Happy Friday.

My pledge is to either paint some Mantic sci-fi objectives I picked up last week or to paint some more Core Space minis, I haven’t decided yet.

I also plan to start my second run through of Space Station Zero with a new crew this afternoon. Hopefully it will go better for them.

Today I’m stuck indoors as there is work being done on the front porch getting new roofing on. So I’m catching up on a few battle reports on YouTube.

First one is a Middle Earth reskin of Rangers of Shadow Deep.

Then there’s a Space Station Zero game.

and lastly I have a game of Five Leagues from the Borderlands to watch.

You said we could rant, hmm, let me think. Ok, why do sweets and chocolate bars get smaller and smaller. I remember when Mars Bars were huge when I was young, and now they are tiny, it’s not fare. We’ve just got those big tubs of sweets in at work for Christmas (I work in a supermarket) and every year they get lighter and lighter. I’m getting reports now that the actual sweets themselves now are tiny compared with the previous years. Oh, and don’t get me started on those big one serving “sharing bags” of crisps and snacks. Rubbish! If you want to share buy a second bag.

Ah, glad to get that off my chest. Have fun.

Yes, but bigger is always better, so I’ve heard.

Pledge: Finish off more minis

I’m about to complete some more commission stuff for next weekend so I’ll be paid for doing work for a buddy. He’s told me I already have more work from one of the players in his campaign. This thing can put cash in pocket, but I’m being dilligent to use it for Giftmas shipping costs.

Aside from that I pulled up more dusty stuff and decided to ease my brain with simple painting. More history to be shared. I also received an order from Greenstuff World and I’ll be taking a crack at some backburner and a previously completed piece that could do with some more detailing. Yes, the devil is in the details.  (snicker.. chuckle)

Bedtime for now

Took out the Battle Systems Village Set for a test drive, with the first Rangers of Shadowdeep scenario! Zombies and giant rats have taken over the village, and you need to find the corpses. Sounds better than the scenario (probably designed as an easy tutorial scenario), where we cleared out the village of the clues and enemies halfway through the timer! Four archers as companions and a swordsman to help where needed meant zombies and mice were shot a few times halfway across the board before they had a chance to fight. My own ranger heroically ran around the bottom of the board, heroically opening doors, heroically collecting the nearest clues, heroically picking up the magic sword, and heroically not fighting a thing.

The friendly fire rule of most miniature skirmish games, where you can’t fire into melee because you might hit a friend (nevermind that the risk may be worth it) drives me nuts. RoS lets you push away an enemy if you win melee, even if you do no damage. That let the swordsman force a zombie attacking an archer to disengage, which allowed two archers to fire at him. SHOVE THUNK THUNK.

Buildings from the Battle System Village Set. Maladum dungeon terrain and game system KS in October.
Game tiles are Ravenkeep’s Terra Tile set. Pre-order on the Ravenkeep.net page.
Fallen villagers (used as clue tokens) are from Tiny Furniture.

Ravenkeep: https://ravenkeep.net/
TF: https://tiny-furniture.com/products/category/harvestofwar-unpainted

That’s a pretty cool setup @ced1106 and an enjoyable account. I have one or two of the fantasy Battle Systems buildings and yes, they certainly look the part and fit with Rangers very well. Looking forward to seeing your Infected Trees for the next scenario.