One part of the posse.

Her'e the whole batch of five Close Combat Hired hands!

As always, it's fun to see the group shots start to come together...

The Long Rage Hired hands are finished as well, which is very cool.

The next stage of the Lawmen involves three more Interceptors.

Stay tuned!!!

More Mierce

Yes, the Eye of Balor continues to watch your every move!

I had to replace the sword on this piece, as the original one had broken off, and I couldn't find it :-)

With his buddies...

There's another set of these with the polar bear as well!

What's Cookin' ?

You saw the images of the first Beast... well this is the Beast's buddy.

I snapped these images prior to dark glazes on the gray metals, and a few other steps that are now completed.

Since then, I have done the lighter colors for the reds, and put on the weathering in the form of paint chips and rust.

The leg assemblies are a bewildering array of parts!

It's really tough to get the brush in these tight spaces, to say the least.  Remember, these legs are taller than an entire Dreadnought!  You really have to think about where you are putting your lights and shadows.

Of course, these all look very different, with additional shading added as well as the rust.

With the additional armor spaces on these monsters, there was some room for freehand.  I tried to do something slightly different than the previous entities, with the diagonal black stripes.

As I was working on this, I tried something all new for me.  I love to cook, but I have been almost exclusively an 'open flame' person... not a baker.  I have never tried to make a loaf of bread before.

Jen was kind enough to provide the bread mix, making my life a lot easier.

I used creme soda for the 'water' in the mix, and then melted some butter to put over the top!

Actually, it was Cookie Chef Babo who did all the work.  Next time he will leave it in the oven for 50 minutes instead of 55. :-)

Pistol Packin' hombres

Here's the last two Hired Hands close combat minis!

Now I just have to finish off the last few Long Range, and it's on to the Interceptors!

These guys did very well in the last fight, so hopefully that will continue.

I definitely liked having the ten hired hands, and the free Light Support that went with them. :-)

New Standards

Another entry from Mierce Miniatures.

Once again, that ever watchful eye of Balor is keeping tabs on you!

Together again.

Big critters from Mierce working their way to a screen near you...

Got an eye on you

I believe this is a Mierce Miniature.  It's made of resin.  You can see that he is sporting the watchful Eye of Balor.

There will be more Mierce on the way!  Stay tuned :-)

Ready for the shot

To play that last game of wild West Exodus, I needed plenty of Hired Hands... of the close combat variety.

They are the least expensive, and have more of a multi use than the long range Hired Hands.  While their marksmanship is not up to the long range HH, they can pump out lots of close range shots.

It does present a few different situations for an opponent.  In each fight thus far, I was able to use a few of these to get in the way of big characters, buying me just enough time to either get out of the way, or bring up my own heavy elements and take them down!!