Thursday, May 9, 2019

Necromunda - Pit Slaves and Bull Gorg

Full speed ahead on Necromunda these days, and the next project on the painting desk recently were a mess of Pit Slaves intended for use in the THUNDERCUBE!!!, a special event that will be taking place in the next session of out Down and Out in Dust Falls campaign. Each gang will sponsor a gladiator, winning credits and reputation for their exploits in the arena. The intention is to run a bracket with the top two going into the final against the notoriously deadly pit champion, Bull Gorg!


First up, the full line-up! The fighters were all bodged together from various kits, notably the Bloodreavers for the bodies, mixed with various Ork, Genestealer Cult, Dark Eldar and Necromunda bits for the weapons and gear.


There are eight players in the campaign, each of whom has a specific pin color associated with them on the campaign map, which was replicated on the various fighters.


They're all armed reasonably similarly, with an autopistol and some sort of horrible rending/chopping/tearing weapon. Carnage ahoy!

  

Bull Gorg is one of my oldest remaining models, I'd built him for use in my original Necromunda campaigns back in the mid-90's. Made from an old metal fantasy ogre, a couple huge chainswords from the 54mm Inquisitor range and some odds and ends he is a beast of a model.

From a narrative standpoint, following the events of the THUNDERCUBE!!!, Bull Gorg will lead an uprising and will subsequently rampage around the map causing a ruckus until they either make it off the map or are stopped by the various player's gangs. Should be a good time!

16 comments:

  1. Sounds like a great campaign and the models look great!

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    1. So far it's been a hoot! Next session is in a couple weeks, much to do before then!

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  2. Oh man, they look brilliant!
    Sounds like you have plenty of ideas for your campaign, I will be watching eagerly.

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    1. Cheers! Likewise, I've definitely drawn some inspiration from what you and your group have been doing - Keep up the great work, man!

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  3. TWO MEN ENTER! ONE MAN LEAVES!
    TWO MEN ENTER! ONE MAN LEAVES!

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    1. ...And then later, the other man leaves. :D

      Doing a set of big bungee-cord apparatus ala Thunderdome could be a laugh, might have to see what I can gin up!

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    2. Nope. They combine into one man with all the powers of both!

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    3. Haha! Now that's gotta be heresy!

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  4. Needs a Master to his Blaster. Love him and that he can't tie his own shoelaces. ;)

    This campaign sounds excellent fun - bit jealous I can't join in.

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    1. Hah! Indeed, it's been a good time thus far, though I personally have yet to play a game in it (as I'm just running all the 'bad guys' and no one has gone up against them yet).

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  5. Nice to see them up close man.. it's hard to see them in the hang out.. well done!

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  6. I've become disenchanted with Necromunda, the proponderancy tha tflamer weapons makes the game frustrating for people when all their gang is ablaze and can do nothing but roll on the ground waiting to die. Do you have some limitation on flamers in your games?

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    1. So far it hasn't been to much of a problem - There's only a few folks with Flamers in the campaign so far. That said, the 50% chance of catching on fire, and a 50% chance of it being put out each turn means folks haven't been on fire too much...

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  7. Nice pit slaves. Takes me back to the good ol' days of Necromunda.

    If there's a Bull Gorg, doesn't it stand to reason there'd also be a... Cow Gorg? Hmm... she's probably worse...

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    1. Haha! I shudder to think what she'd look like!

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