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

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Handy Kings of War (v2) Links
Sunday, 6 March 2022

A Faustian Bargain

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AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHH. I JUST FOUND THIS POST FROM WAY BACK IN 2020 THAT WAS STUCK IN DRAFT AND NEVER ACTUALLY PUBLISHED HERE! WELL, TODAY YOU G...
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Monday, 13 April 2020

Warlords of Erehwon Skeletons - Fiddly but fine - Part 2: Painting

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So now you have yourself a mass of beautiful plastic Warlords of Erehwon (/Wargames Factory) skeletons (see: the previous article ), and yo...
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Sunday, 12 April 2020

Warlords of Erehwon Skeletons - Fiddly but fine - Part 1: Assembly

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You may have seen a video from a well respected YouTuber who had a bit of an issue with the Warlords of Erehwon plastic skeletons. You boug...
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Friday, 3 January 2020

Unit showcase - Keepers of the Dead (Ghouls)

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In the township of Angelfall the Book of the Grey is the bible and law book, encyclopaedia and instruction manual. The priests of the Grey ...
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Saturday, 26 October 2019

.... and now for something completely different

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So while waiting for Kings of War Third Edition to land, I was very hesitant to continue building, painting and modelling my undead army in...
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Monday, 15 July 2019

Unit Showcase - The Thing in the Woods (Lykanis)

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Shadow Stalker heard the mournful howling echoing across the the hills. His keen eyes twitching at the sound, he turned his head to establi...
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Saturday, 15 December 2018

Mighty Kingdoms - Mighty Empires for Kings of War - Part 2

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Part 1, the lead-up to this entry, can be found here . Mantica was on the edge of the abyss. The surging of evil spewed forth untold h...
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Monday, 14 May 2018

Mighty Kingdoms - Mighty Empires for Kings of War - a kid's dream 25-odd years in the making

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As a child in the late 80s into the early 90s I wanted what all cool kids wanted: world conquest. When Mighty Empires got released (the ori...
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Friday, 2 February 2018

Transporting my army

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So you've seen those GW cases and you want something nice and solid to keep your army safe. But then you see the prices for new ones, ...
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Monday, 11 December 2017

Unit showcase - Liche Queen on Undead Unicorn

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Kyteler the Tired was an old witch, of a line of old witches. But not the evil, cavorting with demons stereotype. Her mother had taken up r...
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Sunday, 20 August 2017

Unit showcase - Cursed Pharaoh

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In life, Akran was a great student and even greater teacher. His keen intellect and voracious appetite for study had seen him accrue a weal...
Friday, 3 February 2017

Balancing Kings of War

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Whenever the topic of balance comes up in Facebook's Kings of War Fanatics group, the general consensus is that Kings of War is actual...
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Thursday, 29 December 2016

The Progress of 2016 - a summary of my army collecting and painting efforts

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For 2016 I had set out to collect, assemble, and paint one of every unit entry listing for the Undead list in the Kings of War rulebook. On...
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Monday, 12 December 2016

Korgaan's Fury

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Korgaan's favoured sons ranked up, their weapons glinting in the frosty early morning sunlight. While winter, the day looked to be clea...
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Monday, 17 October 2016

Obsidian Doom

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The reach of the abyss grew longer and harsher as the aura of the blessed touch faded from the town of Angelfall over the centuries. Once m...
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Played Warhammer Fantasy Battles in the late 80s/early 90s. Went on hiatus for 20+ years, in 2015 I've rediscovered my love of miniatures with Kings of War.
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