Blog discription

What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Friday, February 14, 2020

Showcase: Infinity Combined Army: Shasvastii Nox troops

Here are the other three pieces I have been working on, along with the Charontid I posted the other day. Still more pieces to come, in meantime...



Cheers
Kevin

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Showcase: Infinity Combined Army: Charontid

I am normally a paint by numbers guy, and painting anything other than camouflage and what CB puts out as the “unofficial” official scheme for armies, is really a stretch for me.

So I left my comfort zone and tried something new. I saw a couple different styles out there and I combined them to come up with this (I have 3 Nox’s to show but finishing bases). I nearly just threw them away as I didn’t like where it was going and totally uncomfortable with bright colors.

Thank god there so damned expensive or I would not have stayed the course. Anyways the scheme grew on my a little as I went on, and here is my Charontid.



I have some other projects going on simultaneously, like some bicyclist's for Flamme Rouge for a friend, Greek hoplites that I am taking my time doing Bronze NMM approach and is painfully slow, and of course Infinity.

More to come.

Cheers
Kevin



Friday, February 7, 2020

Greeks, Aliens, and cyclists! Oh my!

Whew! I finally finished, after five weeks, designing the vassal module for the reboot of Next War: Korea 2nd edition. Man I am glad I got through that.

So yesterday was my first full day of “do whatever” I want hobby time. I wasted none of it. I had primed all but two of my Greeks for “Mortal Gods” and I added some more flesh into them. I didn’t do my usual scheme and tried to just make a natural simple blend. Came out okay, but will look better with more paint on them.

Today I primed up some more of my Aliens for Infinity, and I took on a painting commission (I know, what was I thinking when I can’t even paint my own) for 12 cyclists from the game “Flamme Rouge” an early period of Tour de France type racing. Kind of like Formula de, but has cards and stuff. For those of you out there with kids, get this game they will love playing it with daddy and mommy. Watch them scream for joy as they crush you on a mountain climb and leave you behind gasping for breath. Okay, okay, I know I am a little into it.

That’s it for now, it’s picture time....



Cheers
Kevin