Very different

It must be a mid life crisis, but I recently made the decision to start painting for a game that was probably where it all began.

The dreaded and much maligned war hammer 40k or rogue trader to us veterans.

I found some of my old harlequin models and picked up some more at bring and buys etc. 

Nowadays the codex or army book for a force is available as a digital thing so I got it for a look.

Downside but obvious to me, is now a harlequin is not the old mega warrior they were(original box had about 12 figures which was roughly 1500pts) they are still the scary combat phantoms just not as good.

Plus side, it's damn fun trying to paint tiny checker patterns on them.

So, enough rambling, here is test subject 1. 

He looks ok, but I may re-visit some parts.

More to come when time is available.

Long time no post

Well it's been busy on the not hobby front, which means the blog suffers.

Things are changing though and I have started three projects that I shall update over the next few weeks.

First up is a present for my brothers upcoming birthday. He and I are both of an age that the original Star Wars movies will always be a highlight of our childhood.

So as something a bit different and meaningful I am building the ertl falcon kit and installing some basic lighting.

I had this kit as a child, but this kit has been lying around for ten years after I got it from a supermarket for £10.

Here is the progress so far, some parts built and some undercoat.

Next up is for my nephew. With his father being so keen on the franchise he too will receive a fully painted present. This time though something a little more suited to a youngster and there heavy handedness.

It's the jabbas palace play set.

And finally, as I haven't been committed to the hobby for over a year, the hobby pot is overflowing with funds. I treated myself to the splendid range from studio miniatures that are very similar to a famous comedy movie.

These will actually become a force for the dragon rampant rules or some whimsical games of songs of blades and heroes.

The entire cast

And of course a Trojan rabbit 

Thank you for looking.

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.

The Great War

I finally managed to pop round to the post office to pick up my most recent kickstarter I backed.

This one has been tremendous with regular updates and has arrived in a respectable timescale.

So what's in the box. The usual suspects for a Richard Borg, 12x11 hex map, cards, counters, special dice and rules with 16 scenarios.

Another 2 scenarios come with the deal as well as 10 artillery models.

A nice additional touch is the inclusion of several plastic sealable bags to put it all in when you've unpunched it all.

Figures are chunky 15mm's but are nicely detailed and hard plastic so should paint up well.

That's all for tonight but I think this will feature again soon.

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