Shortshank redemption pt.15. Knowledge is power!

So it turns out games this summer are like buses. . . . . . You wait ages for one and then three come along at once!!

Sunday I get a call from my Brother wondering if a game was a possibility. 10pm he rocks up and finds the board set out thus......

This will be a battle for the library section of the map. The set up above is supposed to represent the ruined library and the surrounding houses.

Both of us had made the effort to rewrite your warband roster sheets in order to re-orientate ourselves with our warbands. This proved to be a worthwhile task as both Kris and I rediscovered all sorts of abilities, skills and character upgrades we had forgotten about.

This would lead us to have an absolute epic, see-saw, knifed edge battle. Probably the best game of Mordheim I have ever played and that is saying something!!!

Inquisimunda. First contact

Saturday night saw me stuffing some miniatures into a box and driving over to Neils at 'Rom on the Ford' to have a go at 'Inquisimunda'.

This is another game I have been waiting an age to play after my first attempt to play a campaign stalled out after my first effort.

I enter the 'shed of lead' to find three other protagonists and the board set up as such. . . . .

Neil had done a stirling job with the fluff and a number of texts had been sent to the players with snippits of information from underhive informants and official channel communiques about a duct collapse that had revealed a potential archeotech site.

All very intriguing and had me salivating to get stuck in!

Shortshank redemption pt.14. Sigmar looks after Drunks and children!

This Friday my Brother and I finally managed to meet up and play another chapter of our ongoing Mordheim campaign.

Game 14 would be an 'occupy' scenario with us needeing to occupy 3 central buildings. We decided that we needed to have a conclussion so decided that whoever held the most buildings would sneak the win.

Warhammer Quest, Silver Tower. Trial of Ghyran

Once again a disparate group of reprobates gathered at the Creative Biscuit to further explore the Silver tower.

We have decided to work our way through the trails as they are suggested in the guide book so this time the adventurers were set to encounter life at its most profane (or Lano as we like to call him ;0)).

Army painter sprays . . . .so easy even a 6 year old can do it!

As most of us know it's the school summer holidays and that means only one thing for parents . . . . . stopping yourself from killing the kids!!

Sorry I mean entertaining the kids (don't call social services!).

With this in mind I decided to have the little fella paint up his Ork Trukk he managed to blag during our last visit to Dark Sphere!

I should say now this has been done over several sessions which will explain the variety of haircuts and clothing seen in the following pictures. . . . . . 

Step 1, shake it don't break it!

Step 2, Break the bits into their different colours and spray, spray, spray!

Black

Red

Green

"Job done!"

Step 3, Ink washes.

Sticking out his tongue as he paints . . . .Just like has Dad!

Yes there were spillages!!!

Step 4, Stick the bits together.

At this point we recruited my daughter into the mix. Many hands make light work.

Quality control seems happy!

Step 5, step back and admire your handywork.

Step 6, Blog those photos.

I will probably touch the trukk up over the Bank holiday weekend to pick out some details as well as add some transfers but time will tell and both him and I are more then happy to call this done.

The Riot through Kevin Adams eyes. Foundry Beastmen brutes characters

I have finished off the Beastman I had sculpted with my face by Kevin Adams while at BOYL.

This is the sort of thing that only happens at BOYL. It's brill!

My profile shot!

"This way lads"

Just so I can say I have actually finished something this summer I pulled out the final fella to complete the set.

And here is the group shot. . . .

For some reason I also painted up another Space Wolf . . . . .Still no idea why?

I have also started listing some bits on ebay as I have had to have a real think about the lead mountain.

Miniatures painted / sold this year = 97 (silver tower does not count)

Target 100

Miniatures bought 30 (damn you BOYL!!)

372 miniatures to go!

67 in the black this year

Scibor 28mm Ogre Gunner #1

Fact 1. I have LOVED painting this miniature!!!!!

It is gorgeous!

Everything about this miniature makes you want to do the absolute best you can to capture it's details!

Even the back of the miniature is a pleasure to paint.

Love the pose and the face just tells it's own story.

10 out of 10 Scibor!

Miniatures painted / sold this year = 92 (silver tower does not count)

Target 100

Miniatures bought 30 (damn you BOYL!!)

377 miniatures to go!

62 in the black this year

Butter Bean . . . . . the Ogre

While kit bashing I stumbled across a pair of arms I could bash into what looked like a boxing pose.

I still needed to chop off the hands and replace them with ironfists but I am more then happy with the result.

"Eat this!"

Even before I stuck the head on I was thinking of this fella . . . . .

and Butter Bean the Ogre pit fighter champion was born!

One thing the photo above inspired me to do was try to paint the 'stars and stripes' onto the ogres trousers.

I am really pleased with the 'washed out' effect I achieved and it is certainly something I will attempt again the the future.

Miniatures painted / sold this year = 91 (silver tower does not count)

Target 100

Miniatures bought 30 (damn you BOYL!!)

378 miniatures to go!

61 in the black this year