Tentacles painted (Shadows of Brimstone 5)

Hello all,
So, on with the pictures! While I may have been a bit harsh in my comments on the previously shown models from Shadows of Brimstone, these tentacles are actually quite good. But then again, how could they not be? They are just tentacles.
Anyways, they were fun to paint and took less time than it has taken to write this and upload the pictures :-).

Josh: So, how many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh? Ten-tickles!

 They turned ot to be somewhat larger than I had expected, but the detail is ok. Not super-razor-sharp but sufficient. They could see action in quite a lot of different games.

I told my friend that an Octopus has Tentacles. He said "I thought they only had eight"

One thing that does somewhat annoy me is the rocks at their base. These rocks are quite badly sculpted - few details and looks more like foam than rocks. Also why no small sand or similar? I'll add some once I get around tot basing these tentacles, but it does seem like the sculptor had forgotten about the base and then whipped something together in a few minutes of frentic sculpting just before deadline.

I feel sorry for Paul the psychic octopus. All that hard work and now he's being made to retire. It must be like a big kick in the tentacles.

So, more painted stuff for Brimstone coming up, and sorry for Josh's bad jokes.

All the best,
Kasper

Slashers painted (Shadows of Brimstone 4)

Hello all,
Another of the basic monster type groups for Shadows of Brimstone. This time it is the "Slashers". Medium strength and nasty in numbers.

The models are actually alright - the huge, gaping maw in the middle is quite nice and they look nasty. But again, very soft details. The teeth and claws are more or less a guess as to where they begin and where they end. And the tentacles on the back are so ill-fitting that if you wanted to remove all traces of the problem you would have to use a pound of Green Stuff. But, hey, once the game is underway noone will be looking at such small details :-).

A note on the bases, or lack thereof; I'll be doing these in large batches after all the minis are done. At the moment I am inclined to just do dark sand - but it would be nice to find a ton of old cowboy stuff to put on these (broken wheels, hats, etc.). Perhaps I should raid the kids' playboxes :-).


All the best,
Kasper

Night Terrors - (Shadows of Brimstone 3)

Hello all,
So, considering the mob of monsters that I got from the Shadows of Brimstone Kickstarter, and the relatively poor level of detail on the smaller monsters, I came tot he conclusion that the best thing to do would be to get the bulk of them painted as soon as possible.
This meant that in a flurry of activity I got all the Night Terrors, Tentacles, Slashers and the Goliath painted yesterday. They were all painted in true "speed-paint" style; block of colours, layers of wash and drybrush and then a few details picked out afterwards. I think it worked al-right.
The first group of monsters are the "large" sized Night Terrors:

To show their size we have one of my favourite monster-hunters from Zombicide. So, Josh, how do you like these blue monsters? Josh: "I want my mommyyyyyyyyy!"
Guess Josh doesn't like monsters faster than he is :-).
The faces of these monsters are actually okay, but that is alsi more or less all the details that you get on these. Lots of mold lines, and ill-fitting backs is just a freebie...

 Cookie-Monsters!?!

 So, with only half the mold lines removed, and a quick paint-job they are ready for the first game. A gaggle (?) of Tentacles will follow shortly.


All the best,
Kasper

Shadows of Brimstone - unboxing the minatures... (SoB 2)

Hello all,
So the game itself (as unboxed here) appears to be top quality - I even tried the first mission in a quick little solo-adventure and the rules seems (for the most part) to beeasily understandable and it was quite fun.
How about the minis?
Well my initial impression was very good. The character minis are very well-detailed and looks like they will be great fun to paint.

Half the characters - Cowboy, Saloon Girl, Bandidos, and a Marshall.

So too the largest monsters:

The Harbringer - looks absolutely brilliant. Here without the wings - never going to paint it with those on it!

 But after several hours and a large portion of super glue, I have come to the conclusion that the average monster is somewhat lacking in detail. Both as in they are a bit flat but also in that the detail that has been sculpted on to them is often blurred by the manufacturing process.

A Bandit caught between a couple of Hellbats and a Slasher

I've painted a few handfuls already and these have confirmed my 'fears' - these are minis made for drybrushing and to get any type of hyper-detail onto them you will need to be a brillliant freehand-painter. at least much better than I am.

A few shots of the horde may reveal the issue, although it is difficult to see unless you have the minis up close.

These Hungry Dead (zombies) are brilliant - I especially like the old miner still waving his pick axe

Another shot of the Harbringer - quite scary...

On the right are some of the numerous Tentacles

The other large monster - a Goliath - great face, but apart from this and the tentacles, there are no details whatsoever.

Anyways, they are 'just' minis for a boardgame so I am not really complaining. I'll give them a quick paint job and be ready for the first game with the majority of the monsters, and show them on this blog as soon as possible. Hopefully :-).
All the best,
Kasper