tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25435505074315320792024-03-05T09:33:09.167+00:00The Great Howling.Random Musings on Little Plastic Men.Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-11512949410097825922012-02-28T15:59:00.000+00:002012-02-28T16:02:44.371+00:00The Blog is Dead - LONG LIVE THE BLOG!As swan songs go, this is as good as it gets, I'm afraid.<br />
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Moving on to pastures new - my latest venture, Flare Miniature Painting - I'm not going to have the time to work on this blog any more.<br />
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(Regular readers will have noticed a rapid decline in posts just lately...)<br />
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Fear not, though! I'm not leaving, just moving.<br />
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From now on, updates on what I'm doing hobby-wise will be posted at:<br />
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<a href="http://flareminiaturepainting.blogspot.com/">flareminiaturepainting.blogspot.com</a><br />
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And of course, I would never rule out posting more Blood Bowl updates here in future...<br />
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In the meantime, head over to the new blog and have a look around, or visit my new website, <a href="http://www.flareminiaturepainting.co.uk/">www.flareminiaturepainting.co.uk</a>!<br />
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See you there and thanks for reading,<br />
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Daz.<br />
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<br />Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-34413075662198304462012-02-07T14:50:00.000+00:002012-02-07T14:50:18.347+00:00Hackers Requiem!<B>TAKEN FROM THE JOURNALS OF HEAD COACH LYSENKO, PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY :</B><BR><BR>
“...I watched the last game of the season from the stands and I had to admit, despite my loathing for Stark-Elm, there’s little that I might have done differently. If I hadn’t hated her so much, I would have truly admired her, the way she commanded the field, orchestrating every movement of the Hackers’ game while herself playing with her usual ferocious grace.<BR><BR>
In all the jubilation at the final whistle - the Hackers cheering and dancing like the league was already theirs - nobody noticed as I slipped past the dryad bodyguards and into the tunnel to the dressing rooms, hidden amongst the shambling forms of the defeated <i>Blessed</i> players as they headed for their sombre dust-baths.<BR><BR>
I made my way to the Hackers’ dressing room through the narrow wooden corridors, one hand hidden beneath my robes and clutched tightly to my chest. I knew the stadium well and didn’t need to follow the light footfalls in the loose earthen floor to find where I was going, like any <i>common</i> assassin might. I saw not another soul by the time I had reached my destination and slipped inside.<BR><BR>
It was there that I intended to wait for the return of Stark-Elm and the others who had betrayed me. Yes, they would burst through those doors, songs of merriment and victory upon their lips, joyous and gay as I sat ready for them, waiting to cut the head from the serpent who had taken my team away from me.<BR><BR>
I did not have to wait long.<BR><BR>
Footsteps approached. Were they <i>whispers</i> outside? Slowly, silently, I drew the weapon...<BR><BR>
The door opened and it was not who I was expecting. Then everything went very black.<BR><BR>
I awoke with a scream and it was as dark as pitch. Wooden walls pressed in all around me! The air was hot and so thin that I could barely breathe. It felt like I was being suffocated within my own untimely coffin! Naturally, panic defeated any sense which I had left and my fists and feet pounded at the sides of my casket. My fists were grazed bloody and raw before they managed to splinter the door of the locker. I fell graceless and shivering into a heap on the floor, sucking in the dirt with my desperate breaths.<BR><BR>
Any ecstasy of relief which I felt was short-lived when I finally found strength to look up: My eyes were drowned by an ocean of gore and I knew in an instant that the <i>Green Glade Hackers</i> were dead. Their bodies lay strewn about, limbs bent in ways that even their limber frames could never have dreamt of. Puddles of blood congealed on the soft floor, fountained from headless necks or limbless torsos; run like rivers from their eviscerated carcasses.<BR><BR>
Few of them, could I now name. The shock of magnificent red hair could only have belonged to Stormwind, perhaps my favourite of all, though now it hung swaying from the ceiling, dangling only the dripping cap of her skull beneath it. And who could mistake loyal Clooney? Oh, confined to the bench for the last game, could he not have turned his back on this team when I had? If so, then maybe one of the ragged ears of his trademark bearskin hood would not be protruding from his gaping mouth while the rest burst from his rent chest like the stuffing of a broken toy. And finally of course, there was Stark-Elm herself. In the end, I took no pleasure in seeing her dead, lain there as she was, failing to hold in her disembowelled innards with a copy of <i>Spike Magazine</i>. One of her hands was smashed and the other missed two fingers. In her eyes there was fear, which I had never seen before. In death, the <i>Queen of the Blood Bowl Field</i> had departed and all that was left had become ordinary.<BR><BR>
I had barely staggered to my feet when cries could be heard far and wide of <i>Calamity!</i> and <i>Woe!</i> My clothes felt heavy and wet and, when I looked down at myself, dread settled into the pit of my stomach. I was smeared from head to toe in streaks of fetid offal and oozing blood. Indeed, a hand to my face revealed that it had been plastered there like the war-paints of the Savage Orcs or the wild Giants of the North. I could hear the corridors fill with approaching elves, screaming their hatred and I knew that I would never live long enough to explain myself. I did not need to check my pocket to know that my marvellous weapon, the scroll which proved Stark-Elm’s role in the death of Twister Pine-Cone, was gone! It lay scattered and illegible amongst the red ruin of my former team.<BR><BR>
I bowed my head, my life was undone.<BR><BR>
Yet from behind me, something stirred. Before I heard its movement, I could smell its bovine hide; animal, mixed with sweat and slaughter. Hot breath steamed down from above me, condensing into foul droplets which ran down my neck and back. I dared turn only enough to see the hand which clenched about my shoulders, so tight it felt like my whole body would break. Its skin was black like scorched leather, cracked and hard, glistening with flecks of dried blood and run throughout with old scars and new. Yet amongst this silhouetted form, five shards or colour rang out – Each of the monster’s fingernails had been painted a violent shade of pink!<BR><BR>
The creature pulled me closer to itself and I cried out in pain as my bones almost snapped. I could hear it trying to form words from whatever it had for a mouth. They came out as wild brays at first, then hacking grunts, before finally, it managed:<BR><BR>
‘YOU. WORK. <i>US</i>. NOW.’<BR><BR>
The creature’s breaths burned hot in one ear, the murderous cries of the approaching elves rang in the other, and I knew then that I had no choice...“Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-24559242579733552522011-11-25T15:49:00.001+00:002011-11-25T15:51:37.997+00:00Green Glade Hackers 4 - 1 Midway Monsters<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">The Hackers fans could find little to complain about tonight, especially as the Midway Monsters' promised Pain Train failed to turn up at the stadium.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">It is true that the first few minutes of the match were filled with nerves for the elves, having not only a minotaur, an ogre and a troll bearing down on their front line, but also Bolgrot and his chainsaw </span><i style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">and</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;"> Fezglitch with his surreptitiously concealed ball and chain to contend with.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">Both Hackers fans and Monsters fans feared for their star players, Stark-Elm the Reckless and Jarek Chi'll. Stark-Elm, who was recently voted No. 1 in Spike Magazine's 'Hottest On The Pitch' readers' poll, seemed especially nervous about preserving her million-crown body, whereas (if pre-match hype is to be believed) Chi'll was determined to dismember it.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">It all looked good for the Monsters, winning the kick-off and sending every ounce of muscle, death and chainsaw immediately at the Hackers before they had chance to react. As expected, Bolgrot was instructed to take out Stark-Elm before she got anywhere near their prized Jarek Chi'll, but his most brutal strike managed somehow only to tear the Wardancer's outfit and reveal a tantalising strip of midriff - something that half the crowd were ecstatic about, while the more cynical among them felt that this was an utterly unrealistic publicity stunt. Either way, seconds later, Bolgrot was knocked to the crowd who, in their gratitude for the show of elf-skin, carried him jubilantly from the stadium on their shoulders.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">'The Fez' was more successful, managing to knock treeman Girth off his feet in the first seconds and then proceeding to topple elves with every swing. It was the bravery of Clooney the Bear which saved the Hackers' game when, against all odds, he stood toe-to-iron-ball with Fezglitch and managed to knock him out cold.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">After that, the Monsters crumbled, their dreams of a bloodbath evaporating before their eyes. In fact, after barely scratching an elf (though two were rendered unconscious for a brief spell), they found themselves on the receiving end of the Hackers' darker side, losing three players to 'the Green Fury(TM)'.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">Goblin of the Match was awarded to the outlandish Leeroy the Wretched VIII for his consolation touchdown after being lobbed almost into the end-zone by ogre Terminator Burt.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">Even the Wood Elves in the crowd were pleased by that one!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">Sadly, the much-hyped fight between Stark-Elm and Jarek ended up as no more than a single strike, Stark-Elm feebly pushing Jarek as he danced past her, clutching the ball. Complaints were levelled at one match commentator who was heard to whisper off-mic to a colleague, 'Bloody Elves, they're all in it together...'</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">In an unrelated piece of news, investigations are now under-way to discover how the tree-biers of all twelve Hackers players managed to catch fire </span><i style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">at the same time</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;">. The Monsters' head coach was not available for comment.</span></span><br />
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<br />Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-60473242573149293572011-09-24T22:30:00.001+01:002011-09-24T22:30:37.496+01:00Avbrytere av Engler - The Breaker of Angels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hurrah! After what seems like months (well, it actually was) punctuated by births and holidays and gardening (of all things), I've finally managed to complete my Space Wolves Land Raider Redeemer.</div>
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It's the first tank I've painted since doing a couple of Rhinos over twelve years ago, so it was quite daunting.</div>
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Still, I wanted to have a go at doing so <i>green</i> work to make the tank a little bit more unique - the furs are a prime example.</div>
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In case you were wondering about the name, it's not a Dark Angels dig (despite the doormat on the front ramp, pictured below), but a nod to the tank's main purpose, which is do destroy my best friend's Blood Angels army.</div>
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We have our third battle next Saturday (2000 points) and we're currently drawing at one game each...</div>
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<br />Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-76636412294751014022011-07-23T21:33:00.000+01:002011-07-23T21:33:17.543+01:00Blood Bowl... In Pink!Here's a couple of teams for your perusal...<br />
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Let me know what you think!Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-74040491291155813712011-06-26T20:02:00.000+01:002011-06-26T20:02:31.684+01:00Some Blood Bowl Orcs For Sale...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiel58baPTY-uUC5f7fEvoo13kUldY0T5izRGlido-yzimF2cgJwdmNBIu1QWwHY3S1AyunEXIGPW6QmJC1eoVAYn6cQme7c_rdzOtJOtJmxjyBo3MIKh6-z2ciMAjV_zTNOMvld3faxAM/s1600/P1030789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiel58baPTY-uUC5f7fEvoo13kUldY0T5izRGlido-yzimF2cgJwdmNBIu1QWwHY3S1AyunEXIGPW6QmJC1eoVAYn6cQme7c_rdzOtJOtJmxjyBo3MIKh6-z2ciMAjV_zTNOMvld3faxAM/s320/P1030789.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I'll try to get the bidding link up later in case anyone is interested...<br />
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It's been rather quiet on the Fenris front for a little while now - what with Blood Bowl tournaments and various other projects going on - with very little happening in the way of painting. I have 1500 points-worth hovering between basecoated and finished (at a ratio of about 80-20 respectively) at the moment, but I'm probably going to ignore the basecoated miniatures for a while (as they're gameable) and concentrate on the few models which haven't even been undercoated yet.<br />
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I played a game last week which I managed to lose in spectacular fashion and it highlighted a couple of important points for me.<br />
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Mainly, I am no tactician. I was playing against an Imperial Guard army, so in my close-combat hubris I decided to simply charge in and attack any units that came into range. Space Wolves? Against Guard? In combat? Easy, I thought...<br />
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Ignoring the fact that I would attack last, I stupidly charged my Terminators armed with chainfists into a squad armed with lots of power weapons and led by Straken.<br />
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Needless to say, I got slapped around the battlefield in a comprehensive yet entertaining manner.<br />
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It really was a brilliant game, though I was wiped out to the man. It taught me that having a crackling, electrically-charged fist that size of a camel does not automatically guarantee victory in combat.<br />
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This was however just one of my mistakes. The main one I think was not being able to get my close combat army (some of my squads <em>didn't even have guns</em>!) into the heart of the enemy's rather effective gun line quickly enough.<br />
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So, here is one way to solve the problem:<br />
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I've always wanted a Land Raider, so I thought it was about time I bought one for my Great Howling. As you can see from the pictures, I've added a few touches to make it a beast of Fenris, the main of which are the furs slung across the hull.<br />
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Of course, as you can see, I've done it the hard way and have assembled the model in its entirety before actually painting it, but though it'll make it harder when it comes to all the fiddly bits, I think the trade off is worth it in the fact that I needed to see the model as a whole before I was comfortable adding the large amounts of 'green'.<br />
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I've added a few bits from the Space Wolves Pack sprues that I have scattered around my house, as you can see in the close-up below:<br />
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Here's a closer look at the furs that I <em>greened</em> in. It's a very simple method of laying a relatively thick skin over the area of the furs and then scoring roughly and quickly with a knife.<br />
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One final cheeky touch is on the assault ramp. I really wanted to highlight the 'friendly' rivalry between the Lion and the Wolf, so this blob, after a little tidying, will be painted as a Dark Angels banner for my Wolf Guard to wipe their filth-caked feet on after a hard day's slaughter...<br />
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And that's the easy bit done. The tough bit is to actually get the beast painted...<br />
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Hope you like it so far!Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-12728927531845486442011-05-29T16:00:00.000+01:002011-05-29T16:00:55.983+01:00Blood Bowl-tastic...Just a quick Sunday afternoon update...<br />
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Here is a Human team I've recently painted, this time simply to gaming standard...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hopefully, some Space Wolves news soon...</div>Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-79796104907306312252011-05-09T23:29:00.000+01:002011-05-09T23:29:15.450+01:00Green Glade Hackers - Old School!Well, now that my shiny new Wood Elf team is finished and already playing their first games, I thought it was high time for a quick post to say farewell to the <em>original Green Glade Hackers</em>.<br />
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Cheers guys, you lost me a lot of games - but in all fairness, I did get a lot of you killed. Many times.<br />
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So I suppose we're even?<br />
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Oh well, I'll miss you all anyway!<br />
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Sadly for the Space Wolves, they didn't really get much of a look in (I promise, promise, promise I'll get some more of them painted soon...) as almost all of my hobby time was spent re-designing my Wood Elf Blood Bowl team in gloriously un-chippable plastic.<br />
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And finally, they're finished - rather conveniently (just) in time for this year's <a href=http://thenaf.net/downloads/naf_champ.pdf>NAF Championship</a> at Warhammer World, Lenton...<br />
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I've had a metal Wood Elf team for over a year now, most of which has been Green Stuff'd and converted quite nicely. I used the standard GW mini's and, their having only two designs of linemen, I was quite eager to make them all to stand out as individual characters. That said, I set to work with the Green Stuff and, despite having never used it before, the results were really quite nice.<br />
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The problem I found though was that after spending a great deal of time trying to give the team a paint-job that lived up to the character of the conversions, it was very frustrating having to touch up the numerous chips and scratches accrued every few games (being Wood Elves, they spend quite a lot of time being knocked onto their faces...) - this, even after three coats of varnish!<br />
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So, to cut a rather pointlessly long story short, I decided to re-make the team in plastic and give them similar conversions, although slightly more reserved... For example, ditching the billowing black cloak and gigantic dagger of 'The Auburn Assassin' and replacing it with a simple mask over his mouth. The reason for this one in particular is that I have been asked on several occassions 'what does the Assassin do?' The point is, there was often confusion with people who hadn't seen much of the Wood Elves in Blood Bowl as to whether my linemen were simply that or whether they were 'specialist' players.<br />
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Anyway, I started the conversions at the beginning of November last year using a box of Wood Elf Glade Guard, two boxes of Dark Eldar Wyches and one Lelith Hesperax blister. After playing the BB computer game, I really liked the idea of having female Wardancers. In fact, I decided to do a mixed team (although as many people will tell you, all Wood Elves are girls anyway...).<br />
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The conversions were finished by about Christmas, meaning that I have spent the last five months painting the sixteen-elf team.<br />
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And so, without further preamble...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, I decided to base these miniatures for use in competitions. It was all done very cheaply using an A4 sheet of 4mm plasticard, a Sainsbury's chopping board and a very handy mate with a 25mm hole-cutter...)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My lovely coaching staff are converted with Green Stuff from Greebo Miniature's fantastic Silvanian Elf range. If you're interested in seeing more awesome mini's, their address is <a href="http://www.greebo.it/">www.greebo.it</a>. They are a great company with wonderful miniatures and brilliant customer service. I promise, they have in no way sponsored me to say that!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another first for me is my use of modelled counters, rather than the cardboard ones from the Blood Bowl boxed game. These were all made really easily using spare parts from the Wood Elf Glade Guard box.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we have my two Wardancers. It is unfortunate that the thrower in the centre is out of focus as I hold her to be the best model in the team! As you can see, the Wardancers are Lelith Hesperax (l) and a Dark Eldar Hekatrix (r) with minimal conversion.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the middle row, you can see two of the four catchers I made, all of which are identifiable by their hoods. At the front is 'Athelan the Wild' while in the back row you can see 'Thoroughly Dubious Duran' and 'Bloody Luckless Luthien' (middle and far right).</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here at the front is the toned-down 'Auburn Assassin', while in the back row you can just make our another heavily Green-Stuff'd version of 'Clooney the Bear'.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there you have it. As you can see, these Wood Elves are not as armour-light as the usual miniatures. I liked the idea of leaving on a few of the armour plates and spiky bits of the Dark Eldar Wyches - although not too much as they are only an AV7 team.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you like the all-new Hackers, I'd love to hear what you think!</div>Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-4606407421850367122011-04-22T16:15:00.001+01:002011-04-22T16:16:22.914+01:00Green Glade Hackers 3 - 4 U Know When U've Been Uglow'dAnother match, another chainsaw-wielding maniac with an elf to grind! <br />
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The Hackers took to the field once more with a sense of growing trepidation. Someone was out to get them. They were certain of it. Was it their imagination, or was that the <i>same</i> Amazon whispering into the ear of the humans’ star player that was in the crowd last game? <br />
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No, surely not... <br />
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Despite a second loss in as many games, the Hackers showed more form against the U Knows than in their previous defeat. <br />
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Sporting no less than three Journeymen (or elves) this time, they weren’t short of fodder to throw at Helmut Wulf and his elf-churning secret weapon. Miraculously, despite managing to bribe his way back onto the pitch after the U Knows’ first touchdown, Wulf only managed to kill one of the Journeymen before their second touchdown consigned him to the sidelines. <br />
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The Hackers trailed by two touchdowns at half time, and they knew it would take something pretty special to conjure a win in the second half. Unfortunately, though tantalizingly close, the magic never <i>quite</i> happened. A non-existent defence meant that although the Hackers scrambled three touchdowns in the second half, they allowed the U Knows to steal another two in return. <br />
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One fan was so angry at yet another poor performance from the wood elves that he lobbed a rock with shocking accuracy and force at Athelan the Wild, almost killing him were it not for the skill of the team’s all-too-active apothecary. <br />
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In the end, the U Knows played with some tremendous skill and, with their exceedingly agile catcher, managed to out-elf the elves and beat them at their own game.<br />
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Meanwhile, with the final game of the season next week, the Hackers sadly have nothing left to play for but pride as the face ‘Stick It To The Man’, the league’s only Amazon team. <br />
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<i>AMAZON!?</i><br />
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Wait a minute...Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-18470059531675399682011-04-13T23:31:00.000+01:002011-04-13T23:31:06.537+01:00Green Glade Hackers 0 - 2 Broken Tooth BoyzWell, the Hackers’ thirteenth match couldn’t have gone much worse, really. After a string of uplifting wins, the elves were already celebrating their next as they skipped gaily out onto the pitch. After all, the orcs were slow, clumsy and extremely dim-witted. What would they know about the art and finesse that is Blood Bowl? <BR><br />
As it turns out, they didn’t need to know anything. Wary of the Hackers’ recent good form, they felt it appropriate to mobilize a small army of mercenaries to grind their opponents into the dirt instead. Even the mighty Varag Goul-Chewer had been persuaded to march beneath their banner. <BR><br />
The result was a veritable elf-hammering, leading to the death of Tarquin Bluebell and the near-crippling of Wardancer Stark-Elm the Reckless. <BR><br />
And that’s not even mentioning the maniac with the chainsaw who was running around! <BR><br />
Even worse, it was that same maniac with a chainsaw who scored the Broken Tooth Boyz’ first touchdown. Despite being sent off immediately after the drive for his blatant breaking of the rules, the referee was convinced by several of the larger orcs (and said chainsaw) that it would be in his best interests to let the touchdown stand... <BR><br />
Most of the Hackers decided rather early on in the game that it would probably be best to stay in the dug-out for the rest of the match, leaving scant few to attack or defend. Under the circumstances, perhaps they should feel glad that they were only beaten by two touchdowns. <BR><BR><br />
As their final matches approach, it looks unlikely that the Hackers will rise above, or stay in, their second place position in the league – and with thirteen matches to go for the Broken Tooth Boyz, they are well and truly on their way to greatness... <BR>Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-30417143977138826032011-03-30T23:29:00.005+01:002011-03-31T10:40:58.020+01:00Green Glade Hacker 5 - 0 The Slaaneshi ChargersAny of the Hackers fans who packed their water wings and beach volleyball kits for their trip to the Pleasure Beach were sorely disappointed today. It really wasn’t quite what they had expected.<br />
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Although, true, those fans who enquired of the Slaaneshi supporters where they might buy a knotted hanky and a cider-flavoured iced lolly were more often than not bitten on the face, the violence on the pitch was far less rampant. In fact, by Blood Bowl standards, this match was rather tame. This of course suited the Hackers fans down to the (very green) ground, but it left the Chargers fans spitting with rage – so much so that many of them went straight out after the match and bought Northern Waste Betrayers shirts.<br />
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The only glimpse of any kind of serious injury came when one of the Chargers was sent off for their foul on ‘Zipper’ Hare-Foot, but luckily for the Hackers’ rising star, the team’s Apothecary was quick to sew him back together and churn him back out onto the pitch.<br />
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In the end, the Hackers fans certainly could not complain about the score-line. This was their best result of the season, despite facing a robust and cunning opponent, and the two Wardancers seemed happy to sit back in defence and harry the Chargers while allowing the team’s catchers to soak up all of the glory for once.<br />
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In spite of this tremendous result, the Hackers couldn’t help but feel dirty as they left the Pleasure Beach. Dirty, yet slightly aroused...Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-33496023025869488122011-03-24T18:46:00.002+00:002011-03-24T18:46:49.152+00:00Green Glade Hackers 3 - 1 Dark Crag Assassins‘Those bitches are mental!’ cried Stormwind. A little harsh, but then the Wood Elves never really were famed for liking girls. The Dark Crag Assassins liked to power forwards with their Witch Elves, punishing any players who strayed too close to the sidelines, and the Green Glade Hackers paid dearly at the hands of the crowd more than once. <BR><br />
‘Go Long’ Glorfindel managed to spend several stints in the reserves box after refusing to believe that any elf could be so fierce and it was only the sheer experience and skill of the Golden Tornado that prevented her from being ejected herself on at least two occasions. <BR><br />
The match was one of outrageous luck and shocking misfortune, most of the luck going to the Hackers and most of the misfortune... Well, it is an unlucky team indeed which can have a player trip as they tear into the endzone, only to then have to watch as one of the Wood Elf catchers manages to single-handedly shunt one of the aforementioned witches into the crowd, seriously injuring her, before a grinning Wardancer skips merrily up the pitch with the dropped ball... <BR><br />
In truth, the Dark Elves had done everything right, but somehow the gods of fortune which smiled upon them during the start of the season had now turned their eyes to newer wards. <BR><br />
Of course, being an Assassins game, the whole thing was marred by violence. Dacex Darkbull smashed the collar bone of Helfen Acorn-Doom so badly that his continued appearance on the team (after several previous injuries) is now in doubt. The Hackers also lost the Auburn Assassin from their next game after some poorly-timed acrobatics left him with a fractured leg – although it is thought that he will make a full recovery soon. The highest profile injuries were no doubt the two Witch Elves: Amber Warbull received a smashed hip from the Wood Elf stands while Sadie Nightrift, who was brought down by Stormwind, had to sit out the final minutes of the game. <BR><br />
All-in-all, a great result for the Hackers and – although disappointing for the Assassins – this is one that is destined to be a fan-favourite for some years to come. <BR>Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-85962691021271085322011-03-17T00:07:00.002+00:002011-03-17T00:07:52.161+00:00Green Glade Hackers 4 - 0 Northern Waste BetrayersThe skies above Athel Loren darkened, its magnificent blues giving way to the pulsating, ever-changing hues of Tzeentch and the distressed Wood Elves knew for certain that Chaos had come to the forest...<br />
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‘Who’s that cow?’ asked the Hackers fans as they watched Dutch Rudder square up against ‘The Outrageous’ Girth. The minotaur’s hooves gouged the pitch and its eyes were misted with blind fury. Relentlessly, it attacked the Treeman, but its horns simply couldn’t pierce his ancient bark. And this, from the very start of the match, was a malady that did not blight the minotaur alone, but seemed to spread throughout the Chaos team. Some speculated that the Betrayers’ recent abandonment of Khorne had angered the Blood God mightily and that it was for this reason that none of these once-powerful beasts could harm even elves.<br />
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But Khorne’s curse ran deeper than merely weakening the Betrayers. Mired with foul fortune, nothing the beasts did would grant them a touchdown. Players tripped and fumbled their way around the pitch as the Hackers scored one, two, three, <i>four</i> touchdowns to give them their finest result of the season so far, a much-needed win after several lacklustre draws.<br />
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The Hackers wished their opponents well as they left the forest, offering gifts of luck charms and baskets of carrots for the minotaur. Their most valuable gift though was their sage advice.<br />
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‘Have you ever thought of trying Nurgle?’<br />
<BR>Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-27766694993492541512011-03-10T00:09:00.003+00:002011-03-10T00:10:16.535+00:00Green Glade Hackers 3 - 3 Lothern DolphinsIn a scandalous display of tit-for-tat, the Hackers almost refused to take to the field today. This was prompted by the refusal of the Lothern Dolphins to play until their savage woodland cousins removed their angry tree from the centre of the pitch. Not to be outdone, the Hackers demanded the re-styling of the Dolphins’ hair to something less ‘mincy’ before <i>they</i> would leave the dug-out.<br />
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In the end, after several hours and much tutting and hair-flicking, both teams were finally marched onto the pitch at spear-tip by the now-rioting fans. By the time the Dolphins kicked off, the clock had already run well into the first half and it had started to rain...<br />
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This match had been billed as Elf-Off: The Stormwind versus the Tsunami Defence, and the ensuing battle could surely leave few disappointed. The Hackers took the early lead before shaking the Dolphins’ confidence with a second touchdown during the High Elf drive. Unfortunately, seeing victory shining like the sun on pretty daisies, the Hackers let their guard slip and the Dolphins pranced home with a touchdown just before half-time, leaving them still well and truly in the game.<br />
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Spurred on by their half-time camomile, the Hackers tried once more to break the Dolphin drive with their newly devised ‘Tuna-Net Defence’. However, despite managing to catch the ball that he had just kicked, ‘Zipper’ Hare-Foot was swiftly beaten to the ground, resulting in a much-needed Dolphins equalizer and an injury that will leave him very doubtful for the next game.<br />
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Disaster struck for the Hackers in the last minutes of the match. With their usual burst of defiant athleticism, the woodlanders tore up the pitch with the ball to once more put themselves in the lead and most probably claim the victory. Stark-Elm the Reckless, despite his name, slowed as he reached the line, lest he aggravate any old injuries, leaving him vulnerable to the fabled might of the Tsunami Defence. When the wave struck, he was knocked off his feet just inches from glory and the Dolphins, in spectacular manner, launched the ball to the opposite end of the pitch and scored.<br />
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Stormwind, not to be out-done, used the final seconds of the match to show Stark-Elm the meaning of the word ‘reckless’. He charged forwards and surfed the Tsunami to the most unlikely of equalizers, saving face for the Hackers, though failing to prove that they were their cousins’ betters.Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-65960173845861438272011-03-03T00:04:00.000+00:002011-03-03T00:04:48.764+00:00Green Glade Hackers 0 - 0 Uglow's Ironbreakers‘This lot’s worse than the last buggers!’ the murmur in the stands went up from the Wood Elves which made up half of the modest crowd. Once more, the Hackers were facing the diminutive might of the dwarfs, this time on their own (depressingly stony) turf. However, not only was Flint Churnblade once more greasing up the gnarled teeth of his trusty chainsaw, but something much more menacing had rumbled across the stone pitch to the scrimmage line.<br />
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It looked like one of those new-fangled <I>‘Patented Modyrn Woode Chippyrs’</I> that had taken the Old World by storm, all spikes and wheels and groaning gears. The dwarfs were more succinct though, simply naming it the Elf Grinder... <BR><br />
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The journeyman (or elf) in the cursed number 6 shirt broke out in a cold sweat as he stood in front of it and the first whistle blew. <BR><BR><br />
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The dwarfs started as they meant to go on, receiving the kick-off and flattening every elf they could get their hands on before even thinking of picking up the ball. <BR><br />
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It was a slow, grinding, bloody half. Girth the Treeman stood proudly before the death-roller in the defence of his team-mates and was flattened, but he got up again. Then he was flattened again (and again) until eventually he was knocked unconscious for most of the rest of the game. <BR><br />
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Meanwhile, the few elves who remained on the pitch after the initial onslaught managed to hold off the Ironbreakers until the last moments of the first half, when one of the dwarfs managed a spectacular interception followed by an equally spectacular throw. Unfortunatley, the inevitable touchdown was thwarted by the receiving player tripping as he ran over the line! <BR><br />
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Half-time came and, having forgotten to bribe the referee beforehand, the Elf Grinder was ejected from the pitch. The dwarf fans cared nothing of this though, as the roar of Flint’s chainsaw echoed through the stands. <BR><br />
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The Ironbreakers’ defence was almost unstoppable, allowing no easy path across the pitch for the nimble Hackers. Flint’s chainsaw raised a healthy (or unhealthy...) tally as it butchered its way through the elves, even bringing low Stormwind, the greatest of them. <BR><br />
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In the end, fate sneered upon the Hackers as, seconds from the final whistle, Athelan the Wild tripped as she bolted for the line, ending the game with an echo of the dwarf’s earlier misfortune. <BR><br />
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The crowd shrugged miserably, ‘that’s Blood Bowl for you,’ but such a lack of touchdowns, fouls and (more importantly) too many serious injuries on either side, left the fans sorely disappointed... <BR>Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-41418640143497225182011-02-17T00:16:00.000+00:002011-02-17T00:16:16.817+00:00Green Glade Hackers 3 - 1 Dwarf WarhammerersAs the near-record crowd gathered in the Hackers’ woodland stadium (Fire Safety Certificate in the post), the tension between the opposing fans mounted palpably. After all, the dwarfs sneered, these weren’t just posh, silver-clad, poem-reciting, spike-eared, tear-shedding, dress-wearing, horse-loving High Elves... these were Wood Elves, the Friends of the Foliage, the Lovers of the Leaves or, in the ancient dwarfish, Grun Dron Noh-Noh (<I>Trans: Touchers of the Furry Folk</I>). These lunatics didn’t even wear armour! <BR><br />
As the home team faced off against the Dwarf Warhammerers though, the jeers and chants of the crowd were but a distant murmur. The Hackers, having convincingly defeated the Grinning Moons in their last game, were fast hoping to become the giant killers of the league, if their opponents stood but a little taller, at least...<br />
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Their morale (and bowel control) loosened a little as they watched Flint Churnblade waddling onto the field, his balance up-ended by the roaring chainsaw that was brandished above his head.<br />
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‘Zipper’ Hare-Foot was in fact heard to comment when he saw the smoke billowing from the back of the dread-machine, ‘That can’t be good for the trees!’<br />
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Girth the Treeman was however, more worried about the other end.<br />
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As the game began, the shout of ‘ONE...! TWO...! <i>THREE...!</I>’ went up on the side-lines. It was not, in fact, the coaching staff timing the start of the elves’ plays, but rather the tally of touchdowns which the Hackers had managed to dance past the dwarf lines in quick succession.<br />
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Then the second half began, Flint cranked his chainsaw, and the payback began...<br />
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The dwarfs struck at the heart of their opponents with a surgical precision that would make even a Dark Elf assassin proud, with Flint chopping and booting his way through the elf lines until he was finally sent off for a blatant foul that utilized the assistance of no less than six other players!<br />
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By half way through the second half, most of the Hackers were languishing in the dug-out, either unconscious or badly hurt – but all of them quite thankful that they were still alive!<br />
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Once again, the cursed number 6 journeyman came off worse with a serious injury which ended his career for the Hackers, and all the while, the dwarfs inched slowly towards the end zone, eventually getting the ball over the line as the last of the spectators were donning their cloaks and heading for the exits.<br />
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As Bobart Fleetfoot looked up to the stands to celebrate his score, he realised that the Dwarf Warhammerers were the only people left in the stadium and that night had fallen.Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-79744286877292858782011-02-03T09:10:00.000+00:002011-02-03T09:10:37.682+00:00Mortalis 3 - 2 Green Glade HackersThe Hackers suffered their first defeat of the League today and its bitter sting chilled their hearts like the clouding of the sun on the gayest spring afternoon!<BR><BR><br />
Alas! The leaves of Athel Loren wither from the drought of joy whilst the silver-singing rivers swell with the tears of the land! <BR><BR><br />
Woe! The lark-song is silenced from the dawn as the carrion grow restless in the bows of the trees! <BR><BR><br />
Weep, oh Brothers of the Oak and Sisters of the Willow! Weep, for this tale I scribe is the herald of our crashing doom! <BR><BR><br />
Terror filled the hearts of the Wood Elves as the vile dead-things lurched onto the field yet, despite losing the toss, the elves were granted the first drive. <BR><BR><br />
A touchdown came quickly, but it was a hard-fought victory, bought with the blood of the Hackers’ hired help. The team’s relatively novice apothecary shrugged as the journeyman was carried limply from the pitch. <BR><BR><br />
Another touchdown followed, but this time for the undead, who managed to kill the Hackers’ part-time cheerleader, ‘Thoroughly Dubious’ Duran, maim Athelan the Wild and knock unconscious both Helfen Acorn-Doom and Twister Pine-Cone in the process of scoring. <BR><BR><br />
With so few players still standing, Mortalis steamed ahead with a second touchdown, leaving the elves feeling, as Stormwind was to later put it, ‘rather gloomy’. <BR><BR><br />
Half-time could not have come too soon... <BR><BR><br />
As the second half began (foretelling the great calamity that was before them), the Hackers wondered why the recently-expired Duran could be seen in the Mortalis dug-out, chewing on the still-warm limbs of the departed journeyman. <BR><BR><br />
The ball sailed down the pitch after the Hackers’ kick-off and the golden-haired Lady of Loren shone her light onto the elves, filling their hearts with merriment and joy, and they blitzed forward. Stormwind caught the ball before it even touched down and danced past the loping undead defence to score an equalizer. <BR><BR><br />
The undead weren’t exactly <i>quick</i> to respond, but they were certainly relentless. They shambled through the elven defence, knocking them flat as they went. The only player not constantly planted face-first in the pitch was treeman ‘The Outrageous’ Girth, who did little during the match but get mummy-bandages tangled in his branches. <BR><BR><br />
Despite their every effort to stop Mortalis, the Hackers simply couldn’t prevent them from scoring their third touchdown and, try as they might, they were certainly unable to obtain the much-needed equalizer before the referee’s whistle stopped the carnage. <BR><BR><br />
I hope that I did touch you all with this tale of woe as I, in turn, did touch myself while writing it. <BR><BR><br />
Weep now, weep! <BR><BR>Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-83686134257335585482011-01-20T00:05:00.000+00:002011-01-20T00:05:46.678+00:00Green Glade Hackers 2 - 1 Frati de Sange‘They’re all a bit pale...’ whispered Twister Pine-Cone, nervously watching their opponents from across the half-way line.<br />
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‘Hark at her!’ crowed “Thoroughly Dubious” Duran from the sideline. ‘You need a bit of sun yourself, love!’ he sneered , still gripping his pom-poms in his broken fingers. He cast a withering glance at Wynona as she cartwheeled her way down the edge of the pitch. The cheerleader had the crowd on their feet, jeering and slavering in equal measure. Duran shook his head, ‘And you can watch your step an’all, yer dozy tart.’<br />
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‘GROUGH-RAAAAAR-GRRRRRRR!’ agreed Girth. But Girth was a tree and didn’t really understand what was going on.<br />
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Maybe it was the blizzard which swirled around in the roaring gale, but their opponents <em>did</em> look a bit pale, and Twister couldn’t help but find it a little unsettling, the funny spots which were dotted around the white pitch, deep red, turning pink as they spread...<br />
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‘I <em>think</em> they may be vampires,’ he continued, but Glorfindel was only half-listening, concentrating more on when to plant the ball.<br />
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‘Of course they’re bloody vampires! Now watch <em>this</em>!’ <br />
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“Go Long” Glorfindel fired the ball down the pitch and it was lost in a curtain of snow before it even touched down.<br />
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The referee’s whistle blew the start of the match and, without him being aware of it, Twister Pine-Cone’s hand was nervously rubbing his neck...<br />
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By the end, the Hackers had to agree that it was a good game – a much-needed good game – after a rather uninspired start to the season. It was close, sometimes too close, but victory came finally without anybody getting killed, or worse, resurrected. <br />
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The Hackers would like to thank the Frati de Sange team for a great game and complement them on the spirit they showed throughout the match. (And if they could please return our cheerleader to us when they’ve finished with her, it would be much appreciated...)Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-5292315650823604552011-01-13T00:09:00.000+00:002011-01-13T00:09:19.122+00:00Green Glade Hackers 2 - 2 Ashen VillainsThe winds scoured the cursed grass, half-dead, of the Ashen Villains’ stadium. Heads bowed mournfully, the Green Glade Hackers didn’t notice its bitter teeth. Today had been Clooney’s funeral, and even the threat of their Dark kin could not wake them from their woeful gloom. The Villains revelled in their misery, pressing their advantage. Before the first ball had even touched the foul earth, they were upon their foes, hammering home a mocking touchdown, smashing the Wood Elves’ drive.<br />
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It was Stormwind, the strongest of them, the one called the Golden Tornado, who raised the Hackers from their deep grief-slumber. Two words, a whisper, carried to all with the timbre of song: ‘For Clooney...’<br />
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‘FOR CLOONEY!’ leapt up their reply, the light of the sun as reflected on a spring stream, burning deep in their eyes. A defiant equalizer burned too upon the scoreboard just moments later.<br />
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But the cunning and resourceful Villains fought back and fought hard. The Hackers strove to hold their tide at bay, but another touchdown for the Dark Elves was inevitable. The Wood Elves however would not be beaten. Not today. Not Clooney’s day! They pressed hard and once more won the equalizer.<br />
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‘Thoroughly Dubious’ Duran was brought low as an Ashen Villain attempted with some success to ram one of Duran’s pom-poms down his throat. It is thought that he will have to miss the next game while the Hacker’s newly-appointed tree surgeon attempts to remove it.<br />
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As the referee raised his whistle to his mouth for the final time, a chance came for the Hackers. Caught off-guard, the Villains had lost the ball and the Hackers were quick to take advantage. The ball was plucked from the feet of the Dark Elves, thrown down the pitch. Stormwind waited, so close to the end-zone that victory was inevitable, and she raised her hands to grasp the ball and score the winning touchdown...<br />
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And then she saw it, glimmering yellow on the side of the pitch... a single buttercup, sprouting from the hateful earth. A buttercup. Clooney’s favourite. Tears welled as the Wardancer remembered her friend, Clooney the Bear.<br />
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Then the ball hit her full in the face and everything was black.Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543550507431532079.post-76573711433695704842010-11-27T19:28:00.000+00:002010-11-27T19:28:28.096+00:00A Savage Maw and a Bloodied NoseAs I looked out of the window this morning and saw a layer of freshly-fallen snow on the ground, I couldn't help but think it was a good omen for my Fenrisian warriors as they prepared to fight their first ever battle.<br />
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The last four weeks has seen me spending hour upon hour painting the basecoats on my army - at the moment a humble 1500-odd points' worth - and I thankfully managed to finish them a day before battle.<br />
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They weren't pretty, they weren't finished, but they were ready to fight.<br />
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In the end, my opponent and I agreed on a 1200 point battle which meant that I had to take a fairly bare-bones force in order to boost the number of models on the field - one special weapon and one heavy weapon in total, the rest mainly boltguns.<br />
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I did however manage to field a Wolf Guard pack with Jump Packs and twin Wolf Claws which weighed in at a massive 350-odd points for the five models.<br />
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We played a fairly basic scenario with five objectives to capture. No bells and whistles for our first battle, just a straight fight with a clear mission.<br />
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And my enemy? None other than our fellow battle brothers, the Blood Angels!<br />
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My Wolf Guard squad worked against me numbers-wise as my twenty-nine models were faced with around forty Space Marines across the board. Given that I had a combat-geared army, the sheer number of bolters bearing down upon me was a great concern!<br />
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To cut a long blog short, we lost in then end - 3 victory points to 2. It was a close call, but the weight of numbers and some shocking tactical decisions on my part led to something of a massacre.<br />
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My enemy fielded a small unit of just four Death Company, and they were complete monsters in combat! Things started well for me when I charged my Wolf Guard into combat with one of his Assault squads and completely massacred them in one round! I was quite impressed, but he answered by cutting through a nine-man pack of Blood Claws like they weren't even there!<br />
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I wasted one of my Assault Cannon-armed Terminators by putting him with a pack of Grey Hunters and spending the entire game guarding one of the objectives - the only thing that came into range of my one heavy weapon was an empty Rhino - which of course he destroyed. Still, this warrior had no real effect on the game whatsoever.<br />
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Njal performed well, but I managed to lose the game with him in the last turn by forgetting to use the Chain Lightning result on the Lord Of Tempests table on the one Assault Marine that was holding one of the objectives. If I had managed to kill him with it, the game would have been a draw!!<br />
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Still, it was a fantastic game which flowed really well considering neither of us have played 40K in ten years (and therefore never with these rules), and I can't wait for my next battle.<br />
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Now to finish those paint jobs...Flare Miniature Paintinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282479581035206362noreply@blogger.com2