Trolls and contrast paints

 

Went on a bit of a purge this weekend!

More after the cut

Hobby update. Lockdown part 2

 

Another little update of my painting output since the second lockdown was announced here in the UK after the cut.

Blood in the Badlands. Week 9

 

After the craziness and carnage of the Marshes of Madness old alliances and rivalries were reforged.

More after the cut

Blood in the Badlands. The Marshes of Madness

This one's a big one!!

Blood in the Badlands. Games 8

 

Covid continues to take a massive dump on our campaign but at least it does give me a chance to catch up with my battle reports.

Next up a savage battle between Lee and I

Blood in the Badlands games 7

 

The carnage of the Badlands continues into the Spring Season.

More after the cut

Blood in the Badlands. Game 6

 

I want to apologise for my lack of blogging and comments on the blogs I follow.

The re-opening of schools has opened a can of worms regarding the safeguarding of vulnerable school children.

I large part of my job now is as a Designated Safeguarding lead and my time at work is go, go, go from the second I walk in.

Anyway back to the fun stuff. . . . 

Blood in the Badlands. Game 5

 

With the loose alliance formed for the siege of Ekrund over the Forces of Khorne and Savage Orc's turn on each other to contest land between their empires.

Blood in the Badlands. The siege of Ekrund

Game four saw the 6 generals break into a loose alliance of two teams to play out the 'Siege of Ekrund'

Scenario one would see the Forces of Nurgle and Throgg clash over the Watch tower.

Blood in the Badlands. Weeks one to three. Opening engagements

 So here are my belated series of battle reports from our ongoing Blood in the Badlands Campaign.

More after the cut

Dwarven outpost for the Badlands

 

So my Dwarven terrain rampage continues.

This time something a bit more substantial.

More after the cut

Orcified Watch Tower

 

After the Dwarf brew house and the Beer Wagon I was still not happy with the amount of Orc terrain I had considering this campaign was set in the Badlands of the Old World.

Only one thing for it. . . . . .

Dwarven Beer Wagon scratch build

 

After the cut is my new 'Dwarven Beer wagon' for the Badlands

Warhammer Fantasy warm up games

 

Here is the start of a back log of battle reports for the Blood in the Badlands campaign.

More after the cut.

More legends of the Old West

 

Having fled to the hills; the Duke licked his wounds and plotted his revenge . . . . . 

Legends of the old west

 

Got a short campaign of Legends of the old West in with my brother over the summer.

More after the cut.

Summer photo dump

 

Back to work this week.

Summer has been a busy one hobby wise.

More after the cut

July update pt.1

So here is what might be my last update until schools return in September.

More after the break.

June update part 2

So the painting purge continues and the miniatures continue to fall.

More after the cut . . .  .

June update pt.1

After the photo dump of the Beastman army a slightly more scatter gun post.

More after the cut.

Beastman army completed!! Something wicked this way comes . . . .

So here it is, the photo dump of my Beastman army I finished in lock down.

Be warned I got a little trigger happy taking photos.

More after the cut.

May update pt.2

So the mojo remains high and I continue to pump out the miniatures.

First up another Space Wolf Terminator for my brother.

May update

The painting binge continues.

LOTS more after the break.

Final April update

So here is my final April update.

I am working from home for at least the next 3 weeks so probably no more blog posts till June.

Just a reminder I am now on Instagram as 'Riotville'.

More after the cut.

That still only counts as one!

After the break is a photo dump of the Giant I have finally finished.

April update pt.2

So here is the April update part 2 after the break.

April Update

Somehow this miniature seemed appropriate.

Hope everyone is keeping safe and well.

April update after the break.

March update.

So I'm back at work this week as the designated Student Safe guarding lead as we still need to check in on the vulnerable students from school which means I will get a chance to blog.

Not sure when I will blog again but normal service (whatever that means) will resume when the schools reopen.

Here is my current hobby updates after the break.

Saturday night fights. Triumph and treachery!

This Saturday three of us met up at mine for Saturday Night Fights.

With three in attendance it had to be T and T!

More after the cut.

Hrothgorns Mantrappers enter the underworlds. Photo's re-uploaded

So the painting mojo continues at a pace with the 'Hrothgorns Mantrappers' ready to enter Beast Grave.

More after the cut.

Riotville LIVE! 2020. Rounds four and five.

Here are the final two rounds of Riotville 2020.

Riotville LIVE 2020. Round three

After a cracking roast dinner I returned to the tables for round three of Riotville LIVE 2020.

More after the cut.

Riotville LIVE 2020. Round two

After the break is a more organised version of round 2.

Riotville LIVE 2020. Round one

Here is a more organised version of round one

Riotville LIVE 2020 the photo dump pt.2

Here is the second photo dump.

I will get this sorted into a narrative through the upcoming days.

Riotville LIVE 2020 the photo dump pt.1

So another Riotville LIVE has come and gone.

And my word this one was a bit special.

Thanks to everyone who attended and made it such a success.

Roll on next year!!

Not sure why the photos are cock-eyed but if I get a chance I will sort it out later.

I will also try to forge this into some kind of narative but for now here is the first photo dump.

More after the cut.

Half term recap pt.2

So my hobby mojo continued into the half term.

First up I completed the unit of 10 warriors for my Riotville LIVE army!

More after the cut

Half term recap. The story so far!

The half term break kicked off with the usual 'Saturday night fights' at my place.

With the release of two new warbands it had to be Underworlds.

Despite the new warbands Justin and I threw down with Skaven and Gits :0/

Another small sign of life

Work continues to be a slog with 60 hour weeks the norm.

That said I am still getting my Saturday night fix of gaming.

More after the cut.

Breaking my painting duck . . . . .in a most unexpected way!

So I have finally broken my painting duck for the year.

For any international readers out there it's a cricketing term for when you get out without scoring a single run (i.e being useless,/ getting sod all done!).

More after the cut.

Saturday night fights: 1800 points of WHF

Saturday night saw 4 of us congregate in the garage.

With all that space it had to be Warhammer Fantasy!

After my arse kicking last Friday I had to play Phil. More after the cut.

Great game, shoddy photos. Warhammer Fantasy at IWG

Ilford Wargaming club have decided to start hosting Friday nights once a month.

It seemed rude not to turn up and support.

The game was great. the photos I took not so much 😣

More after the cut.

The 12 games of Christmas part 3

"Happy New year you Pr**K!!

So here is the final instalment of . . . . .

Saturday night fights kicked off as usual.

And my word did it kick off!!

The 12 games of Christmas. Part 2. The desolation of Solland

On the 30th of December I got to continue my '12 games of Christmas' when I hosted a Warhammer Fantasy day at mine.

This would see 5 other generals congregate to help me with . . . . . . .

12 games of Christmas blow out pt.1

Happy new year one and all.

Nope I'm not dead and my dance card has been fully stacked over the Christmas break.

Strap in for the 2019 / 2020 12 games of Christmas.