Veteran Fangtooth

Veteran Fangtooth is a heavy for the Solthecius team in Guildball and is available in the "Faithful: New Beginnings" box.

Primed white and washed with GW Badab Black. Skin painted Khardic Flesh, drybrushed Midlund Flesh, lightly drybrushed Ryn Flesh. White painted Menoth White and drybrushed Morrow White. Gold parts painted a 2/1 mix of Radiant Platinum and Cygnar Yellow.

Blues painted Exile Blue, drybrushed Cygnar Blue Highlight, and drybrushed mix Cygnar Blue Highlight and Menoth White Highlight. Metals painted Quicksilver. Leathers painted Bloodstone. Red slash marks on back painted Khador Red.Mace spiked painted Pig Iron and highlighted Quicksilver.

Basius 3 mini plate used for base. Painted dollarstore black. Roughly drybrushed Iosian Green, drybrushed Wurm Green, lightly drybrushed mix Necrotite Green/Menoth White Highlight. Entire model washed Agrax Earthshade. Outer rim of base painted Menoth White Highlight.

Mob Football (Guildball) Goals and Terrain Kickstarter

Late last year I participated in another Kickstarter. This time by Broken Toad for Guildball terrain or as they called it Mob Football. It arrived not long after it was scheduled and I am looking forward to painting it up as they look great. I'll also use it for other miniature games too. As you can see, even though the initial focus for the Kickstarter was on goals, I did not get a single one as I want to make my own...eventually.

Here is the lot that I got, minus some of the ball tokens that I did not need primed yet. The figure is Benediction on a 40mm base.

 Here are the rough ground terrain with one max on the table at one time.

 Here are the barriers with one max on the table at one time.

 Fast ground with two max on the table at one time.

 Obstacles with up to four on the table at one time and at least one per other terrain piece that is on the table.

 I also got the ball pack that has one themed ball per Guild that was out or almost out at the time of the Kickstarter, including the Falcons. The ones primed here are the Solthecius (current faction I'm playing), Union, Fishermen, Mason balls plus the Ratcatchers and Morticians (Guilds I'm playing next year).

I wish I got more fast ground and rough terrain pieces.  Fortunately the new plastic Guild boxes have terrain in them, so when I pick up the Hunters, Falconers, Blacksmiths, and Farmers (as well as the other expansion teams) it will fill them out nicely for running tournaments and such.

I'll post terrain on my blog once painted.

Infinity RPG - Bureau Noir Kickstarter

I participated in the Infinity RPG kickstarter from Modiphius. It is based in the world if the Infinity miniature game. I took part in it back in October of 2015. In order to make the game as closely connected to the world of Infinity, the British company Modiphius and the Spanish Infinity miniature game company Corvus Belli, had to communicate back and forth a lot...over two years worth! The waiting is over though and it has finally arrived.

The product came in this nice thick cardboard box that looks like a briefcase and comes apart in two halves. The box of miniatures was in the box but could not get it back in.

It included the core book, players guide, 40 page adventure, 6 miniatures, gamemaster's guide, GM screen, pad of character sheets, pad of NPC sheets, double sided map (human sphere and Paradiso), and all of the mentioned books plus unlocked books in pdf.

I also got the 8 pack of dice, d20 dice collectors set, NPC card pack, locations card pack, and ten 32 page Infinity RPG primers as add-ons.

The unlocks pdf books that I will get, once they are done, are: Faction books (Ariadna, Haqqislam, Panoceania, Nomads, ALEPH, Yu Jing, Tohaa, and Combined Army), Shentang Shuffle adventure, Paradiso world book, and the Shadow Affairs campaign.

No idea how the RPG plays but really like the Infinity world even though I currently do not play the miniature game. Once I clear off my shelf of RPGs to read, I'll give this one a look through. Who knows...it might encourage me to paint more Infinity models too.

Watch the Skies Mega-game

I participated in a mega game called "Watch the Skies" last week. Megagames have many players in teams, have a narrative created by the players as the game progresses, include strong interactions between and within teams, and have sub games that add to the narrative. This one had teams of four players representing countries in the near future along with a team representing the media as well as the game controllers. Oh yeah...and the team of aliens!

Each nations four players represent the leader, defense minister, foreign minister, and science minister. There are phases for each turn where the counties plan together, then separate to conduct their roles: Foreign minister to the United Nations, science minister to a scientific conference, and defense minister to the world map. The nations leader flits around and makes deals, smooths tensions, talks to the press, and places their nations agents on the board.

I played the defense minister and was in control of the armed forces and space interceptors. The results were by the flip of a card from a common deck. It was quite tension filled as the aliens placed each ship and everyone had to choose whether to react to it. Decisions made could and did influence how the nations dealt with one another as they questioned allies and could create enemies. Spies were placed after the results of the battles, and they could disrupt alien influence, look for alien bases, steal technology from other nations, or anything they could explain with imagination and rationality.

It was played over seven hours and can take up to eight or end as early as six or sooner. As the narrative is up to the players terrible or wonderful things can happen.

Here is a 45 minute video from "Shit up and Sit Down" on playing an earlier version of the game for what it is like including a review. If one is organized in your city, I recommend it.

Jack Daw

Jack Daw is the master model in the 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. Pants painted Cryx Bane Base, drybrushed Cryx Bane Highlight, lightly drybrushed Trollblood Highlight. Rope and hood painted Umbral Umber, drybrushed Iridian Flesh, lightly drybrushed Beast Hide. Red marks painted Skorne Red. Vest painted Umbral Umber and drybrushed Bootstrap Leather. Eyes painted Necrotic Green.

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. 

Lady Ligeia

Lady Ligeia is the totem for Jack Daw in the 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. Dress painted Trollblood Base, drybrushed Underbelly Blue, and frills drybrushed Frostbite. Hair painted Thamar Black and drybrushed Coal black with lighter drybrush mix Coal Black/Menoth White Highlight.

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. Outer rim painted Mouldy Ochre.

Miner Creations and Muse on Minis Templates/Steppers/Gauges

I had the pleasure of purchasing templates from Miner Creations recently at a game convention. I bought them specifically for Guildball but will be using them for any game that uses 30/40/50mm bases.

The steppers are perfect for determining how far you can go when weaving in and out of your opponents models. I also got two sets of melee gauges which are really handy for determining how close you want to get and better assist in movement.

I also chose the colour to go with my other range templates from Muse on Minis that I bought early this year. Also shown are the base markers (left side) so that you can mark where your model is before moving it around.

Now I just need a good universal case to have these in with some other doodads.

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.