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All walls now complete too. Well, I am considering adding some tufts, but I currently can't find my tweezers and CBF dealing with them by hand, so... Favourite detail was this sneaky goblin: 😂 Keen to keep the terrain train going - I know I've got a Reaper Minis graveyard, with a mausoleum/chapel, as well as more fences and gravestones, but I can't for the life of me find anything but the base of the chapel. Frustrating! I have some plastic trees from something too - will have to look at making some woods bases too.

Following on from my June updates, I gave the pieces I "ruined" a wash, which was trickier than I expected since the paints I "ruined" them with seems remarkably hydrophobic, so had to be much looser than I like, which left a lot of tide staining. But I suppose it's good these are just terrain pieces... I then gave this chapel piece, and the others I was working on, a matte varnish to try help with the washing step, and got myself back on track. More drybrushing, some edge highlights, and yeah, happy to know where I thought I'd be a few nights ago. You can also kinda see one of the stone circle terrain pieces in the background. They were particularly rough after the first wash step.

Found my Reaper Minis crypt - as I thought, I had built and primed it, but had also actually done a decent amount of drybrushing too, so that's neat. Did confirm it's missing at least one piece though - the main "spire" piece. I'll have to dig up my Bones Kickstarter box to see if it slipped to the bottom, or else see what greebles I have from the manor house that I could use instead. Edit: I did find the spire, as well as a few other bits from the Graveyard/Crypt set, so that was good - and a few other terrain sets that would be great to use on a Warhammer table too, huzzah!

Is it even a reaper mini if she doesn't have her big old riddles hanging out? 😂

Progress continues with a lot more assembly, disassembly, and reassembly, getting it right the second time around. I’m half tempted to turn this into a 40k terrain piece.

Some progress on a new project. The family gave me this kit for my last birthday.

And a lot of dinosaurs (printed up for me by Big). These are from We Played God, a co-op game of survival in a hostile environment. It’s pretty much Jurassic Park in a game. They have been painted with a combination of brush, airbrush, contrast paints and washes.

Painted some models for the grand finale scenario of The Silver Bayonet Egypt campaign. Small projects, but good to get them done and off my very long to-do list. This sphinx is the supposedly inert statue in the boss/treasure room. Model by Reaper Miniatures, I think it was from one of their plastic Bones Kickstarters. It sat undercoated in a box for years. A rear view so I can show off the feather details. Some intact pillars I've had sitting undercoated in a box for years. Paint pot shown for scale. At first I was going to do them plain to match my ruins. Then I realised this is the 'before adventurers' version.

I found I did take a pic after the initial moss application - you can see how much more intense it is at first. But yeah, it does feather really well - and I guess when thinned enough behaves like a wash for getting into and settling in the crevices, which is perfect for moss (and rust).

Continuing with the theme of something different, here is an A-10 painted up in a rainbow serpent racing scheme.

Margaritas at the Cementerio - A Song of Drums & Shakos Texas Revolution 1836 AAR Well the third game of our Texas Revolution Campaign is done and dusted! This game used the Reinforcements Scenario from the More Song of Drums & Shakos Rule Book. The AAR… After successfully defeating the Mexican Patrol that had carried off vital Texians supplies Brister reinforced with local Tejanos divided his force to locate the defeated Mexicans and finish them off. He lead his New Orleans Greys southwards while the Alabamians moved off westward. ****** After retreating from the Hacienda Sergeant Banderas was ordered to hold a strongpoint at a remote cemetery while his Officer Captain Del Toro sourced ammunition and reinforcements so they could resumed their Patrols Task. ****** Banderas and his Cazadores had just settled down when musket shots disturbed the peace. Banderas looked about and saw Revolutionaries, he cursed these Devilish Texians how had they caught up with him so quickly, he ordered his Cazadores to stand too and open fire! Under the covering fire of the Greys Tejano Leader Manuel led his men forward within minutes he was wounded along with several others and his remaining men fled to join the Greys! With his attempt at at Coup de Main in taters Brister led his Greys forward but not toward the cemetery but toward another group of Soldados who had arrived and who were approaching the cemetery to reinforce it's defenders. Privates Horatio Cunningham and Abney Holmes led this advanced and opened up hot and accurate fire on the Mexicans. They quickly scored hits which resulted in one Soldado surrendering to them and most of the rest scarpering! Little did they know but their first shot had wounded Captain Del Toro who dropped to the ground writhing in pain and on seeing this most of his men fled in terror! With the Mexicans reinforcements defeated Brister turned his men onto the cemetery and what followed was a heated closeup exchange of fire. The firefight looked to be favouring the Texians until some Mexican Cavalry arrived and decisively turned the tide! With the odds now against them Brister ordered his men to retire. His Texians had pushed the Mexicans to their breaking point but once his enemy received Cavalry support he knew he had shot his bolt, he decided he needed to locate the boys from Alabama and combine with them before taking on these Mexicans again! A Mexican Victory! Viva Santa Anna! With the Revolutionaries falling back Sergeant Banderas gathered the remaining Mexicans together and rewarded them with shots! Being short of his favourite Tequila he 'watered' the shots down with other items in his pack some Curacao and Lime Juice he was surprised the troops really enjoyed the mix and asked for more! Meanwhile a frustrated Captain Del Toro his forehead wound dressed prepared himself to enter the fray again, he swore he would wipe out these Texians! Some Pictures… The height of the action at the Cementario! Nathaniel R. Brister's New Orleans Greys give the Tejanos covering fire as the advance on the Mexicans. The New Orleans Greys on the brink of victory as they clear a section of the defenders walls! Mounted Mexicans clear all before them! On our Blog there are the OOBs, more Pictures and further details... TSOG Blog Link

Well in a rare turn of events I managed to get a limber and officer painted and on the table in time for a game of ACW Valour & Fortitude (written by Perry bros and Jervis Johnson ) last Sunday. Not the best lighting/photo as was in a rush but paint job is ok for tabletop. I managed to get I also have a mugshot of my painting table with some WIP projects (more Perry Limbers and Zouaves and, Kings of War Empire of Dust Sandwyrm Riders and some other bits and pieces. Happy painting and hobbying everyone.

Recently we revisited the Dark Ages and replayed the Battle of Fulford Gate, 1066. George and Rolf controlled the Vikings whilst Maurice and I handled the Anglo Saxons. The AAR... The Leaders of Anglo Saxons seeing the Vikings deploying toward the Fulford from the south decided to take the initiative and attack them across the Germany Beck before they were fully organised! Meanwhile King Hardrada moved his army north to the Germany Beck there he planned to halt and await his heavily armoured Huscarls who were still unloading from the Viking long boats to the south, but his plans were thrown into chaos when a Viking scout signalled that the enemy were attacking across the stream! Earl Edwin with his strong force astride the River Ouse had taken the lead and advanced quickly to come to grips with the invaders south of the stream, meanwhile Earl Morcar manoeuvred to pin the Vikings right while Edwin used his superior numbers to break through! The Vikings skirmishers drew first blood dispersing most of Edwin's archers drawing the Anglo Saxons supporting Greater Fyrd forward into combat with Tostig's superior fighters this led to high losses amongst the Fyrd! Morcar's Warriors eagerly pushed across the Germany Beck and hammered King Hardrada's Vikings! A series of close combats ensued that favoured the Anglo Saxons and they slowly ground down the Vikings facing them. The men from the North were pushed to the limit and within a whisker of breaking as Morcar's axe wielding fighter took out many Vikings! Despite Morcar’s successes the Battle was at this point being decided on the Anglo Saxons Left as Tostig decisively defeated Earl Edwin's poorer quality Fyrd with his Raiders and Irishmen. He then turned his men to strike at Morcar’s flank and support King Hardrada’s beleaguered forces. With his flank in peril Earl Morcar launched a final grand charge to break through King Hardrada's thinning shield wall, unfortunately this attack was unsuccessful, this failure plus the arrival from the Viking boats of Hardrada's Huscarls ensured a victory for the invaders! The Anglo Saxons were broken and fled from the field! So history was repeated and the Vikings secured a victory! Some Pictures... The opposing armies face off Anglo Saxons to the left and Vikings to the right! The Anglo Saxon right advances... King Hardrada's Vikings prepare to accept combat with the oncoming Anglo Saxons. Tostig's Command holds off the advancing Fyrd at a frightful cost. Earl Morcar's last effective force of Fyrd try to support the left flank of earl Edwin's rampaging men... Viking reinforcements arrive just in the nick of time to save King Hardrada's Army! There are more pictures the full Scenario and more info on the TSOG Blog... TSOG Blog

Over the past couple of years I have been showing my newly painted figures. Sometimes I get to use them in games! On Friday I played the final scenario in the 2 player Egypt campaign of The Silver Bayonet. This rule set is gothic horror set in the background of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The horror of the wars have unleashed The Harvestmen, who feed on the evil and carnage. This campaign was run as a prequel, in which Napoleon's invasion of Egypt was a cover for him to grab ancient forbidden knowledge at the behest of the Harvestmen. The first picture shows the French unit entering the final level to loot the secrets within. They are opposed by the remnants of my unit, which are the local tribe dedicated to stopping anyone from looting the secrets that should stay secret for the safety of humanity. Next photo shows later in the action. The monster guardians are on a roll trashing my unit, as my troops were often the closer target. A living statue, seen here behind the sphinx statue, was sent by the Old Gods in game 2 (random event) to pursue the French. In Games 2, 3 and 4 it came so close to trashing them. This game it actually had Napoleon pinned, and yet again he got away. You can see him legging it at upper right, leaving one of my troopers (Lucky Bob) as the nearest target. In the foreground the question mark counters are the scrolls of ancient secrets being carried by the French and the tribesmen. Note how Napoleon has run away from his own troops carrying the loot he was after! The white puffs show a musket or pistol has been fired and needs to be reloaded. Casualties are removed to simplify the game table. It rapidly went pear-shaped for my unit, after which the surviving French troops ran for the exit used by Napoleon. The Harvestmen even sent Napoleon a special ride home, although the Boatman was disappointed at the lack of looted secrets. Napoleon is desperately pursued by Lucky Bob, who missed his shot yet again. Moments after this, my Follower of the Old Gods arrived just ahead of the living statue. The Follower managed to control the statue just long enough to block the door before being done over by Napoleon. The French survivors run for the exit, only to find the living statue that had relentlessly pursued Napoleon is blocking the door. They can't get past to bring the secrets for their boss, and now the boat is leaving! Napoleon made it home with just one ancient scroll power-up, so a minor campaign win for the French. The remaining French troops used the scroll power-ups on themselves to help them escape the many surviving monsters and slowly make their way home. Two of them will end up as the leaders of the French Silver Bayonet units for future stories. The third troop was a renegade native scout (in Game 1 we named him Benny) and he will return when we play the solo campaign, as the British try to find out why Napoleon went on a trip to such an out of the way place.

Main manor house done. And a couple of the walls/the Outhouse.

Well, that's the year half over and some great looking minis done by everyone so far. Looking forward to seeing what people get done this month!

Perhaps a wash on the walls for contrast would work?

Not really happy with the stonework here - tried to fix, but just circling the drain... Think I'll have to go much darker, then build it up again. I am happy with the rest - though mostly incomplete still. Need to weather the metallics, and I'll be finishing the onyx pires in gloss. The floor came out much closer to what I wanted of the walls. Annoying since it mostly won't be visible.

Playing 5th against a chippy mate, every single G weapon of his was always within an inch 😆

I'm pretty good with guess ranges ... not that anything in my Eldar list used guess weapons. (That wasn't until 3rd ed). I did play guard for a bit in 5th ed - and while my guesses were spot-on, the scatter die never agreed.

Love the 22 casings as markers, and it's funny how well that felt works as desert with some scattered flock for scrub.

Oh, really like that reaper sphinx , you painted it rather nicely I must say. Might look at acquiring one myself for my Kings of War Empire of Dust (aka tomb kings army). cheers

Cool, you blokes at TSOG sure have some fun games Capt. Nicely painted figs too, makes we wanna watch (is it 2) Alamo movies again. The Mexican looking like french Napoleonic's is also another attraction to the period for me. Thanks for the post - Viva Santa Anna! cheers G

Lives in a house, very big house in the country... Getting there. Need to wash it in marine juice, but I'll probably wait until I've got more of the greebles and side-structures done.

Hobby bits and pieces as I am clearing space on my to-do trays. First up are some Age of Sigmar chain rasps. They were in the cheap Issue #1 so I bought lots of them as generic project fodder. These ones will be having game time as Spectres in my Nightstalkers army for the Firefight rules by Mantic. Next is the second half of a unit of 25mm javelinmen for my ancient Gallic army. These figures were sculpted by Irregular Miniatures a few decades ago and they are still serviceable. My Gauls will be fighting Romans using the Clash of Spears skirmish rules. Last photo is some 28mm Frankish crossbowmen, suitable for 10th to 13th century armies. Most likely they will have table time as part of a Lion Rampant army.

G'day all, some of you may know me already through our business, Slave 2 Gaming, but if not my name is Drew. Ive been a lurker here for some time, never quite sure if I should share on here as a small miniature business. I dont tend to have a lot of time to do my own personal painting and gaming, and so most of what I do get done is business stuff. How would people feel if I shared pics from my business? Is this even allowed? Anyway, its freeing to just be chatting with like-minded people in Oz.

I assembled it for my "501st" (star wars) themed Space Marine army - which is why it has the trifoil wings styling (and why the wings fold up, not down). I stopped playing 40k a couple of years later. Scale comparison of the extended Stormraven with a Valkyrie and the Aeldari Crimson Hunter fighter. It's now about the same length as the Valkyrie - but the passenger compartment is much bigger - as would be expected for something that has to transport 10 7' tall armour-plated instruments of Imperial oppression. It used to only come to the end of the Valk passenger compartment.

I have a FW resin Arvus (got it 2nd hand of WAU, it was authentic with all of the warpage one expects from shoddy third-rate UK "premium" casting house.) I extended the cockpit to a 2 seater (yes, this meant I had to add another seat AND extend the canopy, too). The wings were horribly warped so I fabricated some new ones and added a mechanical wing hinge (so they pivot up/down). Bigger wings meant bigger vertical stabiliser, too (donated from the 4th ed crashed shuttle terrain piece)

Another sizeable update. Al finished off today. Rebels and imperials for Battle of Hoth. Some LOTR minis to use with Fate of the Fellowship. Two units of wraith guard and a wraith lord.

Monday night we continued our Texas Revolution 1836 Campaign! We played an assault on a farm house scenario. As per the last game George led the Texians and Rolf and I commanded the Mexicans. Here's how it panned ot... After successfully carrying out a foraging mission and dispatching the bounty to the main column with two trusted Soldados Mexican Captain Del Toro gathered the rest of his patrol and they retired to a nearby hacienda. It was here while his weary Soldados and Cazadores rested that the Texians led by Nathaniel R. Brister with whom they ‘had crossed swords’ earlier caught up with them. The alarm was raised by Cazadore José and the Mexicans quickly deployed to face the oncoming Texians. Del Toro occupied the hacienda whilst Banderas’ men covered the nearby bridge. Brister split his force too, the New Orleans Greys rushed the bridge while his own boys from Alabama covered them, both groups were supported by local Tajenos! The Mexicans reached the bridge first and a vicious firefight ensued! Both sides funnelled their troops into this duel which escalated across the unfordable stream. The waterway’s steep banks and fast flow drew the action toward the bridge. The Texian’s accurate and fast shooting halted the Mexicans who were eager to get into hand to hand combat with their foes, the resulting casualties from the firefight were enough to break the back of the Mexican force, Del Toro’s men were routed and fled unceremoniously! Brister led his men in a round of cheers as they advanced after the skedaddling Mexicans, of the Texians only Private Ellis had been lightly wounded and they had inflicted injuries on seven of the Mexicans! The Texians and Tejanos quickly crossed the bridge and occupied the hacienda. A Texian Victory! PS In the distant scrub beaten but undefeated the Mexicans rallied and Del Toro plotted his revenge on the Texians and their Tejano supporters! Some Pictures… Our battlefield, not much cover! With the alert raised that Texians were approaching... ...Sergeant Banderas led his Cazadores towards the nearby bridge. The Texians quickly reached the bridge and started firing on the Mexicans they faced. Banderas' men returned the compliment! Captain Del Toro sent sharpshooter Jose out to face the Texians in 'red' he had an aimed shot at them and winged one!... ...then he then faced a hail of return fire from the Alabamians! With casualties rising and their morale shaken the Mexicans began to flee! Another cool SDS game! The full AAR with OOBs more history and a lot more pictures are on the TSOG Blog here... TSOG Link

I know this is a while ago but I thought I would interject for anybody that does read. Iwata Neo airbrush I found to be an amazing entry level brush. They can be found for anywhere from 80-110 bucks. Anybody selling them can get spare parts. Easy to clean and .3 or .35 needle (can't remember) I ended up using mine for about 2 years as I found for everything I was doing it was way more then capable and as my skill improved the airbrush was up to the task. I wouldn't say it's great for ultra fine detail work but for say batch painting undercoats, base coats and shading it's great and let's face it for most average Joe's these will be the majority of uses for their brush

it's a steep learning curve for airbrushing. A cheap airbrush is fine to help build some confidence up, but they aren't that useful for much more than priming and base coating. Best option to start with is probably to see if a friend has one you can try out to see if you like the idea of using one and want to use one more often. I definitely recommend getting a higher end brush at some stage though, as people I've spoken to have xommented about the night and day difference it makes.