Rise of the Khaös Deth Swordwraiths

Khaös Deth Swordwraiths - ancient daemonic blades that have enslaved disembodied cursed, rag shrouded souls to wield them. 

Izn-Rvn - a curse of undeath inscribed in ancient runes.

Wyr'nlek - the serpentine blade, untarnished by time and slaughter.

Tyrne-Garth - a lesser daemonic spite manifest in swordform.

Knath-Nÿrn - torn from the jaws of a still living Elder God. 

Dranaken - forged in dragons flame,
quenched in dragons blood.

Drathnu-Maru - a blade of eldritch fire created by
a long forgotten cult of techno-sorcerers. 

Vor Th’uul - the shadow of a transdimensional entity
projected into the prime material plane.

Lvn-Narr - unearthly silver sings of blood and souls.

Arak-Hvrn - an eternally shattering blade frozen
in time by the will of an ancient god.

'Truth to materials' is an important design touchpoint for the figures. As with all the other releases in the Vlätkrig range, each figure is hand drawn, front and back, using Staedtler HB pencils and Berol Handwriting pens and drawing on 5mm grided paper, to evoke an authentic old school aesthetic - drawing on a personal narrative of play and materiality.

Inspired by sleep paralysis demons, ghosts and cursed swords from myth and legend. Game culture resonances come through school British fantasy gaming, especially Gary Chalk's Wraith illustration from Talisman, Ian Miller's illustrations for Warhammer: Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness and the guardians from Superior Software's Citadel. Literary inspiration includes the vorpal sword of Carroll's Jabberwocky,  Tolkien's Nazgûl, from The Lord of the Rings especially in their Ringwraith guise as depicted by Ralph Bakshi in his animated movie adaptation, along with Micheal Moorcocks Stormbringer and Mourneblade from the Eternal Champion multiverse. 

The Khaös Deth Swordwraiths have been designed to be used as khaötic sword player characters - well every RPG campaign has a player wanting to play a sentient daemonic weapon or eventually has a pc turn into an undead champion of khaös at some point. Alternatively the figures also provide an encounter group of wraiths, spectres or other undead in most popular fantasy tabletop games.

All figures photographed have been laser printed on 80gsm A4 paper, cut by hand and mounted on pre-1992 UK Two Pence coins with Bostik Blu Tack®.

Also included is a single piece of terrain, the veiled Shroudstone, a monolthic ritual waymarker bound with rags and rotting cloth.

The Veiled Shroudstone

The nine Khaös Deth Swordwraiths, launched on the full moon of Winterfellyth 2024 and are available now, alongside the complete Vlätkrig range of print-and-play paper miniatures, from:

• Drive-ThruRPG : https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/498086/
• itch.io: https://zhu-industries.itch.io/khaos-deth-swordwraiths

Priced £1.99 for the set.

Vlätkrig: Rangers of Myrkváld

The latest addition to the growing range of Vlätkrig Paper Minis - The Rangers of Myrkváld comprises nine outdoor adventuring characters of different ethnicities and genders brought together with matching equipment and a variety of common weapons. 

Þryda Vald - a moody sword armed Urük pathfinder

Ljonoah - weatherbeaten sword weilding Kobling forest keeper.

Mykalmir Koch - sword carrying Gnörf wayfarer.

Vrat Schyt - stealthy spear armed Köbling scout.

Vynd Evinny - short tempered spear carrying Gnörf far-walker.

Aþullia Leggyn - proud spear carrying Gáldaethraja ranger.

Jargharh Tûrlkyne - stalwart bow armed Urük road warden.

Gah Rijakas - sharp bow weilding Kobling sniper.

Tayenifleí - haughty bow firing Gáldaethraja trail guard.

Inspired by the Scouting Movement, Tolkien's Fellowship, Gygax's Ranger character class, Dever's Kai Lords and Pratchett's Watch. The Rangers of Myrkváld are designed to be used Player Characters or an Encounter Group in tabletop roleplaying games, a warband in a skirmish wargame, or printed multiple times to create a 'monopose' mass combat army.

All figures photographed have been laser printed on 80gsm A4 paper, cut by hand and mounted on uk 2p coins with blue-tac. 

The backdrop for this photoshoot are two green clothbound hardback books, 

• Celtic Warriors - Tim Newark, illustrated by Angus McBride (Blandford Press, 1986) 
• Culpeper's Complete Herbal - Nicholas Culpeper (Foulsham & Co. 1970s?)

While both interesting in their own right, the green bookcloth and different sizes make them very suitable for creating a bookishly stylish wargaming terrain.

A Wargaming Hill, defended by Myrkváld Rangers

The Rangers of Myrkváld, alongside the complete Vlätkrig range of paper miniatures are now live on:

• Drive-ThruRPG : https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/467843/vlaetkrig-set-seven-rangers-of-myrkvald
• itch.io, https://zhu-industries.itch.io/rangers-of-myrkvald

Priced £1.99 for the set.