Boot Camp of Valhalla Head Quarter.

[Lyrgard]

Welcome to the Boot Camp of Valhalla !



The BCoV is intended to be a way for the community as a whole to make custom to submit to SoV
Here we take yound but promising figure into consideration, and make them through an hellish process to sculpt them into worthy additions to the Soldier of Valhalla ! Anyone is free, and very welcome, to participate to shape a raw idea into a neat card !

It is now time for a second wave ! The votes are open !

The template to post submission :

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BCoV Submission : session 2

Figure
HERE the image and name of the figure

others pictures : (optionnal)
 
 
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Here others images if needed/wanted
 
 


Availability
HERE info on availability

Idea
HERE the idea of how you envision the figure

The first figures to go through BCoV are the kobolds, submited by johnny139, and undergoing Sov review !


First session submissions :

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Khosumeth V2

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It is the Werewolf from the prepainted Legendary Encounters set from Reaper Miniatures

Availability
Reapers mini are still in production

Idea
From the bio of Khosumet :
Ruthless, relentless, bloodthirsty Khosumet is perhaps the finest example of Utgar's rage. This vicious wolf warrior is known as Utgar's grim reaper, and with good reason: charging furiously into battle swinging his swift, razor-sharp khopesh, Khosumet is well equipped to cut a path of destruction through tough enemy lines.
I never found that Khosumet was even near to fit this description...
So I propose to make a Khosumet V2, like it was done for Raelin and Drake.
I have two idea to explain the change :
- Khosumet is very important to Utgar, the general allowed him to drink from the Wellspring. Khosumet didn't gain magical power, but his strenght and rage was decupled.
- Khosumet learned how to use the Dire Stone to reveal and triggers his full potential
The figure pose is nearly the same as the original Khosumet. His hide is now very thick, so he don't need a buckler anymore, nor does he need a weapon, his claw are now all he need ! His savagery also grown to new level, he don't wear cloth anymore. But he is still a vicious and malign wolf...

Bron

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Availability
Abprices lists 55, there's probably another 20-30 more on Ebay.

Idea
In my personal customs, I made him a Necromancer, but I could see him as an evil knight, a Baron, or just some sort of Dark Sorcerer.

Rifleman mechwarrior (pending SoV decision on availability)

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It is the Rifleman from the mechwarrior solaris vii heavy class action pack (the green and purple one at the top).

Availability
Availability is low but anyone who has Deathcommander will already have this guy.

Idea
Mainly, I'd like to make use of a cardless figure I'm sure is in many people's collections already. I seem to remember C3V saying they had no plans for this particular figure, so why don't we use it?
The figure seems to fit in more with Aquilla than any of the other Generals to me. The way I'm seeing this guy is as one of a new breed of soulborgs created by the Meridian resistance out of desperation using the brain patterns of other resistance fighters in order to combat soulborg oppression.[/quote]

Scarab
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Scarab from the Heroclix line. Here's a picture from Troll and Toad:
Avalibility: she is very available with 98 on abprices all under $1.00

Name = Kuniochi? (possible placeholder for right now, is a term for female ninja according to what I've been told)
General: Valkrill or Aquilla
Planet = Earth
Species = Human
Uniqueness = Unique Hero
Class = Ninja
Personality = Tricky, Wild, some other personality?
Size = Medium ?

Life = 4 or 5?
Move = 6
Range = 1
Attack = 3 or 4?
Defense = 4 or 5?

Points = ?

Double Attack
When Kunochi attacks, she may attack one additional time.

Phantom Walk
Kunochi can move through all figures and is never attacked when leaving an engagement.

Third Power?
All the ninjas but two have had three powers. So I'm trying to think of another power, but nothing seems to fit either general.

Gug

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Gug, from the Pathfinder Battles, Shattered Star Set:

Size comparison w/Elaria & Myrrdin:


Availability
MiniatureMarket: 24
CoolstuffInc: 24 (listed as 12+, but shopping cart allows 24)
Troll&Toad: 6
Ebay sellers:
- kingsoflight: 4
- avengersrule2002: 10+
- jamestp365: 8
- brapsmagic: 4

Typically runs for $4-$6.

Kobolds

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Kobolds from Reaper: Legendary Encounters

Availability
Still in production.

Idea
First of all, for $6 you get three clearly-melee sculpts, all available as one purchase, still in production. They're small, yeah, but that's a fair trade-off, I think.

Secondly, Kobolds are a branch of fantasy HeroScape has yet to tap into that are VERY flexible. They're traditionally Lawful Evil in D&D, but by basing them on other worlds we can play with that as we want. I could see these guys with pretty much any general. They match Jandar's color scheme, they're very organized for Einar, tribal for Aquilla, dragon-worshipping for Ullar, and of course an easy match for Utgar or Valkrill. We could even justify Vydar if we wanted.

But in general I think "Mob Attack + Climb x2 + Third Power" would make a cool, uncontroversial unit. I think one of two things would work best, assuming we do, in fact, want to make them "dragon worshippers" which is par for the course among Kobolds in tabletop fantasy.

Idea #1: non-adjacent special attack resistance. It'd make them a great asset, particularly for AoE dragons. It's rough when you have your Greenscales engaged with the enemy but need to Fireline or Majestic Fires or Growing Heat. Maybe it'd let you use one to chain a Lighting Breath further and not worry so much about losing a man.

Idea #2: dragon bonding. Perhaps more flexible but less powerful than the Greenscales. Off the top my head I'm thinking of it being contingent on something... maybe if a dragon attacks but does not destroy a unit? Or maybe just make it movement bonding to make them tie-up units? There's a lot of directions this one could go.

In general I like the idea of adding another "dragon support" squad - one that makes for an alternative to Greenscale + Dragon armies. It could expand lore by adding a new race, with easily available, quality figures.

How it works :

Step 1 : Choosing a figure :

Periodically, I will open submissions on this very thread. People would then propose a figure, and a vague, non technical, idea of how they envision the figure. Perhaps add some bio and fluff, to make others scapers love your idea ! You also need to put the availability of the figure. A start of at least 50+ for an unique figure, 100-150+ for common or uncommon.
When some figures have been submited (around 4-5 I believed, but will see how it goes), the submission will be closed, and a vote will be done to select the figure the BCoV will work on. For now, the BCoV will only work on one figure at a time, to begin with. The vote will be given a time of 1 week to be completed.
The person that submited the figure will be the Chief Instructor for that figure. He will have the following duties :
- Open and manage a thread for the community to shape the figure.
- Open and manage a thread, later on, for the community to playtest the figure.
- Once the card is considered ready, submit it to SoV

The Chief Instructor role is not to lead the development of the card, but to facilitate it. If the community is at a dead end (for instance, two different points of view arise), he is to find a way to solve it. The simplest way is to set up a vote, but it is up to the Chief Instructor to choose how he does that. In last resort, the Chief Instructor can make an arbitrary decision to help the custom advance further. Such a decision is to be clearly stated and followed by the community, but it would be best to never have to use this. For instance, I sometime demanded on the french forum that all member put their idea on a given point in a given format to make a summary of all the ideas and focus the discussion.

The person that proposed the selected figure can refuse to become the Chief Instructor and name another to take the role. He would then stay the Honorary Chief Instructor.
The Chief Instructor also have the right to give titles to members that he thinks deserve them for this custom. Those title are just for fun, but I propose they appears (if C3V/SoV aggree) in the book of the figure when/if it is released, as a tribute.


Step 2 : Shaping the figure.

In the figure discussion thread, the community will try to make something out of the figure. The best way, I think, is to first choose vaguely the idea for the custom, and then start to refine. Generally, it works this way : a brainstorming moment when all members give a lot of ideas, then from discussion some start to merge, some seems to attract more people, until there are two or three dominating point of view. More discussion after, and if needed a vote, one idea advance in the process. Then another branstorm moment take place for finer details, and so on.
Sometime, ideas will appear that would requiere to start the figure from scratch again. Such idea can be a stunning idea one people suddently had. It should not be discarded, but considered. If the community feel strongly draw to this idea, it can become the new base for the figure. The only thing that cannot be changed is the figure itself.
Playtest or statistics can sometime be done to push a point, or to choose between two ideas. When the custom commence to take form, cards could be made to keep it fresh !
All in one, it is quite an anarchical process. Any rule here can be overthrown if a vast consensus arise.
Their is only ONE, ABSOLUTE rule : stay polite and nice.


Step 3 : Playtesting.

When the community aggree that the custom is ready enough, it enters the playtests phase.
The first step is to make a list, by theoryscaping and common sense, of situation the custom should be test on.
Any member of the forum could then make games using the custom, and write a little report of the game and how the custom managed (a format will have to be choosed to make all report look alike). He/she will also tell which of the items in the previous list his game covered. The Chief Instructor will be in charge of keeping track of what situation has been tested, and how many time, in the OP.
It would be best if members tried to make playtest on situation that have the fewest number of test being done, but members have the freedom to make playtest in the way they are the most confortable with.
From those tests, the community decide if the custom is ready to be submited, or need a little more twist.

Step 4 : Submiting to SoV

when the community think the custom is ready, The Chief Instructor will write the presentation of the custom to SoV. If the SoV reject the figure, the community will decide if they want to change it and submit it again, or just keep it as it is.

[Foudzing]

Nice thing Lyrgard to bring what we already do on our forum here.

Let's show C3V how to create cards.

Be carefull that it does not get too messy. If it works well on our forum it's because we are only about 5 or 6 to work on the custom together and even with that it's quite messy sometimes and some people drop out because there is too many messages they can't follow all the things (LoDeNo for example for Asterios).

[nyys]

Someone help me out here.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Lyrgard again.

Lets see what you got Scapers.

[johnny139]

I gave him a hit. Eager to see what we can make here! I've got some ideas.

[Evar-Scarcarver]

Saw you needed a cool logo.

[Arch-vile]

Sweet. Really excited to see this thread take off!

[Lazy Orang]

I probably won't have much time to dedicate to this, but it sounds awesome and I'd probably end up using the figures that pass through even if they don't make it through SoV. Like I said, I'll have almost no time to dedicate, and would probably be unable to playtest, but I'd love to do some brainstorming if that's O.K. with you guys.

[DanieLoche]

Originally Posted by Lazy Orang

Like I said, I'll have almost no time to dedicate, and would probably be unable to playtest, but I'd love to do some brainstorming if that's O.K. with you guys.

Sure ! After all, it's the main interest of this system: totally free for use.

I hope that this will have as much success than at the French forum.
... I'll suggest a logo also.

[Dad_Scaper]

Good luck, fellas. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens here. Remember attention to detail and restraint.

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by DanieLoche

Sure ! After all, it's the main interest of this system: totally free for use.

I hope that this will have as much success than at the French forum.
... I'll suggest a logo also.

Cool! In that case, I think it would be cool if the first unit that's started on is something using those weird anthropomorphic shark pirates from the Skulls and Shackles set - they just look too cool not to use. Anyone agree?

[ZBeeblebrox]

Originally Posted by nyys

Someone help me out here.

Lets see what you got Scapers.

Done!

Great idea!

[Tornado]

Double done. Awesome idea.