Skirmish In a Box by Perry Miniatures

 The Skirmish in a box is a set of 65 multi-part multi-pose plastic 28mm figures from Perry Miniatures.

The set comes in a larger than normal depth box

The box contains one French battalion frame.

One French Infantry command frame

Four French Elite frames

One SPA-70 Spanish infantry frame

There is one Spanish Infantry frame from SPA-80 which I have forgotten to photograph.

One Spanish command frame

Five Guerrilla frames

One Spanish head frame

Wargames Atlantic Zombies

 Wargames Atlantic have recently released a 30 figure box set of Zombies. I bought a box on offer at Salute.

They come in a standard Wargames Atlantic box containing five sprues, each building six different zombies for a total of 30.

There are (according to the blurb) seventy five different heads per sprue: regular, Ancient Rome, Dark Ages, Viking, 18th Century, Pirates, Napoleonic, WW1, WW2 and Modern Police, Fire, Construction and Civilians. The idea is that you can use them in any period (and use spare heads and arms with the associated period normal figures).

The problem is they are just plain odd.

They appear to be wearing Carapace armour under their tee shirts

And they seem rather small (this one is leaning forward a bit but...). Comparison shot with a North Star/Oathmark Revenant and a WA Baron's War 2 Knight.

They are very cartoony, Mantic would look at them and go, NO! 

I do not mean the TWD:AOW figures, but the Warpath Plague Zombies.

See what I mean - Mantic Plague Zombies and a Stargrave metal zombie.

Like the Harvesters, this seems to be a lost opportunity by Wargames Atlantic.

At least one will end up painted as a zombie, I might try a few as ghostie things - they remind me of the ghosts in Hilda.

Blotz Jolly Boat

 The Blotz Jolly Boat is an laser cut MDF model of a Jolly Boat, a type of small boat often used to ferry crews and passengers between ships or to shore.

The kit comprises two small panels.

Three layers on top of a base plate comprise the hull, here stacked one on top of each other.

The boat will take nine figures based on 25mm diameter bases.

This is the assembled model.

The model was undercoated with Halfors grey spray primer. The visible surface was then sprayed with Army Painter Leather brown. The deck was painted with Vallejo Old Wood and the keel, inner frames, tiller and rudder with Army Painter Oak Brown.  

The rowlocks were painted with Vallejo Black. The whole boat was dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone. The boat was washed with Citadel Seraphim Shade.

For Carlos

As is shown here, the boat will only take nine figures, which is a bit unfortunate as it will not officially take a two ranks for Oathmark.

Silver Bayonet - scale comparison

 In November Osprey Games released The Silver Bayonet, a skirmish game set against Gothic Horrors in the Napoleonic Wars.

There is a selection of figures for the various nations (currently French, English and Spanish with more to come).

The question is what other figure ranges match in terms of size and stature.

The figure on the right is the release special figure, the one on the left is a Wargames Foundry Rifleman.

As you can see from this shot, the Silver Bayonet figure is notably taller.

Here is the full Rifles pack.

The Silver Bayonet - Napoleonic Gothic Horror War-game

 Osprey have just released the latest set of rules from Joe McCullough.

In addition to the rules, I have the first three sets of figures from North Star.