeletons - 2 x units of 20
20 Barrow Wights - 1 x unit of 20
3 bramble patches.
Month total: 103
Year total: 103
Friday, 25 January 2019
Undead March ov Doom
"I made a pact of blood with you.............the baptism of the walking dead!"
First wave of redone undead complete. Quite happy with how grubby and rotten they look. I wanted the grave dirt to still be clinging to them, rather than the clean polished bone effect. Not done the standards yet, but they'll come in time.
Barrow Wights
Skeletons.
More skeletons.
And some shots of them all lined up
Hadendoa Part 2
Finished another 40 Hadendoa, which now takes their brigade up to 100 strong and more or less complete.
Obviously, still got a standard to add, but I've a few standards to make so I'm saving it up for a batch session
I love the Hadendoa.........they get my vote as the hardest bastards of history, frankly.
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
They Came From the Woods! Mordheim Scenario
Settlers of Soare have to maintain a guard. A watchful peace, but from time to time, something does happen.......
The construction of villages and attempt at a settled society is always a fragile affair, but the years pass and things seem to quieten, but that does not mean safety.
Within the woods, the graves and the fen, eyes watch, hunger takes and the offence of watching a community grows until, eventually..........the beast appears to pillage and reclaim the land of the dead
Table Size: 8x4
Rules: Mordheim
Forces
Attacker choices: Beastmen/Undead/Possessed/Evil Humans
Defender choice: Humans/Witch Hunters/Sisters/Bretonnians
Weirdness, oddities and unusual concepts are encouraged - let me know if wanting to do something different and we'll work it into the game.
Deployments:
The Village is in the middle of a clearing, surrounded on three sides by woods, with a clear gap from the village to the woods. Graves, Death Houses and the Crypts of Soare are situated to one side of the village.
The defenders deploy first, within the village and surrounding walls.
Attackers are not deployed onto the table, but use their first move to emerge from the surrounding woods wherever they feel is suitable for them, on any of the three sides of the table.
Attacker Considerations: The village is an offence, the inhabitants little more than food or fuel. You must destroy the buildings by putting them to the torch, destroy all you see and make good work of it.
Defender Consideration: This is your life, your families, your homes, your community. You have to defend or lose everything.
Attacker takes first turn
Warband Rules and Upgrades
Each warband has 500 gold points to spend, in the usual way.
To make some unique character for warbands, each player has 10 "points" to spend on the following:
A point for a piece of special equipment from the rare items list
A point for a characteristic upgrade, up to the maximum allowed for races in the rulebook.
These can be spent as the player wishes throughout the warband, spread throughout or stacked as you like, but keeping solidly to Rule #1 please.
Additional rules
Burning buildings - any attacker may spend a full turn in contact with a building and do nothing else but setting it on fire. Conversely - a defender, if situated near a well, may spend a turn in contact with a building and do nothing but fight the fire and put it out.
Defenders to not have to take rout tests. They'll die on this hill.
Skeletons: Additional troop type for undead warbands. Stats below, may be equipped as per the undead equipment list. Same points cost as a Zombie.
M: 4
WS: 2
BS: 2
S: 3
T: 3
W: 1
I: 2
A:1
LD: 5
Cause Fear, May Not Run.
The construction of villages and attempt at a settled society is always a fragile affair, but the years pass and things seem to quieten, but that does not mean safety.
Within the woods, the graves and the fen, eyes watch, hunger takes and the offence of watching a community grows until, eventually..........the beast appears to pillage and reclaim the land of the dead
Table Size: 8x4
Rules: Mordheim
Forces
Attacker choices: Beastmen/Undead/Possessed/Evil Humans
Defender choice: Humans/Witch Hunters/Sisters/Bretonnians
Weirdness, oddities and unusual concepts are encouraged - let me know if wanting to do something different and we'll work it into the game.
Deployments:
The Village is in the middle of a clearing, surrounded on three sides by woods, with a clear gap from the village to the woods. Graves, Death Houses and the Crypts of Soare are situated to one side of the village.
The defenders deploy first, within the village and surrounding walls.
Attackers are not deployed onto the table, but use their first move to emerge from the surrounding woods wherever they feel is suitable for them, on any of the three sides of the table.
Attacker Considerations: The village is an offence, the inhabitants little more than food or fuel. You must destroy the buildings by putting them to the torch, destroy all you see and make good work of it.
Defender Consideration: This is your life, your families, your homes, your community. You have to defend or lose everything.
Attacker takes first turn
Warband Rules and Upgrades
Each warband has 500 gold points to spend, in the usual way.
To make some unique character for warbands, each player has 10 "points" to spend on the following:
A point for a piece of special equipment from the rare items list
A point for a characteristic upgrade, up to the maximum allowed for races in the rulebook.
These can be spent as the player wishes throughout the warband, spread throughout or stacked as you like, but keeping solidly to Rule #1 please.
Additional rules
Burning buildings - any attacker may spend a full turn in contact with a building and do nothing else but setting it on fire. Conversely - a defender, if situated near a well, may spend a turn in contact with a building and do nothing but fight the fire and put it out.
Defenders to not have to take rout tests. They'll die on this hill.
Skeletons: Additional troop type for undead warbands. Stats below, may be equipped as per the undead equipment list. Same points cost as a Zombie.
M: 4
WS: 2
BS: 2
S: 3
T: 3
W: 1
I: 2
A:1
LD: 5
Cause Fear, May Not Run.
Monday, 14 January 2019
Brambles
Made some nice clumpy bramble terrain, as this months Azazelx painting challenge - https://azazelx.com/2018/12/24/january-2019-paint-challenge-terrain-centrepiece-models/ - is one based around making terrain, so I thought I'd follow through on an idea I've had for a while.
Brambles - nice easy, multi purpose terrain, fits almost anything and is a nice bit of table dressing. Noones gonna argue about them being an utter pain to try and move through!
Theres also the whole matter of brambles being protection from vampires, an utter annoyance to Lucifer, warding off evil spirits and being full of healing power.
Theres also the whole matter of brambles being protection from vampires, an utter annoyance to Lucifer, warding off evil spirits and being full of healing power.
Here they are, tastefully modelled by the Duke of Wellington..........
HOW I MADE THEM.
Had a couple of spare bits of MDF I've had laying around for.............7 years. Formed those into a suitable shape, coated with sand and PVA glue. Once that had dried, I painted them first in a lighter sand colour, then washed a dark brown over the top.
Once that had dried, I drybrushed back up with the sandy colour for some definition. Then washed again with a brown all over, then washed particular areas with a greeny colour to add some variety.
Next stage - I've a load of spare rubberised horse hair I bought a year or two ago and done nothing with really. Vile stuff, to be honest, but it looks good. Sprayed these dark brown and then got busy with the glue gun and glued big patches of that onto the bases.
After that - greenery. Now, most of my trees (the good looking ones, anyway) are made with flock and rubberised horse hair, which is what made me purchase some for myself, even though this is the first project I've used it for.
As my trees are all stored in plastic boxes and over the years of use, lots of the flock had come loose and gathered into a large dusty, sweeping, pile at the bottom. Emptied that out, dabbed the vines with PVA and scattered the flock liberally on top.
As my trees are all stored in plastic boxes and over the years of use, lots of the flock had come loose and gathered into a large dusty, sweeping, pile at the bottom. Emptied that out, dabbed the vines with PVA and scattered the flock liberally on top.
Finally, added some tufts and random growths that I've got kicking around and "Ole, we're in Rio" - one set of brambles for next to nothing.
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