Oh yes! my Blog! (August > December round up)

 Long time no post!

I've not been entirely hobby idle, I've just not had a massive amount to show off (until now!)

The last few months I've been paring down my collection somewhat, getting rid of some unfinished projects and games systems I know that I'll never play enough to justify the shelf space.

I've been pretty focused on Bolt Action again recently, tying off a few loose ends by picking up a sprue of Brits to give me some regular HQ/Support guys, as well as painting up a German Goliath anti-tank team as a little palate cleanser. 

I also finished off the last of my Ad-Mech models for Warhammer 40k (or in my case One Page Rules Grimdark Future).

The biggest project however has been building the sprue of Bolt Action USMC guys I picked up, into a fully fledged 1000pt+ force.

For this I got hold of the USMC Semper Fidelis starter box (for a nice price) and added on a couple of LVT amphibious transport/infantry support vehicles.

I picked away at them during October and November and then finally made a big push last night, by completing the 20+ guys I had sitting base coated, but washing, highlighting and basing all in one session.

And that was me, my pile of shame and hobby desk is relatively clear (for now) In the new year I'll be adding some armour and grenadiers to my late war Germans, as well as hopefully getting some more games in, pandemics permitting!

Aliens and Bolt Action - Roundup

 Hi,

Moving the progress needle slightly this week...

I finished the Aliens from the GF9 Aliens boardgame, quick and dirty with drybrushes and wash.

I also dug through the sprue pile and grabbed the remaining Bolt Action British bodies I had left to muster another regular Tommy section and a 3rd Commando LMG to allow me to rock 3 x 6 man SMG/LMG Commando sections.

As usual the Brits were a kit bash of the honking old Warlord British infantry sprue, and the later 8th Army and Paratroopers sprues, to give a bit of variety.

Warlord have a new British and Canadian set coming out soon and i'll definitely pick up a single sprue assuming it's 6 man as this would nice round out my regulars with HQ + attendent, sniper team and PIAT team.

Other than that I'm mulling over a new Bolt Action army for 2021 (yes, I know I said I wouldn't)

Current contenders are - Aussies - to make use of my Jungle terrain, and could be a cool, if historically inaccurate OpFor for my DAK.

I also fancy Soviets or maybe Italians... We'll see!

I also dusted everything Bolt Action off to get it all laid out and allow me to see what I have/want.

Anyhoo - next up, finish up re-painting the British Paras, and use up the rest of my German sprues for more basic troops.

Bolt Action - Progress update

Nose dived into this one a bit, but I've neglected to keep the blog up to date!

I've 90% completed my original plan of having a bunch of British Paras, facing off against a mix of Germans in late 1944 France/Holland

So aside from some tidying up and detailing, highlighting, eyes, etc, I've got this done, the models and the terrain that is.

in addition, I've been kit bashing a bunch of British commandos to support the paras in bigger games, and to be used in smaller skirmishes across all theatres.

And of course to go with that... i couldn't resist a bargain and picked up an early/mid war DAK starter kit, which intend on cracking open once the table is cleared of Commandos and late war German armour!

i'll dump the photos below without much commentary.

they should be of my progress with Paras, Commando kit bashing/making green stuff comforters and some painted Germans!

Hopefully I'll get back in to the rhythm of documenting as i go, but my hobby time has be very sporadic recently.