If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them?
Well likelihood is I wouldn’t have a chance as some trigger happy idiot would shoot them… But if somehow they weren’t mercilessly gunned down I would ask if they fancied a cuppa.
Not very original I know, but they have potentially had a long journey and it is good manners to offer them a drink.
Worked on the base rims this evening and then onto the knights who are almost finished…
I will get the knights finished tomorrow then onto the rest of the civilians and guards.
What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by?
Come and sit at my feet and hear my wisdom….
I firmly believe in the saying:
“It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice;”
I honestly don’t care about your race, religion, creed or sexual orientation… All I care about is whether you are nice.
Sorry, you trudged all this way for that!
Other Guru’s and Wise Ones are available.
Well okay, about seventy six would be a closer estimate.
So my Wargames Illustrated came with a ‘free’ sprue of the new Warlord Games Range of Smaller scale Black Powder.
Do I like them… Yes.
Am I going to get any…sadly No.
At £250 for Isandlwana and £220 for Rorkes Drift then they are outside my pocket money range. A brigade box is about £31.00.
These will not fit into any other range of miniatures both size wise and stylistically.
So as much as I love the Zulu Wars I will have to give them a miss….
And ready to go!
The rest are at this stage:
“Madam, Yes you with the Fish! Halt and explain yourself! My men are armed and ….I said HALT….Bugger! Unfortunately the last words of Guard Captain Fishwife. A poor name in the circumstances
The last civilian and five guards from the sprues. For some of the guards I mixed in bits from the sergeants sprue and also gave the female one flowing locks from the civilian set.
Now I think I still have more civilians and definitely have more guards to go. I will build them once this lot are painted.
I also have five sergeants and a knight left to build too.
As I needed to have a bit of a snooze this afternoon I decided to stay up late and make some more civilians.
I started with the gentleman and thought about him being a bit of a tinker or something but then I saw the weapon roll and the looter was born. His wife followed suit with her ‘found’ sword and a bag of coins she just happened to find along a track.
Got one lady left to build and then onto the five guards.
So left to right:
An enchantress?
Beggar, maybe, but definitely down on his luck.
A lady with a purposeful stride and an interesting sack of something.
A woodcutter? Body from Traitor’s Toll, arms and head from the militia/foot sergeant set.
Finally a youngish lady who seems to be carrying nothing.
More Civilians!
Well I couldn’t find my super thick Sharpie so was going to give up on models tonight. Then I remembered I could build some.forgit to bring my knife with me and sadly my snips let me down. Once the glue has fully cured I will get the lumps and bumps cleaned off.
The two males are a mix of Traitor’s Toll and the militia sprue. They go together nicely.
Tomorrow I shall make another few. Five female and three male civilians and then five guards.
Well this evening I got on and painted the bases using Greenstuff World Skeleton Brown.
Tomorrow I will get the rims painted.
Oh I will need to get the gesticulating archer’s skin painted.
I also need to finish the knights on the flank.
