Dave asked

Dave M asked, "Who is the dude in the background?"

its one of these being built

and yes it is a bit of a monster 4" tall and weighs about 0.7 of a Kg

SoTR project starts

Well today I not only completed assembly of my current crop of Secrets off the Third Riech but I managed to get one painted, my first 28mm figure in a long long time. Here she is, Liberty, or more affectionatly known on the SoTR forums as just plain Libby.

Just off the brush

Gunked, flesh and white re-touched

Basing done, completed.

9th April

Well hows the painting going?

So far this month its

Bought 26, well 4 were a present so they dont actually count so 22

Painted 26 and a right eclectic mix at that 21 Roman Auxillia, an Elf Cruiser, 3 Battletech Mechs and my Blood Angel's CO pimped.

So all in all this month I'm already "in profit" with regard to the lead mountain, just as well really as I've just started building the 4 Hordes figures, and I'll say this about them, they are a bloody nightmare to build.Why of why didnt I go for Warmachine where I could have gotten injection plastic Warjacks, I mean come on 17 parts for 1 figure is really just taking the piss, but I'll keep at it and they will be built, and a coat of paint slapped on them. Secrets of the Third Riech arrived this morning as well, I think I'll use these as a relief break from doing the Hordes figures, pretty much 3 parts to each figure, body, head, and gun. Nice and straightforward, also the paint job is straightforward as well, I started on the Skorne Warlock, black undercoat, Mechrite red over all the armour, 3 more coats of Blood red, some flesh, now I'm picking out all the armour edges in gold, and believe me, there are a  LOT of edges. I think its not how many of these I can get done in a day its more how many days to get 1 done in. So I'm quite looking forward to a nice simple US army paint job.

Projects are like buses

Yep, you wait for 3 months for one and two come along at once. What am I wittering on about? Well, last night me and Mexican Dave paid a visit to Highlander Games our LFGS, and came back hooked on one of the games thats played there, so a long witter cut short, me missus bought me this today.

and not only that but she also bought me this.

Now all I have to do is figgur out how all the bitties fit together, the mad elephant looking dude comes in no less that 17 separate pieces. These are nice BIG figures btw, those halberd guys are about 90mm to the top of the banners.

"Pimp ma Ride!!"

The Blood Angel CO, depressed at the shabbiness of his entire force, called on his battle brothers and said unto them "Pimp ma ride!"

and lo, in the fullness of time, his ride was indeed pimped.

And they shall know no fear!

So what have I been up to, well painting up a couple of command units for the Empra's finest

Mexican Dave's challenged me to a 5000pt scrap using FWC rules and his newly finished Dino Riders. Since theyre (to me at least) an unknown quantity, I thought I'd better field my hardest army, da Space Marines. The big downside of these guys should be quite apparent, you just never seem to get enough of them. So what have I included?

CO
3 HQs
2 FAOs
3 Land Speeders (the eyes and ears of the HQs)
6 Whirlwinds (you can never have too much arty dropping)
9 Land Raiders (tanky goodness)
6 Devastators (on foot, but with a 100cm range, they dont need to move much)
6 Tacticals
6 Rhinos (the Tacticals taxis)
6 Assault Marines
1 Dropship (the Assault guys taxi)
1 Walker (after all you really cant play Sci-Fi without some stompy robot goodness)

Comments on this troop mix welcome.

Another Month, Another Project

Yep as I stated in yesterday's post, I have today taken the plunge into Weird War 2, now 28mm is a scale that I normally abhor, but this seems like my kinda game. Its a skirmishy kinda game with the turn not being the Evil Empire's "I'm gonna move all my guys, then I'm gonna shoot with all my guys, then I'm gonna assault with all my guys" it's a much more reasonable alternate unit activation type game. Anyone familiar with Stargrunt 2 will be comforable with this, it's a system that I like as it forces you to actually think a bit, do I use this unit now, or do I wait and see what he's gonna do with his unit right in front of it?

What I bought just to get started was this

http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/Secrets-of-the-Third-Reich/Wayland-SOTR-Bundles/US-Armoured-Infantry-Starter-Pack/prod_7476.html

Wayland games have put together bundles of a decent starter pack, a character model and a rulebook, ok Wayland charge postage whereas the likes of Maelstrom dont, I did check and even with the postage I'd have been short of the £3.60 character model If I'd gone anywhere else. So if this is interesting you, do check out Waylands bundles.