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Gitsplitta wrote:Thanks for the game review graven, sounds like a very promising game.

Yeah, it's a cracking wee thing.

shasolenzabi wrote:Interesting on the zombies game.

Got an interview with the game designer too, I'll get a link up when done.

Odds and ends done.
Firstly, the Hawkman and Hawkgirl, to their new owners' specification:



Very muted, with CW stylings but classic colours incoroporated.

And Borj, Ivy's unique henchman:


A Standard plant with additional gs tendrils as he's particularly vicious Really happy with the violet shading.

And the state o' the shelf:

Yup, started my remaining penguin horde


Cya
graven

Great work on the Hawks! The plant looks good too!

Nice work my friend.

Hawk couple looking closer to the show, and Borj, reminds me of a cabbage-kid gone bad

Daft question what sets the Walking Dead apart from Zombicide?

Nice work on the Hawks on the plant-thing.

Paradigm wrote:Great work on the Hawks! The plant looks good too!

Cheers! Does mean I now want a Hawkman for myself, mind.

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice work my friend.

Ta

shasolenzabi wrote:Hawk couple looking closer to the show, and Borj, reminds me of a cabbage-kid gone bad

Grand , good to hear! And I was absolutely going for a cabbage vibe with the plant, so I'm very pleased now

Llamahead wrote:Daft question what sets the Walking Dead apart from Zombicide?

Not daft. Zombicide is a game of mass carnage Walking dead is a stealth-em-up in board game form- just 2 very different things.

Dr H wrote:Nice work on the Hawks on the plant-thing.

Cheers mucker!

Have just realised I've not done any work on my giant boat dang.

Tootling along. Finding painting a penguin horde surprisingly enjoyable.

Horde includes 2 Arkham Inmates, Meatman (cleavers) and Mezz (big triangular knives), who fit right in with the crew's aethetic. Given that they are my original crew (and still my go-to), about time they were done, they've been clogging up the shelf of shame far too long. 1 month till xmas - after this, just 3 miniatures left!

In other news, really stoked for the news that the big marvel game (fast play, big supers) now has a dc ruleset and cards for appropriate characters FREE! So I now have another, full game. Interesting marketing.

Oh, and I scored an interview with industry legend (and former WD editor) Mark Latham:
https://bigcomicpage.com/2016/11/21/geeking-out-exclusive-interview-with-mark-latham/
He makes some really interesting points generally about game design.

Onwards, and only forwards,
graven

Love the cake, great progress on the various models and terrain, but LOVE the cake... I want one for my birthday

Nice progress graven, looking good.

Nice start. More Cake!

Ruglud wrote:Love the cake, great progress on the various models and terrain, but LOVE the cake... I want one for my birthday

I know what you mean I get tasty cakes but nothing as cool as this

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice progress graven, looking good.

Cheers. I know that they're far from perfect but they are derviceable

Solar_lion wrote:Nice start. More Cake!

Today's cake was baked peanut butter and dark chocolate cheesecake. Happy Thanksgiving and then some!
Have some juicy penguins...

That's a mean looking crew, nice job tying in the Arkham Inmates in there as well.

Who's up next?

Cheers, though they're far from done - in fact here is a much better pic:

After this I have Green Arrow, Huntress and Red hood (built and primed, though huntress may get a redone midriff) and black Manta, black canary, speedy and killer frost, but they are all getting converted first in one form or another.

Hunh? I was promised marching penguins. The Times will be receiving a sternly worded letter about this.

Borj turned out well. No, I have no idea how to pronounce it.

Come to think of it, some miniature penguins would be kind of cool...

Shocking, indeed.
No, me neither
And made myself a penguin already.

Ammo token


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Oh, and -

Getting there

Love the penguin

The penguin crew are coming together really nicely Graven

Looking good Graven.

EDC

Nice job on the interview and the miniatures.

Love Pingu.

Thanks chaps. Yeah, that penguin was a lot of fun to do. I've just bought an over priced 28mm jack in the box for when I inevitably start a Joker crew

In the meantime, the crew are done.



Need to get a shot of the lot of them together with Mr C


Started working on the shelf of shame. The home straight! So of course I change stuff.



Huntress was just too cheesecake, and I say that with her front and centre with her midriff on my nerd cave wall. A simple conversion to try to reconcile the flesh.

And on the subject of CW-ing, working on CW Arsenal - new head, new pose. But not 100%. Getting there though. Going to move left arm.


Went on a night out with my comic blogging associates. Very enjoyable but but MY GOD you forget the madness of town on a Saturday night and of the train. No man is safe from marauding hen parties and random drunks talking at you.[/Rant]

ANY-way...

Introduced my pet Texan to The Walking Dead game today, teamed up with the kids. Much fun, and then my eldest managed to get the zombies to attack his little brother's Carl. I don't know whether to applaud his deviousness or not... Total tactical gamesmanship.
Yeah.

Anyway, on we go
later
graven

 inmygravenimage wrote:
... No man is safe from marauding hen parties and random drunks talking at you.[/Rant]...

Best way to "avoid" that is to be the random drunk talking to people.

Sooooo true

Right, mini-mini project. Getting my last few bmg built, and I'm on to the stuff I've been putting off.

So, first Black Manta. I don't like the pose, he looks like he needs a pee.



However, I do get it, it would make sense in water.



So, I had the idea of him coming out of the water onto the quayside.




I pinned the tab through the lip of the existing paving. Now in process of making raised slabs. Getting there I think, roughed out, needs some carving though.

Also working on Killer Frost. This is a nightmare of a conversion, as she is all corset, tassles and big boots (quiet you!) and again I'm going CW. Add to that the fact that her arms are separate (why, for the love of God, why?!) this makes for some stress. However, I did manage to safely clip down some resin crystals for the base.

She'll be fine. Going to go dark purple rather than comic violet or full CW black because boring otherwise.

I was going to head swap my green arrow comic for a TV show bare head but now can't be arsed, frankly. Besides, he always has his hood up in the show, right?

Then it's build Black Canary - again, need to decide if she gets CW look or not, maybe not here though, but may gs her a jacket, for more of a 52 vibe.

Nearly there, though.

In other news, the big bad boat has had its upper hull painted grey/white gradient so we might get some evidence of that appearing too. Must - finish - shelf of shame!

Later
Graven

Dark purple will be good on her! I was figuring for Huntress, why not have her midriff colored like she is wearing some form of body suit?

Maybe, maybe

Meanwhile...

Some bleed through the mask but pretty happy.

That's really REALLY cool graven! OMG.... I love that.

Holy McBoatface Batman~ The blue grey came out nice.

Good choice on the basing of the black manta. Better to think of him stepping up, rather than needing to visit the little comic-boy's room.

Good basecoat on the boat. Needs more boxes.

Gitsplitta wrote:That's really REALLY cool graven! OMG.... I love that.

thanks man, means a lot.

Solar_lion wrote:Holy McBoatface Batman~ The blue grey came out nice.

Trial and error with dirt-cheap car primer.

Dr H wrote:Good choice on the basing of the black manta. Better to think of him stepping up, rather than needing to visit the little comic-boy's room.

Good basecoat on the boat. Needs more boxes.

Absolutely always more boxes required

And have started the encrusting:

Wife says I've not to go... overboard


Trying to find a balance. Aged, but not derelict.





Need to pick out the wording next and start marking the hazards

And Killer Frost is now redone, with bolero jacket and boots:



And Black Manta... steps up!

Still debating a sword for that left hand.

Life continues. Played Pandemic: Contagion for the first time - seriously good.

Advent - wife got me a "calendar" of beer. I have done well here

Later peeps

Graven

That ship is awesome, do you have crates to put on the deck?