Something's Fishy - Deepkin Warband
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Age of Sigmar – Deepkin are one of the new flavors of Elf introduced to Age of Sigmar, the whole “Undersea Magic” is odd to me but the overall look of the models is very cool.
Mythic Battles - Poseidon
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Board Games – Poseidon is a seafaring expansion for Mythic Battles.
Warhammer Underworlds - Feral Orks
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Age of Sigmar – Feral Orks have always been a faction I’ve found to be fun and interesting. The primitive look with fur and feathers is fun to paint and looks pretty impressive on the tabletop. I prefer the look to the rusted metal of the 40k Space Orks.
Nobody Expects the Imperial Inquisition
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Warhammer 40,000 – Imperial Agents have been in a weird place for several editions now. Initially introduced as part of the Gray Knights and Sisters of Battle books back in 3rd Edition they’ve since been pulled out and shoehorned into some odd places. You’re once again able to include them in a Imperial force with minimal effort.
This latest batch includes a few Witchhunters, the Throne of Judgement, Jokero and some Daemon-hosts.
Mythic Battles - Corthina
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Board Games – Flying gorilla playable with Conan and Mythic Battles.
Nurgle Plague Frogs
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Warhammer 40,000 - As of late I’ve been getting more and more 3D printed models on my table many of which have been unique sculpts rather than recreations of existing models. It’s exciting to see creative ways to “scratch-build” models. However with new technologies come new hurdles, for example, these models painted up really nicely, but after i took photos and packed them up for delivery I ran into a major issue.
When moving the box I had these models packed up in I noticed the bottom of the box was wet. Odd, I thought not seeing anything else in the area that could have caused to box to get wet. So I opened it up to investigate and saw everything was covered in a grayish slime. Confused I removed the models and noticed several seem to have exploded, bursting open.
After posting some photos of the mess on some other groups I learned that this is common with resin printing it something is printed “hollow” without holes. The resin inside doesn’t drain or cure so it can swell and cause the models to “burst” open.
I now have them sitting in the sun to see if I can get the mess to cure and potentially fix the models by adding more gore.
Mythic Battles - Expansions
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Board Games - Mythic Battles is a very cool game, these are more expansions.
Force on Force - Somolis
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Historical - I’ve painted a few models for Force on Force previously. These 20mm modern miniatures are pretty solid. The paint job is pretty simple since the models are very small.
Raptors - Ready to Roll
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Warhammer 40,000 – Big Green Stompy Robots are ready to roll. With tournaments coming back I’m seeing quite a few clients prepping their lists for what they think will be the new ninth edition meta.
Masters of Night
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Board Games – Masters of Night is a Vampire themed game set in which you play as a vampire arriving in a new city and need to take control to survive.
The minis are pretty standard board game quality with just enough detail to look cool but not quite enough to make a showpiece.
Invisible - Predators
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AvP - Last I heard this game was dead because of licensing issues. However the Prodos game is supposed to be really good so there are plenty of models out there with people looking to complete their collection.
One of the beautiful things with a “dead” game is you can actually collect everything and call it a day.
Marvel United - Expansions Galore
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Board Games – I love Marvel: United, it’s a simple co-op game that you can play with anyone. Next year the X-men will be joining the game which will round out the roster with a ton more characters to try out. This is the first batch of another set I’m painting which includes all the expansions.
SAGA - Picts
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SAGA – I’m not a huge fan of King Arthur but SAGA seems to be growing in popularity with my clients. I’ve painted up several forces for the game it seems that the sculpts are reused for every faction because many of the models in this batch I’ve painted before in different schemes.
I went with a red, brown and yellow scheme for the Picts, this force looks a bit more cohesive than some of the others I’ve painted, which I think looks better. It’s not really historically accurate for peasants, but it looks nicer on the table.
Raptors Morph Into Great Whites?
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Warhammer 40,000 – I’ve been painting parts of the Space Marine army for a client for quite some time. He recently decided to pick up some iconography from Pop Goes the Monkey to finish off the green marines. I’m a big fan of how the white shark looks on the army green pad. I’m not sure what he’s going to call his chapter but they look great. Tournaments are being scheduled again so he’s sent over models that he needs for his GT list, this is the first batch.
40K Grab Bag - Army Editions
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Warhammer 40,000 – Playing a Games Workshop game has several stages of army building, concept, core, maximization and general addition. The first part is figuring out what you want to play and getting a basic army to learn with. Once you understand your force you add units to max it larger or better suited to fulfill the concept you started with. The last part is just picking up new stuff because it looks cool or just to have EVERYTHING associated with your force.
This latest batch of miniatures consists of that last stage. None of these really “go together” as a complete force but fit in to existing ones.
Stuffed Fables - Oh, Brother!
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Board Games – Stuffed Fables is a neat little game where toys come aline in a dreamland to save the day. I’ve painted a few sets of the first game and was excited to see the expansion Oh, Brother! come across my painting table.
Read MoreValhalla - A Different Kind of Wargame
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Board Games – Usually the point of a war game is to destroy your opponent, Valhalla turns that around and wants your warriors to fall in glorious combat.
This isn’t a miniatures game, isn’t a pretty pure board game with some large miniatures for certain scenarios. The sculpts are nice and add some atmosphere to the game.
Here’s some info from the manufacturer:
The end is coming and greatest warriors are standing to fight. To die in glory and reach Valhalla.
Valhalla is a card game with dice placement mechanics. Each player takes role of a Jarl who builds a team of warriors and equips them to fight. In battles player roll dice to activate warriors and play special tactic cards. The winning party sends their activated warriors to Valhalla, and whoever has the most points at the end, wins the game.
The game puts a classical "war game" concept on its head. In Valhalla the goal is to win a battle and send winning warriors to Valhalla.
Custom dice add randomness and excitement to the game, and wide variety of Jarls, warriors and battle tactics ensure great replayability.
The Edge: Dawnfall - Father of the Sun
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Board Games – I never really understood the draw of deck-building/miniature games it always seemed to me that the two concepts don’t mesh well together. Awaken Realms is challenging that belief with The Edge: Dawnfall.
From the manufacturer:
The Edge: Dawnfall is a dynamic, miniature and card battle game with elements of territory control (gathering crystals) as well as campaign play. Each player controls unique units with special abilities that can be enchanted with special spell or progress cards.
Players win the game in solo or co-op mode by completing plot conditions of the scenario, or in the competitive skirmish mode by gaining advantage of 7 Victory Points. The game is set in the original post-apocalyptic universe of The Edge and features 6 factions with very different backstories, game styles and aesthetics.
I haven’t had a chance to paint the core game yet but if this expansion is any indication this game is very cool.
A Different Custodes Look
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Warhammer 40,000 – Purple and gold just look good together, I was very happy that this Adeptus Custodes project uses a different color scheme than the traditional gold, red and black. I’m just getting back to a regular 40K rotation so I’m not sure what the sudden interest in Custodes is all about but this force is so nice looking that I’m tempted to look at building a similar force. (Probably won’t but who knows)
On the "Hotlist" – Nemesis Board Game
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Board Games – Often I’m a bit behind with the “hotness” when it comes to board game projects. I imagine for some players, they want to confirm a game is good/enjoyable before having it painted. While other players will have massive back-logs of games they want painted just on principle that a painted game is more fun to play than an unpainted one. (A concept I whole-heartedly endorse)
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