Tzeentch Warcry Warband

 Awhile back, I had the idea of painting up four warbands for each Chaos god in Warcry. I have tons of options for Nurgle daemons, even add in some Skaven Plague monks for variety. Slaanesh, is similar, lots of daemonettes, seekers and a couple heroes. Khorne, I have bloodletters, flesh bounds, bloodcrushers and even Karanak. 

    Now, Tzeentch is the neglected god in my collection. Just before the pandemic, I acquired a large daemon lot that had an Ogroid Thaumaturge and flamers. I didn't really have a plan for them, I was even thinking of kitbashing the Ogroid to be a Daemon Prince for one of the other gods. But the model looks sweet as is so I eventually picked up some Pink Horrors to start out a small Tzeentch force. Like most projects, it eventually was shelved for a couple months, probably 70% finished. Flash forward to now, I picked it up for a quick win.

Exalted Flamer with my attempt at sculpting flame

    These Pink Horrors are prone to split on the battlefield, in Warcry you can split anytime the model has one wound on it. Not wanting to buy more miniatures, I got a bit crafty with a Dreamblade mini...

    This little fellow will be a stand in for a Brimstone Horror. I'll still need 10 Blue Horrors, if each Pink Horror splits into 2 and 10 Brimstone Horrors if all blue horrors split again. Probably unlikely, but a kitbashing I will go. 

Painted: 10

Purchased: -99

Total: -89

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    It is the Season of Scenery, so I should actually paint some terrain....

Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game Demo Night

     I follow the local MESBG community on Facebook, which had a game night on Tuesdays. Josh recently changed the day to Wednesday to see if more people could come out to learn the game. Rachel is out in Fort Saskatchewan visiting her dad with R. The meet up started at 6pm so I was actually able to come out on time. 

    Josh brings his kids to play, this time they played against each other, but he did mention that his eldest son has been in tournaments.

     I played against Nathan, who borrowed some Defenders of Helm's Deep from Josh to play with. I had brought my recently acquired Haradrim... why I didn't bring the stuff I painted up like, trolls or ringwraiths? Good question! I blame lack of sleep the previous night.

This was basically the whole game, a giant battle in the middle

    We played the Capture and Hold scenario from the core rule book. My cavalry came in big to capture the objectives, I believe it was 2 points for each held and I had 4 of the 5 by the end. Nathan did wound my leader with ranged fire, which got him a victory point. 

    Either way, I think we both had fun playing. There was an amazing shot at the end of the game. One of my archers tried to shoot at Theoden, he successfully made the shot, weaved the arrow through 3 different skirmishes between his target and wounded Theoden. However, it was the first time he was hit and Nathan used a Fate to shrug off the wound, still cool though!

Sentry Box Haul

     Well here it is, the anticipated Sentry Box haul and I was doing so good till now. I was close to zeroing out what I had bought at the beginning of the year. *sigh* Oh well, more painting!

    Rachel and I were able to visit Sentry Box during our kid's nap. Walking in it I felt like overwhelmed with the selection. 

Paint what you got mission that is.

    My local store, Comic Readers, and even Dragon's Den in Saskatoon mostly just carries Warhammer and Wizkids miniatures. Sentry Box carries Reaper, Osprey, Warlord games and more for miniatures. There is also an extensive used section for board games and minis, I could have send a while just looking at the Warhammer used section, but time was minimal. 

    First up, I picked up the Anus Hag Annis Hag from Wizkids. Oh wait, no this was from the Dragon's Den trip after Calgary. Well anyways, I thought she would be a good Killer for Don't Look Back.

    Browsing the Used GW section, I found some old orcs/goblin. I seem to be on a kick with this era of green skins, as I also picked up some with my New Years Eve shipment. Originally, I thought I'd paint them for a Heroquest living ruleset, but more realistically, a warband in Song of Blades and Heroes. 

Horace "Action" Jackson for Fistful of Kung Fu

Variety of Deep Ones

    I really like Deep Ones, maybe they will be in Brawl Arcane 28 if the Shaman isn't too big.

Wererat, King Axehelm and Barrow Warden 3

    King Axehelm looks great, and I don't usually say that about dwarf models, they all feel a bit the same, but his pose really drew me in. Wererat could be for Frostrgave, as well as the Barrow Warden, as I do have an undead warband started.

    Rachel picked up Burrows & Badgers as well as a pirate mouse and some wizards. I picked up Into the Breeding Pit as I seem to be collecting Frostgrave supplements. Better start making a winter board to play it on.

    These Slaine packs were discounted to $15 each, I think they look fun to paint, but I am not certain what I'd play them in. Next time I go to Sentry Box I will pick up a box of something, instead of odds and ends. Oh well, I like all this but it was a bit more expensive buying it piece meal like this.

    I did paint something... well it was awhile ago.

Scunner and Gipse Danger

Time to find a city to tussle in. 

I do have some Tzeentch Pink Horrors and a Orgroid thaumaturge pretty much finished on the paint desk. Just need to snap some pictures of them. 

Painted: 2

Purchased: -15

Total: -99

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Enough purchases for now, time to paint! I need to change with the season. 

Falling off the Oliphaunt

      Whelp! It happened! I was doing pretty good at the paint what you got challenge for this year, only having 2 or 3 miniatures positive or negative of zero (at least points wise).

      But then I have been listening to podcasts about Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game Battle Companies and I might've found a really good listing on Ebay......

       So that's 41 Haradrim Warriors (23 archers and 18 spears), 3 Serpent Gaurd, 12 Haradrim Raiders (6 spears, 1 banner and 5 archers which aren't shown) and The Betrayer on foot and mounted. 

       I think I know have enough for Battle Companies.... running all this plus 

24 more Warriors I had before hand would be roughly 700 pts. The Betrayer is a Hero of Valour able to lead only 15 soldiers under his command. I did just paint up several Ringwraiths that all could lead an extra 15 each. Can't recall if there is a max duplicate heroes you can have, I'll have to check my rulebook.

       I'll probably trade some of these as this seems too much. Kitbash some to be chieftans heroes. Eventually get a 3D Printed Oliphaunt. 

Painted: 0

Purchased: -17

Total: -86 (ouch!)

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       I might have also went to Sentry Box during our stay in Calgary..... stay tuned for pictures of the haul.

Monster May(hem) 2024 Wrap-Up

     Another May, another batch of monster painted. At the start of May, I was going to just do a smattering of random creatures in my collect. But as I looked through my pile of opportunity, I found something a bit more themed.

Rising Sun is a CMON game with clan vying for power over territories all over Japan. One aspect of the game is summoning Oni to help spread their influence. And what is an oni besides a monster?

Oni of Souls

Yurei

Cool shoulder and seemingly walking away?

Komainu

Oni of Spite

River Dragon

    Here are all the monsters gathered together for their group shot. I have previously painted up 3 warriors from the Koi clan which I used for scale.

    I have also picked up Fistful of Kung fu, which is why I have based them, just in case I want to use them as oni in that game as well.

    I am overall pleased with the results, they paint up pretty quickly which is good because I have another 3 to paint (Oni of Skulls, Hate and Blood). These last three look like they might be more difficult then these five. As per Keith's challenge? dare? ultimatum? mild suggestion? I have painted a dragon, a river Dragon. I believe I have a couple more Reaper dragons, and I have dragonmen? Do they count? Surely they were dragons before being men.

Painted: 15

Purchased: -17

Total: -2

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    Our summer is going to be booked pretty solid with trips during the summer, I might see you all in the fall! Just kidding, I will have sometime later in June for painting. Probably go back to Tail Feathers to finish it up.

What's in your head? Zombie, Zombie

     Zombicide Black Plague is a 1-6 player game by CMON games, where players fight against a necromancer, hordes of zombies and nightmarish abominations. The box comes with 70 zombies to paint up. Most are generic, but there are two special zombies, Runners and "Fatties" as the manual calls them. The player controls your typical dwarf, human, and elf characters. While slaying zombies, your character instantly improves in skill.

     My goal right now is to paint up one hero, the necromancer, abomination as well as enough zombies to fill up the rest of the board (probably like 20 for solo). Basing every miniature was probably a bit much, but I did pick a simple three colour scheme for the zombies, mixing colours between hats, shirts and pants, hoping it would speed up painting. This is what I have finished so far.

    Ooops, those pictures probably could have been a bit clearer. If you couldn't see it, there are 12 zombies, with 2 "bulky" zombies and 3 runners in the mix. 

    After painting up a small batch, I might start another three colour scheme to add in a bit more variety. 70 in this colour scheme might blend in too much. There are some accessories that haven't been accented with their own colours, I might come back to finish those once the other zombies are done, for now these are finished.

    I wasn't going to count this towards Monster Mayhem as they aren't nearly monstrous enough for the challenge. The real monster here is my photography!

Painted: 12

Purchased: -17

Total: -5

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    I am rounding the bend on some of the monsters that I have been painting up. Stay tuned to check them out!

Tail Feathers

     One board game that I have been focusing on is Tail Feathers. Just replace the ships in the x-wing miniatures game with mice riding birds, and you basically have Tail Feathers. It is set in the Mice and Mystics setting, which has you control a Prince and some of his followers as they explore the castle to undo the spell that has changed them all into mice.

Expansions seemed to have been planned for the game, possibly new mice and bird ship models sold separately, but it must not have sold well enough to warranty Plaid Hat's investment. Where is my pelican bomber? 

Delusional requests aside, here is what I have actually painted. 

Autumn Archer Mice

Crossbow Rats

Rat Assassin

Both Tail Feathers Infantry 

    With the infantry in the bag, all that's left are the bird with riders and a measuring stick. I am looking forward to painting fun bird colours, but that will need to wait. I have joined the Monster May(hem) again this year, so that will be my number 1 project for the rest of May. 

Painted: 13

Purchased: -30

Total: -17

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    I have zombies from Zombicide Black Plague that I have been batch painting off and on between projects. Hopefully complete a couple monsters too.