#Shadespire

[cam2d]

Domitain’s Stormcoven, the new warband for Warhammer Underworlds! Thanks to Games Workshop for the preview set.

[vitolioce]

Another WIP of Gorechosen of Dromm. #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity #warhammerpainting #warhammerfantasy #warhammerageofsigmar #warhammerworld #warhammeraos #warhammer #wh40k #wharhammerclub #deathguard40k #khorne #dromm #shadespire #nightvault #beastgrave #direchasm #harrowdeep #nethermaze #warhammerunderworlds #underworlds #wip #art #paintingart #paintings (presso Ravenna, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjFW4rvMJ0v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[carlageddon]

Change of scenery, giving Shadespire a go.

So between playing the Ape and my Brother-in-law, we've been sticking to the two player starter set. We stick to the same Warbands. Both Ape and my Brother are the Nighthaunts, whilst I stick to the Stormcasts. The Nighthaunts are defiantly at the advantage.

My collection has grown a little over the past couple of months.

I imagine, as I don't get to play as much as I really want (mainly as I have no one to play with) I'll be surprised if a lot of these boxes ever get opened. Still it's Games Workshop stuffs, give it 10 years and they'll be worth a fortune, I could sell them and retire to the sunny coasts of elsewhere.

As the rules are ever changing between seasons, we've decided to stick to the original season, to keep it a lot more simple.

The figures are built, the boards laid out. We've rolled to choose which Warband each of us are going to use, I've come out on top so I decide to stick with the Stormcasts and have Steelhart's Champions.

Whilst Ape goes with Garreck's Reavers.

The board is setup. The pieces are down.

It's taking us a bit longer than usual (which is saying something, even after all our games, it still takes us an hour and half to play the starter set) to read through all these new character cards, objective, gambit and upgrades.

We think we got everything we need, and will learn as we go.

Round one, and we are basically playing the same tactics as before, I hold ground in the hopes of gaining objectives he charges forward and aims to take out my heroes. It's his 5 against my 3. In theory, he stands a good chance at succeeding.

(Looking back, maybe the Reaver's weren't running to attack me, they were just running to get away from Ape's stinky foot?)

The Reaver's maybe many, however, all it takes are a couple of good dice rolls and they are down, low hit points.

Both of us are trying to rely on the 'Support' bonus for combat (We are still not 100% clear on the Support rules).

Not to be put off by the fact I've taken down a couple of his Barbarians, the fight continues through round 2. He's not giving up and lady luck is no longer on my side for dice rolls.

Ape's Reaver's have taken down two, out of my three Stormcast heroes. It's the last attack. If he hits this, I'll be out and unable to gain the victory points I need to win.

He gets 2 successful hits, Lady luck, comes back on my side, I've a critical defend and a shield. Block and a Block.

What do we say to the God of Death? Not Today.

I use the Ploy/Gambit card in order to swap which token my leader is stood on, getting me out of danger, onto Objective marker 1, for which by the end phase, I've got a Ploy/Gambit card that I can claim the point for being on objective 1 !!

It's over.

Ape scored 9 points (which is high for us), turns out there were quite a few objective points available for his Warband dying.

Garreck's Reavers seems to be a good Warband if you focus more on the combat. If you win, you'll take out fighters and gain objectives points for doing so, if you die and have the right cards, you also claim objective points for loosing fighters in the end rounds. It's a risky gambit but it works..

Well, almost worked...

Thanks to jumping to that token and staying alive, I managed to get the two extra points I needed in order to claim a 10-9, very close victory.

I'm getting the hang of this, I'm now even 3-3 on wins & losses overall.

Yeah, I'm getting good. I think now is a great time to rest on my laurels...

Hey Brother, fancy a game?

[lolipop1920art]

found this strange lore tidbit

[eldavephoto]

The Briar Queen stalks the cursed city of Shadespire

[farsight-the-char]

KROOT AND TAU, STRONG AS ONE!

Fucking Finally.

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Gravebreakers underworlds band (might get)

Reprints for the Shadespire bands.

New Rivals deck.

Necromunda FW stuff (Delaque)

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Warhammer animated getting it's mecha anime with Broken Lance.

Battlereport Debuts Kroot's new stuff against Catachan Guard.

Loremasters focuses on the Vaults of Terra.

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Legion Imperialis and Necromunda new mini debuts on Warcom, plus looks at Tau/Kroot rules.

[dndeed]

Crit Role Miniature Rollout: C3E37 From the Boughs

With Andrew Harshman

An archive and analysis of the minis used on CR.

Wooey what an epic tree! Very metal! -errr, I mean lumber, very lumber! But more on that later. Rad storytelling and mechanics on display in this episode / combat. How many times are they going to have to fight ol’ Delilah B anyway? She just won’t quit!

♬ When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall ♬ [dice roll] and take 5d6 damage, it’s time for Crit Role Miniature Rollout Campaign 3 Episode 37!

The List

Mats by Mars: Shattered Soil Tabletop Play Mat

Dwarven Forge Wildlands Set

Dwarven Forge Mountain Peak Pack

Dwarven Forge Mountain Elevation Pack

Dwarven Forge Wildlands Tree

Real Game FX Fog Monster Fog Machine

Hagglethorn Hollow Sundial

Campaign 3 Party Wizkids Sculpts

Warhammer Underworld Shadespire: The Sepulchral Guard skeletons

Monster Menagerie #07 Specter

Skeleton #45 Lords of Madness

Tomb of Annihilation Skeleton Key / Skeleton

Halloween tree decoration with custom clay sculpting

Excellent question @eldritch_DM thanks for soliciting this answer from Matthew Mercer. Wow, what a crafty dungeon master! Check out them trunk sculpting skills. 

Quite the improvement over the early Campaign 2 swamp troll stump (meaning no offense of course). As I said, a mighty epic tree! The Sun Tree deserves no less.

The Monsters/Villains

Delilah Monster Menagerie #07 Specter Mini image sourced from minisgallery.com

Why does spirit form Delilah look like Imogen’s hair? It’s as if when she lost her hair, it animated into a malevolent wig wraith. This Specter mini doesn’t photograph super well, but it has a certain pop to it in person. Decent miniature choice. But such an infamous villain is deserving of a more loft model imo. If/when Delilah returns, I would expect a custom model.

Skeletons Warhammer Sepulchral Guard skeletons

An interesting skeleton situation in this episode. We have two of the best in the biz appearing onscreen alongside some of the worst. The Warhammer Sepulchral Guards are metal af. Spectacular poses and cast fidelity. With the exception of Campaign 1 final form Vecna, it is a rare occasion that a Warhammer model appear on Critical Role. But here we are. What a delight. The downward swing skeleton is one of my all time fav skellies.

skele-poots Tomb of Annihilation Skeleton Key / Skeleton Mini image sourced from minisgallery.com

Gods awful. Garbage. I own these models, I don’t have the heart to throw them away, but I actively avoid using them on the tabletop. There are so many variations on this figure, what an absolutely waste of plastic.

Skelington Skeleton #45 Lords of Madness Mini image sourced from trollandtoad.com

There is a subtle brilliance to the posing and sculpting of this figure. A certain slackness, jerky, distinctly reanimated appearance to this pose. Also, the skull of this skeleton actually looks like a skull, unlike the skele-poots. This model also comes in an axe variant, which I think I might prefer, because, let’s face it, this sword looks busted. 

See ya next sesh!

#critroleminiaturerollout

[khadeneth]

The Lore basis for Khade and all of Khorne's other siblings. Shadespire: Mirrored City.

[wikipete]

Stalagsquig

[lazyminions]

Another Morgok’ Krushas ready to welcome harrowdeep!

[cam2d]

Steelheart’s Champions, a fun little group of Stormcast to paint up! A little dated compared to the newer Stormcast, but lovely sculpts regardless.

[vitolioce]

Post Halloween Update: I started studying the cards and warbands of the new #Gnarlwood core set and my little helper Nicolino helped me put the cards in the new binder. Then I started painting the Hexbanes Hunter on commission. @warhammerofficial #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity #warhammerpainting #warhammerfantasy #warhammerageofsigmar #warhammerworld #warhammeraos #warhammerunderworlds #warhammerofficial #warhammerart #miniaturepainting #game #gamesworkshop #miniatures #citadelminiatures #direchasm #beastgrave #nightvault #shadespire #harrowdeep #nethermaze #gnarlwood https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckd_T_6s3Te/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[carlageddon]

Getting Deeper in Warhammer Underworlds.

OK so I’ve had a couple of intro sessions in Underworlds. A couple of ‘combat’ games at a Games Workshop. The idea of getting into this is so I can play over video-chat with my Brother-in-Law, who lives in a land far far away.

So we are ready for our first game. Lights. Camera. Action !!

We roll off. I’m going to be the Storm of Celestus, whilst my brother plays the  Drepur's Wraithcreepers, a group of Nighthaunt tormenting Shadespire.

This will be the first “Proper” game we’ve played. So we roll off, we take it in turns to lay 3 & 2 Objective tokens upside down, flip and take it in turns to lay out our war bands.

The box says “30 Minutes a game”, however, first ‘proper’ game we going to need to keep the rules on hand...

We take turns, Action Step, followed by power step, followed by Action Step, followed, by poor dice rolls in combat, followed by removing my first dead character on go two.... 

...I can see where this is heading.

By Round 3, I’ve managed to keep one guy alive, he’s got an upgrade... full health.. but there are two Nighthaunts closing in fast.

Third and final round has finished....

My brother wins... just. 6-5.

We learn’t loads and it was fun. The video chat works well.

..enjoy your victory brother, I will beat you next time.

[dom-miguels-miniatures]

Targor

Garrek's Reavers

Warhammer Underworlds

Season 1

Shadespire

[football-in-tuxedos]

So I really like the new Underworlds warband

[danielscholes]

Mini Painting - Rippa’s Snarlfangs

Rippa's, or maybe Stabbit's, possibly even Mean-Eyes' Snarlfangs

I'll take some better pictures of these with the full set-up when I've finished some more warbands, but my Snarlfangs are all finished.

I was struggling to come up with a theme or alternate scheme for these like I usually do, instead leaning into their existing lore. All of them are in exile after a failed coup, and with the 'Boss Hat' upgrade it's obvious it's an alliance of convenience rather than camaraderie that will fall apart given any opportunity, so I thought I'd suggest that with the colours.

Each has their own distinct colour, opting for the primaries (paint, not light) to show that desire to be the leader. The only things linking them are circumstance, snarlfang wolves are the mostly same, they share secondary colours between them. The two snakes on Stabbit's base are the colours of Rippa's subordinates.

Cheers for looking.