Slave to Darkness
Baron
Where do the locals bury their dead? If your wife has Skellybois you need a graveyard.
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MichaelStockin
Lord
A good question. I am still undecided.
My current thinking is that with the village being Taal biased there is no shrine to Morr, and when locals pass beyond the veil they send to Leichberg and a priest visits the village to perform last rites.
My thinking is that there is a cemetery though, perhaps one from the olden days when the locals venerated Gadd, but not a graveyard.
Or maybe they bury them in the barrows as was custom before the times of the Empire.
As for my wifes undead, they were raised in Sylvania and when they reach Heiligsheld as part of their unholy mission they will be wearing the rags of their uniforms from they served as living soldiers of that dread county.
My current thinking is that with the village being Taal biased there is no shrine to Morr, and when locals pass beyond the veil they send to Leichberg and a priest visits the village to perform last rites.
My thinking is that there is a cemetery though, perhaps one from the olden days when the locals venerated Gadd, but not a graveyard.
Or maybe they bury them in the barrows as was custom before the times of the Empire.
As for my wifes undead, they were raised in Sylvania and when they reach Heiligsheld as part of their unholy mission they will be wearing the rags of their uniforms from they served as living soldiers of that dread county.
MichaelStockin
Lord
Nah, as long as the Priest of Morr performs the last rites then their immortal souls are safe.
Plus, Stirlanders are a canny lot, they bury the bodies upside down so that confuses the Counts Men should they try and raise them from the ground.
Plus, Stirlanders are a canny lot, they bury the bodies upside down so that confuses the Counts Men should they try and raise them from the ground.
MichaelStockin
Lord
FLEGLERS
Whilst not a part of the Counts garrison as such; after all who would want religious fanatics living with you day in and day out, there is a semi regular presence of flagellants in the area, being so close to the borders with unholy Sylvania there can often be found a group of Morrite Fleglers heading into that dread county to purge the area and cleanse with the lash and rod.
One such group is shown below.
They call themselves The Children of Morr.
First we have Brother Verfechter who found Morr after his village bar him were killed by marauding greenskins, believing himself spared for a greater purpose he has become an extreme devotee of Morr bent on ridding the Empire of all goblinoids.
The large and heavy metal pole he carries with chains attached was once the giant clapper from the bell in the villages chapel to Verena. He thinks it apt that he will meet out justice on the greenskins with it.
Brother Holbein is the oldest devotee of the Children of Morr, he carries the holy books of the cult including Songs of the Raven and, Libro dei Morti, not only this but he is a keen illustrator and makes engravings of the deeds of the Children of Morr to serve as guidance for those that follow after them.
The head of the Children of Morr is Brother Schmid, he has studied and re-studied all the books of Morr and is the most versed in the holy scriptures. Konrad Schmid believes alcohol unburdens the mind and frees the soul making it closer to Morrs kingdom, it also happens to dull the pain of the whips…
Next is Brother Selig who is quite possibly the loudest man alive, his deep booming voice and cries of litany spur the rest of the group on, he was quite odd before turning to Morr and wields two lashes as he self flagellates, he has the highest pain threshold of them all.
Finally we have Brother Messias who believes himself to the son of Morr and is always the closest to frenzy, or true divinity as he calls it, even now we can see him working himself into a fervour with his eyes rolled back in his head.
He wears a crown of thorns to show is closeness to Morr as he believes it shows he is his father’s authority in the land of the living.
They are all Marauder Flegers, Brother Scmid is a conversion.
He was originally bought as a drunk priest for when I was dabbling in Mordheim, and was planning a Stirland Warband, as such I chopped off the club and replaced it with a gin bottle. I carved the heart off the book and made a very basic hourglass. I also added another bottle hanging from his belt and a fish as it seemed like a Mordheim thing to do.
I did not put too much effort into painting them as they will only be used in a single game during my Warm Ale and Mud campaign, and knowing my luck they will fail to frenzy and not kill a single thing, so why bother ....
Anyway, it is good to have a finished them as that only leaves one more unit to do!!
Woop.
Whilst not a part of the Counts garrison as such; after all who would want religious fanatics living with you day in and day out, there is a semi regular presence of flagellants in the area, being so close to the borders with unholy Sylvania there can often be found a group of Morrite Fleglers heading into that dread county to purge the area and cleanse with the lash and rod.
One such group is shown below.
They call themselves The Children of Morr.
First we have Brother Verfechter who found Morr after his village bar him were killed by marauding greenskins, believing himself spared for a greater purpose he has become an extreme devotee of Morr bent on ridding the Empire of all goblinoids.
The large and heavy metal pole he carries with chains attached was once the giant clapper from the bell in the villages chapel to Verena. He thinks it apt that he will meet out justice on the greenskins with it.
Brother Holbein is the oldest devotee of the Children of Morr, he carries the holy books of the cult including Songs of the Raven and, Libro dei Morti, not only this but he is a keen illustrator and makes engravings of the deeds of the Children of Morr to serve as guidance for those that follow after them.
The head of the Children of Morr is Brother Schmid, he has studied and re-studied all the books of Morr and is the most versed in the holy scriptures. Konrad Schmid believes alcohol unburdens the mind and frees the soul making it closer to Morrs kingdom, it also happens to dull the pain of the whips…
Next is Brother Selig who is quite possibly the loudest man alive, his deep booming voice and cries of litany spur the rest of the group on, he was quite odd before turning to Morr and wields two lashes as he self flagellates, he has the highest pain threshold of them all.
Finally we have Brother Messias who believes himself to the son of Morr and is always the closest to frenzy, or true divinity as he calls it, even now we can see him working himself into a fervour with his eyes rolled back in his head.
He wears a crown of thorns to show is closeness to Morr as he believes it shows he is his father’s authority in the land of the living.
They are all Marauder Flegers, Brother Scmid is a conversion.
He was originally bought as a drunk priest for when I was dabbling in Mordheim, and was planning a Stirland Warband, as such I chopped off the club and replaced it with a gin bottle. I carved the heart off the book and made a very basic hourglass. I also added another bottle hanging from his belt and a fish as it seemed like a Mordheim thing to do.
I did not put too much effort into painting them as they will only be used in a single game during my Warm Ale and Mud campaign, and knowing my luck they will fail to frenzy and not kill a single thing, so why bother ....
Anyway, it is good to have a finished them as that only leaves one more unit to do!!
Woop.
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MichaelStockin
Lord
Thanks, I would not (do not?) normally do a bit for each model, but with such a small unit I felt the need.
Citizen Sade
Baron
I agree with Eric. Nice blacks and back story. Thought about dirtying them up a bit? They look a bit freshly laundered and WD40'd to me 
MichaelStockin
Lord
Thanks, I did think about that with all my models but have decided against it as when I do it on the undead it will be all that more obvious.
Though the soles of their feet are muddy
Though the soles of their feet are muddy
Geroak II
Baron
I think Citizen Sade has a point and some dirt and blood splatters might have brought them up a notch, but all in all they look great as is and black robes suit them rather nice. Well done with these loonies.
With Scmid carrying around a fish I couldn't help but to think this (and a loaf of bread) somehow might have suited brother Messias pretty nicely.
Noble task. Might take him a day or two I reckon, but "if you put your mind to it you can surely do it". You go brother Verfechter!
With Scmid carrying around a fish I couldn't help but to think this (and a loaf of bread) somehow might have suited brother Messias pretty nicely.
MichaelStockin
Lord
Ta very much.
Are Fleglers traditionally Sigmarite or just some generic religion?
I see the paintings for these models in WD look very generic.
ManicMan
Lord
The Empire has many Religions, Sigma didn't even seam to be the main one. There are often comments about the various local cults. Templars from the Order of the Fiery Heart Serve Sigmar, White Wolf serve Ulric, No clue about the Templars of Mymidia...
anyway.. they are mostly just described as their own sect which REALLY hate chaotics. Though as they really hate Chaotics, maybe they are related to the Knights Panther.. No clue which god they align to... Personally, for the regilion side in my empire army when I get much done, I'm gonna for Arianka because ^_^
Geroak II
Baron
This could well be the first time I see them painted in black robes instead of browns, greys or beige/dirty whites. Lore for them suggests just organically gathering en masse to travel the land preaching of looming doom, which makes sense for them to look like a rag-tag group of people.
Your take on them certainly makes them look more uniform than how they are usually presented, but I don't find this as bad thing at all.
Quite refreshing take, really.
I think iconography sculpted on them tends to be twin-tailed comet and hammers but can't think of any reason why flagellants couldn't be worshipping some other God than Sigmar.
WFRP 2nd edition seems to confirm this, though it's up to everyone whether they consider WFRP as actual lore:
WFRP 2nd ed. Tome of Salvation said:
Next quote has nothing to do with your question but I found it too funny not to share...
WFRP 2nd ed. Tome of Salvation said:
MichaelStockin
Lord
Very kind, thank you.
These models had hearts on the books and hearts in the WD paintjobs/adverts.
Seemed a bit odd/out of place to me.
I figured that Morr hates undead, like really really hates the undead, and as Sylvania is next door, it seemed sensible to have some Morrite extremists go and sort them out.
Well that is, a thing...
ManicMan
Lord
Check 3ed Armies. They are red robes in the art. clearly red ^_^
Geroak II
Baron
Agreed, though it makes them more universal and less aligned with Sigmar which is perhaps for the better?
I thought there were more than these five minis in marauder range but seems like I confused some of the 6th edition or unreleased ones with these.
Definitely seems to be the case and makes sense. Undead, necromancers etc. are not highly regarded by priests of Morr.
Got to say, the wfrp 2nd edition has some pretty dark stuff so the light-hearted joking is really in place to balance it all.
MichaelStockin
Lord
Is WFRP 2e worth it for reading the lore/fluff?
Geroak II
Baron
IMO it absolutely is. It's set in aftermath of Storm of Chaos which obviously seeps heavily in the text, but if you can stomach that it has so much general lore to dig into. I'd recommend especially supplements like Sigmar's Heirs and Tome of Salvation, they are real treasure troves when if comes to lore about the empire.
MichaelStockin
Lord
I have Sigmar`s Heirs. It is a great book.
Geroak II
Baron
Nice! It really is excellent, definitely has lots to offer on inspiration department and IMO is the best source for lore about the empire.
Tome of Salvation concentrates, unsurprisingly, on religion and gods, but chapters 3 & 6 feel like more general stuff that you might find interesting. Here's pic of table of contents (to mods; apologies if posting this is not cool, feel free to delete):
Old World Armoury is mostly about weapons and trade, but it isn't without more interesting tidbits than just listing different types of weapons.
Tome of Salvation concentrates, unsurprisingly, on religion and gods, but chapters 3 & 6 feel like more general stuff that you might find interesting. Here's pic of table of contents (to mods; apologies if posting this is not cool, feel free to delete):
Old World Armoury is mostly about weapons and trade, but it isn't without more interesting tidbits than just listing different types of weapons.