Latest Things Off the Painting Table

It has been a productive weekend of hobby work. I had some time today to get some more of my backlog flocked, sealed and in some cases based. I am all caught up now with the basing but I still have a backlog of flocking to do.  First up are my Warlord Waffen SS. I have to admit that they were a bit daunting with the camo but after watching Christy Beall's Youtube tutorial on painting the Autumn Oak Leaf Camo I felt a bit better about the undertaking. I was happy with the result and it was quite easy to do. Here are a few shots of them Pardon the quality I had to use my phone today.

I had purchased these on ebay already based and primed. I think I would have put them on smaller bases. The base size made some of the multi-figure groups look funky. I was just being lazy and not fixing them up. They are really fun figures to paint. Unlike the figures on my last blog I used a sepia wash starting with these guys. I think it gave them a much more natural look.

The next three groups are 20mm SCW figures from Minairons. What a joy they are to paint. A nice amount of detail and action in the poses. The first group up is the Republican Command/Weapons set.

Sorry only one good picture of these guys. It comes with a couple mortars and an MG. The next group is the Nationalist Command/Weapons set.

As you can see this comes with some automatic weapons and a heavy MG. The color they give for the uniforms is a little weird to me. Minairons has some alternate colors listed in the free painting guides they offer. I will probably mix those in because this green is a little too loud, even with the wash. Net up were my favorite figures to paint. The militia women.  I loved the poses and the one woman wearing a blouse and skirt from home.

I definitely had fun with these while painting them. I am not sure how legit the red berets are, but I was watching The Wild Geese when I was painting them and it influenced my color choice. There are some cool poses here. The woman behind the flag bearer is prone behind a small sandbag emplacement. There is a light MG in this group. I don't have it pictured because I dropped her and lost the MG. I need to get a replacement for it. It has a woman firing an MG from a small sandbag parapet. There is one other posed not shown but I thought it odd. The woman has both hands clenched chest high. Not sure what she is ding but if someone knows please enlighten me. The flags are all Minairons, and very nice. The only gripe I have with them is the thickness of the paper. It leaves the edges white. I'll have to find a suitable paint color to blend the edges in. Overall the Minairons figures are great and I look forward to painting more of them. I just wish they had more of the oddball units. I guess those will come with time. Well, that is all for now. Have a great week!

What Have I Been Up to?

Last year I had decided to start a blog. It was one of my goals for the year. Unfortunately other, more important, things came up and I have not done anything with my blog since then. Neither have I gamed in that time. Things are looking up and I have been painting quite a bit in the last year and a half. Here is the latest stuff I have finished.

These are some 28mm Gripping Beast Scots for Saga. They are fun figures to paint, and some of the first 28's that I have painted. I did a new technique, for me, on these. I just did a simple block painting and ran a black Secret Weapon wash over them. The shields and banner are from Little Big Men Studios. I really had a good time with these. Even flocking, which I abhor, was fun. Here are a few more shots of them.

I have since gone to a sepia wash. It isn't as dramatic as the black and seems more realistic. I have also started a NK Egyptian army for Impetus. I really like the basing, and the fact that I can put however many figures I like on the stands. I always hated the crowded look you got with the WRG basing. These guys are from the old TTG line. I picked up an army box from someone on TMP. I have always loved this manufacturers figures. The TTG lines are split up between Battleline in New Zealand and 15mm.co.uk in Britain. Here is a couple shots of the finished product. I used the sepia wash on these guys.

Lastly for this post I have a few shots of my SYW Prussian cavalry. Last year I had determined that there was no way I could get everything done that I wanted, so I decided to send some stuff out for painting. These are 15mm Old Glory figures painted by Hoard Painting. I have them based for Age of Eagles. Steven does some nice work for a reasonable price. Best of all I don't have to provide samples or pictures. Needless to say, I am quite pleased. 

Thanks for taking a look. I should become a more regular poster from here on.