tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54411719554598455532024-03-13T13:26:25.725+00:00Tales from the MaelstromAn old school sci-fi and fantasy wargaming blog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-38152827296036682382019-02-10T19:30:00.001+00:002019-02-10T19:30:29.907+00:00Norse Giant Evening all! My last post was an update on my 3rd edition Warhammer Norse army, and I mentioned in it that I had a Norse Giant on the way - well, here he is!<br />
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Way back in pre-history (1986), a 13 year old version of me started a Warhammer Norse army. I bought it one blister at a time, using the money I earned from my friday morning paper round, and I think I managed to build it up to quite a respectable size. I've no idea what happened to that army, it probably got lost (along with my entire White Dwarf collection) when I left home, but the Norse always remained my first Warhammer love, and I've always enjoyed 'low fantasy', pseudo-historical themed armies as a result. I think its because Warhammer started out using as many miniature ranges as it could, whether full-on fantasy or straight up historical, and mashing them all together into a world full of familiar, yet fantastical tropes, giving that period a certain gonzo charm I've wanted to recapture for quite a while.<br />
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Fast forward to late 2013, and I decided I'd make an effort to collect that Norse army again, and this time to do it full justice. I'd be using the 3rd edition Warhammer army list from White Dwarf 107, building up a core of 'sensible' units before adding in the last few truly fantasy units (such as a giant, wolves, Were characters, eagles, that sort of thing). <a href="https://talesfromthemaelstrom.blogspot.com/2014/08/3rd-ed-warhammer-norse.html" target="_blank">I even posted about it on this very blog!</a> I wanted to keep that low fantasy/pseudo historical feel, so decided I'd be using primarily historical miniatures, but with things like banners sourced from a range of Warhammer kits.<br />
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Now, its mid-late 2018 and I can feel the project nearing completion, so I feel justified in showing it off (which will also give me the impetus to finish the job off!)<br />
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<i>The Kyning and his army standard bearer, leading a unit of Huscarls. The banner is inspired by the art on the cover of Warhammer Armies!</i></div>
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Hi all - inspired by the fact that the Warhammer World New Year Open Day will soon be upon us, and that for the last few years I've been asked to display my old school Rogue Trader collection there, I've been revisiting my Squats so I have something new to show off. Here's a Combat Team, equipped entirely with heavy bolters, something Squats were uniquely able to do in their White Dwarf army list. Technically the squad leader shouldn't have a heavy bolter too, but I'll redistribute models between squads for games anyway.<br />
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Hopefully see you there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-49453799704186830762017-02-27T20:40:00.004+00:002017-02-27T20:40:55.787+00:00Space Slann Warleader<br />
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Finished this Space Slann War leader today - you might have guessed I'm a huge fan of this lost, enigmatic species!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-71992835615447535052017-01-22T16:40:00.002+00:002017-01-22T16:40:38.877+00:00Space Slann finished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've finished the Space Slann I posted a work in progress shot of a while back, and taken a picture of them moving in file (to hide their numbers...) through a typical 40k jungle. I was aiming to take a picture that would have been at home in the Rogue Trader rulebook and I don't think it's too far off!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-79494211222768259552017-01-11T19:49:00.001+00:002017-01-11T19:49:18.484+00:00Slann, from space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a quick shot of a project that got half done a year or so back and has resurfaced (like such half finished hobby projects tend to). This is a work in progress shot of a set of Space Slann. I have all thirteen of the original twelve Space Slann (nudge nudge wink wink) already painted green, so I'm painting this second set blue so they can mingle and minimise the effect of the duplicates. If I'm lucky enough ever to start a third set maybe they'll be yellow!<br />
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And here's the leader, a conversion I did a while back.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-3168530469325479752017-01-05T17:04:00.000+00:002017-01-05T17:04:00.954+00:00Squats and Dominators (together at last)I was at the Warhammer World Open Day this Monday gone, manning the Specialist Games stand, but as the event had something of an old school theme (celebrating Rogue Tracer's 30th anniversary year) I brought along some Squats, Space Slann and Zoats to show off next to Tony Cottrell's original Sabre Tank Hunter, Spartan Assault Carrier and other assorted old school treasure.<br />
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Before putting the Squats back in my display cabinet I thought I'd take a quick picture of them for the blog. I realised I should have brought my two Dominators (Tyranid Warriror concept models briefly sold via Mail Order as otherwise unknown aliens) along to the show too, so included them in this shot just for fun...<br />
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Just thought I'd share this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GWWarhammerWorld/posts/1403695826316560" target="_blank">post</a> from the Warhammer World Facebook page, announcing a high-spec reprint of Rogue Trader. I've watched this project being worked on for many months and its great to see it finally out. The scans are top quality and the paper and covers are heavier stock than the original so it's a really solid, chunky book. Even though I have three copies already I'm getting this one too!<br />
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Things have been very quiet on this blog, partly due to work commitments but largely because I managed to loose my login details as I rarely use this ID! I was even considering rebooting TftM as a Facebook page for a moment, but I've finally cracked it and reactivated my login!<br />
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Anyway, just thought I'd say Happy Christmas and if you're going to the Warhammer World Open Day on the 2nd Jan, see you there!<br />
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And here's an Inquisitor I kitbashed a few days ago!<br />
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Well then, despite appearances to the contrary on this blog, our gaming group was very busy throughout 2015, mainly in playing a large GM'd campaign using the Inquisimunda <a href="http://empireofghosts.blogspot.co.uk/p/inquisimunda-resources.html" target="_blank">rules</a>. For those not aware, these rules are basically the familiar Necromunda set, but with additional gangs representative of the broad sweep of the 40k universe, meaning campaigns can be set anywhere the players like.</div>
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GMing duties fell to myself, and I came up with a simple narrative and campaign structure. The action would be set in the Maelstrom, where the warp storm front has receded to reveal a string of systems known to void-farers of old as strewn with all manner of ancient treasures. Basically, the campaign would be a treasure hunt for Old Slann gold. I used an online Traveller RPG sector generator to create a hex map of the region, and came up with a simple system. Campaign rounds would each be played on a single world, with the gang who earned the most xp that round getting to choose which world to visit next having discovered some clue as to the final location of the treasure world. Each planet would use a different Treacherous Conditions table too, so each would feel like a different and memorable location.</div>
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To start out with we had a wide range of gang types, including Jon's Inquisitor warband (who would prove central to the story), Mike's Adeptus Mechanicus Explorators, Gadge's Noblists, Simon's Spyrers, Curtis's Tzeentch renegades, Evo's Squat miners, Owen's feral Guard kill-team, my own Rogue Traders and several others. As word got out of what we were doing we had a couple of new players join, including Nathan's Eldar, Mike with his Orks and Jimmy with his Void Pirates, and we had guest appearances from several others along the way.</div>
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Instead of cataloging every game over the six months or so, I've chosen a few representative pictures of some of the battles, which culminated in the discovery of the Slann Treasure planet and a very exciting final game. There was loads of fun and engaging story telling along the way with the factions all developing their own histories and rivalries and we made an effort to post entertaining in-character battle reports on the FB page each week. In particular, Mike, Jon and Simon were really great for this and I thank them for making a fun campaign even more so. So, anyway, the pictures...</div>
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<i>He hadn't questioned the notion that had taken him away from the war-torn fields of Pellennor III and halfway across the galaxy. He'd gotten bored of watching thousands of greenskinned grunts doing his killing for him and just generally getting in the way every time he wanted a scrap. He'd wanted a new challenge, to go to fresh new worlds where enemies didn't soil themselves at the sound of his name and would actually give him a fight. So he'd rounded up a small group of ladz and had set off. And to be fair, he'd found what he'd been after: the first fight they'd got into, he'd zapped a hole clean through some humie nob and killed him stone dead. Princess, his beloved pet squig, had savaged some follower of the Skull God and bitten him in half a couple of weeks later. It had been a good laugh.</i></div>
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Hello people of Terra!<br />
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In late 2012, the scurvy crew of the Tales from the Maelstrom blog (Gadge, Evo and myself) ran a Rogue Trader participation game at the Foundry in Nottingham. The game was great fun and people came from far and wide go take part, so we're thinking of doing it again, this time most likely at Warhammer World.<br />
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The basic plan is for us to run one of the random scenarios from the Rogue Trader campaign section, with armies provided by us (an Imperial Army force accompanied by various imperial agents against an Eldar pirate force with Zoat allies). The setting will be a sentient Death World (my favourite Rogue Trader setting as it allows for the use of loads of Death World gribblies!). We'll provide the miniatures, and make sure the two sides are divided into various sub-factions, each with their own (often secret) sub-objectives.<br />
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In essence, the plan is to make the battle look like a page from the Rogue Trader rule book, with original miniatures, fitting terrain etc, a real spectacle, all GM'd and played in the spirit of the original game.<br />
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So, we have yet to set a date or make any official arrangements but we've been amassing suitable miniatures (many thanks to Steve for the Eldar!). I'm posting this as a heads up and to gauge interest from our followers. We'd love to hear if anyone would be interested in attending so we can get an idea how many tables we'd need etc. I imagine we'd run this some time over the coming winter, perhaps even during the Christmas holidays to ensure everyone that wants to attend is free and has plenty of time to get clearance from their own events managers :-)<br />
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First off my Sensai Knight is doubling as an Imperial Noble of a 'safari on the edge of the imperium' with some loyal retainers in our 'inquisimunda' campaign.<br />
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The Graf Von Bek (sensai) takes his siblings Baroness Scarlet and Lord Tode on a hunting trip. With them a gun servitor (for bagging a brace of orks) which is actually a pre Rogue Trader citadel Robot, A kroot 'native scout' (an unreleased playtest kroot very much in the spirit of citadel sculpts of the 80s) and a second human 'native guide' (this ones an old 'adventurers' range model) who has his own tracking hound (a D&D range 'blink dog' painted to look like my old dog lulu!)<br />
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Many of these models i've had painted for a while but the new ones are here.<br />
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Last but not least an old citadel vampire Night Horror that i intend to use as the 'power behind the throne' on a rebel feral world game i'm planning to run for TFTM<br />
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First off, apologies, this ones been too long in the making but unfortunately
‘real life’ issues got in the way of gaming but I am sorry that you’re reading
this about two months after we played.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The scenario was simple,
Inquisitor Garamond Black had acquired information that the semi-mythical
xenos ‘Slann’ had captured a heretical ‘Sensai
Knight’, and more importantly a Sensai Knight
in possession of scrolls
purporting to the origins of the universe…
scrolls that he believed rightly should belong to the Imperium and not
some damn wetskins or heretics!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I played the Inquisitor with an entourage of 15 ‘Fire Angels’
Space Marines (split into five man squads) while Andy took a force or around 12
or so Slann including some powerful psykers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For a laugh we also decided to play the game using nothing
but the original Rogue Trader rulebook in all its unwieldy glory, while we usually prefer a GM for RT
games were both ‘narrative motivated’ enough that should an ‘ambiguity’ occur
(RT, full of ambiguities, surely some mistake?) we’d both elect for the most
entertaining result.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In essence this battle was to be a straight up ‘meeting
engagement’ , while Andy and I both feel this is exactly the sort of thing
Rogue Trader falls over on we thought that we’d see if we could make a ‘stand
up battle’ work with the ruleset as is.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The game began with the marines heavy weapon squad taking up
position on a roof top while the two bolter squads marched down either
flank. Having learned from previous
mistakes Andy wisely kept his Slann hidden, those exposed were quickly
dispatched by las cannon and missile launcher fire so a ‘shooting match’ was a
bad idea.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The marines advanced.
On the left flank the squad received some devastating needle gun fire
which caused them to break and panic (remember RT marines were only toughness 3
with a 4+ save and none of that ‘know no
fear’ mularky) , even had they held they had nothing to shoot at as the Slann
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On the right flank the marine commander and his squad navigated
the rooftop catwalks and advanced towards the Slann lines only to suffer a
similar fate. The slippery Slann were
just giving the Imperium nothing to shoot at.
The inquisitor quickly rallied them and used his psychic powers to lead
a charge forwards, heavy casualties were taken but in the end contact was made
with the amphibian aliens.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A brutal melee ensued, one that looked like the marines
might win with their superior armour and close combat weapons but alas as the
Fire Angels ‘purged’ the unclean with bolter and flame the Inquisitor fell to a
blow from the Slann warchief.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With their leader routed and lacking the resolve that 2<sup>nd</sup>
edition would give them the marines fell back leaving the secrets of the Slann ‘cities
of gold’ firmly in webbed hands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16111162674724749874noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-34685142885968642142015-05-31T20:05:00.000+01:002015-05-31T20:05:17.871+01:00Old School PhotoshootFor me, one of the appeals of this hobby is creating set piece scenes that invoke the sort of wander I felt as a kid flicking through the pages of White Dwarf. To that end, I really enjoy setting up my old school inspired miniatures and taking some shots. The results are amateur at best, but fun nonetheless!<br />
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<i>Above, a pair of Rogue Trader Dominators (they were in fact prototype Tyranid Warriors, sculpted by Nick Bibby but they feel like a species in their own right).</i></div>
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<i>Space Slann, one of each, an unreleased one and a conversion</i>.</div>
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<i>Not Rogue Trader miniatures, but I hope in the spirit, some desert dwelling Technomads.</i></div>
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So here's a Rogue Trader war band I've just put together using miniatures I had on the shelf. It's led by a Rogue Trader (obviously...) with a Medicae Servo Skull, helped by a Navigator, two Void Masters (one human, one Squat), a Kroot Scout Hired Gun and six armed Crewman.<br />
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Just a quick post - I converted these 'technomads' on a whim yesterday, using parts from the new Citadel Skitarii, some High Elf Archers and some Max Mini Desert Dwellers heads. I plan to make ten to twenty so they can make an appearance in a Rogue Trader game, and the desert tribesman look makes me think they might be a chance to revisit our old Jericho Reach campaign setting (if you browse our very earliest posts you'll find battle reports from a good six or more years ago that I imported from our old Jericho Reach blog).</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-31288393312913848522015-04-12T15:44:00.000+01:002015-04-12T15:44:03.029+01:00In the Cluches of Chaos project progress!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few months back I posted <a href="http://talesfromthemaelstrom.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/clutches-of-chaos-crossover-project.html" target="_blank">here </a>how Paul of the most excellent Sho3box old school wargaming blog and myself had concocted the idea of a conversion exchange, wherein we each decide between us on a theme, convert a suitable model and exchange the results, going on to paint the model we'd received and then use it in a battle report to be featured on our own blogs.<br />
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Well, I converted my piece and sent it to Paul - it has yet to arrive with him so I won't reveal what it is (I'll let him do that on his own blog). Paul's piece for me has arrived though, and I wanted to show it off, and express my thanks to Paul - its a wonderful conversion and very much in line with the 'captured by Chaos' theme we'd agreed upon.<br />
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I hope to get it painted in the very near future and then I'll put together a scenario and run a game, the results of which I'll publish here. I'm already thinking the game should involve the Cultists I've been working on, plus an old school Ordo Malleus, Realm of Chaos style <a href="http://talesfromthemaelstrom.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/old-school-inquisition.html" target="_blank">Inquisitor</a>. It would be especially grim and brooding fought in the confines of my Zone Mortalis <a href="http://talesfromthemaelstrom.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/rogue-trader-battle-report-prisoner.html" target="_blank">terrain </a>set too, so look out for that!<br />
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For our third Rogue Trader game in
this organically-evolving narrative campaign, we decided that the
Sensei captured by the hired gun techno-punks at the end of the last
game would be the target of a rescue attempt – by an Inquisitor
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The gangers' lair would be deep within
the void station, meaning that the Inquisitor and his indentured
forces (local defence militia troopers) would need to fight their way
through three levels to reach the cell, going from an entry point to
an exit point on each level. I noted down before the game which level
(1 to 3) each of my ganger models was on, and I set them up first in
each case, representing them standing watch and expecting an attack.
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Gadge's Inquisitorial warband consisted
of Inquisitor Garamand Black, the assassin Helvetica, a human
champion called Shonar Bangla, a psyker minor hero called Estrangello
Edessa, a militia captain called Calibri and seven shock troopers.</div>
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My gangers consisted of Boss Hamm, a
human major hero, the psy-assassin Gayle (a human psyker major hero
armed with a force sword and a smile), Ark, a flamer-armed minor hero
and nine other human gangers, armed with a selection of knives,
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The first level consisted of two
12”x12” Zone Mortalis tunnel sections, and Inquisitor Black's band came in force through the wall, the assassin Helvetica killing
a ganger almost straight away. Ark fired up his flamer and set one
shock trooper alight, who died soon after, failing to wound the other
three he hit. As the attackers came on Ark took more fire but
shrugged it off, again engulfing more attackers with flames but
completely failing to wound any. Amazingly, he weathered a third
round of fire, before the Inquisitor's pet psyker cast 'Jinx' on his
flamer. Realising his time was up, Ark turned and bolted for the exit
down to the next level, the other surviving ganger behind him as the
attacking forces swarmed down the corridor after them.</div>
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Unseen by the gangers, the assassin
Helvetica used her polymorphine dose to assume the form of the ganger
she'd killed, so we swapped the models and decided that an
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On to level two (which was made of four
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First down through the hatch was
Helvetica disguised as the ganger, and as she approached two gang
sentries they failed their Intelligence tests to spot her disguise
and so got charged and killed in short order the next turn.
Meanwhile, Ark waited near the exit down to level three while the two
autogun-armed gangers fired on the approaching shock troopers,
killing one. One ganger fell having had Steal Mind cast on him, not
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Eventually, the attackers closed
through the hail of fire, but as they reached the exit point down to
level three, Ark slammed the blast doors down in their face. It took
the Inquisitor using the Smash psychic power as well as two krak
grenades to break through the (Toughness 8, 10 Wound) door, by which
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Level three was made from six Zone
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doors. I secretly noted down who was in each cell and set the other
gangers up for a final, desperate defence of their lair. Here we
improvised by saying that if Ark could get to a weapons crate he
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As expected, the fight for the third
level was intense. When Ark saw the ganger he'd seen killed on the
top level coming towards him he knew it was a trick and shouted to
his men as such, and so Helvetica's cover was blown and we swapped
back her model. As Gadge had only bought one dose of polymorphine she
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All subtlety cast to the wind,
Helvetica charged the knife wielding gangers, who unleashed a barrage
of frag grenades in response, taking down another shock trooper
before they were sliced apart by the vengeance assassin. As this was
happening, Ark had reached the ammo store and was rifling through its
contents in search of a useful weapon. I rolled on the Basic Weapons
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Meanwhile, the Inquisitor and the rest
of force emerged and it looked increasingly like Ark would be
overwhelmed. Praying to the Emperor whose name he had taken in vain
far too many times to deserve an answer, he continued his search for
a weapon. This time, the roll was a keeper – a plasma gun!
Grinning, Ark opened fire, using the weapon's sustained fire to
incinerate the entire first rank of shock troopers before their
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Things fell dangerously silent for a
moment as Inquisitor Black surveyed the scene. There were two heavy
blast doors before him, either one of which could contain the
captured Sensei as well as whatever other nasty surprise the gangers
still had in store. He cast 'Sense Presence', and so I placed two
markers in one cell and one in the other. The Inquisitor's mind made
up, he pulled out another krak grenade and set to work on the cell
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Then, the other blast door rumbled up
and a dense, glowing fog rolled forth. I'd hidden Gayle in there as a
trap, and she had cast Ectoplasmic Mist to cover her appearance and
confuse the attackers. Helvetica clearly sensed a powerful rival
assassin and skirted the edge of the psychic fog as the Inquisitor
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The combat between Helvetica and Gayle
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her force sword's strength. Even as the Inquisitor finally broke
through the other cell door, she dashed out of the shadows and killed
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As Black stalked into the cell through
the shattered door a hail of bolt shells struck him as Boss Hamm
prepared to sell his life dearly, wounding the Inquisitor. The two
were evenly matched, but over two turns Inquisitor Black prevailed,
turning just time to see Gayle closing in on him and shooting her
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Well then, you wait two years then two battle reports come along at once! Following last week's game, where Gadge's Sensei warband captured the coordinates of the 47 Tucanae Passage, a warp route leading out of the galactic disk to a dense cluster of Slann homeworlds, he's arranged to link up with some compatriots, including a Navigator and a Piscean Tracker, at an outlaw void station. An as yet unidentified rival has hired a local gang of degenerate techno-punks to ambush the Sensei and stop him reaching the planets of gold!<br />
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For this game we decided to use a Forge World Zone Mortalis board to represent the shabby interior of the void station. Gadge took his Sensei from last week, plus the Navigator, Piscean and an Eldar free trader they were linking up with. I took a gang of techno savages (the old Mark Copplestone Future Warriors miniatures) plus a converted Hasslefree barbarianette armed with a force sword. Both sides came to around 450 points and each had a level two psyker.<br />
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<i>The Sensei warband</i></div>
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<i>The techno-punk kill-mob, led by Boss Hamm and the deadly Grammatrix, Gayle.</i></div>
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<i>The field of battle. The Sensei enter at the top centre in order to link up with their compatriots in the middle of the board. The techno-punk kill-mob enter from any board edge.</i></div>
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<b>The Mission</b></div>
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We decided between us that the mission would be centered around the Sensei meeting their associates and then exiting the area by way of one of the two large access points (one on the southern edge in the picture above, the other on the western edge). The kill-mob would be attempting to stop them.</div>
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As the Zone Mortalis board includes movable doors, we decided that an Intelligence Test taken in the shooting phase instead of firing a weapon would open or close a hatch, and that this could also be done using the Telekinesis power. </div>
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The kill-mob deployed in four groups. One squad came in from the south, one from the west, while the Grammatrix Gayle infiltrated from the north and Boss Hamm came in from the south west. There was much hiding in the first few turns, leading to a tense stand off which lasted until Gadge's two units had linked up. Then, it all kicked off!</div>
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<i>The Navigator, Piscean Tracker and Eldar Free Trader wait nervously for the Sensei warband.</i><br />
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<i>More punks advance along the southern tunnels.</i></div>
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<i>One group of techno-punks move in from the west, using the cargo crates as cover.</i></div>
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<i>The Sensei use a Blind grenade to block the punks' flanking move.</i></div>
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<i>The Piscean Tracker detects an approaching punk and charges, killing him after a turn, only for Boss Hamm to counter-charge and avenge his fallen minion.</i></div>
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<i>The Sensei's trusty hound points the way to the meeting area!</i></div>
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<i>Having stalked the Eldar Free Trader through the dark tunnels, Gayle finally makes her move, charging in and using her force sword to fell the Sensei and his minion. That frees up Boss Hamm and they both close on the only survivor, capturing the Free Trader to hand over to their employer.</i></div>
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For most of the game it looked like Gadge's Sensei would slaughter the punks and escape, but it suddenly turned. In a single turn the Navigator was killed and Gayle struck from behind, switching the result to a victory for Boss Hamm's techno-punks. We rolled to see what happened to the main characters, and the Sensei survived, albeit with serious injuries and awakening in the depths of the void station having been captured by Boss Hamm's gang. </div>
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Myself and Gadge played an impromptu game of Rogue Trader last week, and while it wasn't really planned out we had a great time and managed to take a few pictures along the way. We haven't published a battle report on Tales from the Maelstrom for far too long, so we thought we'd write this one up. Hopefully next time we'll plan things better and have even more to show, but for now, here's the latest tale...<br />
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<b>The Story</b><br />
For centuries, Rogue Traders and other outcasts have dreamed of locating the remnants of the once-mighty Slann Empire, the survivors of which are scattered across the galaxy, and in many cases, beyond it. Of late, tales of a surviving Slann enclave have reached the ears of several Rogue Traders, as well as other interested parties. The enclave is said to lie in the globular cluster long marked on the most ancient of stellar almanacs as '47-Tucanae', a dense, isolated concentration of ancient stars 17,000 light years from Terra entirely separate from the galactic disk. No stable warp route is known to exist connecting the galaxy to 47-Tucanae, although many bold Navigators have given their lives attempting to chart one. Of late however, tales of such a route have emerged, and the race to acquire the data, and to follow the route to a region of space said to be strewn with undreamed-of riches, is well and truly underway.<br />
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Many now hunt the 47-Tucanae Passage, but this battle report will focus on the efforts of one <span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$4:0">Malek Saam, a figure many hold to be one of the nigh legendary 'Sensei' (though many more claim he is suffering from a chronic bout of MACS) and his henchmen </span><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$6:0">Lorus Bizon and Slopey Finnigan. This band have arranged a trade with the outcast Eldar </span></span></span><span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$10:0">Prince Ymrik Starfire and his companion, the </span><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0">Warlock Yael Moondance. The Eldar claim to know the location of a cache of ancient scrolls describing the 47-Tucanae Passage.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0">As the Sensei and Eldar warbands close in upon the cache however, a Slann warband dispatched by the Great Mages to recover the scrolls and stop the imminent intrusion on the Slann enclave appear. And thus the action begins...</span></span></span><br />
<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0"><br /></span></span></span>
<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0"><b>The Forces</b><br />As this was very much an impromptu game, we used our best judgement to approximate our forces. Gadge rolled up a Sensei Warband from Realms of Chaos, which consisted of a Sensei Minor Hero and two Champions, which he armed according to the miniatures. The Eldar part of the force consisted of an Eldar minor hero, a Warlock, a bodyguard and two Ghost Warriors (an assassin class and an executioner class).</span></span></span><br />
<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0"><br /></span></span></span>
<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0">For the Space Slann, I took my entire collection (just 12 models, but that's quite a big collection for Space Slann!) and armed them according to the models (mostly las pistols, lasguns, needle pistols and a single lascannon). Commander Xix would be a major hero, and Quinletz would be a level 1 psyker. We weren't worried about points values and used our judgement to balance forces - technically Gadge's force was quite a lot up on mine but a lot of the gear the Ghost Warriors receive as standard is highly situational so we weren't too worried.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0"><b>The Scenario</b></span></span></span><br />
<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0">We set up a jungle themed table, with a pile of scrolls as the objective in the center. As I have lots of spiky cactus type plants we decided it would be fun to use the rules for Spikers given in the Deathworld bestiary section of Rogue Trader. These shoot at any living creature that approaches within 6" and there's a chance that the victim will be turned into one himself as a result of the poison, which sounded too entertaining not to include. We decided that both forces would deploy up to 6" onto the table and that their objective was to escape with the scrolls, which would cost the carrying model 1" of their movement. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".5i.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0">I won't post a detailed break down of events, as pictures and highlights are generally far more entertaining. Broadly speaking, the Eldar Ghost Warriors were on the objective very quickly, their numerous wargear and skills meaning they could hide from the Slanns' fire and ambush them when they reached the scrolls. The Sensei took up a flanking position on Gadge's right while the Eldar did the same on his left. Meanwhile, Commander Xix led the bulk of the Slann straight at the target while one of their number covered the advance with his lascannon. Meanwhile, Quinlitz pushed up towards the Eldar to engage them with his psychic powers.</span></span></span><br />
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mage Quinlitz using his pyschic powers to devastate the Eldar Prince but failing to kill
his bodyguard, moving too close he was wounded by a Spiker Plant, and then
a turn later turned into one!</span><br data-reactid=".b9.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$37:0" /><br data-reactid=".b9.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$39:0" /><span data-reactid=".b9.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$40:0">The Eldar bodyguard being immunised against poison by one of the Warlock's psychic powers and oddly avoiding the fire of dozens of spore plants.</span><br data-reactid=".b9.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$41:0" /><br data-reactid=".b9.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$43:0" /><span data-reactid=".b9.$mid=11421971761244=2fde4bfce7e35ef1909.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$44:0"><b>The Result</b><br />Once
the Eldar had thinned out the Slann it seemed their victory was assured, but then the Warlock was lost and all of a sudden the Slann had the upper hand. As two Slann warriors made off with the scrolls the Sensei charged in with
his warband providing covering fire. A bitter hand to hand fight between
leaders ensued but the Sensei had the upper hand thanks to his ability to channel the power of
the Star Child. At the very last, Commander Xix was near the table edge but with the Sensei and his warband closing was forced to hand the scrolls to another warrior and turn to engage them. He was struck down and while the surviving Slann made a gallant last effort to escape, he too was cut down.</span></span></span><br />
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<i>Meanwhile on the right flank, the Eldar have been whittled down to just their bodyguard, but the Slann mage Quinlitz was struck by a Spiker sting and two turns later turned into one himself just as he was bearing down on the last Eldar!</i></div>
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So then, a victory to the Sensei warband, albeit a close one! Now the humans have the coordinates to the 47-Tucanae globular cluster we can get a small campaign running bringing in various factions all looking to get their hands on the Slann gold...</div>
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This months issue of Miniature Wargames has a column about the 'Oldhammer' movement, i.e. veteran gamers enjoying earlier editions and miniature ranges. The article refers to several blogs run by people I'm friends with and whose hobby efforts I respect enormously, so it's great to see them recognised. The column even mentions this very blog, which is really nice as we've been running it since early 2008, some time before the (highly appropriate) term 'Oldhammer' was even coined!<br />
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I encourage anyone to check out the blogs the article references and I think they're really well chosen. They nicely illustrate the range of interests within the very broadly defined movement, and in particular puts a lie to a common misconception that all players of older editions are grumpy old gits stuck in 1989! In fact, we take our inspiration (and our conversion components!) from many eras and it's the spirit of those early editions and the character of the old ranges that are most important.<br />
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Anyone new to all this and who fancies looking closer, I'd highly recommend this Oldhammer <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/oldhammer/" target="_blank">Reddit</a>, which has many more links well worth exploring.<br />
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See you in 1989!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-88685143866633840832014-12-31T17:57:00.001+00:002014-12-31T17:57:26.503+00:00Even more Space SlannIt's all about Space Slann this (and hopefully next) year. I've recently finished an almost complete set, plus my mate Evo is showing off his collection on his own <a href="http://port-imperiale.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/yet-more-space-slann.html" target="_blank">blog</a>. I have a few more on the go, and while I've never seen a complete Space Slann army in all my gaming career (which includes a stint in GW retail in the early 90s as well as more than a decade at GW HQ!) maybe we will soon (unless other shinies distract us...)<br />
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11 of the original 12 Space Slann, plus an unreleased one.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-82483239719725251262014-12-28T17:03:00.002+00:002014-12-28T17:22:40.568+00:00The Leadpile Rogue Trader Battle ReportIt's been a while since we've been able to organise a seasonal Rogue Trader battle report, but Colin over at the Leadpile blog has posted an awesome one, so go read that :-)<br />
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<a href="http://theleadpile.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/christmas-is-saved-rogue-trader-battle.html">http://theleadpile.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/christmas-is-saved-rogue-trader-battle.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441171955459845553.post-66674971718967527512014-11-29T14:59:00.000+00:002014-11-29T14:59:08.729+00:00Clutches of Chaos Crossover Project
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So, a
week or two back I was reading through some old blog posts pondering how my promise to update more regularly has turned the interwebs into a den of unspeakable falsehood, when I came across some pictures of a Realm of Chaos
warband I'd converted up, followed by the comment that I'd decided to
re-do them as the Citadel Dark Vengeance set had at that time just
been released and I really liked the look of the plastic cultists in
that set. That coincided with my mate Curtis of Ramshackle Games fame
prodding me for a game of 1<sup>st</sup> ed 40k, something we've been
meaning to do for ages. So, I rolled up a new warband and got
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Its a Slaaneshi warband, and the leader
is a Navigator Major Hero with the Face of a Daemonette and Resilient
(+1 T) rewards. Her crew consists of 11 humans, all with bolters,
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As these things will, this all
coincided with a chat I'd been having with Paul, who runs the Sho3box
blog. This blog is really worth checking out and to be honest
everything I wish I had time to do with Tales from the Maelstrom
he's doing better than I could anyway, so go check it out. Anyway, we
got chatting and decided we'd do a conversion exchange, inspired by
the fact that we're both starting our own 40k Realms of Chaos
warbands. The plan is to each convert a model and post it unpainted
to the other, who will then paint it and use it in a battle report to
be posted on their own blog. As Paul hasn't revealed the exact theme
we've agreed on I won't either, but suffice to say its inspired by
the choice we've both made of Chaos Patron...</div>
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So then, we've agreed a rough deadline
of Easter 2015 to carry out the exchange, so we hope to have our
warbands completed by then so we can both present our battle reports at
around the same time. I'll post my progress on my warband as I go
along, and in fact I've started painting the models shown above since
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