The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge

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Sunday, 10 January 2021

BenF: John Morgan (Hall of Traps) (25 points)

Well, its been a very slow start for me, but lots of rain has meant that I have a bit of a varnish backlog.

For my first entry I ventured into the depths of the chambers of challenge, specifically the terrifying hall of traps. This figure is John Morgan, paranormal investigator from the Cthulhu: Death May Die game. The premise of the game is that investigators are surrounded by various Eldritch horrors, and they must fight their way out by disrupting a ritual summoning Cthulhu or another great old one and leading to the end of the world. In his unpainted form, he has battled alongside Rasputin, Hemingway, and Lizzy Borden to vanquish the Elder God Hastur, the horrifying king in yellow.

Morgan is clearly inspired by another pulp hero famous for raiding and crusading for lost arks and doomed temples. DMD is a really fun, immersive cooperative game, and the lovely sculpts are crying out to be painted up. I've got a few great old ones, horrors, and other investigators coming up, and they should help me make my way through the unspeakable depths of the Chambers of Challenge.

I've also got lots of other odds and sods, 6mm Napoleonic Russians, 1/300 eastern front aircraft, 20mm WW2 Soviets and some Star Wars Legion figures, including a Vader and Luke which I plan to pimp out by adding LED lightsabers.

So, by my reckoning Morgan should bank me 25 points, 5 for the 28mm(ish) figure and 20 for the hall of traps.