Koyote Posted April 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 4/6/2019 at 10:32 AM, fluger said: I too was looking at the venators and Artel W for an arbites band... I placed my order last week. It's a Russian company, so its a bit of a crap shoot. When (or if) the minis get here, I'll post info about their quality and scale. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koyote Posted April 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Last Tuesday was the last game of the Dark Tower mini-campaign. Overall, my Cawdor fared well. They went 4-1-0 plus one 'bye week' due to an odd number of players. The campaign was restricted to 6 pre-selected scenarios and CO arranged pairings. The number of participants was small, but we had a good mix of gangs (Cawdor, Orlock, Genestealer Cult, Escher, & Venators). Since all of the games were played on Zone Mortalis boards, I made good use of grenades, bomb delivery rats, and the Cawdor heavy crossbow to blast models hiding around corners. One Ganger (aptly named Demo) used his blasting charges to rack up 18 experience points in only 5 games (he "earned" 1 xp more for the bye week). Crazy. The only model that beat Demo in xps was my leader, Cutter John, and that's only because as a leader he was earning an extra 1 xp for every game that I won. Aside from the Ambush scenario, where I played the defender, my hardest fought game was Game 6. I fielded 11 models (1 leader, 3 champs, 1 sheen bird, & 6 gangers) in this final game. When the smoke cleared all of the Escher had fled (failed CL tests after a failed bottle test) or went OOA. All that was left of my gang was my leader, 3 champs, and 1 ganger (Demo) remained on the board. The other six models went OOA. Four went into Recovery and two of those suffered stat reductions. For me, the highlight of Game 6 was taking out the Escher leader with my Sheen Bird. The Escher had only one wound remaining when the birdie attacked, but she did have a 3+ save. Unfortunately for my opponent 2 of the Sheen Bird's attacks got through the leader's armor and since they are each damage 2 attacks, I got to roll 4 injury dice. Two came up skulls. To add insult to injury, the Escher leader's result on the lasting injury table was: Humiliated (-1 LD & CL). The Sheen Bird earned 2 xp for taking out the leader, 1 xp for rallying after failing a Nerve Test, and another 1 xp for participating in the scenario, for a total of 4 xp. Pretty damn good for a S3 T2 birdie. Sheen Bird stats are meh and its Bate rule make it a bit unpredictable, so I doubt that I'll ever repeat the success it had against the Escher. Nevertheless, taking down the Escher's leader has earned the birdie a model upgrade (I'm currently using a Puppets War resin raven). After a brief internetz searching I found the perfect models, PP's Cryx Carrion Thralls. Large crow or raven? Check. Exposed areas of bone? Check. Exposed mechanical components? Check. The similarities between the Carrion Thralls and the Sheen Bird's description and artwork makes me wonder if someone at GW lifted the concept from PP. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Sheen Birds are in the Ravenor Books. Props on your crew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koyote Posted April 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 You're right. Ravenor was released 11(ish) years before PP's Carrion Thralls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koyote Posted April 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Below is my yellow and black color scheme test-model. I'm still not sold on the color scheme, but I'll likely forge ahead with it. I'll need to add more color to my Necro bases. Areas of danger stripes and puddles of toxic goo should do the trick. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 I agree on the base coloring. I do wonder if purple goo would help the yellow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koyote Posted April 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 10:42 AM, VonVilkee said: I agree on the base coloring. I do wonder if purple goo would help the yellow... The color wheel supports that theory, so I may give it a try. My Cawdor, the Second Sons, wear yellow to emulate the Imperial Fists*, who they revere as living saints. The Cult of the Second Sons believe that if they die in battle wearing 'The Yellow', their soul will be transported to the Hall of Dorn. Those souls judged worthy will join the Angels of Death in their eternal crusades against the unbelievers. Those judged unworthy will be cast into the Eye of Terror, to suffer an eternity of torment. *Necromunda is one of the Fists' two official recruiting worlds, so they maintain a fortress monastery atop Hive Primus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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