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Good to be back in action

Christmas came and Christmas went. I did barely nothing over the festive period and it really took it out of me, hobby time wise. It's hard to get back into the habit when you've had a bit of time away but last week I forced myself to find my groove again. Felt really good to get back underway again. My motivation was also hit as at the minute I've zero opportunity to get a game in. My FLGS has been forced to relocate so until it reopens (hopefully, selfishly, somewhere as equally close to me!)

January 20, 2022

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A queen's weakness (1st draft rambling writings)

So I decided to do a small story to start fleshing out some ideas for my Ashen City characters, I feel that since chaos is always represented as hate filled people who abandoned their humanity that it would be quite fun to try and explore those that couldn't quite fully abandon everything that made them then, to explore how they deal with repressing that tug of it. I figured it would make for better protagonists to not be completely devoid of humanity and emotions. This is very much a first draf

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January 17, 2022

Base colours almost done

I've managed to get half the army to the below standard. That's all the Sequitors, Longstrikes and the 3 characters you see here. The gold I've went for is Retributor. I'm a little concerned about it, to be honest. I do like it but I never used it in any of my trials so no idea what it's gonna look like when it's finished. Working with it was a bit of a chore as well. Even with a wet pallet the stuff would dry out pretty quickly. Once I get the other half of the army up to this, there's on

December 17, 2021

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The Ashen City (Slaves to darkness) [WIP]

The realm of Aqshy can be a desolate one, especially toward the dangerous outer edges. Deep in the north of the realm lies a vast ash desert within which a pocket of civilization exists. An assortment of settlements that lie in the shape of an 8 pointed star with a large and imposing city that stands at the centre of this empire. The Ashen City itself is built atop a long dormant underground volcanic network, dead for millennia and now turned into a large mining network to obtain the valuable or

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December 16, 2021

Kaizennus Battle Reports

Battle Report: SBG vs IDK (Game #42)

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December 14, 2021

I really dislike faces

Finished off the Rakarth flesh - areas covered were cream fabrics, rope, bone and flesh. Really happy with how they're coming on now. They're really starting to take shape and to begin to look actually painted. Next up I'll be painting all parchment using Zandri Dust but soon I'll be on the metals. This will be pretty much the final step in the base colours and I'm super excited to see how they'll all look with everything coloured in. I'm taking forever and a day to do this though so I got a lit

FRoper in Weird contraptions and artillery

November 24, 2021

Kaizennus Battle Reports

Narrative Battle Report: SBG vs SCE (Game #32)

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November 9, 2021

The Mystvale Citadel

The Stormbringer

An ancient device created by the Astromancer Crystaran the mad, that helps monitor the magics flowing from Azyr as well as upon the battlefield creating large storms of magical energy. it was discovered within a destroyed laborator, High in the surrounding mountains during an exploration of an abandoned settlement. The mad inventor Heramedis, built a large clockwork engine with mechanical legs, that allowed the device to be deployed where necessary as well as traverse the heavy and difficult mou

October 22, 2021

The Mystvale Citadel

Elsvera Von Heinria and Indraugnir

Elsvera Von Heinria, Magistrix of magic. Her family once led large covens of battlemages and sorceresses into battle as well as supporting the city through their magical abilities. now, she leads only a small handful of students as they slowly rebuild the city. her magic alongside her dragon Indraugnir was vital as part of the assault on the Plaguekeep. blasting apart the walls with concentrated breaths of fire and dark magic. Since the city has started to being rebuilt, she has come under

FRoper in Characters

October 22, 2021

Nice to start another colour!

Making good progress with the first layer for the white. What you see here is celestra grey. The good news is, the sections which are white are limited and I've made pretty good progress; the bad news is that it's probably gonna take about 3 layers to get a decent opaque base down. I remember this from doing the test model. It's a pretty messy step as well so I can already see multiple spots which will need to be touched up once all base colours are down. Felt really good finally getting some co

October 20, 2021

Survival of the Fittest...or Shiniest

Kronak was still furious over the loss of his chimera. After recruiting his new lieutenant, Skarlak, he immediately put him to the task of tracking down another chimera to add to his army. To make up for the power he lost, he was able to recruit more of his Thunderscorn brethren. During their march, a disgusting sorcerer who obvious followed the god of disease aproached Kronak and asked to join him for the march. His purpose is unknown, but be brought a manticore, so Kranak allowed it.

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October 17, 2021

Introducing Skarlak the Grey...also Cuchulag's glow up

"Cuchulag has become unreliable", thought Kronak after the fight with the nighthaunt army. "I cannot afford to that kind of insubordination. Who does he think he is? I MADE him!". To make matters worse, we lost the chimera that has helped us so much. I think it is time to find a new champion. One who will do as instructed. There is on I have in mind that has been delving into the necromantic arts and will help me fight against the power of those ghosts should I need it again." Introd

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October 14, 2021

The Legend of the Witch Hazel

Narrative from the Ghost Side

This is a narrative from my last game from my opponents point of view that I thought was cool and he allowed me to add here: Night falls and the specters rise. As always in this realm, death has no true meaning here. Death is only just the beginning of an eternal service to the dark lord Nagash. Tonight, was to be another for these specters to rise. Another night to haunt. The Beasts of Chaos, a name they call themselves rather arrogantly. With the new realm taking

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October 14, 2021

The Sylvaneth of the Witch Hazel

It begins with a single sapling, pushing through the earth as the days shorten and the nights grow darker. Perhaps growing in a town square, sometimes hidden in an overgrown garden. Most frequently, it will take root somewhere in the wilderness of the realms, unseen and unnoticed. The sapling is not much to look at save for one detail- even in heat of the sun its leaves are frozen solid. Those who have heard the legend will act quickly. A mage or priest may dig the sapling up, set a fire w

Azamar in Path to Glory

October 12, 2021

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Vindenspite: WiP Adalia Neverfall & Big Jim

(So to clarify the title big Jim is what I lovingly named my incarnate champion in divinity original sin 2 with my friends. Which is also where Adalia comes from, this was very much my attempt to bring the pair into my AoS army as one of my common opponents is one friend I play DoS2 with) Here is the finished models for my outcast Vindenspite character Adalia and her beast, once painted they will share the same base. I will also update the warscroll I had been working on for them to

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October 5, 2021

Arathorn Shadowblades

The Assassin

These two were first models I made for the army. They are Assassin count as. Well the one with wings is techenically originally meant to be Nomad Prince w/ Thermal Rider. So while actual Shadowblade models not a massive fan of. I loved the Splintered Fang models. So you can see the base here. The Assassins use Splintered Fang, Dark Eldar Scourge and Scourge Ark. The first one has its snakes representing the poison, leaping from a striking pose. The second model was designed to be

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October 3, 2021

Power in Numbers...of Spooky Ghosts

As darkness descended, the army prepared to eat what little was left of the last village they raided. Cuchulag, still feeling smug from his last victory, the breyherd amusing themselves, the thunderscorn off, away from the others as normal. Suddenly a chill came over the camp. This wasn't just the normal chill of night coming on, but something much more sinister. Cuchulag could feel the excitement building and sensed something else, another challenger.... The glow in the distance a

Kevin K in Battle Report

September 30, 2021

Cygor Complete...Mostly

Finished the Cygor a little while ago. Wel...I mostly finished the Cygor. I think I'm calling him done for now. I have a bunch of little dangly things that probably should be added but I kind of like it how it is and ran out of motivation. I'm worried it will be little busy with too much more but he probably needs a few things on his left hip which looks a bit bare. I do also have a head and arms for a Ghorgon which I can swap out if I need to.

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September 30, 2021

Red ones go faster

Kids recently started back at nursery... first time since the pandemic. Needless to say the whole house has been very ill for about two weeks. Was able to start up again this week though so thought I'd post an update. Managed to block out all black sections with Abaddon Black. This was mainly the guns for the Longstrike and the reverse of the shields. Both can be seen in the pics. Also made a good start with the first coat of red. I chose Mephiston Red for both the red fabric and also the r

September 23, 2021

Kaizennus Battle Reports

Game #13: Flesh-Eater Courts vs. Cities of Sigmar

AoS 3.0 Game #13 August 28th, 2021 @ Old Dice Wargaming Club Flesh Eater Courts (Feast Day) vs. Cities of Sigmar (Hallowheart) We had a four player group for this week’s game day at the club, and our fourth happened to be another Soulblight player. So in order to avoid mirror matches I chose to bring my dusty old FEC army. I haven’t played FEC since SBG released, which was slightly before the release of third edition. Going through the book with 3rd edition in mind made me think

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September 20, 2021