Flames of War US Armour Tank Crews

01/05/202409/07/2021 by jbarton11

Another batch of vehicles for this commission. I spoke last post about the two different crews (or at least crew appearances) that were included. Today it is the turn of the ones wearing tanker uniforms. First up we have some M10 Wolverines; these are open top tank destroyers. So you actually get a look at … Read more

Flames of War US Armour – Infantry Crews

01/05/202414/05/2021 by jbarton11

The next part of the US Army tank project is done. This chunk contains the vehicles crewed by US Army infantry uniformed figures. I’m not enough an expert to know whether there was any difference in the organisation of said vehicles, but in Battlefront‘s kits they included crews come differently uniformed. First up are the … Read more

Flames of War US Armour – Tanks Alone

01/05/202407/05/2021 by jbarton11

Another fairly meaty project I’ve taken on. This one is 20 WW2 American armoured vehicles. A mix of Half-tracks, tanks (mostly Shermanns) and self-propelled guns. They’re all by Battlefront from their big starter box. I’ve finished most of the tanks, but not the crews. And with a number of open top vehicles in the mix … Read more

We’re BACK! Monday Knights first Club meet after Coronavirus Lockdown

01/05/202413/11/2020 by General POTUS

First night back at Monday Knights after over 100 days of Coronavirus lockdown. I got to roll some dice playing for the first time in a lot of months. Congrats to Big Nige for his win & the great Team Yankee. (Damn those Soviet Hinds!) The game was a quick 85pts Soviet vs USA Team … Read more

Painting Random Terrain Stuff

01/05/202416/10/2020 by General POTUS

I had just finished writing up a couple MK blog posts about painting PSC StuGs and my last couple Vanguard Forces of the Abyss war-band figures when I had this email exchange with Flop. I had great visions of powering through another couple of painting projects to either add units to existing armies or just … Read more

15mm Medieval Mounted Troops Part 2

01/05/202405/10/2020 by floppy

Finally after all these years I have put paint to the 15mm Medieval Mounted troops. This time I have two light horse with bows, two Cavalry with fire arms, 4 heavy Knights and 4 not so heavy knights. Light Horse with Bow’s The Light horse with bow are a very new purchase, I need some … Read more

Templar Knights

01/05/202418/09/2020 by jbarton11

It’s time for the big show. French failed aristocracy pumped up on faith and the desire to kill heathens (or poor people). Templar Knights By now there’s not much more I can say, there aren’t any original colours on here. The miniatures are again Legio Heroica, but they’re not the Templars from that range. Instead … Read more

Templar Infantry

01/05/202421/08/2020 by jbarton11

Finally some Temmplars. I think I’ve done quite well. More than 5 posts into a Templar project and not a single white tunic or red cross on anything. But that’s all going to change over the next few posts as I finish off this project with wall to wall, hard core Templars. A sea of … Read more

Crusader Turcopoles

01/05/202414/08/2020 by jbarton11

Another feature of Crusader armies were the Turcopoles. The Crusaders had learnt the effectiveness of the mounted bow from the Saracens and so had started to include them in their own armies. Sourced from the Eastern Christian kingdoms, and I’m sure other relevantly skilled groups, they were still Christian by equipped and dressed more like … Read more

Crusader mounted knights

01/05/202410/08/2020 by jbarton11

I’ve finally added some Knights to the Crusader army. With over 130 troops painted it’s good to finally have something that we all associate strongly with the era. I’m not sure there’s anything more iconic to the Feudal/Medieval period than the Knight holding a lance atop a charging horse. Again, these miniatures are Legio Heroica. … Read more

15mm Medieval Mounted Troops Part 1

01/05/202420/07/2020 by floppy

I have finally started painting parts of the 15mm Medieval troops I have had for a very long time. So I have broken down this project to different troops. I have started with my 15mm Medieval Mounted troops as a multipart post. Firstly because there are a lot of horses secondly because I am finding … Read more

Large Crusader spear block (56 figures)

01/05/202413/07/2020 by jbarton11

Crusader armies needs large block of spear men. After all, the humble spear was the primary infantry weapon for almost every organised army until the musket got good (pikes are just long spears). If you were to go and ressurrect someone who died in battle, chances are it was a ‘he’ used a spear. Hell … 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

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).

Hospitaller Commanders & Mounted Sergeants

01/05/202419/05/2019 by jbarton11

I didn’t get time to take photos of these earlier (things have been a little crazy). But they were ready for the tournament a few weeks back so that is the most important thing. These are commanders, which are essentially just tokens in ADLG so they can be on almost any sized bases. I use … Read more

Crusader Heavy Spear

01/05/202423/04/2019 by jbarton11

Some more miniatures for my Crusader army. This time they’re not Hospitallers, but rather general Heavy Spear from the period. There’s not much rhyme or reason to the shield patterns. There’s only about 6 colours (white, black, yellow, blue, green and red), but the random mising makes it look quite colourful. Particular when you compare … Read more

Hospitaller Sergeants with Crossbow

01/05/202420/04/2019 by jbarton11

Many of the colours (armour, coats, straps, skin, etc) are the same as for the Brother Knights. However, there are a couple of new bits: Crossbow: Wood – Base: Sandalwood (SC-26) Wood – Wash: Sepia Shade (VGC 73.200) Metal – Base: Gunmetal Grey (VMC 70.863) Wash: Black Wash (VGC 73.201) Quiver: Same as the Brother … Read more

Knight Hospitaller – Brother Knights

01/05/202401/04/2019 by jbarton11

This is the start of a Medieval army for Art de la Guerre. Rather than go something nice and generic that’s brightly coloured and could do any of a dozen lists I’ve gone for something different. I’m painting a Knights Hospitaller army in black: which is none of those things. However, it’s a project I … Read more

Balaeric Slingers

01/05/202408/01/2019 by jbarton11

These are the last miniatures I’ll be painting for my Carthaginians for a while. As a force they’re pretty much finished; I’ve got well over 200 points in LADLG terms and I don’t think there’s much more useful I can add. The last little unit for this force is 4 bases of Balearic Slingers (LI … Read more

Ligurian Javelinmen

01/05/202407/01/2019 by jbarton11

Another mercenary unit for my Carthaginian army: Ligurian Javelinmen. Nothing particularly special with these guys. As poor mountain men I didn’t want the colours to be quite as vivid as the Celts so I made them a bit of a muted hodgepodge. I also tried a different vibe to the shields, based on what Little … Read more

Ancient Greek/Carthaginian Camp

01/05/202415/11/2018 by jbarton11

The last ingredient for my Carthaginian army this weekend. I need a camp and the rules are pretty liberal on what it can be (even the base size is a ide range). I chose the smallest base possible 40mmx80mm and started filling it with stuff. I started with a Greek style tent from Baueda Wargames, … Read more

Carthaginian Army

20/07/201910/11/2018 by jbarton11

The elephants I just posted represent the last major piece of this army! It’s been months in the making, much of it procrastination, but I’ve got a full ADLG army with a few options. You actually might notice something missing: my camp. I had finished it, but I experienced my first bout of frosting with … Read more

Elephants

20/07/201908/11/2018 by jbarton11

I’ve got a pretty simple rule for list building Ancient Armies: take the maximum number of elephants. I don’t think this method is the best, but I like elephants and if a list can taken them then it really should. The ADLG Carthaginians can take 3, so I painted 3 elephants. Body: Base: NATO grey … Read more

Carthaginian Heavy Spear

20/07/201907/11/2018 by jbarton11

Some actual Carthaginians for my Cathaginian army! These have been a bit tedious: 48 miniatures all exactly the same. I didn’t do any fancy shields as the surface has significant curvature and I’m not comfortable enough in my free-hand on such a tricky surface. To get these done quickly I mass-painted them on sticks (you … Read more

Spanish Scutarii

20/07/201925/10/2018 by jbarton11

More non-Carthaginians for my Carthagenian ADLG army. I’m keeping to mainly reds for this army, but I’ve used a slightly different red to most of the others (a slightly deeper red). That coupled with the shields helps them stand out from the others. Body: Flesh – Base: Medium Fleshtone (VMC 70.860) Flesh – Wash: Sepia … Read more

Carthaginian Command

20/07/201922/10/2018 by jbarton11

These were painted in the last couple of days with some of the other miniatures and had just been waiting on photographs. I didn’t record the colours, as they’re pretty much just bits and pieces from the other figures. But I did take lots of pictures. I’ve painted them with different coloured, matching capes to … Read more

Numidian Light Cavalry

20/07/201910/10/2018 by jbarton11

A quick update with some more 15mm Ancients miniatures. This time it’s some Numidian Light Cavalry. I’ve reused the colours from the Numidian Light Infantry (the riders) and the Iberian Cavalry (the horses). I’m planning on doing another 2 bases of these as that maxes out the Carthaginian list and I think I’d like to … Read more

Celt/Gaul Warband

20/07/201907/10/2018 by jbarton11

One of the options for a Carthaginian ADLG army is Gallic Warriors. I’ve painted quite a few of these as I think they’ll be useful for a number of forces. I think these could be run as Gauls, Celts, Britons or even Germans. Some of the colours I’ve used are below. However, I didn’t record … Read more

Iberian Cavalry

20/07/201918/08/2018 by jbarton11

These figures are a continuation of my Carthaginian forces. This time it is 5 and one third bases of Medium (or maybe Heavy) Iberian Cavalry. Another group of miniatures I’m very happy with. I find 15mm very time consuming, but also very rewarding when they’re done. I think they look pretty good, especially the shields … Read more

Numidian Light Infantry

20/07/201919/05/2018 by jbarton11

Another quick post of some new miniatures. These are a handful of Numidian Light Infantry for my Carthaginian Art de la Guere army. Because of the small scale I don’t make any real attempt to blend or do much in the way of transitions. These are much quicker to paint: plenty of washes, drybrushing and … Read more

Romans

20/07/201919/02/2018 by floppy

Romans, yep, Romans….

I have finally gotten paint on the Romans that I purchased back on 2007. I bought the army for Field of Glory, after looking at DBM back in the day and well.. hating the type player that played it, FoG was a real change of pace.

then I might have gone overboard….

M1 Abrams Tanks

20/07/201930/09/2017 by jbarton11

These have taken me an age to paint, they’re quite large with quite good detail. It’s also not super exciting painting and they’ve been sitting around in various states of half finished.

AH-1F Cobras

20/07/201931/07/2017 by jbarton11

Some more work on my US Team Yankee force. I’ve painted a full flight of AH-1 Cobras. These are another great plastic model by Battlefront, one of their good ones and they were a pleasure to assemble.

Infantry in Woodland BDU

20/07/201921/07/2017 by jbarton11

I’ve not particularly enjoyed these figures. It’s a long tedious process. God knows how I would go with a second platoon, or a Russian swarm.

M113s, M163s and M901s

20/07/201907/05/2017 by jbarton11

After the 3 test models featured back a couple of months ago, I got going and produced another 13 AFVs in 3 different variants.

M113s in MERDC

20/07/201908/03/2017 by jbarton11

I think this last project is probably one of my most excessive. I’ve decided that I want to paint my US cold war force in one of the MERDC schemes.

1/100 Zvezda M109A2 Review

20/07/201923/12/2016 by jbarton11

Zvezda produce a number of 1/100 model kits for Modern and Cold War vehicles.

Russian Vehicle Commission V

20/07/201905/12/2016 by jbarton11

I’ve finished 8 of the 12 Hinds, the other 4 are going to sit for a little bit while I recover from painting soooo many vehicles.

Russian Vehicle Commission IV

20/07/201901/12/2016 by jbarton11

Some progress at long last. No WIP pictures this time, just vehicles. Sooooooo many vehicles. The colours and techniques are the same as the T-72s so the WIP pictures and colours wouldn’t reveal much.

Russian Vehicle Commission III

20/07/201917/11/2016 by jbarton11

The last steps to complete were some weathering. Although you could probably argue this started with applying the paint chipping in the previous step.

Russian Vehicle Commission II

20/07/201913/11/2016 by jbarton11

Some more progress on the T-72s.

Russian Vehicle Commission

20/07/201909/11/2016 by jbarton11

I’ve started a pretty epic painting commission for Team Yankee which is Battlefront’s new Cold War gone hot game.

Tree’s

01/05/202430/08/2015 by floppy

Tree’s, Tree’s everywhere. On the Terrain building exercise, this week it is all about trees. I have been working to get as much done as possible over the last week, ready for a big day here playing some Flames of War.

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Pirate Commission – Part V

01/05/202411/02/2014 by jbarton11

Despite the lack of posts this project has actually moved a fair way along. Very hot weather has made spraying difficult so I have been putting off varnishing and instead just painting more miniatures. First, I’ve finished painting the Red Coats; there are 24 of them all together (20 regulars and 4 leaders) and I’m … Read more

Pirate Commission – Part IV

01/05/202404/01/2014 by jbarton11

After a busy Christmas I’m finally back at the painting desk. The first priority is to finish off this pirate commission. This instalment features a couple of strips of generic, boring pirates. I’ve tried to keep the colours varied with a mix of browns and greys with muted brighter colours. I’ve also thrown in the … Read more

Pirate Commission – Part III

01/05/202416/12/2013 by jbarton11

A little progress, not heaps, but a little. 2 more stands done: one of pirates and one of Red Coats. These are coming out well and are actually quite fun to paint. These are not quite finished, I didn’t put down a final layer of Dull-cote. It’s just the gloss varnish. They will look a … Read more

Pirate Commission – Part II

01/05/202410/12/2013 by jbarton11

Quick little update on the latest commission. Just a handful of these completed. The Redcoats got a little boring so I threw in a quick pirate for some variety. Great little models these from Rebel Mins and are quite nice little sculpts. I’m not at all happy with how the pictures came out. I will have to get some better lights as the exposure is just too long and there are too many vibrations in the room.

Pirate Commission – Part I

01/05/202405/12/2013 by jbarton11

Another commission has come my way. It’s 15mm again, but this time it’s pirates. This is just base coating again. I’ll start with a test model to see how it looks and I’m pretty stoked with this bad boy (OK – good boy). Colours used are the following (as much for my reference as anyone … Read more

Police Precinct Commission – Complete

20/07/201926/09/2013 by jbarton11

Just a final few shots showing each of the units/types together. I’ve also put in a proper background and set the camera up a little better to give some slightly better shots. These disappear tomorrow, and have been a fun little project. They’re not 100% complete as the client wants to add the wash.

Police Precinct Commission – Part V

01/05/202426/09/2013 by jbarton11

The last few models are finished. It’s now just time for a quick spray of varnish, pack them up and deliver them tomorrow. I might, if keen, take some pictures of them all together with their varnish on. A couple of my favourites are here. The hostages/arrestees have one of my favourites. With the charcoal … Read more

Police Precinct Commission – Part IV

20/07/201922/09/2013 by jbarton11

Back in the painting swing of things now, 3 more strips completed over the weekend and only 3 more to go. That means I should be finished with these sometime next week. After that it’s 2 weeks on the road with the family and work, so things will be a bit quiet and any regular … Read more

Police Precinct Commission – Part III

20/07/201919/09/2013 by jbarton11

After more illness than I’ve had in the past 5 years (damn kids and pre-school) I’ve finally made a decent bit of progress on the 15mm painting. Not many words save to say this is now over half complete and I’m now slicing through them pretty quick so this should be done really soon.

Police Precinct Commission – Part II

20/07/201908/09/2013 by jbarton11

Not a lot of progress, a very bad bout of gastro laid me out for pretty much the entire week. However, I got back to things over the weekend and I started with some 15mm Police. As this is just a base-coating job: washes, etc to be done by the customer they are pretty plain, … Read more

Police Precinct Commission – Part I

20/07/201901/09/2013 by jbarton11

Just started work on a commission of 15mm miniatures. These are for use with Police Precinct which is a cooperative board game that was the subject of a successful KickStarter a little while back. While it doesn’t require any miniatures, the client is making a custom 3D board with 3D buildings, cars and of course … Read more