The Black Order - All Things End

[Blackwolf]

Beautiful  :- And you took these photos with your phone,amazing work

[Ultravanillasmurf]

They are amazing.

[Knight-Captain Tyr]

Thanks a bunch chaps, really appreciate it

Blackwolf - yep, phone camera for now, I found that switching it to 'manual' and playing around with the settings actually results in better pics, oddly.

Yes, it’s very good    Is that ‘the salt method’, or just cunning stippling?

It's just stippling/sponge weathering! The salt method is brilliant but was a bit too time-intensive for my purposes. I'm going to do a tutorial on the weathering I use fairly soon if interested.

I've been missing gaming a LOT this lockdown - so I've been looking at other gaming systems (as one does) and discovered Oathmark. After some to-ing and fro-ing I decided I'd try it out and bought both the rulebook and the Oathbreakers supplement.

Have to give props to Mr. McCullough, as I got the kind of excitement rush I haven't had since I opened up the WHFB rulebook and paged through as an eager 10 year old. It's a really nicely laid out set of rules, and the kingdom-building and campaign rules look fantastic. Mechanically, it isn't as streamlined or as wonderfully balanced as Kings of War, but it looks like it'll suit me perfectly for when I don't want to run a huge mass battle (KoW) or a small commando raid (Vanguard). It feels like a really good system for 1000pt games (sort of the six-seven units a side kind of level).

Anyway, it got me enthused enough I started messing around with a map straight away. I wanted to portray a distant province of the Black Order's military domain, a region conquered within the past generation and seeing cultural dynamics shift - so I figured leaving the original, indigenous old Norse place-names for geographical features and areas but adding new, Slavic names for settlements seemed a good way to portray that.

Without further ado:

[Ogrob]

Lovely. As I said, building Kingdoms and the campaign-style play is my favourite part of Oathmark. It's so easy to get something evocative like this map from the game.

[Pattus Magnus]

Beautiful artwork, as always! I had a similar rush when I read through Oathmark, it was immediately a game I wanted to start playing. Developing kingdoms and painting figures with Oathmark in mind has become my main hobby focus since early summer.

I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with using Oathmark- your work based on KoW and Vanguard has been exceptional!

[Hupp n at em]

It's just stippling/sponge weathering! The salt method is brilliant but was a bit too time-intensive for my purposes. I'm going to do a tutorial on the weathering I use fairly soon if interested.

Count me among the interested.    I must confess I didn't have much interest in Oathmark but the more I keep hearing about it, the more it seems I owe it a look-see. 

[BZ]

Count me among the interested.    I must confess I didn't have much interest in Oathmark but the more I keep hearing about it, the more it seems I owe it a look-see. 

Me too!

[Little Odo]

This thread is so inspiring - so much eye candy on here. I really like the map too - what software did you use to create it?

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice map.

[Knight-Captain Tyr]

Thanks chaps. Must say, being able to engage with fellow hobbyists here and on social media is keeping the hobby alive for me at the minute. Really helps to see other people's works and get inspired in turn.

This thread is so inspiring - so much eye candy on here. I really like the map too - what software did you use to create it?

Inkarnate! It's a free piece of software with a paid version that's not necessary unless you want to get really into it. www.inkarnate.com , I think. I do use the paid version but I got a yearly subscription, and it's covered me for a huge range of games. Plus it's just satisfying making maps, oddly.

Next completion. I had a 'redux' in mind for the knight-captain leading the Black Order, and thought I'd experiment with some different approaches to metals for this guy. Enter Ludovic Tyr (reposed and re-themed):

[BZ]

Absolutely amazing! The red book is a very nice gimmick!

[Little Odo]

Absolutely amazing! The red book is a very nice gimmick!

Agreed, that little detail of the book really sets off the miniature as something extra-special.

And, thanks for the link to the map software.

[Ogrob]

He looks absolutely excellent. You do battle-worn and weathered so well.

[AKULA]

Ludovic looks the part.

I’m always impressed by the weathering on your armour

 

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Very nice.

That book provides a splash of colour.