Painting Marvel Crisis Protocol With 144Artist

Looking back to the original founding X-Men I present Hank McCoy, The Beast.  Granted this is his later form as originally he was just a beefy guy with big prehensile feet.  I’ve always liked this version more so am glad AMG went with it.  I am looking forward the Angel coming out later this year so I can try and field the original team but I would love to see AMG release a version of the team in their original yellow and black costumes.

I haven’t yet decided on what he should be reading but when I do I’ll revisit him and add details.  Right now I am leaning toward comic book pages or Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

As I don’t foresee a lot of MCP games in my near future, let us return to painted minis.  Bishop is finished and looking rather dynamic. Not happy with how his face photographed so will have to rectify that next time I set up the lights and camera.

The last evening of the con found several people wanting g to learn the game.  Each person picked a character/mini they liked and got the appropriate character card.  There were enough of them make a side so I set up the X-Men for myself and any stragglers that showed up after we started.  It was just an excuse to try put different powers and show folks the basics.  Being the last game on Sunday meant folks were tired and not thinking too clearly but we did get in two full turns with characters going down on both sides.  I think next time I will set up two teams and divide each in half so the beginners can play doubles.

I have come to the conclusion that I need 2-4 of the MCP Apartment buildings but can’t pay the retail price. So I have a new quest- Find MCP terrain at a good price.

Another founding member and only female hero (until Giant Size X-Men 1 and the introduction of Storm) Jean Grey in painted and ready to put her telekinesis to work.  She is arguably one of the X-Men’s most powerful members and I applaud her for dropping the “Marvel Girl” moniker. Now that I have a slight understanding of how this game works, I am so looking forward to seeing her on the table.

Met up with old and new friends at PacifiCon Game Convention in Santa Clara, California this weekend.  A couple of us were eager to play MCP and one of my friends knows how so tutored two of us in a starer game.  As some may have noticed, I have collected and completed a few characters and terrain as well as terrain tiles so I had plenty to kit us both out and set up a pretty table.  The “GM” picked a couple Objective cards for us and we each built a team worth 17 Threat Level.  I just picked minis I loved painting and was eager to get on the table.  It just worked out that every one of them was in the Avengers Affiliation.  My opponent chose all Brotherhood characters so we had two thematic teams.

Sticking with my X-Men theme, I finished working on Rogue.  A great character in the comics and movies as well as a great pose in the mini.  Easy assembly and painting was straight forward.  I am very fond of these base covers that are showing up more and more with the newer kits.  I love the theme of Sentinel wreckage and parts with this team.

The third possible leader of the X-Men affiliation is Storm, Ororo Munroe, and she seems amazing.  Giving every team member in range a cover bonus is awesome.  She is also one of those wonderful poses that looks great but is fiddly to assemble (oh so fiddly) and a challenge to paint.  Yes, I know I could decrease the painting challenge by working in sub-assemblies but I just love building the kits first.

Cyclops, also known as Scott Summers, goes all the way back to the creation of the team by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and was the Field Commander for the team.  I like the 90s version with his hair exposed and love that AMG includes both heads so players can choose their preference.