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This month has flown in and whilst there have been no posts to date some paint has been moved about a bit.

The first entry for this month shows the start of a 28mm British force for Chain of Command in Italy. The figures are from Warlord Games and are based on the standard rifle platoon for that campaign: 

Platoon Headquarters

Lt with SMG - painted

Platoon Sarg with SMG - painted

PIAT Team with 2 crew

2" mortar Team with 2 crew

Sections one to three

Corporal with either SMG or rifle - one painted

Rifle Team - Six riflemen

LMG Team - Bren Gun with three crew

From left to right - Forward Observer, Bren Gunner, Lt with SMG, Corporal with Rifle

This takes the total this month to: 

4 x 28mm infantry

There will be a few more pics to follow tomorrow and the night after all bein gwell. 

Cheers for now. 

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In between work, complaining about the weather being very good - it's a Scottish thing - and being more active painting continues on the Crusader spear and crossbows with pictures to follow. 

As a slight diversion put some flesh colours and started on the uniform in this motley crew.

The figures were built when purchased from eBay and are from earlier Warlord Games British infantry. By earlier, its the models not the period of WW2.

The rifleman on the left as view has a different approach to the flesh. 

Block base tone, in this case Foundry Flesh A. Then thin coat of Foundry Flesh B, followed by another. Next is a very light colouring with Army Painter Flesh wash, followed by glazing with the Foundry mid tone. Still to apply subtle highlighting which will be a mix of Foundry Flesh B & C.

Is it worth it, will see once finished, but the thin coats of paints suits the warm weather. 

Anyhoo, there will be another couple of figures from WW2 appearing over the weekend along with the first finished figures for this month's 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge. 

Cheers for now

30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge - August 2021 Round up

Round up for August's 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge below. Quite simply ran out of steam on the third rider for the Thessalians 

In the above picture there are the following:

2 x 28mm cavalry riders only - Thessalians from Foundry

2 x 28mm infantry  - Normans from Foundry

2 x 28mm infantry - British and Fallschrimjager from Warlord Games

4 x 15mm cavalry - Bedouin from Museum Miniatures

Above there are:

12 x 15mm infantry - Early Imperial Romans from PSC

6 x 15mm cavalry - Ghulams from Minifigs (?)

1 x 20mm scenery piece

12 x 15mm infantry - Minifigs (?)

This gives a total of 41, not 39 as shown in the pics, tsk, tsk. 

Got a bit of basing to do in the coming weeks!

Stay safe and cheers for now

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Another two items towards this month's challenge. 

Both are for use in WW2, the first in 1/72nd scale is the row of sandbags. A generic piece of scatter terrain that fits in with another piece painted in recent months.

The second figure is from Warlord Games Bolt Action range and is the first 28mm British Infantryman from this range. A lot of character in these figures and they paint up well. 

This takes the tally this month so far to:

3 x 28mm infantry

6 x 15mm cavalry

1 x 20mm terrain piece

Stay safe and cheers for now

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A few of the different projects on the painting table at present.

Clockwise rom top left PSC Early Imperial Romans in 15mm

Arab light infantry from Minifigs again in 15mm

Fallschirmjager from Warlord Games in 28mm

British infantry from Warlord Games in 28mm

All to be included in this month's 30 Days 30 Miniatures Paintin Challenge.

Stay safe and cheers for now. 

Imperium Fine Sine 29

Here you have a Scorpion from Warlord Games and this will be a part of a Marian/Caesarian Roman army that has been getting painting over that last year or so. The figures in the background are a part of this army and have just been shown in a previous post.

This has been completed as a part of this year's AHPC XI

The Scorpion and supporting infantry have all been painted using a block, wash and highlight method of painting. This is my version of speed painting and gives a rewarding finish for the table top. 

The highlight is normally the same colour as the base allowing the toning wash to do its work. 

Hope that you found this of interest. 

Stay safe and cheers for now

Dance of Bronze 22

Recently posted in the AHPC XI the following 28mm figures for skirmish gaming in ancient Greece. The veteran Spartan Hoplite in centre position being this year's Curtgeld figure or entry price. 

The left hand figure is a healer from Mortal God (Footsore Miniatures), central the veteran Spartan Hoplite (Footsore Miniature) and on the right is the seer (Warlord Games)

All three have been a pleasure to paint and hopefully who ever gets the Hoplite will be pleased with the figure and the style of painting used. 

Mortal Gods was a game that I had just started to play early last year and hoping to get back to it later this year. Might even opt to try this on a virtual platform if can manage the tech. 

In terms of points these three gents yield

3 x 28mm figures - 15 points

Curtgeld bonus - 20 points 

Totalling 35 points. 

This added to the running total takes the challenge to 87 points (14.5 % completed). Looks like this is going to be a busy month as there are several items on the painting table nearing completion. 

Thanks for looking and stay safe. 

Cheers for now. 

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Last night saw the start of a few different pieces for the AHPC XI with ancients as the primary focus; in particular Spartans. 

The priest below is from Warlord Games and will join the Spartans for Mortal Gods and other ancient skirmish games.

A characterful figure that will take the role of a seer in the Spartan Lochos.

The other Spartans are from Xyston and will appear shortly as if the above pic is slightly out of focus then the 15mm's were totally out of focus. 

Along with these there is a solitary Norman crossbowman to complete a stand of four figures for ADLG. 

Hope that you found this interesting and stay safe. 

Cheers for now. 

Imperium Sine Fine 25

Painted earlier in the year this command stand for a 28mm Caesarian Roman army is now based, flocked and ready to join the other completed stands for this army.

The figures are from Warlord Games and are on the large scale of 28mm figures. Well sculpted and fit the role of commanders perfectly; they should really considering that they are. 

Have another twenty four Caesarian Romans from Foundry prepped and waiting on undercoating as a part of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XI along with a wide range of other figures that have been getting prepped recently. 

Hope that you found this interesting. 

Cheers for now

 

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Finished off the other five Prussian Landwehr the other night completing the first unit for the Napoleonic period ever. 

The figures are from Warlord Games and paint well with enough detail to give interest and not too much to stifle motivation. 

Next for these will be some command figures although this will be in next month looking at the calendar. 

This takes the total for the month so far to 24 figures

3 x 20mm WW2 terrain pieces

2 x 28mm Norman Crossbowmen

8 x 28mm Prussian Landwehr

11 x 18mm Bavarian Grenadiers

Looking to finish a few more this evening to complete for Samhain. 

Hope you found this interesting 

Cheers for now

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The next completed figures for this month are from Warlord Games and are the beginning of the end. Napoleonics, the one period I vowed to never ever ever go near, and yet here we are. 

These will be the first unit of eight for Sharpe Practice or two thirds of a twelve man unit for Black Powder. This evening will see another session on the next five who will hopefully be done by Samhain. 

The bases and movement tray are all from Warbases and will facilitate play if and when these actually see a gaming table in the future. 

So this takes the total this month to 

3 x 20mm WW2 terrain pieces

2 x 28mm Norman Crossbowmen

3 x 28mm Prussian Landwehr

Still a few bits and pieces to get done by the witching hour this coming Saturday. 

Hope that you found this interesting. 

Cheers for now.

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 A few work in progress pics of what is currently getting some painting time. 

The first pic is of Foundry Caesarian Romans and a Gripping Beast  Cornicen from their currently out of production Caesarian range. 

More from Gripping Beast this time with Norman or Christian Spanish Crossbowmen for El Cid. The figure at the far left as viewed on screen is now complete. 

Lastly there are the first of the Compagnie Franches de la Marine from the moulds of AW Miniatures and lurking at the very back are Warlord Games Prussian Landwehr. Three of the Landwehr are now finished. 

 The blues on the Marines have been done in two very different ways. 

 

On the left, the blue has been painted with Citadel Contrast Ultramarines Blue and highlighted with Calgar blue and on the right with Foundry Napoleonic French blue triad in layers. The jury is still out on both colours and methods of painting and will trial the Contrast paint again on another two figures with a the wraith-bone under coat. 

Hope that this has been of interest.

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 280

A quick post on the progress of Warlord Games Prussian Landwehr. Good progress so far although finding the blue harder than thought. And to think it used to be red that that was the devil colour. 

The base colour is Foundry Prussian Blue A which may be just too dark for the tone of Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue. Currently mixing these to create an intermediate tone. Whilst it is helping its also creating another layer that wasn't counted on. 

The command figures are all metal and are good sculpts although the plastic troopers are offering better surfaces to paint. Who would have thought a stuck in the mud on metal figures would be saying that 😂

More to follow on these and some Caesarian Romans soon along with a murky figure or two...

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 270

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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One day, don't know when but one day, am going to regret ever opening this door. Always said that it would never happen and yet here it is. 

The first line of Prussian Landwehr from Warlord Games and will be a part of a force for Black Powder and suitable skirmish games for this period. 

In retrospect should have gone for Brunswick as once undercoated black they are a third of the way to painted. Hey ho, hindsight is a wonderful thing. 

Cheers for now

Imperium Sine Fine 23

Second post for the Caesarian Romans and this time it is the command stands. 

Unlike the first post for this army, these figures are from Warlord Games and are truly huge in comparison to the Gripping Beast figures. Would say that these are heroic scale 28mm figures and whilst well sculpted they are too big to mix in with the others.

The image on the shield is hand painted and would only do this for a single figure. Whilst not impossible to do for a few wouldn't want to do this for a unit or group of units.

Things aren't going to well for this command stand with one down and the other nearly out. The vexillum is an addition to the figure to show the command status.

The shield and the "casualty" figures were painted in the AHPC X the other two earlier in 2019.

There will be more from this army in the coming weeks of lockdown; hope you found this interesting.

Cheers for now

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Last session preparing for this year's Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge with everything laid out waiting to be primed or already primed. Not planning on painting everything here in the challenge, just hoping to make a good start on it.

Not shown here are the Samurai or the 6mm Greeks and 15mm Arabs as they are already prepped and gathering dust elsewhere.

The first figure to be painted has still to be decided however, looks like it will be something for the Challenge Island in 28mm.

More of this and other things later.

Cheers for now.

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As the year draws to an end a new beginning starts: The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge X, X Marks the Spot.

Prep for this has been underway for some time and has deliberately not been specific to either scale or period offering a variety of choices throughout the challenge.

The question to be answered is what options are there? Well lets see:

• 6mm Ancient Greeks and Macedonians from Rapier Miniatures
• 15mm Arabs from Essex, Minifigs and Old Glory
• 15mm Spartans from Xyston
• 15mm War of the Roses from Gladiator Miniatures
• 20mm WW2 US vehicles from Frontline and AT guns, support weapons and crew from Platoon 20
• 20mm WW2 DAK from SHQ
• 28mm Gondor infantry and cavalry from Games Workshop
• 28mm Late Romans from Foundry and Gripping Beast
• 28mm Prussians from Calpe, Perry Miniatures and Warlord Games
• 28mm English Civil War from Warlord Games
• 28mm American Civil War from Perry Miniatures
• 28mm Moors from Gripping Beast
• 28mm El Cid Spanish from Gripping Beast
• 28mm Samurai from Perry Miniatures
• 28mm Claymore Casting Gallowglass for the Men of Lossarnach in Lord of the Rings
• 28mm Carthaginians from Gripping Beast

As always this only an indicative list of where painted figures will come from and for some of these there are only four or five figures rather than full units or more. 

Looking for progress over a variety of projects in this year's challenge and think the list above gives that and more.

The start date is December 21st 2019 and looking forward to getting some painting done in this year's challenge; the ninth time of being involved.

Cheers for now

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So near yet so far.

This stand of peltasts stalled the other afternoon due to a rare occurrence - it was too hot to paint comfortably. Yes, it's hard to believe but it would seem that there is a summer in Scotland after all.

Not to be put off by some sunny weather; managed to clean, then glue to painting stands the following horses for the Arab cavalry for the 15mm ADG army that has restarted.

Not sure if this has been mentioned before but not a fan of painting horses, hence the varied colours of undercoat being used. The horses with yellow saddles etc were already painted prior to basing.

A few other figures were under coated at the same time but more of that later.

Cheers for now