Fred's 2012 Painting Diary

[fred.]

Played a game of BKC the other week - it was supposed to be BKCII but due to my rustiness with the rules it was more like BKC1.5 

This has caused me to have a rummage through the not inconsiderable amount of german WWII kit I have to get some kind of handle on what I have. For my allied stuff I have built units very much off of the TO&E of actual brigades or regiments so it is a bit more known. But for the late war germans I have been a lot more ad hoc, because really that's what most of their formations where like, especially so as my historical focus has been the Arnhem campaign, which brings ad hoc to another level!

So after a bit of procrastination, a got down to making a list of the 2 1/2 storage drawers of german stuff - which came to 141 bases of troops and vehicles - of which pretty much everything is at least on a textured base and has a base coat of the right colour applied. I have found a handful of figures and motor bikes still in packets, but I'm slightly less sure if these are for something in particular or are just left overs...

The totals are
Finished 42 bases (30%)
Painted, but need bases flocking 66 bases (47%)
Basecoated, 33 bases, 23%

So it looks like with a quick bit of flocking I could have 3/4 of my late war germans sorted - which would be good. Not sure why I didn't finish off the bases on so many troops.

Here's a photo of the mass, which does rather show the p*ss poor basing

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Holy Tamoly! That's a lot of kit! 

[Techno]

I second Lemmey's comment !
Cheers - Phil.

[fred.]

There's not that much german kit, really. I'm not sure I dare add up all the British stuff...

You did see this thread in the summer - http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,5786.msg55703.html#msg55703

[Hertsblue]

Impressinve display, Fred. And flocking's the easy part - compared to painting, that is. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

There's not that much german kit, really. I'm not sure I dare add up all the British stuff...

You did see this thread in the summer - http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,5786.msg55703.html#msg55703

Indeed we did, fabbo!

[fred.]

And flocking's the easy part - compared to painting, that is. 

Indeed it is. So I've spent the last hour flocking 50+ bases, and they look so much better for it!

Hopefully I'll get chance to give them a spray varnish over the weekend and this force will be a major step on the way to completion (well except for the couple of battalions of Paras that are on the way...)

[Leon]

... (well except for the couple of battalions of Paras that are on the way...)

Have you written a nice letter to Santa?   

[fred.]

I hope his little elves have been in touch!

[Leon]

I hope his little elves have been in touch!

Possibly!   

[fred.]

The recent request for Lizardmen photos made me realise how little I have updated this thread in the last few months. And it is due to laziness, not lack of gaming and painting.

Most recently I have been playing Kings of War, by Mantic, which while generally 28mm rules, seems to work well with 10mm. We are currently playing with standard distances and one Warmaster unit equals a regiment in KoW. This does reduce the frontage of units compared to standard but seems to play OK.

The army lists for KoW add a few extra units that aren't in Warmaster but are probably in WHFB, which has meant adding a few units to my Elven horde.  These are mainly woodland sprits and walking trees.

I'm enjoying how KoW plays, it's quick to play. There needs to be quite a lot of thought, as movement is fairly strict so you need to be thinking ahead a turn or two.

[fred.]

Christmas

Most years for Christmas I have a good selection of books and CDs that I have collected on my Amazon wish list over the year - but not this year. So I put together a little list of gaming stuff which my family were good enough to get me. I received the following

Pendraken German Paras - an army pack with some extra heavy weapons, this will give me a couple of battalions for BKC. I even sorted these into bases last night while Downton Abby was on!

Roman Fort from the Baggage Train - a very nice resin model, which has an impressive length of walls.

A Citadel Modular Hill - to provide the extra 2 quarters to make a very big hill with the other parts I got with the BoFA set some time ago

Lots of 6mm WWII aircraft from Heroics and Ros - I've decided that I want my aircraft a size down - and this means you can get lots for the money - these haven't arrived yet, but will hopefully be with me in the next few days.

[fred.]

Sylvan Kin for Kings of War

I've Kings of War a few times in the last couple of weeks - using 10mm Warmaster Armies - and the KoW army list has a few units in it that don't feature in WM, so I've been doing a bit of shopping. The first unit up is the Sylvan Kin, who are described as "Spirits and faery folk of the forest realms ... humanoid elementals of nature, fighting with the fury of the Great Wild"



There are some Pendraken spirits, the tree dryads are Splintered light 15mm, the small fairies are 6mm from Micro World Games, and the other humanoids and dogs are Eureka. I'm quite pleased with how these came out - as when I had the different figures on painting sticks it was all looking a bit odd. I have a few Centaurs coming from Pendraken to finish off the other stands, and am going to try to make some flying fairies as well.

[fred.]

Warmaster High Elf Dragon Princes

Managed to pick up a couple of these very rare Warmaster units of eBay just before Christmas - for a fraction of the normal £100 a unit they go for. They weren't listed under their correct name, but did have a clear photo - so not sure why other people didn't spot them, perhaps because they undercoated, they don't appeal to collectors?

They have painted up nicely - I particularly like the red unit



Both these units may well get an outing on the table tomorrow.

[petercooman]

Looking great!

It's a real shame what those older models go for ately!

I play epic 40k and am sometimes amazed at what prices they dare to ask for such small models. The top of the ladder being an imperator titan that will cost You over 100£ on the bay, and it ain't even metal, it's freaking plastic!