Tilea Campaign, Part 9

Holy Blessings Upon this Weapon. May it Serve Morr’s Purpose. First Prequel to the Assault on Viadaza Battle Report The city of Remas, Late Spring 2402 As father Biagino and his personal guard walked into the Piazza d’Agezlio, the sky darkened momentarily – nothing more than the shifting of clouds, but to him it was […]

Tilean Steam Tank

(A scratch-build project) Already having made a carroccio (war altar), I was hankerin’ after a steam tank. I had never had one before. What I was aiming for was a ‘steam-tank-light’, with stats reflecting less armour and (possibly) a weaker armament than the official model. In the end I decided I could mount the old […]

Undead Ogres

(Counts-as ‘Crypt Horrors’) Here are the completed (though unbased) undead ogres I made for Tilean campaign. The background is that an NPC Tilean lord (Lord Adolfo of Viadaza), who has some orcen blood in his veins, becomes a vampire and not only raises the dead – having cunningly got rid of the Morrite clergy to […]

Ogres, Part 3

Scratchbuilt Ironblaster I wanted an ironblaster that would ‘go with’ my Scrappie, so once again I used a toy rhino. For the gun I used a pen, parts of a broken (pen) torch and milliput. Very unconvinced by my efforts, I was hoping it would be transformed by a paint job! Here are all the […]

Ogres, Part 2

Here are the models that feature in Mangler the Merciless’s campaign army – aka Mangler’s Band. (He is an NPC mercenary.) For several years I had an Ogre battalion which I used to bolster my friend’s Ogre army (to the size he required for a campaign) and as Dogs of War units in several of […]

Ogre Models Part One

This post feature two of the models that feature in the Tilea Campaign Part 8 story entitled “Fleshmeat”. Scratchbuilt Scraplauncher I started with a plastic, toy rhino and lots of wooden sticks and chains. Some of the workings were made from plastic from my bits box. I gave it some thought (not a lot was […]

Tilean Campaign, Part 8

Fleshmeat Spring 2402, The Via Nano, south of Tettoverde Forest, Eastern Tilea His goblins emerged from the trees, scuttling over the rocks in their usual, higgledy-piggledy manner. Habbdok did not bother to count them, as he could see there were still plenty enough left for his purposes, which was all that mattered to him. Most […]

Tilea Campaign Part 7

Battle of the Princes, Epilogue: We Surrender A few miles south of the city of Trantio, Winter IC2401-2 Even before he opened the chest’s lid, Ruggero knew it would be waste of time. He raised it anyway, in the process almost snapping one of the rusted hinges. The lid fell backwards with a thump, to […]

Tilean Knights

I wanted some very ‘Tilean’ knights for the NPC forces of the various city states in my campaign, particularly Prince Girenzo of Trantio’s bodyguard. So, like I did with my pikemen and swordsmen, I turned to RW history for inspiration. If the Empire is a bit Germanic, then Tilea has to be a bit ‘Italian […]

Tilea Campaign Part 6

She Returns Near Viadaza, northern Tilea, Winter 2401-2 Biagino found it difficult to keep up with Ugo. Not that Ugo, a coachman by profession, clad in a long, thick, leather coat over a mail shirt and carrying the heaviest looking firearm Biagino had ever seen, was particularly fleet of foot, rather that he was less […]