The Iron Brotherhood

Hey, So at HAVOC this year, I picked up some old RAFM boxed sets of fantasy figures. I painted up the first batch. Say hello to the Iron Brotherhood:



It's a group of morally flexible bruisers between 5th-7th level who are ready to throw down. Let's meet them shall we?



First up, we've got the leader of the group Zakasar Doomvelt -- he's the guy riding the lion. He's a bit on the short side, but he's totally a bad-ass. Lion's name is Tamurlane and he never turns into Cringer. Dude next to him is Galgulum who carries the group's standard. He also sends messages over that drum he's got. And the drumstick? Magical +1 club. He'll beat out a tune for you.



Next up the guys who do most of the front-line fighting. Drakar Doubledeath has a question he'd like to "axe" you. Actually, he's got two questions he wants to "axe" you. After he "axes" you his questions, there won't be any more questions. Trerok Toungefire on the other had keeps both hands on his magic sword and just carves you like a Thanksgiving turkey in a wood-chipper. Great pair of guys. Workaholics though.



So, the guy's name is Beatrice...odd name for a guy. It's also weird that he's a 5th level Fighter and not a Ranger since you'd expect anyone calling themselves the Beast Master would be a ranger. Then again, no stupid ferrets. So yeah, Beatrice's weapon specialization is in attack beasts and his weapon of choice today is Armadillicus, who is no slouch in the mess you up department. He's got a claw/claw/bite of d8/d8/d10 and an AC of 1 so he's a pretty tough customer. Certainly a distraction you can't ignore.



You'll note that these guys don't go in for that "balanced party" crap. No thief, no cleric (I assume they just glare each other better if they get hurt), but in a world of Dungeons and Drag -- I mean Shadows and Steel you're gonna need just a pinch of magic mummy dust. U-Huri Simak, Necromancer who has no necromantic spells but does have Fireball is the odd man out (well, the odd class out). He's got a rockin mask and staff, he's neutral evil, and his primary goal in life is to hook up with the Hand and Eye of Vecna (man after my own undead heart). Probably hates this gig, but his student loans are just ridiculous and he needs the GPs.

 So that's it. The whole sorry lot. The names are classic D&D though and I need to remember to be a bit more loopy when naming my PCs in the future. These were a fun bunch of guys to paint up and a fair bit more colorful than the usual modern-day guys I've been doing. I've got another box set from the series, a group headed up by a wizard. Hasn't been promoted to "old guy at the tavern who gives you a mission", he's still got to go into the field. But he's got an oddball group of misfits to help him out. Photos when they're finished.

later
Tom