6 X 6 Game Challenge Update - July

I had hoped to make a little progress on getting caught up, but I failed.  However, I am glad to say that I didn't fall any further behind.

My three games this month were all of The Walking Dead: All Out War.  I am finished with the plays for that game and am going to focus on Cold War Commander and Conflict of Heroes next.

I've played (and made videos of) 15 games so far toward this challenge.  My plan was to play 3 games per month so I should have completed 21 games by the end of July.  I now need to play 4 games per month (and 5 in one month) to complete my challenge.

I have plans to make some progress in August, but we will see how that actually works out.
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Cold War Commander

Game 1, Game 2

Conflict of Heroes - Awakening the Bear

The Walking Dead: All Out War

Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4, Game 5, Game 6

Kings of War

Game 1, Game 2, Game 3

Imperial Skies

Memoir '44

Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4

The Walking Dead: All Out War - Competitive Battle Report 6

I was able to convince my friend John to join me in a game of The Walking Dead: All Out War.  This is my first competitive game.  The game mechanics are essentially the same as for a solo game, but there is much more to worry about with the addition of a force or hostile survivors that you must contend with instead of just the undead walkers.

We played the basic scenario out of the core box.  There are 9 supply tokens placed on the board and the first side to hold 7 tokens in an end phase is the winner.  If the game ends due to threat being too high, then then the player with the most tokens is declared the winner.

We had a good time and I think we got most of the rules correct.  I look forward to playing more games and hope they go as well as this game did.

This game completes my plays for this game for my 6 x 6 game challenge.  I will continue to work on models for this game and play more games, but I will be shifting gears and working on getting some other games played.

Painting The Walking Dead: All Out War in Black and White - Derek

Derek was the next model to hit my painting table.

I continue to use my simple, but effective process of applying base colors, washing the model with Nuln Oil, and then highlighting with the base colors.

It is a pretty quick painting process, and the results look reasonable.


Base colors applied.

Wash applied.

Highlighted.

I'm getting closer to completing the core box.  Stay tuned to see what is next.

Paints Used:
Vallejo Model Color
   Neutral Grey
   White
Vallejo Game Color
   Stonewall Grey
   Cold Grey
Army Painter
   Stone Golem
   Black
Games Workshop
   Nuln Oil

The Walking Dead: All Out War - Solo Battle Report 5

I managed to get my 5th game played for my 6 x 6 Game Challenge.  I played the second scenario from the Days Gone Bye expansion; City Slicker.

This scenario is pretty straight forward.  You just need to get Rick from one side of the board to the other and exit the table edge.

I got lucky a couple of times and I finally managed to win a scenario.

Painting The Walking Dead: All Out War in Black and White - Sandra

Next up in the paint queue was Sandra.

I sticking to my simple process.  Block in base colors (greys and black), then wash with Nuln Oil, and finally, highlight using the base colors.

Simple but effective.

I'm a fan of simple.  As you've probably heard me say before; my goal is always a nice table top standard.  I'm not going to win any awards, but my models look good enough on the table-top.

Stay tuned as I continue to work through this project.

Vallejo Model Color

   London Grey

   Neutral Grey

   White

Vallejo Game Color

   Stonewall Grey

   Cold Grey

Army Painter

   Stone Golem

   Black

Games Workshop

   Nuln Oil

The Walking Dead: All Out War - Solo Battle Report 4

I played my 4th game of The Walking Dead: All Out War for my 6 X 6 Game Challenge.  This battle was the first scenario from the Days Gone Bye expansion.

I think I got most of the rules correct this time around, but there is a chance that I missed some.  Please let me know if you see anything I missed.

I didn't have the suggested models painted, so I decided to use alternative choices.  I went with Sandra and Derek for this game.

In this scenario, the player is trying to cross from one corner of the board to the opposite corner and wants to break into a munitions store.

It started out well, but the threat got a little out of hand fairly quickly.

Painting The Walking Dead: All Out War in Black and White - Walkers and Rick

My OLDER sister is a big fan of The Walking Dead.  For her birthday, I decided I would get her a copy of the board game from Mantic Games and paint it up for her.  Because she likes the comic so much (she also likes the TV show), I decided I would paint the models to match the comic and only use black, white, and greys.

Follow along as I share the process.

First up, I painted the walkers.  Nothing to exciting with these as I just used different grey shades and then washed the models with Nuln Oil.

I have one big tip for anyone that wants to paint their models in this style.  Be sure you don't paint any similar shades next to each other.  Keep the contrast clear by using a dark grey next to a light grey.  This makes each piece of clothing or the skin from blending in with each other.

Next up was Rick.  I used the same process for Rick, but decided that I would be highlighting the survivor models so that they stand out a little better.  I'm also painting the ring around the survivor's bases white so they stand out a little better on the table top.

For the highlight, I just used the same color as I used as the base color (before the Nuln Oil wash) and just picked out the high points.  I don't actually do a lot of highlighting on my models, but think it worked well with this.

Here you can see Rick without a wash...

With a wash...

And finally, with highlights.

I continue to be surprised by the impact a wash can have.

Stay tuned to see the rest of the survivors from the core box.