tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41537237526636857922024-02-06T18:03:19.239-08:00Xander's Wargaming MusingsXanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-84659442304243824542015-09-03T00:43:00.004-07:002015-09-03T00:43:55.614-07:00Finished lead - Engineer and officer!<div dir="ltr">
I decided to have a short break from painting Northern Nomads, so had a go at some oddments from the AtR world (heavily inspired by Mortal Engines).<br />Here we have a member of a London Engineers Guild security team from Mortal Engines and an officer from the Neu-Hansa trade caravans from our AtR setting</div>
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Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-26886647926288461702015-09-01T05:26:00.001-07:002015-09-01T05:26:30.556-07:00AtR: more nomad teaser pics...<p dir="ltr">Seb came across on Saturday and helped me get some more nomad figures prepped. Add in some painting time and things are coming along quite nicely. All things going to plan I should have the nomads finished long before the display game at Reveillie (!)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Which is good, as my brain is wandering about the setting we started building, coming up with all sorts of ideas... The heavily armed trade caravans of the Neu-Hanseatic League, wandering London Engineers seeking lost archeotech, scavengers, savage tribes, giant subterranean worms (tremors style), landships, mutated dwellers in long lost catacombes, the list keeps going on. From my perspective, I can see masses of scope for steampunkish post-apocalypse adventures, with heavy hints of Mortal Engines but with everything from Indiana Jones (archetechologist being chased through a ruined sewer system by misshapen troglodytes) to Beowulf (a nomad tribes camp is being plagued by a monster of prodigious capabilities and a wandering hero is in town to help) via His Dark Materials Trilogy (there's got to be space for a mercenary Texan aeronaut!?). And heavns know what Seb will come up with... (although he has already confessed to being heavily influenced by Darwins World)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Anyway, enough waffle. On to the WiPs!</p>
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A few WiP snaps from my desk, showing some of the stuff I'm working on for the ATR display game - please ignore the part painted Valkyrie crew and the horde of grey-primed dark-ages types on the paint station in the background! Most of the figures are based off either Gripping Beast Jomsvikings or Wargames Foundry Cossacks; and I'm trying to convey the image of a post-apocalypse, nomadic warrior culture. These folks are mammoth (don't ask) and reindeer herders, who trade and raid as the opportunity presents itself. Technology level is black-powder, with occasional bits of scavenged pre-apocalyse technology (such as the Carn's pump action shotgun). I'm hoping that by mixing Rus Vikings, cossacks and generic hair barbarians together I'll get a group that looks unmistakably 'northern warrior', without looking too much like anyone thing....<br />
Inspiration definitely stolen from the World of Mortal Engines books!<br />
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If these guys are interesting - please do check out the ATR blog: http://armiesoftheaftermath.blogspot.co.uk/</div>
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The gun crewman hunched over will be getting a slung shield and will have some GSing done on his coat. The chap leaning forward with the fuse needs some work done on his trousers, and may well get a belt...</td></tr>
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Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-3919993467368198622015-08-12T07:47:00.002-07:002015-08-12T07:47:47.868-07:00All That RemainsHello all,<br />
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Just a quick note to say that Seb & I are putting on a display game at Reveillie later this year, with the aim of taking it to Salute next year. We have set-up a blog to chart our progress http://armiesoftheaftermath.blogspot.co.uk/<br />Please check it out for platoon level post apocalypse games, atleast one force of which will have a World of Mortal Engines-ish twist... Realistically, I probably won't get around to cross-posting my work to here despite my best intentions to do so!<br />
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<p dir="ltr">Until a proper update, here are some views of the paint station, a few <u>WiPs</u> and some figures in need of basing...</p>
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"<span style="font-size: 10pt;">40mm Police and Criminals range.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PC1 S.W.A.T. 6 multi-part figures with
separate heads, torsos and legs. MP5, M4, M8 Shotgun and M24 sniper rifle.
£14.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PC2 S.W.A.T. 6 multi-part figures with
separate heads, torsos and legs. G36, M8 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Shotgun
and M24 sniper rifle. £14.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SW1 & 2 Deal both sets £25.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PC3 Neil £2.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PC4 Chris £2.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PC5 Michael £2.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PC6 Tony £2.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PC7 Tony#2 £2.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Other
useful figures that are compatible with this range.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Urban Guerrillas<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">UG1 European designer Guerrillas £6.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">UG2 Militants in ski masks £6.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LE1 US Cops £6.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LE2 Undercover cops or armed perps £6.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LE3 US security and VIP £6.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">CIA/FBI/Undercover
cops <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">US27 3<sup>rd</sup> Special forces group/CIA
civvies gear £6.00 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
great thing about 40mm is the amount of 1/48<sup>th</sup> scale models that are
available to use in games. O gauge in model railways are actually 1/48<sup>th</sup>
scale, so buildings and street furniture are quite easy to obtain. Also because
the figures are on bases making them a little taller on the ground 1/43<sup>rd</sup>
diecast vehicles don’t look out of place either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Useful
websites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.wholesaletrains.com/">www.wholesaletrains.com</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> large range of “O” Gauge
buildings and street furniture stocked <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.ashevillediecast.com/">www.ashevillediecast.com</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> stockists of 1/43<sup>rd</sup>
diecast cars such as GEARBOX police cars NEWRAY trucks amongst others<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.policecarmodels.com/">www.policecarmodels.com</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Stockists of 1/43<sup>rd</sup>
diecast police cars and decals"</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-63963657151895702082014-12-23T01:51:00.002-08:002014-12-23T01:51:57.529-08:00Dark ages painting updateI've finally worked around to posting up my more recent painting efforts!<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hairy Germanics - in this case Franks. Figures by Foundry, Citadel, & Eureka</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085453_zps3cde8289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085453_zps3cde8289.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet more Hairy Germanics - Early Saxons. Figures by Gripping Beast, Foundry & Musketeer</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085722_zpsfd4278c5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085722_zpsfd4278c5.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picts - All the figures are Black Tree Designs</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085810_zpsd26f18d8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085810_zpsd26f18d8.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Post) Romano-British skirmishers. Figures are Gripping Beast plastics with West Wind heads & Gripping Beast metals, </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085856_zps230c60b8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085856_zps230c60b8.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Otherworld warriors (Ghostly Celts). Figures by Foundry, Renegade, & North Star</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085954_zps69b0cab1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_085954_zps69b0cab1.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Post) Romano-British Soldiers (Bucellarii - Private retainers and warlords soldiers) - Figures by Gripping Beast</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_090041_zpsaa04c6cd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_090041_zpsaa04c6cd.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Post) Romano-British Warriors (Committatus) - Figures by West Wind, Eureka, Crusader & Gripping Beast</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_090128_zps81cc34ae.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_090128_zps81cc34ae.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dark Age civilians - Figures by Foundry & Black Tree Design </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_090227_zps46b66983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/sciencegryphon/20141216_090227_zps46b66983.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Post) Romano-British 'Militia' (Combrogi) - Figures are Gripping Beast Metals, Artizan Designs, Gripping Beast Plastics with West Wind Heads & Foundry</td></tr>
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Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-20973861979729127042014-12-12T00:34:00.002-08:002014-12-12T00:34:47.072-08:00An update, and a change of direction<div dir="ltr">
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I'm alive! Honest! So the move went - I wouldn't say well, but not too badly. We settled in, thesis writing got more intense (almost finished the first draft; lots of bits are with the supervisor being read), I spent some time in Oxford, my funding ran out... and that's the last couple of months in a nutshell. I'm still thesis writing, still out of funding. More importantly, as far as this blog is concerned, is that I haven't done much painting - my normal slot has been eaten by commuting, and I don't get much opportunity in the evenings as thesis writing is, to steal an Ork-ism, 'brain urty'. At some point (after lots of basing) there will be an update with some 20mm milita, Soviet motor rifles and DDR workers combat groups. There are also more arthurians and hairy germans too. </div>
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But the lack of painting time and funds have made me think about what I'm doing on the hobby front, and which projects are of particular interest. There have been a couple of folks on the LAF who were talking about thinning down their unpainted lead and focusing more on the projects which particularly appeal; and that's had an impact too. A metric I have used a lot is to assess how much scenery I have for a project - I don't like making scenery, so it's often a good gauge of what I have definitely wanted to do things with...</div>
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Early plains wars - an interesting period, and some great figures and rules. But I've not painted more than a handful of figures in the last 4 years, have very little scenery, never played a game with them and haven't even been tempted to buy new stuff for them. </div>
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Sci-fi kung fu stuff - at one point, inspired by too much sleeping dogs and Farcry blood dragon I started looking at a '80's sci fi' type setting for a fistful of Kung Fu. I bought a few figures, painted some stuff and didn't really get any further. </div>
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My retro British apocalypse stuff definitely stalled, and lost focus. In 28mm the winterapoc stuff overtook it and in many ways fitted the game play aspects better. At the same time, my 20mm stuff started to drift more towards the twilight 2000 end of the cold war hot spectrum. </div>
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The winterapoc +10 stuff is going (there was never much of it); but more of this later.</div>
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I'm also streamlining my modern (post war anyway) African stuff - I've not finished anything for it for years, and baring the couple of games the other year I haven't used most of it. I'm keeping the painted mercs and African milita, but the rest is going.</div>
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The Gothic horror stuff is also going. I only ever painted a handful of miniatures, and my scenery building stopped and never got started. I'm still vaguely interested - but I just don't think it's going to happen. There werewolves will be joining my Dark Ages stuff though...</div>
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<u>So - what am I keeping, and how is it going to evolve?</u></div>
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The 40mm moderns are staying. They are pending a time when I have a bit more time and energy to make the most of them. From a practical perspective, they don't have a resale value, and the whole project was something of a nostalgia exercise. I will add some more figures if they turn up cheaply, and the focus will stay much as it has always been.</div>
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28mm Malayan emergency. In actual terms the project is pretty much finished, and is still pretty close to my heart. There are another 30 or so figures left to finish painting and that will then give me lots of CTs, a couple of different security forces to chase them with (gurkhas and British infantry/marines depending which figures I use for flavour), Malayan home guard, special constables, armed planters/miners. I will add a couple of period cars/trucks and that will be the core sorted. I may convert some DA askari to make aboriginal police. But I may not. I also read a good article about the kumoitang and triad secret societies fighting a closet war with the CTs as an offshoot of the Chinese civil war; so some of the kung fu stuff will be incorporated into this (the triad in traditional costume and the martial artists) and there is room for some pulp adventure around the edges (afterall Biggles was in Malaya for a couple of adventures! Special constables against a sorcerer and summoned deamons and the like). It may also expand into the Indonesia confrontation. I'm not sure yet. If it does, it'll only be a couple of squads of figures for the Indonesians and I'll probably just use the Malayan emergency security forces as the commonwealth troops. </div>
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The Quar. No idea where they are going to evolve to, or what I am going to do with them. </div>
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Winterapoc is staying. It's a unified project, and almost finished. I've got enough figures to play lots of games, and a regular opponent to use them with (waves at Seb). I'm going to finish off the last few conversions, and may get some of the new sss figures and/or some more sea wolves and cultists. </div>
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The final project is to keep the arthurians/early saxons. Plenty of finished figures, the will to play games and figures I enjoy painting. I have enough Welsh, romano brits and picts. I am planning to add more saxons because I enjoy painting them lol. The current plan is to do some 'mid period' stuff for the wars between Christian and Heathen saxon kings in the 600's, and at least find a use for all my hairy germanics. The project will still have some mythical stuff - gods, giants, Alfar and hopefully dragons - but the aim is to keep it to 'saga stuff' rather than turning into a fantasy game. </div>
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My 20mm cold war stuff - I've got lots, and it's scattered across lots of forces and genres. There is also twilight 2000 and the possibility of doing britapoc in 20mm, with easier access to scenery. Some of it will go, possibly all the East germans and maybe the stuff I was accumulating to be twilight 2000 marauders and the like. Probably the DRA troops too...</div>
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The 'modern' kung fu stuff. Heavily inspired by sleeping dogs, I'm definitely still interested and have effectively all the figures I need (and that were are available! ) but scenery is non-existent and will be difficult to get sorted. Definitely one to muse over. </div>
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Stone age stuff. What stone age stuff you ask? I bought some cave men and neanderthals. It's an idea I have toyed with for years, and scenery is easy - I'm just not sure about pursuing it long term or not. </div>
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Arthurian picts - I know I included them above, but they are the other end of the country to my principle interest (Wessex and the south west) so still have a bit of a question mark over their heads. The same is true of the Wendol - they are up for review as I don't have enough to do much with, but the figures are also pretty steep to buy more so that puts them into a slightly grey area.</div>
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My 54mm inquisitor figures have about half the figures finished, and there are some magnificent conversions left to do. But I've not touched them in many years, and they were only unpacked at the last place to repack them prior to moving. </div>
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I'm also not sure about what to do with my old ratskin gang. Currently the figures have been part stripped, but I've not so much as looked at them for a year or more... </div>
Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-53032428731665050692014-06-10T00:14:00.001-07:002014-06-10T13:55:26.780-07:00 Painting update - 28mm Arthurians and 40mm moderns<p dir=ltr>Probably the last painting update from me for a while - although I have stuff on the paint desk making progress, I don't think that they will be finished before packing overtakes them! </p>
<p dir=ltr>Something of a odd collection this time - more 40mm moderns,  including a couple of conversions (head swap on uzi guy and adding the cossack hat) and some test pieces to check that I can get away with just a paint conversion to 'shift' the African milita figures to eastern Europe.  I think they look good - a bit more ragged than some of the others, but I can atleast use them as bandits. The wattle fences are Rendera - I did the entire packs worth, but decided that too many pics would just get dull!</p>
<p dir=ltr>The werewolf is a Reaper bones model.  My first, and I must admit that I am generally impressed.  Once I've got a few more they can be set loose on a Arthurian village... ('The wolves are running master Kay!' - perhaps not quite the sort of wolves they meant in The Box of Delights, but they'll do! )</p>
<p dir=ltr>The little people are my take on the Alfar, although they owe more to the Brownies from Willow than Tolkien's elves. They are, literal, little savages - with bronze and stone weapons ( fey folk not liking iron), animal (rabbit? Squirrel?) furs and green clothing (from Scandinavian folklore, along with the pale skin tone and dark hair). The painting isn't my best, but I fully intend to field them enmass as per the 'action shot', where hopefully the limitations in painting won't show so much. The blood stains on the weapons were to add a touch of savagery to the figures,  and I envisaged some sort of sacrifice and dipping weapons in its blood to empower them.  Ib game each stand will get multiple low strength attacks, and I will use the chittering horde rule so that additional bases can support as if they had spears (to represent them swarming all over people). The chap with the owl is a shaman, and the single warrior with the downed germanic a hero of some sort.  Figures are all 15mms - a mix of Mick Yarrow prehistorics and unknown celts and zulus. I'm planning to do a fair few more of these...</p>
<p dir=ltr>There is a collection of hairy germanics of varying flavours. I have too many of these chaps, unless I plan on gaming something like Mons Badonicus or Dyrham in 1:1 ratios. And there are more to paint. (Put it this way - Cerdic began conquering what would become Wessex with 2-3 ships worth of men. Depending on the size of the ships, that could be anywhere between about 80 and about 240 warriors. I've got somewhere around 200). The eventual plan is to be able to form two mid period armies, to game the various wars between Christian and Pagan saxon kingdoms. And maybe a separate force of Frankish mercenaries. </p>
<p dir=ltr>The Romano-Britons are segregated by shield designs based on their ability. The levy have plain whitish shields (there's a vague reference in the Gododin to white washed shields, as I've probably said before) whilst professional warriors and retainers have shield designs. All the red and white shields in this batch belong to a semi uniform group (matching tunics) which I envisaged as the guards from a Civitate eager to cling to its roman lineage, and trying to hark back to the Legions of old (heavily inspired by Tudric of Gwents troops in the Bernard Cornwell Warlord trilogy). The rest just have a mix of designs in assorted colours. The bulk of the 'uniformed' troops are GB plastic dark age warriors with metal Westwind heads...<br>
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Not sure what to keep out yet - leaning towards the arthurians as it could do with some more progress and the paint schemes aren't too complicated. Plus I very seldom need reference books for details.   The 20mms do call, but I can churn them out pretty quickly so I will have to keep lots out to keep me going.  I don't think I'll have the spare capacity to do the 40mms what with settling in,  finishing my thesis, getting viva'd and then starting a post doc and Christmas... Maybe the Kung Fu stuff - but I don't think there is enough there to keep me going.  Anyway.  Enough wittering! The 20mm vehicles are both from Liberation Miniatures,  and are a Praga AAA truck and an MTLB. The triad gangsters are a mix of Northstar, OOP Chinatown and Sgt. Mjr. Minis. The deamon is also Northstar, and shown next to a part painted Arthurian Militaman. Although it's a dead ringer for the deamon from Big Trouble In Little China,  I'm half tempted to use it for my Dark Age sagas... I also am still undecided on how to do the basing for the kung fu figures, so excuse the primer :-)<br>
The final piece is a figure I've wanted for years - the Glockroach! He's posing with a cybersamurai who will also be for a Fistfull of Kung Fu...</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The scenario was simple enough - a rag-tag group of saxon raiders attacks a farmstead at the same time that the local lord is summoning the levy to try to track the raiders down. The Romano British objective was to drive the saxons off, whilst the saxons wanted to capture civilians as slaves and/or take possession of the farm.</p>
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In the end, the saxons took the crucial casualty and although they passed their first morale test, the villagers had escaped and they decided to call it a day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pictures were taken at the end of each phase (move, shoot, fight)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRmLpG67emJSL6nY3LON-gR-LOfsyMp0AHiBSRGYOLJ-6WnndDdFqhDrdMYLuf5MAxazmuUXxUoJaHSADAPrgyB2eZZvpqo4BRasm2K1OKaufYW7dh9K9777LY2pqV0ThExG0Twf0YqY/s1600/20140514_183158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRmLpG67emJSL6nY3LON-gR-LOfsyMp0AHiBSRGYOLJ-6WnndDdFqhDrdMYLuf5MAxazmuUXxUoJaHSADAPrgyB2eZZvpqo4BRasm2K1OKaufYW7dh9K9777LY2pqV0ThExG0Twf0YqY/s640/20140514_183158.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB0-jwecs16a640CIBgohBlw0h9kgSb2Xkk3uJii7cSv2B45Sz_VtU7XHZNPiaHf4IVDqKhiIqnQtTx4tyJKiqUFn7-SV5asLwP0roXevk4Ada90xbYhsc9AuUPaCT9EKjCTgYpepJ7c/s1600/20140514_183206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Seperate weapons from TAG were used on quite a few figures. Overall, very pleased how these guys came out, and how well the figures mix together! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FLJ1AoL0cfgi9ApVk4Ckr9GFqmJohGeR-lCRRI4EAkHIJow7ujEb60T01fwTpVWEbouKpNE1u5XyZZp8g4uyuQcnaQnHBz0tE8Vt2dth8sYeFtBbg_HUD-TC1iK4n_vc1bBLRFrFr0A/s1600/20140506_144851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FLJ1AoL0cfgi9ApVk4Ckr9GFqmJohGeR-lCRRI4EAkHIJow7ujEb60T01fwTpVWEbouKpNE1u5XyZZp8g4uyuQcnaQnHBz0tE8Vt2dth8sYeFtBbg_HUD-TC1iK4n_vc1bBLRFrFr0A/s640/20140506_144851.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've almost finished the CTs - I think there are only 5 more after this lot. Only the pistol chap and the Bren gunner are stock, the others are converted Foundry figures and a weapons swap. The shotguns are the Miniature Mojo ones, and they fit in well with the Brittania sculpting style...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZngw1fYr165OEHsRuyEdKmZlKqpzpw2l6X9N4Baoxcqs63BapbKp2OmcMukyYixtjMNzqOhM9RFkrFJswqV-EA9s4VXAYHIRdr2RhrHJYaD13cDJpo3oyQBhZNAClY29SWqq-CF9eUPk/s1600/20140506_151619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZngw1fYr165OEHsRuyEdKmZlKqpzpw2l6X9N4Baoxcqs63BapbKp2OmcMukyYixtjMNzqOhM9RFkrFJswqV-EA9s4VXAYHIRdr2RhrHJYaD13cDJpo3oyQBhZNAClY29SWqq-CF9eUPk/s640/20140506_151619.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUCdOCXFwBBYnZziwoy6zkhH3rDBvUzk1rbAyiWVMdC73J6mqbiKXEjvz_GfeiQla1Yxp8y67d8jAhyphenhyphenj-6kr8ehHivXN28uR7wUyacvsM756_VQwsgd2JvebSlqD2-278QROzUEGX5as/s1600/20140506_151652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Druids, farmers, a werewolf (inspired by the Frost Mark books as well as one who's name escapes me about a werewolf Avatar of Fenrir during the Viking era), possibly a 13th warband member or very lost arab, Black Shield Irish mercenaries (Cornwell has been a big inspiration! ), Romano-British Levy (white washed shields for some attempt at uniformity) and assorted germanic types. Figures from Black Tree Designs, Foundry, Gripping Beast (including their plastic dark age warriors with West Wind heads), Eureka and West Wind (werewolf)</div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-2393916539948508122014-04-30T12:58:00.001-07:002014-05-02T10:00:23.239-07:00Review - Black Pyramid Games Beorn Kin (28mm)<p dir="ltr">Today's review is of the Black Pyramid Games 'beorn kin' figures. Although they have been out for a few years, they aren't terribly well known. Currently the range has 3 packs - warriors, a chieftain and a chieftain mounted on a bear. There are more in the pipeline, including cavalry, a command pack and a witch. The review will cover the warrior and chieftain packs.</p><p dir="ltr">The figures are inspired by the Wendol cannibal cavemen from the film 13th Warrior, and are pretty good matches - down to the bear claw studded clubs and the chief having the horns of power. </p>
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The chieftains arms are repeats of those from the warriors pack, but give pretty good verasatility.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sculpting on the figures is good - not stupendous, but definitely more than adequate for the job and probably comparable to the likes of warlord.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Speaking of which, the figures in the scale comparisons above are a Warlord standard bearer and a musketeer miniatures spearman. The figures beorn kin warriors are a little larger than the others, with the chieftain larger still.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The castings were also pretty good - a few mould lines, but they were all easily removable. The fit of the seperate arms seems good, and all seem compatible with all the bodies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaamGI5OxezH2ZQdzOq3Fqa6t-zOsEX_crpacoZ6HU1UFmuJE2Dp80ix4DiGlk27gWZl4cBbItUEfpvtmfUj1c43u486z-qHQK0U4-wkoXPZ-ZgrU7_9EqOg74hk7uV2xSpfHsHp_89sk/s1600/20140502_171453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaamGI5OxezH2ZQdzOq3Fqa6t-zOsEX_crpacoZ6HU1UFmuJE2Dp80ix4DiGlk27gWZl4cBbItUEfpvtmfUj1c43u486z-qHQK0U4-wkoXPZ-ZgrU7_9EqOg74hk7uV2xSpfHsHp_89sk/s640/20140502_171453.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaM-r3PUpTWkxl5RWIFjj-UFbs1HxbE-CrWfsP0XS-VMbKiDrat3jz8p91FI1ew4I0xLlGoRDJW9bI77MIf-0zfIVEYnGClNcB1kwcF64EcEL4Le5nH8Gd3grhkPcgqw6ydtrmmTVu_IE/s1600/20140502_171424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaM-r3PUpTWkxl5RWIFjj-UFbs1HxbE-CrWfsP0XS-VMbKiDrat3jz8p91FI1ew4I0xLlGoRDJW9bI77MIf-0zfIVEYnGClNcB1kwcF64EcEL4Le5nH8Gd3grhkPcgqw6ydtrmmTVu_IE/s640/20140502_171424.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time for a few more comparison pictures...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo34mgjQTPbXgSD4X7k66XPzgnMnTsivYPn9ni_6oAGyfa7NI8BM1TkQceTEGRHXfG5P_Lfkv4tdfajLcUlLhVklg0Oey2v-AllFd9jTS0vkvomAgjRdsPpKO8ndSXit0Jg6sHpaDugBs/s1600/20140502_171357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo34mgjQTPbXgSD4X7k66XPzgnMnTsivYPn9ni_6oAGyfa7NI8BM1TkQceTEGRHXfG5P_Lfkv4tdfajLcUlLhVklg0Oey2v-AllFd9jTS0vkvomAgjRdsPpKO8ndSXit0Jg6sHpaDugBs/s640/20140502_171357.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the left: Eureka, bk, Musketeer, bk, Artizan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP9A3PuZkI5JlQSP16XlZGgtgv3XEHKnaF4SA58nJwX9378eQYv_yP1iGAgmDFBM9yJQ-wn7y8JqlGAzJ6PMfs-FrIsa13Npcx5sX2mvfhFeM0fqGSRj9aYsXfjZdqGevdnb5rLOrm1w/s1600/20140502_171621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP9A3PuZkI5JlQSP16XlZGgtgv3XEHKnaF4SA58nJwX9378eQYv_yP1iGAgmDFBM9yJQ-wn7y8JqlGAzJ6PMfs-FrIsa13Npcx5sX2mvfhFeM0fqGSRj9aYsXfjZdqGevdnb5rLOrm1w/s640/20140502_171621.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the left: Artizan, bk, Warlord, bk and Gripping Beast. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Overall I'm very pleased with the figures, and the 4 warriors for £6 is a good enough price. The chieftain for £4 is a little steep, but as a one off isn't out the way. I'll definitely be getting some more warriors, and probably the other bits when they come out. These guys would make for a great, unique, Saga army!</div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-25704249111581867862014-04-27T03:55:00.001-07:002014-04-27T05:52:41.031-07:00WiP update - various projects<p dir="ltr">It's been a while since I last posted, so I thought I better put something up before I fell out of the habit again. :-)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Progress has mainly been focused on 40mm stuff, but the last week or so has seen me dabbling in all sorts of projects. Between going to a reenactment (as a punter for once) getting me fired up for a dark age stuff, and restarting Sleeping Dogs getting me fired up for afokf I have been hopping between things like crazy. I am still having issues doing text captions for pictures, so apologies in advance for the block of unlabelled pictures. I was about to call them figures, which shows I have thesis writing firmly lodged at the back of my mind! </p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">There is a 40mm Shirvan government soldier who has been converted to hold a TAG RPG-7, some Shirvan army special forces (originally early 90s green berets, updated with snazzy m4 carbines to show the governments western leaning), a couple of mercenaries (originally British royal marine Arctic warfare chaps, with TAG weapons), 28mm Malayan emergency CTs converted from Foundry ww2 Japanese (which will round out my CT platoon), assorted 15mm types (mick yarrow stone age and bronze age warriors, a few stray zulus) to act as 'hidden folk' for my dark ages games (definitely channeling the Brownies from Willow - I see these folks as pretty wild, with bronze and stone weapons and lots of rabbit and squirrel furs. The owl on the shaman's base, the severed head and the fallen tribesman are all an attempt to make them feel like they belong in a 28mm world, whilst keeping the savage look), a couple of slightly converted early saxons, 3 Latino gangers which will end up joining my afokf triad and an overview of my painting desk (lots of romano British levy, a few saxons, the 40mm vdv from last time and various militia men in mixed camo schemes...)</p>
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The only things which aren't my work are the green chaps posed with the Ural truck. They came painted off eBay, and have been rebased after I decided not to repaint them...<br></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-45138051099387864582014-04-10T11:21:00.001-07:002014-04-10T11:50:29.822-07:00Amera ruined buildings<p dir=ltr>I recently got lucky on eBay, and managed to pick up a lot of second hand amera buildings, some of which had been a bit beaten about in their past life.  I've got 3 assembled so far, and thought I'd share them before they got bogged down in the paint que. (Along with one which I did the other year, but I don't think I posted up here). The figures are a mix of 40mm and 28mm (Artizan, Dixons Yakuza and an Offensive rioter), all based on penny washers. It is probably worth saying that the interior floors can be lifted by a few mm depending on whether one glues them to the top of the floor below's window surround (as I did) or at the bottom of that floors window surround. Anyway. On with the pictures! </p>
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Although the magazine the model comes with is a Deagostini publication, it only appears to have been published in the former USSR. (I think it is called something along the lines of Classic Vehicles of the USSR). In this case the model was shipped from Latvia,  and cost about £15 including postage. It's quite good that the top cover comes off,  but the seats are a little delicate (they will survive fitting a driver and crew but still fragile) as are the wing mirrors. The hole for securing the roof cover would also be a good mounting point for a machine gun...</p>
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<p dir=ltr>Things didn't start well for the Spetsnatz,  as negotiations finished at the end of the second or third turn (a random dice roll- the bandits agreed an alliance with the police and the police chief was allowed to leave),  so they had to rush to try and get to their targets in time.  Luckily for them,  the bandit guards at the back of the bungalow must have been pretty much blind as they didn't spot the approaching figures until they opened fire. The RPO flame launcher missed the building entirely (isn't there a saying about not hitting barn doors? ) but did make a mess of one of the parked cars and alert everyone that things were not going to plan. In the following turns the police reaction unit and patrolling bandits both rush back and start engaging the Spetsnatz. The Spetsnatz got lucky and put a grenade through the back window of the bungalow, although another missed the patrolling milita to blow a hole in the roof of the goat hut. After a turn of frantic rifle fire, one of the Spetsnatz went down, along with a handful of bandits. All the time the police chief had been making a cautious exit, and just reached the car as my batteries died... At this point, things weren't looking too good for the Spetsnatz - a string of poor dice rolls meant that they had been unlucky with shooting, whilst the bandits had passed a couple of morale tests. They would not have been able to 'win' through killing the police chief (unless he had a very bad bout of Hollywood 'ohgawdthecarthathasbeenworkingperfectlyuptonowsuddenlywon'tstart') and even then, it is unlikely. A couple more turns would probably have killed another handful of bandits which should have got atleast one squad (band? Gang?) to run, but the Spetsnatz were likely to take more casualties through sheer wait of fire...</p>
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text-align: center;">I finished off the monument using the irregular renaissance cossack musketeer - I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. As this is going to be fairly prominent in my ruined city scenery (or atleast the 40mm incarnation of it) I am tempted to add some graffiti to it. Not sure yet. If I do add graffiti to the ruined buildings then I can always come back to this. My main issue with graffiti is what language to use - the ruins will be seeing duty as post apocalypse UK as well as a war torn Eastern European city... maybe I need to use some fairly neutral names? I might go digging through pictures of Grozny, Vukovar, etc to see if any 'authenti graffiti'would look ok in the UK....</div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-30393422365367062932014-04-03T08:39:00.001-07:002014-04-03T08:39:58.522-07:00WiP update: a quick trawl over the desk...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just thought I'd share some of the WiP stuff and 'things to do' that are currently lurking on my desk. They are mostly 40mms (statues, Russian VDV airborne, milita of shapes and sizes, government regulars and lots of unstarted stuff) but there are some 28mms (Malayan emergency CTs, security forces, planters and home guard+ ssome deamons for a Fistful of Kung Fu and some near future special forces ) slowly chugging along in between other things. They'll probably get a boost a bit later this year as John and I were chatting about rules for the Malayan emergency the other week, and he has masses of jungle scenery... I still have lots of 20mm in the pipeline, so there will be more cold war goodness in the future too...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylPEJVMZpTATNQk498yAI_2rlLaTXfv9D6NLt6xpzzcONah3v9F58-d2ILdMVAHhRNUw2JU9a02YNENoDNBPJggSmuUu2VtMbMEzaEa9Ipx7-j2vmh1WUGEXgmJDK08sUEGnpptBEiEs/s1600/20140403_161138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylPEJVMZpTATNQk498yAI_2rlLaTXfv9D6NLt6xpzzcONah3v9F58-d2ILdMVAHhRNUw2JU9a02YNENoDNBPJggSmuUu2VtMbMEzaEa9Ipx7-j2vmh1WUGEXgmJDK08sUEGnpptBEiEs/s640/20140403_161138.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvnJrOxnuwAyL5APzH1M0ADhFlQk1cp2B8RgRvC3XvhUPgOwG6VgvYaCaSk3BIKTxuLtvw1nZQxRYlw-JxF18NcgrevyU4HZ4y6JRHNNiN2mhR1dma6CFakODEnyRjVEKZwvG9rCsq3w/s1600/20140403_161146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I picked up a 1/43rd diecast Ural 4x4 truck from eBay. No idea on the manufacturer (the box was all in Cyrillic!) At first I thought the model looks a little big when compared with a 40mm but compared with the pictures below I actually reckon that the scale is pretty much spot on. The same company does kamaz and zil trucks, as well as the 6x6 ural and a variety of UAZ 'jeeps' and trailers in a range of camo schemes, so I might have to see about picking some more up soon...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Qe_nAZJfo7-jwbcu019y0hdYBYQPyqW59dSwD9TIDfYBzQ7IfLhQ57-NlcH7fg2aNReOgk8zJOTMy0-E4mOEq8zpfl7SHpteP6JTAu0-9RLtQ_9TdI7u9D_3ziyadmjCsCDa-cz-EjE/s1600/i341878.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Qe_nAZJfo7-jwbcu019y0hdYBYQPyqW59dSwD9TIDfYBzQ7IfLhQ57-NlcH7fg2aNReOgk8zJOTMy0-E4mOEq8zpfl7SHpteP6JTAu0-9RLtQ_9TdI7u9D_3ziyadmjCsCDa-cz-EjE/s640/i341878.jpeg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilgh04VQpaLs7wbz7Y27TTTDDBFBfFjYPsiTz9H0N_SWOdVDBdbg7Ok7pageHtu_feafiMy-nv-0jpDWyyC51orMqt1t7tMW2gPT1WJ-cmALYMk1MQxjPQ6schnnzjztgb5H92H_5rAc/s1600/800px-Ural-4320_truck_carrying_a_cargo_of_grass_in_Tajikistan.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilgh04VQpaLs7wbz7Y27TTTDDBFBfFjYPsiTz9H0N_SWOdVDBdbg7Ok7pageHtu_feafiMy-nv-0jpDWyyC51orMqt1t7tMW2gPT1WJ-cmALYMk1MQxjPQ6schnnzjztgb5H92H_5rAc/s640/800px-Ural-4320_truck_carrying_a_cargo_of_grass_in_Tajikistan.jpeg"> </a> </div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-32519473662159354362014-03-21T11:24:00.001-07:002014-03-21T12:46:45.385-07:00Irregular miniatures 42mm and HLBS 40mm size comparison<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My quest for compatible figures continues, although I may have found the motherload... Irregular miniatures do a wide range of 42mm figures, ranging from flats and toy soldiers to properly detailed figures. It includes a selection of modern milita types, riot police, Vietnam war stuff and lots of WW2 bits. I decided to take a punt on couple of figures after Ian at Irregular said that the figures are 40mm from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet. A quick measure of the HLBS figures showed them to be 39mm by the same method. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The milita range includes a wide variety of head and weapon options, as well as figures im civilian and military clobber, so has lots of potential. I started by ordering a standing and a kneeling civilian, with an ak47 and a DP lmg, as well as a seated military driver, all with random civilian heads</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPC98Aq3JYWY5dVh2Zh2Xvr2pT7Sb7NbJ3FuEOd5bEFW8DlME7otU78S0JdfYHAQLzk1rR7L11oJyBt9fEhexKw95b0yjy6YFalOaTUf841B4eWyDd1yBRAIpk18aKb_0Vb1oz9nKwKo/s1600/20140321_180328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPC98Aq3JYWY5dVh2Zh2Xvr2pT7Sb7NbJ3FuEOd5bEFW8DlME7otU78S0JdfYHAQLzk1rR7L11oJyBt9fEhexKw95b0yjy6YFalOaTUf841B4eWyDd1yBRAIpk18aKb_0Vb1oz9nKwKo/s640/20140321_180328.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So far so good. The figures are fairly free of flash and cleanly sculpted. The HLBS figures are more detailed, but the irregular figures are quite acceptable! Weapon wise, they match up well with HLBS and the chunkier TAG pieces. The next phphotos are size comparisons with both kneeling and standing HLBS figures. As you can see, the Irregular figures are slightly taller and a little thinner, but I think they should match really well once they are all painted up and based. The chap in the centre of the last photo is from the Irregular late renaissance range, and will be going on a plinth as a statue to some long dead hero. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2Gh8tJ9MVTzDKkWMd6Jo606QpRYehZdxVKM81-9TUxt7gVtv7r0sfyBnQIkPvzh7BsDG20DraHY8IAXxrkqmsN7fyfrIlfWqGxQlquJiJFcSVWT2s1OJ4uYxKC7WqlZk-N27mDFf6sg/s1600/20140321_180029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2Gh8tJ9MVTzDKkWMd6Jo606QpRYehZdxVKM81-9TUxt7gVtv7r0sfyBnQIkPvzh7BsDG20DraHY8IAXxrkqmsN7fyfrIlfWqGxQlquJiJFcSVWT2s1OJ4uYxKC7WqlZk-N27mDFf6sg/s640/20140321_180029.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5vgGvd0VvHSqvfLtbH7P8H7a3Byyr5-USqYfW-2oREvAwwB0_Vg86_rICCIsR5Jn6T2EczPa_VXOXuEDe5n3xwugTA56LcPk2-u-P5Gr9_CpJZ-B9i0Yck6mRQ9OzpFY_grE8KavG8s/s1600/20140321_175829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5vgGvd0VvHSqvfLtbH7P8H7a3Byyr5-USqYfW-2oREvAwwB0_Vg86_rICCIsR5Jn6T2EczPa_VXOXuEDe5n3xwugTA56LcPk2-u-P5Gr9_CpJZ-B9i0Yck6mRQ9OzpFY_grE8KavG8s/s640/20140321_175829.jpg"></a><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iPZt-RdzvReYps0_ntlmDtpwFHCvFvSjHkw_kr8n98Q5jtH3qNKCMI33_QXNfCBZpaIgVH0dAokDSmyczZlzMpyj6guzF8DnI6Sa-WH53tWDY_WDXTJd6AMaJvwG_8U-PulZPbib-nM/s1600/20140321_181106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iPZt-RdzvReYps0_ntlmDtpwFHCvFvSjHkw_kr8n98Q5jtH3qNKCMI33_QXNfCBZpaIgVH0dAokDSmyczZlzMpyj6guzF8DnI6Sa-WH53tWDY_WDXTJd6AMaJvwG_8U-PulZPbib-nM/s640/20140321_181106.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEw66gx3EGLmlko32zk9nUk_x_dBuvFqO5BGLRSsXmU7hQ6xtd5SvYF-hD2W97-Be7VHyKs3CgddzaCtR16wKPO9U0_F5x_dem9R4hyphenhyphenICivBTMzzj1VkWosfF0NwTyklZQrbNZs2ztEUs/s1600/20140321_180932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEw66gx3EGLmlko32zk9nUk_x_dBuvFqO5BGLRSsXmU7hQ6xtd5SvYF-hD2W97-Be7VHyKs3CgddzaCtR16wKPO9U0_F5x_dem9R4hyphenhyphenICivBTMzzj1VkWosfF0NwTyklZQrbNZs2ztEUs/s640/20140321_180932.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOep9ex9necya43H9ZKrVbTVDkoowyZd6Ju6nifpu0YRy_od0-dBgQj-bGACj5hZWNUpNRlRjY5buOBvNvvEZMpTJQiTCTl_j8iOA7n_LLh4M4JOg6jgPZkYtUCrGTcC7WIrPFomvhfo/s1600/20140321_175921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOep9ex9necya43H9ZKrVbTVDkoowyZd6Ju6nifpu0YRy_od0-dBgQj-bGACj5hZWNUpNRlRjY5buOBvNvvEZMpTJQiTCTl_j8iOA7n_LLh4M4JOg6jgPZkYtUCrGTcC7WIrPFomvhfo/s640/20140321_175921.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last thing I picked up is a 100mm WW2 Soviet artillery piece I picked up from the 'very useful guns' range. The model is pretty big, and although not massively detailed it should really look the part painted up. In many ways, the lack of fine detail (winding handles etc) should make the model more robust.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNwsnb1XWCCACRxxk2PiZyfs7kfAgcX40WmQinpMccyNPesR081Iq3HxTDPw0T24grXnHxcNiaHanZsD9CDrD4zscn2svjfLSjQEmat2R2NezmSGMt9kc6s1MpNeOmfMNVTFitmr-mQY/s1600/20140321_181714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNwsnb1XWCCACRxxk2PiZyfs7kfAgcX40WmQinpMccyNPesR081Iq3HxTDPw0T24grXnHxcNiaHanZsD9CDrD4zscn2svjfLSjQEmat2R2NezmSGMt9kc6s1MpNeOmfMNVTFitmr-mQY/s640/20140321_181714.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoYHspBCynGor_d3fa12d-q9dwZXgTZ1At_5Qs1hvnSvt6vo6_-BcQP9rMVU-f728T8hJ-uTYuavizDXJzRAeBSGCRpZW3sLEjza1FE_N1dRJPf2kRWkvPZ0IXOg_y4Qzoh7I-gPq_Wc/s1600/20140321_181720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoYHspBCynGor_d3fa12d-q9dwZXgTZ1At_5Qs1hvnSvt6vo6_-BcQP9rMVU-f728T8hJ-uTYuavizDXJzRAeBSGCRpZW3sLEjza1FE_N1dRJPf2kRWkvPZ0IXOg_y4Qzoh7I-gPq_Wc/s640/20140321_181720.jpg"> </a> </div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701310607806888161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4153723752663685792.post-76465860930725380152014-03-20T14:15:00.001-07:002014-03-20T14:15:06.061-07:00Painting catchup part 1 (or what did I do whilst I wasn't blogging?)<p dir=ltr>As promised, I'm trying to catch up with posting some of the stuff I have done  before getting back to my blog.  I'll probably go over the figures in more detail another time, with better pictures,  but for now these might give some idea...<br>
(The 28mm Africans in the last picture I painted ages ago, and the 20mm BTR-80's in sand and green were pre-paints. A couple of the Malayan Emergency figures have been redistributed from other projects too)</p>
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