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Iron golems.
The owlbear. I think he's trying to surrender
And all of them together.
I'm using these to experiment with painting techniques. Hopefully I will improve my painting with these guys. Only 193 more figures to go. I'm planning to paint them in small groups between models. They have been sitting in my stash for almost a year.
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Do tell!
Hoping to be edified by your experimentation, both the wins and the losses!
In my games you meet them with a sword.
I use them in my fantasy rpg that I run.
Those were painted with the xenothal (spelling?) highlighting. This is the first time I've used that method. Not bad but I don't see much of a difference in that and my normal paint and highlight work.
Here are 2 that I painted a couple of years ago using the normal way of painting with highlight layers.
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Had to look it up... zenothal, like in zenith. Interesting.
I'm only just starting to get a handle on glazing, or very thin layering of paint with the brush.
I suppose I could use a rattlecan of white or med grey primer from above to get that effect on figures and vehicles.
So far, I've only ever just painted highlights directly at the end...
I'm guessing it takes the guesswork out of it.
You must still have to add pinpoint highlights to complete the effect.
Edbert
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I used to play table-top games a lot, the hard part was having only two friends who were interested. Those were board games with cardboard peices not figurines, but I'd guess the game mechanics have not changed too much.
My favorite was "Squad Leader" from Avalon Hill. It could take 2+ hours to play a full turn (both players) which represented a 10-15 minute (IRL) interval.
Maybe the RPG nature is different?
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Cool, I like them. Pantherman
Played it as well as many other wargames. Risk, Axis and Allies, Blitzkrieg, Rise and Decline of the 3rd Reich and many others.
As for RPGs with play time a typical session will last 4 to 6 hours.
Any good?I've been playing WH Total War III lately
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I think better than 1 & 2.
I'm a huge fan of the TW series though...Rome, Huns, Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, Carthaginians (and a dozen others), who is not to love?
I cannot speak to the adherence to canon/lore though. I was initially not interested. Rats or lizards fighting skeletons and vampires and ogres and dwarves/elves/etc., but I am totally smitten at this point. The fact that it is ahistorical means it can be more balanced gameplay without inaccuracies. But again that might misrepresent the "true" story, which I avoid thinking about as a casual.
