from IgnacioR - The rest of the warmaster army and Ragnar Lodbrok (253 points)

First I have to apologise for my lack of posting... I´m finishing a job project and I´ve been really really really busy, but hey there is no rest for the wicked hehehehe. Now back to the challenge:

As you can check lately I'm in my blue period... i love the model even when a friend told me that he seems that he is whistle in an angry mood... once again i went easy on the bases cause I´m not sure what to do with the vikings... maybe i will cut them from the bases and add them on bases of a wood ship.

Marauder... thinking in Conan...

chaos hounds good doggies

chaos chariots

another 30 chaos warriors

chaos knights, only 3 for stand cause they should be less than marauders

144 marauders... I really hate them, deeply but they are ready

The whole army ready to... go to the cabinet hehehehe

Well I´m done with warmaster for a while, also no more vikings, on the table I have a band of ninjas with the Ras Al´Gul and his daughter for Batman. Also all the Frostgrave posting me is moving to make a nice band with old models. Once again I´m sorry for this time of no posting. So busy... I need a beer!!!

Blimey  - my eyes are aching just counting the blighters!! Thats a lot of 10mm goodness there Ignacio and it adds up to an impressive horde alright. The blue is nice and bright as well brings them to life nicely. My favorite are the chariots... i can almost see Circus Maximus..Ragnar looks a fine character with his brooding look ... a great submission. .

From MartinC - Ancients and I need a new target (260 Points)

Productive week this week - spurred on by AlexS' epic points bomb last week.
First up a couple of Republican Roman units. These are a mix of Crusader and Aventine figures, Crusader are good but Aventine are brilliant. I'm really quite chuffed with these
First the Principes in mail with a fairly simple hand painted shield

Secondly a unit of Hastai with pectoral armour and much fancier hand painted shields. I think the green tunics have come out really well

Next up a fairly weird looking Carthaginian general from Magister Militum. Not sure if is a good or bad figure. Looks like a model of a statue. Let's settle for interesting

Finally also from Magister a unit of Parthian camel cataphracts. These are massive, forgot to do a comparison shot but they are 70mm from base to top of helmet. I've always had a hankering for a fantasy desert army and I already have the infantry and of course the flying carpets.

The couple of the cloaks don't hang right from the back and I tried to fix but it didn't look right.

So that is 32 foot with 30 hand painted shields and 7 cavalry (260 points?). 

I have about 120 figs left to paint to complete my plan so lets say 2700 as a new target

Martin powers on with another wonderful points drop.i love the mix of bright colours - and well done the hand painting of the shields.  2700 - oh i think near 3k for you.. seeing you have an excuse to go shopping? Maybe catch you at York - the man laden with figures..

From AaronH - 28mm ECW artillery and crews (85 Points)

This entry is two ECW cannons and thirteen crew. Some of these are crew for a mortar, but I haven't gotten that painted yet.

All three crews.

These are 28mm models from Warlord Games. They also came with three resin bases for the cannons and the mortar.

Rear and overhead view.

These are great models. They are all different and all have a lot of character; both in their faces and in their actions.

This guy is very fancy. Probably a foreign mercenary from the low countries.

There are a few weird casting features in places. There seems to be something about sculptors that they mail it in on the left side of the faces. Other than that these were fun to paint. I actually prefer these kinds of models when I'm not pressed for time. I like a nice uniformed regiment when I'm trying to bang out a bunch of guys for the challenge.

Two guns that no doubt have colorful ECW names.

The guns themselves are fairly standard. The castings are not as crisp as they could be, which really only shows up on the carriages. The barrels are very nice, especially the larger one.

The other side. Same as the first.

The resin bases these came with are also very nice. I bought the set that has both guns, the crews and the scenic bases in one box.

The business end.

Gun captain.

I painted the crews up in a mixture of the colors of my infantry regiments. I don't know that they pulled muscle out of the infantry, but what the hey, it works for me.

This is one of my favorite models in the set.

Just look at that face. These are not cookie cutter faces at all.

I highly recommend any of these sets on their own or the combined set together. They are a joy to paint and look fantastic in action.

What a wonderful set - really full of character. I particularly love the gun captain with his telescope plotting fall of shot.

From KyleC - Infantry fall in... 230 pts

Been a while since I posted, and thats mostly due to ManFlu hitting home here. No real painting happening due to that, and when I was painting, it was to work on the alternative boxart of the Mutant that we released in January.

So I also had a chat with a long time friend, client for his models, and so it spurred me to go back to his pieces and get back to work on them. So this first batch is of his Raging Hero Iron Empire females. 36 females, and then 2 Forgeworld command models.

Seems I had forgotten 2 more Jailbirds also from Raging Heroes. So got them finished up and ready to go with the other batches.

I cannot remember what the kickstarter was that these were associated with, but I do remember getting them from The Dark Templar during my first Salute 2 yrs ago. Finally got them painted up though, and also gave them as a gift to my friend. Since he can always use more followers for his Word Bearers chaos army.. so basing was set to fit his army.

And then 2 quick paint ups of Hasslefree models that I will probably find use for in Zombiecide or 7TV perhaps...

Not sure what this character is supposed to be with the flashlight and the suppressor based SMG..

At this point I am literally adding models as I paint them and putting them straight into the post :) This is another hasslefree girl I worked on while listening to a meeting from home.. :)

All told, 46 models, so 230 pts for me. Not enough considering the time period, but still works for me I guess :)

Kyle - wow - what a submission . I love the forgeworld command figures - great movement and colours. Hmm how much extra would do do without the man-flu...

From AaronH - Two 28mm Reaper Bones figures for D&D (10 points)

I've recently started playing D&D for the first time in 25 years. I spent a little money on the first Reaper Bones Kickstarter, so I have a lot of fantasy figures. I offered the guys the chance to pick a model and painted the figures for them. One player wasn't here that night, so he'll have to get one next time.

Peter and Farrow.

These two figures are Peter, a rogue, and Farrow a paladin. Reaper claims that you don't need to prime the models. I find that paint pools oddly if you don't. I used Krylon on Peter and nothing on Farrow.

Peter had a backpack but the owner removed it.

I found the Krylon rubbed off pretty easily. Bones are definitely a compromise. They are cheap as chips but do not have the quality of metal. Whether you should be interested is definitely dependent on your motives for buying it.

Farrow the paladin.

This guy suffers from the stroke that most models seem to have had. What is it about sculptors that the left side of the face is always wonky?

Shield shot.

The design on the shield is just decoration. Farrow hasn't revealed much about his god so this will do for now.

Rear view.

The model painted up easily. The designs on the armor make it easy to bling it up a little bit. This model almost painted itself. I really didn't have to put much thought into it.

Peter the rogue.

This model, on the other hand, was difficult. The brief was grays and blacks with brown hair. I really had a hard time making it interesting with that, so added in the dark purple and the colored potions.

You can't really see that he had his backpack ripped off.

I used a lot more highlighting than I normally do, though it's mostly washed out by all that nasty sunlight coming through the window. I put three coats of varnish on each of these. I figure they'll get handled a lot more than the dude in the third rank of the fourth file of the pike and shotte regiment.

The guys have seen the pictures and are pleased so I'll turn these over to them at the next game.

Very colourful lads Aaron. I do wonder about not priming - or why manufacturs say not too particularly for resins etc i have always found them problematic.I see what you mean by face.. maybe he had a good smacking at some time...

From Martin C - Dead Man's Hand - CurtGeld (20 points)

On the 2nd August 1876 Jack McCall walked into a saloon in Deadwood and shot James Bulter "Wild Bill" Hickok in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Nobody knows why McCall, an unsuccessful gambler, killed Wild Bill but it's a pretty easy guess. It bought to an end the colourful life of one of the most successful gamblers and gunslingers in the West.  Wild Bill's final unfinished hand in the game of 5 card draw was 2 pair, aces and eights with 1 unknown card to draw,  aces and eights  know as the Dead Man's Hand from that day forward

The figure is from Artizan Designs and is a cool figure. He needs varnishing but I hope you like him

Martin its one of my favourite figures from the Artizan wild west ones. He's made many an appearance in my games - and always ends up dead! I think the choice certainly fits the bill both gambler and risk taker so lets hope Curt yours is far luckier...

Welcome to Wednesday

Its here again - hump day. The Wednesday crew already have a stack of goodness sent in which will be processed through the day for your entertainment and delictations.

MartinC contines to power on - even setting himself new targets...

This weeks musical interlude...

(April) Spring, Summer and Wednesday - by the kings of head banging Status Quo.

Well on a cold wet winters day in the Northern Hemisphere we all need something to look forward too

Enjoy your day people.