28mm Medieval

 Now before I get started, I knew what I would be buying, I just wanted to try these resin prints out. Looking as we do on eBay I came across Reconqer Designs 14th centaury bowmen, they do many other of this period, and other ranges I think, they looked great and not expensive. When they arrived, good prompt service, they came as I figured they would still on the resin sprues. From what I hear most manufacturers of resin print items do this as it would cut into their time cutting them off the sprues before sending them on their way and boy can I see why.

These are beautifully animated figures, really nice and lifelike but brother what a chew on cutting the sprues off, you can hardly see the figure inside a web of resin threads, add to this that the resin is very brittle (I replaced the arrows with cut down metal spears) and you can see that however careful I was I still managed to snap off a couple of bows during this process. Now don't ask me the intricacies but my son has a resin 3D printer and the stuff he prints for me isn't brittle at all, you can almost bend it and he knows his stuff.

I'm not here to knock the company, if you can be bothered then you will end up with some very nice figures at a very reasonable price. I won't personally be doing this again but I had to give it a go.

Here's some pics:

I have been working on 6mm Anglo Zulu war stuff so that's next up.

Dave.

28mm archers stakes

 Lots of things to post but little time to do it!

Came across some wooden tooth pick while shopping which prompted me on to hammer in those stakes for the 28mm medieval lads, poor souls have been nervously waiting for those French cavalry to ride over them while I've been dithering.

Tooth pick cut in half, holes drilled into lolly pop sticks, glued onto appropriately shaped card,  bodge filler mixed with wood glue. Painted and flocked, there you go.

Base sizes are for Impetus rules.

Twilight of the Sun King test game next.

Dave.

Up, up and away. 28mm French Rev balloon.

 This French Revolutionary collection has been ongoing for twenty five years or so, no Eureka, Warlord or as they are now Skytrex figures when I began, only 1800 -1807 bicorn Old Glory and some Foundry. Not perfect but you had to make do. As you can see from the link to the other posts of the French Revolutionary collection Here it consists of many figures from different manufacturers but from day one I wanted a balloon. The paintings of these battles sometimes showed these fantastic, colourful observation platforms lording it over the battlefield and I wanted one. Twenty five years later I got my act together and scratch built the thing.

At first I thought there must be someone out there who produces and sells a balloon from this period but nothing seemed to match what I wanted. Given that most people who peruse this blog know fine well that I ain't no great shakes at modelling it wasn't looking good but I am I have to say quite pleased with the result.

The balloon itself is a polystyrene craft ball sealed and painted, my wife suggested the black hair net! The basket is made from card with garden string weaved in between the upright struts and the various ropes are wires for support. Figures and flags added and there you go.

It's going to take some very careful packing to allow me to transport it to the club when I get round to putting a game on though!

Dave.

Wagons ho!

 Quite a few of the current rulesets require wagons etc to be represented on the table top to show encampment areas, ammunition markers etc so I thought that I'd better paint a few up for my 10mm Napoleonic armies. I already have a number of ammunition wagons from Majister Militon and iI figured just get some more but as I'm sure the reader is aware they are no longer trading. Such a shame as they produced a large range of figures in small bags, I love Pendraken but if I need ten Mamalukes or whatever I don't want to purchase a hundred of the bloody things and that's where MM came in. I do hope some other company purchases the molds and they get out there again.

I digress, no limbers from MM so I tried online resin castings. Found just what I wanted, an ammunition limber, a supply wagon and an ambulance in Epic scale. fantastice casting, the bits fit together perfectly to build brilliant models but as I'm sure you have guessed Epic does not fit in with either 10mm or 15mm figures, there're 12mm and it just didn't look right. No complaints from me it said Epic and that's what I got, I still enjoyed making and painting them but it's onto EBay they have gone.

As always keep them or not I do like to record what I have painted so here's the pictures.

Lets see how much I get.

Dave.