Thursday, August 6, 2009

Golgo Banana Showdown Report (ENG)

Golgo Island presents...

Golgoville, Golgo Island – home to scoundrels, petty criminals, thugs and low-life from all over the world. A lost place where all kinds of businesses flourish and prosper under the sole control of those who run them. A self-regulating anarchy everyone had got used to until a series of unexplained disasters turned the city into a most indescribable mess. Successively struck by the black plague, the zombie plague, and nuclear and biochemical warheads, the city is now divided between completely devastated areas and not quite as devastated areas. Despite the president saying everything was under control and justice would be swift to those responsible for the inconvenience, tensions are dramatic and paranoia rampant. Street gangs mutually accuse each other. Those from the more damaged blocks are convinced they are the victims of a vicious vendetta motivated by old rivalries, envy, or greed, while those whose territory was spared want to defend it against populations who were made homeless and what they think could be a set up to insidiously colonise and invade their turf. When a huge electro-magneto-sismic death ray shockwave blew the northern area into complete oblivion, the situation degenerated completely out of control and multi-lateral all out gang wars were declared. In Golgoville, the countdown to self-destruction has begun. Luckily, a few enlightened minds set passion aside for a moment, stepped back and started to seek plausible explanations and a way to avoid complete annihilation.



Mayhem rages in every area of Golgoville.
In the radioactive slums, mutated villagers are under the constant harassment of looters and sluggish critters born out of radioactivity. If that wasn’t enough, two rival alien races chose their village to clash for reasons yet unknown.

Sucked out of a warped dimensional hole created by a mysterious sub-atomic chain reaction that followed the explosion of nukes and biochemical warheads, a group of Napoleonic re-enactors from the future arrived in the middle of a streetfight involving undead wrestlers and a bunch of chainsaw wielding loonies seeking to wipe the ninja mafia out of the suburbs of Golgoville.
Always prompt in taking profit of social disorder, filthy nazis have the bad idea to challenge the Black Death Gang by sticking propaganda posters on their turf, causing yet even more tension in the neighbourhood, if that was possible.

The best informed gangs hear of a strange rumour: a young man from the slums is reported to be “The Chosen One”, the one that would save Golgoville from obliteration.

As the Evil Mushrooms from outer space were searching the village in the middle of a raid of rampaging radioactive dinosaurs, the Black Death Gang took them by surprise and massacred them.
Meanwhile, Brutella, her faithful Pervo and their half-zombie luchador ally, the Zombi King, emerged from the dark and found The Chosen One, stealing him from Martine and her mercenaries!
Determined not to leave him in the hands of people who could be even more evil than them, Jakar Nilson’s men fought to the last to finally capture the Chosen One in extremis.
Deep within Golgoville, in the leisure area, damsels in distress were attacked by ravening monstrosities from the radioactive wastelands looking for flesh meat; fortunately, mighty heroes were eager to help them out.

When the Chainsaw Church rescued them from that peril, a prostitute named Blondie gave them information that could change the course of events on Golgoville; she told them her father was astro-nucleo-physician who could undoubtedly help them determine where the warheads and the deathray were fired from. The old man lived in a high security retirement home for VIP in the fringes of Golgoville.
On their heels: Jakar Nilson’s Black Death Gang, led there by the Chosen One - who had been followed by the Space Mushrooms and the Zombie Wrestlers.
The security guards of the retirement home were completely overwhelmed by such mighty visitors. They quickly stormed the building that nearly blew apart because of the amazing fights that took place in it.
While Mustafa Ramirez was knocking out El Bastardo, he was vilely stabbed in the back by the Mushroom warlord, who captured the professor. Thanks to his science, and their own science of torture, they would soon know the precise coordinates from the nuke launching base.

Not far from there, other gangs weren’t as lucky – all they knew was it was somewhere up in the Hibachi mountains. Understandably, going there was tricky – and if they wanted to be there in time to seize the nuclear armament before some evil people did, they’d better hurry. That’s what Herr Professor Klomp would have written on the mission report if he had to justify the extortions of his commando of nazi übermenschen – slaughtering a few space pussies and Naps in pink uniforms to seize an airplane was not something Der High Kommand would mind much about.

Meanwhile, the Duke of Golgoville, head of the most powerful street gangs, the Albino Vipers, sent his troops to hunt down those who were responsible for disorder on his turf – and didn’t manage/were too stupid to escape fast enough.
Martine and her fellow gold seekers wondered why the dirty punks who were on their heels suddenly left them alone. It was certainly not because of the Banana Bay Hellhounds (they were reputed poor fighters) or the loonies in tight vinyls who claimed they were superheroes. No. Chances were it was because the place was infested by zombies… And, more importantly a rampaging giant zombie hamster – that had to be why they called it the forbidden zone.

The zone was indeed a special one, she thought, as she received a bullet in the head and the Banana Bay Hellhounds actually thought fast and managed to escape to safety through the sewers of Golgoville.
Martine and the mutant heroes followed them - but too late. The Duke of Golgoville flushed his toilet and the filthy waters started to go up.
They’d better found a way out fast if they didn’t want to drown in urine and other unhealthy fluids!

Unfortunately for them, nobody escapes the duke of Golgoville's fury. They were all captured to fight in the Golgoville arena and be fed to the sabretooth tigers.
At the end of a real bloodbath, Martine emerged victorious and was offered liberty.
Instead of taking advantage of the duke's benevolence, she challenged him in a brawl - and won, gaining liberty for herself and a large part of Golgoville altogether!
While Doktor Klomp was flying to the Hibachi mountains, another nazi expedition was sent near the Totem of the Sacred Banana.
It was rumoured that the three guardian monks of the totem had a map tattooed on their butts of a centuries old track to the summits of Mount Hibachi – that map would allow the nazis to send ground reinforcements, seize and secure whatever military installation there was up there that rained death upon Golgoville.
A renowned butt reader, Ilsa managed to see the 3 parts of the map before the Black Death gang and Brutella, who had to chase the 3 monks deep inside the jungle for hours to find their way to Mount Hibachi.
When Nazi intelligence lost all communication with Docktor Klomp’s plane, the mission was put on hold., awaiting for further information before sending a large scale rescue mission. Not that Klomp was popular among the troops, but he was rumoured to be the Neo Führer’s lover.

In an enclaved plateau near Mount Hibachi, the Napoleonics from the future fought their most glorious battle, when, surrounded by mysterious of man-eating savages, they fired their laser guns at them and killed them by the dozen. Unfortunately for them, there were hundreds of the bloody cannibals, and they were eventually driven before the Son of Hibachi – a towering fat arsed giant feeding on human flesh that ruled the tribe, who had also captured Klomp and a specimen of Space Pussy. Taken to a ritual wrestling ring, conscript Marie Luis was chosen by his hierarchy to defend the colours of his beloved Empereur against the Son of Hibachi in the primitive fighting ritual.
After a combat of a hardly bearable violence, Marie Luis unexpectedly emerged triumphant. He was crowned the new Son of Hibachi by the tribe and called to reign over their lost world; a consecration that was duly celebrated by a nice stew made with nazi, space pussy and his former officers’ flesh.

Once the party was over, he used the radio in Klomp’s plane to ask to “Send more nazis” – leading to a confrontation that somewhat compromised the progression of the nazis to the snowy summit of mount Hibachi.

On top of the highest summit, the truth behind the disasters that had struck Golgoville was therefore only revealed to the incredulous eyes of the Evil Mushroom Men, Brutella and her undead minions, the Chainsaw gang and Jakar Nilson’s gang. The Banana Tyrant, the infamous interstellar criminal mastermind who had been thought dead for years, was there, surrounded by hundreds of Zorgls, ready to sweep through the streets of Golgoville and take his revenge on Golgo Island.


That was quite like his philosophy: when people hurt you, vaporise them, their family, their friends, their neighbours and their dog into smoking radioactive dust, then send a hoard of zorgls to stomp on it.

Killing zorgls by the dozen, and under the fire of his deadly banana raygun, our mighty heroes fought their way to the Banana Tyrant leaving a trail of blood and dismembered furry bodies.
Mustafa Ramirez defied the stellar brute in hand to hand – and knocked him out with a well adjusted uppercut in the balls.

But the day wasn’t saved, yet, as the insidious Mushroom Men were still there, and the thought that they might have crossed entire galaxies to seize the nuclear arsenal of a big brained space baboon and rule a despicable island lost in the middle of nowhere gave everyone chi lls at their viciousness.

Jakar Nilson fired two shells at the mushroom psyker’s head, blowing it to bits, while Malcolm the Chainsaw Demon, Brutella and Mustafa took care of the alien warlord.
An alliance of circumstances that didn’t last long, as the undead wrestlers quickly turned against the other gangs and kicked their butts out of Mount Hibachi.
The people of Golgo Island can now stop holding their breath: the Banana Tyrant’s sismo-magnetico-nucleo-biochemical armament is now in the hands of Zombie luchadores – have a nice day !

And our second feature...

Lots of fighters coming from all over the world to, err, fight.
In the end, the Kings of the Ring tournament was won by a stick wielding chick.

Credits
Golgo Island figures by East Riding Miniatures
Cannibal King of the lost world by Heresy
Cannibals and Nazis by Pulp Figures
More Nazis by Artizan
Nazi Uber Soldat by Vladd Junger
Space Mushrooms, naked babes, kindred, Chosen One & Chainsaw Chick by Hasslefree
Thugz by EM4
Duke of Golgoville by Superfigs
Space Pussies by Eureka
Nap Re-enactors from the Future by Perry Miniatures / Victrix / Eureka
Scientist by Copplestone Castings

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

GBS 2 - first pics!

Well, not exactly, as Seb started posting reports on his blog during the event:
Oké, c'est pas vraiment les first pics, puisque Séb a commencé à poster des images pendant la campagne:
http://figurinesetjeux.blogspot.com/2009/08/gbs2-cest-parti.html
http://figurinesetjeux.blogspot.com/2009/08/gbs2-tour-1.html
http://figurinesetjeux.blogspot.com/2009/08/gbs2-tour-2.html
http://figurinesetjeux.blogspot.com/2009/08/gbs2-tour-3.html
http://figurinesetjeux.blogspot.com/2009/08/gbs2-tour-4.html
And was closely followed by Denis:
Suivi par Denis:
http://psilete.canalblog.com/archives/2009/08/01/14614426.html
And Simon:
Et Simon:
http://figsdesim.blogspot.com/2009/08/cest-dans-la-poche.html

My friend PKP did me the favour to be enven later than me - that's cool of you do0d!
PKP me fait l'amitié d'être plus à la bourre que moi, ça c'est cool, man.


So before the complete report from the GBS (which is going to take me a little more time, I'm afraid), here are a few pictures. Unless otherwise stated, all figs are by East Riding Miniatures - some of them are still unreleased as I'm typing this.
Donc avant de balancer le compte-rendu du GBS, ce qui est parti pour me sucer encore un peu de temps, quelques images. Sauf mention contraire, toutes les figurines sont d'East Riding Miniatures - certaines ne sont pas encore sorties à l'heure où je tape ces lignes.

The gang I played:
Mon gang:

The rampaging giant zombie hamster:
Le hamster géant zombie:
After killing dozens of sabretooth tiger in the arena of Golgoville, Martine challenges the duke of golgoville himself - and defeats him!
Martine, après s'être fait les fauves à dents de sabre de l'arène à coups de batte, défie le duc de Golgoville - et le défait à son tour!

The big punk is a converted Superfig; Martine is by Hasslefree.

Marie Luis, the challenged nap reenactor from the future becomes the new king of the lost world after defeating the cannibal king as well as the other challengers in a wrestling match in the deep end of the jungle:
Marie Luis le napoléonien néanderthalien du futur devient roi du monde perdu après avoir vaincu à la fois le roi cannibale et les autres prétendant au titre dans un match de catch au fin fond de la brousse:
Cannibals by Pulp Figures, Ogre by Heresy, Space pussy by Eureka, Uber by Vladd Junger, Marie Luis is a conversion of lots of stuff - mainly Eureka, apparently.

Jakar Nilson and the Chosen One face the Banana Tyrant, the infamous bastard responsible for all the harm and damage done to Golgoville recently - what will happen next?
Jakar Nilson et l'élu font face au Banana Tyrant, l'infâme responsable de tous les maux dont souffre Golgoville depuis peu - que se passera-t-il ensuite?

The chosen one is a Hasslefree dress a Kev competition entry by Grekwood

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

METAL!

Ca y est, j'ai reçu le paquet de Tony - ces petites merveilles seront prêtes pour le GBS!
I finally received the parcel from Tony - the little wonders will be ready for the GBS!


HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAaaa!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Quest of the Bicorn, episode 1

Context

As any French Napoleonic Wargamer will know, the coffin displayed in the Invalides does not contain the remnants of the Emperor. The Emperor's corpse was stolen by ennemies of the Empire who did not want France to be blessed by its holiness.

Autant vous le dire tout de suite : ils ont raison. Ce n'est pas Napoléon Bonaparte qui repose aux Invalides mais un imposteur. Des mémoires récemment publiés ont apporté des révélations inédites sur cette sombre histoire de conspiration anti-nationale.

The recently published memoirs of captain Apeson have shed light upon these events. After his death, the corpse of the Emperor was brought to a remote island and buried in a secret place by a handful of sailors frightened by the paranormal phenomenons emanating from the body. The news have caught the attention of various entities. Emperor Napoleon's remnants are said to be a powerful relic that could bring unknown and terrific powers to those who could find the key to these secrets.

En effet, le corps de l'Empereur a été emmené sur une troisième île, qui s'avère être l'île de Golgo. Là l'équipage de l'October Flower, harcelé par une malédiction posthume a déposé les restes sacrés et rayonnant d'énergie mystique, dont la découverte pourrait bien changer l'équilibre du monde moderne.

The protagonists

Adventure Cola is a big company specializing in revigorating beverages. They have based their plans for world domination of soft drinks market upon a new concept : "Adventure Cola, the Grognard's Drink". Resurrecting Napoleon using a clever cocktail of golgo-tree beer and zombie saliva would provide them with a powerful merchandising icon that would increase their share of the market to 34,46% according to the company analysts. They hired (Safari) Kirk Hasslehoffner, Dante Comanchero and Gunther and are played by Jean-Yves.

"La Boisson du Grognard", le nouveau slogan d'Adventure Cola ? Un empereur ramené à la vie par une décoction savante de boisson énergisante serait un atout certain dans une stratégie de marketing globale. Adventure Cola world company ? En tout cas ils ont recruté Safari Kirk, Dante Comanchero et Gunther pour s'emparer des restes immortels, et leur ont promis un approvisionnement à vie de soda en cas de réussite. Ils sont joués par Jean-Yves.

The AFDA, l'Authentique Fédération des Aigles wants to use the relic to prove to the face of the world that their own Napoleonic wargaming ruleset is the only relevant one. They hired Kid Robert, Stedley Davidson and the Diaper Avenger and are played by Benoit.

L'Authentique Fédération des Aigles. L'AFDA. Comment dammer le pion à toutes ces règles concurrentes de wargames napoléoniens et démontrer qu'elles sont dans l'erreur ? En faisant avaliser leur règle par Napoléon. Pour cela ils contactent Robert Capron, Stedley Davidson et le Vengeur en Couches pour être leurs agents. Ils sont joués par Benoit.

The Organization is a highly secretive body who seeks to get Nap's DNA and clone him into multiple copies to build an army able to invade Great Britain. They hired Captain Zanzibar, John Saint James and Kolchev and are played by PKP himself.

L'OrganiZation vise le clonage en masse d'une armée de Napoléons Bonapartes, qui serait à même de conquérir les Iles Britanniques. Représentés par Zanzibar, Koltchef et Saint James, ils sont joués par Matthieu PKP.

The motivation and identity of the fourth protagonists is still unknown, maybe even to themlselves. They hired Mickey the Zombie, Renato and Chance Devreux and are played by Yann.

Enfin les quatrièmes sont tellement secrets que leurs agents Mikey le Zombie, Renato Ramirez et Chance Devreux ne sont même pas sûrs d'avoir été recrutés pour cette mission. Ils ont joués par Yann.

Action !

All these arrive at night at the presumed place of burial His Emperor Napoleon. This is one of the remotest and hazardous spots of Golgo Island, deep into the jungle, dense vegetation intermingled with photogenic ruins from the Ufotecs, one of the lost civilizations of Golgo island.

Tout ça se passe dans un endroit particulièrement reculé de Golgo Island. Des ruines d'origine proto antique probablement érigées à la force de mammouths parsèment la jungle à cet endroit. Le vieux pilleur de nécropoles Pedro Jamon qui les connait bien répète à qui veut l'entendre qu'elles sont maudites.

It is night. Actually, it is seven to midnight. One can hear strange songs, either in an integral dodecaphonic mode or sang by very poor performers. Some cultists of the Old Gaiter Button Order are performing a ritual. Between them stands a stone sarcophagus.

Quelques minutes avant minuit, nos héros s'approchent de l'endroit fatidique lorsqu'ils entendent une étrange mélopée à la tonalité incertaine, digne du karaoké du samedi soir au Café du Funiculaire à Golgoville.

The four teams race towards the tomb. Disturbed by the noises denizens of the forest attack both the intruders and the cultists.


Les héros se frayent un passage tant bien que mal à travers la faune inhospitalière et infestée de puces de ces lieux.

Near the tomb dwell huge creatures, looking like mutated super zorgls. Could it be they have been exposed to the post mortem radiations of a dead military genius that turned them into super soldiers with twice the muscles and half the brain as regular zorgls ?

A force de fréquenter les ondes subétheriques émanant des reliques impériales, il fallait que cela arrive : les zorgls ayant fait leur tanière de ces ruines ont du muter et sont devenus des super zorgls : musculeux et cannibales mais hélas mélophobes.

The OGBO cultists are eaten alive by zorlgs in 6 minutes and 59 seconds and a half. They could not achieve their evil plans this time but they belong to a dark and ancient order and no doubt they will be back. Now the humans freely attack each other while still dealing with the carnivorous zorgls.


At last Renato reaches the tomb and finds it empty !

Scratches on the stone show that it has been opened very recently. So what were the cultists trying to awake ? Is it a terrific mystery or a terrible flaw in the scenario ?

Faut-il croire que les fanatiques encapuchonnés n'avaient pas pris la peine de vérifier le sarcophage de pierre avant de commencer leur incantation ? Nous allons poser la question à notre scénariste. Car il est vide, comme le découvre Renato, premier arrivé. D'un oeil expert, il constate que le tombeau a été ouvert très récemment. Et dans la poussière du fond il découvre un indice !

What was laying inside has been taken away but Renato spots a clue in the empty tomb. The key to the possible location where what was in the tomb has been taken. Now he is the target of the others who want to have a look at it too. Finally, overwhelmed by zorlgs the survivors leave the place.

Après une lutte pour récupérer l'indice, les survivants s'enfuient laissant la place aux zorlgs et aux charognards.

So what was the clue ?



This is l'indice ! Précieuse indication sur l'endroit où a pu être emmené le corps ! En tout cas, vous en saurez plus en regardant le deuxième épisode de notre série de l'été, plein de mystère, d'action romantique, d'exotisme et de suspens insoutenable : la Quête du Bicorne !

What will our heroes find in the zoo ? How will the zorgl that ate the spellbook react ? Will the evil cultists be back ? Will the superzorgls survive, far from the source of their mutation ? Will the Napreenactors from the future watch this without intervening ? Why does Brutella hold all Golgo Island dentists in a dungeon ? To discover this, do not miss episode 2 of award winning Quest of the Bicorn series.

Quest of the Bicorn was shot in Figurine & Strategie studios. Cast by East Riding Miniatures. On location cast by Pulp Figures and Copplestone Castings. Stages designed by KB Studios, also known for their outstanding work in Las Chicas del Alamo, Moses and the Mummy, and Doom at Khazad Dum.

No zorgl has been harmed during the game but cultists may have been.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Après-midi bricolage 2

Schplaf-schplaf, il faisait chaud, il y avait du vent - pour peindre de la table, c'est le bon temps.