As soon as I saw these "FBI Agents" from Crooked Dice, I knew I had to have them; X-Files scared the tar out of me as a sensitive kid in the 90s, but I've since become a fan of the "Monster of the Week" episodes (the overarching mythology episodes, not so much). Having Mulder and Scully on my table was a must for the demo games of "Perilous Tales" I'm hoping to run on February 1st at a localish gaming convention.
These are another two from Crooked Dice, though maybe less familiar; the armed cheerleader is a dead ringer for Kelli Maroney's character in the 1984 cult classic NIGHT OF THE COMET, while the teenage metalhead is just as clearly intended to be the character Eddie Munson from Netflix's "Stranger Things" series. I even freehanded the partial skull and crossbones on the bandanna he's wearing around his head.
Finally, I needed multiple rat swarms to represent the lowest grade of minion serving the master demon; these are 3D resin prints from GreenStuffWorld that I found on a spinner rack at Harlequin Hobbies. I like the little extras on these; the king rat directing his fellows, the wedge of cheese, the stack of newspapers. It gives each base personality. Each one is glued to a 25mm Renedra round base. Hopefully half a dozen will be enough for my demo games; I think the Perilous Tales rules actually have Rat Swarms appearing on the table two at a time.
And this brings me up to current; everything I've finished painting to date has been posted on both the AHPC blog and here.
Miniatures Acquired: 4
Miniatures Painted: 18
Terrain Acquired: 0
Terrain Painted: 0
Scatter Acquired: 0
Scatter Painted: 0
Oh my! Love ale the minis. X-Files and Stranger Things are great!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michal!
DeleteThose characters look great, Bill! You did a nice job on them. The cheese and newspapers for the rats are hilarious... :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Mike! I didn't even realize those bonus details were there until I started cleaning them up to get them ready for priming.
DeleteLovely posting, Bill. Mulder and Scully are instantly recognisable due to your paint-jobs, and the others - which I didn't know - look great too. I really like all those little ratties - what a terrific swarm you've assembled and painted.
ReplyDeleteThank you! More than anything I'm just pleased that I only snapped off one rat's tail during the entire process - that resin is fragile!
DeleteOh, I was to comment about how charming the characters are, but I also have to say that those rats are really useful for quite a number of encounters in many settings! Cool!
ReplyDeletethanks Suber! And I agree, I can use these rats across so many games - part of why I spent so much time looking at different companies' offerings before buying these.
Deleteall these look great, but I have to give my compliments to the cheerleader miniature from the movie night of the comet. that is my all-time favorite '80s horror movie.
ReplyDeleteyou could find some decent miniatures to fill out the ranks and you could have a Night of the Comet Perilous Tales game just a thought. that would look cool. just have little piles of orange dust all over the board and then messed up zombies popping out. hah.
Fingers crossed Crooked Dice releases a Catherine Mary Stewart figure to go with this one!
Deletethat would be nice if they did make one of her. and get some scientists/zombies and you're set.
Deletesince I do not have any modern buildings/figures. I'm thinking of how to incorporate the idea of "Night of the Comet" as a wild west scenario for either Perilous Tales or something else.