So, I got both my 15 and 25 pt games in tonight, but I'll save the other for just a little bit.
To recap, my 15 pt list is:
Kromac the Winter Hunter (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
Wolf Riders x3 (6)
In the tundra, we found...
Forward Kommander Sorcha (*6)
-Destroyer (9)
-Juggernaut (7)
-War Dog (1)
Widowmakers (4)
I won the roll and had him deploy first. He deployed with the two jacks in front of Sorcha and her puppy. I put my Wolf Riders on the far left flank (which had a hill on it on his side of the table, expecting his Widowmakers to move into position there) while Kromac set up a bit back from a forest outside of my deployment zone with his beasts. The Widowmakers AD'd on the opposite side from the speedy wolves, scared of the puppies after their previous experiences.
He advanced to no real avail, trying to shoot at my Feral but finding his snipers to be out of range. Kromac went first and tossed up Warpath on himself, Inviolable Resolve on the Wolf Riders and finally Wild Aggression on the Warpwolf, finally advancing into the edge of the forest. I ran and light cav moved up the left flank with the Wolf Riders, turning to look at Sorcha. The beasts advanced and riled for not much else.
Sorcha got ballsy and actually charged the Wolf Riders. He's seen what they can do before if allowed to Assault and was try to cut them off. As I recall, one bit the Frostfang in the face but the other two survived. The Widowmakers tapped some damage onto the Warpwolf and not much else happened. On my turn, the Gorax failed a charge at the Widowmakers (SPD5 in Circle suuuuuuucks) while the Warpwolf warped for armour and moved to protect Kromac who had moved further up in the forest and tossed up Bestial, catching Sorcha. The Wolf Riders whiffed terribly and I passed the turn back to him.
The Juggernaut went after the Feral, failing to really hit at all. Sorcha saw an opening and went after Kromac herself (stupid War Dog). Sadly for him, he forgot to pop her feat and he wailed into Kromac, connecting and dealing 12 pts of damage. I spent my last fury to transfer it to the Gorax and then took a second swing for three points of damage, where I decided to Beast Out. Kromac took the turn back in beast form, letting his upkeeps expire. Before he got to do his thing though, I activated the Wolf Riders who came Assaulting in. The killing blow was a wolf, just like the last time the Wolf Riders managed to kill his caster.
Wolves biting Sorcha's ass are awesome!
So, the list worked basically as I had hoped, with the Wolf Riders going after the squishiest target within reach, namely the caster in this case. While the beasts and Kromac advanced more or less up the center. If Sorcha got within range of Kromac's advance + jump with jacks in the way, I was planning on going for the feat assassination.
Kromac felt a growl growing in his throat moments before he heard a rifle report from up ahead, from within the cover of the falling snow. At the same moment, despite the cold all around him, he felt an unnatural cold through the snowy veil. He knew this feeling. It belonged to one of the Northern witches and her pet constructs. Kromac fell into a hunting stance as he moved into the trees, his warbeasts ranging out to one side while he knew the sisters covered his left flank. But as soon as he heard the shrill warcry of the Khadoran warwitch Sorcha, he wondered what ill befell the sisters.
Sorcha came in screaming and swinging her polearm. Catching him off guard, the blow connected with his side. Kromac rolled with the blow even as he expended the last of his magic to force the Gorax to accept the wound in his stead. In the back of his mind, he felt the pain through his connection to the enraged beast as it laid about itself, tossing and clawing at the Khadorans before him. Kromac rose and let Dusk and Dawn drop down in his grip until he held them by the end of their hafts.
"You're going to have to do better than that, girl. That hammer seems a little big for you..." he snarled as he came rushing back in at her. The icy witch was twirling that blasted hammer around her fending off his half hearted axe swings while he listened and felt for any sign of his forces. The Warpwolf had been found by one of those infernal iron constructs, though it was struggling to catch the exceedingly nimble wolf. While his mind searched for the sisters he missed a parry and felt her hammer glance off his thigh, bringing his attention back to the fight. Drawing on the throbbing pain in his leg, Kromac let forth his bestial nature, spasming uncontrollably before being becoming the hulking, muzzled monstrosity he was.
As he drew in his breath to roar at the stunned officer, he heard the yelping hunting cries of the sisters, who appeared miraculously from the whiteout, a javelin landing in the Khadoran's back while a wolf savaged her leg before throwing her away from Kromac. No sooner did her battered form land than her warjack scooped her up in its open hand and a deep tha-whump sound was heard, before a portion of the ground exploded. Another beat later and another shell fell. The wolf had wounded her badly so Kromac withdrew. He would track the witch down and kill her another day when that blasted cannon could be dealt with.
Before long, Kromac was tracking the Khadorans while one sister lay slung over her mount, wounded but still alive, for now. An ambush would hopefully let him finish the ice witch before she could recover to put up a fight. And if he could slay her quickly, her machines would be lost without direction. He had killed her kind before. And tomorrow he would add another mark to his axe...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Double post incoming!
Going to double post this so I can copy paste in what I had on the Privateer forum for the starting fluff I'm writing. Then I have my 15 pt game fluff to include!
Kromac strode through the knee high snow, never noticing the chill on his bare skin. He paused to breathe in deep, letting the freezing air fill his lungs, somehow smelling of the cold. He felt an unbidden growl deep within his chest, though he was making no sound. His warpwolf had found the beast they had come for. He let his consciousness slip into the feral's and immediately was able to pick up a snarling at the edge of his hearing. Kromac returned to himself and nodded to the slender Tharn woman at his side. She immediately swung up onto the back of her wolf and let forth a primal howl, answered by her sisters, before loping off into the trees, vanishing from view into the gently falling snow. He tightened his grip on Dusk and Dawn before following her into the snowy veil.
Before long, Kromac was joined by the warpwolf, it's fur plastered against its body as the snow melted against it. They slowed as the snarls grew louder, until they entered a clearing and found what they sought. The beast was chained to a stone held in place by druidic magic, but still it strained against its bonds. He saw motion behind the raging Gorax to see the wolf riders circling the clearing. Expecting them to take it down if the creature made a break for it, he set himself before it and nodded to his wolf, who quickly severed the bonds of the distracted Gorax and stepped back as it leapt at Kromac's throat.
Kromac felt a growl stirring within him again, but this wasn't conveyed from the beast who now watched the scene. This was his own bestial nature struggling to come forth. He normally would restrain himself, but he needed that side of himself for this and he let loose the beast within. His heart stopped for a moment as his body suddenly convulsed, the muscles stretching, the bones growing at unnatural speeds, his face elongating into a savage muzzle. Within the span of a few heartbeats, before the enraged Gorax had even crossed the clearing, an equally ferocious creature stood where Kromac had moments before. He tossed aside his axes disdainfully and answered the Gorax's charge with a challenging roar of his own. The only sound that filled the dead and still forest was the two animals. But Kromac would not let the Gorax swing its claws at him. He leapt at it midcharge and stole its momentum with his own. The Gorax went down in a heap as it found an equally fanged maw at its own throat. In that moment, Kromac reached into the savage mind of the Gorax and pulled it from its frenzy. The beast calmed as Kromac stepped away, pleased that his journey had gone so well and ended so bloodlessly. But now he craved blood and flesh. And so the band set out in search of prey.
So, I've recently decided to go with a winter themed Circle army. Of course, given the typical Circle armour, working in blue is easy as the enamel. The Tharn represent another challenge. And speaking of challenges, I am challenging my terribly weak paint skills to do this. I recently had asked about painting tattoos, because this is the way I wish to bring the blue into the Tharn elements. And part of my inspiration is this fellow:
He has some enourmous and recognizable tattoos while still being fairly simple. Perfect! I can totally paint simple! This is really my first shot at free hand, so here's to hoping it comes out well. Since Kromac is kind of the crown jewel of Tharn models, he is actually going to be reserved for the end of the painting league, the capstone of the project as well as the culmination of what I have learned and practiced on other Tharn in the weeks before.
Oh, and other inspiration comes from another video game character:
http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-01/art/ff7-redxiii.jpg
Yeah, even my wolves are getting tattoos if this works out...
But I'd like to hear suggestions too. The models are going to be EXTREMELY cool. Like, wow, that's cold. But the Tharn are savage and cannibals, as we know. Hell, we have BLOODtrackers and BLOODweavers (one of which will be showing up later in this project!). Should I consider blood splatters on the Tharn? I'm leaning towards it for the Bloodweavers at least (oh damn, I gave away that surprise I guess...)? Tell me your thoughts!
I guess you wanna' see the first list, huh? Well, if you bothered reading the narrative, you will already know it.
Kromac the Winter Hunter (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
Tharn Wolf Riders x3 (6)
15/15
Yup. Lots of fur here.
Pictures are gonna' be pretty poor for a bit here as I am relegated to just my poor phone camera for now. Next week, I'll be back home with the family and I can try to search out the charger for my actual digital camera. I'm being overly ambitious for my painting skill and pace, so I'll be working myself hard to try to keep up with everyone here.
The winter snow betrays you
Kromac strode through the knee high snow, never noticing the chill on his bare skin. He paused to breathe in deep, letting the freezing air fill his lungs, somehow smelling of the cold. He felt an unbidden growl deep within his chest, though he was making no sound. His warpwolf had found the beast they had come for. He let his consciousness slip into the feral's and immediately was able to pick up a snarling at the edge of his hearing. Kromac returned to himself and nodded to the slender Tharn woman at his side. She immediately swung up onto the back of her wolf and let forth a primal howl, answered by her sisters, before loping off into the trees, vanishing from view into the gently falling snow. He tightened his grip on Dusk and Dawn before following her into the snowy veil.
Before long, Kromac was joined by the warpwolf, it's fur plastered against its body as the snow melted against it. They slowed as the snarls grew louder, until they entered a clearing and found what they sought. The beast was chained to a stone held in place by druidic magic, but still it strained against its bonds. He saw motion behind the raging Gorax to see the wolf riders circling the clearing. Expecting them to take it down if the creature made a break for it, he set himself before it and nodded to his wolf, who quickly severed the bonds of the distracted Gorax and stepped back as it leapt at Kromac's throat.
Kromac felt a growl stirring within him again, but this wasn't conveyed from the beast who now watched the scene. This was his own bestial nature struggling to come forth. He normally would restrain himself, but he needed that side of himself for this and he let loose the beast within. His heart stopped for a moment as his body suddenly convulsed, the muscles stretching, the bones growing at unnatural speeds, his face elongating into a savage muzzle. Within the span of a few heartbeats, before the enraged Gorax had even crossed the clearing, an equally ferocious creature stood where Kromac had moments before. He tossed aside his axes disdainfully and answered the Gorax's charge with a challenging roar of his own. The only sound that filled the dead and still forest was the two animals. But Kromac would not let the Gorax swing its claws at him. He leapt at it midcharge and stole its momentum with his own. The Gorax went down in a heap as it found an equally fanged maw at its own throat. In that moment, Kromac reached into the savage mind of the Gorax and pulled it from its frenzy. The beast calmed as Kromac stepped away, pleased that his journey had gone so well and ended so bloodlessly. But now he craved blood and flesh. And so the band set out in search of prey.
So, I've recently decided to go with a winter themed Circle army. Of course, given the typical Circle armour, working in blue is easy as the enamel. The Tharn represent another challenge. And speaking of challenges, I am challenging my terribly weak paint skills to do this. I recently had asked about painting tattoos, because this is the way I wish to bring the blue into the Tharn elements. And part of my inspiration is this fellow:
He has some enourmous and recognizable tattoos while still being fairly simple. Perfect! I can totally paint simple! This is really my first shot at free hand, so here's to hoping it comes out well. Since Kromac is kind of the crown jewel of Tharn models, he is actually going to be reserved for the end of the painting league, the capstone of the project as well as the culmination of what I have learned and practiced on other Tharn in the weeks before.
Oh, and other inspiration comes from another video game character:
http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-01/art/ff7-redxiii.jpg
Yeah, even my wolves are getting tattoos if this works out...
But I'd like to hear suggestions too. The models are going to be EXTREMELY cool. Like, wow, that's cold. But the Tharn are savage and cannibals, as we know. Hell, we have BLOODtrackers and BLOODweavers (one of which will be showing up later in this project!). Should I consider blood splatters on the Tharn? I'm leaning towards it for the Bloodweavers at least (oh damn, I gave away that surprise I guess...)? Tell me your thoughts!
I guess you wanna' see the first list, huh? Well, if you bothered reading the narrative, you will already know it.
Kromac the Winter Hunter (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
Tharn Wolf Riders x3 (6)
15/15
Yup. Lots of fur here.
Pictures are gonna' be pretty poor for a bit here as I am relegated to just my poor phone camera for now. Next week, I'll be back home with the family and I can try to search out the charger for my actual digital camera. I'm being overly ambitious for my painting skill and pace, so I'll be working myself hard to try to keep up with everyone here.
The winter snow betrays you
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Time to get this going again (And the start of the Online Gamer's Journal)
I've been lazy about this. I made it a bookmark and I forget it. Ha!
Well, I have a painting project now. Someone over on the Privateer Press forums has this great idea inspired by a running No Quarter article. The thread can be found [url=http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?p=310960&posted=1#post310960]here[/url]. The basic idea is a painting league dealy to give us all peer pressure to get things painted. Good! I need someone to ride my ass and make me get stuff done! And right now, I'm back to my Circle Orboros. This is a great excuse to get an army painted up for the next league, which starts June 7th. I wanna' play Kromac. So, he's it. Four successive levels of Kromac lists at 15, 25, 35 and finally 50 pts. Some of the warbeasts have some paint on them but none are done. They will be finished and based. Some of what is already done needs to be changed since I have recently decided to go with a winter theme instead of the bog standard green and gold.
As the project goes on, I'll post what amounts to fanfiction for each successive group as Kromac's personal little warband grows. I [i]will[/i] be taking liberties with the fiction where I do not know things (such as the closeness of family bonds within the Tharn). If anyone actually reads this and wants to correct me, awesome. Go for it! I don't know as much about the Tharn as I'd like. I've only read the three Hordes books and that was several years ago, so I don't remember all of it at this point.
Further, I made myself some rules. I posted them in that thread, but here they are again!
+No bouncing around! I will paint each list all the way before I paint a model from the next tier. 15, 25, 35 and 45 pts.
+The aim is the 15, 25 and 35 pt lists each in one week with all remaining time before the June 7th league start to finish the 50 pt list (and extra time is spent on alternate warlocks!)
+Any units that appear will be painted as a full unit, not just the number in the list. (This is only relevant to one choice in my lists, but I hate to paint only part of a unit when I have the full unit. I feel the models end up inconsistent when painted at different times)
+My warlock is the last model painted. There are a couple reasons for this. First, I want to try some techniques along the way on other models (tattoos on other Tharn if you saw my recent question about them). Also, I like getting every bit of practice before I paint a model as daunting as Kromac! And it means I have my Tharn painting schemes down by the time he comes up. Also, I love painting characters more than anything else. He is my final reward and the capstone to the project.
+Pictures! For the start of the project, my pictures will be terrible camera phone ones since the charger for my digital camera has decided to go AWOL. I will have a chance to look for it in a little over a week. If I cannot find it, I will be placing an order for a replacement.
But on to the lists!
Week 1 == 15/15 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Week 2 == 24/25 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
-Gnarlhorn Satyr (8)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (1)
Week 3 == 35/35 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
-Gnarlhorn Satyr (8)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Tharn Bloodweavers (5)
Shifting Stones (2)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (1)
Lord of the Feast (4)
Week 4 == 50/50 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Argus (4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
-Gnarlhorn Satyr (8)
Druids of Orboros (7)
-Druid Overseer (2)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Tharn Bloodweavers (5)
Shifting Stones (2)
Shifting Stones (2)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (1)
Lord of the Feast (4)
You might notice I'm adding a unit every week. That's because I hate painting units and doing more than one in a week might make me kill myself. Once this is done, I will still have full units of Bloodtrackers, Reeves and Wolves for another time. But I'll put a dent in them!
I'm looking forward to this. In the next month I've gotta' move and work. And not much else really and I knew I wanted to get some painting done. So this is perfect!
If possible, I am gonna' try to get at least a game in at each level each week with each level. This will however be dependent on others being up for the games. I will be trying to get someone else at my LGS to join me in this though.
That's it for now. Expect starter pictures of everything in the next couple days!
Well, I have a painting project now. Someone over on the Privateer Press forums has this great idea inspired by a running No Quarter article. The thread can be found [url=http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?p=310960&posted=1#post310960]here[/url]. The basic idea is a painting league dealy to give us all peer pressure to get things painted. Good! I need someone to ride my ass and make me get stuff done! And right now, I'm back to my Circle Orboros. This is a great excuse to get an army painted up for the next league, which starts June 7th. I wanna' play Kromac. So, he's it. Four successive levels of Kromac lists at 15, 25, 35 and finally 50 pts. Some of the warbeasts have some paint on them but none are done. They will be finished and based. Some of what is already done needs to be changed since I have recently decided to go with a winter theme instead of the bog standard green and gold.
As the project goes on, I'll post what amounts to fanfiction for each successive group as Kromac's personal little warband grows. I [i]will[/i] be taking liberties with the fiction where I do not know things (such as the closeness of family bonds within the Tharn). If anyone actually reads this and wants to correct me, awesome. Go for it! I don't know as much about the Tharn as I'd like. I've only read the three Hordes books and that was several years ago, so I don't remember all of it at this point.
Further, I made myself some rules. I posted them in that thread, but here they are again!
+No bouncing around! I will paint each list all the way before I paint a model from the next tier. 15, 25, 35 and 45 pts.
+The aim is the 15, 25 and 35 pt lists each in one week with all remaining time before the June 7th league start to finish the 50 pt list (and extra time is spent on alternate warlocks!)
+Any units that appear will be painted as a full unit, not just the number in the list. (This is only relevant to one choice in my lists, but I hate to paint only part of a unit when I have the full unit. I feel the models end up inconsistent when painted at different times)
+My warlock is the last model painted. There are a couple reasons for this. First, I want to try some techniques along the way on other models (tattoos on other Tharn if you saw my recent question about them). Also, I like getting every bit of practice before I paint a model as daunting as Kromac! And it means I have my Tharn painting schemes down by the time he comes up. Also, I love painting characters more than anything else. He is my final reward and the capstone to the project.
+Pictures! For the start of the project, my pictures will be terrible camera phone ones since the charger for my digital camera has decided to go AWOL. I will have a chance to look for it in a little over a week. If I cannot find it, I will be placing an order for a replacement.
But on to the lists!
Week 1 == 15/15 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Week 2 == 24/25 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
-Gnarlhorn Satyr (8)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (1)
Week 3 == 35/35 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
-Gnarlhorn Satyr (8)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Tharn Bloodweavers (5)
Shifting Stones (2)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (1)
Lord of the Feast (4)
Week 4 == 50/50 pts
Kromac the Ravenous (*4)
-Argus (4)
-Gorax (4)
-Feral Warpwolf (9)
-Gnarlhorn Satyr (8)
Druids of Orboros (7)
-Druid Overseer (2)
Tharn Wolfriders x3 (6)
Tharn Bloodweavers (5)
Shifting Stones (2)
Shifting Stones (2)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (1)
Lord of the Feast (4)
You might notice I'm adding a unit every week. That's because I hate painting units and doing more than one in a week might make me kill myself. Once this is done, I will still have full units of Bloodtrackers, Reeves and Wolves for another time. But I'll put a dent in them!
I'm looking forward to this. In the next month I've gotta' move and work. And not much else really and I knew I wanted to get some painting done. So this is perfect!
If possible, I am gonna' try to get at least a game in at each level each week with each level. This will however be dependent on others being up for the games. I will be trying to get someone else at my LGS to join me in this though.
That's it for now. Expect starter pictures of everything in the next couple days!
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