Birthday Battle: Bracket 2
The second Bracket is open! What’s all this about you ask? Read our first article to find out more info, then keep your eyes peeled on our social sites to place your votes. The dates are at the bottom for your reference.
Joe’s Selection
It might seem odd to start an article like this with dietary preference, but I promise that being vegetarian is slightly relevant! You see, when you're ordering at a restaurant, there’s usually four or so choices if you're a vegetarian. One option has mushrooms, so that's a no for me personally, one I probably already had this week, which leaves me with a couple of options: easy.
Moonstone, if you look at the downloads page, currently has 133 entries! Excluding Suzie's choices, as there's little point choosing them again, and counting Anya, Boris, and Nanny each as one model (their summons are parts of them as a character after all), I'm left with choosing 4 of 122 characters. All in all, that gives me... over 8 million different combinations of models I can choose (or 8,783,390 to be exact).
So I think I need some rules to narrow that down a bit. Well, I have four choices, I should probably choose one character from each faction. Dual faction models? Let’s just ignore those for simplicity and give my poor brain, currently undergoing analysis paralysis, a break. Which gives... about a quarter of a million combinations to choose from (248,640 exactly). Well... technically, that has reduced my options, I suppose! We have a lot more models than 10 years ago, now I guess.
But without further ado (and further procrastination), my choices for new alt models!
Firespitter… Sorry, Firexploder
Well I think the best way for the Dominion to Celebrate 10 years of Moonstone is an alternate sculpt of the first model from Moonstone! The Firespitter is an incredible model, but the one thing that could be added is a better representation of how he plays in some of the more eccentric goblin lists. Namely, the ones where his barrel is very quickly detonated. A Firespitter with the barrel mid explosion and the two unfortunate operators performing a 'panic and flee' could be exceptionally gobliny!
Hogswash and Trotters Charge into Battle
Despite how peaceful and relaxed Hogswash’s current model looks, he is anything but that once his activation starts! So something with Hogswash’s hunting spear ready in a charging motion, shield braced to his shoulder, and Trotters bounding furiously towards their unfortunate target. Something to put the fear of Gary in all those oppose the pair! Chaaaarge!
Chubs and Friends
On the flip side, sweet little Chubs looks like he's ready to attack in his current form. So how about something that shows his friendly side: healing and helping his tiny friends. Chubs surrounded by his little forest friends, squirrels, bunnies, mice, etc., as he aids his animal accomplices.
Greymair the Many-Headed
Despite not wanting to be overloaded with options, I fear I have this exact problem with my pick for Shades. Greymair's original head was lost in the collapse of Moonreach, so he's had a donkey’s head stitched on. How about something else though? So many choices! Maybe the party hat goblin you've seen for all our 10th anniversary stuff, or the catastrophe goblin on the cards, or how about some more esoteric creature like a platypus? Too many options!
Round 1
Vote opens: 23rd February
Vote closes: 26th February
Winner announced: 27th February
Round 2
Vote opens: 2nd March
Vote closes: 5th March
Winner announced: 6th March
Final Fight
Vote opens: 9th March
Vote closes: 12th March
The Winner!
Winner announced: 13th March
Then we open the next Birthday Battle Bracket for your consideration and votes…
