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  1. looks like Puppet Lucius goes to Demonn Agram (and was shipped out today). Thanks everyone! :1_Happy_Puppet1:
  2. funny thing. I converted a Dragon Lords fleet last summer/fall. Spent way too much time on it (because I can't leave well enough alone) and then realized/decided I'd rather spend my limited gaming time on Puppet Wars and sold the fleet this spring.
  3. I don't think you're doing anything wrong. personally, I think the 30 minute estimate is quite low and very skewed by some games actually taking LESS than that. if someone (like me, for example) makes a serious tactical mistake you can be eliminated almost immediately. Heck, I've been playing since last year when the game came out and I underestimated LaFemmeGeekita (who has also been playing since the beginning) and she killed me in 7 activations! On the other hand, we played a 4-player match just yesterday that went over three hours. One player was comparatively new, but the others have been in since the start last summer. (PS: the newest player won!) so it can be a little hard to accurately estimate the time a game of Puppet Wars is going to take, but if you're enjoying it - and our group still is, a year in - its all good. :1_Happy_Puppet1:
  4. I had a little trouble finding my way to the trading section of the forum myself, so I thought it might be worth posting over here in Puppet-ville that I'm forum-auctioning a Lucius Puppet this week. Now. Here - http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?32259-Puppet-Wars-Lucius-auction
  5. Thanks to Battle Foam’s generous sponsorship of Adepticon I find myself with and extra Puppet Lucius and thought I’d take a page from Cadilon and try a forum auction (I’m even using his post as template – thanks). Auction Item: Puppet Wars Lucius w/Card Description: This is an auction for a Puppet Wars Lucius, including the base and game card. This is the mini you can get packaged with the Puppet Wars bag from Battle Foam – but it’s just the mini, not the bag. It’s new and unpainted. Auction Starts: Now Auction Ends: Wednesday, June 20th, 2012, 10:00pm EST (-5 hours GMT) Starting Bid: $1.00 (no reserve) Payment Method: Paypal Shipping: $5.00 flat rate shipping anywhere in the world. That gets you Priority shipping in the US, First Class International shipping anywhere else. It will be packed in a small cardboard box so the game card doesn’t get all chewed up in the post. Terms: To bid, reply to this post with your bid amount. Bids edited after initial posting are void. If you are out-bid or wish to bid again, reply again. Bids will not be accepted by Private Message. The winning big will be the highest bid with a timestamp no later than 9:00:00pm EST on the 20th. If two posters manage to have the same bid and the same timestamp, the first one displayed in the thread will be the winner. The item will be shipped within two business days of the PayPal payment clearing. I’ve sold lots of minis on eBay over the years - http://myworld.ebay.com/loonborer - my feedback score is over 550 and entirely positive; but I figured I’d try something a little different for this very niche mini… Let me know if you have any questions, thanks! :1_Happy_Puppet1:
  6. hey Luke, My friends Brian and Lisa did a lot of informal Puppet demos at Adepticon (we enjoy the game a lot), so I'm glad you liked it too. I definitely still have the planky bases you saw on their puppets, and I appreciate the interest. They bases are in the webcart on my site here: http://www.fullborerminiatures.com/store/ Let me know if you have any questions. cheers, chris.

  7. Hello there, I'm new to this whole Puppet War thing, did a play test at Adepticon, loved it, and am now diving head first in. I just saw the bases that you cast, and wanted to check in with you about the possibility of buying some of these. And by some I probably mean a lot since I love the idea of getting everything eventually. Let me know if you are still offering these. Thanks! Luke

  8. Heh. I'm such a scamp! :1_Happy_Puppet1: also - Bring it! What are you going to do?! eliminate me in LESS than 7 activations?! ---------- Post added at 02:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 PM ---------- Low Puppet on the Totem Pole… Or “I thought you’d played this game before?” Whew, so that’s Adepticon #10 in the can and I’m still tired. As Tauwolf observed, Sunday events at Adepticon tend to suffer from the fact that people can (and often do) play games almost constantly for the preceding 2, sometimes 2.5 days. By Sunday morning a lot of people just think “What’d I pay for that event? Feh. I’d rather sleep in and have waffles.” Many thanks to Nilus and Shadowopal for working all weekend, hanging in there, and running PW despite the low attendance. (I covet that PW banner, Nilus) I sincerely hope the low turnout isn’t going to put a damper on future years. And certainly not because I’m about to burst my stitches with plaque-envy (I’m looking at you, Tauwolf). I have my shiny button eye on that Master Tailor next year. (so I’d better start painting next week). Since we only had 4 people (and one a new conscript), it was a very low key event – which was exactly what I needed, frankly. After obsessing over the organization of Adepticon’s hobby seminars for the last several months, Puppet Wars turned out to be just the gaming panacea I needed. That said; I completely dropped the ball in PW prep. :1_Exhausted_Puppet: I ended up borrowing Tauwolf’s freshly painted Marcus and knowing I wasn’t going to finish my crew, I had a local commission painter Brian “Top Flighte” Burchett knock out seven teddies for me. Add in my Grateful Teddy and I’d have quite the Teddy Bear Picnic. With no experience using that Toy Box, it was likely to result in a series of heavy-handed beatings [edit: correct!], but it sounded fun. When I get a chance, I’ll photo the bears – he did a really good job, especially for the time/cost involved. My first game was against Tauwolf. He killed me slowly, as he is wont to do, eliminating bear after bear until Marcus finally went down. I got a little experience upgrading my bears with heart-patches, but I don’t think I ever really threatened him. My second game was against Hijynx’s wife who I know a bit from the local store. Tauwolf and LFG had only just introduced her to the game that weekend so as I was learning my crew and she was learning in general, it was a pretty light game. Like LFG, I pointed out a few things I was doing that she might want to watch out for and it was all very relaxed. I ended up “winning” the game, but it was truly an accident. The right bear was in the right place with the attachments and the right cards in my hand and I was able to power through a bodyguard and devour Lady J with the double-tome Swallow Whole Action. The teddies certainly have potential, but my “win” was only as intentional as accidents get. My last game was with LFG, who I don’t think I’ve ever played 1-on-1 against before. I had no idea what it would be like to be the sole focus of her cheerful, puppish wrath. I kid you not, she eliminated me in 7 activations! “Tra la la, I have teddies, tra la la – ARGH, I’m dead!” I suppose that’s what you get when you play a crew for the third time ever against a puppette master assassin like LFG. I thought I sort of saw her attack forming, but in trying to avoid threats 1, 2, and 3; I was eliminated by threat 4 which was a direct result of my own foolishness. feh. Perhaps I’ll play better tonight. Perhaps. All in all, it was a good event for me and like I said, just the soothing positive-gaming experience I needed that day. With eight teddies painted and ready, I’ll definitely be trying a few more most- or all-Teddy Shoe Boxes in the future. :1_Happy_Puppet1:
  9. @ Nilus - you won't be the first or last person painting at the 'con. But I learned my lesson a couple years back. that really doesn't work for me. @ Karn - weirdly, Puppet Wars doesn't seem to be generating the grudginess I just naturally accumulate in every other aspect of life. hmm. @ LaFemmeGeekita - "Malifaux rat might taste like pumpkin pie, but I'll never know because I wouldn't eat the filthy <mumble-mumble>." :1_Happy_Puppet1:
  10. "Did you see a sign in front of my workbench that says 'Dead Puppet Storage'?!" Awesome. :1_Happy_Puppet1:
  11. Greetings Puppets and Puppettes! With a few games under my belt (and my Adepticon shoebox undecided) I began to feel like I could really use a second Sidekick in my shoebox. It’s not that Joss wasn’t pulling his weight - he totally does - but I figured a little branching out wouldn’t hurt. I’m OK with out-of-suit Pawns, but I’m less sanguine about out-of-suit Sidekicks; which left me with Misaki, Rusty Alyce and the Hooded Rider. Tauwolf and LaFemmeGeekita both make pretty regular use of the Hooded Rider, and DaveyP painted a fantastic version of that puppet, so… Game-wise: There are a lot of dangerous puppets out there - Puppet Wars is an adorably brutal game at times - but I’d put Rusty Alyce up there with almost any of them. I originally drafted her because there’s only one Tomes Sidekick at present and I’m not wild about Misaki’s discard-to-activate-or-commit-puppet-seppuku activation cost. I’ve only used Alyce thrice now, but this little puppette has a lot of potential. Our last game (on Tauwolf’s enbigulated new board) had her getting so much attention that she literally make a ¾ circuit of the board, tearing apart puppets as she went. I lost eventually (overextended and teamed up on), but it was fun. Conversion-wise: I’m not sure what I was thinking. I took a saw to her right leg and mechanical arm to do a little re-pose, but ended up putting her back together almost exactly the same way she was! She might gotten a slight shift of weight onto that leg, and her big-ol’ arm might be a little touched up, but ultimately, the changes are exceedingly minor for the time and effort. Her other side got a more obvious result from the saw – the gun arm came off, was pinned back in a different position and cleaned up with putty. Reinforcing my inability to leave well enough alone, I added a magnet to her gun and wired it to a battery-fanny-pack on her belt. Maybe the magnet shoots off her gun like a taser and the coiled wire drags her over to the metal-puppet target? Maybe not. It doesn’t have to make too much sense – she’s a puppet after all. [shameless self-promotion] It hit me last week that Alyce’s conversion might have been a subconscious result of this model (sculpted last year and tweaked into production last month). Their poses do bear a slight resemblance... All in all, this puppet’s conversion ended up taking a LOT more time than I’d expected and I’m a little irritated with myself over the skirt/leg thing, but I do like how she looks and it will be fun to paint her tattered skirt in some kind of plaid (exact tartan TBD). But given the amount of time I’ve taken on conversions (ie: even more than I’d expected/planned), my next progress post will be a real game-changer. Even I didn’t see this one coming. I should have, but I didn’t. My learning curve remains flat as a board. :1_Happy_Puppet1:
  12. I just noticed the Witchling Stalker's info on the Puppet Wars website lists him as having two Abilities, while the card says Actions. Based on the listed items (one being a :fast) I'm guessing the card is right and the site has a typo?
  13. Greetings Puppets and Puppettes! Wow, time flies. Its T-55 days until Adepticon I have a crapload of things still to do, but that’s cool. If not for deadlines, I’d never finish anything. I suppose its crunch time. Today’s post may well be my favorite conversion of the crew (so far), but its a lot of work for such a minor pawn, even by my standards. nevertheless, I really like the results. We’ll see if you agree. Game-wise: As you may know, I’m focusing on my Marcus crew, so a Witchling Stalker is a bit of an odd choice. I’d argue that a puppet that can refresh and stitch up your other puppets is valuable to anyone, especially when combined with Marcus’s “Everybody Share!” fast Action that shuffles Rips around – give one puppet a rip to stitch up some-puppet else. Then the Witchling can stitch up the injury safely in the backfield (if needed). At least that’s the theory. Seems to be working OK. Conversion-wise: This one’s all theme for me. The Witchling has two Abilities – “filled with coffee beans” and “trust me, I’m a doctor” - more than enough to work with. maybe too much. He got all the standard little tweaks, like cleaned up cloth and stitches where the casting was a little suboptimal and getting one button eye (crew theme). I added a bit more to his hood - pulling it down over his eyes and giving me an impression of pseudo-eyebrows. And naturally, he's on one of my planky bases (you can check the site in my sig if you're interested in getting some of your very own). The first big thing I did was get out my saw and remove that huge butcher’s knife from his back. It definitely matches the art and Malifaux version well, but isn't as medically-themed as I wanted (since he’s a “doctor”). So I filed a strip of ABS plastic into the shape of a scapel and tied that to his back with a bit of sculpted twine (the chains also fell victim to the saw). Since he’s full of coffee beans, I fabricated a tiny cappuccino cup and saucer from plastic tube, ABS sheet, and putty. Naturally, I had to cut off his right arm and rebuild that to hold the little saucer. Putty replaced the cowl that covers that shoulder and obviously, I had to add a hospital name badge to his cowl. It ought to be just big enough to paint “Joe” on it… In addition to being old-timey slang for coffee – "Joe" is also the name of one of the most highly caffeinated artists I know, and my first green-putty sculpting instructor. You can check out some of his varied works here. So I present Dr. Joe, Witchling Barista. Stay tuned next time for a high-effort/low-payoff conversion that will make you wonder how I ever get anything done… I guess that could be said for a lot of things I convert... :1_Happy_Puppet1:
  14. I really like this model, and the paint job just enhances that. but of course, I have a few notes - err - "opinions"... (I may have even more when I see it in person) it's a really tiny model, so I think there could be a little more difference in tone between the skin and the hair. IIRC the Malifaux ronin this is based on has dark skin in on the card, but I think a little light layering/highlight would go a long way. I'd probably put a few tiny "outline" highlights on the edges of things like the collar, the cuffs, the trailing edge of the coat, that sort of thing - it should auto-magically make the shadows seem deeper by comparison and define the shape of the coat in the process. maybe add a dab of spot-color to the googles? I'm thinking mid-green for color contrast, but not so much that i detracts from her actual eyes. as for the base, well... that's just brilliant! (obviously I'm biased there) :1_Happy_Puppet1:
  15. thanks - I did seriously consider making a special base with the planks partially torn up - like he was burrowing up through the floor - but decided to save that for Moleman #2. it will differentiate them nicely I think... :1_Happy_Puppet1:
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