The Vampire's War Diaries
Wherein I capture my adventures in rejoining a wargaming community after a 20 year hiatus. I'm bringing my oldhammer Undead models into Kings of War, adding new models, and mucking about with some fiction to tie my battles together.
Tuesday 24 December 2030
Kings of War resources
Sunday 6 March 2022
A Faustian Bargain
AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHH. I JUST FOUND THIS POST FROM WAY BACK IN 2020 THAT WAS STUCK IN DRAFT AND NEVER ACTUALLY PUBLISHED HERE! WELL, TODAY YOU GET IT! (....and the reason I opened up my blog was because I was about to blog about some of my other stuff, including further work on this project....)
Hi all! Salem here from The Vampire's War Diaries. A Greater Daemon Challenge by the Scale Creep crew! Just the motivation I needed to get one of my old greater daemons painted up, some of which I had made a half-hearted start on back in the early 1990s, many of which were "re-collectings" from recent years to replace ones I had as a kid, and others still were just random purchases because I loved the models. So politely shoving my way in as a fake creeper, I signed myself up to the challenge. But how to choose? Which model will get the love this month? I think this calls for a ..... montage!
Monday 13 April 2020
Warlords of Erehwon Skeletons - Fiddly but fine - Part 2: Painting
Or, in fact, you have any brand nekkid skellies, or mostly nekkid. Here is how I get them buffed up quick and easy for the table.
Sunday 12 April 2020
Warlords of Erehwon Skeletons - Fiddly but fine - Part 1: Assembly
Well fret not! I am here to save you. For yes, they are fiddly. But with a bit of strategy, planning ahead, and choosing the right tools, you can actually assemble them in a timely manner. Please read the whole thing before starting; it will be important!
Friday 3 January 2020
Unit showcase - Keepers of the Dead (Ghouls)
The Book describes the Greylands, the world just beyond death. While most religions focus on the afterlife, the Grey focuses on the transition world between life and death. Mortal souls travel across the Greylands as they make their way to the afterlife. It is from these Greylands that necromantic energy is drawn, and souls captured to become undead.
In Angelfall the townsfolk know of death and the Greylands, as all whole live there know the Book of the Grey from an early age. They also know of, but rarely speak of, the Keepers of the Dead.
Saturday 26 October 2019
.... and now for something completely different
Unable to resist the allure, I joined in on their spontaneous hobbytime Witness Weekend.
This our story.....
Scale Creep Witness Weekend
Monday 15 July 2019
Unit Showcase - The Thing in the Woods (Lykanis)
Saturday 15 December 2018
Mighty Kingdoms - Mighty Empires for Kings of War - Part 2
Monday 14 May 2018
Mighty Kingdoms - Mighty Empires for Kings of War - a kid's dream 25-odd years in the making
While not all of my miniatures made the trip from the past to the present, presumably being sucked into the warp of chaos or something along the way, my Mighty Empires boxed set did happily come through, and in quite good condition. And now that I had a regular gaming group (albeit for Kings of War, not Warhammer) the idea of playing a Kings of War campaign across a hexy world started to nag at the back of my mind.
Friday 2 February 2018
Transporting my army
Monday 11 December 2017
Unit showcase - Liche Queen on Undead Unicorn
She knew the forest she grew up in as the Black Heart Forest, and her mother taught her never to go too deep into it lest she become lost. The edges of the forest were safe, though, wrapped as she was in the charms and wards of her mother's craft. No spirit or devil in those parts were any match for her.
Sunday 20 August 2017
Unit showcase - Cursed Pharaoh
Friday 3 February 2017
Balancing Kings of War
Thursday 29 December 2016
The Progress of 2016 - a summary of my army collecting and painting efforts
So how did I do with the Undead? Read on, dear friend, read on.....
Monday 12 December 2016
Korgaan's Fury
They weren't here for the Vampire and his territory. They were instead a raiding force, scouting ahead of their main forces, looking for signs of the abyss, to once more plot a Reckoning. To find out if, indeed, the Wicked Ones needed to be Reckoned with. Yet scouting forward they decided that a certain patch of land, the abandoned ruins of a barely settled village, would make a good staging point. But this village was within the Vampire Lord's domain, and no such stake to his kingdom would he allow.