Underappreciated YouTube channels
There’s no shortage of gaming content on YouTube. Here are some of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/@52Miniatures https://www.youtube.com/@RandomMakingEncounters https://www.youtube.com/@magicdicemanufacturing https://www.youtube.com/@MattsHobbyHour https://www.youtube.com/@hammerthebacklog https://www.youtube.com/@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring https://www.youtube.com/@TheBattlinBarrowGaming https://youtube.com/@thedungeondive
Gorechosen Schemes
I’ve been on a bit of a Gorechosen/Combat Arena kick lately, and just started painting the models. Here are some great paint schemes. I need to pick a basing scheme too. I don’t plan to go all-out like some of these painters, they’ve outdone themselves! The Khorne models are a bit “samey”, but these painters have done a great job of differentiating the minis. I especially like the blue Skulltaker by Next Level Painting. It’s a little funny that even some of the newest things in my collection are a bit old now.
Fun write-up about Advanced Heroquest
The author’s experience is starkly different than mine as a young person with a copy of AHQ in hand. https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/pauls-most-important-gaming-memory/ I’m glad someone enjoyed their experience with AHQ, because my experience was a letdown after the wonders of HeroQuest. My brother and I were ready to take on AHQ after playing dozens of rounds of HeroQuest. But the box contents were… underwhelming. Warhammer Quest 1995 remedied that situation, though at an out-of-reach price tag. So! As an adult I figured I’d give AHQ another try. And, it was pretty much the game I remember. Lots of emptiness ending in abrupt death. In stark contrast to HeroQuest, where you’re slaying monsters all day, if you run into a monster in Advanced HeroQuest, they will quickly and quietly stab you to death in the darkness of a long forgotten hallway. Your character will spend their last moments counting how many arrows remain…
Sellers Remorse
I tend to be careful with what I buy so I don’t often sell a ton of stuff. I had bought some Blood Bowl teams to use in Blitz Bowl. Each Blitz Bowl team is essentially half a Blood Bowl team. So I sold them. I sold them without looking at Blitz Bowl 3rd edition. Bonehead move. A goblin team in 3rd Edition is 6 goblins and a troll. So all I would have needed was a cool troll model for a complete team! Ugh! So I thought it was funny that the half skaven half goblin team only came with 6 goblins. A goblin team in 2nd Edition Blitz Bowl is 8 goblins. Then I thought, maybe I’ll just collect a vintage goblin team. *Checks eBay prices* Yeah, maybe not. I don’t want to spend $15 per gobo for a team I might play once or twice. I’ll probably…
Blackstone Fortress Additional GW Models
This is the single greatest reddit comment ever and I’m saving this post for posterity. Minis beyond the box expansions… byu/forlorn_bandersnatch inBlackstonefortress It looks like you’ve listed all of the ones that I know about. There are 3 army-of-one characters: deathwatch watch master, eversor assassin, and solitaire 5 retinue characters: Jokaero weaponsmith, (2) Broggan brothers, Skarburn zapdakka, and Penitent 707 2 new enemy types: master of possession, greater possessed The models that GW used for each of the ‘Extra’ characters: The Jokaero weaponsmith, Deathwatch watch master, eversor assassin, and Solitaire are all as-is models from their own stand alone kits for 40k. Penitent 707 is one of the three Arco-flagellants from the Sisters of Battle limited edition box set, which are different from the models in the stand alone Arco-flagellant box set. That being said, any Arco-flagellant model should do – it’s not like any of them have a number…
I wish October was two months long
I printed out this skeleton months ago. It’s from Old Realm Forge. Since he has little legs, I added a tombstone (semi-failed round-base print) to help back him up. Knocked out the paint job in an hour. Super fun. I love painting skeletons in October! I also assembled a Shambling Undead team for Blitz Bowl that I acquired… 2.5 years ago. Gulp. Time flies. Do you have any model kits that you’re sitting on for a long time/special occasion?
Great Dungeon Tile Paint Scheme
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Halloween Hobbytime!
This is what I’ve been busy working on this week. I’ve been getting ready to play Castle of Darkness! Sure, sure. Radukar the Beast is for Cursed City Nightwars. But he’s a big vampire, so he counts. I’ve been working on him on the side so he’ll be a surprise when the big reveal happens. I’ve been trying to avoid too, too many spoilers myself, but I know he exists, so I can’t unlearn that fact. Plus, now he’s painted and completes the entire lineup for Nightwars. I’ll post all the minis here sometime. The Dire Wolf proxies, also below, go with Nemesis, but I was on a roll and knocked out 10 more minis from the backlog. Pictures are links to store or 3D source for the models. Note: the big wolf (lower, center) is this one.
Halloween is right around the corner
With the leaves falling and a chill in the air, there’s no better time to turn to THE CASTLE OF DARKNESS!!!!!!! If you’re not familiar with Littlemonk and his Warhammer Quest 1995 expansions, join his runboard and take a look. They’re pretty impressive. I do wish that he’d credit artists though. This is a fun group of adventures featuring Universal Studios themed monsters. Yes, normal WHQ has mummies and vampires, but Littlemonk has provided rules for three tiers of wolfmen and Frankenstein’s monster. I’m really hoping to get this on the table before October is through. Here’s a list of suitable miniatures (all free)
Blood (Blitz) Bowl Geheimnisnacht Special – Halloween Edition
I’m a Blitz Bowl player by nature. For whatever reason, Blood Bowl never appealed to me. I’m just a smaller game kind of guy. But! I love Halloween! So this very Halloween themed bonus is easily tied into Blitz Bowl. Good News! Blitz Bowl Ultimate Second Edition has rules for the Necromantic Horrors in Blitz Bowl! Love these models: I do have a Shambling Undead team that I’ve been meaning to get to. Not enough hours in the day! These are the two things that are easily ported into Blitz Bowl: