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We need a reference pdf of all LOS for all maps in this format.

I got so excited I went all in on Mythic Battles 1.5.

In the rushed confusion of Gencon 2018, my understanding is they are reworking Corinthia to make Conan work with Mythic Battles on a broader scale. What that means, or it was just a fevered dream induced by black lotus, I don't know but I find the prospect exciting.

I'll be there.

Now that gets the award for angriest face. He really looks upset and ready to do battle.

For some reason I got one with a crooked nose. Decided to leave it that way, gives him a sad look. Managed to mess up the eyes so they don't point in the same direction. Decided to leave it that way as well, adds to the sad ambiance.

Purple because their tile is purple...

I was trying to do rough through's of the scenario I'm working on. I looked at dice average calculations and realized that using these calculations is misleading. A far better statistic is the median. The reason for this (especially with reroll) is that distributions can be asymmetrical so the average is misleading. The median roll represents one could expect to roll or better 50% of the time. https://github.com/spgarbet/conan/blob/master/dice.R Thus with some shorthand, I could quickly roll through my scenario multiple times till the median outcomes were fairly balanced. Now for actual playtesting with dice. Also, this exercise has informed my game play as to what is a good use of gems versus a poor one. Take for example Conan with a 2-handed sword versus a Black One. He can't reroll so the expected median is straight-forward, He can invest 1-5 gems in the attack and expect to get 3,5,6,7,9 hits or greater 50% of the time. The Black One has an armor value of 3, so a 4 is needed for a kill. Thus 2 gems would be sufficient, but the Overlord can guard, and it's going to take 4 gems with a Crow in the right position to get him back. Each gem invested cancels the same number of hits or better 50% of the time. So the overlord could spend up to 4 gems to save a Black One. These means 4 or more will be cancelled. So Conan needs to hit for 7 or better and needs to invest 4 gems to get a 50% or better outcome chance of killing the Black One. So, to be sure he's getting a kill he should invest 5 gems in the attack. At this point the OL decides it's not worth it and doesn't guard at all spending nothing! So killing a Black One for Conan is an expensive investment. Thus Conan has to look for opportunities when the OL has run low on gems, because it's a tough won and expensive fight.

I think it's close to working. Some playthroughs have had some interesting moments and both sides have managed a win at this point.

I'm made a first pass at it. I'm now actively working on balancing, so I'm going to still be modifying to suit. Oddly, it's rarely in Conan's interest to fight unless something is blocking his way forward or the OL has few gems (which he starts with very few to build the alarm). https://www.conan-scenarios.com/scenarioPage.php?MissionId=1219

Well the face really didn't take much effort. It's mostly just inks and thinned flesh paint treated the same as the rest of his exposed body. The only thing that was difficult was the eyes. I think they're the best I've done yet. I have a 10/0 brush, that's old and missing half the bristles so it's really a 20/0. I've been looking at eyes in photo stills and realized they've never dead white, but really a light shade of grey. So I used my lightest grey to put horizontal strokes across the eyes. Then for the blacks of the eye. I was incredibly steady and tried to hit the top middle of the whites with black and bend down slightly with the brush. I have poor depth perception so most of the attempts I completely missed getting the brush all the way to the miniature. Eventually I realized just keep going till I see the brush bend (which appeared as if I'd shoved the paintbrush through his face to my skewed vision). I used Smoky Ink (Vallejo) for the eyebrows as well and messed up, realized it looked like a Slavic eyebrow and then did the other side to match. The only real disappointment I have is the primer went on grainy, and the end model is kinda grainy. It was a 100 degrees that day. Apparently, you should never primer in the heat of summer. What colors did you use for that brown flesh on the right? It's coming up soon in my painting efforts, and I really like those tones.

The reference I made was about a comment in the Mythic Battles campaign. I don't remember where I saw it. They didn't reprint the Artists Boxes, and got a few questions on it.

After a bit of googling, it seems the original imports have dried up for the most part. However, I did find the correct terms: 'HUELE Acrylic Clear Ice Rock Crystals Treasure Gems'. Amazon has them.

Here's my matrix of miniatures by scenario: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tzOjjd9tsUtBXHhG8maKCfavdmw2IqRKHN16NVWKrmo/edit?usp=sharing

I bought orange gems of the same exact mold in bulk several years ago from Michael's. I used them for a customized Dune game. They were sold for decorative vase filling. They were very cheap. I just did a google search and can't find anyone selling them anymore. This site comes close: http://www.gemconfetti.com/

Monolith has mentioned that the items that sold poorly just aren't worth their effort in reprints. The items that sold poorly really became the Kickstarter exclusives and the things marked Kickstarter exclusives we all want more scenarios for so most would like to see them continue sales--and most likely will be part of the next campaign. The poorly sold items went on to be the high priced ones on Kickstarter. I would hope we could get these in a reprint. Maybe have a "rare stuff" package that contains: * All 3 artists box contents (there was a lot of dead space in these). * The Dragon * The Black Ones Maybe by combining there can be some savings, and managing ordering is simpler and thus we'd all be happy. I have a couple of these items, but I'd buy the lot just to round it out (and sell excess on eBay). However, I'm not privy to the considerations and pressures that Monolith deals with and they have to make decisions that make long term sense for them and I'm good with that.

And cares not for the paint glob on his right shoulder.

I really like the fur color tone, very natural. I think the white balance is a little off in the photo, so I suspect they look even better in person. They will definitely bring some table presence to a game.

Here's mine for the cackle.

I've posted the code at https://github.com/spgarbet/conan

If you're just starting, the most scenarios opened per model painted is detailed in this post: The Guards and the Pirates are used in more scenarios than the Picts. I can customize the results for what sets / scenarios you own as well.

This is high praise considering it was less than a year ago I discovered you could thin your paints. 😉

If you're going for the Winged Ape crossover.... We need Crom!