Nuns With Guns: Part 1

The latest campaign by Raging Heroes will leave us all with some very difficult, but really amazing choices.  It's not enough to choose between the incredible Dark Elves and these Sisters... you have to figure out which of these amazing Nuns with Guns will grace your painting tables!

This pose is a classic!

Best say your prayers if you are going to run afoul of this Sister!

And the blind shall see...

These fancy boots were made for walking... all over you!

The beads of doom!

I absolutely love this one!

Now for a few close ups... incredible detail, and it will all translate to the final sculpt!

Any number of dramatic action poses as well.

Every Rose has its thorns, and so does this Sister! 

Stay tuned for more Nuns with Guns!!!

The Colossus of France

I was able to get my hands on a Char B1 Bis tank for my France '40 Flames of War army, which meant I got to see this rather unusual tank in person at last.

When you get so used to seeing Royal Tigers, Easy Eights and Stuggs all the time, these WWI looking hybrids are even more strange.  To make that more interesting, one must ponder that German tankers actually feared the Char Bis, referring to it as the Colossus.

I have to try and do the captured German paint scheme at some point!

While it is large compared to the Renault and Souma tanks, it is quite narrow compared to the later war versions.

These types of vehicles are great illustrations of the technological experimentation that was conducted in the inter-war years.  Lots of different designs were explored, and many limbs from the evolutionary tree would be trimmed as the war dragged on.

The tiny turret and the innumerable responsibilities of the tank commander limited the success of the Char B1 Bis tank, as did the outmoded unit organization and tactics.  The poor guy had to load, drive, shoot, bottle wine, and many other tasks all at once!

This is why I look forward to trying out these early war units, to see if there is a way for them to be victorious... with the benefit of hindsight, of course!

Fire and Iron

Here's the latest structure to be added to the own of Wappelville... a blacksmith's shop!  This is a great design by Lathan of Burn In Designs.

As you can see, this is a fairly extensive structure, with lots of elements.

The building itself is pretty spacious, and there is a nice shelving unit as well.  There are two sliding doors which can close off this unit when you need to create some security!

And now for our forge... complete with an anvil!!

There is plenty of room in here to get some figures in here, including a little dust up!!  The roof sections can be removed to get those lads inside.

It glows red hot with RJ-1027 supplied energy.

You don't have to use both structures, but they do make an impressive pair.

I still have many more details to add on this... signs, wanted posters, tools, buckets, etc.

For now, it will certainly do the trick!  It's available from Burn In Designs.

Looks like Wyatt is already staking his claim to this newest building, making sure that no Outlaws use it as a hideout!

The Law, forged in Iron!

Hmm... perhaps the Judgement Heavy Support needs a few patches after the latest fight...

Those bases are larger, 40mm size, which gives you an idea of how big this set is!

Stay tuned for additional posts with those extra touches!!

War of the Roses

The colors on this Reaper figure are a huge change from most of what I have been doing lately, as I try to get myself into a different palette mode for upcoming projects.

Brighter, more saturated colors will be necessary, and I have been spending months of painting quite muted, natural earth tone colors.  I will also have to do a lot of complex freehand, so time to get a little extra practice there as well!

It was a lot of fun to return to this kind of palette, which was more my normal style for years.  I suppose that's why I was so comfortable with the Tzeentch figures!

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/221915913666?

Digging In with Secret Weapon

 

Brand new from Secret Weapon miniatures, we have a sandbag terrain set!  The production set has seven pieces total.  They are all cast in resin, with the usual super fine quality.

 

These were sculpted by Dave Taylor, and he took great care to make sure they had that 'look', and were the correct height for miniature gaming.

 

You can see the variety of shapes and angles provided in the set, which will allow you to create all sorts of fantastic trenches in no time at all!

 

The possibilities are endless.  I really enjoyed the end pieces myself.  All too often I wished that I could close off the ends of my trenches in something other than a hard edge!

 

Some Victoria Miniatures Highland Moss Guard take advantage of this new cover!

 

Surrounding this ruined chapel didn't even require the whole set, which shows you how much coverage you can get!

 

I have two sets, and that darn near covers an entire 4 x 6 table!

 

These corner pieces are fantastic.  I'm really looking forward to using them with my Wild West Exodus Union army!

 

One more view from above, to hopefully give you that sense of scale.  Check them out here:

 

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=52&products_id=781

 

A Gathering

The first of a series of group shots for you tonight.

This is a mixture of older metal figures, and the more recent plastics.

Ironically, the metal figures are easier to prep and deal with.

I think it has more to do with the combination plastic/resin mix, which can definitely pose more challenges than a hunk of pewter. :-)

Since I've been doing this for a while, I am very used to dealing with very heavy metal figures, as well as more dainty versions.  I think I have at least 4 pin vises, along with many drill bits.  

Also, the use of green stuff in the gluing process helps a lot.  Basically, a blob of green stuff is sandwiched between two layers of super glue.  This adds a lot more stability to  the joint, as the green stuff fills in the gaps which are bound to occur.

There is also a bit of a chemical reaction between them, which solidifies the green stuff into hard crystals.

This method is very handy when trying to attack two pieces that are too difficult or even impossible to pin.