Thursday, November 27, 2008

WWII

British
28mm British figures mounted for Rules of Engagement www.greatescapegames.co.uk
All figures from Great Escape Games.

I started collecting these figures when the game authors ran a demo game at UK games Expo 08. I had a bast and even won (good sales tactics?)! I bought a British Infantry pack and a German Pack and started painting straight away.

Basing
You might notice some none standard bases. Well I thought I'd help new players to identify different weapons so my SMG's are on hexagon bases. My sniper and medic on oval, large rectangle for my LMG teams and large round for my heavy weapons.
I then base them (usually on 2p's), cover up to the base with Basetex from Standard Paints and paint them green. I then cover random areas with white glue and dip them in a mixure of builders sand and gravel. Finally, I cover the rest with static grass.

Painting
All these figures were painted with flat colours. The flesh areas then had GW flesh wash (no longer available) washed on. A final dry brush of GW elf flesh finish them.
After that I use Warlord Games, Army Dip (strong) but paint it on. I can't bring myself to dip em and it also saves a lot of the expensive stuff.
After basing I spray them with Army Painter Anti Shine (also from Warlords Games).

British HQ section

First Section, note Bren team in background

Second Section

HMG team

Mortar team
Sniper team
Under strength Section

Germans
To follow.....

6mm Dragon















6mm scale dragon, undercoated.
I think this is by Irregular Miniatures
http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/

Click on the picture for a larger view
Unfortunately, they don't have pictures of all their range and I can't remember which it is. There are a few Dragons listed under creatures. I think this one was the one in the 'Bad creatures pack'.
It has a 'Knight' sat on its back (which gives you an idea of the scale) and flames coming out of its mouth.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Doctor Who

These are all Harlequin figures.


















The Two Doctors (3rd and 4th) arrive on Earth while three of their companions (Sarah-Jane, Harry and K9) wait to help out.

















And there is the problem, The Master has tricked the Cybermen into doing his dirty work again!

















At the same time Davros arrives with his Daleks (including an Engineer Dalek).
















Luckily, the Brigadier, Captain Yates, Corporal Benton and Unit are there to help out.
















These two on lookers are pre-painted by E4M.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Fantasy

Games Workshop figures for Warhammer.

All these figures are mounted on Games Workshop 20mm (unless otherwize noted) bases with magnetic strips on the bottom. The movement trays have green steel pager on them to hold the figures in place.

Dwarves

12 Dwarf Warriors

These are straight from the Skull Pass boxed set.

Dogs of War

20 Cursed Company

These are the Cursed Company bulked out with a few 'normal' skeletons. I left the bannor blank as it looked suitably undead (its also easier to paint!). All the weapons and armour are dry brushed with 'rust' to make the unit look as if its dropping to bits. The shields are old smooth plastic ones with transfers added and 'hacked up' with the clippers.

Goblin

20 Goblin Bow

These are actually not the latest version Night Goblins but the first boxed set that came out. The leader, musician and standard bearer are all from the Skull Pass box.

Chaos


15 Gors

16 Ungors

I had intended converting a Standard Bearer and Musician for this unit but have not got round to it yet. If you look carefully you can see a few Ungors armed with hand weapons and shields. I prefer the to make the unit look like its not uniformly armed although treat it as spear.

Savage Orcs

20 Savage Orcs

These old style Savage Orcs are some of my earliest GW models. I prefer this style to the newer ones GW have released. The warpaint is based on pictures in an early White Dwarf (sorry can't remember which one). They are armed with a mixture of weapons (including bows) and mounted on 25mm bases with magnets on the bottom.

The Boss at the right is also an early model but with a new style shield. He's obviously not a Savage Orc!

American Civil War

All these figures are 15mm, based for Fire and Fury.

Union

Union general leads his troops into battle with artillery support on the hill. Infantry figures are by Museum Miniatures while the general and artillery are Peter Pig.
The Union battle line. Figures as above.

Confederate

A Cavarly column passes two Confederate Brigades. All Museum Miniatures.

Zouaves!

Late Saxons

These are my late period Saxons.

All this page was imported from my old web site so the pictures need updating to allow them to enlarge.

View of Centre


View of Armies Right (note javlin armed skirmishers)

All these figures are mounted on Games Workshop 20mm (unless otherwize noted) bases with magnetic strips on the bottom. The movement trays have green steel pager on them to hold the figures in place.

They were painted with flat colours then Army Dip (from Warlord Games) PAINTED onto everything apart from flesh (which is GW elf flash with Flesh wash and a final highlight of elf flesh). A final coat of Army Painter Dull tone took the shine off.

Characters

Harold (Cyning) in conversation with his advisors

I plan to count this as one model.

Army Standard Bearer

Again count this as one model.

Warriors

16 Huscarls

The larger than needed movement tray is to allow an extra 4 Huscarls to be added. I've given them a blue theme (probably too much but it does help to identify them!).

1st mixed unit of 10 Thegns and 20 Ceorls

Once again a much larger than needed movement tray to allow for further troops and a (slight) change of formation.

2nd mixed unit of 10 Thegns and 20 Ceorls

Early Saxons

These 20 early Saxons have the smaller buckler shield. In fact their are actually 21 figs in the picture but one (front right) is actually a Pict! The shields are actually pinned on with a touch of blu tac around the pin. That way I can replace the shield with larger one if I want to represent a later unit.

9 Mounted Thegns

These are Crusader Miniatures. I added them to give the army a bit of mobility.

22 Gebur Slingers

Not sure who made these figures, found them at the bottom of my figures box. Since I figured they would be the poorest of the poor have tried to give them a ragged appearence. Based on 25mm bases.

5 Gebur Bowmen

I painted these while 'on a roll' although they are not that brilliant figures (ugly faces on two of em) and yes the guy on the left is armed with a sling!

11 Gebur Javelin armed skirmishers

Same source as the slingers. The javelins are wire with hammered heads.

6 Geburs Spear

Spear armed Geburs for the bottom of the box again. There are more of these but I've mislaid them!

Celt figures



Here are the first pictures of my new Celts. These are the Warlord plastics, painted using their Magic Dip.























Slingers

16 Slingers
Characters
2 Druids and an 'Old Crone'

Welcome!

Welcome to my Blog
I intend to use this blog to chat mainly about my hobby of Miniature Wargaming but expect quite a few other things to creap in as well.

I've got a lot of things to add including:
  • WWII 28mm
  • GW Lord of the Rings
  • 28mm Flash Gordon
  • 28mm Normans
  • GW Fantasy
  • Lots more 15mm ACW
  • Soviet and German 15mm Flames of War



More to follow!