UPDATE

Well there is a lot of exciting news in the world of miniatures right now.

Hasbro and Wizards have released Magic: the Gathering Arena of the Planeswalkers board game. It is on my to get list, but I haven't picked it up just yet. It is based off of the Heroscape rule system. It also uses the Heroscape hex system and the figures are the same scale too. Tom Vasel at Dice Tower Games has a couple of great video reviews of it. Here are the links: review 1 and review 2. Below are a couple of pictures I found on the web showing off the game. As you can see the Planswalkers are prepainted and look to be of fair quality. 

I am excited for this as it is something that I have toyed around with doing to my Heroscape customs. Now that it has been done it should make it a little bit easier for me to customize for Heroscape. .  


Also as I mentioned last month, Heroclix will be making TMNT figures. It was also announced yesterday that IDW will be making a TMNT miniature board game! I hope they are in 28mm scale. Here is the announcement:

TMNT CO-CREATOR KEVIN EASTMAN AND DESIGNER KEVIN WILSON ON BOARD FOR LANDMARK GAME

Today, IDW Games announced a big box Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adventure game complete with sculpted miniatures that is going to shell shock gamers. Debuting in early 2016, the game will let players step into the roles of their favorite Turtle or ultimate villain, Shredder. Designed by Kevin Wilson with input from IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creative team, franchise co-creator Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, and Tom Waltz, the game will be available in a standard and special limited-edition format, featuring artwork by Eastman.

“I’m so excited to participate in this game!” said TMNT co-creator, Kevin Eastman. “Working with IDW on their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics has been amazing, and now to get the chance to go even deeper into the story and have fans play out key moments from the series for themselves is something that’s really going to blow people away.”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past will be a scenario-driven campaign game that features story content from the hit ongoing IDW comic. Two to five players will battle their way through a series of 60-90 minute missions where players develop their characters strengths, fighting styles, and equipment along the way to create a lasting story arc. Fan-favorite characters like Casey Jones and Alopex will appear throughout the missions, as the Turtles call on their closest allies for help in battling their deadliest foes.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has 30 years of history, and we plan on tapping into all of it with this game,” said IDW’s Director of Business Development, Jerry Bennington. “Whether you’ve been a fan since the beginning or you’re just starting to realize how special these characters are, this game is a great way to dive into the sewers and start exploring!”
Expect to see plenty of overlap between the ongoing comic and the board game as game previews and exclusive content begin to show up in the back of the hit ongoing series. Contributions from the creative staff of IDW’s hit TMNT comic will make this board game come alive in ways not seen in past adventuring games. From expansions based on different micro-series and ongoing events, to character expansions featuring IDW’s awesome line-up of heroes, mutants, and miscreants, the turtles have never been more ready for adventure!

Other exciting new is the launch of Reaper Miniatures Bones 3 Kickstarter. 

I am particularly interested in the Lycathopes I...perfect Leatherhead for TMNT and I plan on modding the werebear into Tora from the NES TMNT II arcade game. I am also hoping for a translucent large air elemental and angels. There are a lot of great sculpts and many more to come that would be great to use for customs. It should be fun to watch over the next 11 days.


Now to go along with the Reaper bones minis, I wanted to show off a few of them that I have finally got around to painting. First up is the Male Storm Giant: 

I painted him with standard flesh color paint as apposed to the blue/green skin storm giants have. I did this because I plan to use him as one of the two brothers of Jotun, which are mentioned in his bio.

Next is the Spirit of the Forest. This mini has so much detail! There are a lot of these that are very well painted if you do a google image search that I used for inspiration. He makes a great addition to my Entfolk.


 

Well I needed a big forest to go with Treant and the other Entfolk, so I final painted the 4 Dungeon Crawler Minis Animated Trees that I purchased during their last Kickstarter. Idecided that I would do multiple colors for the different seasons and such instead of just green. And if you are paying attention these will become a unit mentioned on Treant's card.

Finally, the last part of this long update. I had a figure printed from Heroforge.com. Again another Kickstarter that I backed. Heroforge creates so much customization for minis it is crazy and they are just scratching the surface of possibilities. Only down side is the high cost for each mini, but it is custom 3D printed so you can't complain too much. Here is the digital render of the mini I made: 

Here it is before painting:

He is based off of one of favorite TMNT action figures: King Lionheart. Now I just need to get him painted and a card designed and I can add him to my TMNT customs.