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Proof of Life and Selected Highlights

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So, it’s been (more than) a little while since I updated my blog here. I’ve not been completely dormant during this time but the lack of updates here are mostly the result of my focus being more towards Facebook, Instagram and the last of the great forums that I still visit (Lead Adventure).

I’ve not been completely idle since I last posted here, however, and could probably be best described as a mildly-productive hobby butterfly over the last year or so. I’ve put quite a bit of effort inot levelling up my painting a bit, particularly for 28mm vehicles.

To reduce the spam and effort required I thought it might be a good idea to use this post to show some ‘selected highlights’ from the last year with a brief comment on each.

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Empress Miniatures ‘Jazz Age’ Highlander suitable for WW1 Palestine to Inter-War Northwest Frontier etc. Love the period and this range is one of my favourite in the Empress portfolio. My most recent figure and already more in progress.

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Tsuba Miniatures (Available from Empress) Spartacists. Lovely figures with more to come along with Freikorps

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Empress Miniatures Vietnam US Marine (for Hue). Painted for an Article I’ve written for Wargames illustrated

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Wargames Foundry English Civil War characters. I love this range despite it’s age and these things tend to pretty much paint themselves with very little effort. I’ve plans for a little skirmishing with these – possibly something based around the so called Battle of Burford (where I used to live once upon a time)

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Rubicon Models Sdkfz 250/9 Neu. Huge fan of these kits (especially the newer ones). I’ve upgraded my airbrush setup and am really getting stuck-in to quite a few of these at the moment. Simple to build but lots of potential for upgrading if you like. Otherwise a really nice platform to focus on painting and finishing. I’ve tried to give the impression of pigments on this while only using enamels and acrylics.

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A work-in-progress Rubicon Models Jagdpanther G2. I’m  pretty pleased with how this is going so far. I’ve made a few modifications to convert this to a more correct G2 spec, with all of the tools repositioned, along with the jack-bock and tow-cable mounts etc. This is already a bit further progressed but still not 100% finished yet.

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Empress Miniatures late war Volksgrenadier painted as a test for Sumpfmuster and Splittermuster camoflage patterns. More of an orientation exercise really but more of these to come eventually.

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Great War Miniatures late war German with MP18. Always like these figures (just wish there were more) and very easy to paint. Again, a test for colours.

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Bit of a change of tack now, so here’s a Genestealer Magus and friends. Part of a small force painted a while back. The aim was to do these quite quickly and getting a few games in.

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More Games Workshop shenanigans! Of course over the last year Contrast Paint had it’s hot five minutes and I decided to see what all of the fuss is about. Actually quite impressed with them and these were my first test – painted (along with another 10 nearly complete) in one afternoon. A few highlights and things added for definition and ready to rock. I think these paints are particularly good if you pick a good subject and the right material. they respond well to the smoothness of plastic surfaces. I’ve also used them as filters on vehicles etc. becuase the storng pigment can be watered down so mch.

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Badly photographed Citadel Dark Elf dating from 1983. I’ve had this figurer since the year I discovered D&D and fantasy in general. Still absolutely love this range and have quite a few of them. Sometimes revisting your first love isn’t so bad :-). I tried to keep a slightly old-school vibe with this including the base.

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A random Frostgrave figure from Northstar. Who doesn’t need a skulking Elven thief? I like the simplicity of a lot of this range. Fantasy figures that don’t demand several weeks of painting withfar more of a ‘wargamers’ sensibility. In some ways quite old-school and all the better for it.

So, that’s quite a randm selection of ‘stuff’ I have going on currently. I’ve decided to embrace the lack of opponents here in Germany by tacking a pretty relaxed approach to what I paint and when. There are plently more things knicking around my shelves currently and I’ll try to do a better job showing some of them here.


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