Mini Hirds - 28 mm viking gaming

A couple of years ago, we ran a Mega Game at school about the Viking Age. For that, I painted a lot of miniatures.

A couple of weeks ago, we had a special day at school—a dress-up party with costumes and various activities. We ended the day by playing board games.

I decided to bring a small miniatures game. I spent some time re-skinning the Mini Gangs game by Ramshackle Games—a small, super easy miniatures game. It worked well, with six kids playing at a time, some in pairs.

What was awesome was that the kids it attracted were usually the hyperactive ones, but they were completely absorbed in the game. Everything else was ignored for 1.5 hours—something that rarely happens in school. It just goes to show that ADHD only seems like a problem because our system is structured a certain way. If we changed the teaching parameters, that energy and focus could be a strength rather than a weakness.

I'll be tweaking the game further—switching to a d10 instead of a d6 and making room for army vs. army battles. It should be easy to do. We’ll have another board game module in the autumn, and I’m really looking forward to it.

My focus was on game mastering during the game. So these photos are just quick snaps and not edited at all. 

Fantasy - Dire and Were Animals

 Were and dire animals are coo. These two were painted quickly with base coat, drybrush and wash primarely. Just to get something done. But they'll work in all manner of different games, so they are good to have. 

The were bear is from Blacklist Miniatures Fantasy Series 1. A big, havey piece of plastic. I do like his bulk, painted in a very miniatures. 

This guy is a dire wolf from Ramshackle Games. One piece of resin. Ramshackle sell a lot of crazy miniatures and very cheaply. I'm sad that brexit has made it a bad deal to shop from there (because Danish import rules add a ton of cost outside EU). 

This is a good wolf leader to have among all the other wolves, which I've painted a lot of during the years for all manner of games. 

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Thaumaturge reinforcements: Bear and crossbowmen

 For my thaumaturge warband I made a few reinforcements. The warband is a band of witch hunters, who's entering Felstadt to save it from bad magic. Here's the original full warband. 

Crossbow armed shooters are more in line with the theme than bows, I've made these with Oathmark humans, and warhammer bits (probably Empire and Brettonia). I've also painted them in the colors I'm using for my Guilders: A Life In Shadows and Oathmark humans. Same army and it'll let me reuse many miniatures across that. 

I also gave these guys swords (so they can work as marskmen) and backpacks. My frostgrave soldiers are always carrying all manner of gear. 

Bears! I love summon animal, it's my favorite spell. All my wizards tend to have it and gain some thematic bears. I wanted to paint one for if the apprentice (however unlikely) succeeds in summoning one. These are huge scifi bears from Ramshackle Games. I've filed off the scifi tubes and integrated rider legs.

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Guilders - The Eastwall Cornerclub Clubbers

Time to get something done on this blog again. Finally got around to finishing up a building, so that I have a decent background for the painted miniatures. 

First up is the guild I'm currently using for playtesting Guilders - A Life In Shadows. It's the Eastwall Cornerclub Clubbers. I initially armed them all with clubs, so they could simply bash down civilians and take their stuff. 

So far they are around 4 games into a campaign. 

A guild can always field 10 miniatures in a Heist, but can have an unlimited large roster to pick from. Not shown on this image is another street urchin that joined me while two others were down sick with the flu. 

Here's my Guildmaster Mr. Fairweather surronded by his Enforcer and their Shadow Priest. 

Martha is the guild Enforcer, the best fighter a guild can field. My enforcer has been tooled up for bloody close combat situations, she's armed and armored for it. The miniature is from Dunkeldorf Miniatures, I've converted her a bit. Added a shield/punch dagger from an old pit fighter miniature and two dagger/sword bits from the box. 

Mr. Fairweather has been build as a jack of all trades character. He has Alchemy and Doctor, two skills two use after the games. He also has the scout skill, so he can move a bit extra into the board when the game starts. Getting closer to important loot. 

The miniature is from Dunkeldorf Miniatures, I've painted him before as a coach for my Bloodbowl humans. I've converted my guildmaster a bit, adding a belt made from paper, som pouches and weapons. The hat is from an old empire GW bit. 

Dusk Autumn is the guilds Shadow Priest. I've used an old Grima Wormtongue model i had lying around. The shadow priest has some neat little tricks he can do on the battlefield, including silencing otherwise loud civilians. 

Two-Toes the Scum and two street urchin Beetle and Bug. These are cheap guilders and can be added for free if the guild is low on members. Two-toes has a crowbar and the packmule skill, he's just bashing doors down and carrying off cheap loot. 

The street urchin have a very low upkeep and a great at evading the guards, grapping a bit of loot and then getting out safely. Can't do much else good though. 

I don't recall where the small kid models are from, the scum is a 3d printed miniature gifted from a friend. 

Thieves! The working heroes of any succesful guild. This guys are the way to gain Pick Pockets and Lockpicks when starting out. I've had three from the start and used their first level to make sure the had options to both pick pockets and locks. 

Beth is an unconverted miniature from Fantasy Series one by Blacksite Miniatures. I do like these miniatures and a lot of them are ending up in Guilders. 

Cian is another thief. This lovely oldschool resin miniature reminds me of the elf from Hero Quest. It's sculpted by Andres Steeldragon, a valued member on the Discord Community. He's had several miniature cast up and now sold by Ramshackle Games. 

Last of my thiefs are Gottlieb, the is another Blacklist Miniatures model. Gottlieb is also a member on the Discord and have 3d printed me a lot of nice miniatures.

This is Lillie Lasander an acrobat and excellent wall climber. Acrobats are great chracters for getting quickly up on the roof tops. She's gotten the lockpick skill to do so stealing from roof windows and balconies. The miniature is damn cool, so I got the character a hand crossbow just for that. Another unconverted Fantasy Series 1 miniature.

To round out the guild is a sharpshooter. Durkar is good with a bow and can start the game already hiding in the shadows. This can really setup a nasty overwatch position for the guild, as Durkar has the sniper skill, she can be really deadly when shooting from the hidden status. 

Durka is also Fantasy Series 1, a thief. I've added an ungor bow and arrow from GW beastmen. The hands are a bit on the large side, but that only shows in close up photos. It's not really noticed in real life. 

Last words

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