It’s been all hands on deck for the last couple of weeks as
my hobby time has been divided amongst a plethora of projects spanning multiple
game systems. My interest in Fantasy has
been revived after a couple of very entertaining games, encouraging me to focus
more attention on getting my Warriors of Chaos army painted and based. Additionally, I've been asked to participate
in a Team Challenge that will pit six of our Kingaroy Players against the best
and brightest of the Darling Downs Gaming Group (The Emperor alone knows why I
was selected, perhaps they need a tea caddy?).
This has encouraged me to re-evaluate my Salamanders and reinvigorated
my interest in getting my half-painted projects completed (Dreadnought anyone???).
This has meant that my up and coming Possessed Warband hasn't been receiving the attention that is deserves. Since my last article, I managed to finish painting the two Swordsmen I started for my Middenheimer / Norse Warband and also found some time to
model a group of Darksouls I've recently brought into the fold – The
Butchers of Bakers Quay (or just Butchers for Short). These unfortunates were some of the hardest
hit during the fall, finding themselves used as meat-puppets for the Daemonic
forces that ran rife through the streets of the Mordheim. This trio were a group of brothers who working as timber cutters near
the district known as Bakers Quay. As
the comet struck, all three were possessed simultaneously, snatching up their
two-handed axes and setting upon any an all unfortunates who crossed their
path. By the time they reached the Quay,
they were coated in blood and gore; their axes slick with the blood of their
friends and co-workers. Then the
slaughter really began. In an orgy of
daemonically fuelled violence, they cut their way into each building and
dismembered everyone inside. After the
Daemons were forced to leave their hosts, the brothers continued their bloody
work, lost in the dark and twisted maze of their insanity.
As can be seen above, the group of Henchmen have been
modelled wearing soon-to-be Daemonic masks while wielding their signature
two-handed axes. In the case of one of
them rolling ‘Lads’, I’ve given one of them a swanky Elven Axe head. While not much use at the moment, once I give
the would-be hero ‘Strongman’ and an Ithilmar weapon, he’ll be more than ready
to terrorise the populace once more. I’m
hoping to run them in tandem with my ‘Crushers’ – Brethren armed with Hammer
and Mace – Cutting down the big things (and any Str3 things with parry) with
their Str 6 attacks while allowing the Heroes to follow through and mop up any
survivors. At a minimum cost of 50gc
each though, it will be a couple of games until I can save enough coin up to
field all the brothers at the same time.
That said, having to play several games of Mordheim so I can gain access
to some awesome warriors is certainly no trial.
Catch you all later
Trev
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