HARRY THE HTirelessly roamingacross the Chaos

Wastes, always on thelook out for a fresh

enemy to fight,Harald Hammerstorm

exists as an eternalavatar of Chaos and

the bane of theUndead. In this

feature we exploreHarry’s backgroundand explain how to

use him in yourgames. We also let

the ’Eavy Metal teamloose on the fantastic

new model in apainting challenge.

In the tales of the Norse and the Kurgan,there is a legend that concerns one ofthe greatest feats of arms ever seen in

the northlands. It tells of the great warriorHarald Hammerstorm, known fondly tohis followers as Harry the Hammer.

Harald was famed for killing theDaemon Mathrag Brainmangler during theBattle of Khorsvold, having smashed theDaemon Prince’s head from his body witha single blow of his hammer. On a coldmidwinter day, as he led his warbandacross the Chaos Wastes, Harry cameacross the outcrop of an old ruin juttingfrom beneath the snows. Uponinvestigation, he located an ancientgateway leading into a dark tunnel.Thinking that there might be treasurewithin, Harald and his warriors descendedinto the crumbling vaults.

Their intrusion awoke something long-dead in the darkness beneath the snow.Ancient warriors sworn to protect thesecrets of the tomb-city were roused fromtheir eternal slumber; with rusted blades,bony fingers and eyes aglow withwitchfires, they fell upon the northmen.

Stumbling out of the depths, Haraldand his men were horrified to see the

Skeletons pursuing them still. Thetumbledown ruins now glowed with powerand the melting snow revealed forbiddingstones burning with magical energy. TheChaos warband found themselves in themiddle of a great settlement from the dawnof time. Knowing that he had to fight hisway free, Harald turned and faced theadvancing legion.

The favour of the gods fuelled Harry ashe fought; his hammer rose and fell withmonotonous destruction, smashing skullsand ribcages to powder. Harald’s followerspressed in behind their leader and Harryformed the point of a wedge drivingthrough the skeletal warriors. After a dayand a night of fighting, as dawn rose thenext day, the Undead were all butdestroyed, piles of bones a storey high leftin the wake of the Chaos Warriors.

Since that day, Harald has held aspecial loathing for the Undead. Soefficient and determined is Harry at slayingthe Undead that even their mindless spiritsregard him with horror – he is an elementalforce who hurls back the Undead with hissteely will. The dead do not rest easy in theChaos wastes, and Harald has no shortageof foes upon which to vent his anger.

Designer’s note on points value: I would say Harry theHammer is worth 365 points. However, Harry is alegendary figure from the history of Warhammer,intended for use in scenarios and other narrative gamesthat have been organised with your opponent inadvance. He is obviously very good at fighting theUndead and would be worth considerably more pointswhen facing Vampire Counts or Tomb Kings, making itimpossible to accurately give him a points value for pick-up games, tournament play and so on.

Weapons and equipment: Harry is armed with theHammer of Harry (see below), wears the Armour ofDamnation and carries the Bane Shield (see WarhammerArmies: Hordes of Chaos).

MAGIC ITEMSThe Hammer of Harry: Harry’s hammer is blessed by thegods to banish the souls of those he strikes, and ispowerful enough to send back the raised spirits of theUndead. The Hammer of Harry inflicts D6 wounds and

allows no armour saves. In addition, against Undead,Daemon or Forest Spirit models, Harry can re-roll anyfailed rolls to wound.

SPECIAL RULESUnbreakable*, Hate Undead*, Killing Blow (only againstUndead models)*Harry passes these traits on to any unit he joins.

Bane of the Dead: So strong is the aura of Chaos thatsurrounds Harry, even the dead dread to face him!Somewhere in the vestigial remains of their souls, a sparkof awareness flickers to life upon seeing Harry – amemory of their deaths…

Harry causes Terror in the Undead, and any unit heleads causes Fear in Undead, even though the Undeadare normally Immune to Psychology. This means theyneed to pass a Leadership test to charge him or his unit,and test for Terror as normal. If outnumbered, they willbreak and flee from combat like ordinary troops, ratherthan crumbling from excess wounds. Fleeing Undeadunits rally automatically during their next turn. If they arenot forced to flee from combat, defeated Undead unitswill take wounds as normal.

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Aly has been sculpting Citadelminiatures for more yearsthan he (or we) canremember. Aly wasresponsible for the fantasticnew Harry the Hammermodel, resplendent in hisChaos Armour.

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Harry the Hammer (rules by Gav Thorpe) 365 pointsM WS BS S T W I A Ld4 8 3 5 5 3 8 5 9

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In an ancient city long buried beneath the rock and snow of the Chaos Wastes,Harald Hammerstorm and his bravewarriors fight to break free from theclutches of the Undead.

This scenario represents Harry’s legendary battle with the forcesof Undead that he and his followers woke when they stumbledin to the forgotten ruined city on their quest for treasure. It’s areasonably small game so can be set up with a minimumamount of fuss and be played within a couple of hours. Perfectfor an evening’s gaming!

SCENARIO: The Battle of Vorshgar

Scenario RulesForcesHarry the Hammer is accompanied by up to 1000 pointsof infantry units chosen from the Hordes of Chaos armylist. This list does not need to conform to the normalrestrictions for Core, Special and Rare, and may includeone other character, who cannot be Lord-level.

The Undead comprise a 1750 point force chosenfrom the Tomb Kings or Vampire Counts army lists.Whichever army list is used, the Undead force mustcontain at least two units of Skeletons. The army may notcontain any characters at all.

DeploymentHarry’s army begins deploying first and the Undeadsecond, using the rules given in Warhammer.

Fighting the BattleHarry and his warband go first. If Harry is killed, theUndead player wins. If Harry manages to move off thelong table edge in the Undead army’s deployment zone,then the Chaos player wins.

CHAOS DEPLOYMENT

1 square = 1 foot

UNDEAD DEPLOYMENT

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The ’Eavy Metal team are some of the best painters in the world. This is no idleclaim, and we thought that the release of the Harry the Hammer model was aperfect opportunity for the team to really show off their talents.

Painting Challenge

Harry the Hammer is a great example ofthe whole studio working in unison. JohnBlanche started the ball rolling with a

fantastic piece of art, updating his original 25-year-old piece. The new art in turn influencedthe fantastic model by veteran Citadel designerAly Morrison. This was then given to the ’EavyMetal team.

However, an idea occurred to us that, ratherthan just give Harry to one of the painters, we’dget the whole team to paint one in a contest towin eight pints of Bugman’s finest ale! The’Eavy Metal team took up the challenge withrelish and, after judging, Alan commented:“Judging this contest was actually harder thanjudging Golden Demon. These really are thebest figure painters in the world, and they’ve allexcelled themselves. I hate to pick a winner, asthat implies that there’s something wrong withthe others, which isn’t the case at all! Themodel we’ve picked has won by the veryslightest whisker, and they all display the mostfantastic technique. What a great showcase ofour figure painters’ talents!”

Below: The ’Eavy Metal team beaver awayon their Harry the Hammer models.Inset: Miniatures designer Aly Morrisonand veteran Golden Demon judge AlanMerrett scrutinise the competition entries.

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The leering and toothy daemonic faces on Harry’s shield were the focus of this model. Neildeliberately confined his palette to blacks and dull metallics to draw the eyes to the intricate patternsof the armour. The faces were created freehand; first Neil painted on the teeth with Fortress Grey andthen built up the faces around them using darker greys and a very fine brush!

Neil Green

Fil chose a predominately red colour scheme. This being ’Eavy Metal, however, Fil’s reds areextremely rich, taking over 13 stages and countless red and brown glazes to get the desired effect.Fil’s metallics are also special; he went for a very dark metal, and then a deliberately sharpcontrast, going from a darkened Boltgun Metal mix to Mithril Silver in a single stage.

Fil Dunn

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Kirsten wanted a bright colour scheme for her model and chose a bone colour, in keeping withHarry’s background. She’s particularly proud of the helmet and shield that really capture themarbling effect Kirsten was aiming for. The cloak is painted predominantly with Scab Red, but is alsoheavily glazed, while the intricate detail on the cloak lining was painted freehand with Chaos Black.

Kirsten Williams

This model was painted with a basecoat mix of Knarloc Green and Rotting Flesh, with Liche Purple alsoadded into the mix. The armour was built up over many layers – note the world-class blending on theshield. The metal trim was given a very corroded look achieved with Chaos Black, Boltgun Metal andBestial Brown. The overall effect is so realistic you can almost feel the texture.

Anja Wettergren

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The green armour of Keith’s entry was achieved using the muted tones of the Foundation Paintgreens. The skin, cloak, loincloth and skull are all shades of green, to tie the whole model together.The armour was given a purple wash to contrast with the green. Keith has also painted onarrowheads to the vertical slits in the helmet for an even more pronounced Chaos look.

Keith Robertson

Joe’s model has been extremely weathered. The armour is silver with a gold trim, with red representingblood that has become caked on over the years of slaughter. One great little touch is the blood dripdangling from the hammer. This is actually a human hair that Joe has painted red and then gradually builtup into a drip shape using successive layers, before finally coating it with gloss varnish.

Joe Tomaszewski

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For the winning entry, Darren was inspired by John’s art and took his colour palette from that. Heworked up the red using a stippling effect he developed when painting Daemons of Khorne. He useda non-metallic gold technique for the armour’s trim – Darren thinks that Harry will be a realpainter’s model, so he wanted to showcase a technique not seen very often in White Dwarf.

Darren Latham

Above, top: This view really showcases the stippled armour and non-metallic decorative trim.Above: The snow leopard pattern was painted after looking at real-worldphotographic reference on the Internet.Left: Note the attention to detail on the model – Harry’s bulging muscleseven have fine blue veins painted onto them!

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