Okay, this may still be a bit rough, but gives an idea as to fiction I could write for submission to the Black Library for Publishing.
Khadrovian Data: History;
The Khadrovian Konfederacy began around 10,000yrs ago, when Vladimir Andrei Khadrov saw that the families chosen as High Lords would always be opposed to his reforms. To avoid things becoming ugly, he chartered an expedition to the Far Eastern Fringes to settle new worlds, along with the Cult Imperialis that rose out of the Crusades and the Heresy.
He went with his family and holdings, retainers and allies, colonists and converts, clergy, and an arm of the loyalist Tech Adepts, early Astropaths, Navigators and Army units as there were no Marines to spare to help. Contact was lost, and so thought the High lords, the Khadrovian expedition was presumed lost. The reality is that they carved out a robust and healthy little empire in the millenia since then.
The Konfederacy takes it's name from the seat of power, Khadrovia, named for Vladimir Andrei Khadrov(Ca-Drov). The Konfederations' success story is one of those rare things in Imperial/Human history, a collection of star systems working and cooperating to the benefit of all of it's members, passed down reforms of Vladimir's making. They do have some odd ideas as they are of a very ancient and divergent cult of the Emperor, and a well armed one at that!
Due to the odd manners of the Khadrovians, along with their odd way with Psykers, but their strict codes regarding aliens and mutants, the Inquisition is investigating this offshoot Imperial cult and society to see if needs purging, or, as their is need for the resources, re-integration into the Imperium.
Khadrovian Data: Technology;
Thanks to the sect of the Adeptus Mechanicus that was a part of the original expedition, the Khadrovians share a lot of similar technology with the Imperium. Some technology is different as they had some of their tech from the Crusade era, and STC's found found out there. Due to plentiful supplies of raw materials for making propellant based ammo, they still use a collection of auto-rifles using case-less rounds.
Another difference is their most potent weapon in abundance is similar to the las-cannon, but fires a magnetically accelerated round, they call this the Coil-Gun. Other than a few minor and "cosmetic" differences, both their Army and Navy are similar to the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Navy.
The Khadrovian Military also makes use of air mobile vehicles comparable to the Valkyrie, vendettas and Vultures, etc. Another is the use of Kommissars and Battle Priests, both of which seem very good at getting heroic efforts out of konfederacy forces above and beyond normal limits.
Ground forces also make use of artillery, special support crack elite troops, armored transports and fighting vehicles even up to Superheavy classes. They have yet to be seen deploying Titans, but with the Adeptus Mechanicus sect it is likely they may just be holding back their use for home defense.
Khadrovian Data: Pyskers, mutants and Aliens in the Konfederacy;
Rules and regulations are very strongly enforced here, special agents are in attendance in hospitals for births, looking for mutations and psykers. Such agents also screen school populations and keep alert to reports from the public of such.
Mutants are collected after being killed for studies, their parents screened, and if found tainted, sterilized to keep them working, but unable to make more mutants. This policy keeps the mutant population down to a manageable number as some are expected to escape and even these are hunted down.
Psykers, feared, yet useful, are screened and culled as the Konfederacy being isolated for so long, had no access to the Black Ships to ship them off world. Their Astropaths are trained as they were in Pre-heresy days, and are always escorted by armed handlers trained to shoot them at the first sign of possession. A few exceptional psykers are employed by the special agents to deal with the occasional rogue psyker.
Aliens, so far, only one race called the Rhuk (with a ^over the u), have been seen fighting alongside the Khadrovians, they are a subjugated race who send out warbands of up to 10 strong as "Janissaries" to the Konfedracy. Although the appearance of units wearing Tau influenced armor has raised questions, especially since the Khadrovians barely trust massive Rhuk.
Khadrovian Data; Socio-political Structure;
The planetary rule within the konfederacy is similar to most Imperial ruled planets, all have a governor, but for the most part, these are elected every so many years, depending on each world's charter. Very few use the inherited rulers, but all send representatives to Khadrova for the participation in the Konfederacy "Politburo", the ruling council.
The new Premier can be elected from any of the member worlds, but resides on Khadrova, overseeing the governing of the entire Konfederacy. The Politburo contains representatives from all memnber worlds, and the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Ecclessiarchy, Navis Nobilite, to make sure no one feels "left out."
All strive for a chance to be recognized as the best in their fields and professions, as such can lead to the elevation to one of the councils and ultimately to possible Politburo offices. Most Konfederacy citizens live at a comfortable enough level of pay and consumables, and are educated. These people are also taught that they can achieve much in the People's Konfederacy.
More to come, but I figured that this was big enough for now!
that was a real good read! as i am a so called "red sock" , someone like that is called that way if he fancies some ideas of communism and the procedures behind that system... i like your concept very much^^.
there are some things i found rather logically and also cleverly choosen to better create your fluff as it develops. this includes the great trek of the khardovians to a far away system...only question that this raises, as much as i am fimilar with the 40k canon i thought the emperor has contact/feels every psyker or astropath in the galaxy? or am i mistaken? if so then you should develope a certain kind of maybe natural source for masking the presence of all your khardovians...because, lets face it, as you describe it the dont send their tithe and dont send mutans etc with the black ships and so on and in the imperial book this makes the bunch of khardovians all traitors...even if they fight for the emperor and try to uphold the laws of the imperium...
don´t get me wrong if i had to choose where to belong, true imperialist or khardovian citizen then fear not my answer^^...
maybe get a nice and cosy little nebula around the system that masks their presence and lets the occainsonal stray enemy in for some jolly good battle^^...
again i lkie where your going so i am sitting tight at my desk (even so i might leave sometimes^^ but in my mind i will stay) and wait for some update here^^
Now I have been reading the Horus Heresy novels, and there were many "Astropaths who had their eyes as they had not been "wed to the Emperor" they were just really good telepaths who could send messages, but they were fairly well trained and strong, but still would have been needing some watching just in case they "Popped off"
That and their isolation in a mostly neglected section of the galaxy felt pretty much a reason to do something as there were no black ships to take the psykers away.
And yes, it does add to the tragedy of the 40k universe, here they are, isolated by all sorts of space, phenomena, and aliens, now making contact with other "neglected" systems and trying to do their part for Mankind and the Emperor, yet they could be seen as traitors by the Imperium itself.
well credit where credit is due...
seems everybody does his fluff homework...exept me...^^ *hides in shame*
are the khardovians conciuos about their generally traitorus to be seen behavior? not that with all things that could one into a traitor isn´t easy...even if your staying true to the path a mere envious mind can accuse you of heresy...
for me sometimes staying faithful in the eyes of the inquisition or other hunters is like playing in a lottery...only when you win your purged and the chances aren´t such as winning a lot of money more likely like something on the line of 1:1000 instead of 1: 40 000 000...
Oh if they knew about the Black ships, and such, they would make the Konfederacy work towards re-unification, but they also have been taught that the Emperor is exploited by the greedy High Lords as he is on his throne and one day shall walk amongst the worlds of men once more, and that all those who remained true to Him will be vindicated and fight by his side as in the days of long ago past!
Nice work! I'd alter it a tad that they were presumed lost, and due to thier (very) slightly unorthodox methods, and with mutants, and such, maybe the inquisition has it's eye on them lest they become mutants or daemons and such? Then you also have an excuse for a russian inquisitor to hang about...
In fact I did make a Inquisition miniature with "Makarov" patter storm bolter/Force sword/storm shield and powered armor, (all golden) have yet to finish his paint job, I named him Mikhail Romanov, a member of the Khadrovian Special Investigations Bureau.
Due to the odd manners of the Khadrovians, along with their odd way with Psykers, but their strict codes regarding aliens and mutants, the Inquisition is investigating this offshoot Imperial cult and society to see if needs purging, or, as their is need for the resources, re-integration into the Imperium.
this makes me a bit thinking... if they have their own active branch of the inquisition, why don´t they try to et updates or new orders from the main department of the inquisition and thus getting into contact with the main imperium as well?
might be due to something that slipped my mind but for now there seems to be a gap in the fluff now...as i can see a whole community leaving the coresystems due to the uneasyness Vladimir Andrei Khadrov saw ... but if he took even one inquisitor with him they are bound to stay in contact to their fellow purgers and tortures buddys...
i might be wrong, because fluffwise i am a total noob and have only read some pieces of fluff written in codezies and no books whatsoever...
Good observation, when I say Special Agents, it is more like their "Inquisition" would be S.C.H.M.E.R.T.Z. (Special Committee for High-function and Mutant Eradication and Retraining Traitors to Zeal)
Well, remember the words are to sound russian to most, notice 40k is a big mix most names sound like german and russian mashed together. But thanks, would like some words to work with!
shasolenzabi wrote:Good observation, when I say Special Agents, it is more like their "Inquisition" would be S.C.H.M.E.R.T.Z. (Special Committee for High-function and Mutant Eradication and Retraining Traitors to Zeal)
SCHMERTZ...
Special Committee for High-function and Mutant Eradication and Retraining Traitors to Zeal...
how about Special Commanders and High Investigators of Mutant Activity and Traitors to Zeal?
SCHIMATZ?
I prefer the sound of SCHMERTZ, but SCHIMATZ makes more sense. Man I need some acronyms in my death korps...
Special Commanders is your platoon and company commanders, as well as maybe one or two veteran sergeants, while Investigators could be inquisitors.
read that one from you shrike fisrt take wrong and it was SCHMATZ wich is the german sound for a kiss... like smoochy or how you say it sounds...
so this would be something highly comical^^ lol
nobody expects a SCHMATZ in this late time of the night....
Viktor von Domm wrote:read that one from you shrike fisrt take wrong and it was SCHMATZ wich is the german sound for a kiss... like smoochy or how you say it sounds...
so this would be something highly comical^^ lol
nobody expects a SCHMATZ in this late time of the night....
I never knew that meant something...lol...I just thought it sounded german/russian and the acronym sounds better...
LOL...
Special Commanders and High Investigators of Traitor Zeal.
SCHITZ. sorry...
seriously?
Special Commanders and High Investigators of Mutant Activity.
SCHIMA.
Khadrov; Capital world of the Konfederacy, seat of Politburo.Khadrov is a cold world and shares the star with several planets and moons. Khadrov raises a large bulk of the Konfederacy forces, has shipyards as well as forges and mines. Uniforms have cuts similar to Cadian style(utlra-utilitarian) to a Valhallan style(Greatcoats/cold gear) Rifles used are Tokarev patterns alongside two bullpup patterns of Kalashnikov rifles, which oddly look at first like Pulse rifles.
Frigia; Perhaps the iciest of the Konfederacy worlds, their hives are built underground. frigia's abundant ice/water resources are also joined by mineral wealth. Frigian uniforms are a little fancier, with embellishments the coats themselves, and fur astrokan hats. Frigians use long ornate rifles and ornate weapons.
Caskrainea; The "summer spot" of the konfederacy, a temperate non ice or cold world. People travel from all over the Konfederacy to get some sun. The "natives" wear sweaters in evening, while off-worlders usually prefer their great coats.
Caskraineans wear a light uniform reminiscent of Catachan style uniforms and use Tokarev pattern carbine rifles and bush knives for their forest training.
Krueger; Mountainous chilled world with thick forests, Krueger exports ore and lumber, along with agricultural goods. Another offering are the large hunting preserves. Kruegerian Army training is top notch, so all of their troops come well and highly trained and well equipped, Bauhaus pattern armor Uniforms and armor are used, and the preferred rifle is the Heckler-Rheinmetal HR-91 or the Mauser Rotary Carbine.
Myrmanskya; This icy hiveworld provides industrial, mining and Promethium as it's main trade goods. Due to the harsh, windswept surface conditions, masks, greatcoats, armor and boots and gloves are standard issue amongst these soldiers. The Bullpup w/shotgun model Makarov M-75 is used.
Arkelietska; From here come mined ore, industrial products and radioactives are traded from this radioactive, volcanic winter world. What is grown is done so deep underground, as do the living quarters and factories. To go unprotected on the surface is to court death on this world, and that is where the Arkeliestkan Army trains, from siege craft to decontamination training.Another armor/greatcoat force in the Konfederacy, they too use the M-75 Rifle.
Tyarvetz; Rich in chemical ashes, Tyarvetz ships chemical powders and liquids to the rest of the Konfederacy. Tyarvetzian Army is trained in all fields of chemical warfare and decontamination. Greatcoats over uniforms as well as masks issued, helmets are seen as traps for the chemical ash and so, none are issued, this gives the Tyarvetzians a more roguish appearance. They use a specially treated version of the M-75 rifle.
Polera; A mix of industrial/agro world with hot houses set up. The hard working Polerans also raise Rough Rider regiments as horse handling is so highly prized and respected. Their uniforms resemble ancient WWII Polish Army uniforms.
Sovestka; Industrial goods and mined ore are common from the forges and mines of Sovetska, a world with harsh winters broken by a short spring-fall season. Their Uniforms resemble WWII Russian army and use older pattern rifles and carbines.
Etruska; Agricultural goods and some industrial set amongst craggy mountainous terrain with rolling fields for the crops.Uniforms resemble WWII Italian paratroopers and mountain troops, older pattern weapons used.
Merika; Another Industrial/Agro world, Merika will also be providing troops set for cold conditions with armor and unique M-1 auto rifles.
Bavarania; Rolling hills and mountains make a picturesque setting here. Industry is balanced by agro and mining. The troops are also well equipped and armed. Heavy Stega Tanks and troops armed with MP-47 rifles will be their contribution.
Of the twenty systems in the Konfederacy, these twelve provide the bulk of the military might. The others send troops to become part of the other armies as they are "clients" of the twelve. Outside of these are the outpost or fringe systems, only able to provide goods or raw materials. These get fleets and armies assigned to protect them from neighbors in the "Pearl Strand" sub-sector.
The Khadrovian Konfederacy has a sphere of influence spanning some 30-40 systems, now they shall see if they can hold onto them from all threats, for the Emperor!
Known rivals and belligerents; Germania(was chaos held until loyalists sought help from the Konfederacy, in which they helped liberate Germania from the chaos cult ruining it.) Several Ork Warbands, Necrons, Eldar(both light and dark), Tau Empire, Chaos warbands, and other human worlds expnading their iwn bounds.
Though there is variation of faith, the Konfederacy do have a strong reverence for the Emperor enthroned on Terra, beloved by all!
Hence why there happen to be armed and armored priests over there!
(These are notes for lter expanding upon per world.)
nice!
took me a while to read through that lot...
so you have valhallans, catachans, cadians and greatcoats?
any chance of death korp guys? They're pretty german-like.
shasolenzabi wrote:Okay, this may still be a bit rough, but gives an idea as to fiction I could write for submission to the Black Library for Publishing.
Shrike: Thanks, but at 80dollars a squad, I may not have them.
Manchu: Khadrovia may sound similar but they have Khador, there is a difference. and Khadrovian Konfederacy is using WH40k tech, not steampunk/DnD mixture.
actually, engineers are a troop choice and cost £20 for 5, being the equivalent of BS3 carapace-armoured shotgunners for the points cost of 4 scouts (ish), and HQ? General-commissars are £10. You can buy 10 engineers and a general-commissar, then but leman russes, hellhounds, basilisks, ect.
reall good concept, like your different worlds, and the fluff justification for different mini types.
nice to see so many known big names in histroical weapon making...makarov and the likes^^
loved the Krueger weapons the most...
Heckler-Rheinmetal HR-91 or the Mauser Rotary Carbine
good sounding ones^^ and very prominent names sakes^^.
very good read!
now more, we need backround for vasiliev and his wild cards!
Khadrovian Data: Senior Sargent Nikolai Alexander Vasily, Veteran Sgt of the "Violators".
Sgt Vasily started by leading his team in a confused Urban battle in which the Khadrovian 1024th Iron Guards fought an invasion force Iron Hands Marines lead by an overzealous Inquisitor. During the battle, Vasily and his squad managed to Melta a Landraider to a wreck with their choice of 3 x melta guns. During this fight that saw victory over the Marines, Vasily and his team managed to defeat the Marines from the Landraider, and Vasily took out the Terminator suited sargeant brother and the Thunder-Hammer was held in a revered spot in their ready room until such time as it could be returned as it was a relic and they did not want it abandoned for one of the local xenos to sully. He was awarded the Honorifica award for the valor in facing down a superior foe in hand to hand combat!
When the Germanians were loyal, and ther misunderstanding happened, the team of Vasily's Violators" would sneak out of manhole covers with a purloined case of the General's select vodka stash, and kill at least one or more Germanian tanks before having to hide in a building.
In fact, the Germanians began trying to prevent these attacks whenever they fought the Khadrovians in urban combat. Unfortunately, this never seemed to prevent Vasily from accomplishing the impossible and killing at least one leman russ before the Germanians withdrew!
One fight, his team took out and or immobilized three Sister Militant in a single action!
Against a chaos force, Vasily and the "violators" got off target and only could attack a strange mega weapon, they of course attacked it and destroyed it, leaving only the Sgt and the meltas and vox man left alive.
Vasily and the Violators saw many actions and have rewards and medals on display in whatever ready room
they set up. With his power sword and hellpistol, he now leads the violators to battle, seeking enemy tanks and monsters as they have, in the past killed Nids, a Carnifex included, Eldar vehicles and other enemies of the Imperium including Tau Tanks and Broadsides most recently.
Vasily has a real knack for being both aggressive, and for surviving these attacks on such fearsome foes. He has passed up promotions past Senior Veteran Sargeant. preferring to lead just his small, tight-knit group of hardened veterans along side him.
Had he not passed these promotions up, he likely would be a major or colonel by now, on his way to Generalship, Either he will get killed one day or allow himself to move up in ranks to lead more men to glorious victory as a Lieutenant or even company commander!
Viktor von Domm wrote:hmmmm tasty read^^, a thunderhammer in your readyroom to hang on a wall is a nice thing to have^^...
this vasily sounds like he deserves some one rules...not of a single character but a nice set of rules for a special character within squads...
vik
Yeppers!^^ Important relic.
With the codex change, I lost the Honorifica Imperialis, but I can use Sgt Bastonne rules(60pts) as a replacement instead. Makes nice LD and attacks, carapced, Hellpistol and powersword is nice, plus he does have command ability like a cross between Company commander and platoon commander. Plus the ability to rally no matter how bad it gets!
for some reason i have a little image of one Hannibal Smith in my mind...lighting his new cigar with a big cheery grin in his face and mouthing the line: i love it when a plan works" (don´t know the true english caption^^)
something of a case of selective view^^ making best decisions and dice throws for these few minis...now channel that energy and shovel it out for all your models of the army when playing against sifi vamps...
shasolenzabi wrote:Allow me Vik, "I love it when a plan comes together!"
Yep, Vasily does manage to make the brightest points in my battles, even when the rest of the army is pummeled!
My fave member of the A-team is Murdoch. Vasily sounds alot like my scout sergeant. CCW/BP/meltabomb-armed rambo. He can kill anything, anyhow, anywhere- providing his squad has been killed.
lol he springs into action whenever his meatshield is evaporated...nice fella^^, wanna jion the party?...er...no thanks...i stay with cleaning the latrines if its all the same to you...
and by the way , who wouldn´t like Howling Mad Murdoch the best^^
remeber so many good episode all staring his nice shizophrenic ideas...the tablecloth super hero...
the golfball recuer, or the best him as a super agent like bond and faceman being the sore looser of the team...priceless....
More information, hopefully it won't clash too much, it is slightly older.
Looking at the Khadrovian forces, one will note several things, a very large selection of vehicles, weapon patterns, and uniform/armor patterns. This is due to the absorption of each member world's munitorium offices, each making sure that their procurements are shipped out, hence while all uniforms share the gray/gray cammo, they are not all cut the same, this is also why the plasteel armor also seems to clash. It comes in O.D. Green with or without camo patterns, or Black with Gray patterns on it for stormtroopers. Arkelietska sends it's troopers out with the standard uniforms, but their armor is a very dark gray. Caskrainea, a very temperate world, prefers greens and browns for their camo, making them stand out out more from the rest. Krueger seems to be of a mixed mind regarding color patterns.
The ancient and venerable Phaeton Pattern seems to predominant amongst the Khadrovian armor, yet their tanks seem rather well equipped.They do seem to have a couple of odd variants of Leman Russ, and these are all as modern as can bein these times. Several changes of design can also be noted in Chimera, Basilisks, Malcador, Valdor, and super-heavy transports and warmachines.
Oddly, while most worlds no longer employ "Thudd-Guns", the Khadrovians apparently employ them as front-line weapons. Heavy mortars, mortars, grenade launchers are all heavily salted in through out their military.
This collective pooling of Munitoriums, factoriums, forges and supplies allows for the Konfederation to be very well equipped at all times.
One especially noticeable oddity of Khadrovian uniforms to be noted are the Tau-like helmets and shoulder pads, at first, this is from a old trade agreement between the Khadrovian Politburo and the xenos Tau. This did not sit well with all, especially when they were sent in support of the xenos in some campaigns. Once the old Politburo were forcibly removed from power(shot!) These same units were able to use the uniforms to keep the Tau off guard and managed to foil these campaigns, now those worlds are Kofederacy worlds. Now, the Tau-style armor is regarded as a "trophy" and reminder that they were almost subjugated to alien agendas. Though there is severely restricted trade with the Tau today, it is not the same relationship the Tau once enjoyed.
Due to incursions and raids , the Konfederacy is alert for Eldar, Ork, Tyranid, and others.
The Konfederation when it finds n isolated system of fellow humans, sends in agents from S.C.H.M.E.R.T.Z. to see their tech level, social structure, levels of mutant and psyker taint. They then will offer their newfound friends a chance to join willingly, or, decide to launch an actual invasion "For their own good."
Worlds that stubbornly refuse the offer will also see themselves crushed, or after a lengthy war, unable to to last as long as the far better supplied Khadrovians. Morale is often undermined when they see regiments made up from a dozen different worlds. The Konfederacy has slowed to consolidate it's expansion throughout the "Pearl Strand"sector(sub-sector). This is in part also due to needing to avoid tussles with forces loyal to the Emperor, that are also well equipped and stubborn enemies as they do not wish to be fighting too many fronts.
The Khadrovian Konfederacy may have to set up more defenses as the Tau, especially the "recently" rebuked Sept Kal' Dath, are also encroaching. Also, recent raids by an od race of reptilian chaos worshippers, calling themselves the Kraal'q Empire, Waaagh! Magnotz! of the Orks as well as other ork raiders, Eldar and Dark Eldar. Tyranids are also another concern as the splinter fleets are hard to locate and one never knows when those will arrive. The Imperium, as misunderstandings can and do happen(Expansionistic governors). They do have an ally as they do supply applicants to the Dragons Errant Space Marine chapter fleets.
The Khadrovian Konfederacy has found that the "Pearl Strand" sector is full of competition, and this drives their search for advantage as they feel themselves the proper instrument of the Emperor's Will here. Considering their advantages of being close to their supplies, and the present pre-occupation of the Imperium elsewhere, the local governors and the Khadrovians could well fill the power vacuum in the region. This would still make the area Human, not Xenos as it should be.
The Khadrovian Konfederacy may have to set up more defenses as the Tau, especially the "recently" rebuked Sept Kal' Dath, are also encroaching. Also, recent raids by an od race of reptilian chaos worshippers, calling themselves the Kraal'q Empire, Waaagh! Magnotz! of the Orks as well as other ork raiders, Eldar and Dark Eldar. Tyranids are also another concern as the splinter fleets are hard to locate and one never knows when those will arrive. The Imperium, as misunderstandings can and do happen(Expansionistic governors). They do have an ally as they do supply applicants to the Dragons Errant Space Marine chapter fleets.
i wondered how they fare all alone in a vast sector of the universe without the occaisional SM backup. well and then you bring them on^^. good part right there.
thanks for justificating all the different uniforms and mech styles... not needed but very tasty describing the how and why!
very interesting intermingling history with the tau^^, did we see some of your minis actually wear tau armor? if not will you?
, or, decide to launch an actual invasion "For their own good."
lol first they barter with the tau and now they talk about their own good...lol talk about some xeno influence^^
i like this very much mate, you know the more you feed the beast they still will be coming for moaaaarrrrr^^
Further back, when making such adjustments on 1/35 scale tanks, if I slipped, well, clean the cut, and seal with crazy glue. Shrike should like these pics though as well.
I have more to post, but don't wish to make him lose place or track. I will also post the others as they come about, and such.
LOL! Once done with the WGF great coats, I will finish the Khadrovian troops first, the Frigians, the Caskraineans, the Kruegerians, etc. Tanks will be also done alongside them as these can be painted quickly compared to the troops with the small scale details!
While many worlds were named in the fluff, and these pics are to help illustrate points of the fluff, I have so many uncollected forces to show for the rest of the Konfederacy.
Viktor von Domm wrote:i have yet to find a suitable tankdesign for me to see if tanks really are that quicker to be painted...if your up to some suggestions...feel free...
so your design is brass heads, dark red torsos, white shoulders, light brown legs?
brass turrets, dark red hull, white sponsons, light brown stripes.
so you´d vote for a more modern day tank then?
i am torn between real old design for the steampunk look and a more modern day looking tank for better blending with the minis...
Viktor von Domm wrote:so you´d vote for a more modern day tank then?
i am torn between real old design for the steampunk look and a more modern day looking tank for better blending with the minis...
well leman russes look like more angular WWII tanks...
go old school...
lOL! I am afraid that my guys are a little "rougher around the edges" than Viks guys! While his chaps are sipping their Earl Grey, mine are drinking theirs with vodka, or just the vodka!
Also, the Khadrovians really do not have "Nobles" per se, just some are more equal than others.
shasolenzabi wrote:lOL! I am afraid that my guys are a little "rougher around the edges" than Viks guys! While his chaps are sipping their Earl Grey, mine are drinking theirs with vodka, or just the vodka!
Also, the Khadrovians really do not have "Nobles" per se, just some are more equal than others.
Well, vik does have some aussie bushwackers... but then...in a fight...who'd win?
he's outnumbered about 10 to 1...but then he does have an airship...but then you have about 20 heavy weapons teams...
but were my space marines to join the fray, I'd love to see your 300-odd guardsmen in CC with my 8 captains, counts-as lysander, chapter master, 2 chaplains, 2 libbies, chief libby, korvydae, shrike and 10 vanguard veterans...a squad costing over 4,000pts...lol...
shasolenzabi wrote:That would be one massive fight!
You forgot all the tanks and superheavies I have.
-I've got the fortress of arrogance, a shadowsword and a 1,000pt kustom stompa.
-all my men have meltabombs.
-I've got 3 land raiders, 2 leman russes, 3 dreads, 2 sentinels, an ursus assault vehicle, going to get 2 stormravens, a basilisk and 2 rhinos. Not alot, but every little helps.
True, it does help, arranging such a battle would be pretty big, me and my army from the states, you in England and Vik in Germany.
My tanks list is pretty big at 12 Leman Russ, with 2 sabres on the way and 7 chimeras, with 2 lancers and 2 claymors enroute, 2 baslisks, manticore, 3 hellhound/banewolf, baneblade, malcador, valdor x2, T-61A5, T-440, T-350, T-290
Seadrgon, the thudd battery, 10 sentinels, the hundreds of guys. ogryns sqd, Hydras, all in all about 15k for Apocalypse if all of it was used for a single battle!
shasolenzabi wrote:True, it does help, arranging such a battle would be pretty big, me and my army from the states, you in England and Vik in Germany.
My tanks list is pretty big at 12 Leman Russ, with 2 sabres on the way and 7 chimeras, with 2 lancers and 2 claymors enroute, 2 baslisks, manticore, 3 hellhound/banewolf, baneblade, malcador, valdor x2, T-61A5, T-440, T-350, T-290
Seadrgon, the thudd battery, 10 sentinels, the hundreds of guys. ogryns sqd, Hydras, all in all about 15k for Apocalypse if all of it was used for a single battle!
shasolenzabi wrote:I'd jhave to lug all of those to where ever the battle would be held.
I can imagine you getting through customs, accompanied by a fleet of luggage carriers carrying our stuff- "What's in the bags?" "Toy soldiers." "?!"
I might manage about 10,000pts if I cobble my raven guard, 'nids, steel legion and orks together...By net year? about 13,000. Bear in mind my dosh will be spent on scenery and death korps.
lol, and I have titanhammer squads.
and soon-to-be vortex missile launcher.
Scenery eh? Death Korps would give you more troops and artillery and tanks though.
As you can see from the fluff though, the Khadrovian military is like a massive tidal wave in it's own right.
Most armies are listed like the 1024th Kadrovian Iron Guards' Shock Army or other shock armies where they will land a large force to overwhelm a planet defense force or whatever the xenos has that passes for the same.
Armor, supported by relentless artillery, with air support. Specialist units will also slip in behind enemy lines to disrupt the enemies power supplies, blow up bridges and rail facilities, and burn fuel depots. While many IG would refer to these as Stormtroopers, the Khadrovian name for them is the Spetznats Kommandos. Once the area is 'secured" the agents of S.C.H.M.E.R.T.Z. arrive on planet to scour the areas for mtants and psykers as well as those who do not pray to the Emperor, those found lacking in these departments are rounded up for swift retribution.
shasolenzabi wrote:Scenery eh? Death Korps would give you more troops and artillery and tanks though.
trenches, mainly. The army is- 50 blob guard, PCS, CCS, general-commissar, 3 heavy weapons teams, 3 cyclops vehicles, 5 engineers, hades breaching drill, banewolf, 2 LRBT's, basilisk, deathstrike.
As you can see from the fluff though, the Khadrovian military is like a massive tidal wave in it's own right.
meatshielders or meatgrinders?Most armies are listed like the 1024th Kadrovian Iron Guards' Shock Army or other shock armies where they will land a large force to overwhelm a planet defense force or whatever the xenos has that passes for the same.
Armor, supported by relentless artillery, with air support. Specialist units will also slip in behind enemy lines to disrupt the enemies power supplies, blow up bridges and rail facilities, and burn fuel depots. While many IG would refer to these as Stormtroopers, the Khadrovian name for them is the Spetznats Kommandos. Once the area is 'secured" the agents of S.C.H.M.E.R.T.Z. arrive on planet to scour the areas for mtants and psykers as well as those who do not pray to the Emperor, those found lacking in these departments are rounded up for swift retribution.
so, kinda like blitzkrieg?
My engineers are gonna be kinda like that- blob guard distracts and sits on objectives, while the engineers surface with the drill- drill kills a tank/heavy infrantry unit, then the engineers come in net turn, lob a demo charge at whatever unit undoubtably kills the drill, before shotgunning and gassing the survivors, then charging into CC, with general-commissar leading.
shasolenzabi wrote:Sounds like you have a plan on how to use the DKoK guys.
yep.
cyclops- drive out into no-man's land and blows up a high-save threat (stuff like carapace-wearing veterans, warriors, tactical marines, ect.)
PCS- FRFSRF the blob/incoming!'s the blob.
CCS- bring it down!'s the heavy weapons teams/fire on my target's the blob.
wait...if the blob counts as one unit...and I FRFSRF and fire on my taget it...150 re-roll sucessful cover save shots! ouch...
blob- take fire/distract/make a heroic charge through no-man's land when the opponent is worrying about the engineers. 2-pronged assault FTW!!!
banewolf- sneaks around discreetly, before flaming the sh** out of a high-toughness/horde unit (2+ to wound flamers FTW!)
basilisk- shell enemy MEQ's/high-save units.
leman russes- see above. I might swap 'em for eradicators...
commissar-general- beatstick for the engineers.
engineers- shock troops- anti-tank/horde/MEQ.
hades drill- means of creating tunnels/killing infrantry/heavy infrantry/tank. 50pt S10 AP1 melta 5" blast FTW!
heavy weapons- repeatedly pour fire into infrantry/kill tanks (HB's or ML's?)
centaur- use for rapid re-insertion/whisk the CCS out of harm's way.
shasolenzabi wrote:
I'd jhave to lug all of those to where ever the battle would be held.
seems the only fair place to undertake such an epic three army battle would be ATLANTIS...
until the land resurfaces we will have completed all our army requirements and can toss our sorry soldiers into the fray...
shrike wrote:
and gassing the survivors
is there gaswarfare in 40k? or better FW related warfare?? i havn´t knew... well fluffwise it sounds like exterminatus a bit but seeing all these masked soldiers they have to ahve the gasfight now and then, as it then makes sense....
shasolenzabi wrote:
I'd jhave to lug all of those to where ever the battle would be held.
seems the only fair place to undertake such an epic three army battle would be ATLANTIS...
until the land resurfaces we will have completed all our army requirements and can toss our sorry soldiers into the fray...
shrike wrote:
and gassing the survivors
is there gaswarfare in 40k? or better FW related warfare?? i havn´t knew... well fluffwise it sounds like exterminatus a bit but seeing all these masked soldiers they have to ahve the gasfight now and then, as it then makes sense....
vik
in the triangle of countries, I reckon the closest landmass in the middle would be around france/spain...in the mountains on the border! and it's gas grenades- on the chaarge, roll a D6. This is how many hits the charged unit takes. Roll anther D6. This is the strength. No cover saves allowed, once per game. If you're up against guardsmen, that's probably 2 dead. Not alot, but If you get lucky, that might be six.
Viktor von Domm wrote:they talk gibberish and thts why they are constantly left out^^
shasolenzabi wrote:LOL! The French hearing of this would be sad to not be part of the fray!
they'd join, get to the enemie's turn 1, and in the middle of the shooting phase, surrender.
the englishmen are us three, asking to use the castle for a battle:
"I am a gamer, and I wish to use your gaming tables. We will let you join us on our quest to find a plastic grey knight"
get to the enemie's turn 1, and in the middle of the shooting phase, surrender
sounds like your fresh out of your history class^^
continuing the stereotypes:
If we go to the UK, our stuff will get lost in airport security...
If we go to berlin, we'd be jailed for mentioning strange moustaches...
If we go to america, shaso's army will shoot each other...
shasolenzabi wrote:Well, you have me there! Break out the rubber rafts!
Wait for Valkyrie support!
yep, IG sure are buggered when up against mass tac marines...3+ to hit, 3+ to wound, no saves=9 dead guardsmen per 10 marines, while 30 guardsmen shooting 10 marines=2 dead marines. Then assault comes... 4 dead guardsmen, then 1 dead marine...ouch...
ff the top of my head of course...
shasolenzabi wrote:Actually, I beat Necrons 2 times in a row last night. and they have the same armor+tough as Marines, and that pesky We'll be back rule!
necrons have 4+sv.
and they phase out.
and half thier rules don't work with 5th ed.
and they have about 10 choices in the entire codex.
shasolenzabi wrote:3+ save T4
Phase if you get to 25% or less.
Most have been FAQ'd and he was using a Tomb-Stalkers, (Centipedes)
He had some big squads.
oh- I always thought they had a 4+ sv.
Did you have blobs?
Did he have 20-man squads?
Did these two squads get in combat with each other?
Did the blob win?
Did either squad get help from other units during this combat?
Khadrovian Data: Tank designs of the Khadrovian Konfederacy.
Looking at Khadrovian tanks, one may notice that some of the venerable Leman Russ pattern hulls seem to differ. For instance, the Vanquishers apparently have the mufflers doubled and off to the left of the back armor plate, and the spare fuel drum, and or tool box on the right. If these are seen, and they have the thermal vent on the left side of the engine housing, then the observer is dealing with the hull number 8 from the Krupp-Mann-Vickers forges.
If the mufflers sit on the left and right plate sections with the thermal vent in the rear as well, and the spare fuel drum/toolbox is center of the plate then the Kharkov-Dynamics-Ural forge made those. There are other tank designs being made by these companies and their forges, and some may seem very strange to the casual observer, but they are in fact patterns of old designs re-discovered, or held in vaults but unleashed for the use by the Konfederacy in these troubled times. The odd design of Malcador "Defender", or the T-61A5"Vasily", even the strangely laid out T-90D hunting tank is being tried.
The low slung T-104 and BMP-100 are the results of such programs. As one design is put to slowed down production, another is set for increased production for equipping parts of the Iron Guard so that they have the right tool for the right job as it were.
well the new tankdesingns are pretty much alike as the new car designs are... functionality all the way with too much character going down the drain...
the old one would be nice to be seen...
when reading about vickers this image comes to my mind:
i think with a bit different aproach on the treadsdesign this tank pretty much summs up what i have in mind for my leman russ stand in...the tube /wanne in german pretty much looks as best as it gets... diffucult to describe but the raised and lower sections of the middle part are exactly as i think mine scratchbuilts will look like...and the treads thgen a bit more in the nines like your thuddgun tractors treads you scratchbuilt...
wow I've missed a load.
Those leman russes sound amesome, and may I drop in this idea?- Have the tracks and thier housings upside down on a certain variant, with the hull the right way up.
LRBT- check
punisher- check
executioner- ?
exterminator- ?
demolisher- check
vanquisher- ?
eradicator- ?
IMO, I think the vanquisher would work best upside-down
All of my Leman Russ tanks are assembled, so it would have to be a fresh kit unbuilt, I have all the variants except the now irrelevant Conqueror by FW.
I built a twin-linked las cannon turret a year before FW came out with their version, I have the battle cannon in the front of the hull and call it the Khadrovian Grizzly.
shasolenzabi wrote:I built a twin-linked las cannon turret a year before FW came out with their version, I have the battle cannon in the front of the hull and call it the Khadrovian Grizzly.
How about making a melta variant, with either TLMM or a 3" blast MM?
shasolenzabi wrote:Well, meltaguns for troops, with their 12" range are about 10pts
yeah, but storm bolters on tanks are at least 5pts more expensive on tanks because of suvivability- infrantry SB - 3pts. tank SB - 10pts.
So it's:
leman russ [insert name here]- 165pts
wargear:
2 turret-mounted twin-linked multi-meltas
hull-mounted heavy bolter
AV- 14/13/11
may take:
-sponsons with the following:
heavy bolters 20pts
multi-meltas 20pts
plasma cannons 40pts
-pintle-mounted:
heavy stubber 10pts
storm bolter 10pts
meltagun 10-15pts
-replace hull-mounted heavy bolter with:
lascannon 15pts
multi-melta 10pts
heavy flamer free
So, the tank is just gonna sit then? Cammo netting is good fo are long range sniper tanks like Vanquishers and Hydras or Artillery like Manticores and Basilisks.
shasolenzabi wrote:So, the tank is just gonna sit then? Cammo netting is good fo are long range sniper tanks like Vanquishers and Hydras or Artillery like Manticores and Basilisks.
well all the other leman russes have that option...it's really only you who's gonna have one, so it's just a formality. Like my chief librarian- I could have given him options for only what argear I'd use him for because it's my rules, but as a formality, and to make it more impressive, I've included ptions for stuff I'd never use.
True, such an equipped tank with that many MM's would need to be used aggressively though! close in and kill with the turret and a hull MM based on where the enemy was when it needed to fire!
shasolenzabi wrote:True, such an equipped tank with that many MM's would need to be used aggressively though! close in and kill with the turret and a hull MM based on where the enemy was when it needed to fire!
if you have creed...and a squadron of these...
3 meltaguns, 9 multi-meltas and 6 TL multi-meltas outflanking...ouch...
I have the mini for Creed, I named him General Maximillian Zhukov. ^^
Somebody else had taken the last plastic Baal turret and found the ring fit the old Leman Russ collar, and was talking about making an all assault cannon russ as well. thoses combined would be nasty!
shasolenzabi wrote:I have the mini for Creed, I named him General Maximillian Zhukov. ^^
Somebody else had taken the last plastic Baal turret and found the ring fit the old Leman Russ collar, and was talking about making an all assault cannon russ as well. thoses combined would be nasty!
yep...I wanna see an army survive 9 MM's, 6 TLMM's, 3 meltaguns, 9 AC's, 3 TLAC's and 3 heavy stubbers...outflanking...
Not sure how he was going to do that myself as they are big, but the new plastic ones might fit. two together. If the Terminators sprue are ordered, or the assault cannons are not used.
The ready room was a fairly simple affair, tables, chairs, all mis-matched from being collected in different zones at different campaigns. Pictures hung about the walls, scattered about the place were different trophies. Mostly scavenged bits of burnt, and mis-shaped metal, a cannon shell casing from a ruined tank, a wheel here, a piece of tread, but most special, and the one piece none could wield properly as it was to massive, set in a specially built case lined in gray velvet, with a glass cover, a massive Thunder Hammer with a shrine at the place beneath it, a token of an extremely bit of great fortune as the symbol of a near impossible fight early on.
The cabinet along one wall contained different vintages of vodka, selected back from the home world, a few odd bottles of Amasec or other drink keeping the vodka company. The cleaning servitor heard the ones who used this room coming down the hallway, their boots clunking along the deck plating, their voices loud, boisterous even.
In strode a squad of veterans who held a special place in the Khadrovian Iron Guards, and the enmity of several other military organizations who had lost tanks or other war-machines to these men.
Vasily, hero of the State, decorated veteran of dozens of campaigns, along with him, the "Violators" called such for their ability to show up behind the enemy and wreak damage and havoc when they did decide to make their flashy entrance, usually in the form of exploding tanks.
Their Radio man, nicknamed "Chatter", who had some minor lay training from the Mechanicus sect to perform the needed maintenance of the vox, and who performed miracles of communication with it,
The came Stone, aka "Chef" due to the ability to make good meals in the field, and nail a tank square on with his melta, he still fit the uniform of the elite air drop unit that had been destroyed in a landing mishap and Vasily had snapped him back into a fighting soldier..
The came "Rat" the one who loved the long coat and fur lined headgear of Khadrovias ice forces, another who excelled at Melta use.
The third melta gunner of the team, a man with many scars they liked to name " Ogre" because he was the largest of the team and some would swear he would carry two meltas if he were allowed to!
These were the core of the team, the rest also came in bandaged and salved after the latest fight, they found a place for each of the tank parts they had collected as trophies from their kills.
Marko, Heller, Petrovich, and Galier, Rostov was still in the med bay, the tank they got last having had the audacity to explode when they had killed it so close by, and a piece clipped him shattering his arm. That piece got a special place just for the bragging rights alone on that one!
Vasily opened the cabinet, "Alright! Another glorious day for the Violators lads! drink well we earned a 48hr rest over on board! make things last, we need to "procure" more drinks soon!" at hat tone of "Procure" the men laughed, they all knew exactly what their leader meant.
"I'm gonna take a drink or three to Rostov and see how he feels who knows, he may be active by the time we go back for another hunt."
The men were in decent spirits, they were hoping the arm would be fixed and sturdy enough as they did not wish to fight either short handed, or with a newbie who knew little to nothing of how to work with them. "Hey chief, I'll go with ya!" said Ogre, "After all, I helped pull him out from under that plate!" he quipped, referring to the larger piece of armor that had not crushed Rostov as it had been bent in such a way as to merely pin him by the arm, they had cut that loose after Ogre pulled it off the pother man.
Rat cut in. "Yeah, Ogre the way you got all teary eyed was so moving!" the rest broke out laughing at that and Ogre retorted "Hey, he is my friend, as you all are, I'd do the same for ant of you slugs!" at which he beat a hasty retreat from the Ready room, followed by more laughter as Rat urged them on. All of them were close, as combat could make a bunch, blood and terror had forged them all.
Vasily merely winked as he left the room, "Rat, you should have been a club comic, not a soldier" Rat feigned shock and hurt, "But Boss, I WAS a comic until I got drunk and signed my life away!" to which Vasily left for the med bay with the room roaring hysterically at Rat's self deprecation.
love this pice of fluff...i was always in with comics for the short times of peacefull groupactivity...where you get to know the team something better... the lone wolf stories where always so sterotype...could read that banter for hours^^!
More will be on the way, got inspired to write more as I was listening to some cool tunes with mechs fighting and then locked on Sabaton songs.
This piece reminded me of the way the liberationof pLanet Germania from the clutches of the "colonel" my friend;'s arch villain, the loyalists escaped in a ship and sought help from Khadrovia and this is the last stage of the war for me, hope it isn;t a bit scary : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IwmYAdgU18&feature=related
epic metallrock that sound^^ and a very fitting scene for your fluff...
best part of the vid is hitlers frightned face... that made me chuckle^^
to bad russians where a very sore winner after they stormed berlin... i know what they had to endure in their motherland by the hands of the germans, but afterwards the "liberation" of germany by russians they now where the thieving and raping bunch the germans before were...
Yeah great band from Sweden Sabaton, my kind of metal!
True, the hives usually burn when they are "liberated" from Chaos.
LOL! that actor did the job well!
No argument there. They didn't have to sink to that level. Then again, That is what my Khadrovian kommissars are embedded for, to make sure that all units act in a dignified manner and do not resort to such barbarism as that would be a bad reflection on the Emperors' servants as a whole! All transgressors will be dealt with accordingly by the blessed bolt-pistol the Kommissars carry.
Viktor von Domm wrote:well they deserve to be in good spirits after all^^
They do get the results that even make a Vanquisher embarassed about! Vasily(Bastonne) can make the meltas Twin-linked now), "Bring it down" is that special order to make special and heavy weapons do that.
shasolenzabi wrote:The came Stone, aka "Chef" due to the ability to make good meals in the field, and nail a tank square on with his melta, he still fit the uniform of the elite air drop unit that had been destroyed in a landing mishap and Vasily had snapped him back into a fighting soldier..
what, did he cook food with the meltagun? ^^
The came "Rat" the one who loved the long coat and fur lined headgear of Khadrovias ice forces, another who excelled at Melta use.
he's gotta have wooly mittens...
The third melta gunner of the team, a man with many scars they liked to name " Ogre" because he was the largest of the team and some would swear he would carry two meltas if he were allowed to!
please model him with two meltas...in the rules count him as having one...
The men were in decent spirits,
and so they drank spirits!
Rat, you should have been a club comic, not a soldier.
seeing as how he's the funny one, can you please model him with some witty quip on his melta or something like that?
GL=Grenade Launcher, a very versatile weapon that can hit on the move, and make the choice between Krak or Frag grenades! affectionately known in some circles as the "Easter Egg delivery system!"
Viktor von Domm wrote:like bam bam thank you mam...
lol
but good abbreviation^^
pull your mind out of the gutter...uugh...vik i thought you up til now a gentleman... seems i have to reconsider...
I'll do the honours- "I see what you did there." ^^
yesth masthtah...
I am known amongst my group as "the igor". Just because I always say they always get me to do stuff, and I always reply with "yesth masthtah" and doing that wierd walk off to do whatever they told me to do in a suitably stereotypical way.
Vasily and bottle walked into the med bay, where he saw Ogre and Rostov talking already, he chatted up a nurse until they looked like he could go in once their private chat was over, He wound up with a dinner meeting with the nurse for that evening.
Ogre stood up from the talk with Rostov, Vasily now went over, and "Rostov! I figured that you'd like a bit of the celebrations as you couldn't hit the ready room like the rest of us." he poured some of the vodka into a cup, but was stopped by Rostov, "Just hand me the bottle boss, it's not my drinking arm that got busted!" and with that, he took the bottle from Vasily, taking a healthy chug of the stuff before letting it go back for a drink by his sargeant.
"Hey, careful, I have no idea what that stuff and the drugs they have you on will do" Vasily warned, taking a pull from the bottle, then Ogre took a pull.
"Hopefully you'll be back to fighting capable in two days as that is what we got handed for some time off since we did so much tank wreckage for the army." Vasily said.
"A whole two days? amazing!" Rostov said amazed that they had earned a "weekender" for their valorous service. "I just wonder when they will hand another medal that they will be forced to take away from us after we pull another stunt?" Rostov said, Ogre nearly choked on the vodka. "Yeah." he managed.
Vasily shrugged, "What does it matter? they know our team is the best, so what if we have some odd idiosyncracies?" to which Rostov replied, "You mean like our raids for the good stuff like the vodka and amasec stashes of the officers, or the "Chef specials" we get that are against regs?" Ogre shook his head to that.
"Amongst other things." Vasily said taking the bottle from Ogre before he drank it all. "Look, I also happen to be able to chat up the Kommissar, just enough to keep our backs out of too much trouble, just keep things calm while you are here, best if Ogre heads back to the ready room and let you get some rest so you heal faster." and then he put the bottle on the stand next to Rostov.
As he started to walk away, "Ogre, to the ready room, I have a date with that red head who is no free from watching over you!" he grinned.
Rostov rolled his eye, "Great, that means the ugly nurse is on next, bozhe moi!" Ogre laughed as well and the med bay was a mirthful place for a short while. "C'mon Ogre, we have plenty more vodka where that came from!" Vasily said as they left the Med bay and headed down the hall.
"Gotta give him time to rest, and her time to get ready for dinner date."
As they were headed down the hallway, the Kommissar was just leaving another units' quarters, she did not look happy.
*grumble* Only 'cos shrike keeps pushing it up to the top *grumble over*. Nah to be fair the fiction i have found on this thread is pretty good, shame about all the discussion.
*grumble* vik posts about as often as I do *grumble over*
I've noticed it's getting broken up too- hows about editing all the fiction so far into the first post until you've done?
IT'S NOT ME, IT'S EVERYONE ELSE!!!
Everyone needs to get in more...
I have this by my side while I do other stuff...just hit refresh on my subscribed threads while painting/building/Xboxing...
writing poems, doing light dusting, brushing up your swordskill, hacking fire wood, painting pink elephants for your lil sister....the list is endless and being here on dakka is but the merest part of the whole...rather insignificant...
Viktor von Domm wrote:writing poems, doing light dusting, brushing up your swordskill, hacking fire wood, painting pink elephants for your lil sister....the list is endless and being here on dakka is but the merest part of the whole...rather insignificant...
i fully understand you...
this is my typical weekend day:
10:00-11:00- wake up
11:00- go on dakka
11:30- have brunch
12:00- have lunch
12:30- Xbox
2:00- dakka/general internet surfing
4:00- painting/modelling
5:00- dinner
6:00- Xbox
7:00- dakka/internet surfing
9:00- laptop off, TV.
10:30- bed.
sometimes I stay up later on laptop...not now of course... ^^
half the time I do this, the other half is going out.
a day in the (weekend) life of shrike. ^^
I seriously think that shaso should put all his current fluff into post numero uno, then when it's all complete putting it in an article.
Vasily muttered to Ogre, "Head to the ready room, I'll talk with the Kommissar and see what is going on. " To which Ogre nodded, and made the sign of the Aquilla before leaving.
Vasily approached the Kommissar, here eyes were showing her peak. She also spotted the decorated sgt. "Sgt Vasily, I see you are about the ship, not causing me more paper-work I hope." She was still looking upset. Her black uniform offset by her blonde hair. "oh no, I would not dream of doing that to you Kommissar Zhedvedov." he said making his best "Who me?" face as was possible.
"Good! because I have to sign an execution order for one of the men in Parmenter's platoon." she said to him. As she got closer she also looked at him, "Then I guess you will be enjoying your off time then?" she asked. "Oh yes, Dinner tonight with a nurse, who knows what next tomorrow night?" he admitted. "I see." she replied, her eyes finding the floor interesting. Vasily was attracted yes, but mixing it up with a kommissar in the same unit as your own could be bad all around for so many, that, and then there was the bigger problems of such a relationship ending on a bad note, usually very bad for the poor soul who did such a thing. Both knew it. "Look, at least we can get a game of regicide in this weekend okay?" it didn't hurt to try and stay on their good side though. As the tension was getting thicker, a booming voice like the sound of a Leman Russ revving up caught them both so that they jumped. "Kommissar, Vasily! how pleasant to find you both in the same place at the same time!" announced Father Orlov, the regimental battle priest, a man who had he not been selected at a young age for the clergy,, he may have been chosen by the Marines when they would have been by years ago. "Father." replied Zhedvedov, "Oh father, so good to see you! I was wondering about a certain relic that you may be interested in." to which the huge man raised an eyebrow.
"If you mean that one in the case, I say best leave it until you either meet the chapter it should go back to, or have the patron chapter return it for you, as honored as it would be to carry it in battle, it would also be a desecration of one of "their" weapons to be wielded by a lesser man." he said in a tone that meant he did not want to have that subject brought up again. Vasily shrugged, Best not ot have let some filthy xenos get their grubby mits on it though." to which all made the sign.
"I will be expecting both of you to make it services sometime and I mean soon!" he said hugging each in a massive arm. Both said "Yes father Orlov!" to which the giant smiled and left them alone. "Can't say no to him!" Vasily said, she nodded in agreement. "But to me you can keep saying no." That stung. "Look Teona, we both have to realize how much in complications it would be for a kommissar to be involved with one of the charges, at least at this time." She looked into his eyes, "I know, such is our duty." and then she put on an impish smile, "You'll still come over for Regicide so I can kick your ass again, right?" He smiled back. "Tomorrow night, I'll bring the drinks."
oh god... vasily is a daredevil^^ would it be harder for him to tackle a squad of leman russes or the commissar?... tune in next time in our small family show...
nice charcters you draw...the priest sounds like real fun to make a mini for...who on do you base your characters from? do you just create or do you have a guided inspirational person ? (gosh there is some meaning in it but i would be damned if i would understand it in your place^^)
Vasily is a blend of many heroes from movies and books I have read.
The squad is all fresh stuff.
The Kommissar is another creation mixed from fresh and heroines I have read of.
Father Orlov I created from scratch in one of my Dark Heresy scenarios I ran as I do not use modules but create things as I go along! Wait till I get to the sermon!
you play real pen and paper roleplay? cool, i was once in a cthulu group which played scenarios and the gamemaster was boring mostly...so i left...
and a fantasy group i attended for quite some time played absolutly free roleplay as hard as you can get...total free character play, it was tremendously funny... sometimes even stressful and getting argumentive as we had some real evil polayers... one o had to order a killing of a player lest he would have commited rape... i was the master then... he would have lost for sure^^ but i also remeber quite fondly times when we armwrestled and made quite a lot of funny things in this setting...oh those where the days...^^
Well, I am that Evil Game master who has multiple options for the players to pick, some nice, others nasty, and if they decide to kick the wall in and make another hallway, I have a monster waiting for them in the wall! ^^
Good! I will have to think up the sermon for tonight's installment. Meanwhile, I will be taking pics and uploading in a bit so you may wish to head to that thread and comment there.
Vasily went on his date after showering and putting on a clean uniform, dress uniform patter B, and enjoyed a nice dinner of real food with that redhead, her name was Sylie, and she was from Caskrainea, the warmer planet, she explained nurse work was her part for the war efforts, and defense of the Konfederacy. They then went and saw a video show, danced and chatted until dawn, he was quite the gentleman and saw here back to her billet, kissing her and getting a promise for another evening with her. That morning, he went to the morning services of Father Orlov.
The Kommissar was there too, and he watched in amazement as the sermon was being done in a most unusual way. "So my brothers and sisters" he paused taking a pull from a bottle, "It seems the enemy is being stubborn, and not giving in." another pull from a second bottle, and he had a neophyte nun on one shoulder, as a female soldier sat on the other shoulder. "That is why a fresh push is needed." another pull, "As you know one and all, once I get a good head of Vodka, my wrath comes out, and for this push I am fighting alongside all of you, I expect you all to be fierce!" another pull, "Merciless!" another, And in the end, victorious!" at which he slammed the bottles down and picked up his eviscerator.
"Show the bastards that we do not like those who refuse the warm embrace of the Emperor!" the crowd leapt to their feet and cheered. Then he bellowed, "NOW GO! Grab your gear and get ready to bring hell to the enemy!" to emphasize, he revved the mighty blades' engine.
Vasily looked at Kommissar Zhedvedov, "I am taking it that our "vacation" has been cut short?"
right behind him is also the wrong place to be either on a far away landmass or another all together planet...he is definatly on a mission...and he seems to be a clergyman thats still in favor to the females^^
Orlov is a huge bear of a man, full of his fire and fury for his zeal, but yes, he has not taken the vow of chastity or temperance. No, he took the vow Belli!(War vow)
I am seeking a suitable reaper mini for conversion work, with some of the nice art they have of a drill abbbot, but I will be using a SM bald head for Orlov, I have to see if a Space wolf friend of mine has spare heads like that to put on the priest. Orlov is not as "Beer bellied" as tuck.
If Orlov had been selected for SM duty instead of the clergy, he would have been a 9ft tall one! As is, he is a massive m,an at around 6' 11" tall and about 145 kilos all muscled.
Nothing yet, I am slowly building that Necron army, allI have is a squad, Deceiver, lord, and three Iron liches being converted to my unusual idea of Necron colors, I shall make a thread for them later.
Meanwhile, the image of the Drill Abbot in the Dark heresy book is more like Orlov, but Orlov is a massive human.
took me about ten years to finally understood maths enough... now with allthat knowledge it is next to useless...
but the kids will benefit from it one day...
turning to bald in no time at all... my kids don´t get my hair all white or grey but let it fall off...yellow...no, just no...and fat is something my wife should answer...and she isn´t posting here... phew...close shave...
"It would appear some new information regarding the enemy has been gained, and the Generals and the Marshall wish to make use of it while it is still fresh." The Kommissar said to Vasily as they walked out. "The good father and I will be leading the usual assault waves for the 1st platoon."
Vasily smiled at her, "Try not to kill too many, I want me and my boys to nail a few." he gave her a wink and with that he went off to round up the "Violators"
Most of them were asleep in the ready room, empty bottles littered the floor. "Listen up you monkeys! Happy time is OVER!" he bellowed as they all woke up, their heads aching, "Drink water, hit the head and take whatever will stop the hangover. We hit the Valkyrie in 10minutes!" Rostov stood at the door behind him, his arm in a sling. "Is this a private affair or open invitation?"
"Rostov, are you even able to carry a weapon?" Vasily barked. "Well, my sword arm is okay, but I will have to go with a pistol today instead boss."
Vasily and the men smiled, "Good way to go Rostov! grab one and get ready, stick with Ogre and watch each others' backs. Let's move it Violators!"
Ten minutes later, they were at the drop bay, their drop ship, one of the Valkyrie class, a venerable MiL-300, known as the "Ruptured Condor" or as the men liked to tease the flight crew, "Screaming vulture" awaited them.
The platoons and tanks were being moved via the larger heavy lifters, and would rendezvous with them as they got set up and closed on the enemy from elsewhere.
"Alright! you know the drill, if it crawls on treads or wheels or big metal feet the meltas get to take it down! if is moves through wearing a uniform we give 'em the straight silver after they get peppered!" "Who has vodka carrying duty?" he finished. "Petrovich, Boss!" to which the cabin erupted in belly laughs.
On the ground, the enemy had set up in the urban areas, their men well placed and the same with their tanks. They had leaked info to try and trap the Khadrovians in a maze of fire and death. As they waited air craft zoomed over head, dogfights as well as ground strikes would rattle the remnants of the windows that had not fallen completely out of the sills.
As they waited, they saw the smoke and dust of the artillery barrage from the Khadrovians move, the rumble of armored vehicles and then the weapons fire started, the enemy felt their confidence as the enemy advanced into their trap.
Over the din of the las fire and cannons from tanks came a sound the defenders did not find so confidence building, the roar of many throats being spurred to bravery by booming orators in robes, all wielding hammers or whirring eviscerators.
Father Orlov bellowed, "Onwards! for the Emperor!" at which point the entire first platoon and other platoons moved as massive single entities, priests and Kommissars amongst them to keep their fervor up.
Men dropped as they were hit with the enemy gunfire. None faltered as the kommissars and priests kept their spirits up, whipping them to greater fury as they advanced.
Platoons lost whole squads as they were ripped apart by the entrenched enemy, soon to be in desperate fights of hand to hand combat.
The enemy tanks and reserves were now adding in to defeat the diminished forces, the large tracked monsters rumbling to move and both destroy what they could. Khadrovian armor took hits and lost weapons or slewed to a halt. The enemy was going to maul them, then the rounded up prisoners would be sacrifices to the Gods!
Then a blood chilling sound came from behind, large explosions from tanks exploding. Tanks after tank erupted into orange hued blossoms as they went up. Out from the sewer drains and drain pipes of the wrecked city, Vasily and his men, along with competing veteran squads were advancing, meltas firing as they went, but Vasily always seemed to have the most accurate kills! Like an officer, he was giving orders to have the meltas hit the targets far more frequently than the other veteran squads.
"That's right! Bring 'em down for the Emperor, boys!" and then another tank erupted, or enemy sentinel. With such a change to their battle plan, the enemy attempted to disengage, mostly to be cut down by the angered Khadrovians.
shasolenzabi wrote:"Rostov, are you even able to carry a weapon?" Vasily barked. "Well, my sword arm's okay, but I will have to go with a pistol today instead boss."
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Ten minutes later, they were at the drop bay, by their drop ship, one of the Valkyrie class, a venerable MiL-300, known as the "Ruptured Condor" or as the men liked to tease the flight crew, "Screaming vulture" awaited them.
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The enemy was going to maul them, and then the rounded up prisoners would be ceremoniously butchered as sacrifices to their dark Gods. ...
Then a blood chilling sound came from behind enemy lines, large explosions from tanks erupting into giant fireballs. Tank after tank erupted into huge orange blossoms as they went up. Out from the sewer drains and drain pipes of the wrecked city, Vasily and his men, along with competing veteran squads were advancing, meltas firing as they went, but Vasily's men always seemed to have the most accurate kills. Like an officer, he was giving orders to the meltas to hit the target's weak points far more frequently than the other veteran squads.
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With such a change to their battle plan, the enemy attempted to disengage, only to be cut down by the vengeful Khadrovians.
Just a few slight tweaks there.
things I've learnt is that never use exclamation marks unless it's important or suprising or someone's shouting. In a place where billions die daily, war and dramatic events are commonplace, which is why BL books tend not to have exclamation marks after describing explosions, or even entire armies being wiped out. A few more dramatic words swapped, and that's about it. Nice fluff! Really enjoyed it...Is there a model for Vasily's Violators?
that's what internet friends are for- they won't laugh at you (to your...avatar(?), anyway ) because they're your friends, and they can be blunt because it isn't to your face. Perfect for criticism! ^^ lookin' good, can't wait for more fluff!
Will Vasily keep his next dates with the nurse?
Will Ogre and Rostov get in trouble?
Will the Kommissar make the moves on Vasily?
Will Father Orlov change weapons?
For answers to these and other questions, tune to same Guard Channel! Same Guard Time!^^
by the way they are for 25 pounds and all minis are unique so no uniform characters that repeat itself over and over again...
this is sometheing i have to seriously look into in the future...
Absolut!
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