Another eventful week for me and I have something I’m excited to show off so I won’t waste any time. While I thought I’d have tons of terrain to share, I’m not quite done with another batch of trees so those will make an appearance next week. I had a terrain setback when I had a hedge probably 75% done and the plasticard started warping. I decided to trash it and donate what plasticard I had left to the school where my fiancee works. Instead, I have more MDF coming from Charlie Foxtrot Models who make excellent products. I had just ponied up money for some of his MDF crop fields as I didn’t want to make more farmland that would warp. I look forward to working on that and getting some hedges made in the near future.
In term of what I have finished, I varnished and based Wormtongue. He doesn’t look quite as cool based as I thought he would. I think the limited real estate left on his base is the main reason why. I started getting his “buddy” Sharkey prepared for painting and while I got a pretty bad cast, I do look forward to pairing the two together for some scenic images in the future. Speaking of scenic, I finished another mini this week…
Months or maybe even a year ago, I bought a set of Galadriel, Celeborn, and the mirror off eBay and they sat around because I wanted to make sure I could do a great job on the minis. For whatever reason, I suddenly got the desire to paint Galadriel so I did! I had a great time painting her and while she isn’t perfect, I think she is painted at an extremely high level and I’m really pleased with the results. This mini was very popular in Golden Demon when she was newer and I can see why. Her eyes were so well-sculpted that I nailed them on the first attempt. She has fairly good definition in her robes so it isn’t too hard to layer them and really make them pop. While I wouldn’t enter this in the Golden Demon, it felt good to paint something like this at a high level without running into too many issues. I have big plans for Galadriel too. I’m not sure she will see much use in gaming but I have an idea for a little display with her husband and some other elves that I will slowly piece together in the coming months. Stay tuned for more updates!
I’d like to close this week with a couple of somewhat random thoughts. I’ve been pretty inspired by the hobby this week and am starting to think that Battle Companies is something I need to pick up in the near future if I want to get more games in but keep up my focus on narrative gaming on this site. Especially as I expand my collection, I should have opportunities to tell some stories in that way.
For whatever reason, I’ve been window shopping other miniatures games a lot as well and while SAGA is the current game that is catching my eye. I realized that a game that I would really like to play is something about Robin Hood. I’m shocked that there isn’t a game out there just focusing on that subject but there isn’t that I could find! About 20 years ago (how did I get so old?), I played a PC game about Robin Hood that was a strategy game as best as I can remember and it really made an impression on me. Fighting the corrupt sheriff and king was a lot of fun and seems perfect for wargaming. Many historical and fantasy wargamers (including me!) would have the terrain needed for such a game too. I would think a Robin Hood miniatures game would do quite well in the wargaming market but I guess I’ve finally found an interest of mine where there isn’t a game that is tempting me finally!
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Loving Galadriel and wormtongue. I can’t think of a Robin Hood game either. I have played it as a RPG using Savage Worlds, but never as a ‘wargame’.
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Thanks, mate! That really is a surprise considering how many people have nostalgia for Robin Hood. Maybe one day I’ll try to make a game of it using the rules from MESBG.
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Stunning work on Galadriel! Really beautiful. Worm looks great too. Keep up the great work 🙂
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Thanks, Gero! I know I did a good job when I hear compliments like that 🙂
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Wow! Great job on Galadriel! I can just about hear her voice in my head while she stares at my all creepy like. 😀
Ok, I racked my brain and I can’t think of a Robinhood type game either. The best I could come up with is using Songs of Blades and Heroes rules and just setting it in medieval England. It’ll probably work well for solo games, as Robin would be have to be unstoppable and everyone else is a mook. However you could also just use MESBG rules as well. 😀
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Ha, thanks Stew! She was creepy in the movies, especially LOTR which I was never a huge fan of. She certainly is an iconic character which made it neat to paint this mini up.
I’ll have to look up Songs of Blades as I think I’ve heard of it and if it is good for solo games then even better! Thanks for the recommendation! 😀
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Had to think about Robin Hood games myself – did some digging on Lead adventure forum (UK site similar to The Miniatures Page) where it seems most gamers modified existing games. Did find this though – Northstar games and Frostgrave has Robin Hood figures and one of their newsletters had a game.
http://northstarfigures.com/search.php?query=robin+hood&page=1
http://nstarmagazine.com/FROSTGRAVE_12_1.htm
Hope this doesn’t distract you too much from LOTR 🙂
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Thanks for doing some digging, Bret! Lead Adventure Forum is a dangerous place for me as I usually walk away interested in some other game though that usually dissipates pretty quickly. That link is interesting and I’m starting to think that nobody has made a full rule system or scenario so that will probably keep me from diving in 🙂
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Lovely work on The Lady here – you’ve certainly done the sculpt justice! On the gaming front, I’m so glad that you took my advice and are looking into Batlte Companies! 😉
As far as Robin Hood goes, I’m sure you could use the SBG (and Battle Companies rules, no less) to very easily make good viable rules for Robin Hood (elf archer) his men (human heroes, Gondor rangers as approriate), the Sherriff’s men (Gondor troops, ruffians, etc) and adapt any number of scenarios from many skirmish games approriately. Models would be a mix of models meant to represent Robin in their many forms, actual Gondor ranger/grey company models, those ruffians again (multiple use from the same painted models FTW!).. add in a cheap box or two of size-compatable, era-appropriate Perry Plastics, and perhaps a blister or three from them for any other heroes and villains.
https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=3217&osCsid=c3ip25vlnk8gt3h4j74snebm94
…and then use *those* models to represent troops from the feifdoms of Gondor when you get to your RotK battles…
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Thanks! She remains one of my favorite models I’ve ever painted.
I think you’re onto something there with using LOTR and SBG rules. It has been a while since I’ve read or watched Robin Hood so I don’t have a lot of specific battles in my mind but with those rules in hand, that would really be most of what I need. I probably will have enough in the near future that a Robin Hood game wouldn’t take a ton of hobby work which is very welcome too.
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Yep. The crossover between fantasy medieval England and historical medieval England is pretty huge for scenery and the like!
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