With the rush of Christmas over a lot of forums I visit have been holding threads on plans for 2013 model projects?
Myself I intend to continue with my various Zombies projects, More 7TV, Certainly more Empire of the Dead and a new one sci fi in 15mm.
I've always been in love with the Aliens, Predator, Aliens Vs Predator movies and books. I recently caught up with some movie watching and watched Prometheus which has sparke off my imagination. I looked into doing this in 28mm Hasslefree being a great source of marines. However there are no decent Alien figures that don't require major conversions to get the look that I want. So 15mm is the route I've decided to go it will be mainly figures from Khurasan though I may pick up a few bits and pieces.
The first package has arrived of many as I'm ordering small quantity's to avoid being stung by customs plus they have some excellent vehicles. I've been collecting some matchbox diecast vehicles from various places for the project which i'm going to try and strip and repaint.
What are you guys all planning on doing,
Friday, 28 December 2012
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Hasslefree Parker
Reading the zombie like series by Charlie Higson The Enemy, The Dead, The Fear and The Sacrifice basically everyone over the age of 14 falls down with a diseases which turns them in to flesh hungry diseased beasts. It tells the story of the remaining children striving to survive in this new world. There are some great ideas in these books and it is what has inspired my competition entry for The Board of The Living Dead.
Hasslefree where obviously going to be my main source for Child like survivors. I picked up the Mantic/Hasslefree set 'Juveniles' which comprises of five armed children four of them you can get direct from Hasslefree and one is a special that can only be got in this set. I have to mention the fact that these figures are so tiny!
First up from this set is Parker this guy is one of my favourite figures by Hasslefree I love the coat and brings back fond memories from my Junior school years. Armed with a machette he's ready to cleave some zombies!
As December was quite busy for everyone we decided to push the comp deadline upto January 31st 2013 so I'll be doing there rest in the next few weeks
Hasslefree where obviously going to be my main source for Child like survivors. I picked up the Mantic/Hasslefree set 'Juveniles' which comprises of five armed children four of them you can get direct from Hasslefree and one is a special that can only be got in this set. I have to mention the fact that these figures are so tiny!
First up from this set is Parker this guy is one of my favourite figures by Hasslefree I love the coat and brings back fond memories from my Junior school years. Armed with a machette he's ready to cleave some zombies!
As December was quite busy for everyone we decided to push the comp deadline upto January 31st 2013 so I'll be doing there rest in the next few weeks
Friday, 21 December 2012
Merry Christmas Everyone
Just wanting to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given--when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes.
May your stockings be full and may the wine flow (or beer)
Break from work tonight until the new year yay! Looking forward to spending time with the family playing games with the kids and eating to much food. Just got the last few bits to do for my competition entry hoping to finish it for Christmas Eve.
Have a great one everybody hope your stockings and sacks are filled with lots of shiny things.
Peace to all
Simon (Brummie)
Friday, 7 December 2012
Foundry Converted Female Survivor
This is one of the figures I was intending of using as one of Brummies Angels an all group of female secret agents etc. Well the idea shortly fell on its ass as not long after i bought/converted all the miniatures some great female figures where released by Crooked Dice so the idea now is to use those instead.
So any way this was one I converted a fair bit. I've added a grenade/pouch from a space marine scout sprue as well as sculpting some extra pouches on the the back. I've use putty to cover the stomach and extend the top. The shorts have been filed down so that the look like skinny jeans and the roller skates have been converted into the huge biker style boots with the metal strips all over them. One thing I like about this miniatures is the fact she is holding the SMG left handed. I am right handed myself but when firing a rifle I automatically use my left hand? I've included a picture of the Foundry pack she is from so you can see what she looked like before hand.
Posts will probably tail off a little bit in the next few weeks as I need to get my diorama finished off for Christmas eve.
So any way this was one I converted a fair bit. I've added a grenade/pouch from a space marine scout sprue as well as sculpting some extra pouches on the the back. I've use putty to cover the stomach and extend the top. The shorts have been filed down so that the look like skinny jeans and the roller skates have been converted into the huge biker style boots with the metal strips all over them. One thing I like about this miniatures is the fact she is holding the SMG left handed. I am right handed myself but when firing a rifle I automatically use my left hand? I've included a picture of the Foundry pack she is from so you can see what she looked like before hand.
Posts will probably tail off a little bit in the next few weeks as I need to get my diorama finished off for Christmas eve.
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Purbrook Models Competition
A new model selling company called Purbrook Models announced on facebook a competition.
Which was what can you do with a free model in a month. The prize being a £10 voucher to spend in there store. So I though what the hell I'll give it a go. So here is my entry. Its a Mantic Corporate Marine It arrived fairly sharpish and not wanting to waste a figure I thought I'd convert it slightly and use it with my Hasslefree Lady Soldiers also sold by Mantic. I changed the head for one I had in the bits box as the helmet didn't really go with the others and then added a bit of sprue to make a drum magazine to the rifle and plan to use it as a light support weapon for my troops. I think its fits in well with the G36's carried by the rest of the gals so. Fingers crossed for the competition.
Posts might be a bit infrequent over the coming weeks with the prep coming upto Christmas and trying to get my Competition entry done most of my hobby time will be spent on that. There will be plenty of posts of the entry once its over but I don't want to show the work here yet.
Which was what can you do with a free model in a month. The prize being a £10 voucher to spend in there store. So I though what the hell I'll give it a go. So here is my entry. Its a Mantic Corporate Marine It arrived fairly sharpish and not wanting to waste a figure I thought I'd convert it slightly and use it with my Hasslefree Lady Soldiers also sold by Mantic. I changed the head for one I had in the bits box as the helmet didn't really go with the others and then added a bit of sprue to make a drum magazine to the rifle and plan to use it as a light support weapon for my troops. I think its fits in well with the G36's carried by the rest of the gals so. Fingers crossed for the competition.
Posts might be a bit infrequent over the coming weeks with the prep coming upto Christmas and trying to get my Competition entry done most of my hobby time will be spent on that. There will be plenty of posts of the entry once its over but I don't want to show the work here yet.
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Forgive me Father for I have sinned...... Blam Blam
Another Griffin survivor now OOP and now very hard to get hold of. I Managed to snap this one up off a fine chap on the Lead adventure forums Xander Check out his blog he's doing some pretty cool stuff at the moment in 20mm as well as Empire of the Dead stuff Xander's Musings.
Back to the figure its a great sculpt and was really easy to paint. Love the shotgun shells tucked into his sash. Seeing as he's in the process of reloading his shotgun I though I'd have a go at making some shells out of putty to add to the base. They look ok they came out a little bit big but when looking at them from tabletop view they look okay. I just need to try and get the 3 others miniatures to complete this set. Onto the pics.
Back to the figure its a great sculpt and was really easy to paint. Love the shotgun shells tucked into his sash. Seeing as he's in the process of reloading his shotgun I though I'd have a go at making some shells out of putty to add to the base. They look ok they came out a little bit big but when looking at them from tabletop view they look okay. I just need to try and get the 3 others miniatures to complete this set. Onto the pics.
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Liebster Award
I was really pleasantly surprised and quite chuffed to be nominated for this award from the kindly PanzerKaput he is a gentlemen and a scholar he run's a great blog and is a very talented miniature painter and artist. His artwork on VBCW is fantastic and is always a treat to view. Please go check out his blog PanzerKaput's Painted Review.
The second part of the award is to nominate five fellow bloggers using the following rules listed below.
1. Copy and paste the award on your blog linking it to the blogger who has given it you.
2. Pass the award to your top 5 favourite blogs with less than 200 followers by leaving a comment on one of there posts to notify them that they have won the award and listing them on your own blog.
3. Sit back and bask in the warm fuzzy feeling that comes with knowing you have made someone's day!
4. There is no obligation to pass this onto someone else but its nice if you take the time to do so.
Here are my nominations in no particular order.
1. Shelldrake of Shelldrakes Zombie Wargaming Blog Another great blog covering mainly zombie themed wargamin but he is doing Strange Aeons and other great stuff. Shelldrake has also run a couple of Play by Blog games where he controls the map and rolls the dice etc whilst everyone else submits there orders. Its been tremendous fun. He also has a few other blogs that are worth checking out as well.
Shelldrakes Wargaming Blog and Shelldrakes Soapbox.
2. Lord Siwoc of Brains and Gut's I love this blog it is stylish and covers lots of topics from various wargaming periods to the brewing of mead!
3. Mathyoo at 28 Millimeters Later another great blog this guy has various projects strange Aeons, Zombies on the go and dabbles with sculpting his own beasts/scenery.
4. Zabadak of Zabadak's Zombieworld Another zombie blog I follow this guy has been making some exceptional terrain lately and his builds are just getting better and better.
5. Rovanite of Blog of the Rovanite and Grekwood Miniatures, a great blog showcasing new and upcoming releases from his miniature business. All self sculpted and designed the zombie hospital and beds are amazing.
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