House Vyronni knights

Well I got these wee chaps finished just minutes ago.

These are the house knights for the new version of Adeptus Titanicus, probably the first game I got into by games workshop as it was large battle, and didn't cost a fortune.

A lot of people have been down on this game as they claim it is now 8mm scale and that puts all the old models out of scale, but if they had the old models , as I do, the infantry was 8mm scale for a standard human, all the original vehicles were closer to 5mm scale and the titans and knights were closer to 3mm scale.

Regardless, I have played the new version and it is good fun, managing the balance between keeping your titan healthy and pushing for a killing blow.

Here are 6 Questoris knights in 3 weapon loadouts, because that's what you get in the box....

Nice models, and still looking slightly shiny as matt varnish dries, they are from house Vyronni who fought alongside my titan legion Legio Defensor during the Horus heresy.
A little bit of artistic license, it shouldn't be yellow and green but more of a khaki and green but it looked to much like painting WW2 germans for my liking.

Anyway that's enough for one day,

Stay safe everyone and have a happy easter.

Update

Small update on where the 6mm ancients got too on the painting front, as usual I got distracted and started painting bits that were unfinished and lying around.

Here are 12 more bases of Numidian cavalry, a great unit to have, fits in so many armies.
Very easy miniatures to paint and a good start for getting me back into painting after a long time out.

These were started 2 years ago during the AHPC, never got them all finished until now, they are to be used with my dark ages Saxons, something to defend from the Vikings.

Some 28mm barrels and spares, for general scatter terrain, from renedra.

And here is the startled bog monster, I have no idea where I got him from, think he was an impulse buy at a bring and buy market. I think he is an old grenadier model but cant be sure, he certainly looks surprised at being charged by the numidians.

He was initially going to be used as a greater daemon for Epic Armageddon, but he may just pop up in other games for fun.

That's all for today, may be back tomorrow with some big stompy robots.

Stay safe everyone.

Over the finish line

For the first time ever i have beaten my pre-challenge total(pending judges decision).

So a very happy painter i am indeed.

Here are my entries to push me over total.

The first one is this

 These are 6mm scale strips of trees to represent an orchard, they are from Baggage train and are very nice little castings in resin. These have sat around in a base colour of dark green for a couple of years, so now was the time to finish them. Easy enough, 2 levels of over-brushing on the trees in lighter shades of green, and the same on the base using brown.
6mm viking leader by Baccus for scale purpose only.

 I was not sure how to score these, so if the judges are happy with it, i will take a point for all 5 strips.

Next are 2 panzer 4 tanks from Battlefront, both nice sculpts and very detailed, these are the older models made from resin and metal.

Both have sat neglected as my existing painted panzer 4's are from forged in battle, and are slightly different in scale, however they can now join the ranks.
2 x 15mm vehicles = 12 pts

Okay, being a bit cheeky with this one, i present a single 15mm door gunner,by Battlefront.

 I had painted the loach around a year ago, and had left the door off with the intention of fitting the door gunner model that came with it. i found him in a drawer still naked metal on the sprue.
Here he is in all his glory, strapped into the chopper.
1 x 15mm infantry = 2 pts

Next are a pair of Cobra gunships also by Battlefront, these are the old models made from resin but with the new plastic blades.

 These are nice models although the new plastic model looks an awful lot easier to build and probably less prone to damage, a simple enough painting experience but the sheer amount of decals to be arranged is a chore, but worth the effort.
2 x 15mm vehicles = 12pts

Now these two have been used in many games and had been never taken past a basic green base coat.
Both were extras that came with the initial vietnam forces from Battlefront through wargames illustrated back in the day.

 I cant decide if they fall under scenery or vehicles, so as it seems fair and would be less in points i have decided on vehicle.
2 x 15mm vehicle = 12 points

And finally, the simplest of the lot, 4 Hetzer tank destroyers from Forged in battle. As usual very nice sculpt and casting, easy to paint.

 I have just noticed that i think i have glued the MG in the wrong place and have forgotten to paint the handles on the shovels, may have to change that.
4 x 15mm vehicles = 24 pts

So to sum up,
1 point for some trees
12 pts for 2 panzer 4
2 pts for a door gunner
12 pts for 2 cobras
12 pts for 2 hueys
24 pts for 4 hetzer's

which i think is 63 points.

Thank you all for looking and i hope you have managed to get to your personal challenge totals.

AHPC multiscale bunker

Not a lot of painting this week, but i did finish off this 28mm scale sci fi bunker that has been lying around for at least 2 years.

When i started painting it, i had some big ideas, but then i realised if i leave off details i could use this for several scales.

It is fairly basic and i cant remember what i bought it for or from whom.

The interior has had a basic grey painted inside, nothing fancy here.

And here it is next to some (not part of the challenge, except the biker in another post) miniatures. It will be a small bunker in 28mm, a moderate bunker in 15mm, or my personal favourite a semi-enclosed outpost in 6mm.

This was a very basic paint job and as the model would probably only fill half of the 6 inch cube i am happy to accept 10 points at judges discretion.

Hopefully something more exciting in the next post.

Thank you for looking.

Mildly inspired

A recent conversation on a forum made me push on with these little trinkets.

They are 6mm ww2 and mostly required rebasing or just some flock.

This is the full German force, I may add some more infantry and I will add some air support as I have them already.

This is the American force, it will have more infantry, tanks, and a tank hunter section as they await paint.

As usual, these will be dual purpose, either micro ww2 gaming or as game pieces for memoir 44.

End of the year post.

Well it's been a quiet year on the hobby front. I don't think I managed to get in a game or get much painted. But that can be a new year resolution. 

After seeing a few other blogs, I decided to return to painting a bit of the massive epic collection.

These pictures show the highly neglected chaos army.

These are 2 of the 4 defilers I built from parts. Luckily I made a mould of these so I can make as many as I'll ever need.

This is the back bone of the force, standard chaos marines.

And finally a little bit of conversion work on some rhino transports.

I have been beavering away with a couple of other projects that may see the blog soon.

Thanks for looking.

Defenders of englaland

Rather than just finish of the Norsemen I plowed on and completed there adversaries the Saxons.

These were easier than the Norse as basing up was simply gluing strips to bases. 

Here they are defending one of Alfreds new churches.

Force consists of companions, 8 shield wall, 1 noble shieldwall 3 skirmishers and some command stands.

Now it's time to find some woods and get these guys on the table.

Bye for now.

The Norsemen arrive

It has been a long wait to get these finished. Very little time has been available and getting past each stage has felt impossible.

At long last though, my sea raiders for Dux bellorum. 

The command stands are of course not necessary for the game, but may be useful for other games.

Otherwise there are companions, 2 noble warriors, 6 warriors, 3 skirmish, and 2 bases of berserkers, which can be used as skirmishers anyway.

They are all from baccus and we're very easy to paint. I wish I had kept note of the time spent on these as it certainly didn't feel like a vast amount, I just couldn't find the time.

Next up the Saxons.

6mm dark ages

A very brief post about a little project I am squeezing into this years lot.

I had picked up a copy of dux bellorum and had many ideas for miniatures. Then it struck me, play it in 6mm on 40x20 bases. This meant a unit was a single base meaning an entire force may be just 10 bases. 

A quick visit to baccus and using there unit builder, I parted with about £30 for both Viking and Saxon forces and some casualty markers.

Here are my almost finished Viking noble warriors and a base of companions and a base of warriors. Only have 2 more bases to finish them but as I have some left over I will make extras.

And here are the casualty markers, I have seven painted but I have plenty spares again so I will make more with only infantry on them, the horse are a bit pointless until I get a Norman force.

Chow for now 

In the name o the wee man

Actually wee men would be more appropriate.

These are the first few bases of my 6mm project for 2 armies.

Republican Roman and Carthage. Both are from Rapier miniatures and are from the warmaster 1000pt army deals. These give you a helluva lot of figures but are fantastic value for money.

Most of the triarri and a base of hastati, with the general behind.

Personal favourite, the Gallic/celtic warband.

I'm not sure what these guys are meant to represent but I will class them as Spanish or citizen infantry.

Numidian horse, never leave home without them lol 

And lastly, a Nellie with skirmish escort and one of many status bases I will make for both forces.

More soon hopefully.

An army in a pint glass

Continuing my purge of the huge box of epic models I have put together several forces from the masses. 

First up for a quick build n paint will be a white scars space marine army.

These guys have a very mobile doctrine so I went for lots of fast units.

So a couple of hours this morning saw them built n based, should get some primer on them lunchtime and may get paint on them tonight.

Thanks for looking

Ps the elephants aren't in this army!

Battlecry in 6mm

I have finally based up my 6mm ACW figures. These I paid someone to paint, a first ever for me, and they are very good.

Main delay on this project is me! I couldn't decide how to base them.

After a lot of thought I went with 80 x 40 for all infantry and cavalry and 40 x 40 for artillery. Command is on dinky little 40 x 20. 

Base needs inked, dry brushed, and flocked but you get the idea.

Of course this has started another project, making a larger board for the game, well I got the easy bit done last night, getting the hexes on the cloth. The hard bit will be getting something to represent all the terrain tiles.

Thanks for looking 

Epic orks

So the gorging on food and drink has passed, and I'm already itching to be productive.

As a break from the medieval posts recently I have revisited some neglected 6mm miniatures.

These are a mix of various wagons for epic orks. I use a simple system for painting these by selecting a base colour (usually red as they go faster!), then pick out any metallics, and finally glyphs or embellishments or crew. 

They are then inked with either black or brown before Matt varnish.

Simple but effective at this scale.

Some progress pics

Base colour etc

Bikes and trucks at various stages 

Some wagons awaiting varnish 

Thanks for looking back soon with more updates