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Nog een stukje uitgebreid qua BFG; dit keer een battlegroup met een ander kleurenschema, maar wel met dezelfde witte boeg,
zodat ze op die manier toch bij de andere groep passen. Schepen van de Imperial Navy hebben niet 1 vaste kleur, die kan
per planeet/sector/sterrenstelsel/gevechtsgroep/admiraal verschillen.

Het grootste schip is een Tyrant Class cruiser, en wordt geflankeerd door 2 Dauntless Class Light Cruisers.
Ter ondersteuning 3 Cobra Class Destroyers en 3 Firestorm Class Frigates (met lange neus).
Samen kosten ze 615 punten.

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[quote="Guy"]Bij deze mijn eerste complete Mordheim warband : Sisters of Sigmar. Jaren terug hebben ze dienst gedaan als Flagellants voor mijn Empire leger.
Vorige week heb ik ze van zolder gehaald en onderworpen aan 'moderne' technieken als washes, highlights en zelfs vernis (nee, modellen vernissen deed ik destijds nog niet, ook niet de metalen) Daarnaast bleek de 'Dark Age Irish Warriors' - set van Wargames Atlantic een zeer goede bron voor bucklers en schilden.

Dus, without further ado, presenteer ik u de 'Wardens of the Holy Smoke'; een genootschap dat werd opgericht voor het beschermen en bewaken van een van de kostbaarste artefacten van het klooster van de Sisters of Sigmar: de steel van Sigmar's pijp .
Een van hun taken is het voortdurend branden van tabak bij de nis in de kapel waar de pijpesteel wordt bewaard - iets wat een stuk moeilijker is geworden sinds het neerkomen van de komeet. Regelmatig moeten ze de veilige muren van het klooster verlaten om de volgende lading tabak veilig te stellen.

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Mooi projectje waar snel resultaat mee kon worden geboekt. Nu verder met Reiklanders[/quote]

De bovenstaande Sisters of Battle hebben afgelopen donderdag hun weg gevonden naar de kelder van Moenen om Mordheim te spelen. Bij deze een stukje fictie om ze wat kleur te geven:

‘It is so unfair’ thought Matriarch Alicia of the Wardens of the Holy Smoke, as she made her way back from the main keep of the convent to her own quarters.
She just had a meeting with Sister Burocratia, who’s department had just finished auditing the books of all the various sub-orders and chambers of the Sisters of Sigmar.
The auditors ruled her ‘Smokey Wardens’ had spent too much on tobacco and that their budget would be cut if they didn’t put in a bigger effort towards bringing in additional funds
and cleansing the streets of Mordheim of anything heretical.
Talking about heretical, they’d even had had the nerve to call Sigmar’s Holy Pipe Stem a ‘relic of questionable origin’ and ‘mediocre importance’!
As if the ear of Sigmar’s blessed tea cup, revered by half the auditing committee, was so important!
Thankfully they hadn’t found out that a sizeable chunk of the tobacco had found its way into the personal stashes of her fellow Wardens.
Which in itself was ofcourse entirely legitimate, because to be able to honour Sigmar appropriately one needs to smoke a pipe regularly.
Besides, tea also seemed to be purchased with money from the communal coffers, and that while it wasn’t even all that certain Sigmar actually drank any!

Something needed to be done however, or else they’d have to revert to smoking weeds from the garden again.
The last time they’d tried that had resulted into an acrid stench that had haunted the halls for a week and gave people a headache.
Bold action was needed. Determined, she stepped into the cloister where the Holy Pipe Stem was kept and lit her pipe on one of the candles.
Time to come up with a plan...

[Guy]

Diary of the Wardens of the Holy Smoke, Backertag 12 Sigmarzeit, year 2001 of our Lord Sigmar

Today we have ventured into the districts around the graveyard, in search of valuables and to fight the heritical and the blasphemous.
It had been suggested other districts might have been less dangerous, but we had decided to follow a ‘high risk, high reward’ strategy. The sooner the tobacco budget was guaranteed, the better.
Before long we happened upon a band of the foul Undead, led by a creature of the night. Matriarch Alicia and the majority of our party faced off the vile creatures across St. Voller Square,
while Sisters Helga, Brunhilde and Ingrid were sent on an outflanking manoeuvre. Alas, just when our flanking force arrived, our Sisters holding the centre were overwhelmed by sheer numbers and the unholy power of the Vampire.
We were able to make a quick getaway, but not without cost.
Matriarch Alicia injured her leg while kicking a ghoul in the teeth, she’ll be immobilised for quite a while. It is of small consolation that her adversary will probably need dentures, which are notoriously hard to come by these days.
Sister Superior Sigun, in the thick of the fighting as ever, has suffered such wounds to her left arm that it needed amputation. Blessed be the Sisters of the Infirmary – with a spiky prostetic limb she’ll smiting the tainted again soon.
The Novices Mary and Fiona were only able to return yesterday, after getting separated from the other during the tactical withdrawal.
They suffered quite the ordeal and a lot of calming pipes needed to be smoked to steady their nerves.

We did get rewarded by the temple for our efforts, although it was only enough to cover our expenses.

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Diary of the Wardens of the Holy Smoke, Bezhaltag 20 Sigmarzeit, year 2001 of our Lord Sigmar

With Alicia still incapacitated, the remainder of us Wardens surged out again towards the graveyard.
We spread out, with each Novice under the stern guidance of a Sister Superior. We were in search of the Vampire, vengeance or vindication.

Soon the Vampire showed itself and Sisters Brunhilde and Isolde bravely took aim with their slings – hitting but not wounding the beast.
As out of nowhere, it’s minions appeared to attack us. Helga, Brunhilde and Isolde attempted to draw out the Undead, while the others - led by Sigun - tried to skirt round to get closer to the Vampire’s lair.
Whilst bravely battling the onslaught of ghouls, Isolde got wounded and at some point Brunhilde got knocked down.
Seeing her fellow Sister stranded and vulnerable, Sister Superior Helga charged in – whip cracking and dagger flying. She was able to distract the mass of Undead from her fallen comrade,
in order for Brunhilde to crawl to safety.
Despite her heroic efforts, Helga was overwhelmed by the swarm of unliving – making the ultimate sacrifice to save someone else. We were not able to retrieve her body – may Sigmar have mercy on her soul.

There will be 14 days of mourning for Sister Helga. Her pipe will be passed into Sigmar’s care, after the ritual of the Last Smoke has been carried out.
The Sisters of the infirmary have provided us with supplies to laud our fallen Sister in a suitably spiritual manner.

After the period of mourning we will reorganise and venture out once more