*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
March 28, 2024, 08:21:41 PM

Login with username, password and session length

Donate

We Appreciate Your Support

Recent

Author Topic: Palaeo Diet Project: The Giant Grazer gets a new head!. (UD:20/08)  (Read 24873 times)

Offline Mason

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 21222
  • Eternal Butterfly!
    • Blind Beggar Miniatures
Well done mate!

Cheers, mate.

The first Update has been posted on the campaign page with some thoughts on how the finished critturs from the stash can be used in the Palaeo Diet setting....

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blind-beggar/palaeo-diet-the-tribe/posts/2479068

The last of the current batch of creatures, this time in the form of a Crittur....



Critturs are a bonus source of food in Palaeo Diet, which can be flushed out by a Hunter moving through Thickets but they can be a bugger to catch!
This little chap is a Jibber, from Krakon Games, and looks perfect for something doing a mad dash to escape the clutches of a hungry Hunter.


« Last Edit: April 17, 2019, 01:48:37 PM by Mason »

Offline Mason

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 21222
  • Eternal Butterfly!
    • Blind Beggar Miniatures
Last night myself and Legionnaire Bert got a couple of games of Palaeo Diet in, with the Hunters waiting patiently by the river as a herd of Grazers set to drinking and munching the shrubbery....












In the first game, which we took as a 'training game' as Bert had not read any of the rules beforehand (and they are not difficult as the second game attests with Bert taking over running the Hunt with ease  ;)).

We needed to accumulate two points of Bulk for each Hunter taking part for the Hunt to be considered successful.

As we each ran two Hunters we would need eight points, with the smaller Herd Grazers being worth two and the Giant Grazer having a value of four points.

We came damn close in the first game, having taken down three Herd Grazers and wounding a fourth before they escaped our clutches.

In the second game we decided to use much more stealth and get as close as possible to the Giant Grazer to try and take him down with a concentrated attack.
It did not go all according to plan as one of our Hunters, Bet Lunch, was firstly the victim of a Stampede (from which she rather luckily emerged unscathed!) before she was attacked by the Giant Grazer itself and Wounded. (That 'lucky' leopard skin dress of hers was not so 'lucky' after all!)

The Giant was eventually taken down, along with three of the smaller Herd Grazers, and therefore we managed to accumulate ten points of Bulk and a Successful Hunt was declared, with much cheering from the Tribe!

In the post-game sequence we checked on Bet's injury, which resulted in her being psychologically scarred by her experience meaning she would be suffering from the Timid rule in the next Hunt.

On the upside Niels, the bowman, was declared 'Man of the Hunt' and gained the Calm skill which would enable him to be more adept at Ambushing in future.


Here are some shots from the games in no particular order....

Mad Sid creeps up on the Giant Grazer, stone axe at the ready....





Bet is about to be the victim of a Herd Stampede!





The Hunters creep up on the Giant Grazer....





Bet was having a really bad day at the office.....





The remainder of the Herd Grazers escape....





All in all a very entertaining evening and we shall be introducing this to the rest of our group as we both reckon it will be great fun as a light-hearted group game with everyone controlling a Hunter each.
I can see plenty of fun and games ahead with this one!
(Oh, and it can be played solo, so I can always have a crack at it on my own if I am feeling bored.  :D).


Offline Irregular Wars Nic

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 940
    • Visit the Irregular Wars blog:
Delighted you're enjoying it, and those are some great photos!

Kickstarter also looking well with 30 hours to go.

Offline Mason

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 21222
  • Eternal Butterfly!
    • Blind Beggar Miniatures
Delighted you're enjoying it, and those are some great photos!

Kickstarter also looking well with 30 hours to go.

Cheers, mate.
It really is good fun.
In fact it is fun enough that we will be starting a campaign to see how the Tribe develops.
 :)

« Last Edit: April 19, 2019, 11:21:38 AM by Mason »

Offline Mason

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 21222
  • Eternal Butterfly!
    • Blind Beggar Miniatures
Into the last couple of hours and The Hound has almost Unlocked...




https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blind-beggar/palaeo-diet-the-tribe?


Offline Irregular Wars Nic

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 940
    • Visit the Irregular Wars blog:
Well done again Paul.

Offline Mason

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 21222
  • Eternal Butterfly!
    • Blind Beggar Miniatures
Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: The Tribe (UD: 22/05)
« Reply #36 on: May 22, 2019, 11:33:06 AM »
Well done again Paul.

Cheers, Nic.

Had another couple of games last night, with the first very much going the way of the Hunters despite a really bad start to proceedings.
The less said about the second, only that an enraged Giant Grazer took out three of the hunting party before strolling triumphantly off to munch some more leaves.



It really is such good fun and coupled with the Beast reaction tables, extremely unpredictable sometimes.
 :D


Offline Alxbates

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 862
    • Forge of Ice on Faceboook!

Here are a few more, small grazer types that I will considering to be like antelope.....




They are Okroi from Forge of Ice.
Wonderful delicate sculpts.

They come with panniers which will be very handy for future conversions for my sci-fi project too.
Result!
 :D

These look great, Mason!  What a cool project!

Offline Mason

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 21222
  • Eternal Butterfly!
    • Blind Beggar Miniatures
Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Apex Predator WIP (UD: 28/05)
« Reply #38 on: May 28, 2019, 09:06:36 AM »
These look great, Mason!  What a cool project!

Thanks, Alex.
 :)

Another small conversion for the project, this time in the form of a Skullcracker Bird from Antimatter Games, for use as a slightly different take on an Apex Predator....



I am looking forward to colouring this in as I have a plan!
 :D

« Last Edit: May 28, 2019, 09:17:53 AM by Mason »

Offline DeafNala

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 10104
Re: Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Apex Predator WIP (UD: 28/05)
« Reply #39 on: May 28, 2019, 11:41:35 AM »
The Cave Characters are WONDERFULLY imaginative, DELIGHTFULLY whimsical creations. VERY WELL DONE!
I'd NEVER join a club that would have me as a member.  G.Marx

Online OSHIROmodels

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 27708
  • Custom terrain a speciality.
    • Oshiro modelterrain
Re: Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Apex Predator WIP (UD: 28/05)
« Reply #40 on: May 28, 2019, 11:49:31 AM »
Great fun  8)
cheers

James

https://www.oshiromodels.co.uk/

Twitter account -     @OSHIROmodels
Instagram account - oshiromodels

http://redplanetminiatures.blogspot.co.uk/
http://jimbibblyblog.blogspot.com/

Offline gamer Mac

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 8207
Re: Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Apex Predator WIP (UD: 28/05)
« Reply #41 on: May 29, 2019, 01:59:56 PM »
I like that :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

Offline Elk101

  • Moderator
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 10510
Re: Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Apex Predator WIP (UD: 28/05)
« Reply #42 on: May 29, 2019, 10:38:52 PM »
Great bird! It looks big too?

Offline Mason

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 21222
  • Eternal Butterfly!
    • Blind Beggar Miniatures
Re: Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Apex Predator WIP (UD: 28/05)
« Reply #43 on: May 30, 2019, 07:46:06 AM »
Thanks, chaps.
 :)

That is a big beastie indeed, that is a 60mm base it is on.
I am hoping to get it painted over the next few days once time permits.
Once it is coloured-in I will post a shot of it next to a hunter to show just how MAHOOSIVE it is.
 ;)



Offline Elk101

  • Moderator
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 10510
Re: Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Apex Predator WIP (UD: 28/05)
« Reply #44 on: May 30, 2019, 03:43:10 PM »
That's a 60mm base!  :o

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
311 Replies
53672 Views
Last post August 05, 2023, 07:47:11 AM
by nervisfr
56 Replies
9273 Views
Last post February 15, 2018, 03:33:11 PM
by Katsuhiko JiNNai
49 Replies
11444 Views
Last post April 02, 2018, 09:32:22 PM
by Argonor
8 Replies
2387 Views
Last post December 23, 2017, 04:53:47 PM
by dinohunterpoa
50 Replies
10871 Views
Last post May 05, 2018, 09:08:29 AM
by nervisfr