Weekender XLBS: Are You Wiz-Ard Enough?
November 8, 2015 by warzan
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First again?
Warren has the maturity of an 8 year old sometimes.
I have trouble keeping up with a 5 year old to be honest 😉
There is a Germany saying, that translate somewhat like this: “Men only turn 7 years old. After that they only keep growing.”
Happy sunday, may tentacles of sunshine create shadows of apocalypse in this eldritch world!!
Phew – finally the xlbs show is online.
Fell out of Bed at about 5.30 am and didn’t know what to do since then.
Cheers guys!
Happy Sunday!!
As far as models on the table goes, I don’t care if people use proxies or pennies, just as long as they are playing and having fun doing so. I used to work for a couple of independent game shops (the last of which is closing their doors this month), and I always encouraged people to use our tables for miniature games and I made sure that we would never kick them off a table for not having the right models, based with three colors (ala GW stores). Yes, building and painting are parts of the hobby and two aspects… Read more »
While I agree absolutely, part of my enjoyment is playing against a well put together army, but not at the expense of the other players fun. But, with that said, 99% of my gaming is solo, so I almost always play against a well put together army. And I always win, of course I always lose too.
Happy sunday everyone!
Nice competion and a good extended show. Good background when working on models.
Basing some Wrath of Kings Goritsi Werewolves this weekend for use in Kings of War and beta testing new Deadzone but always have to stop to watch the XLBS!
Have a good sunday
Happy Sunday!
An hour and 8 minutes? That’s 2.65 cups at this time of day!
Islebound: Ryan’s Above and Below arrived a few weeks ago and is a great game. Also awaiting City of Iron 2nd Ed. Definitely in on this already! Love the art style and gameplay of their range.
I can relate the sheer amount of components in some games to Justin’s take on masses of unidentifiable grey minis on the table… what’s what? When all you have are arrays of cardboard tokens of a similar shape and size but with different graphics they can be hard to ‘read’ without having to look closely.. Using meeples, different coloured & shaped cubes/gems/etc. and even the most complicated game ‘pops’ and a glance around the board shows you the state of play. Getting in on KS board games means you often get additional, almost special edition resources etc. Some can even… Read more »
What was I just saying… look at those gorgeous Dreary Hamlet coins… and you can purchase additional sets! Rest of the game looks good to!
In my opinion painted minis brings more to the table. However, I wouldn’t mind playing against an unpainted army. I get very few games in each year and I’m just happy to play. Your approach to build up the quality of an army step by step is a very good way of going about it. Your GoA plog inspired me to get my Plague faction for Deadzone built and painted. About half-way through it now. I have tried to keep it simple. Grey and white undercoat, to create shadows, a red wash over skin and then 3-5 different colors for… Read more »
Sunday XLBS – hooray! 🙂 Great bunch of topics. Too much to talk about in one wee comment. Ienjoyed the discussion about unpainted gaming miniatures (or armies ads such). Unpainted minis don’t bother me (I am a pime offender these days), but proxies that don’t look a flipping bit like the thing they are replacing drives me mad. I have played 40k on different occasions against armies with the following proxies: a lego man for an eldar farseer, blocks of sawn timber for Rhinos, multiple fantasy figures replacing Orks (oh no, not even fantasy Orcs…), and two toilet rolls taped… Read more »
Totally forgot to mention Dreary Hamlet. Same theme to Kingdom Death: Monster for certain, and oh boy it looks great! I am so glad I am living in days where the gaming industry keeps offering so many amazing options. Love the crafting, love the survival aspect, artwork looks suitably creepy. Great having Ben on the big screen to offer his thoughts on kickstarters, he is always enthusiastic and informative.
Nice discussion on painting models. We had a discussion like this at Kapiti. For me, I paint detail on sprue then assemble. I hate models not being DONE.
Amusingly I have some super looking Americans for Flames Of War but the camouflage on their bases is so effective it’s like the army vanishes when you put it on the table. It’s like angry bocccage is fighting the war. Frightened the hell out of General Macbeth when those trees sneaked up on him.
“It’s like angry bocccage is fighting the war.”
Love it! Classic. 😀
Sky heart reminds me of a cross of nausicaa and skies of Arcadia. Not a bad thing at all. Some interesting kick starters all around this week.
Very Studio Ghibli!
Some of the artwork, particuarly those creatures at the lower level, reminds me of some of the “Anyaral: The world of Twilight” range:
http://www.worldoftwilight.com/shop/
Sod the rpg, give me highly detailed SkyHeart minis. SkyHeart stole MyHeart <3
And for those wanting an all-ages fantasy comic whilst waiting for SkyHeart, may I direct you to Bone.
http://www.boneville.com/about-2/
I was going to say the exact same. Bone is an excellent graphic novel.
See Anyaral above for some of the creatures (a flickering recollection that you might know that range Redben?). I’m sure I’ve seen a decent Whale mini somewhere. Let’s build a proxy list?
Yes, I’ve got a bunch of World of Twilight minis 🙂
Glad you liked it in the show, Parker is a favourite artist of mine and I really wish for his project to succeed.
Well thanks for that chaps. That’s another couple of Kickstarters backed….
XLBS! One of these days I’ll actually get a chance to watch it Sunday morning instead of later in the week….maybe when the kids are eighteen….
i remember picking up a old eden starter a while back and getting my hands on a more recent model… the range has really improved over the time !
i am glad the game is expanding continuously
Happy Sunday, turning up to a tournament is like duelling without gloves!
It’s not becoming of a gentlemen.
Happy Sunday, turning up to a tournament with an unpainted army is like duelling without gloves!
It’s not becoming of a gentlemen.
Personally, if I am playing someone, I would like them to be fully assembled and at least primed, but we can’t have it all our own way. I have no objections playing against people who use unpainted minis or proxies. Its all about the fun and killing each other (on the board I mean… the armies… minis… not the players… I will stop digging now…)
Sat in the cafe waiting for the start of the Humber comic con, battling for a viable wifi spot for the weekender, mission status failure at present although I’ve managed to get the happy Sunday. Looks like a late viewing later post show
I do like the idea of coloured primer as a standard starting point.
It can be ok but I tried army painters, the red colour, and it was horrible. It was thick, chunky and difficult to paint over. I much prefer to apply my base colour with an air brush or simply apply a quick and dirty layer of watered down base colour.with a brush.
That’s odd. I never had any problem with coloured primers from Army Painter. Then again, I seldom use red. I’ve successfully used brown, green, blues, beige, and once a dark red…