"The town of Eichewäldchen once had a Burgomeister by the name of 'Herr Thomas der Langweilige'. Some would say Herr Thomas was a decent, but very boring man that rarely did something unexpected. One day that all changed when Herr Thomas decided to go for a walk into the Drakwald forest and vanished. Nobody knew what had happened to the former Burgomeister and the villagers of Eichewäldchen had often searched for him without success. It simply seemed that he got lost during his walk in the dense forest, never to return again..."
Damn, the past few weeks seemed to have flown by as I was working on some terrain pieces... My goal is actually to build as much terrain as I can before the campaign starts, so we can have lots of different terrain setups for our Hochland themed board. And so I've finished building some barricades and a statue, to add some cover and scatter pieces to our board! I will show the results below.
So first there is the statue that I made! It was made out of an old metal Empire Helblaster crew member and a miniature pedestal. I tried to make it look more realistic by adding some weathering to it. Although the weathering might be simple and subtle, I'm pretty happy how it turned out as it added some more colour to the piece that would otherwise only be a few shades of grey. To be honest I followed a guide that I found on the internet on how to paint weathered statues and that really worked well for me! Normally I don't use guides often as I'm a bit to stubborn to do so, but this experience motivates me to use guides more often in the future as it made me learn some great techniques.
For me personally the magic of Mordheim has always been in the narrative aspect of the game, where you and your gaming group can create some amazing stories set in the Old World of Warhammer Fantasy by playing the game togheter. Every member of everyone's warband can be a unique character with its own personal backstory that makes the setting even more interesting! Therefore I also wanted to create a backstory for this statue, which resulted in the story that you can read at the top of this post. Even though some of the backstories might be small, I still hope they make the setting even more lively and immersive. Most of the backstories I come up with are actually based on people or happenings from my own real life, which makes it easier for me to create them. And so is the story behind the statue, which is actually based on a person who inspired me to get into Mordheim!
Back in 2007 when I was around 13/14 years old I was searching on YouTube (which was pretty new back then) for Warhammer videos and stumbled upon a video by a group of friends that were playing a game called Mordheim. Back then I didn't knew what Mordheim was, but it certainly looked really cool in the video! I had so many questions about Mordheim that I decided to sent the creator of the video a message and after a while I got a response by a guy named Thomas. I remember Thomas as a very friendly and helpful guy that gladly answered all the questions that I had about the game. After a while he also told me that he had a blog called 'The Boring Mordheim Blog', where he shared all of his miniatures and battle reports. I was amazed by all the beautiful miniatures and terrain pieces he made and ever since I really wanted to get into Mordheim aswell. Thomas became a big inspiration for me and I still regurarly visit his blog for some inspiration and it brings back so many memories! Mordheim is a big youth sentiment of mine and following the Boring Mordheim Blog by Thomas was a big part of it. I've actually never met Thomas in real life and we haven't spoken in ages, but I still cherish those memories alot and therefore I really wanted to create a terrain piece with a backstory in honour of it. And so the story of Herr Thomas der Langweilige was born, which actually means Sir Thomas the Boring in German as a small reference to the name of the blog.
Next to the statue I made some small barricades! Nothing to fancy, just some fences that could provide some much needed cover on the battlefield. I tried to add some small details such as shields with the red and green colours of Hochland that would make them fit in the overall theme of the board more properly.
Well, that's a pretty long post! I will be working on some more terrain and will try to make some decent pictures of my warband, The Eichewäldchen Forest Patrol. That actually reminds me that I still have to come up with some background stories for them... So plenty of work to do!
Untill next time,
Tom
Damn, the past few weeks seemed to have flown by as I was working on some terrain pieces... My goal is actually to build as much terrain as I can before the campaign starts, so we can have lots of different terrain setups for our Hochland themed board. And so I've finished building some barricades and a statue, to add some cover and scatter pieces to our board! I will show the results below.
Statue of Herr Thomas der Langweilige, the Lost Burgomeister of Eichewäldchen.
So first there is the statue that I made! It was made out of an old metal Empire Helblaster crew member and a miniature pedestal. I tried to make it look more realistic by adding some weathering to it. Although the weathering might be simple and subtle, I'm pretty happy how it turned out as it added some more colour to the piece that would otherwise only be a few shades of grey. To be honest I followed a guide that I found on the internet on how to paint weathered statues and that really worked well for me! Normally I don't use guides often as I'm a bit to stubborn to do so, but this experience motivates me to use guides more often in the future as it made me learn some great techniques.
For me personally the magic of Mordheim has always been in the narrative aspect of the game, where you and your gaming group can create some amazing stories set in the Old World of Warhammer Fantasy by playing the game togheter. Every member of everyone's warband can be a unique character with its own personal backstory that makes the setting even more interesting! Therefore I also wanted to create a backstory for this statue, which resulted in the story that you can read at the top of this post. Even though some of the backstories might be small, I still hope they make the setting even more lively and immersive. Most of the backstories I come up with are actually based on people or happenings from my own real life, which makes it easier for me to create them. And so is the story behind the statue, which is actually based on a person who inspired me to get into Mordheim!
Back in 2007 when I was around 13/14 years old I was searching on YouTube (which was pretty new back then) for Warhammer videos and stumbled upon a video by a group of friends that were playing a game called Mordheim. Back then I didn't knew what Mordheim was, but it certainly looked really cool in the video! I had so many questions about Mordheim that I decided to sent the creator of the video a message and after a while I got a response by a guy named Thomas. I remember Thomas as a very friendly and helpful guy that gladly answered all the questions that I had about the game. After a while he also told me that he had a blog called 'The Boring Mordheim Blog', where he shared all of his miniatures and battle reports. I was amazed by all the beautiful miniatures and terrain pieces he made and ever since I really wanted to get into Mordheim aswell. Thomas became a big inspiration for me and I still regurarly visit his blog for some inspiration and it brings back so many memories! Mordheim is a big youth sentiment of mine and following the Boring Mordheim Blog by Thomas was a big part of it. I've actually never met Thomas in real life and we haven't spoken in ages, but I still cherish those memories alot and therefore I really wanted to create a terrain piece with a backstory in honour of it. And so the story of Herr Thomas der Langweilige was born, which actually means Sir Thomas the Boring in German as a small reference to the name of the blog.
Next to the statue I made some small barricades! Nothing to fancy, just some fences that could provide some much needed cover on the battlefield. I tried to add some small details such as shields with the red and green colours of Hochland that would make them fit in the overall theme of the board more properly.
Hochland Barricade 1.
Hochland Barricade 2.
As Hochland is described as a heavily wooded province, I imagined that logging would probably be an important way of living for the people of Hochland and so I decided to make some woodpiles as barricades! I made them out of dried branches, which served as an excellent base for the terrain pieces as the natural texture of the branches is just great! I really think these small pieces capture the atmosphere of Hochland and will fit the board just right! I added some small details like animals to make the pieces look more alive and interesting.
Woodpile with Owl
Close up of the owl.
Two woodpiles and a hatchet.
Simple woodpile.
Woodpile with a snake.
Well, that's a pretty long post! I will be working on some more terrain and will try to make some decent pictures of my warband, The Eichewäldchen Forest Patrol. That actually reminds me that I still have to come up with some background stories for them... So plenty of work to do!
Untill next time,
Tom
