Crypt Flayers & Decapitatior: Done!
Finished these mean looking guys last night. Always nice having the bases done! I’m ready to try at least the first Ghoul adventure from White Dwarf 497.
Ghoulish progress
Here’s how the Crypt Flayers and Decapitator are looking. I was initially worried about the scheme, but all of them together look pretty decent.
Cursed City Big Ghoul Update
Some speculative clarification on the big ghouls. It looks like you need these models to play: 2 Crypt Flayer, 1 Crypt Infernal Courtier 2 Crypt Horrors, 1 Crypt Haunter Courtier So in “Our Enemies Sally Forth”, use 2 Crypt Horrors, 1 Crypt Haunter Courtier This is an improvement, because that scenario had called for 3 Crypt Haunter Courtiers, which pushed the big ghoul model count over 6, which would have meant another kit was necessary to build everything necessary. However, we still need the card for the Crypt Haunter Courtier. The good news is that my 3D proxies are ready to go! However, if I knew I only needed two Crypt Horrors, I wouldn’t have printed three. I would have fired off a Crypt Haunter Courtier that I mocked up. I may still print it, or I’ll just paint one of the Crypt Horrors white and red to differentiate it…
Ghoulish Models
Updated 4/12/2024 with the recent Errata The ghoulish models that Games Workshop included in White Dwarf 497–498 are so indistinguishable that even GW got mixed up and didn’t include all of them in the magazines. I’ve gathered the brightest minds of our generation to make sense of what is necessary to acquire the models to play the game (though rules for the Crypt Haunter Courtiers are completely omitted from the scenarios). If you haven’t seen Always Board Never Boring‘s take on the magazines, they’re right here: It’s pretty pricy to get into this. Keep in mind, the entire base game costs $199.00 (+tax) and can be found for less everywhere besides the GW webstore. If you buy all kits separately, you’re looking at $318.50 plus tax. The Model breakdown: Quantity $ Per Model Total Description 1 $35.00 $35.00 Royal Decapitator 1 $35.00 $35.00 Marrowscroll Herald 1 $33.50 $33.50 Abhorrant Archregent…
Know your Ghouls!
It took me a bit to understand the multi-faceted Crypt Horror/Crypt Infernal Courtier/Crypt Flayer/Crypt Haunter Courtier/Vargheist kit. I picked up one of these a while ago for Cursed City Nemesis. Little did I know about how versatile it is! First, the most basic is the Crypt Horror. Notice it has no wings, no necklace, no back spikes, and a human-adjacent face. In direct contrast is the Crypt Infernal Courtier. This guy has 4 wings, back spikes and a very fashionable necklace. Toning it down a bit is the Crypt Flayer. Still with the humanoid face, but no major back spikes (besides a very stately spinal ridge), and one pair of wings. He has dropped the jewelry too, for a more streamlined look. Kicking it back up a notch is the Crypt Haunter Courtier. This fellow sports no wings, but makes up for it with plenty of spikes and the first…
More Slambo
A google search on John Blanche’s Knight Panther painting brought me back to Between the Bolter and Me. Love the freehand. So great!
One Page Rules – Still Printing!
I’m still working on the OPR print-a-thon. They’ve dropped two new minis since I started!
One Page Rules – Free Miniatures Review
One Page Rules isn’t exactally a secret any more. There are plenty of youtubers singing the miniature-agnostic game’s praises, especially in comparison to other companies-not-to-be-named-here. OPR offers free core rules, has a reasonably priced Patreon and a bunch of minis on my mini factory. Not to mention a free points calculating/army building app. However you may not know that they give away 25 free minis available here. You can try before you buy! More minis are added occasionally, the most recent going up 8/16/2022. I’m going to review every single pre-supported mini and let you know what I think. The first batch is on the printer right now. In fact, a few months ago I printed some mummies for my WHQ set. They turned out pretty darn well if I do say so myself!
A long time in the making
My page about DIY Warhammer Quest is now live. It’s not so much about the set I made, but a consolidation of resources to Print and Play WHQ at home. I have to admit, I’m a bit conflicted about posting this stuff. I don’t own the rights to any of it and almost none of it I actually created myself. But I put a TON of hours into the files making all the print layouts work. I’m especially proud of all the hounding I put into the character expansion booklets. But at the same time, GW doesn’t even make games like this any more, much less this actual one. It’s nearly 30 years old! The only people making money off this game are eBay sellers. Oh, to have more than a handful of original pieces! So check it out, it’s right here:
After all that Slamboing, I wanted to give it a shot myself
I wanted to paint a Slambo in a low stakes way. I’m going to work up to painting one of the originals. He’s resin printed and turned out pretty darn well for probably an hour and a half’s worth of work. Sure, he’s just a mirrored Heroquest Chaos Warrior, but I think he looks good! He’s going to go on the Hero shelf, not down with the rest of the Chaos horde. I think he’ll be a Chaos Warrior character for my Warhammer Quest set. Big thanks go out to Soundwave810 for the design!