Songs of Stillburg - Ghost added 150117, Pg 12

[phreedh]

Looking forward to the report - sounds quite an exotic cocktail of characters you have there!

The three samurai are after a monk fugitive from their home land. As strangers in the Old World, they've had to employ the half-orc mercenary as a guide. Apparently the White Raven Company have a history in smuggling and distributing opiates from the far east, so it's not that far fetched.

The scenario is built around six objective tokens. When revealed, two of them result in a messy sneak attack from a ninja (ie reinforcements for the bad guys) and one of them spawns one pissed off Fatgit Rumblegut looking for something to eat for afternoon tea (ie he attacks the Stillburg adventurers).

It all makes sense. Sort of... =) The jack-in-a-box ninjas were hilarious, even though they didn't have much effect on the result of the scenario.

[phreedh]

Oh, look - it's a new mini painted for the Stillburg campaign! The pace is glacial, but at least it's moving! =)



The reason the armour scales on his back are fucked is that the eBay seller was an evil bastard who forgot to mention the generous glob of super glue on his back. Tried removing all of it but neither solvents nor scalpels worked well. For fear of messing up the mini even more I stopped and decided to just "paint over it". =) I've gone back and retouched it after this pic was taken.

Full write up and general blathering on the blog, as usual:
http://ministuff.godzilla.se/#post36

Oh, also - new basing goop used. Better or worse than the old? I asked my wife and she couldn't care less, then asked my cousin and he was indifferent. Maybe (but just maybe) a board full of lead freaks might have an opinion? =)

[Doomhippie]

Nice model and nice painting. You did a good job with that mess on his back, I wouldn't have thought too much about it without you telling us. Really well done. However, I think I like the other bases better. This looks a bit like some artificial dog poo for Halloween, doesn't it? The model itself is really beautiful. Thumbs up!

[Thantsants]

What is the world coming to when a man can't rely on his wife to support him in his lead addiction!
Not being smug or anything but mine got me a nice big display cabinet for Christmas   - mind you I think that was motivated more by the fear of the fireworks that would have gone off if our 2 year old lad had got hold of any of my minis (not forgetting his safety and well-being too!) than a genuine desire to admire my handiwork...

 Nice work by the way - like the yellow and black colour scheme - and old White Dwarfs are always good for referencing!  


Oh and the new basing stuff looks ok too.  

Did quite like the stony ones on your skeletons as well though.

[Damien]

Hey phreedh, that mini has a lot of character! The face is great and I really like the strips and the colour combination (yellow/black). I think the scale mail came out really good (I hope you gave the ebay seller neutral feedback).

About the base, I like the old bases on the skeletons, did not like how the rocks came out on the HalfOrc is it possible to do a combination of both techniques?


Great stuff, I really like seeing your work.
 Damien

[phreedh]

Cheers guys!

looks a bit like some artificial dog poo for Halloween, doesn't it?

My thought exactly!

I like the old bases on the skeletons, did not like how the rocks came out on the HalfOrc is it possible to do a combination of both techniques?

Actually, I think I forgot to drybrush the halforc base. =) I'm running out of the sand I've used on my bases previously, when I find something similar I'll add that to the basing goop and see how that turns out. I think it needs more texture, and the sand I've used so far is very fine.

Not being smug or anything but mine got me a nice big display cabinet for Christmas 

Bah... =) My wife got me two packs of trees, a large supply of green stuff and that GW pack of fences and walls last year. No gaming stuff this year. =(

[Funghy-Fipps]

Another cool 'ye olde mini' brought back to life with the application of your most skilful brush-strokes, Phreedh!   The base looks fine too, to be honest (and, hey, do you think that anybody bothered to pick up their dog shit in the Old World? (except perhaps to launch at somebody in the Stocks, of course...)).  I keep buggering mine up (bases) at the moment with heavy-handed dry-brushing; something that'll have to be remedied.  Using brushes with more than six bristles left might help...

[phreedh]

Hi gang, it's been a great long time since I posted any figs in this thread.

Here are two who would've been part of an LPL entry if I had been able to finish the team.

It's the brothers Crabcock, two old Citadel minis who will serve as allies for the heroes in my Stillburg SBH-campaign. More about that on my blog though:
http://ministuff.godzilla.se/#post40

Billy Crabcock


Hog Crabcock


The pair o' them in the forests outside town.

[Thantsants]

What a lovely pair!

Great to see Stillburg continuing to develop mate - shame you didn't get time to get them into the LPL - they'd have done very well I'm sure.

Glad I didn't come up against you in the end! 

[Bloodysword]

Nice job on the figures. Now that the lpl is over maybe we can see some new battle reports?

[Thantsants]

Yes Please!! 

[phreedh]

Cheers guys, I've got a battle report to write actually. The game is a few months old, but I have pictures, notes and a fairly good memory for details like who punched who in the nose during miniature games. Yesterday was one of those rare occurrences where my Mrs crashed at 9 in the evening and I still had some energy left. Biggest problem with the coming battle report is that I need better pics (ie staged pics) as I didn't take any fun in-game pics.

[Pil]

Very nice work on these two!

[Thantsants]

Looking forward to reading it. 

Must admit I've made a point of trying to get decent in-game pics - its a right pain going back to recreate the moment - although it does often result in some great photos!

Yesterday was one of those rare occurrences where my Mrs crashed at 9 in the evening and I still had some energy left.

I guess your new motto should be Carpe Diem! 

[DeafNala]

Since I really wasn't all that familiar with your project, I took a stroll through the thread...FANTASTIC STUFF! The new Guys fit in WONDERFULLY with the rest of your FINE collection. I love the background scenery in all your photos. VERY WELL DONE!