So the release of 2nd edition has really boosted my creative spark (despite how terrible a year it's been for me) and has given me the motivation to at least get some painting done. With the Mosston Village River Defenders starting force now complete, I have started expanding beyond that. While I wait for the starter sets to go back into stock, I have decided to work on other stuff in between (sorry if the photos are a little blurry, sort of rushed for time. Will try to have better ones in the next update).
The first thing that needed to be finish are the three objective markers you need for each warband. I used two from one of the objective marker packs, but felt the sleeping mouse might be too much for me to do as I try to get through my massive painting pile, so instead used a small treasure pile from a D&D pack I bought years ago when I was wanting to make terrain.
I feel like these markers are a great in telling a story for the warband as Mosston is a sort of tiny village where traders can stop and rest on their travels. These markers represent the various stuff that could belong to traders that the warband needs to protect in order to return them to their owners.
Beyond that, I have started painting some Undead in order to build an Undead warband. I've completed three so far with various levels of success. My overall problem is that I'm far too much of a perfectionist and as a result I rarely get anything done, so my overall goal is to achieve a point in which I can say "that's good enough, let's finish it".
So far I think it's going well. Given how hard things have become for me, I must say that I'm quite happy with how this is turning out. I still have three more Mist-Ghasts (Hare, Squirrel and Mouse). This would technically be enough for a Ghast only band, though I will eventually add more to them soon. I do want to try and add a green light onto the grass, but still not sure if I should attempt it. As for names and story lore, I'll work on that a little more once I've completed the warband.
Overall, this has been a rather productive month, given the situation, and feel happy with the direction these models are going in.
