tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58687065832065794802024-03-13T16:20:23.820-07:00The Lost and the Damned and the StuntedSome painting, some gaming, a little blogging.Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.comBlogger402125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-81065748947749339702023-11-20T09:36:00.000-08:002023-11-20T09:36:25.934-08:00It's All Greek to Me! (Part 3 - Bren Carriers done!) As described in my previous post, I was indeed fortunate
enough to get time to myself free from family responsibility this weekend and
so I managed to get on with some more hobby.
The result? A pair of Bren Carriers for my Greek force
painted up and ready for a little weathering, that will be done once all the
vehicles in the force are done.
With their big/little brother, Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-73329174022446692092023-11-13T12:59:00.000-08:002023-11-13T12:59:56.599-08:00It's All Greek to Me! (Part 2 - FT-17 tank done! Almost.) A three-day weekend just past to commemorate Veteran's Day here in the US and Armistice Day in the UK. I like to raise a glass to the men in my family who served and fought for their countries:My Grandfather David, who joined the RAF during WW2, serving in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Then after the war as a Chaplain in her majesty's Royal Navy.My other Grandfather Wilson, who joinedDaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-47085389668928520152023-10-29T16:49:00.001-07:002023-10-29T16:49:46.364-07:00It's All Greek to Me! (Part 1 - Force composition)Found this cool art online to be good reference for Greek uniforms. No idea who the artist is though.For my 400th post I thought I'd preview my main project (That admittedly should have begun earlier this year, but life happened.) that I plan to work on. In February the local Bolt Action Facebook group plans to hold a small tourney and I am hoping to be able to attend, and when I do, I want to beDaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-62223102950410574492023-10-16T14:32:00.001-07:002023-10-16T14:32:23.685-07:0012 years and 400 posts (Well, almost) A swift post as it would seem I missed being on time to celebrate my 12th Blog-Anniversary on the 1st of the this month!I know things around these parts aren't quite as lively as they used to be and that's lots to do with "life responsibilities" getting in the way of fool-proof hobby planning. But hey ho, at least I'm able to hop on from time to time and push out maybe a post a month and inDaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-13613169898898069522023-10-10T13:06:00.003-07:002023-10-10T13:06:49.807-07:00You are Cleared for Landing (part 2 - Airfield Barracks, done) Found myself with a little time for hobby this past weekend so I constructed the final pair of Airfield Barracks buildings (See last post) in my collection and slapped some paint on the foursome. Simple paint jobs just so they are ready to be put down on the game table, but from 3 feet they look good enough to me.Again, these are mdf kits produced by Father and Son Gaming out of Wisconsin, Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-55996693287165058102023-08-28T12:20:00.004-07:002023-08-28T12:20:49.566-07:00You are Cleared for Landing (part 1 - Halt! - a Review) A quick last terrain post before the end of Dave Stone's Summer of Scenery challenge and a bit of a cheating affair as it's not strictly "Finished", but I'll throw it in there regardless as any hobby progress on my end is better than none at all.I recently started work on yet another project that brewed up in my addled head all of a sudden and I went on a deep dive into the internets Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-45369508934645585882023-08-17T10:21:00.006-07:002023-08-17T10:21:56.066-07:00選択してください( For those not versed in reading Japanese Kanji, like me, the title translates as "Please make your selection" - thank you Google Translate.)These are another entry for Dave Stone's Summer of Scenery Challenge. Four scifi/near future vending machines from the now discontinued Antenocitis Workshop cyberpunk-esque range. Simple resin sculpts, they depict snack and soda vending machines of a style Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-74130700892799362922023-08-10T08:19:00.000-07:002023-08-10T08:19:22.740-07:00Amelia Pond - that was a great name! Now I have your attention, you'll swiftly realise that this post has nothing to do with Dr Who** as the title might have otherwise lead you to believe and is infact just a post about a pond. Yup, that's it, a piece of terrain that represents .a. .pond. A frozen pond at that.This particular sculpt is a lovely resin cast designed and sculpted by Dave Stone over at the Wargamesculptors Blog Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-4892631079045216292023-06-30T12:50:00.001-07:002023-06-30T12:50:14.269-07:00Big Kats rule the dayEarlier this month, I was able to actually meet up with Stew (His fab blog should be a must follow) whilst my wife was away in Oregon with her sister, visiting family. It's been a few years (And Stew had added two new children to his family) since he and I had managed to hang out and play a face-to-face game so I was eager to travel up to his home and see what he had set up. Stew's old Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-30638097062993931322023-05-08T18:43:00.004-07:002023-05-08T18:43:24.543-07:00Mr Ed’s dead Another quick terrain post, this time a resin scatter piece I found on Amazon last year to add a little interest on my Winter set up.Looks like a white chocolate treat. (I promise I didn’t try a taste…)As you can see it’s a dead horse and upturned cart. I feel the cart is a little large compared to the horse but otherwise it’s a decent sculpt overall. Primed dark brown, then base Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-10197207451162006402023-04-28T10:15:00.004-07:002023-06-30T12:50:34.481-07:00Can't See the Woods (Part One) No really, these are tree bases, but there are no trees. War is hell for the arboreal world as well apparently.In my last post I mentioned I would be working on these mdf bases I picked up on Etsy, and "Winterising" them so they'll match my Winter gaming set-up.Assembly was very simple - they came in two main pieces that were very simple to match up and wood glue together. The hole Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-76132031958437177182023-04-14T11:46:00.010-07:002023-04-14T11:46:56.809-07:00Works in Progress Lots going on at my hobby station of late! Nothing actually completed, but work progresses on a number of projects per the pictures to follow. These are 3D printed Universal Carriers for my 2023 WW2 Greeks project. I found them on Etsy for a steal. What arrived were nice crisp sculpts, though of two different types of Carrier, but I can work with that. They were crew-less though, so I Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-6041342877495479502023-03-20T13:26:00.004-07:002023-03-20T13:26:22.764-07:00Bolt Action East Front Winter 1944 This weekend saw the wife and I make our way to Vacaville where I met up with my friend Densmol at Forgotten Path Games for a rare face-to-face game of Bolt Action whilst our wives went off and did "wife stuff". I brought my Winter mat and terrain (Though stupidly forgot half of it so the table looked a little bare!) and both fully painted forces for the game, Densmol playing the Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-54646571172038249402023-01-28T18:10:00.004-08:002023-01-30T08:36:14.603-08:00A Frosty Goose-Step (WW2 Late War Germans on parade) As promised in a previous post, here is a small parade post of my fully painted WW2 Winter Germans force. I do have more to add to them, but I think I'll leave those pieces for when the mood takes. I think all of these sculpts are by Warlord Games from their Bolt Action range (Including the plastic half-track and resin Hetzer tank). Lots of fun details and dynamism to them which made Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-40981025139615835962023-01-02T16:46:00.002-08:002023-01-02T16:46:44.827-08:00Not another 2023 post? Yep it’s true. Along with just about everyone else in the hobby blogosphere I’m about to lay out my plans for the coming year and bore you with a short recap on the previous one! If it makes you feel any better, logging this stuff helps with motivation in general which in turn should encourage more hobby output which then means I post more often and show off what I’ve been working on, Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-54020729837334356352022-12-08T09:08:00.002-08:002022-12-08T09:08:43.933-08:00Clever Hans - Part 11 (Volksgrenadiers done!) Somehow I've managed to fit in a spot of painting here and there into my now regularly packed daily schedule and lo and behold... I have completed the last 8 members of my 10-man German Volksgrenadier Squad (Last show-cased in April!)! Now, I have to admit, Father Time has had his way with my health and it seems that my eye-sight has deteriorated somewhat, so my detail work is not up to my Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-67688040166414358852022-10-04T13:18:00.002-07:002022-10-04T13:18:33.514-07:00I'm not dead yet Infact, I feel happy.Always good to start off a post with a Monty Python quote.April was such a long time ago and the last time I posted here. It's the deadest this blog has ever been. Not the plan at all for my hobby in all honesty, but sadly one that was necessary as Real Life responsibilities have made further demands on my free time. Some might optimistically query as to whether Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-4035804583325558062022-04-12T10:48:00.005-07:002022-04-12T10:48:57.581-07:00Clever Hans - part 10 (Volksgrenadiers, Hanomag, Flame Thrower and Observer)Finding time to paint of late has been tricky, but this weekend my wife had a hair appointment and a shopping trip so out came the painting station and I got to work on some more WW2 Winter Germans in an effort to get that project done and ready for the gaming table!
Covering the medic previewed in my last post as he helps get the injured to the half-track. First up a closer look at the Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-46467153913370335742022-03-21T13:53:00.001-07:002022-03-21T13:53:26.253-07:00Clever Hans - part 9 (Medic and a birthday gift) A quick post today to show off four more mini's painted to add to my quota for the year to date.First off a WW2 German medic sculpted in a Winter theme. A very cool sculpt and was relatively swift to paint up once I figured out who's arm was where and so forth. Completely forgot to add my usual red wash to the exposed flesh areas like the rest of my Winter collection so I may well go back Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-10204125447421571882022-03-11T15:53:00.002-08:002022-03-11T15:53:22.987-08:00Personal Hobby ChallengeIt would seem that the number “100” keeps popping up in my
online hobby searches and so forth.
Brad on the Cast Dice podcast (A mostly Bolt Action theme’d wargaming podcast that I like to listen to, but they do cover lots of other game topics.) has challenged
himself to paint at least 100 minis before year’s end.
Stew at the Terrible Loss of Lead and Wealth blog needing to
paint up 100 more Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-89139565005995024042022-03-08T09:30:00.001-08:002022-03-08T09:30:12.705-08:00Clever Hans - part 8 (Winter Grenadiers squad compete!)These nine Grenadiers are from a project last visited in 2018 (!!!) and their completion finishes up a 10-man squad for my WW2 Winter Germans for Bolt Action project. My main hobby goal for the first half of this year is to get my German force painted and ready for play before the Summer so that I can have two fully painted armies (My WW2 Soviets are already done) to run demo games for mates.&Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-23476206011336718432022-02-17T10:43:00.005-08:002022-02-17T10:43:56.552-08:00Some Citadel Classics and Other BitsUntil this week my hobby had been left idle. No painting, no construction, nothing. But the mojo strikes when it wants and I guess we are all slaves to that in one form or another.There was no inspiration or direction for what was finished up for this post, just grabbing random stuff and basically being happy to get them off the unpainted mountain. We start off with these three fellows, a trio ofDaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-84992625471150152222022-01-09T23:07:00.002-08:002022-01-09T23:07:17.080-08:00More Odds and SodsMore finished stuff hot off the paint station - a Paladin, the second Jomsviking Bondi mentioned in my last post and a small Burrows and Badgers scatter terrain piece. First up is the Paladin, an old early 80’s TSR Dungeons and Dragons Paladin. I named him Rogelio de la Vega (Bonus interwebs points for getting that random reference.) and decided I’d paint him up in colours I don’t normally Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-65151761146561990412022-01-06T00:18:00.002-08:002022-01-06T00:21:02.826-08:00New Year 2022 odds and sods Goodbye 2021, hello 2022. (And bugger you ‘22 for bringing along a sodding beginning of the year head cold!) No end of year round up here, I pretty much bumbled along and managed to get up 24 posts - not bad for a year’s worth. My only pledges are to try to get up more posts than that for this year, buy fewer minis and paint more to reduce the Dreaded Lead&Plastic Mountain (And in Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868706583206579480.post-45499756516676901332021-12-14T22:49:00.004-08:002021-12-15T06:30:37.184-08:00Heroic Hares and Holy Mice (Burrows and Badgers)My latest effort to get more of my unpainted mountain done, I managed to get five more of my Burrows and Barrows collection painted up, three Hares and a pair of Mice. All minis are by the creator of the game, Oathsworn Miniatures and were as always a pleasure to paint.First up is the leader of my recently previewed Village Militia warband, Torvin Estermon one time Captain-of-the-Guard to the Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com21