Heroscape: Age of Annihilation is here! Back it on Haslab!

[BloodyBaroness]

Originally Posted by Grungebob

You hear the rumble of a throaty engine and see a cloud of dust forming on the horizon. A dark figure emerges from the dust and careens toward you. It is a knight clad in jet black armor perched on an equally black electra glide hog that hovers just inches above the ground. A black banner streams from his power lance as he screeches to a sideways halt and lifts his visor. Inside his helmet, you see…… mice…. hundreds of them, and you realize that this is not a man, but a colony of rodents who have taken over this armor. You have no idea what they want, all you know is that they are angry and ready to make their mark on the battlefields of Valhalla!

This is why you are one of my favorite people.

[Agent Minivann]

I thought penguins with machineguns was supposed to be the last minis released. Or did I not get that right.

[quozl]

[IAmBatman]

Heh. Make Sir Hawthorne 2.0 a Crime Lord.

[quozl]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Heh. Make Sir Hawthorne 2.0 a Crime Lord.

Sounds very on theme!

[BasketBasket]

Originally Posted by boromir96

No, Avalon Hill will be launching their own discord channel on 8/8. I’m sure a link will be posted here.

Thank you. I look foward to getting any information they share

[caps]

Originally Posted by Master Roshi

I see, I can imagine that a terrain piece that takes up space like the glaciers would be troublesome from a packaging perspective since most of it is empty space.
What were some of your ideas?

I suggested that they have some terrain chunks (i.e. permanently connected hexes with multiple levels that could actually be occupied by figures) that could be dropped on top of a flat surface of hexes to quickly make a playable map for a quick skirmish. That, combined with more of those cardboard base layers, would make it much easier to play a game in a short amount of time without having to build a "real" map first.

They seemed pretty neutral on the idea. For all I know they were already considering it and wanted to play it cool, or maybe I didn't communicate it well.

[Master Roshi]

Originally Posted by capsocrates

I suggested that they have some terrain chunks (i.e. permanently connected hexes with multiple levels that could actually be occupied by figures) that could be dropped on top of a flat surface of hexes to quickly make a playable map for a quick skirmish. That, combined with more of those cardboard base layers, would make it much easier to play a game in a short amount of time without having to build a "real" map first.

They seemed pretty neutral on the idea. For all I know they were already considering it and wanted to play it cool, or maybe I didn't communicate it well.

I'd like more mats, but I'd like them to be single terrain type; i don't like how the aotp ones had water patches mixed in

[skyknight]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Heh. Make Sir Hawthorne 2.0 a Crime Lord.

But then he turns good, does nothing really, allows someone else to pretty much take over his show, and the. decides to be a benevolent leader for a bunch of poor folks living in the middle of a Desert. Oh wait, that’s someone else’s story, my bad.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by skyknight

But then he turns good, does nothing really, allows someone else to pretty much take over his show, and the. decides to be a benevolent leader for a bunch of poor folks living in the middle of a Desert. Oh wait, that’s someone else’s story, my bad.

And if he takes enough wounds to be destroyed, you replace him on the battlefield with four small mice figures with swords.

[chaoserver]

After reading this thread, I am very glad that in the 12 years without official scapes that I picked up painting minis.

To anyone despairing at the idea of needing to paint your own minis, I once avoided any games with unpainted minis, or in a few cases commissioned a fellow heroscaper to paint a board game for me since I was convinced I wouldn't be able to paint whatsoever- Now I've painted probably 1000 or so detailed minis and I can honestly say I think anyone has the ability to paint at a top tier level with just a little practice.

Not only do you exponentially improve with each miniature you paint(My first painted mini was an abomination, but by the second it was a night and day difference), but unlike something like pencil sketching or canvas painting there are tons of tricks for quick and good looking results. A couple base colors with the right shades will produce something that is HS quality in no time. Ditto for contrast paints, assuming a figure has large portions that are the same color.

One thing to keep in mind if you're nervous about your results is that while Heroscape looks significantly better than things like heroclix, and are excellent pre-painted minis- That they are generally very simple paint jobs, with it being rare for a unit to have more than a smudge for a face, or any fine details. They just did a masterful job of making the paint job look great from the birds eye view you will usually be seeing them from.

Depending on the volume of units released I might do some tutorial videos on my channel to try and help ease people into this new phase of scapes. Since at least speaking personally, an important part of HS is its visual appeal and how it ignites the imagination which just doesn't go hand in hand with armies of mono colored plastic.

[foofoofun]

I think it’s a great idea for people to set up tutorials for painting.

Regardless of my own opinions on the topic as a whole I think it’s important for the community to make heroscape as accessible as possible. Having videos available for people who’ve never painted but want to will help a lot.

I might try to make a video or two myself but my painting style is much more “creative” then it is competent.