Had some free time over the holidays and made use of the time. The weather did break a bit, which means the CSM was due his walks.
1st up is a ride in Lady Sarah's Limousine from the Historical Drama set of the Bulge to the Sci-Fi set.
For the last game of 2022 we played Ravenfeast and used a Little Wars TV scenario to save King Harold from raiding Vikings. As usual I'm drawn to what we are playing. I had some villagers primed and the need to spice up the table I gave them my new signature contrast paint job. So, here are the 3 villagers, the chicken boy, the beggar and the maid. The maid is the tithe for the Limo ride. The figures are Wargames Foundry.
Over head of the table with village and settlers first on the board.
Grog Ard'Nogg, Ogre Veteran:
For the Sci-Fi set I present a Victoria Miniatures figure. Trenchworx carries this line and he and other sci-fi figures I hope to complete are fabulous. His slug thrower is huge and his blade vicious. Like my little AFV heads in an earlier post a joy to paint. Grog can be used for Stargrave and I did get Xenos Rampant for Xmas so maybe. I again tried a bulk of contrast paints and was satisfied and regular acrylic for the rest. Fun to paint a larger figure as well.
Package Illustration for a guide
I placed Gorg on a diy base to match a few sci-fi crew figures I did last year.
For the base I use wire mesh and a piece of zip tie for grating.
Next distraction is a project from Great Escape Games and Iron Cross miniatures. A couple of gaming compadres are Russian fanatics. Both collect and paint Russians, with the undertone to play a number of Stalingrad type scenarios. As I have 3 German BA forces I was not up for more Germans, but can't help being drawn into a project. So why not East Front Italians. I have 4 squads with support troops and a few AFV's. Here is my start of one squad. I again wandered down the contrast road. My pallet is limited, yet I did have Space Wolf grey so why not. I like how they turned out and will help in completing them in a somewhat expeditious fashion.
I didn't add snow to the bases. For some reason if I play with figures with snow on the base they just look wrong on a non-snow table. So I gave these the tundra look and to me they can be seen on a snow table or not. My brain on miniatures. Scary thing.
A bit of a run around the studio.
Potential points.
13 x 28mm = 65
1 x 54mm = 10
Limo ride = 20
Sci-Fi set = 20
Total =115 pts
plus 2 bonus points! = 117
Thanks for looking.
Minion Miles: Wow great job - especially for Gorg, who earns you a bonus point for the basing. Plus because your are obviously a person of supreme erudition and taste - as evidenced by your use of the Ravensfeast ruleset we put out at LWTV, another bonus point has been awarded. May others follow your most admirable example.
