The Walking Dead: Prelude to Woodbury

Ever since Mantic announced they were going to launch a Walking Dead game based on the graphic novels, I have been wanting a slice of the action. Now, finally, I have purchased the solo version of the rules, and am now all but ready to get stuck in (I just have to finish painting the last member of Lea's Sellswords and Spellslingers party, then I can paint Brian Blake and use some of my already painted zombies to get started).

I need to find a source for card sleeves fitting the character cards, though, as they have quite an unusual size (88 x 126 mm), and none of my usual pushers seem to have that size of sleeves in supply.

I hope to get my jungle bases done and put away tomorrow, and then get my dinner tabled cleared so I can make the 10"x10" and 15"x15" mats required for this version of the game. I should be able to clean up and rebase Brian Blake somewhen during the weekend, getting him ready for being painted, as soon as I finish Lea's barbarian, which I should also get back to painting this weekend, or Monday at the very latest.

Jungle Bases, Second Batch WIP

After almost two months of hiatus, due to garden projects and other real life entanglements, the last couple of days I have been making some progress on my second batch of jungle bases for multiple purposes. As soon as the paint has dried, I shall drybrush the bases, and they will be ready for the table (and I shall then clean up the dining table and get some gaming going - I am suffering severe withdrawal symptoms at the moment).

Vacation 2016 - Day 16: Guédelon Castle, Part 3

Here is the next small batch of photos from this extraordinary site.

Further down you will find some pics of a couple of carts, which may be of great interest to re-enactors and others with a knack for historical equipment.

I shall continue to post small batches like this from our day at Guédelon, in between posting about gaming stuff (I should have something game-related ready for posting tomorrow, if everything goes as planned today, but you never know when real life suddenly kicks in).

Vacation 2016 - Day 16: Guédelon Castle, Part 2

Just inside the site, other scale models  have been erected. Not that it seemed to please Anna...

The first sight of the actual castle!

The rope-makers rope-walk.

Closing in on the castle.

The stonemason's workshop

Soon, It Will Be Christmas!

I am experimenting with Christmas ornaments on my CR10S.

The picture deceives a bit, as I used Auto White Balance in GIMP, which has made the contrast in the Silky Gold PLA seem a bit harsher than in real life; I am right now trying to find a printing temperature that preserves the 'silky' effect a bit better, but the next couple of days the printer will be busy printing ram horns for Lea's new ram skull (as soon as I have cleaned up the skull, removing the supports completely, I shall be posting some pics).

I am pretty content with my decision to get a 3D printer - just so many possibilities!

Vacation 2016 - Day 16: Guédelon Castle, Part 1

As you can see to the right, our 1963 Eccles fit snugly at the tent lot we were lucky to get in an otherwise fully booked camping site. 😁

Our reason for heading for the Loire Valley was to visit the Medieval building site of Guédelon.

Over a period of 25 years, this project is to build a real Medieval castle, using historically correct methods and materials. What an endeavour! 😮😮😮

In the entrance building, one immediately spots a model of the castle as it is going to look when finished. I sanpped some phots, as a 1/40th scale model like this should be of great interest for other wargamers like me!

I do not have time to post and comment more pictures right now; I may find time for another post later this evening, after the kids return from their activities (Anna is at the library in Ringe, attending a class in creative writing, and Lea is also in Ringe, for her gymnastics), and dinner has been consumed.

Land Speeder Reprise

Thought I would show one of my prints with a couple of minis - I also needed a place-holder for the pic to use it at one of the forums I use 😏