Batman Miniatures Game - Objective Markers

I picked up the new resin objective markers for the Batman Miniatures Game.  Now I have plenty of choice for objectives.  I'm probably always going to pick the ammo crate still, it's just damn useful.

These were really easy to paint up, I managed to crank them all out in about an hour.

Ace chemical containers

These come as a pair and grants poison damage on your weapons when you interact with them. Can be quite handy.

Loot

Let the chase begin.  If you took a backpack or Catwoman you should be picking this.  One of the few objectives your opponent can score off if you take it, so be warned.  The goal with loot is to pick it up and run and hide for the rest of the game, getting 1VP every turn, or 2 if Catwoman has it.

Waynetech Container

Who want's a prize?  Interact with this to get a random upgrade for a turn.  Who doesn't want a suit of power armour?

Ammo Crate

Free bullets.  You also gain 3 VP a turn if you control one of your own ammo crates.

Titan Container

Interact with this to gain a titan dose.  When taken a titan dose will give you +1 to all of your stats.  Downside is you can only take one dose, unless you're playing Bane.  But really handy at turning a crap henchman into a killer

Contaband

Random stuff all the time.  You could get some nice bonuses, or it could explode.  Not really an objective to rely on.


Riddles

A must for the Riddler.  These are one use objectives with random effects.  Again not the best competitively... unless you are playing Riddler.

Medical Supplies.

A useful high VP objective. When interacted with it grants a narcotic dose.  The dose gives you desensitsed for a turn, which allows you to ignore willpower loss from damage.  Downside is you can't use it in the turn you pick it up.  This could be really hand with the likes of Batman or Deathsroke if they have taken a load of damage.  For one turn they'd be back to peak condition.

Court of Owls; Talon's Night Batbox

My brother very kindly gave me The Court of Owls Batbox for my birthday.  The box contains a full 350 rep crew, as well as objectives and upgrade cards.

Let's jump right in.

Xiao Loong

Strix

William Cobb

The Gotham Butcher

I've done all my talons in the same dark brown scheme.  I've also gone with coppery armour.  Any exposed flesh has been painted pale, they are reanimated owls after all.

Lincoln March

I've tried to copy the comics here.  I'm pretty pleased how he came out.



Owl objectives

You might have noticed the cobblestone bases.  I achieved this with greenstuff and a greenstuff roller from Greenstuff World.

I'm really looking forward to getting these down on the table.

Batman Nightmare Version

As a wee break from Pelennor Fields I've done the nightmare version of Batman.  Don't worry I've finished painting Pelennor Fields, I've just run out of grass tufts, more should arrive later in the week.  But for now Batman.

This is the Batman you bring if you have to murder everyone in the room.  Yes I mean murder everyone, he has a fucking machine gun.  He's pricey at 132 rep, but he really brings the pain.  He has the usual bat-armour mk1 and batclaw that most versions have.  So he's tough and maneuverable.  He's got the usual Batman stats, although defense 4, so he's easier to hit.  He's got aversion to Kal-El, so you can't take him with Superman.  He's got detective so can cancel one of your opponent's passes.

He really excels at offense.  He's got close combat master for +1 to hit while unarmed, combined with reinforced gloves for extra damage.  He's also got martial artist so you don't get the outnumbering bonus.  Where he really shines is his mixed combat style rule.  He can hit people in melee and shoot people in the same activation, and the shoot action is free.  That's fucking mental.  Especially when both his guns have three rate of fire.

In conclusion if you want a Batman that will kill everyone in the room, then this is the Batman for you.  Downside is he is a limited run, but crops up on ebay and the Knight Model's webstore from time to time.

TTCombat Taco Truck

I finished a bit of scenery for Batman today.  This is as the title says the Taco Truck from TTCombat.  It's a nice cheap kit that should be a good bit of scatter terrain for my games of Batman.  John Diggle for scale.

I like it.  It's a decent line of sight blocker as well as boasting an elevated position with cover. 

Classic Harley Quinn

One last quick update before I head off to Empire.  I've finished my classic costume Harley Quinn that I've had for ages.  Once again I apologise for the crap lighting.

 This is one of the better sidekick Harleys.  She's incredibly fast, quite tricky and packs a decent punch. 

Her mallet has heavy making it wound better, it's also got reach so she can attack from 2 inches away, and it's also got push, which means if she damages something she shunts it way a number of inches equal to the collateral damage dice roll.  Combine all this with the 360 degree attack ability that she has and she can cause havoc amongst a group of tightly packed henchmen. 

Like every Harley ever she has acrobat for the usual shenanigans.  She has discourage, which lowers an opponents willpower.  She's also got distract to lower a targets defence.  She has fast which gives her a total basic move of 7 inches when combined with acrobat.  And she's got true love Joker so if he gets taken out Harley gets +1 attack and willpower.  Basically Harley's Job is causing mayhem while being very adaptable.

She's also got affinity to Poison Ivy, so you can use her as a free agent in a Gotham City Sirens gang.

Lexcorp

Wow! Okay, so my last blog was my most viewed ever.  Thank you all the Empire folks who read it.  I'll show off my loot soon, I promise.  Anyhoo back to the usual stuff.

I've taken my first foray into Organized Crime for the Batman Miniatures Game.  I went with one of the biggest criminals in the D.C Universe, Lex Luthor.  Basically I wanted a more elite gang then my usual joker and Scarecrow swarms.

My lighting is a bit shit again, apologies.


Lexcorp Trooper 1

This dude is a face beater.  His close combat master ability and reinforced gloves are going to hurt.  I'd personally use him for hunting henchmen.  With his medium armour and cybernetic traits mean they're unlikely to hurt him back.  Just watch out for guns.  For extra trolling give him a jetpack.

Lexcorp Trooper 2

This fellow has an energy sword.  He is your can opener.  He always damages on a 3+ and you need to make two successful block rolls to block his attacks.  He's even got the follow me ability to give his buddies a little speed boost.  I'd use him again for hunting henchmen, but I'd also try throwing him against sidekicks, free agents and leaders to get them burning through their defense points.  Or combine him with trooper 1 and between them they should do a fair bit of damage.

Lexcorp Trooper 3

This one is the gunner.  His gun is a beam weapon, unfortunately he can't pick up more ammo, however enemies will find it harder to make those ping rolls.  It also gets round the bulletproof vest rule.  He only has three shots (or four if you buy him a magazine) so use them wisely.  The best thing about him is that his gun has the push rule.  I'd buy him a jetpack and have him shoot enemies off buildings.  You could also push targets into the open so you can shoot them with the next guy.

Lexcorp Heavy Trooper.

This is your murder machine.  He's a bit squishy, only 6 endurance.  But like the other troopers he has medium armour and cybernetic.  Guns are his enemy, shoot them first.  He's also worth an extra victory point to your opponent if they kill him.  He's decent in melee, damages on a 3+ and has reinforced gloves for the double stun damage.  He excels at shooting.  He's got a four shot two blood gun that he can fire three times a game (four with a magazine).  It's a beam, so no reloads for you, but is harder to hide from and shafts those bulletproof vests (screw you bane mercs).  His gun is also assault 2, which means if he moves he gets to shoot twice instead of the usual once.

Alexander Joseph Luthor

I'm pleased that I managed to pull off a white suit (it's not actually white, shhhh don't tell anyone).

Lex is not a fighter, he's actually quite squishy.  He dicks around with people with his plethora of rules.  He is worth an extra victory point if removed as a casualty, but gains an extra special point to make up for it, and boy are you gonna need it.  He can move enemies with goad.  He can prevent enemies using special counters with intimidate, this shuts down the likes of Scarecrow and Poison Ivy.  He can hire henchmen with the Cop trait, so that'd be more guns then.  He has an energy field that gives him a 5+ save against ranged attacks.  He cancels one of your opponent's strategies.  He himself gains two extra strategy points.  His kryptonite fucks over kryptonians (as it should do).  He gains an extra take the lead counter from Mastermind.  Friendly models with 8" get to reroll will power rolls.  And finally he gets an additional $500 funding when configuring your crew. 

Workbench update

I'm not dead, don't worry.  Empire is coming up, in just over a week.  I've been mainly working on my kit.  I've also been working on a few other projects.  First is more Mythic Battles Pantheon stuff.  Second is my first foray into the world of Organized Crime for Batman in the form of Lexcorp.  Finally there's a whole pile of gravestones I've been working on.  I'm doing some graveyard terrain.

Image for the image god.

Hopefully I can get some of these done now it's cooled down a bit.  Our craft room is like an oven.

The Fresh Prince of Belle Reve

I finished the will Smith version of Deadshot the other day.  Apologies for the dark pictures, my lighting isn't greet.

He's pretty 2-dimensional. 

Gamewise he's an excellent area denial piece.  He has 3 guns, with a grand total of 4 ammo, which means he will be shooting something for most of the game.  He's got various abilities that make him better at shooting, however he has a unique ability that is terrifying.  Bullet Time.  This is a one use ability that allows him to shoot twice in one round with different weapons.  He still has to pay the AC to do the attacks and the ammunition, but that's a small price to pay for the versatility.  If you shoot a tough enemy and fail to kill him, shoot him again.  Alternatively you stand a decent chance of incapacitating a couple of henchmen.  The downside to him he's a bit pricey.

Joker Arkham Asylum version

Well I couldn't not paint another Joker.  This one painted up the nicest out of all of them.

He's actually my favorite Joker miniature thus far.  I might have to stop using the Arkham City version in favor of this one.

Here he is with his boys.

Joker's Clowns 2nd edition set

Well I didn't waste any time on these.  These are the new second edition resins.  They take paint really well, but the mould lines are are harder to scrape off, not physically harder, just less cleanly.  Anhoo time for pictures.

Hobo Clown

Gone pink and green with this guy.  Both strong Joker colours.


White Face

I've gone for a techno goth look for him.


Bouffon

I tried to make this guy as bright a possible.  And contrasted the brightness with a dark nail gun.

I've got Mistah J and Deadshot on the painting block.  So expect them soonish.