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Offline Michi

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Chasing a secret weapon
« on: November 26, 2009, 10:22:32 PM »
Professor Bartowitsch had vanished and Doctor Cindy-Anna Bones who had been on his trail for a long time had entered Hollow Earth a couple of weeks ago. The infamous Thule society was still in possession of the Haunebu II flying disc, yet they did not have the weapon technology to arm it with the KSK-Kraftstrahlkanone.
Gossip had it that the Germans were trying to ship an experimental prototype to New Swabia in the Antarctic.









Doctor Thule unleashed his bloodhounds to track down the German freighter and rob the secret weapon.
What Thule knew was not unknown to the U.S. government. L.O.L. agents boarded a seaplane and set course towards the suspected position of the trawler too.
Meanwhile the rather unsuspicious Doreen Goldbeck of Cheskora Lines from Kiel on the Baltic Sea had left the North Sea and set sail for the south on the Atlantic Ocean.

The merchant navy vessel had a naval crew of six:
Kapitänleutnant Hans Larsen and Leutnant zur See Friedhelm Fröhlich manned the rudder house with the lieutenant on the wheel.


Bootsmannsmaat Karl Sepplhuber stood watch on the port side of the ship.


The other soldiers were having a chat in the mess. There were Bootsmann Ernst Bückling, Obergefreiter Bodo Schwarzbrand and Gefreiter Josef "Jojo" Johansen.


Though apart from their secret cargo they also had passengers aboard.


Oberstleutnant Udo von Protzmann...



...and his very pretty assistant Solveig Brandner, a VRIL medium, accompanied the cannon.

They had a complete set of plans for its construction with them.
Both were chosen for some special ability that was rare to find these days.




It was right then that a small but quick boat arrived and blocked their way.






Thule society had entered the scene.




And they then boarded the Doreen.



Bootsmannsmaat Sepplhuber sounded the ships siren to alarm the crew and moved into a good firing position with his LMG where he could overwatch the entire loading deck.




Doctor Thules minions climbed up the anchor and took the fore deck.




The roaring sound of an aircrafts engine drew attention. L.O.L. arrived and got a good impression of what was going on from above.



Herr Kehlmann jumped successfully over the gap between the decks:





L.O.L. agent (possibly super-special agent, but nobody knew for sure) Johnson and his boss Lara Bancroft took the short way aboard.


Herr Wolfram cautiously moved behind cover...


...while the L.O.L. agents tried to spot the plans for the cannon.


Obergefreiter Bodo Schwarzbrand left the mess and opened fire on the pirates.


Herr Wolfram secured Herr Kehlmanns assault over the main deck from behind the secret weapon.


Agent Johnson approached the engine deck, but he decided to turn left for the stairs to the mess deck.


The Bootsmannsmaat covered the main deck with lead from his Mg 34.


He drew first blood and cut down Herr Kehlmann like dry straw.


Agent Johnson ascended the stairs to where the German PFC stood shooting at the Thule men.


Herr Wolfram tried to cross the deck and fired at the murderer of his comrade Herr Kehlmann. He missed the Bootsmannsmaat, who stood on high ground and in cover of the solid railing.


All that noise from hammering submachine guns and the light machine gun produced a rather upset staff officer called von Protzmann.


His loudly shouted commands brought forth his assistant as well. The girl had already been asleep and stepped to the balcony only scantily clad.
It was late at night and the full moon should have been visible on the horizon, though it was hidden behind some clouds.


Agent Lara Bancroft followed Agent Johnson upstairs, but decided to jump sideways up to the loading deck when Johnson hesitated to avoid stumbling into Schwarzbrands line of fire.


She fumbled the jump and fell into the gap hurting her angle.

Then the full moon broke through the clouds...

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2009, 10:23:06 PM »





...and Oberstleutnant Udo von Protzmann lost his human appearance and turned into a howling werewolf!


He leapt from the balcony immediately to tear up Herr Wolframs throat.


That powerful superhuman jump brought him right into close combat...


The brave American agent had climbed the deck and aimed at the wolfmans back. No silver bullets loaded...


Herr Müller seized the moment of distraction and left cover.


Werewolf von Protzmann had finished his bloody task and leapt back to face the agent.


Agent Lara Bancroft had a hard time to resist the wolfbeasts mighty blows and finally got torn to pieces.
Though her fellow Agent Johnson could set an end to Obergefreiter Bodo Schwarzbrand and his submachine gun. The dead PFC went overboard.


Bootsmann Ernst Bückling wanted to avenge his comrades death and jumped out of the mess door.


Dead bodies were already plastering the deck...


...when Herr Müller sneaked behind the back of the wolfen lieutenant colonel...


...and his fellow Herr Steiner charged along the starboard walkway. (bottom right corner of the pic)


The poor sod ran right into Bootsmann Bücklings fire. The bearded sergeant smiled grimly on his death.




Then Solveig Brandner also shifted her shape and turned to be a she-wolf!


She jumped down from right where she stood off the balcony and landed on L.O.L. Agent Johnson, who got down rather puzzled.


Exactly then the moon vanished behind some clouds and the naked young lady stood over him.


In a flash of insight he jumped up and shoved her overboard before she could do something else.



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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2009, 10:24:19 PM »
Solveig Brandner got wet all over, but apart from that she remained unharmed and struggled to get hold of the ships wall.


As Solveig did, so did her boss: He returned to be human again. That made him vulnerable...


...and Herr Müller shot a load of hot lead into the Oberstleutnants back, killing him instantly.


Bootsmann Bückling realized that he had shot all his bullets and withdrew to the mess.


Agent Johnson did not take care of him and stormed pass the mess door to the aft deck, around the corner, around the other corner and reached the port side stairs to the passenger deck.


A beam of moonlight tickled the waves and Fräulein Brandner got furry again.

Her claws grabbed the wall and she climbed up aboard.

Gefreiter Josef "Jojo" Johansen got hit by Agent Johnsons bullets after a long firefight between the two.


He fell over the railing and hit the engine deck deeply below.


Bootsmannsmaat watched the scene and tried to remove the jam from his Mg 34.


Eventually he got the weapon working again.


The Solveig Brandner wolf-thing had boarded the Doreen Goldbeck again and chose her designated prey...


...that was called Herr Müller, who had luckily been able to kill her wolf companion Udo von Protzmann.


She would not let him get away with that.


Agent Johnson ran up the stairs,
picked up the briefcase of the dead Oberstleutnant,
which he had dropped when he had turned into a wolf,
found the plans for the KSK-gun inside,
took them
and jumped over board.

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2009, 10:24:54 PM »

Bootsmannsmaat Karl Sepplhuber realized what would happen and decided to stop the agents escape by sinking the seaplane.
He fired at the "Duck" but only sieved it with bullets without making the stubborn aircraft burn, explode or sink.


By removing the head and limbs off the corpse of Herr Müller, the she-wolf finished her gory work.  (the damage dice caused a triple critical hit - three times overkill...)


She paid attention to Bootsmannsmaat Sepplhubers yelling and pointing.
The beast understood...


Herr Wagner knew a chance when he saw one and fired his machine gun...


...right when Bootsmann Ernst Bückling returned from reloading his weapon in the mess.
The sergeant went down in an instant.


Agent Johnson tried to escape by swimming in the cold Atlantic water when the female werewolf came flying across the ships port wall and took the plunge right beside him.

She ripped and drowned the American thoroughly and returned the secret plans to her own possession.
Then she got back aboard.

The captain commanded the lieutenant to take care of the Thule gangster with the machine gun.
Leutnant zur See Friedhelm Fröhlich obeyed and stepped out of the rudder house to the starbord balcony.


Herr Wagner paced carefully over his fallen comrades and proceeded.


Solveig Brandner had rescued the plans and still sought vengeance for von Protzmanns useless death.


And again the full moon got shrouded behind curtains of clouds.


Herr Wagner could not be stopped by the lieutenant some decks above.
He had watched the she-wolf coming back with the plans and had awaited her on the engine deck.
He triggered the machine gun...


...but she was faster and struck him hard to the face.
She hit his chin with her right and doubled the hit with her left.
That broke his jaw and neck alike, threw the back of his head to the wall and turned his brain to jelly. (both rolls were sixes!)



Victory was sweet for my Germans! I have saved the plans from Doc Thules greedy fingers and the destiny in some huge American warehouse cramped with crates filled with secret things and gizmos. And the captain even had never moved!

Offline diehard

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2009, 10:47:01 PM »
Now that is just beyond awesome. I recognize the freighter from an earlier post, great to see it put to use in a game. As usual, the paint jobs and the photography are exceptional. I recognize most of the miniatures, but who does both the human and wolf forms of Solveig Brandner, those I'm unsure of although the wolf version looks kind of familiar. Always a treat to see your work, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2009, 11:22:17 PM »
Excellent work, looks like you had much fun.  :-*
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Offline Hawkeye

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2009, 01:53:16 AM »
 :o
Unbelievable!
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Offline Michi

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2009, 05:33:07 AM »
who does both the human and wolf forms of Solveig Brandner,

Both are conversions. The human form is Foundry and the wolf might be either Reaper or Ral Partha, but I´m not sure about the latter. It had been a male wolf before...

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2009, 10:07:21 AM »
Great report and I love the werebabe!

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Offline gamer Mac

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2009, 10:30:02 AM »
WOW  :-* :-* :-*
Great looking game. Great photos as well.
Like some of the special effects shots as well lol
That ship looks idea for this kind of game.
Some very, very nice figures as well :-*

Offline Phil Robinson

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2009, 10:40:51 AM »
A spiffing report and photos.

Offline postal

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2009, 12:18:00 PM »
I was guled to the screen wow it was like wacthing a movie awsome work well done.

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2009, 12:50:27 PM »
I was guled to the screen wow it was like wacthing a movie awsome work well done.

What he said. A classic grindhouse. I execellent choice casting Dyanne Thorne as Fraulein Solveig Brandner. One recognizes a pair of classics when one sees them.

Offline Dan

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2009, 02:21:58 AM »
Both are conversions. The human form is Foundry and the wolf might be either Reaper or Ral Partha, but I´m not sure about the latter. It had been a male wolf before...

Glad to see you using your awesome boats and figures , looks like fun .
I kept looking at the Human figure as I was sure I had it but in a clothed version . I think I prefer your conversion of her though.

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Re: Chasing a secret weapon
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2009, 07:07:45 AM »
That was brill.! Seaplane good job with the baremetal,and great to see all those Artizan figures.I think you set the standard :)
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