Roolz

 

 

 

 

 

 

IIRC, in the core game, the exertion limits on the villain command board are 3 movement,  4 defense, and 4 reroll (with the adequate cardboard inlays).

For Versus Mode the defense is capped to 3, with a specific inlay. It's most probably the one you're referring to.

 

Regarding the Robin thing, no idea (I don't own the versus mode so I can't check).

On 12/27/2019 at 3:12 PM, Ken said:

I know this app isn't getting a lot of acknowledgement here, but this app is fantastic for both designing and playing scenarios. I have already found it very useful (as well as the other site Footballzs mentioned). I love the fan dedication to this game. 

 

I love the idea of adding scenarios to this app. Since you already added the ability for the user to mark which products they have, if you include sort/filter functionality for the scenarios, it would help people a lot.

 

As a creator of fan-made scenarios, I would love it if you included some fan-made scenarios, but quality control for that might be a significant task. Have you shared this on the Conan Facebook groups? 

 

Also, are you planning on adding anything for the upcoming solo/coop mode?

 

Since I helped debugging and translating this site/companion, I believe I can partially answer:

- Once the scenario library will be added, the "filter per product" function will certainly be there too. It already works for the boards (i.e. the boards you see are automatically filtered depending on the products you have selected in the "My expansions" menu).

- I might be wrong, but I do not think it is reasonably doable to add each and every fan-made scenario (the official ones might already be a dauting task). But including some of them should not add a tremendous workload. I'm thinking about the fan scenarios of the Compendiums/TO Mags, and the couples of Campaigns like the ones you co-wrote (Whispers from Stygia etc).

 

 

 

It was not easy to choose.

After some heated debates around half-baked criteria and whatnot, the winner is...

 

@Tim-Mizzet with his commish Gordon :

 

 

Bravo and thanks to all entrants, the level was definitely there.

 

 

OK, I'm a bit late regarding this contest.

But the winner has been selected, after much brain-burning and a couple of drinks.

 

Result coming very soon !

 

That being said, hereunder are all the contest entries (no particular order except vaguely alphabetical) :

 

Benrocky :

 

 

Budala :

 

 

Carquinyoli :

 

 

Djimne :

 

 

Goupil :

 

 

Helyss :

 

 

Herkule82 :

 

 

Madcollector :

 

 

Madboy One :

 

 

 

Not Quite Dead

 

 

Reju :

 

 

Renand :

 

 

SentMa :

 

 

SmallRealities :

 

 

Tim-Mizzet :

 

 

Xantheas :

 

 

Thanks for the entries!

Entry duly registered !

Keep them coming, guys & gals !

In reference to a a famous french TV spot from the 80's. It probably never been aired outside french-speaking countries.

But a few years later, the actor (Marc de Jonge) played the evil russian in Rambo 3.

 

 

 

That being said, I'm running a mini painting contest.

 

- OK, wot's the prize ?

 

- An "Everlasting wet palette" from Redgrass Games. 

Redgrass Games will graciously provide me the item. Thanks to them! I suppose il will be this one : https://www.redgrassgames.com/everlasting-wet-palette/everlasting-wet-palette-painter/

 

 

I could keep it like the fat cheapskate that I am, but since I already bought one a while back, I don't intend to start a collection*.

I'll cover the shipping fees to you, since I'm super nice and it's Christmas soon.

*it would be appreciated that those who already own this palette do not enter the contest, but I can't send spies everywhere, so do as you wish.

 

- Kay wot do I need to do ?

 

- Just post a photo of one of your painted minis, under this post. A single miniature, painted by yourself (if it's painted by your spouse or kid it's OK, though). Two photos maximum (front/back). The mini must be from a Monolith game (Conan, Batman, Claustrophobia, Mythic Battles). It can be a mini that you painted previously, or one that you'll paint during the coming month. 

 

- Yup. When does that run ?

 

- Contest starts : now, 02 december 2019. Contest ends :  in one month, 02 january 2020.

 

- And who gets the stuff eventually ?

 

- The winner will be designated by a fair jury, composed of several undisputed international experts (i.e. me and my wife, and maybe one of the cats will chime in).

Everybody has a chance to win, be it the seasoned professional or the trowel-painter, since the criteria are not established yet !

To quote a famous french philosopher : "One cannot really bet everything on one's looks. Especially you. So if I can give you any advice, it's : forget you don't have a chance, go for it!"

 

Let me check...

Heroes : 1-Nightwing, 2-Batwoman, 3-Gordon

Villains : Mr Freeze, Poison Ivy

Rank&file :  Thugs crowbar, Brutes chains, Carnivorous plants, GCPD cops pistol, 1 civilian

 

That being said, chances are this scenario will be downloadable here, one day or another (just like for Conan).

 

Ah OK.

 

I have no idea if another "big" printed scenario book is in the works (maybe for the next Conan KS?), but that would indeed be interesting for some people (less for me though, I think I own about every printed item ever released).

 

That being said.

As I type, about 20 extra official one-shot scenarios have been released (in pdf + printed in the hardcover "Book of Set").

Plus the Compendiums #1, #2, and #4 (now Compensiums are called TO Mag) that included fan-made scenarios for Conan. About 30, altogether. All of these have been playtested before being selected for the Compendiums.

Plus there are some fan-made campaigns & booklets (Whispers from Stygia, Tales from the north, etc), not included in any Compendium, which should total about 15 more altogether.

Most (if not all) of these scenarios are downloadable in english here on this very website.

And there are many other ones which I'm not aware of.

So I wouldn't say that there are "not many scenarios", rather the opposite :).

That's basically what the fan-made Compendiums are, no ?

Otherwise you can check Reaper's website, they have lots of models, you might find something to your liking using their "figure finder" tool.

I second Hasslefree and Heresy. Hasslefree have excellent sculpts, very dynamic and realistic (IMO). Heresy are quite good too, but the style is different.

I didn't know IronWind, thanks for the info (I believe they have bought old molds/masters from way back: I spotted a very recognizable druid mini that I purchased and painted about 30 years ago !).

1- Monolith has made the King Pledge files (cards, tiles, etc) downloadable in the files section:

https://the-overlord.net/index.php?/files/category/1-resources/

 

2- Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.

 

3- There are many small and medium-sized minis publishers. Reaper is one of the most famous medium-sized, with thousands of models to pick from. But just google and you'll find lots of others. Edit: quickest and cheapest option (less sthematic, though) is simply to use unused minis from the retail box, since no scenario uses all the minis.

 

4- AFAIK, either people bought one part or all of the 3 large expansions (and get the corresponding extra gameplay in addition to the retail box), or PnP'ed+proxied using the files linked above, or bought a second-hand king pledge and sold/gave-away/used-for-other-stuff their retail copy.

Thanks, much appreciated !

9 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Just to clarify...

if i activate a villain tile and say attack a hero that is already in my area and then decide to move the same villain , would i still have to pay for movement i.e energy cubes as this is classified as the second movement according to the villain action step , even thou I haven’t used any movement yet?

 

 

As kpitaine wrote above.

You can attack the hero in your area then move. And you only pay energy cubes if you want to move further than your villain's free/bonus move. Since it's his first movement of the turn (see rules page 20).

49 minutes ago, drmauric said:

@Roolz Where do we submit content?

 

Monolith staff keeps an eye on the-overlord.com/.net, so simply uploading stuff in the appropriate website sections should be enough. At least, it was until now.

 

Otherwise, I believe you can MP @Matt John S who will transmit to the right dudes/dudettes.

 

PS: a pro-printed version of your "whispers from Stygia" campaign would be awesome.

 

Compendium scenarios have always been downloadable for free on this very website. At least for Compendium #1 and #2.

This will save you money next time.

 

And don't hesitate to submit content for the next issues. Maybe it will end up printed and some readers will find it worth. Or maybe some others will tell it's utter shit. Difficult to see is the future.

3 hours ago, Herbert said:

Awesome! Thank you for posting - please do more! 😄

 

Doing a decent tuto takes quite a bit of time :).

However... at the time I painted these ones, I also painted the Brutes with Chains & took pics in the process. And recently I used these pics and notes to write a tuto then translate it in english.

You'll find it there.

 

 

Note : Same principle as the tuto "Glaak!" (brutes with firearm).

 

Crack ! – Painting of Clayface disguised as a Brute with Chains
 

Foreword

 

The goal of this tutorial is to paint Clayface disguised as a "brute with chains" (the deceitful bastard disguises as everyone!) to a decent standard without spending as much time as on superhero or supervillain miniatures. Similarly to the "brutes with firearm", I tried to create an optimized sequence to paint several minis simultaneously, "assembly-line-mode".

I decided to use the general colour scheme of the game’s illustration (coloured 3D rendering of the miniature), to ease the identification of the tiles and the miniatures. Note that the mini is inspired by a drawing from Jim Lee (in "All-star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder"), where a punk gets his teeth broken by Black Canary. Crack!

 

    

 

A little bit of technique

As for the other brutes, few advanced techniques for these henchmen. For more details, I invite you, friendly reader, to refer to the article by Martin Grandbarbe in Compendium Vol 2, and to my “Glaakk!” tuto (here and in the Compendium Vol 4)…

 

Paint ranges

Once again, same-same as for the “brutes with firearm”.

 

Sequence

 

1-

Deburring, washing, then spray-prime.

Deburring these miniatures is a bit more tedious than for the brutes with firearm, due to the sculpt (chains, drapery). That’s very doable, still.

After deburring, as usual, I smoothen with acetone (see tuto “Glakk!”), then I wash the minis.

 

I prime the minis with tanned flesh spray primer (Barbarian Flesh AP). Since the punks’ skintone is darker than their buddies’ on Jim Lee’s drawing, this coloured primer will save me a bit of time versus a white primer.

 

2
I basecoat the main surfaces.

Firstly, I paint the teeth, mouth and eyes off-white (Ivory VM918).

Then, I paint the skin tanned flesh (Barbarian Flesh AP, in bottle), just a thin coat to increase opacity.

Finally, I paint the shoes dark blue (Prussian Blue VM965), the pants medium grey (Neutral grey VM992), and the t-shirt blue-green (Blue green VM808). If need be, I apply several thin layers to get a good opacity.

Painting in this order makes it easier to correct if I go over the edges on a previously painted surface.

 

 

3

I draw vertical black lines (Matt Black AP) to make the pupils.

 

The skin is shaded with a turquoise blue wash (obtained by diluting Turquoise VM966 with matte medium Lahmian Medium GW), the pants and shoes with a black wash (Black Ink VG094 diluted with water). For both colours, I apply a first wash slightly more diluted on the whole surface, then one or more less diluted washes only in the shadow areas and hollows.

 

 

 

4

I touch-up around the eyes with tanned flesh paint (Barbarian Flesh AP).

Then I shade the skin with a brownish-red flesh wash, (ready-to-use Reikland Fleshshade GW). I apply it on the whole surface and I repeat several times until obtaining the darker skintone that I want, and finally I apply one or more local washes only in the shadow areas and hollows.

 

The mouth and lower lip are tinted by applying local dark red glazes (ready-to-use Carroburg Crimson GW). I repeat once or twice until I’ve achieved the desired hue.

 

 

 

5

I highlight the shoes by doing blends with ultramarine blue (Ultramarine VM839).

For the pants, I drybrush very lightly with medium grey (Neutral grey VM992), to bring out the detail a little bit, then I fine-tune by doing blends with the same colour. To simplify the blending process as much as possible, I apply only one or two very thin and diluted layers, placed locally.

Same thing for the skin, with a light drybrush then blends of tanned flesh (Barbarian Flesh AP).

Then, I apply a dark red glaze (Carroburg Crimson GW) on the forehead veins and arm veins.

 

The skin gets its last highlights, with blends of lighter flesh paint (Flesh Tone VM815). And I highlight the veins detail using the same flesh paint.

 

Finally, I highlight the t-shirt the same way as the pants and the skin: light drybrush then blends of blue-green (Blue green VM808). And it receives last highlights on the most protruding edges on top (shoulders, collar, etc.), with blends of light blue-green (obtained by mixing Blue green VM808 with Ivory VM918)

 

 

6

This step is mostly about working on details…

The chains are painted silver (Chrome VMAir 064), and the hair medium brown (Leather Brown AP).

The skin gets its last shadows and outlining, via local dark brown washes (Agrax Earthshade GW). The washes are applied only in darker shadows areas, deepest recesses, and junctions between surfaces.

The eyebrows are painted black (Matte Black AP).

The pants, chains, and hair get one or more black washes (Black Ink VG094).

The chains are highlighted with small silver dots (Chrome VMAir 064), only on the links that catch the light.

The hair is highlighted by painting yellowish brown lines (Tan Yellow VM 912).

And the teeth get some dots of off-white (Ivory VM918).

 

 

 

7

Almost there. Only the t-shirt’s number and the base remain.

The t-shirt number gets an off-white basecoat first (Ivory VM918), to cover the blue underneath, and avoid painting 36 layers of yellow after… Anyway, it’s eventually painted yellow (Daemonic Yellow AP). And, to make it pop a bit more, it’s highlighted with off-white blends (Ivory VM918) on the three top/horizontal edges of the number.

 

The base is painted exactly the same way as for the other brutes: dark grey basecoat (Dark Grey VM 994), black wash (Black Ink VG 94), dark grey drybrush everywhere, then a medium grey drybrush (Neutral Grey VM 992) focussed on the periphery, then a light grey drybrush (Light Grey VM 990) even more focussed on the periphery. The edge of the base is painted black (Matt Black AP).

 

 

 

8

A coat of matte varnish spray (Anti-shine AP spray). Then a touch of gloss varnish (Gloss Varnish VM 510) applied selectively in the mouth, on the teeth and the lower lip.

 

And here are the punks ready to have a special dental exam by Black Canary, with their teeth going “Crack!”. Except it's -again- the perfidious Clayface in disguise…