Macedonian Elephant

I painted this for a friend as a commission for his Age of Alexander army for Saga. The model is from Wargames Foundry. It's an older figure line from them and is a metal model. I was not a huge fan of this model. It was metal parts that had to be glued together and it was clunky and had many gaps that I had to fill with green stuff. It was probably the top of the line for it's day but it hasn't aged well. I normally place my figures on thick paint sticks using blue stuff, but this model was to heavy for that so it was harder to paint.

But I trudged on and finally got it done. Here are the results.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin

Carthage's Numidian Cavalry

Adding another unit for my Carthaginian Army for Age of Hannibal for the game system Saga.

Numidian light Cavalry were an important element for the Carthaginian Armies as they were not only good skirmish troops but more importantly vital to the reconnaissance roll.

Here are a few snaps of my Numidians.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

Thessalian

 Finished up a friends Thessalian Cavalry for his Macedonian Saga Army. Working on the Elephant now. That will leave me one unit left to do, but that one will wait on the list while I move onto another project for another person. Rotating projects helps keep it fresh for me, plus I rotate something in for me in between those.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

Carthaginian Libyan Javelinmen

 Well because of the simple paint job I was able to knock out 12 Libyan Javelinmen for my Carthaginian army for Saga in a couple of days. Per the Victrix site that sells these they supposedly wore red tunics, and were heavily tattooed. I didn't go nuts with tattoo stuff, just enough to get by on the game table.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

Carthaginian General and Gallic Cavalry

 So this past week and a half I have been diligently working on my Carthaginian General and one point of warriors being Gallic Cavalry. 

I started out painting some Macedonian Cavalry for a friend and some Scifi infantry for another. The idea was to place paint on each grouping (including mine) to keep it fresh and to whittle away the pile. It started off okay until the cool models from Victrix, and the Little Bigmen shield transfers stole my heart.

Well that was that and I was off to the races. This project has been and on and off subject for two years and I now find myself within one point of fielding an army. Of course there are some odds and ends I would like to paint to flush it out and give myself some versatility, but I will maintain my focus on the next 12 levy I need. I’m going to try to put these and the other two groupings on the same plate again to see if I can get a little more done for my friends.

Here are a couple of pics.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

Carthaginian War elephants, the Tiger Tanks of Antiquity

Wow! I finished my first 16 models for the Carthaginian Army for Age of Hannibal back in January 2021! Unbelievable! 

Since then I finished one War Elephant in early 2023, and just today finished a second War Elephant for the Army. 

Over the past few days I've assembled 12 light infantry, 8 warrior cavalry, and a Warlord for the army. I've completed placing media on the bases and have them all primed and ready to paint. That will give me the six points I need to play a game, but my goal is to paint two more units of 8 cavalry each, and two more units of 8 warrior infantry each. I've been wanting to finish these forever but other projects always seem to get in the way. Like painting up a Macedonian Army, Franks, and Byzantines for one friend, 24 WWI Russians for another, and around 10 or 12 models science fiction models along with around 56 WWII Bolt Action Soviets for yet another. Plus two Saga Armies for myself, but hey who's counting.

Here are a few shots of the finished one, along with a shot of the two completed ones together.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

 No this is not about Sergio Leone Western masterpiece. This is about my psycho, just over one year old, Shitzu. 

I had just painted up three NASA astronauts, three Russian astronauts, and was in my hobby room laser focused on building a lunar vehicle when I heard my little lad chomping away in corner. I was so focused I thought he was chewing one of his toys. Then he disappeared and soon after my Wife walked into my hobby room and handed me what you see in this picture. Somehow my foam tray of painted astronauts ended up on the floor upside down in the corner. Fortunetatly the way I pack them only one fell out. Of course he found it and decided it was an excellent chew toy. The head, arms, moon rock, and most of upper torso are gone. 

After having lost three other non painted models to the BAD, I thought I had learned my lesson and had model security under control. NOPE!

Though I swore a few times, no animals were hurt while going through this episode.

But mannnnn, it’s sooooo hard loving this cute faced dog sometimes.

Today I am assembling a replacement and hope to have it painted by weekend😞

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers

Kevin