Malcore the wizard could sense the presence of the artefact. Somewhere in this vicinity the treasure lurked. Malcore tried to divine it's precise location but the warpstone buried within the city were scattering the winds of magic and thwarting his attempts. There was no option; they would have to mine into the stone edifice before them and risk the noise awakening that damn Broken King and his retinue.
So I have finally picked up the complete set of army books valid for 8th edition Warhammer Fantasy.
Loads of Regiments of Renown inspiration and I am LOVING the Beastmen fluff! Could another Warhammer fantasy army be on the cards?
For now I am just content to flick through the books and dream but there are loads of lovely little stories and scenarios tucked away in these pages.
I have also had a first on eBay.
I have actually sold a painted miniature!!!
I had to be honest with myself and admit I am not going to invest in a load of Jacks to make my Cygnar army MK 3 viable and I still have my mercenaries, so all my Cygnar bits are going on eBay. The fella on the left sold in minutes and I do not miss him.
The following Warcaster is also currently listed and has several watchers so who knows he may be leaving Riotville soon?
I had a cracking game of SAGA against Macca and his Irish warband last Thursday. Unfortunately I had forgotten my camera at work so no battle report, but it did give me a kick up the backside to finish off 5 Vikings to complete my 6 point army list. It ended badly for my Warlord when he was pulled down by a pack of Irish Wolfhounds, hopefully I will get my revenge later this week?
Now the numbers.
Miniatures painted / sold this year = 132 (silver tower does not count)
Aside from the dancing (which seems to transend Bloodbowl) it has managed to get me excited about the living rulebook rules which is a feat in itself as I have been a 2nd edition diehard for nearly thirty years!!
If the release date is right (i.e. in sync with a school holiday) and Lano is up for it, this could result in another 24 hour painting challenge!
So only 4 weeks into the new school term and already it's a case of working 11 - 12 hour days and entire weekends. SLT are already on a dick fest and I was told by my line manager "If you are going home early (i.e 6pm after working an 11 hour day!!!!), then I should not be surprised that I have to work entire weekends!" . . . . BELL ENDS!!!!!
So with my viewing patterns reduced to 3 to 6 minute rest breaks between mountains of paper work (I thought I was a teacher not a clerk), while stuck in front of a computer my obvious refuge has been youtube. In particular 'cracked' and 'honest trailers'.
I immediately saw the potential in this rule set and the small sized, themed, warbands that could be created to play it;
An Ogre Irongut, trying to forge a career as a Maneater and his entourage of Gnobblers,
A Chosen of Chaos as a leader of the hunt with his pack of chaos hounds,
A warriors of Ulric warband, patrolling Darkwald forest,
A Bretonnian Knight with his retinue.
The potential is endless!
Of course like many depressed, overworked people I have resorted to retail therapy. One thing I did want to avoid was buying a shed load of miniatures. The truth is, the last thing I need is another heap of plastic crack sitting unopened in a cupboard.
In the end I know I am only going to end up staring at another endless tide of plastic and lead and get even more depressed as the realisation hits my job means I will never get round to painting any of it. I could do without the 'buyers remorse' and probably even more depression!
BUT
Army books . . . . . . well that's another story, especially army books I could then use to dream up warbands and scenarios for Regiments of Renown.
It also means I can finally find a silver lining for spending so much time in front of the computer filling in paperwork . . . . . finding 8th edition, Warhammer, army books ending at silly O'clock on eBay on the cheap!
Hence having this lot landing on my door mat over the last three weeks. . . .
This book has proved particularly inspiring. . . . .
Once again a disparate group of reprobates gathered at the Creative Biscuit to further explore the Silver tower. This time they were joined from a blast from the past when Alister turned up after a 2 year hiatus.
He had been lost in a forset or some such!
The heros take a deep breath and plunge into the trial of Ulgu.
First tile revealed is the Ironspawn.
The Grots were easily dispatched and the Heros forge ahead into . . . . . .
Once again on Saturday night I had entered the 'shed of lead' at Neils to find the following table set up . . . .
Two new protagonists in the form of Steve and Ray had also heard rumours of the riches to be found in the depths of the underhive and had assembled warbands to seek their fame and fortunes!
