Riolta Snow - Archer Extraordinaire
I recently managed to get Riolta Snow who has been on my Oldhammer Must-Buy list for a while. Along with a certain Chaos warrior Ultimate Oldhammer Figure, She is certainly in my A-list Warhammer figures. She shows up in not just the Magnificent Sven scenario but in the Lichemaster campaign as well.
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| Riolta in 3D glory |
Riolta's as seen from 'The Magnificent Sven' introductory scenario in Warhammer 2nd Edition. I will just point out that this introductory scenario requires over 70 Slann, 150 villagers, hangers on plus the lead characters. The scenario very helpfully points out that most players haven't got enough figures to represent all the villagers!
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| Riolta in all her 2D glory |
This the 2D figure provided with the 2nd edition rules. This gives an obvious colour scheme for me to try and follow. Riolta 2D as well as the rest of the main characters can be found on the Stuff of Legends website (Magnificent Sven Figures). The copy on the site is quite low resolution but this a scan (& tidy up)is of the one that I cut out a while ago from the original rules...
Back Story
Riolta makes her living as a professional tournament archer. She holds the titles of many of the Elf Kingdom's leading contests. Like many other successful 'pros' she is alarmingly rich.
At the time of this game she is taking a holiday in Lustra. As a female and sea elf she is allowed to travel freely in Amazonia, She visited Gemaine and even make a pilgrimage to Rigg's shrine. Lately she hired the 'Voltsvagn' (Sven's ship) for a hunting trip up river. She bagged several crocodiles, a giant turtle and a brace of Slann. Sven, Juggo and especially Karra were all highly impressed.
Riolta looks much like any other Sea Elf. She is tall, slender and enviably attractive. She is unarmoured and carries an Elf Bow with dozens of arrows, as well as a sword. She is an Elf Major hero.
Taken from the 2nd Edition rules.
Great Artwork from Warhammer 2nd Edition
This article started with rooting around in the loft for my battered copy of Warhammer 2nd edition rules in order to look up the background on Riolta Snow. I had forgotten how good the quality of the art was on the covers of individual books. The first two in particular. Now I am pretty sure both of these covers are done by John Blanche. But John & Tony Ackland are credited for the three covers.
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| Book 1 |
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| Book 2 |
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ReplyDeleteThank you for introducing us to the "Magnificent Sven" scenario that we were completely ignorant of. We found it on the web and read in one breath. We love scenarios like this one and "Blood Bath at Orc's Drift", which are adaptations of famous films, spiced with lots of humor. Besides Riolta, do you have any other characters on Sven's team?
We also looked for someone on the web who made a report with photos of the scenario actually played, but we did not find anything: maybe the number of miniatures requested is intimidating?
I have Juggo. But none of the others. Like you I haven't seen any battle reports for this scenario.
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