In with the new

I have been following a painting competition type thing on another blog, hosted by Analogue, which uses a different points system to the 1pt per figure I currently use, adjusting for scale of course.

Not sure if I fancy using the convertion over but it was interesting to think of getting 5000 painting points completed in a year :) thats 1pt per 5mm.

The only time i appear to manage the 1000 figures is when i am painting Napoleonics, so maybe it could be that i return to comforting arms of the good old French 36 man units that can quickly ramp up the points, but is that 36 points or 180 i am not sure yet, either way it will be using Perry Plastic and i was holding out until they commit more usits to plastic.

The allure of plastic is the cost per figure for me, the quality are on par with metal at worst, especially with Perrys. So why when the figures are just really for me am I waiting for an Austrian Hussar in plastic when I can use the near enough British ones, or wait for a Russian Cuirrasier when a French one is just a paint job away from crossing the border. Will ponder this one while I stare at the current plastic mountain of Perry Ansar and ACW Zouaves.

Perrys really are just pulling me towards 28mm gaming, when i have committed to 10mm large scale actions... damn them and extr-ordinary skills n business accuemen.

Maybe its a case of  '28mm for show and 10mm for a pro'

It's a wrap...

Well I tried to write this end of year piece on the ups and downs of the year, but for some reason the iPad wont let me create blog posts.... probably need an upgrade to be as good as it was before when it did allow me to post.

Bit of a slow start to the year on the painting front but a surge of activity post Salute in April meant a steady flow of figures were pushed through from both the lead pile and from a large commission. didnt quite make the thousand points mark but with December needing 130 odd points I found myself stuck, literally sticking with glue.... 80 WW2 15mm vehicles from PSC, Zvezda and 2 box sets of the new FOW means that 2013 may be a FOWFest if i can find some opponents at the slowly revamping club.

The Sale of my painted Roman Army funded this years hobby, along with the car insurance and road tax, but means I no longer have a 28mm painted Ancient Army, which gathers dust but made me feel like a real wargamer. The painting of my Plastic Perry ACW Infantry does mean I get to keep a toe in the real hobby that seems to elude most of the current club trends in gaming.

Big at the club has been 40k and Dreadball, with forays into Saga and Muskets and Tomahawks, but an upsurge of new members has meant the club has a new lease of life, if it comes with a different 'vibe'.

Home gaming was non existant and playing more Hex games didnt happen at all. I need to form a plan to paint up more 10mm units and get the HEXON2 Terrain out again.

January seems to be all about planning on most other blogs and recommitting to the hobby, but to me that just places a bit of pressure  into what should be a lot of fun.

2013 - play more, paint more, have fun.

Quailty Street Uniform :)

Chocolate box soldiers.... ?

Painted for commission, GW Mordians, as Spineguard Traitor Guard, also known as Spire Guard apparently.

Cheers Shaun

French Indian Units for Mukaets & Tomahawks Rules

Good Injuns?

Bad Injuns?

Its the Green family... from Hertford, England... come on down.....

Its George W and his colonial militia... come to save the day?

Officers, Gentlemen and boys.... and an axeman

Front Rank Present....

Front rank fire... i hope you didnt aim...

Devils in skirts... figures converted fron Foundry ? 1815 Highlanders Frenchies to follow. Rangers and Couries de Bois to be ordered from www.Gallopingmajor.co.uk at the weekend (curtesy of the painting commission). Cheers Shaun

40K IG Painting Commission

Painting commission - 49 figures 40K Imperial Guard Cadians - painted as Spineguard

Re-inforced Command Squad

Squads I II & III

Heavy Weapon Support Squads I II also showing unit designation markings on the base rim cheers Shaun

Slowly slowly painty figure

Have quietly been pushing pigment for a couple of months now, SAGA Normans for 108pts SAGA Saxons for 20pts FIW brits, colonials and injuns for 71pts And on commission GW Imperial Guard for 10pts Still painting more for the FIW... Gray frenchies and more commission IG Then back to the SAGA stuff... Which is based individually but sabot based for impetus Shaun

They think it's all over.....

It is now.....

So with painting points at an all time low..

And the winter being spent reboxing and sorting out what figures I actually have, I have invisibly bought a card game.

Yesterdays club night saw the seal being broken on Shadows copy of BLood Bowl Team Manager. Liked it, can see huge potential and have now bought it off of eBay.

And the bonus is I don't have to paint anything!!

Seasons greetings

Cheers Shaun