Just a single basecoat on the Mech, some gnarley bits and texture slapped onto the base, but it does look a little better than the shiny resin and bare plywood.
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Mecha Update
Well not much progress really
Just a single basecoat on the Mech, some gnarley bits and texture slapped onto the base, but it does look a little better than the shiny resin and bare plywood.
Just a single basecoat on the Mech, some gnarley bits and texture slapped onto the base, but it does look a little better than the shiny resin and bare plywood.
Saturday, 26 May 2012
For one night only
Yes ladies and gentlebunnies, for one night only, for your delectation I present, in his naked splendour, the Josef Stalin 4.5
Built but without even a splash of paint the JS 4.5 Soviet Mecha, with a 28mm US Armoured Infantryman in the piccy for scale. This thing is fricken huge, I had to cut a 7 inch square plywood base to fit it on, its gonna be a real monster in the game, 85mm cannon, twin linked HMGs and a flamethrower under the chin. I love it already. :)
Built but without even a splash of paint the JS 4.5 Soviet Mecha, with a 28mm US Armoured Infantryman in the piccy for scale. This thing is fricken huge, I had to cut a 7 inch square plywood base to fit it on, its gonna be a real monster in the game, 85mm cannon, twin linked HMGs and a flamethrower under the chin. I love it already. :)
Amazing what you find in drawers
Looked in a drawer that I hadnt been in for a year or so and found this
Thats not one but two reasonable sized 28mm Mechs, and since the Soviets have no Mechs as such (apart from the Spider Tank) I'll use the Mech design section of the rules to stat them out as Mecha support for the new platoon. Gonna need lots of superglue and pinning to get these bad boys built, looks like Poundland here I come.
Thats not one but two reasonable sized 28mm Mechs, and since the Soviets have no Mechs as such (apart from the Spider Tank) I'll use the Mech design section of the rules to stat them out as Mecha support for the new platoon. Gonna need lots of superglue and pinning to get these bad boys built, looks like Poundland here I come.
Still waiting for the postie :(
Well as I'm sitting here just waiting for the first 25 figures for my Soviet platoon to arrive I thought I'd lash the brush onto some backup for the Ogre I bought last month.
Thats an Orge leader, a Bugbear Shaman (yeah he doesnt look intelligent enough, I know) and 5 Gobbo archers, 2 Gobbo Light Infantry and 4 Gobbo Warriors. They'll be shite in battle but at least my recent Skaven warband might have a bit of a chance against them.
As a side note the Bugbear is one I found in a Dungeons and Dragons boardgame I bought years ago on e-bay and typically did nothing with. Looking at that fella, I feel that at least some of the figures might be worth painting.
Thats an Orge leader, a Bugbear Shaman (yeah he doesnt look intelligent enough, I know) and 5 Gobbo archers, 2 Gobbo Light Infantry and 4 Gobbo Warriors. They'll be shite in battle but at least my recent Skaven warband might have a bit of a chance against them.
As a side note the Bugbear is one I found in a Dungeons and Dragons boardgame I bought years ago on e-bay and typically did nothing with. Looking at that fella, I feel that at least some of the figures might be worth painting.
Thursday, 24 May 2012
SoTR platoon finished SoRTa
Inspired by the Soviet order going in I thought I'd get the lead out and finish off the US platoon (as far as I'm able, the final 3 models havent been ordered yet)
That them then, bases tidied, flocked and the whole lot de-shinified with a quick spray of the infamous Dullkote. Really looking forward to starting to play this now.
That them then, bases tidied, flocked and the whole lot de-shinified with a quick spray of the infamous Dullkote. Really looking forward to starting to play this now.
Humming and Hawing
Well lets just say that I used to be indecisive, but now I just cant make up my mind.
As my SoTR US platoon nears completion, my mind has wandered off into the realms of "it would be nice to have another platoon for them to fight". Well the obvious choice has to be German, with all its sexy weirdness of Mecha, Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies. But then the evil thought came that that would just be duplicating what Mexican Dave is currently doing. That left the Brits and the Soviets, dont get me wrong, some of the Brit stuff is very nice, and it would be going against the "fluff" to have Brits fighting the US. So looks like the Soviets then, after several hours of even more humming and hawing I pressed the BUY button, well my missus did as it was for my Birthday. Now, its waiting for the postie time again as I'm now waiting for 1) The doomsday book (all the extra units and scenarios) 2) Soviet Starter platoon and 3) Vasilly Zaytev Sniper Extraordinaire.
While the Mother-in-Law doesnt know it yet but she'll be adding a Zombie Horde and an Urzine to that lot. :)
You gotta love birthdays.
As my SoTR US platoon nears completion, my mind has wandered off into the realms of "it would be nice to have another platoon for them to fight". Well the obvious choice has to be German, with all its sexy weirdness of Mecha, Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies. But then the evil thought came that that would just be duplicating what Mexican Dave is currently doing. That left the Brits and the Soviets, dont get me wrong, some of the Brit stuff is very nice, and it would be going against the "fluff" to have Brits fighting the US. So looks like the Soviets then, after several hours of even more humming and hawing I pressed the BUY button, well my missus did as it was for my Birthday. Now, its waiting for the postie time again as I'm now waiting for 1) The doomsday book (all the extra units and scenarios) 2) Soviet Starter platoon and 3) Vasilly Zaytev Sniper Extraordinaire.
While the Mother-in-Law doesnt know it yet but she'll be adding a Zombie Horde and an Urzine to that lot. :)
You gotta love birthdays.
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Brits on parade
Thats the Brits all flagged up now and here they are
As Dave can now see, the Brits aint the monsters I've been yakking them up to be, only 9 units in total so theyre outnumbered, 2 Raw Units, 1 unit of Vets and the rest average, and 1 less General than the Yanks. So its not looking too good for Geordie's boys.
As Dave can now see, the Brits aint the monsters I've been yakking them up to be, only 9 units in total so theyre outnumbered, 2 Raw Units, 1 unit of Vets and the rest average, and 1 less General than the Yanks. So its not looking too good for Geordie's boys.
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