Train Tuesday Part 122: Hover & Plunder

Greetings, fellow passengers. No need to fret about your Hovertain safety…that is, unless some greedy pirates come a callin’! Let’s see who might be leaving the train without their luggage and valuables.

Our Hovertrain hijackers have become a rather popular entry in our weekly Train Tuesday series, so we always like to start by recapping the full crew that’s signed on for another pillaging season.

• Captain, Jaguar Jack.
• Special Advisor, Polly
• First Parrot, Crackers.
• Chief Plunder Officer, Shoeless Moe.
• Treasurer, Tusk the Trustful.
• Treasurer Guardian, Gary.
• The Fixer, Terabyus Trunglefoot.
• Competing Swashbuckler Squad Leader, Grave-girth Malone.
• Foot Soldier, Seraphina Stormblade.
• Foot Soldier, Smokey Joe.
• Foot Soldier, Cutter.
• Foot Soldier, Larry & Gary Malachi (“The Brothers Grim”)
• Foot Soldier, Snap Jaw.
• Secondary Crew, The Redshirts.
• Secondary Crew, Paddy O’ (Platypus).
• Cannon Crew: Baller.
• Cannon Crew: Barnaby & Bulwark.
• Spotter: Steady-Hand Stella.
• Mapmaker, Geo & his companion, Morris the Monkey
• Top Gambler, Ace.
• Minstrel, Notes.
• Head Chef, Dewey Oxberger (Ox).
• Sous-chef, Taters McGee.
• Ale Meister, Hank Morgan.
• Prisoner, Mystery Man.

How many of these dastardly weapon wielders have you 3D printed so far? Hopefully, many because we aren’t stopping anytime soon! 😉

Let’s start with a creator who knows a thing or two about nasty marauders and STLs. Cast n Play has released two pretty amazing pirate series, including their Pirate Chronicles set and, most recently, their Shattered Sea set. It’s pretty much inevitable that we’ll end up 3D printing nearly all of them. This particular ankle-biter is a Goblin Captain.

The Lord of the Rings movies (and even the Prime Series) mean Goblins will always be a fav amongst the 3DRPG crew. Hence, this is one of our favorites. Resident painter Kimmy Utah was our chief colorist here, and we love her palette selection: perfect dark green skin and a flowing blue cap, all resting on a custom pirate plank surface. Don’t mess with this little guy unless you want a blade up your nose.

Next up, we’ve got a pair of pirates from the talented Iain Lovecraft and his spectacular Rum and Raising Kickstarter. These two swashbucklers are from the Core Miniatures portion of that bountiful STL release. This set also includes some slick DnD scatter terrain and some amazing buildings. Definitely worth a look for your hungry 3D printer.

This ripped fella is all bitness and is in no mood to talk. His mighty Cutless answers any and all questions. Kimmy Utah also painted both of these miniatures, so she cornered the paintbrush applications for today’s post. We love how she went with a classic garb look and then accented everything with gold bracers, a great hat, and a necklace filled with stories.

Lastly, we gotta finish it off with a pegleg Pete here! Come on, what’s not to love! He’s gotta great hat, a quickshot weapon, plenty of ammo, and a trench coat that we all want on our shoulders. Even that epic beard is giving us all the feels.

Time for some pirate personas for our three latest display-case miniatures.

Let’s start with our Goblin Captain:

• Colorful Name: Snaggletooth Sam
• Character Race: Goblin
• Member Rank: Lieutenant
• Key Role: Creates the Hovertrain Heists tactics for the crew
• Painted Miniature: Cast n Play
• Weapon of Choice: Cutlass, crafted just for Goblin

Next, let’s get the specifics on our bruiser:

• Colorful Name: Hightower Hamza
• Character Race: Human
• Member Rank: Soldier
• Key Role: His brute strength makes him a first-wave stormer
• Painted Miniature: Iain Lovecraft
• Weapon of Choice: Oversized cutlass to match his biceps

Lastly, let’s meet our newest one-legged thief:

• Colorful Name: Pegleg Pete
• Character Race: Human
• Member Rank: Soldier
• Key Role: Sniper
• Painted Miniature: Iain Lovecraft
• Weapon of Choice: Hand Crossbow

DM Ben wants a robust, continuously recruiting Hovertrain Pirate crew. Not every privateer will be on every mission. Need to have variety in the fights, and of course, if the players do their rolls right, many of these greedy souls are gonna be “buried at sea.”

Until next time!