oooh dearie me! I have been very bad at any updates despite actually being relatively productive hobby wise. So I'll break it up into a few chunks and posts.
First up, Rangers of Shadow Deep. A friend and I send each other pictures on what we are working on, helps with motivation and nice to get feedback! He mentioned Rangers of Shadow Deep some time ago in relation to the Burrows & Badgers figures I had got. Not a bad idea, but then I liked the B&B rules and once I picked up the Rangers rules (a fair bit later, I got the deluxe version!) I liked them and even more, I liked the opportunity to paint some different stuff. So decided to do some collecting and painting.
So to start I painted up the free Ranger figure that came with the ruleset, yes it may have swayed me into buying the deluxe edition.
As I would be playing this solo for the foreseeable future (and that is a big part of the reason for doing it) then I'd need some companions. Bad Squiddo have a really good range as I wanted something a bit different.
The beer maiden on the far right would be a civilian model, to be saved, hopefully, by the adventurers. I couldn't find exactly what I wanted for a rogue and Conjuror model so on the recommendation of the aforementioned friend I looked at reaper miniatures. A vast range and it was a nice surprise when they arrived that the detail is actually pretty decent.
The Conjuror is taller than all the others, including the rogue from the same range. I don't mind some variation as I think it looks better but he did look a fair bit out of whack, I cut out the mdf base below him to allow hide the plastic base he was on and try bring the overall height down. For comparison the rogue is on a 3mm mdf base, with the plastic base stuck directly on top, essentially making her taller. Anyway I think it worked out alright, and will work for now, if I find a model I prefer I may well get some new ones!
I had hit up Bad Squiddo before this all started for some of their scenic range as they looked thoroughly lovely, so some of these were obvious treasure markers.
Finally the bad guys that need fightin' I picked up a single sprue of fireforge living dead peasants which got me six zombies. I'll probably get another sprue as I although I didn't get over 6 on the table at once, I may have had any not been killed so quickly!
I also picked up the Northstar Giant Rats (and Boar) which completed all I "needed" for the first scenario.
First up, Rangers of Shadow Deep. A friend and I send each other pictures on what we are working on, helps with motivation and nice to get feedback! He mentioned Rangers of Shadow Deep some time ago in relation to the Burrows & Badgers figures I had got. Not a bad idea, but then I liked the B&B rules and once I picked up the Rangers rules (a fair bit later, I got the deluxe version!) I liked them and even more, I liked the opportunity to paint some different stuff. So decided to do some collecting and painting.
So to start I painted up the free Ranger figure that came with the ruleset, yes it may have swayed me into buying the deluxe edition.
As I would be playing this solo for the foreseeable future (and that is a big part of the reason for doing it) then I'd need some companions. Bad Squiddo have a really good range as I wanted something a bit different.
The Conjuror is taller than all the others, including the rogue from the same range. I don't mind some variation as I think it looks better but he did look a fair bit out of whack, I cut out the mdf base below him to allow hide the plastic base he was on and try bring the overall height down. For comparison the rogue is on a 3mm mdf base, with the plastic base stuck directly on top, essentially making her taller. Anyway I think it worked out alright, and will work for now, if I find a model I prefer I may well get some new ones!
I had hit up Bad Squiddo before this all started for some of their scenic range as they looked thoroughly lovely, so some of these were obvious treasure markers.
The game also needs markers for clues or areas of interest, this seemed like a good opportunity to delve into the bits box and use up some of all the little things I insist on keeping "just in case"
Finally the bad guys that need fightin' I picked up a single sprue of fireforge living dead peasants which got me six zombies. I'll probably get another sprue as I although I didn't get over 6 on the table at once, I may have had any not been killed so quickly!
I also picked up the Northstar Giant Rats (and Boar) which completed all I "needed" for the first scenario.
For the second scenario I would need some spiders and a cheap pack of plastic ones did the job, no painting just stuck onto some bases and flocked. Nice and easy and cost about £3 I think.
I'll end with the starting pictures of the first game, I may try a small recounting of what occurred in the next post.
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