Aeon Trespass: Odyssey (ATO) by Lawnor

Exalted Zeus

Regular Zeus was the only Godform included in the core box so I painted him 2 years ago.

Flesh

Base: P3 Midlund Flesh
Wash: P3 Skorne Red
Wash: P3 Battle Dress Green
Wash: P3 Battle Dress Green & Skorne Flesh
Drybrush: P3 Midlund Flesh mixed with P3 Ryn Flesh

Dirty Green Cloth

Base: P3 Traitor Green
Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade
Drybrush: A.Mig-0606 Medium Green

Gold

Base: GW Retributor Gold
Wash: GW Seraphim Sepia
High: VMA 71.066 Gold
High: VMA 71.066 Gold mixed with VMC 77.707 Chrome

White Hair

Base: Reaper MSP 09148 Ghoul Skin mixed with Reaper MSP 09150 Bloodless Skin
Wash: Reaper MSP 09148 Ghoul Skin
Drybrush: Reaper MSP 09150 Bloodless Skin Mixed with White
Drybrush/layer: White

Blue Lightning

Base: GW Fenrisian Grey mixed with P3 Frostbite
Wash: Warcolours Marine 2
Drybrush: P3 Frostbite
Drybrush: P3 Frostbite mixed with P3 Menoth White Highlight
Drybrush & edge highlight: P3 Frostbite mixed with P3 Menoth White Highlight mixed with P3 Morrow White
Selective edge highlight: P3 Morrow White

That was the last of them.  There was a lot in that box and I’m glad they’re done.  I even managed to not go Godform until after they were done.  I’ve used 3 models so far.  Completely unnecessary, but it’s nice to have them ready.

I’ve had a week off work recently and spent it mostly playing Cycle 4.  I’m currently at the final encounter.  I think.  This game likes surprises.  I’ve definitely been cheating though.  I’ve been applying my house rules all the time, and forgetting a bunch of stuff.  I’m a little overloaded in keywords, special rules, curse afflictions etc.  I cannot keep track of it all so I’m forgetting stuff, good and bad. It would all be very manageable if I was playing with 3 other people, but each character has so much stuff specific to them, and it changes all the time, so I keep forgetting stuff.  I would love to find out all my issues with the game are just my own shortcomings.

I hope to be back here soon with pics of all the C5 enemies painted.  Most of them are ready for basing.  I’ll get them all finished and varnished together before I start work on the Titans.

I’m also deliberately ignoring some stuff.  Some of the curses seem to play out as “You just die after 1 round” unless you’re set up specifically to counter them.  No way of curing it (I thought.  I could have but missed a random rule on a random card from 3 cycles ago that would have solved it.  Spotted it 2 days ago) and you need very specific gear and actions to stay alive, which I did not have for a while.  it felt like an “F You” rule, so if it wasn’t possible for me to deal with it, I either ignored it, or spent a fate to avoid it’s effect each round.

At one point the game had me unlock a special surprise encounter (No narrative spoilers here) that had me spend what felt like an hour going through decks and boxes to get together everything I needed to set it up, but then it quickly became apparent it was not possible for me to win.  I wasn’t allowed to avoid the fight, or run away.  It was just a kick in the teeth, 4 dead titans and 2 hours of my life wasted just for a negative play experience and more animosity towards the game and the company.

I’m done moaning for now.  Despite my grumps, once I get going and apply my house rules I do enjoy the game.  I would be curious to see how much more manageable everything is with 3 other players.  not just to spread the load of tracking the characters, but the extra input on strategy, tactics and gear loadout to see things I can’t.  I’d also love a second opinion on the rules as I may be doing lots wrong and making it harder.