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.

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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.

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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..........

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And so it begins..........

Nice parcel arrived off Uncle Pete today.....

Hoping to get them all sorted out in time for the annual Salute expedition...family probs have meant life is somewhat on hold at the moment but, with luck, things should get back to some form of normality soon.....I'll update the minis for sale page eventually......

Started the bagging process......

The full set....

Cameron & friend.....

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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

Blog minis for sale!

Hidden deep underground below Zurich where the 1% plot, a hidden paparazzi captures a party... so Thatcher, Saddam and Gaddafi are not dead after all... the world must be told... 

All now available here; https://thelittlesoldiercompany.co.uk/politicos

DTB27 Volodymyr Zelenskyy

DTB26 Politico Hellperson Conversion Set

DTB25 Rishi Sunak – Hedging the way forward!

DTB24 Keir Starmer – A New Hope?

DTB23 Blair in the Box & Mag in the Box

DTB22 Domlum of Barnard Castle

DTB21 Netty Yahoo, God has Given

DTB20 Men in Black, Will J and Tommy K

DTB19 Jarem, Keeper of the Past at rest

DTB18 Jarem, Keeper of the Past

DTB17 Bojo, Clown Prince of Lies

DTB16 Nigo, Bringer of Mayhem

DTB15 Bern, Socialist Lord of Change

DTB14 Teresa, Infernal Voice of Confusion

DTB13 Corbyn, Bringer of Equality

DTB12 Merkel, Opener of Gateways

DTB11 Hilary, Angel of Surety

DTB10 Donald, Lord of Covfefe

DTB9 Sad Do, Deserted Warrior

DTB8 Kim Do, Inference of Might

DTB7 Gaddo, Despoiler of Realms

DTB6 Party Political pig’s head Demonic Familiar

DTB5 Underking David, Pursuant of Charm

DTB4 Prince Obama, Resolute in Despair

DTB3 Putin, Lord of all He Surveys

DTB2 Mags, Evil Duergar Dwarven Queen of the Damned

DTB1 Tony, Evil Duergar Dwarven Princeling 

The figures are not designed for standard slottas and do not come with any - if using them with a slotta you will need to cut away some of the plastic base as the tabs are quite deep. Clipping the tab and drilling & pinning the figure to a resin base (such as the Fenris Games cobblestone base below) is probably the best way of presenting them if you are so inclined! You may also need to clean some mold lines / flash etc.

DTB1 Tony, Evil Duergar Dwarf Princeling

DTB2 Mags, Evil Duergar Dwarf Queen of the Damned

The above pics are courtesy of Boki Gromdal, that Dwarven David Bailey over at Stunties. 

In times of political upheaval and pressure, there's nothing like a Party Political Pig to get you through the mess...

All from the talented hands of Bob Olley, cast by Pete Brown of The Mouldmaker and below painted by the wonderful Paul Sanderson...

All the world's a stage and we are but...

DTB 3, Putin, Lord Of all He Surveys.. DTB 4, Prince Obama, Resolute in Despair and DTB 5, Underking David, Pursuant of Charm...

And now my own painted examples of previous releases... I was thinking of excuses but I'm sure you can make your own... lol.

  

and not forgetting.....The Political Party Pig painted by Paul of 'Here Be Goblins'



Pete creating the master mould from Bob's sculpts...

and then using master castings for the production mould.....

As this is a hobby I am always open to trading for other minis.......I just can't help it....

Usual disclaimers apply...these miniatures contain lead......they are not suitable for young children or babies, should not be eaten etc.

Please contact me on enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk for other details...cash, cheque, Paypal payment, first born etc.

More pics of the miniature progress here.

Painted Minis!

15/07/2019 A new bunch painted by Phil Norden, keep them coming!

Carsten of Clamshells and Sea Horses has been busy again........Underking David, Pursuant of Charm and his Demonic Familiar.......lots more pics and background on his blog link above....

No introduction needed......courtesy of Carsten of Clamshells and Sea Horses

Team America by Mikko.

Cameroon and Vlad courtesy of Mikko.

More pics here.

3 more dictators courtesy of Mikko.

More pics here.

A painted Mags and Tony courtesy of Mikko Kurki-Suonio

His gaming site is here.

Chris Betteridge sent me his Mags and Tony. He also sent a few pics of other political parodies by other companies.....how dare they..... 😊

Carsten at Clamshells & Seahorses has done Maggie proud!
(check his Derek the troll below as well)

Andy Hides has been at it again!

Baron Samedi

David Hameron and his familiar, Pigwig

Pastor Blair

Vlad the Insufficient

Leaders of the New World Order.....

By Dags of Frothers fame.....

Derek the Troll and Mags painted by my good hobby mate Andy Hides...

Derek by the inestimable Frank Weaver.....

Derek painted by another good hobby mate, Carsten. His blog post here. Also check his wonderful blog and John Pickford commissioned sculpts here.

Send me pics and I'll post them here!

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