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Hi. As stated in another forum, I am making a Lost and the Damned army for the fun of converting Mutants and Traitor Guard, and don't really care about being able to play the game with the army, though I learned recently that I could.

Well, I like to start my armies by writing fluff, or thinking of cool backround. The reason I collect most of the armies I possess is a piece of fiction that runs in my head. The problem is, it's not always a large story, in fact, it's mostly around a paragraph's worth of a much wider story. It usually drives me to create the larger story, based around that one piece of fluff that won't leave my head. I'm having problems developing this piece on the Lost and the Damned army, and so I've turned to a larger community to help me out with detail work. Basically, I want to go through this slowly, to make sure that everything matches up, and everything flows smoothly. I currently have this small story going through my head, I'll basically be listing what I see in my head, so don't be angry if there is little detail.

A lone Cultist slithers across a crater on his belly, holding an old Mars-pattern lasgun to his chest. Many of these same craters mark the street, testament to the intense Mortar strikes a lone PDF group have set up in a building connected to a main entrance to the upper levels. He peers out over the lip of the crater, watching as mutants throw themselves at their defenses. They're all cut down, as they can't crack the thick Admantium gates, or the sturdy rockcrete walls. The cultist sees the PDF distracted by the mutants, and runs across the street, hiding next to a building. He is about to turn the corner when a snarl from behind draws his attention. A Cultist's version of a tank, a huge Cargo trawler fitted out with crudely welded armor plating, and an even cruder main cannon, rumbles up behind him, stopping 30 meters from the cultist's position. The PDF try to neutralise it with mortar fire and small handheld rockets, but most glance harmlessly off it's armor. It fires, shaking the ground, the madmen atop it screaming wildly. Mutants pour into the PDF position, slaughtering all in an Orgy of violence.

That is the main bit of what I see in my head. If you guys could suggest how much detail to put into certain things, I think this could be a good story. I usually put too much detail in, and people lose interest in my work.

It needs more detail and more description of the surroundings and mutants, cultists the odd PDF soldier...

Okay. Thanks Purplefood. I think I'll turn this to a Nurgle cultist. it'll add flavor. I'll try and post a more detailed story later.