Ottoman fleet

 

After several nights of painting I managed to complete the muslim vessels in time for the game. In total there are 22 medium galleys plus six galiots.

The galiots were lightly armed ships built for speed and manoeuvrability

These were the last galleys to be painted, I picked colours that would complement the green such as yellow or blue to decorate the little tents of the aftercastle

I also got two extra galleasses to form a squadron, who knows they may show up in a Man'o War game as wolfships someday

The defeat of evil

 

And so it came to be that the nefarious hosts of chaos launched their final assault on Port Blackwater, their objective none other than the Praesidium from where all cargo and shipping was controlled. Thankfully our lord Klovis had foreseen their criminal intent thanks to a vision from the Emperor, and was ready to repay their evil deeds with death and damnation.

As we advanced upon the archenemy I looked around and my heart rejoiced upon seeing all our allies gathered together for this fateful struggle: ¡nobles, bounty hunters and rogue docs had gathered around the fiery crown of the most holy Redeemer!

The heretics were rushing, scrambling to gather the control chips that would allow them acess to the inner sanctums of the Omnissiah

But our Messiah was quick on the offensive, leading from the front into the thickest fire

And praise be, the first chip fell into the hands of the faithful!

Lady Illaria carried the fight in our right flank, her frateris militia scattering the sinful abominants to the wind with their thrice blessed eviscerators

The noble matriarch also took part in the fight, blasting a heretical wyrd with her beautifully crafted polearm-bolter

The redeemer was as ever the best of us, scrouging and purging the mutant foe with the Sword of Persecution and his fiery words of faith!

As the zealots left the field with the control codes we breathed more easily: the Praesidium had been saved and now only remained the blessed slaughter of the sinful foe

In their ignorance the cultists had the effrontery of striking a blow against the Redeemer. However the Emperor himself intervened, mercifully shielding His right hand from damage. ¡Praise Be!

Always quick to react, Alpha pounced from behind a cargo container and blasted the twisted sinner with bolter fire before it had time to attack him again

Seeing my master in peril I rushed to his aid, shielding his holy body from harm with my own undeserving metal frame

Despite suffering some losses Doc Prot had come to our aid, healing the wounded with stimms and her matchless care

¡And thanks to her ministrations the injuried rose againt to wage the holy war!

Klovis had recovered, and chastised the heretics with flaming gouts from his eviscerator

Alas, a repugnant mutie had snuck behind him and fired...

... without doubt I hurled myself in the way of the flaming torrent, interposing myself between the flames and the leader of our crusade

Despite the crippling pain I realized that battle had turned in our favour, and my heart rose in song as more and more cultists and mercenaries were brought down by the blessed warriors of the Redemption

Alpha charged the twist that had the gall to attack our messiah, delivering just punishment with bolter and powersword

Even veteran Kiodrus was eager for some payback, delivering the Emperor's mercy on the fallen 

As ever the Redeemer's victory was inevitable; battle ended and as the good doctor tended to my wounds the Redeemer spoke unto us these words of truth: 

"There is no god but the Emperor and no path but that of the Redemption. ¡Let the heretic beware, the sorcerer tremble, and the mutant quail in fear, since his crusade would wipe them clear from the face of Necromunda, cleanse their sinful bodies with pain so our planet will be perfect once again in the eyes of the Master of Mankind!"

Corsair squadron

 

First muslim galleys have arrived! I'm procastinating a bit with this but have no fear dear reader, all the ships will be ready for the 450 anniversary the next 7th of october

Lepanto: The Holy League

 

Christian fleet done! Now for the ottomans, ironically enough I won't be able to paint them next week due to being sent to Turkey on a job assignment

The second batch of wargalleys

Fleet command, from left to right: Don Juan de Austria (La Real), Agostino Barbarigo (Lantera), Giovanni Andrea Doria

Two galleasses

Aquafactorum

And so it came to be that the nefarious hordes of chaos emerged from their mutant hideout to wage war on the faithful. They spread like a cancer over Blackwater island befouling all that was pure and good

Repulsive they were, twisted both in soul and flesh. Truly they are the enemies of all law, both divine and natural, and in imperious need of the cleaninsing fire of the Redemption

And their ranks were swelled by the heretic and the sellsword, by all those whose lust for profit and mundane riches overcame good sense and loyalty to the Throne

But punishment was quick to come: Klovis led us on a purging expedition to liberate the Aquafactorum before the chaos filth could contaminate the island's water supply

And no sinner could withstand his fiery gaze: they wavered and, after feeling the just punishemnt fall from on high on their traitorous bodies, they began to run for it

As ever the Redeemer was first into the fray, leading by example with deed and prayer

Our allies, nobles and assassins, joined us in this holy struggle, lending their skills, their fine wargear to the final battle against the hosts of evil

By shot and fire were their bodies cleansed, paying for their crimes with an agonic death amongst the flames that, painful as it was, merely preceded the holy wrath to come at the hands of Our Lord.

Klovis was then struck by a nefarious blast of wyrd power. As ever the Emperor watched over His chosen paladin, and the Redeemer was unharmed. ¡Praise be!

And the Master of Mankind decended amongst His faitful, filling them with holy power as they brought low the serpent of heresy with fiery blows of their blessed weapons

Shot and shell crisscrossed the air, wounding a loyal templar next to me . However in his pain he didn't lose his zeal, urging us onwards to avenge such a blasphemous act

Impelled by his sacrifice we advanced, scrouging and purging as we went

And the Alien, the Heretic and the Mutant were slaughtered, cleansed from the holy face of Necromunda by the power of the Redemption!

The day belonged to us, the water processor had been secured, and with it the lives of millions of faithful servant of the Throne. ALL GLORY TO THE EMPEROR!