November Painting Challenge

Only just got everything done.

Fireforge Peasants going to appear in many games including Rangers of Shadow Deep

Krampus an amazing figure from the Hellboy Game

Bonnie Prince Charlie and some of his men ,all Flags of war 

Governemt Troops to Tackle the Prince again Flags of War probably be using Sharp Practice for this period

Some stunning figures from Galloping Major for the FIW again Sharps or maybe M&T 2

AW MIniatures figures for FIW 

HMS Shah naval brigade for the AZW all Empress .rulrs wuill be the menwho would be king ,although i am tinkering with my own set which have proved popular 

 

Never mind the Billhooks

 I have all ways fancied gaming the War of the Roses ,loads of blokes walking round in plate armour thumping each other with hammers in all kinds of weather ,changing sides at the drop of a helmet ,kings and queens changing places quicker than premier league football managers ,all great fun but never dipped my toes ,until the freebie rules Never Mind the Billhooks .They came free with Wargames Illustrated who have taken them on board with a vengence ,all sorts of articles are appearing and the support on the WI website is fantastic.The rules booklet is about 30 pages which includes afew pages of cards and tokens ( you can buy upmarket versions of these) The rules seem pretty staright forward with things being determined by a small deck of cards ,you need a small army to start with about 100 or so figures and when you take into account the Perry plastic box sets this is a pretty cheap army .I ahve ordered some of the said Perry box sets and the proper tokens and cards ,this will be my project for next year .

November Painting Challenge

 More figures from the lead pile this month I am aiming to finish the following :

Anglo Zulu War - 12 Naval Brigade HMS Shah =12 men plus a Gatling and 4 crew. All Empress Miniatures

French Indian War - the regulars this time = 8 french Line AW Miniatures and a officer and 8 British Line and a officer from Galloping Major

Medieval Vilagers - 6plastic figures from Fireforge Plastics - Mainly for Rangers of Shadow Deep but will fit in any crusade /war of roses type scenario 

1745 ,A few figures that were sat waiting for a while ,11 jacobites including Bonnie Prince Charlie and 8 British Line  all Flags of War

and Finally from the Hellboy Game Krampus a bit of a rareity in the fact its a multi part kit unlike all the other Hellboy game pieces ,so will need building .

October painting challenge -Hellboy in Mexico

 Finished the final part of my October Challenge and done better than hoped set my self the target of finishing 11 out off the 20 figures and managed all 20 .Now to look at Novembers Challenge

Luchador Hellboy-El Hermano Vengativo -El Hermano Estoico and Estaban the intrepid Agents

Camazutz- Tha main bad guy

 Mounted and infantry undead Conquistadors

 3 Hungrey Vampires and 3 Crypt Spirits

and Finally 3 Giant Bats ,a very nice set of figures for a really great game system .

October Painting Challenge-Battle for Grozney

 Finished the 5 Empress(red star) miniatures for Grozny that were on my desk for my  Chechnia project,this challenge is going well so far the last part are the Hellboy in Mexico figures I set myself a target of finishing 11 out of the 20 but have completed 14 so far so hopefully do the full set .

October Painting Challenge -FIW update

 Another part of the challenge completed ,the largest part a mix of 40  F.I.W figures for either Sharp Practice 2 or Muskets and Tomahawks 2 , all have been sat on my painting table for a while one complete unit and the others left overs from other completed sets 

A group of Huron French Allies ,mainly Galloping Major with one odd Northstar 

12 local militaia led by self appointed Major Disaster

Two versions of daniel hyacinthe liénard de beaujeu a Fench officer who led the troops into battle in Indian garb ,the left hand figures is from Northstar and rminds me of Charles Hawtry and will never grace my table the other is a much more impressive version from Galloping Major

Rogers and some of his Rangers

A few Brave settlers led by Reverend Mister Bligh 

A lone French Militia again galloping Major

 A few Mohawks a mix of Galloping Major and Conquest Miniatures before they became Warlord 

Lion Rampant-Crusader States

 I bought the Osprey Lion Rampant rule set with the aim of wargaming the crusades but they were pretty generic although seemed to be a decent game, now the University of Edinburgh have released a supplement ,Lion Rampant the Crusader states . The supplement is more than double the size of the rule book and is packed full of historical information ,new rules ,12 army lists and 12 scenarios plus its packed full of osprey colour plates and pictures of toys , maps and charts .It looks agreat addition to the rule set .

October painting challenge update -Hellboy Core Game

 Doing quite well with the painting challenge ,finished the figures from the core Hellboy Game ,when I set my self the challenge i had already undercoated the figures and blocked out sopme of the minions but all done in October so no cheating .All from Mantics core game set  the figures are about 35 mm except the large monsters which are a lot bigger all in one piece so no gluing or messing about a  real pleasure to paint .

The Good Guys Liz ,Abe Sapien , Hellboy and Johan Kraus

The minions ,3 each of Rampaging ,Transforming ,Venomous and Armed frog monsters plus 6 frog swarms

The Boses of the bad guys  ,The Tentacles of `Sadu -Hem ,Rasputin and the Giant Frog Monster .

Also manage to get game in as well ,really loving this game it can be payed solo or cooperative with up to 4 players against the game ,great fun and quite a challenge .

end of Year Painting Challenge

 Seeing as I am painting lots but not finishing anything I have set my self month by month painting challenge 

October :

finish off the figures from the Hellboy core box=25 figures (I have done alot of these)

Complete at least half of Hellboy in Mexico set (20 figures in set ,so at least 10)

Finish the F.i.W figures on my desk ( 40)

Finish the modern Russians on my desk(5)

Hopefully this will clear my painting desk , dependent on the success of this I will set myself a similier target for November.