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Test Prints

This evening I got the Nam test miniatures off the printer…

They have come out fine. Now one of the civilians has no feet. I am going to check to see if they have feet on the image… it might be that they are meant to be in paddy fields so feet are not necessary… not sure. I am sure I could pinch feet off other civilians to befeet her if needed.

We have two special forces, two civilians, two regular army and an Air Cav officer who likes surfing. The guy having a lie down is a VC casualty.

I have a couple of niggles with these, first being the supports are pretty chunky and didn’t come of as easily as I would have expected (compared to some of my other manufacturers). Second is, although I kind of like the chunky aesthetic, the running dude on the right is not much taller than the kneeling dude on the left.

I will have a play around with sizes tomorrow and see what I think. I am looking forward to painting tiger stripes on the special forces.

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A Smidge on the Goblins

I didn’t really make myself a lot of time to paint this evening… but I did a little bit:

Now the shaman in the centre has reminded me of someone for absolutely ages… I just couldn’t put my finger on who. This evening the clouds parted and the recollections streamed through…

Yes, I know he looks nothing like the wise old elf from the TV show… but somehow to me he does. If I hadn’t already painted the hood yellow then it would be painted blue.0

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Goblins

Still aching like mad, luckily no washing machines to move today, but the hot water tank overflow kicked in at 22.00 so I have fastened the ball cock up and turned off the boiler. I will get a new ballcock tomorrow.

I did manage to get some paint on some goblins today…

We have a leader, left. Three frogherds and a shaman on the right.

Hopefully I will get some more done tomorrow evening.

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Goblin Twins

Well okay, they aren’t. But they might have been. I worked on this pair today…

I made a balls up in the left hand face, redid the undercoat and seem to have lost a lot of detail. I will try and remember how to do highlights!

I really must crack on with the goblins as I have at least thirty six infantry to get painted. Not to mention three more Mordheim gangs and a pile more undead.

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Working on the Trolls

So this is my last evening at home for a while so I decided to crack on with the big boys/girls.

Still a bit to do, but it is less to do when I come back. Typically the washer decided to spring a leak today so it will probably be new washer time when I return… that and pay for the car repairs. April is going to be a bloody expensive month!

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Swamp Trolls

Highland Miniatures Patreon dropped today and I spent no time printing out two of the three swamp trolls. I also printed off a frog rider. Another test of frog cavalry (with sticks) is printing as I type this.

I decided against the third swamp troll as it is throwing up the corrosive stomach contents. These will be for Dragon Rampant I don’t need set unit sizes. I really do like the ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ vibe with these. I really love the frog riders, you cannot see it, but this dude has a pan strapped to his head.

I didn’t have any suitably sized circular bases for the trolls, but did find some penny sabot bases which were a nice size. I used some filler to hide both the coins and gap. I deliberately left a depression to allow me to add some resin for water and because I am a pillock I left it under the right foot in both of them!

A bit miffed tonight as the car was making an odd sound so I popped down to the garage to get it booked in when I am away next week. He wanted a quick test run and banned me from driving it as the bearings on the offside front were shot. The extra good news is that the brakes need sorting and it seemed like the clutch is dodgy too. Hopefully some of this will come under the warranty!

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Noisy Bugger Finished

I got the Frogherd finished this evening and made a good start on a second.

All of the ones I have painted have armoured footwear. Initially I thought this odd as they would sink into the mire… then it dawned on me that there might be things in a swamp that you wouldn’t want to step in with bare feet.

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Fortunate Son

So I printed the grunt in 28 and 15mm and had a good look at him. This range is a bit squat to be honest, but for 3D printing it will mean they don’t snap off at the ankles.

Very tempted to jump in. I will get US, NVA as well as VC. Vehicles and heavy weapons and of course the Huey,

But why I hear you cry? Or possibly it was my good lady.

Since the 80’s I have had a fascination with the conflict and ran a LRRP role play game in the club a good few years ago. I found the cardboard miniatures and maps the other day and got all nostalgic. This Kickstarter appeared when I had a mooch. I have looked at their other ranges in the past and have gone straight past… thus one actually made me pause and consider.

There are three days left before the end so big thinks are going to have to be thunk.

So it may be time to board the slick. Lock and load and head out into the boondocks and look for Charlie.

All Together Now: Sing along

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I Am Doomed

Foolishly I decided to browse Kickstarter this evening!

March to Hell are doing Vietnam … sooooo tempted!

Must resist, must resist, must resist! Hopefully the free miniatures in 15 and 28mm I downloaded are crap!

I managed to get the pale blue frog repainted …

I am actually pleased that the original yellow shows through. I think that it looks fine the way it is.

This month trolls and frog riders are coming out. Those frogs are going to be Plain colours as opposed to the recent lot.