I started on a plaza for my temple tonight.

Sadly I only had one thickness of blue foam, so it is a bit thicker than I wanted. The foam is held together by pins until the PVA dries. I fully intended to do something a bit bigger and a bit more complex. But the stronghold in the game must sit within a six inch square (600 paces) and must be bigger than 2 inches (200 paces). Technically I could have simply shoved the temple down, but it did look a bit weird just on its own. However this looks a bit weird on its own too. I suppose, I realise that Temples didn’t just sit in the open in their own…I really must get a life!

Once the PVA is dry I will attack it with some kitchen foil to add some texture and then get it painted in the same colours

The other thing I managed to do was the Triffid’s appendages…

Its not quite how I wanted it to be, I may repaint the ends as they went a bit brighter than I wanted. I am pleased with the way it looks, just not the colour.

Oh and while I remember, after some lovely photos of sunny days out, today it is blowing an absolute hooligan an£ P*ssing it down.

I got the Lurker bases almost done…

The question now is… which one joins the army?

The army has had the bases covered in sand. Once this dries I will get some flock on and get them varnished.

Today we went for Sunday Shenanigans to Catfirth seaplane base.

This was built in the dying months of World War One. In fact it was never finished. Three buildings still survive, the rest are long gone.

The three buildings can be seen in pink on the map below.

There is also the magazine and detonator store.

The roof of the magazine has disappeared, not sure when, or what it was made of.

One of the sheds has been used by sheep, the poop was up to the windows… I reckon they have been using it for around 90 years.

Finally for today, an arty shot 😉

Well apart from the obligatory basing ‘not done yet’ comment!

The Leonardo tank and knights finished tonight.

A side view on the knights.

The lances were separate, some twit never thought to check they would fit! It could be the reason that they are bent! The lances are rather long, these haven’t been glued in yet so I could replace them with something a bit shorter if needs be.

I am quite pleased with how these have progressed, roughly ten days start to finish. And if truth be known I painted more than I actually needed as there are two bases of spears, a cannon and a second Lurker done too.

This is my initial army list, it may change as I think about it 😉 I don’t want an über army that is a bit on the extreme side, but the spares allow me to have a think about things.

General/ hero @ 4 points

Behemoth (tank) @ 4points

Blades (sword and buckler men) x 2@2 points

Shooters (crossbows and aquibusiers)x 2 @ 2 points

Beasts (war dogs) @ 2 points

Lurker (snake or Triffid) @ 1 point

Hordes (native allies) x3 @1 point

Total points 24.

Flexibility of the spares (lurking at the back)…

Lurker @ 1point

Cannon @ 3 points

Spears @ 2 points each.

Unpainted are a lot more Spaniards and a lot more Aztecs, so the possibilities are endless 😉, well maybe not as I would have to paint lots more.

Part of me is tempted to get the Aztecs painted up for a second army choice. It is possible, but with only ten days to do it in then I might be pushing my luck. 🤔

What to paint next, is now on my mind??? But first get the bases on these finished, and then onto something new ( probably the hundreds of 10mm Mongols) or an Aztec army. 🙄

Finally my measuring templates came today.

Nearly there….

Managed to get the metalwork on the gun done, as well as just about finish the command section.

The biggest problem I have is what to do with the flag? I have seen many different miniatures with many different flags from holy icons, to a red saltire type thingy with nobbles.

The monk still needs a bit of work on his face, not to mention the hair on the other two too.

The Triffid thingy was the other thing worked in tonight.

I pretty much painted it in washes apart from the bone colour.

So this is the army parts painted…

And this is what is left to do…

As I shared my arty pictures yesterday, I thought I would share my 10 year olds photos tonight. She wanted to take a few photos, She scampered off and returned with these ones

Tonight I have a conundrum… why is it that when I follow certain people’s blogs only some of them appear in my WordPress feed… I suddenly realise that they have posted various things that for some reason haven’t registered.

I might go for the tank to start with tomorrow as it should be the quickest, for speed I may just use the wash method again.

Well this lot are nearly all done

The metalwork on the gun needs doing and the the sand on the bases then they are all finished.

Next up is the command stand, the yucky pink on the flag is to act as a base coat for a red flag. The monk needs another coat of paint on his habit as I ran out on the pallet.

I did a bit more on the Triffid too.

I really think that this army should be ready in time for the tournament. If truth be known the spears and gun are extras to allow me a little flexibility when planning the composition. I need to decide on the snake or the Triffid as my Lurker…oh and get the tank painted and based.

Today we had Autumnal Shenanigans in the nice weather.

A nice afternoon out in Scalloway, followed by cake 😁