Taste of the HOTT Stuff

As promised, here are some pics of my 10mm HOTT Lizardman army:


All 24 AP pictured above. The force consists of:

Wizard General
Blades x 3
Warbands x 3
Beasts x 2
Behemoth x 1



Above, the Wizard Genreal.



Above center, a Warband unit.



Some units of Blades.



What better Behemoth for Lizardmen?



A unit of Blades in front of my Stronghold, made from pieces of an old, Grendel resin terrain set. It's mounted on a pair of wooden bases I got at Michael's.


I'll likely add a few more pieces to swap in and out for variety. Kroxigors are coming soon!


Scott

Ferax Teaser

I just got the master casts for SuperFig code ZD 14 Ferax, and he looks amazing! I have no pics yet, but I promise some later this week. Three words best describe him: large, harry, and angry.

I'll try to have some painted pics up for you later this week.

Scott

Robot Agent Revealed

The Yeti Agent sometimes needs backup on a really tough mission, so he is paired with the Robot Agent, a complex machine who gained sentience after being exposed to a bizarre alien energy source unleashed in a laboratory accident.

Practically indestructible and eager to explore his newfound humanity, the Robot Agent proves himself reliable under the direst conditions.

ZD 3 Robot Agent $3.95 (available late August 2009)





Scott

Not Sweating the Small Stuff

A couple of buddies of mine showed up at the game shop on Sunday with some 10mm HOTT armies built with Warmaster figures. I have never been a big fan of Warmaster, but I love the miniatures. The best 10mm fantasy around, IMHO. Anyway, suitably inspired, I scoured the store's tubs of old GW blisters and came up with a nice selection of Warmaster Lizardmen.

These were priced along the old price-guides, so they were a lot cheaper than the current MSRP. I bought a load of them, including the Slann Mage Priest and the Stegadon. I've got plenty for 24 AP for HOTT, but I am looking for more if anyone is interested in a trade!

I played a lot of Chipco's Fantasy Rules! set in the late 1990's, and HOTT is a bit simpler than that. I had a big Lizardmen army for that rule set based off of Chipco's pre-packaged line of 15mm lizardmen from other manufacturers. I prefer 10mm for these sorts of games because it feels more like a "real" army because there are more guys on the base.

Started painting a few strips last night and remembered what a pleasure it is to paint this scale. I'll have some pics soon, I hope.

Scott

Yeti Agent Revealed!

Fresh from the mountain fastness of the Himalayas comes the latest operative for the Agency, a world-wide intelligence outfit that utilizes superhumans for the most dangerous missions.











This is code ZD4 Yeti Agent. He'll retail for $3.95 and be part of our late August 2009 release.

For scale purposes, here's a shot of him next to one of our "normal" sized 28mm SuperFigs:




Hope you like him as much as I do!

Scott

Glock-Roach Gets the Royal Treatment

John Price is at it again with another nice review of a SuperFig on Screaming Alpha. This time he covers one of our favorites, the Glock-Roach!

Here's the link:

http://thescreamingalpha.com/2009/06/18/review-the-glock-roach-by-four-color-figures/

Super-Building!

SuperSystem fan Adam Souza has a great new terrain piece up on his site:

http://4colorearth.tripod.com/id11.html

Adam displays some mastery over the paper terrain medium in this one--not always an easy thing to do!

Scott

New SuperFig Codes Released in Late August 2009

Here's the list of codes and prices:

ZD 1 Mono-Bots (5 multi-part figures) $12.00
ZD 2 Dark Man $3.95
ZD 3 Robot Agent $3.95
ZD 4 Yeti Agent $3.95
ZD 5 Eel $3.95
ZD 6 Star-Krong $7.95
ZD 7 Major Meteor $3.95
ZD 8 Ape-Ace $3.95
ZD 9 Mazon $3.95
ZD 10 Crossbow $3.95
ZD 11 Blue Monk $3.95
ZD 12 Leo-IX $3.95
ZD 13 The Pride (5 figures) $12.00
ZD 14 Ferax $7.95

I've previewed a few of these in past posts, and we'll show off some more as we get them painted and photographed. Look for them in late August, early September at the latest.

Scott

Tau and Kroot Update

In addition to working on some SuperFigs related stuff this week, I managed to crank out my Tau command battlesuit that I recently got from Forge World. Because of a miscast and packing error, I ended up using the stock Crisis legs for my suit, but the other FW pieces look great and will give my commander a unique look on the tabletop. All weapon and equipment mounts have been magnetized to allow for swap-outs based on the opponent. I used rare earth magnets to do this.








And my mad dalliance with the Kroot continues (slowly). I painted two more carnivores this week and thought I'd snap a few closer pics to give a better idea of my paint scheme:










I'll have a relatively news-worthy SuperFigs announcement in the next few days. Thanks for reading!

Scott

Behold The Pride!

Here's a shot of the pre-production versions of the Pride, our lion men for SuperFigs. They should be arrving for molding this week. I'll try to get pics of some painted ones up soon after. The plan is do a standard 5-model henchmen pack. So we'll repeat the halberd and pistol poses, and make the sword-wielding model unique in the pack. Pack will retail for between $10 - $12. Leo-IX will be sold separately for $3.95. I'll do some SuperSystem write-ups for these guys and Leo-IX.

Scott

Nobody Asked Me, But...

I decided the above will be a title of a post whenever I just want to lump some random stuff together in one go. So here goes:

• The Lion Men (aka the Pride) are done! Bob Naismith sent me final images of the figures, I approved them, and they are winging their way to Old Glory for casting. When I have some masters cast up in two weeks or so, I will post some images. I am leaning toward a late summer 2009 release for the 10-15 codes of SuperFigs I have amassed over the last two years. More previews to come...
• The last two issues of my favorite comic book, Guardians of the Galaxy, have been awesome. Writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning have taken the cosmic supers deep into the War of Kings storyline, and break-neck action abounds. As a big Imperial Guard fan, it's great to see them in action against the Guardians! After a period of musical fill-in artists, Brad Walker is settling in nicely as the book's new regular penciler. His lines are a bit softer than fan favorite Paul Pelletier's, but the stuff looks great! If Paul and Rick Magyar do not return after the 6-issue War of Kings series, the book is in good hands with Mr. Walker.
• Since I'm mentioning my favorite Marvel space-based supers title, I should also pimp my favorite DC cosmic title, R.E.B.E.L.S. Great stories from Tony Bedard and gorgeous art highlight this "proto-Legion of Super Heroes" in the contemporary DC universe. Anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis might have detected my love for rock-based characters, so seeing Strata back in a regular monthly title is awesome!
• The parts fit on GW's Krootox kit is abysmal. I had forgotten just how bad it was. Great model, but really lousy assembly.
• Not a sports blog, but I have to bid a fond farewell from my beloved Pittsburgh Pirates to Nate McClouth. Traded to the Atlanta Braves for three prospects, Nate was my favorite Bucco. On bad Bucs teams Nate was always a tremendous asset, and when he got to play full-time last year he became a sensation. I know he'll perform well for Atlanta, especially with Chipper Jones protecting him in the lineup, but Nate's quote to the media on the trade sums up why this city loved him so dearly: "This was my 10th year in the organization. There were a lot of people I got to know well. And the toughest part, really, is that I wanted to win here. This organization is such a big part of me." Best of luck, Nate! I've never been a Braves fan, but part of me is now.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!

Scott

The Call of the Kroot

Well, having just "finished" an 1100 pt. Tau force for Warhammer 40K, I now find myself working on another Kroot army. Back in 2003-2004 I built and painted a Kroot Merc force. Now in 5th ed. 40K there are no official rules for this, but there is a nifty fan-made codex that works well enough--as long as you're not fond of winning much!

Below is a shot of my old Kroot force, which I sold a while back to someone in the Pacific Northwest.





I had quite a bit more. My latest Kroot force is in its nascent stages, and will be started with the Carnivores from my Tau army:




Not sure where this will lead me. I may add some Great Gnarlocs from Forge World, or I may just focus on the stuff I can readily get at my FLGS: Kroot Carnivores, Hounds, and Krootox. I may run out of gas on this, but luckily this time I have a co-conspirator, Joe Urban of the Sons of Blight blog. He's agreed to add some Kroot to the pot and combined forces with me. We can lose horribly together!

Scott

WAYWO Returns

Just a quick note to let folks no that my buddy Jeff just released the latest episode of our podcast, What Are You Working On (WAYWO). You can find it here:

http://waywo.podbean.com/

Another note on the contents and one project I was working on as that was recorded. I am no longer working on a Dwarf force (or any force) for GW's War of the Ring. After playing a sample game or two, the rules did not "grab" me. That doesn't mean I think they're bad, but I would rather spend my free gaming time prepping an RPG, working on a WH40K force, or working on SuperFigs/SuperSystem related projects. Who knows, I may circle back to WotR at some point, but not in the near future.

In completely unrelated news, I had a look at the Free RPG Day Rogue Trader: Forsaken Bounty booklet from FFG. It is awesome, and Rogue Trader promises to be every bit as slick and cool as Dark Heresy. The sample characters provided appear to be more powerful than starting characters in DH, with stats about 10% - 15% higher across the board. Starting equipment is also much better. The Rogue Trader himself has a power sword.

Can't wait to snag this book, either when it debuts at Gen Con, or in my FLGS sometime after. Or both!


Scott

40K Role-Play Figures

A while back I promised that I would take some pics of my painted, home-made Wyrd Beastmaster and some of the other 40K role-play figures I have converted over the years. Well, here they are!

This is the Wyrd--super-happy with this guy; hopefully I will one day get to play him as a Dark Heresy or Rogue Trader RPG character:







And here are shots of an Inquisitor I made from the Battle for McCrage boxed set Imperial gene-seed courier:






Next are some shots of Rogue Trader Gol Kraken:





Check out his antique las-locks acquired on Soltis-IV.

Next we have first mate Karras:





He's an ex-Imperial Armsmen, and handy with a lasgun.

Next in line is Mort Larg, the crew's heavy weapon specialist, and an expert at dealing with large, unruly xenoforms:





Then there's Riko, ex-Imperial noble on the run for a number of crimes, real and trumped up:







And then there is science officer Herkin (science is a dangerous business in the 41st millenium):





Finally, we have Chief Engineer Haakon, scion of the Lathe Worlds:







As I get the chance to photograph more of my stuff, I'll include them in future posts. Any questions about the conversions or what parts were used, let me know in the comments section.

Scott