PDF to PAPER!

Spend a lot of the day printing TooFatLardies and Ganesha Games rules from the PDFs.

This seemingly simple exercise is made diffucult by the fact that my brain is on holiday without me. Getting both sides printed, the right way up took up most of my time and paper.

So what did I achieve:

Blades & Heroes and Flying Lead were already printed in booklet form, I only had to print the cover and staple. Told you I didn't achieve much.

Flying Lead was the base set of rules used at Little Wars for the Victorian SF game.

Charlie Don't Surf!

TooFatLardies Vietnam Rules "Charlie Don't Surf!" and the associated "Surf's Up!" have been added to the virtual library.

I am looking at using 6mm figures, with each squad being represented by a 20x40mm stand. Support weapon will be based on 20x20mm, and civilians on round bases. Still to confirm the Big Men, but I expect that it will be by marker.

The question is GHQ or Irregular figures. Cost and convenience vs quality. Strangely I like Irregulars figures but am not that impressed with the vehicles. As for GHQ you have to buy by the set and support weapons are in a separate set. This means a minimum of $60 for infantry.

Convenience and supporting Nic of Eureka will probably win, although irregular infantry and GHQ vehicles and helicopters is a likely compromise.

Up & Crawling

It seems so long ago since the last Blog entry, 6 months, it seems like only a few weeks. Productivity wise it has only been a few weeks.

Other than 2.5 months in hospital during which I managed a few dwarves (still incomplete) I don't seem to have achieved much. I need to go back and catalogue where I am and hopefully find that I have spilt more paint than my feeble memory can place. As you can see my painting table is a pickle.

On the upside I have settled on a paint scheme for my Tyranid force and have a unit of 16 naked celtic fanatics that have been dipped and are awaiting a matte varnish. The photo is before dipping.

Hopefully this will not be a lone post.

Stay Tuned!!

Workbench Update

While I have been a little lax with photo updates I have been busy painting.

The following are ready for varnishing:

• 6 Minas Tirith Knights
• 24 Minas Tirith Warriors (inc 8 archers)
• 1 Minas Tirith Bannerbearer
• 24 Mordor Orcs (inc 8 archers)
• 8 Fighting Uruk-hai
• 8 Uruk-hai w. Pike

In addition we have the following in various states of repair:

• 60 (odd) 28mm Celts and 3 Chariots assembled and undercoated.
• 3 Goblin Warbosses cleaned and based on slate to give them a bit of majesty. One is mounted on a Giant Squid.
  
• 3 Sets of Fences cleaned and awaiting undercoating.
• Warhammer Inn (Chapel) cleaned and awaiting undercoating.
• Warhammer Tower (modified) cleaned and awaiting undercoating.
• Lots of WOTR bases have been covered in glue and grit then undercoated.
• Other stuff that has been basecoated or otherwise started over the years and is awaiting a little TLC to complete.
  

Lastly, I have some new rule sets in the stable:

• Napoleon (Foundary)
• 1644 (Rick Priestly)

That's it for now.

Matt

Sand Goblins - 3 Units Complete

Three units of Sand Goblins completed, 2 of Spearmen and 1 of Archers. Total of 60 figures.

They were painted and varnished with Army Painter Soft Shade. They are based but require a spray with matt vanish to dull them down.

Minor Update

Just a minor update, the painting table has been busy and getting closer to spitting out a few more completed units.

Painted and Varnished:
- Sand Goblins - 20 Spear and Shield, full command.
- Sand Goblins - 20 Bow, full command.

Painted:
- Minas Tirith Warriors - 2 Companies, hand weapons, shield.
- Minas Tirith Warriors - 1 Company, bow & hand weapons.
- Minas Tirith Standard Bearer.
- Minas Tirith Knights - 3 Companies, lance, shield.

Rob and I also got in our first run at the WOTR rules using unpainted figures to start learning the rules. 250pt each. Overall , big thumbs up - Simple to learn, fast moving and lots of dead things.

Matt

Life is like that!

Sand Goblins - First Unit Complete

I have completed the first unit of Sand Goblins.

That is 80pts, 20 Sand Goblins including Command.




I have another 40 on the painting table, about 60% complete.

Matthew

Painting Challenge - Celtic Ogre Army

Celtic Ogre Army

My intention is to create an Ogre Army for Warhammer Fantasy Battles based upon a Celtic Theme.

So far my thinking is:

Overall Feel:

Celtic painting style, long swords and 2 handed swords, woad and some chainmail. Clothes are stripes and tartans. Asterix & Obelix style hair and beards. Belly plates removed and converted to large bellies, except for armoured figures which will be scraped back and have Celtic designs engraved. Iron shod boots converted to soft boots. Trousers converted to full length with string tied bottoms. Armour will be chainmail and Celtic shields as greaves, etc. Boar or Wolves as Standards

Bases will be Celtic flagstones with a small covering of leaves. Forrest bases will include vines and animals.

LORDS:
Tyrant Warlord:	Figure included in a unit based on 2 shield bearers. Magnet feet to allow removal and use as a single figure.
Slaughter Master Draoiocht:	Ogre Bull with a cloak of leaves and Staff, based upon a rock alter. (pronounced [ˈ'driː.oxt]: meaning “Magic”)

HEROES:
Bruiser Chieftain:	· Well Armoured Ogre on a base that raises him up slightly.
Hunter Hunter?:	· Hunter figures with sabre tooths or mastiffs.
Butcher Draoidh:	· Ogre Bull with a cloak of leaves and Staff. · (pronounced [drɯːj]: meaning "Magician."

CORE:
Bulls Bulls?:	· Ogre Bulls with 1 handed long swords. · No armour. · Huge Celtic Shields as Ironfists.
IronGuts Ironguts?:	· Ogre Bulls with 1 handed long swords. · Celtic Shields to form armour. · Some chainmail
Gnoblar Fighters Spirit of the Forrest?:	· Forrest, vines and creatures. · Maybe use treekin, and 10mm Beastmen plus 10mm Half Ogres from Eureka
Gnoblar Trappers Creaping Land?:	· Vines with caught figures.

SPECIAL:
Leadbelchers Slingers?:	· Slingshots firing cannon balls.
Yhetees Fanatics:	· Naked Ogre fanatics with woad.
Gnoblar Scraplauncher Vengance Launcher?:	· Huge slingshot.

RARE:
Maneaters ???:	· Special Orges in some uniform from history.
Slave Giant Giant:	· Giant with scale armour made using celtic shields. · Huge tree with a celtic cross gravestone as the head to form an axe.
Gorger ???:	· ???
Dogs of War Dogs o War?:	· ???
Rhinox Riders	· How do I do this??

Sand Goblins - Test Figures

I have completed 2 test figures and have done 3/4 of the block painting on the rest of the unit (20 figures inc Command)


This is the basic block painted figure.


The figure on the left has a wash of Devlan Mud on the cloths, followed by a highlight of Iyanden Darksun.

The figure on the right got a wash with Army Painter Soft Tone. It is shiny but well protected and still needs a spray of matt varnish.

I am impressed by the protection the Army painter system provides the figures. While the Standard approach gives more depth and a ragged look, I prefer the colour of the Army Painted figure. I still think I am wiping off too much of the wash when I apply it. No dout I will improve with use.

So the Army Painter method it is for Sand Goblins.

Goblin Preparation - Part 2

I managed to get home early tonight and get the Goblins undercoated.

WHITE!!! All 62 of them.

Not Black, as they will not be Night Goblins but Sand Goblins.

Tomorrow we start with the test figures.

Goblins Prepared for Painting

Over the weekend I have managed to get the 60 Goblins from the "Battle for Skull Pass" set clipped off the sprue and cleaned off all the molding lines.

This is the the start of a Orc and Goblin Army, which will be predominately goblin based. Lots of low value troops screaming across the battlefield, in both attack or retreat.