The Santa Clause

Whomever sent me the gift of barrels and  accessories for Christmas, 

a mighty THANK YOU to you!  A fantastic gift that will go with many of my gaming periods. 

Merry Christmas!

Ha, just noticed the cutting board is inverted. 

The Santa Clause Part 4

Quick update on my dark age warlord. I found a bit of time and finished the two figures. 

I used a shield transfer on the blue shirt lad while on the lord I painted a simple pattern (being humble and all!)

On to the base now. 

The Santa Clause Project Part 3

Here's a couple of photos showing the next steps. I prime coated with black. Then applied a base coat of Vallejo gunmetal grey on all the metal parts. Then I painted all the flesh. 

Next will be some base colors. 

The Santa Clause Project Part 2

Quick update. Most of my time is going into the "new" game room construction so hobby time has been slim. I will post a series of photos on that soon. Anyhow, decided to modify the sword figure with a new arm. The spear point is pointing at the pin I made for this mod.  Tip: I use small JT-21 size staples for pins. Just cut to length and they easily fit most micro drill hole sizes.  Mounted the arm with spear and then for coolness drilled a hole in the bottom of a head and then glued it to the top of the spear! I let it dry a few minutes then placed both on a nice Warlord size base. I'm ready for primer and paint! 

"The Santa Clause" Project

I joined "The Santa Clause" project this year. Cris Stoesen is organizing this and thanks goes out to you!  I have to produce a fully completed project that doesn't cost more than $10.00. I am excited to be part of this and after looking through my secret person's blog site I decided to produce a command set for a dark age period game. It will be in 28mm and be flexible enough to game Saga, Dux Brit and/or any other dark age skirmish game. 

First sneak peek. I assembled several individual figures for the set. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to use all three figures or just the two metal ones. I want it to stand out so I'm not sure if I want to include the plastic horn blower (from Gripping Beast's Dark Age Warriors set). Three may be a crowd and the base may be two big. I like it though so I'm gonna try it. Anyways, the warrior is a Warlord Games Day figure I picked up at the show while the other is a Gripping Beast Warlord. I drilled a hole in his hand so he can hold a long spear with a banner. The warrior will be modified to hold a spear with one of the heads on the tip, OF COURSE!  So I will work on this stuff and post soon with the mods.