Mythic Skirmish Using SOBH

Me and my buddies Aaron, Lou, and Lee may be getting together on occasional Thursday evenings to do some mythic skirmish using Song of Blades and Heroes and some of the supplements. Aaron is going to do Etruscans with some cool monsters, and I think I may do Herakles and a band of followers.

I have several options for models. I intend to paint a few Cretan archers from my backlog, but I have a really nice Wargames Foundry limited edition Herakles I intend to use. I really prefer this Herakles to the one that was more widely released and still sold with Foundry's Argonauts (check the pack in the lower left corner), but both minis are quite good.

I've included some shots of him and some of my mythic monsters and other cool stuff.











That minotaur is from Harlequin's old fantasy line. He sat in my backlog for the longest time until I painted him earlier this year. He's tough, but I still think Herakles has the edge!

Here's another mythic foe, the Cyclops!





This particular Cyclops is from the old D&D 25th Anniversary miniature line from around 2002, I think.

A while back I think I showed off some of my painted Glorantha miniatures, which have a very Bronze Age, mythic feel to them. Here is my favorite again, which could easily pass for a Herakles miniature!







This is a dynamite line of metal miniatures, once carried by Lance & Laser, but now handled by someone else. Can't remember who though...

Finally, I took some quick pics of my Ral Partha armored centaur, a really solid and tough looking centaur miniature, I think!





If we do manage any games, I will take some pics and report back!

--Scott

SBH Warband Challenge: Garden Party Done!

I got the basic 300 pts. for the Garden Party warband done last night! Here is the complete band:



And a closer shot:



And here are close-ups of the newcomers.

First, the Magic Mushroom:





Next, the Tanglewood Spirit (the replacement for the Goblin Hero):









Finally, the last two shrublings shown here with their fellows:



It's been fun! I really need to just play some games of SOBH to get a feel for these bands I've made. In the meantime, I may take a break from the backlog stuff to work on some WH 40K Kill Team stuff now. We shall see!

--Scott

SBH Warband Challenge: Garden Party II!

Got the first four minis done for the warband.



This Goblin "gardener" will be the leader:






I'm calling these little guys the Nepenthar Shrublings, and they will have a short ranged attack:









And here is the muscle of the crew, the Strangler Hulk, a fearless, burrowing monster:




I'll show off more members later this week; I had to drop the second goblin to fit under the building rule that allows only 1/3 of the pts. to be spent on personalities. I will instead include another plant-like monster!

--Scott

SBH Warband Challenge: Garden Party!

I had such a great time putting together my first backlog warband last week, I am going to give it another go this week! This time I rummaged around and decided on a plant-based theme with a bit of twist. I'll be using two Chronopia Swamp Goblins as my "gardeners", one will be made up using the Goblin Leader stats, and the other the Goblin Hero. The rest will be plantsof one sort or another.

Here's an unpainted group shot:




And the breakdown follows...

Goblin Leader and Hero using Chronopia Swamp Goblins. I will paint these guys using greens, browns (for flesh), and bone--no metallics (leader on the right, hero on the left):




Hydra Miniatures small plant-men as some kind of short-range shooters. I imagine them opening their maws and shooting some kind of poisonous quills or hairs:



A Ral Partha mushroom man as a Magic Mushroom--he'll be my magic user:



And my bruiser will be a D&D minis large plant man, a Storm Wracked Shambler, or something like that. I may experiment with some inks and highlights over his existing paint job. I'll be sure to give him large and burrowing, and maybe fearless. We'll see:




So that's it. I will have to stat up the plant men using the tools on SOBH Yahoo Group, as none of the existing plant men profiles really fit my ideas. I am confident I can get 300 pts. out of these guys.

--Scott

SBH Warband Challenge: Arabic Mariners Finished!

My first Song of Blades and Heroes backlog challenge warband is done!

Here is a shot of the starting band, seven models totaling about 300 pts.:


I actually painted 9 models in all, so here is a shot of the band with the extra archer and swordsman:



Now for some closer shots of the newest additions! First, the Wizard Barakah and Jasim, Genie of Ophir:




Next up, Farid the Sworsman and Rami the archer:





Finally, Musab the archer:





I may dig around for a few more minis to add to the band, but I think I am good with this group, already having two models in reserve in case we play a campaign and I manage to do well. My goal would be to create a mysterious island setting that draws adventuring bands in and gives them a reason to clash over its magical resources. I think I may do a second backlog band since this one was so much fun!



--Scott

SBH Warband Challenge: First Finished Figures

Got my Song of Blades and Heroes backlog warband off to a good start the last two days. Four down, five to go!
















I'll probably run that red color throughout the band to tie them together. Looking more closely at the SBH rules, I likely have more than 300 pts. with the nine total figures, but this could come in handy if we play a campaign and I do well, adding more value as I go.

Captain Siddiq says "Land, ho!" A mist enshrouded isle waits just over the horizon!



--Scott

Song of Blades and Heroes: Special Challenge

My buddy Sky showed me this amazing thread on the Lead Adventure Forum. It was an odd coincidence, because my other buddy Rico and I had just played a test game of SBH on Sunday using my old 1st ed. version of the rules. When I looked the LAF thread a blazing light bulb went off above my head. I immediately sent an e-mail out to a half dozen potentially interested parties in my gaming circle.

What if we got a SBH campaign together, and all of warbands had to come from unpainted figures from our current backlogs? The only restrictions being that the figures be loosely fantasy in nature, and 28mm (or larger for monsters). Well, it didn't take long before I had a half-dozen takers for the project. So I promptly purchased PDF copies of the latest version of SBH and the related fantasy supplements from Ganesha Games.

So last night, after devouring Indian buffet and mowing the lawn, I began pawing through my backlog, looking for a theme. When I came across my previously untouched box of Lord of the Rings Corsairs of Umbar, it hit me. Sinbad! No, not the marginally talented comedian and actor, but rather the awesome Ray Harryhausen fantasy flicks of the 1960's and 1970's! So after selecting some of my favorite Corsair models, I then proceeded to fill out my crew of Arabian adventurers and pirates with some other models. So in the next few weeks I will detail the painting and subsequent games with Siddiq and his motley band.

Here's what they look like in the "raw":




And a closer look at the principals:



Captain Siddiq, dashing leader of the band! GW LotR Corsair of Umbar.




Nimr the Tiger, Siddiq's right-hand man. GW LotR Corsair of Umbar.



Rami and Musab, the crew's best shots! GW LotR Corsairs of Umbar.




Vizier Barakah, master of strange magics! Metal Magic Arab trader.



Ayman and Farid, sailors and swordsmen! Wargames Foundry Afghans.





Prince Kasim, the cursed! I think this is a Eureka minis baboon.



Jasim, Genie of Ophir, reluctant servant of the Vizier! This is an old Grenadier Genie.


Can't wait to get some paint on these guys! In the next post I will talk more about the scene of the battles, and how we'll make so many disparate fantasy themes come together in a neat way.


--Scott