I have, in the past year, discovered the awesome Burrows and Badgers from Osprey Games. The game is a combination of Mordheim and Frostgrave and features anthropomorphic woodland creatures with absolutely awesome miniatures from Oathsworn miniatures. The sculpts are dynamic and crisp and feature a range of critters, large and small, to paint and use in your warband. As this is not a rules review, I will not delve too deeply into the rules; this post is mostly to showcase the great miniatures. If you want more information on the game, go here:
https://burrowsandbadgers.com/
I haven't had this much fun painting miniatures in quite a while.
The smallest I have for the game: a pissed off mouse with a sword. The smaller the critter, the less damage they do, but there is always the chance of critical hit by anyone on the board. At first I wasn't crazy about that particular game mechanic but I have grown to realize it showcases the idea that anything can happen in a fight. make one error and...
Not too many chances to use pink when painting vikings or US airborne.
Mouse again. Sort of a ranger pose.
I like him.
Mice with bows? OK, I'll buy that.
Great pose.
A surly squirrel. It's good for the little guys to have ranged weapons. They can get squished in hand to hand.
Little feller.
The next size up. A rat. I wish the focus was better on this shot but there is next to no light in our house.
What kind of fur would a rat wear? See 'squirrel' above.
Stand and deliver! Adam Ant would be proud.
Since were pretending these critters have lives like humans, I wanted this guy to look like an ex-soldier, a deserter maybe? He is a weasel after all.
Another rat. I tried to paint the end of his looking glass like a big eye like in the cartoons, but it looked like shit.
Guns are finicky, rules wise, but, oh do they pack a wallop when they work.
A red fox highwayman. I agonized over what colors to use for his jacket and finally decided on what you see here. Then I noticed the one in the rule book is almost identical. Must have been some subconscious thought but I'm not smart enough to figure that out.
I still like the coat. This, BTW, is the next size up. The bigger the model, the more it costs to have in your warband.
A landsknecht stoat.
It was actually the slit/slash clothes, and this model in particular, that caught my eye and got me interested in the game.
I'm a wizard, mind you. Tried to do a whiteish otter here.
Just another great model in a whole line of great models.
Another otter and maybe my favorite model I own. I just love the detail and the pose.
Cool, right?
Not happy with this border collie. I just don't like the colors, maybe too much of the same. She's definitely going to get a re-paint when I get the chance. These last two are the biggest size in the game.
Maybe red and black on one of the sleeves? Any suggestions? Tell me in the comments section.
The first model I painted and another one I don't like.
It's hard to tell in this shitty picture but I think maybe it needs more highlight. I tried to highlight with dark blue but you can't really see it. Plus the jewel sucks too. I was never good at painting jewels like some people.
I still have two more models to paint: one very large badger and small shrew. I should have taken a picture of the four different sizes side by side so you could see but I didn't. BTW, when I say 'size' I am referring to the size of their bases. I should have said that at the top.
So those are the models I can game with and I want to reiterate what a great game it is. Players create warbands and gain experience and skills the more fights they have and survive. each warband picks a type of den; there are several factions, from royalists to outlaws and a few in between. Great game.
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