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I like it. One vote for Ceolmund "the Wisdom of the World"

Wow, that's great, Chibi! So you're saying that's actually what the name means (according to Mike Dames)? I really like that . I couldn't corroborate it (my search-fu might just be weak, since it's late) but it sounds perfect!

I'm going to edit the title of the proposed rule thread to match it

Sadly no :( hope that is not too disappointing

It was word play as I said but it seems to fit very nicely.
have no idea what the Saxon name Ceolmund actually means as the internet came up empty.

Cannot find anything to back up Michael Dames's theory of a Saxon Deity either, which is strange, as he was an absolute mine of information about local mythologies. He was very interested in the connenctions between place and mythological entities.

Hope that the poetic licence will suffice to prove satisfactory.

Lizardmen get the best source for Legendary creatures: DINOSAURS!!!

Imagine Skinks riding an Allosaurus/Tyranosaurus with Giant Blowpipes all over it.

Even better is the idea of using Amphicoelias as siege tower/monstrous creature/bolt thrower-giant blowpipe-Engine of the Gods hauler/Character mount; AT THE SAME TIME!

Also a viable one would be Relic Priests, basically Lord Kroak-lite, but fielded in units with Temple Guards. They get some mention in the army book but the only one available is Kroak.

Stegadons in herds, Snakemen, Kroxigor hauled bolt-throwers; able to move and shoot with the crew being tough if somewhat stupid. Heck an intelligent Kroxigor as a Lord Choice character. Hell Kroxigor Carnosaur Cavalry!!!

Maybe a hovering/walking temple of doom thingy... Or a giant statue of one of the Old Ones powered by magic, forced to drain powerdice every turn from the player of from an enemy wizard its captured/killed or else it takes wounds on a D6 roll of 4+. Kinda like that lion-head thingy from the Coatl in Rise of Legends.

JohnHwangDD wrote:If I could field a massive leviathan in WFB, I would do so!

Aren't the Black Arks built on Leviathan Sea Dragons or am I thinking of a different Man-o-War unit?

@Plat, they are, however, MoW isn't 28mm...

Dragon of Ancient times now posted in Proposed rules section:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/287521.page

Chibi, that's what I thought, and it's great

Going to check out the Ancient Dragon now!

Who's going to do the Anceint Hydra?? Plus the Tomb Kings could use something. Maybe a Sphinx?

hmmm a sphinx would be cool.

what could be done for Skaven and VC?

VC I was thinking of the Harbringer of Death. Some vamps are so powerful they can turn themselves into the incarnate of death, maybe ive been playing too much of Dante's Inferno but it would work out hard. As for Skaven how about the Horned God.

for VC you could convert the C'tan with the Scythe.

Ogre Kingdoms... not sure what to do. can't get any wheels turning with them.

Empire: Flying Castle

The Horned God is more Lord of the Beasts? Pan and all that
maybe I am thinking too strictly mythologically

If Skaven were mice would their boss be the Big Cheese?




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C34r
Laputa Castle in the Sky

or a Walking Castle?

Whats the minmum amount of points for say legendary battles?? I think 4000 pts would be good for minimum points. At least that way you could have other things besides your big nasty.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:The Horned God is more Lord of the Beasts? Pan and all that
maybe I am thinking too strictly mythologically

If Skaven were mice would their boss be the Big Cheese?




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C34r
Laputa Castle in the Sky

or a Walking Castle?

either would be cool. would have to come up with stats though. would stil be cool

@nieto666 I think the 5k mark that Apoc follows wouldn't be too bad.

beg pardon- displaying gross ignorance

The Skaven indeed worship the Horned Rat

Hydra of Ancient times posted, yes I have nothing better to do tonight.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/287581.page

No, not the Horned Rat God, he is the equivalent of a Chaos God.

The Beast God is more of a Demi-God, like Archaeon.

@nieto: Interesting stuff, though it'd help if you ran spell check...

There's that picture in the BRB (I forgot the page number) with the giant shrine on wheels being pulled by hundreds of flagellants and they're committing mass hangings by jumping off it.

That thing.

Spell check didnt know that was a option. Funny thing is I'm a minor in english, scary huh.

Neat thread, a friend of mine pointed it out to me since I play Ogres he thought I could add my $.02.

I've always wanted to know more about the Sky Giants talked about in the OK book. Without my book right in front of me I seem to remember they were so massive that even giants seemed small to them. I can see maybe a single Slave Sky Giant or even a Sky Giant that joined in with the OK's in overthrowing his brothers.

That sounds like an excellent idea, BigJon! Ogres are perfect for a legendary model... they're big anyway, so something that would scare and dwarf even them. I'll have to browse through the store copy of the Ogre book next time I'm in there and see if I can find the passage you're talking about

Would the model just be an even bigger (much bigger) giant? Or does it look different in some way (does "sky" just refer to how tall they are, or something else?)

for the Sky Giant you put two shoes on the table to represent the model. or you get a small child to stand on the table ;P

New creature for the ranks; welcome the Elder Hydra!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/287606.page

For the Vampire Counts:

The Throne of the Damned, mounted upon a Corpse Golem.

The Throne of the Damned is a terrible artefact supposedly created by Nagash himself. An accursed bastard of Unholy obsidian and warpstone comprises the material of this Black Throne, adorned with Rubies that bleed dark blood; this powerful talisman allows an Ancient Vampire lord to raise the most obscene creations of the Undead: The Corpse Golem.

A Giant man-like figure, a twisted rotting parody of a man, with the majority of its skull open to allow the owner of the throne a view of the battlefield. The debased bodies of some hundreds of innocents form an unholy gestalt that is able hurl chunks of these corpses at enemies, crush many of them, before these ejected bodies arise and attack the living as zombies.

Basically its a giant with that missing head thing demons seem to have in the Constantine movie. It boosts all attempts to raise dead especially zombies, and gives the Vampire lord a nice safe place to sit and ride out the battle. It sacrifices wounds for a stone thrower attack that after being resolved raises a unit of zombies in the target's flank zone which counts as having charged the unit.

Link here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/287648.page#1461718


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How about we get a list of these going on the OP just to make searching for them faster+Easier.

Ooh, "corpse golem"... excellent

These are great! I will update the original post with our proposed rules links later today. These smart phone things are cool, but multi-search, copy and paste mass links just isn't an easy thing without a proper computer!

Off-topic- you're on Dakka from a smart phone! And lego hasn't even optimized it yet!

<----- Envious

RiTides wrote:Off-topic- you're on Dakka from a smart phone! And lego hasn't even optimized it yet!

Yep, Moto Droid. Not to sound like a plug for them, but I really am enjoying this phone. I'm not sure how much optimization Lego has done but it's workable and fast enough to check a few posts. I wouldn't really scour the entire forum on it, though.

On topic, I have updated the original post with our current list!