Donner Party?

Finished another gang. I had some left over ghouls and a female necromancer so I decided to knock them out. Simple paint jobs with the bloody bits picked out in gloss varnish.

Splintered Light ghouls and necromancer.

These are all Splintered Light minis. I've been fairly impressed with the quality of sculpts.

I started a second 2x2 board over the weekend but had to let the Liquid Nails dry before I could really get to work on it. There's going to be a meandering stream on it which means I get to try water effects for the first time. Hope I don't screw it up.

Werewolves!

Here's my last gang for a bit. Five werewolves from Splintered Light.

Rawr.

Rawr. Rawr. Rawr. Rawr. Rawr.

I'm not disappointed in these guys but they aren't my favorites, that's for sure. I think they need some human henchmen or something. They're just a little boring as it is. I chose the middle guy as the leader because he looks the most menacing to me. I wanted him to stand out a little so I built up his base a little, hoping to make him appear to be looking down at the battlefield. Meh.

I actually finished these a few days ago and have been working on some terrain features which I will show off in the next post. Coming soon.

Matchitehew's Malice!

Here's another gang for my Weird West project. Led by an evil medicine man, Matchitehew. I haven't really worked on the background for this gang but I might say that Matchitehew is a Seminole who draws on both Native American and African magic. I just couldn't resist this masked necromancer mini from Splintered Light and had to use him for this gang. Love that mask. Here he is with a mighty Sasquatch:

Matchitehew, from Splintered Light. Sasquatch is a Twanax from Blue Moon.

I really enjoyed painting both of these but the Squatch was a blast.

For more scary goodness I decided to add some wendigos to the gang. These are ghouls from Splintered Light's undead range.

Ew.

I quite like how the skin came out on the fat one especially. After a matte spray I went back and used some gloss varnish on the bloody parts. These guys should wreak some havoc with opponents. Hard to kill and cause fear. Yippee.

To flesh out the rest of the gang I have some bow and rifle toting minions.

Warriors from Blue Moon.

And the whole gang together:

Almost the whole gang. No squatch. Oops.

One more gang to go (WEREWOLVES!) before I get to work on more terrain. I have some rocky outcroppings on CDs to paint and my buddy picked up some western buildings from White Wash City that I'm excited to get printed and assembled. I also bought some 2'x2' MDF to make some boards. Gotta start planning. Those werewolves are going to be super easy to paint.

Hills!

Slow going in the hobby department lately. But I did manage to try my hand at some new hills after finding this How To over on Cool Mini or Not.

I really like the general shape and more organic nature of them, but I'm not a huge fan of my paint job. I like them much better than the traditional wargaming hills, though, so I'll definitely make 3 or 4 more.

These will see use in my upcoming Weird West games. My gaming buddy placed his Blue Moon order...cowboys, indians, vampires, and some Twanax to use as Sasquatch.

Here's a shot of what he gave me out of his order:

WIP hills in the background.

I took some cowboys for my Monster Hunter gang, some vamps, and a few Indians. I am now eagerly awaiting my order from Splintered Light minis. I'm getting some necromancers, ghouls (for my wendigos!), werewolves, and dire wolves.

We'll be using the Fear and Faith rules from Ganesha Games and I am really excited. I love the simplicity of it. Of course, I haven't played a game yet, but they seem perfect for the kind of game we're looking for.

I just primed 10 cowboys and hope to get some paint on them tonight if my daughter will go to sleep at a reasonable time. I'm also hoping to update the blog a little more regularly as I paint these guys. Keeps my excitement up.