The Breach - 2014 Year of the Giants Diorama

[Jasper_the_2nd]

The Breach

 

The last year has had its ups and down for the Gnomes of the Stonehavens. The Wyrmgear Initiative (as it has become know) has been very successful, and Wyrmgear and his later created brethren rule the skies.  This has kept the Goblinoid hordes in check.  On the down side, repeated attempts at formal alliances with the Dwarves (be they the nearby Dwarves of Stonehaven, the distant Scrunts of the territory of Olley, or the mighty clans of the Oathsworn  Dwarves) have thus far lead to little more than non-aggression pacts.

But unknown to the Gnomes, the Goblins have been much more successful in finding allies. For deep within Goblin lands they have uncovered an ancient Maul of Legend, known as Stonecrusher. Legends say it was forged and wielded long ago by a Demon Prince in his war against Hirst the Builder. The Goblins have gifted this great weapon to Skorg Ironskull, King of the Fire Giants. In return Skorg has mobilized the might of Thulgarast to lay waste these puny Gnomes.  And he has brought with him his ally Kyra, riding the mighty Lavarath, to take back the skies.

The plan is simple, but effective.  The Goblin army has attacked a key village near the Gnomish stronghold of Blackstone.  The Gnomish air forces have quickly mobilized to engage the Goblins.  Which leaves the stronghold itself vulnerable to attack, especially to an attack that can blast straight through the walls…

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Skorg despises the waiting. But still, the Goblins’ plan is surprisingly clever.  They will need to be watched more closely…

At last, the cursed winged mechanical monstrosities are away. Time to alter the plan.

“Vanja, hold the troops here.  I shall go with just Fomohr and Drokos.  If this weapon works as the legends say we will be more than enough to rid this hill of its pathetic vermin,â€

With that Skorg strode from cover, casually marching towards the walls of Blackstone.  Fomohr, as always, quickly took the lead, placing himself between any danger and his King.  Drokos strode beside his King, thoughtfully weighing the massive maul in his hands.

A sudden cry could be heard from the walls as they were spotted, followed by a strange, alien whine. Moments later a blast of searing light flashes past Skorg, detonating a trough in the ground well behind him.

“Blasted Gnomes and their infernal creations!â€, he snarls, and waves his sword forward in a planned gesture.

As the three Fire Giants break into a jog, Kyra and Lavarath streak into view. The strange device on the battlements fires off several haphazard blasts as its crew tries to get a bearing on the mighty dragon, to no avail.  Lavarath crashes to a stop atop the tower, smashing and mangling the device and its crew.

Now at the wall, Drokos glances at his King once then steps forward.  Hefting the might maul, he delivers a single swing with all his might.  The wall in front of him vanishes, blown into the keep with incredible force.

Fomohr immediately charges through the breach. Skorg can’t help but laugh, this power the Goblins have freely given….  “Bring it all down, Drokos!†He commands, as he charges forward.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I'd like to thank my wife for taking time out of a very busy day (our guests should be here any minute....) to take these wonderful pictures.  They are much better than the ones I took on my phone...

 

[SamuraiJack]

wow.. awesome work!

[Baphomet69]

Bravissimo!

[ub3r_n3rd]

FANTABULOUS!!!! It's a stellar piece of work Jasper, very well done and executed. I'd love to see closer up pics of Kyra in here, but whenever you or your wife has time to take them and add to the post that is.

[tiniest rhombus]

I don't know what to say...I'm stunned.

 

 

 

Oh wait how bout this. HOLY SHNIKIES THAT IS AMAZING!!!!

[Pingo]

Wow!

[Limey72]

Yep words are not gonna sum up how impressed I am with this well done I enjoyed following the WIP and the final product is amazing sir

[Tricksay]

Wow, that is seriously impressive. I can't believe the amount of work that would have taken.

Beautiful work.

Kudos to the wife for taking some great pictures too!

[pcktlnt]

Love it! Steals ideas.

[KruleBear]

Definitely one of your best.

[Darkmeer]

Imma just going to let my fire giant slink away into the corner, hiding from the awesome.  Excellent work, sir.

Edited January 1, 2015 by Darkmeer

[SGHawkins09]

Awesome job and the story is great.

[dsmiles]

ZOINKS!

[Kharsin]

This is so much fun on so many levels! I love building with Hurst molds, and this reminds me I need to purchase a few more to build a castle with my daughter. Your painting of multiple characters makes me feel lazy with my entry! Lol! I love the Giants, the gnomes,the battered wall, everything! I'm not sure I could pull something off on this scale as I would fuss over every little detail and never finsh. You however have done a stellar job and have a wonderful piece to show for it. Now the question remains: where are you going to store this? Lol!

[Jasper_the_2nd]

Store....hmmm.  Umm, maybe on top of that bookshelf might be deep enough.  I hope.  Now I have to figure out where to put the crap up there now...

 

As requested, a couple of close-ups of Kyra, as well as a few shots of details I didn't have good shots of from the first time around.

 

 

 

Here is the dead gnome, with some of the bits of her artillery piece.

 

 

 

 

A front shot of the Gnome Knight

 

 

 

And one of the Gnome Warrior