IM back (slightly)

Hello everyone!

I am sort of back!

Its been over 6 months since my last post, and I've done plenty in the interim. 

However, I've realized that this blog has shown very little of my extensive wargame hobby.

The next view posts will be a mix of what I completed since my last post, as well as parts of my total collection. Enjoy!

Various Warhammer Battles for your pleasure!

Nazis!

 Baltic Light Cav

 Priest and Merlin

 weird monsters from D&D Asheraldon

 Archers and New Heros

 New Barbarian spearmen or javelinmen

 Kit bashed elite warriors

 more weird monsters, I really like the blue snake!

WIP Germans

 A simple skin wash, and black wash over everything else and, voila!

 I finally bought a table, and brought the games off of the floor!!!!!!!!!!

Continuing green stuff education.... going well if I do say so myself...just poke and pull for fur

Mostly washes! The skin was painted light green then washed with a green.

The Nobles Have Answered the Call of the Gods

Today I unveil, the Pagan Noble cavalry 

(they've been done for some time)

My favorite concept behind this project is that 90% of the minis can be used in almost any barbarian army from Goths of the 200s all the way to Lithuanian armies up until 1300.  

(and about 60% will be suitable all the way back to 200 b.c., Now thats what I call versatility)

The miniatures are made from the bodies and horses of wargames factory celt cavalry, while the heads and several weapons are from the gripping beast saxon and vikings plastic sets (one head is from warlord games plastic celts). Sheild decals are LBMS. Flag is from here http://onelover-ray.blogspot.com/search/label/Viking%20flags

Defend the Great Hall!

These next figures are my personal favorites of the unit

(For more info on the Bannerman, and more importantly the banner, check out my previous blog post)

Majority of the finished Pagans 

(the astute observer will notice the infantry have new shields)

Noble Pagan Horsemen and SHEILDS

Painting as many pieces of a model separately is the only approach!

Saddles were painted on their own, the horses were painted separately, 

as were the riders and the shields.  

Makes for way less headaches for hobbyists that are not enthralled with painting.  

Here we have a paper Banner I found over at http://onelover-ray.blogspot.com/search/label/Viking%20flags (Don't throw a one Blog)  

To avoid unsightly white areas after I close the flag, I painted the inside edges with colors that would blend with the outside.

Heres the Bannerman.  I used a sparing amount of white glue on all edges of the flag,

Fold The banner with some realistic ripples and voila!

 I sprayed the shields on the sprue brown, gave a quick tan dry brush,  and painted the bosses silver.

And added the decals. These shields are ready to protect the pagans!

I think we are in Pagan territory

The Knights are finally complete, banner and all.

Apparently flash makes a nighttime shot

Hostile Territory

Charge! Ride down the heathens!

All knights were slaughtered in the making of this post.

THE CRUSADE CONTINUES!!!! IM BACK

Its been the better half of a year since my last post.  I finally sat down and put the brush to the mini.  I would like to thank Netflix's American House of Cards for inspiring me to pick up the brush, Kevin Spacey's character starts painting civil war minis and diorama.  Any-who heres the good stuff!

Heres the first show of my nearly Completed Teutonic Knights from fire forge.  The capes made attaching the heads a little awkward, and I feel the sculpts are rather limited in positioning.  However, I am unbelievably happy with the final product.

 I sprayed the sprues white and painted the desired bits on the sprue.  I find it the only hassle free approach to painting.  There is way more room to maneuver.

I never glued the knights to their mounts.  The transfers are from battle flag.  They make a sheet specifically for the Fireforge Knights.  I am definitely a novice when it comes to transfers, Ive only used GW transfers previously.  The transfers did not stick sufficiently with water 70% of the time.  I began coating/gluing the transfers in place with GW clear varnish.  Luckily for me it got the job done.

Here they are, still no banner or flock.  I evened out the bases by watering down spackle and then dumping on sand immediately after.  

Next time they will be flocked and surrounded by pagans! hopefully the bannerman will have a banner as well!

Random Pictures from the last few months

Here is my two completed Viking/Baltic Halls with defending warriors

These next few are a SAGA battle with brother.  Normans versus Bretons.  Both of us had never previously used  our respective factions.  We used bretonnians as normans (with some empire crossbowmen), and kislev, marauder horsemen, and elven horsemen, as light breton horsemen.  Sadly I was utterly destroyed in repeats to both the objective and deaths....... The bretons are a tricky and annoying bunch.  But with the kislev and norse horsemen versus fully armored knights, this battle fit perfectly into my northern crusades theme.

My brother likes open battlefields for most of our wargames.....

A Jomsviking versus Scots battle... Another loss for me... I only took pictures of the battles I lost apparently... I swear!

Embarking on the Green Stuff voyage

Hello to my readers! it has been around 3 months since my last post, sorry.  That being said I will begin to post the minimal stuff Ive done in the past 3 months. yay!

These are my first green stuff sculpts.  The man on the right has received a fur lined cape, and the warrior on the left received a plume.  Both were not complicated.  Modelling fur greenstuff is quite easy. All you need besides greenstuff is a hobby knife or box cutter.  Since this photo I have utilized greenstuff 4 or 5 times to make furs!