2012 Review, 2013 Preview

Usual end of year ramblings, looking back on what I managed to do and forward to what I hope to do...

Citadel Goblin Raiding Party

Given that the world was meant to end yesterday, I held off preparing this post - no point spending time writing if nobody was going to be around to read it. However, given that the world's still here, this week there be Goblins...

Some Finished Zombies

I finished the Citadel Vampire Counts Corpse Cart and some Wargames Factory and Mantics zombies recently, all destined for modern zombie/demon apocalypse type games.

Wire Mesh Fence Tutorial Part 3

This is the final part of the wire mesh fence series, and covers painting and finishing the pieces. Part 1 can be found here and part 2 can be found here.

Wire Mesh Fence Tutorial Part 2

This is the second part of the wire mesh fence tutorial. Part 1 is here. This week I cover the actual construction of the fence pieces.

Wire Mesh Fence Tutorial Part 1

Wire fencing is just the kind of mesh fencing you get around parking lots etc. It's nothing fancy, just wire attached to metal/concrete posts. This article describes the approach I took when making some recently.

Dwarfs With Hammers

Some more Dwarfs this week; this time it's the turn of the hammer armed troops.

54mm Seline Finished

I finally got around to basing a 54mm figure I painted back in September 2010, Seline from Eolith Miniatures.

Finished Dwarf Adventurers

I painted these figures at the end of 2011, but only got around to basing them in the last few weeks.

Foundry Plague Apothecaries

I finished the Foundry Plague Apothecaries recently, to go with the Foundry Plague Doctors I painted earlier this year.

Finished Koralon Larvan

I bought the Urban Mammoth Koralon Larvan strike team at Carronade 2011, but only got around to painting them recently.

Dwarfs With Crossbows

Some more old school Dwarfs this week - Dwarfs with crossbows

Finished SF Adventurers

Some science fiction adventurers and starship crew figures that I finished recently.

Claymore 2012

I was at Claymore 2012 yesterday and I think I may have spent a bit more than was healthy...

Normandy Firefight Game Part 3

This is the final part of the series of posts on the recent games my brother-in-law and I played using the Normandy Firefight rules from Artorus Games. Part 1 describing the setup is here and part 2 covering the games is here

Normandy Firefight Game Part 2

This is the second part of the series of posts on my recent game using the Normandy Firefight rules from Artorus Games. Part 1 describing the setup is here

This part covers the two games my brother-in-law and I played.

Normandy Firefight Game Part 1

Aaaaand - I'm back. June was rather hectic, what with weddings, birthdays and studying, so the little spare time I had was spent painting, rather than blogging. However, things should be a bit calmer now, at least for a while.

I was dogsitting for my sister and brother-in-law last Friday, so I stayed over, and on Saturday we played what will probably turn out to be our annual wargame.

Dwarfs With Spears 2

This is the second half of the Dwarf spear unit. Part one is here.

Dwarfs With Spears 1

I'm splitting this unit across two posts. There are more figures in it than I remembered and cramming them into one post would be too many pictures.

Carronade 2012

I'm just back from Carronade 2012, so thought it would be a good opportunity to describe my purchases and my general impressions of the show.

Foundry Plague Doctors

I finished these figures last weekend. I've been keeping with small groups and simple colour schemes this year, and this group was no different.

They're not all based yet, but here are some pictures anyway...

Dwarfs in Heavy Armour

My dwarf units tend to be organised by some common attribute. This can be the type of figure (civilian), or the weapon they're carrying (bow). This week, it's figures in partial or full plate armour.

Finished Undead Priests

I'm still struggling for painting time at the moment, so I'm concentrating on simple figures and few colours. With limited time, I find it important to see progress being made, as otherwise I find excuses not to paint.

Mantic Ghouls

I finished these ghouls couple of weeks ago, but have only just got around to photographing them. They haven't been varnished yet, as the weather still isn't quite warm enough.

Champions of Chaos

More time travelling this week, as we journey back to 1982 and the original Champions of Chaos boxed set.

Rogue Trader Space Marines 2

Continuing last week's tribute to Rogue Trader era Space Marines.

Rogue Trader Space Marines 1

What with it being the 25th anniversary (ouch) of Rogue Trader/40K, I thought I'd show some of my old Rogue Trader era Space Marines.

Dwarfs with Swords

Dispelling the notion that dwarfs are only capable of using axes and crossbows, this week brings some dwarfs armed with swords.

Modern Zombies

I have a few modern zombies finished, and a lot more to paint. My plan is that the zombies will do double duty, in both straight zombie apocalypse games and as "infected" in Demon apocalypse games. Who said the undead weren't useful?

Modern Demon Hunters 2

Some new figures this week - a group of modern Demon hunters that I finished last weekend.

As I mentioned last week, I recently discovered that I had no priest or witch figures, so this group was painted to fill the gap.

Modern Demon Hunters 1

I've just finished some new modern Demon hunters, so in anticipation of those (photographs next week), I present some of my older figures in this category.

Modern Civilians

Most of my gaming is solo, and one of my pet gripes is the lack of subtlety in my wargames. What they generally come down to is two armies/groups running across the table at each other and fighting.

I think, therefore, that one of the reasons I gravitate towards skirmish level games is the opportunity to have more elements involved. These provide some randomness, without which I find my games can quickly get boring.

Finecast Saga

After reading about the various problems following Citadel's introduction of Finecast, I decided to wait several months before buying anything.

My opportunity came recently, when I decided my few metal Beastmen could do with a warband leader. I decided on Malagor the Dark Omen and handed over my cash.

2011 Review, 2012 Preview

Happy New Year :-)

First post of 2012 (and 50th blog post), so time to reflect on what worked - and what didn't - in 2011, and look forward to 2012.