Fred's 2015 Painting Diary

[fred.]

Done a bit of a count up of what's still to do on this army

Add plastic foliage to bases - approx 40.

Base - 6 stands of Salamanders

Ready to Paint
Lizard Riders - 4 painting sticks
Infantry - 4 painting sticks
Flyers - 4
Big Dinosaurs - 3
Command figures

To Base Coat
Approx 15 bases of Lizardmen (the same again as painted above). The next job is to get these onto painting sticks - then hope for a decent bit of weather....
2 Large Dino riders

Magnetic basing - lots and lots

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Good work Fred! 

[jchaos79]

Those reptile still growing!

[Techno]

 
Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

You stealing Leon's schtick?

[fred.]

In a change of direction - I bought a big lot of Jacobite Rebellion Scots and British second hand. A lot of the British were painted but very few of the scots. But they are on 20mm squares - so I have been doing some cutting up of the plastic card they are on, to allow some rebasing. Onto 40mm squares, 2 deep lines for the formed troops and masses for the highlanders.  The figures needed a bit of a tidy up after shipping, so I thought it was a good opportunity to re-base them.

Also as the highlanders are based 5-6 on a 20mm square, I'm not sure how I would paint them anyway.

I think I will use Victorian Steel rules for this, even if they are aimed at 100 years later - but I hope they will represent the asymmetric forces quite well.

[Leman]

Would not want to meet those even on a bright moonlit night.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Would not want to meet those even on a bright moonlit night.

Surely they would be comatose at night, being cold-blooded....

IanS

[Hertsblue]

Wouldn't want to meet them anywhere - without a mountain range in between.

[fred.]

This hasn't been going well has it!!

I've been massively distracted by Epic Armageddon - yes, years old Sci Fi rules. I've never really gamed Sci Fi before - despite really liking SF books.  I have been building a Tyranid army - I know little of the 40k background, but am happy to build an eat your face bug army. This is rather different from my Fantasy armies which are generally quite shooty.

I've bought a lot of stuff (very little from Pendraken, hence no photos)  - and have been painting it as it arrives though the door - in fact slowness of deliveries is holding up painting now! The last delivery (from Pendraken!!) of 10 alien creatures. Half of these are painted and based already - and they only arrived on Thursday.

Here's a couple of WIP photos





I suppose I better get something together for the painting comp - really should have done this yesterday as it was sunny for much of the day - unlike today which is a serious return of winter.

[getagrip]

Love the epic system 

Like those tentacle (careful with predictive there  )  aliens; are they modified dungeon things?

[fred.]

The ones on the round bases in the first photo?

They are 28mm Tyranid bits - (actually everything in the first photo is, second photo is mainly Onslaught) I forget what they are called, but are fairly readily available on eBay - try rippers or spore mines, as they seem to come with those.

[getagrip]

They really look like one of Pendraken's dungeon beasties; really good anyway 

[fred.]

So all the 'nids on hand are now painted! (Can you spot the Pendraken figures?)

Most sort some painting comp stuff out the rest of this week now...

[getagrip]

They are fantastic, shame they're not all Pd, would make a cracking army entry 

[Techno]

Lovely stuff, Fred ! 
Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice army Fred!

[fred.]

Thanks chaps

(Why is that every time I att mot to type chaps I type chaos??) even when typing this line, I did it.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Because Chaos is my middle name!

[Techno]

So we don't get sidetracked, I shall start a thread entitled mistryping at once !
Cheers - Phil