The Guild Grows and I am in love with these bases.

All their bases will belong to me. And by them I mean Malifaux. While these bases are stupid expensive around 12.50 for 5 30mm inserts, 10.00 for 2 40mm inserts or 10 for 1 50mm insert , they rock! At any rate below is the newest complete Malifaux Fig: The Guardian. He fights for the guild.

Justin

Malifaux: Prepare to Burn!!

Got my Malifaux stuff in the mail yesterday and in under 24 hours they are done. These models were awesome to paint. The bases are inserts I bought in another blister. They were not cheap but I love them. I think all of my malifaux models will have them. Hopefully will try them out this weekend.

Modelers who play games and Gamers who own models

I used to be a gamer who owned models, but recently I have had a conversion to being a modeler who plays games.

What did this take? Why did  it happen?

Honestly it took my ruining a crap ton of figures. They looked like clowns with wood chip bases. I am not claiming that I am the painting master. No if you want those look here: http://damommasboyzforums.yuku.com/forums/4/Purty-Colors#.T19zYhGmjmM

What I am saying is I now buy models based on them looking cool, then I figure out how to use them on the table. I am painting my shit and nearly refuse to put it on the table until is it painted. The exception being my circle cause I bought a huge pile of those at once. I own two nearly entirely painted 40k armies, an entirely Dragon lords fleet, and my terrans in the process. My circle is also slowly coming along but I have been painting them slowly.

Basically I think Da mommas boyz out in Pullman/Moscow converted me because I refused to put bare plastic against their masterpieces. Painting seems to be contagious so do it...  I think Fer also helped with this as he was a painting fool right outta the gate and owns a nearly entirely if not entirely painted Cygnar faction.

Here's some newly painted toys from the Inquisition I am currently 1 win and 1 loss with them.

Inquisition Army Continues, Circle gets to play, and Justin Losses Epic Space Battles

I got some good trades and spent my little pile of Tax money that I was allowed to and the Inquisition army has grown. Lots of pictures to follow. A few of the figs are not based, but in fact none of them are based completely, as I am waiting for some snow flock that is on backorder. Seems odd to be waiting for snow in Madison Wisiconsin, but it is what I am doing.  Also likely getting into Malifaux soon...

Also I got to play several games of Waramchine/Hordes in the last two weeks against Jeff. Here are some pics. 

Deployment

Deployment

Circle Runs up

Khador moves up

Feral Leaps out to kill the destroyer

gets pulled back by Kaya. This move makes the circle battlebox hard to beat

Khador pops feat all my stuff in frozen in ice. Juggernaut take it to the argus

dead argus as ice makes you auto hit in melee 

Feral takes it to the Juggernaut and finishes it. This is a victory for me as you can win Mangle metal/Tooth and claw games (meaning caster and jacks and beasts only) by killing of the jacks or beats. Jeff almost got me in the next game we played. 

Got to play a game of Firestorm Armada on the same day. I lose this game and also have lost the last few. It has been four games since someone has not rolled double 1's on the crit table on one of my major ships. Also playing Bart's Terrans make mine look like crap. His are amazing!! Some of the cleanest lines in gaming. His are the white mine are the tan and grey (I am in the process of changing the color scheme on mine). 

Deployment

early moves

double 1's big boom on heavy crusier not on stand

yup

total damage : 1 heavy cruiser, 2 frigates, 1 cruiser, and one heavily damage cruiser. The odds of this are 1 in 36 why does this keep happening to me lol

I try to hold on at the other side. Bart's ships are up top

Shifting, moving, shooting

More

Bart's Dreadnought bring the pain to my battle ship game over game over...

Last but not least....

Dear GW, 

I am glad you had time to make the new space wolf and tyranid stuff. Its looks great. Where the hell are my necron wraiths and tomb spiders....make them now!!!

Justin

Inquisition Army beginnings

This is the first trooper for my inquisition army I am just starting. Just thought I would toss him up. 

The Great Move

Hey I have found little time for this since the great move to Madison, but I will start to repost.

I actually own none of the armies pictured in any of the blogs now. This is largely due to the fact that when moving we could only bring the amount of stuff that could fit in a saturn-the space for two huskies. This leaves little space for little figures. I now play games at http://www.lastsquare.com/

In the mean time and due to the release of Necrons I have built a Necron army. This is largely due to the insistence of Evan and James of the Da Momma's Boyz who made me promise to play the newest army as opposed to my attempts to play the 10 and 12 year old codices. I painted an entire army in less than two months and have added a few figures since. This army has won best painted in two tournaments (one while working with Gunther's wonderfully painted Space Wolves).

I also bought circle from Chuck back in Pullman and have painted many of those.

 The next post will be a collection of figures I have painted over the long hiatus.

More to come

Traveller Summer 2011

Starting another d20 Traveller Campaign before I leave here is the backstory

Traveller Campaign Background (Short Version)

                No matter how hard humanity tried we could not get people off the planet fast enough to stem the tide of population growth and industry. Earth became a cesspool of disease and famine as slowly the best and brightest  made their way to the surrounding systems. Shortly after humankind had terraformed our tenth planet, we discovered a system which contained something we never expected to find among the stars: ourselves.

                Instantly a war developed between the Solmani (as we began to call ourselves) and the Vilani. After capturing a Vilani we discovered that they descended from Neanderthals and were taken from our planet by an ancient and now deceased race.  The Vilani had a feudal government and were well spread among over a hundred systems, so at first the Solmani did well. Our slightly less advanced technology was quickly replaced with that of the Vilani and our superior numbers lead to many victories. After taking over 40 systems in only 50 years, the war came to a grinding halt. Our superior numbers were now diminished and due to the time consuming nature of interstellar travel we began to simply trade systems. Armadas would leave to conquer only to find their port of call destroyed in their absence.

It is unclear now who released the virus. The computer virus was like nothing seen before moving from ship to ship and mutating as it went. Some versions of the virus simply opened the airlocks, while others sought to take care of the humans on board.  The virus eventually swept through the major planets of both sides crippling the governments and sending the citizens into a technological Dark Age.

We of the Sword Worlds were fortunate In that we could set up a blockade. Forrest’s point provides a system in which all ships must stop before entering the Sword World systems and the naval base located there destroyed any ships that approached, keeping the diseased ships out. In this way the light of civilization remained lit. The remainder of the Solmani military formed the Reformation Coalition (RC) to control the ships yards, transportation of goods from one system to the next, and act well armed merchant marines and mercenaries. While each of the planets of the Sword Worlds formed their own governments, the RC held much power. 

For 200 years we guarded the point, until finally a ship got through. A group of terrorists attempted to stop the destruction of the ship, but were killed. Using the disease found on the ship, an anti-virus was created. In the past 10 years this anti-virus has allowed veterans of RC service to go past the blockade and explore the remains of the Viliani and Solmani empires. We are the torch bearers seeking to relight the flames of civilization.

and the planets....

Planets of the Sword World

1)       Dnieper  Tech Level 10 estimated population 500 million

This planet was colonized during the war by Russia and China. Due to overpopulation once these countries got Vilani technology they used it to build massive colony ships. These ships held several million people each. Instead of terraforming planets, upon arrival these ships were cannibalized to build climate controlled spires for the population to live in. 200 years after this virus Dnieper contains an estimated half of the total population of the Sword Worlds, but almost none of the resources. Dnieper is a hell hole controlled by gangs and criminals. Few people make it off of Dnieper and those that do rarely go back.

Characters from Dnieper gain -1 edu, +1 con

2)      Masmune Tech Level 12 population 20 million

This planet is mostly water with gravity slightly less than earth. Most electronic industry takes place on Masmune. Masumune is also this base of operations for the Renaku electronics corp, which supplies the RCS with all of its high grade weapons and armor. Culturally this planet is a mix of the United States and Japan. The current chairwoman of the RCS, Hitomi O’Connell hails from Masumune. Masmune is ruled by an elected prime minister.

Characters from Masmune gain +1 Dex and -1 Str

3)      Excalibur  Tech Level 11 population 10 million

This planet is largely agricultural and provides much of the food for the entire sector. The people of Excalibur are salt of the earth and often are considered somewhat backward by those from other planets. Pendragon station orbits Excalibur. Pendragon station is the base of opertations for RCS shipping and ship construction. It was built by the Solmani Navy as a ship yard right before the virus.  Excalibur is a monarchy. Culturally Excalibur is English, Scottish, and Irish.

Characters from Excalibur gain +1 Wis, -1 Soc

Characters born on Pendragon gain +1 Edu, -1 Str

4)      Durandal  Tech Level 11 population 12 million

This planet is highly volcanic with gravity higher than Earth’s. Marines are often recruited from Durandal. This planet is very resource rich in minerals required to build star ships and is the reason the Pendragon station was located in this sector. Little food is grown here and thus food is imported from Excalibur. Durandal is rules by an elected council. Culturally Durandal is German.

                                Characters from Durandal gain +1 Str and -1 Dex

5)      Outward Duchies Tech Level 7-10 estimated population 1 million

If the people of Excalibur are considered backward the people of the Duchies are considered shoeless backward and inbreed. These two systems feature a number of terrformed moons each with their own ruling government. No moon has a population over 100,000 people. These areas can be quite lawless, and those that hail from there are very self reliant.  The Outward Duchies are a melting pot.

Characters from the Outward Duchies gain -2 Soc and +1 Str and +1 Wis

6)      Terran’s Outpost Tech Level 4 (12)

Nathaniel Terran took control of this planet four years ago and re- built a old solomani space port.  It is a good place to buy and sell supplies out in the black. It is also a place to sell goods taken without being taxed by the RCS. Only 500 sword worlder’s live there,  though they work alongside many savages

yea I stole most of it I know....