End Of The Week - A Day Of Remembrance (24)

I guess it might seem odd to be posting pictures of Germans on Remembrance Sunday. In my defence they are more of an alternate history thing. British fascist forces. 

Something got me thinking. Our fate may be tied to the Germans more than we think. Not to mention the Poles and the French. Or the rest of Europe for that matter. 

These minis are done for a post-apocalypse game. An apocalypse that has been stuck in my head since my youth. There were a lot of sleepless nights in the eighties. A childhood trauma that was firmly in the past. Until Russia entered Ukraine. It now seems like a possibility again.

Right here and now we depend on our military to keep us safe. We are definitely stronger with our allies in Europe. But today I think as much about our men and women who are serving today as those that have fallen or been injured in the past.

Getting &£#@ Done

Despite another late start, things are looking good. Not quite everything has a base coat. I am feeling positive. Batch painting troops in uniform is relatively fast. Even if I opted for a cammo pattern on some of them.

Before anyone tells me that they don't look like Germans it's because they are not meant to be Germans. More like 1970s/80s British fascist forces for a post apocalyptic game set in London.

Start Of The Week - Happy Burn A Catholic Day

It's bonfire night here. It's 11pm.and the noise has more or less died down. Lots of pretty lights in the sky. It's been a good day. Some time with my daughter which is always the best timing. Then some gaming. 

I played Arsenal tonight, the wargame, not the football team.S fun if simple game. Through a mix of tactics and fortuitous dice I managed to destroy one enemy mech, cripple another and wipe out all of one of my opponents spods. This was after my teammate's mech died in the first shot of the game. It was a Conan moment...."What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women, I mean middle aged men."

It is the start of the week, painting wise at least. I have some fascists for Atomfallish. Whilst it's a busy week, the fact that most of them are wearing the same uniform and so common colours should make this an easy batch paint. So even if I a looking at the rest of the week being busy, I might get there. There are some alternatives if I get them done. Alien terrain for a start.. I have a plan for next week too. Almost all of which is already primed and ready to go.

Picked up some more freebies. I'm not sure of their provenance but they look like twenty five year old G-Dub fantasy orcs. They are huge. Compared to most of my minis they are maybe four or five times as big. Maybe a project for the near future.

End Of The (Two) Week(s) (50)

It's been a while. I kinda lost my way a bit. Half Term was fun. Daddy daughter time always is. Maybe not as condusive to mini painting as some would like but it was fun.

Last week it was difficult to get going but I did manage to finish some stuff on the Monday. Weather has been a problem getting stuff primed. So that makes more delays.

As I count the weeks by how many minis I finish in a week, this week has been an especially good one. With more than fifty figures finished, I think that's a personal best. Which is total BS but it makes me feel good.

I got given a big pile of stuff. Mostly the last remaining bits of a late gamer. Some random stuff to be honest. Almost enough lead to put my back out picking it up. In it we're some WW2 tankers of various nations. Not outstanding sculptures but good enough for a game that's not going to get that much play which would be Atomfallish.

Then there are a few super hero minis. I got these for a game I planned that didn't happen. Still they are done now. Will have to find the others. Maybe I will run the game now.

Over the years I think I have talked about my love of the minis designed by Mark Copplestone. I found some of his old Grenadier stuff on eBay. The first bunch are some bikers. They will fit with the Copplestone Castings.

Then there are some techo-fuedals. Propper post-apocalypse minis. 

Last week was a harder sell for me. There was other stuff going on. This was coupled with a bit of a barrier. I had a lot of fun painting some G-Dub stuff so I got some more. Way too much extra detail. I am trying to figure out why half the swordsmen would be carrying an hour glass each. Then I had problems with the colour. I really didn't like what I had done. It kinda worked out. Meh. These were done at the same time as some more random G-Dub stuff or at least some stuff I could use with it.

Then there was more Copplestone. I think these were street punks. I seem to recall some of them were urban guerillas. Finally there was one more Atomfallish mini. I must have missed it a few weeks ago. It was primed and ready to go. An easy choice.

End Of The Week

Having started well I hit a mix fntiredness, family stuff and the usual random. I've had two goodish days which has allowed me to finish. 

For the most part it's been all about the halberders. So that's fifteen of them done. There are some more to do.

Then there were another ten for the same project. I think there is another one somewhere.

About eighteen months ago I got some alien terrain. An impulse buy really. These were the three smallest items. It might spur me to start the alien terrain hexes 

Start Of The Bleak

It's time to start the week again. Even though it's a Tuesday. I've got more Empire stuff planned. I say Empire but I have at least three plans for them. There are tenish more free company, fifteen halberds (which are probably Bretonian and the odd free company member) and a couple more hangers on. I should probably bite the bullet and buy the Empire Army starter set. The plan is to do some chopping and changing. Some of the heads are quite distinctive (which means a male head with a vaguely pirate hat and an eye patch or an older guy with mad hair) which I don't want to many of. Greater arm and weapons variety would be nice too. So ideally I want all the bits in the same place. As with many eBay finds, the posing may not be great. Such as a mini with two outstretched arms, one holding a club the other with a bow. So I am waiting on some more stuff to arrive.

Somewhere in the near future I have yet more stuff for Atomfallish. More default Brits but plenty of late war winter Germans. These will be my British Union of Fascists. I need more bad guys so I think these will get done pretty quickly. There are twenty four coming so if I add something random, I'll have a weekly target. These have been on order for ten days.

I got hold of fifty ish WW 2 Russians and a T34. The plan had been to use them for Atomfallish. I have some very nice Neo Sovs from Copplestone that I will stick with. So I have a soviet army to paint. There is no way I am using a brush to paint that much green. This should be the excuse I need to get the airbrush out but I am going rattle can it. Assuming I can find the paint at the right price and they will deliver before Christmas. I even looked for a wargamming show. The next one I can fit in is February.

On top.of that are just over twenty future warriors. Some street punks, which will do duty for cyberpunk and some wasteland types. I am toying with the idea of buying some more of the robots I already have. Along with some Copplestone stuff and maybe a few more robots. I have a project in mind.

Somewhere deep inside is the nagging urge to paint a Turnip 28 army. I have some minis ready to go. There are plenty of bits to make this happen.

End of the Meek - Getting Tough with Myself +29 ,(27) And Some Zomtober Stuff

I made target. Whoop whoop. If I want to hit all those targets I set myself, I need to get a wiggle on. There are miniatures to daub and posts to butcher. 

 I finished my planned project for the week which were my Zomtober "Last Night On Earth" minis. Twelve more zombies and the eight characters. Having been disturbingly affect by George A Romero as a child (well 16, they have age restrictions for a reason) I am now somewhat obsessed with the zombie apocalypse. If we are in the early stages of World War III, the zombie apocalypse has been going on for a few decades now. Take a trip to Rochdale or Winsford if you don't believe me.

These minis are not my best ever work. I put as much work in as I could as there is very little detail to work with. You cafe polish a 💩. I still want a video store clerk although that archetype might be a little dated.

I put all the zombies in the picture even though I finished two of them last week. I did paint the bases this week. It was fun not having to glue the buggers together.

I got hold of some dark age stuff last weekend. These were already painted. Mostly. To get them to a minimum standard, I've done some touching up. The horses now look less brown. I don't have too many crossbowmen. I guess these are vaguely Norman. For the sake of an argument, I am calling this five minis. Which gets me to my weekly total. 

With the above finished by Friday I had a bit of time. So I had some time to fool around. My unplanned Warhammer Empire army got a few additions. So some got bundled into the queue.

There are three Coftyran Quar done. I like these, which is good because these were a trial run to see if it was a project I wanted to folliup.I've ordered some more. Really I should have a plan for them.  These haven't arrived yet or they would probably be at the front of the queue.