Kewn here,
About a week ago Vincent and I were just chatting a bit about the Mordheim game. Our entire group agrees that Mordheim is held together a bit too much by random battles, and we’re planning to do something about it. One of these ideas is something I’d like to share with the Mordheim community, because a few opinions about it would be nice.
A thick grey fog rolls through the trees. It is a silent night, not even the sound of the usual critters can be heard. After several hours of an unnatural silence a cloaked figure appears on the edge of the hill, his face completely hidden beneath his cowl. Behind him, the silhouette of something that appears to be a wagon, slowly gets into sight. This wagon is being pulled by several individuals that slowly move forward. They seem to walk as if they are having trouble controlling their limbs in an effective way. On the wagon appears to be only a single object.. A wooden coffin.
When the mysterious group arrives at the gates of Mordheim, they suddenly hold. Amongst the ruins a band of vile creatures appears.. The ghouls show up to meet their master.
The night belongs to the undead, and in Mordheim it is always night.
A couple of weeks ago when I was at Vince’s house he told me he and a couple of friends started creating and playing Mordheim. As a (retired) Warhammer collector this appealed to me quite a bit. I decided to do some research on Mordheim and its possible warbands. Coming across the undead warband I got even more excited and decided I’d join my friends in their quest for wyrdstone.
I ordered some undead models from the UK, and now almost 2 weeks later, my models arrived. When I opened my package I was a bit disappointed, the company I ordered from seemed to have made a mistake on my vampire model. Instead of the Konrad von Carstein model, I received the Vlad von Carstein model. A minor setback I will just have to deal with.
I will post some updates when I find the time to start assembling my models.
Khahzgull
Jerodar posted an overview of his warband over at his Orcs & Goblins warband page.
Also Kewn wrote an introduction to his warband and also posted an overview of his Skaven warband.
Go on, have a look.
So here’s my Bray Shaman W.I.P.
Basically, I’ve taken an already assembled Gor model and fancied it up a little. First I made the base for the cape which was just a blot of green stuff. After it had set I applied detail to the cape by adding pieces of green stuff and giving them texture using a toothpick (for the fur) and a hobby knife (for the seams and stitches). I cut off the horns of another Gor model and affixed them using some more green stuff. I’m not really satisfied with the loincloth, maybe I’ll sand it down and try again. I’ve also added a potion made of green stuff to the Shaman’s belt.
As for the arms, I had to reattach them in order to put them in the position they’re in now. The next step is to model some fire in the models hand since I’d like to steer away from giving the model a staff. (I’d like to emphasize the beastliness of my Warband by refraining from adding ‘more developed’ magic casting tools like staves or wands on this model)
The model is far from done, but it’s a start. Let me know what you think of it.
- Vince
It’s been almost a week since the last update, but I want you to know that we are still alive and kicking.
There’s a few reasons why the blog’s been low on new content:
Well, I want you to know that I’ll be updating the blog more frequently from now on (and urge the other guys to help me out here).
My next post will be about a custom converted Bray Shaman for my warband of which the only thing left to do is take some pictures, so it’ll be online in half an hour or so.
Thanks for bearing with us..
Hey guys, I’m back from the Imperial lands. Italy was super fine, I had a great time eating Italian ice cream and doing cultural stuff. It struck me how much the Empire army of WH Fantasy Battles is based on Italian and Roman architecture and lore. Especially the crazy inventions I saw in the Leonardo da Vinci museum could be taken straight from it’s codex. 
The trip was sort of a present for me from my parents for me graduating in Communication & Multimedia Design. We flew with Ryanair from Maastricht airport. After an affordable, yet bumpy ride we arrived at Pisa with our kneecaps for the most part intact. We spent the remainder of the day in Pisa watching cultural stuff like the leaning tower and the Baptisterium and Cathedral of Pisa, which where really impressive.
Then we took the train to Florence (Firenze in Italian) where we visited a lot of Roman and Italian cultural heritage. Among all Judeo-Christian and Greek-inspired paintings and sculptures where actually a lot of Beastmen! Yeah, that’s right, I spotted several of them sitting in plain view all over Florence. Take a look at the pictures if you want what I mean.
Anyway, now comes the really good part. The third day in Florence I coincidently stumbled upon a Games Workshop store in a street near our apartment. According to Francesco, the manager of the store, it’s actually the only official GW store in all of Tuscany! Francesco turned out to be a really nice guy, he even invited me to lunch (read: pizza) with the rest of the store’s regular clients. He told me about his band; Stazione Centrale of which he put on a record in the store and we had a lot of fun.
Also, feel free to take a look at the other pictures I took in the Games Workshop store or at my other holiday pictures.
Cheers,
- Vince
