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Valhalla is looking like a really cool game... hmmm.

Lots of good stuff, love the faces on the trolls!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Valhalla is looking like a really cool game... hmmm.

Terrible pun intend Yeah, Gates of Valhalla really is. I haven't started the characters yet but looking through the rules the development paths look very well thought out. I love a dungeon crawler. Also, because you're so dependent on melee I suspect it's going to feel a lot more lethal - Forbidden Fortress (Feudal Japanese fantasy) has this to an extent but there's at least some ranged options, in Gates it's just the one archer character and no support (no ashigaru riflemen in Valhalla!) At least in the Old West version you're blasting away till you get overrun. Plus, the whole game has a great Frostgrave vibe.

aku-chan wrote:Lots of good stuff, love the faces on the trolls!

Thanks! I decided not to use flesh colours but blend pinks instead and I think it really pops.
In the meantime, I took a wee break from Valhalla to start the other Adventures set, Valley of the Serpent Kings:

The Croxin! a fearsome beast indeed.

Had quite a lot of fun with this, adding the wee cowboy hat to the base, playing with glue for drool, and so on.
Meanwhile, have started turning a viking warrior into a Draugr for the monthly contest and will then get onto the big guys. I'll likely hold off on my Alliance team for BB for next month's Footslogger contest as my Clone Troopers haven't turned up yet. Tragic, I know.

Graven

Very cool alligator monster thing. Looks almost prehistoric.

Gitsplitta wrote:Very cool alligator monster thing. Looks almost prehistoric.

Thanks!
Back to Valhalla

For variety, just decided to convert one into a Draugr as part of the monthly contest. With these done, I'll move up to the big fellas.

And just for fun, found this fella in my random fantasy mini bag.

Painted him up as Remy, the incredibly sweary Fox duelist from the Crimes Against Magic series. Nice to do something for no reason other than feeling like it. As ever, painting is therapy.
Graven

Nice work on the frosty terrain, Crocomzarus, frosty chaps and foxy mini.

Dr H wrote:Nice work on the frosty terrain, Crocomzarus, frosty chaps and foxy mini.

Thanks all round mate.

A wee update, on to the Frost Giant

Bit of detail work

And the rest of the upgraded portals

Some Gates for the abandoned Conquistador fort for Valley of the Serpent Kings.
Speaking of which

Temple gates. Love a boardgame glow-up
Working away at the Thunderforged titan, which is massive job.
Trotting along...
Incidentally, if you want to see more board game content, head over to insta @big_geekingout
Graven

So, the Thunderforged Titan is done:





And mandatory scale shot:


A lot of work, but pleased with the result.

Primed and ready just now is more Brimstone and more BB, but I have half a mind to tackle some X-Men. We shall see
Graven

Massive... in every dimension of the word!

btw.... happy birthday old geezer?

He's a biggie!

Nicely painted my friend. That's quite a formidable collection...

Happy B-Day young man. Enjoy the day.

Viktor von Domm wrote:Massive... in every dimension of the word!

btw.... happy birthday old geezer?

Indeed! And yes, 46. Decrepit, frankly

aku-chan wrote:He's a biggie!

Yeah eats a lot of shelf space

Gitsplitta wrote:Nicely painted my friend. That's quite a formidable collection...

Really need to actually play with them

Theophony wrote:Happy B-Day young man. Enjoy the day.

young?! Nope lol.

Thanks all for birthday wishes. Got spoiled and had excellent Japanese food. Geek wise, I got a couple of good boardgames (Azul mini, UNLOCK Adventures, Turing Machine, Bitoku Resturan), the XL Playmat for Star wars unlimited and more underwater mythos abominations for my Rashaar. Treated myself to some miscellaneous Highlander cards to finish off a couple of immortals (The Sorcerer Nakano from highlander 3, Martin Hyde from the TV show) and an expansion for Isle of Cats.

In the meantime, a bit of work on my blood bowl accessories.

This is probably the scoreboard, making separate ones for different teams rather than a Home/Away board.

My plan is to make some score markers to prop up against it and do something similar for the boy's Vampires.

Open to suggestions for a reroll marker or for the thing in general though. Thinking a shexy wench (feeling lucky?)

Thinking ahead to next month's contest, which is Footsloggers - Conquistadors (living and dead), and perhaps some serpentmen for them to face off against.
Hey ho
Graven

Reroll counter could be a barmaid with a serving tray. Use a metal disc on top of the tray and then magnetize beer mugs to go on the tray for each reroll. As they are used you can remove them and attach them to the backside of the scoreboard so they don't get lost. Pro-player rerolls can be larger mugs

Edit: Younger than me