Pictures from Recent Games

[Mister Frau Blucher]

Hey, all,

Trying out the post photo function here using attachments. I hope it works (despite my brushwork - I still paint the same way I did almost 40 years ago).

[blacksoilbill]

Looks like some fun games there! What rules are you using?

[Mister Frau Blucher]

Hey, blacksoilbill,

I am using the ancient Melee/Wizard/The Fantasy Trip rules, with heavy modification. I think everyone who played TFT (or the advanced version, In The Labyrinth) house-ruled a bunch of stuff.

It uses hexes, but it plays fine with a grid (or even without defined spaces).

Thanks!

[gibby64]

Looks like a great time!

[jambo1]

Looks a fun game was had, and nothing wrong with the painting, works well for me!!

[tjgreenway]

Really inspiring stuff, your scenery is beautiful! Lovely work on the miniatures too, bright and vibrant, just how I always envisage these old school models. Love the simplicity of the bases - it's one area I've always struggled with personally and seeing these miniatures work so effectively has convinced me to go a similar route after much umm'ing and aah'ing 

[Mister Frau Blucher]

Thanks, gibby64, they were some fun games!

jambo1, thanks for the kind words on the painting - I only have about 4,000 left to paint!

tjgreenway, I appreciate the nice words! The scenery is Dwarven Forge from the first two kickstarters (when I had more money), painted myself. I am kinda embarrassed to admit that I use craft paints on the figures, but the bottles are cheap and the colors are great! Glad you like the bases - most of them are Craftsmart "Bight Palm" but any bright medium green works for me! I hope I haven't convinced you to go down a route you will regret later!?!

I put some of my pictures in a comic to memorialize one adventure. If anyone is interested, I put it on my new sword & sorcery blog. I am still trying to figure things out picture-posting-wise, but it starts here: https://swordsunderdistantsuns.com/2018/06/22/greywater-chronicles-issue-1/

I attached a page below so you can judge whether it might be worth your time.

Thanks again, guys!   

[Dan55]

It looks good.  Some of those figures bring back fond memories.

[Hobgoblin]

That looks terrific!

You've got a lovely horde of Ral Partha goblins there.

I gather that Steve Jackson will be re-releasing the TFT rules soon. It seems to be a system that's held up pretty well over the decades.

[Mister Frau Blucher]

Dan55, Thanks! I am all about the old true 25's.

Hobgoblin, thanks, there are a lot more RP goblins where that came from. Some orcs, too, grey-skinned like yours but not nearly so lovely. I love your work.

SJG will be doing up a kickstarter for the re-release of Melee and Wizard at the end of July. It still has many followers. It is really a tactical RPG, similar to a lot of the skirmish style rules that many here seem to favor. Full disclosure - I published a few programmed adventures for it the last decade or so, trying to keep it alive.

For all two of the people who care, the next action-packed episode of the Greywater Chronicles is up. I posted a sample page below so you can be assured you are not missing anything! 

https://swordsunderdistantsuns.com/2018/06/28/greywater-chronicles-issue-2/

[Mister Frau Blucher]

No battles this past weekend, but hopefully this weekend. I did get some skeletons and goblins painted up, all from Ral Partha/Ironwind Metals.

I tried the stain painting for the goblins, but gave up on that idea after I finished their skin. I don't have any inks, and the thinned out paints looked like doo-doo, so I went back to my standard utilitaian/American Primitivist style. The skin, which was an Army Pinter green wash, I left even though it looks a lot different from my other goblins' skin tone.

The skellies are always easy, though, black primer and then white dry brush.
 

[Grishnakh]

Good to see you on these boards Mister Frau Blucher! Perhaps one day I too shall take the plunge, figure out how to post pictures, and join you in some old TFT and Dark City Games stories. Personally, I switched over to a very tricked out version of HeroQuest for all my miniature gaming. A lot easier to run than TFT and just as enjoyable!

[Mister Frau Blucher]

Hey, Grish, old buddy!

I'd love to see some photos of your games. Your posts on the heroscapers forums were the best, and got me back into terrain. I still have all the heroscape hex stuff I bought, but as you can see I use a lot of Dwarven Forge dwarvenite pvc that I got in their first two kickstarters. It plays a little different using it with TFT/LAW, but we all have our own house rules anyway!

HeroQuest is fun, but I haven't played in a long, long time. I never owned a set, and the prices on ebay are kinda ridiculous. Maybe when I win the lottery...

Good to hear from you, man, and please post some photos!

And update your meleewizards blog!!!! 

[Bloggard]

the comic -book AAR is brilliant.
I'd like to get into doing something like that myself - is there particular software you're using?

[Mister Frau Blucher]

Hello, Bloggard, thanks for the kind words!

I am using Comic Life 3. It's the free trial version, which is good for 30 days, but I will go ahead and buy it for 30 bucks.

It's pretty straightforward to use, and the more you play with it, the more it makes sense.

There are also a couple of youtube videos of people messing with it.

It was somebody here on LAF that got me looking at it, though I can't recall who.

Linkage:

https://plasq.com/apps/comiclife/macwin/