tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317075922024-02-28T05:46:06.699+01:00Ramblings of an insane mindKoenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-74964239187355490312019-06-04T21:46:00.001+02:002019-06-05T19:14:17.879+02:00Mice & Mystics / Boxes of Fury reviewMy daughters gave me Mice and Mystics as a christmas gift, and we managed to play a couple of games in March this year. The girls really like it, so I went in typical wargames hoarder overdrive and managed to buy all extensions to the game (Heart of Glorm, which is in effect OOP, but I managed to find a copy in an obscure gameshop in the Netherlands; Downwood Tales, which was almost OOP, but I Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-86533761345398595292018-09-21T10:39:00.001+02:002018-09-21T10:39:14.794+02:00Rebel RebelBeen pretty quiet for a while, but lately have picked up the pace a bit. Here's some pictures of the stuff I am working on now - figures for Star Wars: Legion
Nearly finished Rebel squad
Rebel scouts and walkers, Imperial speeders, prepped and primed
Stormtroopers and speeder crews prepped and primed
Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-86545085465308102232018-02-17T16:44:00.000+01:002018-02-17T16:58:38.579+01:00WOW buildings review - part 2
Two weeks ago I posted a review after we felt cheated by Paul at WoW buildings (see here). As I mentioned in an update on that blogpost, Paul then contacted us and offered to reprint (these are 3D prints) and resend. We agreed to that, and I promised to post a new review.
Paul promised to send immediately after the weekend, in the end he sent it on the Friday after (fair enough, things can Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-23186788475206161892018-02-03T11:14:00.001+01:002018-02-17T16:45:07.223+01:00WoW buildings reviewNote: update below
One thing as a starter... The company may be called WOW, but the products are definitely NOT WOW.
We placed an order with WoW in September, planning to use the buildings at a con in December. After a lot of back and forth emails, we finally got our stuff yesterday (1 February). However, we were quite disappointed with the delivery (understatement). The packaging was crap: allKoenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-72746881153864245852017-06-05T15:46:00.003+02:002017-06-05T15:47:19.772+02:00Wattle fencing and Renedra ruinsI got these ages ago, maybe two years or so, from Annie @ Bad Squiddo Games (altough she no longer carries them...).
Steps for the wattle fencing:
Based on 2cm wide cardboard, clipped the corner in 45 degrees so I can make corners (Thanks Leif!)
Primed black, incl. the base with Vallejo black primer
Wetbrushed with a mix of Vallejo Chocolate Brown and Dark Seagreen, including the bases
Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-88944457972281129352017-05-31T20:41:00.003+02:002017-05-31T20:41:40.269+02:00Annie's second KickstarterI don't often link to commercial items, but I tend to make an exception for Annie, of Bad Squiddo Games fame... She's just put on her second kickstarter, the sequel to her earlier Ghosts of Gaia. This one is Ghosts of Gaia II, and contains 13 (for starters) additional female SF/Post-Apoc figures by the same sculptor. And promises loads of interesting add-ons and stretch goals, like Bunnies with Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-88797358161434209422017-05-26T11:04:00.004+02:002017-05-26T11:04:53.719+02:00Painting and basing my Red Dragon Gaming wallsFollow up on the article on the Red Dragon Gaming walls I got.
I missed some pictures along the way, but those steps are easy to imagine...
I started by washing them in the sink with detergent.
As the walls have inbuilt bases that I figured big enough for my purpose, I decided not to base them.
Next step - spraying black with a cheap primer (from Biltema for my fellow Swedes)
After Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-91331144693645224952017-05-18T22:16:00.003+02:002017-05-18T22:16:50.322+02:00Review of Red Dragon gaming resin scenicsI ran into this (for me) new company through a friend's post in twitter and decided to give them a go. The company's website is http://www.reddragongaming.co.uk. They offer mostly resin scenery and terrain bits, both painted (in various finishes) and unpainted. As I like painting, I looked mainly at the unpainted versions. For our Dark Ages and Dux Gondorum games, we could use some flint Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-53131091082766659092017-05-12T09:41:00.001+02:002017-05-12T09:41:17.904+02:00Scenario sale @ Wargaming Odds and EndsHave a quick look at http://cstoesen.blogspot.se/2017/05/spring-scenario-sale.html, where Chris Stoesen is having a scenario sale (50% off) on scenario booklets suitable for different Lardie rulesets.Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-53691642871530988182017-04-09T19:40:00.003+02:002017-04-09T19:40:28.392+02:00Just some pictures Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-29649066882826047042017-01-18T21:34:00.002+01:002017-01-18T21:34:41.645+01:00Cold stuffAnother quick update...
In an earlier post I wrote about the Frozen characters I was painting for my daughters. These are done now, and the girls are very happy with them. Here's some pics of the finished sets.
I also finished a single figure for Frostgrave, an apothecary. This is a metal Reaper figure, Olivia, Mercenaries Cleric, that I got from Annie @ Bad Squiddo Games early Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-59187767004703861362017-01-18T21:28:00.000+01:002017-01-19T12:32:38.464+01:00See you in Hell, Billy Yank...Thomas and I decided to start a project for SP2, playing ACW. He'd started painting Confederates a while back, and I'd do Union. So I picked up some heavily discounted boxes of Perry plastics (these are from the new Union Infantry in Sack Coats box) and started painting. Here are my first Union units: 20 infantrymen (2,5 units in SP2), 2 leaders (an officer and a sergeant) and a drummer.
Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-36297934866614871062017-01-17T15:48:00.001+01:002017-01-17T15:48:07.567+01:00Female Soviet SnipersI got some of these off Annie's Kickstarter a while back, and decided to paint some as a Christmas surprise present for a good friend.
Find the whole range of Bad Squiddo Games, 28mm female soviets.
Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-67763756281843657272017-01-17T11:53:00.001+01:002017-01-17T15:40:42.952+01:00First secret santa present completedA quick update to thank the Secret Santa that sent me the Perry British 6pdr w crew for North Africa. I just had to paint it ;-)
Here's some pictures:
All assembled and ready for painting
All done and ready for action
Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-14237034081293065062016-12-28T13:50:00.001+01:002016-12-28T23:31:36.615+01:00FrozenMy daughters (aged 5) have been looking at Daddy's figures for a while now, so I thought it was time they got some figures of their own. For display, mainly, maybe a bit too soon to get them playing, I guess. As they like/love the Disney movie Frozen, I looked around for some figures matching that. Annie, the ever lovely Dice Bag Lady @ Bad Squiddo Games has some North Star figures Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-41542068298723425612016-12-27T11:07:00.005+01:002016-12-27T11:07:43.407+01:00Secret SantasI'm quite pleased with the stuff I got from my Secret Santas :)
This year I participated in 3 of these, one was Chris Stoesen's, where you paint something for your "target". The other is the original Secret Santa by Ian and Catherine Wiley where you send your target something wargames related worth around £15. Finally we had our own little Penguin Santa thingy between Jocke, Thomas, Laffe Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-27180386335507436512016-11-15T10:16:00.000+01:002016-11-15T10:16:19.241+01:00Bad Squiddo Games kickstarter
Wednesday 16 November 20:00 CET, Annie at Bad Squiddo Games / The Dice Bag Lady is launching her first ever kickstarter, Ghosts of Gaia. 6 kick-ass post-apocalyptic ladies, hopefully stretching to 10 if all the stretch goals are met. And laser armed guinea pigs if we get even further! ;-)
Get in there and support her!
In Annie's own words:
"TOMORROW! I am launching TOMORROW! Ghosts Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-4065721552242603262016-10-31T10:10:00.002+01:002016-11-25T22:47:15.685+01:002017 wish list (for all sorts of secret santas ;-))My wishlist for 2017 ;-)
Perry Confederate Infantry
Perry ACW dismounted cavalry and horse holder
Perry ACW camp set 1 or camp set 2 (for SP2 deployment points)
Renedra fences or fences on low stone wall
GW Son of Eorl
Perry tropical FJ riflemen
Perry tropical FJ MG42 teams
Perry tropical FJ support teams
Perry Desert 6 pdr AT gun
Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-11889354437039705482016-10-11T20:51:00.001+02:002016-10-31T10:12:52.751+01:00Look ahead at 2017Long time no update and I'll have to sort that out soon, I have done quite some painting this summer.
Now however, I want to take a quick look ahead to next year and my projects. But first a little reflection on what I had planned for this year...
1. Desert 28mm (mostly Perry miniatures)...
Nope, nothing of this happened. Maybe next year ;-)
2. Our Dux Gondorum project, Dux Brittaniorun Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-38420554350417118562016-07-18T14:43:00.000+02:002016-07-18T14:43:29.893+02:00These are not the droids you're looking for
Sometime last year I promised a friend of a friend to paint the figures that came with his Imperial Assault base set, and I did some storm troopers earlier
Fire away, they won't hit anything anyway...
A lot of other things got ahead of painting more Star Wars in the meantime (Indochina, Paras, even some Frostgrave...), but now I felt it was time to paint some more of these. Here theyKoenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-25662525735037810222016-07-18T14:31:00.001+02:002016-07-18T14:43:51.847+02:00Back to the Paras...
It's been a while, but here's another para update... Thanks to the box I got from Laffe and Thomas, and which contained more than a platoon's worth of figures plus some supports, I can now complete a full company, with bataljon and brigade level supports.
So, what have I been doing since the last update:
Company CO, mix of Blitz and SHQ
A bunch of 12 paras from Blitz
Another batchKoenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-73158754484285072242016-07-18T09:43:00.001+02:002016-07-18T09:45:32.443+02:00Toofatlardies' Summer Special
Just a quick message that TooFatLardies Summer Special is out. Read all about it on their blog:
Filled with all sort of goodies:
Introduction
The usual waffle from the less-than-dynamic duo.
Death Road to Corunna
Alfredo Vitaller & chums from Club dragon in Madridpresent a chilly Napoleonic campaign for Sharp Practice
A Fast & Dirty Guide to Tactics
Playing Sharp Practice Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-77096912049062925952016-06-11T10:38:00.000+02:002016-06-11T10:38:06.440+02:00Vadavoom.... (well, sort of...)Some pictures of jeeps I've been doing for my British Airborn...
Comparison shot of Laffe's jeep and the new Airfix one
The new Airfix "Airborn" jeep - it comes with a trailer and a 75mm packhowitzer. Plus some stowage. I've added an undocumented option that's on the spruesVickers LMG.
The new Airfix "Airborn" jeep package
I've now completed the jeep I got off Thomas, who got it Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-22588472398329396532016-05-20T23:56:00.001+02:002016-05-21T00:12:49.410+02:00Still more parasJepp, you've guessed it... Another batch of a dozen paras completed. More crew for the guns, including some junior leaders. A padre. A 2" mortar team. And finally a Forward Observer team. Mix of AB and SHQ figures.This gives me a total of 80 paras now, a full platoon, and parts of a second platoon. Plus supports, a.o. a 6lb AT gun and a Vickers MMG.
Next: even more paras - just over Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31707592.post-38646216433014636862016-05-18T16:17:00.000+02:002016-05-20T23:57:52.635+02:00More paras
Still working on my paras, even if I haven't been able to do much lately. At least I've managed to complete my Vickers MMG team and a 6pdr AT gun with crew.
I've got my hands on some Battlefield / Blitz paras to flesh out my 2nd platoon, and they are very nice and well researched figures. Hopefully I'll be able to get some shots of them once I complete my last batch of my original AB/SHQ/TQD Koenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11416193328505370759noreply@blogger.com8