Winter is Coming

Firstly the title is true, it's getting cold outside, secondly I painted Killer Frost.

This Killer Frost is based on the Injustice Gods Among Us version.  I've done her in the pale purpley skin tone of the games.  I've also decided that her costume should be a dark blue to contrast with her light skin.  I've painted the lumpy bits on her base to look like ice, they've been coated in water effects to look shiny. 

Killer Frost excels in murdering henchmen.  Her base close combat attacks do lethal damage rather than stun.  She also has infinite ammo on her ice dagger ranged attack, although she can only fire them once every other turn.  Here attacks have critical cold, which means you have a chance of freezing a powerful character in place while you swarm him with henchmen.  She also has the adaptable trait which adds one to her move, attack or defense stats for a turn.  Need to move faster? No problem.  Need an extra attack to finish someone off? No problem.

I really like Killer Frost.  She's my most used free agent after Deadshot.  If you're looking for a solid free agent that's reasonably well priced then pick her up.

Copperhead

Continuing my quest to paint all of my Batman Miniatures Game miniatures (I'm so close) has resulted in the completion of Copperhead.

The Copperhead miniature is based on the Batman Arkham Origins version, hence why Copperhead is a girl.  Again I've not painted her tattoos, because I'm shit at free hand.  Other than that I've done her in a similar colour scheme to the video game version.  I've done her base a bit different.  Because she's standing on a rock I decided it should be surrounded by water.  Unfortunately the camera hasn't picked up the water too well, that base is covered in water effect.

I hardly ever use Copperhead.  She doesn't really do what she's meant too.  Her rules are clearly geared for her to be an agile scalpel. Unfortunately her stats let her down.  Sure she's fast, but she only has a strength of 5+, which means she wont be  hurting much, even with sharp.  She also has henchman level endurance, so she's quite delicate.   Aside from chasing after objectives I can't really think of much use for her.

Another Maniac Escapes Arkham

I've just finished the last of my clowns.  He's one of the elite clowns and goes by the name of Asker.

I've decided to paint him less clowny and more wierdo serial killery.  Just coz.



I've only every used him once so I can't yield much tactical insight, sorry.

Stop! Hammer Time!

I've had this figure in my collection for a while now, and now he's got a nice new paint job..  I present to you Mr Hammer.

First off I know Hammer is supposed to have tattoos... I'm not that good a free hand, so I'm leaving them off.  Secondly his make up makes him look like a Kiss reject.  However I think he looks cool.  he's got his standard Blackgate prison orange trousers (like most of my clowns).  I gave his skin a deliberately darker skin tone, he wanders about without a shirt on, he's bounded to be more tanned.  I've also done his scarred flesh a slightly more pinky colour to make it stand out.

Hammer's role in game is to protect the boss and beat face.  Actually that's exactly what he does.  He should be swatting aside henchmen with contemptuous ease, whilst tanking damage head at your boss with his bodyguard rule.  However his one armed rule means your opponent's minis can hit him easily.  He needs to it them so hard that they don't hit him back.

The Main Man

Here he is, The Main Man, the one, the only Lobo!

He's big, he's mean and he looks like Rob Zombie.  I painted Lobo's skin in a pale grey with a blue tinge, he's an alien bounty hunter after all.  I'm also sure he's directed numerous horror movies... no wait that's Rob Zombie again.  He's a space biker so black leather was called for.  Which meant I had to paint his trousers grey to keep the theme, but a different shade of grey to make him less monotone.  So I went with a green grey. 

I've only used him once in a game.  He's a lot of points, but you pay for what you get.  His big gun is brutal, his hook his brutal and he has master fighter for some fist fighting action.  He is in essence a beat stick. He also has regenerate to keep him in the fight longer and immortal, so he's not going to dish out full victory points if he dies.  The down side is he can't be taken if you have any female characters in your gang... because he's a perve.

Batman Objectives, Lamp Posts, Sewers and Safes.

I'm now ready for my tournament, which is now two weeks away.  My gang is done and now my objectives and urban furniture is done.

Some safes.  These are newer objectives.  They come in pairs and function like huge immobile loot counters that you can hide behind.  They're supposed to open buy I think I accidentally sealed mine shut with paint.

Sewer markers for sneaking around the board.

Lamp Posts for illuminating the board.  These were a pain in the arse to put together, especially the middle one.

Riddle markers.

Titan container.  I don't like the titan container objective.  For one it looks shit, and two it's just not that good.  I was tempted to try and paint it to look like a can of Red Bull, but decided against it.  I went with the shaving cream look instead.

Ammo crates.  A very useful objectives.

And finally the loot counter.

X-Wing Miniatures Game Force Awakens Starter Set Unboxing

I was up at comicon in Glasgow yesterday and picked this up.

The contents vary slightly from the original starter set, the price is the same.

You get three rule books instead of one.  The learn to play book, aka the rule book.  The mission guide book, its got 3 missions to help you to get to grips with the game.  And finally the rules reference book.  You need to know a rule, they're in there, in alphabetically order.

A wad of token sheets.

A few variations from the original box, some tokens are different, others are new, and the asteroids are different shapes.

The T-70 X-wing.  I think it looks pretty awesome.  It's a slight redesign of the original, it's not just a new colour scheme.

A comparison to the original.  The T-70 is a little bulkier, its got more streamlined engines too.  It's not just a simple repaint.

TIE/FO Fighter, or the First Order fighter.  This isn't just a repaint either.  You get two of them.

It's a similar size, but the FO fighter is a little bulkier next to the original, especially around the arms.

The T-70 X-wing stat cards.  Again these are a little bit more advanced than the original.

 The FO fighter named pilots.

The basic FO fighter pilots.  You get 2 of each of these.

The bog standard x wing dice.

New upgrade cards including BB-8.

A new damage deck.  I've no idea if it's any different from the original.

And finally the range ruler, for getting your shooting on.