Rally 'round the flag

The two versions of Willa Shaw now in one place!

Mounted on her powerful Iron Horse, and on foot.

While she is on foot, she can get her soldiers to march at the double quick, making them a little less likely to fall prey to sneaking marauders.

On her Iron Horse, she can skillfully add to the firepower of the light support Iron Horses.

Don't let those long braids fool you, she's America's girl, and she's gonna put the hurt on you.

A real jet setter for the 19th century :-)

Either way, she is a very interesting character choice for a Union posse!

I want to combine Willa with Lucinda and Sierra.  Those two will lure the more randy opponents form their hideouts so that Willa's mounted troopers can rain down death from afar.

I'll let you know how that all works out in some battle reports, of course.

All for the Union!!

It gets cold in the Wild West

Time for an Outlaw NPC, adding to the total of gun toting civilians for our Wild West Exodus games.

There are more Outlaw NPC's on the way as well!

The herd is HERE!

At long last, folks!  You get to see the entire batch of ten beastmen from Mierce Miniatures!

Banner and bugle first.

Now some of the choppies...

Three more choppers with the unit leader.

And everybody together!

This unit was a lot more fun to paint than I expected it to be!!

I send you off with the command staff.

Just lookin' around...

Despite her blindness, Walks Looking has "The sight".

This makes her incredibly deadly in close quarters combat.

She is a relatively low cost character for the Warrior Nation who can dish out an incredible amount of pain.

Her glowing blades and swift moves can cut short the life of any enemy.

Banking on Success

Here's a test structure that Mr. Lathan created.  A number of different parameters go into every kit, and each new kit has to go through all of them.

How much wood will it require, how many etchings? is it playable?  That never seems to end!

I thought this was amazing the minute I saw it.  I love the idea of an impressive two story masonry building for Wild West Exodus.

It would serve as a Bank for my Lawmen and Outlaws, and as an Armory for my Union posse.

The interiors are impressive, as always, especially with some furniture!

The lower level has all kinds of goodness, including the safe!!  The safest place in all of Wappeville for your valuables.

That is, until a few dastardly safe crackers get a hold of it!

This bank teller window is amazing!!!

Those businessmen certainly want to keep their fancy duds from getting dusty (or worse), so check out these new boardwalks!

As you can see, some light poles were added so that the citizens of Wappelville can find their way around the streets at night, and feel safe.

These boardwalks are three times as long as the original versions.  I have a set of these, and I will be doing a series of posts on them.  And you will certainly be seeing them in our games!!!

Lookie here... you could even use it as a fence!  He's a genius.

Time for the Great Awakening

Here's an unboxing of a few Awaken Realms Demigods.

As you can see, the sculpting and casting is very nice, top notch!  You also get various options.  

They would not be very difficult to magnetize if you wanted to use all of them.

These were easy to prep, and the resin is a very nice silky texture.  Sometimes resin can be either slick or rough.  Not so here!  It was great :-)

I chose some options, and put them together.

Both of the Demigods are epic, and will be very fun to paint!

I created a few bases for them, each one is 60mm.  Again, these are Demigods, so they are on the larger side.

I want to have some designs on the marble floor that reflects those of the banner and armor filigree.

Lots of vines will be placed on the base, leading you up to that top level.

Yes indeed, bark 'n branch had to be part of the basing on one of these guys.  I think I will see how some of the paper foliage looks on this one.

One more link/reminder!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/136317723/demigods-evolution-strategy-miniature-game

The Girl on Fire!

You have already seen the Willa Shaw on foot, but now we have an even deadlier version of Willa!

Mounted on her Iron Horse, she is set to wreak all kinds of havoc on the enemies of the Union.

The exhaust was a quandary for the longest time.  I just didn't know what to do with it.  Should it be simply a dust color?

I had red in one of the novels about red smoke from the Iron Horse, which made me think that some glowing smoke could be very fun.  That turned out to be quite true!!!