I was looking for a set of bare trees for 28mm models for a medieval project I want to work on later and came across a set from Mantic called “Gothic Grounds”. The set includes four trees and a pair of stumps. In hand, they appeared a bit too small for what I wanted for 28mm, but as seen in the picture above, they look just about right for 1/72. So….more terrain for my post apocalyptic table!
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Continuing my ongoing project for The Silver Bayonet, I have again turned to AD 1666 to fill in some of the missing creatures I need for the game. Keeping the single player scenarios in mind, it is essential that I get zombies, wolves, and vampires knocked out. The numbers of zombies and wolves is pretty high, so instead of starting with a large group I decided to knock out the smaller group of vampires first. Continue reading
I’ve been sitting on a lot of terrain. In the past I never did much in building or painting terrain, usually relying on others to put up the scenery. Being a naturally slow painter and being burdened with long hours at work, taking the time to paint terrain seemed a luxury. Recently though I have started buying terrain pieces. Mostly components to fit in with Dark Age to Napoleonic eras. Most of these buildings are stone so I wanted to find a system that could easily paint up stone while making it look realistic. Following my usual modus operandi, I scoured the internet to find someone who had the solution.
I’ve never had enough spare time to get my projects complete, so when I got the opportunity to ‘work’ from home I took full advantage of the situation to up my productivity to an eleven. Blood Bowl is my prime mistress, and I have plenty of projects that have yet to start or have labored at an incomplete status for years. With my NFL themed Blood Bowl teams still barely started I decided to try and get one division completed. With my Browns themed Undead team almost done, it was time to get Steelers and Bengals teams going. Continue reading
Progress has continued on the Silver Bayonet front with a couple of easy wins getting more of the monsters of this gothic horror game on the table. I have the scarecrow models from North Star but for the first of several werewolves that I need I have turned to my extensive backlog and pulled from Anno Domini 1666! Continue reading
With my Prussians ready to see some action it was time to get some of the many creatures of the Gothic-Horror game ready for play. I have just about all the models made for waves 1&2 of the Silver Bayonet line, but I am determined to get all of wave 1 finished before I start working on the second. Up first I decided to tackle some of the best dressed goblins on the market. How can you beat a goblin wearing a tricorn?  Continue reading
I’ve collected a sizeable amount of Silver Bayonet models, but I have not had the time to sit down and work on them. After some heavy-duty surgery, I found myself on 30 days of convalesce. With the excuse that it was doctor’s orders to take it easy, I poured myself into some work into some Silver Bayonet models. First out of the gate, I started with my Prussian warband. Continue reading
With the color scheme decided, it was time to get this team up and running. I decided to go with the typical plan of working through lineman, specialty players, and finish up with stars and staff. I understand the usefulness of batch-painting, but I have a hard time spreading myself over more than five to six models at a time. I get excited when a model goes from the ugly patchy phase of having base coats to the when it starts coming together, and batch painting large groups keeps models in that ugly phase for a long time. Did I also mention it’s really boring? My brain likes to see progress, so my batch groups stayed small. Continue reading
For me, basing has always been the last thing I do on my models when I paint them. This tends to make basing one of my least favorite things to do as its the last hurdle needed to call a project done. My current basing style looks fair, but I also feel that it takes a long time to get that look. I want to find a faster way to get things based without sacrificing on the quality. Enter Geek Gaming Scenics! Continue reading
Back in another lifetime it seems I put together a Blood Bowl Team emulating the Cleveland Browns. The idea got me thinking of continuing the trend of blending Amorical (American) Football teams into the game of Blood Bowl. I’m not going to lie I probably (most certainly) own enough teams to do a full 32 team league, but alas I don’t paint fast enough to have enough lifetime to get to that goal. The original goal was to plow through the AFC North Division first, but instead I drifted over to the AFC East and put together a lovely Chaos Chosen team. Continue reading
Wyrd Stones and Tackle Zones 