Heroes 3 Even More Minis Edition!

 I like minis, I do, but this game is getting a little nuts with just how many individual minis there are!  HoMMIII mostly has miniatures that are unique, ie no duplicates.  The new expansions have a few that are duplicated (to facilitate more than one player on the battlefield) but not many.  This leads to it being a slog to paint through quickly but tons of variety and some very interesting sculpts.

The new neutral units are mostly elementals though the leprachaun is a nice touch even if it isn't very flashy on the field.

Even more things to represent cardboard in 3d!  First aid tents and ammo carts as well as a neutral settlement and sea palace.

Siege equipment, because just having the card is certainly not enough!

Battlefield markers for damage and effects are no longer relegated to cardboard, huzzah!

Plenty of map markers too and negative morale (surprised that wasn't in the original set).

The dungeon entrances are a nice easy paint up but should look great in game.

I honestly was about to 3D print some crowns for players before this expansion was announce, much desired additions.

Perhaps the silliest inclusion are the ships.  Now when you move into the sea spaces you can replace your man on horse with a cute little boat for a little while.

And finally some more map markers but as a special bonus:

I also finished the Heroquest First Light minis!  Really didn't need another set of heroes but I get why they were included and at least they are new sculpts.  The dragon is a decent mini though the Crypt expansion dragon definitely beats it out in style.

Warhammer Quest Finale?

 These were finished up a long time ago (roughly a year) but they mark what may just be the end of my WHQ painting.  Being the thing that started this blog its only right to make sure they are on here!

The last thing I added to the custom rules is a new table and monsters for Undead themed encounters. 

Fluorescent paint takes center stage with the various apparitions like these ghost swarms.  One them had a part get lost so I improvised with it being a poltergeist throwing a chair.

These Carion are 3D prints I found around my mini factory.

The bat swarms are absolutely a pain to print but look great.

The direwolves looking suitably disgusting.

The revenantssouls with their rusty sabers.

I was surprised to find spectral guard with crossbows.  Didn't think anyone would have made sculpts but I got lucky and Myminifactory.com as always provides!

Finally the Enslaved Souls for the smaller ghosts.

I've had this Reaper Bone Giant for ages just sitting in a drawer waiting for this moment.  Really awesome sculpt.

The Morghast surprisingly printed right away the first time.  Nice and easy paint up too!

And the undead family photo!  I still need to at least do a full picture with all the WHQ models to celebrate this project being done.  We even finished up our most recent campaign getting to level 10 and fighting Amon Cha'Kai!  

Still Not Dead Yet!

 But in those strange aeons...

Yeah its been a long time.  Been struggling with physical and mental health (brought on by meds to treat the first!).  Long story short I haven't been painting.  Remember to reach out for help and trust those close to you please.  

I spent almost a whole year not painting which is scary to me.  Really coming back from the brink.  So why not paint up Mansions of Madness as my welcome back!  I love this game its a ton of fun and each scenario is so different from one another.

The goal was to get everything painted, and painted quickly.  Didn't take too much time really and just got me back into the swing of slapping paint on.  The investigators took the longest just due to every sculpt being different.

Detail was not the goal but despite the ultra fast paint jobs they are super playable.  Much easier to find models to use when they aren't a sea of grey plastic.

The bases are 3D prints off of thingiverse they work great for being able to see the tiles beneath them.

The zombie sculpts are pretty bad to be honest.  They just kind of casually stroll around asking for high fives!

I like the wraiths with their unnatural stride and long claws.

Something about the rioters strikes my fancy.  Not sure what though.

The Dunwich Horror sculpt is very odd and unsettling for sure.  Never seen him in a game yet thankfully.

Nice to be back to my old self and having fun again!  Plenty more coming soonish.

Behold Beverly!

 The devil on the highway herself has a full team now for Gaslands!

I tried to stick to the description in the book for Beverly herself and added some ghostly attributes.  She's going to be the only one that is corporeal so doesn't get the full ghost treatment.

Everyone else gets the spirit treatment with plenty of green ghostyness thanks to glue guns and fluorescent paint!

Neon Gaslands

 Finished my second team Miyazaki!  I even managed to source most of the cars second hand from a thrift store doesn't get much cheaper than that.

Bringing back the Tron Tau color scheme again for these high performance nut jobs!

I wasn't planning on adding a buggy but I found this little EV in the store and fell in love!

The only fully 3D printed model in the whole team is the biker (can't find any toys for the right scale locally).  Still loving this game just for modeling fun!

GASLANDS!!!!

 This game is stupidly fun and everyone should play it!  It's Madmax/Deathrace/Fallout crossovers galore and the best part is the miniatures are Hot Wheels Scale!

Needless to say I dived in head first and I now have my first team converted and painted up:

Since Scarlet is the pirate sponsor it was an obvious first choice.

Lots of parts are just simple 3D prints and the base cars are so cheap especially if you have a thrift store selling them by the bag.

The buggy took the most work, the only thing left of the original model is the body itself even the tires were replaced.

This one was a combo of two separate vehicles that really came together in a fun way.

I had to do a straight up land ship for this faction so a big old garbage truck fits in well.

The shift dice are just about a must have for this game and its easy to find sources to print online.

But why stop at that when you can print combat dice and gear shifters for each car!