Michaels 25mm WFB Stuff...

ManicMan said:
horseshoes keep faeries out in your part of the country?
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In British folklore fairies/elves can't touch iron. The 'good luck' you get from nailing an iron horseshoe above the door is that it keeps the little buggers out of your house.
The exception to the rule are the redcaps, a type of goblin from the Anglo-Scottish borders, who can not only touch iron, but have big iron boots (and dye their caps red by dipping them in human blood). Nasty so-and-sos.
 
Oh most magical creatures have a problem with iron in British folklore, same with evil, which is probably the connection (you can beat the devil with Iron etc) said to be due it to being a pure element or something which I'm always suspect of, but then there are soo many local variations around the UK like other places the myths of Cornwall are far from the same as the Scottish ones, or the more local ones to me like the Kent Heg. But Sussex is a bit low on local faerie myths. We are pretty iffy on local history and myth too... too many local groups love to remove as much local flavour as possible ¬_¬
 
ManicMan said:
Oh most magical creatures have a problem with iron in British folklore, same with evil, which is probably the connection (you can beat the devil with Iron etc) said to be due it to being a pure element or something which I'm always suspect of, but then there are soo many local variations around the UK like other places the myths of Cornwall are far from the same as the Scottish ones, or the more local ones to me like the Kent Heg. But Sussex is a bit low on local faerie myths. We are pretty iffy on local history and myth too... too many local groups love to remove as much local flavour as possible ¬_¬
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Down in Somerset it seems people were mainly being bothered by dragons (there's a LOT of local dragon myths).
 
Old Hob said:
Down in Somerset it seems people were mainly being bothered by dragons (there's a LOT of local dragon myths).
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I would have thought giant robots were more the thing. I tried to watch the old BattleTech cartoon... gave up. Based in the small planet of Somerset.. I kinda couldn't stop laughing kept saying how they have to save Somerset and rescue the people of Somerset and ... it kept going on....
never bothered with the game but I believe they were trying to make it faithful and the robots would be the same and compatible and everything, but failed and tried to make a source book to deal with this.
 
Heiligsheld was not always called such.


In 2155 Imre Jenz a veteran of the battle of Hel Fenn, died defending the sacred stone circle off in the forest from followers of chaos.


Imre was already well respected in the village but when he managed to kill Grazak The Unclean a champion of Nurgle and later died of his wounds, the villagers, so grateful for his sacrifice at both Hel Fenn and right here in the village decided to rename the village in his honour.


Since this renaming was never sanctioned by the Emperor, it is not official which no doubt goes some way to explaining why Imperial cartographers have not placed it on any maps.

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The stone circle is a site holy to Rhya, or as the villagers refer to her, The Mother.

Rhya is the wife of Taal, (another of the villagers favoured deities) mother of Manann, Morr, and Verena.
Those who worship her view Rhya as the deity of fertility, childbirth and the family.

The Stone Circle predates the village and not much is known about it.

What we do know is that there are 12 standing stones organised into groups of three.
Each group is led by a taller stone and this is thought to represent the start of each season with the tallest proudest stone opposite the entrance.

It is thought the proud stone is the start of Spring and that it represents Taal, whilst the entrance which has two stone steps leading up to it represents the Mother.

Inside is the stone altar and here the priest/druid leads celebrations on the main holy days.

The Mothers main festive days are the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes as they are associated with the planting and harvesting of crops.
Minor days include the 2nd of Jahrdrung (Day of Pruning), and the 9th of Sommerzeit (Harvest of Spring Fruits).


There is tell of a older shrine on the site, but nothing of that is evident?


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Holy Days are overseen by Ulric Versorgen, he does not live in the village proper, but travels to Heiligsheld to oversee the festivities.
 
Very nice indeed. A sight that lifts the heart of a Wiltshire blow-in.

What's the significance of the 'moat'?

P.S, Are you really sure that you want to pass up the chance of building Ulric's hut/shack/cave/treehouse/whatever?
 
Not even a little piece of scatter terrain with his campsite? You should be able to knock up something with a bedroll, camp fire & cauldron in no time.
 
Thank you, from my limited travels around various stone circles* in the UK, they all seem to have them?
I will away and research and then come up with a reason why Heiligsheld has one.

Could be to collect brackish water?
It certainly is doing a fine job of that.

*Arbor Low being my favourite stone circle.

No reason I can not build his home later, but maybe he does not turn up one day and they go looking for him, and find some bother when they get there, wherever there is.
Maybe he is not human and only appears on holy days?
Maybe he...

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Ditches do seem common and it's not hard to imagine them getting waterlogged. I was hoping for some sort of odd local folklore or Stirland superstition like the Orcs or whatever won't cross water as they don't like getting their tootsies wet.
 
That's a fantastic bit of scenery (and the druid is great too - lovely clean colours!). Although i must official be old as my first though was 'that looks a bit of faff to carry...' Worry about putting my back out carrying wargames terrain is clearly where I'm at now...
 
Mostyn said:
That's a fantastic bit of scenery (and the druid is great too - lovely clean colours!). Although i must official be old as my first though was 'that looks a bit of faff to carry...' Worry about putting my back out carrying wargames terrain is clearly where I'm at now...
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Carry? Screw that noise, I play at home. :D
 
Brilliant, Michael! Your circle looks fantastic. I love the little bits of marshiness around the edges of the circle. And your druid looks quite lovely with his mistletoe. Have you ever read Zelazny's A Night int he Lonesome October? There's a druid named Owen, and I will probably be picturing your druid next time I read it. Apologies if you've already answered this, but may I ask what druid you used? I'd love to pick one up for my own reasons. (Along with possibly a small squirrel and a variety of other strange characters and animals.)
 
Well it was absolutely delightful catching up on this thread. Took me some time but thorougly enjoyed it.
Your attention to detail is insane, whether painting minis or building terrain it's really some next level stuff. What an excellent project this is!
 
Geroak II said:
Well it was absolutely delightful catching up on this thread. Took me some time but thorougly enjoyed it.
Your attention to detail is insane, whether painting minis or building terrain it's really some next level stuff. What an excellent project this is!
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Thank you for the kind words. When it comes to world building, be that the writing or the physical modelling, in the words of someone spooky. "I want to believe". Though it does mean progress is slow.
 
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