Quest for the Golden Pineapple!

This weekend, Slowpainter John hosted our Sydney Odinians club members for a festive game of Silver Bayonet in the Caribbean. For reasons that will become obvious later, the game was Tropically based as a farewell to one of our club regulars moving overseas shortly.

The brave (and allegedly unhinged) explorers of M'popo island!

Two crews were pitted again one another: intrepid British Privateers under an authoritative Letter of Marque, and upstart French Pirates under the command of Capitaine Camembert!  Each was in search of the famous Golden Pineapple, which legend said was last seen on the curiously pineappled shaped island of M'popo!

Capitaine Camembert leads the French charge ashore against the undead sailors on the beach

A Highwayman, Squidface and Spack Jarrow run ashore

While poor Izzy got stuck in a Spectral conversation

The game was (very) loosely based on Scenario 8: Loup Garoup Surprise, with a bit of everything thrown in. Was great to see all the figures John has been painting over the last few months make an appearance on the table! 

"This statue is the dog's bollocks" cried British Captain Lachy

..and was then assaulted by undead dogs in said bollocks region of the statue!

Wonderfully themed tropical foods accompanied the game and the afternoon flowed in fine company.

"Lets go that way!" cried Midshipman Marty!

...but instantly regretting it...

...as the Undead Werewolf leapt out of hiding to greet him!

The game was wonderful, light hearted fun, with players opening barrels on the table then having a chance to be rewarded with fabulous prizes from John's treasure chest shaped cardboard box. Said box was seen to deliver a most remarkable array of pineapple themed prizes, from chocolates and drinks, to cup, bowls and even a spoon! Truly everyone went home a winner and grinner, clutching their pineapple loot!

Meanwhile Giant Scorpions (in Spider Riding Goblin fancy dress costume) assailed me midway down the island!

Wonderful to see so many Odinians able to make it and have some fun!  Big Kudos and thanks to our hosts for the day: Lord John of M'popo and his ever-better half, Mistress Robyn of the elusive Golden Pineapple! 

Lord John of Spam-a-lot!

Epilogue - look what I found when I got to Hawaii two weeks later!!!

The precious...

TWO!!!

March Hobby Wrap Up

March has come and gone, but it has seen the completion of Season 13 of the Analogue Painting Hobby Challenge!

We covered an eclectic mix of Genres: War of the Roses, Necromunda, WW2 Yanks, 40k, Last War and this little game themed on turnips that you may have come across...

As ever it was a lot of fun and very focusing for us magpie gamers- thanks to Curt and the crew who made it happen, and the wonderful and supportive AHPC community

https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/from-paulog-reillyog-ahpc-xiii-wrap-up.html

Amongst the AHPC wrapping up and work travel, I also enjoyed an intro game of Silver Bayonet with Slowpainter John and club mate Gav. I've had untouched forces in our pile of shame for some time, and this was quite a fun game. Not overly complex but with a lot of potential for campaign settlings and some fun scenario design.

AHPC XII: Chaos Hellbrute and Silver Bayonet Beastie

My next AHPC submission was a Chaos Hellbrute/Dreadnought. Basically, this is a hulking murder obsessed robot named KILLFRENZY who is controlled by an insane, blood craving heretic. Good times!

For the 40k affectionados this is a converted Blood Angels Death Company Dreadnought fitted with a pair of nasty looking Blood Talon close combat weapons, heavy flamer and storm bolter.  Lost in battle when its former pilot succumbed to wounds, the happy-go-lucky World Eaters salvaged it and interred their own ill-mannered psychopath who rather enjoys his new toy and its plush (if somewhat blood spattered) upholstery.

I enjoyed sculpting the battle damage and trying to get a more dynamic feel to what is a rather static and boxy sculpt, even trying some OSL and 3d printed effects (Translation - yes, I again made the classic Challenge error in being completely obsessed with minor detail on a single model). I also used some new techniques with oil washes over acrylic base coats.; it certainly takes a lot longer to dry and I haven't got it quite right yet, but I got the grungier look I wanted.  I'm trying to improve my basing game too and did more in that regard with a slain foe who, quite coincidentally, looks remarkably just like the new Thousand Sons force that Reilly is painting... 

"All is Dust..."

While I'm here I'll also post this strange little fellow whom I found lurking in my stash: a Razormouth from the Reaper Black Bones series. I built him as a beastie for Silver Bayonet, but he will be equally at home in the Necromunda Underhive or similar.

That completes my 4 outer sphere planets (Istvaan V, Glorantha, Klenadathu and Skaro) and so I now transit via the adjacent Great Abyssal to start the challenge of the middle ring...

AHPC XII: 28mm Lovecraftian Night Gaunts and Ghosts

AHPC 12 has kicked off and each Challenge I try to get an entry done in the first few days. While generally very simple offerings, they give me a sense of first steps taken, a journey begun.  Some lads here are into the Napoleonic Horror game Silver Bayonet - I think it's a salve for the thousands of Nappy troops that should be used more often, plus its just cool! Uncharacteristically, I'm not one of those with thousands of Nappy troops (in fact I don't have a single one) so I am focusing initially on the monsters.  

Here are a trio of Lovecraftian faceless horrors known as Night Gaunts to oppose our heroes. They have been patiently sitting in my pile of potential for some years, but I believe they were by a company called Hobby Products and are now OOP.  

And a trio of Ghosts - older GW Army of the Dead model from their metal Lord of the Rings range. Base coated in white, washed in Fluro Yellow (Vallejo 70730), washed in a GW Warpstone Green (diluted into an ink) and drybrushed again with Fluro Yello.

Thats 6 x 28mm figures to get me off the mark with 30pts, and 20 bonus points for the planet Istavaan V due to their horror/cultist/heretical nature.

Best wishes for a great AHPC everyone!

https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/12/from-paul-og-28mm-lovecraftian-night.html