Soshi

"It takes a light touch" (one word to spare!)

Forum Handle: Soshi City/Metro Area: Central Jersey (?) - New Brunswick Game Shop (if you have one): None atm Preferred days/times: Evenings and/or Weekends Other comments: I'm also looking for Netrunner and Blood Bowl playgroups, if anyone knows anything. Thanks all! Soshi

Without the Torakagi it wasn't nearly as bad, but shadowing is still an amazing ability in my book.

Preliminary Battle Report Som'er Teeth Jones 2x Mosquito Gremlin Taxidermist 3x Bayou Gremlin 4x Piglet Vs. Misaki Shang(?)(Totem) Yamaziko 2x 10T Archer Oirian Wastrel Strategy: Shared Distract Schemes: (Me) Kill Protege (Yamaziko), Breakthrough (Opposing) Kill Protege (Gremlin Taxidermist), Assassinate The board is mostly open, with terrain pieces with some largish terrain (LOS Blocking) forming a square about half-way into the board. Misc. low walls, forests, etc. make up the rest of the terrain, but did not greatly effect the gameplay. T1: Both crews move up, with Som'er remaining stationary in back after being shadowed by Misaki. I summon a gremlin, heal the new one, and summon a 'skeeter off the original gremlin, pigs split left/right (2 each) with gremlins going 3-1 to the left, everything is in cover. Misaki's crew generally advances forward. T2 Misaki, Yamaziko and Shang all commit towards the left (Around a largish piece of LoS blocking terrain) while the 2x 10T archers & Oiran advanced in the middle, the Wastrel used some silly movement tricks... getting back into my deployment zone on the right side. T3 & 4: Having feinted left, I abandon two of my three skeeters, one bayou gremlin, and 2 piglets to tarpitting that part of the board. Som'erteeth (shadowed by Misaki) and the Taxidermist start to use reckless to book it towards the top-right corner of the board (his deployment zone) while my remaining skeeter and 2 piglets clean up the 2 10T archers and the Oiran... my two Bayou Gremlins from the depoyment zone eventually deal with the Wastrel, losing one Gremlin (Harmless.... is insane vs. gremlins it seems). T5 & 6: Som'er flees towards his deployment zone, with an initial pig-ladder from the 2 center piglets. Misaki chases Som'er down, with them ending up based to base in the 10T deployment zone. Between shadowing, and flipping/drawing like a king I wasn't able to slow her at all, although she eventually fell to some early damage via PMF (T2-3) and the Taxidermists exploding piglets T4/5/6. Had my opponent chosen to ignore assassinate and hide in my deployment zone, the score would have been 2-0 (I make breakthrough, lose distract & kill protege), Instead I killed Misaki through healing flips and Stuffed Piglets, winning 6-0. Lessons Learned? Trying to balance piglets stampeding/doing some damage with crew against setting up a pig ladder really hurt me this game. Although I did accomplish a late pig-ladder, if I had tracked it better I could have ignored shadowing by pulling Som'er around and never actually walking. Similarly Skeeters didn't get a chance to cast Sooey! or Gremlin's Luck very much, which seems sub-par, On the turn I set up the Sooey! to rescue my poor left pigs, I simply forgot to do it. Alternatively, without stuffed piglets or PMF, I find that I have no idea how Som'er will deal with high-value targets like Yamaziko or Misaki, which is a problem I'll have to consider next game. I think Kill Protege was an overambitious scheme, but could have worked if Yamaziko had been positioned poorly. During the entire game, I summoned several stuffed piglets (from corpse counters), as well as 1 bayou gremlin, and 1 mosquito. I didn't really feel that trading an 11 for the summon+the action for the healing flip to summon a mosquito out of a gremlin was paid for, and in the future I think I'd rather just start with another mosquito and keep my AP. Anyways, that's my quick thoughts for now, hopefully more games later. Soshi

Hey, I recently posted a very similar post here; http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?37947-Som-er-of-Love-Need-Advice I'd recommend reading that, and also perusing some related Gremlin posts pullmyfinger wiki http://pullmyfinger.wikispaces.com/Som'er+Teeth+Jones pockets summer journal http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?29123-The-Pockets-Somer-Teeth-Jones-Diary-2012&highlight=transition misc threads http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?36459-Training-Gremlins-Educating-Fellow-Player(s)/page4&highlight=transition http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?37609-Somer-25SS/page4&highlight=transition Regards! Soshi

Missed my game today due to disappointing new years issues. Hopefully post a tactical battle rep next week. In the meantime, pullmyfinger suggests that Som'er is well suited to movement/non-kill strategies, what schemes do you guys usually take with him? (yes, I saw that this is covered but it seems worth an update). I know that Bodyguard and Holdout are my go-to schemes, to the point where I now refuse to take them together outside of new crews and tournaments...

Hey All, I've decided to play Som'er Teeth Jones exclusively for the next month, or more and I need advice on list building/mechanics. I've been reading the forums here a bit, but haven't had the greatest joy in finding posts on Som'er. I'll be playing 30 and 35SS games, with an additional rule of no Ophelia (although other family are alright). I own a bunch of gremlins due to some recent acquisitions, so anything is open in terms of suggestions. Currently I don't really understand (pre-games) how to balance the crew between support models, filler like piglets, and significant models, or what kind of cache Som'er requires... so I invite your advice! My starting list for tomorrow's 30SS match is going to be; Som'er Teeth Jones (2 cache) 2x Giant Mosquito Gremlin Taxidermist 3x Bayou Gremlin 4x Piglet I look forward to your thoughts, and will attempt to provide a battle-report as I move forward with.... Som'er of Love 2013

Taking time, and thinning paints are both clutch, and annoyingly vague skills in painting miniatures. Unfortunately both just take practice. Anyways, after moving this week, I'm starting painting for my journeyman league (4 weeks, 15 pts +5 pts/week) with Ortegas, so hopefully I can apply some of the helpful suggestions here and demo some new models in a consistent fashion. -soshi

Odin, I apologize for the late response, things have been busy. most of my fleshes start with a base pinkish color (dwarf flesh, tanned flesh, whatever), then are inked, re-based, and then have a few layers of pink/"white" flesh (elvish flesh, whatever) maybe 75/25, 50/50/ 25/75 or whatnot, and then finally very light dabs/highlights of pure elf flesh, or the flesh color dujour. This process gets messed with a lot since I'm not always convinced I like it, and frequently gets condensed if I'm feeling lazy. -soshi

Hey all, I know its been a little while but I did want to post a reply. I looked at the tutorials each of you posted (still working through all the PDFs), and as I'm moving I haven't had a lot of time to paint lately. Despite this I did do some aggressive highlighting on Ramos's cloak that I wanted to post. Unfortunately I don't think the picture really captured how bright it is, and my good camera is currently boxed up for moving. anyways, Ramos can be found on my blog Shadowbrand.blogspot.com or directly at, http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jDq7IMu2vzg/UFYwXiXXZPI/AAAAAAAAAQk/nDSDi8z6uOM/s1600/2012-09-16_14-52-53_766.jpg

Hey all, First off, thank you for the feed back! I'm hoping to follow up with a redone Kaeriss (finish highlighting her, etc.) in the next few days. I did watch the Dead Rider video shown etc, and I feel that a lightbox will show that there is quite a bit of contrast on the existing models. However, I am trying to move past drybrushing and find other techniques that would help me paint better (beyond pure attention to detail), and I guess I am not quite satisfied with that. I know it is a vague response and I appreciate what everyone has said so far, but perhaps someone can shed light on this? Thanks in advance, soshi

Hey all, I'm looking for just some general critique on my painting, in particular tips or maybe directions I might want to consider in moving forwards. I've posted everything through blogger at http://shadowbrand.blogspot.com/ . I apologize in advance for picture quality, and thanks for any comments. -soshi