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Chasers of the Fang

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The Chasers of the Fang

Okay, I was considering revamping my old Army Diary, but I thought, in light of the new website, new name for Army Diaries (Gnoblogs), and my new start in life (Move to New Zealand), I’d start again from scratch. Now I know this means beginning again with no Views, no replies etc. however I hope that this new improved diary proves just as popular as the older one.

Sadly before now I never had the time to bring my Vision to life, in terms of the sculpting required and time needed, but in order to facilitate this, I’m now setting myself smaller projects and one step at a time I will bring The Chasers of the Fang to life.

So, each project will be either a single unit, or single character, one at a time, converted over to the way of the new tribe. Some of these will be starting from scratch, the Tyrant for example is not yet together or painted, others will be converting and updating already complete units, some of my Gnoblars and Bulls for example.

As most of you are aware I’ve decided to call my tribe The Chasers of the Fang, and the fluff below will explain why…


The Fluff

My Tyrant, Farang the inedible, Saved his tribe from a giant, chaos warped serpent whose shear size would cause even the mightiest Ogre to quake in fear.

This snake, with fangs as long as a thinling and oozing vile scorching venom had been preying on his tribe for months. His father, the Tyrant at the time, had lost his edge in battle although not yet the fear or respect of his tribe, and had to be coerced by his son to go out and do battle with the deadly beast.

So set of Farang and his father, tracking the beast through the grey rubble of the mountains, and the dark forbidding forest which lay at the heart of their valley, weeks they spent out in the wilderness, searching for this terrible threat to the tribe, however this was no simple beast, but one corrupted by chaos, and possessing an uncanny intelligence and wickedness.

Knowing what it faced, the two mightiest Ogres in the valley, the monster led them through the most treacherous terrain, over steep cliffs, through poisonous swamps, the frozen peaks of mountains, always leaving small signs for them to follow. The serpents aim? Well to weaken its prey, enough to be able to destroy them…

Eventually they traced the beast all the way to its lair, a cave in the side of a cliff, where the bones of fallen Ogres lay scattered in the dirt. And so it was, with no witnesses apart from his son and maybe the spirits of the fallen, that this old weathered Tyrant stepped out into the clearing before the cave, brandishing his great weapon above his head he charged the entrance of the cave, gut plate fully extended, to pound the beast into the dirt.

Farang however simply sat by and watched as his father, whom he knew to be too slow to tackle this quick and vicious enemy, ran to his doom. It is the way of things, his Fathers time had come, time for a new Tyrant to lead the tribe, Farangs time.

As Farang watched, the lightning quick beast lunged out of it's lair to snap up this tasty morsel running right up to it's lair, and without so much as a single swing of his weapon the Ogre Tyrant was no more.

Farang knew that in order to take control of his tribe he would have to best this beast, and so, while it was still swallowing his father he stepped out beside it...

A few days later Farang strode back into the midst of his tribe, bearing with him the head of this great serpent, which was to be turned into a great mantle showing of his mighty dead to all.  However this was not the only prize with which he returned, his body was now crossed with great scars, glowing with the energy of chaos, declaring to all that this was more than any mere simple Ogre, but rather a great and mighty Tyrant, demanding respect from his tribe and causing terror amongst his enemies!

He was from that day onwards Known as Farang the Inedible.
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Army details

Since the day the great serpent was destroyed, and Farang began wearing his great snakeskin cape, the tribe have not only kept Gnoblers as pets, but reptiles as well.

Due to these details, some modifications are obviously required to the army. First off the Tyrant, who is going to be my first project, will need the snake skin cape and mantle sculpted onto him, and as I’m sure you can tell I like to give my Tyrant Demon Killer Scars on the battlefield and so will sculpt/cut/paint him some scars as well.

Another project, not sure yet what priority this one will take, which I’m quite excited about is replacing about a third of the Gnoblars in each Fighter unit with various reptiles, lizards snakes etc. which will come from a combination of the Lizardmen swarms and the 40K Jungle accessories range.(Found in the back of WD issue 305, under Swamp Things.)

I hope to list each project separately as I start them, providing more specific details and photos of each as they become relevant.
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Army List

Now most people I notice supply a single army list, but I tend to create different lists all the time, trying out new tactics and army compositions and also keeping the edge as my opponents are never sure what I’ll be fielding. So what I will do here is list what my Tribe has available to it instead, first a list of what is ready to be played, and fully converted to the way of the Fang, and secondly what is still to come. Please do be aware though, that I may still be posting battle reports etc. as I do have a large force ready and painted, just not geared up towards this theme.

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Army List – Available and ready to go!

Hmmmm…. Not much at the moment….but don’t fret, I hope to start filling up this space as quickly as possible.
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Army List – Ogres waiting to convert to the “Way of the Fang”

Note: These are my currently planned Ogres/Units, more may be added further down the road.

Heroes

01 x Braugh Slave Lord    (Yes I do have him)  icon_twisted
01 x Lt Edition army deal Bruiser (Garok Blackheart – no, not due to his inherently evil nature, it’s due to his love of the black powder weapons of the empire, i.e. his handguns)

01 x Greasus Goldtooth
01 x Skrag the Slaughterer
01 x Ghark Ironskin

01 x Tyrant (Farang the inedible)
01 x Slaughter Master (Chunkra Bloodbath)
01 x BSB (Skrud Thumper)
02 x Butcher (Brum the Flatulent & Gordo the Insatiable)
02 x Hunter (Gaarrrgghh Bigbeast & Goliath Wanderlust)
+04 x Sabertusks (Savage, Rover, Spike, Tora)

Core Units

6 x Bulls
6 x Bulls
04 x Iron Guts
04 x Iron Guts
08 x Gnoblar Trappers
25 x Gnoblar Fighters
25 x Gnoblar Fighters
25 x Gnoblar Fighters

Special Units

04 x Leadbelchers
04 x leadbelchers
03 x Yhetees
01 x Gnoblar Scraplauncher

Rare Units

02 x Maneaters (the two Lt edition ones)
02 x Slave Giant
04 x Gorger
03 x FW Rhinox Riders (Bull Rhinox)


This is what is currently in store for my tribe, and is by no means limited to just these, I would also like the rest of the Maneaters, as well as a few more of certain other units. Any additions to the list will be added as and when I feel the necessity.

Any comments on anything please let me know.

Cheers.

P.S In terms of points: -
Currently completed 0pts
Still in the works 6257pts

That is with no upgrades, magic weapons, banners, champions etc of any kind. However does include the Bull rhinox upgrades, as these are what I'll be getting.

So that makes a grand total of 6257pts when it's all complete.
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The Hobby Shop

This is the area of my Gnoblog where I will post links to websites that supply hobby related items for sale, anything from paints, models, tools, and even carry bags.

These are places I find useful, or places that supply stuff that I think looks promising. Please don't simply accept that I know what I'm talking about, buy from them, and then blame me if it's not what you expected. Before buying anything from anyone on the internet I suggest checking to make sure they are legitimate first, and secondly making sure it is the right product for you.

Other than that, I hope that some of these websites offer help and support and inspiration to my fellow gamers and hobbyists. Submisions welcome, but please PM them to me, istead of posting them.

Antenociti's Workshop - This is deffinatly my Favourite store for an amazing amount of top quality scenery and basing materials. I especially like the bags of miniature leaves, and plan on using these to base my own army. Highly recomended.

Figures in Comfort -They supply a great range of bags and foam inserts.

Scalelink - For a great range of scale link products, my favourite being the range of foliage.

Minituretree - Great stock of really nice looking trees
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The Paint Pot

An area dedicated to links to useful painting or modeling websites and articles. Submisions welcome, but please PM them to me, istead of posting them.

Want to paint Great looking tatoos? Try here

Ever wondered just how to strip that old model ready for a new paint job?
Be it metal or plastic try this.

Have you seen Magmatrax? A Slayer Sword winner that shows just what can
be achieved when you really put your all into something. See the creators step-by-step guide here.

Want great looking snow bases, a fantastic guide here.

Would you like to know how to piant decent looking wood, tired of that plain old
brown = wood look? Have a look here for a great guide to painting wood.
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When will you show pics? I love pics!

 - Kyte
<---3 Pet Gnoblars! These are called Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, Steward Armstrong Copeland and Andrew James Summers) Together they are: The Police
How to make your own Rhinox Riders - Fixed link!
Soon Kyte, soon...

I need to have something to take pics of first, I'll hopefully be starting my first project, the Tyrant, some time in the next week.

I need to buy some materials for this project though, and am running low on cash until the 04 October so won't be finished until some time after this. I'll post some WIP's though.

Cheers for the enthusiasm though Kyte, keeps me motivated.  icon_wink
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The Ogre Village

This is where I will post any completed scenery projects, all Ogre related in some way of course.
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Project - Whoops

Okay here are some pics Kyte  icon_wink

Okay, these are not part of my tribe, but where instead two models created specifically for the Whoops tournement held in, I think, Liverpool(correct me if I'm wrong anyone). They arn't meant to be taken seriously, due to the nature of the tournement they where created for comic effect. First up we have...

The Ogre Dungeon Duel Character

He is basically a great fighter from his tribe sent to this dungeon which promises great wealth/power to any able to penetrate it's defences. The Dungeon is filled with heroes from all races as well as some other VERY nasty creatures.

The weapon was a Tenderiser, obviously, however it was impractical due to balance, and quite frankly just looked silly, hence in the completed pics I have removed it and at some stage I will replace it with a more realistic weapon head and use him either as a Bruiser or IG champion. the last photo shows him next to his tenderiser...

Greens - WIP
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/WhTyrant-WIP-1.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/WhTyrant-WIP-2.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/WhTyrant-WIP-3.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/WhTyrant-WIP-4.jpg

Finished Product
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/WhTyrant-1.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/WhTyrant-2.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/WhTyrant-3.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/WhTyrant-4.jpg


The Ogre Hurdler

Made to take part in a steeple chase, as Ogres have no cavalry our only option became an Ogre Hurdler, you'll have to have a look below yourself to get the idea.

Greens - WIP
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/Ogre-Hurdler-001.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/Ogre-Hurdler-WIP-2.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/Ogre-Hurdler-WIP-3.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/Ogre-Hurdler-WIP-4.jpg

Finished Product
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/Ogre-Hurdler-2.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/Ogre-Hurdler-3.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/Greendragon2403/Whoops%20Characters/Ogre-Hurdler-4.jpg


Enjoy!
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That guy is awesome! icon_eek The weapon is humourously large. But still thats great work. Keep up the great work.

P.S That ogre football player is cool.  icon_razz
Save the Trees, eat Beavers.
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Tyrant Grog.
i like how you make the ogre stand taller, really add character to it I might stole the idea and do it to all my ogre since i find what you've done really make the ogre better, just need to find a way to make a metal fig appear bigger bah,.,,,


anyway great conversion, i dont like the weapon but i really like the idea to make the ogre bigger
Okay, finnaly had my first 7Edt game, it was only a 300pt warbands game, but still a game icon_biggrin.

So, it was Ogres V Ogres

I went with
3xIG - Ch,St (Champion acting as general)
1xBull
1xBull
10xGnob
10xGnob

He had
1xManeater (HA,CLs) (General)
1xbull
1xbull
1xbull
1xbull
1xbull
1xbull

Set up like this...
Him

...
...B..B..............................B..B............ME(G)......................................B..B...............
...............Hill...






........................Difficult terrain..............................................Impassable terrain.........
...B..Gn...................................................IG(G)...............................................Gn..B.

Me

He got 1st turn, moved forward with everything.

My turn, charged the bull on left with my bull on the left, moved left Gn up 4, IG unit up with right flank against impassable terrain, bull and Gn on right up and round the Impassable. I caused 1 wound on his bull, he caused none, he failed his break check, and I caught him in pursue, putting me almost all the way at his starting line.

His bull charged my Gnoblers on the left, the two centre bulls and the ME charged my IG unit, his other two bulls changed direction to face my oncoming bull and Gn unit. Call it a bad call on his part, or good placement on mine, but he was about half an inch out of charge range with everything charging the IG unit... His bull managed to get the charge on my Gn, killing two(Shame) for 1 wound in return, (go Gnoblers). That meant combat res for him...2, for me...3. He failed this break test to, and I ran down that bull.

CHARGE!!! I send my IG unit straight into his ME(G). Drawing in one of the other bulls. I Manage to completly destroy the maneater, and cause a wound on the bull for none in return. He failed the Break check, and I chased down the remaining bull. I Also braught the left hand Bull and Gn unit closer in towards the remaining enemy units, and the right Gn unit round next to the right hand bull.

Okay so I now have his remaining 3 bulls pretty much surrounded. He decides to charge the right Gn unit with two bulls, the other bull has no target, ansd so simply turns towards the IG. He pretty much fluffed the combat, two bulls killing 1 Gnoblar... No wounds back. I still win by one, one bull passes LD, the other fails, but I'm unable to pursue...

The bull next to the gnoblers charges his bull in the flank, my IG turn around towards the now fleeing bull and one other remaining bull, while my left hand bull and Gn unit come within charge distance, although out of LOS. I killed the bull on the right outright, but lossed another Gn.

He failed to rally the running bull, which scampered off the table, and as one last hopefull effort charged the IG unit, caused 1 wound, and in return got squished.

So, all in all we agreed on a massacre for me, as I wiped him out, and only lost a few Gnoblers in return.

A good game, but the new rules didn't really have much of an effect in such a small game.



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Project 1 – Tyrant (Farang the Inedible) 
Project Start date - 01st October 2006

Current Status (03/10/06) – WIP, I have put the basic model together, there where some large gaps both at the shoulders, and where the wrists joined the arm. Filled with GS, and have moulded it into more chainmail. It is the best looking chainmail effect I've achieved to date, and I'm pretty proud of it. Will take some pics and post them once it is dry.

Status (04/10/06) - Afraid no more work, or pics, till end of the month, my partner decided to pack them all away, as we are moving shortly, and I cant find which box she packed them in.

Notes:    Leader of the “Chasers of the Fang”
   Wears Snake skin cape/hood
   Demon Killer Scars
   Carrying a Magic Great Weapon

Photos –

Still to come
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