DMAgamus

Definitely been a long time since I've posted. Still painting away. Generally I paint the things I need for the table and focus more on just "getting it done," since I'm never going to do any competitions or ask for money to paint people's minis, though some people have offered. This lovely sculpt I wanted to actually spend time on. It's such an interesting sculpt and I really wanted to put in some effort on blending skin up from very dark to light (up from drab camo greenish brown to bright yellow, which doesn't come across great in the photo but looks better in person.) A lot of times I'll just use a skin tone triad and the contrast just doesn't feel like enough. I didn't want to just put gold paint on the trim, I've been trying to do NMM on those little touches as I hopefully one day work up to actual weapons and armor. I've just been working on blending in general, because I'm very bad at it. It really came out pretty decent. Photo doesn't really do the sculp justice, but it really is a great sculpt.

This is sort of what I'm feeling. I'm ok with the base inserts, I end up cutting a lot of my minis off the sculpted base and butting it on another, but there just isn't enough there for me to be that interested. Basing sprues of interesting little items would be really cool too, or maybe something like the green stuff rollers to shape clay bases. It's useful enough if you're looking to get your hand on more bases, but I'm still drowning in them from the core set bonuses and the last base boss ks.

All told, it looks like I'll be coming out at a little over $300 for this KS, which is about what I usually spend on Reaper's kickstarters. Only difference this time is I didn't get a core set, but that beautiful pirate ship makes up for that. Kid Heroes Armory x2 Halloween Knight Dark Depths Brinewind+Extension Dragonfolk All the siege equipment The Boat Still eyeing the Kobolds because I like lots of little mooks, and the dice for posterity, but probably not.

Spent a bit more than Bones 4, and I didn't even get the core set. I blame the pirate ship and sea stuff.

The most exciting thing about the brinewind extras is knowing that one day I'll be able to buy docks, tables, and chairs!

DD part 3 looks fantastic.

Right now I'm in for: Kid Heroes Armory x2 Dark Depths Dragonfolk Catapult Ballista Trebuchet The Incredible Boat Since I buy mostly for use in tabletop games and I've got a ton of basic PCs and monsters from the last couple KS, I'm a bit more discerning this time. The only things in the core set I want is the armory and the kid heroes. I'm a little "meh" on the spell fx. I like the walls and the platform, but I could've done fine with just one hand and more ground based effects, like a fireball. I'm actually pretty happy though because instead of the core set, I can pick up the amazing ship. I'm eagerly awaiting the Brinewinds reveal, I might go in on that, depending on what's revealed. I also saw some carts teased. I'd be in on those as well.

100 for the ship? That's absurdly affordable for a piece that size! I'm not going heavy on Bones V, but I'm definitely in for that boat.

I ran a pre-gunpowder game that used cannons, but the "gunners" were wizards and the cannons were focusing tubes, they amplified the damage and range of fireballs to act like a cannon.

That ship alone has got to be $50+ dollar add-on, probably more like $75. It's awesome.

upped the pledge in anticipation of the deep sea expansion.I don't do tons and tons of sea encounters, but I do them often enough that these would be pretty useful.

I actually quite like the encounters. The troll one isn't for me, but I could use the spider one.

I'm hopeful about the undersea expansion. I'd love to see some merfolk and sahuagin type minis.

I'm not in for the core, but I hope they'll sell parts of the core like the did during the last KS as extras. I'd get 2 or 3 of the armory and spell effects and a set of the kid heroes, but I don't want anything from the main core except maybe the stag and the krampus.

Yes, a siege engine capable of throwing a 90 kg projectile over 300m. I'm in on the trebuchet, probably 2!