French Dragon Portes and Oxen

This week I finished up a group of 20 early-war French Dragon Portes from Crusader Miniatures. As is typical with Crusader figs, they were nice and easy to paint up. I'm still not 100% sold on the green I went with, but they're done now!

And finally I have this group of four oxen from Wizkids. Simple figs, quick and easy to paint up.

Next up will probably be some Germans and some hoplites.

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.

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.