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.



13 comments:

  1. Now, that's a really brilliant start! Very impressive, subtle work.

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  2. Nice looking crazy investigator

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  3. He looks familiar. Nice work.

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  4. Welcome back Ben!

    We've played DMD several times and found it's a real hoot. A great cooperative game and, as you show here, the minis are terrific. I really like the desaturated approach you took with him. Very...cinema.

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  5. He looks great! Nice take on the chamber!
    Best Iain

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  6. Great work on him Ben, he looks exactly like he should, and I agree that DMD is a super fun game. After showing it to Curt a single time, he had to rush out and buy it :-). On a snarky note though (sorry I can't help myself), I think you need more static grass, I get being frugal but that's a bit too frugal :-)

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  7. Fantastic work on this figure

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  8. Great painting! He reminds me of Indiana Jones also..with the whip etc.. :)

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  9. That's a great choice for this Chamber!

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  10. Great figure, loads of character
    Regards KenR

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