The Idiot Returns

Yes, I have been away, yes I have done absolutely cock all since my last post, yes I shall make more promises, & change projects more times than the average bloke changes his pants!!!

I've not been able to summon any enthusiasm for anything I have on the go. Since I stopped going over to New Buckenham to play, I have done no painting at all. The problem is, its just too far to go! Petrol costs, and the thought of a long drive, especially after a trying day at work, just does not appeal. Add to that, the fact that I never really contribute, figure wise to games there, and have nothing of note worth taking over, does make me feel a bit out of the loop.
So, painting, ditched it, armies, yep ditched them too……..making stuff, now I've not ditched that, yet!

And I'm making one of these, well its sort of one of these!! Its a project for Ian at Fenris games, to go with his APEX investigators, god only knows what horrendous pile of poo will emerge from the rubbish littered desk of doom.

I shall attempt to keep you all posted

In the meantime, HAPPY YULETIDE WINTER FESTIVAL CHRISTMAS THINGYS to you all.

My Work Here.............Is Nearly Done

Spent a few days cracking on with the Frothers Unite Charity Project
Now just have the gun mount to build, and I am finished.
Made two versions, so Jon, who has organised the whole thing, can pick which one he likes best
Very Loosely based on the Browning 30cal and 50cal guns.

Hope they are what was required!!

Cats out of the Bag and all that Jazz..............

SUPER SECRET PROJECT

Did'nt stay secret for too long!!!

Every year, Jon Atter, AKA Dags, organises a charity figure through the Frothers Unite Forum. 

Last year we had the rather fine model of Judge Minty, and to try and outdo that model, Jon has "gone large" with a Tank Girl Package, that has the capability of being something really rather special

Get your collective backsides over here for more info

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Next-Frothers-Charity-Thingy/1411829555704072

Why am I plugging this? Well first off, its a bloody good cause, and Jon puts in a lot of work to get the thing off the ground. The projects feature some of the best figure sculptors around, and the end results are truly limited editions, usually of subjects that would not normally, see the light of day.

So, this time round Jon has assembled another crack outfit to undertake all the work, from the initial sculpting, and mastering, through the mould making and casting, right down to getting the finished results to your doorstep, and for some strange reason, HE ASKED ME TO HELP!!

Now don't get all over excited folks, like I did! My input is limited to making some "FiddlyBitz" to go on the Tank Model, but still, to be asked is something of an honour for me.

I will post as many updates to the project as I can, as and when they come along, ifyou want to keep track, then get over to the facebook page, and click on the likey likey button. In case you missed it, here is that link again :-)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Next-Frothers-Charity-Thingy/1411829555704072

Now go, yes go now, and pledge your pennies for a couple of very good causes, and to support a top bloke in his annual endeavour.

The Resurrection Shuffle....

Spend the day just fart arsing about with bits of plasticard, and reacquainting myself with this old chestnut

Going to attempt to finish it off, yes seriously, a finished model!!! I know, I know grand statement and all that, but it took a bit of work to get it this far, and its moldering away in a box. 

Seems a crying shame to leave it there, as it has the capacity to be a pretty good model, if I get it finished.

So for a little while (until I fuck it up, throw it at the wall in a temper, and decide painting Napoleonics is not so bad after all) I shall be hacking up assorted bits of plasticard, and torturing bits of brass into odd shapes.

Progress pics as we go.

Anything Can Happen In the Next Half Hour.........................

Or was that 6 months!!?

Lookie lookie

No painty painty things, but lots of plasticard butchering devices.

Yours truly has been called into some modelling action, on a super secret special mission. So its away with paint pots and brushes, and welcome to the world of cutting things, and sniffing glue. Whilst I am on this mission I shall attempt to mask what I am building, with an additional side project.

It could be

The resurrection of the old APC, that never got finished, as Frank sold his figures!!

or

Hmmmmm, decisions, decisions

So fellow figure fondlers, and miniature molesters, what shall it be?

Breaking Strength of Wet Toilet Paper..............

I am crap at this lark, no I am not crap, In fact I am very good at this lark!!
The lark being, changing historical periods at the drop of a hat, and I have some damning evidence to prove it.

First of all, the cupboard of shame, stacked full of Oooooooooh Shiny, at least here I can shut the doors, and go "La la La La can't see you!!"

The horrors under the desk of doom however, are always there, whispering Loser Loser you can't get anything finished :-(

I am now finding this whole thing very depressing. Recently I got all over excited by Napoleonic Saxons, I duly ordered a few ( about 50 figures) and set about paiting one to see how it would go. I got the figure nearly finished, dropped it, broke off the bayonet, and then thought, these buggers will take an age to paint, and just why the bloody hell am I doing them anyway.

I had a load of SCW stuff on the desk, was getting along just fine, then decided a game as in order, so lots more stuff had to be done, along with working out some lists, and rules additions, and posting stuff on various blogs. Real life intervened and I could not make it over to the club, demoralised I duly packed away the SCW stuff, and the enthusiasm has just bled away.

Now the desk is littered with Romano-Brits, they are already painted, but not good enough for this stupid git, so they are getting a reworking, replacing the bendy metal spears, redoing the faces, redoing the metals, tidying up the clothes, putting on new LBMS sheild transfers and then rebasing them. They have some opponents, most normal people would think, hey lets do some Saxons, or maybe some Picts. Picking one or the other, and getting on with it, but not me, oh no, you have to have both, and have them littering the desk too. :-(

The current state of affairs

I also have these, look they have paint on them!!!

Guess what, go on bet you can't?

yep, don't like em, they need a repaint.

So here it is, the big box has the Romano-Brits in it, the little white box is full of Picts, and the other one contains a load of Musketeer Minis Saxons.

The reason why I am doing these now?

They are quite simply, the best things I have painted in a very long time, and god knows I need to feel that I have achieved something.

So here is where I stay for a bit, I have got to get  grip on this bloody irrational jumping about. I can do this figures quite well, I have enough to put together two Dux B armies, and there is the challenge of making some more terrain, like this.

Or, should I just chuckin this painting lark altogether and just build some bloody models instead?

Yeah I know

I am bloody useless, and a bit of a joke.

Today, I Have Been Mostly...................

Laying out Boards

Had these lurking in the garage for quite a while now, and since the summer has finally arrived, I shall get to work putting the requisite sand and other gubbins onto them. These four will just get a basic coating, with no hacking about, as I need some basic terrain boards with that Mediterranean feel to them, as the club does not have any at all.

Progress pics later.

Painting Regulares.....and Militia

Once again, the desk of doom is littered with an assortment of SCW figures. I rather rashly, volunteered to put a game on at the club, and in an effort to provide something different to the last few games, I've got the half finished figures out, and will attempt to add some different units to the next game......possibly!!!

Commiting a Cardinal Sin..............

'"Deranged individual, decapitates Perry Eyeties"

Take a pair of perfectly useable Perry Miniatures WW2 Italians

Rip off their heads with some pliers!!!

Then add two heads from my old Anglian heads pile, to make two very useful CTV types for the Spanish Civil War, one of them has the M15 Adrian helmet, worn by a lot of the Italians in the early stages. The other guy has a Spanish Gorillo cap, making him one of the Spanish infantry in the mixed unit that were deployed later on.

Lookig forwards to seeing what else the Perry boys release, more executions will follow.