More Painted Goodies

Yes, my painting is rather eclectic. For several years I have been more of a painter than I have a gamer. That is changing, slowly but surely. However, I still have plenty of odds and ends, that will come up from time to time. I am getting more project based once again, and that will be reflected in not only this post, but, future posts as well. I will from time to time throw in the odd figures just because I want to paint them. As for this installment, we will start with some Goths from Footsore in 28mm.

If you have never bought figures from them, they are definitely worth looking into. Beautiful, easy to paint sculpts with plenty of animation. Shields are by Little Big Men Studios, again a top notch product. Footsore does not provide spears, but the great wire spears from Northstar do the job! They are very pointy though...

Next up are some Dark Age Saxons that I assembled quite some time ago, and just got painted the last few weeks. I had gotten some advice from a guy on TMP to have them looking over the top of the shield, that they tend to look better that way. I would agree with that, but, I still need to work on the assembly some. I will admit, some amount of laziness when it comes to putting this stuff together so, i will take some of the blame. These guys do end up with some odd poses. I have three more boxes of Saxons and Vikings to do, so maybe, I'll have a good technique developed sometime soon. 

So, these are 28mm Saxon Fyrd by Wargames Factory, one of the innovators of multi part plastic miniatures. The figures have decent detail, and they paint up reasonably well. I had to paint my own shield because LBMS does not make transfers for these. That's ok though, it can be fun to paint them. I enjoyed painting these dudes, and look forward to getting them on the table in a game of SAGA or Lion Rampant. The only real issue with them is the length of the necks. They really require a bit of work for the necks and head positioning to look right.

And while we are on the subject of Wargames Factory plastics, here are some Zulu War Brits.

These are quite simple to assemble since it is just the head, helmet, and arms with weapon. They are very basic, and so is the detail on these. Again I need to work on my assembly technique to get the poses how I want them. I did these quite some time ago, so I may have put the heads on before the arms. Next time I'll do the arms then get the heads where I want them. When I had finished applying the paint, I was not in love with them at all. In fact I hated them. The detail was just not molded well enough to stand out. I really gave them a good coat of Secret Weapon Dark Sepia wash, to get the details to stand out better. And they did. Though I need to be careful with the wash as it collected on the back of the helmets.

This next group falls under the category of painting for the fun of it. This next group is from Pulp Figures, and it is called Dangerous Dames II.

These are probably not something I would have normally purchased. I received them as part of a Model Box in 2018 that had the theme Lost. It was a Pulp/Ghost Archipelago themed box. If you have never heard of Model Box, it is a subscription service that sends you a box of miniature related goodies each month based on a theme. It's a pretty cool idea, and the guy who runs it is a super dude! You can check it out if you like at yourmodelbox.com Ok, back to the dames. Man they are well sculpted and an absolute joy to paint. .

The last of the real odds and ends are these Mexican generals and the beginning of the 1st Line Rgt. for the Mexican American War.

These are 15mm Musket Miniatures. I love the sculpts, and I am glad I have some more, because these are no longer available. This is a project I'll get back into this summer.

And now, we delve into an actual project. My 20mm War in the Pacific. These are most of my Marine contingent, the others were in a previous post, and I still have some supports to paint up (mortars, AT guns, a Jeep, and some LVTs & LCMs), those will come a bit later.

These guys are from FAA Miniatures. I really like this company. The sculpts are really fun to paint, they are animated, and have great detail. They are really going to look fantastic, storming the beaches of some island in the Pacific. Well, that's all I have for now. I hope you enjoyed taking a look at my handiwork, such as it is. Feel free to leave a comment or ask questions if you like.