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New Cover for Hell has its Demons

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I’m trying out a new cover for my historical fantasy novel Hell has its Demons. This cover will just be on the Kindle version for now – takes longer to change the cover for the print version! I think the new cover fits the them a little bit better than the previous one – images of a church and the shadow of the demon looming over it fit the them a bit more than the grisly face of a warrior.

Hell has its Demons New Cover - Mark Lord

Let me know what you think and if you haven’t read Hell has its Demons then go to the book’s page on this site for more information and some sample chapters (and you can see the print version of the cover there as well :)

Games, Oldhammer, Wargaming, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer The Old World, Warhammer: The Old World

Warhammer Old World Made to Order Empire Halberdier painted

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Warhammer Old World Empire Halberdiers Made to Order

I love that Games Workshop are bring back some of the old oldhammer style Warhammer Fantasy miniatures as Made to Order for Warhammer the Old World. One of the most recent batches was a number of Empire infantry units – halberdiers, archers and handgunners – all painted in a lovely yellow and red for the Made to Order photos.

Warhammer the Old World Made to Order Empire Halberdiers

I had a go at recreating this look on one of the halberdiers. I am slowly working my way through a unit – but the puffed landschekt style sleeves are a little slow to paint :(

Empire HalberdierEmpire Halberdier

Also included an old photo of some originals from 4th edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battle – one a halberdier in the colours of Hochland and the other a handgunner in the colours of Talabecland.

Hochland halberdier

Talabecland handgunner

Hope you enjoyed my attempt at painting up one of the Warhammer Old world Empire Halberdiers made to order miniatures.

Games, Trial by Battle

Trial by Battle Rules Changes

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I’m currently working on a fantasy version of Trial by Battle, with the working title, Trial by Magic. There’s some changes I have made to the core rules of Trial by Battle as a result of the design process for the new rules, and some of these might be of interest to those who play medieval battles using Trial by Battle. As such I’m posting them here and on the Facebook page for those who want to try them out.

Trial by Battle – Rules Changes

Patreon Fiction

Patreon Fiction page on my site

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I have just created a new page on my site to link to all my fiction that is available to Patreon members – https://marklord.info/patreon-fiction/.

There you will be able to find links to stories such as Holidays with the Orcs, chapters from Hell has its Demons and Stonehearted and also complete short stories. As I make more short stories available to Patreon members I will provide a link on the Patreon Fiction page.

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For a Heart Made of Stone – available to Pre-Order!

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If you have read the three previous volumes of Stonehearted you are sure to want to pick up the concluding part! And it’s only 99c or 99p!

“Rich characters and an engaging story”

When the cut from the blade runs deep – You need a heart of Stone

The quest across France comes to a thrilling end for both Richard Stone and Eolande d’Aubray. Will Eolande find her father? Will Richard and his companion Wulf find the resolution they seek? And what Marie, the secret heiress of St. Pol? What scheme is she plotting? All will be revealed in this final concluding volume of Stonehearted.

Set in 1370 during the Hundred Years War with France, For a Heart Made of Stone is the fourth and final volume of the Stonehearted serialised novel.
Readers who like action and adventure in the Middle Ages will enjoy this book.

You can Pre-Order as an eBook at the following sites:

Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk – also available at other Amazon sites

Smashwords | iBooks | Barnes & Noble