Painting & Hobby: Mantic Games Vanguard Nightstalkers

  

Hello again.

Its been a while as I have been a bit busy with work and life stuff so I have not had much time to hobby but it does brings me on to todays post.

We recently had a glorious Easter weekend which saw unusual for England some sunshine and warm weather. More importantly I had a bit of hobby time but not much which made me come up with a plan.

Painting & Hobby: Sci fi Terrain Bits

This week I was in the mood to finish those little bits of terrain that hang around and you just don't get around painting. 

With an hour or two spare and wanting to get my hobby fix I got working on some bits of Sci Fi terrain.

The Sci Fi parts in question were a mixture of Mantic terrain and some small MDF terrain that I have used for Deadzone and Shadow War Armageddon and have been unpainted for too long.

Let's take a look.

Painting & Hobby: The Kraken From Hellboy

 Continuing working through my miniatures I decided I wanted to use one of my new Contrast colours and thought the Kraken from The Hellboy game from Mantic would be a perfect miniature to try this new colour on.

Warhammer Fantasy: Armies On Parade

 This week I thought I would have a little look back at the three Warhammer Fantasy Armies I have painted this year as some times you paint something and don't get an opportunity to sit back apricate the entire project.

So let's take a look the armies.

Painting and Hobby Update

On the blog today I have another hobby update as the grey pile list gets smaller.. or does it.

So what have I been up to this week then..

Painting and Hobby Update: Mantic Terrain Crate Battlefield Objectives

 I have been on a bit of a Mantic kick these last weeks and as I have just finished painting my new Northern Alliance warband for Vanguard I decided to get to work on the Terrain Crate Battlefield Objectives that are used in the scenarios for the game.

Painting and Hobby Update: Mantic Vanguard Northern Alliance

 

This week on the hobby desk I have gone through my grey pile list and decided to worked on my Northern Alliance warband for Vanguard as I really do want to get people trying out this game and its taken me a bit of time to get to these due to other games my gaming group are playing and if you are like me you painting and gaming revolves around that.

I visited Mantic HQ a few years ago now for the launch of Vanguard and it was a great day and it's a good game. 

You can see my visit to Mantic HQ and my Interview with Matt Gilbert about Vanguard from these links below.

   Matt Gilbert Interview      Mantic Vanguard Launch Day Part 1     Mantic Vanguard Launch Day Part 2

Let's take a look at some close ups.

Terrain Build: Undead Hill

 This week I got a bit of a terrain bug and decided to make a new terrain/diorama piece for games and for any miniature pictures.

A few years ago I made a backdrop for my pictures which you can see how I made here but I wanted to go with some hight and a differnt theme this time so decided on making an undead hill.

This is how I made it.

Lockdown Hobby: New, New Army

I hope everyone is well and is staying safe.

This week the blog post is a little late due to work being really busy, so for the first time in weeks I have not been able to paint any thing.

Saying that I have still managed to get a start on my new army which if you been following the blog is my Nurgle Daemons army and will be my 3rd new army this year ( 3 armies in under 6 months I must be mad :) )

So let's take a look.

Lockdown Hobby: Deadzone

The painting continues and this time I have moved away from Fantasy this week and got to work on painting up some Sci Fi.

The subject I chose was to paint the starter set factions for Deadzone which include the Plague and the Enforcers.

Enter the Deadzone...

Half Term Trip To Newcastle and Hobby Up Date.

It been a busy week for me not only due to getting time to do some more hobby related stuff but I also traveled up to Newcastle and as I was there I checked out the local hobby community.

New Year New Army

Over Christmas you may have seen my posts of a few bat raps from my Warhammer Fantasy games with Riot and co.

Well after playing a few games I got inspired to pick up a brush and get to work on a new army.

First Miniatures Painted This Year Featuring Here's Negan By Mantic Games

Last month I posted an unboxing of Here's Negan by Mantic games which you can view here

Over the last week I grabbed some hobby time and painted all of the miniatures in the box set.

Here's a group shot of Negan and his Survivors..




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Hobby Resolutions 2019 Act 1

So we all do this this at the start of the year we look back at the year gone by and think what are we going to change or get better at.

During last year I did a few resolution posts to keep me on task and the last one was in October and you can have a look here

So lets have a look at whats happened between October and December and whats my next plan..

Unboxing: The Walking Dead Here's Negan By Mantic Games

Mantic Games are back with a new game called Here's Negan.

Set in the World of The Walking Dead the game is focused around a group of Survivors that must work together to clear out and secure an abandoned factory called The Sanctuary while holding off walkers.
Players must complete their objectives before the treat level reaches its maximum or the game is over.
Over seeing this task is Negan himself checking that all things are moving forward and rewarding those who pleases him and punishing that don't.

As players progress their actions will grant them reputation points and at the end the player with the highest reputation will be Negan's Lieutenant.
So you better have eyes at the back of your head as there could be a double cross awaiting you....

The game is set for 1-5 players and has narrative scenarios you can play as a one off or as a campaign and with the more players the difficulty of the situation rises.

Lets have a look whats inside the box.

Mantic Kings Of War Vanguard: Northern Alliance Warband Booster Set Review

After you have played a few games of Vanguard with your new Northern Alliance you may want to upgrade a get a few more miniatures to add magic or add a commander to your force.

Well your in luck as the Northern Alliance booster set has all this and a huge cavalry model.

Lets take a look.

Mantic Kings Of War Vanguard: Northern Alliance Warband Review

The Northern Alliance for Kings of War Vanguard was the set I first looked at and went yep I like those they look awesome!
So lets have a little unboxing and review of what you get in this warband set.

Mantic Vanguard Open Day The Video..

At the Vanguard launch day the other Matt as he is fondly known at Mantic was busy filming the days events.

Here you can watch the video below and the keen eyed may spot me in a few shots...

You can also visit Mantic's own blog with more regarding the day here

More Vanguard related posts will be arriving soon...

Interview with Matt Gilbert Of Mantic Games..Lets Talk Vanguard

Last weekend at the Vanguard launch day I managed to sit down with Matt Gilbert for a quick chat about all things Vanguard and what we can expect in the future.

Vanguard Launch Day At Mantic Hq Part 2

After our first game I thought I would have a look around some of the studio miniatures.