Joker crew development

Its been a weekend of cutting and carving and pinning and green stuff. I thought that I would keep with the sewer base theme and made some purchases. I bought some resin bases and some metal inserts. There should be plenty to go around and it should give the crew a common theme. It does mean even more pinning but hey, ho.

To get me properly started I wanted to add the Joker to Harley Quinn, then Triston, August and Contra-Auguste.

I have been building up the paint layers and have yet to do the faces but it is coming along nicely. I had some fun painting the sewer slime. I started with a base of green and then dotted in lots of very small colourful dots. It gives it a vibrancy. In the main though I want the faces to be the main thing to draw the eye and I intend to spend some time on them to try and get them right. I have learned from Harley Quinn that white is very unforgiving. I love the skeleton hand clinging to the ladder on Triston's base, sweet little detail.

Next in line is Mr Hammer (yet to get him a base), Borgon and some of the clowns.

I have had a nightmare with Clown (tube). When pinning his feet I broke the model at his ankle. Then the arms didn't fit into the shoulders and when I tried to prize them apart, a little, the model broke at his hands. Currently I have a pin in each foot, a pin in each arm and another at his hands. He will need lots of green stuff but he will be properly 'bionic'.

Anyway - it is all coming along slowly and I have a third batch on models following along behind.

Mr Hammer is awesome and I am really looking forward to getting some paint on him.

Learning - The Circus Gang

I have done a little research by way of reading the rules (always a good idea) and it turns out that the Batman Miniature Game has a few layers of complexity to it that only come to light by reading up on some of the Special Traits. I introduce you to the Circus Gang.

One of the models that I have purchased is the Ringmaster. (This is not my painting - found it on the internet)

One of his Personal Traits is Elite (Circus Gang). A little reading shows me that I can only have one Elite per Crew unless I hire the the Elite Boss for that gang. The Elite Boss for the Circus Gang is none other than Mr Hammer.

Mr Hammer has Elite Boss (Circus Gang) listed as one of his Personal Traits. However Mr Hammer is also a Sidekick. Only one Sidekick is allowed per Crew so you have to choose between Mr Hammer and the wonderful Harley Quinn (either version). So this starts to become a bit of a sub-crew within a crew. Who else is in the Circus Gang I hear you ask? Good question. Well the Master of Ceremonies is the answer.

This does seem to make a little sense as the two Henchmen are dressed in a similar fashion wearing Catchers Gear.

So there is the option to play the Circus Gang within the Crew by bringing Mr Hammer, the Ringmaster and also the Master of Ceremonies. I will have to do a bit more research to fully understand the benefits but there appears to be be a deliberate move to group the three of these guys together in opposition to playing Harley Quinn.