I’ve been thinking about putting a table together for garage gaming for a long time. There are times when it’s hard for me to get out of the house, but I could host somebody pretty easily. Finally, I broke down and built a 3×3 board, ordered a Mat by Mars and some terrain to go on it.
Tri City Laser bank
Tri City Laser sherrif’s office
Tri City Laser small store
Tri City Laser shack with lean-to
Tri City Laser gallows
I saw the Tri-City Laser Old West buildings at Adepticon last year, and thought they looked really nice. The etched texture seemed to take drybrushing nicely. There are also a couple of add-on kits that let you add a bit of variety. I really like it. I do have one complaint: the tape they use to hold the pieces of the kit together leaves a bit of a mark in the wood, which shows up when drybrushed.
4Ground building under construction
4Ground wagon and crates
I also picked up a couple of 4Ground kits for a little more variety. I figure the under construction building can work in theme with the rest of the town, but soft cover without breaking line of sight. The crates and wagon work as scatter terrain. The 4Ground stuff seems to a bit smaller scale than Malifaux, but it still works okay.
I was feeling left out on the whole wave three emissary thing, so I decided to pick up a metal Zoraida avatar. Since Zoraida is dual-faction, I can use the model for either the Mysterious or Lucky Emissary.
Zoraida Avatar (front)
The model comes with Zoraida floating in front of a tree, plus a swamp monster. I thought I’d try something a little different and put them back-to-back, with the idea of there being something interesting from every angle. Alternately, one side is Mysterious, and the other is Lucky. Or something. I don’t think it quite works. Instead of every angle being interesting, each angle has a distracting background.
Zoraida Avatar (back)
I had some extra green stuff from gap filling, so I sculpted a quick-and-dirty giant voodoo doll. It’s a little doughboy-y, but fun.
Ruth, my four-year-old daughter, has been very interested in my hobby stuff. She asks to see what I’m working on. She especially liked the egg that came the Wyrd Easter order. So I asked her if she’d like to paint it. Of course, she said yes.
She helped me wash the model, and I cleaned up the seam lines and glued it to the base. She primed it with the airbrush (with some help), and eventually we found a time to actually paint it.
Puppet Dude
I worked on a different model, but Ruth was much faster. She soon asked for another. Luckily I had some random Reaper stuff primed, so gave her a second. This one she said was sitting on the sun. My wife suggested glitter for the basing material.
I picked up this model in when it was initially offered a the Gencon sale in 2014, when I also got Miss Ery. I decided to continue working on the limited Gremlins that were sitting on sprue.
Whiskey Golem
Out of everything on this model, I’m most proud of his eyes. I think they really ended up with a lot of warm glowy life to them.
Whiskey Golem (sitter detail)
Whiskey Golem (sleeper detail)
Whiskey Golem (swinger detail)
Whiskey Golem (drinker detail)
I wish there was a bit more wacky detail on his body. All the gremlins climbing on him add a ton of character, and were fun to paint up. I fear for the life of the swinging guy, though. I’m sure I’m going to catch it on something and the thin plastic will snap. I should have pre-emptively replaced it with wire.
