There Will be Blood

A quick update today to show off the last of the models for Richard's Thousand Sons:

Ahriman

Hitech Miniatures Terrorizer Morbus

Hitech Miniatures Terrorizer Crusher

Hitech Miniatures Terrorizer Ripper

Terrorizer group shot

 The Terrorizer's from Hitech Miniatures are going to be used as Mutilators as far as I'm aware, they're fun to paint and have a lot of detail, I really like how they came out.

On another note, a friend of mine, Ian, is hoping to take part in a charity bike ride in Africa in November for Teens Unite Fighting Cancer, if you feel inclined he has a Just Giving page for donations:  Follow this link.  If you can give anything it would be appreciated.

'Til next time.

Take care.

J

Welcome to an actual update

First up I'd like to welcome Sidewinder to the blog, thank you for following my occasional ramblings and mini photos.

And on those lines I'd like to show you the two Dystopian Wars Land Fleets that I've finally got painted up for Charlie, first up the Empire of the Blazing Sun:

O-I 'Taka-Ashi' Heavy Walker w/HQ Tower

O-I 'Taka-Ashi' Heavy Walker w/Main Turret

Type II 'Chi-Ri' Medium Tank

Ho-I Class Mobile Bombard

Ke-Ho Small Tanks

There are 11 of the small tank bases as somehow one got into the Kingdom of Britannia sea fleet box instead of a flyer ?!?

And speaking of the Kingdom of Britannia, here is their land fleet:

Sovereign Class Land Ship w/ Cathedral HQ

Sovereign Class Land Ship w/ Mortars

Sovereign Class Land Ship w/Top Mounted Turrets

MKII Class Tank

Cromwell Class Bombards

Terrier Class Small Tank

I hope you like these guys, they were quite fun to paint (if a little tricky in places).

Next up will be some more of Richard's Thousand Sons, maybe even by the end of the weekend.

Until then, take care.

J

Show & Tell

Finally got round to taking some photos of my recently finished miniatures.

But before I show those off I want to point people to the Pulp City Kickstarter which is going great guns at the moment, already funded and hitting stretch goals fairly regularly and there are still 11 days to go.

If you want to see how it's all progressing you can go to Kicktraq, a site that shows the progress and stats for Kickstarter projects and you can see where it's at.

And now onto the pictures, as I said last time in order to get into painting I started with a few simple miniatures to get back into it:

Sovereign from Pulp City

Armed Archeologist from Copplestone Castings

Tweedy Mattison from Crooked Dice

Mickael from Hasslefree Miniatures

And as well as them here are some of Richard's next batch of Thousand Sons, this time Warp Talons:

Well, that's it for this post, next time I should have the the rest of Richard's Thousand Sons and Charlie's 2 land fleets for Dystopian Wars.

'Til next time.

J

Out With the Old, In With the New

So, somewhat predictably after a post title like "Back on Track" things went askew soon after and my hobby mojo vanished for well over 6 months and is still a little slow to return unfortunately.

But that was the year that was and I did get some new impetus at the end of November and December and have managed to do a bit more work on Richard & Charlie's minis, (my utmost apologies for the delay gents, but things are starting to look up), as well as 3 models that I did to try and get the hobby juices started again.  I'll get pictures up of them soon.

So what's in store for 2014?

Well it's starting well, with the Pulp City Kickstarter due January 30th (check the Facebook page and the Website for more info and previews) I've been saving up & really hope everything goes well for the guys.

For Christmas I got the Pulp Alley rules (from PA's uk supplier Statuesque Miniatures), which prompted me to dig out the Pulp era mini's I have and at least think about getting them painted (which believe me is a BIG improvement on where I was for most of the back half of last year).

The rules themselves look like a blast to play and I look forward to giving them a go.

Other than that I'm hoping to finally get down to the club this year (I only managed it once last year, and that the the first week of January), I'm not really interested in the games that are being played at the moment (Dreadball, X-wing and Star Trek: Attack Wing mostly) but as I've barely left the house for most the last 10 months, just being mildly social will be something of a shock to the system I expect.  And there's always the odd night where I can take something like Pulp City or Pulp Alley down and get some people to play.

Come to think of it I've got an Ottoman Fleet for Dystopian Wars somewhere that I need to actually take out of the box and do something with at some point...

So there's a few things on the horizon, hopefully I can get some photo's taken soon and then the next post will be more show than tell.

Til next time.

Take care

J

Back on Track

Everything seems to be going moderately ok at the moment, and what with the nutty weather being actually rather pleasant in this neck of the woods for the last couple of days I've managed to get the latest Pulp City miniatures Dullcoted and photographed, I hope you like:

Gorgoroth, Taurus Captain from the Ulthar sub-faction

Le Multiple, the last of my A.R.C Supremes, (all three count as one for game purposes)

Xyllian, Master Sagittarius for the Ulthar

Shadowmask, the first of my Jade Cult Supremes

Sanguine, Necroplane's vampiric agent on Earth

Mourn, Necroplane's willing servant

With this batch I've finally completed the Ulthar and A.R.C. (until Red Bella & The Primates of Power are released), so at some point in the near future I will be taking group shots of both completed teams, I just want to work out the best way to do it as my current setup's not great for more than a few mini's at a time.

I'm hoping to complete Rich's next batch of Thousand Son's this week so hopefully I will have pictures of them and Charlie's Japanese land fleet for Dystopian Wars some time next weekend all things being even.

So until then, take care.

J

Real World Blues pt2

It seems like if it's not one thing it's another at the moment.  Just as my toes heal up I go and do something to my back that means I couldn't sit and paint or use a computer for longer than 10 minutes without being in excruciating pain.  Hopefully that's it now and I can actually get back to doing the things I want to, we shall see.

So, a little later than I wanted, here is the next set of Pulp City models I have completed:

Moonchild, a shapeshifter who can turn into...

Moon Coyote

Moonchild/Moon Coyote can be either Bloodwatch or Coven Supremes

Gemini X, who is the twin brother of...

Gemini Y

These two are Ulthar psychics

Ra'Leigh, Ulthar Aquarius Warlord, leader of the alien threat to Earth

Silverager, A.R.C. scientist and calming influence, just don't make him angry, you won't like him when he's angry!

Blood Rose, an alien from a destroyed universe who can teleport, a Bloodwatch member

Hellsmith, a minor deity reawakened to bring destruction to Pulp City

As well these Supremes I have also finished a number of tokens and minions for various characters:

Explosive markers for Dr. Red to lay down on his turn

Vector's Pixels finally finished along with...

Megapixel

Size comparison with their creator

Another size comparison

Since completing these I've also got another eight PC models finished, but I ran out of matte varnish so I'm going to have to wait till after the bank holiday before I pop down to my local hobbystore and pick up a new can.

I've also finished up Charlie's EoBS land fleet for Dystopian Wars and I'm making headway on Rich's Thousand Suns Warp Talons that I've had since before Christmas, though my back problems have meant I haven't got as far with them I would have liked, hopefully the coming week will see me get back on track with them.

So there will be a fair few updates coming in the near future (provided my, apparently, easily broken body behaving itself for a bit), so keep your eyes peeled.

'Til next time, take care.

J

Real World Blues

I've been a little distracted lately, mainly with two broken toes on my right foot, which is why I haven't updated lately.  However they are almost healed and I can sit almost comfortably at my desk for long enough to type so I thought I'd throw up a quick update.

For this one I have a few more Orc ships for Uncharted Seas to show off:

 The Slaughter class Flagship

Impaler class Destroyers, they have special rules for salvaging an repairing themselves so I tried to give the sails a repaired look to compliment the hulls.



As with all the updated fleet models from Spartan Games, these are a big improvement on the old models and I really liked the painting process on them.

I hope you like them.

Next time out there will be a pretty big update with lots of Pulp City minis as Ive not only been comfort eating whilst my broken toes have been healing, but also comfort painting and PC minis have been my drug of choice.  There will also be some more of Charlie and Richard's commissions coming soon, but I need the weather to sort itself out and give me a couple of dry days to get the varnishing done first.

So until next time, take care.

J