Carnevale

 

Two or three years ago, I backed a Kickstarter from TTCombat for the miniatures game Carnevale. They delivered a couple of months ago and I felt that they would be a good choice as a focus for this year's challenge. To be honest, it was more the terrain aspect of the kickstarter that got my attention rather than the figures, although they looked pretty cool. The backstory for the game can be seen in the following video.

I have been to Venice many times but I will always remember my first visit about 20 years ago in February during the Festival of Carnevale. It was a particularly cool and foggy year and at night the image of the festival goers flitting about in the dark is still with me. It has never been the same since.

They are resin figures, the first I have dealt with and I find the detail is not as to my liking. They were a nightmare to assemble, very fragile and I broke a couple of them....just not a lot of fun. I think I have around 25-35 figures, it was difficult to know where to start. I have 4 factions, 2 Antagonists, 1 Protagonist and 1 Mecenary.

STRIGOI

I decided to go with the Strigoi first as they looked the easiest to paint. Character information for the following figures can be found here as well as the faction cost.

A Strigoi Priest and 2 Nosferatu

Varcolae

Two Romani and a Blood Crone

Well, I am somewhat pleased with the painting, they did not come out exactly as planned and as usual I am having all kinds of trouble with the photography.

RASHAAR

These are the Rashaar, a ancient and subterranean race that inhabit the canals of Venice. These, like the Strigoi, are the antagonists in the game. I actually enjoyed painting them as I was able to try some new techniques. The Stats for these characters can be found here.

The Magi-Rashaar

One of the leaders of the Cult

Human Slaves of the Cult

I snapped the feet off the woman slave, so I changed the base slightly to make it look as is she was rising from the canals of Venice. Not sure how successful, I have been.

The Raadru with 2 lesser Ugdru

I tried the Zenithal Priming technique. I used an airbrush to prime black, overspraying with gray and then white. This was followed by Citadel Glazes and Washes. I liked how it worked. 

THE GUILD

These are The Guild, the citizens of Venice, who are I would suppose the protagonists in the game. Character descriptions and stats can be found here.

Capodecina-A Leader

Fishermen-The Heros

The Gondilier- A Henchmen

Citizens-Henchwomen

Citizens-Henchmen

Pucinella

I found 4 more figures which belong to the above factions and 6 more from The Gifted faction, so 10 to go!

A Panoply of Terrain

This has been a very slow start for me and I am fearful that it will be difficult to hit my 500 point goal for this year's Challenge. I do have some figures in the queue but have not been drawn to them yet. What I always need is terrain, so my second submission has focused on clearing off the terrain pile. This is for my WWII and ACW gaming.

Linear Obstacles

Stone Walls

75"x1" of 1/72 scale Italeri

Snake Rail Fence

60"x1/2" of 1/100 scale Battle Terrain Concepts

Every little stick was individually glued!

Sandbags 

24"x1/2" of 1/100 scale Novus Design Studio

Roads/Bridges

Dirt Roads

110"x2.5"  Novus Design Studio

Three layers of paint were on each of the 3 elements

Stone Bridge

12"x2.5"x3.5" 1/100 scale from Novus Design Studio

Using two different colours for the stones may look odd but I like the effect

Buildings etc.

Stone Fountain

4" diameter, 2" high 1/100 scale Novus Design

I may eventually use 2 part epoxy in the fountain but here I used polyurethane with green  ink

Stalingrad Nail Factory

12"8"x3" 1/100 scale Novus Design

Copper galvanised panels are wrong but wanted to try verdigris

Stalingrad Railroad Station

13"x10"x4" 1/100 scale Novus Design

Top roof is removable

So I am hoping that is it for my Stalingrad, just have to do up the mat

Well it is a relief to get all that off the terrain queue. I still have 47 tree bases, 2 more houses and another 5' of snake railing to do but this was a good start.

Some Peasants

Someone has to be in charge!

Well it is my IXth Challenge and since I am going to be back and forth over the next couple of weeks, I thought I would get up early and paint some figures. I am not really sure what the cut-off date is for the first submission but best to take no chances.

Anyone who has ever looked at my blog knows that we play a fair amount of SAGA and although I am well provided with warbands, I do need some more terrain as well as some ancillary figures. One common scenario in SAGA is an attack on a Baggage Train or raiding a village and stealing sheep. Well I have the baggage train and some sheep but I have never had any villagers, so I thought I would go ahead and get some.

These come from Gripping Beast and are quite nice. They were primed using the Zenithal Method with an airbrush and then painted using Citadel colours and washes. I like how they came out, nice and simple and a good way to start the challenge.