A long delayed update, with marginaly improved photos.
With display base by Alan Casey.
Finally got around to taking some ‘OK’ images of my completed Daemonic Halfling team for Blood Bowl.
With the epic base-wizardry by Alan Casey.
Here is my third go at creating a new adventure for Warhammer Quest, Shadows Over Hammerhal. Pick up this side quest while in Cinderfall just like the new ones being released in White Dwarf. It makes use of the Daughters of Khaine Adversaries also available on this blog.
(THE MOST CURRENT VERSION IS ‘v2‘, IF YOU HAVE A OLDER VERSION GRAB THE NEWEST VERSION AT THE LINK BELOW!)
You can grab the most recent PDF print version of this adventure by clicking this thumbnail:
(THE MOST CURRENT VERSION IS ‘v2‘, IF YOU HAVE A OLDER VERSION GRAB THE NEWEST VERSION AT THE LINK BELOW!)
A collection of Daughters of Khaine exotic enemies for use in your games, I’ve created (yet) another adventure with these ladies(?!) as the bad guys.
(THE MOST CURRENT VERSION IS ‘v3‘, IF YOU HAVE A OLDER VERSION GRAB THE NEWEST VERSION AT THE LINK BELOW!)
(THE MOST CURRENT VERSION IS ‘v3‘, IF YOU HAVE A OLDER VERSION GRAB THE NEWEST VERSION AT THE LINK BELOW!)
Here is my second go at creating a new adventure for Warhammer Quest, Shadows Over Hammerhal. Pick up this side quest while in Cinderfall just like the new ones being released in White Dwarf. It makes use of the Flesh-eater Adversaries also available on this blog.
(THE MOST CURRENT VERSION IS ‘v2‘, IF YOU HAVE A OLDER VERSION GRAB THE NEWEST VERSION AT THE LINK BELOW!)
You can grab the most recent PDF print version of this adventure by clicking this thumbnail:
(THE MOST CURRENT VERSION IS ‘v2‘, IF YOU HAVE A OLDER VERSION GRAB THE NEWEST VERSION AT THE LINK BELOW!)
A collection of Flesh-eater exotic enemies for use in your games, I’m currently working an another adventure with these giys as the bad guys. More to come!
(THE MOST CURRENT VERSION IS ‘v1‘, IF YOU HAVE A OLDER VERSION GRAB THE NEWEST VERSION AT THE LINK BELOW!)
You can grab the most recent (v1) PDF print versions of these by clicking this thumbnail:
I’ve been really enjoying GW’s reimaging of Warhammer Quest, both Silver Tower & Shadows Over Hammerhal, as such I’ve ended up creating content for them, help yourself.
Enjoy a selection of Heroes for your games, some from the World That Was, some that were present in the last Edition of WHQ, some that have been inspired by old articles in the Citadel Journal and some from the new Age of Sigmar.
I have updated Slambo’s Renown rule, to trigger once per hero phase, and the wording of the Lord Exorcist’s ‘Redemptor Casket’ to work on all Daemons and Spirits. (Both of these were available in issues of White Dwarf)
You can grab PDF print versions (A4) of these by clicking this thumbnail:
(Newest version is currently V5-1)
Here is my first stab at creating a new adventure for Warhammer Quest, Shadows Over Hammerhal. Pick up this side quest while in Cinderfall just like the new ones being released in White Dwarf. It makes use of the Undeath Adversaries also available on this blog.
You can grab the most recent PDF print version of this adventure by clicking this thumbnail:
(THE MOST CURRENT VERSION IS ‘v6‘, IF YOU HAVE A OLDER VERSION GRAB THE NEWEST VERSION AT THE LINK BELOW!)
Here are the files I use to create my gaming stuffs. They need Adobe InDesign 2015 or newer to work.
Each .ZIP contains the file, a folder of Fonts needed and a folder of Art Assets. Enjoy
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Assets have been converted from Ampersands original .PSD template.
NEW UNDEATH ADVERSARIESA collection of Undead exotic enemies for use in your games, I have also created a side quest dungeon. It’s Undeath themed and makes use of these adversaries elsewhere on my blog.
These have been updated to be more in line with the ‘Nighthaunt’ Adversaries published in White Dwarf (July 2018), the Wraith, Banshee & Spirit Host have had their Ethereal rule updated to be consistent through out the game.
(THE MOST CURRENT VERSION IS ‘v7‘, IF YOU HAVE A OLDER VERSION GRAB THE NEWEST VERSION AT THE LINK BELOW!)
You can grab the most recent (v7) PDF print versions of these by clicking this thumbnail:
Either at last years NAFC, on on the drive home the discussion came up about possible Race selection for the 2017 NAF Championship. After to-ing and fro-ing we ended up with the concept of every Team member taking a Stunty team, and seeing who did the best through the weekend.
This left me with Goblins, Ogres or Halflings for choices, and seeing as I’m a Dark Elf at heart I set to trying to create a Dark Elf themed ‘Halfling’ team. This series (I hope..) of posts will chronicle its development…
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After wracking my brains I settled on a magic theme, since Dark Elve are known to consort with unaligned daemons. I scoured my various bitz boxes and came across some old Warmaster Harpies that I had planned to use in WFB 7th Ed as a swarm of evil sprites, that idea never took off but I had exactly 12 of them, the perfect amount to be used as ‘Halflings’ with the same gimmick, so summoned by a sorceress to do her bidding on the pitch.
So, with the rank and file sorted I need to source models to use as my two Treemen, I ideally wanted to keep this build all GW, and with their reduced range and recent AoS aesthetic, proved to be difficult to find unaligned generic daemonic gribblies!
I eventually settled on Be’lakor, and some conversion later had my two Treemen. (WIP)
Because Halflings generally suck, they are cheap as balls, which leaves plenty of treasury for Star Players. My initial roster used Zara the Slayer, so she also needed a Dark Elf makeover. I ended up using a WFB Witch Elf since she’s nice and dynamic and already comes with daggers for Stab!
After Zara I started to think about options for the other available Stars, and started searching for my Puggy. After much (much) searching I picked up this awesome, old (3rd Ed.) Chaos familiar from eBay.
With the actual team sorted I started to look at representing the support staff, which would be the Head Coach Sorceress, who summoned them all, and something to represent a Master Chef in this proxy theme.
The Sorceress was pretty easy, I used bits from the Dark Elf Dragon and plastic Blood Wrack Shrine kit from WFB, with a custom staff added. During my Bitz sleuthing I came across the WHQ Dread King tome on stand, so I added this to my Head Coach as a duel purpose summoning/play-book.
With the Head Coach sorted I started on the Master Chef, I again used a plastic crew member from the Blood Wrack Shrine kit, but used the 7th Ed. Cauldron of Blood to proxy the hot pot. I then needed to craft a base to house both these components. This was chopped up bases to make the steps, Milliput to sculpt all the rocks and a bucketload of skulls to be strewn around the base.
After all of this I needed to create some tokens to be used as Re-Rolls, I ended up with two concepts, the first was to use a selection of slaves from an old Dark Elder kit, chained together to represent sacrifices. (WIP)
The second, and more crazy was to uses clear resin crystals, which would have a LED housed inside, which when illuminated represents an available Re-Roll, the Sorceress would uses this reserve of ‘magic’ to try and change the outcome of an event. Once used, the LED is turned off, to represent the crystal drained of its magic.
Here is an early mock-up of the concept (WIP)
I need some sort of display base to house all of these components, and to reinforce the proxy theme. I have planned a base with multiple levels and a focal point of a Warhammer ruined gate, which, if my plan actually works houses a resin ‘portal’ and LEDs to illuminate it. This is to represent the rift the Sorceress has torn in the material realm to bring her minions through… It’s a grand idea, with many things to overcome!
If you have wondered where I sourced some of my components, you can get them here:
Resin Fantasy Football Helmets with Skulls – Clear Resin Gems
Well, it’s been quite some time since my last post, in that time I have moved twice, studied to be a Qualified Teacher and started doing just that!
The summer holidays have allowed me time to decompress and think about things other than pedagogy and seating plans, which means hobby time!
I picked up the Betrayal at Calth box before it is retired and the Night Lords Legion pack with it from Forge World to turn its contents into members of the VIIIth, and here is that progress.
Here is the Calth plastic Dreadnaught with the additions of a Volkite weapon and various bits from the Night Lords etched brass sheet from FW, which are great by the way! It’s still in progress but is getting there!
I converted the Calth Chaplin into a Centurion, with magnetized options to be fielded as a Moritat. I removed his left shoulder plate and added a Night Lords one, and then resculpted the cloak covering. I have also ordered a Volkite pistol so he may be equipped with a Plasma/Volkite pistol combo.
I used the spare plastic Dreadnaught weapons with my own bits to make another Assault Cannon, I also finished my remaining magnetized weapons for my previous Dreadnaught.
I assembled the rest of the Calth box using Night Lords Helmets and Chests to make sure every trooper had some VIIIth detailing in addition to the shoulder pad. I converted the Headsmen for the 3 units to have either Chain-glaives or a Lightning claw.
The Terminators were equipped with Volkite Chargers and a single Lightning Claw, purely based on fluff, with the Sgt having a pair of claws. I used the Forge World brass etched details to add legion iconography in addition to plastic skulls to one of the pauldrons.
Finally, I ordered Volkite weapons for the Calth troops, which have been painted separately to make painting the troopers easier.
(My Terror Squads are: Headsman: Plasma Pistol and either Chain-glaive or Lightning Claw. 9 Troopers with 1 Flamer, 6 Volkite Chargers, 2 Bolters.)
When looking for ways to customise my models I came across these excellent resin pieces from a eBay seller, a set of flayed flesh shoulder ornaments and tabards, 2 off-the-shoulder cloaks with flayed flesh and 2 back cloaks with stitched flesh and bones. They are awesome, and I will most certainly be getting more for my force.
That’s all for now, and when life settles into a more predictable routine I hope to make more progress this year!
I’ve been very busy over the last year training to be a qualified teacher, but have still been keeping my graphic design skills sharp with some hobby related projects, and here they are;
I have yet again designed the NAFC2017 rules pack, this time with a change of design direction to signify the new TO and the new design aesthetics GW have started to use in their new version of the game.
I have updated the community ‘Ickle Blood Bowl Handbook, which can be found here: Blood Bowl Ickle Book.
And finally uploaded my A4 format Blood Bowl reference charts. Passing, Rules and League. Blood Bowl Reference Compendium A4
Its been a while since I posted any updates, but I have been painting! (I just don’t finish anything…)
So, with that out of the way here is the most recent progress made to my fledgling 30K Night Lords force. It’s mainly detailing left to do, shoulder detail, bones, flesh and the like.
Here are some Work-in-Progress images of the Praetor, mounted on a fallen Son of Horus, again converted from the fallen GW marines kit.
As you can see all his options are magnatized, allowing me to just make new weapon combos as apposed to multiples of the Praetor himself!
I went for a bit of a mini-diorama for the Apothecary, using another one of the wounded marines from GW. He has also been re-positioned and had a VIII Legion helmet added in addition to the pads and trademark Glaive.
This is the first attempt at standard marines, room for improvement but table worthy at least. All the guns are being painted separately which allows me some tactical choice for the unit. The Sergeants pistol is also magnetized like the options for the Praetor, allowing more choice in battlefield roles.
I am frequently tapped by members of the Blood Bowl community for designs to promote events, tournaments or for merchandise, so here are some of the recent commissions I have undertaken.
The below is in addition to designing the rules packs for the NAFC since 2013.
I was tasked with designing the championship logo and accompanying information pack for the United Kingdom Team Championship, this design was also incorporated into a commemorative coin,
Here is the logo for the fledgling Goldent Gauntlent tournament series .
And the above were designed from a brief for a charity set of Block Dice, with a nautical theme.
Here is my completed Contemptor Dreadnought. The armour was painted in the same way as detailed in my Sevatar post.
Here is a close up of the lightning on the piece, is the same method on all three parts:
Paint the lightning in Administratum Grey as a base coat, then were the lightning strikes meet, it was highlighted with white, once this was dry a technique called ‘juicing’ was used with an airbrush. This involves filling the airbrush cup with thinners and adding 2 drops of white, which is then mixed in the cup.
Then this very thin white wash is sprayed on a low PSI setting, very softly around the lightning, giving it a glowing effect.
I applied a super-heated effect to the gun barrels on the Contemptor with an airbrush and a selection of washes:
This was achieved by masking any overlapping metal with tape, so only the barrel itself is exposed. this was then airbrushed in a blend from the exit of the barrel going backwards in about 1/4 measurements with Blue then Purple then Sepia finally leaving the last 1/4 untouched. When this was dry the very end of the barrel was drybrushed with Mithril Silver.
The base was again from Anvil Forge but with the addition of a GW injured marine, converted into a 30K Sons of Horus officer. This was painted in the same way Forge World say they painted theirs.
NOTE: The casualties in my army are Sons of Horus since this 30K jaunt is being experienced by myself and a friend, who is building a Sons force, so its just for that thematic reason, not due to any major conflict between those legions I’m aware of…
The weapons for the Contemptor are all drilled and magnetized, giving me maximum tactical options for the least financial outlay!
They were painted on the magnetic contraption pictured below:
