February Release Preview
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We've made it to another month, and 2025 is the Year of the Snake! Doesn't that mean it's our year?? As always, we're grateful for the support of our awesome subscribers, without whom we could never make this happen. It's been incredible to work on our universe, free to explore our wild ideas and make them into collections to share with everyone. March is going to mark CobraMode's 5th birthday, which is such a crazy thing to think about! It's been such a journey through the years, and I hope you all will come along with us for many more :)
February's collection is an expansion of the three little piggies we made back in January 2022, a trio of Goksagu Berserkers (boarzerkers) who served as enemies of the Ariche reindeerfolk. We're exploring Goksagu society more with a couple of heroes, Zarnok, Goksagu Weaponsmith, and his wife Lokcha, Goksagu Metallurgist. These two super-sized boarfolk can turn their smithing prowess into battle prowess at any time. Their apprentice, Ugmak, is also helping out at the huge Goksagu Smelter, the centerpiece of their metal workshop. And lastly we have a Gorlag Firepig, a living, renewable heat source that can be harnessed for forges, smelters, ovens, kilns, general heating, and also to sow disarray amongst the Trogon mounts of the Ariche (their squeals and shrieks are especially terrifying to them for some reason).
Our throwbacks this month are a great reminder of some of our other factions, such as the Sommos fishfolk. Chammurash the Ifrit is usually seen in the deserts near Jebel Irhoud where the desert elves live, but might he take a detour to cause trouble in the Goksagu's forges? Nycterix, Pteropodea Assassin is the only one of her kind (batfolk) so far - I would love to know if there are any batfolk fans who want to see the Pteropodea expanded.
Our wonderful thematic bases and terrain pack was sculpted by Kittifizz and Calrais, with concept art by Paul Ferret. With a total of 3 large scatter terrains, you'll have an awesome basis for a metal workshop for your piggies 🐗
I'm going to try to get some movement on the stats going (the bottleneck is me), but we have up until June 2024 available in the dropbox right now. Big shout out to Conflux Creatures, who makes our amazing stats, and has even more creatures for you to play with on his own Patreon!
If you want to see the background lore for the Goksagu, explore in our CobraCompendium: https://bit.ly/3om6snO
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Here's this month's lore:
Zarnok - Goksagu Weaponsmith
Known as the Grandmaster of the Forge, Zarnok is an expert weaponsmith of the Goksagu people and husband to Lokcha, Mistress of the Forge. Using the expertly crafted alloys created by his wife, Zarnok is known for creating weapons with incredible strength, durability, balance, and weight. Like all Goksagu, his work is well-known for its functional properties and not for its aesthetic design. However clunky his weapons may appear, Zarnok takes pride in his work and creates each piece with its wielder in mind, matching custom materials and their properties to the specific weapon and its user. And of course, part of being a master weaponsmith is intimate knowledge of weapons and their usage, which he has in spades.
Lokcha - Goksagu Metallurgist
Respectfully referred to as the Mistress of the Forge, Lokcha is an unparalleled metallurgist who has created several proprietary recipes for rare and desirable alloys. Working closely with her weaponsmith husband, Zarnok, they have created weapons of surpassing quality rarely seen in the world. Truly a connoisseur of metals, her latest project has been to create an alloy that mimics what the Noctuoidea use for their magical weapons. Lacking the correct raw materials, however, she hasn’t been able to get close enough for her liking. She would be willing to give much and more for a chance to work with the famed moon metal of the Noctuoidea…
Ugmak - Goksagu Smith Apprentice
Ugmak is the most junior apprentice to Zarnok, despite having been under his wing for several years. His youthful exuberance knows no bounds, and he often enters a frenzied state as he hammers metals with both hands. He can be a bit overzealous however, and sometimes fails even Goksagu aesthetic standards for finished weapon forms. So far he’s been relegated to the initial beating and folding of metal bars, leaving the more skilled shaping and finishing to others.
Gorlag Firepig
The Gorlag Firepigs are specially bred by the Goksagu, and serve both as heat sources and war animals. The Firepigs are rotated in and out of kennels and pig runs over which the smelters, forges, and ovens are placed. They are especially effective against the Ariche’s Trogon mounts, large wooly mammoth-like creatures that are terrified by the flaming, squealing Firepigs. These bulky beasts are surprisingly fast and can cause immense havoc and confusion by running through enemy lines and camps, setting fire to everything in their path. The Goksagu, not being a magic-using culture, do not know how or why the Firepigs create their flame.