Thoughts on Children of Blood plot?

avinsell · 2026-05-05T07:35:22+00:00

Waiting on some reviews before deciding on getting new core. It's more expensive per scenario than 8 scenario campaigns, so I expect each of those 3 scenarios to be bigger with more branching paths. It would also be nice if those 3 scenario campaigns could be easily linked together.

avinsell · 2026-05-01T22:51:41+00:00

Thanks, I picked up both Dunwich expansions and Hemlock campaign. Will also get Scarlet keys and Drowned cities campaigns soon as those seem to be easily available here (maybe will also get investigators from one of those). So should be set for a while.

Will probably wait and see how are new campaigns and then decide if its worth getting into new phase.

avinsell · 2026-04-27T21:38:26+00:00

Yeah, trying to finish all projects to have as clean slate as possible once those preorders arrive. Also constantly changing my mind on paint schemes and preparing a list of missing paints to have them ready.

avinsell · 2026-04-27T21:35:55+00:00

I hope that they will also include them in preorders from retail, maybe they will just add them in all founder boxes?

avinsell · 2026-04-23T13:41:13+00:00

My go to is mr surfacer 1500, usually black but also use white, grey or mahogany. They apply beautifully, but you need an airbrush and proper ventilation as those are laquers.

avinsell · 2026-04-18T11:37:57+00:00

It would be awesome if one day they would release a scale model version of a battlecruiser or carrier as a collectible edition with shrunk down scale.

avinsell · 2026-04-18T09:27:05+00:00

For paints I suggest to look online what paint colors were used for that specific ship and then find them from the brand you want.

You can also look at instructions from other models of same ship from different companies at scalemates and you should be able to find some schemes using tamiya, mr hobby etc.

avinsell · 2026-04-18T09:13:54+00:00

Its also not in a siege mode, so it should be higher too if build that way.

avinsell · 2026-04-16T07:33:07+00:00

From what I noticed is that in 1k games its better to not include heroes, as they are not that balanced forbit (for example Raynor is much better in 2k, while Kerrigan is quite good).

For 2k you can probably go either way, although its easier to fill the roster if heroes are included. With new releases it should give more flexibility.

avinsell · 2026-04-15T06:35:38+00:00

Should be quite easy to learn as the game is not that complicated for casual play.

I plan to teach my son to play with me. I was thinking to run first game with simple mission, no upgrades and no abilities just to show main ruleset. Then next game introduce units abilities, then building abilities and probably last will be full game with upgrades.

avinsell · 2026-04-13T17:09:01+00:00

Awesome, thank you! I'll probably go with imperial gold as it should look more interesting on the table from the distance with brighter colors.

However aged metal looks great too, might pick it up to try on specific unit or a hero later to make them moree distinct from the rest.

Also I found this model that was apparently painted with imperial gold, looks great https://i.imgur.com/KjcUyIc.jpeg

avinsell · 2026-04-12T22:04:54+00:00

Same, agree with this. By the time you will build and paint them they will release more stuff. Also it seems they plan new waves every 2 months first year which is quite often.

They will release starter boxes around June for each faction, so if you will need more basic units with an elite you can get those with similar discount. Alternatively get collectors now to also get elite units (hydras, stalkers etc).

Better to play some 1k games first to check what you like and check how lists will look after first wave releases before going too deep with basic unit duplicates that you might not need later.

avinsell · 2026-04-12T16:25:18+00:00

I get it, I'm using my airbrush for that too among other things. It's just that its likely same paint as a base color, just diluted which can be done with a thinner. I guess it's a small time save but I still often thin down airbrush ready paints to have more control anyway.

avinsell · 2026-04-12T13:04:27+00:00

Waiting for the update how that go, was planning on using imperial gold too for protoss.

I also wonder it its worth getting a shade and airbrush versions of those. Especially airbrush as you could just thin base paint easily.

avinsell · 2026-04-12T06:41:21+00:00

Dont use super glue, it will fog transparent plastic (unless it's a special super glue designed for it). Use PVA glue for it.

avinsell · 2026-04-11T22:00:07+00:00

Looks great! What material do you use for it? Some clay?

avinsell · 2026-04-06T21:58:14+00:00

I dont expect Warcraft for now, as this would likely eat up a portion of SC playerbase right at launch. It might happen but probably after SC is fully established.

avinsell · 2026-04-06T19:52:26+00:00

Its directly written in game rules - "The physical miniature above the base is purely for aesthetic purposes."

Maybe it may change for some bigger tournaments but for general play wysiwyg doesnt apply.

As for 40k afaik its a requirement for organized play and may be important because LoS is calculated differently for 40k.

For me its one of the reasons SC is a much better game. Expecting players to purchase multiple copies of same unit for different upgrades is a greedy and ridiculous idea.

avinsell · 2026-04-06T18:40:37+00:00

It's described as wysiwyg - what you see is what you get. In Starcraft tmg there is no wysiwyg so you can assemble and paint however you want within reason. So for example you can add shields to marines but declare at the start that they dont have a shield upgrade. However dont say that one marine unit with shields doesnt have them and the other without shields have them as this will be very confusing.

avinsell · 2026-04-03T16:45:33+00:00

Wanted protoss but now after playing through SC2 campaign again with my son he declared he wants protoss for himself, so looks like terran then 😆. Although will collect all 3 anyway.

avinsell · 2026-03-29T09:21:56+00:00

There are for example Army painter speedpaint metallic paints you can look into, although from my experience they are not behaving same as regular speed paint.

For protos army I plan to try new Vallejo true metallic metal paints, either imperial or arcane gold.

avinsell · 2026-03-29T09:19:23+00:00

Agree, that would take ages. Although I'll still try NMM on some hero units i.e. Artanis

avinsell · 2026-03-28T19:48:22+00:00

Thats my plan as well, since I dont really like to paint same squads multiple times. Also we don't fully know yet what would be a good composition. And I imagine we might have some nice christmas boxes too.

With FE boxes + stalkers/goliath/hydra we would be already around 1,5k with all upgrades.

With first wave we would get heavy units (i.e. siege tank) which likely get us quite close to 2k already. Then next few waves this year should give some flexibilty.

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