Brother Argent Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Okay folks sorry its a few days late but here we go. IG2011 - February Challenge Every Chapter has to start somewhere, every Chapter has a few moments that define who it is. For the Ultramarines its the Establishment of the Codex, then the Battle for Macragge, along with a hundred other things, for the Soul Drinkers (shiver) its their excommunication. It applies to DIY Chapters to, for my Iron Dragons its the death of Irigram Dolcaster aboard the Righteous Malice, for GHY's Blazing Sons its the expulsion of their training cadre. Every Chapter has a reason for why it is who it is. And that brings us to February's Challenge of the Iron Gauntlet. I want you to explore and create the founding moment of your Chapter. Whilst for many Chapters this will be the actual founding for others it will be some great tragedy or perhaps will happenm before the Chapter is even founded. The requirements for February's Challenge are: Create/Write the founding event of your Chapter and present it here in this topic before the 4th of March. This even may be presented as: A) 1000 words describing the "founding event of your Chapter OR B ) A model/diorama of the "founding moment" of your Chapter OR C) Rules and model of the "founding father" of your Chapter. Note that you only have to complete ONE of the above listed challenges (unless you are doing a joint entry in which case I expect either two entries or one double size one) Challengers are required to post their entries here and are stil required to give a February update on their IA in the Challenge main thread. Virtual Cookies/shiny siggies will be presented to the: 1- Most creative entry 2- Most characterful entry 3- The people whom complete all three options of the Challenge. Failure to complete this part of the Challenge results in failure of the Iron Gauntlet so get cracking. CHALLENGERS LOYALIST 1 Stonebound - Ace Debonair - COMPLETE 2 Marines Exemplar - Argon/Lord Tybault - COMPLETE 3 Steel Wardens - Blacklight - WITHDRAW 4 Blazing Sons - Grey Hunter Ydalir - FAIL 5 Lions of Radiance - Captain Forcystus - COMPLETE 6 Pridelords - WingsoftheFalcon - WITHDRAW 7 Disciples of the Jackal - Sons of Terra - FAIL 8 Hounds of the Hunt - Madwolf Shadowmane - COMPLETE 9 Fists of Vengeance - ringlancer - FAIL 10 Ghost Dragons - Reyner - FAIL COMPLETE 11 Archangels Chapter - Maleagant - WITHDRAW 12 Iron Flames - Chapter Master Ignis Domus - FAIL 13 Harbingers of Woe - Telveryon - FAIL 14 Exculpators - Silver Phoenix - COMPLETE (Although a Day late) 15 Void Reavers - Mordray - COMPLETE 16 Claws of Forca - Saerivic - FAIL 17 The Imperial Knights - Sousetsu - FAIL 18 Lion Warriors Deus Ex Ferrum - FAIL 19 Lords of Shadow - Dark Apostle Thirst - WITHDRAW 20 Aurora - Lexington - FAIL 21 Host Incardine - Plague Angel - FAIL KingHongKong- Executors - Complete TRAITOR 1 Unnamed - ringlancer - FAIL 2 The Iron Guards - The Shiny One - FAIL 3 Iron Dragons - Silver Phoenix - COMPLETE (A day late) 4 ? - Telveryon - FAIL 5 Librarians of Madness - Wookiegunner - FAIL 6 Emperor's Bastards - Neophyte of Slaanesh - FAIL 7 Sons of Ixion - Yogi 8 Serpent Corsairs - Battle Brother Ludovic - WITHDRAW 9 Space Rats - Jiron - FAIL 10 Host of Worms - notsoevil - FAIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexington Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Hm, I feel I've an unfair advantage here, seeing as the "Founding Event" of my Chapter already takes up a good 2/3rd of their IA article. ;) Gonna give #2 and #3 a shot, though. Can't wait to see what everyone else does. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plague Angel Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Hm, I feel I've an unfair advantage here, seeing as the "Founding Event" of my Chapter already takes up a good 2/3rd of their IA article. :( Write it as a short story instead of an IA. The IA deals with the events affecting 1,000+ Space Marines. Write about the same event from the perspective of one of them. Logistics question: the "founding event" is obviously not the first event, just the most important one. Is the "founding father" the first Chapter Master, or the most important figure? Second question: is it minimum 1,000 words, or max? If min, then what is the max? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Argent Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Logistics question: the "founding event" is obviously not the first event, just the most important one. Is the "founding father" the first Chapter Master, or the most important figure? Second question: is it minimum 1,000 words, or max? If min, then what is the max? 1: Depends on the Chapter but yes it could be the most influential figure of the Chapter. Dont do your current Chapter Master however as that is a later challenge. 2: Min is 1000 words. As for Max, the sky is the limit. Just make sure you have it finished before the deadline and everything is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plague Angel Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Don't do your current Chapter Master however as that is a later challenge. Thanks for that heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Forcystus Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 *cracks knuckles* This is gonna be fun. Coincidentally I got a model of who I consider to be the most influential figure of my chapter and have been meaning to right about him so this will spur me into doing that. For fun im gonna go for all three! I do best when stuff is tougher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringlancer Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Hm, I feel I've an unfair advantage here, seeing as the "Founding Event" of my Chapter already takes up a good 2/3rd of their IA article. ;) Gonna give #2 and #3 a shot, though. Can't wait to see what everyone else does. ;) No, you just have to do yours in cuneiform script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Hunter Ydalir Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 for GHY's Blazing Sons its the expulsion of their training cadre Appreciate giving me direction even before I've read the whole thing! ;) Time to get writing...... .... when I get back from work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 As I am thinking of writing a story out of this, I'm guessing I should post it in the Short Stories section and not here, or am I mistaken? Ludovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Forcystus Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I think he wants us to post it here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shiny One Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Should we work on it in the forum improving it, or just present it here, and than it counts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plague Angel Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Should we work on it in the forum improving it, or just present it here, and than it counts? I would imagine it's up to us. Personally, I can't stand posting WIP fiction, so expect mine to be towards the end of this challenge so I have time to polish it and consider it "finished" by my own standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Debonair Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Should we work on it in the forum improving it, or just present it here, and than it counts? I reckon I'll post mine in the stories forum and then link to it from here. ^_^ Most of the Stonebound's changes are going to be gradual ones, with the exception of the death of their parent chapter the Red Sabres. At least that gives me a clear-as-day topic to write about... And something pretty close to impossible to model. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Apostle Thirst Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Blast it, my chapter has it's founding records missing/deleted. Their was a lazy Librarian involved somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Debonair Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Blast it, my chapter has it's founding records missing/deleted. Their was a lazy Librarian involved somehow. I think what SP actually means by 'founding moment' is 'defining moment'. You know, the point where your chapter really comes into it's own. ^_^ EDIT: In the case of the Lords of Shadow, it could be when they discover their geneseed is not quite as first it appeared to be. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mordray Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Well lets see... there's the time the Master of the Forge tried to destroy the chapter to prevent them from 'creating' a new line of PA... then there's the time the Imperial Cult (pre-unification) and the fratter (iirc that's the cults military of the time.) tried to destroy a world that adhered to the Imperial Truth (the world told off the cultists after one cultist calls the Emperor of man a god...) and they (culstis) foolishly called in the aid of the Void Reavers. The chapter turns on the cultists and aided the planetary defenders in stopping the Cultist from corrupting one of the last remnants of the Emperor's Imperium. I'm not even going to attempt the modeling aspects of this competition... I don't play the TT only DoW I and II. So if it comes down pure modeling I will fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiron Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 As a traitor, is the "founding event" the tru founding event or the moment I have turned renegade? Actually, If I would be keen in writing about noble deeds of space marines, I would´t betray the Emperor :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argon Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Note that you only have to complete ONE of the above listed challenges (unless you are doing a joint entry in which case I expect either two entries or one double size one) How subtle you are :mellow: . Ask and ye shall recieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madwolf Shadowmane Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 hmmmm.......... well I just I have to try and figure out the defining moment of the Hounds. The first Rite of Remembrance? The disappearance of the Sire? Where did I put my "thinking cap" Madwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Forcystus Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 For mine I got a couple different spots that could be the defining moment of the chapter, but one central figure whose legacy is very important to the chapter so either way Caulder Forsythe will be at the core of things. Hell I may just include both moments just for the hell of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Apostle Thirst Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Blast it, my chapter has it's founding records missing/deleted. Their was a lazy Librarian involved somehow. I think what SP actually means by 'founding moment' is 'defining moment'. You know, the point where your chapter really comes into it's own. :tu: EDIT: In the case of the Lords of Shadow, it could be when they discover their geneseed is not quite as first it appeared to be. :) Hmmm... This I could do. I accept the Iron Gauntlet! Muahahahaha.... 'stalks off to plan a short story' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Hunter Ydalir Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 As a traitor, is the "founding event" the true founding event or the moment I have turned renegade? Yep. That sounds like a pretty defining moment for them. I just need to figure out how I'm going to write this thing. Let's see now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringlancer Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 For the Fists of Vengeance, I will be writing about the arrival of the Imperial Fists in the middle of the Battle of Arden. For my still unnamed chaos force, I will be writing about their twisted descent into blasphemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKO Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Can I play? I will write about the Undaunted Predators first major defense against the invading forces of chaos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I'll definitely do c), try as hard as possible to do ;), and hopefully do a). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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