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, 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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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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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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