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Wreck Age: Reclaimer Zealots and Arhk Trooper


The visuals of post-apoc always get me, so Wreck Age had an immediate appeal. I got a demo in at Adepticon from the very hard working people at the booth. Even though the game is a bit more story-driven than I have room for in my life right now, and was way over budget, I couldn’t help but buy a few models.

Reclaimer Zealot (ready stance)
Reclaimer Zealot (ready stance)

I ended up selected the Reclaimer Zealot starter, because among all the blisters it spoke to me the most, even if it’s not the most post-apocish. My object source lighting is still somewhat hit-or-miss.

Reclaimer Zealot (show off)
Reclaimer Zealot (show off)

On the other hand, I’m pretty pleased with how the robes turned out.

Arhk Trooper
Arhk Trooper

The guy at the booth tossed in an Arhk Trooper model, which I graciously accepted. I guess I managed to come out with some of the highest tech models in the line.

I have a vision of the time where I’d be part of a group that does more rotating games, where there’d be room for this kind of game on a six week rotation or something. And some of the other random stuff I’ve picked up. For now, they make fun hobby diversions.

Terrain: Fence, Outhouse, and Signs


At Adepticon 2015, I was tempted by Tri-City Laser’s buildings, but waited until later to buy any. Somehow I forgot to add the fence set to my cart. So I remedied that this year.

The fence set comes in eight pieces – four straight sections and four corners. It’s got the same neat woodgrain texture which may be out of scale but comes out really nicely when drybrushing.

Outhouse
Outhouse

I also grabbed an outhouse, just for an extra piece of scatter.

I also grabbed these signs from Tectonic Crafts Studios. Sadly, I’m not totally in love with these pieces. Between the fibers of the MDF and the relatively low resolution of the laser cuts, it’s too hard to clean them up to any decent standard.

Terrain: Plasticraft Suburban Props


While I was at Adepticon, I sold my brother-in-law on Malifaux, but he didn’t want to buy more than a crew box. The Wyrd booth was running the $100 alt Witchling Handler promo from the Easter sale. Since he picked Guild, I said I’d help him get over the threshold to get the bonus model. I picked up a crew box of my own, and ended up using this as a filler to get over the line. I needed more scatter terrain, anyways.

These boxes are surprisingly nice, although there were quite a few bubbles in the resin on the underside. I painted them using Weathered Wood from the new weathering paints released by Secret Weapon at Adepticon. Just quick a paint/brown wash/offwhite drybrush makes a nice old wooden look.

There’s also a collection of garbage cans in the set. These are just basic metal with a wash, even though I suspect that metal trash can are anachronistic.

Malifaux: Old Cranky


I played in a Treacherous Ties event at Games of Berkeley recently, where you pick a small crew lead by an out-of-faction Henchman. I wanted to bring Old Cranky, but didn’t have the model, so I lived without it. When I managed to win the event, I knew fate was telling me to pick up Old Cranky with the prize money.

Old Cranky
Old Cranky

Naturally, I haven’t played another game with Gremlins since. But I haven’t played against Gremlins and Old Cranky, and boy is he a beast. A lot of buffs in a small-stone package.