So the last couple of weeks has been exceedingly unpleasant, with one of the least pleasant aspects of life making a sudden and unwelcome appearance. I stopped painting for a little while, but wanting to get back to normal, I’ve started again. The first figures I painted haven’t been varnished yet, so I’ll show them in a week or so. In the meantime, my group got together a few days ago and gave Fortune and Glory, an Indiana Jones-styled boardgame set in the late 1930’s a go. We just used the basic rules, since we were learning them.
Nazi Zeppelin. Insert Hindenberg-related joke here.
The basic rules don’t actually use Villain characters – or more relevently to this post – the Nazi Zeppelin or the Aztec-styled pyramids. However, when we were packing up after midnight – after having the win stolen from me by Marouda, and then from her by Orez – I noticed that some of the little model-tokens would paint up exceedingly easily. So I made that a mini-project to knock over quickly.
Reverse shot of the Zep. Now add your Page/Plant jokes.
The Zeppelin actually has those little swastikas sculpted into the tail fins. Not that I’m squeamish about that sort of thing, as I play historical games, do a bit of historical study and have a pretty clear understanding on who the “bad guys” were. One day I’ll actually get some Bolt Action Germans painted up as well. The Zep isn’t an amazing model – it’s very much a boardgame piece. I had a little bit of a play with the base and flying stem to give an impression of terrain and sky, but I’m not going to knock myself out turning out a piece of art. Likewise with the highlighting and shading on the Aztec temples.
Mesoamerican/Aztec-style Pyramids.
The mesoamerican pyramids got painted in a sandstone-ish style. Not necessarily entirely accurate, though in some photos on Google Image Search they can indeed look like this – but mainly because a bit of colour looks better for game pieces.
A promotional still from Fortune and Glory – The Colourised Adventures.
And here is how they might look when being played. I’ve given them a solid coat of gloss varnish, followed up by matte. There’s a bunch of Nazi and Mobster models as well. I’ll probably paint the Nazis as brownshirts rather than as DAK, and the mobsters in simple black “mobster suits”. I imagine that both would be pretty simple to do, but I’ll get to them later. Probably.
Zeppelin looks great. The step pyramids look based on the “Pyramid of the Sun” in Mexico which is more a pale grey stone – like most I’ve seen (Mexico only) – though some are a light brown. In any case, the sandstone look is very good, especially with shading.
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I think they’re based on the “Chichen Itza” – which is also in Mexico and also the pale grey stone (where it’s not dirty, anyway) but as I said, I went with the sandstone-style look so they look better on the game board. We’re obviously just looking at them in the “right” light…
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Great stuff mate
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Thank you!
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Looking good. It’s easy to have life take over, I hope things are picking up for you bud.
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Honestly, my head’s still spinning. I’m at the point where I can focus on painting now though – which is better than the week off work when I just played The Division nonstop to avoid needing to think.
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I shan’t pry but I’m glad to hear your head’s a bit clearer. Sometimes you have to step back and do a lot of nothing to get some perspective and it’s good that you’re feeling more like yourself.
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Very cool – I remember seeing that game played on Tabletop and thinking how much fun it looked. Hope things are working out for you mate, sounds like you’ve been through the mill lately – sending you good vibes dude.
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Thanks Alex. It was fun, but I did find that in the basic/competitive game I found that some turns can drag while you wait for everyone else to have their turns. Hopefully the co-op variant will be a bit more engaging throughout since you can use your cards to help and bail each other out of a jam.
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Very nice! I would love to play such a game, fully painted!
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I think it’ll take a bit of time. I’ll probably do a quick job on the Nazis and Gangsters next. Need to give them a nice swim in warm water and surfactant first, though!
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