689 - Painting Chart Updates (Part 2 - Ancients)

Hullo, All,

I shall keep this one brief as it's once again self-explanatory...

...except that I've not really covered my recent dive into 'Ancients' very much.

Suffice it to say that

1. I was given a bunch of 'Hail Caesar' Vikings;
2. I bought a bunch of 'Saga' Anglo-Danes cheaply;
3. I was given a bunch of 'Mortal Gods' Thebans, and
4. I was given a bunch of 'SPQR' Gallic-Celts.

The rest - if you'll pardon a weak pun - is history. 

Where it is I plan to go with all of this is for a future post; for now, here are the collections...:

TTFN,

- Drax. 

676 - First 'Hail Caesar' Vikings Finished

Evening, All!

Yup: I've finished the first sixteen of my Hail Caesar Vikings:

(Here, their final wash is still drying)

The models were a pain to clean and build (loads of mould lines and awkward arm angles) but joyously straightforward to paint: I just need more of these earthy colours now!
Next up, more Cruel Seas toys...

Cheers,

- Drax.

675 - On the Workbench at the Moment...

A bunch of Hail Caesar Vikings...

 ...some Cruel Seas card holders...

...and a fiddly ol' 1/350 model of HMS Eskimo:

That is all.

- Drax

645 - Aaargh! Too...Damned...Busy!

Work is absolutely batshit-busy at the moment, so here's some pics of just *some* of the hobby stuff I've been up to of late...

...I promise that some proper write-ups will follow soon...honest!

Fly Casual,

- Drax.

443 - Other Gaming Systems [State of the Union - Part 3]

Hullo, All.

My temporary second job is now over, so after almost a month away from any active modelling, I'm back.

And I'm wearing a hat.*

In this third and final 'State of the Union' post, I'm going to briefly explore my burgeoning interests in systems other than 40K or Flame of War. With luck, I'll be able to keep it brief for once...

BOLT ACTION (15mm)

This is the most obvious 'new' direction as I've already taken a few tentative steps down the road:

I really loved putting together this core 'reinforced platoon' in 15mm over Christmas [link] but I've not done anything with it since. Annoyingly, just after I'd given my old Battlefront 'Italy' rifle platoon a generic Early War feel (with a view to playing them - slightly unconvincingly - as BEF), Battlefront went and rejuvenated their Italian campaign with some great new releases, so I might have put the models to Flames of War use after all. Sod's Law.

My plan as it stands is to slowly continue building up this 'reinforced platoon' and to get a few games in at some point. I also built and started to paint up a Zvezda Matilda II...mostly because it's a simply beautiful tank to support a BEF force, so that's something in the pipline too.

Because it's the theatre I'm most interested in, and because I have all the support weapons I could hope to need already, I will at some point put together a reinforced platoon for the Overlord/Market Garden operations. One of the great aspects of the Bolt Action system is that you only ever need one of anything more complicated than an infantryman.

I've yet to explore the free pdf giving rules for gaming with armoured platoons in Bolt Action...but then again, I've yet to actually play Bolt Action full stop. Taking of which...

BOLT ACTION (28mm)

Yeah, this might happen, but then again probably not. The ranges work, of course, but the requirements of accurately painting historical uniforms and equpment etc. at this scale terrifies me! Plus the cost would be prohibitive. No, surely it'd be far better to explore...

SAGA

Yup. THIS is the most likely next direction.

image from BBC

Vikings, Normans, no fixed uniforms to paint, small-ish and finite armies, fun miniatures, straightforward scenery...what's not to like?

Watch this space, eh? There's no money in the coffers but no rush, either.

Thanks for swinging by! If you've any thoughts about any of these (all of which are played in Plymouth, so within reach), do please let me know: especially SAGA, as I know very little about it, really.

- Drax.

*I'm not wearing a hat - certainly not indoors at any rate - but points for getting the reference.