index Index INDEX (HERE) PAGE 2 PROLOGUE PAGE 3 COLD ONE AND REPTILE SKIN PAINTING PAGE 4 PAINTING COLD ONE KNIGHTS PAGE 6 OUR STINKING PETS - THE COLD ONE KNIGHTS PAGE 8 COLD ONE BEAST MASTERY PAGE 12 SCARATHÎ’S RAID PAGE 14 THE CABALS OF PLEASURE: SAM’AAN PAGE 21 SENIX, THE RULES PAGE 26 KNOW THY ENEMY: WOOD ELVES PAGE 27 “BLACK MOON RISING” - THE WAY TO SUPERMACY: THE HYDRA PAGE 33 THE DRUCHII.NET DEBATES - PART 1 PAGE 36 THE REPEATER CROSSBOW PISTOL PAGE 40 STARTING A NEW DRUCHII ARMY - 1500 PTS. PAGE 41 SPOTLIGHT ON A MEMBER’S ARMY - ALCING RAGAHOLIC PAGE 43 ARMY FLUFF PAGE 45 ARMY GT REPORT PAGE 46 SILAS INTERVIEWS... - MDK PAGE 51 HORDES OF THE NORTH PAGE 53 CREDITS (A.K.A BACKCOVER) PAGE 55 Prologue Prologue by Z’Gahn reading our little magazine. Thank you all! very good day to you all! My good deed for the day done, I will now continue with what you can expect in this special issue. This is a special Monthly, and it de- serves a small celebration. Two years ago on this Besides all the regulars, like the Know Thine En- Aday, or maybe some days ago depending on when emy: Wood Elves and our army-building series, you read this (or even more according to huge delay we this issue sees the first part of the first Druchii.net are very sorry for - Malekith), the very first issue of the debate. Two teams will be competing against each Druchii.net Monthly was published! other for the honour and for the right (and maybe a small prize...). The current subject is whether or not Time for a little recap: January 1st, 2003. Druchii.net Druchii tactics rely too much on special and rare is delighted with the first Monthly, despite it only units. This is only the first part – the teams’ open- counting a grand total of 7 pages. The February is- ing arguments – and in the next two months they sue was skipped because of the server swap (the will write two more articles each, in which they will older members might even remember this (even reflect upon each other’s arguments. So make sure I did not see this, it is that old... - Leth), and the next in to check this one out! If you would like to compete line was March, with a stunning one-hundred-per- in one of the future debates, just visit the Debates cent increase of pages! Shortly hereafter, however, topic in the Announcements forum. activity dropped, and deviant attempts to resurrect it failed. Other special features in our special issue include no less than three projects from the 7th Convent: But then the great summer holidays came and due a special character, a scenario and a new special to the great effort of a many great people, the re- weapon will make your games even more special... named Druchii.net Quarterly stood up once again, better than ever. Popularity and quality kept in- Do not forget to send in any comments you have creasing and in January 2004 the mighty January on these creations to [email protected]! Quarterly was published. In three parts because it (I promise, last time I will say this in the Prologue was so big! Counting 150 pages, it was decided that (unless Anaryin finds out where you live, right? –Leth)). from now on, the Quarterly would be the Monthly again for the sake of readability. Add a story, a spotlight on AloneandBurned’s army, a tournament report, and an article on the different Many issues have followed, making me pretty proud cabals of the Cult of Pleasure, and you have a rather of our fan site, and our fanzine in particular. complete Monthly. Quite impressive, no? Well, I think so and therefore I Enjoy! would like to say a few thank you’s. Firstly, there are the Initiative Leaders who have been working very ‘Till next month, hard to keep everything on the tracks, and a special mention needs to go to Imdat Tauble – Steja back in the old days – without whom the Monthly would never have been born, let alone survive for 2 years. Next in line are the people who actually write the ahn articles for the Monthly, and those editing them and making illustrations. Needless to say, the Monthly would not be the same without you! And last but Z’G not least, I would like to thank you, the reader, for To Make Like a Slave Cold One and reptile Skin Painting by GeOrc he miniatures are all regular miniatures colour. All purple-based elements were painted in without any conversions. The miniatures nauseating blue accented with liche purple and were painted just after release of the then with warlock purple. Tnew 6th edition dark elfs. I looked for a nice colour scheme for my new army but it was hard 5TH EDITION COLD ONES to find. I got inspired by some Here I want to show you my high miniatures shown at the end sorcerer on cold one. He is a conver- of the army book. Here a dark sion of a dark rider body with a head elf priestess painted only in from a dark eldar homunculus. The black and white with a bit of Cold One is a horned one from the red. I decided to change the lizard men army. red to purple and this would be my new colour scheme. I have tested it on witch elfs and EXAMPLES FOR COLD everything was looking really ONE SKIN fine. After painting some mini- Here I will show some examples atures I realised that painting for reptile skins I have painted in black and white only is very bor- my armies over the years. I will ing especially accenting all the also give some short descrip- black. That is why I never paint the tion of which miniature and whole army only some units. But I what colours I have used. wanted to give you a look on a unit of this by myself called “gothic era”. Old orc wyvern Here I used bestial brown for the smaller scales and COLD ONE 6TH EDITION bubonic brown for the belly scales. Here I used a mix of goblin green and chaos black as basis. For the following accentuations I added Cold One 6th edition bleached bone to the mix until I reached pure Here I used a mix of goblin green and chaos black bleached bone on the belly. As a last highlight as basis. For the following accentuations I added I used skull white to light up the belly. The scales bleached bone to this mix until I reached pure are black with grey accentuations for which I used bleached bone on the belly. As a last highlight codex grey and as a second highlight fortress grey I used skull white to light up the belly. The scales (the skin of the sorceress’ cold one is accented with are black with grey accentuations for which I used goblin green to give it a more greenish look). codex grey and as a second highlight fortress grey. The knight is primed black. Then the face is painted with help of many layers of thin bleached bone. The black armour is accented with codex grey and for- tress grey. All the armour’s edges are then painted in metallic silver or gold. The chain mail is painted with boltgun metal accented with mithril silver. The skirt under the armour is painted white. For this I used codex grey as base colour and then I accented it with skull white. Purple is the detail and army To Make Like a Slave Corsair 6th edition Bracchus, Black Dragon of Rakarth, Here I used the same colour scheme I used for my Beastlord of Karond Kar Cold Ones. The scales are black and then first high- Here I used shadow grey for the belly. The scales are lighted with codex grey and then with fortress grey. painted in deadly nightshade accented with regal The smaller scales are dry-brushed with skull white. blue and the edges accented with spacewolfs grey. The inside of the cloak is based on liche purple, Horns and bubbles are painted with blood red. highlighted with warlock purple and then tentacle pink. The whole cloak is then brightened up with Black Dragon from a highborn on Black Dragon thinned skull white which gives it that light fleshy Conversion 5th edition look. Here I also painted the belly with shadow grey but more with a layer technique so it became lighter to- Corsair 5th edition wards the center of the belly. The scales are primed The skin is based on blood red. The scales are paint- black and the edges are accented with spacewolfs ed in regal blue and then accented with spacewolfs grey. grey. Unreleased Warhydra 5th edition Cold One 5th edition The skin is based on cameo green which I have ac- The black primed skin is accented with bestial cented with rotting flesh. The scales are black and brown and then accented with bubonic brown. The the edges are accented with codex grey. scales are only accented with bestial brown. Hydra Conversion Here I painted the scales with a mix of goblin green and chaos black. The edge of the scales are then ac- cented with goblin green To Make Like a Slave Painting Cold One Knights by Lord Tsunami irst I primed my knights black (shocking highlighted with Blood Red and then Blazing Or- huh?).