Screaming Antelope
| Assembly: 30 minutes | Painting: 8 hours |
Rawhide Survivors
| Assembly: 45 minutes each | Magnetizing: 30 minutes each | Painting: 2.25 hours each |
It’s kinda baffled me how the antelope could have such an awesome picture in the rulebook (seen here), but I’ve yet to find anyone trying to emulate that appearance in their paint jobs. Everyone seems to just paint a regular antelope. And though, yes, the gaping mouth in its chest does make it scary, why stop there? Let’s get it blistering hot on the inside, with fiery cracks crisscrossing its hide!
The fight was no piece of cake, either. Already in the times we’ve fought against this thing, it’s eaten two of our weapons–the first was a katar, and the second was our butcher cleaver. It almost ate one of the survivors, too, but we managed to get her out in time.
Lastly, I’d like to comment on the clear acrylic bases I’ve been using. You might have noticed that I decided to do away with the plastic bases included in the game. For a while, I considered getting enough of the stone face inserts so the minis would more easily blend into the board. I even thought about casting my own bases, in order to get the larger monster sizes (55mm, 100mm, and 130mm) to match. But ultimately I went with the clear. Partially, because it’s less distracting–it directs all focus to the mini itself, while allowing the beauty of the board to show through. But my other reason is more simple than that. After going through the work of painting everything, I’d like to be able to see the entire finished product–including from underneath. Any other base would get in the way, and block the view.