CYGNAR PAINT LIST

So I went through my Battlefoam and Sabol bags and wrote down all the Cygnar models I need to paint.

• Storm Gunner
• Stormsmith x3
• Epic Caine
• Lt. Caine (newest one)
• Darius
• Sentinel
• Grenadier x2
• Charger x2
• Kraye
• Cyclone x2
• Maxwell Finn
• Jonas Murdoch ( plus a max unit of Ogrun Gun Corps)
• Haley (alt)
• Stryker (alt)
• Nemo
• Trencher Officer and Sniper
• Sword Knights (max unit)
• Professor Pendrake
• Master Gunner
• Strangewyas
• Trencher Commandos (max unit)
• Scattergunner x3
• Long Gunners x6
• Thorn
• Centurion
• Chaingun crew x2
• Trencher Cannon Crew
• Triumph

 

ELVEN TEASE

Elven Set Teaser

Dwarven Forge has released a sneak peek of their upcoming Elven Set with this small teaser. Click on the image to see the picture on their website.

 

TERRAIN ON THE CHEAP

If you need some of the cool Mage Knight Castle pieces on the cheap, check out this link.

This is a huge, beautifully sculpted, fully painted gatehouse standing 7″ tall that includes a working gate and portcullis. The gatehouse is perfect for any adventure or miniatures game, but made with Mage Knight combat dials built in to keep track of damage and abilities. The gatehouse can be used with the rest of the Mage Knight Castle pieces to construct fantastic castles, keeps, and other fortifications.

And at the cost, you can afford to buy a few of them. Enjoy!

MALIFAUX UPDATE

Care for some tea?

I am making some progress with my Malifaux miniatures. I’m trying to finish off my Viktorias, and then complete the Ortegas. I’ve also been working on a Convict Gunslinger. Here’s some updated photos. Enjoy.

The first is my Convict Gunslinger. He is nicknamed “Sloth,” He’s sporting bright green hair, and an orange jumpsuit. I played around a bit with his skin tone, and tried to focus on his face and eyes. I’m not good at faces, so I am using these models to practice. I’ll probably base the model with some sand, a little flock, and a littering of shell casings. 

Convict Gunslinger - WIP - 6/2011

Next, we have Papa Loco. I just plain like this model, but he’s been a bit of a pain to paint. I put a bunch of Woodland Scenics “Junk Pile” details on the base to give the appearance that Papa has been tossing his dynamite as he advances on the enemy. I decided that I’d paint him in an orange prison jumpsuit as well. Right now, all I have to do is clean up his face, dot the eyes, and pick out some details.

WIP ~ Papa Loco ~ 6/2011

Next, we have Viktoria with Swords. I have officially called her done. I touched up some of her details, and stepped away from the model. I find that sometimes I start to obsess about details with some models, and this is one of those. I needed to just call it done and move on to the other ones on the painting table.

Viktoria stalks the streets

 

Well, that’s all for now. I have plenty of painting to do, and I will continue to log in and share my progress with you. Thanks for checking things out.

Ready for a Show Down!

Oh, hi there. Time to die!

WAKE OF THE WATCHER

Migo

Them folks in Illmarsh just ain’t right, and the trail of Whispering Way cultists the PCs are following leads right to this fetid Ustalavic swamp. Desperate townsfolk are caught between creatures from the deeps of Lake Encarthan and others from the starry realms of the Dark Tapestry. Ancient secrets, histories of sacrifice, and mind-warping creatures from beyond the stars are uncovered in this Carrion Crown Adventure Path volume written by longtime author Greg A. Vaughan. This is a place in sore need of heroes to banish the dark things lurking at the edge of sanity and madness, but they risk being consumed by the darkness themselves. Will your party shoulder the risks, knowing that there’s a chance that they might become the very things they fight against?

Battles against Lovecraftian creatures aren’t the only thing contained in this volume. Details on the cults of the Old Ones, including such familiar faces as Azathoth, Hastur, Shub-Niggurath, and Yog-Sothoh are revealed, and new Old Ones such Mhar get their own Golarion spin. Roles of various character classes are covered in this article as well, and we’ve included two new subdomains—Dark Tapestry and Stars!

Some of you have been begging for more Mythos creatures, and we have answered the call! In this volume is a double-sized bestiary, full of mind-bending horrors such as the dark young of Shub-Niggurath, dimensional shamblers, gnoph-keh, mi-go, and star-spawn of Cthulhu! (A few of them even star in “Wake of the Watcher“!)

Laurel Cyphra’s tales continue in this month’s Pathfinder Journal, and she finds out the dead are not the only thing to fear in Ustalav. Be sure to check her story out, and make sure your Sanity is topped off with this month’s Pathfinder Adventure Path, available right here!

Brick and Mortar

Red brick buildings can come in many shades. Here is a basic guide on how to paint a red brick building.

• Use whatever kind of paint you wish. Pick a nice flat (matte) dark reddish brown color as a base coat. Paint the entire area of brick with the base color and allow it to dry.
• Apply a mortar wash to the entire area of brick. Use a wide flat brush. The one I use is called a “Shader.” Use a grayish white color for the mortar wash. Thin the gray paint down by adding water until you get a nice thin wash. Using the flat brush, apply the wash to the entire building. This will allow the lighter color to sink into the recesses of the brick. Allow this to dry.
• If you believe that you didn’t water the wash down enough and you got too much gray on the red brick, use a pencil eraser to carfully remove some of the excess mortar wash.
• Using a different brush, drybrush lightly over the entire surface with the original dark base color. Feel free to allow some areas to remain lighter in order to show weathering.

A second way to do this may be simpler for some hobbyists. It works because on textured card or styrene.

• Paint the entire brick area of the building white. This serves as a basecoat and sets the underlying mortar color for the bricks. Allow this to dry.
• Wash the entire building with a mortar wash of a light gray. Most mortar is not white, and it will add some variance to the base color. Allow this to dry.
• Using a dark reddish brown color, drybrush the entire brick area. The drybrushing will color the brick on the raised surfaces, and allow the lighter color to remain visibile in the crevices between the bricks.

HOTZ MATS

Image by Mait Jüriado via Flickr

If you’re like most gamers, you’ve used a simple felt mat to play a miniatures game. They are easy to store and transport for tournaments and club gaming. Usually you grab a green, brown, or white mat … add some terrain … and start rolling dice.

Hotz Artworks felt mats take things to a different level. Hotz Mats (gaming mats) are made from high quality felt and are available with 1, 1½, 1¾, 2, 3, 4 or 5 inch hexes or 1, 2 and 4 inch squares, or can be purchased without hexes/squares. You can read more details about the mats by visiting the Product Information page. My favorite is the Western Town mat found right here. It’s great for Malifaux. But they also have some Bargin Mats for sale right here.

So go ahead and check out these felt mats. They are nifty.

 

BRETT SCHENKER SPEAKS OUT (ECA)

Senate Bill 968, the Protect IP Act of 2011, would take the already strict laws regarding intellectual property and copyright and make them more onerous by causing website owners to be careful about not just what they post, but also what they link to. The released draft of the legislation makes it effectively illegal to link to any website that is, or might be, accused of being “dedicated to infringing purposes.”

Write your Senator today and tell them to vote No on the legislation.

The language in the bill refers to “information location tool[s],” which, as defined, can mean any directory, index, reference, pointer or hypertext link. As content creators, we’d have to be fully aware of what and who we’re linking our website, tweet or status updating to, and worry that if any website we linked to is accused of being used for “infringing purposes,” we can be held liable, even if we haven’t posted or hosted the offending material ourselves.

People who post online shouldn’t be held responsible for what they link to. Speak out now and write your Senator.

If passed, this legislation will have a chilling effect on the simple act of posting any link online. Write your Senator today and tell them to not support S. 968.

Happy gaming,

Brett Schenker, Online Advocacy Manager

Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA)

ADVANCED DEPLOYMENT

 

If you play a miniatures game like WARMACHINE or HORDES that makes use of tokens or templates, then you should check out Southpaw Arts & Design: ADVANCED DEPLOYMENT and purchase some of their awesome goodies.

SHIVER ME TIMBERS!

Privateer Press Anniversary Sale!

Privateer Press says:

“In celebration of our ten-year anniversary, the Privateer Press’ online store will be hosting great deals on a selection of products from all our current game lines from now until the end of June. We’re kicking things off with some fantastic offers on our award-winning miniatures games WARMACHINE and HORDES.”

“Between now and June 20th, we’re offering WARMACHINE and HORDES Starter Bundles (link)! Pick any battlegroup box set, the associated faction tokens, and a set of WARMACHINE or HORDES templates, and receive a free copy of WARMACHINE: Prime Mk II or HORDES: Primal Mk II as well as a free Privateer Press tape measure! “

What’s more, we are offering free shipping worldwide on purchases of WARMACHINE and HORDES battlegroup box sets (but no other items), giving everyone a chance to get into these two great games wherever they live in the world.

But that’s not all!

The celebration keeps on rolling with great deals on our action-packed kaiju battle miniatures game Monsterpocalypse, our full library of backstock No Quarter Magazine, and our family fun board games Grind and Scrappers. You can find all these fantastic deals right now on our online store today, but hurry. The Privateer Press 10th Anniversary Sale ends June 24th!

(This text taken from the Privateer Press Online Store announcement here.)