Sunday, January 26, 2014
Oi!
Someone is receiving the benefit of Ms Temple's acerbic comments.
Crooked Dice's Super Temp stares down the bad guys.
Argonauts, Old and New
Dr Argo is pulling out all the stops, deploying different variants of his Argonauts, however old they might be.
Crooked Dice Robo Minions painted up as Mk I Argonauts back up a Mk III.
Gardening World
William was convinced that the cacti had not been there when he had parked last night.
Four Great Escape Games Dead Man's Hand Cacti box in an Empress Technical.
The cacti are supplied five to a pack on 25mm diameter integral bases about twice the thickness of a Renedra 25mm plastic base. For these four, I removed the bases and glued them to Renedra ones.
The cacti were sprayed with Humbrol Matt Light Olive 86, dry brushed with Vallejo Uniform Green mixed with Vallejo Desrt Yellow.
Base colouring is Vallejo Desert Yellow, washed with Citadel Gryphonne Sepia then dry brushed Humbrol 93 acrylic with a final dry brush of Citadel Dheneb Stone.
Now all I need is some desert terrain to go with them.
In the meantime, here is a comparison shot of the large cacti on its original base and a rebased one.
I might use a 40mm Renedra base for this one.
The containers in the background are the new Ainsty ones.
Four Great Escape Games Dead Man's Hand Cacti box in an Empress Technical.
The cacti are supplied five to a pack on 25mm diameter integral bases about twice the thickness of a Renedra 25mm plastic base. For these four, I removed the bases and glued them to Renedra ones.
The cacti were sprayed with Humbrol Matt Light Olive 86, dry brushed with Vallejo Uniform Green mixed with Vallejo Desrt Yellow.
Base colouring is Vallejo Desert Yellow, washed with Citadel Gryphonne Sepia then dry brushed Humbrol 93 acrylic with a final dry brush of Citadel Dheneb Stone.
Now all I need is some desert terrain to go with them.
In the meantime, here is a comparison shot of the large cacti on its original base and a rebased one.
I might use a 40mm Renedra base for this one.
The containers in the background are the new Ainsty ones.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Some Assembly required (part one)
At Warfare I bought three Crossover Miniatures figures from (I think) Pendraken.
The first figure completed (nearly) is their Super Soldier.
The Patriot was an attempt by a British television company to produce a Costumed Hero series for the American market. Utilising a mixture of Canadian and American actors (and some dodgy accented British actors).
The patriot was the story of an American covert military unit, lead by the titular "Patriot" in his not very covert costume, in their operations against all manner of enemies.
By reusing story lines, locations and in some cases parallel filming, the series was produced cheaply even though there was a lot of European location work. Unfortunately it was not very successful, being shown only once in the US.
The Patriot was an attempt by a British television company to produce a Costumed Hero series for the American market. Utilising a mixture of Canadian and American actors (and some dodgy accented British actors).
The patriot was the story of an American covert military unit, lead by the titular "Patriot" in his not very covert costume, in their operations against all manner of enemies.
By reusing story lines, locations and in some cases parallel filming, the series was produced cheaply even though there was a lot of European location work. Unfortunately it was not very successful, being shown only once in the US.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Last Minute Shopping...
Abbi and her trusty Diemaco C7 face the hordes on the Last Day.
A Wargames factory The Survivors: The Women figure.
A Wargames factory The Survivors: The Women figure.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
M113 Work In Progress
One of the key features of this blog is the glacial progress I make with these projects.
At Colours I bought an Empress Miniatures M113 APC.
There will be a full build item, but due to the jolly British weather it is on hold until I can get it undercoated.
The kit comes with optional rear fuel tanks and a TOW launcher.
However, at Warfare in Reading I picked up Crooked Dice's Villains' Programme Guide. One of the villainous organisations (United Radionics' FEDSEC) have an option for an APC. If I had read that before leaving the show, I would have bought another M113 for my FEDSEC troops to be configured with a converted Minion HMG in the cupola.
In the meantime, here is the unpainted M113 and a FEDSEC trooper.
As with all previous Empress/Imprint models, the kit goes together easily, but care needs to be taken as the resins used for the major mouldings bonds swiftly and strongly with superglue.
At Colours I bought an Empress Miniatures M113 APC.
There will be a full build item, but due to the jolly British weather it is on hold until I can get it undercoated.
The kit comes with optional rear fuel tanks and a TOW launcher.
However, at Warfare in Reading I picked up Crooked Dice's Villains' Programme Guide. One of the villainous organisations (United Radionics' FEDSEC) have an option for an APC. If I had read that before leaving the show, I would have bought another M113 for my FEDSEC troops to be configured with a converted Minion HMG in the cupola.
In the meantime, here is the unpainted M113 and a FEDSEC trooper.
As with all previous Empress/Imprint models, the kit goes together easily, but care needs to be taken as the resins used for the major mouldings bonds swiftly and strongly with superglue.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Reach out and touch them, part two
Having made a bit of an epic out of finishing the excellent Crooked Dice Heavy Machine Gun team, here are two pictures of them in action.
The figures are supplied with Fritz style helmets, but to fit in with my UNIT, I used the Fighting Men heads.
I have another two to finish, probably one with Westwind British heads in steel helmets.
I have another two to finish, probably one with Westwind British heads in steel helmets.
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