WIP Hairfoot Polo Goals

I admit it. When it comes to Hairfoot Polo set-ups, I've mostly been winging it. Which has led to games with non-regulation, and possibly non-equal goals! I doubt this has been the decisive factor in any match, but fair is fair.

Thus, I have constructed some official goals. These were simple and easy. I made some uprights and crossbars out of balsa wood and dressmaker pins. I then glued them to rectangles of thick carboard and reinforced them with a heavy blop of brown stuff, which I have found easier to work with than greenstuff. The plan is to paint each of them a single bold colour. 

A friend asked if I was going to introduce a two-tiered scoring system - one for in the goal and another for over the crossbar, as seen in Gaelic football. I haven't thought of any fun rules for that, but I'll mull it over! 

Hopefully with a little paint and a lot of flocking, these will come to life.
 

The Next Heroes

 

I have painted two more heroes for my upcoming Warriors of Athena game. The woman is a Reaper Bones Black figure. It was a bit fiddly to cut her off her integral base, but a little green stuff and a little flocking hide a lot of sins! Bones Black figures are harder to paint than the Bones USA figures, as the detail is just not as sharp, but I really enjoyed this one. 

The other guy is a Lucid Eye figure, and I admit, I struggled with him. I'm not sure why. The detail is good. I think going with green as a focus colour was the wrong choice, as it just doesn't pop enough - not aided by being against a green background here. It needed something bolder against the bronze and gold of the armour. Still, it's a nice figure.

I've now got most of the miniatures I need, so it's time to start thinking about terrain!

Two Warriors of Athena!

I am continuing to paint figures for the Warriors of Athena game I am going to run at GengisCon in February, and here are the first two Heroes! 

The figure on the left is a rebased Reaper Bones figure. Now, there are no true 'spellcasters' in Warriors of Athena, but there are a few Heroic Abilities that look a bit like spells. So, he might be the slightly more supportive Hero. 

On the right, we've got one of the frontline fighters. This is a metal miniature from Lucid Eye with a plastic shield. Both of these ranges fall under the heading of 'Heroic Scale 28mm' and thus fit together really well.

I still need two more and then a few companions for the game... and still a few monsters short as well. 

Harpies

 

In February, I'm going to fly across the ocean to Denver, Colorado. I have been invited as a guest for GengisCon, a sizable gaming convention. As part of my attendance, I've decided to run a few games of Warriors of Athena. I've even written a special quest for the event (which I'll be releasing to my Patreon supporters sometime around the game's release). This quest involves quite a few harpies. So, I figured I better get painting. Reaper does a really nice two-pack of plastic harpies sculpted by Julie Guthrie. 

As usual, I cut them off their integral bases and mounted them on GW style plastic bases. I painted these mostly with speed paints. I probably could have done a bit better with a more traditional style of painting, but I'm happy enough with the results. I've got a second pack waiting.

Loads more to do on this project, but it's a good start!

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The photo is just to grab your attention! 

Beastly Satyrs

 

My latest painting triumphs! (Because I consider every figure I paint to the best of my ability a triumph.) These are both Reaper plastic figures that I cut off their integral bases and put on GW bases. I plan for these guys to do double duty. They will serve as beastmen in my dungeon crawler, but I am also going to use them as evil satyrs in Warriors of Athena.  Actually, I suspect they'll appear in other places as well, I've got a Cthulhu-esque Rangers of Shadow Deep scenario that needs beast men and a Silver Bayonet one as well, both found on my Patreon. 

The Best Part...is the Gargoyle!*

As part of my dungeon crawler project, I'm trying to collect substitutes for all of the creatures found in the basic HeroQuest box, so I can run those games if I want. Thus, I absolutely needed a gargoyle. Luckily, Reaper obliged me by putting out this guy. Once again, I cut it off its integral base and stuck it on a GW style one, which I like better aesthetically and tends to be more stable. 

Generally, I don't like painting creatures that are just big areas of flesh. I find it a bit boring. So, most of this figure is painted with Speed Paints. Blue for the body and bone for the horns and talons. This left it looking a little plain, so I went back and added lots of dots. I didn't have a plan for this, I just kept dotting as long as I thought it looked good. I think it adds a lot of visual interest.

*If you know, you know.