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  • Riot Quest: Black Bella, Duchess of Dread

    Posted on September 11, 2020 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    As we continue to shelter in the Gdaycave, I continue to slowly work through the Silver Mountain that shames me for my lack of painting speed. I picked up Black Bella, Duchess of Dread, at Gencon 2019, one of the Riot Quest heroes that was available for purchase, and it wasn’t long before she found herself on the painting table, but for lack of a better term I stalled.

    The studio scheme for Black Bella is white leathers, and something I started painting her accordingly but I just wasn’t happy. White is a challenging colour to paint smoothly on a good day, but even though I’ve had plenty of experience with it on my old Menites, it just wasn’t working for me on a character named Black Bella. I contemplated redoing her in black leathers, but then this happened, and I’m much happier with it. In deference to her name, she does have black lipstick.

    One of the characters that is making the journey to Riot Quest Season 2, Bella is one the fastest heroes in Riot Quest. Her base speed of  6 means she moves faster than Helga On Wheels, and her 4/5 defensive stats put her on par with Eiryss and Scythe. 3 Stamina is pretty standard, but her Dueling Bladesroll one action, two boost, and two power dice, making her one of the deadliest melee combatants in the game.

    As a Fighter class hero, she gets Charge as a standard, adding an extra power die to her attacks. If an opponent tries to run away from her blades, Dirty Fighterlets her roll a power die for bonus damage as she stabs them in the keister. Should they choose to stand and fight, Side Step means if they miss, she gets to reposition. All in all, she’s very stabby and highly mobile.

    Now, should you pick up Black Bella as a mercenary for Warmachine – and yes, she does play for the Protectorate – 4pts gets you a MAT 7 Weapon Master with sword and dagger attacks, DEF 17 in melee thanks to Duelist, she can murder her way through a unit like the Whitemane used to thanks to Killing Spree, Ripostewill let her utter a pointy rejoinder should someone try to hit her, and just for fun she’s functionally MAT 9 on a charge with her sword thanks to Brutal Charge.

    I’m now picturing Bella and a pair of Allegiants of the Order of the Fist running down a flank toward an opposing flag…

    Black Bella, Duchess of Dread, is available from your FLGS or preferred online retailer. Whether you’d like to stab opposing looters in Ironhead Fortress or to add her to your ranks on the tabletop, if you’ve got the coin, she’s got the blades.

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  • WMH: Resolute Souls… the Legion and the Order

    Posted on March 25, 2020 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    As the Infernal invasion causes dramatic upheavals on pretty much every level for the nations of Caen, the best and the worst are brought out of people, weird alliances are forged, and the strangest of bedfellows unite on the battlefield to challenge a common enemy that threatens the future of all humanity. And Iosity, Rhulity, BogTroggity, Trollkinity, so on and so forth. Today we’re opening up some undead avengers, raised by the power of the Witchblade, and Morrow’s magnificent ghost-busting man-o-war…

    The Legion of Lost Souls, and the Order of Illumination Resolutes.

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  • Glyn Cormier, Morrowan Battle Priest and the Thamarite Advocate

    Posted on March 11, 2020 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Three Humans walk into a bar… promptly declare the entire place to be tainted by Infernals, and burn it to the ground.  Well, that was a quick story, what shall we talk about now? Oh, fine, we’ll talk about the actual three models in question. As the Infernal invasion ravages the Iron Kingdoms, the militant arms of the faiths of the Iron Kingdoms are mobilizing in full, with priests and demon hunters casting aside their age-old enmity with the followers of Thamar, in the interest of, oh, I dunno, the survival of humanity as a whole. It’s a thing. There may be a lesson there for all of us…

    First up, the Morrowan Battle Priest and Glyn Cormier.

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  • Alexia and the Vigilants

    Posted on November 13, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Aside from sounding like an 80’s alternative band of some sort, Alexia the Undying and the Order of Illumination Vigilants may be just what you need to thwart the Infernal incursion in your local meta. On the one hand, arguably the Iron Kindgom’s most power necromancer. On the other, a strike team of zealous soldiers that can roughly be equated with overly religious ghostbusters.

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  • A Gabe of Throne(s)

    Posted on November 11, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Grand Master Gabriel Throne has totally had enough of all those Infernal shenanigans, and he’s come out retirement to send the netherspawn howling and screaming back through their infernal gates to lick their wounds and otherwise think about their life choices. As a Grand Master of the Order of Illumination, Throne is a skilled tactician and commander, with an array of abilities to boost those serving. He also gets a sweet horse.

    Seven components make up the Grand Master, and frankly, it’s one of the nicest cavalry models I’ve had the pleasure tinker with from Privateer.

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  • Sides of a Coin: The Void and Primal Archons

    Posted on November 8, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    The essence of creation, the primordial urge that pushes the axlotl out of murky soup with an urge to go bipedal and take up chartered accountancy, wars with the inevitable advance of entropy. Where there is life, their is death. With the other-dimensional Infernals breaking through the walls of reality, both aspects are manifesting alongside the deific Archons of Menoth, Morrow and Thamar, to fight not just for the souls of humanity, but for reality itself.

    Alright, that’s just my persona take on the Void and Primal Archons, but hey, I like it.

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  • Dark Relections:The Morrowan and Thamarite Archons

    Posted on November 6, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    The Infernal Incursion has led to strange bedfellows as the war for the souls of humanity escalates. After decades of conflict, and still with no love lost between them, the Morrowan devout and Thamarite sworn have shelved their enmity – if not their prejudices – in the face of a threat greater than either can face alone. Evidence of the approval of their deities, archons from both Morrow and Thamar join the fray…

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  • Swab the Poop Deck! The Swabber

    Posted on June 7, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Alright, you got me, I really just wanted an excuse to say Poop in a post title.  Even though the term Poop Deck doesn’t actually refer to poop (originating with the Latinpuppis, and making it into naval parlance via the French la poupe – lookit, you learned something today!), there’s definitely something being swabbed by the newest heavy warjack to join the Talion Charter and other privateers of the Iron Kingdoms, the Swabber.

    The deranged engineer lovechild of Captain Ahab and a Llaelese refugee who was really keen on guns that poke through shields (see the Vanguard) , the Swabber is armed with both a harpoon and a shield cannon, making for an interesting proposition. It harpoons its target, drags it into melee range, and then… bashes it with the shield? I mean, it’s P+S15, so the shield’s not exactly a light thwack.. but with the Shield Cannon and the Harpoon as its two primary weapons, the Swabber definitely wants to be standing up on the Poop Deck, firing on its targets from on high.

    A sturdy complement to the Freebooter and Mariner, complete with full amphibious capacity, the Swabber adds some heavy firepower and a measure of board control to the warjack stable for the Privateers. Also two beautifully rounded kneepads,

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  • Monkey Business: Powder Monkey and the Malady Man

    Posted on June 5, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Imagine David Attenborough, quietly walking through the streets of Corvis, in search of the ever elusive Dock Monkey. A rare species, only occasionally sighted by the very alert boatswain or customs agent, our nonagenarian documentarian draws in a sharp breath as he spots not one, but two diminutive primates, each a different subspecies! The Malady Man plays his wicked tune as his monkey dances, and the Powder Monkey lights a fuse…

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  • Moar Boom: Steelhead Artillery

    Posted on May 31, 2019 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    “There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives.” Scott Adams gave us that little kernel of wisdom, and the Steelhead Mercenary Company has taken it to heart, with the release of their Cannon, Mortar and Volley Gun. Three new artillery pieces for hire, the Steelheads have been running their crews through drills to ensure the highest quality of booms-for-hire. If you can pay their fee, they can provide the fire support.

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