Skeleton horde and more

       Whelp! I should probably show an update for all the miniatures I have acquired over the summer. In July, we visited Sentry Box, I mean Rachel's half brother, in Strathmore. The night before going to the game store, I went through their catalog of reaper miniatures and sent Rachel and Rosie to pick them out while I looked through their wide array of RPG, tabletop games, etc. Most of their stock is not carried by our local store in Regina. I might grow a second beard looking through their stock, but we were on a time line with supper looming over our heads after a fun day at heritage park.

    From top left they are:

• Unicorn, Young Ice Dragon (both for my daughter)
• Dwarf Cleric, Corinna, Dwarf Master of the Hunt
• Zombie Pirates, Gloom Stalker, Ticks, Troll King

    I also picked up two Ghost of Archipelago supplements, Gods of Fire, which adds tribal warbands, small boat mechanics and notable beasts like a kraken! and Lost Colossus adds a campaign mostly.

    I picked up Battletech Alpha Strike from Dragon's Den in Saskatoon, which adds another 13 mechs to my already expanded collection.

    Though it is the Season of Scenery over one Wargames Terrain Workshop, I haven't been in much of a paint mode for the Heart of Ghurr terrain that I have started. Especially when I had these Conan mummies and skeletons on the hobby desk. I did a quick wet blending for the whole body before picking out small amounts of metal with some silver. Good enough for undead fodder. I did miss one skeleton that was hiding out in the game's box. I'll get around to it after the challenge.

Next on the Hobby Desk!

    

    Time to reveal all the terrain I was building and not finishing with any sort of paint!

Paint what you Got Update #4

    Looks like this will be the final update for the Paint what you Got 2025 Challenge, as today is the last day of the challenge.

House Marik - Marik Militia

Cyclops, Cougar, Griffin, Warhammer IIC, Sentinel

    Here it is! The gang is all here!

    The Mad Cat (Timber wolf) is basically done, just need to throw some colour on the base and varnish it. It is painted as Clan Jade Falcon. A metal Thor has appeared on my paint desk, it will also be part of Clan Jade Falcon. Once the Mad Cat is finished, so too will be the Intro Box! 

    I only have 10 mechs left, okay, I think like 4 or so more from a market place pick up awhile back. But I am interested in painting up the 10 mechs that I posted on the last post. Ten is a good number, I can add two more to Clan Jade Falcon to finish off a lance... I think Clan lances are usually 5 mechs? Then the remaining 8 can be two more lances or fill out the Great Houses to play Alpha Strike. 

    Looking up the points value for AS, most Houses need about 2 or 3 mechs to get to 250 PV, the standard game for AS.

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    And now for something completely different, and more the same too.

Paint What You Got Update #3

     Continuing my quick descent into all things Battletech, here is what I should have posted a couple days ago.

House Steiner - Lyran Guard

Atlas, Banshee, Hunchback, Clint, Commando

I'll be writing up a page for all the Battletech stuff, breaking down the Battle Values for each lance and writing a bit about each house. If you are interested, stay tuned!

House Liao - House Ma-Tsu Kai

Jagermech, Trebuchet, Assassin, Hermes II, Catapult

    I only have two more mechs left from the Intro Box, then it's onto the beautifully crafted current line of Battletech mechs. Below I have the final Great Houses, House Marik, on the paint desk. The Mad Cat and Cyclops, are the two left. Not sure which those are? They have a neutral standing pose and a smaller base. Now you can see why I am excited to paint up the dynamically posed newer sculps!

    After the Great Houses are finished, I have all these remaining. ComStar, Clans or mercenary groups? I haven't decided yet. ComStar is basically the phone company of Battletech, which felt the duty to protect the knowledge and technology of humanity from being destroyed by war, later becoming splinted into Word of Blake. Maybe I'll just have to buy more Battletech mechs to do it all!

Next on the Hobby Desk

    My Battletech crusade continues on! I do have some variety on the way and the Paint What You Got Challenge 2025 Challenge is almost over. I only have till the end of February. I need to get cracking. I did 3D print some bits and models for my birthday. I should probably have a post about that as well.

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!

Next on the Hobby Desk!

More BATTLETECH!!!!!

Paint What You Got Update #1

    This year I want to get better at posting my finished miniatures as I paint them. Usually the case is that I want to complete a unit before posting. Can't post this mini, he doesn't have his base done! Now what colour of base.... etc.

    So these miniatures are leftovers from last year that just needed a couple minutes to finish up that didn't quiet make it into 2024.

    First up is some quick Battletech buildings. Cleaning up the Hobby room I came across some packaging that I intended to use for building in Battletech. Still have the packing, I might make something more hex map friendly. These could be used for Mech Attack! if the rectangle bases are too unclear for opponents.

    My brother came over for a paint night in December. He was painting up his newly acquired Battletech A Game of Armored Combat TM Box. I decided to grab my own unpainted/ foolishly painted ( this is a Clint, I should paint it like Clint Eastwood in The good, the bad, and the ugly...) mechs. Reading into the universe of Battletech, I decided to paint up a lance, four mechs, in the colours of each of the five major houses. Well, four, as I painted some mechs up as Clan Ghost Bear, who has a sorted past with the Draconis Combine.

Draconis Combine - Sword of Light

Cicada, Jenner, Spider, Whitworth

    This lance would be used for scouting, or a quick strike. I will be painting up a Grasshopper to add a heavy class mech for options. A standard game of BT is usually around a Battle value 2.0 of 6K or higher if you want a longer game, you could also use tonnes as a points system but I am told it's less accurate to the mech's actual fighting power. For this lance's BV 2.0 it would look like:

Cicada - 659 

Jenner - 875

Spider - 622

Whitworth - 982

Total: 3138

    The Grasshopper would add an additional 1,400 to get close to a standard game, but a lower BV might be good for a learning game with my brother.

    Before Christmas I had started to paint these older plastic Chaos Space Marines for Space Hulk as advisories. There was a fan made rules for all the factions, splitting the factions up as horde or tactical, dictating how they played. Sweeping the internet, I found they have been taken down as a C&D  action. I have found some more traditional rules for Space Hulk here. 

My original idea was to paint up a 10 man squad with a matching colour scheme, but I changed my mind, deciding to paint them as one off enemies that could be encounted on a derelict hulk while fighting off tyranids.

Chaos Space Marine Captain and special weapons marine.

Two The Scourged Chaos Space Marines

Tzeentch is my least represented in my hobby collection. I really enjoyed the lore of The Scourge. They hunted heretics for inquisitorial questioning. Hundreds were found guilty, some innocently killed. They preyed to the emperor for divine guidance to know when someone was lying. Tzeentch answered their cry for help, blessing the chapter to hear all the truths of humanity. The chapter soon went mad from the lies they were fed by mankind. I'll probably paint up more Scourged Marines as well as a sorcerer and some cultists.

Heroclix Sentinel

Had this one on or near the Hobby Desk for sometime at about 90% done. It is now done. I do have two more to paint up as well. I sculpted a mouth on it that is similar to the sentinels in the 90's X-men animated series.

Electra for scale

Next on the Hobby Desk

I have more Battletech to paint up and some projects that need only an hour or so more time to finish up.