Not Quite Dead

Don't know if you're a reader of The Order of The Stick, but you made me think to this:

Here are mine, whose uniform is loosely inspired by the Pontifical Swiss Guards.

It took me forever to paint them (I primed the first one back in June 2018), and I really hope that I'll manage to paint faster the skellies.

5 hours ago, Calumma said:

Personally, I would like to see the items from the first campaign that I missed also being made available:

 

- Black Ones

- Dragon

- Guest Boxes

- Scenery

I think that, somewhere on the French-Speaking board, @Fred Henry said that they would be purchasable in January.

I guess, it has to do with this:

Le 24/07/2019 à 19:57, Fred Henry a dit :

Hello.

Pas mal de changements chez Monolith en ce moment (j y reviendrai en temps voulu).

Je parts demain matin pour les US où je vais rencontrer Cabinet pour discuter de Conan. Je n ai que très peu de doutes sur le fait que la Licence nous revienne. Par ailleurs je ne laisserai pas passer les 5 ans de la campagne Conan (en Janvier 2020) sans la célébrer comme il se doit.

L'équipe Monolith avait quelque peu déserté le forum. Apres la Gencon je peux vous annoncer que celui ci retrouvera son animation. 

Si tout ce passe comme prévu, Janvier 2020 marquera le grand retour du Conan by Monolith sur le devant de la scène.

PS : Pallantides, fais chauffer ta plume.

Last Wednesday, @Fred Henry said on the French-Speaking forum that he was about to meet Cabinet in order to speak about the Conan Licence. He plans to do something for the fifth anniversary of the Monolith Conan Campaign on KS (it will be on January next year). I guess that some info will be given after the GenCon and if everything goes according to plan, Fred Henry Says that there should be more Conan content next January.

Neat paint jobs! My favourite is your white Slasher!

I've seen that Monolith will have a stand there. I hope they'll have some info about the recently teased new campaign about Conan.

Duly teased.

Great to see a scenario using the Flying Monkey. My to-play list grows larger and larger, thanks to you!

When I think that this magnificent beast has lesser characteristics than Slasher, it makes me a bit sad.

Regardless of the time it spends on the board, I really enjoyed painting it.

And you? Did you paint it? What does it looks like?

On the Khosatral Khel topic on the French-speaking forum, there was a debate between people in order to know if this character should be painted with a metallic or a classic carnation colour. Some argued that, in the novel by REH, Khostral's flesh was really looking like a natural skin, others thought that it would be interesting to show that Khostral isn't just a colossus, but a creature of metal  (brass in the French version rather than iron) and magic.

When painting it, I choose to follow the latter:

Curious to see more Khosatral Khel on this very board.

Love the idea, and your way to get some of the less used minis on the board with an interesting background, fitting to REH novels.

A must try. If I manage to play it, I'll give you some feedback.

Neat work! How did you do the base? They're really stunning!

The first macaw is done. A very readable miniature, with some part kinda hard to reach (the inside of the wings, for instance). A neatly textured shield which allow you to really make the symbol pop out. I'm quite pleased by how it turned out, but I can't understand how it holds its spear.

Many thanks to you, @drmauric! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I wish to point out that I did not write it in English (as I'm not fluent enough in that language). It's Bart Hulley who took up the translation from the French text. Many thanks to him for his diligent work!

Last addition to my unofficial commoners, someone for the rescue Prisoner X missions:

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.