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.

Monday, July 21, 2025

King Williams War in Ireland: Francois du puy du Cambon Regiment

 I've completed the second regiment of Huguenots. Now that puts me at half way to being half way done!

Moving on to the Danish Regiments now, and then over to the four regiments of Cavalry for King James!




As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin


Friday, July 18, 2025

King Williams War in Ireland: Pierre Massue, Le Marquis de Caillemotte Regiment

 Three Regiments were part of King Williams army in Ireland. Here is one of those that I have painted up for a scenario I am going to try to do at a local convention at the end of September. I almost have the second one done, which gives me two more to do. Then I have to paint several troops of horse for opposing forces. Time is short, but I think I can get there.



As always thanks for looking,

Cheers
Kevin


Monday, July 7, 2025

King Williams War in Ireland: King James "The Earl of Clanrickard's Regiment"

 After talking with Clarence about this Regiment, I decided to go ahead with my own take of how the Clanrickard Regiment would look. Not having ordered the Civilian packs, I did my best to mix up the colors, though staying on theme of red coats with Yellow cuffs etc. 

Now I have a force for both sides to do a small Donnybrook fight. But my main goal is to do one of the 4play scenarios. So I still need to paint four Regiments of Foot, and four of Cavalry for opposing forces. 

Having fun painting these lads so far.








As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin





Monday, June 23, 2025

Battletech: Dawn Guard

 It's been almost a year since I expressed interest in painting up a new Battletech unit for Alpha Strike called the Dawn Guard. A House Davion unit. The color combination really grabbed me.

So I have painted up a whole company this past week and I did them in a quick slap dash dirty look. Just wanted to get them on the table. They turned out better than I thought so I can't wait to get them on the table.

I had a little trouble taking the pictures as my light setup caused the yellow and white to reflect back and made it hard to focus. I muddled through and got them pretty decent. 




Twelve units done for the company, plus the awesome Rifleman below!!!


As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin






Monday, June 9, 2025

Age of Chivalry: Condottieri Army Italian Crossbowmen

Another group of dudes done for a friends Condottieri Saga Army. Just a few more to go and I will have the project completed.

Here are 18 crossbowmen. With all the assorted dress and no uniforms per say for the period it was hard to come up with a color scheme. So I decided I would break them up into three 6 man color groups and add some variation within each color group to make it appealing yet not drive me crazy trying to paint umpteen colors. 

I think I succeeded. Now he will be able to break them up into 6 man units, or combine the different groups to make a nice looking 12 man unit. 






As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin









Thursday, May 29, 2025

BLKOUT UN Raid Force Alpha but this time for a friend

 A buddy of mine who doesn't have the skills had me paint these up for him. I didn't mind since it was a small group of figures, plus the fact I told him he had to play this game with me;)

So I painted these up a bit different from the ones I painted for myself, but I think they still do the job.


As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin


Saturday, May 17, 2025

BLKOUT: Manticor Borz Group

 It's been about four or five months since I painted any BLKOUT models. So it was refreshing to come back and do something a little different from my last few projects. BLKOUT is an Ultra Modern, Science Fiction type of game. 

These models have been painted for me, just me. That always feels satisfying to say that. Not for this person, not for that person, just me. 

Here's a little extract about them.

"Manticor prides itself on physical strength, and their combat tactics mirror this. Implacable in their attack, layers of ballistic armor let the soldiers of the Manticor Borz Force shrug off hits that would incapacitate any other force. Practical and methodical, Manticor Borz may not be flashy, but they'll put you in the ground nonetheless."

You can see why I chose to paint these lads, they are my kind of boyz!!!








As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin


Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Age of Chivalry: Condottieri Army Italian Heavy foot

 Another installment of troops for my friends Condotieri Army. Figures are 28mm Perry's European Armies line. Have just a couple of more units to go. Chugging along.





As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin






Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Star Wars: The Spectre Project

 So the last few weeks have not been the greatest. Family events caused me to not feel the painting vibe and that's okay. Then May 4th came along and I decided to let the Force take me away from the real world events in my family and drift off into brush land. It's incredible how soothing painting can be.

So I've had these Star Wars Legion models, like forever, and decided to finally paint them up. Not using the rules Star Wars Legion, but instead Spectre. Will see how that works. I've quite a bit more to do but I'll get to them one day as I say I will... hopefully.

I present my first ever Storm Troopers, Some Rebel Pathfinders done in US Army ACU colors, and lastly Rebel Troopers in Jungle camo. 






As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin


Friday, April 25, 2025

Border Wars: Under a Reiver Moon.... The Broken Men

 I've added to my Border Wars collection today with 6 mounted Reivers. These are from Flags of War Border Wars collection and are called the Broken Men. Back from the war, destitute, and perhaps no large family name to lean on. They would rustle up horses, cattle, etc. to make a shilling here and there, or perhaps pick up a writ from the Warden to hunt down someone like themselves that have been causing to much trouble.













As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin








Saturday, April 19, 2025

Flint and Feather, some canoes!

 Had these sitting around forever and every time my friend came over he’d ask, did you paint your canoes? Of course not I would say you know I can’t focus on one subject for more than a week. 

So finally I knocked these guys out. Doesn’t make much sense doing the subject period without them. Now I have to go and find my forest animals and get them going.

Oh and I meant to use my bottle of water effects but found it had dried up into a hard lump. Oh well pictures for now until I get some.







As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin