Figure Painting Total - March 2022

 I also picked up a second MU Wolverine that was already painted.  I just repainted the base to match my colors closer.  I’m not going to count that on the painting total.

 

Bought

BM – Red Robin – 1

DCU – Batman Villains – 6 (Bane, Clayface, Ra’s Al Ghul, the Riddler, Scarecrow, Solomon Grundy)

DCU – Legion of Doom – 6 (Black Manta, Cheetah, Grodd, Joker, Lex Luthor, Sinestro)

DCU – Superboy & Steel – 2

MU – The Incredible Hulk – 1

MU – Ms Marvel – 1

 

Painted

Black cat – 1 – Heroclix rebase

DLB – Attack of the Greys – 3

 

 

Mar total – figures bought 17, figures painted 4

Running total 2022 – figures bought 57, figures painted 19

Making Gold Town

 Whitewash City: Gold Town – The Mining Town game is based in the old West but it is more about the experience of a miner visiting the local town than about shoot outs. 

 

I have had the Gold Town CD for over a decade and haven’t got around to making a playable copy.  This changed recently.

 

I printed out everything with my ink tank printer, and glued many of the sheets of pieces to medium weight chipboard and cut them apart with an Olfa knife. 

 

The Task Cards were printed onto 100 lb cardstock with the backs printed on the reverse.  The Gold Cards were printed on 100 lb cardstock and the backs were printed on a separate sheets and the two parts were glued together and then cut apart. 

The money was printed out on pastel printer paper and cut with a paper cutter as was the Gold Cards and Task Cards.

 

Figure Painting Total - February 2022

 I worked on assembling the Marvel Universe figures and getting them ready to prime.  I worked on the Don’t Look Back figures, and bought some Stirland Mud texture paint to use for their bases.  But I didn’t manage to get anything finished and clear coated.

 

Bought

MU – Doctor Octopus – 1

MU – Thanos – 1

SMG – Goblin Cult Starter – 4

SMG – Superior Spider-Man Starter – 4

SMG – Spiderbots – 3

SMG/MU – Elektra – 1

 

Painted

 

 

Feb total – figures bought 14, figures painted 0

Running total 2022 – figures bought 40, figures painted 15

 

Filling in the gaps in the Marvel Universe

 There were still a few figures from the Knight Models Marvel Universe game that I was missing.  I had bought the cards only from someone last year for the Spider-Man Miniature game figures.  This uses basically the same rules as the Batman Miniature game.  This year the same guy decided to sell the figures.

Luckily, I was online when he posted and was able to snap up the figures to match the cards, and a lot of the remaining figures that I am missing from the Marvel Universe game, including a lot of the more rare ones that were released just before they lost their license – Doc Octopus, Elektra, and Thanos.

This is good, as I was having a hard time finding good alternate figures to use for Doc Ock and Thanos.  Usually I can find a decent Heroclix version to use, but nothing really looked right.  I was concerned that I might have to get the Marvel Crisis Protocol figures to use.

While a bit pricey, these will fill in most of the gaps I have.  I still need the Hulk, Loki, and Venom but I have Heroclix alternatives for these already.  I would also like to get another Wolverine, and another Ms Marvel to use for Carol Danvers.

 

Figure Painting Total - January 2022

 I'm starting the new year off quietly. One of my late Christmas gifts came in the form of another Blood Bowl team. I was able to pick up the Don't Look Back Triple Feature.

Bought

Blood Bowl – Necromantic Horror – 14

DLB – Attack of the Greys – 3

DLB – Death on the Line – 1

DLB – Final Girls – 4

Unmatched – Battle of Legends Volume 2 – 4



Painted

BM – Lamppost – 1

BM – Objectives Game Markers – 3 (Riddler marker, ammo crate, loot)

BM – Objective Game Markers Set 1 – 4 (2 Riddler markers, Titan container, contraband)

BM – Objective Game Markers Set 2 – 5 (2 Ace chemicals, loot, ammo crate, Wayne tech)

BM – Objective Game Markers Set 2 – 2 (loot, ammo crate)

Jan total – figures bought 26, figures painted 15
Running total 2022 – figures bought 26, figures painted 15

Figure Painting Total - December 2021

 I got a few more games for Christmas. Plus some games came in from Black Friday sales. I assembled more Blood Bowl teams, and still finished a few figures.

Bought

Blitz Bowl – season 2 – 12

Don’t Look Back – 7

Space Marine Adventures: Doomsday Countdown – 10

Space Marine Adventures: Rise of the Orks – 5

Unmatched: Deadpool – 1



Painted

MU – Psylocke – 1 (Heroclix)

Cowboys – 7 (Heroclix repaints)

Dec total – figures bought 35, figures painted 8

Running total 2021 – figures bought 323, figures painted 105

Books read September to December 2021

 Sept

Pfalz Scout Aces of World War 1 by Greg VanWyngarden

The Frostgrave Folio by Joseph A. McCullough

Into the Breeding Pits by Joseph A. McCullough

Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago by Joseph A. McCullough

Sopwith Pup Aces of World War 1 by Norman Franks

Blood Bowl: Death Zone – The Ultimate Blood Bowl Companion by Games Workshop Limited

 

Oct

SE 5/5a Aces of World War 1 by Norman Franks

Bristol F2 Fighter Aces of World War 1 by Jon Guttman

Shadow War: Armageddon by Games Workshop in Nottingham

Austro-Hungarian Albatros Aces of World War 1 by Paolo Varriale

 

Nov

Naval Aces of World War 1 Part 1 by Jon Guttman

Naval Aces of World War 1 Part 2 by Jon Guttman

Thaw of the Lich Lord by Joseph A. McCullough

 

Dec

Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 by Jon Guttman

Reconnaissance and Bomber Aces of World War 1 by Jon Guttman

Russian Aces of World War 1 by Victor Kulikov