Gears of War ( board game ) Locust Drones

 

This OOP amazing board game recreates the videogame action so well I'd rather play the board game than it's digital 3rd person shooter counterpart.

It basically has a neat and nasty AI that controls the bad guys, somewhat random tile disposition (minor exploring) and an action paced videogame feeling.

Its engine is card driven and hand management oriented. Your hand of cards are multipurpose: you can perform the action scripted in the card (in example, run + take cover + shoot or shoot 3 times...), A simple action (move or attack) or use the reaction icon on the card, like following a team mate that's leaving your tile, counter attack an enemy, try to evade...

Cards are at the same time your hit points, so the more actions (cards spent) or reactions you use, less hits you'll be able to take in the enemy turn phase. Lose all your hand and you are down. Survive a round and you get to draw more cards to "recover hp/actions". That mimicks the videogame "don't take DMG and restore HP" mechanics perfectly.

Enough about the game! One mini was painted like a year or two ago... Now I painted 3 locust drones there are just 2 left.

Painting tip: once the model is finished and Matt coated you might want to recover metallic shine here and there or use some final weathering: use a pencil ! Rubbing its tip against edges will give you perfect silver edge highlights, scratches, etc.

D6 for scale purposes

El grandioso juego de mesa descatalogado que en mi opinión imita la jugabilidad del videojuego.

Los enemigos van con un mazo de inteligencia artificial que refleja muy bien la personalidad de cada bicho en el juego, y tienes un poco de exploración y todo.

El sistema de juego es de cartas multiuso: las cartas tienen una secuencia de acción como correr, ponerse a cubierto y disparar una ráfaga a ciegas, pueden usarse como acción básica (mover O diasparar...) O como una reacción a las acciones de compis y enemigos.

Lo cachondo es que tú tú m de cartas también es tu vida. Cuánto Cuanto más gastas en acciones menos podrás recibir del enemigo. Quédate sin cartas y estás por los suelos. Sobrevive un turno con cartas y rellenaras tu mano.

Esto es muy fiel al "no recibas daño y recupérate" del videojuego.

Suficiente con la reseña!

Pinté un dron Locust hace como uno o dos años y ahora le han seguido tres más.

Truco de pintura: cuando ya has barnizado mate tus figura y quieras dar un toque de brillo a tus metálicos, usa un lápiz blando contra las aristas.

Go with it, go with it. ( Happy Birthday Michael Jackson )

Jam! It ain't, it ain't too much stuff,

Had that Maikol figure sculpted long ago and painted short after but base wasn't completed till now.

What can I say, choosing skin colour was a challenge itself, no pun intended. I remember looking a fair amount of pics for that purpose. I also tried to use different whites on an all white figure, so there's "cold" and "warm" white there.

I can't add much about Michael Jackson. Rest in Peace.

I dedicate this entry to those outstanding people out there. The ones who dare and push the boundaries, be it music, dance, science, whatever.

There always be a select few that do stuff, and a ton of people making profit out of them.

Who's Bad?

Esta figura de Maikol la modelé hace ya la vida y la verdad es que la pinté poco después pero hasta ahora no terminé la base.

Poco que añadir, elegir el color de la piel fue un reto (no es coña) y usé varios blancos cálidos y fríos en la misma figura.

No puedo o tal vez no me apetece añadir mucho más sobre Michael Jackson. Descanse en Paz.

Le dedicó la entrada a esa gente excelsa. La que se atreve a innovar, crear y subir el listón sea en la música, el baile, la ciencia, lo que sea.

Siempre habrá una selecta minoría que haga cosas, y una tonelada que saque beneficio de ellos.

Who's Bad?

Drop the base! ( Fanhunters ) part 2/3

Wub wub, rescuing my old models so drop the bass!

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Fanhunter squad sculpted by Sergi Vidal Sanchez,  the headbangiest, released by the krake... I mean, Farsa's Wagon, the weirdest guys in town and bought and painted by me, maybe the most dim witted painter by that time, you name it, the 90s.

They are sort of law enforcers. Gave them bases 20 years later, hurrah!

Standard base recipe: Vallejo texture, few cat litter scattered here and there, drybrush and a contrasting pigment powder custom wash.

Cider time!

Wub wub! Otro rescate de figuras viejunas, bass drop!!

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Escuadra Fanhunter sin azúcares añadidos. Modelados por Sergi Vidal Sánchez, el jevi biónico, editados por los aguerridos Farsa's Wagon y comprados y pintados por el tío más tonto de la década, los 90s.

Receta tradicional de la abuela para peanizar sin gluten pero con todo el sabor: textura Vallejo, piedrecillas de arena para gatos, pincel seco y chipotle... Digo mi salsa especial de pigmento en polvo, fijador, agua y cera para el suelo.

Calor? Sidra time!

Drop the Base! ( Tintin Macutes ) part 1/3

That's the part where you learn why this is called lazy minis.

Behold a complete squad of Tintin Macutes sculpted by Sergi Vidal Sanchez (a.k.a Criaturas de Leyenda, Barbarroc) the nicest metalhead dude in the business for Farsa's Wagon (As Bella's Figurinhas) some folks that were born with low sanity rolls.

You are looking at 4 packs from 3 different series: 4 regular Frenchie clone troopers, a heavy gunner and the mustache sarge. Resin minis from around 1996, later series produced in 1999.

Painted in the 90s so nothing to write home about. Oh wait. I gave them bases a week ago.

Shame on me :))

Vallejo textures, drybrushed some grey and gave them a brown powder pigment wash. Enjoy the time warp.

Ahora viene cuando oh sorpresa, se descubre el pastel. Lo de Lazy (pereza) no era postureo...

Contemplad! Una escuadra de Tintín Macutes original modelados por el majísimo Sergi Vidal Sánchez (Criaturas de Leyenda, Barbarroc) para los enfermos mentales de Farsa's Wagon entre 1996 y 1999.

La escuadra se compone de 4 packs de 3 series diferentes, 4 clones gabachos regulares, uno con arma pesada y el sargento de rigor (mostacho).

Pintadas en los 90s nada que quite el hipo. Salvo que les he puesto las peanas la semana pasada. Hola siglo XXI :))

Paint revitalizer product mini review (green stuff world)

First of all, this isn't by any means a sponsored nor professional review. I just happen to have 20 year old paint bottles and wanted to give this product a try/share my thoughts about it.

Got mine from here.

Have  you been in this hobby enough to recognise that paint bottle? If not, that's enchanted blue from citadel paints.

Surprisingly it was not rock hard like the most of the ones I own from that age. God bless, as this only works on semi dry paint.

Veredict: it worked.

Paint had a thicker than ice cream consistency and now look at the stick I used to stir the paint, a drop is flowing down!

Then I kept adding Paint revitalizer to see how much it would take before breaking the paint and this is the difference between adding just water (paint will dry faster as water evaporates) or thinner: this product keeps the consistency of the paint as it was before drying out, so it's kinda safe adding a fair amount.

I had less than 1/3 of goopy and rubbery unusable paint and now I have half a paint-ready bottle.

Recommended if you want to keep those stupidly bottled (seriously, still using lids?) paints.

Oh, I added few drops of distilled water to bulk it out. I may update again in a couple of days, see ya!

Update: this product looks safe for brush lickers, as bottle says it's NON toxic water based medium. Mad props to Demi Morgana for the shout-out about pauper painters feeding on brushes. :P

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Esto no es una reseña profesional ni esponsorizada; tenia aún botes de pintura añejos y decidí probar/compartir resultados.

Lo pillé aquí.

Si reconocéis este bote exagonal es que lleváis un tiempo en el hobby. Es azul encantado de citadel. Me sorprendí al encontrar que no estaba como una piedra, lo normal en las pinturas de esa época.

Veredicto: Funciona.

La pintura tenía la consistencia de una bola de helado, algo gomosa y ahora mirad la foto; del palo de remover cuelga una gotilla!

La pintura admite bastante revitalizador sin romperse, y está es la principal diferencia entre añadir solo agua (se seca) o diluyente, que afectaría a la consistencia: el revitalizador deja la pintura en su viscosidad y opacidad original.

De menos de1/3 de bote con moco inservible que tenía, ahora tengo medio bote gracias a un par de chorros de revitalizador y unas gotas de  agua destilada (para hacer bulto).

Recomendado si tienes pintura estúpidamente embotellada. Puede que actualice en un par de días, nos vemos!

Actualizado: parece seguro para la gente que se alimenta a base de chupar pinceles, el bote dice 'medium no tóxico base agua'.

She's radioactive , She's very selective

She's what I need, She's so goopy indeed!

Yet another De javú here. The mini is meant to be a companion for my other toxic pile of slime. The 1st one I made sculpting half a body then slamming into a goop of hot glue. This one, which I'm not proud of, was sculpted from scratch.

It was a quick sculpt and paintjob as my wife started sculpting with premo so, I had the opportunity to sculpt more often. Problem is, not every time I had a clear Idea or was in the proper mood.

It's been around 4 months since I did this, most notable stuff I may share is I used fluorescent paint (Vallejo was selling that decades before others did).

I wasn't after the glow effect and to be honest, old timers know that using a tiny bit of fluo on the highlights makes them pop. I just overdid it. Perfect example is how great orange turned out just by glazing some fluo.

But wait, there's more:

Lately, modelling companies started selling UV resin for water effects but truth to be told, it's a classic in (my wife's hobby) polymer clay charm works. I used the resin here in the same fashion, as a thick gloss glass-like varnish coat.

Hope you find something neat about this. I didn't.

Cheers!

El compañero del moco tóxico. Lo modelé sin ganas ni inspiración hará unos 4 meses cuando mi mujer se puso a modelar colgantes y tal.

Datos vagamente útiles? Veladuras de fluorescente, algo que scale o greenstuff te venden hoy, pero Vallejo modelo color lleva vendiendo décadas.

Es un truquillo de yayo del modelismo; añadir un pelo de fluo a las luces finales y bum! Esto altera la luz reflejada aunque no usemos ultravioletas. Un ejemplo es el naranja enriquecido. En este caso, le di por un tubo, un exceso que al no tenerle especial cariño a la mini... Pche.

La otra revolución del modelismo ahora es la resina UV (la venden como para hacer efectos de agua) pero esto también resulta que es más viejo que el cagar. Yo lo descubrí por mi mujer, que en su "hobby" barnizar los colgantes con resina transparente, y eso hice yo. Una buena capa gruesa de resina, que da consistencia, tiene un toque flexible y acabado cristalino.

Un saludo mozalbetes!

Blue Moon Legends - Green Dragon.

Pro tip keep notes about your paint recipes. If you paint armies it's a must indeed.

Guess work here but I'll dare it was basecoated fluorescent, either yellow or green, then glazed with airbrush and brush with green inks and paints.

It's so striking to play a card game with 3 dragon tokens like those painted resting in the middle of the table :)

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Cuqui-consejo: para estar siempre guapis, hay que apuntar las recetas de pintura. Si pintas ejércitos ni te cuento.

Me imagino que la capa base fue con fluorescente amarillo o verde y luego unas veladuras a aerógrafo y pincel de verdes.

Mola echarse una partidilla de cartas con tres token dragón pintados en medio de la mesa :)