Saturday, 30 January 2016

He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Biggest!

I've finished my Joker crew for the Batman Miniatures Game, and I've gone for a big finish.
 

This is the Titan Clown, a big bruiser pumped up on the Titan drug, as featured in the Arkham Asylum console game, ready to add some punch to my crew. He's big, fast and hits hard for a relatively low reputation cost. What's more, as a henchman, he can be given equipment, such as Neurotoxic Drugs to make him even faster, or even a Bat-Claw, to allow him to chase down those pesky rooftop loitering heroes. Next time I see Arrow, he's getting a clown to the face!

Titan Clown is big, but I wanted bigger...


 Titan Joker!

This massive beast of a model trades Joker's usual trickery and shenanigans for raw killing power. He encourages a more direct style of play, and is vulnerable to enemy shooting, but he should pretty much destroy anyone he gets into base to base contact with. I'm tempted to take him to my next tournament, rather than Arkham City Joker, simply to avoid the tuts that usually great shooting round corners, one shot kills and henchmen who can rearrange their counters. I also imagine that he'll be a blast to play if backed up with some other fast killers like the Titan Clown and Victor Zsasz.

Both of these models were surprisingly quick to paint, despite their size, and on the subject of which, here's a scale shot with a regular model.


So, I've met my goal for the month. Hurrah!

I've still got a second hand duplicate Ringmaster to work with, but I'm waiting to see if I can get my hands on one of the tournament exclusive character cards for Six, an upgraded Shield Clown, in order to do a conversion, so he can wait. I can now do several variations of a 350 rep crew for the Joker, so I'm happy that I don't need to be adding anything more.

Next month, I should have a bit more time to paint, so I'm going to set myself a slightly larger target, but you'll have to wait and see what that is.

2016 lead pile count:
Acquired - 0
Painted - 4
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14 comments:

  1. Michael Awdry30 January 2016 at 03:12

    Superb! What a pair of bruisers these two are, fabulous work!

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    1. Kieron30 January 2016 at 07:27

      Thanks. I've been a bit intimidated and put them off for the best part of a year, but they were actually much easier than many of the other modems I've done.

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  2. pulpcitizen30 January 2016 at 04:14

    Well done with both Kieron, they look excellent - it would be great to see them in March if they make an appearance for Titan. :)

    That said, Titan Joker looks like such a monster, I would be wary to face them on the table if we were lucky to draw each other again!

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    1. Kieron30 January 2016 at 07:30

      Thanks.

      I reckon you'd find TJ friendlier than you have ACJ, as he doesn't pass on Trickster and is actually quite easy to shoot.

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    2. pulpcitizen30 January 2016 at 08:21

      Have you seen the sum total of Court of Owls shooting? LOL> :)

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    3. Kieron30 January 2016 at 08:25

      Good point. But the cost and lack of exploding teeth also reduces the shooting coming back at you and means that the fight will be up close, where the Owls like it.

      I genuinely don't think TJ is anyway near as competitive/filthy as ACJ.

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    4. pulpcitizen30 January 2016 at 10:34

      I don't disagree re: AC Joker - I don't think much comes close. It is just the near-perfect combination of very good Traits in Kaos Agent, Trickster, Exploding Teeth, and One Shot Gun.

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  3. Obsidian3D30 January 2016 at 07:38

    Nice stuff. I just recently built all of my Joker models. You're ahead of me in painting though!

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    1. Kieron30 January 2016 at 08:10

      Thanks. I'm sure you'll catch up as I'm really slow. I've been trudging through this stuff pretty much since it first came out though. I painted my first Joker henchmen back in 2013!

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    2. Obsidian3D30 January 2016 at 10:06

      Fair point. I bought my first models when the rule book came out. I've got about 17 figures done plus all the objectives and street tokens. Trying to finish up my Origins Batman today for use in some demos tomorrow.

      Nothing wrong with slow. It's our hobby so we might as well enjoy it and do a job we can be proud of!

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  4. Simon Quinton 30 January 2016 at 08:32

    Nice additions to the gang with these pair! Take them to the next tournament you know you want to!

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    1. Kieron31 January 2016 at 01:20

      Thanks. I'm tempted to run Titan Joker, Titan Clown, Victor Zsasz and Clowns (with Harley Quinn to keep them moving). It would be really fast and aggressive, and would aim to bull rush the opposition. A crew with loads of guns...like...Penguin...would eat it alive.

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  5. Bullcher Feb31 January 2016 at 09:59

    They are looking great. Nice work. I quite like the use of grey wit the red. Works well.

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  6. FourEyedMonster7 February 2016 at 08:37

    Whoa ... that's an impressive looking Titan Joker. Nice job!

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