Latest Off the Painting Table

 

Despite the seeming inactivity forced upon me by the COVID-19 virus and the lockdown/continued aftermath, I have been painting... some. Not as much as I'd like some times but some.

First, I received the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from Skull & Crown Miniatures. They are excellent castings and really catch the gist of the subject. I'm not much for "undead" but the quartet of Revelation inspired riders were worth while.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation 6: 1-8)

I heard one of the four living creatures call out, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!” 
I looked, and there was a white horse! Its rider had a bow; a crown was given to him,
and he came out conquering and to conquer. (Pestilence)

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, “Come!” 
And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace
from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another;
and he was given a great sword. (War)

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come!” 
I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand, 
and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying,
“A quart of wheat for a day’s pay, and three quarts of barley for a day’s pay, 
but do not damage the olive oil and the wine!” (Famine)

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out,
“Come!”I looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death,
and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth,
to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence, and by the wild animals of the earth.
(Death "on a pale horse") [I like the hourglass in his hand.]

Gruesome figures to be sure, but a great addition to my collection. I received these a while ago and they'd been sitting patiently awaiting paint and brush... and there were lots of others with them.

More Slovak infantry gifted to me by my friend, Ralph.
He told me they were originally Romanians, but someone took a file to their helmets.
I think they works well as Slovak "Light Division" troops on World War II's Eastern Front.
(The manufacturer is unknown.)

D&D Figures serving wench... usable for so many games!

Skull & Crown torch bearer... lighting the way for the Four Horsemen?
(This was a free-bee that came with the Battle Rabbits a while ago.)

Through a purchase from the Hamilton Tabletop Gaming group's "cyber bring 'n'buy", I got a hold of a few of Bob Murch's great Pulp Miniatures. There's so much character in these figs. I think these are from his set called "Femme Fatales."

She struck me as an armed RAF Auxiliary from WWII. 

A female explorer with hunting rifle, machete, and cool hat.

A little different angle and light.

Finally a paper model. I had done one of these as a WWI German A7V tank in 20mm and I thought that if I did up another one, it might be fine as some Epic Warhammer 40K Imperial behemoth tank. This one didn't go together as easily as the first one, but I'm satisfied. The pieces were inexpensive since I printed them on my computer on card stock. The "treads" were some abandoned balsa wood since the printed treads were very, very fiddly. It's not the best I've ever done but it'll do... and I could make another very quickly. My usual Epic 40K opponent may have something more to add to his Imperial Guard army, while I'll field my Tau equipment. I hope I can report on that in the coming months.

Crude, but effective... I hope.

Thanks for reading! Have fun... 'cause if it's not fun doing this, you might as well work! 

Summer 2014 painting projects - on display

For a number of reasons, including just living, I've been busy and haven't painted a whole lot... until lately. Since you've invited me into your mind and computer, I'd like to share some of my painting work with you.

US Paratrooper mortar crew by Bolt Action.
Done for my son's collection of WWII American Airborne.

US Paratrooper light machine gun by Bold Action

ACW Confederate artillery crew by Old Glory (I think)
These were a find at the bring'n'buy at Hot Lead
After the weekend at Fort Erie, I can smell the sweat, gunpowder, and hot metal.

"The Strumpet" from Reaper.
I generally like these figures and find them fun to paint.

Rats... by Reaper.
Since my daughter has two pet rats and figs like this often get used for D&D,
why not?

French Napoleonic Line Infantry by Perry
I wish I knew why the blue I use is dark to the naked eye and SO bright on camera!
Well, nice figures in any event.

The entire battalion. There are also six skirmishing figures who are not seen here.

Reaper's clay golem which gets used as a what-ever golem for our D&D games.
Lots of definition on this figure so inking and drybrushing really stands out.

A Cossack officer for my wife's Imagi-Nations army where we use 20mm figures.
This is actually a very 'meaty' 15mm WWI British cavalry officer.

The Elector of Fredonia's mistress, who asked to remain nameless (in case she gets a better offer.)
A Ral Partha unicorn rider on a Frying Pan & Blanket team horse.
Don't tell Elector Rufus.

Southeast Asian civilian refugees (RAFM)
I wanted some refugees to use on the battlefield for our Imagi-Nations campaign, but little is available in 20mm. Except for RAFM. To me, these appear to be Bob Murch's work. He used to sculpt for them. Now he's the man for Pulp Miniatures, a range I'm very fond of!

More refugees with a water buffalo
Another Hot Lead purchase from RAFM's own stand.

Courier coming in! French Napoleonic light cavalry in 15mm mounted as a courier for Shako

Pikemen, some of them Swiss, in 15mm by Old Glory
courtesy of the Bring'n'Buy at Hot Lead

Landsknecht arqubusiers - again Old Glory 15s

Landsknecht pikes
Painting these guys is a interesting job to say the least.
Break all your odd colours!

Landsknecht command stand

More Landsknecht pikes

Napoleonettes French hussars
I found these on the Bring'n'Buy table at Hot Lead and they were the buy of the con!
50 mounted figures for $5

More of the same. I'm now got plenty of hussars and plenty to share with a friend who's building
a French or French ally army for Napoleonics.

A French line battalion in field dress - Old Glory 15mm

Westphalian Line Infantry based for Shako - Minifigs 15mm

Pendragon 10mm Polish Pancerni for either a Polish historical army or a Kislevite Warmaster army.

10mm GW Warmaster Orc rock thrower

The troll to do the heavy lifting. I was pleased with how he turned out.

10mm Pendragon Polish/Kislevite winged lancers

10mm Pendragon Polish/Turk light horse

10mm Pendragon dragoons/medium horse mounted for Warmaster
I've used a more-or-less historical Swedish TYW army in Warmaster with some measure of success.
I found a set of rules on line for a 10mm Warmaster variant for ECW/TYW which permitted me to do that.

10mm GW Warmaster Black Orcs - these are the bigger, nastier, orc-ier orcs

Their banner - Orcs can't spell worth a darn.

10mm GW plastic orcs from the "Battle of Five Armies" boxed set.
You get lots and lots and lots of the same strip with fills out an orcish army cheaply.
No banners are included so I do my own... with my own version of English spelling.

Yeah, more of the same.

It actually says "Splat!" in the middle of that splash of colour.

Oh, look! These guys can spell, although I think they intended to have the standard say "Victory!"

10mm GW orc boar riders in metal
I decided to jazz up the colours.

10mm GW dwarf "Hammerers" - some sort of veteran elite troops for the Longbeards.

The Hammerer's standard on the left and an improvised standard for a unit of plastic "Battle of Five Armies" dwarfs.

My son asked me to paint up some of his Snotlings for his 25mm Orc units.
There's a lot of whimsy in these figures.

Minifig 15mm Moscovite Streltsi for her DBR army.

Since I'm on holiday, I'm reading just for fun and I picked this gem. I've had it a long time and I enjoy re-reading it. The story takes place in an area of Pennsylvania where I spent a big chunk of my life. It's also interesting to see how an author handles a Pike & Shot army. There even used to be a set of table-top figure gaming rules from this story called "Down Styphon!" You'll have to read the story to find out why this makes sense.

So how's your summer going?