Not Quite Dead

The three Ocelot warriors are now painted.

One week ago, I received my copy of Dawn of Peacemakers, a game by Sami Laakso, set in world were two nations of animalfolks are on the verge of war. The casus belli appears to be the fact that a noble Macaw was deprived of his lands for some obscure reason by the Macaw emperor. The hot-tempered noble plans to conquer lands from the Ocelots, his neighbours. Both factions are played by an IA, and all the players must cooperate to avoid the border incident to degenerate in open war between the empire of Axhiquk and the lands of Sak-Awhu. Up to four players, you can play this narrative campaign as the gold dust day gecko Tambatro, the fennec fox Akezan, the marbled polecat Nabo or the agami heron Yainar. The goal is to lower the motivation of both factions simultaneously, so that they accept to make a truce, and then negotiate a peace treatise that will keep political balance on the continent. As you proceed in the campaign, you will unlock new rules and new components. The story seems to adjust to your actions (if a noble is killed during the game, he will stays dead, the game keeps track of who win the battles, if you don't manage to get the opponents to a truce. There's lot of stuff I haven't seen yet, as I have only played the first scenario for now. As you can see, the miniature scale is slightly smaller than Conan. The miniatures are neat, with interesting details (but not to many, which is good). There are around 30 miniatures in the game, so it shouldn't take too much time to get it painted. I started painting yesterday and here's my first paintjob: an Ocelot warrior. Two of his friends are waiting their turn. Then, I will very likely get back to those Bossonian for Conan, but the Macaw warriors won't stay grey for long.

Really nice paintjobs! Kudos, Narthor!

And here's mine. Nabonidus should be cautious: the ape-man is at large!

I've missed a lot of good thing on this subforum. Always a pleasure to watch your paintjobs for other games, @Epaka! Love this one!

You're welcome.

Love it! She has a neat expression, and her owl. The drybrush on its feather is great. I'd just use a little bit of red shade on her mouth to make it stand out.

...is a Nordheimer group of skalds, known for uplifting ballads, as is their song Does your mother know. At least it seems uplifting for Nordic folks. Poor fellows. You're so cute, chargin' at me With that sword, But I won't spare the life of a kid like you. It's something She wouldn't do. There's that look, in your eyes. I can read in your face That you're gonna end in Valhalla Although you're only a child. Well, you came all up here, sonny, Fencing like a blondie, Does your mother know that you're out? And you poured blood on snow, sonny, Yours or Vanir's maybe Does your mother know that you're out? Take it easy! (take it easy) Better slow down, boy: Heimdul is your foe. Does your mother know...? Take it easy! (take it easy) Try to cool it, boy, Put on a good show. Does your mother know...? I can see what you want, But you seem pretty young To be searching for that kind of fun, There's no way you'll be the one. Now you're so cute, I like your style, And I must say you can fight Like would do a grown-up man (man). But, boy, you're only a child. I'd like to hear your name, sonny, 'cause you're the last blondie. Does your mother know that you're out? In Vanaheim, I will, sonny, Drink to your soul maybe. Does your mother know that you're out? Take it easy! (take it easy) Better slow down, boy: Heimdul is your foe. Does your mother know...? Take it easy! (take it easy) Try to cool it, boy, Put on a good show. Does your mother know...? Well, seems that you killed me, sonny. Doesn't that sound funny? Does His daughter know that you're out? It's kinda hard to breathe, sonny... Rest a little maybe... Does His daughter know that you're out?

Here's my Valeria: I wished to paint a skull on her buckle, but it was too small for my skill, so I didn't do it. Not quite happy with the shade of her skin, but I like the overall colour scheme, especially her silky breeches.

Hi there and welcome around! If you're a Conan player, you might be interested by the fanmade scenarii ; these ones, for instance, are a must-have if you've got the extension Nordheim. There's a tool for the line of sight here that could come in handy. If you plan to paint your miniatures, some folks around here would love to see your work on this board . Finally, you may find answer to your questions regarding rules here.

Many thanks for your kind comment, @Epaka. I'm glad that you like it! I must confess it's slightly better on photo than on the tabletop, as the eyes doesn't stand out very well when you're above the miniature. It works better if you hold it at the height of your own eyes. I guess I'll paint white the exact same way: a base coat of a grey very close to white, so that the shading is done, and then highlights in pure white. I did that on the Valkyrie's pagne, and was glad with the result.

Here's my black demon. Working on miniatures which are mostly black is really difficult for me. You can't shade it properly (obviously) and it's quite difficult to highlight it while keeping it, well... black. This one feels a bit unfinished in my opinion, but I'll see what my players will say once it's on the tabletop.

Neat result. I love the eyes. I was working on the Black Demon for Conan and I find very difficult to work on black.

Nice miniatures. I was surprised at first that Monolith gave them two breasts, but after a short search, it appears that the story about Amazons cutting one in order to use a bow more easily was made up and that antiques depictions of the Amazons didn't show such alterations of their body. Well, the more the merrier, I guess.

Hi there! Here's my Vanir Valkyrie. I'm quite happy with her cape. I made her a redhead. No idea why.

Sorry. I couldn't resist to the pun. In fact, I don't know the first thing about comics. I hope that some specialist around here will have a real answer to your question.

Impressive shield. Looks great! I guess I would have picked a different colour for his skin, though, in order to give him an unhealthy look, with a Rakarth Flesh, maybe. But the contrast would have been not so great with the beard. De gustibus... as the saying goes. Anyways, nicely done, as always.

That would be great, @Epaka. It's always nice to see your work. I made the same "mistake" on the French-speaking forum, because I didn't realised that Ageera was a witch-hunter.