Hittites Part 4

Tonight I finished off a small batch of 15mm Hittites. All figs are Old Glory 15s. First up is a pair of chariots.

Next is a chariot general and a pair of foot generals.

I'm waiting for an order from Old Glory 15s to get here so I can get this army finished.  I'm trying to get enough painted up to take a double size Basic Impetus army for both the NK Egyptians and Hittites to game night but I'm not close for the Hittites mainly due to my lack of chariots. Oh well...

So next up on my paint table is the first batch of 54mm War of 1812 British.  Here they are primed and ready to go. They're actually over half done by the time I've posted this.

Hittites Part 3

Last night I finished off another batch of Hittites.  These are all Old Glory 15s. First up is 5 bases of Syrian Light Infantry (FL). These guys can also function as Canaanite FL.

Next is 4 bases of Anatolian skirmishers with slings (S).

Next up is a couple chariot bases and the general markers.  Today my 54mm War of 1812 British and Canadians from All The Kings Men arrived. I'm really looking forward to digging into these. 

Samurai Interlude

Taking a short break from painting 15mm, today I finished 2 bases for my Impetus Samurai army.  These are two bases of Warrior Monks (FL). Figures are from Kingsford Miniatures.

Next up is another batch of 15mm Hittites.

Hittites Part 2

Today I finished off a pile of units for my 15mm Impetus Hittite army. All figs are from Old Glory 15s. First up is 8 units of Syrian Bow (T).

Next is 3 units of Syrian heavy infantry (FP).

Pics aren't the greatest. I think I'm going to have to invest in some sort of small picture booth or something.

I'm taking a short break from painting more 15mm figs to paint up a couple units of monks for my 28mm Samurai army.  I don't want to burn myself out some I'm going to change scale for a short while.  Also I'm thinking about getting into 54mm War of 1812.  Zooming around the All The King's Men website http://www.allthekingsmentoysoldiers.com/index.html has my interest peaked and I've wanted to do something for the War of 1812.  So...

Thunderbolt Apache Leader

This week I picked up a copy of Thunderbolt Apache Leader from Dan Verssen Games (DVG) from a local seller on Ebay. I've had my eye on this game for quite a while and I was able to pick it up at a decent price. This is a solo wargame.

The premise of the game is you pick a campaign such as Iraq in 1991, North Korea in 2011 or World War III in North Atlantic in 1986, you make your squadron of planes/helicopters and go on various missions. I've started with the Iraq 1991 introductory campaign. Here's my setup for my first mission: destroy an Iraqi Support battalion.

An A-10A Thunderbolt in the process of dropping a Mk.20 Rockeye cluster bomb onto a group of Iraqi infantry, SCUDs and mobile artillery. Win.

The components are top notch and the game has loads of eye candy. I played out 2 missions and it took me a couple hours total. There's a number of games in this line and I look forward to picking them up also.

Miniaturewise, my next batch of Hittites is coming along nicely and I'm actually hoping to maybe get them done this weekend.

First of the Hittites

Yesterday I finished the first of the 15mm Hittites to combat my NK Egyptians. Figures are all Old Glory 15s. First up is 4 units of light infantry (FL) Hittite spearmen.

Next is 4 units of Anatolian Vassal skirmishers.

It'll probably be a while till I post again as the next batch of figs is substantial, I believe it's 11 bases worth of heavy infantry and missile troops. I've also got 2 units of Warrior Monks for my Samurai army waiting for paint sticks to be freed up.

Spartacus!

Last night I was finally able to get my copy of Spartacus that I got last Christmas onto the table.  I like this game, it's simple, fun and suits the conniving back-stabbing nature of my group quite nicely. I'm looking forward to getting this on the table again.  We were able to also get in a game of Puerto Rico. It's probably been almost two years since I've played this one. A great Euro game.

Presently on my paint table is the first batch of Hittites and they're nearing completion.