tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740483002315647692024-03-05T10:53:41.278-08:00Dice Games Are For LosersAnomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-64802139041515996982017-09-02T07:52:00.001-07:002017-09-02T07:52:43.363-07:00Grey Month!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
Apparently it was UCM month! Although it is in theme with the weather this month...<br />
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I didn't intend to only paint UCM stuff but Matt and I have played a couple of Dropzone Commander games this month, he's bought some new stuff, and we're planning to play some of the Attacker/Defender scenarios that we've never played.<br />
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Saying all that, up first is some Dropfleet:<br />
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Toulon! The final 2 models of my UCM fleet! This means I am now up to date with my entire fleet. Until I can find someone selling a Battleship for a decent price... These 2 mean I now have 6 of this frigate type meaning I have flexibility with my fleet.</div>
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On to Dropzone:</div>
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Broadsword and Flak infantry! The big tank can either be used as a famous commander and comes with 4 extra cards for the command deck, and can also be used on its own or with another as a heavy choice. Thats a big gun! The infantry are the last of the different UCM infantry available to me. I've already used these in a game and they added another option for shooting down gates or dropships.<br />
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Seraphim and Falcon B! The start of my airborn reinforcements. The large ship is a Seraphim Retaliator, which although slow compared to other fastmovers comes with a good supply of rockets! The Falcon B are armed with a mixture of AA and ground attack weaponry. Fun times!<br />
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Eagle! Last but by no means least is this. This is a funny one as I never thought I'd like using this but got it cheap off ebay. However, having used it in a game I already love it! Great for demolishing buildings from afar!<br />
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So, there you go for this month. Hopefully will be a bit more colourful next month!</div>
Anomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-54989884909904115982017-07-31T09:49:00.000-07:002017-07-31T09:49:13.448-07:00Return Of The Blog!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
I know I know! Its been a while etc etc</div>
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I'm going to try and make a proper effort at blogging from now on. Even if no one reads it, it's a good record for myself of what I've done! Speaking of records, one of the main problems I found with this blog lark is remembering what I've painted...</div>
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So, I now keep a record of all the things I've just painted, then I can photograph them, and present them here for anyone that cares! I'm going to aim for a monthly update, depending on how much I manage to get painted. </div>
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Anyway, here is the last months worth off the production line:</div>
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First up:</div>
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Spaceships! More of my UCM fleet. Recent games have shown me that I didn't have enough dropships, and the UCM have the worst of the fighter/bombers available. So, here are another 2 New Orleans strike carriers. This brings my total to 6 strike carriers, giving me more flexibility. The larger ship is my 2nd Seattle fleet carrier, giving me more launch capacity. Combined with my Atlantis battlecruiser, means I can now put out a launch capacity of 9, so they may be crap, but at least there will be a lot of them!<br /> </div>
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More spaceships! These are Santiago corvettes. I now have 7 of these, enabling me to get across the board quickly and hopefully take out some of the oppositions strike carriers or void gates before they are able to deploy any troops.<br /> </div>
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Space stations! This is a lovely kit that Hawk make enabling you to create a number of stations of varying sizes. I managed to get 1 large, 5 medium and 3 small out of it. I'm not putting a massive amount of effort into painting these as they aren't used in every mission. Even with a minimal paint job they look quite snazzy though!<br /> </div>
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Phoenix! My regular opponents have been moaning about my Dropzone command Kodiak for ages, so I bought this, the other command model available to me. I'm sure they'll start moaning about it at some point too... </div>
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Acoma! This is a separate project my nephew Mike and I have started. These are 6mm Baccus Samurai. The Acoma are from Raymond Feists Riftwar world, an excellent series of books we both read years ago. We wanted to do a 6mm project, decided on using the Kings of War Ancients lists, and here we are, the start of a force! </div>
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Gallic Infantry! These are for my Impetus Carthaginian army I started ages ago. I'm making an effort to get the army painted to the point where I have a legal force to play with. The above 2 units are expansions of 2 units I'd already painted which mean I can do 2 large units: </div>
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See! These Xyston models are a pleasure to paint. I have 2 units of Gallic cavalry to paint and then the basis of my force is done. Romans beware!</div>
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So there you have it, a smorgasbord of visual delights for you!<br /> </div>
Anomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-89633517951947595142017-03-08T15:11:00.001-08:002017-03-08T15:33:59.589-08:00Ginger Nutjobs!<p dir="ltr">I've always loved Dwarf Slayers! The idea of them having some kind of trauma that caused them to dye their hair bright orange and charge at the enemy with reckless abandon always amused me...</p><p dir="ltr">So here are some now:</p>
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Dropfleet! Woo hoo!</div>
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After waiting what seemed like an eternity, it finally arrived! I have actually had some ships painted since about November but didn't have any bases to mount them on until my pledge arrived at the start of January...</div>
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So, first up are these:</div>
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Moscow and 2 New Orleans. The Moscow is a properly shooty ship, covered in guns! It can do some serious damage when it goes weapons free. The New Orleans are my strike carriers, which are essential in the game as they are one of the ships that can drop troops onto the planets surface. </div>
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Berlin and 2 Toulon. The Berlins main weapon is a big laser which is whats known as a Burnthrough gun which is capable of doing lots of damage. The Toulon are more or less your standard shooty frigates.</div>
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Seattle. This is my fleet carrier. It has a couple of big guns on it but its other main function is its ability to launch fighters and bombers!</div>
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A Rio and 2 Taipei. The Rio is your standard shooty cruiser whilst the Taipei are close action specialists. You have to get in cloose with them but they are able to deal out alot of damage for a little ship.</div>
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Avalon and 2 Lima. The Avalon is my kickstarter exclusive battlecruiser. If you haven't noticed, it has an even bigger version of the burnthrough laser on the Berlin. It also has 4 other big guns, so looking forward to using this bad boy! The 2 Lima are interesting ships that I think have an ability for the UCM which at the moment, no other fleet has. The ability to independently scan other ships, adding spikes and making them easier to see!</div>
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2 New Cairo and 2 Jakarta. The New Cairo have the big burnthrough laser of the Berlin, but no other guns. And you have to have a minimum of 2. They are however faster than the bigger cuisers, able to keep up with the figates of the fleet. The Jakarta are defensive frigates, kept within 4" of other friendly ships they add a bonus to point defence. Not sure these will see much use but we'll see as I play more games.</div>
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Adding in another Toulon and a New Orleans. I have 4 frigates left to paint and have now decided how to assemble these. You may have noticed the coloured bead around the flight stands. I picked this up from the DFC facebook group as a quick and cheap way to signify your battlegroups. Some people have painted colours on the bases but I find the beads much easier and £1.50 for 100 beads i'm well covered!</div>
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I ordered these 2 Imperial Assault models in November but due to me not realising 1 was a pre-order, I didn't receive them until January...</div>
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So, on the left is my second Luke Skywalker. This version being the Jedi version from later in the original trilogy. The one on the right is the Inquisitor from the Rebels tv series. Both weren't that much fun to paint as they are mostly black but they were quick paint jobs! </div>
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Yeah, I win best title ever!</div>
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And below is the reason I had that in my head for days on end...</div>
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C3PO and R2-D2! C3PO was a 5 minute paint job, but R2, with all the white took a bit longer. Think he looks ok! Beep Boop Beep!</div>
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Han Solo and Davith Elso. I think I've managed to get Han as close to he looks in the films. Davith is one of 2 heroes that come in the Bespin Gambit expansion. Another dude with a light saber!</div>
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Wing Guard! I'd never really noticed these in the film until I'd painted them and then watched it again, and there they are, loads of them! These were fun to paint, but I'm still undecided how to paint the other 3 that come in the set. I want to do them as elite but am unsure how to signify this. I may do a gold ring aroung the hats, or gold cuffs. I'm sure I'll decide as I paint them... </div>
Anomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-20110405748486510482016-08-28T02:44:00.001-07:002016-08-28T02:44:32.594-07:00Crikey! Up to date!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
Well, that was a productive month! Almost entirely up to date now with my Imperial Assault stuff. Its only a slow trickle of stuff arriving through the post that is left to paint. This is probably for the best as Dropfleet is still looming and most of the group seem to think we're going to be painting this until the end of time....</div>
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I've got over my dislike of painting white. Well, not really but I've got a system that works! Good job really, I thought I'd painted all the Storrmtroopers I'd ever have to do, and then Fantasy Flight announced the next expansion which contains more of them.... The orange shoulder pads are my Elite troops, led by Kayn Somos.</div>
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Scum! Some more Tusken Raiders and Boba Fett. Boba turned out to be a weird paint job. Red, blue, green and yellow all on 1 model! I'd never noticed how bonkers his outfit is until I'd googled it!</div>
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Rebels! Chewbacca, Rebel Sabateurs, Rebel Smuggler, Echo Base Troopers and 2 more heroes, Saska Teft and Biv Bodhrik. I've really enjoyed painting all these models. Still on the paint table are Han Solo and a Bantha Rider. I accidently went on eBay this morning and found the Bespin Gambit for a price I couldn't turn down, so thats on its way! </div>
Anomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-22462029410987020012016-07-27T07:19:00.000-07:002016-07-27T07:19:20.566-07:00I Don't Like Painting White!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
I always think a white paint job looks cool, but painting it has always seemed like such a chore! However, having bought Imperial Assault, and knowing I had 9 Stormtroopers to paint, I was going to have to tackle it at some point...</div>
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And so here they are, with the rest of my recent paint jobs:</div>
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As you can see, they don't look bad if you take a poor photo and squint your eyes a bit! I've seen alot of other paint jobs on Stormtroopers and a lot of people tend to do a dark wash on them. For me the films show them as very shiny white, and that is what I've gone for. The middle guy is General Sorin, who took about half an hour to paint. And the final 3 are Snowtroopers. I didn't really enjoy painting these either, but I think they look ok!</div>
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Wampas and Tusken Raiders. Lots of washes and drybrushing involved with these. Looking forward to stomping on the Heroes with the Wampas!</div>
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Loku Kanoloa and SC2-M Repulsor Tank! I'd been putting off painting Loku as he looked like a complicated model to paint, but, as it turns out, he isn't! The hardest part was trying to get the Mon Cala skin right. Started with brown, washed and then drybrushed up adding orange into the mix and I'm quite pleased with the result!</div>
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The tank didn't take much doing but I'm looking forward to giving it a run out. I'm sure it'll cause more panic than it will deal out in damage!</div>
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American Cival War 6mm buildings! We paid our annual pilgrimage to Joy of 6, and this time came away with more than just the taste of a bacon sandwich in our mouths. These great little buildings are Leven Miniatures resin sculpts. Very nice for £2.50 each! I have another 2 to paint which I try will do before our next ACW game. </div>
Anomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-80578266308154761162016-06-30T08:23:00.001-07:002016-06-30T08:23:46.202-07:00Preparing For War!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
Recently we bought Warlords Glory Hallelujah!, hoping it would give us some motivation to paint and play with the 6mm ACW models we all have in varying states of readiness.</div>
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A nice book, which will help me personally as I know very little about this period. As a group it will give us some pre-written scenarios for us to play. As a result we picked one of the smaller battles to give us a target to aim for to start with. As there are 2 of us per side, we've then split the 2 armies in half again so that none of us have too much to prepare!</div>
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So here are a few of my recently painted additions:</div>
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This may look odd, but all will become clear below! </div>
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See! Makes a regular sized unit into a large unit! I may end up doing more of these if we progress further into bigger games as the Confederate forces appear to have a few large units.</div>
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A whole new Brigade! I've now got the painting of these down to about an hour per stand! The longest time is waiting for the PVA to dry once they are based...</div>
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I have one more command stand to paint, and the comedy banner I made will be reduced in size to a normal command banner... And that's my part of the Confederate army for the Battle of Wilson Creek complete!</div>
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Anomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-14916015778543508402016-05-29T09:16:00.000-07:002016-05-29T09:16:06.251-07:00Who Ya Gonna Call?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
Paranormal Exterminators!</div>
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Obviously Ghostbusters, these were a Secret Santa present that I've just got round to painting:</div>
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Crooked Dice models that were fun to paint and nothing too complicated. </div>
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I thought they might take ages to do but when I actually sat down and looked in detail at the Ghostbusters film backpacks and outfits, there isn't anything to them really! Still, this means it wasn't a chore to paint them and I think they look ok.</div>
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I'll be using them with the 7TV ruleset, which I'm yet to play with but from what I've heard its good fun. Which is the whole point! </div>
Anomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-61082535020931384632016-05-20T09:32:00.002-07:002016-05-20T09:32:56.552-07:00Short update!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
Geddit! Dwarves!</div>
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Iron Breakers! Or Ironguard as they are known in the Kings of War world. Will always be Iron Breakers to me though. Tough unit which I enjoy using. I have another 7 left and am undecided whether to eBay them or keep them in case I fancy making another unit. I feel they may be eBayed as I already have a unit of Hammerers that are also Ironguard, and there are a number of companies out there these days that make some lovely Dwarf models. So if I ever fancy another unit, this may be the way I go.</div>
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What Dwarf army is complete without an excess of large guns?! A second cannon, an organ gun and a flame cannon. I also discovered in my cupboard another organ gun I'd forgotten I'd bought at some point! Everyone was really pleased when I told them about that...</div>
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Next up will be sorting out a regiment of Thunderers. I've bought another 2 classic thunderer models off eBay which means I can make them into a regiment, rather than just a troop.</div>
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I've also completed painting everything I had left to do from my Dropzone UCM, but as it was mostly stuff I've already painted from the second starter set, I couldn't be bothered to take pictures! I've slogged away to get these up to date as it means I can buy new stuff and not worry about a paint queue, and also Dropfleet is somewhere on the horizon...</div>
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Here are my Imperial Assault miniatures currently painted. I painted most of these in about a week long painting frenzy. Not sure what happened, I just got my paint on! I think some of it was down to the fact that there isn't much repetitive painting.</div>
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The Heroes! Really enjoyed painting these, as i said with them all being individuals. I'm trying to get all the Heroes done before we begin the next campaign.</div>
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Forces of the Rebellion! The Wookies were easy to paint with just a wash and a drybrush involved. The troopers were a little complex with the white helmets. My dislike of painting white is the main reason you won't see any Storm Troopers yet!</div>
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Probe droids, Hunter Killers and IG-88. All of these were a doddle to paint being mostly just a dryrushfest. With these and the other models I've tried to signify Elite models by a more complex paint job. So as you can see the elite Droid and Hunter Killers have some golden panels. Not much but will hopefully make them stand out a bit.</div>
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Again I've tried to show elite Trandoshans by giving them different skin (scales?!) tones and clothing. The other models are Dengar and some Hired Guns!</div>
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Nexu! I haven't painted one of these as an Elite yet so may go back and add something to one of them, but haven't decided what yet.</div>
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Vader, Royal Guard with Champion and Imperial Officers. The only way I could think to signify Elite Royal Guard was to paint their pointy sticks gold... Each Officer has a different colour uniform which involved alot of googling to ensure they are correct! Vader was a bit dull to paint for the importance of the character but theres not a lot you can do with black on black, shaded black and highlighted black...</div>
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Hello there! Its been a while!</div>
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I have been busy though, honest! Since my last post we've moved house again and I finally have my own dedicated gaming room. The bridging part of my new table works well, just some fine tuning needed but we now have an 8' x 4' table.</div>
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So, here's an update on some of my painting progress since the turn of the year. There's no specific posts as I can't remember whats newly painted or not!</div>
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First up, my dropzone force to date:</div>
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There's a couple of new things in there. 2 Archangels, another 2 Raven dropships, another 2 Condor dropships, another 3 Sabre tanks and another 3 Rapier tanks. Most of this comes from the second starter set I got cheap off ebay and fills out my force nicely giving me lots of options depending on who I'm going to be playing.</div>
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I now how just over 2000 points worth, with a few more bits from the starter set to finish. I want to get as close to zero unpainted models as I can before I buy any more so I don't fall behind with it all! What with Dropfleet arrivng in a couple of months that could easily happen!</div>
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Yay! Dwarves! Not so much painting involved, mostly rebasing to fit in with the Kings of War way of doing things. I had been motoring rebasing these but then I started to get sand blindness or PVA poisoning or something and had to move on to another project for a bit...</div>
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We've played a few games now and I'm starting to get the hang of how to use my Dwarves in KoW. Not too different from Warhammer but a couple of new additions have added some nice new options to the usual Dwarf gaming style. The berzerker on a brock is currently a personal favourite. Who wouldn't love a loony on a giant badger!</div>
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Anomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-24403247555066143542015-12-01T07:04:00.001-08:002015-12-01T07:16:09.281-08:00Project Overengineered!<p dir="ltr">Many moons ago, our need for a new gaming area happened. You can read about that way back at the beginning of my blog if you're that bored!</p>
<p dir="ltr">To save you that, I'll explain. I created for myself a couple of 3'x4' gaming tables on legs. This enabled our little gaming group, which consisted of 3 of us at the time, to have a 6'x4' table to game on.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Things have moved on however! There are now 5 of us gaming regularly, and this month my other half and myself move into a new house. With all the excitement that comes with that, it now means I'll have my own dedicated gaming room!</p>
<p dir="ltr">As a result, and the gaming room being a decent size enabling me to have a bigger gaming table I today created this:</p>
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And nobody can claim there's anything wrong as I have blogged about it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And anyway, that's just war!</div>Anomanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444512228342120651noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374048300231564769.post-75899106494827151012015-10-24T09:51:00.001-07:002015-10-24T14:06:43.810-07:00Stage 1 complete!<p dir="ltr">Woo hoo! Basic Impetus force completed! I'm glad I picked Carthaginians as my army, the choice of units will keep it interesting to paint I hope. 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And no, not the one from the A-Team...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next off the production line:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49tPJZHkJpgc-8WKhfgYXHsOrmX4LmNVP7jGCtwJfH9Oti7AR5HjexcVxpayOHZ68pAIN3Uu62syT065hyXiSoTySo4PmyL_dkHSV9bXjuxvwq5hLJJirSdyXDEUWiENK5vQtVOY9awqu/s1600/20151024_174553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49tPJZHkJpgc-8WKhfgYXHsOrmX4LmNVP7jGCtwJfH9Oti7AR5HjexcVxpayOHZ68pAIN3Uu62syT065hyXiSoTySo4PmyL_dkHSV9bXjuxvwq5hLJJirSdyXDEUWiENK5vQtVOY9awqu/s400/20151024_174553.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favourite WW2 tank, the Cromwell! Don't know why I like this tank so much, I just do! 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So the trip to Derby World came and went. I intended on sticking to a budget of about £20 and only buying stuff that I needed for current projects. In the end I came away about £90 lighter with a pile of stuff. Oops!</div>
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The extra bits I picked up were bargains I couldn't really turn down. A Cromwell tank for my Bolt Action British for £12 and a couple of 4ground buildings I'd had my eye on. These won't be assembled until we've moved house though so will be packed away for now.</div>
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Anyway, on to finished stuff! First up:</div>
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My second unit of Punic Infantry! I haven't found a Xyston model that I've not enjoyed painting yet. I had contemplated the new Forged In Battle models but having seen them they don't compare, so will just use them to fill any gaps in the range that Xyston may have.</div>
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Elephants! Originally I was only going to put one on a base, but I'm glad I decided against being tight and putting two on!<br /> </div>
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In a monumental change of tack, and even earning me a massive "F*** off!" from Kieron, I've decided to crack on and get my Carthaginians up to Basic Impetus level of completedness. I'd forgotten how nice the models are to paint, and also how sharp the spears/javelins can be...<br />
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My second unit of Numidian light cavalry! I made a bit of an arse pinning the middle guy to his horse, trying to wipe off excess superglue with tissue, then trying to burn off the tissue that was stuck in the superglue and not realising that the melting point of the metal was just above butter... So he now has stump and a club foot! But hey, he doesn't need his legs when he's on a horse right?!</div>
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My second unit of Gallic Infantry! These are alot of fun to paint due to each model wearing different colour clothing. It does make them a bit more time consuming but the unit looks very snazzy!<br />
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This guy will be used to represent my overall commander. I mainly did this to remind myself how I'd painted the Punic Infantry as I hadn't written it down anywhere. Managed to surprise myself with my memory!</div>
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Another 4 UCM Wolverines! These are cheap, handy little buggies that can be equipped with a mixture of either missile pods for hunting armour, or extra AA, which upsets everyone no end! It also means I can field a squad of 4,6 or 8, or 2 squads of 4 depending on what mood I'm in. They are also scouts, so are good for spotting and extending sphere of influence. Lovely!</div>
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Scimitars! These are heavy tanks, 2 damage points each and an infinite range weapon, even when countermeasured! The other bonus is that any roll of 6 to hit, automatically does 2 damage to the target without having to make a damage roll! Thats enough to take out Kierons new commander in one go if I get lucky... If thats not enough a normal hit is energy 10... All I need to do now is assemble and paint another Condor dropship to deliver them in.</div>
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First up, finished my Milice!</div>
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A ten man inexperienced squad for use in the Anti-partisan list. Been nice painting these as they're a bit different, and as Kieron pointed out, chances are no one else has this squad! Unique high five! They're made using standard German infantry bodies, French head and British weapons. I've never used inexperienced troops before but managed to give them a run out in a large team up game Matt and I had against Kieron and Wes. Long story short, we won. Long story not quite so short, we embarassed them! Actually, it was mostly them embarassing themselves. Mostly Kieron, who will now be known as Kier-one for his string of pointblank tank rolls that either failed to hit or failed to penetrate when only a 1 would fail...!</div>
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Pretty standard paint job. I think this is the largest artillery any of us own so far, so it'll be interesting seeing how it does in games. Got a few SS and standard infantry left to paint then I'm all up to date with my Germans. Not sure what will be added next. Fancy something a bit odd like a Neblewerfer...</div>
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Gold! As we've all invested in the Frostgrave rules, and I plan on using my existing Dwarfs to begin, the only thing I need at present to play was the 3 treasure tokens. Having a quick scour of the web brought these little beauties from Dark-Art Studios. A pack of 7 treasure chests and 3 coin piles came in at about £10. I still have 3 chests and 1 large coin pile left. There is the posibility of needing an extra 2 treasure tokens in the game depending on spells so these will get done if I see the need.</div>
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I was hoping to get the Otherworld Miniatures limited edition Zagor model painted, but a miscast hand has delayed this. I contacted Otherworld and they replied very quickly to say not only would they send a replacement, but that it would be one of the master castings used to make the production mould! Bonus!</div>
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French Milice. A bit of research, and Kierons slightly worrying knowledge of every model makers tiniest products, and I had a plan! French helmeted heads from Gripping Beast duly arrived with what I assumed was a white flag, but it turned out to be the receipt. Using German infantry bodies, and British weaponry I now have the start of a cheap squad. The squad contains an NCO with SMG and an LMG, and will be expanded to 10 when I've painted some other stuff.</div>
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And here's some more German infantry:</div>
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Kieron will be excited to see that the guy on the left is toting an assault rifle! I have another 5 to paint and then I'll have a think about what I want next. Possibly something involving Luftwaffe inexperiened troops, although the urge to buy some bigger artillery is building...</div>
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UCM Katana's! These are lighter armoured than the standard Sabre battle tank, but are faster, and deal out 2 shots each. Going to try them without a dropship at first to see how they manage.</div>
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Next weekend is Triples. Not sure what I'm going to buy, if anything. Might be tempted by another KR Multicase for all the infantry, but will see if anything takes my fancy!</div>
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