{"id":4131,"date":"2018-02-14T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2018-03-20T23:44:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T05:44:16","slug":"walking-dead-wednesday-tiger-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=4131","title":{"rendered":"Walking Dead Wednesday: Tiger, Tiger…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…Burning bright,<\/em>
\nIn the forests of the night,<\/em>
\nWhat immortal hand or eye<\/em>
\nCould frame thy fearful symmetry?<\/em><\/p>\n

-William Blake<\/p>\n

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Rawr! It’s Shiva painting time!<\/p>\n

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So I came into this one with some apprehension as I wasn’t sure about getting those stripes “right.” As it turns out, I don’t think you really have to.<\/p>\n

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So I first just painted up the kitty normally without stripes. I took a lot from several of the already painted Shiva’s on Facebook and elsewhere to get the white tufts where I wanted them.<\/p>\n

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After that, I started with the tail and worked upwards.<\/p>\n

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I think the key for me is small, thin stripes.\u00a0 If you’ve got a good stroke technique down, I think you can get away with larger and more spread out stripes but mine seemed to waiver a lot.<\/p>\n

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Half way up, I thought it was going to turn out like crap but I kept plugging away at it, adding stripes randomly across the body and down into the sides.\u00a0 At about 3\/4ths\u00a0 through, it started to finally “click” and the tiger striping started looking legit.<\/p>\n

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After that, it was just doing some small face lines and Shiva was complete.\u00a0 Now throw that kitteh into The Pit!<\/p>\n

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Pretty easy layout for Shiva since she can’t take anything.\u00a0 Just 44 points of awesome.<\/p>\n

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The lights flicker on. Shiva’s eyes narrow as the smell of blood and rot fills her nostril. Crouched and waiting, she steadies her haunches as the dead slowly take notice of her.\u00a0 With only the nervous twitch of her tail as a sign, Shiva launches herself at the first abomination\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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Shiva doesn’t mess around.\u00a0 She is death incarnate and these rotbags don’t scare her.<\/p>\n

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She launches into the first walker.<\/p>\n

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Which attracts a friend. It must have thrown her off guard as she rolls up lame. But it is a “win” so she’s off to the next walker.<\/p>\n

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Ugh, so much for “death incarnate.” Apparently the walkers are not happy with that previous boast and their dice are punishing Shiva.<\/p>\n

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Two attacks in a round and nothing is even on the ground. Even the Sharp<\/strong> claws fail. Bad kitty!<\/p>\n

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Round ends just eating up precious time for Shiva.<\/p>\n

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No need to run to this walker so Shiva takes her time and just destroys blondie walker.<\/p>\n

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With no hesitation, Shiva launches into the next victim. Not a bad set of attacks.\u00a0 Maybe Shiva will get in gear now.<\/p>\n

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That walker the left took a delayed Sharp roll so Shiva’s claw must have been sooo sharp it took awhile for her to notice.\u00a0 They all stay down.<\/p>\n

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A very mild increase to threat.\u00a0 The “Distracted” event while “All Quiet” was a nice event card pull.<\/p>\n

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Shiva tried to finish off the downed walker but the event card sent two walkers her way instead.\u00a0 And apparently I’m awkwardly color blind as I pull two white dice for Shiva’s melee.\u00a0 Walkers are not happy and start biting into Shiva, taking advantage of my mistake, infecting her in the process.<\/p>\n

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To add further insult, Shiva takes another wound from the infection and her downed walker stands back up, in base-to-base contact, wiping out her actions for next round.<\/p>\n

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All around pretty crappy round for the goddess of death.<\/p>\n

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Crappy round takes a nose dive as she gets a whole Herd on her.\u00a0 Luckily only one walker pulls in but that makes four of the bastards.\u00a0 Poor Shiva, only got to take out one walker before becoming walker chow.<\/p>\n

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At least she’s not going down without a fight!<\/p>\n

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HA! Suck it, walkers!\u00a0 Shiva should likely have been ripped to shreds but escapes with only one wound.<\/p>\n

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And she makes her infection roll.\u00a0 This so could have been the end.<\/p>\n

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She’s still got some time before things get really nasty.<\/p>\n

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Discretion is the better part of valor here so Shiva stalks off to the corner to lick her wounds.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, she gets no relief but at least it is just one walker this time.<\/p>\n

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Oh nice! Shiva is coming back and downs her second walker.<\/p>\n

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She charges in for a follow up attack and tears apart her third walker.\u00a0 I think she’s dialing it in now.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, the damage takes its toll and she takes another infection wound.<\/p>\n

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Not wanting to pull more walkers over, she stalks to the side and taunts a walker in the corner.<\/p>\n

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The taunting works but a group of roamers join the party.\u00a0 Luckily only one extra walker is in range.\u00a0 Shiva is just ripping it now and downs her fourth kill and puts another on the ground.<\/p>\n

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Only one life left and one threat left on the clock, Shiva jumps in on blondie walker one last time and score big again. Shiva was on fire these last few rolls.\u00a0 Walker number five is history.<\/p>\n

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Shiva is satisfied and laughs off the infection to stay alive.<\/p>\n

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Only to be defeated in the end.<\/p>\n

This thing all things devours;
\nBirds, beasts, trees, flowers;
\nGnaws iron, bites steel;
\nGrinds hard stones to meal;
\nSlays king, ruins town,
\nAnd beats mountain down.<\/em><\/p>\n

-Tolkien<\/p>\n

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Shiva – A new Queen<\/em> is crowned!<\/h5>\n
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  • Result:<\/strong>\u00a0Threat expired<\/li>\n
  • Threat Counter:<\/strong>\u00a018<\/li>\n
  • Rounds:<\/strong>\u00a06<\/li>\n
  • Supply Counters Searched:<\/strong>\u00a00<\/li>\n
  • Walkers Killed:<\/strong>\u00a05<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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