1000 Foot General: July 2014

Sunday, July 27, 2014

SAGA! Our first game

I finally got SAGA onto the table this weekend, after having only played a few games at HGMS conventions over the years. Our Vikings and Normans mix it up after the jump.

Last day of Historicon for me. Managed to play two games and check out a bunch of others. Also, have you guys heard of "All Quiet on the Martian Front"? You need to know about "All Quiet on the Martian Front". Jumbled thoughts and pics after the jump.

Historicon 2014, Friday

Lots more action on Friday. Pics after the jump.

Historicon 2014, Thursday

I've made it to Historicon again this year, and despite a late start I managed to see a ton of great games, made a pass through the vendor hall and played a real nail biter. I also noticed a lot more British accents this year. Not sure if the con is attracting expats or if they've made a trip over just to push little metal soldiers around. Pics after the jump.

Painting a Reaper Bones Cthulhu

I painted up Reaper Bones Cthulhu for my dungeon bash, but kept my progress under wraps to avoid spoiling the surprise for any players who might visit this site. This is by far the largest miniature I've painted, and I wasn't quite sure how to proceed. I researched what others had done when tackling their gargantuan elder gods, and settled on using a series of layered ink washes.

I gave Cthulhu a base of black and then heavily drybrushed it with gray and white.

I only had small bottles of GW and Army Painter washes which wouldn't be nearly enough for his noodley eminence, so splurged on a set of Winsor & Newton inks . Using thinned down greens, browns and yellows, along with intermittent application of paint, Cthulhu took on a naseating shade in far less time than I expected. The gray preshading + ink wash looked decent right away, but I kept fiddling about to build up more texture and color variation.