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I also take money (Paypal). Make me an offer.

If trade, both parties pay their respective postage. If sale, buyer pays postage.

Horisont VII 2015 - Day 2 (Saturday)

Saturday morning I was feeling a bit groggy after have slept very badly (I think I had a slight fever).

But upon getting out of the sleeping bag, and down from the self-inflating air mattress, I set about inspecting the state of the war room.

A huge Black Powder Napoleonics table was being prepared. Janner of the LAF had a major share in it.

Then i got caught up in a game of 'It Is Warm Work' against our German friend Vikotnik (of LAF fame). I commanded the French and gave the British a good beating.

The ships are scratch-built out of carboard, barbeque-sticks, etc., by Claus, the host of the game.

It Is Warm Work is fast-paced, and fun, and still retains a lot of realism in the way ships manouever and fight, and I heartily recommend it!

After ruling the waves, I returned to find the Black Powder game well underways. I still think, though, that it suffers a bit from the same 'long game time - little actual action' syndrome that always put me off Warhammer and W40K - but every man his cake, as they say.

I think this table was some kind of Oldhammer-scenario.

Another Lion Rampant game. Medieval this time.

Vintage W40K (?) by Jonas

Pulp Alley (I think) retro sci-fi game by Dr. The Viking

Vikotnik's spectacular bar brawl game

And, finally, a table for some kind of Post Apocalyptic, Road warrior, Mad Max sort of thing, presented by Jens from Pardulon.

My First Painted Pirate!

I missed the latest Painting Club at the LAF - the Weird War version - as I lost every trace of inspiration after base-coating a mini.

This time though, I got a mini in as #64 in The Pikes, Muskets, and Flouncy Shirts Painting Club

My entry is this Artizan Designs buccaneer miniature, which, in this incarnation, I have named Benn Etton.



I started painting Tuesday, and only finished him this morning - he actually has a lot of details that need attention.

I am OK pleased with the outcome, and thrilled to be getting back into the habit of painting.

I shall be spending some hobby-time on dressing some of the Uruk-Hai and Rohan/Saxon bases, but in between I shall start painting the next Viking for my 'purist' Blood Eagle warband.

Primer: Black

Hat:

• I think it is C Graveyard Earth mixed with successively more C Bleached Bone, but the pots are from before I started logging my own mixes.

Hat Band, Coat Lining and Facings. Garters:

1. V Black Red + Black
2. C Khorne Red + V Black Red
3. C Mephiston Red

Neck Cloth:

1. Light grey
2. Very light grey
3. White

Skin:

• The darker end of my usual recipe, starting with a mix of C Dwarf Flesh and C Bestial Brown

Hair:

1. C Graveyard Earth +++Black
2. C Graveyard Earth ++Black
3. C Graveyard Earth +Black

Coat:

1. C Orkhide Shade + Black
2. C Orkhide Shade
3. C Orkhide Shade + C Knarloc Green
4. C Knarloc Green

Flouncy Shirt:

1. V Khaki Brown
2. C Ushabti Bone
3. C Ushabti Bone + White
4. C Ushabti Bone ++ White

Baldric:

1. V Beasty Brown
2. C Vermin Brown
3. C Vermin Brown + C Vomit Brown
4. C Vomit Brown

Sword Sheath:

1. C Scorched Brown
2. C Scorched Brown + V Beasty Brown
3. V Beasty Brown

White Metal:

1. C Boltgun Metal
2. C Chainmail
3. C Mithril Silver

Yellow Metal:

1. V Polished Gold+ Black
2. V Polished Gold
3. V Polished Gold + C Mithril Silver

Trousers:

1. C Scorched Brown
2. C Scorched Brown + C Codex Grey
3. C Scorched Brown ++ C Codex Grey

Boots and Pistol Handle:

• F Musket Stock Brown Triad (actually Quartet, as I have mixed a pot of some medium and light tone)

Horisont VII 2015 - Day 1 (Friday)

I did not take as many photos at the Horisont convention last year as I usually do, as I had a really bad cold, and was not feeling all that well.

On the first evening, I played in a two-sides four-player game of Lion Rampant, Saxon defenders versus Viking raiders. I played one of the Viking parties, another guy whose nick I don't remember the other.

My units are the closest ones. My allies are among the trees to the right.

Everything went my way, until I tried to kill off one of the Saxon leaders, which resulted in my alter ego's untimely demise (my ally's avatar had been killed previously), and we agreed to have lost the game (although we had killed off most of the defenders).

Egeskov Market 2015

As I am sure I have mentioned somewhere before, the field used as the marketplace for the annual Egeskov Market is just on the other side of the railroad from our back yard, and of course we have been attending the event every year, since we moved here.

The market is always accompanied by a fun fair, and it is naturally the main attraction for the kids. So, even though the weather was cold and looked like it might rain, I went there in the afternoon with Anna and Lea.

My kids are in that one.
You'll have to take my word for it.
Would have made me vomit.

This thing goes round and round sideways.
Also would have made me vomit.

Going up on the Ferris wheel.
Anna really is prettier when she is not squinting because of the sunlight.

The market place seen from the top of the Ferris Wheel-

A view along Bøjdenvejen.

Our property is somewhere behind the hedge in the upper right corner.

The bumper car. Not much bumping going on, but the girls insisted.

Looks like they had lots of fun, anyway...

Celebration!!

May 2016 now officially is the most viewed month in the history of this blog!

Thanks to everybody watching - I shall strive to make this, my humble home on the interwebs, an ever more entertaining place to visit.

Now, pour yourself a glass, tankard, or horn of your favourite beverage while I salute you from a Secret Lab in the Middle of Nowhere!

CHEERS!

Ulf is Going Viking!

Finally! The first member of Sigurdr Krage's band of raiders (and my second painted Dark Ages mini) is finished, ready for some pillaging!

Ulf:
Eager to earn his 'horns', Ulf has joined Sigurdr's crew expecting adventure and loot, so he can afford marrying Gunhild (little does he know, Gunhild plans to become a shieldmaiden, and seek fame and fortune of her own).

The reason it took me so long to get him done is, that when I painted the grey tunic, I simply could not get the shading/hightligts to work, and I set him aside while working on other stuff.

Finally, I decided to siply apply a black wash to tie the gray layers together, and although it is not perfect, it is now passable, I think.

The paintjob breaks down as follows:

Primer: Black

Cap:

1. V Black Red + Black
2. C Khorne Red + V Black Red
3. C Mephiston Red

Fur Trim:

1. Black
2. Blue Grey + Black
3. Blue Grey

Hair:

1. V Khaki Grey
2. AP Skeleton Bone
3. WZ Legionaire Flesh

Skin:

• My usual recipe

Tunic:

• Dark through Light Grey (4 layers)
• C Badab Black wash

Belt:

1. C Scorched Brown
2. C Scorched Brown + C Bestial Brown
3. C Bestial Brown
4. C Vermin Brown

Pouch and Shoes:

1. C Snakebite Leather ++ C Scorched brown
2. C Shakebite Leather + C Scorched Brown
3. C Snakebite Leather

Seax Sheath:

1. C Vermin Brown
2. C Vermin Brown + C Vomit Brown
3. C Vomit Brown

Seax Handle:

• F Musket Stock Brown Triad

Breeches

• F Shadow Pink Triad

Dyller (Leg Wrappings):

1. C Orchide Shade + Black
2. C Orkhide Shade
3. C Knarloc Green

Axe Handle:

1. C Tausept Ochre
2. AP Skeleton Bone

Axe Head:

1. C Boltgun Metal
2. C Chainmail
3. C Mithril Silver

Stats:

Name	Ulf, young Viking										Points Cost
Attributes	Fate	FV	SV	Speed	Religion
Value	5+	+1	+1	+0	Pagan						17
Points	2	1	1	0							4
Traits
Armour	Læderbrynje					Encumbrance		Light	Armour Rating:	8	1
Fighting Weapon	Attack Bonus	Hands Required	Fate Modifier	Notes							Points Cost
Økse	+3	1	-1	Sundering							8
Seax	+1	1	-1	Can be thrown							5
Unarmed - Unskilled	+0	1	+1								0
Shooting Weapon	Attack Bonus	Range	Hands Required	Fate Modifier	Notes						Points Cost
Seax	+1	6”	1	-1							(5)