twisted moon
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excellent addition.
Attack of the Broo
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Mostyn
Baron
Given the strong whiff of knightly incompetence in this tale so far, astute readers (that’s you!) may be wondering if the garrison commander was just trying to clean out some dead wood by sending this patrol into the woods. At least not with three other patrols to look after them. But that would be unkind as, in line with the age-old military tactic of ‘sending at least one person with a brain,’ this patrol includes Sir Barry. Known colloquially as the Baz-saw, Sir Barry is a paragon of knightly virtue. In the time it has taken the rest of the patrol to get stuck into losing, he has already dispatched two Broo through the expedience of exposing their internal bits to sunlight. And with Barry on the side of law and order this skirmish is only going to end one way; with all the Broo very dead.
Unfortunately for Barry (and probably more so for the rest of the patrol) it won’t just be the Broo that fall and this vignette will conclude with a gore splattered Barry standing alone surrounded by the corpses of his foes, with the bodies of his friends in a slightly wider ring. This isn’t the first time this has happened to Sir Barry and, between you and me, he’s starting to get a bit paranoid about it. The life of a hero is a lonely one. So Sir Barry will wander the five miles back to camp through dangerous beast infested woods alone. He’ll be fine, for the Broo may be malicious, dark god worshipping, baby sacrificing abominations but they are not stupid and can spot a level 25 hero as well as the next follower of chaos. The day wll draw to a close with Barry composing some quite brilliant poetry for his lost comrades and helping with a spot of charity work at a local school, broken only by a brief interlude to rescue a damsel from a rampaging troll – she (the damsel) will subsequently be a bit miffed at then not being taken advantage of.
Meanwhile, in the woods, the ghost of Sir Dave is still looking for his sword.
So that’s the set done. The two Broo are pretty great. The knight was a somewhat fiddly with the sculpt definitely showing its age. I had been staring at the primed knight for some time before building up the enthusiasm to paint him. The gold chest plate was purely as a break from the rest of the metal. I do have a few more Broo so I feel there’s a proper scenic shot here with a small band of knights being overwhelmed – as opposed to a five vs five skirmish which doesn’t seem like the kind of ambush I would be signing up for. Having said that, the set as a whole is brilliant and full of character.
For now, the whole box set, fighting on a white featureless desert (somewhere in the old world):
Unfortunately for Barry (and probably more so for the rest of the patrol) it won’t just be the Broo that fall and this vignette will conclude with a gore splattered Barry standing alone surrounded by the corpses of his foes, with the bodies of his friends in a slightly wider ring. This isn’t the first time this has happened to Sir Barry and, between you and me, he’s starting to get a bit paranoid about it. The life of a hero is a lonely one. So Sir Barry will wander the five miles back to camp through dangerous beast infested woods alone. He’ll be fine, for the Broo may be malicious, dark god worshipping, baby sacrificing abominations but they are not stupid and can spot a level 25 hero as well as the next follower of chaos. The day wll draw to a close with Barry composing some quite brilliant poetry for his lost comrades and helping with a spot of charity work at a local school, broken only by a brief interlude to rescue a damsel from a rampaging troll – she (the damsel) will subsequently be a bit miffed at then not being taken advantage of.
Meanwhile, in the woods, the ghost of Sir Dave is still looking for his sword.
So that’s the set done. The two Broo are pretty great. The knight was a somewhat fiddly with the sculpt definitely showing its age. I had been staring at the primed knight for some time before building up the enthusiasm to paint him. The gold chest plate was purely as a break from the rest of the metal. I do have a few more Broo so I feel there’s a proper scenic shot here with a small band of knights being overwhelmed – as opposed to a five vs five skirmish which doesn’t seem like the kind of ambush I would be signing up for. Having said that, the set as a whole is brilliant and full of character.
For now, the whole box set, fighting on a white featureless desert (somewhere in the old world):
Michael Stockin
Lord
That is a wonderous thing to behold. It is so well executed.
It is so good I only really just noticed you are using NMM, not something I normally associate or like on oldhammer, but everything about it is so lovely.
It is so good I only really just noticed you are using NMM, not something I normally associate or like on oldhammer, but everything about it is so lovely.
Michael Stockin
Lord
PS: Love the writing too.
Brother Meredith
Lord
Such a delightful band of models! You have really brought these classic minis to life with your painting. 😍
Mostyn
Baron
Thanks all.
The NMM all stems from a bad batch of metallics a long time ago - and not being arsed to wait for multiple washes to dry (which was how I used to paint metal). So definitely more of a convenience thing than a manifesto!
The NMM all stems from a bad batch of metallics a long time ago - and not being arsed to wait for multiple washes to dry (which was how I used to paint metal). So definitely more of a convenience thing than a manifesto!