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Have assembled the Oathmark Snakemen plus the Heresy Demon I bought at Salute.  The snakemen took some time to assemble and came with annoying stand remnants under the feet like toy soldiers for some reason that I cut off.  I then sprayed them green after using white stuff on the gaps.  The Demon was not too bad to put together and I used white stuff again before spraying Demon red.  I also used a tiled base I got at Salute.  For the Snakemen I inted to try out my new Swamp basing gel.

We played the new Batman Gothic City Chronicles.  Bruce played the Villain with Bane and his Bomb Plot Crew in the Subway of the 1st scenario.  Mike, Alex and Darryl were Batman, Nightwing and Catwoman.  Catwoman dealt with Bombs whilst Nightwing drew their fire.  Meanwhile Batman used a gas grenade to clear a room and defuse a bomb.  Later Bane became venom injected and smashed Catwoman whilst Nightwing was recovering having taken heavy fire when caught out in the open.  Catwoman was chased into the final Bomb room by Bane and crushed.  Meanwhile Nightwing wounded Bane and then took out his henchmen clearing a path for Batman, pushing his limits to defuse the final Bomb on the final roll of the dice on the final 7th turn.  A close run thing.  It looked like Bruce had them on turn 5/6 but the heroes just managed to pull through as Bane’s Goons fumbled to set the Bomb timers over and over.

Phil

These were quite fun to paint and nice sculpts with not too much flash to deal with.  Pin and drill necessary for some joints for example lizard tails.

Two Minotaurs.

Painted Army Painter undercoat barbarian flesh.  Block in dark brown for leather and head/ hair and wood.  Vermin brown and bestial brown used for the head, hair and leather.  Flesh wash to skin.  A little bit of highlight with dwarf flesh.  Black watered down to the chainmail, highlighted with chainmail wet-dry brush.  Nuln oil black wash to chain mail and weapons.  Rust applied to great axe then some blood for the blood god.  Base brown and grey, then graveyard earth.  Nuln oil to grey.  Tufts applied.

Next up the Purple Wizard and the Medusa.  Red and Purple washed with Purple then highlighted.  Talarn flesh, flesh wash and Dwarf Flesh.

Dark green and black, some grey added for the dress.  Nuln Oil wash.  Dark Green for the Snakes and highlights.  Red eyes.  Brown sandals.

Wizard and Thief

Mainly black, highlighted with grey.  Flesh as above.  Maroon for the book cover, graveyard earth pages.  Dark brown highlighted with Bestial/ Vermin brown for the leather.  Chainmail metals.  A little burnished gold.

The Lizardmen.

Greenskin Armypainter. Similar paint were needed.   Highlighted with Scorpion Green.  Nuln Oil and Thraka Green washes used.  Red used for eyes.  Brown and skull white for leather and jewellery.   Bronze used for the Metals.  Lizardmen living in a Marsh might find Iron somewhat limited due to rust issues.  Thraka Green for verdi gris effects.  Attempted Marsh style bases.  Used dark brown and graveyard earth.  Varnished.  Then applied areas of Woodland Scenics Water (which I got in my eye and managed to wash out with water) for some shallow water, wet marsh earth effects and then applied scenic leaves and spring tufts.  Thraka green dotted into the dirty marsh water.  Varnishing first to avoid matte ruining the wet look from the water effect.

Finally, the Undead

Greater Zombie

Zombies

Zombies

Ghouls

Necrotic Flesh Spray undercoat and paint.  Strong Tone or Dark Tone (Ghouls) Wash.  Skull white bones.  Highlighted necrotic flesh.  A few touches of Bubonic Brown to Greater Zombie.  Blood for Blood God to the Ghouls to break up the colours and show them as having been digging up corpses, scattering and breaking bones to get at the marrow perhaps.  Paler Tufts.

I wanted some fantasy miniatures to match the Monster Cards from Sellswords and Spellslingers.  So I oredered some from Otherworld Miniatures.  They came quickly with good customer service and I am pleased with them.  Again I have tried to use my new Army Painter style on some of them, so green for the Lizardmen, necrotic flesh for the ghouls and zombies, flesh for the Minotaurs.  Will see how it turns out.  Seems to be working for the lizardmen.  Added a buckler to the Thief for the Player Character upgraded after the last scenario we played.

Painted some Picts from the Conan Boardgame.  Used a new technique.  Sprayed them Barbarian Flesh then blocked in the brown leather, off white teeth and bones, black hair.

Then applied army painter strong wash.  A little dwarf flesh to correct and leather/ wood with vermin/ bestial brown.  Quivers have grey added to make the inside leather side different.  Bases covered in sand, dark brown and graveyard earth brown to the bases.  Then testors dull cote varnish to take off the shine from the wash.

We played this.  First time we got wiped out quickly because we did not know the game.  Second time round we worked together to Save the Roman Empire.  Good game.

Campaign: The Mysterious Tower

Scenario:  Traps!

Crypts and Tombs raided within the City and surrounding Isles.  Tales of ancient cemeteries emptied of their corpses in the night.  Ships with cargo from Corsair crewed ships arriving in port to be disembarked and then disappearing in the night before clearing customs or even entering the main city gates.  Dusty Barrels that rattle as dark faced crew carry them off the ships then sail away without waiting to be paid.  What lies behind these mysterious events?

Our Heroes have been investigating and have entered a cave network that begins near the sandy coves to the South of the City.  Hired by the City Council they set out to enter these dark caverns only to find a secret chamber through a flooded cave leading out to the Sea hidden behind a waterfall.  Signs of habitation are noted including a walkway across an underground river.  It seems the barrels are being unloaded here but where are they being taken?  Who is doing the work and where are they now?

Dramatis Personae

Phil:  Tripper the Wizard and his Assistant, Guard Crusher

Mike: Bowstring the Archer and Whisper the Shield Warrior

Alex: Lord Ryewood the Elven Knight and his Squire Jeff

Darryl:  The Un-named Thief and  The Alchemist

The Dimly lit cavern with the Underground Lake and wooden foot bridge.

Lord Ryewood falls under the massive blows from the Trolls Heavy Club. Nearby the Wizard fights in desperate melee.

Bowstring and Whisper clear the way for the Alchemist. He prepares his flaming oil ready to hurl it across the Lake.

Our Heroes cross the battlefield heading towards the secret door fighting their way through hordes of Orcs and Orc Brutes .  Lord Ryewood has recovered somewhat and Crusher has been healed by Tripper having been knocked down by an Orc Brute earlier.  Tripper had lost his magical energies so could only do this through the use of Blood Magic.

This was a tough scenario for the team.  Possibly caused by the initial deployment with the party split and the monsters too close, especially the Troll.

Nevertheless they picked up some useful treasure and have readied themselves at the Sewer located Underground Tavern before pushing on to the Tower.

Started on a Roman/ Dark Age wagon and crew, 2 Mirkwood Elf Cavalry and Bolg Foot and Mounted.

So far all black coat spray after assembly.

Phil, Mike, Alex and Darryl played Gloomhaven.  Another great game.  We took on Drake’s Nest at level 2 (normal).  Phil had a new Beast Master character.  It was tough after the third room when lots of nulls and misses and problems with doors, stuns, poisons and movement all conspired to hit us hard.  The third room was dealt with/ held at bay by the beast whilst the rapidly fading heroes took on the last room.  Fortunately the Tinkerer had kept some good cards back and still had enough life with the help of Mike to take out the final room and grab the treasure.  So a very narrow victory with both Darryl Phil and Mike either exhausted or on their final rest!  Well done team.

Found this handy online campaign tracker:  below is our file.  http://thearcane.li/

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