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Interview with a Vampire...

Fallentreeman: OK, Mo. Let me ask you how you got you nick "dEdDaWg"?

dEdDaWg: Well... me and some of my friends were really into the Mechwarrior 3 computer game, and then Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear. We decided that since we played so much, we'd form a clan. We went about choosing cool names for ourselves. Looking for inspiration, I used a twist of one of our in jokes... we'd used fatalistic names like 'road kill' or ''kilt kat', so i chose dEdDaWg.

FTM: I suppose the alternating caps was so your nick would look cool. Don't you find it ironic that as a 'dead dog', you chose to play with an Undead army?

DD: Hmmm... never really thought about it that way. Yeah, it is a bit ironic, isn't it?

FTM: What made you decide to pick up Warhammer? Was it the minis or what?

DD: Well, that's a long story. A long time ago, I got into roleplaying games coz I saw some minis at a place called Leasure Craft. This was waaay long ago. I was 10, I think. The people in the shop somehow convinced me to get D&D... you know, the red box edition. Then when I got to secondary school, I started wargaming. I picked up a copy of Rogue Trader. I couldn't afford the minis then. And then as the years progressed, I picked up Epic, then Warhammer Fantasy Battles and then 40K. I played the last two editions of WH.

FTM: Right. So the question is: how come Vampire Counts?

DD: I've always liked the look of undead. I only picked up undead purely for asthetic reasons. Little did I know, the undead are pretty powerful. Now that GW has split the army into VC and Khemri, I had to make a choice. When I got the VC 'grimoire', I saw Daniel Tunbridge's and Mark Bedford's conversions, and I though, "Man, that's so cool! I'm gonna convert my army like them." I think their minis have a lot of character and look good to boot. I am gonna miss my skeleton chariots and catapults... and especially my lone mummy. Hahaha!

FTM: Have you decided to collect a new army or use your old one? What kind of unit composition are you thinking of?

DD: I was thinking of building a 2,000 point army of pure undead evil. (rubs hands with glee). Firstly, for the general, I thought a vampire lord or count would be good. I'd have him on foot, surrounded by a regiment of skeletons. Then I'd have a necromancer and a vampire thrall. I'm not too sure whether I'd stick them with a regiment of zombies, but I know I'm gonna have a frickin' big regiment of zombies - about 40 or so. Naturally, I'm gonna field the grave guard and at least one regiment of black knights... I'm a big fan of cavalry. Not sure about the rest, though. Maybe some dire wolves and a spirit host. That's about it.

FTM: Well, I think that's all the time we have for now. Thanks for doing this interview.

DD: No probs, man. Nice talking to you.