Battletech Blue Fist Mercanary’s

01/05/202406/07/2020 by floppy

After painting all the red and mostly red on the SAGA force, I thought it time to sit down and start doing some Battletech. In a new Scheme for a new Merc force. I have alot in candy apple red, that I did years ago, though I do need to finish the rest of the … Read more

Crusader bow and crossbow

01/05/202429/06/2020 by jbarton11

Part of any good Crusader army are some missile troops. For this army there is a fair bit with decent numbers of both crossbow and bow infantry. As with the rest of this army, it is all Legio Heroica miniatures from their Feudal and Crusader ranges. While these two ranges are nominally for different portions … Read more

Homemade paint storage

01/05/202427/06/2020 by jbarton11

Sometimes I feel like, as well as miniatures, I collect small pots of paints. I’d reached the capacity of my existing storage (some acryllic racks by Back 2 Base-ix, an Australian manufacturer). Now, these are good little products that go together nicely with some nice ideas. However, they’re not cheap, will take a few weeks … Read more

Levy pike & farm tools – Huge new 250 figure project

01/05/202422/06/2020 by jbarton11

This is the first post of a new army project I’m in the middle of. This army is another Crusader army, but this time it is the Templars. However, there isn’t going to be any Templars for a little while as I’m starting with the generic crusader component of this project and even then at the bottom, levy heavy end. This is a big project, probably my biggest yet. There are about 200 foot troops and 50 mounted, as well as a pretty cool looking gate tower (serving as camp).

Saga Order of St John Spearmen

01/05/202415/06/2020 by floppy

My SAGA Order of St John warband continues to grow with the some Fresh faces as Spearmen. These are still the Fireforged Games troops, that I also used on the Crossbowmen. I have been block painting the my Order of St John to speed up the production of units, but also so I don’t burn … Read more

AK Interactive’s Matt Varnish

01/05/202408/06/2020 by floppy

AK Interactive have released their 3rd Generation Acrylics, clearly they have been doing the research and work on making new paint formula’s. Until now I have been using the Army Painter Matt or the Testors Dull coat, however the Dull coat in the last application just was not matt and it also dulled down some … Read more

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