Warlord Chinese for Back of Beyond

As I mentioned in March my local gaming group has started a Back of Beyond campaign using a homebrewed adaptation of the Mersey system rulesets. My friend Alex adapted Drapn/Lion Rampant for World War I as Over the Top then added a supplement (if you will) for Back of Beyond with specific armies and a campaign system.

I decided to build a Warlord Chinese army as it seemed unusual and I didn’t know anything about what was going on in China during the interwar period. My go-to for painting references is Osprey’s Men-at-Arms series and as is typical I learned a fair amount of history from Chinese Warlord Armies 1911-30.

I decided that General Wu P’ei Fu (aka the Jade Marshal) sounded like an interesting character so I chose him as my army’s general so I more or less modeled the troops on his Zhili clique (one of the northern armies). One of my friends gift

Conscript Infantry Unit #2
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Female Sci-Fi Bounty Hunter for Stargrave

This is a female bounty hunter from EC3D’s Novus Landing series painted up for my Stargrave crew.

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Soulstone Miner Completed After Ten Years

I finally finished this Soulstone Miner I started ten years ago. I had been playing Malifaux 1.5e at the time, this is the older metal sculpt. I decided that I ay want to try out 3e and this was a nice break from all the Warlord Chinese models I have been painting.

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Back of Beyond Intro Game

A friend of mine wrote the Over the Top ruleset as a conversion of the Mersey Skirmish System (Dragon Rampant/Lion Rampant) for WWI. He then wrote a conversion of Chris Peers’ Back of Beyond book (which was written for the ) including campaign rules.

We played an introductory game last week to learn the rules so I played my Warlord Chinese army against his Dinosaur Hunters (who are armed archaeologists and paleontologists). Late in the game his biplane strafed my Rolls Royce armored car but missed destroying it by one point. Unfortunately we ran out of time due to the FLGS closing so we didn’t get to finish the game.

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Extoller of Shyish Completes the Warcry Box

Finally finished my Extoller of Shyish, last model from my Warcry Nighthaunts box (which I started nine months ago). I didn’t realize until I was done that I did the cloak in a completely different color than the rest of the unit. Fortunately it is the same as my Cairn Wraith who is also a leader so I am running with that. Loving the grimdark rubble from Geek Gaming Scenics.

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Kiki-Taxa is the last model in my Starblood Stalkers warband for Underworlds

Kiki-Taxa is the last model in my Starblood Stalkers warband for Underworlds. I figured that being the leader I should use a different color than the green I used on the other three skinks.

 

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Klaq-Trok from the Starblood Stalkers warband for Underworlds

Klaq-Trok from the Starblood Stalkers warband for Underworlds. I tried blending on the flat area of the helmet but it didn’t really make it as interesting as I had hoped; it was my first attempt at blending though so I just need to practice.

 

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I am glad to be done with the first two thirds of my Starblood Stalkers warband for Underworlds

 

I am glad to be done with the first two thirds of my Starblood Stalkers warband for Underworlds. I really love the chameleon sculpt, especially the frog quiver for his blowgun darts. I need to start on the Starpriest and Saurus so I can get these guys to the table. #paintedminiatures #paintedminis #warhammer #ageofsigmar #seraphon

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It only took me about ten years to finally finish up these two Hanged models for my Malifaux Resurrectionists

It only took me about ten years to finally finish up these two Hanged models for my Malifaux Resurrectionists. These are the metal models from first edition. I got them to maybe 75% way back when but just never quite finished.

 

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Finally finished up the models from the Nighthaunt Warcry box with these two Glaivewraith Stalkers

Finally finished up the models from the Nighthaunt Warcry box with these two Glaivewraith Stalkers.

 

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Washed & Drybrushed Rackham Hill Terrain

 

I picked up the Rackham hill terrain piece above about 5-7 years ago from the prize closet at Kingdom Con. Amazing what some simple washing and drybrushing can do to make it much more interesting. The  image below is the before shot (which I forgot to grab until I had applied the black wash to one section but you get the idea). The best part is that I made my own black and brown washes to use on terrain (hence the DR ink jars in the before image). #paintedminiatures #paintedminis #miniatureterrain

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Finished my 28mm OT-34/85 for my Soviet Bolt Action army and What a Tanker

Finished my 28mm OT-34/85 for my Soviet Bolt Action army but it will also see use in What a Tanker. This was the first time I tried dry pigments and it turned out pretty well. It definitely works better than a wash on the huge flat armor plates. Model from Warlord Games, dry pigments from Secret Weapon Miniatures (RIP) and Green Stuff World.

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Totally forgot to take pics of these additions to my Warcry roster when I finished them a couple of weeks ago

 

Totally forgot to take pics of these additions to my Warcry roster when I finished them a couple of weeks ago. Last of the four Mrynmourn Banshees and second of four Glaivewraith Stalkers.

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Two Spirit Hosts completed from the box of three

Two Spirit Hosts completed from the box of three. I think they were the most fiddly models I have ever had the displeasure of assembling. Fortunately I don’t think I will need the third one for my Warcry warband.

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Finished up Max Graves over the weekend

 

Finished up Max Graves over the weekend. He makes a perfect Roland Banks for Arkham Horror LCG but will stand in for other investigators also. Metal sculpt from Reaper’s Chronoscope line.

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