I started these 15mm Chinantec the last week of September in preparation for the Fall In! 2025 Triumph! New World Theme Tournament. They were ready for play but I wanted to do a bit more with the bases so I ordered some grass tufts that looked like Mexican Feathergrass last week. After cutting those up and sticking them on there I think I'm good to call them done.
I finsihed up some Vidaar skirmishers a few months back and never took pictures, same of the command models that I finished last month for our Shieldbash tournament that was last Saturday. The banner is made out of paper, I used a decal to paint the circle and then stuck the decal of the axes on top of it.
Also, I got to put another figure on the trophy this year. The scene had to be modified a bit (the water cracked) so I made up a beach, stuck Frank's Kanid on a skimboard and then added Pam at the top of the beach.
We had our sixth annual Shieldbash Invitational Tournament this past Saturday. Eight players bashed it out, muppet style, across three rounds: the Ambush scenario from the rulebook, an all out King of the Boat scenario, and a chariot race with the Faustus Furious rules. Much Sprecher soda was toasted and many a muppet gave their fluff for the fun and enjoyment of all.
Figuring out how to paint the crossbows next. There's a bit more percision painting on these compared to the spears because of all the bits off the crossbow that I'm hitting.
Finished the last four units of the 3mm Dread Elf Spears this week.
I'm currently basing up some 6mm American Civil War Union Skirmishers, but in the meantime here's some 3mm Dark Elves I finished last week and based today.
I finished up my test unit of 3mm Dread Elves. Getting the flock between the strips wasn't too bad, I was thinking I might have to base one row at a time but I don't think that will be necessary. The base is printed, I made three grooves along its length to recess the strips. Not sure if I'm going to put a decal on the banner yet. Definitely not doing decals on the shields or pins for the spears this time though. :P
I haven't been posting much but I have been busy. There's some 40 stands of Epic Sisters of Battle I need to post pictures of, but I'm not a fan of what I did with the bases so I'm not looking at them for awhile. I also headed back to the Union skirmish infantry for my American Civil War project as well, hopefully I'll finish those up in the next few weeks.
In the meantime, buddy Karl was talking 3mm fantasy so we held each other's hand and drove off that cliff Thelma and Louise style. I picked up the Dread Elves from Microworld Games and started messing around with a classic Warhammer Fantasy Dark Elf scheme. We're going to base them on 40mm frontage bases for Triumph! to play some Grand Triumph! Fantasy. The massed troops on the bases should help sell the look, and the 3mm troops for an excellent bargain for the number of bases we'll need.
We had our second annual Blood Bowl 7's games day today (the Glory Bowl) and I painted these guys up in secret for the big day. Melpomene's Glory took home the win on their debut, going 3-0 for the day. The masks are from the 40k Harlequin kit and took a bit of carving to look right on them.
I've been working on the Night Lords but took an evening this week to paint up my Khazar bolt thrower crew. They're conversions off of some Byzantine crew, I sculpted the headwear, added beards and lengthened the shirts into robes.
I finished up another quick 15mm side project this week, the remaining eight spearmen for the 15mm Khazar. They won't be much use in the Khazar army, but I use them all in a Tahirid army which reverses the numbers of horse and foot units from Khazar. I'm all for double dipping figure usage, especially when it nets you a different playstyle.
I started my next batch of Night Lords last week, the basecoats are down and washed at this point. I'm hoping to finish them up by the end of the month but I may take a quick detour to finish some Khazar spearmen for a games day on the 22nd.
Painting 15mm always seems to go quick, I finished these 15mm Slavic Light Foot for my Khazar army this week. I'd like to be able to double-dip with this army and play them as Tahirid too in Triumph! so they'll be usable there too.
Hopefully I'll be able to top-coat these guys tomorrow along with a few more Epic formations, then get them based up for a game Saturday. After that I think I'll tackle another four Night Lords.
Four 40k Night Lords Aspiring Champions "done". I have a few more things I need to get ready for priming, once that happens I'll paint their guns. And the bases… those are still a thought in process. Onto some light foot for my 15mm Khazar's.
