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  • Feeling nostalgic, and wondering what Everblight’s up to.

    Posted on July 17, 2020 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    January 2008. A long time ago, in a Gdaycave far, far away… or, right here, because I’ve lived here for since 2001. That’s where Lost Hemisphere got its start. As we muddle through the global pandemic waiting for a governmental all-clear to resume social gatherings with our gamer pals, those of us who find joy in clashes on tabletops have are left without opponents, but with the memories of games past.

    Lost Hemisphere, of course, started out as a VS System blog, plotting cards combinations and decks with our favourite Marvel and DC characters (and Hellboy, just for good measure). It was a great game, and while it’s been reborn as a living card game (and yes, of course I have some of the new incarnation), I don’t have an opponent who’s interested, so it’s in a box as little more than a nostalgic paperweight. There’s quite a passionate online community for the original game though, and I’m pleased I still have my old favorite teams – the Fantastic Four and the Crime Lords. I miss playing with Pablo and CaptainSpud, but when the original game was cancelled, we moved on.

    Privateer Press’ Warmachine and Hordes became our tabletop focus, and over the years I’ve owned armies for almost every faction at one time or another, but the Protectorate of Menoth and the Retribution of Scyrah were my home factions. Apparently “Cygnar” and “Khador” and “Skorne” and other such factions simply lost out by having one-word names. The Protectorate is still the one faction that draws me more than any other, even to the point where I’m (slowly) painting up a new army, in a new scheme, after having to sell off my old army because life can be expensive and bills needed to be paid. I’m slowly getting returning to power, and will set my opponents’ models ablaze accordingly. Feora the Forsaken is contending with Anson Durst for my attention – two very different warcasters, two very different playstyles… My friend Nick’s burgeoning Circle Orboros force will feel the flames of my wrath when we can gather again.

    Of course, the Protectorate and the Retribution aren’t the only three-word factions in the game, and with the launch of the Legion of Everblight CID (and the presence of Yssylla in the Riot Quest: Wintertime Wasteland kickstarter) has me pondering the Hordes side of the game, and just what Everblight’s up to in the frozen North. The events of Oblivion and the Infernal Invasion focused very heavily (though not exclusively) on the Warmachine factions, and I’m keen to see what unfolds for the Hordes factions over the next twelve months.

    From the Trollbloods we’re looking to see a focus on the organized military led by Gunnbjorn (my favorite Trollblood warlock by far), but the CID has granted us an insight into the jealous manipulator that Everblight is. After seeing the Archons march to war he’s decided he needs his own, with the Blight Archon being not only a powerful manifestation of Everblight’s own essence, but also a Lesser Warlock in its own right. The Virtues enter the field as Everblight’s new elite infantry, Yssylla herself is a solo that can cast Shatterstorm (reread that a couple of times), but it’s Bethayne who has my attention.

    Bethayne was a groundbreaking concept when she was first introduced – both conceptually and mechanically – as a warlock that could meld with her personal warbeast mid-game to become a single entity. Now that union is permanent, with Bethayne, Pride of Everblight, being the very first Warbeast Warlock (much as Karchev the Terrible is a Warjack Warcaster).

    From the CID:

    Bethayne has been permanently fused with Belphagor during Everblight’s initial experimentation, having been pulled apart and put back together more times than she can recall. She is the Proto-Virtue, a truly unique creature that can likely never exist again, and that functioned as an early template for what the Virtues and the Blight Archon eventually became.

    Bethayne 2 is the first “warbeast warlock”, similar to how Karchev the Terrible is a “warjack warcaster”. She takes damage like a warbeast, can slam and make power attacks, and suffers crippled aspects OTHER than the Spirit aspect. Unlike Karchev, who is a smash-your-face style caster, Bethayne is far more of a ranged threat and brings several potent spells and an incredibly potent feat to the table.

    While her concept art depicts a creature far divorced from the grace and sleek menace we’re used to from a lot of Legion models, it speaks to the horrific mutation Bethayne’s undergone as Everblight’s enacted flesh melding and other unsanitary practices to mold her into his newest warlock. Heck, her feat is called Flesh Web. I’ll leave it your imagination visualize just how that might manifest.

    It’ll be awhile before Bethaye, Pride of Everblight, hits the tables but I’m loving that Privateer is looking into aspects of the Hordes factions that haven’t received love for some time. The Legion are getting some life poured into their abominations, as the Trollbloods get military reinforcements. Any guesses what we’ll see for Skorne and the Circle Orboros?

     

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  • I choose you: Everblight’s Chosen Centaur thingies

    Posted on June 4, 2018 7:00 am by gdaybloke 1 Comment

    So nerd confession time. Of all the wondrous creatures of mythology, centaurs are one of my very favourite. I’m pretty sure it’s not just some manifestation of a youthful desire for a pony, given my childhood experiences with horses, but I even remember in the nascent days of the interwebs, participating in online rpg fiction, with a centaur being my preferred character. I won’t say his name in case there’s still evidence out there, cos no-one needs to read that drivel. but centaur (and centaur-esque) concepts have always appealed. Even Cryx’s Soulhunters, to some extent, though they are all gross and undeady. Roll it forward to Kallus, Devastation of Everblight, and you have a half-dragon, half-golem of sorts, and now with the fleshing out (hah!) of the Blighted Ogrun, the Chosen of Everblight – half Ogrun, half Dragonspawn – are preparing to invade the Southern kingdoms.

    Pathfinding Cavalry with 8 wounds and Tough, the Chosen are set to be a centerpiece unit, both visually and tactically. Never mind that with Brutal Charge, they’re functionally MAT 9 when you send them in. That they can move 10″ per turn without running or charging – thanks to a 7″ base move and 3″ reposition – means they’ll mosey over the battlefield in fairly short order, and it’s going to be a challenge to even whittle them down with ranged attacks before they get wherever they need to be, with a decent ARM and their Rapid Healing mitigating all but the most ardent of incoming arrows. Can’t even evaporate them with Hyperion’s glittergun, due to their large base size.

    The renders also look outstanding, with meaty polearms complementing the enormous talons of their dragonspawn feet. Now, the real question remains – how does their anatomy work? Is there a heart in the upper Ogrun torso as well as in the Spawn body? Two different rib cages, or one continuous rib cage that hinges 90 degrees? And how long before we’re given the all-clear to use these monstrosities (not Monstrosities, that’s a Cephalyx thing) in Company of Iron?

    How long before we see a force consisting of Kallus, two units of these, and a selection of warbeasts?

    Hrm…bearing in mind that this is purely for visual impact and not looking for any practical synergy…

    Kallus, Devastation of Everblight +28
    – Carnivean 18
    – Ravagore 16
    – Ammok the Truthbearer 4
    Chosen (5) – 20
    Chosen (5) – 20

    The bigger warbeasts share the claw aesthetic with the Chosen and Kallus. Yes, Ammok’s the slow man on the totem pole, but all he has to do to grant Kallus the benefit of his Spiritual Conduit is job along and keep within 10″ of his boss. Also, a 50pt list from 14 models, none of them Colossals or Gargantuans, isn’t too shabby.

    Who’s going to be the first person to play a centaur themed Legion list in a steamroller? I’m looking at you, JVM…

     

     

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  • Blighted Ogrun Theme Force Pt 2: Gorag Rotteneye

    Posted on May 23, 2018 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Welcome back! Today, in a very special episode of Webster, we… wait, no, we’re looking at Blighted Ogrun still, not flashbacks to family TV sitcoms from the 80’s… Damn I’m old. We started our gander at the Blighted Ogrun Theme Force box on Monday, and went through every model in the box bar one. Granted, as model counts go this box doesn’t have the raw numbers of some of the others, but in all fairness it *is* full of medium-based infantry.  After looking at the Warmongers, War Chief Forsaken and the Rotwings, it’s time to look at Gorag.

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  • Blighted Ogrun Theme Force Pt 1: Rotwings and friends

    Posted on May 21, 2018 7:00 am by gdaybloke 1 Comment

    Perhaps one of the sweetest things Privateer Press has been doing in recent times is releasing Theme Force boxes. We all know I dig theme forces, right? Right. The new Theme Force boxes are a solid injection into the game for players new and old. Long time player? Get a theme force box for expansion to your current collection of units, and we’ll toss in some new stuff as well. Brand new to a faction? Heck, this month’s release – the Blighted Ogrun Theme Force – pairs perfectly with the Legion of Everblight battlegroup box to give you a 35 point army. The fact that they’re also a great building point for a Company of Iron list is besides the point 😉

    Loaded with Warmongers and a flock of flappy death, today we’re opening up the Theme Force box and having a looksee.

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  • Elias Gade and Craelix

    Posted on October 23, 2017 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Staving off Cygnar reviews just a little longer (is my Menite bias showing?), today we take a look at October’s two non-Cygnar blister releases – Craelix, Fang of Everblight, and Exemplar Warder Elias Gade. Both excel at laying low their foes at a distance, though of course only one of them does it under the blessing of the True Law. The other is an unholy abomination spawned from the wretched fever dreams of a disembodied demigod. I’ll let you figure out which is which.

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  • Kallus, Devastation of Everblight

    Posted on April 17, 2017 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Before we jump into unboxings of the new releases for the army of the frozen North this week, we have one last unboxing for the army of the frozen North… er… I mean, the other army of the frozen North.  We’ll be looking at the newest releases for Khador next, but first it’s the newest evolution of Everblight’s personal golem, the created being Kallus. Apparently determined to follow in Thagrosh’s footsteps by becoming more dragonlike, Kallus decided it was time for a tale and some more dragonspawn-y limbs. Maybe he was just tired of being bipedal? Who can tell. OPEN THE BOX!

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  • Azrael

    Posted on April 11, 2017 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    So it’s been said, when it comes to storytelling, that a hero is only as good as his villains. If you’re on Superman power level and you spend all your time dealing with purse snatchers, the story falls flat. Throw in cosmic level demigods and it gets potentially interesting. Similarly, if you’re a hero focused on mood and the psychological, your rogues gallery needs to be filled with the dark and twisted, as opposed to simply the mega powerful. Batman has dealt psychopathic fruit loops with an array of superpowers, but when Bane broke the bat, Jean-Paul Valley stepped into the batsuit and brought a brutal, sharp-edged, oh-so-90’s-comics interpretation to the role of the Dark Knight. When Bruce Wayne returned, Jean-Paul continued under the name Azrael.

    Wait, hang on, we’re talking Warmachine and Hordes? I thought we were getting nostalgic about 90’s comics! Okay, okay, let me change mental gears here…

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  • Paint The Target

    Posted on April 3, 2017 7:00 am by gdaybloke 3 Comments

    Ah, a new month, a new Target gallery… I wasn’t sure how much participation we’d see this month, but I’m glad to see we didn’t come up empty handed.

    …

    GET IT? EMPTY HANDED? Because this month’s challenge was to showcase models with not holding any weapons! HAH! I slay me…

    (*ahem)

    Alright, on with the show…

    I encourage creative interpretation of the monthly targets, but Lord Bubonicus just skipped the empty hands thing entirely by painting models that had no hands at all. I’m sure Cyriss would be pleased with his Servitors and Objective Marker.

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  • Legion of Everblight: Command Book

    Posted on March 29, 2017 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    Alright. Let’s talk about the single most fantastic faction in Hordes. You want elves? We’ve got elves. You want ogres? We’ve got ogres. You want dragons? Hell, we got them too. The Legion of Everblight may be the most popular of the Hordes factions (pure speculation, no empirical data collected) because it has the hallmarks of a more traditional fantasy setting… and then it breaks them all by having the dragon as disembodied force ghost, blighted mutations, and a swarm of eyeless gribblies born from blood and bile in seething cauldrons. Ew. Seriously, Everblight. Just Ew. Ladies and Gentlelost, it’s the Legion of Everblight Command  Book!

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  • Theme Week: A group of feral shredders, by ZosiaStarscream

    Posted on January 20, 2017 7:00 am by gdaybloke Comment

    With Privateer Press dropping a PDF full of theme forces so that every faction has at least one to goof around with while we’re waiting for all the Command books to release, things are pretty much sunshine and rainbows of excitement here in the Gdaycave. To celebrate, each day this week a guest contributor is sharing their thoughts on one of the theme forces. Today’s contribution is from Tim Simpson, loyal son of the Motherland.

    If you missed the theme force PDF, you can find it here: Linky!

    Valentine’s Day came early for many of us yesterday as optimistic anticipation was quickly replaced with familiar disappointment when the new theme lists were released. With a heavy sigh, we closed out of the PDF and found better things to read, like a list of interesting cat facts. Did you know a group of cats is called a clowder? Did you know a group of feral cats is called a destruction?

    I’m excited to see some of the list builds to come out of this new theme. An interesting thing people are throwing around right now is the idea of Blight Wasps with Abby2, which are both winged beasts AND a unit. Let’s be honest, though. No one cares about what I think of this theme list, so I did what everyone really wants to do– I sat down with the JVM himself and picked his brain specifically about this theme list, his ideas of how to build for the most utility, and the impact he feels it’ll have on Legion’s overall position in the competitive meta.

    Me: What were your initial thoughts on the theme list?

    ‪JVM: Underwhelming, because of the lack of warbeast selection for heavies. It seems this theme list feels soft but wants you to take Lylyth1, Fyanna2, or Kallus.‬‬

    Me: Which would you start with?

    ‪JVM: Fyanna2, only because the list builds itself. Angel, Seraph, Neraph x2, and Raek for warbeasts. Similar to my list.‬‬

    Me: That one is easier to build, but do you think Kallus would be better?

    JVM: I feel he’s better with more infantry, so yes.

    Me: What do you think would make this theme better? Is there a small change that would help or do you think it would have to be a huge overhaul?

    JVM: Inclusion of all heavy warbeasts. That’s basically it.

    Me: Why do you think they were excluded? ‪

    JVM: Because of how abusive the list could be without draw backs. Enemy models losing AD has to come at a cost.‬‬

    Me: Do you feel that’s a fair trade off?

    ‪JVM: I’m not sure. I have to test. It’s worth it with certain warlocks. ‬‬

    Me: How would you build a Lylyth list for this theme?

    JVM: I’d rather do an Abby list instead, but a Lylyth list would be: Lylyth1, Seraph, Bolt thrower, and other stuff. I’m really not sure what else to take. I’ll have to brainstorm and get back to you.

    Me: Do you think this will change Legion’s position competitively at all?

    JVM: With Abby2 I feel it will. I’m going to drop the Scythean and get two Neraphs.

    Me: Get two Neraphs? You have like eight. How many does one person need? Asking for a friend.

    JVM: I mean put two in my list now

    Me: Oh, so I don’t need to buy more Neraphs yet?

    JVM: No.

    Me: Phew. Which small-based solo or unit attachment do you think is the best freebie?

    JVM: Everything is 4 points and it depends on what you’re getting. Forsakens are likely the choice for Abby2.

    Me: Did you know the world’s richest cat is worth $13 MILLION?! He inherited the money after his human passed away.

    JVM: I did not. That’s crazy

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