“What iss thiss?”
Ezekria the Beastcrafter’s tail swished in agitation against brand-new stonework as she brandished the parchment in a clawed hand.
“Dunno wot you mean…”
The scruffy gnome before her stuck his thumbs into his tool
belt and rocked on his heels with exaggerated nonchalance, his spectacles
glinting in the torchlight.
Ezekria blinked in surprise – normally her bestial aspect was
enough to unsettle the most powerful denizens of Felstad, let alone a lowly
builder.
“Er, I mean this invoicce!” she hissed, recovering her
composure. “It is ssignificantly more than what wass agreed!”
“Ah, well buildin’ a dungeon’s a tricky fing to estimate
innit? The cost of stone’s gone way up since they started buildin’ that big
tower topside – supply an’ demand see?” replied the gnome, hissing air through
his teeth. “Then there’s the extra constructs I ‘ad to get animated to burrow
through that granite outcrop, an’ wot about that Ampliphede nest – had to sub-contract
out for pest control for that…”
Ezekria growled as the builder counted off a litany of other
‘extras’ on his fingers.
“…and’ those portcullises ‘ad to be up to spec – that’s
proper enchanted iron that is, none of your cheap-“
“Yess enough!” she spat. “Very well, I will pay you what you
assk on the undersstanding that thiss breeding pit will be ready in time for the
gladiatorial sseasson.”
“Oh yeah, no problem on that score… give or take…”
Ezekria’s eyes narrowed. “Give or take what…?”
“Well, this soothsayer mate o’ mine reckons there’s this big
blizzard coming see – might put a spanner in the works a bit…”
“Pah, nonssensse! No more excussess – blizzard indeed!”
In readiness for any future underground adventures in the
frozen city, I bought this very nice half dungeon set from Gaz at Figurebitz.
A box of laser cut MDF bits duly arrived, with each
different element (from straight wall sections and end caps to T-section
connectors and doorways) bagged and labelled. Gaz had messaged me with the instructions for each element
and, with the help of some PVA and despite my cack-handedness, each bit went
together very easily.
Being short on primer spray I decided to paint the bits with
black craft paint first, allowing some of the MDF to show through for a bit of
colour variation. It was then a case of drybrushing with my usual triumvirate of grey-ish
tester pots.
Most of the elements slot in together very well and it didn’t
take me long to build a reasonable dungeon layout. The half dungeon pack fills
about ¾ on a 3’x3’ mat, so a full pack would give you plenty of options!
