So whats been happening

Well ive not posted as much as I would have liked do to problems with my hands and other factors. But I have not been completely idle. Here are some photos of what Ive done and been up to over the last month or two.

Plastic Soldier British Late War figures 20mm all based up and ready to undercoat.

Rest of the brits, i based up one of the radio teams together on a base.

Ready to Roll resin 2 x Shermans and 1 Firefly with 2 Universal Carriers.

2 Airfix 1/76 Type 97 tanks for my Japanese island forces. This project has not really started as yet but i saw the two kits and the local shop and made them up real quick. Very nice kits to build.

An italieri 1/72 M48A3 for my Vietnam project. Again a nice kit and ive 2 more of these to build one of which will have the Sandbag bunker on it.

Well thats the modeling that I have done, ive also been looking at posting my gaming experiences too. So here goes. Some years back I picked up on EBAY a copy of a great game The Fellowship of the Ring by Iron Crown Enterprises. The game uses 6 sided dice to represent the player units and the number upmost represents the mode of travel and what the unit is is faced away from the opponent similar to block games. As can been seen here http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/1152008/the-fellowship-of-the-ring . The dice are old and are hard to see unless lighting is excelent so i decided to pick up some new dice to replace them. EM4 is a company ive used before to get dice from so of my order went a couple of days later a package arrived and inside were……

Clearly not dice.

A quick call to EM4 got the right things sent out to me which ive now reiceived but they kindly told be to keep hold of the Barbarians. There really nice models 🙂

Also I have recently got a copy of Horus Heresy http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/63543/horus-heresy . This game is set in the Games Workshop 40k universe and represents the war on Terra (earth) between the Emperor of Mankind versus the Traitor Horus. Its a really good game but here are just some quick photos from our first play through. Ill do a more full report when we have the rules down at the moment im sure were doing one or two things wrong.

The forces of Slaanesh, Tzeentch and Nurgle led by some Traitor Primarchs getting ready to storm the Emperors Palace.

The Emperors Palace defended by loyal Space Marines and Primarchs.

General table shot.

So as you can see ive not been idle, just not as productive as i would have hoped. Ill try and get another update out before the end of the month. Take care out there.
B

White Gesso

I am wanting to paint up some of my figures quite vibrantly, such as the Super Dungeon Explore ones.  I have read that for best effects start from a white basecoat. As I get such a good finish from black gesso some time ago i decided to try white, the results weren’t that great, brush strokes showed up and the finish was a bit transparent.

Ive decided to try again.  This time however i bought the same brand and type of gesso, that is Windsor Newton Galeria Acrylic White Gesso.  Here are some images.

The gesso is still wet, as you can see the plastic shows through in some areas.

Dried – The lumpyness has gone, but the clear areas are still showing

Dry different angle

Now as you can see its still a bit transparent, but i think its a case of i need to put more on in my painting of this.

Thanks for looking.

Project Plan for 2013

So whats happening this year?

Wyrd’s Puppet Wars – Last year I managed to get my hands on a pack of all the pawn boosters and the multi player set to go with the base set i got the other christmas. Ive currently got the puppets from the base set undercoated and on the painting bench.
Mantics Dwarf Kings Hold – Last year I completed the figures from Dead Rising. This year i hope to get the rest done. So thats Green Menace and Ancient Grudge. So elves and orcs a plently and a few more dwarves and undead.
20mm WW2 Brits – Putting together a platoon of these to use with Two Hour Wargames Nuts system. I have some Plastic Soldier Company Late War British Infantry 44-45 and some Ready to Roll resin Shermans and Universal Carriers.
Super Dungeon Explore – Hope to get this painted this year as ive promised myself i wont buy the expansions till its completed.
Zombicide (Abominiation) – Ive been playing a lot of this so the minis will need a good wash before i do anything with them. Then its painting. Ive 3 trays of zombies atm so ill probly do them a tray at a time to not impact on playing the game as much.
Sedition Wars (Biohazard)x2 – This should arrive next week I bought 2 sets as i like the miniatures so much and am intending on using them for Two Hours Wargames New Beggings/Star Army wargames. So ill get one set painted whilst playing with the other.
Kingdom Death Monster – Ive backed this kickstarter that should be getting delivered in Nov (so call it Dec) Will prolly get some un boxing shots 🙂
Mad-Max – Im going to be looking at doing some Mad Max style vehicles and miniatures in 20mm for some small games
Malifaux – Ive had some of there figures for over a year now, should really get them painted.

Right thats what i can think of of the top of my head. If i only get a third of these finished ill be happy but ill keep you updated at least weekly with how things are going.

Take Care and have fun
Brian.

New Year New Start

Well as can be seen from the blog its been several months since i posted anything, this is mainly down to my depression being up and down. 

The new year is comming and as we survived the Mayan Calendar running out i thought id make a new start – On another note the calendar in the kitchen runs out every year and we just buy a new one, i suppose the place you get Mayan ones from are closed.

It is my intention to post something at least once a week, maybe more often, but id sooner spend more time painting than posting.  So ill prolly just do photos during the week and a weekly digest unless i change my mind.

Anyway Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.

Brian

Getting organised

After a hectic week ive managed to get relocated into my new paint area.

Things are all nicely located near by to help me get on with the business at hand, that is painting, modeling etc.

Yes times have been tough of late but im going to try and get something done at least once a week to start with, and then working my way to once a day.  Take small steps and the miles vanish without notice.

Anyway tata

Quiet few days.

After the painting of last week, ive had a few days of quiet contemplation. Been reading through the rules of a few old games.

Vietnam 1965-1975 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5620/vietnam-1965-1975

Cry Havoc http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1323/cry-havoc

And a bunch of old magazine games.

Played a few games of Dwarf Kings Hold on friday night with SP and that went well.

When everything is painted up ill do a full review 😛

Take care out there

Brian.

Paper Streets :)

Been working on making a card city for out All Things Zombie game. I made 18 buildings, this turned out to be no where near enough. The buildings are from the World Works Games – Swift Scenics range and they are amazing. The buildings go together easily and look great. I just havent done any edging, i need to at some point just to finish them off

Should be having a city clearout this friday, ill try and get a report up after it.
Have fun and watch out for zombies.

So whats been happening?

Well, my illness to a turn for the worse just after christmas and it took me some time to really get my head back together. In the past few weeks ive managed to pick up the blade and the brush and have been working on making a city for our All Things Zombie game on a friday using World Works Games swift scenic range. Ive also been painting some skeletons for Dwarf Kings Hold.

Heres a shot of them 🙂

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Ill try and get some more info up shortly.

Take care
Brian.

Im back – better faster stronger

So its been a while, I can only appologise to you my avid readers.  Things have been hard for me the last months.  But this year things are going to be different.  Ill try and keep you in the loop as projects move across my table.

The big new thing is this post is being done from my tablet so see if this makes things easyer or harder for putting things up.

Test pic

Kado

No progress shots on this one, started it first thing this morning and now hes almost finished. Well just a little bit to do on the base. Because I am interested more in my mini painting technique than the bases I am keeping the bases plain. In this instance i will be painting it Ivory with a red/green stripe down it to represent a fighting mat.

Anyway here are the piccys.

Right as allways thanks for looking.

Take care.