Been out of the loop for a bit – my Father died unexpectedly
on the 17th May and so my hobby mojo disappeared for a while there.
After sorting out his funeral arrangements in Texas and a
lot of alcohol, here I am back again to show what work has since (Like, just
this past weekend) has gotten done.
(All pics are WIP’s, incase you get confused.)
First up, there’s going to be a Bolt Action tournament next
month on the 16th at my LGS that I’m intending to attend. I switched
up my normal Soviet list to try something new, with more infantry and a smaller
armoured asset (Because that T34/85 is a pretty large points sink.). To this
end, I have finally started work on my Lend Lease M3 Stuart. There’s a fun (And
why wouldn’t you?) addition you can take to give the thing a total of 5 Medium
Machine Guns, so I’m sure there’ll be a few groans amongst potential opponents
when they see it plonked on the table.
So far it’s just been primed, base coated in Vallejo Russian
Armour and had Winter White Wash applied. (Just watered down white paint
slapped on with a small flat brush.) Still lots to go – Weathering, Markings
and mud&snow effects.
I also painted up the Tank Commander. She is the only mini
that I’ve finished painting on. I like her scared expression – after I told my
regular opponent Densmol about the Stuart, he just laughed and announced “Good
more food for my Tiger.”. Her expression is her realization of this fact. :)
After I get the Stuart painted up, I’ll get working on the
new squad of infantry in my list. These chaps are Warlord Games’ Winter Soviet
Veteran set and will look very cool all painted in whites to go with the rest
of my Winter theme’d army.
On the spur of the moment, I also picked up a new transport
option for my Soviets, a Lend Lease M3 Half-track. This is a Blitzkrieg
Miniatures resin model that I managed to grab very affordably in their recent
single-day 50%-off sale. So far it’s cleaned up and ready for priming, but not
a priority to get working on just yet as it’s not included in my tournament
list. It came with no crew, so I also converted a plastic Soviet tank commander
to fit in the driver’s seat. Even though his arms are folded, once in the
half-track you can’t tell, so he’ll work fine.
Shortly before I traveled to Texas, I managed to play Shadow
War: Armageddon with
Sean and
LasGunPacker at my house. Didn’t get to finish up
my terrain pieces as I’d hoped, but we got in two games and had a lot of fun.
Unfortunately I didn’t get any good pictures of the games, but
LasGunPacker did and stuck up a good post on his blog
describing the first game for those interested. One of the terrain pieces I was
working on is the below. Not going to paint it up for a bit though as I’ve no
games right now scheduled for the near future, but I think at least it looks
cool. Still a wee console thing to add to the top level, but otherwise this
thing is good for gaming and provides a nice tall piece to play on.
The Shadow Wars games were so fun, I got some work done on
an Imperial Guard Preacher model for my Inquisitor team. He’s about 80%
complete.
Lastly, I realized I haven’t much in the way of random
scatter terrain to lay down for (any of) my games, so I started working some on
some resin and 3D printed crates, walls, bookshelves and objective-markers.
That's it for now. Long post, but lots to see and hopefully some finished pieces to show off in next post. Cheers.
