As promised last week: I wrapped up my first set of Quar: the Tollyn Maeryn. They are the home guard of Maer Braech, which is a crusader aligned nation in the “current” timeline in the setting. The Tollyn Maeryn are distinct from the main army and are a militia force drawn from young kits and tradesquar doing their mandatory year of service, followed by an additional voluntary year that no one skips because of an inherent patriotism they all seemingly posses. “Doing your two Daels” is the exact quote from their lore. I recommend reading that lore, available in the army lists if you want to know more.

The models have proven excellent to paint, with just the right amount of detail to add interest without overwhelming the painter. The only “annoying” bit on these models was the strap on their boots–which I noticed are not painted in the official paint jobs anyway.

You’ll note the spots in the photos. Quar develop more spots as they age, so the ones with a fair number are either former veterans or tradesquar who are a bit older, returning to service to help fight and defend their homeland. For the most part, I’d expect this force to be involved in border skirmishes at the edges of Maer Braech, so I tried to reason out that they have a few more volunteers and older folk–hence the spots.

I actually went through and built a list of names for the Quar, which I built into unit cards that I made for the force. The cards are created in PowerPoint and I’ll likely make them available after I finish building some for my Gloam Hyyn. They’ll require updates over time–the lists for this game are still being tweaked. My squad HMG just got updated pretty significantly, so I’d have to update and reprint its card if I had already printed it.

Next up, we have the standout model you’ve seen in the backgrounds above: the Home Dyna. She’s effectively a mom or grandma who is following the troop around, cooking for them. An important aspect of A Clash of Rhyfles is that most of the time when a Quar goes down, they go Out of Action–this means they aren’t “dead,” but down. You can check on them and roll on a chart to see if they’re actually just stunned. The Home Dyna, who marches around with a cart full of mothcakes, is able to bring a group of troops back from OOA status within a 2″ bubble by waving her mothcakes around.

Notably, if you shoot her or catch her in an explosion, you roll on the “They Shot Mum!!” chart. Yet more flavor in the game. I doubt she’ll see many of my battles but obviously I had to paint her.

Next, we have the Faelvor Wagons. These are anti-tractor vehicles zipping around the board, looking for tractors to blow up. They’re cheap but effective. The text on the side is the Quar language, which you can download off the main website for the game as a font. I spent a lot of time thinking of three letter words I could fit onto the tanks. I settled on naming them after my wife–both her actual name and nickname she uses in online games. To follow this up, like any good husband, I wrote her a letter:

Another project down this month! More production than my usual and it’s not set to stop now. As I write this, I’m waiting on primer to dry on my Gloam Hyyn, and next month I’ll be getting some helicopters and workable berserkers for my dwarves to print and paint. There’s also some Quar terrain somewhere in that mix.

The life of a hobbyist is never shy on projects. We’ll call that a ‘blessing’ for now.