Last Transmission From Task Force Fire Bird

Last Transmission of Task Force Fire Bird......

...Inquisitor T'Rasque reporting... 

Situation Report Follows....
 ...I have made landfall on Planet's surface. Current Position:  Imperial Planetary Grid Ref:  HY/FU 38479/28663....Widespread, catastrophic failure of drive systems occurred aboard all Task Force Space Craft almost immediately upon entry into planet's orbit, resulting in all craft crashing into planet's surface at high velocity.  All Task Force craft destroyed.  Grand High Inquisitor Clenchstrangle dead.  High Inquisitor Ripthrottle dead.  Inqusitors Heng, Byrne and Smyte all missing, presumed dead.  Estimate 98-99% of all mission essential personnel dead or missing/presumed dead.  99% of all mission essential equipment lost.  I escaped with some of my staff aboard one of the few functional life-boats moments before impact.  Have made contact with personnel of two other life boats which landed safely.  No contact received or expected from any other life-boats....

Personnel and Equipment:  Myself, my Astropath and personal assassin, 5 Army personnel, 5 Space Marines and one Space Marine scout.  Ammunition:  Low.  Food/ water: Low.  Medical Supplies:  Low.  Battery Power:  Critically low.

Plan of Action:  Am continuing mission.  Am taking command of remaining Task Force equipment and personnel and will begin movement to objective in vicinity of Grid HY/FZ 59872/67899 within the hour.   Upon completion of mission, will set up astro beacon in vicinity of Grid HY GH 88900/72600.  If no beacon tansmits from this GRIDCO within 10 Terran Standard days, we have failed and are to be presumed dead....

 The Emporer Protects...Long Live The Emporer!!

So!  Spent the last 3 evenings painting furiously to get the 12 figures I needed to complete my warband for my  upcoming, experimental game with Thantsants and Private Weird.  Here's how my war band looks on Thantsants' table:

Obviously, we made an effort to get them looking as similar as possible.  This will avoid a lot of confusion later on!

 

Still got a long way to go to complete P.W.'s warband and the various NPC warbands which Thantsants will control.  I have many of medieval/fantasy infantry and Dwarf warriors already painted, however, so that will help a great deal....

Hope to post up some of the NPC warbands tonight!

Crusaders against Chaos: Old School Dungeon Party #2

 A handful of brave and probably doomed adventurers gather at Volstead Keep before setting off for the dreaded Caverns of Chaos.  The Keep lies near to the very edge of the inhabited country and it is well known to adventurers as an excellent base-camp from which to launch forays into the east, if one feels inclined toward that sort of thing.  Food, drink and shelter are to hand at two inns, one good, the other..."affordable"...and stout walls manned by the Lawful Earl Volstead's fighters offer security while adventurers rest, heal and re-supply.  The Earl's smiths are happy to take on extra work mending or making weapons and armor, and Clerics and Magic Users are present and willing to furnish potions, scrolls and other supplies...for a price, of course.  Above we have a Citadel Dwarf looking resolute and ready for a fight.

 A Grenadier female bard strums thoughtfully...Maybe this adventuring thing not such a great idea, she thinks.  maybe she could do just as well playing birthday parties and weddings here in the safety of The Keep...Nah.

 A gallant Grenadier female Cleric practices bringing the hammer down on the servants of Chaos...Yah!  Have at you!

 The strearn and silent Paladin.  Nobody knows what he looks like under that helmet.  He never takes it off.  Even drinks his wine right through the breathing holes in his visor.  Probably a complete madman, but also thoroughly lawful and doubtless a formidable enemy of Chaos.

 The Illusionist.  The adventurers are hoping that his phantasms will frighten the denizens of the Caverns of Chaos into thinking that their puny band is much larger and stronger than it really is...If only he can remember the words to them all...here he gets in some last minute practice...

Here are the ten adventurers I have completed so far.  I'm still struggling with getting the paint jobs to look decent on these antique minis... it seems much more difficult, for some reason, than painting my Oldhammer minis.  I think with the next party, I'll try a darker undercoat.... also, it's time to get some monsters painted...