Jarl and the Hunters Grim Pictures

I finished my Jarl Skuld and Hunters Grim.

Bases still need work, flocking, etc...But overall I consider these done for now. :)

While Jarl was my drop for last year Chaosludik, Hunters Grim will be the 2015 replacement, hopefully giving the same amount of headaches and trouble to my opponents as Jarl did.

Grim Experiment vs Mordikaar, Kriel-Fu vs Fist of Halaak

Today saw some intense fighting as I got to play both Calandra AND Hunters Grim in two very intense games against Alain's Skorne.
Despite my horribly fuzzy memory (lack of sleep combined with 8 hours of intense gaming), I offer you a battle report as well as tons of pictures taken from a phone camera!

Grim Experiment vs Mordikaar:

Scenario: Recon

The Grim Experiment

Tomorrow I get to face Alain again, and we will proceed to 'list chicken' with two lists each.

While I intend to have in my bag my Calandra list, I know that probabilities are high I will face Alain's Fist of Halaak.
While Calandra should be able to withstand the onslaught, I wanted to have a second list in my bag that I've been working on...Or more than a second list, a second caster: Epic Grim a.k.a. Hunters Grim.

Image property of Privateer Press...I just used it because my phone was too dead to take a picture of my WIP Hunters Grim. Quality blogging at its finest! 

What is eGrim bringing to the table?

Calandra's School of Kriel-Fu vs Mordikaar Attrition/Assassination List

I got to try my Calandra ''School of Kriel-Fu'' list today.

I understand this will make for a very dry battle-report but I decided to write it anyway because this game showcase the Kriel-Fu vs a very competitive Mordikaar list and gives insight as in defeat we learn.

Calandra's School of Kriel-Fu vs Mordikaar Attrition/Assassination List

Opponent: Alain
Age: Unknown...He his rumored to be as old as Zaal.
Passion: Unknown but he probably likes painting his Skorne because they are gorgeous!

My opponent, Alain was playing a Mordikaar competitive list that had the following:

The School of Kriel-Fu

The bright orange clothes of my trollbloods always made me think of Shaolin Monks and now that I've seen a certain 30 minutes movie that is free on Youtube (This one to be more precise) I couldn't help but think of that title.

Here are my three latest things I painted:

A Second Earthborn Dire Troll Mauler:

its pose makes it so hard to take good pictures...

Suprise unboxing (unparceling?)

So, as I've been anxiously waiting for the Pulp City kickstarter to arrive, I found a white bubble-mailer envelope in my mailbox last Wednesday.

Oddly blank, but stamped as coming from France, I quickly realized that it was the Figopedia Vol.1 book. (FULL DISCLOSURE: I did not participate in the Indiegogo campaign for it, but helped with its translation).

So yes, it was packed in an envelope, which was itself folded in half and held by thick rubber bands - and from experience, it doesn't matter if there's a stamp or sticker that says "Do Not Fold" on it, it'll get folded. Thanks, Canada Post!

I opened the envelope and peered inside. Wow. There's a lot more than I expected in here:

Well, let's be curious monkeys, shall we?

First off, we have a strip of three stickers, all with Figone imagery and logos:

Sweet! They'll work great as decoration on my toolkit for brushes and stuff!


Then we have a bookmark:

Which will look perfect in the book.

Followed by two delicate resin models. The Queen of Slaughter, a tough-looking female barbarian:

And the Queen of Death, a snake-wearing, scythe-wielding, necromancer-looking woman:

It looks like the bending of the envelope by the mail carrier broke one of the finer pieces from the Queen of Slaughter, but I'm pretty sure it could be fixed with only minimal work. (Or at least, so I hope).

And finally, we have the centerpiece. The Figopedia book, which, looking at the cover, states it's a Vol.1 in a series. Huh. Wonder what the next topics will be...

So, leafing through the book, we can see some amazing artwork (at this point, it's no longer just "miniatures and their paintjobs"), with some good explanatory text. As I haven't had the time to read it properly, I won't give an in-depth review here (it's just an unboxing). I'll leave you to some more pictures, and will do the review next time.... see you then!

Business Time can wait, you have to read my Templecon Report.

Templecon 2015.

Well that was fun!

Yes, this a Dire Troll Mauler being moved by a crane
so he can jump on a Galleon...Templecon was THAT crazy!

From crazy 4-hours long Warmachine team games to an Unleashed demo and seeing a painted Sacral Vault (painted by my friend Paul), I've been quite spoiled in this beginning of 2015...And that's not even factoring in all the clam chowder!