Zombtober 2018: Week 3

One day late again. And only one Zed this week too, so that is something of a poor showing. In accordance with my 'military' theme for Zomtober this year it is another soldier who has been infected by the Zombie Contagion. This one has legs and torso from the Wargames Factory/Warlord Games  sprue, with arms and head from the Studio Miniatures zombie kit. 

Zombtober 2018: Week 2

Sorry again for the tardiness. This time I was waiting for it to stop raining so I could get a good photo. It hasn't stopped yet, hence the some what crappy photos. 

These are two soldiers depicted in the weeks following the zombie apocalypses. They have ditched their military issue weaponry when they ran out of ammunition, and have opted for civilian weaponry, which is easier to find. They have added more pouches to their webbing as they are kept on the move by the ever present threat of the zombies. 

Hope you like them...

Zombtober 2018 Week 1

It's October again so you can expect the usual Zombtober festivity. As always the idea behind zombtober is to paint at least one zombie or zom-apoc survivor each week during October, publishing a picture on the Sunday. Now as it is Tuesday it is clear that I am already a bit behind, but this is because I have been away for the weekend.

I have finished painting two Zombtober models. My theme this week is military. I am using the Wargames Factory/Warlord Games plastic special forces figures as the base for my guys. My plan is to make three soldiers or national guardsmen in the normal pre-apocalypse uniforms, three in post-apocalypse kit with improvised weapons and perhaps more civilian equipment scavenged from gun stores and alike when the own supplies stared to run out, and three who have succumb to the Contagion and become zombies.

The figures are based on the Wargames Factory plastics, with Studio Miniatures plastic zombie parts and a few bits from the Wargames Factory zombie survivors sprue. These plastics all scale very well together.

Burrows and Badgers: Fagin Mactavity and his gang of thieves

Introducing Fagin Mactavity, a notorious wild cat ne'r-do-well and rogue who, with the help of his ferret enforcer, Savage Gill, runs a gang of mice thieves. The mice serve Mactavity out of a mix of fear and awe, heading out each night on their criminal missions, returning each morning to hand over their ill gotten gains to their boss. Those who fail to bring back enough loot will answer to Savage Gill. 

Gaslands Barricades

 I have been making some scenery for Gaslands. Its basically 20mm scale, because that seems to work best with die-cast cars like Hot Wheels, which is the most common bases for Gaslands vehicles. 

I really like Gaslands but I don't know anyone who will play it so these concrete barricades will be sold by Hazardous Terrain. 

I hope you like them. 

Burrows and Badgers: Herbalist's Garden

Just another Burrows and Badgers terrain piece. I actually finished this one a while ago and forgot to put it on the blog. I hope you like it. 

Burrows and Badgers: A Mouse House

When Burrows and Badgers Skirmish game first came out as a Kick Starter I was a bit intrigued but basically thought the figures were nice but it wasn't for me. Then I saw the figures that Simon (AKA Brummie) was painting and they were SO nice I thought I would give it another look. On closer inspection I fell in love with the little cute anthropomorphic animals and decided to go all in. 

I thought I would make some terrain, as no one else makes stuff that even remotely fits the world of Burrows and Badgers (well at least how I see it). Originally I thought I might sell it on the Hazardous Terrain page, but now I have decided I want to keep it, and even make some more. 

In my imagination I see the world of Burrows and Badgers as comprising of windswept moors, craggy rocks and cute villages that look like something produced by a cross of Tokien's Shire and the Wind in the Willows, with a healthy dose of Redwall thrown in. After extensive research (on Pinterest) looking at cute cottages, fairy houses and so on, I was ready to give it a go. 

This is what I came up with, a house for a mouse- part cottage and part burrow, with a very cute cottage garden.  I hope you like it and can 'get' what I was going for. Style wise it is clear fantasy but nothing like my usual terrain. I was certainly a lot of fun to build and I learned a lot from making it. 

 And this is Manfri Shadowpaws, a mouse rogue, and the first of my band of thieves, rogues and cut-purses for B&B. These figures are lovely to paint and I will certainly be doing more!

More Buildings for Sale...

Here is the results of this weeks terrain making sessions. Following the feed back from the last post I thought I would try making a jungle ruin for Ghost Archipelago. Thanks for the suggestions JP. It was an interesting build as I made bricks and built it one at a time using a glue gun. I think it has a nice ramshackle look. The building is only small but I thought I would use it to test the market. 

Next up are three modern Afghan adobe buildings, They will also be useful for a whole range of periods and locations. The Spanish building I made last week has picked up a lot of watchers, so I thought I would test the waters with these three, they were quick and fun to build and if they sell well I will certainty make some more. 

And finally here are two post apocalyptic scifi buildings made for 40K or Necromunda, bu usable for all sorts of settings.  

Again here is a LINK to the ebay sale. 

Post bellow if you have any other ideas on what will sell well...

A New Direction for My Hobby

I have decided that, as I don't get so much time for gaming, and buying figures is expensive, I am going to concentrate on making terrain and buildings. This is a part of the hobby I really enjoy, and once you have bought all the bits it works out much less expensive that painting figures. As I don't game that much I don't need masses of terrain, so I will be selling most of it directly on ebay. I think that I am half descent at making terrain an buildings, and I am hoping that this will make my hobby 'cost neutral' at the very least (Although I doubt I will be able to give up the day job). 
If I get around to it I might even post some tutorials on youtube, but that is something for the future. 

Here are some photos of the terrain I have made for sale this week. I have made some Mordeim terrain (I know the game is out of fashion but I am hoping someone might want it). I also made some 28mm Spanish buildings and a 15mm adobe building. 

If you want to have a look at how the sale is going (or even bid on them) here is a link... EBAY. 


I am also open to ideas and suggestions. If you have any ideas of what sort of buildings you would like to see me tackle (especially if they might have a general commercial appeal), then feel free to comment. 

Belated Photos from Salute 2018

I have no excuse as to my tardiness with this post (well no excuse that will justify how long it has taken). Here is a bit of a photodump of what I thought were the best looking or most interesting tables. As there is so much to see and do at Salute I didn't get chance to chat to every table owner, but when I did, and if I could remember any of the details then I have included them. 

Gang Warfare in Wild in the Streets game- Now a Kickstarter.

More gang action with Funky Skulls Street Wars

Not sure...but that is a big boat!

I think this was Crooked Dice's Post Apocalypse table- Very nice!

Not sure. Looks a bit like Skyrim though. 

Some Pirate Action!

Perhaps the best looking game of the day if you ask me. Not sure who made it. 

 

Loved this Star Wars board!

I loved this board. The mat was a big sheet of hessian and lots of scatter...simple but very effective. 

A 28mm Zombie attack in a wargaming convention. check out those miniature tables!

A nice Sharp Practice Peninsular war table