Author Topic: First look at Boglanders!!! (Read 2635 times)

Sunjester · « **on:** December 14, 2023, 04:54:07 PM »

I finally got around to unpacking my latest Kickstarter, Boglanders from Ramshackle Games. I have quite a few odds and ends of Ramshackle products for fantasy, VSF and Post-apocalyptic genres in my collection already and I am a fan of Curtis' designs.
http://grahamsgaming.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-first-look-at-boglanders.html

ced1106 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 16, 2023, 04:18:36 AM »

Fully backed this one, and looking forward to your paint jobs -- so I can steal them.

With the customizable parts, I'm hoping I can use Museum Wax so I can swap the arms between sf and fantasy.

I was thinking of using them for The Doomed, but let me know what games you end up playing with them -- including pics!

Sunjester · « **Reply #2 on:** December 18, 2023, 04:55:57 PM »

No gaming until the end of the week, so I have had a go at painting some more of the little Boglanders.

https://grahamsgaming.blogspot.com/2023/12/more-boglanders.html

sed1106: Feel free to steal ideas, but I am not a particularly good painter! Adequate to get them on the table is good enough for me

I've picked up a tub of Tacky Wax to try swapping arms as I need.

ced1106 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 20, 2023, 08:02:37 AM »

> sed1106: Feel free to steal ideas, but I am not a particularly good painter! Adequate to get them on the table is good enough for me

Same ditto. Dunno about others, but I have problems selecting a color scheme for miniatures. Doesn't matter how well it's painted! (:

> I've picked up a tub of Tacky Wax to try swapping arms as I need.

Let me know how it goes! Again, I have Museum Wax, so dunno if I'd need additional wax, but I'd like to know what else good is out there!

> No gaming until the end of the week, so I have had a go at painting some more of the little Boglanders.

Also let me know what games you found were a good fit, and not a good fit with the miniatures. I find most rulesets that use dice I'm flexible in playing whatever, though I have some preference for narrative and prefer solo. Conversely, I go nuts if the $100+ set of miniatures I bought doesn't match a ruleset and vice-versa. Yes, I like Gloomhaven, but finding proxies is a pain, and I'll drop $350 on official minis and wait until 2025 to play my game when the mini's arrive, more like 2026 because I *have* to paint them.

EDIT: Maybe the post-apoc DOOMED game, alongside my really big Cthuhlu mini's?

Bearwoodman · « **Reply #4 on:** December 20, 2023, 08:49:50 AM »

Nice work! I got some of these too but I have not inspected them yet as I passed them to my wife to give to me as a Christmas present. I cannot even remember exactly what I ordered but I do remember thinking they were weird and interesting and potentially had potential for kitbashing. I did not buy them with any specific game in mind but they will probably turn up in Frostgrave initially (possibly in the Silver Bayonet if I can arm a few with muskets). Keep us posted with the painting progress!

Sunjester · « **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2023, 11:33:00 AM »

ced1105: I do not go for games that demand "official" miniatures (and if I do I use my own proxies or self-created factions).
Obviously these are more appropriate for skirmish games, rather than massed battles.
The rules I am planning to use these for are:
Fantasy - Sellswords and Spellslingers or Frostgrave
17th Century Gothic Horror - Fear and Faith
VSF - In Her Majesty's Name or Fear and Faith (maybe Wolsung as well, using my own faction).
Post Apocolyptic or Sci/Fi - Mutants and Death Ray Guns

Bearwoodman: I got the full set and it came with a load of black powder weapons that would be suitable for Silver Bayonet.