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Evolving our Warfare Wednesday activities to try out a new game (new to me) of Malifaux. Not very familiar with the mechanics and background, but I have seen the figures in the store. As I understand, it is fundamentally a steampunk skirmish game, with a card draw mechanic rather than dice. Looks intriguing, and definitely more interested in a small scale game compared to another large army game. Will see how well it works out tonight, from watching a few videos, the play seems non-intuitive, but I understand the logic.
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Highlighting a bit of my son’s force with the Galactic Republic, as his entry into our Skirmish league. With some encouragement, he has been racing to paint his entire force, and managed to complete all figures except 1 in time (a single solo white primed rocket clone). He opted to paint them in the color scheme of Obi-wan’s personal guard, and as a full unit they look really good. Most are painted in a basic pattern – prime black with a heavy white drybrush, then black templar for the gear, and a light orange for the colors. If necessary, some…
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Started the skirmish league this weekend, which was a lot of fun. Both my son and I managed to get a game in, and conveniently play at the same time against new competitors. In my case, it was Rebels vs CIS, George was playing Clones vs Rebels. For my game, the Rebels held their own and ended up with a slight loss. The game came down to points with an Elimination mission, both sides with 4 units killed. Ultimately, the Droids were victorious by a margin of only 20 points. However, after the game I realized that the Droid army…
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Continuing our Carrion Crown campaign this weekend, with episode 4. Last time, the group set off to continue the trial of the Beast, and found themselves in Hergstag, beset by wights. Despite the fight turning deadly (we lost Francisco the Gunslinger), the group was victorious. Can they continue their investigation, and perhaps find some useful clues to the Beasts innocence? Or continue proving the guilt of the creature?
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Finally had a chance to take a complete photo of my competition team, all shiny and freshly painted. Referencing the army list I shared previously, I managed to go thru and paint up most of my rebels, including about twice as many of the troopers as required. This force is all set for the competition, which starts at our local gaming store on Saturday. Leading the army is of course Jyn Erso, perhaps a bit more unusual choice given options of more famous heroes and jedi, but one that fits into my general theme. And most straight forward, was inexpensive…
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Decided to get a bit more complex on the Speeder truck, and paint specific sections and stripes. Using some tape, I was able to block off several key sections, then highlight them with paint using a piece of sponge. Opted for complementary colors – some dark green (Army Painter Elf Green), black, and a bright yellow, making each section distinctive, while still blending into the general color scheme. With the top piece, the pattern continues over, to keep it seamless. Following this layer, I finished out a few of the minor details – really just re-applying Black Templar is key…
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Although I haven’t focused much on it over the last year or two, I have recently started posting works in progress on Instagram (in addition to occasionally streaming my projects). If you are curious about some of the work, and want to see in progress pictures, along with the final efforts, take a moment to visit that site as well. I have been trying to link WordPress posting with Instagram, but apparently that is not an easy thing to do. As a result, my automatic schedule doesn’t duplicate the effort on that site, which it does otherwise on Twitter and…
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Started on the painting of my final skirmish piece, the A-A5 Speeder Truck last night, and managed to get most of the shell completed. As you can likely tell, I am going non-standard, and continuing my desert camouflage theme with darker browns rather than the light grey I have been seeing. Vehicle is pictured next to the finished Jyn Erso and R5 astromech droid. The interior is fully painted, though admittedly not all that well – a thin wash of a couple of contrast paints. Eventually, it will be decorated with a custom Gonk droid, peaking out one of the…
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