Spud's Art: THE ALSO RETURN!

[Panther_Gunn]

Taking a three-week break while my schedule beats me bloody with a spiked baseball bat.

I've heard you like that sort of thing, though.

[MJB]

No worries Spuddles. Just come back with something actually good next time you update.

[Tommy Troy]

I love comic art that looks comical - great style,Spud!

[Cyber Burn]

Amazing sculpt work on the mini, WoW!

[captainspud]

Aaaaaaand we're back.



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This dude is a pseudo-Russian FBI Wizard. Or he would be, except he was forced to flee pseudo-Russia a month before he earned his comically oversized fur hat to escape pseudo-Russian trade gangsters.

I <3 this setting.

[Reepicheep]

Mega awesome. Again, I loved watching the timelapse to see how it was done.

[captainspud]

It's probably a good thing that Meejub summarily ended Meejub Doesn't Trigger Automatic Sliding Doors Monday, because I was starting to run out of horrible (but true) things to say about him.

Anyway.

Here's a picture!



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This is the sixth and final character art video for my steampunk/fantasy RPG party. This one depicts our group's thief/spy/general sneaky git; my concept was to try to imagine a Dickensian orphan all grown up. It's not the most exciting piece in the series, but then, he's supposed to be a completely unassuming and unremarkable character. (The video's title calls him a mouse because the character works for an information network that secretly passes information to a high official of the Church of Battle Jesus named Archon Dargule; this network is informally (and somewhat pejoratively) referred to as Dargule's Mice.)

[Outcast]

Sweet video Captain Spud. It never ceases to amaze me, to see how people can turn a simple sketch into works of art. As always, i also enjoy the music you pick for these videos.

"Kick em when they're up, kick em when they're down...Kick em when they're up, kick em when they're down..." (Starts kicking a Murs46 clone lying on the floor...)

(Only to realize later...that the Murs47 clone was suddenly standing right behind.)

(Immediately slows down the pace of the kicking and slowly looks behind ....and makes a big grin... )

[Deaths Jester]

Nice theif concept, Spuddy...definetly someone you wouldn't notice.

[GrizzlyBearTalon]

Is this Steampunk/Fantasy Hybrid RPG an actual full on game system you've been playing or something your gaming group cobbled together like a piecemeal Frankenstein RPG made from your favorite parts of various ones?

[MJB]

It's all in his imagination. We humor him because he's insane.

[Panther_Gunn]

It's all in his imagination. We humor him because he's insane.

I thought it was because most of us are behind in our tetanus shots and Spuddly tends to get a bit flaily with those rusty meathooks when he's in a tiff.

[captainspud]

Is this Steampunk/Fantasy Hybrid RPG an actual full on game system you've been playing or something your gaming group cobbled together like a piecemeal Frankenstein RPG made from your favorite parts of various ones?

It's called the Iron Kingdoms. It was originally a 3rd party D&D 3.5 setting, which was so popular that part of it spun out into a massively popular miniatures game that I also play. They're releasing a complete reboot of the IK rules in September as a standalone system.

It's a really awesome setting. They've crafted a world that is a complete and utter political mess (A hates B hates C hated D hates E hates F, all of whom are fairly shady and jerkish in their own ways), which makes for awesome roleplaying.

[GrizzlyBearTalon]

Ah ok yeah it all seems more familiar now, I remember seeing this stuff at a comic shop around here and wondering what it was. Are the minis prepainted? And is Warmachine as complex as Warhammer? Please note I've never played warhammer but I've looked at the rule books and seen it played, once people started pulling out measuring tape and squabbling over 1/4 inches I was done. Still rather enamored with there look and fiction in warhammer and of course 40k as well though.

[Deaths Jester]

It's all in his imagination. We humor him because he's insane.

I thought it was because most of us are behind in our tetanus shots and Spuddly tends to get a bit flaily with those rusty meathooks when he's in a tiff.

I thought we were all insane and enjoyed flailing about with rusty weaponry?!?!?!

[captainspud]

Ah ok yeah it all seems more familiar now, I remember seeing this stuff at a comic shop around here and wondering what it was. Are the minis prepainted?

Nope, building and painting is part of the fun.

And is Warmachine as complex as Warhammer?

Much moreso, actually. In Warhammer, your army is 100+ guys, so each individual one has very few rules and options. In Warmachine, your army might only be 10 or 15 guys, but each one has much more complex rules and a wider range of options. I find this type of gameplay far more entertaining, and of course, it's far less soul-crushing to paint an army of a dozen individuals than 100+ rank and file.

Please note I've never played warhammer but I've looked at the rule books and seen it played, once people started pulling out measuring tape and squabbling over 1/4 inches I was done.

Minis games aren't for everyone... I love 'em, but you need to thrive on detail and tedium to a certain extent.

Still rather enamored with there look and fiction in warhammer and of course 40k as well though.

As much as I knock Games Workshop's games in general (the Warhammer games) for being terrible rulesets, the fluff and universes of both games are really interesting and deep. Basically, all the stuff that's left over from the 80s and 90s is good (the art and story), and everything done in the last 15 years (the gameplay) sucks.

[GrizzlyBearTalon]

Much moreso, actually. In Warhammer, your army is 100+ guys, so each individual one has very few rules and options. In Warmachine, your army might only be 10 or 15 guys, but each one has much more complex rules and a wider range of options. I find this type of gameplay far more entertaining, and of course, it's far less soul-crushing to paint an army of a dozen individuals than 100+ rank and file.

So we're essentially talking about squadron sized groups with as many powers and options per individual as say a heroclix piece then? Sounds interesting. The massive war game scale of Warhammer has never been my thing when it comes to tabletop stuff. I don't mind massive armies duking it out on a computer screen mind you, I love a good RTS game.