Why So Serious?

For my last post of 2016 I thought I 'd do my Heath Ledger version of the Joker.  He's a mini I've wanted for ages but never got around to buying.  Luckily I got him for Christmas.  He was really enjoyable to paint, and didn't take too long.  He just needs a coat of matt varnish to take the shine off.

With that I shall wish you a happy new year and I hope 2017 is good to you.

Time for Pandamonium!

This here is the main reason I bought the Suicide Squad.  Panda Man.  Isn't he awesome?

Jungle terrain part 2

Despite the fact that I'm dying of the flu, I've managed to finish another building.  A guard tower from Sarissa Precision's Far East range.  I've gone for a felt roof this time to give it a more militaristic feel.   I made the roof felt from sandpaper. 

Jungle Terrain part 1

The Flash and Arrow expansion book for the batman Miniatures Game came with optional rules for fighting in different cities and areas.  One of these was the island of Lian Yu.  When I saw that I knew I needed to make my own jungle terrain. 

Jungle terrain is very versatile.  I could use it for the BMG, or Bolt Action.  It would be pretty funny to see my German's wandering around in the Pacific.  I could use it for 40k, you get jungles in space.  Or even Malifaux for the depths of the bayou.  I'm sure it could be useful for a whole plethora of games that I don't play.

Enough rambling you came here for the pictures and I shall not disappoint you.

This one is a low stilted palm house  from Sarrisa Precision's Far East range.  I tried to go with a palm roof made from the instruction sheet.  I've done it in earthy colours to try make it look natural.  The only down side to this is that it's a bit of a squeeze to get a 30mm base on the porch.  25mm bases fit perfectly.

This is also from Sarrisa Precision's Far East range.  They call it a check point, but if you  filled in the gaps in the fence I don't see why I couldn't be used as an animal pen.  I don't think this would look out of place in a more European styled board.  I could see my Germans sitting in this guarding a river crossing, or the entrance to a village.  I might get another one and experiment by giving it a felt roof.

Some RPG Villains

I've done some more RPG villains. This time in the form of a drow mage and a mindflayer.  Both are from Reaper Miniatures

Drow Sorcerer

I've gone for a purple skin tone, jet black is really hard to paint.  And besides dark elves have to have some sort of variation in their skin.  I plan to use him as a spell caster with a flair for the dramatic.  That fireball he's conjured looks like a bat.  Like most of my RPG miniatures he could be used in Dungeon Saga.

Mindflayer

Mindflayers one of the most terrifying D&D monsters.  I think he's quite cool.  He's a metal miniature, and I had to put a bse on him because he kept face planting the desk.  I went for some brighter colours rather than the usual blacks you usually see them in, he's got a sense of style.

Conan extras - Demon Of the Earth

Next in the unboxing line is the Demon of the Earth.  I'm pretty sure this is a kickstarter excludive.

Inside is the demon of the earth

and it's over lord tiles, two are in English and two are french.  This thing rolls 4 orange dice on the attack, which is going to hurt.

Conan extras- Vanir Valkyrie

Lets get this straight.  This is Red Sonja.  The backers of the kickstarter wanted Red Sonja, but Monolith said no, she's not part of the Conan-verse.  But the backers insisted, so Monolith made a "not Red Sonja" in the form of Vanir Valkyrie.

See.

Red Sonja

Overlord cards.  I'm not sure which are the French versions.

Hero dashboard.

Conan Kickstarter unboxing part 2

I think these are the kickstarter exclusives, but don't quote me on that.  They're not in the base game box so I'm just going on the assumption that I'm right.

The box is as just as rammed as the main game.  On to the contents

A dice bag

A butt load of hero dashboards.  You even get some for the bad guys in case you wanted to run a bad guy game.

A booklet with more scenarios.  You get one in French too.

More dice.  This rectifies the problem with the base game... there wasn't enough.

Equipment and spells.  You get French versions too.

The Thaug.  The Thaug is cool.  Don't mess with the Thaug.

Skull piles, because reasons.

Tentacles.   There's ten of them.

Alternate guard sculpts.  there's five of these. 

Pict archers, there's also five of these.

Two different sculpts of mummies, five of each sculpt.

Two different sculpts of skeletons, again there's five of each sculpt.

Five pict warriors.

Five alternate sculpt pirates.

Conan the Mercenary, Olgerd and Conan the Warlord.

Conan the Wanderer, some dude who's name I can't find, and Ageera.

Pallantides, Constantius, and Hyperborian primative.

Conan the General, Amboola and Taurus

Warlock, Akivasha and Gitara.

Natohk, Kothian archer and Savage Belit.

Kerim Shah, Balthus and a Spartan from the upcoming Mythic battles Pantheon kickstarter.

Giant spider and giant scorpion.

Pelias and a camel.

Slasher and a swamp demon.

Man-ape, bone golem and forest demon.

A but load of furniture.  My finger is not included.

a lot of punch board tokens and overlord tiles.

Another double sided board.

And finally a map of Conan's world.