Who says you can't play a little game of Armada right on your dining room table?
Probably no one. I'm not sure where I was going with that. Anyhow, my dad and I played a little game of Armada on the dining room table. Enjoy this action shot. Look at that motion blur! Nothing more dramatic than measuring distances!
It was a fun game, though we didn't really finish, it was more about just spending some good time together. And that was a victory.
Been working a bit more with my Empire of Dust ships and I'm... still not happy.
I'm just not finding them much fun to paint! I wish that I was. There's just something about them (ok, it's mainly the sails) that I don't like.
One of these days I'll get a few more dwarf ships, those are just a joy to paint.
I've been pretty busy with either being sick or family holiday stuff, but I did get a chance to paint some minotaurs!
Not sure what I'm going to use them for but hey! Minotaurs. I just like 'em.
I've done a little more work here and there, and I've reached the point where I feel comfortable calling this beast done!
It was a lot of work, but very satisfying to follow through, and I want to say thank you to Swordmaster (https://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/) for putting it on in the first place! I'm definitely up for trying this again next year.
Sadly I've now been sick for over a week, and it has not made making progress easy! But I've done a little here and there, so I decided to post about it!
Mainly I've been adding foliage made by shaving sprues, and trying to give more depth to the trolls skin. Also I dropped the figure once and broke the pitchfork, so that was fun.
Still, I'm enjoying the painting whenever I can!
I'm not finished yet, but I've managed to put some paint on the Halfling Harvester!
As so often happens, I can see in the shot that I made the paint too thick, but ah well. I want to do some more depth to the forest troll's skin, and put a wash on the halfing rider, and.... a lot more. I will get there.
I played a game of Armada! Woo!
Against myself, and using four ships, but still!
The game started with a frigate and two brigs confronting a dwarf ship, perhaps two patrols that were forced into battle.
The brigs, with their speed and maneuverability, managed to score a few hits on the dwarf vessel, but nothing severely damaging. Meanwhile, the frigate struggled to get close enough to bring its guns to bear.
In the end, it was the dwarf ship that managed to get into position. It let off an impressive broadside, raking the stern of the human frigate and crippling the vessel. That was enough to drive the Men away, and give victory to the Dwarfs (I ran out of time)
Honestly, even though it was tiny and short and solo, I had a lot of fun. Got to get more real games in soon!
