Xenos Rampant

My little boy sat with me while I was watching a Xenos Rampant demo on YouTube, he then told me he'd love to try a game. The only problem was I hadn't really read the rules and had to rely on my ancient memory of Dragon Rampant for the basic rules. 

It didn't take long for him to say it was too complicated and he wanted to stop. Slightly crushed, I accepted it might be a bit too old for him at the moment. My lack of rule knowledge didn't really help either, but it was nice to get my figures out with the scenery.

You have to take any optunity these days, especially if your son shows an interest. 

I will have to sit down and crunch through the rule book.

Insurgents take on Colonial Marines in a near future setting.

 

Coastal basing

I found this Coastal basing grit on eBay and thought it would be perfect for the Fomorian bases. The tiny white pieces are meant to be shells.

Over this grit layer I applied some green flock, this stuff looks great as dry seaweed.

I also added a slightly larger grit to create a bit more detail. This was added in tiny patches around the base.

A little starfish clings to the rocks.

I also added some resin skulls to the base to give it a mystical feel. 

I found the bigger bold sculpts worked best on the base, lots of holes and tubes. Something to remember for future bases.

 

Rockpool Bases

I tried out some good old Milliput to create some seashore landscape. My thinking is I'm going to need quite a bit of putty, so why not try out some cheaper options. Greenstuff is better to sculpt with but it's not cheap.

The best thing about Milliput is the smell takes me back to my teenage days...

I bought this beastie to go with the Fomorian raiding force. To my delight it matches the size of the other fish like troll. This guy is a bit more crocodilian than fish, but fits in just as well.

I find Milliput a little more difficult to work with now after being spoilt by Greenstuff. It's very tacky and can make quite a mess with your hands.

Pushing on with it, I used large blobs to make various coral structures and mounds of seaweed.

I imagine this brute to snag quite a bit of seaweed on his spikes as he crawls from the depths.

This little tool came in handy for making sponges and corals.

Coral tubes are something a bit different and easy to do 

Anything that will catch ink and look weird will do, it's fun trying to come up with different techniques.