More Chainrasp Reinforcements.

 

Liberator Prime Hammerborn stood in the front rank of his units, Warhammer held high to draw the attention of his troops.

"This is where we stand, this is where they are banished, we will hold the enemy here" his voice sang out above the clamour of the battlleline being drawn together, "Do I make myself clear?"

The Stormcast Eternals reply was loud and bellicose in response as they slammed sigmarite shields together forming a wall against the charging enemy.

And what enemy, the unquiet dead never seemed to give up in their quest to occupy this area.

None of the knights, neither Exorcists, Incantors or Arcanum had managed to dredge up any knowledge, either through mundane or magical means, about why the Nighthaunt were so focused upon this series of ridges south of Ancestors' Fyrd.

The massing, shrieking horde of Nighthaunt Chainrasps swarmed up the hillside. Their spectral locomotion moving them faster then any physical being could have over the rough ground.

"Brace yourselves!" Hammerborn shouted. A quick glance told him that the twenty Liberators under his command were drawn up together into a solid shieldwall. The five Paladins holding behind them to deal with any undead which managed to make it past the blockade.

The roiling spectral mass seemed to animate faster and covered the ground with shocking speed.

And faded away into nothingness as they were about to make contact with the line of stern warriors holding position.

"What is this prime? Some sort of trick?" One of the Liberators asked.

"I don't know, be on your guard" the unsure leader could only reply.

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"You did what?" Vornos Ravenhold cried, the loudest noise he had uttered since he started regaining his strength.

"I recalled some of the forces from Ghur to bolster your troops here in Shyish" Kheldol the Soulweaver replied. His form floating just like Ravenholds' did, he matched the Knight of Shrouds in rank, if not in stature and authority within the Nighthaunt ranks.

"Lord Nagash will not be pleased with interruptions to his scheming" Ravenhold mused, "We may have to start to move earlier then planned".

The Soulweaver said nothing, his grinning skull nodded in satisfaction.

*****

More Chainrasp reinforcements for Lord Ravenholds' army have been finished.

This is a unit of twenty models all told, the previous ten already finished can be fielded as a separate unit or added to a previously finished unit of ten models to give the army two units of twenty.

This unit however must be fielded as twenty models.

I started work on this unit last October time, before they got moved aside for Orktober.

They follow my tried and true Nighthaunt scheme so far. I am just waiting for grass tufts to become available from a reliable seller (my last supplier was trying to use the pandemic as an excuse for not sending items, three weeks after purchase!).

Once I can add some tufts to their bases they'll truly be finished, but that's a minor detail to add later, this unit is complete and off the paint table.

One thing I think I missed is some tidying up of the models when I started them. They were a cheap bargain from eBay, and the seller hadn't cleaned several of the less noticeable mold lines, unless your painting the model.

If I had the chance I would have gone back and tidied them up fully, I think I was in a bit of a rush when I started them and didn't notice the little imperfections which had been left.

Oh well...

In hobby news, this fills in another "Unit of 10+ mods" box on my hobby bingo grid.

With no local painting challenge going on at the moment, these ghosts will only count for bingo use.

Until next time...

 - Lewis.