XVIII. From the Sketchbook

I've been thinking a lot about the backstory lately. I haven't yet completely figured it out, but here's a short introductory text I came up with:

Gardens of Hecate... A most desolate place. Nothing to see but dark, grey earth, the heavy sky above it and the vast forests and plains in between. Nothing to hear but the rustle of leaves and silent whispers of fading apparitions, haunting the ruins of their towns and villages long ago destroyed. This is where I stroll when I awant to be alone with my thoughts.

But I wish to tell you of the old days: on the brink of the events that brought an end to every beast, bird and man. The years of war and of plague. When fire rained down from the Heavens, and the dead crawled out from inside the Earth to take the living back with them...

Also, here's a peek into my sketchbook, where I put down ideas for characters, conversions, rules and scenarios which might some day be played:

XVII. Some New Photos of Some Old Stuff

Nothing new I'm afraid. Other projects and life getting in the way. But I took some better pictures of my Dead Rider, whom I now call The Reaper Horseman - the greatest among the Four Horsemen of Hades.

And for the first time, a groupshot of the entire Plague Doctor's crew as it currently stands:

XVI. An Abomination and an Agram Arena Announcement

FLESH ABOMINATION II

 

I've finished the second big lad:

This one walks on three legs and wields a huge spiked club. The fellow was based on one of the big mutants from the GW Chaos Shrine kit, and his club hand is from Beastmen Minotaurs.
Here he is with his friend:

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AGRAM ARENA SUMMER TOURNAMENT

My local club's annual summer tournament is slowly drawing near, so I'm helping spread the word. I'll be there both weekends, since I'm entering the Black Queen painting comp and the Malifaux tournament. The one last year was tons of fun and I expect nothing less for this year. Here's the official announcement:

Dear friends!

It is time for another (11th annual) Agram Arena Summer Tournament!

We are in the second decade of organising Arena events and this year's Agram Arena Summer is going to be held over two weekends:

13-14^th of July 2013 - Malifaux International tournament + Demo Games / Open play (Infinity and LOTR SBG on Saturday 13^th; Flames of War and Warmachine on Sunday 14^th)

20-21^th of July 2013 - 40K International tournament + Black Queen International painting competition


Location: MS "Cvjetni trg", Miskecov prolaz 3, Zagreb, Croatia.

Entry: FREE!

Refreshing drinks for all players will be free during the tournaments.

Accommodation for Saturday night is also free for the 1st-time-comers (read more in the rules)!

Lunch is available at the price of 75 Kn (around 10 Euro) for both days (= 5 Euro/day)!

Check out the tournament rules & other info:

Combo rules (40K, BQ & Malifaux)
with background: http://www.ums-agram.hr/app/webroot/...ti/AAS2013.pdf

w/o background (printer friendly): http://www.ums-agram.hr/app/webroot/...2013_print.pdf

Official languages of the tournament will be English and Croatian.
Registration:
40K - from 1^st of June to 15^th of July
Black Queen: from 18^th of June to 15^th of July (not necessary - see the rulespack)
Malifaux - from 1^st of June to 7^th of July
Demo Games / Open Play - from 7th of July to 12th of July
(you can find guidelines on registration in the rules (check out the above link))!

If you need any other information please contact us at ums.agram@gmail.com or GSM +385 91 7620584.