No Quite Done

I had almost forgotten how easy it is to paint WW2 infantry. Especially those without camouflage. I don't know why. Always has been the case. So after about nine hours of painting and about three hours of prep, this week's task is done, bar a bit of detail on the helmets, weapons and boots.

As well as the details I have some other bits to do. I'd like to look at some terrain and maybe put some minis together. There is a hope that I might get a headstart on next week and look at twenty more Soviet minis. Maybe then I can get the army done in a month.

Today has been a daddy daughter day and now it isn't. Missing her already. It's been a good day.

Progress, With Distractions

My mind is rally all over the place at the moment. So this post is being written and rewritten as things happen. As I type I am being used as a foot rest by my daughter. This is a lot more fun than it sounds. She is so enthusiastic about everything. Especially snacks. I kinda think I should be getting her out of the house but she seems so happy where she is.

I was up early and needed to do something quiet. So painting seemed like the right thing to do. So I got a couple of colours done on the Soviets. I rarely play British modern forces. That makes me think about a few long gone friends and relatives. So the Soviets are a little easier, from a psychological point of view as well as a painting one. I always used to like playing the Americans as I didn't mind losing so much.

At some point I was trying to figure out what I need for the Soviets. HMGs are right up there. I was trying to get some more SMGs too. These Warlord minis are not my favourite. They have separate weapons which gives a whole load of modelling options. Which is nice. They can err towards jazz hands and getting the weapons to fit is, well, entertaining at times. So I was looking for something else. There is a box of Siberian Veterans but I think they are out of production.

To give myself the option of rifle and SMG squads with options, I need seventy minis for four of them. Heavy weapons is another ten. A few lighter support weapons and options is at least another ten. Command options is also coming in at around ten. I only have the one vehicle, a T34. 

A random T34

I'll need a few more infantry. The Siberian veterans would be great as I think they come with plastic HMGs and I want two of them. An anti tank gun or two and maybe some observers would round out the foot troops. Need to think about the armour. If one phrase summed up how I wargame it would be "not a tanker". I may need to check the page for spelling errors.

I have about ninety to one hundred figures to paint. With some more needed. As I said previously, I feel a certain amount of resistance to painting them. Partly because of the numbers but I have no immediate plan for them. A new OPFOR for sUnderDground maybe. I have some Copplestone Neosovs I was planning to use but these are chunky compared to the other plastics. 

There are another three weeks of the summer holidays so maybe I will get a third of them done and then move on to something else. As someone who is always hopeful, I might make faster progress. This is perhaps the simplest paint scheme I've done in some time. Being the Russian army, their clothing and gear is exceptionally uniform 🤔 and somewhat basic.

If I do the infantry first I might be able to maintain the interest in the project. The real itch is XCOM but the aren't even out yet. So get these done and move on to Paranoia, some more Sludge and the Quar.

Start Of The Week - The Coming Storm

I am actually having difficulty hearing the TV. The sound of rain on the exceptionally dry ground is really loud. We've had a bit rain over the last couple of days but not heavy enough to justify putting the wipers on whilst driving. So a good change.

The coming storm is more about the Soviets. I've had a boxed set and some extra bits that have been sitting around for ages. Probably two years. They have mostly been prepped and primed for several months. I could argue it's a bit of prevarication. There have been more fun projects. Couple that with the fact that there is an imperial f###ton (that's a bit bigger than a metric f###ton) of them. There probably isn't enough of them. The Soviets have rifle and smg units so trying to have the right minis for both is at least fifteen minis for a ten man squad. There isn't a lot of variety. This and the simplicity of the paint scheme means they should be an easy job. If a two month long one.

For some reason I chose the scheme, or something very similar, for the Quar Crusaders. I have a few of them in the queue too. I've decided I need an extra four for both sides. Three, three man teams and a sergeant with an officer and a standard for each. I might need to order them.

After a month of pain with my laptop, I bit the bullet and reset it. Which meant it has reinstalled all the crap I got rid of and deleted all the software I use.

End Of The Week (10) Just

I wanted to stick with the plan. Life is busy at the moment and yesterday, the day I had a plan for, didn't go to plan. So I've only just finished now.

Times seem to be going harder. This is how much it cost to fill up my fuel tank today. The limit on spending is £99. If costs go up, I might not be able to fill my tank to the top. I can only see one reason for this and apparently he has dementia.

A Sign

I took my daughter out to watch the eclipse last night. She complained about it, a lot. She did do a lot of handstands though. She didn't think it was going to be worth it. I missed the last decent one in the UK, so I wasn't going to miss this one. She didn't see the point.

During the complaining I pointed out that she would be in her seventies when the next good one came around and that maybe she would remember this moment with me. This was followed by more handstands.

There was basically one cloud in view. Which was right in front of the sun. I kind of got the hint of the moon on front of the sun. Seriously, if I hadn't known it was happening, I would not have noticed it. I managed to get my daughter to look at the cloud for a few moments. Then she went back to doing handstands.

Parking was chaos, but you know the very British kind. Queues with someone organising them. I had picked a good place on top of a hill. Just like everyone else.

It looked a lot like twilight. This would have been pretty impressive at noon. As I was somewhat late in the day, I guess it wasn't that impressive. So I was left thinking that the day she gets to see something closer to a real eclipse, she will probably have forgotten about this one.

Start Of The Week - Bindependence Day

So a quite pivotal or comical week in the UK. Depending on your point of view. No great outcome either way. An object lesson in irony appears to be about to happen.

Still, back in the real world of tiny toy soldiers. It's more about the ruins of post-apocalyptic London than pre-apocalyptic Clacton. So I have another ten minis for sUnderDground. These are much more of a mish mash. I am seeing these as more of a citizen militia. Prepped, primed and ready to go. Mostly Warlord stuff. A few bits are off the covers of magazines. There is a Pulp nazi scientist. He didn't really fit in with other stuff.

I am looking at my recent purchases. The Quar cavalry and the Paranoia stuff. I need to do some some work on the Paranoia bases. Design them and get them cut out. This is not the week to do this. Maybe I will find the time.

So maybe the Quar. The photo above may even be a tenuous clue. I have a box of each. When I get to establishing a plan, this is probably not enough. The Coftyran infantry (in my head) is based around ten man squads. Three groups of three and a sergeant. In an ideal world I'd want two of these an officer, sergeant and standard. Which would be three boxes. 

I would also like a few mounted regular infantry. An officer (one of these with an infantry officer helmet. A few extras like a sergeant, standard an a 3 man recon team or two. So four boxes. For each side. With the plan as it is I guess I am nudging another £300. I'm looking for a half set of each as twelve of each seems to hit the sweet spot 

Queue the sound of gears grinding and the smell of burning rubber. The plan is still the XCOM Miniatures Game all the way.

I see my future busy weeks being a little extended. Visitors, friends and family are all in the mix in the weeks after the summer. Happy for it all. I can see me keeping with the plan and I don't see the volume of painting going up. At this pace, with the currently active plans, I can see a gap in the queue around March. Assuming the XCOM doesn't jump to the front of the queue. Which it probably will.

End Of The Week (15)

A strange day today. It would have been my mum's birthday. So a number of moments of sadness. Whilst it has been some time since she passed, I still think about her every day. Things have moved on, but I still miss her.

So I hit my target. Things are progressing. The New Cruelty should be more than happy. The New Cruelty if you friend or is that the Computer. Some of the Paranoia minis are done. I am already thinking I need some more investigators. And all the other stuff. This is a project that has some legs. 

The fascists came out alright. For fascists anyway. I am trying for the convoluted mix of kit. This seems to have worked. With the corpses I will call this 12 for the week. 

I've seen a few things new for Blood Bowl. All big guys and all needed for one team or another. The is a Morg 'n' Thoth has been missing from collection, at least as far as a new figure. I mostly play chaos in all its forms so the other two figures, a rat ogre and a minotaur, fit my plan. I need to pick a team to paint this year. So, having had Varag Ghoul Chewer on the bench for around three years (the ultimate background project). Not to mention he is now almost six years in the queue. I finished the one missing detail and the base.

I also found an odd peasant from the villagers pack by Wargames Atlantic. She is now done. So I am going to call this 15 minis for the week.

There are a couple of projects in the offing. In keeping with the usual form, I will probably decide tomorrow. Or the next day. 

Slow But Steady

I have a bit more time on my hands today. Sadly. But it does mean I have finished the project for the week. Which gives me a bit of time to work on the other stuff. For some reason I am struggling to keep one of the arms attached. Need to find some spruegoo.

I want to do some work with green stuff. If nothing else I want to fill in the gaps for the wrecked ship. It feels like I can experiment a bit with it before starting the, er, not cracked one. That one won't look pristine either. Just not wrecked. I have a bit of gap filling to do on the last of the Athena Miniatures survivors.

Then I am already giving the Paranoia minis and the Quar Wars cavalry the eye. I've stuff prepped for a few more weeks at least. But. Well. You know. I should probably do these before I get the green stuff out.

I have some Normans on the bench. These are currently an alternative background project. These were painted by someone else but I need to do a bit of work on them. These needed a bit more texture on the base. So this is done now.

Wasting Money

Do I keep looking at the XCOM miniatures game. It's not a question of if, but when I am going to buy it. Where was this game ten years ago? It looks like I might have to order the resin sets as the inner ADHD in my brain (it is fairly deep) is telling me I can't wait to the new year.

I've kept looking at a couple of other projects. The first is already underway, which is the Quar. I might just have to rename it Quar Wars in my head. I'm not really wanting to start another army but I do want to finish what I have started. Which I am thinking comes get to £200. After this purchase.

As I was looking at another project, I thought I would get something else. To save on postage. Obviously. Duh. So the last thing to be produced for both armies was the cavalry. More like dragoons really. So a box of each was in order. Eight figures is an odd number for a cavalry box but then they are mounted and dismounted. I think this is not going to be enough, so I will probably pick up a half set of each.

As I say, I've been looking at the XCOM stuff. A lot more than is healthy. But whilst I was looking at that I also started looking at the Modiphius Paranoia stuff. Another miniatures game also using the 5 Core rules as their basis. So I got a good deal on what I ordered. I couldn't get the robots and the high programmer set seems to be a little bit expensive. So I will wait for a sale.

I've not had a chance to go through the rules yet, but I am already thinking about terrain. As it's set in a bunker, I am not sure I have a lot of terrain that will work. A while ago I was working on a set of laser cut sci finish corridors with the intention of also using them as bases. Something interlocking, almost like the stuff from Imperial Assault and Descent. There would be two layers of MDF. A base layer, to allow an interlock and maybe a slight change of layer underneath a textured layer. Need to have a think about this. How to represent a bunker on a three by three table? I wonder.

That's another 66 figures (by my calculation system) to add to the queue. 

Accidents Will Happen

Sounds like a cue for a song.

This model originally had wings. And a tailfin. And engines for that matter. Not to mention wheels. The first one I got even had some but not all of them. This one was always destined to be a wreck.

So far I have cleaned off the clips that hold the bay doors open. Now I have to figure out how to keep the pod bay doors closed (Hal). There were also some mounting points for the wheels. The things you can do with a mini tenon saw.

The plan is to fill in some of of the gaps. I think I am going to take a mold of some of the tail fin from the other model. This should make it look like it was ripped off. There is a plan to cover the voids where the wings were with plasticard or, more likely, some clear plastic packaging (I think I have some stuff that is up to the job. 

Just above the wing void are some hinges. These look like they will be tricky to remove. Not impossible but a pain. So the plan calls for the voids in the hinges to be filled and I will use some plastic tubes to cover the long void rather than filling it in.

This looks like it will need a fairly big base. I want it to look like it crashed so I want the base to have skid marks. Currently thinking I will have it sliding sideways.

It needs a better clean. Probably with alcohol. Then some gentle sanding. This should help with the adherence of the paint.

This is not the biggest project ever. I have another one, which I want to set up as landed. I have a rather large ARC fight, some obscure version of a TIE fighter and a U Wing coming. I am hoping to turn the U Wing into a landed ship. The TIE fighter has scrap terrain written all over it. Maybe one of the panels will end up on the floor. The ARC fighter looks big. I need to have a look at it. Maybe it will work if I take the wings off. More scrap piles and another piece of flooring.

The End Of The Weekend / Start Of The Week (10)

I got my ten minis in. So I am happy. Fairly good that they were mostly green. A coloured primer and 'contrast" paint helped a lot. I've already shown some pictires so I'm not going to bother here.

Some more sabot bases done too. Last of these for now at least. Just some I had sat around gathering dust. Mostly, if not entirely Warlord Miniatures this week.

Found two random, but identical second hand toys this week. The most battered was obviously the most expensive, and the one I found first. I've been after something to use as a drop ship. Now I have a drop ship and one that could be a wreck. I am getting a Traveller ship's boat mixed with a space shy.

I've started working on one of them already. Needs some filler and some extra paneling. Then I can start jazzing it up.

Anyway. Off for a daddy daughter day.

Day Of Admin Rather Than Progress

I've always thought it's better to have a plan. I used to regularly say that failing to plan is planning to fail. Then kids came on the scene and it became failing to plan saves me about twenty minutes of wasted time every day. This is said tongue in cheek. It doesn't really apply to gaming. As far as kids are concerned, it is good to have a plan. Just don't expect it to happen.

So it's not been a bad day. The game of the day has been prep and admin. I've found some more sabot bases. As I plan to do some more painting of these, it seemed appropriate to finish these off all together. 

There are some more sUnderDground minis ready for next week. These are planned to be fascists. So some Warlord Einter Germans from various sets. There are some zombies in the mix too. Somewhere I found a Eureka Bundeswehr. This should be another quick project. There are a couple of civilian (well armed civilian) casualties.

The sUnderDground project looks like an ongoing project. So there are a few more primed minis. These are a bit more of a mixed bag. Americans, Japanese, Germans and Brits. And a few zombies.

I got these from a car boot a few weeks ago. I like the guy, who I see fairly regularly. Always has something I want. A few more dark age minis can't hurt right? I'm not a big fan of the metallic blue (although it would be amazing as a colour for magic weapons) and there are a few bits that I need to look at to make them fit with my stuff.

Maybe I can get to doing something a bit more productive.

The blog seems to be doing okay. I mean the number of posts is up again. So I must be in an up phase. Will see how that goes. The last year has seen a third of the sites total hits. I must be affecting the outcome of everyone's AI searches.

XCOM The Miniatures Game - Preorder

Year in, year out, I have dreamt about a tabletop XCOM game. Most years it has appeared in "The Plan" but oddly not this year. Usually a slight version on a theme. Quite a few minis have been purchased to this end. I have a whole team of operatives painted and ready to go. There are even some upgrades should research go well. There are a whole load of ideas for the aliens too. With plenty of minis. Mostly older 40k stuff.

More recently I have moved on to something a little different. This takes in a few ideas from contemporary ufology. So really not the same thing. But it would work as an RPG. Which was the idea.

Modiphius has kindly stepped in and taken the burden of creation off me. They appear to have done this quite well. From what I have seen so far I am fairly happy that this will be a great tabletop game. The miniatures look amazing.

To be honest I wasn't sure what I was expecting. A starter box and a dozen different box sets, one for each alien race. I could see multiple the ten mini box,  with a race per box, like they are doing for Fallout. The game has a lot of races. At £30 a box, I was expecting a world of hurt.

This would eventually morph into XCOM 2. It's not a game where I would expect endless sets to be released. There is scope for terrain. The prospect of a Skyranger on one level makes me absolutely moist but also terrifies me that it will cost nearly as much as a small car. Much as I would like to see some old school stuff, I am not sure I would pay for both.

So when I saw the release and the box sets had multiple races, I was a little relieved. Being the same price as the Fallout sets, I would have hoped for a few more minis ithe box. It's made me look at Paranoia, which appears to follow a very similar format.

So the fomo thing isn't really going to hit me. I think I am going to order one of the starter sets. There is no preorder discount but there is a fomo miniature as an incentive. It would be possible to wait for a discount. The biggest sets come with cards, counters and dice. So this makes me think about what I want to buy. 

I am not a person who needs a specific dice set. I know people who like dice. Space is an issue, not to mention I already have too many dice. But they look good. As far as counters go, this is a no brainer for me. I own a laser cutter. Making counters is also kind of a thing for me. There are counters for civilians and "zombies". I would really prefer actual minis. So I will probably find something I can use. The cards, well I could probably do without them to but... They do look amazing and I can see a quality of life. So they look like they are on the list.

The two full hit sets are around £200. If I get what I want, I can drop that by about £50. I guess I could wait and save another £10 but lose the fomo mini. So let's not do that.

So far, only the most basic of the aliens are in the market. To be a viable game there needs to be another three alien sets. Minimum. These all look like they are in the pipe. There is at least one more XCOM set it appears. I am assuming that this is funky guns and armours.

Terrain is an issue to me. I am not just taking about resin) plastic. Although I want a few more bits. Printable UFO plans would be good. Most people I game with have a lot of 28mm terrain, some of which will work with larger scales. So far I am struggling with stuff for the slightly larger scale.

The rules also appear to be a bonus. I have been playing 5 Core rules for a while. It's a nice system and it means I can learn the basics of a series of rules which helps my fragile little mind. So far Modiphius has been an excellent custodian of the rules. I wouldn't mind seeing Five Klicks from the Zone or the WW2 rules. I was a bit suspicious about the Paranoia game and XCOM but from what I can see, they have been perfectly tailored to the games.

It's brought Paranoia, The Uncooperative Miniatures Game, to my attention. I was a big fan of the original rules. The first edition rules is one of my most read books. It's only downside was I could never get anyone to play it. So an Uncooperative Miniatures Game is ideal for me. The range is not huge but it seems to cover what you need.  Still trying to work out the boards to play on. It is looking like a good choice for a project in the near future.

For the record, I am just a fanboy. I am doing this because this is a project I want to see thrive. 

Finishing Off

I think that is the right phrase. I just finished off ten miniature males? This leaves me with a bit of a problem. Inasmuch as I have no idea what to do next.

Ive also managed to get some basing texture on the wattle fencing. This felt like a bit of a mission. They still need priming. Not to mention painting.

There are also a few more basing sabots in progress. Whilst there is no immediate need for them, it's probably better to get them done. Although maybe if I left them long enough they would accumulate enough texture without the need for glue. This is less than half of what I did last week but then I am not sure I need that more. There are a few more infantry bases done and I think some skirmish bases too, although I can't remember what I did with them if indeed I didn't give them away.

I should probably finish these first. Something tells me I will get a bit lost in the work. There are other projects.

Continuous Improvement

So even more progress. Something to do with fewer theme parks in my day I think 🤭. Although the pain hasn't gone away. A couple more colours down and I about to start thinking about washes and layers. Maybe tomorrow, or more likely Friday, I will get the painting finished and then maybe some work on the bases.

I have the terrain to work on. Some texture paste and the prep will be done. Followed by a decent prime. I'm not anticipating a detailed paint job here. Brown and a wash for the wood. There will be more work on the bases.

Limited Progess

Any progress is good progress. Right? This is despite my body feeling like it used to after a beasting. And I have been to a fun fair with a six year old. That's middle age for you.

So I got to painting about about 10pm. Shortly followed by me remembering all the things I hadn't done. So I had a few things to get done before I got to painting. Not to.mention the weekly bench tidy. I got one colour done and most of a second colour. At this pace I am on to getting the work done. 

There was a moment of distraction. I spilt a bit of paint. So I had to use it. This means a little bit of progress on the background project, my Trench Crusade stuff. When I look at them I think I need to grab them up a bit.

Tomorrow is looking like I am going to feel the after effects of today. Brufen all the way tomorrow. If I can manage as much tomorrow, and Thursday, I should even have some time for other projects.

Start Of The Week - Sort Of Apocalyptic

Still on an Athena Miniatures spree. Not sure what these figures are called and I don't think they are on the website yet. I'm.not quite sure what I am doing here. I thought there were ten of them but one of them is a survivor.

I suspect these were done for Scavenge, Skirmish, Survive. This is/was a winter apocalypse skirmish game. I hear a new version may be in the offing. Regardless, the winter apocalypse vibe really works for me, especially as I plan to use them in sUnderDground game.

Looking at the week ahead, getting these done is doable. I am not sure if there will be time to get much else done. Maybe a few bits here and there. Maybe not. 

End Of The Week - All About Progress (10)

I have been begging for rain for a few weeks. Britain has been close to a state of draught for some time. There were only really three hours this week that I didn't want it to rain. So of course it did. And only then. This has been the metaphor for the week.

So the goal for the week was paint ten minis. British NBC figures from Athena Miniatures although the casualties came from a different set. All done and I am quite happy with the outcome. I've even had a chance to tinker with what is coming next week.

I have been playing a few rank and flank games lately. Midgard being the main one. I have a vast number of dark age minis. Mainly created for role playing purposes, so mostly on 2p or 25mm sized bases. This works for me as I can create sabot bases. 

There is quite a lot of work involved here. I wanted them to match the colours on most of the figure bases. There are seven colours here, which took some time. Gluing everything together took some effort too. I think I need about twice as many as I have finished her. More will be in the works.

I've also had a chance to muck around with some terrain. A lot of glue and sand is no more. The texture on the bases of the gabions and cheval  de frise are finished. The wattle fencing has had some glue and sand added to strengthen the models. The plan is to put some texture paste along the edges before I start painting them all. As this is mostly wood colour, the actual painting process should be relatively easy. 

As a renaissance gamer, I couldn't resist putting a quote from Ozymandius onto hex terrain. Not sure which biome I am going to use yet but it's a good bet it will be desert) badlands. Makes me smile when I look at it. Should probably be in hieroglyphics. Oooh. Another project.

There is some Star Wars terrain in there too. Along with the gabions. There is more of this to come. Well it was cheap. Something for the future.

This is not bad progress. Speaking of bad progress, Summer (holidays) is coming. Well actually it's here. So I am not sure how things are going to play out on the mini painting front. Still, I will be having fun. My hopes for the week should be manageable.

British Infantry In NBC Gear

Awake early today so got some painting in. Focus is on the Athena Miniatures British NBC minis and a couple of similarly equipped casualties. They are starting to look a little better (less like shiny t💩💩rds. These are some fairly robust minis. All are probably six footers.

A little bit of titivation is still required. The masks and the SA80s need a bit of highlighting. Maybe a wash on the rifle's handguard. A little bit more on the bases wouldn't hurt either.

These are looking perfect for the sUnderDground game. They look more apocalypse than post-apocalypse. Don't envy anyone in an NBC suit. Respirators are bad enough.

My guess is these will be finished soon so I might moving on. These are also by Athena Miniatures but aren't up for sale yet. At this point I suspect the colour scheme will be pretty much the same but with a few additions for things like helmets and gear.

Start Of The Week - Three Colour Minimum

There is this old idea found predominantly in club based wargaming of the three colour minimum. All figures on a table should be painted and in order to qualify as painted, a mini must have at least three separate colours on it.

Deep inside me is a streak that does not like this. There is an element of my personality that has elements of oppositional defiance disorder. Now I have to say I favour pretty looking games this means the minis need to be painted. When someone tells me that I can't do something, I generally want to do it. Back in the day this meant painting WW2 American micro armour in basically green with a separate colour for tracks. So two colours. I did try to put together a, erm, "skyclad" force that were bald and, erm, "shaven". I could just not find the right minis at the time.

This in a roundabout way is bringing me to this weeks project. Ten 1980s British squaddies in NBC gear. Whilst not an expert on the subject, these look like the MK3 suit, which was basically green. It's a bit hard to say stuff about the webbing but it is probably 1958 pattern so a slightly different shade of green.

You have black boots, gas mask and mostly black rifle. When I say black, I should probably say very dark grey. The rifle would probably have an OG handguard (that's olive green and not old guard). The gloves should probably be black but then they would fade into the rifle. A lighter shade of green would work. I am toying with brown but I am thinking about that three coloi(not shade) minimum.

These guys are just not going to pop. To make something closer to popping, they are going to need some highlights. Green ones. It would make sense to use some sort of metallic colour for the lenses on the mask. I could even put a red line around the filter on the mask.

Whatever I do, these should not take too long to paint.

End Of The Week - A Good Week (30)

This has felt like a good week. The heat hasn't been quite as bad. Still distinctly warm for the UK but not what I would expect it to be in Spain, as it has been recently. Being British, I like to talk about the weather.

There has been some fun daddy daughter time. I've spent a lot of time following her on a bike. At a distance. She seems to be progressing quite fast at the moment. I am quite content at the moment.

I've managed to finish thirty figures this week. The ten planned for this week and the details for the twenty from last week. This feels like real progress in a period of time when life where any step towards something better feels hard fought.

Whilst I know that they are not going to win any awards, they are not too bad. I can live with the outcome anyway. When I have finished the remaining figures I will put up some better shots 

The laser cutter came out to play a bit this week. Enough that I need to clean it. I had actually run out of bases and I don't have that problem now. I've also created some sabot bases for games like Midgard. I have the designs prepped for a few more projects.

Terrain has been a feature of the week. I had glued together some linear plastic terrain. These are now all attached to wooden bases. In total this is a little over 40x50cm, so a little over an eighth of the size of the table I currently use.

Summer is coming. This coming week is the leading edge of summer fun. A little more daddy daughter time, which is always good 😊, but it does mean the blog and painting may take the strain. A small price to pay.

Charity Case Because Of Clacton

I have to admit a growing amusement caused by Count Binface. You have to admire an individual who takes a moral stand. I am of course talking about Rob Pownall. He has decided this election is too silly. This is the guy who normally turns up to elections in a fox costume. It appears he is leaving field open for the Count.

I saw this on the 7TV Facebook group. It's a charity miniature from Trouble Maker Games. Not just an ironic name. Apparently.

This is being sold to raise money for UK based NHS charities. So definitely worth a purchase.

Binface For The Win.