Thursday, 26 February 2015
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Monopolis
A modest digression from 28mm; I have raised the city of Monopolis from a set of Monopoly houses and hotels, and a couple of Brandenburg gate pieces taken from EuroMonopoly sets. The temples are converted from hotels using plasticard. With a little suspension of disbelief, I reckon the buildings are a good size for 2-6mm minis.
Friday, 20 February 2015
Laager ladies
Over the last three nights I've added a flesh highlight to the fifty-odd minis Nick painted for me, and inked and varnished them. I've cut the pins down to short stubs. This weekend I'll start experimenting with basing them.
The Copplestone German civilians are stunning sculpts, especially the women. Very expressive! The carousing German men are very good, too. Better photos will follow once they are based.
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Shiny, shiny
This week I've added "victory medals" to my shop; these are the same replica Roman coins that I use for my own games.
They are cast in lead-free pewter, and the gold ones are gold plated! Initially I've purchased Caesarian and Late Roman coins, but should they prove popular I will add dark age and medieval coins, so one can theme medals to a particular army. They can be found here:
Of course, one could also use the chocolate coins as we did recently at the Benson tournament...
In other news, this week I've been very busy working on v1.1 of "To the Strongest!" This will be a free update of the rules for those who have already bought them, and the basis of the print version of the rules which I hope to have published before Salute. The rules will be very similar to the current version, but I'm adding additional examples, diagrams and some new troop types (war wagons!). I am keen to run these past people for comment (and to spot errors); if you are interested in seeing them, please drop me a line via my email address on the blog.
Saturday, 14 February 2015
Where's me rollin' pin?
Several people have asked about the defenders for the wagon laager, and here they are. They have all been painted my mate Nick Speller and include most of the Celtic and German ancient civilian miniatures that I have been able to find, with a particular emphasis on formidable women. Tonight I'll make a start on highlighting and inking them.
I am in two minds about basing them. My heart says "drill and pin them into the wagons" but my brain says "make bases that will fit into the wagons". The former solution is more aesthetically pleasing and hard wearing; the latter more flexible as I can remove them should (when) they become casualties.
The finished laager will have to serve for all three of Celts, Germans and Goths so I will try to give it a generic look.
Friday, 13 February 2015
Wagons... roll!
Last night I finished painting my wagon laager. The 5 pieces (which all store in a single 4L Really Useful Box) assemble to make a 1 metre-long camp defence. I still need to finish and add the defenders, which Nick Speller has already painted for me, and some more clutter - a week or so more's work. The pic is clickable.
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Three foot of laager and a packet of chits, please.
Last night I resumed work on my wagon laager, which has been something of a slow burner since I started work on it over 6 years ago!!!. Yesterday I painted the wicker screens and am contemplating approaching the long and tedious task of drybrushing of the woodwork, this evening.
On a different front, I have received a big re-supply order of chits for "To the Strongest!". As well as the packs with the three types of chits in, I am now also able to sell packs of the lovely ammunition markers separately. They can all be found in the BigRedBatShop!
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