Lord Ipsqueeck's Adventures: Planckendael

 Listen up fans and followers, for I have been to another adventure!

 

And with the first nice weather days of spring upon us, we took the car to Planckendael zoo nearby Mechelen.

 

 And I didn't went alone with my regular retainers, nono, Moeke and my nieces (and their servant adults) also came along for a day of watching beasties.

 

The first thing of note, there is now that huge bamboo tower at the reworked entrance to the park.  But I wasn't allowed to climb upon it...

 

The park is huge, giving me ample opportunity to stretch my legs, running all around the world from Asia over Oceania to America and further!

 

With spring, that also meant the Stork's are returning, as the park has a lot of nests, being a recognised breeding ground for the big birds.

 

 And all along the walking routes, there are obstacle courses to try out!

 

 They even had tiny tiny baby "kuif makaak" monkeys.  Yeah, that is from the same general family as Punch, but another variation of the species.

 

The otters had lunchtime, which had fish on the menu.  Did you know I also like fish a lot, especially with mashed potatoes and spinach!

  

 

 

There where as always a lot of animals to admire, and they seemed to enjoy the first days of sun as well, as many where out and roaming.

  

 

And some... less active hehehe... guess their clock is still on Australian time. 

  

 

Like these two cuties, the Capibara and the Mara, the latter also having a young one in their enclosure!

  

I thought I also saw Ribbi, but it turned out to be a flock of normal Flamingo's instead!

  

And after a trip by the bonobo monkeys in their refreshed environment, it was time to head home once more for a well deserved rest! 

 

Until next time for more adventures!!! 

 

 

 

Babylon 5 ACTA: Hyperion Pulse Cruiser

 Remeber how I told that near the end of the ACTA lifespan, models where made for the various Hyperion variants, especially present in the Earth Alliance "early" list?

 

Well, this is one of those, the Pulse Cruiser.

 

A Raid level variant, this vessel focusses on the twin-linked pulse cannons, making away with the beam cannons.  So this makes it a nice close-in brawler, for as much as the venerable workhorses of the fleet are suited to that.  Think of them of a "light" version of the Nova Dreadnought, lighter surivability, less guns, but more agility.

 

The sculpt itself is the regular Hyperion where the control tower and the tubes at the botton of the central part have been removed, and instead a large disc, the pulse generator, rests on the top of the front section. 

 

And this vessel also means I obtained my goal of painting 5 points of raid up again for A Call to Arms.  I will use it in a Middle Age EA fleet as the Assault variant to distinguish it from the others in the list, and giving me a nice compact force as a result. 

 

Now to start preparations on scenery and such for the Warfleets battle day! 

The Haul Report 433

 Time for some more swag, and we had the first Underworlds tournament, and Golden Ticket qualifier, on the 8th of march.

 

And first of all, I won that Golden Ticket, so off to Barcelona it'll be - the hotel is already booked as I write this and my entry confirmed by Games Workshop!

 

But we also got some nice warscroll sized sleeves, that is handy stuff!

 

Apart from that, I bought a Wrack from Johan, and he brought along my Manifestations that I bought with coupon from the Halle event past december.

 

And then there was the loot for winning the actual tournament as well! 

 

One thing that wasn't Warhammer though, is that the costume I'll be wearing on an Angels and Demons party in two weeks arrived, and which will form the basis of the character I am going to build: a priest that is going to convert all those bare-chested women with holy water (aka, tequilla). 

 

So that is a pretty awesome stack of aelven and Underworlds stuff for moi, and a nice set for the pile to boot.  Until the next one, which will be post Benelux Clash 4!

 

Though I don't expect to grab yet another Embergard trophy there at all... 

Blood Bowl match report: Only Fangs versus Black Lions

 Time for the next League match, and it is against the Dark Elves this time.

 

Now, as I gave up on trying to keep my team rating down, I bulked out both my team and my number of re-rolls, so he had a hefty amount of petty cash.  At least I didn't have any treasury that could be stolen for the fourth game in a row...

 

Albert, my opponent, spend the gold as such, no less then 360k, on the following: 2 Nuffle rolls (-1 on my Rush'es, and both Kleio Valentien and Sabien DeMonia showing Bad Habits)... as well as bringing along Morg 'N Thorg *gulp*

 

And then we where off for a game between the numbers 5 and 8 in the League, if I could take a win, I could form a gap of at least 11 points on the first non qualifier for the play-offs, and maybe grab one or two bonus points along the way.  Which should give some peace of mind during the coming 6-7 weeks I wouldn't be able to play. At least both my Claws and Tackle skills would be handy today...

 

 

We opted to receive first, and my team started out by trying to keep the star Ogre as much to the ground as possible, not managing any injuries in those first turns despite going through his armour regularly.

 

 

But then Sabrina Sabok smashed through his Witch Elf, Roberta Vonner's, armour, badly hurting her upon which his apothecary pumped her full of stimms to continue the match.

 

The ball kept going to and fro during the first half, but not much actually happened.  While my claws frequently cut open his armour, it only resulted in a single KO and stunned results for the rest.

 

Even two fouls in a row by Katty West, with huge modifiers, couldn't take Morg 'n Thorg out of the game, though being constantly on the floor the big boy wasn't doing that much, which is a good thing as well.

 

 

But right before the end of the first time, the hole finally appeared and Cat Coxx ran the 1-0 over the line after getting up, picking up the ball and going over the touchdown line.

  

 

The ladies adopted their FemDom kick off formation to keep the elves on their toes in their final turn, and the half ended as such on a 1-0 lead for Only Fangs.

  

 

 

Again adopting this for the second half, the elves started with a quick completion for a sneaky star player point, but also started to form a drive upwards with the ball.

 

 

And then the Sabrina Sabok time began, how calm the first half was, how bloody the second would become with the Minotaur in a leading role.  She began by badly hurting his blitzer Hohavih Fallsorrow, a punishment for throwing a pass.

  

 

But then the absolute moment came.  She bowled over Morg 'N Thorg, her claws ripping through his armour.  The crowd held their breath as medical personal stretchered off the big guy... and then the sheet was drawn over his face.  Morg 'N Thorg was DEAD.

 

 

 

The girls didn't take any effort to try and stop a broken through blitzer though, as we now ould have the big advantage in muscle, and allowing them to score the 1-1 quickly would still give me 5 turns to vie for victory.

  

And as such, Shaha Stormseeker put the equalizer on the board.

 

 

Both teams deployed again, and Only Fangs, and especially Sabrina Sabok, had smelled blood.  She immediatly badly hurt another of his linemen.

 

 

Roberta Vonner, his witch elf, then pushed Raven Black into the crowd, but luckily it was on the side of the Slaaneshi degenerates and she was led back to the reserves box safely.

  

However, the witch elf was then pushed into the crowd herself, and now the bunch of perverts saw their chance.  Tolerating only their own girls at that side, they formed a gang train on the screaming elf, and when they where done she was so badly ridden out she had barely the strength to ever stand again.  The witch suffered -1 strength, and would be replaced by a new recruit after the game, send off into retirement.

  

 

His team now in shambles, Cat Coxx had the free lane and scored the 2-1 as a result with only a few turns remaining.

  

And that meant that the hunt for that pesky assassin was on now, who had been annoyingly hit and run stabbing my girls all match long.

 

First, Kleio Valentien threw a savage block on another one of his lineman, and the elf was carried off badly hurt.

 

But then a "wall" was formed, ensuring the foaming Sabrina Sabok a solid three dice on the assassin in her sights.  The Minotaur stormed forward, screaming in rage, and trampled right over the pesky knife wielder.  The sneaky bastard was carried off, a niggling injury will remind him of the days he tried to knife down the favorite ladies of Slaanesh!

  

The game ended, with a 2-1 victory for the girls, and a hefty 6 casualties inflicted.  Well, that went good for the league ranking, another 4 points added to the projected goal and now occupying 3rd place for the moment, excellent for the 5 weeks I won't be able to play now.

 

Apart from a nice haul of star player points and a big haul of gold (and an immense team value of 1600...), the team saw Sabrina Sabok obtain Block, while Abella Danger gained Claws because...

 

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For the second game in a row, and the third time in her career, Abella Danger was elected MVP by the Slaaneshi followers.  This for putting in a solid control game during the match, keeping the block skilled elves under control in order to prevent them from disrupting my lines.

 

So, that went well and we are really true and good on the road to the top 8 now, and more fans gather behind the team as the fan factor raises to 4.  We have a lead of 12 points versus the first "not qualifying" team, so it should be bridgeable to have the spring break and still be in the top 8 when we can get back to the pitch.  From then on it will be working towards securing the ranking, while hopefully some teams will have caught up a bit in team rating then.

 

But now, the girls are off to Hedonist 69, a nice resort of sun, sea and a lot of booze, to clear their heads and relax...