Christmas Game Prep Update

I've made a fair bit of progress on the painting for my Christmas Day game. 

First up, our heroes!

LOD/Barszo Colonial Militia and Pioneer Women

Note that, I am painting the bases white for this game, but I will probably paint them brown/beige to look more like dirt and mud afterwards, for more general use.

Players will be able to choose the figure they want to use, and then choose a pre-gen character card. Perilous Tales (the rules I'll be using - I have the free version but I see they have recently had their official release, so I will buy them!) really only has one stat (called Skill), and then hero types get special abilities, which can't be duplicated among the party. In a co-op game this gives everyone some spotlight time and for the RPGers, it gives them something to hang a personality on.

The game, as planned, will actually consist of three games of Perilous Tales, each set on a different layout, with different opposition. Think of each table as a scene/room and it makes a little more sense. I will allow the players to heal somewhat between scenes, and there will be some light role-play between them - remember, my group is really an RP group, not wargamers.

I may reduce this to two layouts but time is running out to decide!

In any case, the first table will feature a pack of ravenously hungry wolves OR depending upon my overall villain story, possessed wolves.

SCS Direct wolves (they used to be easy to find on Amazon, in their Fantasy Creatures II set, but I can't find that for sale anymore)

 On the paint table now are the captives awaiting saving and another militia member.

Women from LOD/Barszo Huron Captives set with another colonial militia figure.

The women figures are resin and have a fair number of divots and other odd artifacts of their creation. The pioneer women were most troublesome and the standing/shooting figure especially so. I covered her skirt multiple times with coats of Mod Podge to to fill in the pores (for lack of a better term). It worked well enough for my low standards, but those who care more about such things would do well to pick up some green stuff if they want to paint these figures.

Next up, finish painting those figures, possibly paint up some of the other pioneer women (to function as a witches coven, if I go that route), and some DIY figure making with wire and clay.