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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

I first saw the Bugman's Lament campaign in the pages of White Dwarf way back in the early 2000's. I loved the narrative aspect of the games and how the results of one game flowed into the next (I was relatively new to war gaming so the concept was novel to me). However, at the time I was exclusively an infrequent 40K player so I bought the magazines and filed the project away in the "maybe someday" file.

Fast forward to 2015 and GW had blown up the Old World and I had started to venture outside the GW bubble when it came to rules. I really enjoyed Lion Rampant and was excited when the fantasy version of the rules came out in the form of Dragon Rampant. With these rules in hand I dug out my old White Dwarfs and went on a bit of a model buying binge with the intention of finally playing through the campaign.

My grand plans were quickly derailed with some big family upheavals and a move away from my gaming group. Despite some rough times my plans for the campaign were never far from my mind and I worked away painting up the pile of figures I had acquired. Fast forward to summer 2021 and I'm back at home and ready to wrap up the final phase of this project.

All the dwarfs have been painted and unit profiles created for the units in Dragon Rampant. I've got 4 more units of greenskins to paint up, a few major pieces of terrain and play test the four individual scenarios to get the balance right. I'm hoping to be able to host my friends sometime in late October or early November.

And now some pictures!

The inspiration for this multi year project



My painting area, with a unit of Night Goblins waiting to be based



What's left to paint, minus a few odds and ends



The always messy terrain area, really happy to have a garage again (so is my girlfriend)



My expert blue prints for the two major buildings I need to construct. A watch tower and the brewery itself.





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Knight of the Inner Circle




Montreal, QC Canada

Im so glad I still have those White Dwarfs. This looks awesome!

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The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

I've started work on the first major piece of terrain needed for the campaign, Skeggi's Watch Tower. I use Hirst Arts molds to cast the bricks and base on card (in this case a USPS flat rate box).

I've laid out the initial outline of the build



and glued in the foundations and floor bricks and started to plan out where I want my windows.





My version differs from the original as I'm not going to have the lower portion built into rock. The rectangular portion will be about twice the height of the 1/2 octagon. Each section should have plenty of floor space to hold a standard 12 figure unit.









   
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Nimble Ellyrian Reaver






Build looks great so far. Having a narrative plan come together is exciting. Looking forward to what you do with this. What's with all the toothpicks on your paint table?

   
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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

I use the toothpicks to stir paint and transfer to my pallet.

Quick update on Skeggi's Tower. First floor is done and now I need to go back and cast some more bricks. I'm also thinking about what kind of details to add to the interior and exterior to make it look nice and dwarfy.








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Knight of the Inner Circle




Montreal, QC Canada

Looks great so far! Love the Hirst Arts molds

Commodus Leitdorf Paints all of the Things!!
The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
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Armored Iron Breaker




Charlotte, NC

I was just flipping through those mags myself. I have always liked that watch tower for Dwarves, and I had some plans on putting something similar together. Hirst Arts is my personal favorite for making stone as well. Good luck in getting this off the ground. It is looking very good.

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Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

While I cast up the blocks I need to finish the tower I've painted up two of the last goblin units needed for the campaign.

First up are the "demolition experts". The second game in the campaign has a unit of fungus loons attempting to wheel explosive barrels of toxic fungus beer up against the dwarf watch tower and detonate before the tower can send a warning to Bugman about the coming attack on his brewery. The original article has instructions on how to convert goblins wheeling or pulling barrels but sadly I don't have access to those parts. Instead I used some of the extra figs you get with the plastic fanatics kit, these 6 figs will carry the demo charges and they'll be chivied along by a unit of goblin engineers I converted up for Oathmark.



Up next is some heavy fire support in the form of a bolt thrower. This was a great kit, even though I only managed to snag the finecast version (shudder). It went together well and painted up great.







I'm hoping to have the second floor of the tower done next week.
   
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Charging Orc Boar Boy





Germany

Wow, that spear chuckka of yours looks really, really nice!

I also wondered what this Dragon Rampant is, and looked up some gameplay videos / tutorials on youtube. Seems to be a pretty neat ruleset,
interesting mechanics! Though I would miss the rank&file aspect too much for switching to a ruleset like that, I actually think I wouldn't say no if I was invited to play it once in a while.

Oh and your tower looks already pretty cool,
now get on with the second floor!! *whip cracks*

   
Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

End of weekend update on the Bugman's project.

Painted up 4 easy to assemble Orks to round out a unit of heavy infantry. Nothing super special about these guys, they do look like bruisers when lined up next to the Goblins.





I've managed to make some progress on the watchtower. The ramparts to the lower section have been completed, the outer wall is done, I've added some detail to the main door and I've started on the second floor to the taller section. Still in need of additional bricks, which the perpetual curse of all Hirst Arts projects.





   
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Krazy Grot Kutta Driva





I just found that White Dwarf the other day. I'm packing to move. It is a great article.Your keep is brilliant. Your Orc and goblins look great also.

 
   
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Knight of the Inner Circle




Montreal, QC Canada

Man looking at this project makes me think how this would play with 6th Edition skirmish rules

Commodus Leitdorf Paints all of the Things!!
The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
"We have clearly reached the point where only rampant and unchecked stabbing can save us." -Black Mage 
   
Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

With school and football starting back up my hobby time has been cut back to a few minutes in the morning and a spare hour or two on the weekend. Despite that I've been making steady progress (a little bit every day adds up nicely over time).

I've managed to complete about 95% of the construction of Skeggi's Watchtower. I need to add a few ornamental details and texture the ground around the tower before final painting can begin.









I've also built the three carts needed for the first scenario.These are Peasant Cart #3 from Warbases. It's my first time building an MDF kit and they went together great. Precision fit with just a little wood glue to make them super solid.



I do need to rethink my choice of draft animal. I went with Warbases Donkey miniature and they're way to small



So if any one can point me in the right direction for an appropriate size animal and a good source of large barrels I'd appreciate it.

   
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Longtime Dakkanaut






HATE Club, East London

Wowsers!

How do they compare to 28mm dwarves? They look almost like 54mm scale?

Though guards may sleep and ships may lay at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.

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My blog - almost 40 pages of Badab War, Eldar, undead and other assorted projects 
   
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Crushing Black Templar Crusader Pilot






Gorgeous terrain! Just got into Old World, and I'm dreaming of stuff like this. Inspirational work, love the bricks, must have taken ages hahaha
   
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Knight of the Inner Circle




Montreal, QC Canada

Good job on the tower! Cant wait to see how this goes

Commodus Leitdorf Paints all of the Things!!
The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
"We have clearly reached the point where only rampant and unchecked stabbing can save us." -Black Mage 
   
Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

 posermcbogus wrote:
Gorgeous terrain! Just got into Old World, and I'm dreaming of stuff like this. Inspirational work, love the bricks, must have taken ages hahaha


Not to bad actually, if you you can get in a good rhythm with casting you can produce a lot of bricks fast. I am also lucky to live in Colorado where the climate is very dry and the bricks dry out within a day or two.

On to the rare mid week update!

It's trolls! Managed to finish these guys a lot quicker then anticipated. Like I said above real life has started again and I no longer get big blocks of time to paint. I've been squeezing in about 15-20 minutes every morning and all those micro sessions have added up fast and I'm pretty proud how these creatures turned out.

I went with a grey and blue scheme so they would stand out int he sea of green that is my goblin army and I think it really works. The vomit adds a nice pop of color and it was my first attempt at wet blending contrast paints.





20 goblins left and the figure painting part of this project will be 99% done.

   
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Charging Orc Boar Boy





Germany

Very nice color scheme! I was also thinking back in the day - well you HAVE green skinned models in the dozen, why paint the river trolls in green? I picked brown as base color with just the scales green, looks fine too..

By the way: What have the the trolls been eating the last couple of days, unicorns?
That one in the middle is vomiting a rainbow


   
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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

It's been a busy last few weekends and progress on the Bugman's project ha slowed a trifle. One major milestone that I have been able to check off the list is Skeggi's watchtower.

The final product matches what I had envisioned (always a good thing). It's been painted using craft paint and the flock is from Woodland Scenic. It's a hefty chunk of terrain that will form the center piece of many battles to come.

I'm currently casting up the bricks for the brewery and working on the final unit of goblins. I've set an November 1st target date for everything to be done and I'd like to run the campaign soon after.
















   
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Charging Orc Boar Boy





Germany

I see a lot of Wargamer Goodness in the background of the last picture

The Watchtower looks absolutely amazing!! Great work!
   
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Knight of the Inner Circle




Montreal, QC Canada

Excellent work!

Commodus Leitdorf Paints all of the Things!!
The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
"We have clearly reached the point where only rampant and unchecked stabbing can save us." -Black Mage 
   
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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

Just a quick WIP update this weekend. I've been casting away and laying down the base bricks for the brewery complex. I'm using insulation foam tile from Home Depot and as usual the bricks are cast in Hirst Arts molds.

My plan is for the entire thing to have a cobble stone "floor" and then have the three buildings that make up the brewery sit on top. These building will then be removable for flexibility of play, and perhaps even more importantly, ease of storage.





   
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Knight of the Inner Circle




Montreal, QC Canada

Jeez, that looks like a lot of casting to get done. Everything looks great so far though! keep it up!

Commodus Leitdorf Paints all of the Things!!
The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
"We have clearly reached the point where only rampant and unchecked stabbing can save us." -Black Mage 
   
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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

I've been slowly and steadily plugging away at the final phase of the Bugman's project over the last month. Casting the cobble stone tiles for the brewery took a little longer then expected but it's done and I think worth the effort.



All the tiles are glued down and I'm hoping to start getting paint on sometime this week.

In addition to the tiles I finished up the outer walls of the brewery. For the final game in the campaign the brewery is the objective and is tucked into the far corner of the board. These walls form the first barrier the goblins will have to go over/threw to reach the brewery. There will be a gate joining the two sections in the final build.

Both walls have been glued and textured and should be ready for paint tomorrow.



Finally, I've started laying out the footprint for the three buildings that will make up the brewery. Of course I ran out of bricks so its back to the casting table.

   
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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

So I put together a list today of everything left to do on this project and it's...depressingly long. I've got 99% of the miniatures painted (down to my last 5 goblins!) but it's all the little details that are adding up.

As I've been thinking about and then writing down the list of things to do I've been musing on what it takes to "put on a game". My game group is fantastic and between us we own a wide variety of games and systems and the figures to play them. Despite this we most often just play 40K. I've been trying to encourage them to branch out, pick a system and play host but I'm not getting an enthusiastic response.

And I get it. We're all busy with real life and the kind of planning it takes to prepare, teach and host a new game is daunting. However, as we get older I feel like I'm ready to take my hobby to the next level. For me that means going beyond the one off game night with the same mix of terrain that we've been playing with for years. It means campaigns and really putting on a show. Luckily, while my friends aren't ready to host themselves they are willing to play the games I put on. I've been hyping this Bugman's game for years and they're chomping at the bit to get it on the table.

Despite the long list of to do's I'll keep pushing ahead, the only way to get something done is to do it. I did manage to check one box this weekend and get the outer walls of the brewery painted up and flocked. Hoping to finish those last 5 goblins this week as well.



   
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Charging Orc Boar Boy





Germany

Maybe you could...outsource some terrain building to some other person from your gaming group? So you don't have to do it all on your own? Or meet up for terrain building at your place?

   
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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

Reached a nice milestone today, I finally finished the last of the goblin figs for the campaign (and my goblin army in general). I started these guys in March 2020 (COVID lockdown for the win!) and have been working away on them at a steady pace. The army is made up of mostly early 2000's GW plastic goblins with some newer models thrown in here and there. Easy models to paint in large groups and they look nice ranked up.



There are a few minor conversions in this unit, some blade swaps using random sword bits and head swaps from the new Squig Hoppers kit.







With the miniatures for the campaign wrapped up (mostly) I'm hoping to be able to focus on the brewery and post some progress this weekend.

   
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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

One of the basic terrain features I've lacked for a long time has been some basic trees. The Bugman's campaign was a good excuse to put some stands together. I used Woodland Scenic's tree armatures based on card with spackle for texture.

I went with the fall colors because I'm kind of a geek for fall and I like the way they contrast with the grey of the tower.

They were easy to put together and paint up though the application of the foliage was a huge messy pain. I'm pretty happy with the results and expect these trees to see a lot of use across a variety of games.





   
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Regular Dakkanaut




Denver CO

Update...again! I've got a few days off of school and am trying to take advantage of the extra time by getting some hobby done and finish up this brewery. I've completed the first wall of the first building (11 more to go ). Looking at the pictures in the original White Dwarf the brewery buildings have a lot iron work detail on the exterior. I've tried replicating this using the industrial Hirst Arts molds and I'm pretty happy with the result.



Hopefully more tomorrow!
   
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Knight of the Inner Circle




Montreal, QC Canada

Good job! Especially on the Goblins. When I built a unit of sword and board guys I had to use old Plastic Skaven arms to give them swords.

All the terrain looks great!

Commodus Leitdorf Paints all of the Things!!
The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
"We have clearly reached the point where only rampant and unchecked stabbing can save us." -Black Mage 
   
 
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