Bretonnians vs. the Undead in Famine, Sword, & Fire

 Today saw the...sixth(?) or sevent(?) narrative game in a campaign running between my two buddies.  The short version: Bretonnian Lady Azorius was meeting with an Elf envoy who possessed a crystal ball which was showing a future battle...while examining it and trying to make heads or tails of the vision, the undead detected it...and set out to stop her.

 

Protected only by a small bodyguard, Azorius was quickly cut off by a huge undead army, and despite a valiant charge of knights and their squires...Azorius was forced to run into the wilderness and escape (even after having a mage duel with an enemy necromancer!).

 

 

Anselmo Brivoli faces the Undead

In my first non-narrative/campaign game in a while, Brivoli's Great Company faced off against my buddy's Undead.

 

While it started out well, a couple crucial turns and failed rolls led to a disorganized charge and subsequently being drawn into too much close quarter fighting, negating my shooting units.  It ended with the Great Company routing off the table.

 

 

A quite silly cannon.

I picked up this alternate cannon on Etsy from a sculptor that I don't really like as much as the normal guy (Fabelzel).  However, I was too lazy to eBay it off, so I painted it and some extra crew.  This will run as a larger siege artillery piece in FSF.

 

Included a picture with the classic Earthshaker for scale.

 

 

More Araby mercenaries.

Added a smaller company of Araby missile infantry - but ones with additional weapons and armour (this can be added with traits in FSF).  I will probably do one more similar unit before finishing my mercenary infantry.

 

Not a great pic.

 

 

Prisoners and flamethrowers!

I whipped up this unit of prisoners for use as both a unit (with a special 'sacrificial' trait), and to serve for scenario purposes.  I also painted up the flame-thrower team which I got as a freebie from the guy who prints my minis.

 

 

Games!: Game #4 of our FSF campaign...Chaos Dwarfs vs. Dwarfs!

We wrapped up our first "chapter" in our narrative test campaign between my Chaos Dwarfs and my buddy's Dwarfs.

 

Quick catch up:

 

Game 01: Hobgoblin advance party attacks a Dwarf trade caravan heading toward Barak Varr - losing the game, but capturing a Dwarf captain and his son.

 

Game 02: Hobgoblins clash with the Dwarf search party.  The Hobgoblin force manages to drive back the Dwarfs and their mercenary allies.

 

Game 03: Dwarf rangers and huntsmen locate the Hobgoblins in an abandoned mansion in the forest - attacking at night, they attempt to save the Dwarf captain and son..but fail and the Hobgoblins escape with the prisoners.

 

Game 04: The Chaos Dwarfs finally arrive, and set up a ritual execution of the Dwarf captain and his son. The Dwarfs and some mercenary cavalry attempt to stop the ritual but fail...both are executed by Chaos Dwarf sorcerers.

 

 

Earthshaker Cannon! Chaos Dwarfs get some firepower...

On a random impulse I cleaned up, primed and painted this unit today.  A 3D print kit-bash from a couple of sources.

 

 

The eyes and ears of Brivoli's Great Company

 I whipped up the other five of the Empire Pistolier cavalry from the box I had picked up.  This unit, alongside the more proper pistoliers will be the scouting/skirmishing element of Brivoli's Great Company.