http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/93.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net The final dying embers of the great fire reflected eerily in Dreadlord Grakkor red rimmed eyes as he studied the two Bray Shamans sitting acrosss from him. Both Skarzz and Boroks had also been 'gifted' by Nurgle. Their bodies shifting and bulging uncomfortably and occassionally emitting ghastly odours. Such was a small price to pay for the awesome powers that had gripped their bodies.
"The human lord comes closer to every day Dreadlord," ventured Skarzz. "The bones of fate are clouded over herds future."
Boroks nodded in support. "Father Nurgles favor...means nothing if we die..."
Grakkor grunted and stretched his massive bovine frame. "We leave Mountain Forests. Find more herds we will."
Skarzz leaned forward. "Yes Dreadlord. We go to new forest. I cast bones of fate?"
At the Doombulls nod he threw the bones into the ash. They emitted a pale green glow and runes danced above them for a few moments.
"Go to the knight lands. Many herds there. Also....the herald.." He looked up astonished. "Morghur walks again!"
"Then we go" Grakkor grunted. "To knight lands and Morghur." His horribly scarred face twisted into a leering grin. "Lots of horseflesh..."


This seems to be a good start to my new thread as I have finally finished my Doombull conversion(putting him together at least...not painted unfortuneately). Haven't played Warhammer for quite a long time and, to be honest. I was thinking of sticking the beasties on the shelf until the new army book came out and finishing my Night Goblin army off (yeah all for the underdogs ). But I just love my Goatboys too much lol.
Doombulls look like they could rock, they are durable and hit like a truck. Unfortuneately they seem to be to stupid to comprehend that magic armor and ward saves are GOOD things but...ahh well what can ya do. No Ambush either but half the time I either forget them or they blow the leadership test and wind up 6" behind a cannon or big Terror causing thing. With 5 Wounds (Mark of Nurgle ), Heavy Armour, and the Slaughterer's Blade, Grakkor is about as survivable as he can get. Barring having to face the uber lord on his pet of doom he should survive most encounters. If he does end up in combat with it there's always a unit champion I decided for Nurgle on all my characters/elite units as the plaguefather is my second most favorite god...after Khorne of course....everyone loves Khorne!! My momma always told me that Khorne was good for me
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Anyways, yeah so I decided on a start with Nurgle....+1 Wound and Fear for all my characters, 5+Scaly Skin Save for Minos and Fear for the 'Pestigors'. Not so into the whole ugly bloated thing but we can work on that part lol. Also almost have all my converted Bestigors done. Hopefully will get some pics of them soon.
The theme and composition of the army will change as I get more of a feel for them. The story line will progress following the characters as they make their way...wherever I guess lol. Evntually will be looking at a 3,000pt+ battle with Morghur but for now i'm sticking at 2,000-2,250

Grakkor's Herd of Nurgle
(All Characters with Mark of Nurgle)
Doombull Grakkor
HA, Slaughterer's Blade
276

Bray-Shaman Skarzz
Lvl2, Staff of Darkoth, Power Stone
200

Bray-Shaman Boroks
lvl2, Bray-staff, Dispel Scroll, Power Stone
206

Render Rakkashi
BSB, Trollhide Armour
170

The Herd

4 Plaguebulls
LA, GW, Standard
241 (Grakkor, Rakkathi here)

3 Plaguebulls
LA, GW, Standard
192

15 Pestigors
FC w/Vitriolic Totem
285 (Skarzz here)

6 Gors/11 Ungors
FC, 2HW
121 (Boroks here)

2 Tuskgor Chariots
Undivided
170

2x5 Hounds
60

Plaguespawn
75

1.996pts


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Good luck with them stunties!

- Salvage]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/267691/1149346.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/267691/1149346.page GMT Grakkor sniffed the air. There was a strange smell floating on the breeze, earthy, rocky....dwarfish.
"Not good," he rumbled to his kin beasts. "Rock folk. We are not strong enough."
"You lead, we will follow," Skarzz replied reassuringly. "Whats happen will be left to fate and Father Nurgles will."
The trees broke into a large open field. Arrayed in a classic defensive posture on a hill at the edge of the clearing was a Dwarven host.
"Many fire weapons," Grakkor shook his head. "More then my fingers. Fate may be helped."
Resolutely his herd moved forwards to meet the destiny that awaited them....

So got my first battle in. Against dwarfs.....with a LOT of warmachines....ooooh boy this was going to hurt.

Dwarf Army of Boom
Lord

BSB

Runesmith

Runesmith

24 Warriors
HA, Sh, FC (Runesmith here)

20 Longbeards
HA, GW, Rune of Slowness(?) (BSB here)

16 Hammerers
(Lord here)

Cannon

2 Organ Guns

2 Bolt Throwers

Grudgethrower(?Stonethrower thingy)

#'s of units may be slightly off and had no real idea what magic stuff he had.

My initial thoughts were holy jeebus I am going to get spanked followed quickly by sure....the 1 time that Ambush might actually be helpful and I can't take it.

Table
The terrain was set up with a hill on opposite ends of the board at opposite corners, 2 mid sized forests slightly towards center but near edges, and a tower with some hedges just off center. Rather sparse terrain but I was the one that set it up for the night so I cant beat myself now can I? Hmmm....Fight Club comes to mind....heheheheh no not good lol.

Deployment
The Dwarfs, predictably, hunkered down on the hill with all 3 units at the base and Organ guns between them. I deployed my Plaguespawn directly across on the table edge. The 3 Plaguebulls about 4" away from him and the Pestigors set up behind them. The Beast Herd settled in the trees and the Plaguebulls with Doombull and BSB parked on the opposite side with 1 Hound unit screening and another beside them. The 2 Chariots were on the outside edge hopefully to get a couple nice flanks in.

My spells were Poxes and Afflictions for Skarzz and Buboes and Boils for Boroks. Ugh...Buboes against T4 based army.....*bleep*
Bat rep to follow.......
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The harsh rumbling voices of the Rock folk could be heard as Grakkor urged his kin out into the clearing. Puffs of smoke clouded the hill as several cannonballs sailed through the air but fell woefully short. An ungor yelped as a huge chunk of stone narrowly missed flattening him. One Plaguebull grunted as a massive bolt skewered his side but doggedly kept pace with his brothers.
Boroks and Skarzz both prayed to Father Nurgle for plagues to smite those before them but the irritating innate resistance of the Rock folk made the prayers go unanswered.
Grakkor's only hope was to close the distance as quickly as possible and get into combat with them. Then the Rock folk would feel pain...much pain.

Not much happened here. The Dwarfs went first but their guesses were horribly underranged with only the stonethrower managing to partial an ungor and then missing. A bolt thrower did cause 2 wounds in the 3 Plaguebull unit but that was it. He also had a nice little rune that sucked up one of my power dice so with only 5...yeah good luck getting a spell off...

Turn 2

The Herd's began to grunt and howl excitedly as the range closed. Soon, so soon and they could rend flesh! The scent was intoxicating!
Grakkor almost sumbled as he contemplated the faces of those before him that would soon meet their doom. Why did they smile? And what were those large metal tubed things they were working on?
Then the screaming began....

Way better shooting....ouch....
2 out of the 3 Plaguebulls were lost to a bolt thrower and a cannonball which also did a wound to the spawn who, after an initial stunning 9" now only managed 3....
One Organ gun completely wiped a unit of Hounds out...ahh well big surprise
This is where I made a slight mistake that turned into a huge tactical blunder...more on that next turn..
And once again I didn't manage to cast anything.

Turn 3

There was so much smoke! His herd was dying! All around the brays of anticipation had turned to terror. The Warhounds in front of him, confused and driven to near hysteria by the loud booms, smoke and fire, raced in front of him, cutting off his route to the hill. One second he was cursing at them and bellowing for them to move, the next, in a horrific rolling of thunder, they were transformed into flying fur and red mist.
"Dreadlord!" screamed Boroks as he pushed his way past paniced Ungors. 'We must run! It is too powerful!"

OMG I hate warmachines....Last of the smaller Plaguebull wiped out, another wound taken on the spawn and the Hounds obliterated by an Organ Gun.
Now in my last movement phase I had done a rather stupid thing...in anticipation of charging I went and moved my hounds up and wheeled them so they could hopefully either flank as support for my Beast Herd, who would be in charge range next turn, or possibly clip an Organ gun. However I failed to take into account the hedge and lenght of my large Mino unit with Doombull.... They were blocked by the hounds and the hedge....
Hounds get blown to kingdom come and it's panic tests for the Herd and Doombulls unit.
No biggie right? I have Ld9...just roll for Herd first ......roll boxcars....then it comes to Grakkors turn...2 new dice ....roll 11.....
Both units turn around and run 9" and 5"......
I am so toast.

Turn 4

"We stop!" Grakkor bellowed. "We Stop now! Attack them! We can take them!" Gradually his fleeing Herd kin stopped and once more shook themselves out into a battleline. Boroks, either too deafened from the blasts or too far away to hear, continued running back to the safety of the trees with the Gors and Ungors.
Skarzz had a moment of trepidation...he could possibly charge into the Rock folk with his Pestigor bodyguard and begin the slaughter but where were the others? And what had become of his leader and fellow shaman? The spawn faithfully lurching beside them vanished in a splatter of gore. As he mulled over what he had just seen the herd stumbled forwards and the Dwarfs eagerly began to shift their ranks.....
Skarzz realized his horrible mistake..."Plaguefather! Aid me!" HE brayed as he pulled out the secret stone from his satchel and willed the power of his staff to quicken the Pestigor's hooves...Yes! He could feel the power! And then....the great bellowing laughter as a heavily runed fist punched into the sjy from the warrior as if trying to catch a fly....

So...Spawn bites it with a cannonball. One chariot gets turned into kindling by a cannonball and a lot of misses...It would have been really scary if he was actually rolling well on his weapons lol. Doombull manages to rally but the Beast Herd(with Boroks in tow) leg it off the table. Looking at the distance between my Pestigors and the Warriors I figured it was probably 11-12" and so elected just to move...why? I have no idea...probably just freaked from the carnage of his poor rolling warmachines. A measure showed I actually could have charged! Ahh crud....time to pull out the Staff, a Power Stone and hope for Irresistable! No such luck.....scrolled....oooooh boy i am so dead.

Turn 5

Grakkor could only watch as Skarzz and his herd stumbled and floundered right in front of the hill. With a great "Huzzah!", short old looking Rock folk with ornate armour and massive axes slammed into their flank. It was too much for the confused herd and they broke...running for safety. His last chariot splintered and fell apart, the Tuskgors squealing in pain as it was hit by a storm of small metal balls...
"Now we leave," Grakkor told his herd kin. "Back to the trees. The Rock folk will not pursue. It is not their way."

Longbeards flank charge the Pestigors, kill 3, win combat and the Pestigors leg it off the table. Last chariot is blown away by the Organ gun. Only Grakkor, Rakkashi, and the 4 Plaguebulls are alive.

Result:
Massacre for the Dwarfs.....BUT WAIT
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Informed after by my opponent that he screwed up and only had 2 core (just finished a 3,000pt and dropped his army points down to face mine)!!!
Win for the Beasts I'll take it...even though it's on a technicality

Post Game Rundown
Gah! I did not kill a single enemy model! And even though Malorian did have some severely spectacularly dismal rolls with his warmachines he only managed to misfire once on the stonethrower and it just couldn't shoot.....big whoop.
I could not believe I screwed my Doombull charge up by sticking the Hounds in front of him!.....no idea what to say there.
Shoulda, coulda charged with the Pestigors but 16 vs. 24 warriors w/3+ save? Not thinking I would have killed enough to force a panic and even if I could have it was too little, too late.
On the bright side....technically most of my units ran off the table so technically they survived....right?
Grakkor will return but he is going to have a very serious sitdown with his 2 Shaman subordinates......

BUT WAIT
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Informed after by my opponent that he screwed up and only had 2 core (just finished a 3,000pt and dropped his army points down to face mine)!!!
Win for the Beasts I'll take it...even though it's on a technicality



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Absolutely brutal drubbing though, I really hate going up against dwarfs with a new army, as the new dudes tend to get spanked cause you don't know the tricks and tactics you need. Also, why no ambush? Can you not because of the doombull or something? Doesn't the BSB or one of the brayshamans carry the horn? Or is it that the general has to, and since doomy is actually decent Ld ...

Bummer again dude, but I'm holding out for great things still!

- Salvage]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/267691/1156443.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/267691/1156443.page GMT Rakkashi slumped wearily against the ancient Herdstone. He had never been this far west before and the Herdstone looked like it had not been used in a very long time.
He, and the few scattered Gors and Minotaurs he had managed to round up, were all that was left of Grakkors herd....Nurgle had failed them...Nurgle had done nothing as his faithful followers were crushed again and again, dying with his name wailing in anguish from their throats....
"Beastlord," his only survivng Foe-Render ventured. "What we do now?"
"Beastlord?" Rakkashi shook his horned head. "I not that high yet"
"Who else?" his companion retorted. "You lead, we follow. Is the way."
"Fine, I lead." Rakkashi drew himself up to his full height. "You all follow. But not in Nurgle's steps. Nurgle left us now we leave Nurgle."
Grunts and whistles grew louder as the herd roused itself to these strong words. The Foe-Render ready his weapons and stood in front of Rakkashi, daring any Gor to challenge.
Rakkashi placed his hand on the Foe-Renders shoulder. "Grax, you are loyal. You now are Wargor. Together we rebuild this herd"
The newly promoted Gor bowed, surprised and happy. "But who will set our path Beastlord? We need to believe. Gors need belief."
A wheezing cackle issued from the edge of the encircling ring and an old, hideously mishapen Gor dragged himself forward, leaning heavily on a staff decorated with skulls.
"There is a God young Beastlord," he rasped. Three massive horns jutted out of a head almost as low as his chest and a ragged cloak swirled around him even though there was no breeze. "A God who has watched your herd a long time. Grakkor was a fool!" He spat. "To follow a bloated, poxed toad like Nurgle! Ha!" Many of the Gors were having trouble following his eloquent speech, so strange for one of the Children. "The Changer of Ways will guide you. He will give you great power and intellect. Tzeentch will raise you to your true potential!"
Grax looked at Rakkashi and shrugged. "What he say? Sound better anyway."
"We will follow Tzeentch," Rakkashi agreed. "But I lead my herd!"
The ragged newcomer bowed before him. "As it was fortold lord. And I will carry your new standard."
With incomprehensible words and a flourish a huge fire roared to life. The herd hooted and cheered.
"The summons has begun. The Children will gather. Now a new Herd will rise. Glory to the Changer!"
"Glory to the Changer!" echoed from scores of throats.......

So much for Grakkor Will Rakkashi and his new patron God find victory?
Going to have to read and see........





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Well I faced off against Malorians mighty Orc Waagh! and do I ever mean mighty.
Warboss
Gobbo Shammy on Wolf Chariot
Gobbo Shammy
Orc BSB
4 units of 20-25 Orc Boyz
20(?)Savage Orc Boyz
20(?)Night Gobbos
Troll (yes...1 troll)
2x5 Wolf Riders
3 Spear Chukkas
2 Orc Chariots
Doom Diver

Not a fanatic to be seen......although he did have 2 sitting on the sidelines...cheeky bugger.

Rakkashi's Herd
Rakkashi
Beastlord w/MoT, Slaughterers Blade, Trollhide Armour, Crown of Horns

Grax
Wargor w/MoT, Sh, HA

Fozzakkit
Wargor BSB w/MoT, Pelt of the Dark Young

Prrokir
Lvl2 Bray Shaman w/Staff of Darkoth, Scroll

2x 6Gor/10Ungor w/FC

6Gor/8 Ungor w/FC

14 Tzaangors w/FC

2 Chariots of Tzeentch

2x5 Hounds

2x3 Minotaurs of Tzeentch w/St, GW

2xSpawn of Tzeentch

Battle report coming soon.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/267691/1163668.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/267691/1163668.page GMT