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Miniatures Adventure => Gothic Horror => Topic started by: Anatoli on December 27, 2023, 05:58:00 PM
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About a month ago I managed to buy a Kickstarter version of Bloodborne the Board game with some extras and have been painting things up from the base box at a leisurely pace. I went against my own rule, to try out the game before starting to paint with this one. Not really sure why that happened, and a bit of a gamble since I had read mixed reviews of this game.
Bloodborne the videogame for Playstation is one of my favorite games, and I think that helped a bit in preparing me mentally for a difficult gaming experience. I also got hold of some nice assets from BoardGameGeek such as difficulty modifier cards if things were too unreasonable. Now as I have tried the game a couple of times with my wife, we were both pleasantly surprised how fun and fresh it felt in terms of game mechanics. It is also pretty impressive how Bloodborne really translates to the board game with how the rules are written.
Anyway, I thought I would share some pictures from the first stretch of my painting journey with this one. All the core box elements are painted up as well as some Kickstarter extras (chests and lanterns).
As usual, I swapped all the bases for clear acrylic bases. This was actually a huge pain in the ass as this game come with a huge variety of irregular sized and shaped bases compared to other CMON games such as Blood Rage and Cthulhu Death May Die. Getting bases for the whole collection was both expensive and a hassle, but the end result as always is worth it. The tiles in this game are not that big, and the footprint of the monster miniatures often cover large areas, which is a shame if you can't see the artwork and spawn icons underneath.
The only miniature that I was unable to transfer to a clear acrylic base were the Church Giants as they are cast in one piece and it would be very difficult to cut them off the plastic base. I deemed it not worth the effort, and tried to paint the bases to somewhat match the cobblestone printed on the tiles.
I will work on the stretch goal monsters and hunters before moving on to paint the expansion boxes "Chalice Dungeon", "Forbidden Woods", "Hunters dream".
Below are the painted 4 "core game" Hunters (player characters), Male and Female Beast patients, Scourge beats, Lanterns and chests
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Boss monster "Father Gascoigne" as human and transformed, Huntsman Minion, Huntsman mob.
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Boss monsters "Blood starved beast", "Vicar Amelia" and "Cleric beast" as well as Church giants.
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Church Servants and two pictures with scale comparison between the hunters and the monsters.
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The scale of miniatures in this game is a bit odd, but it is the same in Bloodborne the video game (and the games such as Elden Ring and Dark Souls) where the monsters are almost always larger than the human player.
With that said, the hunters are probably 28mm true scale, with tiny details, arms and faces, which makes them fiddly to paint. The upscaled monsters were surprisingly enjoyable to paint without a lot of clutter or tedious details that tend to make painting a drag.
As with my painting of Conan and Cthulhu Death May Die I made an attempt to try a slightly different painting technique hoping to catch the look of the video game which is grainy, dirty and dark - but without losing colors. Many miniatures are done half way with airbrush and either oil or enamel washes - then varnished and finished by hand. The pure creature/monsters in particular lend themselves well to this method of painting and it has been a huge time saver.
As a final note, I got a new phone (Samsung S23+) earlier this year and have been pretty miserable as it proved very difficult to use for close up pictures of miniatures. I have been tweaking back and forth with some apps to help with manual focus and such. The pictures end up decent, but it is a pain in the ass compared to what I was used to with my previous phone which had a pretty decent autofocus and macro mode (something which seems completely removed from new models!!??).
So, if the pictures are slightly out of focus, that is the reason.
I will post more frequent updates in the near future whenever I finish a group of miniatures.
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great stuff.
not noticing anything obvs. OOF at the size I'm seeing the pics.
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Great painting!
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Giant lost child and Loran silverbeasts painted up. Speedpainted my way through these two and am pretty happy with the end result. Many monster types in this game lend themselves well for airbrush/oil/enamel washes and drybrushing as a shortcut.
We have now played through 2 of the base game scenarios and both my wife and I are suprised on how fun and tactical the combat in this game is.
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Two more hunters. Sadly the white balance went off the rails on the Logarius wheel armed hunter.
Edit: I repainted the wheel armed hunter, swapping white for black as in the original artwork and it looked a lot better. I will post new pictures with the next batch of miniatures.
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Outstanding brushwork, I actually like the overblown white but sure the repaint will be great.
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Took a break from painting for a couple of weeks, distracted by PC gaming, family and work - and several bouts of kindergarten pestilence that our son brought home as a gift haha...
But got inspired and returned to painting up Bloodborne. I'm almost done with the Kickstarter extras that and actually look forward to painting up some of the retail available expansions that I got.
First off, I finished the large huntsmen with their weird hand rake/plow/thingies. I also finished all the remaining extra Hunters and while I was at it I re-did the cloak on the Logarious wheel hunter the match the artwork. It did a lot to improve the look and make him appear a bit more menacing.
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Great work 8)
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Fantastic work.
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Great to see another Bllodborne thread. Loving it.
Fear the old blood...
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Thanks for the kind words guys.
Some more minis, these were mainly oil washed and drybrushed, nothing fancy but also not the most fun models to work with. Happy to just get them done.
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wow - all brilliant as usual.
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Fantastic brushwork! Nightmarish figures!
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Merciless watchers painted up. Had a really good time painting these. Moving on the painting the Chalice dungeon boxed set next!
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Time flies and my painting sessions are irregular. But the threshold is usually undercoating and base coating everything with an airbrush and oil washes. Once that is done, motivation to paint in the evenings increase and stuff get done relatively fast.
Finished the Fluorescent Flowers, Bell ringers, dogs and Pthumeran Queen in 1 1/2 evenings. About half the Chalice Dungeon box expansion painted up.
As a side note - I had a huge SNAFU involving gloss varnish with my old trusty Harder & Steenbeck "Ultra" airbush that had served me for the past few years. This forced me buy a replacement airbrush before I could continue my painting as well. Fortunately I managed to pick up a superb Harder & Stenbeeck "Infinity CR2 plus Two in one" (used but in mint condition and at a great price). All I can say is the difference in control and results is huge between the two models. I will still use my old airbrush for dirtywork such as basecoating and enamel painting and other stuff that don't require any finesse.
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Wow man! What an awesome job you're doing with the miniatures...and super fast too! Love seeing your miniatures man, excellent Bloodborne vibe in them. GG!
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Oh yeah, fantastic.
Now somebody take out those bloody bell women quick smartish, else we'll all be drowning in red spiders or zombie monsters.
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Woohoo! Double summoners with spiders...my favourite dungeons lol
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Thansk again for the kind words guys. And yeah, summoners, considering how well the board game represents the video game I imagine these will create a shitshow with the wrong enemy combo .... ;D
Undead Giant painted up this evening.
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Another long break from painting, but I just found some of the upcoming miniatures damn boring and tedious to paint, partially my own fault as I always like to paint the least fun stuff first just to get it done and then focus on the fun and cool minis.
The Labyrinth rats may be one of the worst miniatures in the whole game that I have seen so far. Really boring AF to paint. The Keepers of the Old Lords were just fine, but the Watchdog of the Old gods caused me lots of problems.
The thing was supposed to be painted with an inner glow, but despite by attempts and following some tutorials it did not end up exactly as it should have looked. I think part of it is due to the model not having "lava cracks" but rather supposed to have glowing skin which is harder to pull off. It was interesting to try this out as I have some Mythic Battles Ragnarok miniatures that will require the same effect and this was a good first time practice run.
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WOW, some fantastic stuff.
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Slugging through the very last couple of miniatures from the Chalice dungeon box.
Some ugly Gravekeeper scorpions, they are silly in the game and rather ugly as miniatures so I put the bare minumum effort into these. Then the Beast Possessed soul boss monster and some hunting dogs. Before I started painting the dogs I was prepared for them to be extremely boring and difficult to paint with the spikes and all. But with some airbrushing, oil wash and regular washes I was able to paint them up with little problems and rather quickly too to my surprise. It always seem that the miniatures that you think will be the worst often end up smooth painting, and vice versa.
Left to paint is the Pthumerian descendant boss mini and 4 last and 4 player character hunters.
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I also thought I could share some pictures of the game actually being played. I solo'd (dual hand) the Fall of old Yharnam campaign late last night and took some pictures. The combat in this game really is one of the best board game combat I have experienced, and paired with the upgrade of skills makes it super fun and tactical.
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brilliant - and the clear bases coming up trumps.
I used to do that but ended up feeling it was too much trouble, must admit.
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brilliant - and the clear bases coming up trumps.
I used to do that but ended up feeling it was too much trouble, must admit.
Thanks, it not much of a hassle as much as a rather pricey cost to swap bases. The company which I used to buy custom bases from in France has also ceased to exist unfortunately. The owner gave me a heads up so I made a last order in december stocking up for bases for Blooborne and Cthulhu Fear of the Unknown. But after that I will need to look for other sources and none that I have tried have been so flawless as my old guy over at Stuff4Games :'(
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Finished the Pthumerian descendent boss monster this evening. Pretty happy with this one, and I'm once again feeling a positive flow in painting stuff for this game after a few really bad and boring minis. Next up there are 4 playable hunter models before I can finally move on the either the Hunters dream or the Forsaken forest expansions. I also have 4 doll miniatures that I need to paint up from the stretch goals.
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More nightmarish miniatures masterfully painted! :-*
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@Michi, thanks buddy!
Finally finished the last 4 playable hunter miniatures from the Chalice Dungeon expansion, which also finished that boxed set (FINALLY!!). These 4 characters seem super interesting to play so I can't wait to try them out.
Moving on I will paint up the small "final boss" expansion "Hunters Dream". Particularly hope that the end game boss, the Moon Presence will turn out half as good as I imagine it. I also love the executioners that can turn up as wandering mini bosses in in the middle of a scenario. I will most likely NOT paint the 8 enemy hunters until the very last mini from the Forbidden Woods is done as those minis can be proxied by models already painted up.
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This weekend I began painting up the Hunters Dream expansion, starting out with the final boss miniatures of Gehrman the first hunter and the Moon Presence.
On a side note, I also managed to secure all the remaining kickstarter exclusive expansions from a second hand purchase. While that makes me very happy as the game is excellent and more campaigns are most welcome, it also means that I just added some 50 additional miniatures to paint oh well, lol !
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Finished the Executioner and Winter lantern miniatures, pretty much speed painted the minis as they lent themselves well to airbrushing and washes. I will start working on the Forbidden Forest big expansion next which has some reallyt freaky enemy types and environments in the game that I love.
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Wonderful! I love the visual style of Bloodborne (both the video game and this board game offshoot), and your painting really, really does it justice.
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Wonderful! I love the visual style of Bloodborne (both the video game and this board game offshoot), and your painting really, really does it justice.
Thank you! The board game is pretty damn good and one of my favorite games in my collection. I have yet to beat the Old Hunters DLC for the video game, got stuck on the Maria of the astral clocktower boss fight and can't seem to beat her. Elden Ring was a breeze in comparison lol
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Yes, I have never completed the DLC either. I went in quite early in my playthrough and found myself completely overpowered by those hunters that are prowling around the first part. I quickly fled, vowing to come back later, but for some reason I have yet to get around to it. :)
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Yesterday I basecoated the entire Forbidden Forest expansion, been looking forward to painting this set up for a while. Really love many of the enemies featured in this expansion. The miniatures are also a lot less bothersome to paint up compared to some of the previous stuff. This evening I finished the Mad Ones and the Maneater boars.
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Witch of Hemwick boss monster and Snake ball painted up.
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Ugh... disgusting.
In the best possible way! :)
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Thanks Plynkes!
I have had a blast painting the minis for this expansion, such an overwhelmingly positive experience compared to the Chalice Dungeon box.
This evening I finished the Snake Parasites and Hemwick Grave Women.
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A great paintjob on some really weird figures :)
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fantastic.
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These are lovely paint jobs! Well done.
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Thanks for the very kind words guys. I'm very happy that this is one of the games that my wife enjoys to play (next to Cthulhu Death May Die) so the minis actually get to see plenty of action.
This evening I finished the last mini from the Forbidden Forest, the Shadows of Yharnham bost monster.
"Unfortunately" as my 4 year old son likes board games and likes to watch my miniatures I thought it would be a good idea to get him Heroquest lol So earlier this week I purchased a 1989 version of Heroquest to get the more cartoony miniatures and a 2021 version for the improved board, cards and terrain.
We have played a couple of scenarios that I made up adjusted to his level and patience, and now he is asking me "when will you paint my minis dad?!" lol
So I promised him I would paint the four heroes for Heroquest next. So there will be a short break before I begin work on the next expansion. for Bloodborne.
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Fantastic stuff 8) 8) 8)