Table for two...

This post is really a bit of a follow on to the previous mobile plants as I'd got the models shown here on the go at the same time.

First up is a painted MDF table from Second Thunder (my own range in support of Sword Masters in Open Combat).

The initial bare MDF was given a coat of PVA all over to seal it before a thin coat of Screaming Skull (also all over) to act as a base for the washes on top. I gave it a bit of a battered look and feel with washes dribbed and drabbed on along with watered down Screaming Skull from GWs paint range to flick in scratches and scuffs.

Next up are a couple of Reaper Bones Miniatures of scorpions. They haven't photographed very well but to be fair there's not much to them. Just a couple of gribblies to be wary of on any fantasy gaming tabletop.

Mobile plants!

Managed to get three models by Ramshackle done this week. These are part of their plant range that came out several years ago.

I'll be using them as objectives in various games including Open Combat and Malifaux.

May also use them as a magically imbued elemental creatures for magic users too. :)

Two Lions off the lead mountain...

Managed to get two more models off the lead mountain at the weekend.

These two wargames foundry models had been sitting primed waiting for me to paint them for ages. They were very quick to do in successive layers of washes over the course of minutes grabbed here and there over the weekend.

They'll be seeing use in various games involving gladiators including Open Combat.

First batch of completed miniatures for 2018

I've managed to finally finish off a few models that have been hanging around in the work in progress queue for ages.

The first batch is an Irish wolfhound unit for Saga (and other games set in the Dark Ages). There's a champion dude too. The wolfhounds are Warlord Games while the lone champion is from Footsore. These models only needed their bases finishing off and three of them were already done so a easy job to finish.

The second batch is five old 40k Orks from the first edition of the game. These guys are part of of much bigger unit in progress. They were already painted but I added a few washes to help them blend in with models i'll be adding to the collection as I use washes on all models now. The bases needed sorting as they'd been sat for literally years as the nearly finished stage.

So that's 11 models off my lead mountain finally sorted. :)

Beyond the Gate of Antares - Starter Set (Nick)

Well seeing as Carl has finally found his way here, I thought it was time I reactivated my own account ...seems I need to fix some missing images if nothing else!

Anyway here is a post I started ages ago but never published, showing the completed contents of the 'The Xilos Horizon' starter box for Beyond the Gates of Antares all together.

...here they are battling over some previously blogged terrain and the pre-release mdf 'Transmat Station' by Sarissa Precision which was kindly donated to me already painted for running demo games:

Next we have the half-size carry case from KR Multicase, specifically chosen for me to carry the complete starter set and a little room to spare:

The templates sit neatly on top until I'm ready to punch them out, as they're not needed for intro games:

Top layer holding all four squads of Concord C3 Strike Troops:

The 2nd layer holding all the 'spotter' drones and the previously blogged 'rogue drones' objectives and polyhedral dice:

The bottom layer with both squads of Ghar, the Concord C3D1 Light Support drones, d10s' Pin Markers and Order Dice:

A few more shots showing it all neatly packed away, ready for travelling to the next game!

That's all from me for now, so not really anything new (bit of a cheat post really) but I also have lots of 'nearly' finished units and models so maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to follow Carl with some new stuff of my own to show?

Is this thing on?

Well it's been literally years since I posted here. Thought, I'd give it another go and having discovered I still have the login details and this place is still alive we'll see how many months I last this time.

Happy new year to you all!

This year I'm attempting to complete 365 minis in 365 days. I'm using the word 'complete' as I have absolutely loads of Work in Progress (WiP) so there's quite a few easy wins in amongst my collection.

Hopefully I'll get to play some games too :)

Next post from me will be my first efforts towards the 365 along with a bit more details of how I'll be approaching the challenge.