Cemetery Creeps

These two were done a while ago and I completely forgot to post them

Ghouls are Black Goat units that are delightfully annoying.

Although they are poor combatants, they can be given the ability to go to any battle location after the fight is over and force a "pain" result (retreat) on each side in the battle - one pain per ghoul.

You can do this even if you weren't involved in the combat.

This is great for letting others fight and then clearly out the territory for yourself, or forcing opponents into unfavorable or weakened positions, or just to aggravate everyone at the table.

To be honest, although I love playing with these in the game, I wasn't that excited about painting them and I think it shows.


Cthulhu Wars is one of my favorite games to play.  It is loads of fun and with enough variety to last a lifetime of playing.  The miniatures excited me when I first got them, but as I paint more of them I am disappointed in the material of the models (pvc), which becomes tacky when painting (pvc is actually a terrible and unhealthy material as it is) and the casting isn't as crisp as they could be.  This has dulled my enthusiasm for them somewhat.

Born Ugly

Oh my, sharp teeth and tentacles!

These Dark Young for Cthulhu Wars belong to the Black Goat faction. They are some of the larger miniatures that come with the base game, though not the largest.

In the game, these monsters are able to get the ability to control gates and generate power points like cultists do.  This gives the Black Goat player more power and point-generation ability than the other factions.

These nasties would be great Cthulhu monsters or alien beasts in any miniatures game.

Their large size is makes them perfect for big, scary monsters.

First Cultists

Last time, I posted pictures of the power markers I painted for each player for the game Cthulhu Wars.  This time, I finished painting the cultists of the Black Goat faction.

Unpainted Great Cthulhu cultist.

The models in the game are sculpted well and cast adequately.  They are made of a "board game" type plastic, sturdy but flexible and not the type of plastic I normally associate with miniatures wargaming models.

I had already painted all the Black Goat cultists before deciding that an unpainted example would be nice to show.

The models needed to be washed before painting to remove mold release agents.  There was some mold-slippage and flash.

"Come to the meeting," they said.  "There will be coffee and cake," they said.

Each faction of Cthulhu Wars has six acolyte cultists that provide the faction with its weakest, but most vital units.  Here, I've painted the Black Goat faction's cultists (the red faction in the game).

The shading on the robes was too subtle, I think.

The cultists of the faction are one of the primary means through which the faction will gain power (the currency of the game) and doom points (the victory points of the game).

Cause and effect.

Each cultist in play provides their faction with one point of power and each faction can have a maximum of six acolyte cultists.

Raise your hand if you are a servant of the dark gods.

Cultists are usually the only units that are able to control gates, which then provide more power points and doom points to the player.  This makes them the most important unit for most factions, despite being the weakest in terms of strength.  This forces players to want to protect their cultists, who would otherwise be victimized through combat or by being forcibly taken and sacrificed (for power) by other players.  Yes, you can capture and sacrifice other players' cultists to gain more power for yourself.

 

28mm Foundry miniature for size comparison.

The miniatures have been purposely made to be 28mm scale (for the most part), making them useful for playing miniatures games as well as their original intended purpose.

Super sneak preview - a green team Great Cthulhu cultist.