A Tilean Campaign

[Padrissimus]

With that in mind, I hope I can tell you a story I read in a book called "White Gold" about Barbary Corsairs capturing slaves from Northern Europe (by Giles Milton) ...

There was once a tyrannical and cruel sultan (of Fez or Marakech perhaps, can't recall exactly). He ordered his slaves to build a huge and long wall between two palaces. Dig the required materials, bake the clay-like bricks, and build the wall. It took a LONG time. When it was  completed he ordered the slaves to destroy it completely, pulling down the wall and grinding the bricks back into dust. That was HARD work. Then he ordered them to build it again exactly as it was before in exactly the same place. A very brave courtier (the sultan had a habit of testing the sharpness of his blade on random courtiers' necks!) asked him why he had done so. The sultan honoured him with an answer: "When you have rats in a sack you have to keep shaking it, otherwise they will gnaw their way out!"

[Padrissimus]

How do you build an undead army? Well, first you collect the bones, and while you are there, why not get some other stuff too ...

[scatterbrains]

Hahah, picking up spare parts, hilarious!

[Padrissimus]

@ Scatterbrains: The undead view a graveyard in the same way you and I would view a bits box!

Here are some pics that are from my brand new story ...

The Sartosans march out, part 1 ...











(Part 2 tomorrow. But if you want to read a story that has had some very kind comments, then go to ... http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=100890#p100890 )

[Legion1963]

Indeed. What excellent stuff. The photos are mega inspiring. The time that has gone into them must be beyond the 'wow-factor'. On top of that i really like the style of your painting. Love it. keep it up. ;-)

[Padrissimus]

Thanks muchly Legion1963 (I believe you must be 4 years older than me).

Here are the rest of the pirate army leaving Luccini pictures ...

[Padrissimus]

Here are some pictures from the subsequent battle (played by me and one of my campaigners on Thursday eve). This is the moment some peasants decided to join General Marsilio's desperate charge against the dwarf pirates sneaking up on the camp's flank ...

[WuZhuiQiu]

Do you have a picture of the goblin crew?

[Padrissimus]

Yes! I will post them up when I can get to my computer.

[Padrissimus]

Do you have a picture of the goblin crew?

Here are the goblin pirates on deployment at the start of the game ...



And here's a short sequence showing the moment a cannon took out part of the earthwork defences in front of them, when Captain Bagnam Farq stepped forward to take a shot with his (magical) pistol at the fleeing wizard Lord Ercole ...







Here's the post I made on the kitbashing of the plastic goblins to turn them into pirate gobbos, showing also the four unit fillers I made for them ... http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=120442.msg1510580#msg1510580

I never took separate pictures of the metal pirate gobbos I got from 'Treps' but if you want I could dig them out and take a shot or two.

[Padrissimus]

Back to some older campaign photos. Here is the moment that two Compagnia del Sole soldiers who had fled the Battle of the Princes were discovered by a company of Pavonan halberdiers ...

(Starting close, then panning out!)

[Neunfinger]

Really cool

[Padrissimus]

Prince Girenzo of Trantio leads his little relief force out to join the Compagnia del Sole mercenaries he has contracted so that they can face the Pavonans together in battle ...

[Padrissimus]

A proclamation of holy war is delivered by the Arch-Lector of the Church of Morr ...

[scatterbrains]

Hah it was you! Why did you flee the battle of the Princes?