Mid-October & Studio Updates

Hello & Welcome!

Autumn definitely is upon us. Leaves are changing, mornings are crisp, and evenings are darker. But we enjoy all the seasons and hopefully everyone is doing well!

Just a brief update on a grey Saturday morning. 

I had an opportunity to spend a little time back in Studio P this week and the Markers were again as faff free as before. Just a few shakes, uncap, a few pumps, and straight to painting. And clean-up was a breeze - put the caps back on, put them back in the box, and just a quick rinse of the one brush I used for the dark tone wash and palette and voila! It was all quick too. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy! The Cultists are from Yasashii Kyojin and the Dwarves are from Great Grimoire.

Yes, the Cultists seem like they belong to the Cult of the Skittle, but I am pleased with how they turned out. Again, not a pro and not aiming for any competitions - just wanting some fun downtime and some colour on the Tabletop - and I think they turned out alright. Mission accomplished! I am pleased with how the two Dwarves came out as well - those are new NPC's I've added into the Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign to enhance the story (read the Playthrough Journal for the details). And hopefully I can continue to do a bit more from time to time.

But check out the Image Gallery because Adam has been busy in his Studio (hmm - Adam should give his Studio a name too! as well and he has some really great stuff he's done recently. I am a fan of the Roper (from La Louve) and the newest models from Monster Atlas (which also just so happen to be perfect for Rime of the Frostmaiden!) all painted up really well!

Mitz & Simz had their own brief One Shot in the Garden.

Here is roughly how it went:

Mitz&Simz - We'd like to check for mice.

DM - Sure, please roll and Investigation check. And you can do it with Advantage since you are both looking and add your Kitty bonus modifier.

Mitz&Simz - ROLL ROLL Hmmmm - we got a 12.

DM - Ok ROLL - you do see evidence of field mice but you don't spot any actual Mice.

Mitz&Simz - Ok - we'll keep investigating!

DM - Rolls Stealth Check for the Mouse and adds Mouse bonus modifier 23 - The Mouse successfully sneaks away.

They do love mousing. We can't change their nature, but luckily the field Mice (we have seen a few in the garden so they are there) and Birds are still safe.

I'm thankfully caught up so far with the latest releases for the month. And if I can get myself organised I may start to add some items from a new artist I've decided to follow. So let's see how the weekend goes!

Otherwise our campaigns are really good fun and going well. We'll be nearly finished with Chapter 1 for Rime of the Frostmaiden. I'm looking to do a lot of change-ups to make Chapter 2 more engaging and better suited to the characters and their motivations so I'll write-up a bit about that once we get going so as to not ruin the surprise for Adam.

That's it for now - I still plan to do a write-up about our Character cards and our Mystery Boxes.

Until then, happy continued gaming and painting!

-Pete (and Mitz & Simz)