Monday 18 February 2019

The Badfangs - Bonesplitterz of Aqshy, part 3

The Badfangs are Bonesplitterz orruks from the dry and windswept Uzmorgarg plains in the wilds of Aqshy. The Badfangs tribe have an oral tradition, myths and legends that have long been told and retold, passed down through the years, of their time as travellers among the stars. They believe that in an age long ago they roamed the cosmos, they were not natives of Aqshy but they came from some other, unremembered Realm. They chased god-beasts across the void, riding in the belly of a creature they called the void-whale, but they crashed into the Great Parch by accident while the void-whale was battling another god-beast.

In some versions of the stories the void-whale was killed by the other god-beast, in other versions the Bonesplitterz accidentally killed it from inside by cutting their way out in an ill-considered attempt to get at the god-beast that was attacking it.

Whichever version they believe, they all agree that in the crash they lost their ability to travel the cosmos and they were stranded. They still carry with them a sense of adventure that continues the tradition of travelling, exploring and finding new monsters to defeat. 

They made their home, and found plenty of beasts to fight, in Aqshy and they usually returned there after each foray into the wild. So, loaded up with the most potent and powerful of the magic bones the tribe has found, the Badfangs followed Wurrgog Prophet Hogrog Ug Weirdklaw to the Realm of Death, hoping to ride the ur-whale through the cosmos once more. 

He has been empowered by the revelation that language controls the essence of Gorkamorka, and the power of stories can be used to steer and focus the Waaagh! energy of his tribe.




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Wardokk Urgog

Urgog carries the skulls of former rivals. He always ignores their whispered advice but that doesn’t seem to shut them up, much to his annoyance.




Savage Orruk Morboys:

Klogtoof


Zurgob





Umclaw




Murtoof and Durtoof - 2 Savage Orruks with a Big Stabber



4 comments:

  1. Excellent! I like the masks. Gives 'em a cool unique look, and ties the whole lot together. Their origin myth is great too, with perfect Orruk-y flavour. Murtoof and Durtoof are my faves, just because I've always loved that Model, with the spear so big it takes two of them to do anything with it.

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    1. Thanks WestRider - I got the idea for the masks from watching Thor Ragnarok! (The scrappers on Sakaar).

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    2. Nice! I'm going to try doing some Sakaar-style tats on my Eschers at some point here, when I have a day where my hands feel steady enough to not fuck it up.

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