måndag 6 februari 2012

(Part 1) My own Legion of Space Marines - History[1]

In an attempt to bring fluff to my vision of having one army to represent ALL space marine forces. I have started outlining their history and their organization to bring some sort of explanation as to why they can be used to fill a variety of different codex roles. In the following short articles I hope to give examples on my own legion and how it comes into play with magnets and what choices in bits from different online stores will be used. Hopefully this will spur me to more hobby time both online and in front of the hobby desk.

Templars of Pandemonium


History of the Legion


The Achaemenid Empire rose to prominence following the beginning of the Age of Strife. In that empire an order of warrior-scholars existed. They were keepers of ancient Terra lore and remembered the time of humanity’s space empire. They were disciplined, their martial excellence on par with their extensive knowledge. In truth, their discipline was what kept them from the ravages of the warp. One of the reasons they remembered the days of the galaxy-wide empire was because they in part brought it to an end. They were originally psykers inviting the Chaos to wreck destruction on those presuming to judge them and their new-found talents. As the worlds burned around them some of them despaired and regained their senses. They fought to resist the lure of Chaos and wield their psychic talents for their own cause. As the space empire crumbled this group swore to preserve the history of what had happened and never let it happen again. In the ruins of Terra they established a monastery and from there they spread their knowledge and when able, served to uphold peace.

When the Emperor started his Unification War the order which now called themselves the Templars of Pandemonium was against it. There were a couple of the warrior-scholars who recognized the need of unity to ensure any kind of steady growth on a global level, but the Grandmaster was a firm pacifist.

Vampire: The Masquerade -- 20th Anniversary Edition



I've been playing Vampire the Masquerade for quite some years. It all started with a local LARP group playing Mind's Eye Theater. I bought Clanbook: Gangrel and copied the character that had the coolest picture for my first experience. The Prince killed me and I stayed up later than I ever had before. Then I grew up... kinda.

Since then I've played and storytelled both Giovanni and Transylvania Chronicles. Currently I'm storytelling my own chronicle after a few years of playing other games. What got me back was the announcement of the 20th anniversary edition. See more info here: http://blog.vampirethemasquerade.com/page/Information.aspx I was thrilled! Sadly though, I were too late and missed the pre-order dates.

I was glad to have found my way back to the setting and continued to dwell deep into the metaplot, once more theorizing around Saulot, Ashur and all of the old geezers wandering about. I began to compile my own, if somewhat short, version of "all" things and how it all came together at Gehenna. I then asked my gaming group about Vampire and soon enough the campaign got underway. "Cycles of Sins" were born!

I'll write more about that, but what got me to write this in the first place is that apparently the 20th Anniversary Edition of Vampire is on PRINT ON DEMAND!

Linky linky: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=94815

What can I say, I love sexy hardcovers in my bookshelves.

fredag 14 oktober 2011

Thunderwolf Cavalry Mr.dandy



Got those puppies this week and they look really great! :D I've seen them painted at tourneys before but the detail and quality is incredible. Hopefully I won't be too dissapointed if/when GW releases their own, I'm tired of waiting.

IG 1850 for tourney




CCS, 3 Plasma 95
-Chimera ML-HF 55
CCS, 3 Plasma 95
-Chimera ML-HF 55

Psyker Battle Squad (7) 90
-Chimera ML-HB, Stubber 65

Veterans, 3 Melta 100
-Chimera ML-HF 55
Veterans, 3 Melta 100
-Chimera ML-HF 55
PCS, AC 40
-Chimera ML-HB, Stubber 65
Infantry Squad, 50
Infantry Squad, 50

Vendetta, Heavy Bolters 140
Vendetta, Heavy Bolters 140
Vendetta, Heavy Bolters 140

Hydras
(2) 150
Hydras (2) 150
Manticore 160

I feel that he list is quite good if maybe lacking a little in the scoring apartment. It's a pity I won't get a chance to try the list. Hopefully I'll write some battle reports after the tourney, last weekend of October.

tisdag 4 oktober 2011

FOX


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Isn't the cutest?

I make a habit of incorporating something foxy in all my armies. Death Korps NATYA (count as Marbo) has a pet fox on her base. My Daemons had a Fox changeling (that works really well me thinks). Eldar have a fox as an objective marker. My in progress Space Wolves will probably have a Firefox Mounted Wolf Lord (hehe). I have inbound some Thunderwolves from Mrdandy and one of them is getting a fluffier tail :)

This sort of recurring theme is important for me as it makes something feel like "mine". Now I'm trying to figure out which Marine chapter rules would work best for my Space Foxes chapter. I've been thinking vanilla with Shrike. I want them stealthy, trixy and psychic. Maybe a future codex will provide a better base. No rush, have too many projects as is.

Pre-heresy Thousand Sons (well, GK in red)

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Supposed to be an Ordo Malleus Inquisitor in Terminator Armor and armed with a Psycannon.

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Some Purifiers. Plan is Henchmen+Purifiers, but I've made a Strike Squad member test model, which I can photo later.

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Their ride. Includes HB-turret option.

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With a lil lick of paint :)