Some Marvel Crisis Protocol figures painted up

Hi all!

Okay, it has been AGES and AGES since I've posted.  Unfortunately I've just been super duper busy with life... wife, kids, a loss, work, and of course, the whole global pandemic thing.

But let's be honest... it's 99 percent the kids.

Proof?

They leave for a day or two, and suddenly I'm painting and updating the blog and everything!:D

Anyway, thought I would share... I got a bunch of Marvel Crisis Protocol figures, because who wouldn't want to paint Marvel figures!  I will say, my issue with the game itself is I cannot stand the idea of good guys and bad guys being on the same team.  They desperately need minions for this game... like, an assortment of SHIELD operatives, and HYDRA operatives, and some undead minions (and Fenris wolf) for Hela... the works.

But here is what I've painted so far!

So at the top is obviously the big 3... Iron Man, Thor, and Cap.

Here is Spider Man (sort of out of focus, sorry!), Black Widow, and Black Panther.

Hela and Crossbones

Hulk!  I did this guy with contrast paints, and I'll be honest, I am not happy with him.  May have to redo.

This is the little newspaper stand that comes with the game.  Honestly, I painted it up for my Walking Dead table:)

And here it is from the back.

Anyway... I hope everyone out there is well, especially since wargamers tend to be an older crowd, and I hope everyone is using their time at home to paint up some great stuff!

Can't wait for this thing to end, so I can see my friends... and, more importantly, so I can check out the new Mythicos Studios that was on the VERGE of opening right near me before this damn plague hit!:)  If you need to buy miniatures or hobby supplies, please consider ordering from them, and helping out a friend neighborhood hobby store!

A bunch of painted Mantic "The Walking Dead" photos

Hey all!

Well, just eye candy today... no story, no game, just terrain and figures!

Some more set-ups for the Walking Dead campaign...

Played a few more missions of the campaign with my son!  We left the kid at base for a few missions, to try to conserve food.  We actually found a few weapons stores, and some food and medical supplies, so we are in decent shape... for now.

Here two of our survivors move through a small park, keeping an eye on a zombie who seems to be keeping an eye on them...

Here was another mission, this time gathering medical supplies.  We did well on this one, managing to gather most of the supplies on the board.

Anyway... its just eye candy, but thought folks might like it!

Started a new "Walking Dead" campaign

Hey all!

As promised, I HAVE been doing stuff lately.  I took just a COUPLE of photos of the most recent thing... a Walking Dead campaign game my son and I are playing.

With our initial 60 points, we bought three survivors... a man, a woman, and a kid (Carl, but we used a girl figure, so we are calling her Carla...)  The first few missions went okay, although we didn't find a lot of food, and our guys started to starve.  We DID find a pistol, which we are saving until things go badly.

The mission above (a "Surrounded!" mission) went SUPER quick... there was only a single supply, and it started right next to us, so we grabbed it and ran!

We began to leave the kid behind on missions, so that she could rest... our lack of food was causing some issues.  This was our next mission... a food supply run.  The traffic jam would give us some cover... I pity the poor people caught in that jam, who were likely torn to pieces!

This mission STARTED well... supplies right near the entrance, and zombies being  pulled to the red car by a car alarm going off, allowing our two survivors to skirt around the edge of the board towards the supplies near the rusted Coca Cola van...

But things can go south QUICK.  As the car alarm drew more and more zombies to the area they got more and more agitated, and suddenly a swarm of zombies noticed us and shambled down the street, coming our way!

Thankfully we were able to just turn and flee, having found enough food to supply our group for a bit and also a piece of body armor for my woman!

Here is the latest board... it's a medical supply run, which is good... we will see how it goes!

BTW, if you want to see the rough rules I used for the solo campaign, here they are!

Star Wars Legion: Death Troopers

Hey all!

Well, I know it has been quiet, but no worries, I'm still here and working on stuff... just been a bit busy with children and a job and a wife who works, which leaves little to no time for blogging.

But I'm here!  And there is lots of cool stuff that I've finished!

First up... some Death Troopers!  While I generally like original trilogy stuff, these guys I feel like are fine... they fit in thematically, and they give the Empire a cool elite trooper who stands out.

Overall I'm happy with how they turned out, but damn, I do NOT like painting black.  I'll definitely not be doing another unit of these any time soon!

Anyway... I took some more photos since I had the camera out, so I'll post more minis in the near future!:)

Some recently painted stuff... Black Seas and Warlord WW2 Americans...

 

Hey all!

Got the lights set up, thought I'd take a few photos.  First up, some of the nearly finished Black Seas ships...

I'm also working on a nearly complete sprue from a recent Wargames Illustrated... some WW2 Americans I'm painting up while I watch Band of Brothers.

A first test game of Black Seas!

Well, I finally got a few ships done, so thought it was time to try out a game of Black Seas!  My son, who is always a willing opponent, was the opposing admiral!

He had two ships, a third rate and a brig, while I took two frigates.  I started with the wind in my favor.

We sailed towards each other, and my two frigates split up, with the hope of catching his third rate between us.

The third rate returned fire, as did the brig.

My frigate closed in, and hammered on the third rate, actually causing a massive fire to break out!  

As the crew of the third rate put all of their energy into putting out the fire, my other frigate cut across its bow, crossing the T and pouring fire into it...

...while my other frigate crossed the T from the stern!  This was BAD for my son's man of war!

My lead frigate passed between my son's third rate and brig and fired on both!

He, however, took fire in return.

And my frigate continued to fire, and then passed right by the third rate...

... which promptly passed my stern and absolutely unloaded at point blank range, doing an insane amount of damage and outright sinking my frigate!

My other frigate sailed in and began to pour fire into the stern of the third rate as it sailed on.

And started a fire!

My son put all his efforts into putting out the fire and so his third rate went off the board, reappearing a bit later behind a nearby island.

(Off camera, the brig struck its colors, leaving just my frigate and the third rate fighting.)  The third rate came from behind the island and the two ships raced at each other, each trying to cross the other...

My frigate crossed first, pouring fire into the bow of the third rate...

... but my son sailed on and promptly boarded my frigate, his men causing such slaughter that my crew threw down their weapons and surrendered!

So overall, it was fun!  A lot of checking of charts for shooting and criticals, but still, a good time.

Got paint on my first "Black Seas" ship, a frigate...

... and I'm not convinced.  Not sure why I don't like it, but something feels off... like, it isn't detailed enough.  I tried contrast paints for parts of it, like the yellow... maybe they aren't ideal for this.

Argh.  And not in a good, pirate way either.