Model Review: Burrows & Badgers Starter Warband B, Mouse Burglar & Fox Rogue

I recently a long time ago (I really should finish and publish articles quicker...) started playing an RPG called Humblewood, and being who I am I wanted a miniature to represent my character. I'm playing as a fox so had been looking around for something fitting.

I watch a lot of hobby content on Youtube and there was one guy in particular who provided the answer, Burrows and Badgers! 
The Youtuber in question is Magrathea Builder of worlds, you can find him here

He focuses on terrain making videos, mainly for games like Necromunda, Lord of the rings and Burrows and Badgers.

I quickly found the fox miniature I wanted and while I was there... I ended up picking up a starter warband as well because the minis looked really fun to paint. I had recently sold a few things personally so I had a bit of spare cash in my hobby fund so I picked up the rule book as well!

So here are the minis I picked up as well as the dice which came with the starter warband.

Sparrow warrior. I really like the style of the way this bird is mounted onto its base, it can often be tricky to pose flying models. I like all the extra details across this mini, with sword and shield and a pouch.

There is a slight mould line running down the shield and left wing, this was fairly easy to remove however with a few minutes work with a hobby file.

I think the face of this bird is really expressionate, which for a bird is impressive. I think it will be interesting to paint, I will have to finally learn how to paint eyes for sure!

Rabbit archer. This is a really neat mini there are a couple of points which required a little clean up such as where the bottom of the bow is attached to the rabbits knee.

The quiver is closed which is really nice, not something I've often seen on archer miniatures.

There is a slightly unfortunate mould line across the eye here, luckily it's not too big and I was able to file it away without losing any detail.

Squirrel ranger has a really nice pose readying an arrow about to aim. I really like the way the tail feels front and centre and a highlighted part of the mini by having it across the front.

Shrew-zerker is simply an awesome mini. Tons of character in this little guy.

Slight mould lines can be seen on the arm armour which file off really easily.

Mouse nun. A pretty simple character but very nicely executed.

Otter pirate. Well... this sculpt is simply fantastic! What's not to like? Otter and pirate! My five year old loves this mini and I look forward to using it in our games in the future.

Mouse burglar. This little guy came free with the rulebook which was pretty neat. It's a really nice character concept and I think it will work great for narrative scenarios.

Fox rogue. Well this is the mini which incited the whole purchase! Such a cool and dynamic sculpt, I'm really impressed with this. I think it will be a lot of fun to paint, though I think it will be quite challenging. 

Over all I think these are some fantastic miniatures with tons of character. Even if you have no intention of playing Burrows and badgers these minis are well worth buying just to paint. I've been working my way through painting these in the time since I started writing this review. (I really do need to get quicker at my turn around)

If you want to pick up some for yourself or just want to check out all the other amazing minis they make you can find their site here

Heres a rotation video should you find it helpful.

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Even if it's just $1 it really helps me out!

See you all next time!

Rubble Terrain using Wreck Markers Painted

Here are five patches of rubble terrain for Warmachine and Hordes. These are made with old Mk2 wreck markers which have not had an in game use for many years now, but they make a great 2.5D terrain option as you can remove the Warjack wrecks for easy model placement.

Here with a couple of characterful Warjacks for scale.

All of these pieces are completely interchangeable, so picking which wreck goes on which template is a nice way to add that narrative touch to the tabletop.

This Cryx bonejack was fun to paint. I matched the paint scheme I used for Gurglepox's ride and the Bonejack I painted for the IKRPG (I've included links if you want to have a look)

As you can imagine picking the scheme for the Cygnar Warjacks was a no brainer... I simply painted it like my own army then weather it!

For this Convergence heavy I replicated the colour scheme I've used on other Convergence models in the past like Destructotron and a couple of Convergence light Warjacks I painted for Nemo4 (I've since given these away to a friend. I normally would have photographed them and posted them on here but I was pretty low about the hobby this summer when I finished them)

I added a lot of wreckage and debris to the template area to make them recognisable as "rubble" terrain even with the wreck markers removed. I try to do this kind of thing every time I make 2.5D terrain to make it as easy to play as possible.

These were all really hard to photograph but there are loads of mechanical and warjack parts spread across each of the terrain templates.

I really like how smashed up this Cryx Slayer looks especially in my scheme.

This Mercenary Talon was fun to paint, as with all my Mercs I like to do random colours to reduce the uniformity of an organised army. I let members of my Discord pick the colour scheme for this one and its meant to represent the house colours of a Llaelese noble house linked to one of my IKRPG campaigns.

The Cygnar Ironclad was very easy to pick the colours for...

I've not posted many Menoth models but I have painted a wreck marker before. Though that time it was basing for Nemo4 you can see it here

The Convergence light was easy like I mentioned before. It was fun to add so much weathering to a similar mini that I had recently painted normally.

I've never painted an official Mercenary Nomad, the ones I have made before as private style ones using other Warjacks as the base chassis got converted again to become Toros once it became clear they would be way more worth using...

Again I let my Discord members pick the colour of this one and the yellow was a fun choice!

There is also doubles of the Cygnar Hunter, Ironclad and Convergence light. They are essentially identical.

With Warmachine being finished in my area I find myself sadly unlikely to ever use these... so I've give it some thought and have decided to put these up for sale. I don't know how much is fair to charge for them so will be trying to figure that out, however if you want one or more of these feel free to reach out to me via any of my socials.

I'd rather these actually see the table somewhere rather than sit in a box in my place forever unplayed.

If you want to support my content consider taking a look at my Patreon which you can find here. I don't put any finished content behind a paywall but I do offer rewards to people who support me in ways like getting to vote on what content I work on in the future or outright just picking the next subject of an article as well as posting wip projects.

Even if it's just $1 it really helps me out!

See you all next time!