Dance of Bronze 28

 Recently postined in this year's AHPC XIII here is the second entry for this year and it is both small in scale and points; not that either really matter it's the fun of being that counts. 

The entry consists of two torsion catapults from Baccus Miniatures that evaded glued fingers and general mishaps in the prepping and painting. The catapults are four part kits and needed some help with blu-tack to prop bits up during drying. Still managed to have a bit of slippage on one but it's not the end of the world at 1/300 scale.

For the Challenge Points tally these net a hefty 6 points total which takes my running total to 14 (2.8 % of my challenge total). There are a few things in the pipeline that will improve that over the next few weeks. 

Anyhow, enough rambling and cheers for now!

Dance of Bronze 27

They say that at a beginning is a delicate time, and as this was my first post for AHPC XIII it was indeed that. 

The pictures below are of 6mm Greek Bolt Throwers from Baccus Miniatures and are not the 15mm EIR Legionnaires originally planned for this post.

It always amazes me how much detail that 6mm figure producers can show in their product and these are no exception. The actual bolt throwers are two part kits easily assembled and I even managed not to glue myself to them - it's happened before on bigger kits to be fair. 

On the tabletop these may seen as hard hitters however in terms of points for the challenge they are the first step of many. What is important is that they are that first step allowing more to follow. 

Based on 40mm squares for DBA and ADLG these will be a part of the ongoing Macedonian and Punic Wars project that has been bubbling under for several years now. 

As my first entry these 6mm warmachines and crew will net 8 points (1.6% of my challenge total). 

Looking forward to picking up some pace now on the painting front and working on both those pesky EIR Legions and some 28mm Wars of the Roses Men at Arms for future entries. 

Cheers for now, Ross

30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge - October 2021 Round up

October has passed and with that the clocks have changed in Scotland and the journey through the long dark begins again.

No orcs on show and nothing to climb over or hide behind either; just a few minis here and there.

From front left to back there are

12 x 6mm Norman infantry

8 x 15mm Crusader Infantry

3 x 15mm Early Imperial Roman infantry

1 x 28mm Moorish archer

5 x 18mm Bavarian Line Infantry for SYW

1 x 28mm Norman cavalry

5 x 28mm Moorish archers

The total of painted figures for October was 34. 

This month will see another painting challenge and the start of prepping for the Analog Hobbies Painting Challenge, but more of that soon. 

Cheers for now and stay safe. 

 

Back to the Brushes 327

 Since it's October and the Battle of Hastings was in October here are few Normans of very different sizes.

First up, is a Norman Milite from Gripping Beast that has been waiting a few brush strokes to finish him off. Another versatile figure range that can be morphed into El Cid Spanish and 1st Crusaders and early Feudals as well. This figure is part of a Hearthguard unit for SAGA and other skirmish games as well as the possibility of WAB at smaller point games. 

Next are two stands of missile troops for a Norman DBA army in 6mn. Crossbows to the left and archers to the right. The base sizes are the sames as would be used for 15mm figures just a few more figures per base. The first units of spearmen are on the painting table just now but most likely to be next month before they are here. 

The same versatility will be available with these figures once finished and they'll see a fair bit of use in the future. 

This takes this month's tally to:

6 x 28 mm infantry

1 x 28mm cavalry

12 x 6mm infantry figures

Getting there and the 6mm figures are a bit cheeky but still count. 

Hope you found this interesting

Cheers for now.

30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge - April 2021 Round up

April has come and gone and there has been some painting done. Perhaps not as much as planned but then who would have thought the weather would have been so good?

A mixture of periods and scales were painted including the following:

16 x 15mm Arab or Muslim Cavalry including 12 Museum Miniatures (rear and middle rows) and 3 from Minifigs.

8 x 6mm Dark Ages infantry from Baccus for use in a Norman DBA army

5 x 15mm terrain pieces for ACW games from Hovels. The cludgie and hay piles with a barn, hen house and fencing to follow. 

1 x 25mm road block from Sarissa (think) in MDF with another 4 or 5 to follow.

This month has already started well with a few pieces of scatter terrain completed last night. Pics to  follow later in the week. 

Hope you found this interesting. 

Stay safe

Back to the Brushes 308

The weather here has been exceptionally fair for the time of year over the last ten days and the result has been very little painting has been done. 

The other evening however spent a bit of time finishing these light cavalry and light infantry off. 

The Bedouin light cavalry are from Museum Miniatures and the ankle biters at the fore are from Baccus' 6mm Saxons. Both are for DBA and ADLG although in entirely different scales. 

These lucky few takes the tally so far to

15mm Cavalry - 16 figures

6mm Infantry - 8 figures

There are a few pieces on the painting table that will be finished this week before the 30th

Stay safe and cheers for now

 

Dance of Bronze 11

Another two stands of 6mm Hypaspists completed for use in ADG and various other systems.

Each base has fourteen figures on a 20 x 40mm base. The Rapier figures are slightly bigger than their Baccus counterparts which fit sixteen to a stand. All that said the finished look is still good and creates the mass effect that is looked for when multiple stands are put together.

Speaking of which here are all four stands shown together; which gives enough frontage to use them in Impetus or Basic Impetus using 15mm distances.

Working on more skirmishers for this army at present along with light cavalry stands.

There will be some more finished pictures early next month

Cheers for now. 

Dance of Bronze 9

This is the start of Macedonian and Greek armies in 6mm with figures from both Baccus and Rapier Miniatures.

These figures will provide the skirmish lines for both armies, although there may be more peltasts and Agrianians for both armies in the future.

Rapier Miniatures

In terms of quality of figure both Rapier and Baccus are good, although Baccus whilst slighter are the better. That said depending on what you want to achieve don't disregard Rapier Miniatures figures as they are good range.

Rapier Miniatures

All of the figures are based on 20 x 40mm stands and will be used for both ADG and Impetus once completed.

Baccus Miniatures

These figures are a major change of scale here away from 28mm and so far have been easy to paint. They won't however, stop 28mm figures appearing here either singly or on multi-figure bases.

Next up from this range will be Hypaspists as both spear and pikemen.

Cheers for now.

Back to the Brushes 101

A brief update on the progress of several different projects that are in different stages. Sadly no pictures as the camera hadn't charged properly. Hopefully just operator error there.

The next three "cats" for the WW2 Germans are nearing completion with the final dry brushing, decals and varnishing still to do.

A number of Citadel Chaos Warriors are completed and waiting on final pictures being taken for entry into the Analogue Painting Challenge.

The Uruk Hai have stalled but will hopefully be on track for completion before the deadline.

Dropship troopers for Critical Mass have also stalled, however will be back to these this week. This will hopefully allow the Augmented Troopers time to be started and completed, again before the deadline.

Moving along well with the first of the 6mm Macedonians and Greeks with the skirmish line nearly completed. These are the same as the Chaos Warriors and only require pictures.

Will post some work in progress pictures once the camera charges.

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 99

A quick update on the painting progress at present - apologies for the lousy pictures. As has been the norm over the last couple of months a couple of different periods and scales have been getting worked on at the same time.

First up is another retro Chaos Warrior from Citadel. Bags of character here, although the pic really doesn't show it.

Next up are four AFV from Britannia Miniatures. These will be worked on over the weekend taking the total of completed 1/72 scale vehicles for WW2 waiting to be shown for the Analogue Painting Challenge to nine. There hasn't been an afternoon when the natural light has been good enough to take a range of pictures - as these quick work in progress pictures clearly show.

Last up are - although you may struggle to work out the 28mm figures - Uruk Hai from Games Workshop's LOTR range and 6mm from Rapier Miniatures. The Uruk are to complete a warband started just after the release of the Fellowship of the Ring and the 6mm are this year's major project.

There will be more to follow soon as well as some finished items from a while back.

Cheers for now