That will be the last post of the series, only maybe a quick
review of the game although that’s not really my favourite thing to do. I
include 3 pictures: monsters, investigators and everybody together. It was a
great pleasure to paint this box; overall the minis were very nice, especially
if you like that genre. The one bad point was the material in which the minis
are casted; it’s a rubbery plastic really not easy to work. The minis are
painted to a decent tabletop level I think, I could have spent more time on
them but a line has to be drawn, they are for playing. I think it’s going to be
interesting to get them out to play and see people using them, not too sure how
I’m going to carry them though. Anyway, I’m going to paint another “classic”
board game next, more to come on that…
Voila, le dernier
post sur cette série, je ferais peut être un petit article sur le jeu lui-même
mais ce n’est pas ce que je préfère faire. Il ya donc 3 photos : les monstres, les enquêteurs
et la boite au complet. Ce fut très sympa à peindre ; dans l’ensemble un excellent
groupe de figurines surtout si vous aimez ce genre. Le seul point négatif a été
quand il a fallu préparer les figurines, un espèce de plastic caoutchouteux
impossible à travailler. Je pense que les figurines sont peintes à un niveau décent
« tabletop », j’aurais pu passer plus de temps dessus mais bon, c’est
pour jouer ! Je crois que ca va être intéressant de les sortit et de voir
les joueurs les utiliser quoique je ne suis pas trop sur de comment je vais les
transporter. Bref, je vais attaquer le prochain projet, un autre « classique »…
Looks awesome, real accomplishment.. Kudos for sticking with it and finishing the set to a high standard...
ReplyDeletenow to hope the game is good :)
You did it. Finally completed. congratulation to this massive beautiful paint job. Its your fault that this board game now attracts me. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's great you got them all done, well done
ReplyDeleteIan
Oyez,
ReplyDeleteSuperbe peinture, très bon résultat, pour un niveau "décent" hommogène, je pense que les futurs joueurs auront plaisir de manipuler ses petits bouts de plastique mou.
Dans l'attente de lire le "test" du jeu.
eric
Well and beautifully done! They'll definitely add great panache to your games of Mansions of Madness.
ReplyDeletereally nice! that is going to make the game much more fun to play... next is painting another classic board game? Hmm... taking those little blue & pink pegs that come with 'The Game of LIFE' and painting them to look like people? That'd be quite a challenge ;)
ReplyDeleteI'll echo that: congratulations and well done, not only for getting through them all, but for doing it to such a high standard. Anyone who gets to play with this box is a very lucky person indeed.
ReplyDeleteAwesome job, they where a real treat to watch as the work progressed.
ReplyDeleteStunning set of figures and painting, great skill my friend!
ReplyDeleteYou've made a fantastic job on these, well done!!!
ReplyDeletepour le transport, un petit néodyme peut-être ?
ReplyDeleteça sert à tout le néodyme ;-)
Neodyme? C'est des plaques d'aimants?
ReplyDeletenon des petits aimants cylindriques de 1mm à 5mm (enfin pour ceux que j'utilise).
DeleteUn petit trou dans le socle, et c'est fini. les 5mm supportent jusqu'à 850g je crois.
Une petite illustration chez moi: http://tsar-universe.blogspot.fr/2011/02/un-achat-bien-utile.html
Ah je connaissais pas ca, tu les achetes ou? J'ai fais une recherche google rapide mais j'ai rien trouve...
DeleteJe les prend ici depuis pas mal de temps:
Deletehttp://powermagnetshop.de/
Parfois il faut leur rappeler qu'on a passé commande mais ça reste un site sérieux.
Perso, j'aimante tout avec ça maintenant, plaquette 15mm comme grosses pièces 28mm.
Je préconise le 5x2 idéal pour tout.
Je viens d'en commander sur EBay pour tester, ils etaient a 1/3 du prix de powermagnetshop et livraison gratuite. J'ai pris du 3/2 vu que sous les socles des monstres il ya des infos et peu d'espace pour fixer un aimant. Merci du tuyau en tout cas.
DeleteEn effet ça à l'air fin, il aurait peut-être fallu du 1mm d'épaisseur. Bon courage, content d'avoir pu être utile :-)
DeleteCa y est, j'ai tout aimante. J'ai surtout utilise du 3x1. Par contre, je le ferais dans l'etape de preparation de la figurine la prochaine fois parceque la perceuse sur des socles avec des figurines peintes: c'est galere.
Deleteoui, je sais, fais fais ça aussi quand j'ai découvert le neodyme :-)
DeleteThese posts (together with some reviews of the game) make me want to go pick up Mansions of Madness. The one question to you is how easy was it to remove the bases of the minis to swap them for the bases you have here? Is the plastic that bad to work with, or do you just need a sharp knofe and a bit of patience?
ReplyDeleteHi Derek,
ReplyDeleteif I remember correctly the miniatures don't come fixed on their bases so if you want to use other bases then that's no problem at all. I used the original clipping for the monsters are it's pretty tight and didn't feel like they needed pinning. However I pinned the investigators to their new bases. The plastic in which they come is very easy to drill.
My problem with it was that when you want to remove the mold lines, you can't really use a file or it just goes rough. That means that it's difficult to get smooth textures. What I did was using a knife to remove the mold lines (most models aren't that bad) then used a lot of liquid green stuff then pva glue to get smooth areas on things like cloth or weapons.
Don't let this stop you from getting the box though, it's a bit of extra work but there's always is some prep work...
These are just wonderful! How do they stack up against 28mm figs from other manufacturers (like Coppelstone?)
ReplyDeletethanks
Paul of the Man Cave
http://tasmancave.blogspot.com.au/
@Paul: I don't have any Copplestone right now but I'd say they are pretty standard 28mm, they'd fit perfectly with them.
ReplyDeleteGreat news - thanks!
DeleteJe viens d'acheter les investigateurs en prepaint pour Arkham Horror et ton travail sur les socles donne vraiment envie de faire la même chose.
ReplyDeleteBravo.
Merci Yann. Les inserts que j'ai utilise doivent etre toujours disponible je pense: Wyrd Miniatures.
DeleteFantastic job! What kind of paint did you use?
ReplyDeleteThanks. It's a mix of GW and Vallejo.
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