Fred's 2016 Painting Diary

[fred.]

Stick them in the dishwasher...

Is that to hide the parcels or get the paint off? Not sure that washing figures will meet with domestic approval - or if the figures won't disappear into the workings of the dish washer.

Concluded a very pleasant trade with Mad Lemmy today - so much more fun to trade excess figures than sell them for a couple of quid!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Stick them in a seive, run the dishwasher empty, the tablet blasts the paint off!
Top basket helps, if your really worried, take the bottom basket out, stick another seive over the filter, and tell the Mrs that you're running a cleaning cycle on the magic-box-of-cleanliness!

And the trading was most pleasurable, I think I might be slightly up on the deal though!

[fred.]

Stick them in a seive, run the dishwasher empty, the tablet blasts the paint off!
Top basket helps, if your really worried, take the bottom basket out, stick another seive over the filter, and tell the Mrs that you're running a cleaning cycle on the magic-box-of-cleanliness!

OK - might have to try this next time the dishwasher needs 'cleaning'. I was thinking of getting a mate who has a sonicator (aka sonic bath) see if it can do its magic to remove the paint.

And the trading was most pleasurable, I think I might be slightly up on the deal though!

Me too - so that sounds like a win win, then.

And look what was waiting when I got home - a big box of Pendraken (and Minibits) loveliness.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That's a HUGE box!

[fred.]

I know I didn't think I'd ordered that much. I think it's the bases adding a lot of volume!!

[fsn]

Bet your postman loved you as he lugged a cubit foot of lead to the door.

[fred.]

Bet your postman loved you as he lugged a cubit foot of lead to the door.

Its good for him! Its only a 6 inch square box, so that's only 1/8 of a cubic foot of lead.

The shiney contents of the box



There were also a fair few bases and a couple of paints.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Medievals?

[Techno]

I think I can see ELM codes on some of the packs, so I'd guess you're right, Will. 
Cheers - Phil.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

ELM13, 19 & 12
ER1&4
FW3
EL2,3 7 & 14 and maybe 15?
Maybe it's Renaissance

[fred.]

Mainly Rennaisance. Some ELM codes for Irish & Scots. Mainly ECW and 30YW. These are to make European Companies for Irregular Wars, hence a right mix of stuff including a bunch of half packs (thanks Leon!). 

[Leon]

(thanks Leon!). 

No worries!   

[andys]

I know I didn't think I'd ordered that much. I think it's the bases adding a lot of volume!!

They all say that 

[fred.]

On Friday night played a couple of games of Irregular Wars - the games are nice and quick (about 90mins) so easily able to get two in on one night. Played Imperialists against Poles. My Imperialists won both games - the first one convincingly, the second was very close, with many casualties on both sides, and both Leaders being killed in the same combat in the last turn. The combination of Pike blocks and lots of infantry shooting make the Imperial army very tough. Really enjoying these rules - which is good as that pile of lead pictured above is for them!

Managed to get a little painting and some basing done - the WWI infantry and tank for the painting comp. Fortunately I've got a morning off this week, so hopefully will be able to catch up with painting comp stuff, so I can get it photographed next weekend - making the most of the closing date being on a Monday.

[fred.]

The first game

The Poles led by their Peasant Hordes move forward to the Imperial line. On the right the Polish Dragoons have moved forward quickly and engaged in a fire fight


On the right my badly deployed Cuirassiers flounder in the rocky ground - but eventually they would prove decisive  - catching a unit in the flank, destroying them, which caused loses of other units through the sight of friends routing, then managing to repeat their success with their follow-up charge.

The middle of the second battle - on strangely similar terrain

The sneaky Poles had just played a chance card, causing all my units to be out of command - for most not too much happened, but two units of shot blundered forwards to be pounced on my Polish cavalry - hence the tangled mess of cavalry in the middle, and my less than perfect battle line. But the Poles couldn't further capitalise on this success, and things swung back my way.