Dropfleet PHR Heracles Battleship

Recently I finished painting the PHR Heracles Battleship for Dropfleet.

Nice, very detailed ship and easy to paint up.

French & German ATGs

Recently I finished off a pair of World War II 28mm anti-tank guns. Both sets are metal. First up is the French 25mm. This set is from Crusader Miniatures.

And the second set is the German Pak 36 from Warlord Games.

Up next is a Dropfleet ship and some Numidian cavalry.

Frostgrave Cultists

Recently I finished up the boxed set of 25 Frostgrave cultists. Figures are from Northstar Figures and are plastic. I went for a more unified paint scheme as compared to the box pictures as I think a more unified appearance just looks more cult-like.

Dropfleet PHR Ships

Finished some Dropfleet PHR ships recently. First up is a pair of Medea Strike Carriers.

Next is a Pandora frigate (left) and a Europa frigate (right)

Next is a Theseus light cruiser

 Next is a Ganymede assault troopship

And finally is an Achilles heavy cruiser

Full flotilla, front and back.

Next submission will be some Frostgrave cultists.

Partisan, Slingers and 2017 in Review

The other day I completed a couple sets of figures covering two vastly different periods. First up is a batch of plastic Victrix Greek slingers. 

I have these based up for either Impetus, Sword and Spear or Hey Seize Her! (Hail Caesar). These are part of my ongoing Carthaginian project.

Next up is a small patch of World War 2 French partisans. These are the Group Franc pack from Crusader Miniatures.

I'm adding these to my final tally for 2017 as the vast bulk of them were done in 2017.

Rolling of my paint table is a group of Dropfleet PHR ships and they should be posted up sometime on the weekend. After that I've got a batch of 25 Frostgrave cultists on my paint table. I'm going to be hopefully pushing a fair bit of figures out in the next few months as I'm partaking in the Analogue Hobbies Annual Paint Challenge https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.ca/

The second part of this post is my review of 2017. In January I set myself the following goals:

1. 28mm World War II French - complete this army.

          - I still have a fair number of pieces to complete as I picked up a bit more last year

2. 28mm World War II Germans - get at least the starter box completed.

          - this was partially completed

3. Frostgrave - paint up the small assortment of figures I do have.

          - this was also partially completed

4. 54mm War of 1812 - paint up at least the bulk of what I have left.

          - I only painted up one unit, still a bunch left

5. 28mm Samurai - paint up at least 2 bases of figures.

          - this goal was accomplished

6. 28mm Carthaginians - do up at least 4 base of units.

          - this goal was accomplished

For 2018 I'm setting myself the following goals (similar to 2017):

1. 28mm World War II French - complete this army.
2. 28mm World War II Germans - paint up at least half the figures I currently have.
3. Frostgrave - finish all the figures I currently have
4. 54mm War of 1812 - paint up at least 1 unit
5. 28mm Samurai - complete one side (probably only need a half dozen more bases at the most)
6. 28mm Carthaginians - complete this army so I can eventually start on the Romans
7. Sarissa Terrain - paint up at least some the Sarissa Precision buildings I have

It's a fair bit to get done and motivation is my main problem for not getting it done. Hopefully 2018 will be better than last year. 

Imperial Knight

I've always wanted to paint one of GW's Imperial Knights and I was able to acquire one rather cheaply this summer. It was almost completely constructed so I just had to finish it up and do the painting. Painting took me a few months. I went with a Mechanicus-aligned House Taranis paint scheme. My paint job is also not the spit-and-polish paint job seen on the box lid, I weathered mine to make it look like it's actually in use. The weapon mounts are all magnetized so I can easily switch weapons (not that I'm actually playing 40K).

In this pic it has the Avenger Gatling Cannon, Reaper Chainsword and the Stormspear Rocket Pod.

In this pic it has the Thermal Cannon, Reaper Chainsword and the Twin Icarus Autocannon.

I forgot to have a 28mm figure for size comparison but it measures roughly 17cm to the top of the carapace.

Not sure what's next on my paint table as I'm busy assembling figures for the Analogue Hobbies Paint Challenge which should be starting in little over a week.

Assorted Figures

It's been a while since I've posted anything, haven't been in a painting mood lately and I've had a number of other things going on.  With the Analogue Hobbies Annual Paint Challenge starting in a few weeks, I have been doing a fair bit of assembling and priming in preparation.  I've only got a few things painted up as seen below.

I'll start off with a group of six insect aliens.

I got these from someone at the club, I have no idea who the manufacturer is. They are made of metal. These have been sitting on my paint table in various stages of painting for well over a year.

Next up are two sets of Frostgrave figures. Figures are all metal. First up is a pair of hyenas that was released when the Frostgrave gnolls came out.

These actually turned out remarkably well (regardless of my shite pictures). I was worried that they would look like my typical crappy animal paint job, but they are quite nice.

Lastly is a trio of giant rats.

Not much to say about these, they're giant rats.

Sitting on my paint table right now is a large 28mm figure that I've been working on for quite a while. Hopefully this weekend I can actually get it closer to being finished.