Frostgrave Spellcasters

Tonight I finished up a group of figures for Frostgrave. I did all these figures up for Terry's Mayday game to give him a hand. All these figures are metal figures from Reaper Miniatures. There's 6 sets of wizards and apprentices. Wizards are on the left.

And lastly is the figure I'm using for a Captain. This is the metal Templar figure from the Frostgrave range.

Up next is the remaining figures for my Mayday game. That will be followed by some miscellaneous figures and then I'm throwing myself back into my World War II French infantry and vehicles.

Retro Robots

Today I finished a group of robot figures for my Retro Raygun set. These figures are all metal and are from Bombshell Miniatures http://www.bombshellminis.com . First up is a group of 6 'minion' robots.

Next is a pair of 'conehead' robots.

Next up is a trio of emergency services robots: security bot, fire bot, EMT bot.

And finally are my favourites of the lot: a pair of trashcan bots flanking Dr. Zardov.

I really like the clear domes on all three figures. Not something you see very often.

Sitting on my paint table right now is a pile of wizards and apprentices that I'm painting up for Terry's Mayday game and an alien faction for my Mayday game. After that I have a bunch of terrain I need to assemble for my game.

Speaking of Mayday, we've got lots of spaces open! http://maydayconvention.com

Hoplites and Bow

Yesterday I finished another four bases for my Carthaginian amy. Although these bases could be used in various other ancient armies as they're not specifically Carthaginian units. First up are two bases of hoplites. Figures are from 1st Corps with shield transfers from LBMS.

The LBMS transfers are really nice, but I'm finding that the edges start to peal away from the shields. I've resorted to brushing on Crazy Glue f I notice them starting to peel. Kind of a pain in the ass.

The other two bases are skirmish archers. These figures are from War-games Foundry.

Sitting on my paint table right now is a batch of robot figures that are almost completed. After that I have a pile of figures that I'm using as Xenithians for my Mayday game and a pile of wizards and apprentices that I'm painting up for Terry's Mayday Frostgrave game. Need to get my butt in gear!

French World War II Vehicles

I found this Kickstarter last night and I figured I'd share it with whomever reads my blog. It's the second Kickstarter campaign run by Mad Bob Miniatures. The vehicles are all of the 'less common' vehicles variety that manufacturers probably won't make.  Not all the vehicles are French, some of them are German.  I'm down for a half dozen and with some luck the campaign will unlock the H39 tanks. If you're interested, maybe consider supporting them.

Frostgrave Figures

Been a while. Recently I finished a group of 4 figures to be used for Frostgrave. All figures are from Reaper Miniatures and are all metal. First batch is a group of 4 adventurers. The figure in the middle I'm using as a Knight, the one on the right is a Thief and the left one I don't have a roll for him yet. I thought he was neat so I picked him up. It wasn't till I got him almost finished that I realized I had glued the shield on incorrectly. Oh well.

Next up is a large frost giant. I'm not a big fan of the stance, but I see what they were getting at. The figure was nice to paint up though and came together rather nicely. Pictures are crap like usual.

Four figures for this month is rather dismal. So hopefully I can step my game up as I'm really not doing very well this year.

On my paint table is still a couple units of hoplites (still!), some skirmish archers (completed and just need to be based) and a bunch of figures for my Mayday Sci-fi game.

Valkeeri War Rockets

Been a rather slow month for painting unfortunately. I'll have to up my game. Regardless, this week I finished the last War Rocket fleet: the Valkeeri. These miniatures are from Hydra Miniatures and like their other War Rockets, are a breeze to paint. The Class 1 and 2 rockets are metal and the Class 3 and 4 are resin. Pictures will be in order of Class 1 to 4.

Next up on my paint table are a few figures for Frostgrave, some ancient bow armed skirmishers and some hoplites.

2015 Year in Review & 2016 Goals

Happy New Year! Now that 2015 is complete I can look back on what I accomplished and which of my goals I completed and which ones I failed at.

Miniatures

For my goals for 2015, I didn't do very good at all.

1. War Rocket - paint the Valkeeri. -> I just started this in the last few days.

2. 15mm Ancients - finish off my Hittites. -> never got to these.

3. Terrain - I've got a few more 15mm buildings to paint up. I've also got 11 28mm European buildings to paint up. -> never got to these.

4. 28mm Samurai - paint up 4 bases. -> complete 2 bases.

5. 54mm War of 1812 - finish off everything I have. -> didn't get to any of this.

6. Martian Front - I painted up a pile of these figures. On the downside it looks like the company that makes this game is now kaput so it doesn't look like I'm going to get the remained of my Kickstarter materials. Win some - lose some I guess.

7. 28mm World War II French - finish my French (at least what I have). -> I finished what I had but I've since purchased a bunch more vehicles.

I ended up painting a number of 15mm DBA armies, started a 28mm Carthaginian army and painted up a number of Retro Raygun figures instead. So for 2016, here are my goals:

1. War Rocket - paint the Valkeeri fleet (shouldn't be a problem as I've already started them).

2. 28mm Samurai - paint up 4 base of figures.

3. 28mm World War II French - complete the items I now have.

4. 28mm World War II Germans - start this force and get at least the started box completed.

5. Martian Front - complete my figures and paint up the remaining bulk of Terry's Martians.

6. Retro Raygun - paint up the new figures I do have on hand.

7. 28mm Carthaginians - complete this army and possible start on a period Roman army.

8. 54mm War of 1812 - paint up at least 1 unit.

9. Terrain - paint up at least half of my 28mm buildings.

These are pretty lofty goals but hopefully I can do better than the dismal showing I did in 2015.

Boardgames

This was another crazy year for boardgaming. Compared to 2014 where I played 144 matches of 36 different games, this year I played 143 matches of 50 different games. My top 3 games were:

#1 Carcassonne - 9 matches (a favourite of a friend of mine)

#2 & #3 Cosmic Encounter & Elder Sign tie - 8 matches

Hopefully this year will be a continuation of the past two years. I definitely need to get more board war-games in though as this year was lacking for those.

So good bye to 2015 and hello to 2016!