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I am calling that a night here (GMT +7). I will hopefully catch up with my music and my pledge tomorrow. I am busier tomorrow so I worry those last 28 rough riders wont base themselves (easily the slowest and most tedious part of building them)
25 of which are missing heads, waiting on a big order from Puppetswar
You might be able to see some bigger bases in the background. That is because I got distracted and started measuring and scaling up for tow gun conversions
Grr I did a long post and it’s vanished. I’ll try again.
To the questions.
1) Dragons would be an early shout. For those who have read Dragons of Autumn Twilight that type, ancient, intelligent and full of menace and magic, Smaug too.
When I was young I came across a bestiary book in my local library. I could never find it again but it was full of creatures I had never heard of before. House elves, woman by the water and The Black Dog. The black dog still scares me now. I’m not sure if the origin of the tales so please let me know if you do.
My actual favourite though is Werewolves. Of any kind. The savage ones, the heroic ones the intelligent ones. Capable of being in any gaming environment and blending in, even during daylight. Stick that in your fangs vampires!
2) I’m a similar age to most of you it seems and I watched all the same shows. I’d add Battle of the Planets, Terrahawks and Star Fleet to the mix. Now I’m stuck in a nostalgia loop, send help. Even the Thunderbirds. F.A.B.
3) I would like to be able to use an airbrush. Sadly I don’t have ventilation, the money or the patience to keep cleaning it. Sorry, original post was longer.
Pictures.
Bruce Wayne sat at the large ornate oak desk, his face planted firmly in the splayed fingers of his palms. Behind him Dick Grayson paced the floor, stopping occasionally as if to speak before thinking better of it and continuing his aimless pacing. Barbara Gordon, the only one of the trio wearing her guise as her alter ego Batgirl, albeit without her cowl, sat quietly, swamped in the large red leathered armchair in the corner of the room sipping the cup of tea Alfred, the Wayne family Butler had brought them all.
“To help you think, Master Bruce.” He had said as he passed the Silver tray between them.
In the three weeks since the Joker made good his escape and once Dick and Barbara had recovered from their injuries, the trio had searched every abandoned fairground, Circus and prank themed warehouse in an attempt to locate the Joker’s hideout. None had shown any signs of the Joker’s presence nor any signs that he had ever been there.
It wasn’t even as if the Joker had lain low in the time during his escape. In fact his nefarious activities had almost brought Gotham to its knees. Security Guards were refusing to work, Banks were unable to function without the ability to transport money, and in turn Companies were unable to pay wages… including the Power Companies. Now when night fell, Gotham lived in Darkness.
Bruce sat bolt upright and spun in his chair, facing the other two. “If we can’t find the Joker, we’ll have to bring him to us.”
Dick Grayson shook his head, “We’ve already tried that.” He said quietly, “He didn’t take the bait.”
Bruce smiled confidently, “That’s because we didn’t make it worth the risk.” He reached for the desk phone, “Now a Wayne Industries truck, that’s something I don’t think even he could resist.”
Barbara stood, reaching for her cowl. “I’ll put the word out.”
Bruce shook his head. “Not this time Barbara.” He began to dial. “I want this to look legitimate, total secrecy.” He smiled. “The Joker will find out about the transport without our help… Trust me.”
The timing was almost perfect as the street lamps came on mere moments before the WayneTech truck was due to pass through, illuminating the area and revealing the Joker and his gang of Psychotic Clowns hiding in wait. Batman was convinced he saw the permanent smiling face of the Joker momentarily change to one of concerned surprise. He signalled to Batgirl and Nightwing to move in… the trap was sprung.
All thoughts the Joker had of an easy hit faded as he realised he had little option but to fight the closing heroes. He waved frantically at his Clowns to attack. Shots were fired, but they either missed of bounced harmlessly of the surrounding terrain.
An Arkham Guard appeared from one of the buildings, nodded to Batman, and began firing in the Joker’s direction. A passing cop, investigating the gunshots, was quick to catch on to the situation and also joined the fray.
The jokers Clowns swarmed through the children’s playground, those armed with guns firing wildly, again missing their targets.
Batgirl used her Batclaw to close the distance with the Titan Clown, her flurry of punches having no effect. Nightwing launched a pair of Wingding, catching one of the Jokers white faced henchmen and knocking him out.
Batgirl’s already precarious position worsened as another of the Jokers Clowns moved in behind her and would have taken her down if not for the heroic actions of the cop, who used the sewers to move swiftly below the streets and arrive just in time to give her a much needed assist.
Although the temptation was to join Batgirl in her fight with the Titan Clown, Batman resisted and moved across to help Nightwing and the Arkham Guard with the Joker and Harley Quinn.
Harley skipped her way towards Nightwing, her shots far more accurate than the wild shots of the clowns and managed to wound him. As Nightwing staggered back from the impact a pair off chattering teeth landed at his feet, the ensuing explosion sending him into oblivion.
Rage overtook Batman and he launched himself at the Joker, surprising him so completely he offered no defence as Batman pummelled him into the ground, only just stopping short of breaking his vow not to kill when Harley Quinn fell sobbing to her knees.
She stroked the blood spattered face of the Joker and looked up into the scowling face of Batman. “Enough.” She said, the dark eyeliner running down her face giving her an almost tragic look. She threw her gun down and barked the order for the rest of the Clowns to surrender.
It was over…. For Now!!
Well … i didn’t get as much hobby time in today as i wanted thanks to an unexpected but very welcome visit from an old friend. I didn’t see him in the last few years thanks to him moving far away. He’s visiting his parents at the moment… long story short: we had much to talk about and a really nice day.
I’ll try to catch up with the thread after i got some hours of sleep in.
Just a quick teaser of two of the orcs and how far i could paint them. ( just quick photos taken with my phone )
the fenriders look excellent mate, I love the Puppets war stuff.
Thank you @biggabum . Fully agree with you, the Puppetswar stuff is great, I am actually surprised how little of their products I am using, I have used them more extensively in the past. Across the entire planned army, I am knitpicking so many 3rd party alternatives; so many in fact my bookmarks are bloated with them. There is so many individual pieces that if they were from one store I would save significant amount of money in postage alone.
The Cryx base under the Ice sounds awesome. How would you go about it? Personally Methinks I would be tempted to paint a picture of the base directly onto the board then use an ice effect over the top. The outside of the board would be snow covered land, with a few hills with caves as entrances/exits. Thanks for the mention about the wife. Yeah she’s making progress slowly, but at least it is progress.
I would use foam board and dig into it for a lake bed, and built up on the sides for hills etc. I was then going to lay down what is the equivalent of oil pipelines all converging into the centre of the lake. Then use a lot of clear resin with a mix of white and blue paint to pour into the lake and give that frozen affect. Top with snow and shipwrecks. Trees on the outsides.
This is an old picture I have on my computer
@biggabum : another great batreport … 😀
I wonder if it would be possible for a superhero themed global campaign like BoW has done for Team Yankee and Infinity.
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Elfia was great. It is a small event compared to the one at Utrecht earlier this year, but then I’m tired anyway.
I did see Professor Elemental (British Hiphop … LOL) doing his show. I also bought a couple of cd’s, because I liked his music.
And then there was this French group with drums :
I’ve got more pictures on my camera, but that will take some time to sort them out.
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