Space Hulk commission

There’s a reason I don’t do commissions... normally. The reason is I paint it, I keep it.

It’s hard enough to paint for ones self, much less other people.

That said I have a friend that does not paint. He is a gamer. He buys games that use miniatures to play with on a game board. Not buys miniatures to game miniatures. So no paints, no skills (other than one color and a wash). When he really likes a game and will keep it forever, he commissions someone to do it for him. I usually resist.

Enter Covid. He is still working, I could really use the extra cash, the next thing you know I’ve struck a devils bargain.

So I took on 37 pieces, which I am normally lucky to do for myself in a year. Gone are the mass painting days for me. It’s more like, ooh, I like that figure and then will paint... a figure. Of course only on days I am motivated enough to even sit down to do so.

Like most, as I grow older, I’ve gone from having to collect large amounts of figures for mass battles, down to collecting a few dozen for skirmish wargaming. The reduced paint load has been a relief, and I’ve actually enjoyed painting more. I even have more time to do other things hobby.

That said, my friend knew this, and was willing and patient enough to wait for me to do them.

I finished up a very small prior commission of 10 figures for Freeblades, again with reasons above pertaining, to start in earnest on this one.

Here is a picture of where I am at with Space Marine Terminators. Then I have Genestealers to start. Both sides are very busy and require a lot of detail work. Space marines should be obvious in picture, genestealers because the bastards at Games Workshop made them on little dioramas.

But I will survive. I’ll get it done. Then when I do, and with a sigh of relief, I can go back to painting what I want to.

As always thanks for looking, and this time for lending me your ear to get it out;)

Cheers
Kevin

Afghanistan 28mm Modern

A friend of mine did a barter deal with me. He built a couple of terrain boards for me, and I traded to him a couple of painted armies. I have had these nice 28mm modern figures for Afghanistan that Steve Dake painted up for me a couple of years back,  but no terrain that inspired me to want to bother putting them into the field. Oh I had glorious dreams about what I wanted, but not the skills to do so.

Upon seeing a terrain board my friend made for my Colosseum for a 28mm gladiator game I have called Arena Rex, the dream about getting Afghanistan boards suddenly became realistic.

Fast forward a few months, through covid, and taking care of family, I finally got hold of the boards a few weeks ago and got some time to set them up for a few posed shots.

What is super cool about these boards is that the terrain and buildings you see in these pictures literally have not changed one bit over the centuries. I already have ideas about doing the Afghan Wars the British fought during the colonial period, as well as Scifi, fantasy etc. etc. The boards are designed to be able to arrange on three sides of the board that is higher than other one so there is lots of flexibility in how I lay them out.

These are taken with my phone camera, but you get the gist.

As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin

Freeblades: The last three...

Well I was able to push through the last 3 models for a Freeblades commission for my friend. The hardest part of doing a commission is saying good bye to paint jobs that won't be going into your pile of completed figures. The one good thing is that I know they are going to a good home, and a permanent one at that. He will really like these models, and hopefully soon be able to play a few games with them.

So without further ado I present to you the Berserker, the Unproven, and last but not least the Hunter.

[Berserker]

[Unproven]

[Hunter]

As always thanks for stopping by

Cheers
Kevin