Things wot I painted in November.....

A mixed bunch painted during episodes of insomnia. Sleeping pattern is completely thrown at the moment....bed at 8, wake at 12, back to bed at 3, up at 5, children to school....then back to bed. Getting back to work seems to give me the only continuity in that I have to stay awake all night! Anyway, less waffle.....on to the pics....

4 more Wargames Foundry Pirates, sculpted by the talented Will Hannah....

Black Scorpion Pirate (Adam Clarke sculpt)

Black Scorpion Orc Pirate.......

Old Glory drunken Cossack.....many more to come from this assorted pack of goodies....have a look at the whole range here.

Westwind Pirate from the oop 50 Fathoms range....

Citadel Slann......I have collected these ever since they came out 30 years or more ago...this is the first one I have finished. I decided to go for a red base instead of the 'standard' green....the best resource for these is via the Collecting Citadel Miniatures WIKI.

Tom Meier sculpts from Ral Partha's old historical line...sculpted around 1977...now available via Iron Wind Metals..

Redoubt Enterprises lute player from their very nice Three Musketeers range........

Werner Klocke Goblin Pirate for Goblinaid....

The first of my Finns from Baker Company's Winter War Kickstarter

Last but by no means least, Wargames Foundry limited re-release Citadel Sci Fi Fishmen. Top sculpts and a big thank you to Marcus at Foundry. More on the way.

C&C welcome. As usual; enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

A couple of pirates finished and an introduction to the crew so far..........

Loads more on the way in the next decade or so.....excuse the dust....hadn't noticed until I'd played with the pics. Must do better as it always said on my school report....

Hasslefree HFH001 Libby with a little extra gun support...

Old Glory Seven Seas Fantasy (I think)....oop now I believe....

Captain Hook Tale of War miniature from their Tale Revision range....available here.

Old Glory Pirate of the Month (October) from a few years back and still available at that link.........tell them I sent you...

Citadel Dwarf thief....oop...

Citadel female fighter....long oop....

Reaper Miniatures lassie....

Bronze Age Miniatures pirate lass....

The swarthy bunch en masse......

A Reaper Merchant with a Heresy not Sontaran head swap....possibly he will be involved in the shenanigans eventually.... 

As usual enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Pirates again, Old Glory OGP-20 Island Governors With Assistants

Thought I'd post another of these packs as I think they are great and deserve some publicity with the amount of pirate related hobby stuff that is going on at the moment......previous OG Pirate codes here. It will really make a nice little vignette....if I ever get around to it.....

Very nicely sculpted, only the lady leaving a little to be desired in the facial details. Available from Old Glory US here or Old Glory UK here.

Nick over at Northstar Miniatures is releasing a set of pirates sculpted by Steve Saleh for use with the Osprey Publishing 'On The Seven Seas' Wargames Rules for the Age of Piracy and Adventure c. 1500-1730. He is adding a number of freebie minis to entice unsuspecting punters to fall for this devilishly nicely put together set up...............this includes................

The 'I Want It All' deal for On The Seven Seas contains: 

The rulebook, On The Seven Seas. 

Captain Hood's Crew, 

Blackbeard's Crew. 

Captain Calico Jack's Crew. 

Royal Navy Crew. 

Lichfield Tony. 

All five free miniatures designed for the Nickstarter pre-order program; Marcel the Monkey, Harry Bennett's hoard, Captain Kidd, Jack Cubbin The Cabin boy & the High Seas Drifter.

More info and pics on the Northstar site here.

Of course there are other companies producing pirates.....................

Wargames Foundry Some of my favorite sculpts in this line. Will Hannah along with a few old Perry sculpts that were done for Citadel back in the day. 

Black Scorpion Beautiful pieces, unfortunately (IMHO) they have moved to the dark side and now cast only in resin but if that's not a problem then well worth perusing.

Dixon Miniatures Trevor Dixon has been sculpting since I can remember. Some very nice resin ships here as well.

Freebooter Miniatures Rather pricey as sculpted for individual use within their house game 'Freebooter's Fate' but superb sculpts by that German talent Werner Klocke.

Reaper Miniatures Now, you could easily get lost with the vast range Reaper produce but if you se the search function it pars it down eg http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/pirate. They have a lot of Werner Klocke sculpts at a more affordable level as well. And Matthew Bickley...and...etc etc

Hasslefree Miniatures They have a number of suitable sculpts including an incredible Tom Meier Pirate Captain.

Crusader Miniatures Have a few nice sculpts c/o the very talent Mark Simms.

Warrior Miniatures Very old school sculpts but worth a look in.

Brigade Games Have a few packs and rules.

Artizan Designs Produce 3 useful blisters sculpted by Mike Owen..

Bronze Age Miniatures Female pirates. David Sonderquist's company. Great sculptor and nice bloke.... Ian over at Fenris Games is starting to import his ranges over here so you could ask him to add some in.

Black Tree Design Don't currently have a range however they did buy Pirate greens of that Warlord Games Wotjek. All here in a previous post. Shout at them to get them released please....BTD haven't released anything new for years. Grrrrrr.....

Eureka Miniatures Some lovely pieces in here including an excellent Ship's Wheel. Some of them are available via Irregular Miniatures in the UK. You need to search the 28mm section...takes a little getting used to. Irregular are a old school sculpting at a very good price. Well worth looking around their site.

Redoubt Miniatures Some interesting sculpts in here...one of their older ranges that does need updating...

Games of War Produce resins buildings and metal accessories. Very droolworthy if there is such a word. And if not there should be. 

4Ground Have some nice pre painted MDF buildings. They are releasing some long awaited fantasy houses soon which will be a must...possibly July I think.

I am sure there will be many more but there is a very in depth Pirates showcase over on Frothers Forum here. A little out of date now but includes both historical and fantasy.

If you do pick merchandise up from any of the above please tell them where you got the link. It's nice to feel appreciated.........

As always; enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Pirates I tell you....ooh arr...... Old Glory OGP16 Pirate Looters with Victims

Finally got around to opening another bag of my Old Glory Pirates. Once again lovely clean sculpts that won't need much cleaning up - the full  range is hidden away in the historical 1600 - 1700 section here. They will (eventually) make a lovely addition to my Pirate hordes.............

OGP18 Gambling Pirates pics here.

Still soldiering on with the EPT Palanquin...more pics once I am off night shifts.......

Pirates I tell you....ooh arr...... Old Glory OGP18 Gambling Pirates

I picked up a bunch of Old Glory pirates and thought I would share them......lovely figures, a little smaller than some of my current bunch but then people differ in real life so all is fine. 

The range is hidden away in the historical 1600 - 1700 section here.

Chair backs cast separately

Poor photograph of a Warploque Miniatures pirate monkey....to join the crew at some point once painted.....

these will all fit nicely with my OG drunken pirate painted a while back......

Also available in sepia..

Some more Little Wars stuff coming soon.....