Halfling Yeoman of the Guard...

Well, my good mate Peter Brown of The Mouldmaker and The Assault Group has got around to Kickstarting a horde of mounted Hobbitses on giant... erm... well... male chickens. Oh... roosters I should say. Lovely minis and nicely priced. Pop over and pledge...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chickstaterii/tag-halfling-yeomen-of-the-yard

There're freebies as well... go click and have a look. Pete molds most of my minis so we know he's a good guy.

enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Clam meets Maggie Thatcher and the Miner's Strike.....

Not a good period in British history and one that destroyed livelihoods around the country, never mind just the those of the mining villages and towns themselves. Militant trade union met the bitch and she had the backing of the government, the army, the police force etc. She will forever be remembered as a destroyer by many however, this is a miniatures blog and not a political thing... I know so many people touched by the strikes that it does bear remembrance of where the wrong person in power can destroy a nation... read more here, here and here. One point has come to light recently in that so many of the people I know and respect around the miniature's industry may not have moved into the field if all this had not happened... scary food for thought.

Clam, he of the wonderful Clamshells & Seahorses blog, has painted up our Mags figure. I do so love it when I see the blog minis painted up! Lots more Politicos (love the name, thanks Pete Brown of The Mouldmaker)  to come, just a question of time and finances...

Clam's post is here.

Any thoughts or whatever, give me a shout on enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Master Castings Have Arrived!!

If you don't know the joy of welcoming your own children into the world.....well, this has a similar feel to it except maybe not as messy! The postman dropped the parcel from Peter Brown at The Mouldmaker this afternoon whilst I was painting fence posts at the front of the house. Twas a joyous moment indeed. I did finish painting the posts before going in as well....total commitment to my craft.

 

Just before the molding......a scary process as the sculpts can end up getting damaged in the process....fortunately not in this case, thanks Pete!

This post and related ones will also be appearing on http://www.thelittlesoldiercompany.co.uk/ as that is a new project site. Quite exciting really. Please comment with thoughts and such like below.

enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

New minis being molded...... Bob Olley Politicos!

Peter Brown of  The Mouldmaker just went live on Facebook whilst moulding up the next 5 minis in the Political Parody range....

https://www.facebook.com/TheAssaultGroup/videos/1388478967914644/ 

Keeping fingers crossed on releasing these over the next couple of weeks. I may even start thinking of getting them in blisters.....more news later :)

Now available here; https://thelittlesoldiercompany.co.uk/politicos

Advance footage of the next project... wish I knew how to save the videos and post directly but Facebook is evil!

https://www.facebook.com/themouldmaker/videos/1573072196071014/ 

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Zombies sir! Thousands of them.....well, a few......

My good mate Pete Brown (he of the Mouldmaker fame) is running a short Kickstarter to produce a handful of Landsknecht Zombies....the sort that every house needs. He is to be encouraged in his madness, especially when the more that backers pledge, the more the freebies appear. I am a needy soul and love my freebies.....the link is here and below.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/584137481/tag-28mm-landsknecht-zombie-miniatures

 Do mention that I sent you..........

enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Lord Dozy of the Dragon Isles......I've painted myself.....

As a follow up to the earlier post, I've now painted the TAG Tudor mini...great fun and I have a few more of the associated range to finish....previous post about them here.

  

The actual sculpts below and more details about the adventure from Pete Brown himself here.

All now available as part of Tudor Pack III....get a piece of me folks whilst they're still hot!

As always; enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Me as a Tudor Nobleman.......sweet sculpt......

A short while ago a good hobby friend, Pete Brown, set up a Kickstarter campaign to introduce the world to a new range of Tudor miniatures designed by Nick Collier and released by 'The Assault Group' .... for some reason it didn't attract the attention it deserved and the Kickstarter was pulled......however I had put some pennies towards a face sculpt and they have just been sent out.......very impressed!

Now available as part of Tudor Pack III....get a piece of me folks whilst they're still hot!

I still don't understand why it didn't fund when Cool Mini or Not / Reaper can command millions in funding.....go figure, every pun intended......The Assault Group still have a massive range of figures that are well worth checking out..........Tudor range here. Tell them I sent you.....Pete also runs The Mouldmaker......source of God alone knows how many miniatures across the hobby universe!

As always; enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Dear Tony Blair - the miniatures....

In or around 1974 I started enjoying aspects of this hobby.....almost 40 years later I have gone to do something of my own...........2 Evil Duergar by Bob Olley and Derek the Troll (old White Dwarf comic strip penned by Lew Stringer) sculpted by the boy genius George Fairlamb....

Once the greens arrived with Pete at The Mouldmaker they were spaced on the mold rubber and the cavities made...this ensures the rubber flows around the green with less pressure that could lead to damage and mis-molding....all pics below courtesy of Pete....

Maggie's face pushed down as far as it will go......

placed in the can ready for the pressing of the actual mold....note the placement of the molding studs...

Pete carefully prises the mold halves apart....

and lo and behold there came unto Pete a beautifully crafted spin mold..

the alchemical reactions of green to brown....where is Gordon?

and the cast themselves..DTB 1 

DTB 2....

and a troll...this one will not for be for sale as it was based (as above) on the GW creation Derek the Troll by Lew Stringer and was given to me as such. See Lew's comments.

The man himself, Pete brown of The Mouldmaker...a true character with possibly one of the best jobs in the industry....

More details once the 'Disorganised Me' sorts things out...........no idea what to call them as yet...no idea how to package them...no idea how to.......well, you get the drift.

enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk