Thieves stealing a thread from the Merchant in Marienburg

After playing a rather bad game today (well great game, but poor results) with Matt I realised I haven't even put up some finished pictures of the warband!



The cart was finished, and now it got destroyed :S my merchants got killed off, so I'm making due with a meager apprentice (the 4th incarnation) and other than that, most henchmen died, and some heroes got replaced...

Luckily, I'm still kicking it with the band, though the chaos warband Matt's playing is just tooo damn strong

exibit A:


he did this with just one of his 3 attacks (all WS 6 S 7 minimum - but also carrying a lance...)

wrecked/totalled, and killed 1 horse, and a hero... shame!!

working on more models though, so I can field some kickass guys... if only my heroes stopped going ooa.. I might have some income to pay for them!

I LOVE the group shots...too bad about your Demonically Possessed Dice from HELL!

DeafNala wrote:

... your Demonically Possessed Dice from HELL!

He he..

I'll give you the Award of Dedication for sticking with a warband that apparently gets slaughtered every time

However, I strongly suggest that you cart drivers learn how to actually drive

I don't see a lance, just some scrappy looking Hung scumbag astride a flea-bitten shire horse. Oh and a plastic hog!

Regards,

Werekin.

hehe well that's matt for you, magnetized half his warbad, just not this guy... nor will you find his horses barding, his catayan platemail, his shield, or the fact that he's a hulking brutal conjoined twin... though it's the only painted dude in there!

and Eli, yeah, thanks for the advice... but my driver already had the skilled driver upgrade, and rather good initiative... but that still only leaves re-rolls on the out of control table... no matter what you roll, you're screwed anyway...

And Alan, yes it seems I'm stuck with dice from hell... any attacks will fail, (6 attacks need 2's to hit, and I still only manage to roll 2 hits...) but when it comes to LD tests, OoC tests, I tests... straight 6s!.. X(

but, my band is painted, and they're gaining more everyday, so I can retire them eventually and start a mercenary band! haha

(I'm soon to drop out of our campaign anyway due to travelplans I have, so I figure I should stick around...)

That's an excellent warband. I especially like the wagon.

The groupshot of the whole warband with the wagon looks fantastic! Very nice warband you have there.

I hadn't seen this report yet, but it was quite a good game, yes
the reason my warband is not fully WYSIWYG is that I change my equipment very often, and that I have the feeling some other campaign members don't want to continue this campaign..

matt wrote:

... I have the feeling some other campaign members don't want to continue this campaign..

Heresy!!!

I will continue! even if it kills me! (wait, that happened multiple times already... :S) sadly I am gone for 3 months, so no gaming for me, but we will continue!!!

but yes, sadly, the campaign is stagnating a bit..

as for that wysiwyg comment... don't gimme that matt! you've got 5 models running riot on the same horses and with the same cloaks for some time now, if all it takes is a new sword/club... in just a day one paints 2 new arms for your whole band easily!

I know, mine all have at least 3 arms and weapons at their disposal (plus, you can exchange between models... -> you want my sword? here take my arm along with it! ;P)

That really is an awesome warband, Ezekiel - thanks so much for sharing. I love all of the little details, but in particular the checked pants on the boss.

Well Ezekiel, none of my models look a like, if you're to lazy to remember what's what, that's not my problem :p in addition, only one model in my warband WASn't WYSIWYG, which is also fixed now.

And what he didn't tell you either, was that the campaign is finished now, and I am the winner !

Allright, I could just start up a new thread, but I like having it all in one place.

I got my greedy little hands on the Low Kings warband list for the Mutiny in Marienburg settings recently, and I just couldn't help but start a new warband. I love the narrative to these guys, and the options they provide for conversions.
Some of you may have seen my scenery thread, in which I am currently working on building a Marienburg style city, meaning more canals, bridges, and tall city houses (kind of like my dear Amsterdam)

We just started a little campaign down here, and it proves a great oppurtunity for some modelling.

So meet the friendly inhabitants of the city who've come out to greet you.


Sadly, they also came out to club you on the head.


Luckily for you there are also some polite souls, who will take off their hat for you. - So they can take out that thrown dagger to aim at your eyes!


And that guy running there? Good chance he just stole some of your valuables and is making off with them at rapid pace.


These dodgy immigrants don't even try to hide their hostility, but can you follow their funky fightingstyles?


Obviously these guys are just in the first phase of modelling, but there's work to be done as well!

Sweet! And good to see yet another MiM warband showing up I really need to put the last touches on my River Strigany

Excellent posing! Each model seems to come with its own story. Looking forward to more pics!

Thanks guys, And Eli, yes you should!

Today was meant to be for modelling and some film editing, but, unfortunately one of my freelance employers dropped a pitch on me this morning, with the light comment of "DUE ON MONDAY MORNING, and oh yeah, big account so don't f**k this up"... guess that concludes my weekend..

But, just to take my mind off this gig, went to wayland and bought dead livestock to get that dead horse for my merchants caravan (Alan showed me this somewhere in this thread I believe) and some more casualties which I hope fit well with the Marienburg theme.

anyway, that's all I can update on this weekend, you guys enjoy yours! :s

Allright, so Pfreck came by yesterday, and we did some converting, modelling, magnatising and greenstuffing.
so now I have all my heroes complete, and need only some new torso's to make my bruisers.

and also, to wait for more magnets which we ordered. so while I do that, I decided to continue on my castle, which is taking shape now, all the roofing has been done, and I'm currently greenstuffing all the walls, and some more decorum. and trying to figure out the best way to make little dormers. and loads of them, seeing as the roof is high, really high! haha

I love the "Kung fu" pose! Very dynamic.

Bummer, I ordered some more casualties and dead livestock from wayland, turns out the casualties aren't in stock anymore, and the livestock is rather small... one cow is good, but especially the horse is rather small like a baby horse (what's that called? - foel?) so it sadly won't do for a carthorse casualty.... but hey... it will still be a nice addition to the scenery

That is some really great looking thieves!! Great start and fantastic use of the basic sprues!

Looking at your older posts I can tell that the thieving scum is gonna look great painted!

I'm waiting for MiM and these small teasers are a great way to build up the excitment

Allright, I've finished sizing up the warband, and decided on my theme. they're gonna be kislevite thieves (fits in nicely with my merchant caravan theme as well, and I still like the kislevite idea. The main reason however was that I wanted them to look a bit like gipsies, being thieves, I figured that would work fine with all the predjudice about gipsies. Plus I really like the look and feel of eastern european clothes, so that's what i's gonna be, combined with some kislevite robes and fur cloaks so they can hide their smuggled wares, and other contraband. just outfit them with a little boat and cart, and they're perfect for many a game!

no pics as of now, but i'll see to that after the greenstuffing.

Good to hear you're making some progress. I really should get myself to put the final touches on the River Strigany (now that's gypsies for you )

Yes you should! and post your progress! I've just put some greenstuff on the thieves, and a bunch of them are now sporting fur lined jackets, but still, three are a lot of gaps to fill up, and loads of details to put on before I can finally start painting them up... - the group started bitching about all the wip I field and use for scenery... so I should really step it up!