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Thanks. They're welder could be of use in a Mei Feng crew as well. Once they're assembled and painted I'll give them a try.

Good job. If you haven't already, look up washes and dry brushing. There are many different kinds of techniques and such but those two help a great variety of situations.

So at a tournament yesterday one of the prize options available was Union Miners and I'd heard they're good so I chose them. Now that I'm looking at they're cards I'm wondering how I'll use them. They seem too slow for scheme running and for cheap point holders or melee attacks I'd rather take Rail Workers. How do you all use Union Miners and who do you use them with? Thanks.

I played Rasputina for the first 2 times yesterday. Since I don't yet own Silent Ones, Ice Dancers or a Blessed of December I fielded the Ice Golem in both games. Combined with Snow Storm's 0 I was able to set him up for 1 or more Smash attacks against high value target's before he died. In the first game even his explosive death served me well. Once I have more options I'm not saying I'll take him every time but so far he has easily paid for himself so he will remain a contender for inclusion. Even more so once I have a Metal Gamin to buff him with. Just my thoughts as a new Rasputina player.

@Sandmann Great work! I can't help but notice how good your model's eyes look. Could you talk me through a brief tutorial? Right now I'm just doing black dots but I'd like to do better.

50 SS Arcanists Crew Ramos + 7 Pool - Under Pressure (2) - Field Generator (2) - Arcane Reservoir (2) Brass Arachnid (4) Joss (10) - Powered By Flame (2) - Bleeding Edge Tech (1) Howard Langston (12) - Imbued Energies (1) Soulstone Miner (6) Electric Creation (4) (exported from CrewFaux) Fairly standard "Burn Ramos" list. Joss murders the Electric Creation turn 1 generating 2 Scrap to get the Summoning engine going. He then hovers between the Stashes to buff the Steam Arachnids and deal with anything that comes up. Ramos is summoning and buffing Spiders plus other shenanigans as needed. Howard shoots like a missile into the enemy forces with Reactivate (from Brass Arachnid) on Turn 2 killing a key target or two and causing havok. Meanwhile the Steam Arachnids should have no trouble scoring Guard the Stash and Accusation. They should also be on +flips for Def and Att from Ramos and their hits generate Burning +1 from Joss. That leaves the Soulstone Miner to score Leave Your Mark and/or hunt enemy scheme runners.

Winter is Coming Finished Ice Golem, Wendigo and 3 Ice Gamin for 25ss. With these all being translucent I took it pretty easy and just went with a white dry brush and then a blue glaze. They look really cool with light shining through them so in the future I might mount them on bases with LEDs. Meanwhile here's a WIP pic of Rasputina and Snow Storm. I've assembled them as far as I'm going to before painting, primed black and dry brushed white. Next I'll start building up layers of translucent paint and then I'll add detail/dry brush/wash/glaze until I'm either happy or "over it". My intention is to make these two up to the "state-of-my-art" but we'll see what happens.

Just to weigh in, I Love my Soulstone Miners. The amount of work I get out of them rocks. They scheme well, they're great at hunting enemy scheme runners and they're ok point holders--especially as they can use SS.

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@Chou I like the transition from skin to fur. I think the model looks good. I tend to dislike blood effects but tastes vary so go with what feels right. I'm leaving my Guilder Rasputina partially unassembled for painting. This will be my first time doing post paint assembly which scares me. However, the cloak on her right side and the big piece of skirt block off so much of the model that I'm going to try it.

@so_diogenes For having painted your first mini back in January I'd say you're off to a good start. Keep it up--practice will make you better and better.

Terry's Ratter looks really good so I can see why he'd want to field a bunch...? I hear people like Molemen or Hounds (of some variety) for Schemes. And Waldgeists looks good for area control.

Anyone else excited by or thinking about Iron Painter? I'm thinking of entering though I have no delusions of winning. I think I could finish though and that would be a win on a personal level.

I'm going for Guilder Rasputina and Snow Storm this month for 27ss. I'll also be working on the Translucent Raspy crew (Ice Golem, Wendigo and 3 Ice Gamin) but I might not claim points for them--it'll depend on how much painting I do on them. Any suggestions on a paint for Rasputina's base skin tone? I'm thinking a creamy, pearly white.

@Burnin' Coal: Those Drowned look amazing. Great job getting them in on time.

I upload my pics to Photobucket. Once they're uploaded you can view them and click "Share". One of the options is a weblink that you copy/paste into your post and the pics will appear in the post.

I'll be at Dewayne's World Sunday April 2nd to do demos from 1pm till 5 or 6pm. I'll also be out Saturday April 29 from 12pm till around 5pm. I can also be available other times. Message me and we can figure out when and where to meet.

I highly recommend Snow Storm to go with Raspy. His 0 can help her generally slow crew move around or pull Raspy herself out of trouble. Generally speaking I'd say your good to start with what you have. Take Raspy into Killy Strats and Schemes and Take Colette into more Interaction/Scheme Running pools.

The above post hits the high points of my thoughts. The only thing I'd add to the future buy list would be the Ramos box. Joss and Howard are worth considering in many cases. Not necessary per se. Definitely useful and Ramos is a fun Master too.

I'm pleased with Johan and the birds. (Johan looks better IRL than in the pic) Disappointed with the Fire Gamin but sometimes I think you just have to put the brush down and walk away. It at least looks better than plain dayglow Orange.

Finished 3 Raptors, Johan and a Fire Gamin over the weekend for 19ss if I'm remembering correctly.

Has anyone tried this? I've got a Translucent Rasputina box and this seems like a cool idea but I'd like to know how it worked for others if possible before dropping money on the electronics.

Plaid goes significantly beyond my abilities. I look forward to seeing this finished. Good work so far.

For a variety of reasons I'm running late to this party. Here's my pic from early March: I started with 3 Raptors, Johan, 1 Fire Gamin and a Dawn Serpent. I've since put the Serpent on the back burner. Here's a WIP shot of the rest. My wife and daughter will be out of town this weekend so I should be able to finish these just in time.