The Hanged

The Hanged are a Malifaux Resurectionist model. It has a very high "terrifying" score of 13, incorporeal, an excellent attack called "Whispers form Beyond" as well as some minor abilities. These are the older first edition metal models.

I also received these previously assembled and painted. I repainted the skin Khardic Flesh, drybrushed mix Midlund Flesh/Wurm Green, and added Ryn Flesh to the previous mix and lightly drybrushed with that. On the brown parts drybrushed Beast Hide and on the yellow parts drybrushed Mouldy Ocre. Redid hair with Thamar Black, drybrushed Coal Black, and drybrushed mix Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight. Washed the skin with Thraka Green and the whole model with Agrax Earthshade. Base rim was painted over with Iosan Green.

The Drowned

The Drowned are solid Malifaux Resurrectionist melee minions that can cause extra damage shenanigans to models in hazardous terrain. Works well with Jaakuma Ubume and other models that create hazardous terrain around them. These are the first edition metal models.

 I bought these already assembled and painted, as pictured below. I wanted to add some drybrushing and change the skin to the undead skin tones I've used for my other undead models.

 I repainted the skin Khardic Flesh, drybrushed mix Midlund Flesh/Wurm Green, and added Ryn Flesh to the previous mix and lightly drybrushed with that. On the brown parts drybrushed Beast Hide and on the yellow parts drybrushed Mouldy Ocre. Redid hair with Thamar Black, drybrushed Coal Black, and drybrushed mix Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight. Painted Cold Steel on top of the metal parts. Washed the skin with Thraka Green and the whole model with Agrax Earthshade. Base rim was painted over with Iosan Green. Puddles painted Meridius Blue and Arcane Blue.

Arkham Asylum Inmates Set 1

The Arkham Asylum Inmates Set 1 for the Batman Miniature Game are usable with any faction except Brave and the Bold.

Primed white. The dark black was painted Thamar Black, drybrushed Greycoat Grey, lightly drybrushed Coal Black, and a lighter drybrush mix of Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight. Skin painted Khardic Flesh, drybrushed Midlund Flesh, and lightly drybrushed Ryn Flesh. Greys painted Cryx Bane Base, drybrushed Cryx Bane Highlight, and lightly drybrushed Trollblood Highlight. Shirts and smock painted Trollblood Highlight, drybrushed Menoth White Highlight, and lightly drybrushed Morrow White.Leathers painted Umbral Umber, drybrushed Bloodstone, lightly drybrushed Bootstrap Leather.Black Hair painted Thamar Black and drybrushed Coal Black. Metals painted Pig Iron or Cold Steel. Bases painted dollarstore black, heavily drybrushed Cryx Bane Base, drybrushed Cryx Bane Highlight, and lightly drybrushed Trollblood Highlight. Rim painted Cryx Bane Highlight.

Mezz, or Arkham Inmate EO047.

Meatman, or Arkham Inmate EO477.

Hugo Strange and Inmates

Hugo Strange and Inmates for the Batman Miniature Game is a useful set for all the factions except Brave and the Bold.

Primed white. The dark black was painted Thamar Black, drybrushed Greycoat Grey, lightly drybrushed Coal Black, and a lighter drybrush mix of Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight. Skin painted Khardic Flesh, drybrushed Midlund Flesh, and lightly drybrushed Ryn Flesh. Greys painted Cryx Bane Base, drybrushed Cryx Bane Highlight, and lightly drybrushed Trollblood Highlight. Shirts and smock painted Trollblood Highlight, drybrushed Menoth White Highlight, and lightly drybrushed Morrow White.Leathers painted Umbral Umber, drybrushed Bloodstone, lightly drybrushed Bootstrap Leather.Black Hair painted Thamar Black and drybrushed Coal Black. Metals painted Pig Iron or Cold Steel. Bases painted dollarstore black, heavily drybrushed Cryx Bane Base, drybrushed Cryx Bane Highlight, and lightly drybrushed Trollblood Highlight. Rim painted Cryx Bane Highlight.

Hugo Strange is not a fighter but has multiple abilities to enhance, move, and better control henchmen who have the "Mental Disorder" trait. He can also automatically solve Riddle objectives for 2VP. Unlike the other Arkham Inmate models in this pack, Hugo will only work as a Free Agent with the factions: Organized Crime, League of Assassins, and the Riddler. Hugo can never work in the same gang as Catwoman and Scarecrow. Clipboard and glasses painted Meridius Blue with highlights of Arcane Blue.

Irwin, or Arkham Inmate EO475, had the mask painted Morrow White, with designs painted with Thamar Black, Cryx Bane Highlight, and Trollblood Highlight.

Milo, or Arkham Inmate EO 476. had the yellows painted Heartfire, drybrushed Sulfur Yellow, and lightly drybrushed Menoth White Highlight. Dyed Red hair painted Khador Red Highlight.

Benton, or Arkham Inmate EO048, has no additional colors than mentioned at the start.

Gaslands Amateur League Vehicle Additions

I thought a good way of getting used to the Gaslands rules, for myself and others, would be to make a couple of teams of cars. A Gaslands amateur league if you will. I discovered that most toy car makers rarely venture from the base colors of red, green, blue, and yellow. I picked a good mix of vehicles to rough up that I was not going to use for the sponsored teams. 

These cars are in addition to the buggys and bike I did earlier. Unlike the buggies, I will not add a physical weapon. That way people can choose the things they would like to have on the cars to try out during fun games. Not to worry, my sponsored teams will have weapons and such and be more kitted out than these.

I'll go through a step by step of what I did. Below is the blue team additions I picked. I glued the wheels to prohibit them moving with Gorilla gel glue.

 I then used my Dremel-like tool kit to rough them up. It can make great bullet holes, rocket hits, sideswipes, and collision marks. I did make sure of wearing a mask and safety glasses as well as doing it in my garage. Safety comes first in the world of Gaslands.

 The second set of three blue cars. The one on the far left turned out to be all plastic frame, so its more roughed up than battle damaged now.

After this step I watered down some old wood stain I had, 50/50 mix, and painted it all over the cars. They dried on the back deck over several days because it smells as the stain is evaporating. After they dried I drybrushed some dollar store zap straps steel, cut them up as required, and glued them onto the cars with Gorilla gel glue. Below is the results with the manufacturer and car name from left to right.

Team Yellow

 Hotwheels (HW) Dodge Charger R/T and Matchbox (MB) '03 Mini Cooper S

 HW 1999 '68 Elcamino and HW 2000 Showstopper

 Majorette (MJ) US Van and China 6038 Cherrypicker

Team Green

 MB '98 Porche Boxter and China TC-887

 HW Honda Civic Si and HW 2001 Ballistik

 HW 2002 Power Panel and China 6058P High Speed

 Team Blue

 MB 1999 BMW 3 Series Coupe and Johnny Lightning '04 Pontiac

 HW 2004 Power Pistons and HW 1999 McDonalds toy

 MB 2005 International CXT and China pickup

 Team Red

Maisto VW Golf GTI and China convertable

 HW 2003 16 Angels and HW 2005 McDonalds N66

 HW 1983 019 (Food Truck) and China 6055P Highspeed

Train Show Terrain and Cars

Last week was a local Train Show. Lots of various scales of trains, track, books, video and terrain was available at collectors prices as well as "I need this out of my house now" prices. I scored a bunch for the latter.

Z scale is 1/220 or 7mm, N scale is 1/160 or 10mm, HO scale is 1/87 or 18.5mm, OO scale is 1/76 or 21.2mm, O scale is 1/43.5 or 37mm, I scale is 1/32 or 50.3mm. I was going for mainly HO scale for Gaslands terrain but found some good and cheap O scale items for other games.

What is Gaslands without a gas station!

 Some good blocking terrain.

 Definitely going to switch out the billboards.

 Gaslands fruit stand?

Some terrain for 1:28 or 32 scale figs. Three wood animal train cars ($1 each), foam cobble stencil sidewalks, tombstones, and a coal train car.

Wrecked Car Barriers

The barricades I made work great but I needed more if I want to have larger games or want some more varied terrain. Hence making the below wrecked car barriers.

I started with a bunch of cheap or broken cars form the two bulk buys I made from people, through an online classified site, and a friend who had extras from making his own groups of cars with his son.



I then placed then on a board...

...and put another board on top. I then stood on it and didn't make any noticeable damage. Time to go to Plan B.

Putting one car at a time between the two boards and hitting the top board with a rubber mallet did the trick. Only the scrap wood gets hurt. Lots of debris coming out the sides so recommend doing it outside in an area that you can sweep up the little plastic bits going everywhere. Very therapeutic.

The wood took a beating too! 

After that I used Gorilla glue to stack the cars up, used a dremel tool to rough them up, and used a medium dark wood stain to make them look old and more wrecked. I also used small bases made from thick plasticard that I'm going to glue them on for stability when transporting them.

Not a bad little project. I will be trying to get more cheap cars to make curved and long straightaways for more interesting track making.

Exploding Barrels for Gaslands

I put together some barrels for Gaslands for use in racing and other scenarios. I used 1:72 scale barrels from a WW2 accessories kit. Primed black I glued them in threes to keep them stable on the table. Painted Skorne Red, drybrushed Khador Red Base, lightly drybrushed mix Khador Red Base/Menoth White Highlight. Painted Menoth White Highlight triangles on side, a dot of Khador Red Highlight, and outlined the triangle with a black paint pen.