Modern Wargaming | Azazel's Bitz Box.

Another new game? Yes. Yes it is. I backed this project some time ago as it had a pretty good rep and the models looked cool. Unlike a lot of people around my age bracket, I didn’t watch the cartoons (though I have an awareness of them) or have any of the original toys. In fact, the only MotU figure I’ve ever owned was a later-edition Skeletor that I picked up on holiday in 2000 or so because I saw it in a discount shop and decided that it looked cool.

My nephew on the other hand, collected them as a kid, so when I went to visit I also played with his MOTU figures with him as I was only 5 years older. As I got a bit older into my young teens, I’d create little narrratives for him using his MOTU figutres which we ended up calling “movies”. So with that background established, I have some nostalgia for and knowledge of many of the characters, but I’m not deeply aquainted with “the lore” or one of those people with an encyclopedic knowledge of the characters.

So… Moss Man. I know that he was a reuse of the Beast-Man moulds in green and then flocked – with that same flock that they used to use on toys back in the day and possibly still do, though I don’t buy a lot of stuff from the toy aisle these days to be up to date on these things.

He also had a re-use of someone’s mace, but I guess weapon re-use was common enough across multiple toy lines, and presumably continues to this day.

Turbodactyl? I have NFI about this one. Presumably he was released later in the line, after my nephew had grown out of or largely lost interest in MOTU figures. Or maybe it was just a more expensive and limited release? Dunno (and don’t care, to be honest!) This pack is subtitled “Preternian Heroes Faction” which appears to be independant to the “Masters of the Universe (He-Man and friends) and Evil Warriors (Skeletor) factions.

Archon Studio Masters of the Universe Battleground: Turbodactyl Pack

I copied the colour scheme that I found online based on the original toy. So mostly brown with a bit of green down the top centre and then some metal bits and pieces. I can see I forgot to pick out some of the smaller rocks on the smaller, round base because I did do so on the larger hex base. I’ll have to sort that out sometime shortly.

Anyway, you can expect to see some Masters of the Universe figures mixed into the raondom stuff I paint and post up here from time to time now, until I finish the Kickstarter models!

Last post for March – and actually we’ve got some April in here as well since I’m so behind.

The first sub-batch came out a little samey – the pants on our pink puffer jacket trio were supposed to be a bit more distinct than the final outcome, but once I’ve got more of these painted (there are SO many of these to paint) it’ll be fine. I also found one more standard walker who I’d missed, so he got painted as well.

These walkers – both the pink-jacket ones and these ones are the “Skinner” Zombies from Rue Morgue. In game terms a “kill” can sometimes result in them becoming “crawlers” instead of simply being removed. The setting is a post-Zombie Outbreak Hospital, so when trying to work out a way of distinguishing yet another sub-type of zombies, I decided to go with a hospital-green floor for my Skinners. It also combines nicely with the blood effect paint, which was a nice little plus to find.

I painted these ones as Hospital Orderlies, hence the dark blue-green clothing. Other models will be painted as staff and patients where I can manage to make them look as such. You’ll also notice that these mdoels have t-shirts, so I’m throwing it open to blog readers for some more suggestions. I do have to point out that these ones are REALLY small – even compared to previous batches of t-shirt-wearing zombies, so complicated patterns and logos just aren’t going to work on these. There’ll be another set of zombies after I finish these ones who are largely looking for metal/goth/punk t-shirts when I get to the Seekers from Angry Neighbours.

This last sub-batch of Zombies are from this month (April), and as noted got thrown into this post because… well… it’s pretty obvious. I also have the first four of the crawlers here as well.

The table where I usually photograph my round-ups is largely covered by another WIP project at the moment, so I’ll likely just keep posting into April’s models and then catch up on the round-up when I have a bit more space later on.

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Category Archives: Modern Wargaming

Archon Studio – Masters of the Universe Battleground: Moss-Man & Turbodactyl Pack

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