Lady Justice and Judge

I had a great weekend relaxing and I got to hang out with my buddy Greyhorde and we did some painting. These two models won't win any competitions, but they are good enough for gaming. Plus I have another set that I can work on later if I feel that I want to do it better. Hard to say right now since ME2 dropped at Gen Con and a new plastic box set for Lady J was released. The new Death Marshalls are awesome! For now I can calling these two done after a good clear coat.

Life happens

Wow, it has been almost one full year since my l last post here. Last year was a very rough year and 2013 hasn't been all that kind either. More work, more things breaking and everyone needing my attention all at once. This year was especially nasty in that two days before Gen Con my underground power line to my house broke. So instead of having fun and geeking out with like minded peoples, I spent the weekend digging a 35ft ditch. What can you do? Had to be fixed. Everything is back to normal now and the kids have started school for the year. With routines coming the norm I am really trying to get "butt-in-chair" time at the paint desk. So here is a shot of one of my WIPs:

Here is Kaeris from Malifaux.

Trying to get back into the game.....

So far the year 2012 has been crap for me. In January my father-in-law passed away. Lots of problems that are on-going settling his estate. The first of July my dad passed away. He left big shoes to fill for my brother and myself. I did manage to go to Gen Con for 3 days, which was totally awesome, and that gave me a break from my troubles and re-energized me to get back into painting. So here is my latest work: This is Reaper Chronoscope 50014 Nick Stone. Great figure and he was fun to paint. I used some colors that I never had before, namely teal in the armor. This figure is coming out in the new Bones line from the Reaper Kickstarter, so I will get to paint him again in the future. I hope that I can keep the ball rolling this time around....

DnD Game and Terrain Part 2

The party bravely advances into the dungeon after getting the gates open.

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The party starts to explore inside, finding a room that is described as a laboratory.

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Here we are attacked by a spectre (the figure in yellow) of a wizard's assistant.

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The sound of an oncoming golem on patrol causes the group to be nervous.

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After a long battle and 2 characters nearly killed, the golem is defeated.

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Here the remaining group starts into the deeper level.

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In the end the group managed to find the wizard, but he had trapped himself in a time bubble so the party could not retrieve him. When we left the dungeon we discovered that the time bubble had ripples and we had been gone for over a year! The evil we were trying to stop had taken over while we were gone and now we must fight an uphill battle to defeat it.

This was by far the best game of DnD that I have ever played. Good combat, lots of role playing and several puzzles to figure out. And to top it off, this was only a set up for the real story! I will definitely post more as we get the games in!

DnD Game and Terrain

About a week ago I went down to a good friends house to get in a game of DnD. What the players did not expect was the our host and DM had built a 3 tier game table for the main part of our story.

The story is the group is sent to find and bring back a wizard's apprentice who may know how to seal an ancient evil relic back in its containment box. The wizard who had sealed it away originally has grown old and too frail to do it again. We were told that the apprentice, Kadoc, had bought two levels of a dwarven outpost that the dwarves were going to seal up and leave.

When we arrived to the mountain that dwarves had carved out for the outpost, the curtains came off the table and here is what we saw:

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We have an inn, a mill, blacksmith and market. And of course, the mountain face and ominous door into the unknown. But it was late when we arrived so we decided to rest in the inn and keep a guard.

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In the mourning we managed to get the main door open, only to see 3 gates blocking our path.

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The rogue then found a secret entrance to the left of the door that took us to the room that controlled the gates that had been locked in place.

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More on the adventure to follow.....

Still trying.....

Well I failed big time in my malifaux challenge. I managed to get 3 figures done by the deadline, but then I couldn't attend the tournament at the end. I am still planning to keep working on all my crews, especially since I got more for Christmas! Plus a few more brushes!

Here is the last 3 to get finished, but after the dead line for the challenge.

Malifaux Challenge Update #2

Here are the first two finished Death Marshals. They have just been gloss coated, still need add the matte top coat. 3rd Marshal had all the flames from the coffin to finish and a little touch up to the base. Should get that done tonight.