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6 foot underwater

Moonknight and all the capes looking good Although no idea who the Hood is.
Be interesting to see how they work the multiple personalities, including Mr Knight, if that was indeed who appeared in the teaser.

I'd like to see what you do with the faerie contingent, but also cultists and monsters, and indeed the Veer-myn So basically, I'll wait and see what comes out the Gravencave...


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JoshInJapan wrote:I vote for witches.
Moon Knight looks great. I loved that book back in the day-- before Bill Sienkiewicz got all weird, he was a really good Neil Adams imitator, which suited the character really well.

Ah, the lovely witches. Yes, the 70s Adams vibe really suits the character.

endtransmission wrote:Clearly the Marvel version of Batman is Night-Owl, but yes, Moon Knight is pretty close too I guess. I'm really looking forward to that series
Great work on Moon Knight and blade too. As for Moonstone... my vote is to finish the Goblins that you've already started first!

Well indeed. And yeah. Pesky goblins!
aku-chan wrote:Great job on the capes as usual!
I also vote for witches.

I love capes. Blame Gitsplitta, he made me learn to wet blend vote noted
Dysartes wrote:Goblins!

It's headed for a tie! Witches and goblins, oh my!
monkeytroll wrote:Moonknight and all the capes looking good Although no idea who the Hood is.
Be interesting to see how they work the multiple personalities, including Mr Knight, if that was indeed who appeared in the teaser.
I'd like to see what you do with the faerie contingent, but also cultists and monsters, and indeed the Veer-myn So basically, I'll wait and see what comes out the Gravencave...

Interesting that you have very different tastes to the others! Goblins and witches seem to be most popular but I'll bear your vote in mind
So I'm trying to clear my backlog in the meantime. First up, the last 3 heroes for Forbidden Fortress:

Shugenja (elemental sorceress), Geisha and Enforcer.

Lots of experiments. Green highlights on orange, blossom on the parasol, and freehand tattoos.

Whilst I am not 100% on them I am, for the most part happy.
I've also been trudging away at my Veer-Myn for Deadzone. I HATE army painting. Never mind, they are finally coming together in all their rusty, ratty glory.

Stuck in the house with the kids today, waiting for PCR test results. Still, got some marking done and managed to take down Ronan the Accuser in the process.

Really testing scenario, as befits an end of campaign boss fight. Didn't help that we had Klyntar symbiotes (like Venom) flailing around at us as well.

Going to try to make some headway on my booknook, but the rats are gnawing away at me...
Graven


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6 foot underwater

Hah, my tastes vary greatly, depending on the time - although tentacles and wires are obviously always at the forefront

Good job on the tattoos, and the parasol looks great, very effective.

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Untill I blew it up I thought it was a shujenga, geisha and Don Ho playing a ukulele....very intimidating and more proof I need new glasses.

as for the Moonstone guys I say grab all the fat ones and knock them out first, then midgets and then normal sized beings. That is also a very insensitive thing for me to say, but it would put me in the first batch

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

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Reading, Berks

 inmygravenimage wrote:

Stuck in the house with the kids today, waiting for PCR test results. Still, got some marking done and managed to take down Ronan the Accuser in the process.



I see. "marking"

   
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Mostly, on my phone.

monkeytroll wrote:Hah, my tastes vary greatly, depending on the time - although tentacles and wires are obviously always at the forefront
Good job on the tattoos, and the parasol looks great, very effective.

Hey there's always time for tentacles

Theophony wrote:Untill I blew it up I thought it was a shujenga, geisha and Don Ho playing a ukulele....very intimidating and more proof I need new glasses.
as for the Moonstone guys I say grab all the fat ones and knock them out first, then midgets and then normal sized beings. That is also a very insensitive thing for me to say, but it would put me in the first batch

noted.

endtransmission wrote:
I see. "marking"

Yup lol. Got to stay sane somehow

This is a very project-y month, and I'm just plodding away with my Veer-myn for now:

The metals are now on over the rust - the idea is the higher status, the less rust - and so the next job is straps/pouches (khaki) then eyes/cables (red), claws/teeth (bone), fur/tail highlights, and finally finishing off glowy bubbly green goo. It's a long slog - I really find army painting soul-destroying - but breaking it down into chunks makes it a lot more bearable

The Book Nook is also primed in its various sections, and starting to come together (dodgy pic, sorry):

Need to assemble and paint the two sides separately (green shutters, off-white stone work) and then slide it all together, along with the mirrored backing and base insert for the water. That'll be... interesting.

And then, goblins and witches next... Honest Though I have just primed up all my Wrath of Angels stuff
Graven

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Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

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Philadelphia

Yooo book nook looks like itll be really good. Keep it up!

   
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Reading, Berks

The rusty rats look great so far. You're nearly there... keep going!

   
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Mostly, on my phone.

Stevefamine wrote: Your book nook looks like it'll be really good. Keep it up!

High praise indeed from a master craftsman! Here's hoping ...
endtransmission wrote:The rusty rats look great so far. You're nearly there... keep going!

Cheers. They were a slog, but worth it.

So, indeed, here are all 24. A mix of DZ3 starter, a cheap box of the old figs and a promo.

I ended up doing yellow for the cables and turquoise for lenses, just popped better. Essentially, the more rust, the lower in rank they are.

Nightcrawlers (shooty grunts)

Night Stalkers (stabby runts)

Night Terrors (fast heavy/fast assault one is a rescue, one is not ... )

Nightmares (slow elite heavies; I freakin' love these, and want more).

Pack Leader (new resin DZ3 boxset leader, massive and lovely)

Progenitor and Brood Mother (leaders, very pleased to snag the old promo progenitor, need to print some rats for big momma)

Creeper and Volt Chaser (Creeper is a big kitbash with GS lower half, Volt Chaser is mini kitbash)

Maligni (specialists; new style, great models)

Rumbler and Spotter (slow mobile field artillery; need to kitbash another Rumbler with the alternate weapon and likewise another spotter). So, yes, that's quite enough of a horde for a skirmish game, barring a swarm of rats or two.

What else? Well, where there's rats, there's plague...

This Reaper Plague Doctor will be going into the Venice Book Nook, lurking in the shadows. I'd considered some deep red for the hood as a nod to Don't Look Now, given that I'm trying to get a few references in the one place, but the green just looked better.

And you didn't think I'd really take a break for Marvel, did you?

Baron Mordo - not a character I'm overly fond of in comics, but I'm a huge Chiwetel Ejiofor fan and love that the in-game sculpt is so close to his appearance in the MCU (so far ) I added the barrel because it just felt to fragile (plus ties it in with some of my other bases).

Lurking in the WIP section of the paint queue is The Ancient One - I can't believe that Marvel minis have become a palette cleanser > oh, and I have started on the witches and goblins, but nothing to show... Yet
Graven

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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UK

That's a great set of mucky soace rats! Consistent, interesting and somewhat disgusting, what more can you ask for?

Mordo looks excellent too, and I 100% agree about Chiwetel, he does a superb job in that role (I have my issues with some of the action in the Doctor Strange movie, but the cast is perfection)

Love the plague doc, for a mini that reads as one colour at first glance, there's a nice amount of variety within that, and the sword is super.


 
   
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6 foot underwater

Nice little horde Good touch with the rust ranking. That pack leader looks lovely, ripe for some champion's
Are we missing pics for the creeper and volt-chaser though ?

Great plague doc, and the sword is lovely.


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Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
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Paradigm wrote:That's a great set of mucky soace rats! Consistent, interesting and somewhat disgusting, what more can you ask for?
Mordo looks excellent too, and I 100% agree about Chiwetel, he does a superb job in that role (I have my issues with some of the action in the Doctor Strange movie, but the cast is perfection)
Love the plague doc, for a mini that reads as one colour at first glance, there's a nice amount of variety within that, and the sword is super.

Thanks on all counts. That was exactly what I wanted with my Space Skaven
I likewise have many issues, but it's still better than Eternals
I am so thrilled you like the Plague Doctor and his sword, I did try hard with it so that's much appreciated.
monkeytroll wrote:Nice little horde Good touch with the rust ranking. That pack leader looks lovely, ripe for some champion's
Are we missing pics for the creeper and volt-chaser though ?
Great plague doc, and the sword is lovely.

Yeah the pack leader is a cracking figure, and thanks for the feedback.
Ah! Bother!

Creepers are hackers, able to disable tech on the field, which makes them particularly good against Asterians (robot drones). Volt Chasers are Technorati (ha!), rats with bionic upgrades - so he's got a wee bionic eye.

Painting likely to be out of action this week: trying to get the broadband fixed (Thursday) which translates to emptied out man cave. Going to prime, as it's a little milder, and build, instead.

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Mostly, on my phone.

Despite being crammed into a tiny space surrounded with all hobby in boxes, I managed to tackle a couple more bits.

The Ancient One for MCP. I went hooded, not bald, athough I do like the gender-fluid sculpt that they created for the game. Enjoyable experiments with deep warm yellows.

It's surprising what you can do in a tiny corner.

Caught up with metropolis, one of my oldest and dearest brothers-in-nerd, whom I've not seen in over a year - indeed thanks to pandemic he'd not even met my youngest spawn - we even ran a gaming webstore for a couple of years in the early days of online shopping. Easy to forget, in this age of TTS, Discord and so forth, how important the human side of the hobby is. And because he is the devil himself, he got me the KS of Core Space: First Born for Xmas.

It's a whole lot of game, cos THAT'S what I need more of

On which note, I've decided that this is the year to make the grand pilgrimage to Warhammer World (and Mantic HQ) - again, was planned pre-pandemic with the elder spawn for July 2020 but I'm determined now to do it, and take both my boys - it's a beast of a drive at nearly 5 hrs each way, but doable with a sleep one-way: 3 hrs or so down to outside York on a Tuesday evening (wife doesn't work Wednesdays), morning drive to Nottingham, AM at Mantic, Lunch and PM at GW, drive back up with dinner en route back up.

Might get some Aeronautica progress done next. We'll see.
Graven

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Not where I should be

Great work as usual here, seeing the Veer myn makes want to do mine, I have the box, and a bunch to be 3d printed.




 
   
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Camkierhi wrote:Great work as usual here, seeing the Veer myn makes want to do mine, I have the box, and a bunch to be 3d printed.


Cheers buddy; might need to pick your brains about decent STLs for them as I'm struggling to find any.

Some progress on the Raven Guard air support:

Getting there. Red windows, and transfers galore, to follow.

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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Madison, WI

So much amazing stuff... action and adventure. I have missed it!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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I do hope appropriate sound effects will be used while those planes are in use, graven...

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

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 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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Affton, MO. USA

I do love the yellows you pulled off on the Ancient one

I'd love to try AI, but support from GW and the pricing just doesn't work for me. Local shops won't stock it if they could. I guess being burnt by X-wing 2.0 have them thinking twice about any flying games.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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6 foot underwater

Nice looking yellows on the ancient one

The AI stuff is cool, but I can't help but feel those interceptors would look better with a long swishy tail and some claws....

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Not where I should be

Check out this guys work.

https://cults3d.com/en/users/EmanG/creations

Looks pretty amazing to me. A few swaps on weapons and some work on the armour and you are ggetting close.

This gent has a few as well.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/ratmen-gatling-gunner

I am patreon ing him, has some blooming nice bits.

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Unsurprisingly I love all the new stuff, but especially the MCP additions And love the alternate head on the Ancient One, didn't know it came with an option. Good call on the support for Mordo. I love the dynamic poses on the MCP minis, but sometimes feel they've been made by people who don't have to built the stuff
   
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Mostly, on my phone.

Gitsplitta wrote:So much amazing stuff... action and adventure. I have missed it!

Missed you too Buddy, lovely to have you back.
Dysartes wrote:I do hope appropriate sound effects will be used while those planes are in use, graven...

Fwoosh, nyahhhowwwww, dakkadakkadakka boom.
Theophony wrote:I do love the yellows you pulled off on the Ancient one
I'd love to try AI, but support from GW and the pricing just doesn't work for me. Local shops won't stock it if they could. I guess being burnt by X-wing 2.0 have them thinking twice about any flying games.

Thanks pal. Xwing 2.0 was an absolute travesty. Don't talk about it, you'll give me the rage. I find gw's attitude to AI frustrating also, specifically the lack of ready availablity of card decks. At least they've started including stat cards on the building instructions now.
monkeytroll wrote:Nice looking yellows on the ancient one
The AI stuff is cool, but I can't help but feel those interceptors would look better with a long swishy tail and some claws....

Lol we do need some big chaos space birds
Camkierhi wrote:Check out this guys work.
https://cults3d.com/en/users/EmanG/creations
Looks pretty amazing to me. A few swaps on weapons and some work on the armour and you are ggetting close.
This gent has a few as well.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/ratmen-gatling-gunner
I am patreon ing him, has some blooming nice bits.

Knew of the second but not first, good catch.
Viterbi wrote:Unsurprisingly I love all the new stuff, but especially the MCP additions And love the alternate head on the Ancient One, didn't know it came with an option. Good call on the support for Mordo. I love the dynamic poses on the MCP minis, but sometimes feel they've been made by people who don't have to built the stuff

Lol so true and thanks as always

Speaking of the said tiny spessplehns:

A little progress, and the addition of FW transfers.

Trying to decide if the storm eagles need anything ventrally... Perhaps a name? "Shadow" and "Umbra" both come on the sheet...

Ongoing broadband hell seems to finally being resolved, ish, so can start to put study together again. Have so far spent 4-5hrs punching tokens and building cardstock scenery for Core Space, and still not quite done. OTOH, managed to blag stuff for giveaway and the trading post expansion for myself...

So that's a bonus, eh?
Graven

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

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 Camkierhi wrote:
Check out this guys work.

https://cults3d.com/en/users/EmanG/creations

Looks pretty amazing to me. A few swaps on weapons and some work on the armour and you are ggetting close.

This gent has a few as well.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/ratmen-gatling-gunner

I am patreon ing him, has some blooming nice bits.


I am a big fan of Eman, I have printed a lot of his works. I just found out that he takes the files from the GW games and videos and then work so on them, at least from what I’ve read. Either way they are fantastic.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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UK

Those Marine fliers are looking great, that Raven Guard scheme is really striking with the white transfers. Love what you did with the Ancient One too.

On the subject of printed rats, only thing to watch for with EmanG's models is that they can sometimes have some hollow voids in them that can cause cracking later. I've not printed any of his Skaven, but I had a couple of his goblins burst on me a while back for that reason.

 
   
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Japan

I love your work on the Veer-myn. I got my son the starter set for Xmas. Combined with my Projectandora set, we have a pretty good start on a warband. Sadly, he doesn't enjoy the painting aspect of the hobby as much as I do, so we have a bunch of assembled and primed models sitting and gathering dust. Maybe once his spring vacation starts I can get him to start...

I'm jealous that you can visit both Mantic and GW. Being on the other side of the world poses and insurmountable obstacle for me.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Reading, Berks

I loved the Core Spare rules and miniatures, but felt overwhelmed by the cardboard... the setup of the games seemed to take forever.

Look forward to seeing what you do with them all!

   
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 endtransmission wrote:
I loved the Core Spare rules and miniatures, but felt overwhelmed by the cardboard... the setup of the games seemed to take forever.

Look forward to seeing what you do with them all!


That was one of the selling points to our original Necromunda groups, the setting up of all the cardboard terrain. I've seen it on the shelves at the local FLGS, but will have to live this one through Graven.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Reading, Berks

I struggled to identify some of the wall pieces for the map setups in the campaign and always ended up with slightly wonky layouts. Looking back, I wish I'd tried harder (or just gone with a gridded floor plan now I have the whiteboard table top). I was part of a beta playthrough day with the designers and it was an absolute blast to play.

The loot crate idea and the civilians wandering around were all really interesting design choices that just gave the whole thing some character. Looking forward to seeing Graven play

   
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Mostly, on my phone.

Theophony wrote:
I am a big fan of Eman, I have printed a lot of his works. I just found out that he takes the files from the GW games and videos and then work so on them, at least from what I’ve read. Either way they are fantastic.

I think that despite the Skaven symbols they're probably more useful than the others too as they aren't covered in :eagle:
Paradigm wrote:Those Marine fliers are looking great, that Raven Guard scheme is really striking with the white transfers. Love what you did with the Ancient One too.
On the subject of printed rats, only thing to watch for with EmanG's models is that they can sometimes have some hollow voids in them that can cause cracking later. I've not printed any of his Skaven, but I had a couple of his goblins burst on me a while back for that reason.

Cheers! Good to know. That's always a bloody nuisance.
JoshInJapan wrote:I love your work on the Veer-myn. I got my son the starter set for Xmas. Combined with my Projectandora set, we have a pretty good start on a warband. Sadly, he doesn't enjoy the painting aspect of the hobby as much as I do, so we have a bunch of assembled and primed models sitting and gathering dust. Maybe once his spring vacation starts I can get him to start...
I'm jealous that you can visit both Mantic and GW. Being on the other side of the world poses and insurmountable obstacle for me.

Well, I have a similar problem with my kids tbh. My current thinking is get the younger to drybrush the GCPS with a dark green for easy master chief style paint scheme.
In 30+ years of being a gamer, I've never made the pilgrimage, so really it's about time. Mind you, I've never made it to Japan either
endtransmission wrote:I loved the Core Space rules and miniatures, but felt overwhelmed by the cardboard... the setup of the games seemed to take forever.
Look forward to seeing what you do with them all!

Yeah, it's all sorted at least now so we're going to try to do the first scenario (2-player intro) ... It seems pretty crunchy though.
Theophony wrote:

That was one of the selling points to our original Necromunda groups, the setting up of all the cardboard terrain. I've seen it on the shelves at the local FLGS, but will have to live this one through Graven.

That is a lie I will corrupt you!!
endtransmission wrote:I struggled to identify some of the wall pieces for the map setups in the campaign and always ended up with slightly wonky layouts. Looking back, I wish I'd tried harder (or just gone with a gridded floor plan now I have the whiteboard table top). I was part of a beta playthrough day with the designers and it was an absolute blast to play.

The loot crate idea and the civilians wandering around were all really interesting design choices that just gave the whole thing some character. Looking forward to seeing Graven play

Yeah the searchable terrain is ace. The new set has a gridded board which also makes the game much more accessible for younger spawn.

Little miss has been poorly (not the 'rona, just one of papa's other varied blessings) so not made masses of progress on the P&M front. I have, however, printed some more goodies, an experimental base of rats and Juggernaut for MCP also:

Not willing to pay £50 for Juggernaut, no matter how good he is in game. It's odd that I seem to be inadvertently making myself a set of Brotherhood simply by virtue of filling gaps on my 3d print bed The gaps existed as I was doing stuff for the little one:

Lovely crisp prints, really well designed. Kinda makes me wonder why more free ones aren't like that honestly, I'm such an ingrate.

Played the intro scenario for Core Space First Born, following the guide:

Whilst the skill tree is initially baffling, it's fairly easy to get grips with. The guide takes you logically with references into the rulebook at every step of the way. Also, the rulebook is laid out logically so everything's easy to find which is a bit of a novelty when a game has this much crunch.

One of the most entertaining, intuitive and terrifying aspects of the game is the Hostility tracker, where the danger increases not only every turn but the first time a shot is fired also (amongst other things), so there's a delightful tension.

And amazingly, we survived! The tip you get after the walkthrough of the first two turns is Don't Be a Hero and this is excellent advice - this is a game of finding stuff and running away like buggery. Definitely be playing more of this one It is undeniably fiddly but it's a rich setting with enormous amounts of content: as well as the 10-game campaign and all the downtime actions of trading, hiring new crew and tinkering with your ship, there's plenty of side missions and extra adventures available for download, along with campaign design and generators - and that's before you even get into purchasing expansions. It's a big universe out there
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Nice to see it's not just me falling down a Marvel printing rabbit hole. a week ago it was 'oh, that's a cool 2002 movie Green Goblin mini!' and now I have most of the X-men on my desk, the Avengers in the printer right now and a rapidly growing pile of files from all over the place to fill out the collection (though I'll be damned if I can find more than one good Spidey floating around! ).

Is that C27's juggernaut, or someone else's that just looks similar?

 
   
 
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