Crypt from Reaper

I got this crypt from Reaper’s Bones III Kickstarter a while ago.

I wasn’t very impressed actually, as everything was rather smooth and the roof was probably supposed to be metal… not my cup of tea. Had to modify it a bit to be the way I wanted it.

Four strong magnets hold the base. Pretty impressive.

First I planted magnets in all corners of the crypt and in the base, so that I could use the base if I wanted to, or something else if that would be better.

Then I had to shave of a lot of plastic from the roof as I wanted it removable. Now it slots on and off.

The door is NOT wide enough to let a mini with a 25mm base through. That is rather stupid...

After that I got an idea and painted everything that I thought should be stone (including the roof) with Vallejo Oxid Paste to get a nice texture. I got a jar of that paste that I hadn’t used for anything, and this was a good reason to actually open it. Some of it got on the metal-parts but that wasn’t bad at all, as the texture would look like corrosion.

Then some wall-paint for the stone and AP Plate Mail Metal followed by a wash of AP Strong Tone.

Much better. Ready for some suitable undead tenants.

A bunch of pulp figures

Just finished this bunch of pulp minis. Two will come in handy as civilians, always nice as “scatter terrain” in a pulp adventure.

Two Mercant Sailors from Artizan Designs

I have plans for a pulp league for the young woman, and I’m sure the armed sailor will find a job in the seedier parts of a harbour.

Dean Roberts from RAFM and Wild West Wizard of Oz Dorothy from Reaper Miniatures, a Bones mini.

February – Miniatures Tally

February summed up:

Painted:

Off record are 10 columns from the Pantheon game. Always useful as terrain.
Total: -13 points

Bought:

I backed the UBoot Kickstarter, and that comes with 16 plastic figures and two guns. Eight points for the figures as they are in 1/72 scale and one point each for the guns.

I also jumped on a friends pledge on Annie’s Freja’s Wrath Kickstarter and that got me four cats. Also got a free mini through the club, of Gustav Vasa based on the painting by Carl Larsson. A beautiful mini!

Total: 15 points.

Sold or given away:

A total of 59 figures were either given away or went to the For Sale-box at the club. SF, fantasy and near future from Mercs:Recon, Johnny Borg Castings, Mantic, GW, Gamezone, WotC and Reaper Bones.

Total: - 59

2018 total:

Bought:         15

Painted:       -35

Sale:            -109

Total:           -129

Even if I only count my painted minis, and not those in the sales-box, I still have a smaller stash of unpainted minis now than I had at the start of the year. At least according to how I count (only minis bought this year count, not old ‘sins’ getting delivered this year). If I count both painted and for-sale figures I’m comfortably in the green.

Rise of Moloch – Titus

 

I got my big box of The World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch stuff from their Kickstarter a couple of weeks ago, and... those figures are just fantastic looking.

So, a bunch of them moved to the painting table to be washes, trimmed and prepped. The first batch will be some of the circus/carnival oriented ones, as I intend to use them in Pulp Alley, as baddies in the Sideshow of Horrors scenario from the Tomb of Serpents solo-campaign I have just started (AAR from the first game is coming shortly).

The very first finished mini is Titus, a very strong and very tough evildoer in the game. He will be equally tough and evil in Sideshow of Horrors.

Zombicide: Black Plague – Thundergut and Merieil

The final two minis from the Special Guest Box: Naïade. The other two, Ostokar and Milo, were finished in June, and since then I have only painted two necromancers. It's about time we got more heroes to game with.

A drunk, one-legged dwarf and kick-ass elf – they will bash zombies soon at the club.

Now for something completely different:

About a month ago I found a real pearl of a blog, Vagabond’s Wargaming Blog, and it has become one of my favourites, as it is full of very good AARs. Really very good! Well written with beautiful terrain and minis, what’s not to like? I’ve been very inspired by it.

It’s just a couple of months old and has far too few followers, so I think you should pop over, have a look, and if you like what you see, then follow.

Thank you for a great blog, John!

Welcome Google+ follower Team i-Lovecraft, maker of wonderful 3D-printable terrain.

Mercs: Drones and Weapon Platforms

An assortment of drones and weapon platforms from Mercs: Recon.

This drone is rather cool. I see quite a ffew uses for it.

My primary intention is to use these, or at least those without weapons, as scatter terrain in SF-games, 7TV and Pulp Alley.

I really like the red tri-ped.

I guess they will all come in handy one way or the other.

Meh... but they might be useful in a game of 7TV. Villains always need shooty things...

An old lady from Blue Moon (and a bonus assassin)

I still got quite a few unpainted minis in the Slice of Americana box from Blue Moon.

This one is just finished and it’s fantastic little mini, so full of character.

She’ll be great as a bystander in a game of Pulp Alley.

I need some assassin-types for Pulp Alley, already have a couple painted but need more. This GCC Agent from Mercs: Recon had to do. An extremely fast paintjob to have a figure if needed. Nothing much to brag about, but he will be able to do his nefarious deeds.