Adventures in Wargaming

The week has ticked over, so it’s time to cover all the latest in the world of Ultramodern Wargaming. New releases from Spectre, previews from Combat Octopus and many others, and even a sign of life from Haywire. Read on for more!
Tonight’s game went really well! I introduced The Prince of Death, a godling of massive power, to the fantasy campaign. It played out really nicely too, playing back through the cave and dungeon we explore in the last two games as they began to collapse around them, dodging the rockfall and appearances of the unkillable handsome bastard. I also printed off three more characters for Necromunda. Another Spacer to be a civilian, a trench fighter flamer I’ll be painting up as… Sanitation and an Ogryn in a space suit. What’s not to like? All three are from Anvil 3D printing,…
Oh boy, hobby time today was a whole bunch of prep work. Main one was sorting out my scenario for tomorrow (Big Bad fight time!) which is going to be something exciting. As this is a main character, he is going to be an absolute nightmare in combat – hopefully he can mince his way through enough of the bad guys left in the room while the heroes retreat. The second part was creating more figures for some Necromunda times. We’re onto week 2 of the campaign so some events have kicked off meaning I need some poor citizens of…
Well I did it! He’s all painted up. Check below the jump for more details. The Big Bad guys is painted! I just need to do the basing and then I think he’s done. Will say, I actually painted him in a more traditional style (rather than my usual “basecoat, wash, done”) so putting several layers on the flesh and robes was something new. I’m actually really happy with the final effect – he has the looks of a character about to deliver a villainous monologue with a smirk before destroying the party. I’m planning for him to be a…
So okay, getting back on the path to prepare for the final game in the current campaign of Open Combat on Wednesday. This means I need to finish painting the big bad. More details below the cut. Oh also I wrote up last week’s Necromunda report. Really good fun, we’ll see how the campaign goes!
For more details on just what’s going on I recommend reading my intro post where I explain the basics The armoured truck rumbled through the slums surrounding the Whisper Broker’s compound, each of the ramshackle shacks assembled from the detritus that forms in a busy shipping port, bonded together and covered in a strange sandy material to hold its’s form. The Captain ran an armoured glove down it, before being returned to the task at hand. Inside the vehicle, a riches a plenty, enough to buy a kingdom instead sent to buy the Security agency into the good graces of…
It is the end times! A pox has swept the docks of Mercy Longshore. Industry and trade have ground to a halt, and the scum of Mercy’s underdecks have floated to the surface to take advantage of the chaos. The Great Houses of Syracuse demand the trade through Mercy Longshore flows again, and have issued legions of fearsome Shimazu Enforcers to impose their will on the space port. Will you side with the Great Houses to enforce the law on Mercy, or will you take advantage of the misrule and take what you can? Campaign Brief It’s finally here! The…
Tonight was the first Necromunda campaign game. A full report will be up tomorrow (hopefully) but it’s safe to say fun was had, lessons learned and OH GOD SO MUCH MDF. I was literally gluing the final pieces together like an hour before it was game on. Really need to actually knuckle down and get it painted and textured up. Full post tomorrow.
Spent tonight preparing for tomorrow’s Necromunda game (partially – was filled with the urge to play Escape from Tarkov for some reason) but also building a few more Adobe buildings that will be the board. Yes technically not the underhive but still fits the close quarters idea. The four on the right are the new ones. The pile in the centre are the others. And I have two more to assemble. Can’t ever say I do things by halves. This has illuminated how much of this range I have, and I think it’s time to actually start getting it painted…

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