Thursday, June 3, 2021

From TeemuL: Reanimates, over and out (40 points)

Yes, I got my first jab yesterday and in the evening I glued the tufts on these bases, when the basing was dried. These are Reanimate Archers from the FFG's Runewars Miniature Game. Local store had the starter box on 65% discount, so the game including 48 miniatures cost only 42 euroes. I couldn't skip the offer and I bought one box to share with a friend. That is very cost and space effective way to purchase games, you can use this if you have issues with other parts in your family. It might not be a bulletproof, if you tell that after buying the initial box you bought a second one to split and some extension boxes as well... Anyway, we quickly assembled to the first box and played two learning games and decided, that it is nice fun for the afternoons, quite a boardgamelike miniature game in the end, very much X-Wing.

The miniatures are soft boardgame plastic and require super glue to be assembled, but on the other hand there were no mould lines (I could see) and assembling was rather easy. There were several poses as well, for example this unit of 8 archers has 4 different poses. A bit of bending and gluing into different angle hides the duplicates quite well. By the rule book, the miniatures are not glued to the trays, but removed as casualties. Anyway, we are playing this game in relaxed mode and decided that we can glue them and use counters, dice etc. The bases looks much better this way. I just need to hide the rings better on the next batch.

I wanted some quick and simple paint schemes, so I decide to use Contrast paints. They worked very well on these skeletons. Each area has just one coat of Contrast over Wraithbone spray, no highlights, no shades, inks, drybrushes or anything. Only the arrow tips are painted in metallic. The bases are Agrellan Earth with some Army Painter tufts. As you can, see they look quite great for such a speed paint job. I'm looking forward to paint more of these and play more with these.


This is my final post for this Challenge, the XII will start (hopefully) in about six months, so not too much time to change all the plans. This post is 40 in total for 8 28mm miniatures. See you in the next Challenge, stay safe, have fun and act responsible!

10 comments:

  1. Nice looking unit Teemu, love the blue. Congrats on your jab,mi just had my second yesterday. Take care, stay safe and we’ll see you next winter

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    1. The bright and cool blue works nicely next to dark and warm, earthly colors.

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  2. Excellent work Teemu, I use contrast paints a lot myself but am still surprised how good the results can look. Congrats on your vaccination and see you in December!

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    1. I use Contrasts a lot, but they did some wonders here. Or I have learnt something. :)

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  3. Nice looking skeletons. Congratulations on getting your vaccination.

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  4. I'm with Peter, that blue is marvellous - what a great looking unit.

    And congrats on getting your jab. I look forward to seeing you in Challenge XII.

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  5. Congarats on the jabbing Teemu, the figures (as always) really look good!

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  6. Thank you all! Now there's some time for assembling, priming and making great plans!

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  7. Great work Teemu - glad you got your first jab! Looking forward to seeing you again in the Painting Challenge!

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