painted stuff from AbraxiS and Axt

I had nothing to do with this painting (except providing the fig itself - in some cases!!)

left to right by; Axt, hakomike, AbraxiS

Here's a quick snap of three (count 'em, 3!) harlequins painted for me by others.  You can see who painted them in the caption, and likely know already (from AbraxiS on twitter) that the awesome guys here AbraxiS (follow his twitter) & Axt painted one each. The one in the middle was generously painted by Golden Daemon Winner Mike Howell (check out his blog / follow his twitter).  Thanks again Gents!!

These are added to my other two harlequins (1 needs some touching up) to form my Spire Brat pack for Necromunda (based on Anthony Cases rules). Five gives me a good start and considering how expensive their equipment is, could be enough for a whole gang - but if you know me at all I like choice!  There are at least four (count 'em 4!!!) harlequins out there around the world with some amount of paint on them and eventually headed for me!

• arabianknight @ weeblokes
• gnome @ spaaaaccee shaaarrrkkks!
• mik @ miks minis
• paul @ the man cave

Finally a special bonus was included in the package from you crazy Portuguese! Axt took it upon himself to build me a couple blood bowl counters/tokens.  I was surprised and excited to see there was more than the harlequins in the box that arrived.  The hand coming out of the ground even glows in the dark!  Am looking forward to using both of these at the upcoming blingtoof tournament here in Toronto (a goblin themed tournament where I am going to bring my undead with a few goblins, the orc counter will be my bribe!)

custom torne bane flaming ears counter & random orc-y counter

If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend trading some painting with people.  You end up with some pieces that are truly meaningful and have huge sentimental value, and you get the chance to paint up some stuff that may be outside your usual wheelhouse (I painted a cowboy and a "anime/manga" looking character for Dave of mini painting for free)

Currently on my dock, I have;

• A goliath looking near future ganger type for arabianknight (from E4 miniatures I believe)
• A zombie for Axts massive zombie collection (will be a "fan" of my Torne Bane Flaming Ears blood bowl team)
• A skaven warplock engineer that arrived with the harlquin painted by Mike Howell.  Will definitely be using some staining methods for his fur!

also posted on GWpertinent

Nhammm... pancakes!
:P

Just needed to say hi to Tristan -Hi Tristan!- and welcome him aboard!
And since I forgot to take pictures from my breakfast I'll try to make up for it with a couple of pics from my last week Zombie game:

This one was taken after the first couple of turns.
The place was still quite calm while the survivor teams moved in from the north side (top of the table), searching for loot. Still, attracted by the vehicles noise and a couple of shots fired by the survivors, a few zombies had already started to show up...

As the first team reaches the location of their last objective (the last piece of loot) the zombies already turned into troublesome sight...

In an amazing turn of events, after getting inside the building (to capture the last piece of look), the first team gets bogged down by the zombies, and in a 'hollywoodesque' kind of stunt a member of the second survivor team gets the loot, and jumps out of the balcony (from inside the house) to the top of the jeep, avoiding the flood of zombies all together.

And after running over and shooting a bunch of the zombies, the second team makes a 'go for it' and manages to escape to dreaded area, leaving the area with the loss of only one team member, and winning the game.


Hope you enjoy it!
Cheers!
A.