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The Rise of a Tribal Father pt.1

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So as you will have seen I am starting to get into the Brom art inspired world of Dark Age! I have decided on my first faction, the Skarrd and have been picking up a few models to get my force off the ground.

I have got hold of the Skarrd Warband, the Tribal Father Warpack and the Charity’s Zeal boxed set and this will form the basis of my force. I am heavily inspired by the project that the Angelic One from the Throne of Angels has underway on YouTube and so have started to get these models ready.

So far I have:

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On the way from Cool Mini Or Not:
A John Woe
A unit of 3 Drillheads

So what do you guys think, if you are interested in Dark Age go check out the website for more info! Please check back for further updates on my project Skarrd and upcoming project CORE as well as a date for upcoming demos and events at Portal Wargaming!





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All Hail the New Obsession – Dark Age

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ALL HAIL A TRULY POST-APOCALYPTIC OBSESSION COMES FROM A TRULY FAILED PROJECT IDEA!!

As you may have read from my blog at the end of last year/start of this year that I planned on doing 2 ne game systems this year for less than 1 Games Workshop investment. I planned out an army (Tyranids), Worked out the “All In” cost for that army and then a soured the interweb for cool looking games for me to do instead….hopefully for the 2 combined it would cost me less than the Games Workshop investment…………WELL I FAILED!!

I FAILED, there I said it! I’ve failed because I started this year with good intentions, bought, built, painted and played SAGA with my Viking Warband (see previous blog posts if this interests you!) but then I had a challenge laid down to me by my brother, the challenge to buy, build and paint a GW army for the new 40k. He said the reason I was doing all these other games was because I hadn’t got it in me to build and paint a large force and so to prove him wrong Project Astral was done, all 2000pts of it! and so I failed as I had done a GW army as well!

I have also failed as my proposed second game of Warlord has become hard top find the models that inspire others to join in and so it is with heavy heart that I scrape my Crusaders force to the side of the painting table for a rainy day! So What do I do now????

I thought I would fall back to my previous skirmish love of Malifaux! Oh how I had enjoyed that game…. I built and painted 3 Crews from 3 different factions, had played numerous games and gone to Tournaments and to boot they had just released the new expansion 10 Thunders, well it seems obvious what I should do I thought to myself, why don’t I sell my least used crew to raise funds for a new one!!! So I got hold of a copy of the book and read, and this is when this plan fell to pieces!

Inside the book I found the problem I have with a lot of games……..the power creep, a way that a company tells you that you have to have these new models without actually saying those words to you! I was upset by this development as the realisation that a large percentage of people would be playing 10 Thunders editions and the rest would be struggling against them. I didn’t want to be in either camp and so i fell back to the internet for a New Hobby Hopw, and I Found:

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The Website says:

Abandoned in the collapse of their star-spanning empire the humans of Samaria must battle for survival; against each other, the monsters they have created and the harsh planet itself. This is no place for weakness, only through courage and determination can a man hope to endure in the savage wasteland.

Dark Age is a gritty, D20 driven, post-apocalyptic skirmish miniatures game for your tabletop. The game contains rules that are easy to learn and get you into the action right away. You can tailor how you play your game by Activation Points and alternate activations. The game is illustrated by a number of top artists including the inimitable Brom; the world of Samaria is brought to life as never before.

Scorpius_GLC Says:

It is a post-apocalyptic game set on a distant planet, abandoned by the majority of its populace, where lawlessness is now a way of life and life cannot be dependant on the Technology of the present but that of the past. Think a mish-mash of Escape from LA/New York, Mad Max. Serenity/Firefly and you’ll be starting on the right track! The figures are just gorgeous and are split into several main factions which can be divided up into sub-factions.

AND SO MY NEW OBSESSION WAS BORN!

So the Factions:

OUTCASTS:
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DRAGYRI:

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SKARRD:

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FORSAKEN:

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BROOD:

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THE CORE:

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So I have decided that my first faction will be Skarrd and so set about picking up a few bits, first to arrive was one of the older boxed sets for the Skarrd called the Tribal Father Warpack, and so I set about building and painting these models and here are the results!

SPECIAL EDITION TRIBAL FATHER:
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SABRE:
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I HAVE ALSO DONE A FIGURE THAT ISN’T FROM THE TRIBAL FATHER WARPACK, THE GOLAB:
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HOPE YOU LIKE SO FAR GUYS, SEE YOU IN THE NEXT ONE!

A month come and gone!

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A month has passed me by and with it my final push on my Secrets of the Third Reich Soviet project, the Secrets of the Third Reich Grand Tournament and my annual track to Derby World Wargames/Old Glory Show.

So I painted everything I owned for my Soviets and prepared to head to the GT held at Derby World Wargames, this year held at Donnington Exhibition Centre. The rest of Team Portal finished their armies in time with the exception of Andie Harper who had a broken arm……lame excuse!
We had Germans by Andie Harper, Dave Amos & Ian Hill!
We had Americans by Ben Cox, and
We had Soviets by Me!

We planned 2 games nights at Portal Wargaming to try out the scenarios for the tournament and fine tuned our lists, Ben & Andie’s lists faired the best in practice for the 15rp mission and Dave Amos had the edge in the prisoners scenario. Having prepared we were ready, a crack team of specialists all working to the mindset that we were Indestructible Masters of War, hell bent on winning……. the wooden spoon!

Roll on the 6th/7th October and the GT

The teams rendezvous point was McDonalds on a cold morning, all in need of caffeine, none more than me as I hadn’t slept a wink the night before, having consumed caffeine and fatty foods we headed for Donnington’s Exhibition Centre, the drive was easy and we arrived with plenty of time to spare, we met up at the section of gaming tables for the Tournament (lovingly supplied by the MDK Gamers) and stared in awe at the tables including Paris, Cairo, etc. we begun to meet old and new faces to the tournament and settled down to our first games. It was in this game that I went up against the mighty wolves of the Germans fielded by Deathjester. This game was short but sweet as the werewolves lept from cover to cover and eventually off the board while my guys were peppered and fell to SMG fire. The game was a major Loss to me!!

We then had a long break to wander around the show, it was wonderful! Loads of traders selling bases, games, miniatures….you name it they probably had it! It was during this time that I took a look at the new Open Fire set from Battle Front for Flames of War, the set looks immense, the plastics are crisp and full of detail and this makes this a must own set for me! We as a group found ourselves drawn to the wonders of the Warlord Games stand and there impressive demo boards for Bolt Action. We decided as a group that over he next year we’re going to delve into 2 historical games, both from Warlord Games! The first is Bolt Action and the second is Hail Caesar. Andie and Ben bought books for the sharing pool for Hail Caesar and Ian &Dave bought Bolt Action! We hurried back in time for a sandwich, mine lovingly made by Ben!

GAME 2: I played against Al and his Soviet Mech Platoon in a scenario that required us to locate and airlift to safety some alien tech! This was one of the best games I had of the weekend, loads of laughs but as the trend had begun my army fell and it was another major loss to me!

GAME 3: I played against Johnathan and his soviets in the prisoner scenario, I did really well in this game and everything just seemed to go in my favour, had a great game and Johnathan was a great guy to play a game with, highlight of my game was my stomping Mech crushing soviets underfoot! This game ended in a major victory to me and so my hopes of reclaiming the Wooden Spoon went up in Smoke! This was the end of day 1 and a quick chance to see Ant and the Phat Cat boys with there AWESOME Kamffgruppe Normandy demo game and board!

We then all headed to the hotel for a chat over a meal within the guys and Andy & Wendy, heads of West Wind Productions. Great company, great food, great conversation! Lets see other companies do this!

DAY 2/ GAME 1: I was against my sandwich making wifey Ben Cox and his loads of troops Americans on Florence North. I had a hard time on this board as it wasn’t very manoeuvrable for my mecha and we were claiming sections of the board, something my mecha couldn’t do but with the right amout of room to manoeuvre would be able to deny hi from claiming to much! This was another great game with highlights of bens ace when Captain America/Sentinel of Freedom mounted the spider mecha and failed to destroy it so he was thrown off and stomped on…..but not killed….tough git! The game ended in a minor loss for me!

DAY2/GAME2: I played my final game of the tournament against Rob and his Soviets, Great game on the Cairo board and another minor loss for me!

OVERALL: didn’t finish last, was nominated for best painted as was Ben, BEST TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE EVER!!!