As the title says really. After my thoughts on new races in Gorkamorka - see below - and this post on The Waaagh (In which I convincingly killed off the thread after two posts). I have decided to open up a new project - The Dusk Nomads.
Now this won't be knocked out at the same the same pace as my Dark Eldar Rules (Shameless Plug Count: 4... Damn, I need to stop that thing...) as I am entering my exam weeks but hopefully I will get it done sometime down the track.
The Dusk Nomads are a mob of Abhumans (known as "Da Abhumies" to the Orks on Angelis) that resulted from the unnatural G forces caused by the Eternal Vigilance when it crashed. The resulting Abhumans were Squat like creatures (from the lower decks), and stronger, muscular Ogryn like creatures (criminals/slave labourers that managed to hold on!) as well as a few pet Diggas.
They will be based on current Citadel Miniatures that you can get from GW's onlines store so there will be less need for conversion. I'm thinking that Ogryns, House Cawdor Miniatures and Dwarf Slayers will make up the bulk of the mobs.
Heres the first fluff piece:
Dusk Nomads: Background Part 1
The Day The Hulk Came Down
The Day the Hulk Came Down
The Eternal Vigilance was caught in a terrible Warp Storm. Kurtol moved through the crew chambers with a great pace, waking up any remaining engineers he could find on the deck. The newly risen men followed him with great haste, they knew what they had to do, they had to shut down the Warp Drive Engines if they were to escape the storm engulfing them.
Kurtol opened the airlock between him and the engine room, and the Engineers swarmed to their stations immediately, attempting to disengage the ship’s flight. Reports came to him within the minute they had set foot inside the chamber, they were having trouble with the emergency shut-off, they needed to do this quickly, or else they would risk losing the engines completely.
Suddenly the warning klaxons went off, bathing the engine deck in a red light.
“Celestial Energy Spike Detected, Damage to Engine Room Passageway, Sealing Blast Doors” boomed the female voice over the Vox.
“Shit!” yelled Kurtol, “Keep working men! They’ll rescue us when we get out of this mess!”
Kurtol’s words had no effect on the men below him, and at least fifty men scrambled for the blast doors to no avail, nigh on all were sucked out into space as they left the chamber by the gaping hole caused by the energy spike and those that tried to turn back were cut off by the blast doors, sealing their fate.
The Eternal Vigilance then jolted with extraordinary force. Kurtol was forced onto the ground, along with most of the other crewmen. The Vox then sounded again.
“Engine Failure, Entering Planetary Gravity Well, Brace for Impact, Repeat Brace for Impact!”
The ship jolted again, tipping the deck into an almost vertical slant. Those close to the bottom were pushed up against the wall, compacting and squashing their bodies. Those at the top fell to their deaths, impacting against the steel wall below, a few of the strongest managed to save themselves by gripping the railings, although they found themselves being stretched and contorted by almost impossible forces.
As the Eternal Vigilance hurtled towards Angelis, the members of the engine crew prayed.
What do you think of the idea?
Scott.
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