#dreadfane

[carlageddon]

Having a go with Warhammer Underworlds

So as a previous post mentioned, I have brought Warhammer Underworlds. I’ve been reading through the rule book and there is a lot to take in as beginner. 

I’ve tried watching several Youtube videos - they all seem, to either fly through the game with little to no explanation, give a general ‘sales blurb’ as if they just read from the back of the box, or they go into way to much detail on the tiniest thing, it gets boring very quickly then skip over the important parts.

I was invited to Games Workshop (well I booked it myself after talking to a member of staff) to be taught how to play Warhammer Underworlds. I’ve brought the starter set, I’ve brought a few Warbands. The Games Workshop store has nominated this young girl to go through a couple of games and see if she can get it sink in.

The board is set up and ready to play. We are playing the new Gnarlwood board.

Beginner steps to start off with. Here’s your Cards. Here are your miniatures. These are the basic rules. Roll some Dice.

 We start off putting our miniatures on the board, taking it in turns. We know how to Move or Charge or Attack or Defend. Our first game, is just the deployment (putting miniatures on the board) and combat. We Move, Charge, Attack of Defend. It’s basically HeroQuest at this point. 

I seem to suck at getting good rolls of the dice....

 Then with the basics covered, it’s time to add in the objective tokens (shuffled, upside down, 3 from the first player, 2 from the second player, then turn them the right way up) and then the “cards”. 3 Objective Cards and 5 Power / Upgrade cards.

 This is the point I failed, and it sort of all went to shit.... I’m pretty sure that there are more to the turns than we were going through (whether we were just still in the learning phase) a lot didn’t really make sense with this, and it’s this point that I’m a bit ‘fuzzy’ with. 

I think I just need to read through and find out what the cards do - also there are more ‘stages’ to each turn... this is the bit I need to now learn.

So in Typical Games Workshop fashion, or maybe it’s my desperation for people to like me? But I ended up buying two of the core sets... 

Gnarlwood and Nethermaze. I don’t know why I felt the need to buy both, and spent £130, maybe it was the hopes that I’d get invited out to their lunch party... I didn’t get invited.... 

(great I’ve become *that* guy who turns up to shops and people start to dread...)

A good thing, if you catch my flat mate in a good mood, he wants to play this sort of things. So we crack open Gnarlwood and whilst the basic rules are in my head we have a couple of games.

As the I still needed to put together the figures, I make do with ones dotted about the living room that I already had done.

Thanks Daybreak Minatures I’ll just use the latest Kings of Karmaaz set for my Warband, and my flat mate can use different Undead ones I’ve either printed or nabbed from HeroQuest.

 We go through the basic Rules. Just Moving and Combat for now. Taking our 4 turns for 3 rounds and...

...either I’m good teacher....

or I’m crap..

I died. He Won...

 Now I still need to go through the rules for the cards and objective tokens etc which hopefully will change the game some what, but even though I lost, I still enjoyed myself, and thanks to my flat mate we actually learn’t some rules that I may of missed on my demo-session at the shop.

I did go into my local store (the one with the Jekyl and Hyde manager) during the week, to ask a couple of questions. Luckily he was a in a good mood. He answered some questions (I think he was just glad for some week-day company) and then, some how, I brought more warbands and cards.

I can’t stop buying them !! Essential Cards, Nethermaze: Gorechosen of Dromm and Nethermaze: Hexbane’s Hunter’s. Then I picked up a Beastgrave: Champions of Dreadfane box off eBay... I have no idea why?

I still haven’t understood or played a full game yet, but I *need* them!

[danielscholes]

Mini Painting - Rippa’s Snarlfangs

Rippa's, or maybe Stabbit's, possibly even Mean-Eyes' Snarlfangs

I'll take some better pictures of these with the full set-up when I've finished some more warbands, but my Snarlfangs are all finished.

I was struggling to come up with a theme or alternate scheme for these like I usually do, instead leaning into their existing lore. All of them are in exile after a failed coup, and with the 'Boss Hat' upgrade it's obvious it's an alliance of convenience rather than camaraderie that will fall apart given any opportunity, so I thought I'd suggest that with the colours.

Each has their own distinct colour, opting for the primaries (paint, not light) to show that desire to be the leader. The only things linking them are circumstance, snarlfang wolves are the mostly same, they share secondary colours between them. The two snakes on Stabbit's base are the colours of Rippa's subordinates.

Cheers for looking.

[vitolioce]

My two new favorite colors: Purple and Blue 😍 #warhammerpainting #warhammer40k #killteam #wargaming #paintingart #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #wh40k #underworlds #beastgrave #direchasm #warhammer #dreadfane #nightvault #shadespire #harrowdeep #nethermaze #blue #purple #color #colors (presso Ravenna, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdWNeXgsPnH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[raggypaints]

Some more recent painting work. Trying to get caught up on all my Underworlds warbands! 5 and Mollog left to paint. #underworlds #warhammer #paintingminis #paintingwarhammer #shadespire #beastgrave #dreadfane #nightvault #ladymorrow #grymwatch #mollogsmob https://www.instagram.com/p/B4MXav0HbCz/?igshid=1o3u1csctg7c2

[spikeybits]

Warhammer Underworlds: Two New Warbands Hidden In Plain Sight Do these two warbands look familar? We've still got more on the way for Warhammer Underworlds at some point this year from GW when Dreadfane releases! Read More The post Warhammer Underworlds: Two New Warbands Hidden In Plain Sight appeared first on Spikey Bits . https://spikeybits.com/2019/06/warhammer-underworlds-two-new-warbands-hidden-in-plain-sight.html

[w6-tabletop-blog]

Warhammer Underworlds: Dreadfane ausgepackt (Video) Den Abschluss meiner kleinen "ausgepackt"-Reihe bildet das Spiel "Warhammer Underworlds: Dreadfane", das soll aber nicht heißen das ich es nicht für gut befinde, ganz im Gegenteil, ich habe mir hier das Schmankerl dieser Reihe zum Schluss aufgehoben. Das ist nat��rlich nur meine ganz persönliche Meinung, auch die anderen Spiele, namentlich "Stormvault" und "Combat Arena" haben ihre Vorzüge.

[danielscholes]

Mini Painting - Lady Harrow’s Mournflight

The Mournflight, in a four humour colour scheme. Four friends in life, ladies of class and distinction, harbour grudges into death and will not rest until vengeance is met.

Lady Harrow - Phlegm - Phlegmatic - In life, Lady Harrow was a relaxed peacemaker able to bring her friends together, however their unjust death led to her own covenant, she would make peace for her loved ones one final time, and bring vengeance to ease their souls to rest.

The Anguished One - Blood - Sanguine - Her natural charisma hid a lifetime of torment. The bloody spirit of anguish is without rest, constantly seeking the next target of its ire.

The Screaming Maiden - Yellow Bile - Choleric - A competitive desire for power on the social ladder led to the her end, finding more enemies than friends with her short temper. The Screaming Maiden seeks violent retribution.

Widow Caitha - Black Bile - Melancholic - A meticulous lady of deep emotion in life, her husband's murder left her broken before driving her to take her own life. Now in death, having suffered from injustice, she seeks to put the world to order as she sees it.

[danielscholes]

Mini Painting - Ironsoul’s Condemners

Ironsoul’s Condemners are finished, complete with magnetised head for big Gwynne when she inspires.

Iron within, iron without for this scheme. Bare steel, obviously maintained but clearly worn. Plain monastic robes in black leather and red fabric. No additional adornments, they’re here for one thing only, and that’s to smash ghosts.

[raggypaints]

More work in progress shots today. Still a lot of work to do but it's an excellent exercise on nmm for simple volumes. Also a picture of the paints I'm using. Hoping to finish the metal tomorrow. #dreadfane #aos #nmm #nmmgold #painteveryday https://www.instagram.com/p/B3sHLnBHOLb/?igshid=fd7gaioq4mj

[vitolioce]

Hi everybody, here is the one, the only, the mighty Blightbane of the Warhammer Underworlds Ironsouls Condemners. ----- Ciao a tutti, ecco l'unico, il solo, il possente Blightbane degli Ironsouls Condemners di Warhammer Underworlds. #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity #warhammerpainting #warhammerfantasy #warhammerageofsigmar #warhammerworld #warhammeraos #warhammerunderworlds #warhammerofficial #warhammerart #miniaturepainting #gamesworkshop #miniatures #citadelminiatures #paintingminiatures #miniaturewargaming #miniaturepainter #paintingminis #kainansreapers #wh40k #stormcasteternals #stormcast #ironsoul #ironsoulscondemnors #brodus #underworlds #beastgrave #direchasm #warhammer #dreadfane (presso Ravenna, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CazXmPqMOtO/?utm_medium=tumblr

[raggypaints]

Messing around with some NMM for the Sigmarines from Dreadfane! I'm really not a fan of the aesthetic of these models but they're great for having simple volumes to practice reflectivity on. #aos #nmm #warhammer #painteveryday https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nUvVNHmyj/?igshid=1bnhvh5fjm4rc