Monday 31 May 2021

Lord Blowfly among the unquiet dead

A place of the dead. But dry, sterile. His antennae twitched. In the sarcophagus. Not stench, not moisture, not flesh. But magic. A gift for his patron. He raised the axe aloft and struck the tomb, and again, and again, the stonework crumbling.

From the sarcophagus, dry bones. Dry bones shifting, becoming living bones. Living bones shrieking for vengence, grasping, clenching the magic sword, ready to strike.


At the moment, my table is full of unfinished/ barely begun painting for Bring Out Your Lead. But in the meantime, a small finished project: another month's entry for Jamie Loft's White Dwarf Monthly Painting Challenge. This month it was WD113, which features among its contents a taster of the Lost and the Damned.

I decided to paint the classic Citadel fly-headed Champion of Nurgle that I've had in my leadpile for a while (a better executed version of which appears on page 70 of that month's White Dwarf). I then placed Lord Blowfly in an encounter from the narrative generator on page 54: "The sarcophagus contains the bones of an undead Champion who immediately rises to engage those who desecrate his tomb." The undead champion is a Fenryll skeleton that came spare with a recent purchase for another project and who I hadn't been intending to paint, but now I'm rather pleased I did. No idea where the shattered sarcophagus comes from, I'm afraid; I inherited it with my father's collection.

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  1. What a gribbly character.... I've not seen this chappie before. Nice work. I'm tentatively toying with attending BOYL....

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    1. Cool! Have you never been? It's a fun weekend and the perfect opportunity to get some toys on the table!

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  2. Very cool! Always loved that Champion!

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    1. Thanks! Yes, he's gross isn't he? I got him for my existing Nurgle warband, but now he's painted up I'm contemplating whether he should form the start of a new, rival warband. Doesn't seem right just to shove him in an existing unit.

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  3. That's a lovely miniature I didn't know! Great character. I am still hoping I can attend BOYL; I should get my second vaccine jab by mid July, but I need to see how the UK deals with EU aliens at the borders. I heard horror stories of people detained for hours for administrative issues. Hopefully it's just a temporary problem. Fingers crossed!

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    1. Well it's a difficult time and I can't say our government knows what it's doing with its Brexit strategy OR its COVID strategy, and I use the term 'strategy' very loosely here (though the immunisation rollout has been a success) - and we have a Home Secretary Priti Patel who would dearly love a photo op of her smirking at you being bundled into a van as an illegal alien. But setting all that aside, I really do hope to see you at BOYL!!

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  4. Nice little diorama set up there bud with the ruined sarcophagus. That skellie looks great and lovely job with old Brundlefly there!

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    1. Glad you like! Some minis just seem to deserve a good story and diorama so I'm glad this one worked out

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