Oathmark Skeleton Infantry

 Another twenty skeletons for Joriff's army.

Okay, they still need the shields added, so are skulking at the back.

Joriff admires his handiwork.

There will need to be more before he challenges the nearest town.

Oathmark Odyssey part seven: North Star Gorgon

 So, while I summon up the enthusiasm to begin to undercoat the Hoplites, I bought some figures to provide some more mythical flavour to the armies.

This is a North Star Ghost Archipelago Gorgon.

Based on a Renedra 25mm round base.

The body is Humbrol acrylic 30 Dark Green. The belly and the face are Citadel Death Guard Green and Citadel Nurgling Green. Highlights were added to the body with a similar mix to the face and belly The bow is Vallejo Old Wood and the quiver Citadel Mournfang Brown.

The fletching is Army Painter Stone Golem, the arrow shafts Vallejo Old Wood.

The body and head were washed with Citadel Coelia Greenshade.

Now to work out some stats for Oathmark.

Dragon Rampant from Osprey Games

 Another set of Fantasy rules for my collection.

"An Army I do not need for a War I am not interested in..."

Empress have recently released their first two infantry packs for the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

So amongst my order I added the two packs and the existing crew pack. As I thought they could do with some wheels, I could have gone for an ARVN M113, but decided that another V100 would suit my current terrain better.

Now just got to start building them.

Empress Land Rover (WOMBAT carrier)

 As part of my Not-Colours order from Empress, I got a BAOR Land Rover carrying a WOMBAT Recoilless Rifle.

Here are the components of the Land Rover (there is a pack with the crew and the WOMBAT still to photograph).

The doors are optional and it comes with a set of stowage and opened WOBAT ammunition boxes.

Size comparison between the Crooked Dice (SWB) Land Rover and the longer Empress one.

Oathmark Revenant Infantry

The Oathmark Revenants were released towards the end of June, sprue photographs are here.

Here is the first rank of Revenant Infantry as Linebreakers, with two handed axes.

A lot more to build.

 

Anvil Industries Robots

 The recently released multi-part Robots are available as two types, the Regiments (human) sized and the larger Exo-Lords sized.

Here are the component, on the left the Exo-Lords sized ones, complete with Widowmaker rifles with box magazines, on the right the Regiments sized ones with Phase SMGs.

The Widowmaker has the half section connector on the hand while the Phase SMGs have a plug to fit the slot in the hand.

Both types have a range of heads, I chose the Cyclops type for both as they look suitable as combat units.

First one of each assembled.

As you can see, the bodies are not just rescaled.

Compared with a Stargrave Trooper.

Regiments sized robot and Stargrave Trooper.

Comparison of the Robots with Stargrave Trooper and Regiments Martian Fusileer.

Regimets sized robot, Exo-Lord, Exo-Lord scale Robot and the Martian Fusileer.

Regiments Robot, Martian Fusileer and Stargrave Trooper.

Not-Colours 2021

 With the continuing "One Thing and Another", there is no Colours this year again.

So I put in an order at Anvil for some of their new Robots and drop troops (plus some more heads for Oathmark).

From left to right: Exo-Lord scale robots, robots (and a Quadcopter and Drone Controller) and Drop Troopers.

Empress M151 Ford Mutt

 I ordered the M151 Ford Mutt from Empress soon after it came out, but had not got round to starting it.

This is the contents of the kit (I also ordered the crew set for it).

The kit is all white metal, the body is a lovely clean moulding requiring minimal clean up

It comes with a full set of weapons (clockwork grenade launcher, M2, .30 and M60), a trailer and some stowage.

Unlike the M422 Mighty Mite, the seats are integral.

I need to clean up the back of the seats a bit.

I now have top decide how much (if any) soft stowage to add.

Sarissa Compound Wall Set

 A while back Sarissa produced a secure compound set for Warlord for their lamentable Project-Z game. Sarissa later released it and the walls separately under their own branding. I bought the full compound set, but have only built (some) of the walls.

The kit comes as one of their about A4 sized packs. It builds seven wall sections and one section with a gate.

The wall sections are in laser cut card, as is the facing for the gates (though I used Slater's 7mm corrugated sheet for this build).

The bases for the walls and gate sections. Note the right hand end has holes for the gate sections in all three sections.

Lamps and gates.

Here are the posts assembled and the base chamfered.

Assembled but unpainted. I did add some Milliput to fill in any gaps on the top of the wall where it is folded over.

Here are three wall sections and a gate section in use as a small compound. Empress US Army figures for scale. One of the other sections is at the back (and the other three sections are in various stages of assembly, which will quadruple the area of the compound).

The bases were chamfered with a half round file - the idea is that the posts are fitted to a concrete base.

The walls and base were sprayed with Plasticote Rust Effect paint to add some texture. This was then sprayed with Halfords grey spray primer, then a light dusting with Halfords black primer, a dusting again with the grey and a final almost zenithal  spray with Citadel Corax White.

The base was washed with Citadel Agrax Eartshade and the walls with Citadel Nuln Oil.

The gates were painted separately. Halfords grey spray primer, an "anti-zenithal" spray with Citadel Chaos Black followed by washes with Citadel Agrax Earthshade and Citadel Nuln Oil.

Empress Cadillac Gage Commando V100 leaves the compound.

No scale sequence of photographs is complete without William Killian.

Entering The Zone with their new Tigr. 

Empress Tigr, and Russian and Universal Soldiers.

Resupply time.

Crooked Dice Tortuga truck

It will fit through the gate without the hard top, not wit it installed.