Skeekrit

The Red Gobbo had captured his Leviathan in the face of the Aelfs of the Darkling Covens and their triple headed Leviathan beast. The child-Kraken was a small beast, unable to use his air sacks to rise above the ground and the bravery of the Red Gobbo's Wolf Riding scouts ensured his capture. The Red Gobbo instictively knew what to do with the Kraken, to teach it to float and then fly, and soon it was souring through the woods of the Realm of Life and attacking many large cows, and small creatures. He thanked Mork for the knowledge imparted to him, and began to train the Kraken to fight. Fortunately the deamons of the Plague were nearby defiling the Life of the realm, and they were the perfect target. Despite losing all his retinue during the attack, the Red Gobbo and his Leviathan grew in awe and respect for each other. It's hide toughened, and the Red Gobbo desperate for more training before the Kraken was tested in the Arena, he set off to the Realm of Fire where he met with fellow followers of the God Mork/Gork. The Ironjawz Orruks charged the Red Gobbo, but his arrows and the Sky Kraken made the sky black and green blood was spilt into the red sand of the Fire. During the fight, one of his scouts found some magic mushrooms, which the Kraken swooped on, eating them and the unfortunate grot. Clearly the practice of the swoop and dive improved the depth perception of the Kraken, and his blows landed more regularly taking Orruks and Boars apart with equal ease. But, the Realm of Fire had a further suprise as the Mushrooms had the taint of the Chaos Gods and - despite the efforts of Mork - the Sky Kraken was twisted, and his tentacles became more sporadic and unpredictable. Finally, the Sky Kraken and the Red Gobbo flew to the Realm of Charon, where metal flowed in the small valleys. But Mork was about to turn his back on the Red Gobbo, his band of warriors and the Kraken, for the Fire had taught it to break from it's leash. Mork woke the Red Gobbo with burning metal and he sent his Wolf Rider scouts to bring the Kraken back. Whilst they were away a shadow of a dragon descended upon the camp, and wolves - partially decayed, with skin and flesh falling off bones - attacked. Many Grots died, but the Orruks and Giant pushed back the Wolves and broke through whilst the Red Gobbo used Mork's will to guide the Kraken back to his rightful place. As night was setting on the realms, the Sky Kraken suddenly squawked, and turned in the air, swooping and picking up the Red Gobbo before flying through a Realmgate... they had arrives at the Monstrous Arena, and with Mork's favours they would surely win. Having banished Leviathans throughout the Realms, the Sky Kraken stood across the arena from an Epic Leviathan, from the Realm of Beasts. With crys of war and chants of "Goat Big or Go Home" and "Eat, Bray, Love"... the Kraken fell. His Epic journey temporarily halted but not over... the Red Gobbo approached him, gave him a salve given to him by the Spiderfang and he and the Sky Kraken flew on to the Realm of Death, ready to expand the territory of Mork (and possibly Gork).

'Having escaped the evil Kharadon, following his capture, the Red Gobbo went , in search of his warband - the Redfists of Destruction...' Having spent much of the last 2 months painting for RAW17 and WA5 (Warhammer Achievements), it is time I decided on the army for RAW17 (next weekend), finish basing the models, and ensuring everything has at least some red on a fist! Skirmish Warband (35 Reknown) 1 Nasty Skulker 2 Wolf Riders 3 Orruks with Spears 6 Grots with Spears 12 Grots with Short Bows Main Army (1,500 points) Grot Shaman 60 Grots (Short Bows) 3 Nasty Skulkers 20 Grots (Spears) 10 Orruks (Spears) 10 Wolf Riders 5 Spider Riders Arachnarok Spider with Catchweb Spidershrine Aleguzzler Gargant Aleguzzler Gargant And for those who don't follow me on Twitter, my Hunter & Leviathan:

Gents - the last bus on Sunday for the P&R leaves at 18:30 for Madingley (West). As it's about a 10 min walk to the bus stop will this cause problems if I have to leave at 18:20pm on Sunday Awards scheduled for 17:45 - 18:30 Ta - Skeekrit

And that's the story done... the Red Gobbo will ride again: Only slightly worried on time now!

This weekend I have a short break away from painting and preparing for RAW17 and WA5 as I am in Cambridge for a small 1 day warmaster tournament. But before then, I have to add a bit of meat to my Hunter and Leviathan background. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Red Gobbo looked out at the sky before him, as his ship accelerated towards the Kharadon Overlord city of Barak Saghon. At least he assumed that was where the ship was headed. As he was a prisoner, and the cursed Duardin were in command of the ship he had limited power over his direction of travel. He was certain that once he arrived at Barak Saghon he would be 'questioned' by the Duardin in order to find out where his base, and his goblins, orcs, and giants were based. Under his command they had caused much chaos and destruction and the Red Gobbo was certain that the Kharadon's meant to stop him. He had to escape, but with limited time, a guarded room, and acres of sky below him his opportunities were severely limited. Still, no benefit in panicing. He sat down on the floor, closed his eyes and began concentrating on an image. A monster appeared in his mind's eye. 10 limbs stretching towards him and a powerful beak crunching down on his bones as he was crushed, sliced and swallowed by the beast. The Red Gobbo opened his eyes, sweat slightly obscuring his vision, and waited. Suddenly the ship stopped moving, and he was thrown into the wall of his make-shift cell. Within seconds cold crisp air was coming through the place where the wall was, and he could see three red tentacles stretching towards him. Smiling he walked towards them and let them take him in it's deadly grasp. The Kraken - more accurately the Sky-Kraken - flew away from the Duardin leaving their ship to either get home or crash. The Red Gobbo perched on it's chitin back, a single tentacle wrapped around his waist to help him keep his balance, the Kraken's air pockets slow releasing to allow it to descend. He was heading back to his mob. But he would need to hide for a while as he re-built the strenghth of his warband. He would need to change, and nothing spoke of change more than a new outfit... blue would be perfect. The Duardin would never think to look for him amongst an army of blue greenskinz! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi @HobbyHammer Trying to get a pass for this, but being slow on the Battalion requirement. Would really want to bring the Grots out to play and command a stronghold but no Battalion. Any chance I'd be allow to make something up? Skeekrit (Declan)

I haven't tried to transport it yet - still need a big round base to help with stability. However it is Reaper Bones (made of the slightly flexible plastic they use), so it's light and can bend a little without breaking the paint. I keep spending money on the Reaper Bones Kickstarters, so I have far too many of their models, but you can get this one separately: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/kraken/latest/77291 There are UK distributors but I haven't used any recently, and the £/US$ rate has made a few businesses drop out of importing Reaper models.

Sorry for the delay in posting. I'd like to blame my progress, but unfortunately it was caused by real life interferring with my painting. Not good given the large task I have left myself with. However I did have a week in which I finished 20 Orruks, and this weekend I have managed to (mostly) finish: 3 Ogors 2 Gargants Leviathan / Blood Token Monster 10 Savage Orruks By 'nearly' I unfortunately ran out of brown (XV88) paint, so the weapon shafts and bases are not yet finished, but this just gives me the opportunity to post all my pictures twice. So without more preamble the updated pictures 20 Orruks (with Spears) - I should only need 10, but I got too involved in the painting 10 Savage Orruks (done today, except the brown) 2 Gargants - I need to base these, as not 100% sold on the highlighting on the stomach. It's not this pronounced in real life... 3 Ogors (again, no brown and so no bases). These guys are required to achieve the 5 Battleline units, and no more than 1 of each unit. There aren't many choices in destruction if you ignore all the 'Battleline If...' units and finally, my Leviathan (RAW17) and Blood Token Monster (WA5). In the Old World Warhammer, I couldn't take a model like this, but as there are now flying dwarfs I'm sure a Kraken who can 'swim' through the sky will be fine! I need to get him into my RAW17 story somehow now. Some thought required Thanks for reading. Hopefully I'll have a more regular approach to posting, and make more progress over the next few weeks. -Skeekrit

Well that's more money gifted to a good cause... great event.

Some Photos: An Ardboy in my army's colour scheme, complete with red fists, but with my 'old style' basing Goblin Warboss, who will command my forces in the 1,600 point games... not sure about his survivability though Some of the To-Do pile in no particular order. Gigantic Spider, 3 Ogors, and 10 Wolf Riders - Declan

I've recently signed up for the RAW17 and Warhammer Achievements 17 events. Both are hobby events, with a strong Narrative and so I'd like to take the opportunity to redo my bases, and paint (a lot) of new models. I hope to succeed but with real life to contend with as well failure may happen. Fortunately, I have 2,500 points already painted and an appropriate Hunter & Monster for RAW17. Unfortunately, they are not the ones I want to do. So without further ado, the plan is: Rebase: Gitboss on Wolf Grot Shaman (Moonclan) Grot Shaman (Gitmob) Arachnarock Spider 60 Gitmob Grots 9 Nasty Skulkers Spear Chukka Rock Lobber 2 Orruk Chariots 15 Spider Riders 4 Snotlings 5 Cave Squigs 2 Squig Herders To Paint Grot Big Boss on Spider (Finecast) Orruk Warboss on Wyvern (Mierce) Arachnarock Shaman 20 Moonclan Grots (5th Edition) 2 Wolf Chariots 10 Wolf Riders Snotling Pump Wagon (hopefully converted) Gargant 10 Orruks 10 Savage Orruks 3 Ogors Blood Sacrifice Tokens Objective Tokens Extra Monster / Leviathan (Mierce) Display Board (possibly....!) For those who haven't read the Rulespack for Warhammer Achievements, @Stevewren has provided a list of painting achievements which I hope to incorporate into the above: Converted Model - Pump Wagon / Orruk Chariot Display Board - Maaaybe ... 5th Edition Unit - Moonclan Archers Freehand - At least one Banner Weathering - I think the Arachnarock Diorama - no idea... Scenic Bases - aiming for Agrellan Earth, Skulls, and the new Vines Enter a model into a painting Comp - never having done this, I'll pick the best one when I get there Use technical paints - probably rust Finecast - Spider Big Boss Scratch Builder - Snotling Pump Wagon? Greenstuff - Snotling Pump Wagon? NMM - sword / weapon on the Wyvern Unique Model for Arcane Transformation - hopefully Mierce will help here So there's loads to do, and lots of weekends full between now and then. I hope to keep my progress listed here - and add some photos this evening. Declan (Skeekrit)

Cheers Chris. Sorry to miss it and definitely make the next one.

Hi Chris, Sorry about this, but I can no longer attend. Double booked by the other half, whilst I was trying to find accomodation. Hopefully I can down to Blackout / Cardiff again soon. Hope it doesn't give you too much trouble. Declan

1 I'd be happy to get the gobbos slaughtered by the acolytes of Khorne...!

Cheers for a great tournament @Pete Scholey and the Dragon Slayers who helped ... even if I did spend the entire time in the 'quiet' room. Totally mis-judged the meta. Need to get something slightly different ready for Weymouth!

Hi could you check for a payment from me please (Declan Waters) made via paypal? Thank you.

Sorry @jonwarmington - had a holiday booked once I couldn't get into AOS so went to Wales... hopefully get together at the next thing