... for me to cover the table with miniatures that need paintin'. It seems to happen around this time of year. I dunno if it's just an after affect of the holidays or making plans for upcoming gaming events.
So this year for Christmas, my nephew got me a bunch of dice sets, which led me to cook up the idea of making a portable, ready to play "D&D kit" for those random occasions where I run into a bunch of folks who're interested in playing but have never had the chance and we all have a few hours to kill and aren't going anyplace.
Okay, it's 00's on a d100, but if that extremely unlikely set of circumstances comes up I wanna be ready for it. Plus it's an excuse to buy more minis, which is one of my few material vices.
Part of the portability factor is having some minis that are nice and durable, and also blazingly cheap. Thus, my selections are all from
Reaper's gloriously affordable
Bones line. Now that I've sussed out the proper way to prime and seal them, without getting unfortunate chemical reactions and unwanted tackiness, they've become my brand of choice. Did I mention they're inexpensive?
My axe of choice on the tabletop is Labyrinth Lord. It's nice and basic, and easy for me to lift up the hood and tinker with. So for the six dice sets I chose and color matched the classic tetrad of classes (fighter, thief, magic user, and cleric) and filled out the rest with the most popular of the demi-human classes (elf and dwarf). Sorry, halflings. Guess you came up short.
I've got a couple smallish maps from the inestimable
Dyson Logos that I need to key up, and I'll make some quickie character sheets, probably laminated so that they can be used with dry erase pens.
Of course, into any dungeon, monsters must fall, so I got some workable basic stock:
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| Skellies |
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| Giant Bugs |
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| Berserkers |
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| Miscellaneous Critters |
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| Ochre Jellies |
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| Living Statues |
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| Deep burrowing aberrations and their Brain Beast master |
Anyway, that's a good start, but there's so much more to paint and show, so watch this space as the year unfolds.
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