Fanciful Models for Past and Future (Sortt of Out of Focus)

 

Seems like trouble... could be fun

A few figures of various types and various times. I enjoy working up odd oddities between projects.

Kit-bashed crew members for a possible Stargrave game.
The central figure used Zouave legs, torso, and head with
a Japanese WWII light machine gun.

Fred, the Galactic Champion and his side-kick, Brzq'h.

"Saucermen" by Bob Murch

Crash Callahan and Fred off for some motorized daring-do!

Crash Callahan and Fred for dismounted daring-do!
(Bob Murch's Pulp figures)

Gun molls with guns
(From Mirliton's range)

Mr. Conductor
{Apologies for the terrible focus!}

Gangland gangsters from Mirliton
{Again the focus is terrible.}

"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit!"
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"
The Shadow!

A few things with a more fantasy/D&D feel.

A lizard-man blacksmith, an artificer with shouldered cannon,
and what I'm guessing is a warbot/construct who looks like
something akin to the 40K Tau.

A swordswoman, a dwarven magic-user,
and a magic user who can manipulate time.

"I've got a fever... and the only cure is more cowbell!"

An old Grenadier figure of a bard playing the pipes.
I looked for this figure for years and finally found it on E-bay,

Another old Grenadier figure of a knight at prayer.
I thought he made s good statue.
This figure is SO old I bought it before Grenadier went out of
business and Mirliton took over the molds. 

I might re-take some of the badly focused photos and post them again later.

Things That Go Bump In The Night

 Even though I don't get much chance to play (because of my present state of health), I enjoy the concept and flow of the game, The Silver Bayonet, a Napoleonic horror game in the skirmish style. Just about any and all Napoleonic period soldiers and civilians can be used and the barn door is wide open when it comes to monsters and myths. I've obtained most of the books and I'm waiting (Hint! Hint!) for a book on Ireland or the Scottish Highlands. Things there are not what we expect. As an example, a werewolf in the Irish mythos is a protector of the innocent! Now that's a switch!

Anyway here are a few of my most recent painted figs for the genre. 

Skeletons are always interesting as on-board nasties.
This guy certainly needs a hot meal!
(Northstar miniatures)

He's listed as "Dr. Barnabas of the Infernal Embassy."
I suppose he's a ghost of some sort and I certainly like the figure.
I'd say a hot meal in is order for him as well.
(Brigade Games Miniatures)

A ghostly knight
I like my ghosts green even though many prefer blue.
(Ral Partha miniature)

Two infirmiers for a French force.
I'm not sure how much use they'd be on the table, but they're nice
old Minifig offerings picked up at a Bring-n-buy.

Two French officers who could be commanders or specialists
of some sort. Always good to have a few extra. One is uniformed
as an engineer!
(Unknown make)

A French Voltigeur who could be handy in a tough spot.
(Unknown make)

An Austrian Grenz regiment trooper loading.
(Perry Miniatures)

Russians... a grenadier officer and a Pavlov grenadier soldier
(Purchased through Mirliton Miniatures in Italy, who actually
provided quick service, considering the distance from Canada.)

A British soldier of a light infantry regiment.
(Mirliton Miniatures)

I've been wanting to do a Swedish Silver Bayonet crew for a while.
Here we have a infantryman in the old "round-hat" uniform, an
officer in similar kit*, and another infantryman in 1814 kit with a 
Russian style "Kivar" shako, much admired by the Swedes.
{* these two are originally figures for the Cisalpine Republic.}
(Mirliton figures)

Two more troopers of the Swedish army.
A jager of the Savolax Regiment - although a Finnish outfit
disbanded after the Russo-Swedish War, I wanted to add a Finn
to honour a friend of mine in Finland. Since we can play pretty
"fast and loose" with uniforms, I used the grey uniform and added
the Kivar.
The other is an infantryman of the Bohuslans regiment who were
referred to as "The Parrots" because of their light blue coatees, 
yellow facings and shako festoon, and green plumes for the light platoons.
(Mirliton figures)

I have other figures I'll be blogging about shortly (sci-fi, Pulp/Gangster, etc.) but this is today's theme. I hope you like them.

To paint this much, I should have used a roller.

Despite it all, I have been painting. I'm offering some samples and there are still more to add... which I'll do shortly.

First off, some things that are singular or odd:

A kit-bashed deamon. Wood sprite head, WWII German arms and armament,
and the torso and legs from an ACW Zouave. This guy can't make up his mind!

A rather nice female gun slinger with a long Winchester.

A female zombie Apocalypse survivor with dynamite,
an AK47, and a Toronto Blue Jays cap.
(I painted this during the World Series of Baseball.)

10mm Late Roman/Early Byzantine legion
for Warmaster

A closer view of the 10mm troops

"I got a fever! And the only cure is... more cowbell!"

Now Pulp Era/'20's Gangster figs:

From Bob Murch's train crew...
a hammer wielding conductor
(I'm reminded of Earnest Borgnine in
The Emperor of the North)

"Crash" Callahan & Fred deeply involved in daring-do!

An intrepid Camera woman

The Gumshoe
"What's it to you, Flatfoot?"

Newsboy... "Read all about it! Man bites dog!"

Another photographer working for that
great metropolitan newspaper.

More of Bob Murch's train crew.

Constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary
assisting the Black and Tans at some action.
{These are part of a larger project I'll show later.}

D&D and like that:

Barrels that are just barrels and a chest that is SO much more!

A gnome/Tommyknocker returning from
the coleslaw mine.

A buccaneer turtle with his very own cannon. 

From Wargames Atlantic's towns folk range...
the butcher.
("Youse want fries wit' dat?")

A Bob Murch special:

"Saucerman"
"Keep watching the skies!"

Lastly (for now), The Silver Bayonet figures (I'm having so much fun painting them!)

Clergy, etc.

A member of an order of Canons Regular
on monster hunting duties

A Roman Catholic cardinal-archbishop with mallet and torch

A Great Schema Orthodox heiromonk with censer
(Wargames Atlantic 3D print - a really nice model)

The Monsignor, ready to hunt

An Orthodox banner bearer

Another Orthodox priest

A Roman Catholic priest looking wary.

Monsters, etc.

A demon or gargoyle

His cousin or other close relative

I wondered if all the undead had to be Europeans.
The Void answered "No" so I did up this unfortunate
First Nations warrior with someone's hatchet in his chest.

More First Nations zombies
One has a rifle-stock tomahawk while the other
is using somebody else's arm as a weapon. 

Some Viking undead ("draugar" or so my son tells me.)

More...

A project done for Beth:
First Nations warriors in colder weather gear

Beth had had these figs for a while and asked me to finish them.

Lots of natural colours and lots of fun to paint.

Two Nizam-i-Cedit Turkish troops
More Wargames Atlantic 3d prints

Nizam-i-Cedit marching, loading, and firing
An attempt to modernize the Ottoman Turk army
in the early 1800's, they were disbanded at the insistence
of conservative factions and then slaughtered by
the Janissaries.

Beaver and rabbit... maybe an idea for a cartoon?

First Nations Warriors in warmer weather

A Soothsayer
from Wargames Atlantic's market civilian box

finally, some photos of the Hut of the Baba Yaga, finished by Beth with feet courtesy of Ralph and his 3D printer;

"The Little Hut on Chicken's Legs"
as Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition called it.

the larger hut

The smaller hut... more of a summer place.

I have more figs to show since I've been away from blogging for so long, but they'll have to wait.

Thanks for stopping by!