Moonstone and Carnevale

I had accumulated several sets which required construction. With my tree project finally out of the way I had space to make a start.

With a mere three miniatures at my disposal I set out for my first game down at the FLGS. It was great to have a catch up with an old friend too. I was particularly keen to see his painted Moonstone miniatures as he is no slouch when it comes to slapping paint on a mini. I was not disappointed.

My pirates lined up against a couple of filthy goblin knights backed by their loathsome flame belcher. Peggy feared for her wooden leg.

The moonstones fell somewhat kindly for me , despite the fact I lost the initiative. I still managed to harvest one on the first round .

Second turn led to Swash clashing with Doug the Flatulent, I realised he could easily get overwhelmed. So I ditched my plans for Peggy to grab two Moonstones and escape and went more aggressive. I really like the energy system for governing actions.

Swash was cut down by Doug the Flatulent and my Powder monkey jumped in and dispatched Doug with extreme prejudice. The midget jumped in an took out the powder monkey, meanwhile Peggy took pot shots at the flame belcher, slowly whittling him down.

The next turn , Monkey was faring badly against the armoured and regenerating Midget, but still managing to get hits in. Peggy dispatched the flame belcher just as Monkey finally fell. It was down to Peggy and the wounded midget. She hurriedly reloaded her pistol. Next turn I won the initiative, I had enough energy to fire, close in and have a swing with her cutlass….no need however, her shot hit and the Midget dropped. Game over.

So, I have had the rules and a handful of miniatures for about 18 months , last week however an opportunity to play has arisen.

So I figured it was about time I put brush to model

I had previously primed these, I cannot state it strongly enough, avoid using rattlecans on Moonstone and Carnevale minis. Especially army painter.

Painting wise I used basic techniques, base coat, wash with soft tone. Highlights, then edge highlights. I used Pro Acryl paints and I learned that they do not play well with wet palettes. They’re fine on day one, but after that it feels like trying to paint water colours onto unprimed plastic (ok slight exaggeration, but they’re not fun to work with).