Commandante Moreno (Carl)

As soon as I saw this model by Bad Squiddo Games I knew I wanted it. Commandante Moreno is quite clearly inspired by the character of the same name from the Sharpe series of novels and TV series by Bernard Cornwell.

I'll use her in my Napoleonic games, originally bought to be a 'stand in' spy I'll likely use her as part of a British Peninsula Allied force when I've finished my French force.

Blood Bowl Goblins and Ball (Carl)

Another two Goblins for my Goblin Blood Bowl team, plus an old 3rd edition Ball.

The Hooligan is an old Blood Bowl Fan/Hooligan from (I think) 2nd edition Blood Bowl but I can't remember for sure (had them soooo long). I've got three others WiP on my painting desk that I'll be using for Re-Roll markers.

I've now just got four more regular Goblins and a Chainsaw Loonie to finish and that'll be the team complete.

I've painted the Hooligan with a slightly different base to the main team as I wanted to make the visual connection with the concept of a fan running onto the field to give someone a kicking.

ECW Irish Priest (Carl)

Another model has joined my growing band of ECW Irish for my Montrose force.

This one is another from the range by Eureka Miniatures, a priest putting the fear of God into enemy and ally alike.

Japanese Ashigaru (Carl)

I was going to wait until I'd finished another model before posting this one as it sort of goes with it, but progress has slowed a bit this week.

This is one of Eureka Miniatures Ashigaru. Reading around the subject of uniforms it seems that the Ashigaru didn't really have much in the way of uniforms so this one (and the three others I'm painting) will all be having different treatments of the cloth. The armour will be consistent across them though, so that will hopefully tie them together.

ECW Irish Pikemen (Carl)

A bit of a change for this entry from the painting table. It's a base of Irish Pikemen for English Civil War games. I'll be running a Montrose royalist force and these great looking models from Eureka Miniatures UK form part of my first ever pike block. 

Painted using mostly washes (or heavily thinned acrylic) on a white prime. Overwash with Games Workshop's Agrax Earthshade. Then working in a few highlights afterwards. I also used Nuln Oil (GW) for the first time to wash into the shadows a bit, pretty pleased with it so will be experimenting with that a bit more.

I've got the rest of the Pikemen to clean up yet plus the command so eventually there will be 16 in the block.

I'll also be adding a sleeve of 8 shot to go alongside them. They're awaiting clean up too.

WAB - Germanic Warriors (Nick)

Its been a while for me but other things have been taking priority recently, however good to see Carl filling in.

On the plus side though, I've managed to keep up 'paint on brush' every day in the meantime even if a lot of those days have just been some of these shield rims and bosses as easy wins - 200 days in a row now since that first week in December last year.

This time we have a couple of test pieces for another long lost project, two warriors for my Ancient Germanic Tribesmen army in Warhammer Ancient Battles (WAB) by Games Workshop Historical - these have been sat for months just waiting for varnish and basing materials so glad to finally move them onto the 'done' pile!

These are OOP plastic figures from what was Wargames Factory, not the best figures but an absolute bargain through eBay and the only such plastic figures available at a time when I couldn't justify 150+ metal figures.
In fact I think I have since spent more on the shields than I did the figures themselves, however having painted the Wargames Factory (now Warlord Games) Viking figures before as my SAGA warband I know they take ink washes (and now Contrast Paints) well and again the LBMS shield designs should make them pop en masse.

I say these are for WAB but that ruleset has been out of production for quite a number of years now, although a lot of folks still play and it is seeing something of a renaissance as COVID lockdown eases - they were always intended for this purpose and as the nemesis for Carl's Romans, and hopefully one day they will fulfil that destiny as well as other mass battle games such as Swordpoint by Gripping Beast, To the Strongest! by Simon Miller/Big Red Bat, or Hail Caesar by Warlord Games.

In the interim I'm hoping they will build up to that with smaller 'ambush' games of WAB using the old Siege & Conquest supplement written by Guy Bowers of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy magazine's editorial fame, Infamy, Infamy by Too Fat Lardies and maybe Soldiers of Rome by Warwick Kinrade/Artorus Games.

Plenty more of these to come hopefully, and many other things sat in that 'almost' done pile.

Blood Bowl Goblin Bomma (Carl)

The slow progression of my Goblin Blood Bowl team continues with the addition of the Goblin Bomma.

3rd edition model from the 90s. Really enjoying putting this team together even with it taking an age to complete.