2024 Painting Log

Or maybe just an icy battlefield. Here are 8 more for Mythic Battles: Ragnarök. These were done in my usual black primer –> drybrush a base color –> fill in other basic colors –> wash –> drybrush highlights technique that I’ve been using for most of these. I’m mostly using traditional paints rather than speedpaint — I’m not sure I really have a handle on the speedpaint process yet, but I am occasionally using them as heavy washes, or to course-correct if I find a color I’ve used needs adjusting.

Now I have enough done to actually play the first scenario, which I did over the weekend. We played the first scenario in the base game book as written, which I lost decisively. We played a second game with the standard skirmish rules using the same models, which led to a longer and somewhat more satisfying game. I do like the Mythic Battles rule set a lot, especially the use of cards to determine model activations. It gives the game a chance to show off the stellar artwork — with most games, the art is on the box and in the rulebook, and maybe you use it as a painting guide, but once you start playing you don’t really get to look at it any more.

2024 models painted so far: 102, for 5 different games

Next up: I’ve pulled out the figures I need for the next two Mythic Battles: Ragnarök scenarios — 21 in total, including 2 huge impressive looking monsters that should be fairly easy to paint quickly. I’ve also got a backlog of Star Wars: Shatterpoint sets that I’d like to get done since the boxes take up so much room, so I’ll probably be alternating between the two.