tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876251664049760632024-02-06T21:45:58.605-08:00Magus MiniaturesHepplethwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260667732787589166noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187625166404976063.post-35848694316576308072018-05-20T07:03:00.001-07:002018-05-20T07:03:03.213-07:00Nothing Much Happening on the Western Front<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The title says it all. Chock-a-block in the middle of exams so not much getting done. Still, little progress is better than no progress.<br />
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In this case the progress materializes itself in the form of a new halftrack for my AhDom (space Nazis).<br />
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A nice little mobile HQ for the squad...<br />
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And a little bit of cover for advancing over open ground.</div>
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Now, this may be the time for a little back story on the Ahrian Dominate.<br />
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I have no idea where they came from, or "<i>From Whence They Came</i>" as we like to put it in English... :)<br />
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They are, however, definitely<i> here</i>, (not Heer) and they aren't moving.<br />
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Due to their rather radical approach, they have alienated themselves from many other space going societies. They learnt quickly that they would have to change tack if their nation was to survive.<br />
Although they are slowly getting better on the diplomacy, most of their contact with other nations is through their many and diverse military wings.<br />
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Most advanced technology in the galaxy seems new to the AhDom, and they are eagerly busy incorporating new discoveries into the Wehrmacht. Even so, many of their military forces are still ill equipped with almost obsolete weaponry. Due to the lack of modern equipment, the AhDom Wehrmacht has learnt to make do with what they have.<br />
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The many assorted wings of the Wehrmacht will be discussed in more detail at a later stage, however, the concept of the strange anomaly, the Werwolf Garrison Armies needs to be described here and now.<br />
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Relatively early in the emergence of the AhDom as a military power within the Determinate, it became clear to Werhmacht high command that they simply did not have enough man-power to wage a war of conquest against other highly advanced space-faring nations. In true 1945-fashion, high command came up with an ingenious and most importantly impressive-sounding solution that would indiscriminately waste the little resources they had available to them.<br />
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This was the creation of "Werwolf" Garrison Armies. The idea was to distribute forces to underpopulated areas of enemy held worlds where they would be able to lurk and cause fear and mayhem behind enemy lines until the time was right for the Werwolf to transform and wage full blown total war upon their enemies. In this way, the AhDom laid claim to vast areas of space by "Garrisoning" key planets with Werwolf armies.<br />
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Werwolf Armies were almost always undermanned and underequipped even by AhDom standards, and spent most of their time hiding away from local authorities. Occasionally a Werwolf Army would receive air-drops of equipment, orders, or reinforcements, however most of the time, they were left to their own devices.<br />
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The only recorded successful "transformation" of a Werwolf Army and the subsequent capture of a planet happened on the small world of Squathe. This world was made a satrapy of the AhDom and the nation was renamed as the Kruger Frei-staat. This small victory encouraged AhDom high command now end...<br />
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Oh, and lest I forget, I finished up three little Fallschirmjagers... more about them later.<br />
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JoshuaHepplethwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260667732787589166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187625166404976063.post-15446111087084532742018-05-11T08:06:00.004-07:002018-05-11T08:06:52.634-07:00Deutschland Deutschland uber alles...I like Germany in theory (having never been there myself). And, while not being a fan of a specific ideology commonly associated with dearest Deutschland, I am in fact, a fan of said ideologies military aesthetic.<br />
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That being said, a few years ago, I purchased a bunch of Warlord Games German Panzergrenadiers and Halftracks, most excellent products I must add. However, in typical me fashion, after painting only three models I became distracted with another nefarious project. However, the acquiring of those models was good money well spent as they proved useful for conversions for many other sci-fi projects.<br />
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So after establishing how much I love Warlord Games and all their assorted goodies, and taking into account how much I have enjoyed these plastic Germans, I decided to take the plunge and buy some more. However...!!!<br />
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This would not be a frivolous purchase! I had to prove to myself that I could (and possibly would) paint them. So with no further ado, I whipped out the last sad bedraggled remains of the old grenadiers sprues and whipped up a squad. It did help my motivation that I had already planned out a background for them as well as faction background. You see, these weren't any sort of Nazis, they were space Nazis! Now before everyone dies from sheer amazement, no, they do not look it. (Even space Nazis need grunt level troops...)<br />
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Seeing that they were from Warlord Games, and so are my minis for Beyond the Gates of Antares (the ruleset I use for pretty much everything), it was perfectly natural for me to want to use them in the same setting. Therefore I created a (very unofficial) new faction for Antares, known as the Ahrian Dominate (AhDom for short).<br />
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More information on AhDom may or may not follow eventually in another post.<br />
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But now onto the crux of the matter... the miniatures. I indeed managed to surprise myself by painting up the models that I had set out to do (for once!), and I have decided for further motivation (and a sad lack of other content) to do a post on them.<br />
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Right off the metaphorical bat is a five man squad with STG44s (Although they will be SG-somethingsomething else in Antares).<br />
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Then we have a little sniper team... not sure why he's using a KAR98K in the happy sunshine of the far future but eh...<br />
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Then the most interesting and worst photographed pair, an LMG team... The chap with the MG42 has a greenstuffed mask and generator/backpack thing... note that I did the conversion years ago when Konflikt '47 was first released. Interestingly he was the inspiration to do any of this in the first place...<br />
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Here we go, all nine of them! Suitable for tabletop use...<br />
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And best of all, this allows me to go ahead and purchase some new minis!<br />
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That's all for now, with hopefully a couple of further posts in the near darkness of the bright future...<br />
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Mild apologies for the rambling, hopefully more organized next time...<br />
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Thank you for reading!<br />
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After a failed raid on the Ducal outpost of Noxdown, (<a href="https://magusminiaturesmiddenarde.blogspot.co.za/2018/04/the-new-argentina-campaign-02-noxdown.html" target="_blank">found here</a>), the surviving elements of the Pale Hand organization lead by the notorious Alskandr De Chemy and troopers from the Old Kalitzfornian Army (OKA) withdrew to their main base: the farm known as New Argentina.<br />
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There they were joined by some eldar mercenaries contracted by De Chemy to bolster the resistance's ailing numbers. De Chemy knew that the days were numbered before an all out Ducal assault on the farm. The wise thing to do right now would be to withdraw and scatter his forces to continue on fighting a war of subterfuge and ambushes. However, the his forces morale was critically low after their defeat at Noxdown, and his numbers were greater than ever before. Therefore he decided to do the unexpected. He would fortify New Argentina, and prepare to weather the Kalitzfornian storm...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The assembled KNB forces arrayed for inspection. Notice the Duchess herself in the foreground accompanied by two of her children.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Duchess Fenja Evitae:</u></b> The last time the KNB attempted an assault upon the rebel forces, a disaster insued... Tell me, Mr Veladaunt, can you insure that that will not happen a second time?<br />
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<b><u>MnC Veladaunt:</u></b> Ma'am, no plan survives contact with the enemy... But even so, I believe that we can win the day!<br />
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<b><u>Duchess Fenja Evitae:</u></b> Yes, yes, I know my Rommel... But winning the day isn't everything you know...<br />
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<b><u>Lady Colette:</u></b> Last time we didn't have the Octaver with our forces. Hopefully he and Buddy will be able to turn the tide of battle...<br />
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<b><u>Lord-Admiral Henry:</u></b> (beaming) And of course we have our little surprise as well!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Introducing: Lord-Admiral Henry (far left), Duchess Fenja (left centre), Lady Colette (opposite Veladaunt) and then the Octaver (far right) and his drone "Buddy". The Octaver and Buddy are members of the elite Kalitzfornian Special Forces.</td></tr>
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The battle would begin with a Kalitzfornian bombing run...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Kalitzfornian multi-purpose carrier begins its bombing run on the rebel positions. Lacking anti-air capabilities, the OKA and Pale Hand forces can only hunker down and pray...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bombs were not the only things dropped as a homing beacon lands by the farmhouse, temporarily shielded by a smoke screen.</td></tr>
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The Ducal forces advance in the wake of the bombing, hoping to catch their foes in disarray. They are, however, going to be disappointed...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"For Kalitzfornia, the Duchy, and the Duchess!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A frognaught heavy weapons team cut down their Ducal counterparts with ease...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">However, the enemy infantry return fire, killing a frognaught and pinning the team.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disaster! Mr Veladaunt is hit by eldar mercenaries and goes down! </td></tr>
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With their commander fallen as a casualty, the Kalitzfornian forces begin to falter...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rebels gain confidence with an OKA assault squad moving up from the defensive line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just in time! The Octaver and his faithful drone, Buddy teleport in next to the homing beacon! Can the Ducal Special Forces save the day?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The situation looks grim for the Duchy as two askari fall afoul of the eldar and their needle guns!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The surviving askari stands no chance as the OKA assault team closes to melee.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally! The frognaught anchoring the northern position in the Pale Hand defensive line is taken out by the KNB!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Octaver advances from behind the smoke screen and opens fire upon the OKA rifle team... Buddy follows suite with devastating effect! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tide begins to turn...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The OKA assault team, fresh from their victory against the askari, square up with an KNB squad.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In a blur of action both sides launch themselves at each other. The OKA assault team is slaughtered in the brutal melee that ensues... A first in the campaign!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, a band of Pale Hand henchmen charge a depleted KNB squad. Both sides fight with a fury but in the end, the henchmen prevail... However, the sole survivor is overwhelmed by the experience and wanders off in a blood soaked daze.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Octaver and Buddy continue their rampage behind enemy lines, taking out one of the eldar mercs from behind!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">De Chemy steps out from beside a tent with his specially modded laser pistol and scores a lucky hit against Buddy. The loyal drone is out of the fight!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grimacing in rage, the Octaver charges forward at the remaining eldar, finally emerging victorious after a protracted bout of fisticuffs with the mercenaries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The battle is over... the dead litter the field... At long last De Chemy and the Octaver square off.</td></tr>
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<b><u>The Octaver:</u></b> Surrender! Its useless to fight on! You've lost... even now Ducal reinforcements are on their way. Give up already!<br />
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<b><u>De Chemy:</u></b> (with a bitter sneer) Fine... You've one this time, but I'm not done with you and your little Duchy! Oh no... You'll see... one day!<br />
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With that De Chemy drops the flashbang grenade that he had been fiddling with and in the ensuing confusion manage to escape to his car...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I'll get them! One of these day!"</td></tr>
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Soon after, the Ducal reinforcements arrive to secure the farm. Lord-Admiral Henry and Lady Colette arrive by teleporter to survey the field of battle...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"By the gods! This is a mess!" - Lord Henry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"And to think that it was all for one stupid little farm..." - Lady Colette</td></tr>
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<b><u>Lord-Admiral Henry:</u></b> (frowning) Mum will<i><u> NOT</u></i> be pleased.<br />
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This concludes the final episode of The New Argentina Campaign.<br />
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I hope everyone reading this enjoyed. This last one was a little less text heavy. The amount of text will probably vary from post to post.<br />
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To conclude, I have other campaigns in the w(orks) which shall hopefully crop up sometime. I am also planning to put in some rambling posts as well as possibly some background here and there.<br />
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However a warning should be put out that I am liable to chop and change universes now and again (I juggle both this universe and another sci-fi one in Beyond the Gates of Antares)...<br />
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But I digress...<br />
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Thank you for reading!<br />
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Regards,<br />
Joshua<br />
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<br />Hepplethwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260667732787589166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187625166404976063.post-62956637162257137002018-04-15T03:22:00.002-07:002018-04-15T03:22:47.410-07:00The New Argentina Campaign: 02. The Noxdown RaidBefore we begin, lets quickly recap the events that transpired in the previous post. Firstly, elements of the Kalitzfornian Naval Brigade (KNB) assaulted a camp of Old Kalitzfornian Army (OKA) members and where in turn routed in a most costly and embarrassing show of inefficiency.<br />
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Meanwhile the OKA officers came to the realisation that they simply did not have the numbers to turn the tide of this little war, even with such victories like the one at Sodden Rump. They were in need of allies... and fast.<br />
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This hopefully brings us up to speed. If you missed the last post it is <a href="https://magusminiaturesmiddenarde.blogspot.co.za/2018/04/the-new-argentina-campaign-01-skirmish.html" target="_blank">here</a> .<br />
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For those of you that spend your time doodling or ogling the girls in the front row during you misadventures in the Ducal School of Geography, the establishment of Noxdown may sound unfamiliar. It was, in past times that we shall no longer dwell on, a logging camp for those deranged fools who decided to make chopping wood in Sodden Rump Forest their profession (the wood is mostly rotted due to the strange damp conditions that permeate the area). After suffering several years of abandonment by the locals, the place was semi-refurbished by the (New) Duchy of Kalitzfornia as a forward base for the KNB and as a barracks for the askaris.<br />
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As it was, the establishment was freshly stocked up on ammunitions, not to mention all sorts of interesting and potentially useful information. It also just so happened to be the temporary HQ of the KNB! In all, this place seems just too good of a raiding opportunity for OKA to pass down.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aerial view of Noxdown (colourised circa. 8120 Merchants Calendar ).</td></tr>
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The presence of the OKA camp nearby at Sodden Rump was in fact not there by accident. OKA had caught wind of a raid being scheduled by a shady organisation called the "Pale Hand" on the facility. They of course offered any support they could, even going so far as to suggest a joint operation. Although OKA had its reservations as to the long term feasibility of such an alliance with what appeared to be common bandits, they soon put aside those feelings after meeting with the "Hand" himself. Lo and behold the Pale Hand was run by none other than Alskandr De Chemy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old picture of De Chemy with a sidekick from the good old days of grim darkness.</td></tr>
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This was an alliance that could possibly work!<br />
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The skirmish at Sodden Rump proved a good (if unplanned) diversion as two squads of KNB were sent out on a patrol from Noxdown to recover what they could from the battlefield as soon as the news arrived. This lead to the Noxdown garrison being woefully undermanned.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Noxdown garrison forces comprised of an askari squad, an askari light support team and none other than the KNB's commander in chief, the Master and Commander himself, Mr Veladaunt!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">De Chemy's raiding force included a squad of Pale Hand henchmen (left) and a frognaught light support team (right).</td></tr>
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A quick note on different races native to the planet of Phobia. In addition to humans, there is a dwindling race of amphibious beings known as frognaughts by the authorities. They have largely been oppressed and driven out of their ancestral ponds. This would lead to them developing a race-wide oppositional defiance disorder against the human government often leading them to join illegal organisations such as the Pale Hand.<br />
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(A quick side note to the side note. The organisation of the Pale Hand had been banned in the Old Kalitzfornia and classed as a terrorist organisation therefore giving some logic behind OKA's initial misgivings. In the new Kalitzfornia they continue on with their usual behaviour leading to them again being banned. But that is all, as one says, history.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Askaris at Noxdown on watch after news of the debacle at Sodden Rump.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master and Commander Veladaunt brooding on the defeat.</td></tr>
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<b><u>MnC Veladaunt:</u></b> <i>(moping around and grumbling)</i> Damn it! I want to shoot something!<br />
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<b><u>Noxdown Engineer:</u></b> Be careful what you wish for...<br />
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<b><u>MnC Veladaunt:</u></b> <i>(glowering and muttering under his breath)</i> I'll even settle for shooting you...<br />
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<b><u>Noxdown Engineer:</u></b> Yeah, hold off on that urge for now. I've just received word from the Central Ducal Security Agency. Some blathering fool from OKA got drunk celebrating their victory at Sodden Rump and spilled the beans.<br />
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<b><u>MnC Veladaunt</u></b>: <i>(not in the mood for games)</i> Well did he clean them up?<br />
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<b><u>Noxdown Engineer:</u></b> <i>(now confused)</i> Sir... We are about to be attacked...<br />
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<b><u>MnC Veladaunt:</u></b> <i>(grinning)</i> Excellent! You there askari! Redeploy that Laser Light Support weapon!<br />
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<u><b>Askari:</b></u> LLS redeploying, Sir!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Askaris quickly redeploy to face the Pale Hand operatives.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pale Hand operatives deploy behind cover.</td></tr>
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Both sides are expecting reinforcements yet no one seems keen on a drawn out engagement. The Pale Hand forces want to claim their objectives and get out before the enemy receives reinforcements and the KNB want revenge!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the frognaught support team move up they come under fire from a plucky unit of askari. De Chemy who is busy sprinting past from one piece of cover to another is momentarily distracted by the firefight and stubs his toe painfully against a rock. </td></tr>
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<i>"Shit! Ow!" - Alskandr De Chemy, Hand of the Pale... Hand, circa. 8120.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gods must be smiling down on the (New) Duchy of Kalitzfornia as a squad of KNB turns up unexpectedly.</td></tr>
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<b><u>MnC Veladaunt:</u></b> Already back from patrol? Blimey, time flies when you are having fun!<i> (slumps back morosely, a hard round whizzing by where his head used to be a moment earlier)</i> You know what else flies? Spaceships... If only we had any...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frognaughts prepare to return fire after taking a hit!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A hit!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pale Hand henchmen advance while they begin to size up the foe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An OKA assault team arrive to support their newfound allies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally! The charge hits home as Pale Hand henchmen overwhelm the askaris defences!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pale Hand troops cut a wedge between the Ducal forces, the way seems clear and its about time to begin moving up on the objectives!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But they had forgotten about MnC Veladaunt and his KNB troopers who with shouts of "Remember Sodden Rump!" launched themselves at the henchmen. Needless to say that the fight was short and brutal leaving the KNB victorious but not unscathed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The frognaughts acquire a new target as KNB troopers look to regroup. Alas, this was not to be and they were cut down in a shower of laser fire.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The askari light support team spots a swathe of pale hair bobbing around in the bushes. They open fire, laser fire tearing into the shrubs. There is a yelp, then a muffled curse... Drat! Hit the bastard but De Chemy still lives!</td></tr>
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With De Chemy wounded and most of the Pale Hand forces in disarray they were forced to withdraw... Although OKA did finally come to the table (quite literally... hehe -ed) in the form of much needed reinforcements, it was the Pale Hand operatives that did most of the fighting (and dying)... Suspicious...<br />
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DUCAL FORCES VICTORIOUS! OKA IN DISARRAY! PALE HAND ENTERS THE FRAY, GETS NOSE BLOODIED! READ ALL ABOUT IT!</h4>
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Meanwhile at the nearby farm of "New Argentina"...</h4>
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<b><u>OKA Lieutenant:</u></b> That defeat was humiliating...<br />
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So again this was a long one... and the next one will hopefully be long as well, however I am promising nothing... haha *insert nervous laughter<br />
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The Duchess, (who had a background in some of the various space corporations that were mentioned earlier - namely, Verdurous Corporate (VerdCorp) ) arrived in the system shortly after Phobia made its phenomenal leap from the grim darkness of the far future to the mildly sunnier side of the near to present. She arrived, along with her cherished daughter and her three sons with a ramshackle fleet of barely space worthy vessels. As it turns out, she had stormed out of VerdCorp after an especially unpleasant divorce. It just so happened that she had been a part of an especially heated (not to mention expensive) corporate tribunal where she had been ousted from her position of Corporate Director, by none other than her husband in a nefarious (but bloodless) coup. He was now CEO of Verdcorp... But at least she got custody of the children! </div>
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Now, upon arriving on Phobia and discovering the Duchy of Kalitzfornia she immediately named herself Duchess and assumed control. The now disposed Duke of Kalitzfornia did not seem so miffed about this sudden change in events, in fact, it is said that he was positively relieved to be rid of the office so he could continue his interests in commerce. That is, of course, another story. </div>
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However, the important thing to note is that the People, or the representatives thereof (most likely the latter, there is a distinct difference) seemed to resent this change. (It most likely didn't have anything to do with the actual circumstances but rather simply change in general). </div>
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Therefore, the People's Representatives (otherwise known as the Old Kalitzfornian Army -- OKA) began what they hoped would be a protracted war of resistance against the Duchess. They even went so far as forming their own political party in the hopes that they would be arrested by the foreign government and thus instantly turning them into martyrs, however sadly (for them) all that happened was that the party, the People's Representatives Party (PRP) simply didn't get any votes... </div>
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The majority of the troops at her disposal were members of the Kalitzfornian Naval Brigade (KNB) who had been reassigned to temporarily acting as the main Kalitzfornian military troops until a formal military could be created (at the time of writing, there is NO Kalitzfornian military, as well as no official fleet...) </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Please note that Admiral Bara'Kuda was later stripped of all lands and titles following the discovery that he had in fact been embezzling Ducal Funds to finance a secret cult within the ranks of the Ducal Navy, known simply as "the Fight Club". There is no information available at this time about the "Fight Club" as no known members are willing to make any comment on it, simply stating that "There is NO Fight Club". As annoying as this is, this kind of behaviour is typical of such unruly fellows, a trait that is not encouraged in the Ducal Navy by any means. The views presented in this article do not represent the actual views of the Ducal Navy and only express the authors opinion. </span></div>
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The first real clash in what is now known as "The New Argentina Campaign" took place in an unremarkable piece of countryside on the fringes of the Sodden Rump Forest. Nobody knows why this forest is known as Sodden Rump, but I can assure you that my researchers in the Ducal University of Saggy Knees are hard at work doing there best to discover the answer. </div>
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What we do know about the skirmish that took place on the fringes of the forest when elements of the Kalitzfornian Naval Brigade and a couple of Ducal Askari Infantry clashed with a small base of OKA troops, was that it was a Ducal Debacle that will live on in the minds of the great military minds of the Duchy as possibly the most embarrassing defeat in their short history (no doubt the KNB when it is at last transferred back to the Navy will attempt to leave this shocking attempt at combat in the Military Records, thus transferring some part of the blame... but we shall have to see.)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The OKA wont back down this easily and prepare for action! A sniper with a ridiculous anti-tank rifle ascends a rickety watch tower hoping to get a better line of sight while an assault team (left) moves off towards the ruins and a rifle team (right) prepares to contest the well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As a KNB squad moves forward, the OKA sniper lines up a shot...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bam! To the great surprise of the KNB squad (and possibly the sniper), a trooper is hit! First Blood to the OKA and the beginning of the disaster for the KNB...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile the rest of the Ducal forces make their way through the woods, sprinting from cover to cover. Then a KNB squaddie trips and falls and the unit is temporarily pinned as they try to get him back on his feet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The OKA rifle team advances behind the cover provided by an overgrown hedgerow, steering towards the well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The OKA sniper sees another opportunity and takes the shot with disastrous consequences for the KNB squad caught momentarily in the open as the squad attempts to get the soldier who tripped back onto his feet. Unfortunately, no amount of coaxing will make that man get up now... or ever again... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile the OKA assault team that has been sneaking towards the objective ends up taking fire from the Ducal forces, however their tough armour combined with the cover provided by the woodland undergrowth will see them through... this time...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OKA troopers moving up on the objective are hit by incoming fire, with one man going down and not getting back up again.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sound the Charge! OKA assault troopers close to melee with their opponents, having faith in their specialist training to see them through.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a bloodbath! Both sides took a casualty and these two fought each other to a standstill, before eventually backing away to catch their breath and reload their weapons.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at the well, the remaining OKA trooper advances praying that his buddy with the anti-tank rifle is watching his back. However, the OKA sniper is not watching the troopers back, he is in fact too busy popping off head shots as he brings down yet another KNB trooper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, maximum disaster strikes as the askari squad try to be useful by charging into combat with the surviving assault trooper! But lo and behold, more DISASTER!</td></tr>
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At this point the askari were hoping to simply mob the lone KNB trooper and pin him down with their weight in numbers, possibly forcing him to break off the combat and flee. Essentially this tactic was sound and might have actually worked if the KNB trooper hadn't simply killed ALL THREE!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In one last ditch attempt to seize the day, the remaining KNB soldier by the well launched himself forward towards the OKA rifleman. Unfortunately that man had excellent reflexes and gunned him down immediately. </td></tr>
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DISASTER STRIKES AT SODDEN RUMP! TREACHEROUS OKA AGENTS AMBUSH DUCAL FORCES! READ ALL ABOUT IT! </h4>
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Thus concludes the first scrap in the minor conflict of The New Argentina Campaign. Serious disaster for the Duchy and a big knock to their burgeoning military confidence. (To be fair OKA <i>wrecked</i> the Ducal forces... the sniper outperforming my highest expectations and the assault trooper going on an unbelievable rampage. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile the OKA forces retire back to their camp, some of them in need of immediate medical attention! The fight went well for them... this time. But even so, there was no way that they could win in a war of attrition... they needed allies...</td></tr>
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To be continued... (next post to be expected sometime in the grim darkness of the far future...)<br />
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Yes I know its a lot... couldn't think of any other ways to do it, although I might have to experiment... Anyways, thanks a lot for reading! If you have any thoughts or suggestions please leave a comment!<br />
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<i>Also I would very much like to welcome both mr airbornegrove26 and to the Governor General (The Duchess sends her regards XD). Both of your blogs are excellent and inspirational! Thank you!</i><br />
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<i></i><i></i><br />Hepplethwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260667732787589166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187625166404976063.post-46855715536154356602018-04-06T09:59:00.001-07:002018-04-06T10:14:52.587-07:00The New Argentina!___________________________________________________________________________________<br />
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Before we begin I would like to draw everyone's attention to something that I said in my last post and that thing is, and I quote : <b><u>That's all for now. More updates are incoming!</u></b><br />
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You see dear readers this was not a lie. More updates were incoming, but nobody said anything about when they were incoming... loophole. But never mind all that. As the title says, this is The New Argentina! </div>
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Year-long waiting for updates promised by some underpaid bureaucrat ( that's me by the way) is a thing of the past! Indeed, monthly if not weekly updates are mandatory in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiEaYpnxkOs" target="_blank">The New Argentina!</a> </div>
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So now finally (and hopefully) this blog can rise out of the ashes like... like a... (Note to self: I should probably say something along the lines of "<i>Rise out of the Ashes like a Rose/ Phoenix/ Something-Else-Poetic" .</i> But no, that would be untrue. Rather...) This blog can rise out of the ashes like a ... reincarnated-undead-roast-chicken! </div>
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Indeed, this is true, for the Duchy of Kalitzfornia is not what it was a year ago... Indeed, much had happened of a nefarious nature, namely, the seeming teleportation of the entire planet of Phobia into another galaxy. No longer are the vast tracts of space ruled by some great imperium, nor is the grim darkness of the far future explored by traders gone rogue. No, this galaxy appears to be under the influence of myriad great space corporations who oversee the colonization of worlds and the extraction of resources. But of all this, the inhabitants of Phobia know very little... yet something seemed to brighten for them... an ever so slight lifting of the grim darkness. That was, of course, not to last, and the little Duchy of Kalitzfornia was about to be in for a big surprise. The Duchy, was about to acquire... a Duchess... </div>
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So here we are with our third Rogue Trader inspired update showcasing two more conversions. We have on our left, the Kalitzfornian sniper and to the right there is a renegade techpriest. </div>
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So the techpriest was made from a Foundry peasant kind of nobleman guy. I used a multitude of parts, from a Mantic Games power fist, some chains (mechandrites) from Brettonian peasants, bits and bobs from Warlord Games Germans, GW chaos cultist and finally, a spring from my fencing epee... which most likely shouldn't have been removed... but... y'know... ;D<br />
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He was a bit of a menace to do... but he'll do as some sort of non high-level member of the Adeptus Mechanicus, or the Kalitzfornian copy-cat version of that most esteemed institution. <br />
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The sniper was an easier conversion, but still not easy. You see, this model was originally a halberdiers-man. So amongst everything else I had to kind of remove his halberd and switch it for a GW Kroot rifle minus stupid spiky bits. The original thought for this model was that he was going to be a heavy weapons specialist, but seeing that the Dutchy of Kalitzfornia is rather broke, he ended up with a lame anti-tank rifle and not much else. I am happier with him as a sniper, although I am still keeping to my original idea of him not having anything better to use other than an anti-tank rifle. So he is an anti-tank sniper guy...? Anyways, we can at least be sure that if he manages to hit something with his big baby, they are going to be pulp. <br />
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I gave him a satchel from some WG (hehehehe, I just noticed that WG (Warlord Games) is backwards GW... maybe these companies set out with the direct goal of confusing us!). Anyway, from a WG (haha, cant stop laughing) German paratrooper.<br />
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So here we are again with some more Rogue Trader inspired miniatures. The chap on the right as awesome source fun to do. He was based on a Foundry peasant. I swapped out his bucket with a barrel, and swapped his head for the storks head from the plastic Brettonian banner (something I've always wanted to do). I call this this new race Stawks. Very creative and imaginative, I know.</div>
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The chap on the right is a scout for my personal faction that I'm building, the Dutchy of Kalitzfornia, a small but slowly growing nation situated on the sparsely populated planet of Phobia.</div>
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He is going to be part of a unit of soldiers/peacekeeper (kind of jacks of all trades). I have plans to add other specialists, like perhaps a sniper, to pair with him to make a recon team.<br />
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The model itself is an old metal crossbowmen from a company that I cannot remember the name of. I put a space marine combat knife in his one hand and a GW chaos cultist auto pistol in the other. His backpack is a WW2 Warlord games German assortment. Lastly, I used one of those funny small shields that came on the Brettonian Knights sprue as a shoulder pad, a theme that I would like to continue with the rest of this unit.<br />
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The Stawk is probably going to be used in some auxiliary position, maintaining vehicles and other such things. I used a whole range of different parts from a old WW2 20mm barrel, a Brettonian man-at-arms glove to an old Dark Eldar pistol.<br />
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As I've said before these were a lot of fun to do, and I plan to keep at it for as long as I am motivated!<br />
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So for today something a little different. I am an utter hobby butterfly but thankfully I believe I am narrowing down my range of interests! So at the moment, after a lot of LoTR enthused madness, I have sunk back into the lowly depths of the far future. I have decided to convert/build/paint up warbands for my games in the 40k universe. However, as I am a sucker for old-school stuff in general, I have decided to run with a semi Rogue Trader theme.</div>
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De Chemy, or by his full title: Alskandr de Chemy, Lord Inquisitor of the Rogue Association of Freetraders of the East Fringe Trading Alliance, the Collector of Depts. <br />
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Bruce is a bit of a simpler conversion, with parts from Dark Eldar, Chaos Cultists and Kroot.<br />
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They were immensely fun to put together and by the time I am writing this there are plenty more done and even more on the way! I shall try get some regular posts happening!<br />
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So I will just dive right in and show off one of the many projects I worked on while Llama was here. So for a while I have been dissatisfied with GeeDubb (GW). But I will not go into that here. Suffice to say that I was not going to directly purchase any of their products anymore. And so, when my hobby butterfly brain inevitably flitted back to LoTR, I needed to find some models that I could use. I have always had some problems with Peter-OvertheTop-Jacksons LoTR. Especially with the Gondorians. Yeah, they looked awesome, but I felt they just didn't suit the Gondorians realistically. Just looking at the sheer economics of arming all those soldiers is frightening, especially for a nation on the decline. </div>
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I believe there would have been a core of heavily armoured troops (but still no plate armour) aided by a levy system, perhaps each province providing troops for the kingdom at large as well as maintaining a reserve, and being able to call up a levy in times of need.</div>
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I would also imagine that they made extensive use of the shieldwall, fighting in a Nordic or Saxon style (albeit with more discipline in some cases). Therefore shields would have been a key component in the levy's military inventory. The use of shields in this manner would allow these relatively light infantry units to fight alongside their more heavily armoured brethren in the front line.</div>
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The idea behind this force was that they had been promoted from auxiliary duty guarding Lebennin (their home province) to one of the field battalions in the Southern Gondorian Army (no doubt after some particularly nasty clashes with the Haradrim!) As such I have avoided helmets wherever possible using caps/hats/hoods as a substitute. <br />
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Still, the Infantry are uniformed in the classic "black" of the Guard, although the blue hats/hoods/caps do lighten this up a bit and giving it some life.<br />
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Below is the standard bearer with the White Tree of Gondor and the Seven Stars.<br />
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On the back their is a smaller representation of the Tree, along with Lebennin inscribed on the bottom (just in case they forget where they came from!).<br />
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And here lastly is the Veteran (on the left), second in command to the Captain. And the Hornblower.<br />
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Anyway, these were a blast to paint, and I really enjoyed working on the backstory and explanations. Llama also completed several warbands, which shall be portrayed on this blog at a later stage!<br />
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Oh and by the way, in case anyone is interested, the models used are Gripping Beast Vikings and Dark Age Warriors as well as some Warlord Games Celts and Dacians.<br />
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And last but not least, a snap of my next LoTR project, a Cavalry Battalion, using some troops that llama kindly converted for me! ;D<br />
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<br />Hepplethwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260667732787589166noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187625166404976063.post-46235097233716175122016-12-29T07:20:00.004-08:002016-12-29T07:20:56.130-08:00Gaming!Wanted to share one of the pleasant games played when visiting mr J.<br />
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Not sure if I should censor certain people's face, can't remember the policy on that one so I'll go with the safe route, but that doesn't matter since I still smashed him, if I recall this particular game correctly.<br />
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Sorry J, didn't mean to trigger you, but you do know I won nearly all of our games played.<br />
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So for those of you reading this who don't live in either Europe or America... or even the first world then you might be with me when I say that there is always a worry that the products you order from overseas are going to get lost. And that happened to me recently. I had ordered several books and a boxed set or two from <a href="https://store.warlordgames.com/" target="_blank">Warlord Games</a> for my own nefarious reasons. Now on average it takes around a month for Warlord Games or Gripping Beast products to arrive here in South Africa with normal shipping. And that's fine and acceptable and its good for our delayed gratification. Games-Workshop usually takes longer as well as Wargames Foundry. </div>
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Yet another month goes by. Now I am really worried, to the point of despair. I am about to write off the products as lost when I decide to try one last thing. So I contacted Warlord Games Support and they answered within 12 hours. I told them my story and asked if by any chance the order that I had had any form of tracking number or anything that I could take to our postal system to ask about the products. There wasn't a tracking code as I had only ordered with normal shipping. </div>
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Anyway, this was just a little public note of appreciation for Warlord Games. Personally, they are my favorite producers of 28mm miniatures and I plan to continue to buy from them for many years to come!</div>
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And finally after that chunk of text, I thought I would just share with you all some pictures of my most recent project. This chap is meant as a gift for a friend of mine. She is an artist and therefore appreciates any form of art.</div>
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JoshuaHepplethwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260667732787589166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187625166404976063.post-18855982497604320082016-10-27T09:52:00.000-07:002016-10-27T09:52:07.773-07:00Logistics: Possible ideas for models<span style="font-size: small;">Those of us hobbyists that tend to get very few games in tend to focus on the building and painting of armies, rather than playing grand games. Whilst sitting in front of your models, painting in a concentrated manner, your mind is allowed to roam the universe within. Invariably, I at least, start to think of:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">1) How did this guy get this very ornamented plate armour? He is just a lowly warrior.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">2) Can this group of dim-wits really feed themselves in times of peace? Fine, now they are living off the land, but in peace time - do they go back to being peasants? <i>Can </i>they even use the soil, or are they living off of fruit in some back-water region?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">3) Logistics: How can the bad guy always focus on quantity rather than quality - the bad guys are often portrayed as instant-gratification-barbarians, but often times they have huuuge numbers for the good guys to kill. The movie <i>300 </i>springs to mind, not to mention the hordes of Sauron or any video game out there. Heck, even a contemporary example in Somalia springs to mind: <i>Blackhawk Down</i> where the hasch-hisch and kat-chewing youth and men were storming the Americans without any thought of tactic or casaulties... </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> So, how is that the bad guys always have grand armies, how do they feed them in peace time - and more importantly: How do they feed them in war-time?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This goes along with J:s baggage train-updates. Since this blog is more focused on warbands, I could go the simple route and just look at how outrider Dragoons of Sweden used to do it: Carry a bunch of provisions on themselves (in horse-pouches), live off the land, rob the enemy rural areas when necessary and go between friendly military stations or postal stations to "recharge" whatever needed be recharged, whether it be horses or gun powder or tobacco (that was later I think).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Despite the above, I would still like to list some interesting things in the baggage-train you could use to form a game around, playing pieces as well as for simple decorative purposes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">1) Start by looking at the provision-things made by Playmo and Lego: Simple sacks and bags are easy to make in green stuff or in polymer clay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">2) Either buy from a miniature company some crates and loot and chests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">3) Stuff it on pack horses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">4) Stuff it on wagons if you can afford it - even warbands would use these.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now you have sufficient stuff to simulate a basic baggage train or just some random loot. When dealing with the logistics of a warband, it seems you have to be a bit boring and keep it simple. As the picture above says: No need to carry pemmican or grain-thingies for the horses, no need to have a blacksmith to fix wagons and horse-shoes, and then no need for the blacksmith to have a bunch of stuff with him.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Which has always been the good thing with raiding parties: You cherry pick stuff from the enemy's lands without the extra trouble of having to <i>really </i>occupy his lands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">But this should not stop you from doing awesome baggage trains, there are numerous reasons why a smallish warband would have that.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> My question to you, however, is: Did warbands bring along civilians and hang-arounds at all? As an example, historically they say that if an army consisted of 5000 fighting men, it was very likely that roughly 5000 women, children, "entertainers", non-fighting staff and looters would accompany the army, wherever it... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">... went. A warband I figure operate differently, I mean, a band of 20 men? Just out for an ambush or raid? Would they have any religious leaders, women or retinue with them?</span><br />
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So I meant to post this last week or the week before but I just didn't have the time so here it is.</div>
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For as long as I've participated in the hobby, I have always loved the idea of "the Baggage Train". It probably stems from when I was around seven or eight when I (through many nefarious connections) was able to come every Thursday evening to a gaming club and "participate". This pretty much meant I could roll the dice and the guys would invent more and more terrible ways to execute me if I rolled a one (the one that comes to mind is being slow roasted on a spit over a fire). I loved it! But anyway, on to the story. So in those days we played a lot of 6mm and I remember that once in my sides deployment zone there where a few modular tents. I would ask what they were for and the guys told me that was where the damsels would "comfort" the wounded soldiers. I didn't really understand, but the idea of a baggage train stuck. So here is the beginning of a baggage train and some civilians that will hopefully expand as my collection grows.</div>
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First we have an old man and some pigs. The old man is a Dacian druid model but I mostly just use him as an old man.<br />
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Then we have the farmer, horse and cart. The farmer is a GB dark ages warrior conversion. The horse is from gods knows where and the cart is a home brew of pure Llamaresque! You can see the unpainted version <a href="http://jaows.blogspot.co.za/2016/07/a-small-28mm-cart.html" target="_blank">here</a>: <br />
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Tis a beautiful and well made cart... methinks he should make another and then make a mold!<br />
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Here are just some hangers on. You know, local village idots with brass chickens on sticks and such. These were actually part of a dark ages command group that I was working on but they have been demoted to "hangers on". The models are probably Foundry or Black Tree Design, whatever they are called now...<br />
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And here are some lovely ladies to "comfort" wounded soldiers. These can represent slaves captured by the goths or part of the Pontic forces as wives or other, less savory characters. I doubt I will use these in any fantasy setting but they should be fine for historical stuff.<br />
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I am planning to put together another small update that should be coming out later this week, showing the baggage train in what can be called "action".<br />
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JoshuaHepplethwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260667732787589166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187625166404976063.post-12649994031664513612016-10-13T05:14:00.001-07:002016-10-13T05:14:49.374-07:00Llama checking in!<span style="font-size: small;">Hello one and all! So, I have been invited to join the adventures here on Magus Miniatures. I have been pondering exactly what angle to come from here on the <i>other </i>blog, and J. gave me the advice to just "say hi". Which is good advice. It is "good advice" because it was actually easy to do. Remember: Only dead fish swim with the current. Hr-hrm...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sadly, besides saying hi, I can't think of anything else than Bob The Hack-fraud Dylan getting the Nobel Prize in Literature. Remind me, if I am ever awarded the same prize for "outstanding rants and crappily written blogposts" that I need to decline their offer. Even the money, all those sweet SEK... considering the current state of Sweden they will on second thought more likely be dinares or EUR, but hey-ho.</span><br />
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I am entirely sure Joshua will be dissatisfied with this update, but that's just how things go. However, to get things back on track: Except for the historical stuff, there might be some LotR-y things being posted here, even some sort of alternative stuff... you'll just have to check in ever so often to get some more info on that. I shall end with this hint-picture:<br />
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So here is the second warband. This time its the Goths to fight against the Pontic forces. <br />
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The thinking behind this warband is that it is based around group of veteran raiders encompassing beserkers and nobles as well as a few professional warriors backed up with a scouting or reserve force of levies. They represent around a single boat load of warriors, bent on raiding and plundering the area before retreating back to their homes with their loot. <br />
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The command was made using a load of different models with the warlord being pure Conquest Games armoured Norman, the hornblower Gripping Beast with GW Rohan shield and the bannerman is an old roman signifier with a converted banner from who knows where. The rest of the models are Warlord Celts and Gripping Beast DAW(dark age warriors) with some Rohan and late roman shields thrown into the mix, with the exception of the Nobles, who are made from Warlord Celts and Wargames Foundry conversions with more Rohan shields. No clue where the archers come from.<br />
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I will be adding to this warband in the future, fleshing out the units but for now they will have to do!<br />
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That's all for now, next up a batrep where these two warbands have fun slaughtering each other!<br />
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JoshuaHepplethwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260667732787589166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187625166404976063.post-86113619037858825622016-09-19T07:16:00.001-07:002016-09-19T07:16:43.120-07:00Late Pontic WarbandHej!<br />
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So to begin with I have created two warbands to use in the play testing of the rule set that Llama and I are attempting to create. We both err on the fantasy side but for now I decided to just go historical... or relatively so. As a fantasy gamer I cannot with sense of sobriety tell you that this following warband is anywhere near historically accurate. <br />
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So the warbands are set at the time of the Gothic migration from up north, so around 250-270 AD round about. I am not entirely familiar with the time setting. Pontus was a Roman Province, or satrap or client state. Essentially under the influence of Rome as it was. Hopefully some time I will be able to get my hands on some Late Romans to bulk up this warband into an army. <br />
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For those of you unfamiliar with Pontus, I will briefly elaborate. The Pontic kingdom was situated in Asia Minor on the northern side of modern day Turkey on the black sea. Originally Persian it was Hellenized by the Greeks and then later taken by the Romans. The Goths probably began raiding around the Black Sea at around 255 AD. <br />
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This following warband will represent the Pontic forces in a small campaign I will be playing out over the next few weeks. The idea behind it is that it is made up of mostly levies and mercenaries. A force quickly assembled from local militias and other riff raff and sent off immediately to delay the Goths before the Romans could assemble their forces.<br />
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Pontic Auxiliary Centurion including hornblower and bannerman</h4>
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8 Pontic Militia Spearmen</h4>
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4 Levy Javelinmen</h4>
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4 Galatian Mercenaries</h4>
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The command and the spearmen where made using primarily Gripping Beast Dark Ages Warriors boxed set with head from Warlords Macedonian Phalangites. Don't ask me where the javelinmen come from because I really have no clue. And the Galatians are Warlord Celts.<br />
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I decided to add the Galatians at the last minute as they are the only unit in the warband that I would consider to be 'proper warriors'. And I had some spare Celt parts, and seeing the Galatians to my knowledge were Celtic, and near to Pontus, I thought I could squeeze them in as mercenaries.<br />
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I will get back later with some pictures and the explanation for my Goth warband soon. <br />
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Regards,<br />
Joshua<br />
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<br />Hepplethwaitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260667732787589166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187625166404976063.post-31858147113041136522016-09-19T05:17:00.000-07:002016-09-19T09:11:12.457-07:00Hej Och VälkommenWell, that pretty much sums it up. Welcome to the new blog! <br />
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<a href="http://jaows.blogspot.co.za/" target="_blank">Llama</a> and I have decided to create this blog in order to catalogue our progress on our many shared ongoing projects. We have been working together on several projects over the last year and so its time to begin to show them to the world. Please note that none of these projects are anywhere near completion. So please bare with us as we go wandering on down this path of miniature madness!<br />
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Our projects will incorporate mainly fantasy and historical "stuff", lotr orientated... and other "realistic fantasy". Also expect (or should I say "brace yourselves" for) some creative writing from my part... and perhaps from Llama if he's feeling perky. <br />
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Of course, we both have real life commitments... llama has to run the alpacalypse and I have school so I apologize for any inconsistencies in the future. Hopefully our posts will come almost regularly... but as I have said, bare with us! There is always a method to our madness.<br />
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Regards,<br />
Joshua<br />
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