More Ospreys

I recently received these from Amazon. I'm getting ready for the inevitable WWI Painting Club at the LAF.

Pulp Gaming

Actually, one of my main gaming interests is the Pulp genre - and yet, I have not made a single post about it.

It changes now! Buckle up, get your hat, and get ready for a bumpy ride...

2013-10-10, Work in Progress

Well, as I stated elsewhere, I haven't been idle the last couple of weeks - I just haven't had time to update.

I had to fix this guy's base (he is a Superfig Brick, but I use him as a bad guy for pulp games) because the neodyne magnet under the base had come loose; I use super magnets under slottas to make them stick to the magnetic A4-sheets I put at the bottom of printer paper boxes for miniature storage. All minis with integral bases (and a lot of small terrain features) I now base on steel washers, so the magnetic sheet solution seems the most practical.

For the same reason, I just started rebasng these Pulp Figures brits (I used them to get started playing Pulp Alley) that were formerly - unnecessarily - based on slottas:



The captain's cane also needs repairing a bit, thus the matt black enamel on the tip.

When playing our first game of Pulp Alley, we realized that miscellaneous civillians are needed for the Plot Points, and I have decided, that every time we roll up a type of mini I don't already have painted, I'll rush such a figure to the front of  the painting queue.

This time, the figure in question was a 'Clever Child' - and what better way of solving this than painting up this Pulp Figure from the set 'Stalwart Companions' as Short Round from The Temple of Doom?

Shown here with cleaned mold lines, and based on a steel washer with some filler to smooth out the shape of the integral base.

Some (long) time ago, I got six OOP Dungers from Curtis at Ramshackle Games for free to give to my eldest daughter who wanted her own herd for Dunger Derby. I finally got my act together this week and got them cleaned a bit and glued to washers:

I have to rinse them in soap water before priming  for Anna to paint them herself. I shall try introducing her to the layering technique of progressively lighter shades.

Speaking of Dunger Derby, I think it may be about time we play it - I just dusted my desert board off for last sunday's game of Pulp Alley, so it's just a question of putting my painted Dungers and the varios markes on it.

For my Pike & Shot and Zombies: Warhammer Apocalypse Z project - AND for the 'Medieval Painting Order' at the Lead Adventur Forum, I painted these two:

A 3rd Ed. Warhammer Bretonnian archer, and a 6th Ed. plastic Empire sprearman.

I am stil re-learning my techniques  after a long hiatus, so I'm not completely satisfied with the results, but they'll have to do. Every mini takes me ages to paint, partly because I paint painstakingly slowly, partly because I rarely have more than ½ hr to sit down at get something done.


I'm also painting up another Archer, here shown as WIP.

I have 8 of these old Perry sculpts, and I intend to paint them (over time) as belonging to the same retinue, and then maybe get me a few more, or maybe get some 5th Ed. plastics to supplement them.

Finally, I have been rebasing these Copplestone sculpts (I'm not sure whether they are from Mark Copplestones own series, or from Grenadier/eM4) that I bought a couple of years ago. I simply painted and modelled the bases to fit with my other models:


 As you can see, I do try to get a few things done, and as I'm at home, today nursing my youngest daughter who's got a sore throat, I thought I could Work a bit on this, sorely neglected, blog.

I have started writing up the promesed X-Wing AAR, too, but it tales a while to do.

Stay tuned for a couple of additional posts later today!

Horisont V

I'm going to the 'alternative wargaming' convention Horisont V on November 15th to 17th - this year in Silkeborg.

I look forward to a weekend with other gamers with similar preferences as myself!

Link: http://www.horisontesbjerg.dk/

Originally, I intended to bring a game, my Pike & Shot AND Zombies: Warhammer Apocalypse Z - project, but the acquisition of the necessary zombies has been delayed, and theres no way I'm going to have a sufficient number painted up in time.

I'll just go there, relax, and play some games.

Foiled by Real Life... again...

I'm done making promises about updating this blog. Every time I decide to get something done, something happens that gets in the way.

In my last post I promised to start writing up an AAR for an X-Wing game I played solo during the summer holidays (or there abouts), began writing during a break at work, and then the internet connection died on me after a few minutes.

Since then, most of my time at home has been used moving a couple of tons of organic soil/dirt (I got delivered from the local recycling plant) from the street in front of the house to the vegetable garden behind the house. With shovel and wheelbarrow...

I have been painting a bit some evenings, and, actually, I have managed to finish rebasing some painted minis I bought a LONG time ago.

I don't know when I'll be able to get things on here, though. Time is sparse, and, frankly, I prefer to spend the little time I have for hobbying on getting some figures ready for the table.

Finally, an update!

It's not because I haven't done anything hobby-wise the last 3 weeks, I just had no time update this blog.

I have finished editing the (80+) pics my Star Wars: X-Wing demo game and shall commence writing up the AAR in a few.

I also participated in Lead Adventure Forum's Pulp Painting Club; pic of my entry shall, of course, be presented here, along with WIP pic of another Evil Hooded Minion, along with a third one I just finished repairing after a rub-off incident.

Stay tuned the next couple of days; I promise getting some stuff done!

Back in the chair!

It's been quiet, as I have been away on vacation with the family, and have had plenty to look after since then.

We got ourselves a very cute puppy August 1st, and the cat had a single kitten today, so the family grows.

My daughters enjoy their new mate

Recently, though, I managed to get my painting desk cleaned up, and I'm now ready to start splashing colour at little ugly figurines again.

I have also decided, that I have to paint at least 5 minis before I by a single new one (this restriction does NOT apply to the acquisition of a bunch of Mantic zeds I have planned, as I have to get some to get the Pike & Shot and Zombies project on tracks), as i have plenty of minis for almost any occation, and need to bring down the number of unpainted toys down.

Heres's a picture of my desk with the old GW pain(t) station that I use, because it can be moved without the WIP being stowed away:

The mini is a partly painted Wargames Factory Late Republican (Caesarian) Roman Legionaire that I'm going to use as a warm-up excercise before painting a couple of Bob Murch Pulp Figures Evil Hooded Minions (and repairing another one that got damaged and subsequently re-based).

That's all for today. Hopefully, I'll have some WIP shots of the legionaire one of the next days; I have the most of the day off tomorrow, as I will be working evening shift, and Monday is completely my own, so I expect to get some painting done over the next 4 days.