This blog will be used to monitor my Stormcast Eternal models in their various stages, to show off my army, and have some fun getting pointers and comments about my army and work.
The Fluff:The Knights of the Aurora is a Stormhost from the First Striking, like the Hammers of Sigmar and thus bear the Hammer and Lightning bolt Heraldry.
The Borealis warrior chamber of this Stormhost is led by
Lord-Celestant "Arturo Boreas" sometimes riding on his
Dracoth "Prism" aided by his second in command
Lord-Relictor "Amortea Luminu". They get help now and then from the Auxiliary Chamber commanders:
Lord-Castellant "Solarius Skygazer",
Lord-Veritant "Chiaro Scuro" and his officers
Knight-Heraldor "Fulgur Halation" and
Knight-Vexillor "Eos Coruscate".
Master scout and Reconnaissance leaders
Knight-Azyros "Scintil Obscurea" and
"Aurio Incandoria" and sky-archer
Knight-Venator "Welkin Burnish" are also seen regularly between the ranks.
Rarely
Knight-Questor "Solicius Dioptric" will be seen joining the army as he is mostly out on his own doing his missions from Sigmar.
Their motto: fortuna favet fortibus (Fortune favors the brave)
The Knights of the Aurora were selected based on their speed and agility. Only the best became a Knight of the Aurora. Sigmar deploys these chambers only when he sees that speed is of the essence and that it's better to send in small but fast and effective strike forces.
When these strikeforces are being send the lightning leaves a mark on the ground where they land. Crystalizing some of the minerals above the soil.
Their first task was to secure the Realmgate to Azyr in the realm of Ghyran (Life) where Arturo single handedly cut down a ravager-lord(1).
In an attempt to liberate the enslaved continent of Beryllius, Sigmar had cast the Knights Aurora Stormhost into battle. Led by a mighty spearhead of Paladins and Judicators, the Knights Aurora succeeded in overthrowing the Bloodtyrant and his nightmarish daemon cohorts, and reclaiming two Realmgates. Alas the cost was terrible, as well over half of the Stormhost fell as casualties.(2)
more to follow
References with published fluff:
(1) Age of Sigmar, Mighty Battles page 78, right hand side, 2nd paragraph;
(2) Balance of Power, p14, 4th block.
>>next part taken from my empire blog and edited a bit<<
The modeller/painter part of me:I'm not in anyway artistic with sculpting and adding to a model this way, but I do not shy from adding some bits here and there that I have lingering around nor swapping bits out for others. Because of this most of the units you will get to see from me are pretty standard build.
As for the painting part... I'm a perfectionist and even with the rank and file units I kinda get carried away, hence why I didn't have much painted yet for back in the day.
The collector part of me:Formost I think of myself as a collector, but due to a tight budget I am not able to get most stuff together as fast as I would like too. I hope the 2nd post in this thread will represent my collecting ability aswell besides the progress I am making on getting my models ready.
I'll update this 2nd post (and the 3rd aswell if I get my hands on something not Stormcast Eternal related) regularly, so check it often!
The gamer part of me:Back in 1999 when I started this hobby I played pretty often with/against friends (Chaos, High Elves) and later I even joined the local gaming club and participated in a small tournament aswell (winning from a squickhopper/snotling pump wagon army). But the gaming group fell apart, the local club requiring 80% painted armies and other things in life made me stop the hobby for a while.
Picked up gaming again in 2010 when I met my newly aquired brother-in-law who played skaven. Had some stuff going on in my personal life again so stopped the hobby again for 6-9 months. Since the start of 2011 I'm back in the game versus skaven with 8th edition rule set and looking forward to start playing games on and off, maybe even at the local gaming shop (same founder as the gaming club back in 1999).
I also intend to visit the Eurobashes organized by this forum to have a blast at gaming. Where I have been
5 consecutive years now!
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http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=32604Link to my Army Lists:
http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=33114Link to my Battle Reports:
http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=33259Link to my Lizardmen/Seraphon Blog:
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