Iron Kingdoms RPG: Gobber Bounty Hunter

I picked up the new Iron Kingdoms RPG from Privateer Press.  While I am running Shadowrun, my buddy Rico is going to prep and run this game for us sometime down the road.

I decided I wanted to do a Gobber character, a Bounty Hunter, so I grabbed the Francois miniature from Wyrd's Malifaux game and painted him up.

I can't wait to play him!  

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Reaper Ice Toad

Since he first showed up in stores last year, I have wanted to paint Reaper Miniatures' Ice Toad. My buddy Sky painted him up and showed him off last Sunday, pulling off a wonderful icy blue scheme that perfectly suits the model. I will share pics if Sky sends me some.

Anyway, there was one of these models left on the rack, so I snagged him, and decided I would go a different route. After all, Robert Frost did "hold with those who favor fire."











Here is a scale comparison shot with Malifaux's Myranda:



Later this week I may paint up some of OG's 15mm pirates, just for something completely different!

--Scott

Malifaux: Razorspine Rattler

If Marcus' little sub-faction of the Arcanists has one boffo, signature piece, it is the Razorspine Rattler, a big, nasty mutant snake with some real potential for mayhem.

Assembling this big nasty was not hard, but it did require some pre-planning, and the employment of some cork to use as a rock--not usually my style, but necessary to make the pose work.











I used Foundry Buff Leather and some Devlan Mud mixed with white glue to create the textured effects on the skin/scales. The model is lovely, but the details on the top of the body are not deep, so one has to take care to maintain the illusion of depth in the scales.

Here are some size comparison shots with Marcus, and then also including a Mole Man:





These shots were taken on some of my newly acquired terrain squares from Old Glory. I will do a separate post about these soon, as I believe very strongly in them as a quality gaming product. I need to do some dry-brushing to add some depth to them.

The Malifaux band is at 23 soul stones (game lingo for points), so I need to add +2 pts. to get to 25, a good starting battle total. I have the Wendigo totem on the bench for the next addition, and he is, nicely, 2 pts.!

I wish Malifaux would release the Jackalope totem. He is meant to work with Marcus; if anyone knows of any 15mm - 28mm Jackalope models, let me know!

As always, thanks for looking!

--Scott

Malifaux: Mole-Men

Continuing on with my foray into the world of Malifaux and the Arcanists, here are some shots of the Mole-Men, the latest beasts to join the cause of Marcus!









I tried a new technique for doing black with these guys. I mixed some Foundry Mauve-A (really just a purple) in with some black in about a 60/40 black to purple ratio and highlighted with that. The effect is subtle, and better in person, but I like it better than the old method of using Vallejo German Field Gray over black.

I really like the simian qualities of these models, and their burrowing abilities could prove useful during a game. We shall see!

Next up, the formidable Razorspine Rattler!

--Scott

Malifaux: Myranda

Well, Myranda is done and the Mole Men are soon to follow! I am enjoying reading the rules quite a bit. As a game designer, I am always intrigued by card-based mechanics, so I'm finding it pretty instructive.









Myranda is a shapeshifter, so I will have to get some extra beasts for her to change into.

Next up, the Mole Men!

--Scott

Malifaux: First Figure

My buddy Joe Dragovich has been doing some great stuff with Malifaux and Steampunk related minis on his cool blog. Now my local shop may be doing some Malifaux gaming. That was enough to push me into giving the figures a try.

All of the Malifaux figures from Wyrd are really well done, but some are just too strange for my tastes, but I have settled on the Arcanists faction to start with. Among them, Marcus the beastmaster is among my favs, and I started with him.










Wyrd and others are really fond of putting their minis on rocks, but I just went with a normal basing scheme, except, since he is a beastmaster, I threw in one of Khurasan's excellent 15mm "Critters" to dress up the base. I also added a simple GW dagger from the Mordheim sprue.







I intend to pick up the rules and some cards for it this week. Next for Malifaux, some beasts for Marcus to master!

--Scott