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.

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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Sunday, 16 October 2016

Unit showcase - Lykanis

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Shadow Stalker. Pack alpha. Leader of the hunt. Bravest of the tribe. Proudest of the forest's keepers. He and his people had lived in...
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Friday, 16 September 2016

Confronting the Sylvan Vanguard

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The abyss had been rumbling for some time, and its foul emanations could be felt within the Vampire Lord's castle, if one had particula...
Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Ancient Markers of the Dead

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Back in the earliest days of Mantica the religions known today were merely crude deferences to the unknown powers. Yet even still, those an...
Saturday, 4 June 2016

Unit showcase - Wraiths

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Weak or strong, the Vampire Lord's enemies always fell in the end. And yet death was rarely where their misery stopped. Zombies and ske...
Monday, 25 April 2016

A Time of Reclamation

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The Vampire Lord's domain could trace its origins to back before the God War. At first just a minor village with a watchful tower nearb...
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Monday, 21 March 2016

The God Citadel

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Travellers did not know this place. They could not. If they turned their horse towards it, the horse would shy away. If they set their eyes...
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Sunday, 28 February 2016

Press-moulding shields

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So in the process of finally coming close to finishing my Nightmare Legion, I decided they needed to all be bearing the classic coffin-shap...
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Sunday, 14 February 2016

Unit showcase - Zombie Trolls

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Across the lands of Mantica, there is trade. Markets bustle, coin changes hands and people barter. If you want food to feed your children, ...
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Saturday, 13 February 2016

Dwarven Wight

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After the night's rituals drew to a close, and the morning sun crested the horizon, the Vampire Lord's latest minion arose. Another...
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Monday, 8 February 2016

Unit showcase - Zombie Werewolves

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In life, the Vampire Lord had loved to hunt boars and other wildlife in the forests surrounding his castle. In death, his pursuits translat...
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Friday, 8 January 2016

X Marks the Spot

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With his domain expanded after the border skirmish, the Vampire Lord sent his eyes and ears out on leather wings to survey his new lands. T...
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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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