Well I was having a bit of a search for something in the shed and came across a box that said Aztecs on it…. Indeed it was full of Aztecs….
Black Hat Miniatures don’t exist anymore… So I had a look at the postage date…
Evidently I have too much shit…. Perhaps an eBay listing or ten should get underway… Especially as I am off to Claymore show on 1st!
If it was easier I would take it all to the bring and buy table and get rid of it there, but sadly I am on the ferry and a bus.
Wellll I was painting some more of the Florentine Mercenary forces…
That is all of the troops with a red coat.
I suspect we don’t know what they actually wore, but in my mind if you are employing a lot of well paid people to fight your battles then I suppose you want people to know who the money is coming from. Secondly when push comes to shove it is helpful to know who not to poke with a pointy thing and finally in other earlier conflicts the use of a jack or tabard was used to denote allegiance. Not exactly perfect, but they are mine and as the (at the present) Florentine Doge then I have decreed a uniform of sorts.
The trousers are going to be various colours to give a less uniform look… But knowing me I won’t be able to help myself and will sort of make a unified look on the lower body.
What’s a movie or book that inspired you to travel?
Well if I honestly had to choose a book that would make me want to head across the pond then it would have to be “The Last of the Mohicans”. Never managed it yet but it is Definitely on my bucket list to visit Fort William Henry and into the great lakes.
The film with Daniel Dat Lewis, definitely helped me want to visit more.
Maybe one day…
I love “Carry on up the Khyber” and have held that gate against the imaginary Burpa Horde.
Well I got some painting done today whilst doing some online training… It was either that or fall asleep…
Well I based these about two months ago, so thought I had better pull my finger out.
I decided that these are going to have a maroon/red coat. Any bicolour bits are going to be the three feathers on the helmet. I really, really couldn’t be bothered with slashed doublets.
The Florentine forces are on the go…
Which book have you read more than any other?
Easy Peasy… The Hobbit.
Yes I actually got up early this morning and used my Vallejo basing stuff on the bases I had painted.
When it was dry I shoved some GSW dipping inks onto it.
I also did another sky thingy with the oil pastels.
Well I had a week off and was going to get much done and until this evening I achieved bugger all!
This evening I got the Skeletons and Gladiators finished apart from the bases. I will hopefully get those done tomorrow.
I also got a mini started and finished. The lass with the baby was started years ago and sat on a shelf for all that time
I got her undercoated weeks ago and tonight decided that it was time to get her finished. At the rate I was going I would be painting her Grandchildren…
The Skeleton armour has now been painted three times as it looked crap on the first couple of passes. Evidently the paint hasn’t mixed properly on the bronze and copper metallics. I went over one with a gun metal and the rest with a dark grey…. Much happier now.
For my Birthday I got more oil pastels and black paper
So back to the skies lol. Also got an Alien adjacent source book with adventure from my mate. My big present was a coffee maker… So now on the cappuccino etc…
I made one to assist with the painting and at least used a more suitable cup😜.
I would have said let’s have a guess as to whether I will get these finished tomorrow, but we all know it will probably be a no… So how long are we thinking?
Yes I actually got my finger out and did a bit of painting. Haven’t got much done as I have been knackered recently. Had plenty of FlexiTime to play with so came home this afternoon, sat on the bed and woke up three hours later.
I need to get the bases done on the miniatures but will probably wait until they are all done.
I have done a few more 10 minute scribbles too. The first one ended up looking like a forest fire.
I have got one more page left in my book of black paper… And a teeny bit of black oil pastel. I have technically got another black pad and some postcards but my fish tank had a bit of bad luck and the water visited the two art drawers…
My soft pastels became an interesting liquid slurry.
I am off next week so really want to crack on with the Five Parsecs set up. My main characters are now named and just need writing up out of my note pad.
I also want to get going with my Five Leagues adventure.
Well it’s almost 2 years since they shut my little School. So I thought I would do a view from the window in my new job.
Today’s training venue is Whalsay. That is my ferry on the left just leaving.
I will be back on it at 17:00. A bit of a long day.
Well this evening I did a little map of the landing zone on the Planet XP926… Evidently this is going to be a military installation. Therefore I will receive 2 extra Grunts to support my endeavours.
We are touching down at the green H. The red dots are places of interest that we need to investigate.
I have 3 pre game missions to complete before I go it alone. First up the scouts have to set up a number of beacons. Secondly the scientists have to log various things and finally the troops have to defend the base from inquisitive beasties.
Once done I can then go and explore.
Bogenwald 