From RhysH - Supers and a Dinosaur (35 points)

This week Rhys has more Supers from AMG's Marvel Crisis Protocol and another dinosaur from the upcoming Dino game from our local developer.

First up is Mysterio (Quentin Beck). 

The next entry is Shocker.

Rhys painted this one exactly like the drawing on the unit card.

The MCP figures are dynamic, though often very fiddly to assemble.

The large bases make each model a mini-diorama.

Last of the supers is Vulture, another very dynamic sculpt.

Rhys went all-in on the metal wings.

This is a great view of the intricate wings on the model.

The last piece of MCP kit is an objective marker.

It's some bit of ruined - stuff.

Even the objectives are intricate and fiddly.

The final entry for this week is a small lizardy dinosaur.

These are very nice sculpts and a great example of the way the state of the art has advanced in recent years. These are resin casts but a local dude could afford to get them sculpted and cast.

The water base nicely captures this thing's natural habitat.

That's 3 x 54mm = 30 points

1 x 54mm objective = 5 points?

1 x 28mm four footed figure = 5 points

Total = 40 points

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Hi Rhys - great to see more super hero production from your painting table. As you say, the MCP figures certainly look exciting and dynamic in their posing, but the experienced-wargamer-side of my mind always clinches a little bit when you see such figures with tenuous connections to bases. They might be super tough in their universe, but the models portraying them are not always super tough in the real world...but whatever, they look great. My favourite of the lot is Shocker, as he appears to be on point with his powers and task!

I like the objective marker too, but that would count as a terrain bit, and so would be left to Byron to sort out. Perhaps he might opine in a separate post or comment.

The dino is lovely, and nice work on the water base!

That's 35 points for you Rhys for the non-terrain figures - well done!

GregB

From RhysH - Marvel Crisis Protocol (35 points)

I've been on the road since the new year so Rhys' models have been piling up as he beavers away at his backlog. Rhys got a lot of Crisis Protocol models from AMG for Christmas. He played a demo game at Adepticon last year and loved it. Two of my friends also play. We have not managed to get a single game in during the last year. Still, he wanted more models. I used photo editing to take out the background on these. I think I don't like it but I'm interested in what everyone else thinks.

The whole group. Very super-y and Hero-y.

These models are incredibly difficult to build and very fragile. Carnage is literally hanging off a couple of strings there. By the way, Rhys knows I'm not a "super hero guy" so when he paints them up and they are ready for pictures he puts their game cards under the models so I can post the right names here. He's a problem solver.

This guy is, cleverly, named Lizard. Also Curtis Connors.

To me he looks like he's fleeing in terror but I am told that I am wrong and I can accept that.

Next up is Carnage.

Badass but hanging by a thread.

Carnage is known for such things as (checks notes) Sadistic Glee and Painting the Town Red.

This is Beast. Rhys went metallic blue, which is a nice touch, I think.

This is Green Goblin. Another model that is barely supported. Very dynamic and cool looking on the table but, difficult to put together.

The smoke trail looks so firm and supporting but it's all illusion. Rhys and I had to go several rounds on getting him all "stable". I shudder to think what will happen on a gaming table.

Last up is Mystique.

Rhys made the face hard to see on purpose since she's a shape shifter.

More of the semi-metallic blue to try to match her in the movies. I think he nailed it.

That's 5 32mm+ minis for 50 35 points.

Good work here Rhys on some nice models. I think my favourite is Mystique - I'm a big fan of the old Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. I'm going to correct the math here though as 40mm models are worth 7 points each.

Thanks for this Rhys and 35 points for your tally!

Dallas

From StephenS: The Mighty Thor (7 points)

G'day,

In between working on the next themed round, I have been chipping away on a few other projects. This week it is another Marvel: Crisis Protocol character - The Mighty Thor.

Thor Odinson made his debut in the Marvel Universe in 1962 (the original Thor debut a little earlier than that, with the Roman historian Tacitus describing a Germanic god similar to the God of Thunder we all love) and received his very own comic in 1966. He has of course, been popularised by fellow Aussie, Chris Hemsworth, in a number of films from 2011 onwards.

The 1966 debut cover

This figure is a 40mm and plastic from Atomic Mass Games. I had put off painting him for a while, because for some reason black is one of the colours I struggle with the most, but I was happy with the way the new combination of blacks and greys turned out this time.

All up, a thunderous 7 points please.

Cheers,
Steve

From Millsy:

There's nothing like quietly chipping away at small stuff while working on the big ticket items. I'm doing the very same right now. Hemsy would approve mate. Nice work!

Cheers,
Millsy

From RhysH - 28mm and 32mm Fantasy and Sci-Fi (30 points)

This week Rhys has models for four different games. Some are 28mm and some are 32mm and the Crisis Protocol is even bigger than that.

First up is a Bones dragon that my dad gave me. It doesn't stand up well.

I love all dragons but this one is another black dragon.

This is Bucky, the Winter Soldier.

The bases for Crisis Protocol are really big.

These are the customizable Jedi for Star Wars Legion

The double bladed lightsaber is the best in game. The third option is to have two lightsabers.

Last up is Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth. This is the new plastic model and is GREAT.

The layered way that GW builds models now is hard to put together but they look really good.

Imrahil is one of my favorite characters so I'm really excited about this new model.

That's 4 x 28-32mm models for five points each = 20 pts

1 x 28mm monster = 10pts (?)

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Hi Rhys - thank you for another varied submission, touching on so many different areas and themes! I too love Dol Amroth from Tolkein's setting, and I had not realized there are new plastic figures available for them. Your description of GW's approach to newer plastic figures is apt - they are indeed more "layered". I see this as a side-effect of using software for designs, but it also has upsides - the figures can be quite beautiful. 

Imrahil is my favourite here, ready to face the evil forces from the East!

I think 10 points for the Dragon is fine with me - that makes for 30 points for you.

GregB

RhysH - Fantasy, super heroes and Sci-Fi in several scales (49 points)

 This week is a group of models from four different sources.

First off are two 32mm entries from AMG's Star Wars Legion Empire line. They are the customizable Officer and Operative.

These are a new addition to the game. The box lets you build two characters with a ton of options to customize them as you assemble them, but also as you add them to your army.

Rhys did some reflected glow off of the lava bases on the uniforms.

The character on the left is melee focused while the one on the right is a ranged support character.

Next up is a birthday present from Rhys' cousin, who also likes D&D. It's a cloaker, a nasty monster that inhabits dungeons and kills low level players.

It's mottled gray coloring helps it blend into the roofs of caverns where it hides.

This is a large model, easily twice as big as the Empire heroes above.

Next up are two Kings of War models from Mantic Games. The barbarian on the war-goat is for the Northern Alliance while the panther is from Basilea.

Rhys is finally ready to start learning to paint faces.

The models are fighting in the snowy north, where the Northern Alliance is from.

The panther is bendy soft plastic and was very difficult to get based, but he persevered and got it to stick.

Last up are two models for Crisis Protocol, AMG's super hero game. These are Beast and Mystique.

These are 40mm, with Beast coming in quite a bit bigger.

These models can be quite fiddly to assemble. AMG apparently thinks that bigger scale enables smaller attachment points. They are not correct. Rhys said the hardest part of Beast was figuring out that he had to attach the beam to the base first, then put Beast on it.

The heroes use character cards in game and Rhys was able to use those as painting guides for these figures.

This is 3 x 28-32mm figures for 15 points

1 x 28mm cavalry for 10 points

1 x 40mm monster for 7 points

1 x 40mm Mystique for 7 points

1 x 54mm Beast for 10 points

The two Empire characters are Rhys' entry for the first bonus round, EMPIRE.

Total points are 49 points, plus the bonus round when it comes up.

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Hello Rhys - and Happy New Year! Thank you for sharing this interesting assortment of figures with us. 

Now I must confess - I'm not one for the super-hero genre from Marvel, so those are not figures I would be near myself, but it sure sounds like they were a pain in the rear end to get put together. I'm sure many Challengers sympathize with your experience, managing figures designed by people who don't ever actually put them together, much less game with them...

But congrats on sticking with it! You have some fine results here. I also salute your efforts to work on reflected-glow-effects...that is something I will NEVER have the courage to try myself! Well done!

That's 49 points for you - cheers!

Greg

From StephenS: The Punisher (Wrath) (27 points)

G'day everyone,

It has been a little while between posts, with the usual humdrum of life and work to blame. 

I have finally finished painting up what is my favourite Marvel comic character, Frank Castle, known more widely as the Punisher. Many moons ago I received a single copy of a Punisher comic as a ten year old for Christmas as part of some supermarket novelty gift. Widely inappropriate for a ten year old by todays standards (it was nearly 40 years ago now), I was of course, immediately hooked. I vacuumed up the story of the Punisher battling the French Foreign Legion for some reason that would have been more obvious, had I had the opportunity to read any of the other comics in the series. 

While I have long stopped reading the comics (I had to make some hard choices when I took up miniature gaming as a 13 year old), I have always had a soft spot for Frank. Driven to wage a very violent one-man war against crime after the killing of his wife and kids at the hands of mobsters, I think he epitomises Wrath.

The miniature is a 40mm plastic model from Atomic Mass Games for their Marvel game. With the bonus, that should be 27 points please.

I had a great trip down memory lane painting this one up.

Cheers,

Steve

From Millsy:

Now THIS is cool. Such an iconic character and you have really pulled off the look. Really impressed with him overall but especially the skull on his t-shirt which is one of those things that's instantly recognisable even in isolation. Was that easy to paint? I know if it was me there'd be loads of touch ups and then touch ups of touch ups!

Cracking work mate, just brilliant. 27 well earned points!

Cheers,
Millsy

From StephenS: Kingpin (Greed) (27 points)

G'day,

A quick post and another single mini offering this week in the form of Wilson Grant Fisk, known through out the Marvel Comics and Cinematic Universe as Kingpin.

For fans of Daredevil, the broken sign he is standing on reads 'Nelson and Murdock'.

One of the most feared and dangerous crime lords in the Marvel universe, one whose greed for power and influence drives him to try and own it all. He will always strive to be the cities crime overlord, despite the numerous defeats we know he must eventually suffer at the hands of our comic book heroes.

The model is a 40 mm plastic figure from Atomic Mass Games for their Marvel: Crisis Protocol line.

Together with the location bonus, this should net 27 points please.

I am hoping to switch gears and start painting something more historical this week.

Cheers,
Steve

From Millsy:

This is wonderful work Steve. The starkness of your highlights on the white suit works so well for the subject matter, giving the miniature a feel like it's stepped right of the page or animated screen! Your flesh tone is great too really pushing the hard lines of his face to reinforce the Kingpin vibe.

You choice of Greed is spot on for me. There's cannot be many folks greedier for power, wealth and respect than a gangland boss.

Super stuff and I'm looking forward to seeing more. 27 points!

Cheers,
Millsy