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Keeping myself honesty by showing off what I accomplished in January and my goals for February.

Earlier this year, I turned some extra holiday cash into some salvage boxes as a late Christmas present. Come see what I ended up with!

Mage Leader's Video: https://youtu.be/N6mDnI-4L70?si=hyXNkIsOv29UPAcy

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Taking a look at everything that I accomplished (and didn't) during the year and what I'm hoping to do in 2024.

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Naturalists and biologists will say that Nature is a living thing in perfect balance. But what they do not realise, is that such harmony has only been reached through the influence of the ancient force known as the Wyld. This power was worshipped in its own right in ages past and even today can be found in the roots of many more… sanitised religions. The Wyldborne still remember the old ways, however, and all the raw power that comes from those who walk in its shadow.

As part of my 2023 Spooktober coverage, we're looking at one of the newer posses to be added to the game as well as one of the more flexible and interesting options for the Hex.

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This year's Spooktober celebration continues with a short but effective painting tutorial for the Mummies from One Page Rules' Age of Fantasy wargame, as voted by the community here. Apparently the giant statue with a huge axe or the not-quite Ark Of The Covenant were cool enough this time around...

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Wrapping up our Wild West Exodus Spooktober coverage with the big daddy of the Enlightened, Burson Carpathian.

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Legendary figures in the Wild West, like Jesse James, will naturally cast a long shadow in which other men will eternally skulk. William McCarty is one such man. Young, headstrong and impetuous, Billy McCarty rarely teams up with Jesse James. When he does, things quickly flare up and the two egos clash. McCarty perceives James as a broken relic who has had his day and who should make way for a faster, younger man such as Billy McCarty. In return, James sees McCarty not as a challenger to his outlaw crown but as little more than an upstart. It was James that first coined the sobriquet 'Kid', which McCarty so despises.

Billy The Kid champions the Enlightened's RJ-1027 technology in its many forms. He makes use of this 'juice' with an array of modern weaponry in his various criminal activities which include, but are in no way limited to, bank and stage robberies, street brawls and on occasion, simply 'settling an argument'.

Demonstrating no sense of guilt or remorse relating to the murders that he commits, Billy The Kid revels in the sheer, bloody joy it brings to his spirit. Billy The Kid is a man quick to anger, quick to revenge and quick to round up like-minded individuals who share his goals.

Billy The Kid is the leader of a like-minded gang known as the Regulators, who tread a curious line between notoriety and legitimacy. This is down to desperate Marshals who can turn to this gang of gunmen for their skill and experience in times of need. It is common to see the Regulators sporting the tin star, whether they are actually currently deputised or not. Regular members of this gang include The Apache Kid, trail finder, trapper and hotshot with his spirit bow. Jose Chavez y Chavez, notorious for his skill with both a machete and pistols in equal measure. Jake Williamson, a huge beast of a man known for butchering his foes with a meat cleaver. John "Boxer" Middleton, the wielder of custom made shock gauntlets and expert pugilist. Laura Anderssen, deadly femme-fatale and deadlier shot with a pistol and finally Sasha Tanner, desperado extraordinaire who can fillet enemies with his bladed gauntlets.

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Continuing our Showdown at Retribution video series by taking an in-depth look at Gustave Eiffel's Spider in the Web detachment detachment, what you can do with it on the tabletop, and how to go from the starter set force to a tournament-ready list.

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Continuing our Showdown at Retribution video series by taking an in-depth look at Nikolai Tesla’s Irresistible Force detachment, what you can do with it on the tabletop, and how to go from the starter set force to a tournament-ready list.

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Starting a new series of videos going over everything you need to know to get started with the new edition of Wild West Exodus. We’ll cover everything from list building to walking through the Showdown at Retribution starter campaign to expanding your new (or existing) collections.

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This is a video I've been meaning to do for a long time, but never got around to it. So in an attempt to conquer my hobby ADD, I finally sat down with a few 3D printed barbarians and gave the Army Painter Skin Tones paint set an honest try.

If you want some additional reference material for painting more accurate skin tones, try this: https://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/content.php?1310-ethnic-skintones

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See what I've been working on and how I plan on conquering my Hobby ADD!

A common problem with wargamers is having various projects, ideas, and models in various states of assembly and painting, and I'm no different. In an effort to reduce the clutter I have in my hobby area and try to gets things done in a somewhat reasonable timeframe, I've decided to start chronicling my efforts here and on Twitter in an effort to stick to some sort of timeline. I'm also hoping that if enough people yell at me for slacking on the Internet I'll actually get stuff done.

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The Badlands of North America are a wild and dangerous place. It has been a generation since the end of the civil war, known as the Ore War, and the Union of Federated States has emerged as a dominant power on the world stage. But all is not as it seems and there's something rotten in the prosperous frontier town of Provenance. The Union have sent Major Willa Shaw to investigate in an adventure that will see her cross paths with old friends and new and terrifying enemies. Can Shaw and her allies discover the origins of Lazarus before all hell breaks loose?

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Born under the Raj in Delhi, Rani Nimue had a turbulent childhood. Her Englishborn father worked for the diplomatic service and moved across the country to wherever Her Majesty required him, his wife and only child dutifully following. At the height of the Indian Mutiny, Rani’s mother was killed, and her father was faced with the difficult task of raising his daughter alone.

Seeing to it that she was educated by a succession of governesses and tutors; her father proudly saw her grow into a beautiful and fiercely intelligent woman. Rani secretly harboured a wanderlust and restlessness that, added to the stifling restrictions of Victorian society brewed within her until she was fit to either explode or run away and leave it all behind. Eventually her love for the swaggering Outlaw Broad Arrow Jack, after a chance encounter in the Port of Bombay, twisted her father’s pride to
shame when, at the age of sixteen, she ran away with the pirate and was not heard from again for nearly a decade.

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To the common man, the Covenant of the Enlightened are little more than an exclusive club of intellectuals and aristocrats who sit in grand drawing rooms talking much and doing little. One such as this is the Hook and Ladder Club in New York City, so named due to being in a building that was originally destined for the nascent Fire Department. The club members specialise in the emergent field of parapsychology, a subject that the common man might call supernatural.

The club’s Auger, Warwick Hudson, leads all manner of discussions and theorising into matters ephemeral and improbable. Like the club’s founders, Hudson believes that all things can be explained by applying the scientific method. He maintains that they are in an age of Industrial ‘super-science’ and that any reports of strange and mysterious happenings are simply exaggerated or misunderstood by unreliable witnesses. Of particular interest are rumours of a paranormal conflict fought in secret by agents and cults of esoteric origins.

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As the Union shifted from being the victorious army in the Ore War to becoming martial force of government, the citizens of that Union were required to make a great deal of sacrifice as the nation pushed for its Manifest Destiny. But they would not be alone in their sacrifices. It had become painfully clear to President Abraham Lincoln that there threats to this great nation that could not be fought with armies and machines. There was a Shadow War being fought for the very soul of humanity. Lincoln refused to countenance the notion such a conflict could be ignored or allowed to resolve the fate of the Union.

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There are many different branches of the Federated States Marshal Service
that uphold the law across the Union, from judges in courthouses to the roving Rangers, organised police municipalities, and local sheriffs with their deputies.

When the Shadow War leaves its mark on civilisation through Mythos or other supernatural or otherworldly ephemera, something more is needed to uphold justice. When darkness truly falls, and the stuff of nightmares crawls out beneath the clearing skies, only one group can shine a light on the taint and corruption to enforce the Law.

The Bureau of Infernal Investigative Affairs, an elite band of Lawmen working directly out of Washington, specialise in investigating the very worst crimes and infractions. Although Mythos often defies description or analysis, it is the men and women of Infernal Affairs who strive to keep the Union safe from the depredations of those cults, xeno-forms and other malign menaces that stalk the long nights.

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The newest edition of the Lovecraftian skirmish game Mythos was recently released, and while there aren't any major rules or mechanics changes, there are a lot of lore revisions that bring in a lot of new elements!

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Born under the Raj in Delhi, Rani Nimue had a turbulent childhood. Her English-born father worked for the diplomatic service and moved across the country to wherever Her Majesty required him, his wife and only child dutifully following. At the height of the Indian Mutiny, Rani’s mother was killed and her father was faced with the difficult task of raising his daughter alone. Seeing to it that she was educated by a succession of governesses and tutors, her father proudly saw her grow into a beautiful and fiercely intelligent woman. Rani secretly harboured a wanderlust and restlessness that, added to the stifling restrictions of Victorian society brewed within her until she was fit to either explode or run away and leave it all behind. Eventually her love for the swaggering Outlaw Broad Arrow Jack, after a chance encounter in the Port of Bombay, twisted her father’s pride to shame when, at the age of sixteen, she ran away with the pirate and was not heard from again for nearly a decade.

Now master of a crew of her own, the self-styled Captain Nimue has earned a substantial bounty on her head for the audacious theft from the Barrow Shipyards of a prototype RJ-powered submersible. Nimue rapidly built a notoriety for using the stolen submarine, which she had christened ‘The Nautilus’, to make lightning raids on European shipping. While this brought down the ire of the Crown and their allies, her exotic looks and penny-dreadful fuelled reputation made her popular with the press and the public.

In the space of three years, Nimue and her crew of highly efficient Chowkidar were reported in raids as far apart as Portsmouth and Kolkata Port in India. Agents for the Crown identified a common thread in many of these raids being linked to Nimue’s apparent obsession with collecting antiquities from across the Empire. Whether this is simple fascination or part of some greater strategy is unclear though an interrogation of a former accomplice hints that Nimue believes she is a reincarnation of the Lady of the Lake from Arthurian legend. Fanciful as this might seem, in an age where there are whispers of werewolves and mechanical monstrosities coming from the former American colonies, as well as ancient alien technologies and mega-fauna in Antarctica, it cannot be discounted.

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The new edition of Wild West Exodus is finally here, which means a brand new starter set! Let's take a look at everything you get in the Showdown at Retribution set and go over how all the new plastic models go together.

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New Hero In Town by Kevin MacLeod
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The future may not be read with impunity. The threads of destiny for a person are wrapped through the days of their lives, known only to the omniscient beings known to their followers as the Fates.

The secrets of the Fates are hidden from the eyes of mere mortals and only those with the gift of Mythos may begin to lift that veil. For the Odani people, as servants to the Fates, the gift of foresight is passed down through the female line.

From Mother to Daughter, the ability to see that what will be has allowed the Travellers to remain healthy, wealthy and wise. Of course, it has the added benefit of staying one step ahead of any authorities that wish to limit their nomadic lifestyle.

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Bump in the Night by Kevin MacLeod
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Like the Custos Crypta, the Silver Venators have arrived in the middle of the Shadow War to find they are in a world much removed from their own. The Venators are a coven of huntresses who travel the angles of time as their master’s demand.

Each Venator is entrusted with a silvered key, an object attuned to their own Mythos energies. With their key, the Venators can travel through a narrow passage of 120 degrees or less through the gates of time. Using the knowledge of their masters, the Venators emerge from that same corner at the preordained point in the past or future.

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Gathering Darkness by Kevin MacLeod
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It is a great and noble thing to devote a life to the pursuit of knowledge. Some are obsessed with knowledge for its own sake and push the boundaries of understanding within their chosen field of study. However, there are those who seek the power to dominate others through their knowledge.

Chester Barreman is a man such as that. Even in his youth, Chester had an interest in history, more specifically in ancient civilizations and their religions. He was fascinated by the various interconnected beliefs of people across the globe stretching as far back as the written word, hieroglyphs or even cave paintings allowed. It was only as his studies matured that he realised he was at the beginning of a very dangerous path. A path defined by a single word: Chronozon.

Path of Chronozon Lore: https://www.mythosthegame.com/assets/mythos/factions/factions-background-pdf/Path-of-Chronozon.pdf

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Bump in the Night by Kevin MacLeod
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The story of the Custos Crypta begins in the year 700 BCE at the height of the Kushite Empire when the authority of Pharaoh Neferkare Shabaka was considered absolute. Shabaka was said to be blessed by the ancient Egyptian Goddess Khepera.

It was in Khepera’s name that Shabaka ruled, from Nubia to the Nile Delta and a blood sacrifice was made daily in his name. For this tribute, the Kushite Empire was gifted the service of the Custos Crypta, a sentient insectoid species that acted as both guardian and custodian of Shabaka and his people. But time and the treachery of humankind are the only constants in this world and Shabaka was murdered by his nephew Taharqa.

The remaining Custos Crypta were entombed alongside their Pharaoh in the pyramid at el-Kurru, there to remain for the rest of eternity. At least that was the plan…

Custos Crypta Lore: https://www.mythosthegame.com/assets/mythos/factions/factions-background-pdf/Custos-Crypta.pdf

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Gathering Darkness by Kevin MacLeod
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