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Miniatures Adventure => Gothic Horror => Topic started by: RubberRonnie on 20 June 2011, 05:15:16 PM
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Hi Everyone,
I'm a new member (sort of - I made 2 posts four years ago) whose been lurking here since forever. Thought some of you would like to know I've just started a new blog, to detail my new project - Victorian Horror. I'll be posting my ideas and progress on there, as well as discussing my attempts at creating my own set of rules. There will be pictures too, yay!
Cheers.
Here's a pic to whet your appetite;
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Just realised i didn't put the link in!
http://maliciousintent.6sided.net/
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Interesting stuff. I'm curious to see how your rules turn out. I'm personally using F&F, but with structured scenarios using pre-selected forces and some serious modifications. I've actually play-tested a few scenarios over the last three days with great success and am in the process of writing them up. I'll post links to them in PDF in the future.
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Points for being different and not shying from a different world setting than many would naturally gravitate towards!
Gracias,
Glenn
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That's the beauty of fictional, rather than historical gaming - you can have any setting you want. I always think it's more fun coming up with your own.
FF - I'd like to read that. Might get some ideas from you.
Just in the process of adding some more stuff on the blog.
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Just updated this blog, at long last.
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Looks interesting so far :)
Have collected quite a few minis by my self for something similar, will follow your project with interest :)
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Thanks. I've got loads of stuff yet to paint. I'm looking forward to painting the Sidhe as I have an eclectic mix of figures for that. Looks like the weather is turning into painting weather too.
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What are you using for your Sidhe-group?
I have a small one right now, led by Prince Nuada, with an Bodyguard, an Sharpshooter/Assassin and some Vættir.
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I was going to post an image but I can't remember how to do it!
So far I have a Ral Partha mage as the Sidhe Lord, GW Banshee, Westwind Vampire children as Changelings, Copplestone Yeti as a Troll, GW Minotaur as a Faun (giant killing machines in my game- not effeminate at all), Ral Partha monster as a Bodach, Four A demon as a Bucca, various Nurglings and other weird tiny minis as faerie swarms. That's it so far. Looking to add dryad types (using GW plastic Dryads) and some kind of spectral hound (possibly GW Chaos hounds).
A brutal close combat oriented faction, backed up by Magick. They're vulnerable to iron however, and obviously most humans are armed with weapons made with iron.
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What a great idea using a Sidhe faction!
You've assembled a great collection of miniatures to represent them.
I can't wait to see more of this project. :-*
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Nice collection so far :)
Mine so far are these
(http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt196/Comsquare/DSC01209.jpg)
The Prince, his Bodyguard and the Sharpshooter/Assassin
(http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt196/Comsquare/DSC01207.jpg)
The Vættir/Fairies
Will add an Troll/Oger and still looking for a nice Redcap-mini
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The Sidhe 'gang' is a very cool idea, especially given the eclectic miniatures you've chosen for it. Placing it in a late Victorian British setting they could maybe be related to the Fenian movement (perhaps under the control of an old Irish witch) and are trying to bring down the British government. Then again they might just be angry with the transformation of the British landscape by industrial expansion and are seeking to exact some revenge for this loss of habitat!
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Great stuff – love the idea of the Sidhe. :)
Do you have a copy of TSR's old Amazing Engine book For Faerie, Queen & Country? Lots of ideas in there.
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I like those figs but I don't recognise them, what are they? The Vaettir are interesting - fast moving & airborne, could be used to take out snipers and such.
I have a few Rackham figs which I may use as Sidhe warriors, the delicate sculpting style makes them look lithe.
FF-interesting idea regarding the fenians. To be honest it didn't even cross my mind for the Sidhe to have political aims, I was thinking more along the lines of them being angry at humanity for causing their exile, and poisoning the land. Also, the names I've used for the creatures are a mix of old English and Scots Gaelic (I've just remembered the name of the spectral hound - Barguist, which is Scots Gaelic).
Ox-No I don't, but I do have pdfs of several of the White wolf Faery games, which I'll have to have a read through.
Also, I meant Satyr not Faun. Here he is;
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The Prince is basically the "Helldorado Lancer" fronm the saracen-faction, with a head-swap and the lance reworked.
Bodyguard and Sniper are "McVey" minis, Y'Sidyra and Ar-Fiach
http://studiomcvey.highwire.com/products/limited-edition-resin?pagesize=40
Vættir are from "Tor Gaming"
http://store.torgaming.co.uk/Vaettir_s/1820.htm
I'm also using some of the Brittanians from that range as henchmen for one of my Evil-Geniuses, the Mad Puppeteer ;)
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I'll be getting some of those Vaettir, plus a couple of the orcnar would be useful too. Those Mcvey figs are very nice but too pricey for me. I think I'll be getting the Hasslefree not-Prince Nuada ( http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=ceril~hfe007&category=miniatures~elves ) to lead the faction, and relegating the RP fig to a mage.
I've also got a couple of Heresy Miniatures figs which iirc were called 'Lurkers', but no longer seem to be available, which would go well with this faction.
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The McVey minis are a little pricey, but worth their money ;)
I was buying them just because I liked them and included them afterwards into that project ;)
The Hasslefree Prince is also on my list.
Mine is inspired by the Training-scene in Hellboy 2.
The Heresy Lurkers are also a good choice.
if you have any idea for a "nice" Redcap let me know
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All I know about the Redcap was he was small, had a red cap (dipped in blood of his victims) and wore big iron boots. Sounds like a GW goblin to me :D
Of course, you can bend the story a little, perhaps his head/face were red due to eating his victims flesh, and he had big feet instead of big boots. Check out the Gremlin here (not the winged ones, further down);
http://www.fouraminiatures.com/page2.htm
Looks like something else to add to my shopping list. I like the sea demon set too.
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Yes, was also thinking about a Goblin/Gnoblar/Hobgoblin.
But the Gremlins are also a good idea, have to think about it :)
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A Lepricaun would make a good gang leader or lurker.
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A Leprechaun would certainly make a good lurker, but I always felt the image we have of them is too cartoony. I want this faction to feel dark and bloodthirsty, so if I do include a Leprechaun it will be represented by a model not meant to be one. A bit like the redcap mentioned earlier.
I've just purchased a set of those Vaettir from a trader on Ebay, cost me £5.60 (free p&p) compared to £9.20 (inc p&p) from the manufacturer! Big saving.
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From someone who's trading with Trolls maybe ;)
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Yep lol
I may have to promote the Sidhe to the front of the painting queue. Need a colour scheme now.
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Just posted some more ideas to the blog, regarding the 'Cult of Apophis'.
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Regarding the canopic monster, you could look to the Ammut figures from Monolith:
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/field_of_reeds.htm (scroll to bottom)
They lack the more overtly Egyptian stylings of the Smart Max model, but are considerably cheaper and still large – that whole range is 36–40mm, whatever that means for a monster. There are 4 variants, but only 2 are pictured.
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Nice one Smith, cheap enough to convert too. Pity there's no photos for the other two.
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You can also check the "Hordes" range for some Crocodile-types, also Reaper, maybe you find something.
"Helldorado" has some nice Berbers/Beduines too, which I would have for trade.
PM me, if your interested ;)
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Thanks for the offer Comsquare, but they're too medieval/fantasy for me. These are more like the sort of bedouins I'm after;
http://www.brigadegames.com/Arab-Irregular-Command-3_p_437.html
Anyone know where I can get similar models in the UK? Northstar don't seem to stock these.
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Try here:
http://www.artizandesigns.com/list.php?man=2&page=1
They're Artizan figs, stocked by Brigade in the US, but distributed by North Star in the UK.
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Thanks there Smith, I thought the sculpting looked like Mike Owens, but for some reason I just couldn't find them on the Artizan website. looks like I need to go to Specsavers! They'll be great as bodyguards/cultists, especially with the addition of Ali, Jamal and Fariq from their Thrilling Tales range.
Looking through my collection I've found what I think I'll be using as the canopic beast;
http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/14059/sku-down/14059#detail/14059_af
- completely different to the original, I know, but why spend money when I've already got something which could be used? Just need to find some canopic jars now. Or get the greenstuff out, trouble is with my sculpting skills they'll look more like buckets.
I'm thinking that The Everliving must summon the Beast, and can only do so whilst he has any intact Canopic Jars, which are very hard to come by (in the post game phase of a campaign). Possibly needs a young lad to carry them too, who must be protected. Given the size of the Beast, perhaps they are very large jars, almost amphoras? So a figure of a lad carrying an amphora would be useful too.
Just a quick note about the Sidhe - I've decided to use some of the original Mordheim Beastmen as warriors in this faction, the ones shown at the bottom of this page;
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Mordheim_%E2%80%93_Cult_of_the_Possessed