Rise of The Master of Sorrow: (Part 2)

With the Skaven bloodied,  The armies of the Legion marched into the Valley of the Sundered Helm to meet the rest of the rat's force and destroy it in a pitched battle.

New Regimental Historica's
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Knights of the Murdered Innocent- Led by Sevastian Klakk, the Knights are known and reviled for their heinous usage of children and the infirm as sacrifice to the gods of chaos, for they are not fit to live in a world of the strong and mighty.  Curiously, they often offer quarter to combatants that are mortally wounded or are captured fighting.

Chariot of the Eye- The rider of the Chariot of the eye is not known, for he does not speak, and remains quiet and still when not storming towards the lines of the enemy on his cart pulled by beasts from the blackest pits of the Realm of Chaos.

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Again !    Forward AGAIN  YOU SPINELESS MAGGOTS !!!!    Screamed Renga to his men, as they charged once more into the lines of the Skaven.  for hours the mighty hosts had bludgeoned one another across the misty valley.  Thousands of tribesmen and clanrats lay dead or dying across the field. The time had come now to end this once and for all.  The center of the valley was dominated by the great shattered temple to Tzeentch, known as "Sundered Helm".  From which determined enemy resistance presented itself.  Seeking to obliterate the source of this resistance and possibly break the spirit of the Skaven host.

The whistle of the poisoned mortar shells sailed overheard as they ran, the clattering of armor and the rhythmic warchant of his elite knights beat into his head, focusing him for the fight to come.  Moments later, The Men of Sorrow's Gait, slammed into a seething wall of rats, ripping into the clanrats, carving great gouts of blood and gore into the air.  The Knights of the Murdered Innocent, and the Chariot of the Eye sweep around the columns of the great temple to his left, driving through the smoke and mist of the battlefield.  Then, just as his men had almost reached the rats in front of them, they parted to reveal stark silhouettes in the mist.

"no..." he said to himself.   "no sane man would dare to pledge themselves with the Skaven"

"Men of Tzeentch's Ire!   Deliver their fate!"  Screamed the azure clad Chaos Warriors before them, hitting into Renga's men with a crash of sparks, and splintering of shields. Left and right the men of the north tore into one another, cutting each other to bloody ribbons. When Renga saw him. The leader of the regiment.



Ducking under, a heavy blow which he countered with a stab through the midriff. Renga bellowed a throaty challange to the man. "I Will show you a changing of ways! When my sword rips into your gullet!"   When a cool voice entered into his mind with a polite chuckle. "Your brash humor amuses me Renga.  We shall meet in the way of the my ancestors."    

A tingle entered his body,  he blinked,  his mind felt heavy.  when he opened his eyes, they were within the Temple of the Sundered Helm,  their warriors arrayed around them, the blue balefires of the temple lit through impossibly complex sorcery.  "So it begins that the great scheme is given to start".

Shaking the feeling of magical lethargy off, Renga bellowed and ran at the Warrior Mage.  As he moved his blade to pierce the mans chestplate, he blinked away.
"the hell...!? "   Renga gasped, as a hammer blow hit him in the back of the helmet, sending him stumbling forward.  He quickly wheeled round and struck, the warrior sent the blow aside and sent one of his own towards Renga. Which skidded off his armor with a hiss.    Renga sent a mighty kick into the side of mans knee, buckling his stance, leaving him open for Renga to deliver a dagger blow to the warriors groin. A screech not unlike that of a predatory bird echoed around the arena, and the man regained his footing and sent a flurry of blows down of Renga's body.  




*****

Sevastian Klakk and his men galloped past the warpflame of the Skaven teams, and through the poison clouds of the mortar teams, cleaving slabs of flesh from the maintenance crews and adjuncts running through the Skaven rear. As he had just decapitated a Skaven message runner, he looked up through the haze of battle and saw a great towering figure. wrapped in a thick coat.  

"Curious..." thought Klakk. trotting forward.   A cloaked, man, stood, surrounded by piles of tomes and ritually killed skaven, he was chanting something unintelligible.  

"Who are you ?  Why are you not in the main line?!"  yelled Klakk over the chanting.

The chanting stops.  A thunderous laugh rattles through the air.  The man turns, and pang of terror enters Klakks body as he sees the man's face a twisted combination of Skaven and Human.

"Filth!"  Screamed Klakk driving his sword into the wizard.  Who burst forth into billow of magic flame.  

A quiet whisper entered his mind.   "Thus the scheme shall unfold"....

*****


Renga picked himself up,  he was bleeding badly and he had pains across his body.  The Master of the Legion threw himself at his foe. Shortsword in hand the blades of the two combatants grinded against one another, as Renga and the Champion sought to overpower one another.  Then a flicker in the balefire caught Renga's eye. The strength of Champions' block weakened.  He dropped his blade, and took a step back.

"The Eye of The Gods are on your Master of Sorrow"  he spoke.

after a quiet pause of confusion. Renga spoke.

"Then I offer your soul to the master of this place..."  gasped Renga, through spat of blood in his mouth. As he raised his blade above his head.

That's when he felt it, the electric energy of the gods, gazing down and a Dark Fury entered into his limbs, renewing his spirit as he drove the blade into the skull of Champion, with a definite finality.   The Sons of Tzeentch's Ire, faded like wraiths, in the balefire of the temple.  Renga and his men were left atop the Sundered Helm, gazing across the field, just in time to watch Iglak and Sevastian overrun the Skaven line.

A group of Tribesmen marched past, the champion called up to him  "A wonderful victory my lord ! "  

" Indeed, it was well fought.   But i fear now that more is at work to this campaign than i had thought Innman...."

to be continued....

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Renga gained the "Dark Fury"  (+1 Attack)  trait for his killing of The Champion of the Sons of Tzeentch's Ire.


hope you enjoyed this rather long winded tale of the 2nd Battle in our campaign.  The opponent was of course JD with his Skaven w/ WoC allies.  

Battle was 1000 points with moderate allowances for fluff.  

As always let me know your thoughts for what you might like to see us do in the campaign, if you have a cool idea for terrain, or just what sort of content you'd really love to see more.

Thanks for reading !

-Your Favorite Madman-

Blood Angels Painting Commission.

Hey all, i thought i'd post up a pic of the test mini for a paint commission i got for generic Blood Angels. I think he turned out pretty well, since i was told to do "Tabletop Quality" this is what I've settled on.  In addition to this commission this week is the big conclusion to my "Senior Project" in high school, so I've been preoccupied getting ready for my boards presentation this Thursday.   I hope to have much, much more hobby goodness to provide to you all after that is said and done.   I plan on working on the Rouge Trader crew members and the Nurgle Bikers, as soon as I've finished with these Blood Angels.

Without further ado...

That's all for now.  Hope to get some shots of a local club's charity gamesday, thats happening on Saturday, as well as some more Blood Angels and Pilgrims Fandex stuff, with perhaps a smattering of misc. hobby junk thrown in over the course of the next couple weeks leading up to Yule, Hanukkah, Christmas etc... etc..


                                                              - Your Favorite Madman-

Fandex HQ Entries Part 1

Hey all, i know you are all eager for some mini's and what not, but i drew up a couple more sketches for the Fandex, and so i thought that i'd give you their entries in the army list (all i've got so far, other than the fluff mind you).

First up we have.


Lord of the Knights. 

Points: 100 

Ws- 4
Bs- 4
S- 4
T- 5
W- 4
I- 3
A- 3
Ld- 10
Sv- 3+

Equipment: Bolter, Power Maul, Power Armor, Frag & Krak Grenades

Options: Can purchase Wargear from the "Runious Powers" section of the Armory.

Special Rules: Fearless, Independent Character, Feel No Pain 

Arch-Heretic: A Lord of the Knights, may only be taken if an another HQ choice is selected that is not itself a Lord of the Knights or a Special Character.   

Ideological Schism (Ruinous Powers) - Cannot join Secessionist squads or purposely move within 3'' of one. Any Secessionist Infantry unit that flees within 3'' of this unit, immediately suffers a shooting attack from this unit as this unit attempts to purge the "weaker half" of the army.    




Heretek 

Points: 60

Ws- 3
Bs- 3
S- 4
T- 4
W- 2
I- 3
A- 2
Ld- 8
Sv- +3

Equipment:  Warptaint Harness*, Plasma pistol, Power Armor.

Special Rules: Independent Character, Dark Mechanicus 

Warptaint Harness: A daemon possessed servo harness, adds D3 extra attacks to the Heretek, and counts as a Power Sword.  It radiates warp energies and provides a 5+ invulnerable save to the wearer and any models with the "Dark Mechanicus" special rule within 6".  

Black Catechisms: Re-buffs the machine spirit of a damage vehicle with the soul of a tormented captive. If the Heretek is in base contact with a vehicle he can choose to repair one Hull Point, on a D6 roll of 5+ the point is repaired, on a roll of 1, the soul lashes free of its prison, dealing one wound to the Heretek, with armor save allowed.  






Thats all for now folks !



                                           - Your Favorite Madman-

The Pilgrims of Rust Codex (40k Fandex)

Hey all, so a bit ago i started writing my own codex for my Secessionist Chaos  army which you can find the background for up in the oddly convenient "Army Background " tab in the bar right up there.  Anyway, I've gotten back into 40k, and with the new ed being more geared to fluff play more than ever before I am excited to get back to work on that little project.  Here is a bit of what im thinking as far as an outline for what units i'd add in.

HQ. 

- Ground Commander ( similar to IG company command, more geared towards secessionist half of army)
- Apostate  ( Same as above, some differing options, obviously geared towards the Runious Powers half)
- Heretek (Evil Techpriest, some varying mods there)
- Magister of Enforcers (a sort of Lord Commissar)
- Lord of the Knights  (CSM Lord, can only be taken if another of the HQ types is present)

Elites. 

- Martyr Squads (Suicide Bombers from Cyrus, they are insane and deadly if you can get them into CC in one piece, can be either Secessionist or Ruinous Powers)

- Equinox Protectorate ( the die-hard Interior Guard of Rust's army, they are unswerving in their devotion to Rust's vision of a brighter tomorrow, cannot take if more than 50% of the force is Ruinous Powers)

- Host-Vessels  ( Cult members that allowed themselves to be vessels for either Dark Mech experiments or daemons, they can be equipped in a variety of ways, think IG Chosen,  Secessionist troops won't charge into an assault where Host-Vessels are already fighting, nor will they stay within 4" of them at any given time.)

-Chaos Marine Squad -  see CSM dex

Rhinos / Chimeras


Troops.   (a phalanx will work in a similar fashion to an IG platoon.)

-Levy Phalanx (Hap-Hazard Assortment of semi well armed combatants, cheap, horrid morale, can't take Hvy Weapons)

-Ward Phalanx  (Regulars, decently armed, can take Hvy Weapons, probably have wargear for their particular planet)

-Slave Phalanx (POW's, or Captured Civilians, armed horribly, only with CC weapons, no armor T 2 probably, count for 1/2 in KP games and do not count as scoring for objectives)

-Enforcers ( Members of Rust's Interior-Guard that have been sent out across the ranks, to instill the word of a brighter tomorrow, and secretly report the spread of the Cult of Chaos through the Pilgrims, and to stamp it out)

-Heathen ( Particularly maddened Cult member who will send the rest of his attached squad into a blind rage.

Knight of Decay (Chaos Marine, can be taken as a squad leader)

Chimeras.


Fast Attack.

Sentinel Squadron ( worse than the IG ones, these are converted Civilian models)

Skorp-yans ( Dark Mechanicus creations that work like Necrons Wraiths with some modifications to make them clunkier and less alien)

Valk/Vendettas - See IG dex

Cyrian Landers-  heavier, slower, more well armored, more transport cap than the Valk. with 2 hvy bolter door gunners.

Heavy Support. 

No Russ variants other than the Basic Russ, Demolisher, and Punisher.

Field Artillery ( rapier laser battery, Heavy Mortars, twin linked autocannons, or Rallen Anti-Tank Cannon.)

Basilisk, Medusa, and Griffon.

Hydras ( limited squadron size + more expensive than the IG dex ones.)



Special Characters. 

Antilo Rust - Leader of the Pilgrims

Lord Balthos - Leader of the Knights of Decay.

(potentially more)
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lastly, I've drawn up a few of the Unit types to go into the book as i want original art only in it, so here is some of my modest sketches.

An "Apostate"

The Picture for a Knight of Decay as a Squad Leader

hope you've all enjoyed this!
More painting and minis are coming your way soon


                                                  -your favorite madman-

The War of Saints and Kings. (Another Wargames Setting)

Hey all, I wrote this setting, based off a campaign fluff of my own creation that I've been playing in Napoleon :Total War (which is a very good game, and i recommend it)  on my phone today while waiting in lines on Black Friday.  Im thinking of using the Black Powder ruleset for it which are produced by Warlord Games. Its obviously a bit of Alternate History,  and is roughly inspired by "A Very British Civil War" . All that said, i hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think.

After successfully defeating and killing Napoleon at the Battle of Dover, the Coalition went to work dividing the vast tracts of the former French Empire, which by this point (1845)   spanned from the southernmost tip of Italy, to the border with Denmark in the Far North.  The British opted to take control over the Italian and southern European territories, to offer good ports and way stations to mercantile fleets headed to colonies in Africa and India.    The King  appoints his cousin  Sir Edmund Vincent as governor of the region, assured that he will honor his wishes.    Edmund however has aspirations of glory, and is far from contented with just Italy,  he is set on all of England.     Two decades after Napoleons death, and Italy has become far less anglicized than had been hoped.   With the bulk of the population pushing for separation from England rather than total absorption into it.   The original plan,  to make Italy highly favorable to natural born English citizens to get them to integrate the two societies had failed.  In no small part due to Edmund's secretly resisting the migration of British citizens into his cities.    Worried about an open rebellion, the King sends an army group to Italy, as a sign of good faith to Edmund. Italians see this as a forced occupation by a foreign power and become even more riotous and angry.    Their nerves are soothed over shortly however when Edmund converts to the Catholic Church, and moves partial control of Italy to a puppet government, consisting of The Pope ( loyal to Edmund  after his conversion and significant financial "donation") ,  an Italian General, and a group of Governors, all under Edmund's payroll.  With the Italians swooned to his cause, Edmund sets to work on the army group,  throwing lavish parties for the officer corps at the Italian peoples expense, and getting many of them pretty Italian consorts and some even gained wives. In a years time it becomes evident to most in Italy that the Army Group is more loyal to Sir Edmund than the King.  

Finally catching wind of Edmund's actions from some concerned Officers and in-country loyal citizens, the King heads an army to Italy, in a show of force to get Edmund to back down from his traitorous actions.  The Kings army  sets down on Sicily,  from there they actively begin to fortify the island and blockade Italian ports.  Before any kind of battle is joined, the King sends a pleading letter to his cousin to relinquish his position and come back to England with him.   The response was bold.  The next day, Edmund declared himself (with the support of the pope) a living saint and rightful ruler of Italy.   No further words needed to be said,  The King set his forces on the march from southern Italy to Rome,  where "Saint Edmund" had made his capital.    

Edmund's army consists of some 700,000 Italians, and 300,000 English. With anywhere from 100-250,000 militia able to be raised from religious pilgrims, farmers, and other citizens.

The King's Army consists of 800,000 Regular English Army.   200,000  Colonial Troops from India, Natal, and Zululand.   And a possible force of 8,000- 15,000 militia loyal to the English Crown.

                                                           -Your Favorite Madman-