Category Archives: Spin-o-matic

Malifaux: Hog Wild – Ulix Crew Box


After picking up some pigs last year, I figured I ought to go all in with the pig controller and summoner, Ulix.

Ulix
Ulix

Ulix is a bit of a tricky model.  He has three connection points to the base (foot, peg, and cane), but only one is big enough to pin.  As a game piece, he’s a ton of fun.  When Hunting Bow goes off well, it can be truly amazing.  I haven’t done well with his summoning upgrade, though.  I find I spend far too many resources summoning models that then have a hard time getting into the game.

Old Major
Old Major

I figured Old Major ought to be an old-timer, so I gave him some liver spots.  I’m not convinced it works, though, versus having measles.  In game, he makes the pigs far more controllable.  I wish that pigs could choose not to charge other pigs, rather than being illegal targets.  I often want to charge myself for extra movement, and then relent/cheat into irrelevant damage results.

Penelope
Penelope

I think I went too soft on the highlights for Penelope.  In the photo it looks okay, but in person it’s kind of just a black mass.

As I try to do with repeated models, I try to make something different about each model other than the pose.  For the Wild Boars, it’s the hair down the spines.

Team Yankee: AH-1 Cobra


Finishing up the playable models from the US Team Yankee starter.  I couldn’t talk myself into getting accurate Helo Drab colored paints, so I used some Tamiya Black Green I already had.  I did try preshading the panel lines black, although I’m not convinced it had showed much in the end.

AH-1 Cobra
AH-1 Cobra

The models very conveniently come with enough magnets to make the fight stand and rotor removable for transport.

AH-1 Cobra (group)
AH-1 Cobra (group)

Now that I’ve got the starter set painted up, I really should get some games in.  I’m eager to do some A-10s and M113s.

Malifaux: Mature Nephilim Proxy


My wife took my five-year-old daughter to the game shop to pick out a Christmas present for me.  I’m told that she was certain that I wanted this one, a Major Demon from North Star’s Frostgrave line.  I’ve thought about Frostgrave, but haven’t gotten a demo or anything.  I figure I can use the model as a proxy for a Mature Nephilim, as long as my opponent isn’t a stickler for the GG 66% Wyrd rule.

Mature Nephilim (Frostgrave Demon)
Mature Nephilim (Frostgrave Demon)

The model had some pretty significant mold lines, although it cleaned up pretty well.

I was given explicit instructions to paint it like the studio model.  I managed to get a concession to paint the gem purple, to tie it a bit to my Neverborn.

Team Yankee: M1 Abrams


I watched the Team Yankee pre-launch hype late last year with some interest.  The period (modern-ish) and scale (15mm – big enough to be visceral, but still small enough to have swarms of tanks!) was interesting.  But I was pretty sure I didn’t have room for another miniatures game in my life.

When Endgame announced a build & play launch event, I failed my willpower save.  So I put in my order for the rulebook and US starter.  Unfortunately, every else bailed.  So I hung out and built, but didn’t get to play.  On the upside, I didn’t have to break my streak of playing with only painted models.

In prep for a future in which I play the game, I’ve gotten painting.  I settled on the NATO tri-color scheme, even though it’s slightly anachronistic, and picked up some Vallejo Air paints designed for the pattern.

M1 Abrams
M1 Abrams

This was the first time I’ve used my airbrush for camo work.  I tried to follow the pattern, but didn’t really have the control to follow the lines.  The edges are also much softer than I wanted.  You gotta start somewhere.

M1 Abrams (group)
M1 Abrams (group)

The start of an armor horde.  Although if I really wanted a horde, I probably should have picked the Soviets..

M1 Abrams (detail)
M1 Abrams (detail)

15mm dudes are small.  I probably should have been a little neater with the flesh tone.

Next, the Cobras.  Then finding time and an opponent to actually play the game.