For the Basement is Dark & Full of Miniatures

Today it finally arrived! My Song of Fire & Ice Kickstarter. 2 Large boxes awaited me at the drop off, which I was anxious to get home & open.

The Starter (Core) Box will give you enough to get started.

One option was the Deluxe hard cover rulebook. Yep I am GOTGeek enough!

The additional Stark Forces I also grabbed.

 

The Lannisters

 

The 3rd faction can of course be used by either side. The Bolton's

Odd that I got 3 of Bolton's Bastard Girls. Well one can always use hounds!

The obligatory alternates of Robb Stark & the Dreadfort Captain. 

Of course there were accessories, one cannot to into battle without the field looking good!

For more info on this Kickstarter, go here 

So with my excitement abated, and feeling somewhat ashamed of having to use unpainted miniatures in our last Frostgrave game, I started on some of what I think are the best Ghouls available. Some Mantic Ghouls.

Initially I thought I would be able to burn through these, bu then I discovered how detailed the clothing scraps were, with all the thin tattered pieces needing attention. So I decided to do a test ghoul. 

The upper & lower torso's pose a bit of a problem as they do not seat well & it seems there is a bit of  a gap. Sure a person could likely spend some time filling it with putty, perhaps on the second batch they will receive that treatment. I am under a bit of a timesqueeze, so will go with the current ones.

As well, I've completed the first of the medieval cranes. I used some cheesecloth to make a net holding the cargo boxes. I used some small resin ones I had kicking around, which of course has made the crane a little tipsy. I should have used some foam ones, I should be able to dig the resin ones out & replace them.

So that's all the fun for today! Thanks for stopping by.

Frostgrave - Home of the Golem

This past Sunday was our 14th Frostgrave Campaign game. This time around we were completing the Hunt for the Golem mini-campaign, having tracked it back to the factory from whence it was spawned.

In addition to the original scenario rules, the following are added;

There are 4 stone statues standing in the corners of the walled area. These will animate as soon as any member of any warband enters the area defined by the stone walls. The statues will crumble & inside will be Medium Constructs.

Each warband rolls a d4 to determine the number of treasures they may place inside the walled complex. Each treasure must be at least 6" from another.

When a player rolls a 1 for initiative, they may activate a falling stone as per the scenario to affect a player within the walled area, otherwise they may choose a target normally using the trap rules.

Once again we entered the battle with 4 warbands;

 Eben (Me)

 Bob (Scott)

Ludwig (Chen)

Innovar (Craig)

Onto the story!

OK not sure why there is that blank field, perhaps you can add your own comment on what just happened!

So the aftermath of the warbands revealed the following;

Bob - 560xp, 110gc, 3 Scrolls - Power Word, Raise Zombie, Teleport; Ring of Teleportation, Ring of Slow Fall, Dagger (+2 Damage)

Ludwig - 680xp, 370gc, Grimoires - Telekenisis, Scatter Shot, Teleport; Hand Weapon (+1 Fight). Franz slain.

Innovar - 240xp, 60gc, Grimoire - Enchant Weapon. Clarisse killed, Perp miss game.

Eben - 800xp, 210gc, Grimoire - Forget, Fleet Feet; Potions - Heal, Toughness, Explosive Cocktail; Dagger (+1 Damage), Bow (+2 Damage). Calbraith killed.

We will now move to the Thaw of the Lich Lord campaign. Thanks for taking the time to read.

Star Wars Imperial Assault - Drokkatta & Jarrod Kelvin

This past weekend I completed the last of the Star Wars Imperial Assault figures for my friend Brent.

Here we have Drokkatta  - Demolition Expert

and Jarrod Kelvin

Two more dynamic figures, the Demoliton one being of particular interest as one I would like to play

So with these done, I will continue to think about what I will tackle as my next project. I am working on terrain for the Frostgrave Campaign, but I would like to start on another game box that contains miniatures.
 

Mythic Battles Pantheon

On Tuesday night at the club, I finally got a chance to play Mythic Battles: Pantheon. Daniel brought it out & we played a skirmish game to learn the mechanics.

There are 4 types of units you can get, Gods, Heroes, Monsters & Soldiers. The parts are nicely done, take for example this Amazon Soldier card.

Action that units can perform are either basic or complex. In order for a unit to do an action, you must play its card. I quickly deployed the Amazons in the woods, as they were a ranged unit & would benefit from the cover of the woods.

Daniel, brought out Achilles, so I sent the Minotaur & Athena to deal with him. The goal is either to gather 4 of the gems, or slay the opponents god.

At first seeing the cardstock trees & pillars, seemed to be just to add some 3d effects, however I then discovered one of Heracles abilities, is to pick up & hurl said pillars & trees. There were a few units that had this ability. Needless to say I was quick to do it. As they are used, they are removed from the game.

Daniel ran Zeus in to deal with Heracles & Odysseus as I was being quite annoying with them. Unfortunately for Zeus, the unit limit in this particular zone was 3, thus he was unable to bring Cerebus in to assist. Heracles managed to take down his father & win the game.

I really enjoyed the game, each figure has abilities, which set them apart from others, even though other units may share some of them. The game was very thematic. The only trouble I had was how the dice are done. Where you roll first to see how many 5's you get, then reroll those to see if you wound against the defenders armor value.

Thanks Dan for bringing this out!

A Minor Mishap & a Return of the Jetty

As alluded to in an earlier post, I am working on terrain pieces for the upcoming Thaw of the Lich Lord portion of our Frostgrave Campaign. I got a couple of the new Streets of Rome Cranes & began building the smaller one.

I ensured to follow the instructions, not wanting to glue something that shouldn't be glued. Be careful with the slats of the treadmill, they are made of card stock & I have 1 of them that bent on me. Caution should be used when painting them to ensure they don't become too soft to insert into the slots.

Looked easy enough, just concentrate...yes just like the image!

Umm....something isn't quite right

Luckily I was able to pop the treadmill out of the brackets & insert it as to how it really should have been....whew, that could have been serious!

I am using some twine as the main cable, once its all glued etc, I will trim those dangly bits off, maybe run some glue over the cleaned line to firm it up. Below is a work in progress photo. 

Apart from the couple of issues, I am quite happy with this kit!

I also found the Sarissa Jetty kits I had bought. These were bought for Pulp Gaming with some Sarissa River Boat kits I got in the same order.

I picked up 2 of them, then upon opening the first realize it comes with 2 complete sets of what you see below

Using my usual craft paints of Burnt Umber & then dry brushed with Barn Wood.

 
 I also completed more of the foam terrain to serve as the rivers edging where these jetties will be placed.