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A revised list for the AHPC XIV adding in Wars of the Roses in both 15 and 28mm

• 10mm DAK for O Group
• 15mm Assyrians for ADLG
• 15mm Mongols for ADLG
• 15mm Wars of the Roses for ADLG
• 28mm Romano Brits for SAGA
• 28mm Moors and Arabs for SAGA and ADLG
• 28mm Late Crusaders for SAGA
• 28mm Late Romans for ADLG
• 28mm Wars of the Roses for ADLG
• 28mm Christian Spanish for ADLG

Aiming for approximately 45 points per week this year to achieve the Challenge target of 500.

Let's see how things roll. 

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Some armies are never truly finished for some people and the Late Roman army would be in that category here. 

I will be participating in a day's gaming with ADLG at the weekend and found that the list created has one more unit of Heavy Cavalry than is painted.

A quick trip to the pile of shame provided enough figures for this unit and many more than would be needed under these rules.

The three horses above are from Footsore Miniatures  Late Roman range and are painting up well; despite the hobby lamps best efforts to prevent this. The charging point has gone on it. 

More to follow on these figures across the week as they need to be finished for this Sunday coming.

Cheers for now

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 Been painting some flesh tones on these poor bloody pedes for the ever expanding Late Roman project. The final highlight has to be added and then it's on to helmets, armour and the like. 

In total there are 16 figures here that have not seen any paint prior to the shortest day of 2022 with another two off screen when the pics were taken. These 18 will count towards the AHPC XIII whilst the others are just along for the ride. 

The figures are from Gripping Beast and are still firm favourites here for this period. There is something in the sculpts that captures the varied and failing nature of the Late Roman period. 

At this point no choices have been made as which unit they will represent although its likely to be less prestigious unit, perhaps one with a plain shield to avoid using transfers for a change. Still plenty to do before making that call.  

Feel that a dose of focus is required as these have jumped the queue in front of their smaller and earlier kin of EIR Legions.  Still waiting on the post to sort out a small parcel so they can get back on track. 

Cheers for now

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RayR's recent post made me have a look at the calendar and realise that AHPC XIIII is 6 days away and I haven't started the ritual tidying of the hobby desk. The picture below shows the daily carnage that I call a hobby desk and a poor attempt has been made to start the tidy up.

More pictures to follow over the weekend - time allowing - including some of the prep work started for this year's challenge including:

• 28mm Republican Romans for SAGA: Age of Hannibal
• 28mm Carthaginians for SAGA: Age of Hannibal
• 28mm Late Romans
• 15mm Early Imperial Romans for ADLG
• 15mm Arabs for ADLG
• 15mm Thracians for DBA and ADLG
• 15mm Wars of the Roses for ADLG
• 6mm Punic and Macedonian Wars for Age of Hannibal (LittleWarsTV) and DBA

Looking forward to the off and following everyone's progress in paint. 

Cheers for now, 

Ross

 

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Strictly speaking, no brushes have been used for these figures at this point. 

Swiss files, scapels and PVA to mount them on painting bases or grab adhesive for the 25mm rounds, yes. Brushes no. 

Rattle can session planned for the weekend all being well. 

As you will also note, no painting as distracted by prepping for the winter months.

Should manage a few figures over the next week, but not sure if it will be anywhere near thirty. 

Cheers for now

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Another addition to the army that is never finished: the Late Romans.

This time a stand of Light Infantry archers for ADLG or whatever in 28mm.

The figures are Gripping Beast's Romano Brits and paint well although the posing is somewhat static.

This takes the total so far this month to: 

8 x 15mm Infantry

1 x 15mm Elephant and crew

2 x 28mm Infantry

There is still one night to paint on and there are a few bits sitting to be photographed that will help with the numbers. 

Cheers for now. 

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Snuck in twenty minutes painting time this morning before heading to work.

The figures are Gripping Beast Romano Brits that are being painted to add to the main 28mm Late Roman army for ADLG eceteria 

The tunics have a base coat of GW Dheneb Stone, a soon to be finished pot of paint that the newer GW paints just don't match.

The base colour will be lightened by light grey then white for the final highlights.

Hands and bows are done and will be added in this evening once the tunics, belts and accessories are painted.

The command figures that were started alongside these will be up soon as starting to get a bit of interest in painting again. 

Cheers for now.

 

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Rebasing is the bane of many a wargamer and it's no different here which is why these have sat in their storage box over the last 2 years waiting to be textured, flocked and tufted. 

The above Late Roman Equites Primo Sagittarii where originally painted and based back in 2013 for Impetus. They have now been joined by another unit below and both are now based on 60mm fronts for use in ADLG and anything else that suits. 

All the riders are from Gripping Beast as are the unarmoured horses. The armoured horses are from Footsore although they were originally purchased from their predecessors Musketeer Miniatures. 

The colour scheme was developed from the images on the Notitia Dignatitum shown below. in the second row, second from the left:

Used the red as a spot colour to allow it to draw the eye in rather than fill the figure with large areas of red; plenty of other figures to do that on. 

Will post some pics of the finished bases when ready and now looking at stand or two as the army lists allow it and the figures are already primed. 

Hope that this was of interest.

Cheers for now. 

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Bilbo said "Don't adventures ever end?" The same is true of some armies and the Late Romans are one of those here as there is always another unit needing painted.

This time it's a stand of light infantry archers that will be used in Later Roman, Patrician Roman, Romano Brits and possibly Arthurian Briton armies for ALDG in 28mm. Along with a few command figures to complete a general's base for ADLG.

The archers are from Gripping Beast and have these new fangled separate hand thingees whilst the command figures are from Foundry, the smaller sculpts of the two groups. 

Looking to make some quick progress on these chaps and integrate the command figures into an existing stand whilst the archers join the ranks of Light Infantry and support figures for DBA and ADLG. 

Hope that this was of interest to you?

Cheers for now

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Still working on these two buildings from Warbases. The walls are textured, base coated and washed ready for the layering to finish and the tiles - where applied and base coated are ready for drybrushing and weathering. 

Window frames and woodwork still to be worked on and then there is the front porch - to flagstone or not to flagstone?

A lot of potential for gaming in 28mm with these kits as the roofs lift off but more on that later. 

 The next posts will show other progress on figures and such stuff. 

Cheers for now

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 A recently completed scenery piece from the Warbases Veni Vidi Vici range in 28mm - the Stone Granary.

Stone Granary

A range of paints were used on this from masonry paint, emulsion, artists acrylics and modellers acrylics to achieve different colours and finishes different than normally used.

A scenery piece like this really sets off your gaming table and this range are superb kits with a huge range of potentials and not just for gaming but in different painting styles and conversion opportunities. 

With painting buildings, I have always thought that texture is everything. The dimensions of the model carry themselves well, however, texture allows colours to be built up in layers much easier than plain surfaces.

A painted or plastered wall is seldom just the one colour - go take a walk and look at the differences in painted buildings. Age, weather, condition are all contributing factors that change the colour and some of this is shown on this building, more will be shown on another future project where weathering will be added in. 

Really enjoyed painting this and will be looking forward to doing more from the same range in the coming months. This takes the tally this month to 2 finished items so far with 4 painting sessions still to go... 

Cheers for now and stay safe.

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Finally finished, the one and only unit of Late Roman Cataphractii in 28mm. Figures from Gripping Beast and have been worth the wait in getting finished; figures on the central stand were originally painted as the start of the same unit in WAB circa 2006. 

Then came the move to Impetus and there was no need to paint the other eight figures unless more than one unit was planned. Gaming influences changed again and the central unit was rebased for the "last" time on to a 60mm front for ADLG, DBA and Hail Caesar and at this point the final figures were dusted off and finished over this summer. 

The colour scheme was based on the Christa Hook image below adapted with the Comites Seniores shield colours. When the painting of the shields started for reasons that can't be recalled the plain purple/violet of the shield was changed for dark blue and the rest as they say is a-historic.

An imposing site on the table and a dead weight as well that will hopefully be in use when the "vaccines" start to allow more movement between people. 

One day the colour of the lances may be changed to match in with the shields and other trappings; one day far away.

 Hopefully after 15 years in the painting you have found this interesting. 

Cheers for now 

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This command stand was completed over the last couple of months and now finally flocked and photographed to show. 

These Perry sculpts are always a joy to paint and the Legate was previously painted for the original incarnation of this army: 1,500 points in WAB. Seldom paint in eyes now, too damned fiddly for little return.

The figures will now - COVID-19 pandemic - permitting be used in ADLG, DBA and Hail Caesar at some point in the future. 

Hope that you found this interesting and there will be another command stand of Romans shortly. 

Cheers for now. 

30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge September 2020

 Last months 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge was successfully completed as below

Struggled with time to post updates for this challenge over the last few days; so here is a final recap of August's painting: 

• 20 x 20mm D.A.K from SHQ and Battlefield Miniatures (sadly out of production at present)
• 2 x 28mm Citadel Orcs
• 5 x 28mm Gondorian Archers from Gamesworkshop
• 3 x 28mm Late Roman Horse archers from Gripping Beast (Footsore mounts)

Starting another 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge tonight, 1st September. As with last month there will be no theme to this, just to paint and complete 30 miniatures regardless of their starting condition. 

The outline of the challenge is detailed below, however the main point being to have fun with your hobby.

• To paint 30 figures of all shapes and sizes in 30 days
• The figures can be partly painted at the start as the main point is to complete figures that have been forgotten
• Basing is not necessary to count as completed
• Any scale is good
• Too have fun
• The end date is set by your start date - 30th September will be the end date of this challenge
• To post updates as often as possible
• Lastly to show a round up post with a group picture of everything.

Hope that you will find this interesting.

Cheers for now

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Blink and before you know it another month is drawing to and end and this has been an eventful month with a few significant dates happening:

• Reaching the half century
• Celebrating 20 years married
• The young Padawan starting school.

Whilst this has all been good and rewarding in very different ways, there has still been a little time to get some painting done including the following work in progress pics:

The Late Roman archer's horses are already done and these two ponies belong to some undercoated Huns. 

Half of the started Gondorian archers for Dragon Rampant. Been playing about with the base colours for the plate armour with these so there will be some difference in the finished appearance from previous figures in this retinue.  

More Prussian Landwehr moving slowly forward. The blue is taking more time than anticipated for such a large area of colour. The base coat is looking more like a contrast paint and requiring over painting when it shouldn't. 

Hope that this has been of interest to you 

Cheers for now

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It's the final day of the 30 Days 30 Miniatures Challenge set at the beginning of this month. 

Here are the last two pictures for the last figures to complete the target. 

First are two Prussian Landwehr from Warlord Games. 

There should be yellow piping on the hats however after repainting one hat twice thought bollocks to that. At the rule of 3 foot who will notice? 

Next are eight Late Roman Cataphracts of which six have been painted over the last 30 days. The back two at the left hand side were painted prior to this. 

These Cataphracts have been ongoing for about ten years in different ways with the command stand and one other figure seeing use in Impetus last decade. Finally decided to get them finished although there are more to be painted in the future. 

So how does this leave things standing? Well here is the breakdown:

28mm Infantry: 22 figures

28mm Cavalry: 6 figures

15mm Cavalry: 2 figures

Thirty figures in thirty days and will be looking to do the same again next month. 

Hope that you have found this interesting

Cheers for now

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With only one painting session to go until the end of this 30 Days and 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge to go; how close to the finish line are things looking?

Close, very close...

First up is a command stand from Warlord Games Caesarian Roman range. This is the final command stand for this army in ADLG if played at 200 points; not so sure that will happen in 28mm however, never say never.

Next is another command stand from another Roman army; The Late Roman army this time. The standard bearer and the poor bloody infantry man have been painted for this stand, the commander was painted about 18 years ago.

Keeping with the theme of command stands here is another one finished in this challenge; this time for the Wars of the Roses in 15mm.



Whilst on the subject of wars on this fair land, here are two Norman from Wargames Foundry. After over 35 years in production these are still great figures for the Dark Ages in general. There will be more from this range later in the year.



The Anglo Saxons were a Dark Age culture that lived in Middengeard (Old English) which translates to Midgard (Old Norse) and Tolkien adapted this to Middle Earth. Tall and proud in Middle Earth are the Men of Gondor, descendants of the Numenoreans who fought in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Now as their strength fades the Men of Gondor fight for survival and here is one of their veterans ready to defend his homeland.



Normally, these pics would be centred on the page however Blogger is having one of its little moods and obviously knows what is required better than I do. Such is life. 

This means that the current total now sits at 22 figures completed in this challenge detailed as below

28mm Infantry: 19 figures
28mm Cavalry: 1 figure
15mm Cavalry: 2 figures

All to paint for now.

Hope that you found this interesting.

Cheers for now

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A short up date this evening and more work in progress for the Thirty Days Thirty Miniatures Painting Challenge. Nearly there with these cavalry riders and the 28mm Late Romans all have finished horses waiting on them. 

Not so much with the 15mm War of the Roses Men at arms. 

Cheers for now

30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge July 2020

Starting another 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge tonight, 1st July. Opting not to have a theme in this challenge as the free flowing approach suits better at present

The outline of the challenge is detailed below, however the main point being to have fun with your hobby.

• To paint 30 figures of all shapes and sizes in 30 days
• The figures can be partly painted at the start as the main point is to complete figures that have been forgotten
• Basing is not necessary to count as completed
• Any scale is good
• Too have fun
• The end date is set by your start date - 30th July will be the end date of this challenge
• To post updates as often as possible
• Lastly to show a round up post with a group picture of everything.

Here is the starting point as the painting table currently sits, so lots to be getting on with. 

Hope that you find this interesting. 

Cheers for now