Prussian Landwehr Cavalry, Americans for Flames of War, Manlets, and a Bad Pizza

Hello Dear Blog Viewer,

Today I finally finished a unit of Perry Prussian Landwehr cavalry.  They're good enough for gaming.  You'll notice the lack of the little flags, or fanions, or whatever they're called.  I dislike attaching them very much so.

Running from the scary castle.

Don't look at their faces, I may have overdone the wash.

Only three of my eleven Prussian cavalry units remain left to be painted:  Ulhans, Dragoons, and Death Head Hussars.

Here's a size comparison with a Wargames Foundry Landwehr.  It appears to me it is also sculpted by Alan Perry, as well.   I wonder if he's the one with only 1 1/2 arms.  Regardless, I'm going to add a one armed Perry brother to my next artillery crew.

My color continuity is abysmal.  I think the jackets are different colors and I can't make up my mind what color paint makes the best spears.  If you look at my bases, no two units ever seem to have the same color dirt.

Next up are some more American troops for Flames of War.  The models are made by Command Decision.  Command Decision minis can be purchased for half the price of Battle Front's minis, by buying them from Old Glory.  They're even cheaper at a web site called War Web.

Here they are running away.  They actually lost their first two battles last weekend.    I played in a tournament;  tournaments aren't as fun as I thought they'd be, go go go, quick games, too much quick thinking.

Here's a size comparison with official Flames of War minis on the left.  Command Decision look more anatomically correct, but the chunkier Flames of War minis have a nice look, as well as being easy to paint.  And with FoW minis, you don't have to make your own bases.

Next up, I based some manlets painted aways back.  They look ugly as I was experimenting with different dip techniques on them.   They'll do as I really don't stress out on painting pieces of wood.

Here's most of my manlets shielding cowardly crossbowmen.

pew, pew, pew, pew, pew

At this angle the castle looks empty

Here's some junk for city fight debris piles:  A Mac, a microwave, a pizza, and a beat up little toaster.

Till next time, when I hope to bring you more bad grammar, Prussian infantry, a few turn of the century Africans, and maybe even some Space Marines.  By not having any sort of painting plan, I practice good Operational Security while painting; the enemy must not know your plans.

Love,
Baconfat

I TOLD YOU NOT TO LOOK AT THIER FACES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oldhammer Wizards, Flames of War Parachutists, 2 Jagdtigers, a 40K Rhino, 2 Nappy Officers, and an 11 Year Old Diorama

Hello,

It's been a few weeks, so I have alot of random stuff for you.  First up are some old out of production   Citadel Wizards from the late 80's or early 90's.  Some are from their old AD&D line, designed to show character progression.

The one in the tan dress is an female illusionist.  I once painted another one of the three illusionist model set;  it was such an ugly sculpt I painted a mustache on it, thinking it was a man.  Illusion complete.

Here's what I think is a pre-slotta base Citadel Wizard with a much larger plastic wizard from either a Dungeonquest or Heroquest edition.

The white paint I use is crap.  Not real crap, just not so good.  I don't sun bake dog terds till they turn white, crush them up, add water, and brush it on models.   It only looks like I do.

I painted up more Flames of War Airborne infantry (from the Open Fire starter set).  They are much less shiny than my last batch, but I didn't do a good job on the washes.

Here are some Jagdtigers I painted for friend.  I took a picture with the phone, so you couldn't see any of the tedious detail work.

Look, now here is fairly modern 40K Rhino.  I painted it similar to the GW IG Steel Legion camoflauge pattern.  The variation is craftstore dark grey and Vallejo Dead Flesh, instead of GW rotting flesh.   The paint looks rough because I put a clear matte coat over an oil wash which only appeared to have finished drying.  The effect is similar to crackle paint.

Due to excessive GW prices, I only buy used models, the ugly rust spot was where I had to remove some moronic looking space marine emblem.  

Action shot with some Rogue Trader era beakie marines.  The may not be sculpted as well as today's marines, but I like them better.

Here are two Napoleonic Officers.  A dismounted French Hussar and what I'll be using as an officer for my British Rifles.

They look much better from far away, when you can't see the parts I forgot to paint or painted sloppily.

Most of the above pictures were taken on water mill diorama my eleven year old daughter built.  The only thing I did was supervise power tool use and heat the water beads on the oven.  And paid for all the damned trees.

Windows aren't set well and you can't see they have clear plastic panes.

I was sure she'd get an A, but her school does something called "Common Core".  No letter grades, just numbers.  She got a 3.  Every kid got the same score, even the kid that glued a Tootsie Roll to a folded up piece of orange construction and called it a canoe.

The daughter said kids can't get 1s or 2s so early in the year, otherwise they won't show improvement by the end of the year.   A Tootsie Roll canoe would have been easier; that kid is a genius.

lazy child couldn't be bothered to paint the interior mill components and grain bags she hand sculpted

She should have a been given a 4.  Look at all the stupid bubbles in her water; can you say, "a severe beating followed by several months of standing in the corner"











Till next time, when you'll be forced to see more terribly taken photos of mediocre miniatures!  Maybe some Prussian Cavalry.

Love,
Baconfat

Egyptian Marine Slingers and American Paratroopers for FoW

 Hello,

I've got two small units done.  First a group of of Egyptian Marine Slingers.  The manufacturer of these minis is quite unknown to me, having bought and unpackaged them probably 15-20 years ago.  I wish I knew who made them.

The slings are their only weapon, they don't even have a club tucked into their skirts.

The models are quite beefy.  I don't believe the Egyptians had big shield bosses and the hat things they wear seem to be sculpted wrong. I also think I painted their hat things wrong.    Perhaps, I'll be able to use them for Osprey's "Of Gods and Mortals" game some of the local gamers sound interested in.


Next are the first 15mm troops I've ever painted,  Flames of War American Airborne troops.  They're from the "Open Fire" box set, of in which you get nine of these little US infantry stands.

I forgot to put some matte on them and they're very glossy looking

I've recently acquired an airbrush, so I've been experimenting with spray painting models instead of painting the troops waiting patiently in line for their turn.   Airbrushes make painting tanks fast!  So you'll be seeing old Games Workshop tanks with fresh paint in the near future.

base colors done in less than 1 hour, awaiting details and washes

Till next time when I when I hope to have a pack of long out of print Citadel wizards finished, and maybe some more FoW infantry.

love,
 Baconfat 

Perry Burgundian Handgunners, Some Appliances, and First Flames of War Game

Welcome,

Today I've got a small unit of plastic Perry Burgundian handgunners painted.  I've based them singly but will magnetize their bases for games requiring larger bases.  60 more points for the Not Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge.

front view

another frontal  view

Here's what they'll probably look like on the battlefield, running away

Here's a little bit of junky homemade post-apocalyptic furniture and appliances, two plastic metal legged chairs and a thoroughly beaten up washer and dryer set.

a trooper putting his gun down so he can wash his dirty clothes

I played my first Flames of War (FoW) game ever and took pictures with the plan of an AAR.  Sadly I didn't know what was going on, my camera sucks, the photographer is even worse,  and the flgs Active Imagination was kind of dark.  Regardless the battle was so chaotic I don't think I could have explained it very well.

Here's what it looked like before everyone died

Some German Anti-aircraft guns that were shooting my infantry as they were attacked by colored cotton

Tanks blew up and disappeared like musical chairs

a blurry pic near the end of the battle, I've managed to kill all my offensive vehicles and spread my infantry all over the place for no good reason

FoW is quite fun, something I didn't expect.  Afterwards, I broke down and bought a FoW starter box set called "Open Fire".

Till next week, when I'll have some Egyptian marine slingers and some more junk.

love,
Baconfat