Nothing like a lazy rainy Sunday morning to make the big board games come out.
And nothing is quite as nice of a big board game as Scythe, which can be set up, played, and put away in 3 hours. I played with my sons Terjoe and Aarjay and took off the kids gloves and gave them a right shellacking, winning 78 to 63 and 57.
I finally finished my Corsair Voidscarred Wayseeker between leaving one job and starting another with a camping trip thrown in between.
Overall I'm pleased with how he turned out, despite some mistakes on the face plate. The gems particularly are coming along well. I do wish I had done more colours on the helmet, maybe making the whole faceplate wraithbone instead of just the mask, like the one from Citadel:
Oh well, I'm still pretty happy. Next up, I need some firepower!
The Swords and Fire trilogy focuses on two young women who become bound to each other through kismet, one a member of nobility and the other a poor wretch with uncontrollable magical power. The books follow these characters and a host of supporting cast through adventures and challenges. I really enjoyed the series and found both the setting and the characters engaging and would highly reccomend them to anyone looking for a lighter fantatsy fare.
The second trilogy has a single main character who is a warden of a castle with dark secrets, and also has uncontrollable magical power, who meets a group dedicated to solving magical problems. The dark mystery of the castle causes issues and she works with this group to prevent catastrophe. I enjoyed this second outing less than the first but still found it engaging with a solid satisfying finish.
There are a lot of parrellels between the two trilogies but also enough differences to make it feel like I was reading a new story in the same world and not just a rehash of the same story with different characters.
If you are looking for light fantasy fare in a unique world with a clear voice and writing style, I can reccomend these series.
Finished my third Eldar Corsair, this one the Kurnathi blademaster. Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, still getting my feet under me.
I had a lot of trouble deciding on the lizard skin cape. Should I make it green? Should I make it hues of black and green? Or alien like blue? In the end I played it safe with the black templar contrast paint and dry brushing lightly with fang grey.
The swords on the other hand, I did not play it safe and it took two or three tries to get something close to what I wanted. Part of the problem is that I'm really out of practice blending paints and the other part was I used a blue to start that washed the sword out instead of making it vibrant. I'm moderately ok with the end result, but hope the next sword comes out better.
Next up, the wayseeker!
