Don't Mess with Steam Punk Femme Fatales

 Femme Fatales come in all shapes and sizes and those of the Steam Punk Era have their own form of deadliness.

Armor, firearms and a killer instinct are the hallmarks of Cassandra Drk'hart. (Privateer Press)

And who needs a firearm when you have a killer's eye with the blade as does the Baroness Natasha Shearpoint. (Pulp Figures)

Another affectionate believer in the use of blades is Anastasia Di Bray. (Privateer Press)

Verein Zoetekijken, on the other hand, trusts her beloved old...

belaying pin to make a sound impression. (Privateer Press)

Captain Sam (not Samantha d'mn you) Bogsdaughter prefers her solid Colt .44 revolver to make sure her commands are followed to the letter. (Pulp Figures)

Della Morte' also believes in her trusty six-shooter. (Pulp Figures)

Being a proper English Lady, Mrs. Elizabet R. Gates would never use any pistol that wasn't a Webly .455. (GDW)

Being a prim and proper daughter of a Minister, Lady Eugene de Witton, keeps her pair of pocket pistols discreetly hidden in her handbag. (GDW)

While she prefers her two-handed sword, Verde Morty, can aways rely on her two ivory handled pistols to settle any distasteful disagreement. (Malifaux)

Sonia Criid also prefers a sword, but hers is a burning blade, using secret petroleum distillates of her own design, to cut through any "red-tape." (Malifaux) 

Whereas the "Sea Witch" relies on "good old fashion Arcane Magics" to power her flame sword. (Monolith)

Chains and sword are a fine combination according to Arlymn Lytdncer, especially if you need to disarm/disable rather than eliminate your opponent.

Adventuress Extraordinaire, Lady Augusta Elizabeth Shutfuzze, uses good fashion sense and a .445 round, to make her mark in the World (Foundry)

Another user of the powers of the Arcane, and a good bottle of "Vino" to power her way through the World is the fierce pit fighter Onna Mnn Wtcch. (GW)

The Widow Wisty Widshipp has spent her time removing "upstructions" with her "Victrola of Soul Rendering." (Monolith)

Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. uses her powers for the good of her followers. (Monolith)

Baronne Menace Cachee aka "Monstrecalamar" has unfortunately delved a little too deeply into the weird "Majic's of the Arcane." (Monolith)

                                                  

Miss Ilene Addlaar knows the best way to take down an enemy is with massive firepower. And the smoke-flames & KABOOM scares the k..p out of everyone else! (Monolith)

Madelyn Corbeau, the Courtesan, uses more of her womanly powers, and a vast knowledge of poisons and love potions, to rule her niche of the World. (Privateer Press)

And finally...

Where one is dangerous a whole regiment, such as this squad of the Crown Princess Michelle's Hussars, is a force few would wish to face. (Hinderland Figures)

The Monolith pieces are plastic all the others are metal and have been painted by me this century.

Treelord Stogens Herre WIP Pt 2

Stogens Herre the Treelord is ready for his first layers of his base main colors.

Beige & Antique White.

Standing 14.6 cm (5.75 in.), Stogens Herre is a big miniatures piece and will be quite imposing on the tabletop. Next up dry brush layers of browns, greens and greys.

Fresh Blood is the Best

 "I Love Blood and Ball Games" shouts Count Hagar von Poftsange, Co-Captain of the Venators Vampire Blood Bowl team. 

The count is so excited about the start of the bloody game he has partially transformed into a giant bat!

A transformation that is helping to hide the ball from his opponents. An advantage the count is using well as he scans the pitch for a likely victim to bean with the metal clad ball. Blood will soon fly, it is Blood Bowl you know.

Count Hagar von Poftsange is a plastic piece I painted this month.

Time for a New Ball, the Old One is too Bloody!

Every professional ball handler knows a good grip is important for game ball control.

 

Since blood is sticky it might be an advantage to a ball carrier. 

But this is not true for Blood Bowl vampire players as they find the aroma of fresh blood quite distracting,

So out with the bloody ball, in with a new ball and on with the game.

These are plastic piece I painted this month.

Lose more Elves That Way

The mangled body of Dark Elf Ec'Dkar Burntstrr is yet another tragic example of a warrior's overconfidence in the face of ruthless foes.

His foolish single-handed assault upon the opponent's unbroken line has led to this unsurprising result.

If only he had heeded the coach's words, " For the Dark God's sake Use YOUR SPEED to stary an arm's length away," before he rushed out on to the pitch vs the Lizardman team of Commander Grrr Bnsmshrr.  Instead, Ec'Dkar ran straight into the arms of Commander Grrr Bnsmshrr and his Boneheads. Now his team is going to have to pay the expenses of a resurrectionists to reanimate the late Dark Elf as his father, Count Quk'Dth  Burntstrr. is one of the team owners. Oh well, maybe the rich, entitled, idiot will learn to follow his coach's directions in the future. NOT!

Commander Grrr Bnsmshrr, and his Bonehead lineslizards.

World Historyprof: Blood Bowl Lizardmen-Pain in Scales

The luckless Ec'Dkar Burntstrr is a kit bashed plastic Blood Bowl piece I put together and painted last week.

A Rattling We Will Go...

Skaven Rattling Gunner Cree'Nkk and Pumper Krppup are skilled at the use of the Warpstone Gun, with an impressive enemy to friendly fire kill ratio of 5 to 3.

They are especially adept at the ambush and run away L'k H'l attack. They are not fans of the "Hold Your Position No Matter WHAT" command. The fact that the last officer to give that order died shortly there-after of Warpstone poisoning is not considered a coincidence by anyone. 

Seeing as they have survived five battles without blowing themself up, they are considered both experts and very lucky. How long they continue to survive is a question for the Great Rat Gods.

Cree'Nkk and Krppup are turn of the century metal casting from Games Workshop that I painted this week.

Power Junctures Make Excellent Targets

Electric power, the life blood of any technological society.

This is especially true on frontier colonial planets on the edge of Imperial Space. Planets prone to raids and even battles with the Imperial enemies.

Making this type of power juncture a especially tempting target.

SO, here we have a perfect energy victory point target for any Sci Fi game.

As with most terrain pieces, this is a kit bashed piece I painted this week.

Rattling Gun-Skaven Answer to Armored Enemies

Armed with the deadly Warpstone powered Rattling Gun, Skaven warriors Mkk and Nwkk are ready to deal massive firepower into their enemies' formations.

The massive firepower of the Rattling Gun is especially powerful against slow moving heavily armored opponents.

As Warpstone is by its very nature unstable, it takes firm hands and brave hearts (the latter is not the most common feature found in Skaven) to use the weapon effectively.  As Mkk and Nwkk are firm believers in the "Short life-but an Exciting one" philosophy, they make perfect Rattling gunners.

Mkk and Nwkk are early 21st century metal casualties that I painted this month.