Figure Painting Total - July 2021

One of the issues with buying figures online is you can’t see the packages before you buy them.  My last order had mislabled figures so I bought another pack of the right figures.  Plus, when I finally got around to basing my objective markers from earlier, I found that Set 1 had the contents from Set 2 in it, so I bought another Set 1 to replace it. 

 

With the two Skinwalker tribes, I now have all the posses from Dracula’s America: Shadows of the West and Hunting Grounds.  There are two more posses from Forbidden Power, and the extra posse the Kin from the Osprey website plus a few more figures.  Then just some more Artizan or Pulp Figures, to finish Dracula’s America, Rules With No Name, In Her Majesty’s Name, and Mad Dogs.  There is a nice overlap for these games, both in figures and scenery.

 

 

Bought

Artizan – Hired Guns – 3

BM – Maroni Crime Family – 4

BM – Mobsters Set 1 – 2

BM – Objective Game Markers Set 2 – 5

BM – Ventriloquist & Mobsters – 4

Dracula’s America – Plains Tribe Posse – 9

Dracula’s America – Skinwalker Posse – 8

Dracula’s America – Buffalo Man – 1

Dracula’s America – Skinwalker in Bear form – 1

 

 

 

Painted

Dracula’s America – Crossroads Cult – 6

Dracula’s America – Buffalo Man – 1

Reaper – Bat Demon – 1

 

July total – figures bought 37, figures painted 8

Running total 2021 – figures bought 237, figures painted 84

Building Whitewash City

 I had been working on getting The Rules With No Name ready to play at conventions many years ago. I had found some 1/35 sized figures, and had made bases and painted many of them but had not decided on a color for the bases. I had looking into some papercraft buildings that would need to be upsized, and even picked up a couple of larger plastic fronts at Dollarama.

There was a set of buildings from a western town made by Eric Hotz, who is also on BGG. This was the Whitewash City. They are purportedly at 1/60 scale or 30mm but, things were built small back then and, with most figures being on bases, this makes the buildings look a bit on the wee side.

I had started some tests on upsizing the files. The size of the buildings to store was always a detriment, though, and I did not get around to finishing.

Several years later, I have come across Dracula’s America and am revisiting the scale. With the time now allotted from being quarantined, I have been busy painting up some 25mm figures. Now that I have a few posses done, I have revisited the terrain.

He had a sample building – The Imperial Saloon. This is nice to try to see if the scale will work with your figures. Plus it gives you an idea of how hard the assembly will be, and how durable the buildings are.

I had also bought the 10 pack about a decade ago. I was able to get it from him directly on CD, which I finally reprinted and built. This does fill a table nicely with a good amount of buildings, especially for a skirmish game.

 

I had checked back and planned to get the Motherload set with all the buildings. But when I finally was ready in March to order, the website was down. In speaking with Eric, it seems his old computer had stopped working and his new one doesn’t come with a CD drive.

I can still get the files from Drivethrugames. But it will now be a bit more expensive. If you need Western Scenery, I would recommend trying the sample first, and if that will work for you, think hard on going right up to the Motherload if you think you will ever need more than just the starter.

Figure Painting Total - June 2021

I picked up the last two posses from the books of Dracula's America.  I also picked up a second Iron Patriot from the Marvel Universe Miniatures game in order to repaint as a Warmachine but now cannot find the stat card.

Bought
BM/DCU – Raven – 1
Artizan Hired Guns – 3
DA Plains Tribe Posse – 9
DA Skinwalker Posse – 8
DA Buffalo Man – 1
DA Skinwalker in Bear form – 1
MU – Iron Patriot – 1
Reaper – Bat Demon – 1
Reaper – Occult Detective – 1

Painted
DA – Congregation – 10

DA – Swamp Baka – 1

June total – figures bought 26, figures painted 11
Running total 2021 – figures bought 200, figures painted 76

Canada Day double double

 What did you do on Canada Day?  We went in and got our second doses of the Pfizer vaccine.  Still had no major reactions but the arm was a bit more sore this time around. 

Our kids had gotten Pfizer for the first round but they were not scheduling any on the second rounds so they went and got Moderna.  This made them a bit tired, but no major reactions. 

With our 14 days coming up on the 15^th, we can now apply for our vaccine cards.  They seem to have underestimated the demand for these and there may be a bit of a delay.  This should be fine as we’re not going anywhere anytime soon.

There is currently some talk from Europe about the mixing of vaccines though, so we will have to see how that affects the kids.  Plus Pfizer is now talking about the possibility of needing a booster to counter the variants.  This is not much different than the seasonal flu cocktail though.

 

 

Yearbook rant

 I’ve been pushing my daughter to pick up her yearbook from last year before the schools close again for another summer.  I suppose yearbooks are not quite the thing that they were when we were younger.

Even back in the Eighties, yearbooks were a pretty tough sell to the kids.  I remember we had various ads that we had played over the announcements in order to get the students to buy one in time.  One involved us singing an ad to the tune of ‘We Are the World’, and another reminded them that if they did not buy one in time . . . and ending in a flushing sound.

This was back when you used to get your yearbook on one of the last days of school.  This allowed you to get well wishes, and signatures from all your friends before they went their separate ways for the summer.  This was your final chance to get that special someone to acknowledge you and write something nice for you to remember them by,

It was always a bit of a scramble, trying to finish the books in time and get photos from the grad celebration added in time, so the publishing company has managed to move the delivery dates to the following school year.  This does mean that you don’t have a bunch of people there to sign it when you go to pick it up. 

This cuts out on all the clever variations of ‘Have a great summer!’ and ‘See you in the fall’ but makes it less of a keepsake.  Plus, kids these days have their photos on their phones, and are able to keep in touch with their classmates a lot more than we did.

Figure Painting Total - May 2021

I picked up a few more posses for Dracula's America. 

 Bought 

 Dracula’s America – Crossroads Cult – 13 

 Dracula’s America – Red Hand Coven – 6 

 WizKids – Deep Cuts – Silver Surfer – 1 

 WizKids – Wild Boar – 2 

 Painted 

 Dracula’s America – Hired Guns – 2 (Carpathian Guard, Carpathian Guard)

Dracula’s America – Manitou – 1 Dracula’s America – Sasquatch – 1 Dracula’s America – Wendigo -1

DCU – Lex Luthor (Classic Costume) – 1 WizKids – Deep Cuts – Silver Surfer – 1

May total – figures bought 22, figures painted 7 

Running total 2021 – figures bought 174, figures painted 65

Figure Painting Total - April 2021

I picked up a couple of Blood Bowl teams as well as some more figures for Dracula's America.

Bought

Blood Bowl – Gwaka’Moli Crater Gators – 12

Blood Bowl – Naggaroth Nightmares – 12

Dracula’s America – Congregation - 10

Dracula’s America – Sasquatch – 1

Dracula’s America – Swamp Baka – 1

Dracula’s America – Unwelcome Guests – 3 (Chupicabra, Jackalope, Manitou) 

Dracula’s America – Wendigo – 1

 

 

Painted                                                         

Dracula’s America – Twilight Order – 8

Dracula’s America – Hired Guns – 2 (Stitch Doctor, Carpathian Guard)

 

 

figures bought 40, figures painted 10

 

Running total 2021 – figures bought 152, figures painted 58