KenR : 28mm Buildings for Cops and Robbers mini Project

Just a quick post to chuck these buildings into the mix, a couple of them have been in the background of some previous shots but now I have done all three I thought I would present them for judgement.

I've bought and made three buildings over the last few weeks all from a Company called Purple Bob's Hobbies, I think these buildings look the absolute biz, if your interested I did a video review of them, link below.

Points wise I thinks it's around about 60, taking me to 1438. I've seen a couple of people talking about the end of the challenge coming up, I must have missed an announcement, are we going until the end of June ?

I've a unit of WW1 Cavalry waiting to be posted and I'm working on a unit of Arab Spearmen too.

From NoelW: Penultimate pot pourri of painted pieces

As we’re nearing the end of the Quarantine Challenge (but not necessarily nearing the end of lockdown as, as far as I can see, little has changed for people like my family) I decided it was time to review my plan, as it was certainly “ganging agle-y”. I'd originally planned for 23 projects, each of which I wanted to touch twice (once to complete something already begun, once to do something new). By last week, I’d touched 14 of the 23 projects, addressing only 22 of the hoped-for 46 “slots” – not even half!

So, with time trickling out through the plughole of existence, I decided I’d aim to use the last couple of weeks to gesture in the direction of as many of the remaining projects as possible. This is a bit of a cheat, really, as I’d intended much more than this, but other things have eroded my time, so this is simply a way of making me feel a bit better about myself, as well as getting a few more projects chugging infinitely slowly forwards.

Here, then, is my penultimate post of smallish offerings, from several projects. 

First off, the American War of Independence. This has long been a conflict I’ve been interested in (since the days of O level history, in fact), but a project I’ve constantly failed to get back to. So, with a concerted effort, here’s a contribution for both sides.

For the Americans, a “butterfly”:

And for the Brits, the 45^th, Nottinghamshire, regiment:

Next, a Congreve Rocket for my Waterloo setup. I try to add something each year to the Waterloo collection around the time of the anniversary. This is a Warlord model. I find their offerings quite varied in quality, perhaps because they tend to buy up other smaller firms, but this model I really like, as it gives an unusual dynamism to the Napoleonic battlefield.

I’ll finish with a couple of Lord of the Rings characters. Hama, who is definitely one of the good guys, swallowed, according to Peter Jackson, by a warg en route to Helm’s Deep:

And Denethor, Steward of Gondor. Now, is he Good or Evil? He’s wearing black, so that seems definitive. Except pretty much everyone in Gondor wears black, so that’s not much help. As the faithful steward who turns out to be faithless, and the loving father who sets his son on fire, perhaps neither Good nor Bad, just slightly conflicted.

(Apologies for the overexposed photos, BTW.)

That’s 26 foot (130 pts) and 2 war machines (20 pts) = 150 pts. Cumulative total for the challenge: 1494

And the state of play of my projects, with less than a week to go, 26 of my hoped for 46. Can I complete another 20 projects in 5 days?

Project	New Task	‘Points’	Old Task	‘Points’
Agincourt
AWI	Farmstead	3	US Butterfly British 16 foot	30 80
Black Seas (1/700th)	2 merchants	20
British in Egypt: 1801			Generals de Rolls’ regiment	30 60
Cape Wars	12 infantry	60
Carthaginians
Crusades	Command group	20
ECW
French in Egypt: 1801	Guns	50	Command Gun crew	75
Frostgrave/fantasy	3 Treemen	24	Frankie	5
Italian Wars
Lord of the Rings	Swan Knights Denethor Hama	60 5 5	Harad cavalry Harad infantry	60 45
Minden (15mm)
Ottoman
Peninsular War			12 Spanish	60
Republican Romans
Sikh/Afghan Wars	Command stand 8 Irregulars	15 40	11 irregulars	55
1860s British IF	Command base	15	Union rebasing	0
1880s, the Sudan	Buildings	15	18 British	90
Walmington/Sealion	6 landing craft	30	3 Civvies 6 zombies Bandstand	15 30 2
Waterloo			Congreve rocket	20
WW2 Desert	3 trucks 39 Afrika Korps	30 195	15 Italians	65
Zulu War	NNI Frontier Horse Natal Carbineers	30 60 50	Pearson & Chelmsford 4 foot	25 20
TOTAL		727		767

From SimonG: HYW Hobilars plus some terrain (and an ambush!)

For what will no doubt be my final posting I have to offer only one stand of four Perry plastic English mounted bowmen/hobilars. I have to say that these are not the greatest sculpts, being somewhat soft in detail and lacking in facial character. I always love the horses however -- now they are some characterful beasts!

Accompanying are two more 12x12 terrain pieces using the Terra-Formers system from Sally 4th. I made one up as a small forested area and made the centre of it a pull out so a stand could be placed within the wood. Lots of fiddling to make it fit but I think it came out OK in the end. Only 20 more of these pieces to do to make a 6'x4' gaming area!

Riding by ...

... avoid the forest ...

... because there's an ambush!

Anyway it's been great fun participating in all of this and I cannot wait for AHPC XI later this year! Keep safe everyone!

JTinQT - Week 11 - Landsknecht Pike

Dear All

Still trying to post something every week although a day late on this week and only a couple of measley pike. Anyway all counts I guess. This is just plodding away on the second base for my new French Landsknecht Black band and the figures are Old Glory.

Thanks All - Cheers Jez

From CLarenceH: Camels and a Horsie!

It's a great feeling to meet a hobby goal. This unit and the edition of a mounted Emir, completes my initial target to face off against my Highlanders.

Not a great photo, but I'll set up some proper shots on terrain when I get in my first game.

So for a quick recap, this gives me four units of Beja foot (two with spears, one with swords, and one with rifles), the camels, and a mounted Emir - 89 models in a relatively short period of time. Going forward I intend to add two units of Nile Arabs and a unit of Baggara cavalry. Beyond that? Well, we'll see. I may incorporate ahistorical things like Zanzibar slavers (I don't think they ranged up the Nile to Egypt), nefarious Belgian mercenaries (not really appropriate as allies of the Mahdi), or Central African style brigands (Rugga Rugga). I already have a large collection of these from the Wargames Foundry Darkest Africa range that will fit right in with a little rebasing. Of course, I can always add more Beja foot!

Up next - reinforcements for the Brits - a platoon of the IX Sudanese!

From Barks: A rude hut

I, too, have slowed down my output and been neglecting my blog. Here's a 3D printed hut I painted to keep the juices flowing. This is from Printable Scenery. You get a huge range of pieces- walls, windows, doors, floors, roofs etc- with connecting clips, and can plan and print away to your heart's content. This is a test building for a 4x4" footprint. The door swings and there is an interior with fireplace.

From TamsinP: Block Gang for Judge Dredd

With the forces of law and order (maybe disorder in the case of the Citi Def) painted, it is time to move on to the criminal elements of Mega City One.

With the high unemployment rates due to automation, boredom is rife among the teenagers and young adults of the city. Combine that with wanting cool stuff but not having any money, it is hardly surprising that so many turn to petty crime. Every block* has at least one gang and their rivalries and grudges frequently spill out into violent confrontations. It is quite common for two or more gangs to agree to have a rumble, sometimes over "turf", sometimes just for the sheer hell of it.


*the megablocks house tens of thousands of people each, and most people live in these.


Block Gang:

These eight figures come with the starter set, but are also available as a stand-alone pack.

The chap with the chain most have leaned over while the superglue was curing - I've fixed him since taking the pics.

 Block Gang Reinforcements:

These three figures are available as a separate pack. I ordered these at the release date, so I actually got metal ones (Yay!) rather than Warlord's nasty new resin. It seems that the resin shrinks more in the mould than the metal does - these three are noticeably taller and "fuller" than the resin ones.

I'll be working through the rest of the criminal elements over the next week or so, and will post them as and when a group are finished.