Heroclix repaints part II

Next up for my heroclix repaints are Thor, Loki and Enchantress. The Thor is the classic style which I prefer, is a nice sculpt and wasnt too bad looking the way it was originally.The Enchantress is a nice sculpt but suffers from a poor face. Loki wasnt too bad. Once again these were based on the style of the cartoon Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heros. There seems to be a theme of green and yellow clothes for Asgardian villains. Next up Hawkeye and possibly Superman.

I've really been enjoying a cartoon called Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heros so I decided to pick up some Heroclix of some of my favorite superheros. I didnt originally intend on repainting them but they we just so sad and washed out looking. The cartoon is done is such vivid colors I decided to try to repaint some Here are my first three and Im really pleased with the results.

My Valkeeri fleet

Here is a photo of my completed Valkeeri fleet. I'm pretty happy with how they came out. As a follow up to my original post I will note that in this batch of ships I found only one ship with a slightly miscast horizontal tail fin, which was fixed with some green stuff, and I had to fill two very small air bubble holes, also on tail fins, one on each of the larger resin ships. Not bad in my opinion.



I plan to start my Imperials next, and have just ordered fleets of the two remaining powers, those being the Galacteers and the Zenithians, as well as some of the awesome looking 30MM Valkeeri infantry.

And now for something completely different...

It's been 11 months since I last did anything with this blog. Most of those months I have been in a huge painting and gaming slump.


Just recently I was inspired to pull out my copy of War Rocket by Hydra Miniatures. I had ordered these rules when they were first published last year, but never got around to reading them. I liked the look of the War Rocket miniatures from the start and now all four fleets are fully available. I decided to buy two fleets. I bought a starter fleet for the Valkeeri, (think amazon women from space), and The Imperials, which are akin to the forces of Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon.


My order was dispatched the same day I placed it,( Wow!) and arrived just two days later. I was so impressed when I examined the ships I decided to write this review.


Firstly the ships are crisply detailed with very little flash. The Valkeeri ships are all one piece castings , while the Imperials, with the exception of the class 1 ships require assembly. The smallest ships are cast in metal, while the larger ships are in resin. The larger class 3 and class 4 Imperial ship kits are part metal part resin. What really impresses me about the multipart ships is how thery are designed. The casting is done so the parts assemble with ease and will bond to form very solid joints. If you ever tried to glue old style Star Fleet Battles Gorn ship engines to their hulls you will understand what a nightmare some kits can be. Hydra Miniatures gets an A+ for their planning before casting up these beauties.


Below are some photos of the ships before cleaning, and in the case of the Imperials before assembly to try and show off how the designer broke the models up for casting.

The four classes of Valkeeri ships. The squares are 1 inch.


Here is an Imperial class 1


An Imperial Class 2 showing one as if assembled and one in two components.



An Imperial class 3




and finally an Imperial class 4



I'll post some more photos of the Imperials after I assemble them, but I think I'll start working on painting the Valkeeri first.

I cant recommend these miniatures enough. Great work Hydra Miniatures!

William, Bert, Tom and WFB 8th edition

Meet my first 3 Stone Trolls. As the Hobbit is one of my favorite books i decided these three should be named for the trolls in the story. Moving from left to right in the Photo we have Tom, William and Bert. Currently they are acting as my generals bodyguard, which also helps to prevent them from failing their stupidity rolls quite so often. Its quite a nice symbiotic relationship.

After half a dozen recent games of Warhammer Fantasy I'd say that overall I like 8Th edition. There are a few points I'm not so fond of, such as the rules that will nearly always allow High Elves to strike first and re roll misses. This also applies to the Primal Fury for rule for beastmen which is nearly as bad. The rules for maneuvering and charging seem a little too forgiving but they seem to clean up problems with playability. Overall my least liked issues are failure to win points for a unit not completely destroyed. (3 guys left out of 20 gives no victory points for example)and the Terrain rules. Simply stated the new rules for terrain are terrible. The new rules generate way to much terrain, and far to much of that is either mystical or magical in some way. As long as my opponent is of a like mind I prefer just plain terrain and not too much of it either.

Thoughts on the Goblin a Day plan. 10 months later.

The Goblin a Day plan has gone quite well. Lately I'm not producing one figure per day, so I have fallen off the pump wagon in all honesty but I am still painting Night Goblins fairly regularly. When I'm not working on the Gobbos I'm painting Stone Trolls, squigs, and a few other things to add to their army. These extras have kept my production of pure Night Goblins a bit behind but that's OK, since I had about 220 Goblins already when my started to work on these supplementary units.

I highly encourage people to try a similar plan especially if, like me, you think of yourself as a slow painter. Make a goal for yourself. It does not need to be 1 figure a day. Perhaps 3 a week would be better for you. Keep the immediate focus small and plan to work on the overall project for a few months at least but dont worry about the big picture at first. Just tell yourself you have to do 3 a week (or whatever) and in no time you'll find a pleasing amount of painted figures accumulating on your desk. Another thing that might help is to tell friends about your goal. If nothing else they might say, "Hey, how are those figures coming?" when you see them. You'll be proud when you tell them how much progress you've made!

Here we are again...

Well, its been about another 3 months without a post. Im happy to say Ive been pretty busy these last two months putting the finishing touches on units that had been painted for months and actually playing some games of Warhammer Fantasy Battles with those figures.
When the new edition of Warhammer was released I joined an escalation league at Grimfoe Games, a new local game store. Since then Ive played 6 games which is probably more games than I played of 7th edition in total. The goblins have won 2 and lost 4 for me. Most importantly I've had a great time playing with the army.
Like I said back when I began this blog, I didnt start a Night Goblin army in order to win at WFB. Im painting these guys for the fun of it all, and it has been a blast.

Here are a few pics of what is complete right now. I have 4 more infantry units waiting to have their bases finished. In total I think I have about 260 goblins done.