The Black Gulf Campaign – Part II: Red Sails at Dawn

 

The Black Gulf Campaign – Part II: Red Sails at Dawn

“The dead hold the river... but not without a fight.”

 

The dreaded warship The Carrion was spotted moored near the town of Matorea, anchored in a misty inlet along the Tana Dance River. Its decks groaned with treasure, its perimeter guarded by undead marines and cursed cannons. At its prow stood Fleet Captain Mario, overseeing final preparations to follow his master, Fleet Admiral Vincenzo Gambi, deeper inland. But just as the last crates were loaded, the warhorns of the Anti-Piracy Alliance (APA) sounded through the morning fog.

 

 

 

From the western horizon, warriors surged—dour dwarves, howling undead, scaled lizardmen, chariot-riding elves, madcap goblins, and skittering skaven. What should have been a swift assault descended into bloody chaos. The wilderness betrayed them. Dwarves sank in quicksand. The forces of Ghoulstone Keep blundered into a Garden of Nurgle, unleashing toxic spores. Giant Chaos Toads devoured Lizardmen alive. A shambling hulk emerged to challenge the goblins. And on the northern flank, the Skaven collided with Montagna, the Necrofex Colossus.

 

Despite the carnage, the APA pressed forward. Elves drove back undead hounds and cut a path through pirate lines. Goblins overwhelmed the hulk, while the Lizardmen regrouped and struck with precision. The Carrion’s cannons thundered, cutting down warriors from afar. Yet the alliance endured—scattered, bloodied, but relentless.

 

Tragedy struck when the vampire countess of Ghoulstone Keep met an unholy end at the hands of a Nurgle-possessed outhouse, of all things. Her necromancer, fueled by grief and fury, led a final push against the Carrion. The elves, though battered, continued their assault. The goblin leader, lured by a trapped treasure cache, was vaporized. Montagna took damage, but remained standing.

 

By day’s end, the undead defenders lay in ruin. The necromancer claimed the Carrion. Fleet Captain Mario and Gunnery Wight Luigi, however, escaped—bribing goblins and skaven alike to ensure their safe passage through the wilderness and back to Gambi.

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Aftermath

The APA uncovered the true reason for Gambi’s presence: he was searching for the tomb of the long-dead vampire queen known as the Crimson Countess. Now it seems he’s found it—and has begun the work of recovering her remains.

The APA rallies reinforcements. Gambi must be stopped at all costs. But with factions already splintering, allies disappearing, and rumors of betrayal spreading like wildfire… the war for the Black Gulf has only just begun.

Project '93 - Cheiftan Grom's Goblin War Chariot

 Grom the Paunch

Long ago I saved up enough money and purchased back in the late 90's. I was so happy to get it and put it together and slapped some paint on it. I don't remember what happened to it, did i trade it or did it get lost in the many moves I went through. I can;t remember.

Six years ago I was do some horse trading and managed to score a new NIB Grom and his chariot.

I have been holding off on putting it together until I got my custom ordered three wolf chariot base,

Now that I have it, let the assemble begin.

 Misc Stuff

I had two Orc Bullys from my Rock Lobber and Bolt thrower, but they did not have shields. I finally went through my bit box and found some appropriate shields for them. 

Project '93 - More Gobbos

It has been a minute since my last post, life got busy and my painting has slowed down.

I have completed the artillery and some command squad models for my spearmen,

Currently working on Four Trolls and a number of Night Goblin Command Models, Shamans, Netters and Clubbers.

Project '93 - Taking Stock Pt. 1

 Happy Sunday, It should always be a fun day, better than Monday.

I was not expecting such positive feedback from the Oldhammer Community when I shared this project on the Facebook Groups. It is a great motivator moving forward.

Before I did anymore painting or purchases, I thought it would be a good idea to take an actual inventory of what I had purchased already. I have been buying random bits and bobs over the last 5 to 6 years.

After cleaning off the dining room table after last night's D&D Game. I went through my office and literally opened every drawer, box, miniature case and cabinet. I had packed stuff all over the place. 

This gave me a good opportunity to do some clean-up and re-organizing, which was badly needed.

(I actually found a good chunk of an all metal Eldar aspect warrior army and a Falcon Tank still in the box. I also found my Karl Franz on Deathclaw [NIB, not shrink-wrapped]. I am thinking about putting them up for trade)

So this is what I ended up with:

Looking through the models' I got stuff from the late 80's to the early 2000's, 30 years of miniature history. I am not a miniature snob and I have no issue mixing all of these different generations together. The only thing I will not include in this army are the later orc sculpts (post 2000's) as they radically changed how they looked and their vibe just does not jive with what I am doing.

The original 4th Edition Box Set had 32 goblin spearmen and 32 goblin archers.

I actually have all 32 spearmen but only 25 archers, I am short seven, but I already have a deal to get what I am missing. You can see the ones I painted from last year and there are some on my painting desk not pictured.

The 4th Edition Box Set also had four Cardboard "Miniature" that came with the box:

• Orc General/Shaman on Wyvern
• Wolf Chariot
• Orc Rock Lobber 
• High Elf on Griffon (not doing elves)

I have acquired two of three so far:

I would like to find some actual goblin wolf chariots but they are still just as hard to find 30 years later.

The Orc Leader on Wyvern is a different story, there are three version that came out and there are a couple of Third Party Sculpts that could also fit. The 80's and the early 90's one is crazy expensive on the resell market. The later 2000's one is not much better, The 3rd party sculpts are much more affordable.

Now the late 80's stuff I acquired

I am thinking of using the Forest Goblin Command with the 32 Goblin Spearmen, giving me a solid 7x5 Infantry Block.

The Doom Diver is just going to be fun to paint. I am thinking of basing it on a 50mm x 50 mm base.

The Night Goblin Net Team are fun models but depending with what edition you play they are either their own unit or an upgrade for a Night Goblin Unit.

In addition to this blister I actually have a number of loose metal night goblins with flails and clubs

With the four in the blister, plus the 3 with flails and 2 clubbers, I got a 9 in total and if I add a command group, It would give me a unit of 12.

I also have two metal night goblin command teams. one is going with the archers to give me a big block of night goblin archers or two smaller groups If I don't field the net and club team.

Options, Options, Options Huzzah

In every White Dwarf Battle report I ever read with gobbo's in it they always had a wolf rider unit. This to me was one of the most expensive units to get because you only got one per blister and they did not sell a box of them.

I managed to get three of the 90's versions and four of the 80's versions, plus a 80's standard bearer and musician,

This give me a unit of 9 and I am looking at a champion for this unit.

Not Pictured is a unit of 10 wolf riders (2000 era) with command that I won a bid on and are currently being shipped to me

Last but not least for the old school trip are the goblin fanatics and my lone ogre.

Six Gobbo Fanatics to seed in my night goblin units and a Ogre Standard Bearer that was a gift from a friend. It is really nicely painted too.

I am go to need to make a part two for the rest of the stuff later.

Cheers

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