Characters

 Here are a few character models that I've just finished up.

First up are a couple of French resistance fighters from Wargames Atlantic Digital, printed by Only Games.  Officially these are WWII French Resistance, but I anticipate they will show up in gangster and other games.  

The one on the right reminds me of a certain sight gag from the movie, Top Secret!

This bloke was fun to paint up.  He's a Reaper Miniatures model that Doug gave us.  His headgear reminds me of Tim the Enchanter from Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

Starship Boarding Action including more Xolk terrain

 A few weeks ago I was able to host my spaceship boarding action at the local tabletop gaming convention, Trumpeter Salute.  There were six crews battling for control of the ship including two ship's crew - the bridge crew and the engineering team - and 4 teams of boarders.

Action was fast and furious.  The defenders started out in the main cargo hold, and the boarders needed to enter through the side doors.  The engineering team ran straight to the engine room while the boarders focussed on the bridge crew. 

A fierce firefight took place in the hold, with a bridge crewman (crew-alien?) distracting the boarders as his colleagues dashed to the bridge.  The poor fellow was thoroughly suppressed, as shown by the plethora of shock markers!

Left to their own devices, the engineering team easily made it to the engine room to start the engines.

The battle moved to the corridor outside the bridge.  Post-it tabs have replaced the smoke markers to indicate shock.

Finally realising that their teammates are strong enough to capture the bridge, the remaining boarders decide to storm the engine room.  Many of them fell (literally!) for my little ruse, as they ignored the 'Slipper Floor' sign and fell to the ground.  No injuries, except to pride, but shock markers and delays in their advance.

Ultimately, the engineers held the boarders from capturing the engine room, but to no avail as the boarders captured the bridge and thus managed to keep the ship from escaping.

In the photos above you can see the extra Xolk containers in the cargo hold.  My mail order arrived a few days before the convention, enough time to assemble them and prime them - good enough for the table but I found some time after the con to splash a bit of paint on them.

The collection now includes eight containers in two styles, 2 larger cisterns and a bevvy of smaller crates.

Two styles of containers.  These can be stacked, adding to their versatility.

The cisterns are fun - the kit provides a frame.  The cistern itself is an empty 355 mL pop tin which fits inside the frame.

The cisterns are slightly larger than the containers.

As a bonus, the cistern kit includes a bunch of smaller crates.  Instead of making them deliberately sci-fi, I painted them in a basic wood brown so they can be used for a variety of eras.

Medieval clergy, cargo containers and a mock vargr

 Arthur and I visited Imperial Hobbies last week, so of course I made some impulse purchases.  First up, I picked up a pack of early medieval clergy from Bob Murch's 1066 line.  Although they are intended for 1066, I will take advantage of the timelessness of their garb to use them in more modern settings, whenever a monk or nun would fit in.

I slightly modified the Mother Superior - she has a greenstuff veil added on top of her wimple (hopefully I got those terms correct!).

My other purchase was a pair of MDF containers from Canadian company Xolk.  I liked them so much I sent in an order to the company for more!  They go together very quickly and paint up easily.  They will do nicely as scatter terrain in the cargo hold for starship boarding actions.

Our recently started Traveller RPG campaign includes a vargr NPC, so I decided to convert one of Fletch's 3d printed werewolves to represent him.  This is clearly not an accurate representation, as vargr are typically shorter then humans, with an average height of only 1.6 m.  So this is a particularly jacked vargr, as he is notably taller and bulkier than Captain Handsome!

Conversion was minor, I replaced his arms with a flamer and a left hand from the bits box.

3D printed resin is regrettably a bit brittle.  You can see that this poor vargr was dropped and his ears were chipped!

As you can see, the Xolk containers have nice detail on the ends.  They can be built with the doors open, but I chose to keep them closed.

 Next week is Trumpeter Salute - I'll hopefully fit in lots of gaming :)