From SanderS: Finishing the Abyss! (210 points)

 Hoi,

Today I would like to try and finish the rounds of the Abyss with some cool old school Warhammer and Mordheim figures. Without further ado and guilding the lilly let's head over to Gluttony!

What else could I put forward to the Gluttony circle but an Ogre? This is a resin Ogre (can't remember what make) for my Marienburg Mordheim warband, hence his fancy armour and clothing. Yes I know that Marienburgers usually wear very flashy coloured stuff but my scheme is black and red which I think is rich yet brooding and hence cool!

After Gluttony we enter the circle of Greed and for this round I would like to offer up the Mayor of Mordheim (one of the NPC models created for the old Mordheim range). I used yellow and purple to show his wealth and gaudiness.

Now we enter the Circle of Wrath and for this I chose some of my Bretonnians, more specifically 4 tester figures I have done up for my Khemri/ desert crusade part of the army. If you know a bit about Bretonnian Lore, you have read the story of how a huge Bretonnian Army starts a crusade into the part of the Old World that is called Araby to fight a local tyrant that tried to conquer the Border Princes. Anyway they represent the Wrath of Bretonnia. I said testers because I used crackle paint and pigments on them for the first time ever.

I really like how they turned out and want to get cracking (pun intended) on the rest of the army. 

I AM GREGARIUS!  (Part I)

If you are a fan of Warhammer 40K or the Horus Heresy, you will be familiar with the Alpha Legion of Chaos Space Marines and the quote above. I feel a bit like a Alpha Marine when I see any of Greg's posts since we have a very similar taste in miniatures indeed. Greg is painting up a gorgeous 30K force; I try to do so too. He posted these same figures and they were in my painting cue too and I hope to finish a few more Gregarius posts before the Challenge's end.

On we go into the circle of Heresy and for this I chose one of the figures I really wanted to have for a long time and only recently obtained through the help of a friend (thanks Jeroen) and here he is Marco Colombo! He was the first Old Worlder to visit Lustria and strike up good relations with the lizardmen but his journal, which he published when returned to the Empire, made him a figure that was deaply distrusted and due to his claims of the origins of Dark Elves, Skaven and other such races was dubbed a heretic for his statements. 

Whatever the story may be I really like how the paintjob worked out and he's my favourite of this whole bunch! 

From the delightful Marco we no visit the most violent and nasty pair of vilians ever to walk through the ruined streets of Mordheim: Ulli and Marquand. They are two characters from a Mordheim comic book released back in the day and digitally to be read here. I could have used them in the circle of Treachery as well but it's their scenes of unexpected, random and brute violence that always shocked me when reading the comic. 

These are figures from Wargames Exclusive in resin so not the original GW versions, but those are almost unobtainable pricewise! I like how they turned out a lot and am looking forward to include them in our campaigns. 

We still have 2 circles left to go and next up is Fraud. Remember that Mayor of Mordheim? How do you think he got so rich? Yes that's right; he had his scribe swindle, bribe and commit all thinkable kinds of fraud to gain it. So for this circle it's only right to include the Mayor's secretary. 

Colours are very toned down and dull to complement and contrast with the Mayor's gaudy outfit.

Finally we're up to the Circle of Treachery and I think the Dogs of War Mercenary General serves this circle really well. Mercenaries do have a reputation for changing sides when offered more money don't they? And this bugger really looks fishy. 

I am building two different Empire armies, one Middenheim themed and the other Lustria/ Estalia/ Tilea based. It's the latter army that this general will join and I tried to keep his colours in sync with the rest of the army that I am now painting. 

After all the pretty pictures we are left with counting the points, a rather daunting task for sure.

- 3 mounted figures is 30 points

- 8 foot figures is 40

- 7 bonus circles is 140

totalling 210 points... 

Well back to the paint desk for me! 

Cheers Sander

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Wow, what a spectacular Old World entry Sander!.

Those two ogres look brilliant, the swordsman in his ersatz puff-n-slash Landsknecht garb and the 'Mayor' looking quite the wealthy burgher in his straining waistcoat and purple robe.

Isn't crackle paint cool? Well, these Bretonnians look equally so (though they are struggling in heat I'm sure) as they start their campaign in roasting Araby. A great beginning on a wonderfully themed army, Sander.

I also really like your Dogs of War characters, especially the Marco Colombo which I don't think I've ever seen! So cool! Again, beautiful work on his Renaissance garb and various arcane bits of equipment.

210 well-earned points for you Sander.

- Curt