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Title: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 01, 2010, 09:30:24 AM
This November a group of flawless brilliant intellectuals (myself included) are hosting the Horisont II miniatures convention in Esbjerg, Denmark (ferry from Harwich, airport nearby too).

As the insolent snobs that we are, we expect it to be the best convention in the history of history.

http://sites.google.com/site/horisontesbjerg/ (http://sites.google.com/site/horisontesbjerg/)

Sorry.  lol

Oh well. My own project for this convention (at least the one of them) will be this: Vikings vs. Owlbears. It's still in development and I'm kind of coming up with the idea same time as I paint the miniatures.

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S7RirgxfnDI/AAAAAAAAAio/GLs2x7uzCAM/P1150067.JPG)

(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S7RixKDKjxI/AAAAAAAAAis/ff4D7MSmbOs/P1150071.JPG)

The idea is this basicly:

"Vikinger are totally cool. The purpose of their life is to run amuck. Vikings are the best to run amuck. Ever. Their world map is written in blood and their hobby is to wage war."

- Old northern saying.


The Viking chieftain Taoregorn and his trusty vikings (Lars, Bjørn, Jens and others) take to the seas from their home settlement of Røvede. Somewhere between Denmark and Lindisfarne they get caught in a violent maelstrom of purple voodoo magic. Perhaps it is the King of England's witch wife who's conjured up the storm or perhaps it's just Loke playing a trick on Taoregorn. Who knows?

Either way the good men of the longship Skithögen are washed ashore of some strange and mythical place. Being vikings their first instinct of course is to gather their axes and head in land to loot and pillage.
What they find in the forests of this island is not to be spoken of.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 01, 2010, 09:46:21 AM
Whoops. I think I wanted to post this in fantasy... Hope no one will fall ill by my mistake.  :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: dijit on April 01, 2010, 10:28:26 AM
Yeah! I have a load of Saxons and celts/picts that could be added into the mix for some DAFtness (Dark Age Fantasy), they too are based in the 'extra dimensional zone of blackness' manner ;)
I've used SOBH to good effect with them as they've chased off goblins and other creepy nastys.
Duncan
(though you're painting is a little better than mine :( )
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Driscoles on April 01, 2010, 11:41:15 AM
What about bringing those Vikings and Saxons to Kiel and we do a little battle. :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: dijit on April 01, 2010, 11:52:48 AM
Well I'll get my @ss in gear and try and get them finished off.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Frank on April 01, 2010, 12:17:30 PM
Sounds interesting and you really did a fantastic paint job on the Vikings.  :-*

What about the owlbears? ;D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 01, 2010, 12:44:51 PM
Sounds interesting and you really did a fantastic paint job on the Vikings.  :-*

Yes for once I'm actually half pleased my self. One part of getting anywhere is understanding one's limits and screwing them. They're not completely done yet though as foot wear and all the metal parts needs more work.

I only base coated the metal as I give the minis a dull coat that ruins the metal.. so I'm going back to it again.

What about the owlbears? ;D

Fear not! They're in the making.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Thantsants on April 01, 2010, 01:11:37 PM
Loving the Vikings and looking forward to the Owlbears...

Makes me want to dig out and reread my copy of Eric the Viking!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Operator5 on April 01, 2010, 01:29:53 PM
The Vikings do look great. Can't wait to see the owlbears and the outcome of the game.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: phreedh on April 01, 2010, 09:50:52 PM
Looking forward to see Skithögen modeled... ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 01, 2010, 10:00:57 PM
Well I'll get my @ss in gear and try and get them finished off.


But Duncan! It was my hope that you would play the part of the "Defenders of Christianity". Perhaps monks with vegetable clubs?  lol

Oh well.. I think we have to play some SOB at Asgaard this 17th. I got the dungeon expantion and an actual dungeon too.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 01, 2010, 10:02:46 PM
Looking forward to see Skithögen modeled... ;)

There then! No cause for alarm. All the words I've used are proper viking.  lol

Luckily Taoregorn's first ship "Bajsdraken" went under in a shit storm of hail.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: dijit on April 01, 2010, 10:04:07 PM
Well I've got a scots force too, that could easily be made into an irish force with the addition of a monk or too (or a præst ;) )
Duncan
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: LeadAsbestos on April 01, 2010, 11:38:09 PM
Well I've got a scots force too, that could easily be made into an irish force with the addition of a monk or too (or a præst ;) )
Duncan
Don't forget the addition of quick wit, good looks, and a way with the lasses as well. These are the things that distinguish we Irish from our Scots bretheren. ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: dijit on April 02, 2010, 06:41:23 AM
Don't forget the addition of quick wit, good looks, and a way with the lasses as well. These are the things that distinguish we Irish from our Scots bretheren. ;)
lol, as an englishman I'll let you scots and irish sort it out, I only know we always lose in the ladies department to your accents!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Hammers on April 02, 2010, 09:17:51 AM
Looking forward to see Skithögen modeled... ;)


I wonder if it will be spray painted.

Excellent paint job on those viking, especially the Mithril Beorning figure.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Grimm on April 02, 2010, 09:32:53 AM
Hi ,
I realy like the vikings they are one of my favorite army in every wargame .
I also like the culture of these men and the sagas too .
It must be the danish roots I have . ;)
But I also like german tribes so I think why not use a few of the wildlooking  foundry germans as a lost tribe of cavemen for the iland ?

BTW  can´t wait to see the Owlbears

cheers Grimm
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 02, 2010, 10:29:11 AM
Thanks guys! Your approval of my painting is highly motivating.

I'll put a word in for you with Odin when I reach Valhal.


Now I haven't really settled it all yet. But I've just bought 15 ninja. So I'm considering this idea:

Before the game starts, you roll to see where you've landed:

1-2: Owlbear Island
3-4: The Island of Ninja
5-6: ?!?

The board will essentially be the same in every situation. By changing one or two things (eg. adding or removing a samuraistyle gate or druid style temple) I can swap which island we're on.

Objective of the game will be of course to get as much loot as possible back to the Skithögen  longship.

I'm open for suggestions as to the last slot.

Also - let me know if you think that I should just stick to the owlbears.






Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Thantsants on April 02, 2010, 12:29:03 PM
Isle of Kobolds - stand-ins for the cruel and merciless Dogfighters!  >:D

That or cannibals!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 02, 2010, 12:33:33 PM
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S7Xid1gs1UI/AAAAAAAAArM/j5MEIYEmc2Y/s512/P1150089.JPG)

OK so here's my progress on the first owlbear so far.

I've ordered these two also:

(http://www.reapermini.com/forum/uploads/monthly_03_2010/post-6310-12683276879843.jpg)

(http://www.reapermini.com/graphics/gallery/4/02690_G.jpg)

Both are by Jason Wiebe. Not as menacing as the Otherworld one, but I hope painting them the same way can tie it a bit together. Also I'm beginning to soften up on the D&D ones.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: dijit on April 02, 2010, 01:32:34 PM
Yeah i prefer the first to the other to, maybe a male and two females?
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 02, 2010, 02:11:36 PM
Yeah i prefer the first to the other to, maybe a male and two females?

I imagine the otherworld one as the old raunchy alfa owlbear.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: abhorsen950 on April 02, 2010, 02:40:19 PM
Really Superb I love the viking and I love the owlbears even more.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Hammers on April 02, 2010, 02:45:51 PM
I don't get owlbears. They are some sort of D&D invention aren't they?
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 02, 2010, 02:46:33 PM
I don't get owlbears. They are some sort of D&D invention aren't they?

Who cares! It's a bear and an owl. What's not to like?

To me the main attraction is the utter silliness of such a being.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: phreedh on April 02, 2010, 07:08:49 PM
Owlbears are awesome... I have never played a game with one, but as Thorbjörn say, the sheer silliness of such a being is enough to make them enjoyable.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: rob_alderman on April 02, 2010, 11:38:34 PM
Owlbears, cool!

I don't care how absurd they are. Owls look freaking scary anyway.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Thantsants on April 03, 2010, 12:30:03 AM
Quote
I don't care how absurd they are. Owls look freaking scary anyway.

Especially that Otherworld one - great mini!

Mind you if you like daft monsters you want to flick through Out of the Pit - loads of the weird and wonderful creatures from the Fighting Fantasy World...

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: phreedh on April 03, 2010, 04:35:03 AM
I wonder if it will be spray painted.
I shouldn't be chuckling at this and the "bajsdraken" comment... but I am. =)

Regarding owlbears... great thing about them, you can plop them in any game and they'll fit right in. Atleast pulpy type games.

Not too fond of the poses and arm feathers on the two reaper figs. Will be fun seeing what a nice paintjob will do to it.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 03, 2010, 07:05:07 AM
Not too fond of the poses and arm feathers on the two reaper figs. Will be fun seeing what a nice paintjob will do to it.


You're right. The reaper ones are not nearly as good as the otherworld. But it's narrow field out there so you can't be picky. In fact the first reaper I've posted looks more like a birdman costume than an actual being to me.  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 03, 2010, 09:36:37 AM
OK,

I got my ninja now!

But I'm really puzzled about them... should they be white or black?

Black is soooo  difficult to make good looking I think. But it's very classic ninja style. White is sooo much easier to make nice, but less class. Tell me what you think!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: white knight on April 03, 2010, 10:35:27 AM
I've seen ninja's in all sorts of colours in movies, so go with what you think will look nice. :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Doomhippie on April 03, 2010, 12:00:53 PM
Sorry, they got to be black. Looks like you are in for the rough ride.
To paint black it might be easier to actually paint the model white first and then just use lots and lots of black washes on it. I used that with some Nazgul models to good effect.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Steve F on April 03, 2010, 12:02:42 PM
Ninjas wore black to disappear into the night.  So maybe yours can be Polar Ninjas, who wear white to disappear into the snow.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: phreedh on April 03, 2010, 01:00:03 PM
I voted black, but on second thought... Red, white and blue are all viable in a camp setting. Adding coloured ninja by definition makes the setting camp, but as you already mix vikings, owlbears and Skithögen I wouldn't worry too much about that. ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: dijit on April 03, 2010, 01:44:45 PM
I voted black, but on second thought... Red, white and blue are all viable in a camp setting. Adding coloured ninja by definition makes the setting camp, but as you already mix vikings, owlbears and Skithögen I wouldn't worry too much about that. ;)
but if you're going to go for camp ninjas you may as well go the full hog and paint them pink - 'Carry On the Viking'
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Erny on April 03, 2010, 02:03:45 PM
Lets see,

Vikings,
Ninjas,
Owlbears

Your taking everything that's freaking awesome and putting it in one game. You need zombies, pirates (non-Viking ones), robots and t-rexs to finish the span of cool.

Loving the painting btw.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Plynkes on April 03, 2010, 02:22:54 PM
In the old Frank Miller Daredevil/Elektra stories there were red ninjas. They looked pretty cool.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on April 03, 2010, 03:07:58 PM
What about the grey-clad ones in "You Only Live Twice". That's a nice neutral shade and pretty easy to make a good job of.

Nice to see the old LOTR Beorn figure in the first pic on this thread   :D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Modhail on April 03, 2010, 05:20:49 PM
Lovely vikings (As if such hairy, manly brutes could be described as "lovely"...) I like the way you painted the shields, especially. That's a very nice effect.

You could go and colour-code you ninja's by lethality?
Black = your run of the mill, average assasin
Grey = more deadly
White = most deadly.
Yellow = pushovers
etc.
Or you could use certain colours to denote special skills or mystical abilities; green can move through trees/bushes freely, red have a mystical fire attack, etc.
Don't tell the players the code, let them figure it out by themselves...
As an added bonus, you create some variety for yourself when painting.  ;)

Please add either pirates or Castle Anthrax from Monty Python as well...  :D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: phreedh on April 04, 2010, 07:21:32 AM
Dinosaurs are so bloody 90s, but maybe that's reason enough to make them an option? =)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 04, 2010, 07:59:24 AM
Lets see,

Vikings,
Ninjas,
Owlbears

Your taking everything that's freaking awesome and putting it in one game. You need zombies, pirates (non-Viking ones), robots and t-rexs to finish the span of cool.

Loving the painting btw.

LOL! Aliens with rayguns were in my thoughts at a point... but for now I'm sticking to owlbears and ninjas. I like the idea of cavemen or perhaps denfenseless sheep, priests & monks?

Dinosaurs are so bloody 90s, but maybe that's reason enough to make them an option? =)

Yes, I think I've had enough dinosauring in another genre that I game  ;) (VSF)




Oh well, looks like popular vote has settled it: The Ninja Will Be Black!

I think I'll do it the clever way with a black undercoat, black grey basecoat and grey highlights.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: white knight on April 04, 2010, 08:19:24 AM
Well, in case you change your mind, here are a few of my non black WWII ninja conversions: (http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/646/777/20090622/dyn010_original_621_327_pjpeg_2646777_fcadae931d5780b354fc4c02cc8de513.jpg)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Argonor on April 04, 2010, 08:35:42 AM
This should be interesting - and this fall I'll probably attend Horizon - am crawling back out from beneath the rock where I've been hiding the last year....
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on April 04, 2010, 09:06:53 AM
Well, in case you change your mind, here are a few of my non black WWII ninja conversions: (http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/646/777/20090622/dyn010_original_621_327_pjpeg_2646777_fcadae931d5780b354fc4c02cc8de513.jpg)

Lovely! That's what I was thinking with my grey suggestion  :D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 04, 2010, 10:15:14 AM
I really think the middle one is ingenius!

But I've got 15 in all and I kind of like the suggestion about colour coding.

This should be interesting - and this fall I'll probably attend Horizon - am crawling back out from beneath the rock where I've been hiding the last year....

That sounds like a brilliant idea!!! Hope your is not too heavy to lift.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: twrchtrwyth on April 06, 2010, 01:46:14 AM
In the old Frank Miller Daredevil/Elektra stories there were red ninjas. They looked pretty cool.
Oh please, they were dark burgandy! ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Agger on April 17, 2010, 10:10:19 AM
Thanks guys! Your approval of my painting is highly motivating.

I'll put a word in for you with Odin when I reach Valhal.


Now I haven't really settled it all yet. But I've just bought 15 ninja. So I'm considering this idea:

Before the game starts, you roll to see where you've landed:

1-2: Owlbear Island
3-4: The Island of Ninja
5-6: ?!?

The board will essentially be the same in every situation. By changing one or two things (eg. adding or removing a samuraistyle gate or druid style temple) I can swap which island we're on.

Objective of the game will be of course to get as much loot as possible back to the Skithögen  longship.

I'm open for suggestions as to the last slot.

Also - let me know if you think that I should just stick to the owlbears.


sorry for the late reply... but I think you need to set the record straight, and let our glorius forefathers meet up with some spartans... the fanboys of the 300 spartans needs to know that 3 vikings could have done the same thing, while looting, raping and drinking at the same time!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Sybou on April 17, 2010, 10:44:32 AM
Lets see,

Vikings,
Ninjas,
Owlbears

Your taking everything that's freaking awesome and putting it in one game. You need zombies, pirates (non-Viking ones), robots and t-rexs to finish the span of cool.

Loving the painting btw.

I think you forgot Wolverine!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Doomhippie on April 17, 2010, 10:51:23 AM
sorry for the late reply... but I think you need to set the record straight, and let our glorius forefathers meet up with some spartans... the fanboys of the 300 spartans needs to know that 3 vikings could have done the same thing, while looting, raping and drinking at the same time!

I disagree. It would have been too boring for them after a day or so and they would have sailed off and plundered the Persian empire meanwhile...
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Agger on April 17, 2010, 09:36:57 PM
I disagree. It would have been too boring for them after a day or so and they would have sailed off and plundered the Persian empire meanwhile...

Oh well.... I guess you are right! Well then it would have taken 300 vikings too... but they could have done it 3 men at a time, replacing each other as they got bored plundering sparta  ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 19, 2010, 07:24:21 AM
Thanks for the wild speculation guys,.  lol

I can however confirm that the last installment of my "vikings vs" will be "church folk and sheep".

The idea is the same basic thing:

You roll to see where your raid has arrived:

1-2: Owl Bear Island
3-4: Ninja Land
5-6: Defenceless parish w/ sheep

Each island will have a set of terrain features so I can swap a few things and change the location completely.

The location will also decide the scenario.

The factions will be like this:

Owlbears: Some 5-6 figures. A single druid and otherwise owlbears. Terrain will be some stone henge thingy with a huge nest w/ eggs.

Ninja: Same amount of figures as vikings. 10ish. With a single "master". Terrain will be a single oriental style gate or something with some statues of the laughing buddha I think..

Parish: Some 15ish figures, possibly multisheep bases. A dog, a priest and a monk and the tough Shepherd (nearly viking). Terrain will feature a simple church and some enclosures.


In all three games the "defender" eg. the non-viking player will get a set of mushroom counters to place on the table. They must be a distance of so and so apart and so on... there'll be 3 good ones and 3 bad ones (only the defender will know). If a viking comes within 3'' of either he must eat it immediatly.

We'll - I better get some painting done!


Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: dijit on April 19, 2010, 10:20:46 AM
Yrah - Vikings on magic mushrooms!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Agger on April 19, 2010, 03:18:55 PM

In all three games the "defender" eg. the non-viking player will get a set of mushroom counters to place on the table. They must be a distance of so and so apart and so on... there'll be 3 good ones and 3 bad ones (only the defender will know). If a viking comes within 3'' of either he must eat it immediatly.

While I still think my idea of vikings wupping spartans was rather tasty, I must say: you sir, are brilliant!!! (although Danes can't be sirs... arh well  ;D)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 24, 2010, 10:47:59 AM
Another "only text" update.

I've ordered sheep now and I've been thinking about how I want the sheep faction (the parish) to work.

I'm going with 300 pts Songs of Blades and Heroes lists for all the scenarios.

What I'm getting is this:


There's going to be 12 sheep. The regular sheep will be utter crap. Almost defenless. I'm looking at zombies for a good template. I'm actually considering doing some "bloody pulp" markers for them and let the shepherd (or the priest) be a necromancer able to ressurrect them.

There's also going to be a shepherd, who'll be a champion of sorts too. And his trusty dog of course.

A priest and a parish clerk would be the icing then..

So in all:

Sheep
Dog
Shepherd
Priest
Clerk

Scenario will be a defence of the church, where the vikings must steal some gold and perhaps a woman or two.

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: dijit on April 24, 2010, 05:07:58 PM
not a just a woman, a nun, you've always got to love a game involving nuns!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: phreedh on April 24, 2010, 05:21:44 PM
Zombies for Sheep won't work well, as they have Combat 4. May I suggest something like this:
Sheep, 1 pts. Q4+, C0, Animal

Higher Q than a child, for the shepherd or dog to be able to perform group moves with them. The shepherd could be a leader, while the dog counts as a champion (works as a leader, but shorter range of his area of command).

The best part is, the sheep can actually be used for attacks. Do a group move, and swamp a viking with 4-5 sheep and he might well be a goner. Death by fluff! =D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on April 24, 2010, 05:55:52 PM
Zombies for Sheep won't work well, as they have Combat 4.

Which is part of the idea  ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Thorbjørn Horisont II project)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on May 03, 2010, 11:25:52 AM
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S96xTk1w6tI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/O_AfVknKL5Q/P1150481.JPG)

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S96x97QXHUI/AAAAAAAAA9s/TdRSzFbhwD0/s912/P1150478.JPG)


Muahahaha! Vikings vs. Giant Mushrooms!

I know have the following components in house:

Vikings (20 in all)
Ninja (15 in all)
Sheep (12 in all)
Priest

Soon I'll hopefully get my paws on a long boat... and some owl bears! (they've been ordered.. just haven't arrived).
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Shrooms maaan 3/5*
Post by: rob_alderman on May 03, 2010, 05:05:51 PM
That's just not a fair matchup...






























Those vikings are flippin' screwed!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Shrooms maaan 3/5*
Post by: Thantsants on May 03, 2010, 05:18:21 PM
Reckon they'd brew some great beer out of them if the Vikings won though!  >:D ;D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Shrooms maaan 3/5*
Post by: vikotnik on May 03, 2010, 09:03:50 PM
 ;D

Great 'shrooms man!

Did you make them from scratch? I really like how the one on the left looks like a ... hat!!! lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Shrooms maaan 3/5*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on May 04, 2010, 05:02:14 AM
;D

Great 'shrooms man!

Did you make them from scratch? I really like how the one on the left looks like a ... hat!!! lol


Nope. I'm too lazy. But I think that whenever I have green stuff leftover in the future, I'll do another 'shroom.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Shrooms maaan 3/5*
Post by: Erny on May 04, 2010, 09:15:52 AM
That's exactly what I use excess green stuff for. I think I need to get some painted they look great as terrain pieces.

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Shrooms maaan 3/5*
Post by: rob_alderman on May 04, 2010, 09:37:16 AM
Lol, I work on whatever 15mm stuff I have lined up on my desk if I have any leftovers from the 28mm stuff.

Very rarely do, so I have a bag of 15mm stuff I *should* be working on.  lol

Hmm... maybe today.  :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Shrooms maaan 3/5*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on May 21, 2010, 06:20:19 PM
I've finished my "bloody pulp" markers. These markers will be used to replace a sheep killed by a viking in game. The priest (or perhaps the shepherd) will the be able to raise a demon sheep from the marker using black Christian voodoo magic.

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S_bNxNOuW6I/AAAAAAAABMY/yuXpztzB3EU/s912/P1150728.JPG)
All the markers blurry

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S_bNwW0GbdI/AAAAAAAABMU/qy7S0xJbKas/s640/P1150721.JPG)
All the markers without blur

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S_bNviwIZGI/AAAAAAAABMQ/-C4rRfc0QtY/s512/P1150720.JPG)
This viking forgot his axe when he rendered the sheep.

(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S_bNtrBq8MI/AAAAAAAABMI/mkT6jTky31s/s912/P1150717.JPG)
Progress so far.

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S_bNut5hdtI/AAAAAAAABMM/zdUUbpeuTg4/P1150718.JPG)
Demon sheep - not a lot left to do
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: Thantsants on May 21, 2010, 06:55:00 PM
 lol

Great stuff!

Thought Damien Hirst had taken over for a minute there!  ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: matakishi on May 21, 2010, 06:56:06 PM
My God, this is inspired!  :-*  :-*
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on May 21, 2010, 07:01:44 PM
Very graphic!

I probably shouldn't like like them but they are fantastic and they made me chuckle  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on May 21, 2010, 07:58:10 PM
Yes! I'm happy you like them guys.

I believe the purpose of almost everything I do is to make people chuckle.  ;)

(apart from the whole real life chemistry thing I'm also doing...)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: Sybou on May 22, 2010, 01:01:25 PM
I really like the idea of deamon sheeps. Your players are going to find it great.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: Modhail on May 22, 2010, 02:55:17 PM
What, no were-sheep?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/)
The Youtube trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gEDUDmZkyc)

Great sheep! (And muttonchops.. or is that chopped mutton?  lol)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on May 22, 2010, 05:21:14 PM
What, no were-sheep?

Great sheep! (And muttonchops.. or is that chopped mutton?  lol)

Mind you that Black Sheep was my inspiration in the first place  ;) lol

(oh and I think the term is hack-gis)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: dijit on May 22, 2010, 05:38:42 PM
Lol! ohh, I'm looking so much forwards to seeing this now, I really hope I can make it to Åcon.
Duncan
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: rob_alderman on May 22, 2010, 10:30:26 PM
lol

Great stuff!

Thought Damien Hirst had taken over for a minute there!  ;)

May well of done, he doesn't do anything himself, you know. But he is a fan of Napalm Death, so he is in my good books.

Very inspired, whatever made you want to do these? Great stuff though, regardless of how twisted you may be.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on May 23, 2010, 07:35:57 AM
Very inspired, whatever made you want to do these? Great stuff though, regardless of how twisted you may be.

Well. It's for my participation game for Horisont II (Danish convention in November).

The players take on the role of Viking chieftain Taoregorn The Red Eyed travelling through the tides of reality in their longship Skithögen.

Before the game starts the viking players rolls off to see where they've landed.

One of these locations is Lindisfarne, where a priest, his alter boy, a shepherd and some sheep are all that stands between the vikings and the church gold and the church virgins.

I'm thinking that the shepherd will be sort of a fighter, as will his dog. The priest will be a spellcaster able to raise demon sheep from the bloody pulp markers (that you place when a viking kills a sheep).

Hope it makes sense to you.  ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: rob_alderman on May 23, 2010, 11:03:54 AM
Ahhhh! That makes sense now.

I thought it was just you working on stuff with no concept behind it (although, that is a concept in itself)! Nothing wrong with that, of course, but you're scenario idea sounds really good!  :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Bloody Pulp markers done 21/5*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 10, 2010, 07:53:31 PM
I've started painting up my Romans for this project.

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TLH-hdYZPwI/AAAAAAAACIE/7CScVVB61DY/s912/P1170767.JPG)

"As everyone knows the Romans and the Vikings were fierce enemies. They had many similarities like their mutual love of war and hate of the Jesus people. The differences were greater though.

For examples the Vikings used axes and iron stuff, while the Romans preferred bronze (they didn't have the superior Viking technology) and big unwieldy shields.

The Roman ships (called Tiremes) were a bit like Viking long ships, but inferior. That's why the Vikings won all the sea battles that the Romans and the Vikings fought constantly.

They've both been treated bad by historians. For instance a lot of historians claim that the Vikings weren't alive before 790 c.e. And that the Romans were never involved with the occult. That's why history was banned as a subject during the Roman Empire.

Their common enemies sometimes led the Viking and Roman armies to form alliances to war on people who were badmouthing them. For instance the Jesus people. And historians.

But as both races enjoyed fighting they would often meet up and fight at predetermined locations just for the sport. This is how football was invented."

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans WIP 10/10*
Post by: Argonor on October 10, 2010, 07:59:31 PM
You forgot the thin white and black edges on the tunics.....  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans WIP 10/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 10, 2010, 08:00:36 PM
You forgot the thin white and black edges on the tunics.....  lol

Wait and see.  ;)

It's still WIP... I'm just too eager to wait till they're done.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans WIP 10/10*
Post by: Argonor on October 10, 2010, 08:03:29 PM
Capital! Albert and René would be proud!  :D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans WIP 10/10*
Post by: Alxbates on October 11, 2010, 08:33:30 PM
OH.  MY.  GOSH.   :o

How can I have missed this thread? 

Inspired work, sir, simply inspired!!!  I can't wait to see the owlbears!

-Alex in Alaska
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans WIP 10/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 12, 2010, 06:07:45 AM
With a little over a month today I'm seriously screwed for getting all this stuff painted, let alone tested.

The current list of encounters is thus:

Owlbears
Romans
Ninja
Lilliputs
Priest & Sheep
Title: HELP! search for church!
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 12, 2010, 11:03:46 AM
Urgh!

I'm in deep dodo as my attempts to construct a dark age church (a model) have failed!

Who makes a roof comes of kind of Dark Age church, that I can buy and paint up immediatly!?  o_o

Help please!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans WIP 10/10*
Post by: Argonor on October 12, 2010, 11:50:38 AM
I know this thread is not about dark age, but I think some of the manufacturers mentioned might have something for you:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=19419.0

Maybe this one down the page. http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/shop/prodtype.asp?PT_ID=72&numRecordPosition=41&ph=&strKeywords=&&strSearchCriteria=
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans WIP 10/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 19, 2010, 12:05:22 PM
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TL2gSJnALLI/AAAAAAAACJ4/MVViWwyUWKQ/s912/P1170813.JPG)

The romans are done.. next I gotta do their tents. How many Romans to a tent?  lol

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TL2IhjHcEDI/AAAAAAAACJU/6s6RDe7F2mU/s800/P1170816.JPG)
Vicious fight ensues! Vikings plunge into the Romans who try their best to defend themselves

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TL2IhxP5yRI/AAAAAAAACJY/Qxy_tzAH1q4/s912/P1170818.JPG)
Suddenly a terrifying Owlbear enters from the mushroom forest and slays and maims!

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TL2IiInwulI/AAAAAAAACJc/KhH0sPV1khg/s912/P1170821.JPG)
A flock of sheep and demon sheep runs amuck on the battlefield and causes even more mayhem
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans DONE 19/10*
Post by: grobut on October 19, 2010, 12:17:49 PM
Hahahaha exelent! I'm really looking forward to play this at Horizont 2010!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans DONE 19/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 19, 2010, 02:34:28 PM
Yeah! Bring on the girls.. and the confetti!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans DONE 19/10*
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on October 19, 2010, 02:59:35 PM
I'm loving this and hating myself for missing out on Horisont.
And its a lovely, strange project, thanks for sharing! :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans WIP 10/10*
Post by: Argonor on October 19, 2010, 03:30:23 PM

The romans are done.. next I gotta do their tents. How many Romans to a tent?  lol


8

Although the tent would probably only have space for 6 - 2 of the legionaires would be at guard duty at all times during the night... Don't try sneaking up on a camping legion!  ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans WIP 10/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 19, 2010, 03:32:47 PM
8

Although the tent would probably only have space for 6 - 2 of the legionaires would be at guard duty at all times during the night... Don't try sneaking up on a camping legion!  ;)


HAHA!

I'll just order a single tent then. That'll look hillarious. I should probably make a sign saying "Romanus Campifux" next to it.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans DONE 19/10*
Post by: Thantsants on October 19, 2010, 08:24:35 PM
Mad!

I love it!   lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans DONE 19/10*
Post by: Argonor on October 20, 2010, 05:10:36 PM
I actually think you should use 'castra':

From Wikipedia:

In classical Latin the word castra always means "great legionary encampment", both "marching", "temporary" ones and the "fortified permanent" ones, while the diminutive form castellum was used for the smaller forts, which were usually, but not always, occupied by the auxiliary units and used as logistic bases for the legions,....

 ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans DONE 19/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 21, 2010, 07:38:08 AM
I actually think you should use 'castra':

From Wikipedia:

In classical Latin the word castra always means "great legionary encampment", both "marching", "temporary" ones and the "fortified permanent" ones, while the diminutive form castellum was used for the smaller forts, which were usually, but not always, occupied by the auxiliary units and used as logistic bases for the legions,....

 ;)

haha ok! thank you!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans DONE 19/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 21, 2010, 02:36:20 PM
I've begun working on the owlbears now. Still missing the reaper ones, but crossing my fingers there'll be some here in time.

(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMBPQKh6P-I/AAAAAAAACMA/dpQ6VzK4aBk/s800/P1170858.JPG)

Yes the claws are red. And yes I've given them high gloss. And yes this is on purpose. And no they're not done yet. And yes my project is very silly. And no a lot of people won't understand or like it. I'm glad we understand each other.  ;)

(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMBPQffBclI/AAAAAAAACME/JL3uLsFR09I/s720/P1170863.JPG)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Romans DONE 19/10*
Post by: Ray Rivers on October 21, 2010, 05:40:14 PM
Yes the claws are red. And yes I've given them high gloss. And yes this is on purpose. And no they're not done yet. And yes my project is very silly. And no a lot of people won't understand or like it. I'm glad we understand each other.

Glad we got that straightened out.   lol

Owlbears, eh?  Haven't a clue what color their claws should be, but your minis are looking real nice.   :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *IWP Owlbears 21/10*
Post by: matakishi on October 21, 2010, 06:05:47 PM
You are a gaming genius.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *IWP Owlbears 21/10*
Post by: Old Brush on October 22, 2010, 08:19:18 AM
Love the owlbears :o
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *IWP Owlbears 21/10*
Post by: GregX999 on October 22, 2010, 05:46:19 PM
Ooooooo... I like them! It's a daddy owlbear, a mommy owlbear and a baby owlbear.  lol

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *IWP Owlbears 21/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 22, 2010, 06:08:34 PM
Ooooooo... I like them! It's a daddy owlbear, a mommy owlbear and a baby owlbear.  lol



Hehe I'm rounding up all the owlbears I can find and D&D Minis just released another one!

It is joy to be an owlbear collector these days.  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *IWP Owlbears 21/10*
Post by: dijit on October 22, 2010, 08:26:29 PM
Damn you Thorbjørn!!! You're going to make my stuff look dreadful! (Note to self, must make sure that I'm as far away from you and the germans as possible.....hmmmm.... that might end up being outside then :o )
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *IWP Owlbears 21/10*
Post by: bc99 on October 23, 2010, 03:34:19 PM
Won't understand? What's not to understand about Vikings vs. Owlbears!?

This is epic, please continue to update! I could really use more owlbear!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *IWP Owlbears 21/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 24, 2010, 07:37:25 AM
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMPhr8qQE0I/AAAAAAAACPE/moBVHpqC7TQ/s800/P1180013.JPG)

3 o'bears done. 3 more en route to Denmark. 2 Reaper ones and the last D&D one.  :D

(that is if I have filled in the form at spirit games correctly... boy what a nightmare to shop online there!)

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Owlbears done 24/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 24, 2010, 07:51:30 AM
Oh I should probably describe the next part then:

1) Gaming board: farily simple 3'x3' with a water front somwhere. There'll be a raft with viking sail or just a crashed viking ship in the water.

2) Nests for the owl bears. The objective will be to gather some owlbear eggs for the starving seawrecked vikings, so I need some eggs and some nests.. I imagine greenstuff and wire will get me somewhere.

3) Make the Roman camp and some columns. Get the druid and the lilliputs painted.

Easy peasy!  o_o

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Owlbears done 24/10*
Post by: myincubliss on October 24, 2010, 08:51:04 AM
Owlbears always give me a serious nerd-on. Bravo sir.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Owlbears done 24/10*
Post by: grobut on October 24, 2010, 06:00:54 PM
Fuzzy little owls, warms my heath to see such a happy family  ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Owlbears done 24/10*
Post by: Doomsdave on October 25, 2010, 02:32:11 PM
Owlbears have always been my favorite.  Bravo Sir.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Owlbears done 24/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 25, 2010, 07:26:31 PM
A WIP shot of the workbench.. erhm I mean the things I'm working on for this project:

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMXZZ1OxpEI/AAAAAAAACQs/kQLG3J6He34/s912/P1180052.JPG)
Viking, Viking's Brother, Shepherd, Priest

Apparently the number of abdominal muscles is not the same on each side of Viking.  lol
So it's a 7-pack and not a 6-pack.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Owlbears done 24/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 26, 2010, 12:12:20 PM
And we're off!

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMbEKM_uPgI/AAAAAAAACRY/Ehpe7BNlXCI/s640/P1180071.JPG)
I've framed and build the basics.. no clue how to do water, but I'll probably

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMbEKU0wHtI/AAAAAAAACRc/ihFtvDJZRIc/s640/P1180076.JPG)
Here's the size difference between vikings and lilliputs. I use 10mm figures for the puts. I think that's about right... after all I still want them to be visible.

The vikings will be gatecrashing the annual lilluput harvest feast.

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMbEKYtOAUI/AAAAAAAACRg/qbSkmQC27nw/s640/P1180078.JPG)
I haven't painted the terrain, but bought it used. So I'm going to give it a repaint soon.

Everything is soon with this project!  lol


Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Owlbears done 24/10*
Post by: Mephysto on October 26, 2010, 01:44:43 PM
Everything is soon with this project!  lol

... Except the miniatures, which are superb already. ;)
Coming along very nicely. :)

Also, thanks for the many historical tidbits I continue to learn from this project! :D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Owlbears done 24/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 26, 2010, 01:51:04 PM
... Except the miniatures, which are superb already. ;)
Coming along very nicely. :)

Also, thanks for the many historical tidbits I continue to learn from this project! :D

You'd be amazed about how much the honourable Saxo put in his chronicles about the Vikings. A lot of it has been edited out as the work of a drunkard later on by the Illuminati (using the universities and the historians there as their tools) though.

"The Lilliputs were actually quite a developed people. They had wheels, plows, some steam tech and other stuff that was like really advanced. They even had the Lilliput Calendar. It sort of predicted the future and had stuff about how the world would end because the calendar ran out of pages. They fancied really colorful housings and lived like farmers or traders or something. Some of them were also bureaucrats.

Unfortunately they were also filthy rich and only 1/10th the size of a proper Viking.  So when in 856 the first Vikings started raiding the Lilliput Lands they were quite ill prepared to meet the invaders.

Later when the Vikings started settling and establishment trade commerce with the Lilliputs they were kind of bred out due to intermarriage. That's how Dwarfs were created. But even later on again they just looked like normal Viking people. Maybe with beards. But the women not so much."



Now unto painting some really colourful houses!

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Doomsdave on October 26, 2010, 03:39:17 PM
Excellent fluff.  I was unaware of this historical narrative.  I just love the fact you've found a legitimate reason to mix scales in your project.  Lilliputians indeed.   :D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: vikotnik on October 26, 2010, 07:13:09 PM
 :o

You are a madman, my friend! I really dig this thread; already cannot wait to have a game at your table at Horisont! Quick, make more!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: area23 on October 26, 2010, 08:14:41 PM
It just occurred to me that at some point the Chainmail game had an owlbear.
(http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/chainmail/Owlbear_xlg.jpg)
Also Mirliton does an old Grenadier one, but it looks like a guy in a suit.
So I painted it as a guy in a suit:
http://www.displacedminiatures.com/Area23/image/367/24976/
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 26, 2010, 08:22:51 PM
Oh!

I have to get those. I just won an obscure an quite old looking one on the bay,
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Jaeger on October 26, 2010, 08:46:02 PM
Those Owl Bears are truely amazing. Red claws yeah!

And the table is turning out quite nicely. Great stuff.

/Jaeger
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: area23 on October 26, 2010, 09:03:03 PM
(http://www.goodman-games.com/images/GMG6007CoverLarge.jpg)
http://www.goodman-games.com/store-dccminis.html
There's quite a cult around the owlbear. Even origami owlbears on google...  lol lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: rob_alderman on October 26, 2010, 09:31:01 PM
Hmmm, maybe we should start the LAF Owlbear society?
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: bc99 on October 27, 2010, 06:16:31 AM
Hmmm, maybe we should start the LAF Owlbear society?

I'd join. Those owlbears are looking good, I especially like the otherworld one. I believe it's otherworld, although it looks a bit small.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 27, 2010, 06:45:48 AM
I'd join. Those owlbears are looking good, I especially like the otherworld one. I believe it's otherworld, although it looks a bit small.

Yes I like the otherworld too. I might buy another one of those as I don't think my paint job justifies it. I'm tempted to do a brown one also.

In fact! Where should I go with the next 3 o'bears? I'm sort of thinking that I should keep the theme I'm going with now. To tie them together and all. But then again... I might also just do all kinds of obears. Then I'd have an excuse to buy the same model twice.

If there's an owlbear society I want to be the president!  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 27, 2010, 07:52:25 AM
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMfZtl7L05I/AAAAAAAACSA/mDloYm1dAYQ/s640/P1180080.JPG)

I sanded the main land and polyed the beach. I think filler is the best way to depict really fine grain sand.

Still no clue on the water. I'm thinking that perhaps I can you some less diluted filler and sculpt some wavish movement into it. and then just plot the crashed viking ship parts into it.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 27, 2010, 08:39:46 AM
Now I also found the perfect model for the Skithögen Viking ship:

(http://www.heimtierbedarf-shop.eu/images/product_images/info_images/88204.jpg)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: rob_alderman on October 27, 2010, 09:09:02 AM
That's gonna look bloomin excellent.

I'm seriously jealous.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Doomsdave on October 27, 2010, 12:28:05 PM

If there's an owlbear society I want to be the president!  lol

You don't get a say in this, and NO elections.....The Owlbear (blessed be His eggs) chooses you! o_o
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 27, 2010, 04:15:56 PM
I think I finally settled on how to do the rules. And actually I owe it all to BLAM. There I was in Overlord's jungle game and Kapitan Bluts & Totillaboy's Colonial skirmish. And I just thought of amalgating the two different games into one.

So I'll be using a regular card deck to handle combat, activate by another deck and have a furry viking helmet of death to pick damage tokens from.

Fantastic. Way easier than I had expected!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Neldoreth on October 27, 2010, 04:49:44 PM
Excellent project here, some nice concepts for sure :)

n.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Mephysto on October 27, 2010, 04:53:16 PM
If there's an owlbear society I want to be the president!  lol

What makes you think you could be pres... oh. Right... Well, my vote you've got! ;)

To the win, ahm, thread: It just keeps getting more awesome, if that is possible. :D

I tried to convince my university's history professor regarding the insights into Viking and Roman and Owlbear societies, but he denies such things. I am now certain he is one of them! ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliput history added 26/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 27, 2010, 09:05:49 PM
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMiTmhanhXI/AAAAAAAACSk/iSlwyXm_Pq0/s912/P1180088.JPG)
It was a wonderful September day and the Lilliputians were getting ready for the Harvest feast.'

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMiTmxL16JI/AAAAAAAACSo/XM_LCMW-kCo/s912/P1180091.JPG)
Unfortunately from out of nowhere a band of merry and relentless Vikings stormed them and slaughtered them, ate their women and stole their gold.. and peed in their harvest!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliputians done 27/10*
Post by: Criamon on October 27, 2010, 09:16:20 PM
 :-* :-*
Its the perfect example for join 28 and 15mm minis in the same rules.  ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliputians done 27/10*
Post by: grobut on October 27, 2010, 09:53:33 PM
Hahaha, thats brilliant :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliputians done 27/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 28, 2010, 07:03:09 AM
:-* :-*
Its the perfect example for join 28 and 15mm minis in the same rules.  ;)

Hehe thanks, but it's 10mm actually. I think that 15mm is just a tad too large.

Hahaha, thats brilliant :)

Looking forward to playtesting it this weekend. And to see you play it in a month  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Lilliputians done 27/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 28, 2010, 08:20:25 AM
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMkwtLGVR4I/AAAAAAAACTM/F7_TpdBBin4/s720/P1180107.JPG)

I finally found a church I think is usable. It's not a great model, and it's had several layers of paint over the years, but I'm going to try my luck. I haven't got the faintest clue what part of the world or which era it is from. I guess I tend to go about this a bit happy-go-lucky.  lol

In the scenario with the sheep the church will be situated in the corner like this:

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMkws_y0_3I/AAAAAAAACTI/VosZkoHgt5U/s640/P1180100.JPG)

With any look I'll find some more stone wall to add to the display.

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMkwtbXBFLI/AAAAAAAACTQ/TZ9U0gml0E8/s640/P1180110.JPG)
With the help of a paint roll and some Franz Lizst i managed to get the first lick of paint on the board.

Still no clue about the water... haha. But eventually. My hopes are that when the Skithögen model arrives I will have a revelation.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: rob_alderman on October 28, 2010, 08:33:29 AM
Looking really, really good! It's all coming together very quickly, and any game that gives out damage tokens in that way is destined to be a good, fun and enjoyable game.

I always enjoy the Lost World game with Paul and co.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 28, 2010, 08:51:40 AM
Looking really, really good! It's all coming together very quickly, and any game that gives out damage tokens in that way is destined to be a good, fun and enjoyable game.

I always enjoy the Lost World game with Paul and co.

This is what I imagine I will do:

Each player controls 2 vikings (or 3 if there are too few players):

Activation:
Each group is activated by cards - and there's a Mjöd Break card in the deck (like Overlord's joker or the Tea Break in IABSM) after the draw of which the deck is reshuffled and a new turn starts.

Movement:
Each player gets a red stick and a black stick. One is shorter than the other. None of the sticks are the same lenght. When you move you turn a card - a red card means you use the red stick.. a black well go figure. A joker means a topple.

Combat:
Defender cuts a card deck. The attacker then cuts and before cutting declares whether he will go higher or lower than the defender's cut. If he predicts the outcome correctly he has scored a hit and draws a token from the list below. Otherwise he is toppled by the defender.

If the defender is defending an obstacle he may adjust 2 up or down, stacking with any other modifiers he may have.

Certain minis are allowed to adjust their cut and have specific rules:

Vikings: May adjust 2 up or down
Owlbears: May adjust 3 up or down
Sheep/Lilliputians: Cannot make "head cut off"/"arm cut off" and must redraw if they draw such a token when doing damage.
Romans: May adjust 1 and if they have a throwing spear may throw it red or black. Cut to see if they hit needing a picture card to hit.

Damage Token Table:
Damage          Viking                 Other                
Arm cut offno effectno adjust
Leg cut offno effectmove halved
Head cut offdeaddead
Both arms offno adjustdead
Both legs offmove halveddead
1 Gut woundno effectdead
3 Gut wounddeaddead
Near missno effectno effect

Any other thinkable action can be attempted by cutting higher than the Games Master.


Cannot really take credit for any of it though as it is mainly just an amalgation of Overlord's and Malamute & Blood's.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: Mr.J on October 28, 2010, 09:11:27 AM
I can't believe I missed this! Pure genius!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: Ray Rivers on October 28, 2010, 10:18:52 AM
 :-*

Love the Lilliput dudes!

Quite a project...
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: Jonas on October 28, 2010, 01:11:41 PM
This is brilliant, great looking models and I think the church is good too, it will work well with the scenario.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 28, 2010, 01:13:37 PM
This is brilliant, great looking models and I think the church is good too, it will work well with the scenario.

I'm glad you think so!  :)

I hope we will have fun gaming it this weekend too. Maybe you have some Viking paraphernalia I can borrow and lay next to the table to give it the proper Viking feel!?
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: Jonas on October 28, 2010, 01:56:44 PM
I can look  :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: dijit on October 28, 2010, 06:06:56 PM
I'm glad you think so!  :)

I hope we will have fun gaming it this weekend too. Maybe you have some Viking paraphernalia I can borrow and lay next to the table to give it the proper Viking feel!?
What Rugbrød and Sild?
 :D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 28, 2010, 06:30:06 PM
What Rugbrød and Sild?
 :D

I was thinking more like mugs, axes, horns, statues and things along that line.  ;)

I hope I can find some Mjöd too.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: dijit on October 28, 2010, 08:05:51 PM
I was thinking more like mugs, axes, horns, statues and things along that line.  ;)

I hope I can find some Mjöd too.
ahhh, the less weird stuff!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Church WIP 28/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 29, 2010, 11:21:12 AM
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMqtlI_i0PI/AAAAAAAACT4/QNlNuA_uHLI/s640/P1180120.JPG)
Added some siflor from Antenociti and some paint and flock.

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMqtlSJkU7I/AAAAAAAACT8/8r8Z4jgQPs4/s640/P1180122.JPG)
I meant to do some new trees too.. but laziness won the day

I will use a lot of lichen also and some rocks. On the obear table that is.

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMqtlmgMlgI/AAAAAAAACUA/_qSrMbX7Zfo/s640/P1180125.JPG)
They seem happy with it so far.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board WIP 29/10*
Post by: Comsquare on October 29, 2010, 03:56:39 PM
Heisan Thorbjørn,

did you saw that?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Citadel-AD-D-ADD81-Owl-Bear-/260681343284?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item3cb1d1a134

Think could be of interest for you.

Hilsen
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board WIP 29/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 29, 2010, 04:03:15 PM
Heisan Thorbjørn,

did you saw that?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Citadel-AD-D-ADD81-Owl-Bear-/260681343284?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item3cb1d1a134

Think could be of interest for you.

Hilsen

I just won one of those, but thank you! (in fact I bid on this too, but that was before realising that I had already won another)  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board WIP 29/10*
Post by: Comsquare on October 29, 2010, 04:15:45 PM
I just won one of those, but thank you! (in fact I bid on this too, but that was before realising that I had already won another)  lol

So, maybe you soon have twins lol

Would like to join in for a game at Horisont, but I sadly can not manage to come to denmark :'(
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board WIP 29/10*
Post by: Spicker on October 29, 2010, 05:55:15 PM
Arghh Taoregorn, you evil evil man.

You bette hav e invested in a larger car, seing all you have to be bringing along tomorrow.
If we are to play this properly, we should do it out in my gameroom so we can add Mjöd... we'll make a stop downtown Esbjerg tomorrow and pick some up.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board WIP 29/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 31, 2010, 12:04:46 PM
Got in a little playtest at the Lord's Assembly in Esbjerg yesterday.

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TM1bAw7Q_FI/AAAAAAAACVc/4OBWwaQZmk0/s640/P1180161.JPG)

I think it's safe to say that things got a bit sheepish.  lol

(I'll leave it to others to judge whether the game was anything worth... everything but 2 Vikings died)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board WIP 29/10*
Post by: HRE Joseph III on October 31, 2010, 02:32:06 PM
Great looking game. Sounds like a lot of fun too.

What are you using for your Liliputians.

-Joe
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board WIP 29/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on October 31, 2010, 02:46:10 PM
Great looking game. Sounds like a lot of fun too.

What are you using for your Liliputians.

-Joe

I use 10mm Pendraken peasants and farmers. :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board WIP 29/10*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 02, 2010, 12:27:05 PM
Board is done bar the frame, which will get a lick of paint.. any day now!  lol

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TNADOxn-NWI/AAAAAAAACW8/N0f2l_GvEZo/s640/P1180174.JPG)

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TNADPTesSQI/AAAAAAAACXA/1rGvQRjx7sY/s640/P1180176.JPG)

I think the water turned out OK and I'm also pleased with the size of the ship (which I had no clue about)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board 1/11*
Post by: grobut on November 02, 2010, 12:34:43 PM
Impressive! One more thing done for Horizont ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board 1/11*
Post by: Spicker on November 02, 2010, 01:20:44 PM
Wow... much better than when I looked at it last time ;)

The water looks really good. Looking forward to playing on it again.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board 1/11*
Post by: Argonor on November 03, 2010, 07:06:31 AM
Just a quick question: Do you use some mixed flock/static grass for the grass patches/areas?

I can almost access my work/gaming table in the office/study/hobby room after a concentrated effort last night, and I have a half finished 3x3 / 90x90 table on top of it (it had disappeared beneath some boxes), that needs a bit more paint (some touch-up because of damage applied by the stuff on top of it, and some 'drybrushing' - which is more a wetbrushing with a large flat brush), and then should have some grass patches scattered all over.

Am looking forward to seeing this 'in the flesh' at the end of the month  :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board 1/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 03, 2010, 07:32:41 AM
Just a quick question: Do you use some mixed flock/static grass for the grass patches/areas?

Yes I make a mix of different materials and the sprinkle it on. I am VERY pleased with the results of the Scenic Spray that Captain Blood suggested (woodland scenics). It's perfect for sealing turf/grass/flocks. I used it on all my trees too and from sprinkling flock all over the place the trees have gone completely mute.

Am looking forward to seeing this 'in the flesh' at the end of the month  :)

So am I  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board 1/11*
Post by: Argonor on November 03, 2010, 07:50:37 AM
Yes I make a mix of different materials and the sprinkle it on. I am VERY pleased with the results of the Scenic Spray that Captain Blood suggested (woodland scenics). It's perfect for sealing turf/grass/flocks. I used it on all my trees too and from sprinkling flock all over the place the trees have gone completely mute.

Where did you get the spray? Must be from mainland Europe, somewhere, as spray cans cannot be sent by air mail?

My trees make an awful mess, too...  :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board 1/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 03, 2010, 08:00:23 AM
Where did you get the spray? Must be from mainland Europe, somewhere, as spray cans cannot be sent by air mail?

My trees make an awful mess, too...  :)

It's not a can with compressed gas. Just a duster with some substance in a can (probably just diluted PVA, smells different though).
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board 1/11*
Post by: Argonor on November 03, 2010, 08:14:55 AM
It's not a can with compressed gas. Just a duster with some substance in a can (probably just diluted PVA, smells different though).

Oh. Does it leave a glossy effect, then, or does it dry up matt?

And if you're wondering how I have time for this conversation at this time of day, our Sharepoint is down - can't really work  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board 1/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 03, 2010, 08:55:05 AM
Oh. Does it leave a glossy effect, then, or does it dry up matt?

No it leaves it matt. No worries!  ;)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: Sir Dryden on November 03, 2010, 01:49:14 PM
I can't believe I missed this thread completely...

This is the weirdest, coolest project I've seen in a long time! Vikings, Owlbears, 'Shrooms, Romans, man, did something leak in Danish water lately? Tainted batch of Carlsberg perhaps?

Keep it coming, this is just too good!

Yours truly,

Sir Dryden
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: Remington on November 03, 2010, 01:58:29 PM
AMAZING project! How did I miss that?
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 03, 2010, 11:17:44 PM
Thanks!

Normally I'm not that easy to miss.  lol  (oh there's a double in that!)


Nuff talk... on with some ramblings of my WIP's:

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TNHsmJLgG8I/AAAAAAAACXg/PSWBmwauPIg/s912/P1180185.JPG)
There's got to be more owlbear in the game. So I'm working on these.

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TNHsmVQfbwI/AAAAAAAACXk/qdpdm6QSVQs/s912/P1180188.JPG)
The Lilliputians need somewhere to live. So I'm working on these.

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TNHsmr8mgyI/AAAAAAAACXo/b15gGNdfc8E/s640/P1180190.JPG)
The Romans need something big and scary. So I'm working on this.

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TNHsmpHV92I/AAAAAAAACXs/JSfrre5VhdM/s640/P1180192.JPG)
The Romans need somewhere to live. So I'm working on these.








Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: B. Basiliscus on November 03, 2010, 11:29:28 PM
Do the Vikings and Owlbears set aside their differences and team up to take down those egotistical roman bastards?
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 04, 2010, 06:49:06 AM
Do the Vikings and Owlbears set aside their differences and team up to take down those egotistical roman bastards?

Haha not this time. Maybe in my "Viking Apocalypse" mega game...  lol

Idea is still that the crew gets caught up in a purple maelstrom, and then the simple "roll a die and see where you land" with the possibillities being:

1:Lindisfarne
2: Ancient Rome
3: Owlbear Island
4: Land of The Lilliputians
5: Skeleton Coast
6: Feudal Japan

In each case one of the Old Northern Gods reveals himself in an aberration to the sea wrecked Vikings and gives them a "mission".

For example: Before facing the owlbears Thor tells the Vikings that he will safely transport the two Vikings, who bring him the most owlbear eggs, back to their wives and farms.

Now I won't manage to make the last to for Horisont. But I'm hoping to get them done before all the shows start next year and then go on a tour!  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: manic _miner on November 04, 2010, 09:19:02 AM
 Love the board.Great idea using the fishtank piece.

 Reaper have posted a new owlbear in there previews section.Another one for your collection.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 04, 2010, 09:32:35 AM
Reaper have posted a new owlbear in there previews section.Another one for your collection.


!!!!!!

You can't post something like that without a link!  :`

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/previews/latest/14614


This is truly a GREAT day for the Owlbearian Society!! Please welcome this new addition to the esteemed ranks of owlbears!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: manic _miner on November 04, 2010, 10:01:22 AM
 I cant make things that easy  ;D.

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: meninobesta on November 04, 2010, 10:15:14 AM
Hello Thorbjørn, great project!

reaper has released another owlbear:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/previews/latest/14614

(http://www.reapermini.com/graphics/gallery/4/14614_g_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: Pil on November 04, 2010, 03:10:07 PM
I love the progress, the Lilliputian houses are very nice! The owlbears are looking good again too. :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Board w/ Water! 1/11*
Post by: Spicker on November 07, 2010, 11:28:42 PM
Thought I should share a couple of pictures from our test game a couple of weekend ago.

Note that this game was played before Thorbjørn added the cool water... so you'll have to do without...

General layout:
(http://iloapp.horisontesbjerg.dk/data/_gallery//public/11/1289171656_resized.jpg)

Vikings chasing the evil black voodoo priest
(http://iloapp.horisontesbjerg.dk/data/_gallery//public/11/1289171666_resized.jpg)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Sheep and Priest! 11/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 10, 2010, 08:29:38 PM
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TNsAQOqyw-I/AAAAAAAACZY/rX5fViMF9hY/s720/P1180218.JPG)

The Priest and his parish!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Priest and sheep! 11/11*
Post by: Ray Rivers on November 10, 2010, 09:08:32 PM
 :-*

Excellent!

Love the Priest... and I need to paint some animals  o_o
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Priest and sheep! 11/11*
Post by: Calimero on November 11, 2010, 01:54:40 AM
... and I need to paint some animals  o_o

You’re not going to make any friends in PETA, Ray ;)

Nice paintjob Thorbjørn
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Priest and sheep! 11/11*
Post by: Argonor on November 11, 2010, 07:46:35 AM
... and I need to paint some animals  o_o

I know the feeling... have tons (OK, maybe kilos, then..) of animals, plus dinos, in little boxes...
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Sheep and Priest! 11/11*
Post by: dijit on November 11, 2010, 01:02:03 PM
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TNsAQOqyw-I/AAAAAAAACZY/rX5fViMF9hY/s720/P1180218.JPG)

The Priest and his parish!
Shouldn't it be 'The Priest and his barrish!'?
Sorry bad joke,
Duncan

PS looking forwards to seeing this and sorry we didn't manage to get another game in before Horizont after the last one.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Priest and sheep! 11/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 11, 2010, 04:01:44 PM
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TNwTB0n96gI/AAAAAAAACaM/-7iCMtH47u4/s912/P1180229.JPG)

Two more done... with a giant F*CKING! mouldline through the forehead of one of them... didn't notice until well into painting.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: phreedh on November 11, 2010, 05:57:37 PM
Grape stems, eh?

Nice hooters... =)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: Calimero on November 11, 2010, 07:02:43 PM

How big Owlbears are supposed to be in real life?

Anyhow, very nice paintjob 8)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: bc99 on November 11, 2010, 07:04:28 PM
Can we get a photo lineup of all the owlbears with their makers? These are great.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 11, 2010, 07:25:59 PM
How big Owlbears are supposed to be in real life?

Well actually everytime an owl and a bear breed it's completely random which genes dominate the outcome.

Sometimes it's the owl - making a smaller more feathery owlbear. And sometimes it's the bear.

Can we get a photo lineup of all the owlbears with their makers? These are great.

Yup! I've got a few more to do before the final "family shot". But I'll get around to it.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: bc99 on November 11, 2010, 07:26:59 PM
Awesome sir, would love to game this board! Great inspiration.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: dijit on November 11, 2010, 09:58:29 PM
How big Owlbears are supposed to be in real life?

Anyhow, very nice paintjob 8)

Well that would also depend on whether it's the European or the North American variety.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: Doug ex-em4 on November 11, 2010, 10:24:41 PM
Has anyone filmed or even observed the mating ritual involved in owl/bear cross-breeding? I vaguely remember a David Attenborough programme touching on it briefly but, then again, maybe it was Spike Milligan. Is it more likely to be male owl and female bear or vice versa.

Doug

Ps Wonderful models and a fascinating project. Can't wait to see them all.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: rob_alderman on November 11, 2010, 10:53:52 PM
Thorbjorn, this is coming along excellently!

I am really loving all of these owlbears, I wonder how I could shoehorn them into flintloque.

Perhaps they could be Native Amerkians!  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: YPU on November 11, 2010, 11:25:28 PM
Rob, that actually sounds pretty darn awesome. But I might be influenced here by Thorbjorns work.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 13, 2010, 03:39:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FflPp1gQGm8
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: Thantsants on November 13, 2010, 08:06:52 PM
Are we to take it you can sing as well as paint and make amazing gaming boards!?  ;)

I thought rhyming later with femur was particularly inspired!

Ooooooh, oooooooooohhhhh!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 13, 2010, 08:15:58 PM
Are we to take it you can sing as well as paint and make amazing gaming boards!?  ;)

I thought rhyming later with femur was particularly inspired!

Ooooooh, oooooooooohhhhh!

"Oooh" indeed. I'm glad he didn't given the randy owlbear impression... Haha!

God Bless America!  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: Thantsants on November 13, 2010, 08:25:01 PM
Oooh yeah - that would be bad...  :o
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 11/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 15, 2010, 10:43:02 AM
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TOEOCHzhY-I/AAAAAAAACcM/NrtdTYqVpOE/s912/P1180292.JPG)

Phew... I'm done painting owls and owlbears for now. I forgot to paint the mouth of one of them,... but I'll get it done eventually.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 15/11*
Post by: Argonor on November 15, 2010, 11:09:18 AM
Did you use some drybrushing on all those Owlbears, or are they all layered? If layered, you seriously have too much time on your hands...  :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 15/11*
Post by: dijit on November 15, 2010, 12:16:53 PM
Exceptionally well painted Thorbjørn! Looking so much forwards to playing this in a few weeks time.
Duncan
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *More owlbears! 15/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 18, 2010, 12:32:12 PM
Made some wound markers (primarily for the vikings):

(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TOUcPnR7gbI/AAAAAAAACdk/7v5P96pL9eE/s912/P1180316.JPG)


Wargames Factory zulu chopped to pieces..
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: YPU on November 18, 2010, 01:34:14 PM
Finally A good use for the things!  lol

Seriously tough that will make the battlefield look al the more gory.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: Argonor on November 19, 2010, 07:02:09 AM
Hmmm... my participation in Horisont is beginning to lo look a little doubtful. I have some weird injury in my left heel (it started out of nowhere Monday when walking out from a meeting at work) that hurts like h...., and makes me limp in a way that has started causing me back problems.  :(

I'm staying home today and trying to get an appointment with my GP to get it checked.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: dijit on November 19, 2010, 08:50:15 AM
Hmmm... my participation in Horisont is beginning to lo look a little doubtful. I have some weird injury in my left heel (it started out of nowhere Monday when walking out from a meeting at work) that hurts like h...., and makes me limp in a way that has started causing me back problems.  :(

I'm staying home today and trying to get an appointment with my GP to get it checked.
Ahh Nils, that's really not good! You could always just say 'it's only a flesh wound!' ;) Let's just hope it clears up in the next week or so - God bedring!
Duncan
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 19, 2010, 09:59:42 AM
Hmmm... my participation in Horisont is beginning to lo look a little doubtful. I have some weird injury in my left heel (it started out of nowhere Monday when walking out from a meeting at work) that hurts like h...., and makes me limp in a way that has started causing me back problems.  :(

I'm staying home today and trying to get an appointment with my GP to get it checked.

Well, as part of the orchestration behind the event I'm beginning to surpass surprise and disappointment in these matters. We always expect a 1/10 drop out. With 70 people signed up, we have some way to go yet.

But as far as I can see you have never signed up?  So it's really no problem :)
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: Argonor on November 19, 2010, 12:58:43 PM
Well, as part of the orchestration behind the event I'm beginning to surpass surprise and disappointment in these matters. We always expect a 1/10 drop out. With 70 people signed up, we have some way to go yet.

But as far as I can see you have never signed up?  So it's really no problem :)

Yes I did, and I also paid - I'm listed on the participants list on Powerfist. At least the last time I checked. You're confused again!  lol

But I might get over the problem during next week - I went to the GP today and was told it was what google translates into 'tenosynovitis' (seneskedehindebetændelse in Danish), and I got a precription for some pills to kill the inflammation. I never knew you could get that in the foot  :o


EDIT: Yes - I'm number 45 on the list  >:D
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: dijit on November 19, 2010, 04:21:59 PM
no idea what that is in either danish or english! It doesn't sound nice anyway - let's hope you can make it.
Duncan
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 19, 2010, 04:33:30 PM
Yes I did, and I also paid - I'm listed on the participants list on Powerfist. At least the last time I checked. You're drunk again!  lol

Oh there you go with the alcohol card again - I must say that I don't find it funny...
My mistake was due to this mistake: I thought your real name was something else.

'tenosynovitis' (seneskedehindebetændelse in Danish)

Oh dear God! Will you be eating through a tube then?
(isn't seneskedehindebetændelse called tendovaginitis?)

EDIT: Yes - I'm number 45 on the list  >:D

Indeed. I shall see to it.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: Anpu on November 20, 2010, 10:26:40 AM
Tendosynovites is a inflammation of the fluid inside the sheath of the tendon which I gather is what he is affected by. Tendovaginitis is an inflammation of the sheath essentially they are one and the same. (Getting some use from being an out of work physiotherapist at last ;) ) Anyway you can get it wherever the tendons are long and need a protective sheath as they slide over other anatomical structures.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: Argonor on November 20, 2010, 02:35:18 PM
Well, I walk almost normally, again, thanks to something I suspect of being strong rheumatism medicine (I was told not to use any other drugs alongside it), and some stretching.

If things develop the right way, I should still land the dropship in Esbjerg Friday evening.

With my camera. And maybe bringing a Strange Aeons scenario, if I feel I have the time to pack it, and the energy to run it.

About the medical lingo, I have no clue as to what things are called other than what online translators can do for me - been out of University for almost 20 years, and have no proper da-en dictionaries other than 'Goldendale's' which are not worth taking out from the shelf.

Google doesn't even seem to recognize the word 'tendosynovites' - not that I doubt it to be correct, just that some jerk probably misspelled it when giving it into the translator...

OK. Back on topic.

With the owlbears and wound markers completed, do you have it all ready, now? Or will you be frantically painting up somthing during next week?
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Body parts! 18/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 24, 2010, 10:03:25 PM
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TO2Kw3SYgMI/AAAAAAAACi0/uqWR-Qlt8E8/s640/P1180404.JPG)
Roman testudo!

Very nearly finished with this project. Hope to paint the nests, church and gravestones tomorrow. And then into the void!

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Roman testudo! 24/11*
Post by: Jaeger on November 24, 2010, 10:48:38 PM
Very nicely done.

This is going to be one wacky game.  :D

/Jaeger
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Roman testudo! 24/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 25, 2010, 10:58:40 AM
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TO5A2VQrTaI/AAAAAAAACjU/tQ2hFwTPQ00/s912/P1180408.JPG)


Table done!

Streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: phreedh on November 25, 2010, 11:36:53 AM
For a moment I thought you'd misspelled "ruined".  :o
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: dijit on November 25, 2010, 11:42:24 AM
Looks great Thorbjørn, looking forwards to seeing it. Do the runes say anything?
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 25, 2010, 11:53:02 AM
Looks great Thorbjørn, looking forwards to seeing it. Do the runes say anything?

Yes it's part of the ancient viking band Black Sabbath's "Valhalla"
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: dijit on November 25, 2010, 12:12:49 PM
Yes it's part of the ancient viking band Black Sabbath's "Valhalla"
lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: AndrewBeasley on November 27, 2010, 09:44:51 AM
For a moment I thought you'd misspelled "ruined".  :o

You're lucky - I read it three times and being dyslexic it reads ruined  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: Doomhippie on November 27, 2010, 11:44:54 AM
...and I have to attend my mother-in-law's birthday   >:(

Seeing such a nice table and learning more about the truth behind cool bands makes me feel rather annoyed by that...
Oh, well, she's a nice lady and I'll try to be all nice and supportive. Anyway, I wish you guys the best of luck and have lots of fun.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 29, 2010, 01:29:31 PM
...and I have to attend my mother-in-law's birthday   >:(

Seeing such a nice table and learning more about the truth behind cool bands makes me feel rather annoyed by that...
Oh, well, she's a nice lady and I'll try to be all nice and supportive. Anyway, I wish you guys the best of luck and have lots of fun.

What can I say. You need not worry. The game was a total flop...


...as I constantly had people who wanted to play and took all my gaming time! I was even forced to bring it to Tactica now. Muahaha!
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: knoxville on November 29, 2010, 02:06:58 PM
Rules are way too complicated to memorize. For every damn action you need to consult a million tables with modifiers. The table was too small and didn't offer any space for complex maneuvres. At least the miniatures and terrain were OK.









You see, Danes are not the only ones good at lying  lol


Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on November 29, 2010, 02:26:02 PM
Haha!  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on November 30, 2010, 08:37:02 AM
It really bugs me that I missed this board, and event :(
Its highly inspiring piece of terrain, Thorbjörn :)

/S
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears *Tactica photos! 20/2/2011*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on February 20, 2011, 12:06:05 PM
Just a short threadomancy message:

A huge thank you to all the players who had a game with me at the short time I had at the Tactica and to the arrangers of the Tactica.

There were a lot who took pictures, and I hope that some of them will find their way to this thread.

Especially the game with the Future instalment was funny I think.  lol

I hope to get the Vikings to new frontiers during 2011, I'm even considering Crisis and Gubspel Galore but it all depends.

Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears *Tactica photos! 20/2/2011*
Post by: Dhark on February 21, 2011, 02:55:03 PM
A huge thank you to all the players who had a game with me at the short time I had at the Tactica and to the arrangers of the Tactica.

There were a lot who took pictures, and I hope that some of them will find their way to this thread.

Especially the game with the Future instalment was funny I think.  lol

I hope to get the Vikings to new frontiers during 2011, I'm even considering Crisis and Gubspel Galore but it all depends.
Ask, and Ye Shall Receive!
I just searched the Internet for your rule-set and found this thread. I am the guy with the red shirt and we played the future setting and it was awesome. Actually you made me buy a couple of artizan Vikings on the Tactica ;) I want to make a table and play the game in my gaming club with a lot of mead or beer. Thanks for the great Game! Cheers.

And here are the pictures:
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Urgrub/110219%20Tactica/DSCF0621.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Urgrub/110219%20Tactica/DSCF0624.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Urgrub/110219%20Tactica/DSCF0625.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Urgrub/110219%20Tactica/DSCF0628.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Urgrub/110219%20Tactica/DSCF0630.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Urgrub/110219%20Tactica/DSCF0634.jpg)

And the Vikings you made me buy (on the wooden board, ignore the other stuff):
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Urgrub/110219%20Tactica/DSCF0650.jpg)

If you have any written rules, I would love to get them, so we could play this lovely game.
EDIT: Just found the rules on page 8 in this Thread. Thanks

I hope we meet again!

Dhark
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: Dr. The Viking on February 21, 2011, 06:27:47 PM
Haha!

The internet is great.  :o

I'm happy to see that people are getting the hang of true Viking history.  ;)

(Although calling what I use a rules set is almost offending to... other rules sets!)

You guys were very Viking about the whole game I'd say. Really funny to be a games master in that game.  lol
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: Ljadas on February 21, 2011, 08:57:48 PM
Oh holy gamemaster! I was the girl next to the boy with the red shirt lol To give my 50 Cents:

I am starting to worship your game. Indeed, it was my first "table top" game I've played. I watched a couple of times when my boyfriend was playing infinity or warhammer 40k and everytime it was boring and confusing. So I got really frightend as I was requested to play as the third party member. I saw a lot of numbers and dices in my mind.
Mercifully after 1 minute of your rule explanations I got excited :D No dices! No tables! Easy rules. I fall in love with your setting and your figures. You're a very good game master (as well as a painter) and everytime I asked myself again what happens next?! I like the role playing character of the game very much!

So my boyfriend and I, we ask ourselves and discuss since 2 days how to "copy" and modify your game. As Dhark said, we bought some vikings the same day. One idea is, to add the very small tanks from "flames of war" as a funny element to the list of enemies. Imagine two littleputian isles having a World War (or better Isle War). The Vikings arrive at one of the both islands. The crew of the tanks think the arriving giants are some kind of Wunderwaffe of the enemy island. One other idea is to settle Zombies on the coast. We'll see how far we come and if you like it we can poste our work here o_o For the futere we hope that you come up with more ideas and getting more and more worshippers like us.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: matakishi on February 21, 2011, 10:15:26 PM
Good work Thorbjørn you've hooked a couple more people and turned them into 'historical' gamers  lol
I'm glad your game was such a success and that you're planning to spread your genius to more shows.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: Bloodysword on February 22, 2011, 12:43:38 PM
There's girls at gaming conventions?  Post more pictures and I would love to hear about a set of rules with no dice, that a girl who has never played a mini-game could pick up and get excited about in under ten minutes.  Great job.
Title: Re: Vikings vs. Owlbears (Horisont II project) *Table runed! 25/11*
Post by: thebinmann on February 23, 2011, 10:32:42 PM
Some mini-me support for the Owlbears:

http://www.microworldgames.com/popup_image.php?pID=197

(they're 6mm)