Aly's Brown Liquid (or magic wash, as I call it). It's almost the perfect shade for all colors.
Original link:
https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/p/a.html
Also here so I don't forget:
"40% Agrax Earthshade, 40% Seraphim Sepia and 20% Lahmian Medium...
The final ingredient is a few drops of Drakenhof Nightshade..."
When I got that WHFB 4th edition Dwarf Army book, I would stare at the pictures for hours and hours, wanting desperately to have every unit in the book, painted the same way. One of those units were the Longbeards (in the center). I had all of the figures, but never painted them. I distinctly remember the night before one of our "grand battles" frantically gluing the bare metal figs onto bases just to have the unit on the table (heresy, I know). They were falling down off the base as I tried to move the unit. It was terrible.
When 3rd Edition Blood Bowl released, we fell in love with that game and played it a lot. I wanted the Dark Elf team as soon as I saw the boxed set. I had quickly glued them to bases, primed them, and painted two of the lineman, but then stalled. For about...30 years.
Now that Blood Bowl has returned to our regular gaming (my 10 year old loves playing), I realized it was time to finally finish painting this team. I painted them quick but I'm pretty pleased with the end result, however they're pretty fragile in the games. I think they need some Assassin Star Player help!
In my continuing quest to hammer the backlog down, I finished this unit a few years ago. I never bothered to take a picture because I planned to sell them unpainted at one of the HMGS Convention flea markets, a.k.a. Wally's Basement, but they didn't sell. Then I painted them and was going to sell them painted, but never got the chance. So...I changed my mind and decided to keep them. The other part of the story behind these guys is that when 5th edition WHFB was released, this was one of the first of the new sculpts of the revamped Dwarf army. Obviously, they were new and shiny and I thought they were cool so I quickly bought them. But staring at them unpainted for so long, the "sameness" started to wear on my and I realized I didn't really like them. So they just remained unpainted and unloved for a long time (not even prepped).
Anyway, here they are.
It's been a while since I've posted to the blog, but I've been plugging away at the hobby.
Some friends at work wanted to give into Kill Team, so I grabbed a box of Sisters (Adeptus Sororitas) and painted them up quickly. Mind you, this was sometime early last year 2024 and we still haven't played any Kill Team. Ha.
Quick battle report from our first run through of the v2 IHMN rules. My 10 year old son loves playing this game, and he also likes making up rules so we added some additional rules to the Escort scenario.
Notes on the pictures - some of the pictures were taken before we added the fog, so the chronological order of the pics is not totally accurate.
Scenario - Escort the VIP, Fog rules, "activate the gates" special rules
A company has to get their escort from one end of the board to the other; other company gets to set up as an ambush. Also used the Fog Rules - basically while the fog is in place, roll a die to determine visibility in inches. On a double, the fog is lifted.
Background -
The Mad Scientist Dr. Horscher has lost control of one of his experimental "Stone Men", and has hired Lord Curr's company to escort the Stone Man (the VIP) back to his laboratory, The Horscher Institute.
The US Secret Service has found out about the loose experimental Rock Man, and has dispatched Special Agent Dempsey to extract the experiment and return it to the USA in the interests of "Global Security". Agent Dempsey, along with his second in command Agent Sigma, have commandeered a squadron of US Rocket Corps for the mission.
The main thoroughfare is Queen Street which leads to the Horscher Institute.
Additional Scenario Rules - The escort company (Lord Curr) has to enable the generator to activate the gates at the end of Queen Street, to open the pathway to the Institute. Model needs to make a successful Pluck roll while in base contact with the generator.
The foggy streets of England.
Rocketmen spotted them, and Rocket Sgt Madison sent to men over to the back of the factory - they dropped a grenade, but with the fog and height, it missed. This alerted the constable guard.
2nd rocketman dropped down to help the fight for the generator, but the Incorrigble Purple Pants knocked him out of commission. Fitz-Curr joined in support as well.
After rolling doubles, the fog had officially lifted, giving Agent Dempsey a better view of the situation. With three out of five Rocket Men out of action, including Sgt Madison, Agent Dempsey at this point realizes things were quickly getting out of control and that his remaining Rocket Corps were outnumbered. He signaled Agent Sigma to begin advancing down the street - Dempsey took cover behind the building, with Sigma behind the crates. Mohan Singh saw Dempsey and unloaded a burst of fire with his machine gun, but hit the building. Dempsey fired back, missed while dodging the hail of bullets.
It was a really fun game. The scenario, background narrative (mostly invented by my 10 year old son who was playing the game with me), and fog rules really helped to create a good setting for the game. It's one of the things I love the most about IHMN - every game really feels like a story.
As for Version 2.0 - I tried hard to go slow and actually read the new rules. For the most part, it's the same game with minor improvements (group fights, shooting into fights, etc., all much simpler). Mohan Singh definitely feels like he's worth his points value now. Looking forward to seeing how the adjustments to the Mystical Powers works out. In Version 1.0, they were definitely unbalanced. I played a number of games against The Servant's of Ra and Ahkenaton was pretty powerful.
I'm definitely back into IHMN - I've decided to start upgrading my terrain: better pavements, better buildings, and convert my cobblestone MDF boards to insulation boards. The MDF is too heavy to carry around to conventions. I'm also going to paint up my additional companies and NPCs so we have more choice. Can't wait to get in some more games!
