Ghost Train Games Alternative Civil War

Here is an interesting kickstarter under way by Ghost Train Games:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/644661994/alternative-civil-war-1861-a-blackpowder-and-spell

It's an alternative Civil War theme, which of course caught my interest! :-)

This is the 'world'...

And now the four primary factions, beginning with the North (minis NOT painted by me...)

The South...

Natives...

And Spain...

A few sculpts for you...

Very fun!

There are some PDF's of the rules and stats that you can download for free, if you wanted to give the rules a try!

The all important size comparison...

Have at it!

This is why you didn't see your regularly scheduled blog post last night folks.  Almost 19 inches fell, and the drifts were several feet high.  It's going to be a long dig out!

Wanted Poster... SWF

Together at last!  The Copelie Sisters and their doggie!

I am still searching for a name for the K-9... although Clankey seems to draw me in more and more.

If I get a second dog, he could be Clunky! :-)

The Sisters getting ready to hang some poor guy...

This is the small gallows from Burn in Designs.  Still working on the big one... the deluxe "Stretch O Matic "

You'd be lucky if these girls were the last thing you saw before you met your Maker... or the Watchers!

In the Jailhouse now... this time, the Sisters are working for the Lawmen of Wappelville.

K-9 is always ready to see who's at the door...

The jailhouse is also from Burn In Designs.

That was a lot of fun to paint, and now it makes it even more fun to show off my newest Lawmen figures!

I do have another set of Sisters, which I will either convert into something else, or repaint in an Outlaw scheme...

This week I will be publishing the battle reports where the gals made their auspicious debut on the tabletop!!!

Wielding the Dark Swords

Once again, a fantastic miniature from Dark Sword.  Super fine details, as always!

I know I say this all the time, but they really are a joy to paint.  If only all manufacturers held themselves to this level :-)

She's available here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hand-Painted-Dark-Sword-Miniature-Rogue-thief-fighter-elf-RPG-Role-Play-female-/221678404115?

Walls, obelisks, and more...

Some final shots of the army and display board for you, before I move on to the Lizards!

You have seen numerous examples of small details being repeated throughout the project... the bases, icons, cartouches, color themes, and so on.

One little piece I would like to show here is the freehand design that you see on the wall behind the Casket of Souls.

That was used many times as a freehand element for the constructs, such as the Titan, Colossus, and Warsphinx, among others.

You can see examples of that right here:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-constructs-of-pseusenes.html

The conversions on the skeleton horses were fun as well!  Here's a post on that topic.

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-new-step-by-step-article-for-blog.html

Skeleton archers!  This unit took a while, since each one is a different color... no two are the same!

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/08/finished-skeleton-archer-unit-with.html

I mentioned that the upper walls and other pieces could be removed for transport and for use as terrain.  Here they are!

This is how I was able to make foam and paper look like carved stone... and not take 20 years to do it!

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/06/hows-weather-making-paper-look-more.html

I hope that you have enjoyed this series!

I will be doing this again for the Lizardmen, and the for the Dark Eldar!  Stay tuned...

Darkness in the woods

It's been a great pleasure to paint some Dark Sword minis!  As I have mentioned before, we started painting them almost from the beginning, 14+ years ago.

The incredible details and fine castings make them a joy to paint!

I went very traditional with this Wood Elf figure.  I would certainly not mind painting it again with a new palette... perhaps even going the opposite way, making it a Dark Elf.  That would be a very fun side by side comparison!

She's available now:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321656101272?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

The Demon Marble of Wappelville

I wanted to show you a few aspects of the interior, especially how the figures related to its design.

The Stalkers were meant to provide some extra interest on the columns, coiled around them, standing guard.

I thought it would be very unusual, and emphasize the "living statue" concept.

Here's an article on how they were made:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/06/why-does-it-always-have-to-be-snakes.html

Here's another:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/08/dont-forget-sneaky-snakes.html

This image shows you how the three figures came together to form an actual unit.  The columns with snakes were magnetized, as were the bases themselves.  Here's a post showing the bases:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/09/snakes-on-plane-snake-on-base.html

It was certainly one of the most complex units to engineer, as they served so many functions!

It was a little easier with the Necropolis Knights, but the bases were REALLY complex painting wise:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/07/sneaky-snakes-painting-bases-for.html

I loved how the snakes intertwined with the painted versions on the base!!!

The Ushabti were strictly decorative.  There was nowhere near enough points for them in the army, so they were taken from their movement trays and placed in the alcoves as guards.

They were exactly the thing I was looking for.

Here's  the group...

A view of the movement trays and how they related to the demon marble.  Essentially, all the "higher ranking" units would be down inside the tomb.  The edges of the movement trays were filled with actual hieroglyphs.

Check this out:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/08/secrets-of-silver-pharaoh-revealed.html

It wasn't easy, but it was fun to make all the marble match up!

Stay tuned for more, as I show some of the removable terrain elements of the army board.