Paint What You Got Update #2

    I haven't played any Battletech since I first was introduced to it, which was probably about a decade or so ago. Right around the time I picked up the Introductory Box that these mechs came from. But I am really enjoying painting these miniatures up, especially now that I have paint schemes picked out for each Great House. 

House Davion - Davion Guards

Zeus, Battlemaster, Quickdraw, Dervish and Vindicator

    Picking out the mechs for each house, I went with a more balanced approach. Mixing heavy, medium and light mechs. I say that, but this particular lance has mediums and heaviest without any light mech. I do have some extra mechs to paint up from buying blind boxes and the random Star lance boxes, so I should be able to fill in the holes as I go.

House Kurita - Sword of Light

Grasshopper

    Here is one such hole, now House Kurita has a heavy mech to it's name. Just need a medium mech now.

    Jumping in feet first into the painting, I began painting up a Clan Ghost Bear lance as they had a sorted history with House Kurita, fighting several wars within their territory. 

Clan Ghost Bear

Panther, Awesome, Dragon, and Enforcer

    I guess these aren't technically "Clan mechs" but I guess these are salvaged from war, especially that Dragon. Dragon mechs are synonymous with House Kurita, being a battle standard for their army.

    And to finish off with a non-battletech miniature, here is Ariane from Zombicide. 

Zombicide Wulfsburg - Ariane

     Only three more characters to go for Wulfburg and I will have all my Zombicide finished up. For Battletech, I have two more great houses for the intro box and 2 lance boxes, 2 blind salvage boxes and a couple odds and ends from a lot I bought awhile ago. Will I paint it all? I might just do the 2 lance boxes and salvages after the intro box. We shall see!

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More BATTLETECH!!!!!

Zombicide Wulfsburg - Zombie Wolves

    During breaks at work, I have been picking away at the werewolf ("Wolfbomination") and wolves from Zombicide Wulfsburg that I had picked up last year. I gave a bit more attention to the werewolf, giving him a nicer base and extra blood. With these miniatures finished, I only have the 4 heroes left to paint up.... for Wulfsburg... for the core box there are still 60 or so zombies, a necromancer and an abomination and 6 more heroes.

    With both the core set and Wulfsburg it is possible to play with 10 survivors, which would be cool if I could get that many players at the table.

Wulfbomination

21 wolves, 1 wulfbomination

The most blood frenzied wolves

Painted: 24

Purchased: -87

Total: -63

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    I have been painting up Haradrim for Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game Battle Companies which are couple minutes of painting away from being complete. 

 

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!