Feeling Blue

Continuing with painting the cultists from Cthulhu Wars, this time around it is the blue faction, Crawling Chaos.

Crawling Chaos has fast units, which means that the cultists here can travel around quickly.

With these getting done, I now have 18 of the 24 base game cultists finished.  Next up is Yellow Sign...

Big Bad Wolves

This is a unit of Republican Roman skirmishers/velites.

I wanted to give the appearance of an irregular formation, without having to resort to lots of little bases.

This Is Not The Demon You Are Looking For

Continuing on with Hellboy/BPRD and non-Cthulhu Wars cultists...


Following on from my previous post featuring Hellboy, here we have Baby Boy.

Cat hair base not included on original model.

This cute little guy is also a Clix figure that has been rebased and repainted.

Cloudy day, cluttered desk -- the poor lighting hides my painting sins

Continuing on with painting more cultists, this guy is from North Star.

When I first started painting these guys, I though they would be a breeze to go through.
Then I started painting Cthulhu Wars and... well... robed demon worshipers are only so exciting to paint for a short time.

A post-sacrifice brawl is a great way to wind down.

Now for Something Completely Different...

I've had a long time love of ancient history -- particularly the Roman Republic.

Oh, hello!

I fell in love with Baccus 6mm miniatures as soon as I painted up my first strip.
These guys have plenty of detail and heft.  The models featured here are hastati/princepes from the old line.  Baccus has since revamped their Republican Roman range with newer sculpts that are just as nice (or perhaps even better looking).  

These guys have been sitting on my desk half-finished for a long time.  It was getting to the point where I had to complete them.
They are based on 40mm square bases from Litko.

I think this group/unit really shows off the benefits of 6mm.  This is a unit of 72 models (in three ranks).  The same three bases for 28mm models would hold 12 guys.

How cool are these little guys?

Green Team!

I'm not on a green kick, it is just coincidence I tell you.

I've finished the next batch of cultists for the Cthulhu Wars game.  This time it is for the green faction, Great Cthulhu.

In a previous blog post I  showed pictures of unpainted and painted green cultists. 

Reusing photos makes things so much easier!

Dark picture for the dark arts.

Here is a shot of the six of them together with the red, Black Goat cultists as a group.

X-Wings not included in Cthulhu Wars game

Mean Greenies

Welcome to the jungle.

Two no-nonsense guys that are just as comfortable robbing a bank as they are mugging you in a dark alley.

Numero Uno is from Foundry and the sculpt reminds me of the McManus character from The Usual Suspects, for some unknown reason.

This is a generally nice model, well sculpted.

The young punk is from Warlord/Mongoose.

I think the armored codpiece is a nice touch...

It's not a bad miniature, but it's not going to be the centerpiece of any force on the table, either.

The Gang's All Here

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.