Dining table game matt

Well it's been quite some time since I've posted but I have managed the odd bit of gaming project.

I had read many blogs etc about latex covered cloth mats that can be placed over everyday objects to create realistic hills and rises.

So I had a rummage in the shed for suitable materials 

Some wall smooth from after doing up the kitchen, some artist paint and an old jug.

And of course and old dust sheet pinned down.

Then I mixed some paint and smooth over roughly 50/50 and spread it over with a rubber squeegee blade.

A couple of days later it had dried

So I trimmed it to a more relevant size and spread it with wood glue, and started to flock

Had to do in 2 stages due to lack of flock but after this I just sprayed the whole thing with a can of varnish then hoovered up excess flock.

And here it is with a couple of rolled up towels under it

Not bad but the flock still sheds a little 

Cheers for looking and keep rolling 6's 

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.

The lost kickstarter

Hello all, well some excellent news from the attic this evening. Not only is it my birthday but after sending an email recently a nice chap from Italy looked into my missing kickstarter goods. 

They couldn't fulfill my initial backing but sent this bumper pack instead.

A whopping 12 ships and the starter set, and much more.

What a fabulous day.

Valhalla we are coming

Well now that a lot of other projects are out the way (all not painting or gaming based) it's time to get on with the show.

So this weeks little update concerns these chaps. Scandinavian raiders.

These are all metal minis bought to bulk out my plastic Vikings.

They still need a dark wash to tone down the colour but there not as bad as the photo due to camera flash.

Then some flock etc.

This little lady is another potential asha greyjoy, I'm not fond of the full plate armour for an iron islander but she is slight next to the Vikings which looks better and who knows, she is a lords daughter why wouldn't she have expensive armour.

That's all for now, maybe some more soon.

Fairies wear boots

....well maybe not these ones.

These were a recent add on to make an order up for discounted postage.

They were only £2.50 so a decent addition to the collection.

Not sure what I will use them as but they may be suitable as children of the forest for westeros.

The 28mm figure is eowyn from lotr, she was bought as a possible asha greyjoy but I'm not so keen now she's painted.

I could probably use them in 6mm for a multitude of things, as long as I don't use the bases with mushrooms and toadstools.

Bye for now 

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