The Guilty

The Guilty are the minions of the Jack Daw Guilty as Charged crew box and are available separately here. They are some of the grossest models I'm painted for Malifaux.

Primed black. Skin painted Khardic Flesh, drybrushed mix Midlund Flesh/Wurm Green, and lightly drybrushed mix Ryn Flesh/Wurm Green. Prison outfits painted Trollblood Base, drybrushed Underbelly Blue, lightly drybrushed Frostbite then lines of Cryx Bane Base. Straps painted Beast Hide and drybrushed Rucksack Tan. Metal painted Pig Iron and highlighted Quicksilver. Wood painted Umbral Unber, lightly drybrushed Iridian Flesh, and an even lighter drybrush of Beast Hide. Hair painted Thamar Black and drybrushed Coal black with lighter drybrush mix Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight.

Lightning painted Meridius Blue, the lightly Arcane Blue, then even lighter a mix of Arcane Blue/Menoth White Highlight.

Bedding painted Meridius Blue, the lightly Arcane Blue, then even lighter a mix of Arcane Blue/Menoth White Highlight.

Blood painted Khador Red. Base made with Basius 2 Victoriana plate. The it was painted with dollarstore black, rough Sanguine Highlight, drybrush of Skorne Red, then light drybrush of Khador Red Highlight/Menoth White Highlight. Rubble painted Battlefield Brown, and drybrush of Beast Hide. Models washed with Agrax Earthshade. Blood toughed up with GW Blood for the Blood God. Outer rim painted Mouldy Ochre.

Montrasor

Montrasor is the henchman of the Jack Daw Guilty as Charged crew box.

Primed black. Skin painted Khardic Flesh, drybrushed mix Midlund Flesh/Wurm Green, and lightly drybrushed mix Ryn Flesh/Wurm Green. Suit and tie painted Cryx Bane Base, drybrushed Cryx Bane Highlight, lightly drybrushed Trollblood Highlight. Rope painted Umbral Umber, drybrushed Iridian Flesh, lightly drybrushed Beast Hide.

Metal painted Pig Iron and highlighted Quicksilver. Shoes painted Coal Black and drybrushed mix Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight. Socks and shirt painted Trollblood Base. Hair painted Thamar Black, drybrushed Coal Black, and lightly drybrushed mix Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight. Model base made with Basius 2 Victoriana plate. Painted dollarstore black then painted Sanguine Highlight, drybrushed Skorne Red, and lightly drybrushed mix Khador Red Highlight/Menoth White Highlight. Drainway painted Pig Iron. Rubble painted Battlefield Brown and drybrushed Beast Hide. Model washed with Agrax Earthshade. Rim painted Moldy Ochre. 

Attack-X 2018

Attack-X is a gaming convention in Kamloops BC, Canada. It has mostly miniature gaming but also board and roleplaying.

The numbers are not in but the friends I traveled there with recon around 350 people attended the weekend. Below is a picture of the Warhammer 40k area with around 90 people. Where I played in the Guildball tournament, with 12 participants, was on the right hand side.

On Friday I played a friendly timed game, Saturday was the tournament with four games, and Sunday had a fun doubles game with six non-captain players each side. Mine are the purple painted Union models.

The painting competition had many participants and many prizes and raffles. One of my friends won two categories and best in show with the red Warhammer 40k dreadnought on the right.

There were other games going on. The most participants, after Warmachine/Hordes with around 36 participants, were tied with us at 12 participants: Age of Sigmar, X-Wing, and Flames of War. Below was a friendly Star Wars: Legion game.

Speaking of Star Wars, a friend and I played a demo of the second edition of X-Wing that just came out.

 The 40k players had some great displays of the models they were playing.

 Below is a scratch built Ork dirigible.

 Myself and my friends would like to come back again next year.

Dystopian Wars Third Edition - Beta

Dystopian Wars, now owned by Wayland Games under their Warcradle line, is going through its third edition beta testing. They have decided to do open beta testing but when giving feedback you have to fill out a form. The rules look streamlined but I have to playtest it to be sure. Unfortunately the many ship types have been combined into classes (Battleship rather than the two types of battleships previously made for each faction) with options for making it like the old ships. The ships also have fully operational sides and damaged sides, which is an interesting change. The factions have also been altered to fit in with Warcradle Games' Wild West Exodus miniature game.

I am quite happy that after a year since Spartan Games folded that Wayland is doing something and doing it in this way, as an open beta. It wets my appetite.

Ebenezer's

Ebenezer's is quite a cool little stop with things for everybody. It showcases used books, cds, dvd/blu-rays as well as comics and games.

If I lived in the area I could see this being a regular stop. Even as a chance to stretch the legs and spend some time before meeting someone it was well worth it.

As you can see its quite huge!

Even more at the back for the books and games. Only criticism is the lack of non-Games Workshop miniature games. Lots of toy cars for Gaslands though! I would come back again.

Malifaux Third Edition Incoming

So Wyrd Miniatures announced, on the 23rd of July, that they were starting the process to beta test a third edition of Malifaux.

The purpose of this edition is to tidy up rules, make things more steamlined, reduce the number of condition, and more. They are also making the hiring of crews based on keywords more important for thematic purposes and to allow multiple master crews. The whole skinny on this is here and summed in this excellent other blog, Malifaux Musings.

There are several changes to the list of playable masters. Some have dropped one of their dual factions. Other have gained one. Some current models/characters have become masters. Some are no longer masters and may not be available to play (Nicodem, Collodi, Lilith, Ramos) until a Dead Man's Hand pack is released.

There will be a closed beta test as well, which greatly ironed out the bugs for the second edition. Once the rules are ready for release, all the stat cards and rules will be available for free and in seven languages! The rules have been free for the second edition for some time and I am glad they are continuing this.

What do I think of it? Excited. There will be new sculpts and crew packs but the older metal 1st edition and current 2nd edition plastics will still be playable. The shiny and new ruleset combined with these new models may draw back old players and bring in new ones. With rules and stat cards being free for all the old models, retailers will still be able to sell their product. I hope it is a win-win-win and am looking forward to it.

TerrainCrate Mantic Kickstarter

In April of last year, Mantic announced the start of a kickstarter to fund the production of 28mm Fantasy themed terrain. It was hugly sucsessful and raised almost $630 thousand dollars. I participated and not only has it arrived on my doorstep, it is now available from their website.

Below is what I received.

 Here are the sheets explaining what is inside each "crate". They will sell at retail outlets for approximately $140 US dollars. Mantic will be selling the smaller sets inside the larger sets separately. For instance the Library in the Dungeon crate is being sold for $30 US dollars on the Mantic website.

 The second side of the sheets. Its a lot of terrain!

 Here is a picture of some of the aforementioned library pieces.

 Some pieces of the Tavern.

 Some from the Blacksmith & Stables set.

 Even though they are for 28mm figs, the 32mm Malifaux and 30mm Warmachine figs fit in just fine.

The terrain will look good for Kings of War, Malifaux, Warmachine and Hordes, Carnivale 2, and some for the Batman Miniature Game. As I paint each set within the crate, I will post them up.

Serena Bowman

Serena Bowman is Neverborn faction model for the Malifaux Miniature game. The model can come back into play at the end of the turn in the model's deployment zone. May also not be charged, ignores pulses, and has an attack that works very well with friendly models with the black blood ability. Can also give friendly nightmare models the black blood ability and had one point upgrades for minions and enforcers that not only make them nightmares but allows them to deploy at least six inches from the enemy deployment zone. Also once Serena kills an enemy model with its melee attack forces the enemy to have to discard a card to attack it till the end of the game.

Primed white. Skin painted Khardic Flesh, drybrushed Midlund Flesh, lightly drybrushed Ryn Flesh. Went over some parts of the model's skin with Khardic Flesh to signify the bits altered by Dr McMourning during his experiments. The scar marks painted with Khador Red Base, lightly highlighted with Khador Red Highlight, and another highlight of Heartfire. Dress and shoes painted Gnarls Green, drybrushed Iosian Green, and lightly drybrushed Wurm Green. Jacket painted Umbral Umber and drybrushed Iridian Flesh with jacket trim painted Iridian Flesh. Hair painted Khador Red Base, drybrushed Khador Red Highlight, and lightly drybrushed Ember Orange. Fan painted Jack Bone and drybrushed Menoth White Highlight. Belt buckle painted Quicksilver. Feather in hat painted Beaten Purple and drybrushed mix Beaten Purple/Menoth White Highlight.

Base made with Viktoriana Basius 2 plate painted dollarstore black. Then roughly drybrushed Sanguine Highlight, drybrushed Skorne Red, lightly drybrushed mix Khador Red Highlight/Menoth White Highlight. Outer Rim painted Beaten Purple.

Nurses

These are Nurses for Malifaux. They are part of the resurrectionist faction but can work for Dr McMourning and Jack Daw. They give out poison at close range which is deadly for enemy models but can be good for some friendly ones who benefit from them. Can also heal, give melee buffs, movement buffs, and armor. The models pictured here are the two first edition metal models and the two second edition ones from the Body of Evidence crew box but can be purchased separately. The two in the middle are the plastic ones.

Primed white. Skin painted Khardic Flesh, drybrushed Midlund Flesh, and lightly drybrushed mix Ryn Flesh/Sulfur Yellow. Reason for the Sulfur Yellow is that in the background fluff, their boss, Dr McMourning, has gifted women with the skins of beautiful dead women in exchange for assisting him in the morgue and with his extra curricular experiments. The skin has to be replaced once in a while so wanted a little bit of "getting old skin" look. Gross I know but it fits the Malifaux theme.

Nurse outfits painted Menoth Whight Highlight and drybrushed Morrow White. Trim painted Thamar Black. Red painted Skorne Red and drybrushed Khador Red Base. Metal done with Cold Steel. Syringes painted Necrotite Green. Shoes painted Coal Black and drybrushed Underbelly Blue. The jars one nurse has are painted either Meridius Blue or Frostbite.

Blonde hair painted Heartfire, drybrushed Sulfur Yellow, and lightly drybrushed Cygnar Yellow. Black hair painted Thamar Black, drybrushed Coal Black, and lightly drybrushed mix Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight. Brown Hair painted Battlefield Brown, drybrushed Iridian Flesh, lightly drybrushed Beast Hide.

Bases are from the first edition Malifaux line and are metal bases. I'm sure they will come back in some form in their new plastic bases that they are developing. Tile painted Trollblood Base, drybrushed Meridius Blue, lightly drybrushed Arcane Blue, and an even lighter drybrush mix Arcane Blue/Menoth White Highlight. Concrete painted Cryx Bane Highlight, drybrushed Trollblood Highlight. Metal painted Cold Steel and highlighted Platinum. Wood painted Battlefield Brown, drybrushed Bloodstone, and lightly drybrushed Rucksack Tan. Rats painted Thamar Black, drybrushed Cryx Bane Highlight, and lightly drybrushed Trollblood Highlight. Tails painted Carnal Pink. Eyes painted Khador Red Highlight.

On the base I made organs and blood pools with Kneadite. Reason is to better adhere the model on the base. Organs textured with dental tools, painted Sanguine Highlight, and drybrushed with Carnal Pink. Blood pools brushed with Skorne Red, and dappled with Khador Red Highlight. Entire model washed with Agrax Earthshade then dabs of GW Blood for the blood god applied. Outer rim painted with Iosian Green.

Jaakuna Ubume

Jaakuna Ubume is a resurrectionist model for the Malifaux game. It is a model designed to hold other models in place and keep objectives.

Primed white. Painted the skin of the figures with Khardic Flesh, drybrush mix Midlund Flesh/Wurm Green, and lightly drybrushed mix Ryn Flesh/Wurm Green. Painted Jaakuna's dress Sulfur Yellow and drybrushed mix Sulfur Yellow/Menoth White Highlight. Girl's dress painted Cygnar Base Blue, drybrush Cygnar Blue Highlight, lightly drybrushed mix Cygnar Base Blue/Menoth White Highlight. Hair painted Thamar Black, drybrushed Coal Black, lightly drybrushed mix Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight. Chains painted Pig Iron and highlighted Cold Steel. Dress sash painted Iridian Flesh and drybrushed Beast Hide.

Base water painted Trollblood Highlight, drybrushed Meridius Blue, lightly drybrushed Arcane Blue, and an even lighter drybrush mix Arcane Blue/Menoth White Highlight. Lilypads painted Ordic Olive, drybrushed Iosian Green, lightly drybrushed Wurm Green and Necrotite Green. Bubbles painted Menoth White Highlight. Then the whole model was washed with Agrax Earthshade, water Arcane Blue, and dress Seraphim Sepia. The lily pads were then lightly drybrushed with Necrotite Green. Outer rim painted Iosian Green.

Crooked Men

The Crooked Men are Resurectionist models for the Malifaux miniature game. Has low melee that can paralyze, decent ranged attack that can poison, and zero action that makes your enemy take damage from your nearby scheme markers. These are the first edition metal models.

Primed white. Skin painted Khardic Flesh, drybrushed mix Midlund Flesh/Wurm Green, lightly drybrushed mix Ryn Flesh/Wurm Green. I added a bit more Wurm Green than I should of so these Crooked Men are a little more ripe looking than my other undead models. Pants painted Exile Blue, drybrushed Cygnar Blue Highlight, lightly drybrushed mix Cygnar Blue Highlight/Menoth White Highlight. Boots painted Umbral Umber, drybrushed Beast Hide. Belts painted Beast Hide and drybrushed Rucksack Tan. Belt buckle painted Quicksilver. Woods painted Umbral Umber and drybrushed Bloodstone. Metals painted Cold Steel. Hair painted Cryx Bane Base and drybrushed Cryx Bane Highlight. GW Blood for the Blood God used for the open wounds.

 Goggles painted Arcane Blue and streaks of Menoth White Highlight painted on top. Lantern painted Pig Iron, Menoth White Highlight used for glass with Sulfur Yellow then Heartfire painted on top. Then Quicksilver was used to highlight the metal.

 SHirt painted Cygnar Blue Highlight, drybrushed Meridius Blue, lightly drybrushed mix Meridius Blue/Menoth White Highlight. Green gremlin painted Iosian Green, drybrushed Wurm Green, and lighly drybrushed Necrotite Green, then the eyes painted Khador Red.

Stone mallet end painted Cryx Bane Base, drybrushed Cryx Bane Highlight, and lightly drybrushed Trollblood Base.

Bases made with Basius 2 Steampunk plate. Painted Battlefield Brown, drybrushed Iridian Flesh, and metal rail painted Pig Iron. Entire Model washed Agrax Earthshade. Outside rim painted Iosian Green.