Boris is part of the
'Mobsters' blister pack and not really a mini I planned to include any time soon in my
Black Mask crew, primarily as he would compete with what I feel are better options for funding (like
Mesh or
Deadshot); as
Boris is conceived he looks pretty durable with Street Guy backing up Defense 3 and Endurance 7; I feel he is decent enough but
Anatoly and
Mule Goon also offer similar durability, so nothing new there, and his Funding takes out an ammo equivalent.
The reason why this mini stepped up the painting queue is the 'tournament card' version of his rules as
Mr. Pink. The
Mr. Pink version has Defense 4 (yet still a Henchman), Endurance 6, has a Bulletproof Vest and is immune to Arrest thanks to Runaway. He also adds Informer (a free 'pass') and has a 2 Blood Gun, but most of all costs $0! He has a high Reputation cost (55), but in my opinion that is worth paying for the rest of his package, especially as he offers a different kind of durability than
Anatoly,
Mule Goon (and especially
Boris). I recently managed to acquire a copy of the 'tournament card' and that motivated me to get him done sooner than later.
The model had some big chunks and lumps of flash, which was an issue; cleaning up his face left some markings, so I decided to paint that up in a different shade of pink to invoke a sense of scar tissue (probably not visible in the pictures). In all, once again not a great cast from
Knight Models unfortunately. On the plus side, for whatever reasons I was able to get the mini turned around pretty quickly (by my slow standards!), so most importantly this marks another minis 'done' from the range', and further progress to my annual painting tallies ( I am ahead of the same point last year which is nice), as well as now meeting my target for
BMG minis for the year.
BMG Painting Summary
BMG characters owned: 201 (added: Ice Penguin and Savage Penguin)
Percentage of owned characters painted: 21.4% (43 models)
