With Christmas falling on the end of the week, this was a short week for hobby but I'm happy with what I managed to crank out. So what the heck was it? Let's find out!
Trollbloods of Erehwon
Slow but steady, I managed to get a little bit more done to move my Trollbloods towards the finish line! Another stone scribe joins the unit, leaving just two more to go!
I like these models but... yeah, I'll be honest, the whole two poses that they come in makes it a challenge. Just kind of gets to be "Oh look, it's another copy of the same miniature." Yeah, it's only five minis for the whole units but still it feels like it's a bit of a grind. That said, I've been making sure to mix up the colors for the clothing. This is a minor touch but I feel like it breaks up the continuity some which is good. This is just a base unit so it comes in at 117 points. Feels pricey for a unit with no armor but I'm hoping that them being stubborn psychopaths works to my advantage.
Next is my impaler with his whelp "crew".
Yeah, I've already shown this one a couple of times but think this is the first time to have the finished unit together. I love how this unit looks, especially the contrast between the massive impaler and the tiny whelps! This unit is a whopping 111 points and I was thinking this would be a unit I would expand to include later, but it's just too fun not to have in the army!
And last but not least (so far anyway...) is my chief and his bodyguards. Again, it's not Borka (yet...) but Madrak is still a pretty cool mini with that giant axe.
For this unit, I've kicked them up to big axes and stubborn which brings them in at 127 points. I'm really tempted to give the chief either wound 2 or tough 2 but I want to give them a try as is first.
So all of this gives me 355 points (once I finish those last two scribes) which isn't a bad start... but it still needs more which they will get in the form of a unit of scatter gunners!
Yeah, more work to do on this one as well but there is progress! Once completed, they will add another 110 points to the army, taking the total point value up to 465. I still want to add more troops to force (namely some regular troops to bulk out the ranks) but this is a solid start.
Random Heroclix Repaint
I also decided to get some paint onto one of the Heroclix that I'd picked up. She's been sitting on the painting table for a while but I finally decided on a paint scheme and got to work on her.
Yeah, she's mainly dressed in red which is kind of predictable but I like how she turned out. Rather than just start with a dark red, I actually did a base coat of bloodstone before bringing the color up with a dark then regular red. I like the depth this seemed to give her kimono. For contrast, I just went with a basic white but again I used a different color for a base, in this case Menoth white which is more of a cream or tan. After that, I used white to pick out the raised portions on the neckline of her kimono, the torso, and her head band. I might go back a try to freehand some flowers or something similar but... I don't know. It's good to push yourself to improve but I'm pretty happy with how she looks.
She fits in nicely with the other repaints that I did for our Betrayal Legacy game for the male and female companions you can meet in the game.
This also gives me a good comparison point since I did red for both of the female characters. I feel that the folds on the kimono are more distinct than on the skirt. I might try a quick repaint on the woman's skirt, plus I have several shades of yellow so I might try hitting her sweater with that. I think that would help add a bit more definition to some of the details on the sweater that are pretty muted right now.
And that's about it for now. I did also do some work on stating up my new crew for Core Space, and I've got another couple of ideas for my campaign reboot but these are still in progress. More on that soon! Until next time...
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