It has been some time since I posted last. I have not gamed and in fact my painting has suffered as well. Its been a busy summer and we are preparing for our trip to China. Speaking of China I have painted some Chinese. First up are some heavy weapons for my Bolt Action/ Chain of Command Warlord Chinese.
These guys are all Copplestone Castings, from the Back of Beyond range. I really like the figures. Clean sculpting and kind of chunky. The mortar crew is my favorite. I love the guy sitting in the back eating. The machine gun goes together weird, but, I managed to make it look good. And, if one has a Warlord army you mush have a Warlord!
This guy is Copplestone as well. I really enjoyed painting him. While we are on the subject of Chinese, here are some Chinese undead/zombies!
These were really fun to paint. Took me some time to figure out what I wanted to do with them. Once I did they were a joy to paint. These are the old Black Hat range now sold by Scotia Grendel. They are part of the Tales of the Dragon Kings line. I had picked these up some time ago when Bad Squiddo was clearing them out.
Speaking of Bad Squiddo, here are some of the Onna Bugeisha in their range.
These are the original line not the last Kickstarter. I always have trouble with samurai to start. I don't want to do units, because they did not do that ( yes there are some rare exceptions). So I have to sit and stare at them for a while, as well as digging through books and internet images till my mind is stoked. Then off I go. These are nicely detailed and crisply cast. They are definitely fun to paint. Bad Squiddo makes a nice line of " Believable" female figures in a variety of periods. You should check them out. I do have the Kickstarter Onna Bugeisha in the painting queue somewhere (its rather long) so you can look forward to seeing them sometime.
This next guy is from the Test of Honour Warring Clans range. He is Honda Yoshihito.
I think I got him free as a promotion from Footsore Miniatures. If you are not familiar with Footsore Miniatures, they have a great Dark Age range. I have posted some Goths before. They also have the wonderful Warring Clans range for Japan, Gangs of Rome, Test of Honour, and the New Mortal Gods range and rules for hoplite warfare. Great stuff all around. I have Gangs of Rome, as well as Test of Honour, I just need to get around to playing them both. Definitely some good stuff there and well worth checking out.
Heading back to WW2 I have some 20mm US Paratroopers from FAA Miniatures. Here we have some weapon teams.
I am really liking 20mm for WW2 skirmish. I think the ground scale looks more realistic and the size means I can get a whole army in one box. FAA has some nice clean figures for the period and I like them a lot. Hopefully they stay around long enough to get more. The figures do match up well with Early War Miniatures and Dixon so fillers are not a problem.
Next up is my Lufwaffe Field Division squad. Typical Warlord Games fare. These I received in a Model Box last year. I enjoyed painting the camo. Once you figure out the method it goes pretty smooth.
I did them in the splittermuster style camo since they are Luftwaffe troops. I had to improvise on the machine gunner. The bipod was missing from the box and the MG barrel was breaking just past the magazines. So i stuck a rock under the weak spot and added extra super glue to keep it all in place.
Last but not least are some 15mm ACW repaints. I am repainting them because the painted minis I bought were not up to my standards upon getting them. ACW confederates are pretty simple so I just decided to redo them.
These are a mix of several manufacturers, Old Glory, Stone Mountain, and Minifig for the majority. I think they all mix well together, particularly since people are a variety of heights and widths. These guys are close enough in size to fit rather nicely together. They are based for Fire & Fury. I use the deeper bases allowed for in the original rule book. Since I have both sides it's no problem matching them up with the Union troops. I keep the flocking simple on these guys. That way it matches the bases I did some 30 years ago.
Well that is all for now. I'll be on vacation soon so the next post will probably cover that trip featuring the sights of Beijing and Manchuria.
