Friday, 24 January 2025

From PeterB - A drag race through the Abyss (125 points)

I have been busy this week checking off some of the challenge locations. One post per location is probably a bit much, so here is a quick run through.  Last week I was at Gluttony, so in my own personal need to try and visit each location without skipping, next stop Greed.

Greed is reserved for those that put money over anything else, willing to be a cold hearted killer just for a few credits for example.


Cad Bane the bounty hunter was an associate of the bounty hunter Jango Fett. When Jango was killed by Mace Windu in the battle for Geonosis, Jango's son Boba Fett swore revenge and asked Jango to train him as Bounty Hunter. Taking Boba under his wing and raising him, Bane eventually turned on Boba Fett when employed by the Pyke syndicate to "deal" with Fett.  


After a dramatic showdown, Fett killed Bane in the dusty streets of Mos Espa. Showing all that greed is definitely a path to the dark side.

Dramatic shot from below.

The model is from the Star Wars Legion range. These models can be a bit pricey as they come with a bunch of cards and tokens as well. I'm probably not going to collect too many, but as a family we love the Mandalorian series, so a Mando showdown may be in the future.

Next stop Wrath. How does that phrase go? Hell hath no fury... Well, this barbarian from Bad Squiddo miniatures certainly seems wrathful. 

In full berserk rage, forgoing any kind of shield, this warrior is up for maximum carnage by wielding two axes at once.

Next stop, Heresy. Well, when it comes to toy soldiers, there is one Heresy you cannot fail to consider, the Horus Heresy from the 40K universe when Horus turned against the God Emperor. This cultist is clearly a follower of one of the Heretical Gods of this universe, possibly a member of the Blood Pact with his red robes.

Next stop Violence. This poor cowboy has suffered double. Not only did he suffer a violent death at the hangman's noose for crimes we can only imagine, he has been brought back to an undead existence and is being violently attacked by a crow!


If he could just work out how to fire that six shooter, maybe he could scare the crow off and keep some of his brains.

The model is from Black Scorpion miniatures. They do a great range of dead and live Wild West characters.

Our last stop this week is Fraud. The bane of dungeon explorers everywhere. This could have been a candidate for greed, but this chest doesn't contain any treasure. Any unsuspecting adventurer that isn't careful will lose a limb to this mimic. It's fraudulent disguise tempts in unsuspecting explorers keen to find that plus one sword of smiting or magic spell scroll.

And that is it for now. 5 locations and 5 28mm scale models.

So points, 5 locations 5 x 20 = 100
5 models, 5 x 5 = 25

Total 125 points.

Now, that is what I call an effective bonus bounty hunt, Peter! Five miniatures for five locations, clever. You have chosen them well, I must say. There's another zombie to give me the creeps, and I like your Cad Bane, but the axe-wielding barbarian is my favourite. Good job!

125 very efficient points it is.

Martijn

4 comments:

  1. Thanks Martijn. I think the Barbarian is my favourite too. Wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of her charge.

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  2. The mimic and Barbarian are excellent and my favorite of the 5. Well done.

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  3. An excellent job touring the levels of the abyss. So many fun unique character figures come to light thanks to the theme.

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