Fred's 2012 Painting Diary

[fred.]

I've been busy with painting and gaming - but I've not been updating the painting diary 

At Phalanx I picked up a great big bag of lizardmen from Leon, and have started painting up some of these

First up are a couple of units of tribal lizardmen to act as Skinks - a small skirmishing lizardmen in the WM lists



Basic fast paint job, over green spray. Basing still needs doing.


I've also picked up a couple of dinosaurs to act as stegadons - this one is an Ankylosaurus and has a scratch built fighting platform


The crew aren't painted or fixed in place yet.

Photos taken using my new ring LED light - which goes around the camera lens, and seems to provide a good light from these couple of test shots.

[nikharwood]

Looking good - nice flash too 

[Leon]

I like the idea of the LED ring, I'll have to see if they make one for mine, as that could be really handy for getting pics of the releases each month.

[fred.]

This is the amazon link for the LED light http://www.amazon.co.uk/Macro-Light-Olympus-Pentax-A380-A450/dp/B003LAGNSO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=6QRCXCN1FINR&coliid=I30LLYT0K2IS45

It attaches to the filter screw thread at the front of the lens.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Good looking Lizzies sir!

[fred.]

This week I've painted up some more cavalry for Maurice. 2 units of cuirassiers, who have gone from bare metal to based in a week, and a unit of French (I think Irregular figs) and a British or Irish unit on black horses. These last two have been lingering in the painting queue for far too long so have been finished off.



They should all get on the table tomorrow, they may even get a coat of dull coat first!

[Techno]

Talk about prolific !
Great stuff as usual Fred !
Cheers - Phil.

Hmmm..From what you've said....I'll have to try and dig out my old ring flash (wherever it is !)....and see if there's anyway of finding an adapter ring to fit the lenses on the new camera.

[fred.]

The new cavalry got on the table for a game of Maurice last night - and true to form for new units ended up dead 

It was a good game, I commanded the French who were quite cavalry heavy, vs the English with more Infantry and better shooting. The English massed on the left flank and pressed forward, leaving his guns in the open on a hill. My right flank cavalry formed into column and swept round to attack the artillery in the flank and infantry in the rear - this nearly worked well - but didn't quite come off and the English infantry were able to get turned around and start shooting. I did manage to get the 3 guns though, but for the loss of 2 cavalry units, which wasn't the best trade.

The mass of English infantry pressed forward and shot up the rest of the French cavalry and the French infantry, taking a few casualties. At this point it was looking really bad for the French, the right infantry had marched round a central wood, but had ended up out of the fight, rather than in the rear of the English. The French artillery managed to get turned round and start shooting up the English infantry who started to loose units. The English infantry had become rather spread out by this time, so were struggling to move a strong force towards the objective as night fall was rapidly approaching. The English managed to take the objective, but only very temporarily as this left their unit rather exposed and it was shot up then charged, allowing the French to re-take the objective. There wasn't enough time left for the scattered English infantry to pull back together to re-take the objective. So the French won a technical victory. Both sides were down to single digit morale scores (from starting points of 14 and 16) but couldn't quite deliver the killer blow to break the enemy.

Anther fun battle - the cards really make the game play differently. None of us has quite got the hang of cavalry yet - it isn't much good frontally, but if it can get round the flank it is devastating.

[fred.]

I'm now rebasing my English artillery as they were based on 40x40mm squares a while ago and are far too wide for the other units based on 20mm squares for Maurice. So far 7 of the 8 gunners have come off the bases with a soak in water this morning - hopefully the last one will pop off soon.

Then to put in an order for some League of Augsberg figures - which should give me the infantry of another Maurice army, then Clib can get the cavalry and guns sorted for the autumn (please!!)

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

New units = lost units! Isn't is always true! 

[fred.]

A bit of a gap in updates as I've been away for a week, and the Olympics have got in the way of painting this week!

Some Arab cavalry (not Pendraken) that I did some block painting on last week while away. These are very highly detailed figures, but I am finding them hard work to paint as there is so much detail.



Four more bases of Artillery for Maurice, 2 as British, and 2 as French in dark blue, who can probably double up for other nations if needed. These need a wash and the bases finishing.

[Techno]

Spiffing work as usual Fred !
Cheers - Phil.

[fred.]

Far too long since the last update, so I will do a few posts to catch up on lots of painting (though not that much Pendraken I'm afraid.

First up Warmaster Empire

Over the summer I have pretty much doubled my painted troops, and am now very close to having 4k painted
Newly painted troops are:
3 x Knights (+ 1 that was bought painted that need a little tidying up).
2 x Crossbows
4 x Halberdiers
2 x Pistoliers
1 x Great Cannon
1 x Mortar
1 x War Altar (that has been in progress for ever)



Lots more over on my website http://www.kerynne.com/games/WMEmpire.html

[fred.]

The above Empire army got a big run out yesterday. A group of us went down to Warhammer World at GW in Nottingham to play a 7500pt a side Warmaster battle.

More details over at specialist games http://www.forum.specialist-arms.com/index.php?topic=4827.135

The combined Empire / High Elf army fought off the Chaos / Dark Elf incursion - it was a close run and good battle - and attracted lots of attention from the many other people at WHW.

[Techno]

EXTREMELY  impressive Fred !!
Superb stuff !
Cheers - Phil.