I'm working on a British Officer (left), and Highlander (centre), and a British infantryman (right).
Showing posts with label New Masters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Masters. Show all posts
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
What Have I Been Up To!?
Speaking of daft ideas... Look what I started this week.
Hands up! Who can guess what these are...?
Guessing is open until I post the next progress picture... which might be tomorrow, because I'm really kind of having fun with this!
Hands up! Who can guess what these are...?
Let's make a game of it - I will send one painted sample of each (whenever I happen to finish them) to the first three that can guess the a) Scale, b) Conflict, c) Nationality, and d) What the heck am I planning on using them for!?
This may or may not be tricky - depending on how close you follow the blog. (You might find a hint in a recent post!)
Guessing is open until I post the next progress picture... which might be tomorrow, because I'm really kind of having fun with this!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Fantasy Masters
Last fall I started a couple new Savage Worlds campaigns. One, on Saturday evening, was using the old TSR AD&D Dragonlance campaign. The players made their own characters that I fit into the campaign (which is really written for use with pre-generated characters, but making your own is more fun). Around that time I’d painted some fun cartoony fantasy figures (Dork Tower and Cerebus and Thrud) which were a lot of fun and I also happened to start sculpting again and I got thinking… “Wouldn’t it be fun to do some cartoony figures for my players characters…?”
One Sunday afternoon in September I sat down and drew pictures of the various characters. A couple days later I got sculpting. It was going good for a bit – but it’s a long process for me and I got going on other things… and they only worked in fits and starts…
I had originally wanted to keep it a secret until I had them all done... but the project stalled and I also didn't get them done in time for Xmas (which I'd originally planned to do)... of course no one was really showing up for games in December anyway... so... Anyway, here's what I've got done so far!
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Here’s a pic from my sketchbook of the original drawings:
These are the first three I finished:
From left to right are: Lorena Whiteswan, Henry FitzArnulf, and Roscoe Thorngage.
Their backsides – all kitted out for adventuring. I was inspired a bit by Citadel Miniautres, who used to make some great character adventure figures that had lots of adventuring kit dangling off of them…
These are the masters of the above figures. They're kind of leaning against each other because otherwise they'd topple over... not terribly well balanced figures...
These are the masters of the remaining characters:
From left to right are: Norfindel, Marcus Cabot, Magnus Blackburn, and Curly. Magnus is actually finished… I just have to get around to making a mould and trying to cast one.
Unfortunately Curly is dead. He did die an “obscure death”, however... so I could conceivably reintroduce him to the campaign… washed out to sea… found half dead on the shore… captured by Draconians…
I was actually torn as to whether I should make moulds and cast them or just paint the masters. How many am I ever really going to need?! Ultimately I decided to make moulds and cast them. Though I lose some of the detail, I just really like the WEIGHT of metal minis…
One Sunday afternoon in September I sat down and drew pictures of the various characters. A couple days later I got sculpting. It was going good for a bit – but it’s a long process for me and I got going on other things… and they only worked in fits and starts…
I had originally wanted to keep it a secret until I had them all done... but the project stalled and I also didn't get them done in time for Xmas (which I'd originally planned to do)... of course no one was really showing up for games in December anyway... so... Anyway, here's what I've got done so far!
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)
Here’s a pic from my sketchbook of the original drawings:
These are the first three I finished:
From left to right are: Lorena Whiteswan, Henry FitzArnulf, and Roscoe Thorngage.
Their backsides – all kitted out for adventuring. I was inspired a bit by Citadel Miniautres, who used to make some great character adventure figures that had lots of adventuring kit dangling off of them…
These are the masters of the above figures. They're kind of leaning against each other because otherwise they'd topple over... not terribly well balanced figures...
These are the masters of the remaining characters:
From left to right are: Norfindel, Marcus Cabot, Magnus Blackburn, and Curly. Magnus is actually finished… I just have to get around to making a mould and trying to cast one.
Unfortunately Curly is dead. He did die an “obscure death”, however... so I could conceivably reintroduce him to the campaign… washed out to sea… found half dead on the shore… captured by Draconians…
I was actually torn as to whether I should make moulds and cast them or just paint the masters. How many am I ever really going to need?! Ultimately I decided to make moulds and cast them. Though I lose some of the detail, I just really like the WEIGHT of metal minis…
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Sample 1812 Infantryman
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War or 1812 British Infantryman (41st Regiment of Foot) - modeled, moulded, cast and painted by yours truly…
…and the backside…
Well, obviously, I ain't no Perry Brother... but when there's a hundreds of them on the table in dense formation... who's going to notice?!
The militiamen I have didn’t turn out quite as bad – I should have a stand or two of those painted up shortly (of course they will be posted over at Analogue Hobbies first as part of the 2nd Annual Winter Painting Challenge…
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
I have some more Great War Jocks on the workbench and ready for painting… but they may be eclipsed by these War or 1812 figures….
As mentioned I also have some sculpting to do (flank company figure, ensign, officer, drummer, etc…)?
Hey, I just realized it’s five years ago today that I started this blog… This is the 811th post.
Friday, December 16, 2011
1812 Masters Update
Coming along very nicely…
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well as nicely as can be expected from a lunk like me… (judge them not too harshly until you see them cast, painted up and marshaled on the table in the hundreds!)
anyway… hopefully at least the British infantryman will be done shortly, as will a couple of the generic militia. If the stars are right I should hopefully start mould-making this weekend and start casting up a storm next week – Huzzah!
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
More of this master/mouldmaking and casting buisiness…
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well as nicely as can be expected from a lunk like me… (judge them not too harshly until you see them cast, painted up and marshaled on the table in the hundreds!)
anyway… hopefully at least the British infantryman will be done shortly, as will a couple of the generic militia. If the stars are right I should hopefully start mould-making this weekend and start casting up a storm next week – Huzzah!
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
More of this master/mouldmaking and casting buisiness…
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
War of 1812 Infantry Sculpt Update
Last week…? Maybe…? The days they are just flying by... It seems like it was forever ago, but it was probably last week (maybe it was two weeks...?) that I make a mould of the 1812 infantry doll and I’ve been working on a few new masters of regulars and militiamen. Here they are:
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The chap in the middle is a British Regular (from the 41st or 49th Regiment of Foot). The other fellow with the beginnings of a stovepipe shako (on the far right) is going to be a US Regular infantryman. The rest of them are going to be militia. I’m probably going to do a few more militiamen as well (different jackets).
They’re a bit crude… but when there’s 220 of them all painted up pretty-like on a table full of beautiful terrain… no one will even notice…
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Maybe some Elves… or maybe I’ll just go ahead and finish up the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots), I mean it’s not like I have any shortage of other historical stuff to paint for the 2nd Annual Analogue Hobbies Winter Painting Challenge… I had just figured I should get a few fantasy things out of the way because I’ll be focusing on historicals for three months… but there isn’t that much fantasy stuff I really NEED to get done right away… so…
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The chap in the middle is a British Regular (from the 41st or 49th Regiment of Foot). The other fellow with the beginnings of a stovepipe shako (on the far right) is going to be a US Regular infantryman. The rest of them are going to be militia. I’m probably going to do a few more militiamen as well (different jackets).
They’re a bit crude… but when there’s 220 of them all painted up pretty-like on a table full of beautiful terrain… no one will even notice…
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Maybe some Elves… or maybe I’ll just go ahead and finish up the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots), I mean it’s not like I have any shortage of other historical stuff to paint for the 2nd Annual Analogue Hobbies Winter Painting Challenge… I had just figured I should get a few fantasy things out of the way because I’ll be focusing on historicals for three months… but there isn’t that much fantasy stuff I really NEED to get done right away… so…
Friday, October 7, 2011
See...? Sculpting!
Well my painting totals for the year are about to level off as I've been distracted by a little sculpting project... Ah well, keepin' it fun is what it's all about, right?
Here's a little teaser:
The image it deliberately small and of low quality because it's sort of a secret.... A secret I'm hiding right out here in the open...!? Anyway, so SHHHHH!
Also got a game of HOTT in with the kids and a couple of their friends which I may or may not get around to writing a report of in the next couple days...
stay tuned!
Here's a little teaser:
The image it deliberately small and of low quality because it's sort of a secret.... A secret I'm hiding right out here in the open...!? Anyway, so SHHHHH!
Also got a game of HOTT in with the kids and a couple of their friends which I may or may not get around to writing a report of in the next couple days...
stay tuned!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Cold War Canucks!
…and French too!
I finished up a batch of my new 20mm modern figures last night.
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A batch of Canadians – the Firing and advancing figures I had done a week or so back, but I have added three kneeling figures one with an FN, one with a Carl G, and one with an SMG (I’m not sure what the Canadian designation for the Sterling was…?)
These lads will be part of a mechanized outfit as soon as I assemble a couple of M113s!
I’ve been re-thinking how I’m going to organize my forces for Cold War Commander. I think I’m going to try maneuver elements (under an HQ) being companies; with infantry units being half platoons (so 6-8 stands per company) and vehicles being full platoons (so three or four stands per formation).
The forces we were using before were just a bit too unwieldy.
I had finished only one of my French masters when I was making moulds last week… The prone one… So I have only a single stand of them so far but I’ve been eyeing up my VABs and plotting. I have four more infantry masters in the works. All are armed with the FAMAS.
It may LOOK like I’m not working on John’s Descent figures… but I AM! (I just haven’t FINISHED any to take pictures of and post…)
I finished up a batch of my new 20mm modern figures last night.
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)
A batch of Canadians – the Firing and advancing figures I had done a week or so back, but I have added three kneeling figures one with an FN, one with a Carl G, and one with an SMG (I’m not sure what the Canadian designation for the Sterling was…?)
These lads will be part of a mechanized outfit as soon as I assemble a couple of M113s!
I’ve been re-thinking how I’m going to organize my forces for Cold War Commander. I think I’m going to try maneuver elements (under an HQ) being companies; with infantry units being half platoons (so 6-8 stands per company) and vehicles being full platoons (so three or four stands per formation).
The forces we were using before were just a bit too unwieldy.
I had finished only one of my French masters when I was making moulds last week… The prone one… So I have only a single stand of them so far but I’ve been eyeing up my VABs and plotting. I have four more infantry masters in the works. All are armed with the FAMAS.
It may LOOK like I’m not working on John’s Descent figures… but I AM! (I just haven’t FINISHED any to take pictures of and post…)
Thursday, July 17, 2008
More Jocks
I know I promised to do a step-by-step post about how I make my moulds… I’m sorry I just don’t have time right now – I WILL do it with the next batch of moulds…
In the last couple of days I made moulds for an 18th century highlander and a few more modern 20mm figures (mostly Canadians). So far I’ve only finished painting a few samples of the jocks:
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I hadn’t originally planned on doing highlanders, as I didn’t need too many and had pretty much bought as much as I needed for my planned projects. But then Fitz-badger when and made his own highlanders and I got all inspired…
I’ll probably crank out a few Canucks and some new French over the next day or two… but what I really need to focus on the last of of John’s Descent figures - as he pointed out - he will be arriving shortly to collect them!
In the last couple of days I made moulds for an 18th century highlander and a few more modern 20mm figures (mostly Canadians). So far I’ve only finished painting a few samples of the jocks:
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I hadn’t originally planned on doing highlanders, as I didn’t need too many and had pretty much bought as much as I needed for my planned projects. But then Fitz-badger when and made his own highlanders and I got all inspired…
I’ll probably crank out a few Canucks and some new French over the next day or two… but what I really need to focus on the last of of John’s Descent figures - as he pointed out - he will be arriving shortly to collect them!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Master Sculpting Update
I’ve been on a bit of a sculpting kick lately…
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From left to right: A French Canadian habitant militiaman, British infantryman, Highland Infantryman. All three of these are, more or less, finished. I just have to put them on bases and make moulds.
A couple more canucks in the works and very nearly completed. L to R: Section Commander with SMG, Infantryman with Carl G
The beginnings of some 1980’s French. I'm really happy with the prone guy - it's the first prone figure I've ever sculpted. I'll have to do a Canuck like this...
Hopefully I'll be making some moulds this week and will try to take my time and document the process...
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From left to right: A French Canadian habitant militiaman, British infantryman, Highland Infantryman. All three of these are, more or less, finished. I just have to put them on bases and make moulds.
A couple more canucks in the works and very nearly completed. L to R: Section Commander with SMG, Infantryman with Carl G
The beginnings of some 1980’s French. I'm really happy with the prone guy - it's the first prone figure I've ever sculpted. I'll have to do a Canuck like this...
Hopefully I'll be making some moulds this week and will try to take my time and document the process...
Thursday, July 3, 2008
CANUCKS! …and other stuff...
Well this hasn’t been a particularly productive week for hobby stuff ORriding. I’ve had a Pilonidal Sinus infection (basically an infected pore just above my tailbone) – which has made it rather uncomfortable to SIT (…one a chair – strangely enough I was completely fine sitting on a bicycle saddle!?). Anyway it got so bad that I had some minor emergency surgery yesterday to get an abscess drained – which, I have to tell you, was even less fun that getting the old sniperoo – which was absolutely no fun at all.
My doctor said it’s most common among cyclists and people driving jeeps!? When I asked her what she meant about people driving jeeps she said it was first medically described affecting soldiers driving their jeeps around in the desert… Hmmm… wonder if that could have been the LRDG…!? I can’t imagine how much THAT would have sucked driving thousands of miles across lumpy bumpy rocky deserts with one of those on ones backside!?
Anyway, on the mend now and I should, literally, be back in the saddle again in no time. Just hope I don't have to go back to get the sinus removed - that seems like it would be even LESS fun!
Despite all that I got some new rubber and was very anxious to try it out! I made two moulds for the two 20mm 1980’s Canadian infantry men that I made.
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These actually had to be painted STANDING UP (as in I was standing up while painting them as I could not sit down!). I screwed up the mould on the advancing figure – but was able to get a couple
The lads on the left I painted in camouflage smocks of the Canadian Airborne Regiment. The other stand could be any other infantry unit…
I’m really quite pleased with them actually. I’m already planning to do a few more – probably three kneeling poses; one with an SMG, one with a Carl G, and one with a GPMG.
Next I’d like to work on some Cold War French and some generic looking guys in helmets with AK-47-ish looking rifles that could be Russians or Chinese or Africans… and finish up the Seven Years War figures I've been working on.
I also finished up an observer team for the East Germans – they were actually painted last week when I did the others but I didn’t have enough base goop to finish them off.
The first of John’s Descent figures. These are a pain in the bum to paint – in more ways that one!
My doctor said it’s most common among cyclists and people driving jeeps!? When I asked her what she meant about people driving jeeps she said it was first medically described affecting soldiers driving their jeeps around in the desert… Hmmm… wonder if that could have been the LRDG…!? I can’t imagine how much THAT would have sucked driving thousands of miles across lumpy bumpy rocky deserts with one of those on ones backside!?
Anyway, on the mend now and I should, literally, be back in the saddle again in no time. Just hope I don't have to go back to get the sinus removed - that seems like it would be even LESS fun!
Despite all that I got some new rubber and was very anxious to try it out! I made two moulds for the two 20mm 1980’s Canadian infantry men that I made.
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)
These actually had to be painted STANDING UP (as in I was standing up while painting them as I could not sit down!). I screwed up the mould on the advancing figure – but was able to get a couple
The lads on the left I painted in camouflage smocks of the Canadian Airborne Regiment. The other stand could be any other infantry unit…
I’m really quite pleased with them actually. I’m already planning to do a few more – probably three kneeling poses; one with an SMG, one with a Carl G, and one with a GPMG.
Next I’d like to work on some Cold War French and some generic looking guys in helmets with AK-47-ish looking rifles that could be Russians or Chinese or Africans… and finish up the Seven Years War figures I've been working on.
I also finished up an observer team for the East Germans – they were actually painted last week when I did the others but I didn’t have enough base goop to finish them off.
The first of John’s Descent figures. These are a pain in the bum to paint – in more ways that one!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
The Arsenal of Communist Aggression expands FURTHER!
A while back you may remember I was trying to trade away some 15mm Great War stuff… Well the stuff I got in trade arrived this last week:
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In addition to the stuff I had originally listed I also got rid of a few surplus 15mm WW2 things and some ACW stuff. I would have been happy for a battalions worth of the East Germans the fellow I was trading with promised. I there was enough for an under-strength regiment I would have been tickled pink… What I ended up with was almost enough stuff for a full strength DIVISION!!!? GADS!!
So a big, BIG thank you to Mr. Donald R Maddox Jr of Texas!
If that weren’t insane enough, he also sent even MORE 25mm Romans for John’s part of the trade!?
I’ll be organizing the East Germans as two full-strength regiments and using the extras to reinforce assorted units of Russian or East-bloc equipped African or Middle East armies…
I’ve already painted up three stands of Mortars to equip my Soviet Motor Rifles.
Three shots of My East German Divisional Commander (CO) stand – the fellow with the wedge cap looked more Russian to me so I did him in a Russian camo suit and am calling him a Soviet “advisor” (Note he’s standing slightly behind the commander with a pistol in his hand….)
Also this week I finished up two Command (HQ) Stands for my 20mm WW2 Russians. These are old Platoon 20 figures that were produced under license by Rafm.
I also retrieved my half poured musket mould from John – as I’ve got some new rubber of my own I can pour the second half with – hopefully get on that this week. I’ve also did a little bit of work on the new masters I’ve been working on and started a couple new 20mm masters over the last week or so (they are destined to be more Canadians and FRENCH – to help stem the tide of the communist hordes!).
I also started painting some of John’s Descent figures. Watch for some pics next week.
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In addition to the stuff I had originally listed I also got rid of a few surplus 15mm WW2 things and some ACW stuff. I would have been happy for a battalions worth of the East Germans the fellow I was trading with promised. I there was enough for an under-strength regiment I would have been tickled pink… What I ended up with was almost enough stuff for a full strength DIVISION!!!? GADS!!
So a big, BIG thank you to Mr. Donald R Maddox Jr of Texas!
If that weren’t insane enough, he also sent even MORE 25mm Romans for John’s part of the trade!?
I’ll be organizing the East Germans as two full-strength regiments and using the extras to reinforce assorted units of Russian or East-bloc equipped African or Middle East armies…
I’ve already painted up three stands of Mortars to equip my Soviet Motor Rifles.
Three shots of My East German Divisional Commander (CO) stand – the fellow with the wedge cap looked more Russian to me so I did him in a Russian camo suit and am calling him a Soviet “advisor” (Note he’s standing slightly behind the commander with a pistol in his hand….)
Also this week I finished up two Command (HQ) Stands for my 20mm WW2 Russians. These are old Platoon 20 figures that were produced under license by Rafm.
I also retrieved my half poured musket mould from John – as I’ve got some new rubber of my own I can pour the second half with – hopefully get on that this week. I’ve also did a little bit of work on the new masters I’ve been working on and started a couple new 20mm masters over the last week or so (they are destined to be more Canadians and FRENCH – to help stem the tide of the communist hordes!).
I also started painting some of John’s Descent figures. Watch for some pics next week.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Sculpting Update
A little more work on the New Masters…
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My 20mm Canadian Infantrymen circa 1986. The advancing chap on the left is more or less complete. I had started a standing/firing figure a while back at the same time but have neglected him for a bit. I still have to do some work on his helmet and add all his webbing kit… but that went pretty quickly on the first one so he should be good to go pretty soon…
I guess I better order myself some new rubber…
Same guys from the back.
The British SYW fusilier. Added a sword and started on some belt and coat details. I’m not sure about the positioning of the sword… but I don’t think I really have much choice. This doll was originally slated to be the British officer – but I’ve messed up my original fusilier good so I decided to bring this guy up as the fusilier and I’ll do some carving off of the old fusilier and make him into the officer… does this make any sense to anyone but me…? I'm sorry, it's late I really should be sleeping....
The French Militiaman. I have twice lengthened his capot and am now satisfied with it. Threw some details on the doll that will likely be covered and lost by the time I’m finished the arms and musket… ah well.. I’ll know they were there.
Other side of the militiaman – needs some work on those cuffs… otherwise I’m quite happy with this one.
Another doll that was slated for something else… this was to be a British light infantryman – I anguished so long about the arrangement of the kit I would put on him and WHICH HAT I would use… that I abandoned the whole thing for the moment and started to turn him into a highlander! (Again I lay part of the blame on Fitz-Badger and his highlanders…).
Back side of a French soldier form the Companies Franches de la Marine. I was working on the sword and bayonet sheath today. Sword still need some work. Again I’m not so hot on the positioning of this sword either… we shall see…
Front side of French soldier.
… and the 1850’s 40mm Highlander got his kilt finally… not looking forward to trying a feather bonnet…
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My 20mm Canadian Infantrymen circa 1986. The advancing chap on the left is more or less complete. I had started a standing/firing figure a while back at the same time but have neglected him for a bit. I still have to do some work on his helmet and add all his webbing kit… but that went pretty quickly on the first one so he should be good to go pretty soon…
I guess I better order myself some new rubber…
Same guys from the back.
The British SYW fusilier. Added a sword and started on some belt and coat details. I’m not sure about the positioning of the sword… but I don’t think I really have much choice. This doll was originally slated to be the British officer – but I’ve messed up my original fusilier good so I decided to bring this guy up as the fusilier and I’ll do some carving off of the old fusilier and make him into the officer… does this make any sense to anyone but me…? I'm sorry, it's late I really should be sleeping....
The French Militiaman. I have twice lengthened his capot and am now satisfied with it. Threw some details on the doll that will likely be covered and lost by the time I’m finished the arms and musket… ah well.. I’ll know they were there.
Other side of the militiaman – needs some work on those cuffs… otherwise I’m quite happy with this one.
Another doll that was slated for something else… this was to be a British light infantryman – I anguished so long about the arrangement of the kit I would put on him and WHICH HAT I would use… that I abandoned the whole thing for the moment and started to turn him into a highlander! (Again I lay part of the blame on Fitz-Badger and his highlanders…).
Back side of a French soldier form the Companies Franches de la Marine. I was working on the sword and bayonet sheath today. Sword still need some work. Again I’m not so hot on the positioning of this sword either… we shall see…
Front side of French soldier.
… and the 1850’s 40mm Highlander got his kilt finally… not looking forward to trying a feather bonnet…
Friday, May 16, 2008
Back to Sculpting
After a brief (or… not so brief…) hiatus I finally got back to work on my New Masters.
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The two on the left of the picture are French Troupes de la Marine and a Canadien habitant militia. I did a bit of caving on the English figures, and added belts to a couple – nothing significant enough to include in the picture. It’s too bad it’s not a better picture – I’m really happy with some of the details I put on the Militiaman.
The little guy is a 20mm 1980’s Canadian infantryman – and he’s more or less DONE! (Guess I better order some new rubber!) I’ll probably add a rifle sling yet. I can’t decide if I should do a second riflemen… and SMG… and GPMG… On one had this guy wasn’t all that hard, on the other… I am a lazy bastard….
The big shiny guy is a doll my friend John made for some mid-late 19th century 40mm toy soldier-ish figures. He gave me a couple and asked me to do the British. I’ve carvd some of the unnecessary bits off and have applied the hose tops for a HIGHLANDER!! I’ve been feeling the itch to model some kilts again since I started following Fitz-Badger’s work on his own lovely jocks on The Soweiter League Blog
As you can see I’ve been experimenting with “brown stuff”. I think I like it a bit better than the “green stuff”. I think I might try and order in some ProCreate to give that a try. Conveniently it is carried by Military Miniatures USA - one of the distributors my Friendly Local Game Store deals with!
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The two on the left of the picture are French Troupes de la Marine and a Canadien habitant militia. I did a bit of caving on the English figures, and added belts to a couple – nothing significant enough to include in the picture. It’s too bad it’s not a better picture – I’m really happy with some of the details I put on the Militiaman.
The little guy is a 20mm 1980’s Canadian infantryman – and he’s more or less DONE! (Guess I better order some new rubber!) I’ll probably add a rifle sling yet. I can’t decide if I should do a second riflemen… and SMG… and GPMG… On one had this guy wasn’t all that hard, on the other… I am a lazy bastard….
The big shiny guy is a doll my friend John made for some mid-late 19th century 40mm toy soldier-ish figures. He gave me a couple and asked me to do the British. I’ve carvd some of the unnecessary bits off and have applied the hose tops for a HIGHLANDER!! I’ve been feeling the itch to model some kilts again since I started following Fitz-Badger’s work on his own lovely jocks on The Soweiter League Blog
As you can see I’ve been experimenting with “brown stuff”. I think I like it a bit better than the “green stuff”. I think I might try and order in some ProCreate to give that a try. Conveniently it is carried by Military Miniatures USA - one of the distributors my Friendly Local Game Store deals with!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
More Russians, Different Conflict… and a musket
Last night I had a pretty productive evening…
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First I went over to my friend John’s house to pour the first half of my musket mould (I’m all out of RTV…). Of course I took this picture and then forgot to take any of the pouring process… DOH! Ah well, when I actually get around to moulding the figures I’ll take some…
Then I stayed up way too late and finished off some Russians for the Great War/Russian Civil War for my game this evening. The MG team on the left are Bolsheviks from Coppelstone Castings. The field gun and crew on the right are from Battle Honours. I like the Battle Honours stuff – very economical, nice casts, they fit nicely with my own figures – the only complaint I have is that this particular pack came with a WW2 Russian AT crewman…
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
AAR for this evening’s game…
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First I went over to my friend John’s house to pour the first half of my musket mould (I’m all out of RTV…). Of course I took this picture and then forgot to take any of the pouring process… DOH! Ah well, when I actually get around to moulding the figures I’ll take some…
Then I stayed up way too late and finished off some Russians for the Great War/Russian Civil War for my game this evening. The MG team on the left are Bolsheviks from Coppelstone Castings. The field gun and crew on the right are from Battle Honours. I like the Battle Honours stuff – very economical, nice casts, they fit nicely with my own figures – the only complaint I have is that this particular pack came with a WW2 Russian AT crewman…
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
AAR for this evening’s game…
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Work on New Masters Still Continues…
I got a bit more work done on my new batch of masters in the last couple and I thought I’d best do a quick update….
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I added leggings to all of them. This was a multi-day process as I didn’t like them first lot and carved most of them off the next day and added more.
A few have had their waistcoats added, or at least the parts of their waistcoats that will be seen under their jackets. This would be the British fusilier, grenadier, and officer. The British light infantrymen and French colonial trooper will both be in waistcoats only (or at least short coats) which would require a tad more detail – so I left them for now to do when I do the others coats. The French militiaman will be in a Capot, so no need for doing any of the waistcoat as it won’t be seen.
I’ve rocketed ahead on the 20mm “modern-ish” (circa 1988) Canadian Infantrymen adding arms and his FN C1 rifle. I also did a bit of carving on the helmet to clean that up a bit.
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I added leggings to all of them. This was a multi-day process as I didn’t like them first lot and carved most of them off the next day and added more.
A few have had their waistcoats added, or at least the parts of their waistcoats that will be seen under their jackets. This would be the British fusilier, grenadier, and officer. The British light infantrymen and French colonial trooper will both be in waistcoats only (or at least short coats) which would require a tad more detail – so I left them for now to do when I do the others coats. The French militiaman will be in a Capot, so no need for doing any of the waistcoat as it won’t be seen.
I’ve rocketed ahead on the 20mm “modern-ish” (circa 1988) Canadian Infantrymen adding arms and his FN C1 rifle. I also did a bit of carving on the helmet to clean that up a bit.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Work Continues…
I got a wee bit done on the masters tonight.
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I started on heads and faces on the 28mm stuff. Oh don’t worry, those faces aren’t done or anything… it’s just a start. I’m not looking forward to doing the hats. They’re tricky and really they’re the most important thing – it’s the detail you notice most when standing by the games table, towering over your miniature armies.
I also did a bit of detail on the pants and added a helmet to my 20mm figure.
Now to go do a bit of painting…
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I started on heads and faces on the 28mm stuff. Oh don’t worry, those faces aren’t done or anything… it’s just a start. I’m not looking forward to doing the hats. They’re tricky and really they’re the most important thing – it’s the detail you notice most when standing by the games table, towering over your miniature armies.
I also did a bit of detail on the pants and added a helmet to my 20mm figure.
Now to go do a bit of painting…
A Little Bit More…
Not much work has been done on the masters since Wednesday. After the game on Thursday I did a little bit of work – since we finished so early….
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I finished up my musket. It's not a great picture, but I’m really quite pleased with it - the musket that is...
I got all the 28mm figures up to the same point so they can progress together. Of course, they’re just about at the point where I need to start doing details – which may differ significantly on some…
I also need to decide which these are going to be. According to my original PLAN I was to make the following:
British Fusilier
British Grenadier
British Light Infantryman
British Officer
British Drummer
British Ensign
Highland Fusilier?
Highland Grenadier?
Highland Officer?
Highland Piper?
Highland Ensign?
American Ranger?
French Fusilier
French Grenadier
French Officer
French Drummer
French Ensign
French Troupe de la Marine Fusilier
French Militiaman
Indians?
Now I don’t really need Highlanders any time soon as I have enough of the Rafm ones for the battle, and I now have Old Glory ones for skirmishing with (see below). Same goes for the Rangers and Indians. I could skip doing drummers, for sure, I don't really need them, and possibly the ensigns (convert a regular fusilier or officer for each one needed). The French… well… I have over half of them done using John’s figures… and he’s just remastered his figures and leant me a mould (plus I have a pile of his old officers, etc). So there’s no real need to do my own French right now… So that leaves Comapnies Franches de la Marine fusiliers and New France Militia, and British regular fusiliers, grenadiers, light infantry and officers… conveniently that is six masters I actually NEED to make, and I just happen to have six started… It’s almost like I planned it that way…
I’d like to do the rest at some point (my own French and Highlanders, etc.) but for now I got to keep my eyes set on the immediate GOAL.
Work on the masters has been stalled somewhat due to the arrival of some new toys… 6 bags of Old Glory figures; Rangers, Highlanders, French Militia, Companies Franches de la Marine, and two bags of Indians…. Plus another bag of Marines from the Pirate line (which is only 15, so it’s like a half bag)… and some other stuff… These will all be individually mounted for skirmish actions – I do like some variation in figures for skirmish games, and nowhere can you get so many figures for so little money!?
My excitement to get to work on these will probably slow progress on the masters somewhat but that’s okay because it’s all working towards that common goal. Also I can’t do too much work on the masters before I’ll need the muskets, and I currently have no rubber. I’m not all that keen on the idea of ordering any for the next month as, despite the unnaturally warm weather of the last couple days, we could still see another big dip in the temperature and I’d hate to have a batch of rubber show up and be effed because it sat in the back of a truck at temperatures below freezing for a day or two on while it’s way to me!
Maybe I can convince John to make one little mould for me…
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
More painting, more modeling…
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)
I finished up my musket. It's not a great picture, but I’m really quite pleased with it - the musket that is...
I got all the 28mm figures up to the same point so they can progress together. Of course, they’re just about at the point where I need to start doing details – which may differ significantly on some…
I also need to decide which these are going to be. According to my original PLAN I was to make the following:
British Fusilier
British Grenadier
British Light Infantryman
British Officer
British Drummer
British Ensign
Highland Fusilier?
Highland Grenadier?
Highland Officer?
Highland Piper?
Highland Ensign?
American Ranger?
French Fusilier
French Grenadier
French Officer
French Drummer
French Ensign
French Troupe de la Marine Fusilier
French Militiaman
Indians?
Now I don’t really need Highlanders any time soon as I have enough of the Rafm ones for the battle, and I now have Old Glory ones for skirmishing with (see below). Same goes for the Rangers and Indians. I could skip doing drummers, for sure, I don't really need them, and possibly the ensigns (convert a regular fusilier or officer for each one needed). The French… well… I have over half of them done using John’s figures… and he’s just remastered his figures and leant me a mould (plus I have a pile of his old officers, etc). So there’s no real need to do my own French right now… So that leaves Comapnies Franches de la Marine fusiliers and New France Militia, and British regular fusiliers, grenadiers, light infantry and officers… conveniently that is six masters I actually NEED to make, and I just happen to have six started… It’s almost like I planned it that way…
I’d like to do the rest at some point (my own French and Highlanders, etc.) but for now I got to keep my eyes set on the immediate GOAL.
Work on the masters has been stalled somewhat due to the arrival of some new toys… 6 bags of Old Glory figures; Rangers, Highlanders, French Militia, Companies Franches de la Marine, and two bags of Indians…. Plus another bag of Marines from the Pirate line (which is only 15, so it’s like a half bag)… and some other stuff… These will all be individually mounted for skirmish actions – I do like some variation in figures for skirmish games, and nowhere can you get so many figures for so little money!?
My excitement to get to work on these will probably slow progress on the masters somewhat but that’s okay because it’s all working towards that common goal. Also I can’t do too much work on the masters before I’ll need the muskets, and I currently have no rubber. I’m not all that keen on the idea of ordering any for the next month as, despite the unnaturally warm weather of the last couple days, we could still see another big dip in the temperature and I’d hate to have a batch of rubber show up and be effed because it sat in the back of a truck at temperatures below freezing for a day or two on while it’s way to me!
Maybe I can convince John to make one little mould for me…
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
More painting, more modeling…
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
New Masters Continued
I did a bit more work on my new masters today. Here are some pics of my progress:
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I added calves and feet and beefed up the chests on the masters I was working on yesterday.
Some of my favourite tools. Top; homemade wee sanding sticks (a bunch of toothpicks glued to the back of some fine sandpaper), middle; scalpel, bottom; clay sculpting tool.
I was liking this process so much I thought I’d start a few more masters to bring along at the same time as the ones I already started (and this way I can show you how I made my silly armatures). Step One: cut three pieces of wire. Step Two: bend as above paying attention to distance from shoulder to crotch – in this case 9mm as this is for a 20mm figure (thought I’d try and make a couple modern 20mm figures…). Step Three: glue together. The original three I didn’t glue together as I did these today. I just stuck them together with the green stuff (see next step below) and afterwards thought it might be easier if I glues them together first. It was.
Once the glue was dry I wrapped the torso bits with green stuff. Here I have two 20mm and three more 28mm armatures in the works.
Then I bent down the legs bits.
Next I measured out where the feet ought to be and bent the wire. Then I measured to where the top of the head should be and cut there. I shortened the arms a bit too I didn’t measure them as a) I haven’t out how long they should be just yet, and b) I’m not sure if I want the wire going all the way into the had or just to the cuff. I am thinking just to the cuff, as I may want to drill out the hand and place wire through it (for a sword or something). This one above is one of the 20mm figures.
Repeat for all as appropriate.
Whipping out my wee saw I zipped out some blocks to mount them on.
The I bent the leg wire bits where the knees ought to be and bent them all into position – mostly my favourite “vigorous advancing” position (it suits my favourite “there’s the enemy GO-GET-‘IM” tactic). The arms will be left for some time until I’ve done all the details around the torso (and have a musket to put into them).
Did I mention that these are for my Quebec 1759 Project (well, the 28mm ones anyway – the 20mm will be mid-late 1980s Canadian infantrymen)
One of the 20mm guys I decided would be in a standing and firing pose. I did try to bend his arms into place, just to see… This is all about experimentation. Don’t go thinking I actually know what I’m doing!
Here’s the three new 28mm masters at the end of the day – looking rather like the ones I was working on yesterday when I was finished. I should probably leave the other three alone for a day and get these cought up so I can bring them all along at the same time.
The 20mm armatures. Again experimenting with “Brown Stuff” on the legs of one of them.
Then to finish things off I tried to make a tricorne hat on my practice doll. They're tricky.
Wow, it was just occuring to me how much more sleep I could get if I didn't bother with this... Is anybody reading this besides Jeff and John? Post a comment, let me know you were here...!
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Won’t get much work done tomorrow, as Gary and Christian will be coming over to play with the wee ships in the evening. Maybe I’ll have a game report!
I should also finish typing out those additional sailing house rules…
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)
I added calves and feet and beefed up the chests on the masters I was working on yesterday.
Some of my favourite tools. Top; homemade wee sanding sticks (a bunch of toothpicks glued to the back of some fine sandpaper), middle; scalpel, bottom; clay sculpting tool.
I was liking this process so much I thought I’d start a few more masters to bring along at the same time as the ones I already started (and this way I can show you how I made my silly armatures). Step One: cut three pieces of wire. Step Two: bend as above paying attention to distance from shoulder to crotch – in this case 9mm as this is for a 20mm figure (thought I’d try and make a couple modern 20mm figures…). Step Three: glue together. The original three I didn’t glue together as I did these today. I just stuck them together with the green stuff (see next step below) and afterwards thought it might be easier if I glues them together first. It was.
Once the glue was dry I wrapped the torso bits with green stuff. Here I have two 20mm and three more 28mm armatures in the works.
Then I bent down the legs bits.
Next I measured out where the feet ought to be and bent the wire. Then I measured to where the top of the head should be and cut there. I shortened the arms a bit too I didn’t measure them as a) I haven’t out how long they should be just yet, and b) I’m not sure if I want the wire going all the way into the had or just to the cuff. I am thinking just to the cuff, as I may want to drill out the hand and place wire through it (for a sword or something). This one above is one of the 20mm figures.
Repeat for all as appropriate.
Whipping out my wee saw I zipped out some blocks to mount them on.
The I bent the leg wire bits where the knees ought to be and bent them all into position – mostly my favourite “vigorous advancing” position (it suits my favourite “there’s the enemy GO-GET-‘IM” tactic). The arms will be left for some time until I’ve done all the details around the torso (and have a musket to put into them).
Did I mention that these are for my Quebec 1759 Project (well, the 28mm ones anyway – the 20mm will be mid-late 1980s Canadian infantrymen)
One of the 20mm guys I decided would be in a standing and firing pose. I did try to bend his arms into place, just to see… This is all about experimentation. Don’t go thinking I actually know what I’m doing!
Here’s the three new 28mm masters at the end of the day – looking rather like the ones I was working on yesterday when I was finished. I should probably leave the other three alone for a day and get these cought up so I can bring them all along at the same time.
The 20mm armatures. Again experimenting with “Brown Stuff” on the legs of one of them.
Then to finish things off I tried to make a tricorne hat on my practice doll. They're tricky.
Wow, it was just occuring to me how much more sleep I could get if I didn't bother with this... Is anybody reading this besides Jeff and John? Post a comment, let me know you were here...!
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Won’t get much work done tomorrow, as Gary and Christian will be coming over to play with the wee ships in the evening. Maybe I’ll have a game report!
I should also finish typing out those additional sailing house rules…
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