D&D 5.5: Big Baldur's Gate 3 energy

We were actually meant to play something else, but life happened, so we jumped into this D&D 2024 adventure instead. Excuse our hastily drawn maps and lack of miniatures. Except me, I had the pool of Lucys to draw from.

Silka the halfling rogue and Daramin the elf paladin already played the first part, where they hunted down cultists for the Flaming Fist, just before Elturel was swallowed by the Hells. Big Baldur's Gate 3 energy. I jumped in as Triss Merigold, human sorcerer - a tribute to my Baldur's Gate 3 character. 

Painting commission winged monsters

Three monsters with Contrast-based paint schemes - despite some difficulties.

Painting gnolls

Some second hand Reaper Bones gnolls: Blacktongue, Warrior and Boneflail. I initially disliked these minis due to their size - those are 50mm bases! However, they are fun to paint with not too many details. Except Boneflail with all her bone trinkets. Still, at least not too many types of texture.

Chaos Marines/Dark Angels vs Thousand Sons/Tyranids, 09.06.2026

For (probably?) the last game of 10th edition, we played a 2v2 scenario: The Relic. One objective in the middle, you can pick it up with infantry. The dice decided that Lion El'Jonson should ally with his Fallen sons against the Thousand Sons, who are probably controlling the Tyranids through warp-born sorcery. Deployment: Hammer and Anvil. 

We got first turn and moved up in the cover of ruins. Our opponents also surged forwards, putting 'gaunts on the Relic.

Winter wolf

 

Painting Gravestorm, the Dracolich

The first of my dragons to be painted this year is this old mini from the Castle Ravenloft boardgame as an adult dracolich.

Review: Baldur's Gate 3

In case you've been living under a rock these past 3 years, the best RPG ever came out in 2023. I'm sure everybody has already seen most of the cutscenes on YouTube as well as combat videos; I'll try to focus on my own special circumstances, the story and small flavorful moments.

Small arctic animals

 

Converting and painting Noble Pontifical Guard as a Krieg Command Squad

Rounding out my Papal Guard/Krieger collection, here's the command squad in the dress uniform colors of the Noble Guard.

May review and June goals

Choo choo, the time train has no breaks. May wasn't bad though. 

D&D took a hit due to external factors, but the Dungeon of the Mad Mage is still trucking on. We are scheduled to enter its next level this month.

Other RPGs also took a lesser hit, but we explored Blades in the Dark and we're scheduled to return to Call of Cthulhu, also this month.

ASOIAF is the new wargame staple, as I am more capable of transporting smaller armies and moving minis across a smaller table. But I also tried Warhammer in a smaller format, to my great delight. This should carry on during June.

As for minis, I had the new Guard vehicles delivered, and I'm getting more 3d printed. Alas, poor painting table. I am now "behind schedule" by 188. But I'm also getting ahead. Finished some ASOIAF commissions, in return for the future tanks. Finished some Guard infantry, with more WIP. This is still a big chunk of work to do, and they will overflow into June. Prepared a lot of Free Folk stuff, but the infantry is still disappointingly weak. Giants it is.

And so my goals are already set. Continue painting nuns and Kriegers. Paint the new Guard vehicles (at least the plastic ones). Paint the Free Folk heroes, so I can finally field a complete army made up of my own minis. Stretch goals: include some D&D minis for quick gains, and more Free Folk.

Converting and painting Palatine Guard as Death Korps of Krieg

Along with the rest of the Papal Palatine Guard, a proxy squad of Krieg infantrymen now join the army.