Thursday 6 January 2022

From Curt: 10mm Tomb Kings for Arakkis (236 points)


Hi All!

As promised, today I submit something that is not a single model, but rather a passel of wee little figures. This entry will see me leaving the Outer Ring and travelling to my first planet in the Middle Orbit - 'Arrakis, desert planet.' 


I've been on a big fantasy kick this past year, and one of the things I wanted to do is resurrect my old 10mm Warmaster models for use in 'Magic & Monsters' (M2), a fantasy variant of Simon Miller's excellent 'To The Strongest' rules.

I really like the basing scheme for these rules for a variety of reasons. They allow for single bases with loads of figures, there is no casualty removal (something I've always disliked from the earliest editions of WHFB) and the larger base size offers the opportunity to create little vignettes. All great reasons to jump right in! So, after a bit of hand-wringing, I decided on a 130mm x 60mm common base size for most units. This would allow for three 40mm strips of figures formed abreast, with four ranks deep, thereby giving a nice beefy aspect to the units.

I have a modest existing collection of old GW Warmaster models, so I thought I'd start with the Tomb Kings (anticipating the expected Skullz Challenge from Barks), and simply do an eBay sweep to beef up the forces to M2 requirements. Nonetheless, once I saw the nosebleed prices that these now OOP figures now command, I quickly started looking for 3D print alternatives to mix with my existing unpainted GW stock. Lucky enough I discovered that there are scads of options available on the web, and I quickly began to amass a good sized host to work with.

So here is my first contingent for my new Tomb Kings army!

First are the rank and file undead warriors. I'll need a heap of these as these are pretty grotty troops (and you need a few units for the ubiquitous 'raise dead' spells), but this group will provide a good basis to build from. 




To be clear two of these units (the rearmost bases) are present merely as scene dressing as they are rebased GW metal figures from my old collection. The front two bases are new 3D models from Onimioji. I really like the variation in poses, with even some of the front ranks seem emerging from the desert sands. Fun!

Next is a unit of archers. These are GW metals that I still had in blister packs. I snipped them apart so they could be positioned in a more loose formation. 


Then we have a unit of undead Chariots. Again these are old GW metal models. 


I only had three of these in my stores and they ended up looking a little weedy on the base, so I added some Egyptian statuary to fill in the gaps and perhaps add some visual interest. I posed them on a slight angle to the front, giving them a bit of a Ben-Hur sense of animation to them.


We have a undead Giant with a huge kopesh. He'll be good to inspire a bit of fear and serve as a missile magnet. Again, I added some Egyptian obelisks for a bit of fun.

 
For a bit of an experiment, I painted in the shadows cast by the figures. I used Contrast Guilliman Flesh as it seemed to work best with the desert colours I was using for the groundwork. 


I decided I needed to start on some commanders, so what better than a Tomb King prince on an undead dragon! Again, a venerable GW model with some scene setting masonry.


Finally, for the Tomb King 'camp' (in these rules, each force needs at least one camp on the field) I mocked up this temple on a double depth base. It's sort of an amalgamation of a few things, but I thought it turned out okay and gives the right kind of vibe for the force.


The tomb and the various statuary are from Iain Lovecraft on MyMiniFactory.





So there you have it! I'm going to move on to another race for a future entry, but I may add onto this force during the Challenge if time allows.

As to points. There are 72 10mm figures per undead warrior base, but 10 are only half figures, being that they are emerging from the sand, so 67 points each and 134 for the pair.

The archers are 28 points.

The three chariots will give me 9 points each, so 27 total.

The undead Giant is a 40mm figure, so 7 points.

The undead Tomb King prince with his pet? Hmm. Let's say 10 points?

For the Temple 'camp' I'd say 10 points as its around 1/2 the volume of a 6" cube.

All total, that should give me 216 base points, plus the Arakkis desert theme for a grand total of 236. Whew! That's as much of a points bomb as I can manage.

Now! On to the Skull Count. The two warrior bases, noggins plus iconography gives me 260 skullz. The archers, another 28. The charioteers, steeds and icons: 22. The Giant: 8 skullz. And the Temple has one 'uge one. Grand total of Skullz: 319 

Yep, that's a lot of bony noggins.


I'll count this at 'T' for Tomb Kings in my Alphabet Soup Challenge (7 total)


It will also count for my 3rd Squirrel!

Aaannd, it will take care of one of my 12 projects

1. French Indochina
2. 10mm Fantasy
3. Moonstone
4. Malta
5. Italian Wars
6. Sisters of Battle
7. 28mm Napoleonics
8. Spanish Civil War
9. 28mm Modern
10. 20mm WWII
11. Retreat from Moscow
12. Dungeon Crawl

Thanks for dropping in! Have a great Friday everyone!

- Curt


Screaming in sideways on fire at the last minute, Curt! This is a great entry, and not just for the skullicious skullyness of all the skullz. I like the generous bases and the scenery on them. I'm impressed by the painted shadow on the giant, you don't see that often. I'm keen to see more of your 10mm fantasy, but don't let that distract you from the squirrel-quest!

Barks

From KenR - More new 28mm Garibaldi Red Shirts (120 points)

 


No surprises again today as the 3rd of my Garibaldi Infantry units is completed. As before we have 24 x 28mm figures from Gringo 40s and a standard from Flags of War.


As I said in the last post I am trying to make each unit slightly different for ease of table top recognition. This unit has all light blue trousers with no strip and white gaiters, it also lacks any facings.

I've done something a bit different with the photos for this unit (to stop you lot getting bored with the repetition 😁) I've used a white background, something I've tried a couple of times before and I'm never sure if I like it or not. It's certainly a lot harder to light than my usual terrain backgrounds.

Points wise it's 120 points made up of 24 x 5 points for each of the 28mm Foot.

From now on I intend to add a little bit of the history of the Battle of Mentana (the end goal of this Project) to each post.

Italy is a relatively new country and bar a short spell under Napoleon and been divided into smaller states, those of you familiar with my Italian Wars collection will know all about the armies of Venice, Milan, Naples and of course my favourite the Papal States.

The Italian Wars of Independence had been in progress since the late 1840s and by 1861 the country had been largely united, The Papal States however remained Independent and supported diplomatically and militarily by France.

Garibaldi who had been the hero of the Unification however was unhappy with this and led an expedition against Rome, diplomatically entitled "Rome or Death". Luckily for him it entailed neither and pressure from France stopped the advance and Garibaldi was briefly imprisoned.

The 3rd War of Unification in 1866 brought Venice and Mantua under the Italian flag leaving Rome and the Papal States on its own. To make things worse the French removed their troops from the area and Garibaldi saw an opportunity to avenge the failed attack on the Rome a few years earlier. (To be continued....)


Just to finish off a group shot of the build to date. Next up I start on the opposition as I have a go at the Papal Zouaves, it's a big unit of 36 figures so it might be a couple of weeks before they appear.

Great work again, and thanks for the history lesson! I await the next instalment of Rome or Death! Your background has worked well. The Snowlord uses a black background; I have enjoyed your photos with figures among scenery.

Barks

From HowardT: British 1940 Regulation Platoon, 15mm (222 Points)

British 1940 Regulation Platoon with Supports, 15mm.


I have had these figures since October 2019 and they are the last of four armies that I have struggled to complete .  Will be used to play CoC early WW2  1940-1942.  Finally able to complete over the Christmas break.


This submission is a complete British 1940 Regulation Platoon with Supports, Scale 15mm. 


From various manufacturers but mostly Peter Pig.  All metal except that all nine vehicles are PVC 3D prints.


My first ever submission so I hop it works.  Thanks Tamsin.


The basic platoon consist of the the platoon;


 Points breakdown:

HQ ( 2 x senior leaders plus 2” motor team (2) and Boys AT rifle team(2)). 

Points = 2 x 6 = 12.


Three sections each of:

Bren Team of 3 figures, a rifle team of 7 figures and a Junior leader (11 figures per section). 

Points = 2 x 33 = 66.


Selection of support infantry covering: Adjutant (1), medic (1), snipers(2), Boys (2) and 2” mortar (2) , engineers (3) and spare figures (8). 

Points = 2 x 19 = 38.


Three 2-man crewed weapons, Vickers HMG, 1-pounder AT and 2-pounder AT.

Points = 4 x 3 = 12.


Additional individual crew (3x3) with Junior leaders (2).

Points = 2 x 11 = 22.


Vehicles - RAF car, Matilda MkII, Cruiser A10, 4x Bren Carriers, Morris CS9 and Vickers Mk VI B.

Points = 8 x 9 = 72.


Total of points is  (12+66+38+12+22+72) = 222 points.




The completed 15mm British WW2 Platoon - Mark6B tank is missing



Close up of the core Platoon section and HQ.


 

Close up of Platoon support units, 1 pounder, 2 pounder and HMG 

with assorted infantry support.

Second Boys ATG,  second 2 inch mortar.



All the support vehicles -  4 x Bren carriers, Mark VIB tank, 

RAF Car, Matilda II, Cruiser 10A, Morris CS9.



Close up of some of the vehicles



Complete army in a transport container. 


Welcome aboard, Howard! This is what we call a 'small points bomb' as your first entry. I would like to hear Richie Benaud award you 222 points for it. Thank you very much for the detailed points breakdown. Those printed vehicles are lovely- but can they withstand the blitzkrieg?!


Barks

From AlanD - Fantasy Battles in defence of the Ring [Arda] (35 points)

 Orks, Goblins and Elves are imaginary beings, and their exploits are fantasy. 


Something else that is fantasy is the idea that infantry equipped with little more than Teller mines and grenades could stop a major Soviet breakthrough. And yet, in November 1942, Romanian infantry defending the defensive ring (see what I did there?) around the German forces in Stalingrad were expected to protect the over-extended German flanks, despite a lack of effective anti-tank weapons. When the Soviets launched operation Uranus (another mythical planet?), the Romanian defences rapidly collapsed, despite desperate attempts to slow the breakthrough of tanks and infantry of the Red Army.

So, what we have here, apart from a tenuous connection with the theme of the planet Arda worthy of Ray, is a group of Romanian tank hunters who have about as much hope of stopping waves of T-34s as a pack of hobbits. 

I'm not quite sure how this works, but since Arda is next to a Warp Maelstrom thingy, may I request a lift from the honoured Thursday Minion Barks into the next ring? Just drop me off somewhere interesting please!


This is such a sketchy connection, but your Ray-level punning and persistence pays off. If I had a conscience I would feel bad about how I treated Simon. However! I await clarification as to whether or not you are worthy to enter a maelstrom, having only completed three planets so far. I will update this post when I know.

Barks

Addendum: Eddie’s in the time-space continuum… you emerge between the Vogsphere and Cybertron!

From AlanD - More Romanians.... (100 points)

 My Romanian infantry continue to receive reinforcements this week. Thanks to the advice of my international snow consultants (Curt and Tamsin), I've improved the snow bases by dry brushing some frost on to the grass sticking out of the snow. Thanks for the advice!

I really like these figures from Great Escape Games, particularly the mix of winter gear and equipment, such as the variety of submachine guns.

One of the figures (a scout?) wears the yellow armbands sometimes worn by Romanians on the Russian Front to differentiate them from the very similar-looking Soviet infantry.

18 x 28mm figures should give me 90 points, with another 10 for the mortar. 

That yellow armband is an intriguing little touch that I appreciate. I do like your earthy tones and the whitewashed helmets. As a fellow antipodean, I think your snowy basing is superb. Brrr!

Barks

From AlanD - Pompey the Great's Hubris [Death Star] (30 points)

 Paul OG and I have been working for a while on a Roman Civil War project for Infamy! Infamy!, set around the lead up to the battle of Pharsalus in 48BC. Paul has been working on the hard-bitten veterans of Julius Caesar, while my army is the colourful, multi-cultural and not terribly good force led by Pompey the Great.


Inspired by the 'Hubris' theme of the Death Star, I finally painted the man himself, from the Warlord pack containing Pompey and Crassus.

Pompey certainly fits the definition of hubris, despite the dominant tradition amongst ancient authors to depict him as some sort of noble victim of treachery. The guy was a monster, earning the nickname of 'the teenage butcher' when he first used military force to gain the attention of Sulla in his civil war with the Marians. As a great example of his hubris, Pompey pushed Sulla to grant him a triumph in 79BC, meeting Sulla's objections that he was way too young with the comment that 'more people worship the rising sun than the setting'. He even attempted to use elephants to draw his chariot in the triumph, but they didn't fit through the gate into Rome. I would have liked to have seen that.

The Pompey here is older, paying the consequences of his hubris in underestimating Caesar and embroiled in a civil war that will cost him his life. 


Nice work, Dux, with your usual lovely basing. I've always wanted to know more about the Roman Civil War and have been enjoying the Cicero series of novels by Robert Harris. I get the impression neither Pompey or Caesar were likeable...

Barks

From SimonM - "Games Workshop" Blood Bowl Dwarves (27 points)

"Greetings eager sports fans, and welcome to the latest edition of Thursday Night Football. I'm Jim Maddenberg and along with Elven Hall of Famer Thom Grassyglade, I’ll be bringing you all news concerning the latest developments for Blood Bowl Sevens.”

"The big news today is that the amateur game appears to have attracted the attention of an aspiring Dwarf team called the Rusty Buckets. Thom, those are some seriously old long-beards at no mistake. Do they really go as far back as the game’s classic second edition..?”

“That’s right, Jim. Remember the days of the World’s Edge Wanderers, Zhufbar Marktag, Durums Destroyers and the Dwarf Anvils..? Well, all five of the players on this latest team’s roster stem from those heady days of single cast metal sculpts, courtesy of a much-appreciated swap meeting with Iain White of “caveadsum1471” fame.”

“Why the club will even be re-employing an old Kicker model from the Dwarf Giants to use as a Runner for the modern-day rules. Sadly, there’s no sign of a glamorous Cheerleader or two, though Jim. But, to be honest, I doubt the Rusty Buckets would currently have the copper pieces to hire any.”

“So what’s the plan for these old, second-hand players then, Thom? Is their colourful yellow and blue attire going to survive the transition to the amateur leagues, or can we expect a completely new kit for these grizzled thirty-year plus veterans..?”

“Well the runes certainly haven’t been kind to these guys, Jim, as they’ve all received a coat of “Vallejo” Heavy Sienna, so as to obscure the sculpts’ previous paint-jobs. Each figure was then dry-brushed with “Vallejo” Gunmetal, before being treated to a mixture of “Citadel” Agrax Earthshade and "The Army Painter" Strong Tone Quickshade.”

“Next the Dwarves had their boots, belts and beards predominantly ‘picked out’ with “Citadel” Abaddon Black. Whilst their trousers and tunics received a layer of “Vallejo” Heavy Sienna and (more) “Citadel” Agrax Earthshade. The players’ gloves were initially coated with “Vallejo” Heavy Brown (or on the odd occasion Heavy Red), before they too were shaded in “Citadel” Agrax Earthshade.” 

“I understand some additional touches of "Mig Productions" Extreme Rust Wash were also used on the numerous spiked knee-caps, elbow-pads, shoulder-pads and helmets, Thom..? These areas were then later given a delicate dry-brush of “Vallejo” Gunmetal to add some additional highlights to the aged metal.”

“Quite right, Jim. Of course, the Rusty Buckets have already signed three other Dwarves to the team, including a Blitzer (Troll Slayer) and Kicker (Runner) prior to the start of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. So that means the club can now field a fully-staffed Blood Bowl Sevens side for a tour of the Sarisbury Green amateur clubs later this month.”

"Thanks Thom. That just about wraps up this Blood Bowl Sevens special. But please do join us again next time when we'll be taking a closer look at some of this sport's other players..."

**********

Alongside these five 28mm Blood Bowl figures, I've also painted another couple of 6mm Conqueror Robots from the long OOP Epic range by "Games Workshop". These two miniatures were painted to represent the Ultramarines and Imperial Fists space marine chapters, so were predominantly pigmented in either a combination of "Vallejo" Heavy Blue and "Citadel" Drakenhof Nightshade, or "Vallejo" Sun Yellow and "Citadel" Reikland Fleshshade. Their Lascannons and Heavy Bolters were later picked out with "Vallejo" Gunmetal and "Citadel" Nuln Oil.

I had hoped the Dwarves would be suitable for me to claim a visit to Glorantha, having started my space-based adventures on Istvaan V - after all, the Old World race are as synonymous with "runes" as you can get in wargaming. However, having painted these little fellas up I've realised that they don't actually have any runes on them. So I'll leave it to my noble minion to decide if they hit the criteria..?

Hopefully this third of my AHPC entries will provide:

2 x Robot – 2 Points (as per previous submissions' scoring)

5 x Dwarf Blood Bowl Players - 25 Points

Glorantha – 20 Points..?

Total – 27 or 47 Points..?


You're putting me on the spot, Simon! I love Blood Bowl, and my first team were dwarves (the 1994 third edition). And you've done a superb salvage job on these classics! They will be, ahem, dwarfed by the latest scale creep afflicted figures.

However, I run a tight ship and standards must be kept, or else we are no more than beasts. I don't think they reach the Gloranthan standard of 'Quest/ Runes/ Heroes', and so will deny you the sweet sweet bonus points. I remain open to bribery or appeal to A High Power. Or you could, you know, quickly freehand some runes on those shoulderpads. No doubt a powerful grudge against me and all my kin...

Barks

PS Nice work on the robots!

From Nick: A lone Space Marine (5 points)

Well, well it‘s that time of year again…
Those of you who know me, will also know that I’m not big into Fantasy or SciFi. Painting wise that is, as otherwise I quite like the Warhammer 40k universe. Well, as it was about 20 years ago anyway. Be that as it may, once in a while there‘s an itch to be scratched. While cleaning up the man cave and organising my Mountain of Shame …ahem… Mountain of Opportunity I happened upon a handful of Legion of the Damned Space Marines.  I‘m not sure where I‘ve got these from, especially considering I haven’t painted Marines in almost two decades.
So, while I don’t really dig their official paint scheme I quite like the figures (for Space Marines).  Thus I‘ve been wrecking my brain ever since as to how to paint these fellas. By chance I came across some pictures of really nicely painted Word Bearers and instantly knew the look I‘d aim for.

I fancy mine to be Marines of… let’s say questionable loyalty, and with little to no „official“ imperial iconography the models fit just nicely. On the other hand the distinct lack of spikes and other distinctly chaotic paraphernalia also helps to make them more rogues than outright traitors.  Apostates maybe…

Apostata

I‘m not quite sure where I‘ll go with this as Space Marines never really were my thing, but I might just paint up the rest of the ones I already have. They should be enough for some Kill Team sized games. And admittedly painting Marines can be quite fun for a change. All the big, smooth surfaces make for an interesting challenge and are ideal to try out new things. On another note I‘m quite surprised my smartphone camera makes rather usable pictures, without too much fuss. Unfortunately single figures only, so no groups, and not in a photo cube…


So, that’s it from me. My first entry to this years challenge. A single Space Marine for a whooping 5 points.  


Welcome back, Nick! I like your take on this apostate marine. The cool eldritch flames are a nice contrast to the rich armour tone. The Skull-o-meter™ is sad that this isn't going into the official skullz tally. I like your reframing of the 'Mountain of Opportunity'!

Barks

From GeoffreyT: Pixies and Impulse Buys [Arda] (75 points)

Hello All,

I was remit for introducing myself on my first post, too full of business and uncertainty of how to do this blogging business.  My name is Geoff and I am an Australian grognard with 40+ years of gaming experience.  I starting playing Charles Grant rules in the late 70's with my elder brother.  He soon lost interest, but I have not.  Gaming has found me lifelong friends and a great community to be a part of.  I play in just about any era or genre, and I feel that my gaming habit is mostly so I can socialise whilst collecting and painting things.

Last year I heard of the challenge from Sidney speaking about it on the TFL oddcast.  I was too late to join, but I unofficially followed the painting challenge.  I completed the chambers of challenge by delving into the dark recesses of my strategic reserve of unpainted miniatures.  It was this that enthused me to try it out live this year.

For this post, I was looking to find Pixies for 'The Silver Bayonet', they are small flying faeries in the rules and I found them surprisingly difficult to source.  I eventually found something correct size, but with no wings.  On my search for Pixies through Eureka Miniatures catalog, I picked up no end of oddities that took my fancy.  Most of which I do not have any particular purpose for.  

Starting with some impulse buys, here we have "Mundane Shotte" two 28mm figures from the Eureka Miniatures 'Avalon Burning' Range.



They don't look very Mundane to me.  I think what we have here is a parody of a Cavalier and a Roundhead.   I will therefore claim the letter "R" for Roundhead in the alphabet soup challenge. 


I chose a red and blue coat for these to give them a uniform look.  Although for the 'era' they probably should be in buff.   It is hard to be harsh on incorrect uniform for fantasy parodies.


I have found it a bit tricky getting true colour photos when shot on a gaming mat.  Seems better on a dull background in dull lighting (the desert mat I was using is almost orange-yellow).  So some of the shots are taken on my painting desk.   Might need to add more contrast to those green pants.  Will need to suss out a better photo background method.

Next up in the suite of random stuff is Eureka's 28mm "Veteran Frog" for the letter "V"


This guy has bags of character.  Watch out, there are some spaniards behind you!

Frogs have pale underbellies, but should a bipedal frog have a pale underbelly as they stand upright?  This is the big question being asked when I painted this.





From the back...

Next is a 28mm miniature that Nic from Eureka kindly threw in the order as a sample.  I could not see it in the catalog and suspect it is an unreleased model from the chaos army range.


I love how bizarre this guy is.  A Watchman with a torch but no eyes (for the letter "W" thank you).   I tried hard getting a full depth of shadow from the torch from pale to black.



From the rear (I think this is his rear?) you can see his torso is curled in a circle and his shoulders are upside down.   The rear of his boot was exposed to the torch, so I highlighted the heel.


The shadow on the foot was challenging, from the torch I could see his toes but not his shin.  Could probably have done more black on the shin.  I shaded the base in the centre to give more of a look of shadow extended to the base.

From the top to show lighting



These next two characters I based to go with my Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd edn Chaos Army, as chaos thugs.  About the same scale so should fit in nicely and add some more variance at the same time.


These guys will be "S" for shells.  Here they are in their natural habitat on the painting bench.


I tried out a few different paints here.   The fellow on the left has GW apothecary contrast white paint shaded up to titanium white.  The white contrast paint is pretty good.  I like the black too.  I have not used them much yet tho.   On the right, the shell is another new colour for me, Vallejo "Shifters" paint in violet-gold over a burnt umber base coat.  To add depth I did a thin layer of bright silver on top and filled the recess with black ink.

Next up are Eureka 28mm "Little Creeps".  About half the height of a normal mini.  Their range of creeps comes in little, regular and large, like coffee or ice-cream.


I don't normally paint eyeballs on 28mm scale minis, but in this case I made an exception.  The blue was contrast paint used like a ink and done in layers.   I touched it up with a pale blue where needed.


On the reverse side they are rather bland.  Just a lurid green skin tone with pretty rough block shading in layers.  But hey, these guys are all about the eyeballs.

Looking closely we can examine the blemishes.  The hardest bit was getting the line between the white and green in the right spot.  They are about 1/2 the height of a regular 28.



Bit of reflection in that photo too.  But I will finish by claiming the letter "H" for homunculus.

So then, how about these pixies I was looking for before I was distracted by shiny things ?

These are 10mm scale fairies on mushrooms, again by Eureka miniatures.  Frankly, this scale is too small for me to paint, so I banged on some contrast paint and called it a job.  10mm is for people with better eyes and steadier hands than me.  I had grand plans of adding wings to them, but when I saw the size I realised this was beyond me.  Either their wings are see-thru or fluttering so fast that one cannot see them.  



I chose to do white mushrooms as The Silver bayonet is a pseudo-historical fantasy game and I wanted it to look not too high-fantasy.  The Pixies have olive skin and dark hair as this will be in the Peninsular war theatre, claiming the letter "P" for Peninsular war Pixies.  I based them with a rich dark soil colour as that is where mushrooms grow.

9 x 28 mm foot = 45 points, (and a squirrel for 28mm fantasy)
10 x 10mm foot = 10 points,
and +20 for the planet of Arda explored for a total of about 75 points.

Perhaps I could claim the Pixies are mounted (on mushrooms) for extra points ? But then the creeps were half sized ??? maybe it all just comes out on average.

From Arda, I will leap into the Warp Maelstrom and see where it takes me ...



Kind Regards

Geoff.

Thanks for the introduction, Geoff! You have a venerable gaming history.

I'm sure this post will attract a lot of attention. Eureka do a superb mix of the serious historical and the weird and wonderful. Silver Bayonet seems to be popular this Challenge, and these fey figures will be great. I do like their frogs, and your Little Creeps are fun. Half the challenge with eyes is getting the pupils to point in the same direction, but cyclops don't have that problem!

I'll offset the small creeps' size with the 'shrooms, and leave it at 75 points.

The Warp Maelstrom sends you on a fantastical journey, spitting you out between Noel's Comet and LV426...

Barks