New Years was spent playing the WotC boardgame Dungeon (the 2012 version anyway) with the boys. Instead of playing with the cardboard pieces WotC uses, I pulled in some of my Khurasan Miniatures Tom Meier Collection Fantasy Master Pack 15mm Miniatures. Not only are they top notch sculpts, with penny bases, they worked out great on the Dungeon board as well as adding excitement for a 6, 8, and 10 year old boy.
To match the cardboard pieces, I've painted the penny bases with the colors of each class based on the color of the cardboard counters. Red for Wizard, Green for Rogue, Purple for Fighter, and Blue for Cleric.
I also finally finished my SEAL (or other SOCOM) 8 member team. I decided to keep it simple and do desert colors. This reflects the use of camo by the Dept. of Navy, be they SEALS or MARSOC, or even Army and Air Force from tri-color DCU days. At any rate, this eight member team includes one sniper with M-14, an M-249 SAW gunner, a JTAC with radios (and whatever might be flying in a few hundred mile radius that can drop something...) and 5 members with M-4 carbines. Given rules for most games (for example, Osprey/Ambush Alley Force on Force), even those 8 members, properly utilized, are a force to be reckoned with!
I was very pleased with the acrylic ink wash I used instead of wood stain this go around. For one thing, drying time is minutes, not hours! Once again, on both sets of miniatures, I mixed used, dried, coffee grounds into the burnt umber paint for the bases. Perfect 15mm ground texture for a rocky arid environment! I'll have to find the link of the guy who got me into doing that...
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| 15mm Tom Meier Sculpts from Khurasan Miniatures taking on WotC's 2012 Dungeon |
I also finally finished my SEAL (or other SOCOM) 8 member team. I decided to keep it simple and do desert colors. This reflects the use of camo by the Dept. of Navy, be they SEALS or MARSOC, or even Army and Air Force from tri-color DCU days. At any rate, this eight member team includes one sniper with M-14, an M-249 SAW gunner, a JTAC with radios (and whatever might be flying in a few hundred mile radius that can drop something...) and 5 members with M-4 carbines. Given rules for most games (for example, Osprey/Ambush Alley Force on Force), even those 8 members, properly utilized, are a force to be reckoned with!
