Rocky's Human
@rockyshuman
I am a mid 50's grognard who has been playing RPG's, tabletop wargames and painting minis for a long time. My hands are shaky, my eyes don't focus as well as they used to, but I still love painting minis, but not as well as I used to.
Taking a break from assembling Armored Clash Enlightened minis to sit outside with the dogs while they sun. Reading this little gem. I have lots of boxes of stuff for Epic Hail Caeser... most needing paint. So many minis. So little time
Trust the process is something I need to do e ery time I oil wash minis. Pics of Victrix Rus armored warrior. First pic is base paint. Second Pic is glopped with oil wash. Third Pic is after drying an hour and some removal. Now let them cure for 2 days then add details.
Finally priming up the Zombicide Dead or Alive minis. I appreciate that there is a Marty McFly (err Calvin) player character in one of the expansions.
This afternoon's read. Écorcheurs which is supposedly pronounced "Ay-core-sure" 100 years war, 1337 to 1453. I am probably going to use my Barons' War minis from about 100 years earlier. If any of you timecops need to arrest me for non-compliance... Good luck finding me.
Some Kings of War 3rd Edition on the table. The minis on the left are GW night goblins with some added green stuff to be a regiment of goblins wearing clown fish and banana armor. Why? Because they are goblins.
Oooooooooohhhhhhhh!!!!!! 15 mm epic Zulu vs. British in the 1870's. Thousands of tiny minis each one standing just over 1/2 inch tall to paint. One of my favorite historical settings. Take my money!
I generally don't post political posts on social media. But this came in the mail today. American Dictator game. A monopoly style game from Canada where the players essentially try to make as much profit as possible from their political appointments. I have no idea what influenced the design.
So this came in the mail. I have a boatload of unassembled and unpainted minis for a Crusades campaign. I figure the book will become hard to get at some point. I need to get a physical copy of Death and Taxes also. I do really enjoy the Barons' War game.
Plastic model detail comparison. Warlord Games Viking Hirdman on the left, Victrix Armored Rus Infantry on the right. The WG sprue contains 4 bodies. The V sprue contains 6 bodies. Much better detail on the V sprues. Not really that much cost difference. Victrix and Perry are my favorites
This mornings read. Really enjoying the Barons' War game and associated material.
Taking a quick break painting my Grimdark Future space lizards to start assembling a Victrix Rus warband for Pillage. I teally like these minis
Crocodiles with backpack missile launchers for One Page Rules Grimdark Future in process.
My Father's day gift from my wife came in the mail today. All the way from England. Lots of inch tall minis to assemble and paint. I do like the Victrix plastic sets.
Today's painting project. Space geckos with energy shields for One Page Rules Grimdark Future. Had some fun with the airbrush yesterday base coating them. Now on to details.
Five minis done for Dawn: Rise of the Occulites. I really like tje design of these critters. Twenty more of the main factions and a host of minions to go.
Getting Bonefields onto the table today. Cute little miniatures skirmish game with lots of old school vibes. Necromancers undead. Undead goblins and undead dwarves. From Hayland Terrain.
The next game for the table is Bonefields. I love the minis. The game seems pretty straightforward. I just wish there was more support for it from Hayland Terrain. The dwark (pink) and goblin (green) undead minis have a design style that appeals to me. Slightly old school a d goofy looking.
I needed a command team for my Axis forces army in Konflikt 47. I found Colonel Klink and Feldwebel Schultz in 28mm white metal. May not be cannon but it works for me!
A local game store liquidated a big selection of an old tabletop miniatures game a few years ago. A lot of nice chunky metal mi is in a style that appealed to me. I didn't care about the game, but ar $2 to $3 per mini, I picked up a bunch so I could have some non-standard monsters on the table
Just arrived. My birthday present I won't open for about six weeks. Pillage rulebook and two war bands from Victrix. Do I need another miniatures wargame? Do I need more little plastic minis to paint? Why. Yes. I do. I can stop any time. Really. I can.
Playing some Tanks for the Apocalypse by Snarling Badger games this afternoon
Came in the mail today. Unfortunately it is only 4 players. One of my favorite movies. Ever.
This morning's read. Frontier Space POD. I loved Star Frontiers when I was on high school.... over.. ahem... 40 plus years ago. I couldn't get Traveller to the table enough because people couldn't understand having hexadecimal traits. But Star Frontiers was something people would play.
Konflikt 47 Totencorps assembled and primed. Who doesn't want undead on the battlefield in a Weird War 2 miniatures game?
Working through Konflikt 47 rules today. I have painted a lot of minis to date. I played and liked the WW 2 game this was based on, Bolt Action. This Weird War 2 version really appeals to me. Undead Wehrmacht, spider limbed tanks, American enhanced light infantry, Tesla technology...
Some 28mm terrain painted and clear coated. When the clear coat is completely cured, I will dress them up with some dry pigments to make them look dusty. Looking at playing some Konflikt 47 this week.