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Would anyone be interested in a "Play by email/forum" game of somthing? If so, I have never done this sort of thing before, but have a few ideas.

I started doing it with building models, then moved onto 28 mm figures - it doesn't take lot to jazz them up a bit, for example, with spacey-marine type figure, sticking an extra layer on for the gun at the from and backpack on the back makes them really stand out.

I never intended to do it with these figures, but it sort-of just happen...

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. I think I'm pretty much covered for the last two unit type - goblins and dark knights.

Not looking forward to the goblins, though. There are four bases worth and goblins are small, so that means lots of them. They will definately be straight forward, plain vanilla, no frills attached 2D. Probably.

About half way through the first of the Orc Warrior units/regiments:



'twas a normal work day today, getting up at twenty-past-four for a 05:15 after a long weekend was a bit off strain. Still, I get to finish work at two in the afternoon.

Hope to finish both units by the weekend, then that'll leave the Goblins and the Dark Knights (not a bunch of Batmans Batmen?).

Steady on, sunshine! I've still got to finish off the bad guys first!

Today, I'll be knocking up a regiment of Orc Warriors.

Lessons learnt

The Skeleton cavalry, Demon Lords and Men at Arms, were made quite a while ago. I had opted for speed and simplicity, so only went for basic 2D. For the Skeleton cavalry and Demon Lords, I used watercolour paper, so the figures are quite thin, but for the Men at Arms, I thought to give them some depth by using thicker card - from a pizza box (do at home in the oven type, not delivered.) They came out too thick, which makes it harder to cut around neatly and detracts from the neatness of them.

I still used the thick card for the Dwarven Stoneguard regiment, but decided to add shields. I used a 4 mm hole punch with some red card (Tesco's Original Tea, just in case anyone's interested) and the smallest hole punch on my leather punch to make the boss.

The first attempt with the Knights of the Realm, I still used the thick card, but it just didn't look very nice. For starters, their swords looked more like clubs! I redid them using thinner card (from a box of Tesco Finest English Breakfast, I mean, what else for Knights of the Realm?) They were much easier to cut out, and don't look so clumsy.

I had already printed up a batch of Elven Ranger and stuck them to the thick card at the same time as when I made the first lot of Knights. As I had a couple of sheets of Elves already printed, I was able to use the thin card for the second unit.

I had a couple of attempts at the Soldiers of the Sun, as I wanted to put some really small details on, but it turned out a bit too much fiddly work for both my eyes and fingers. Though when doing the second attempt, I remembered I have a nice pair of small tweezers with my Swiss Army knife. I also remembered that I have a proper X-Acto scalpel type knife, but couldn't find it in time...

Hopefully, the bad boys, a.k.a, the Unholy Blight Army, will come out neater.

Not being really specific in any way...

I have been following this Youtube channel for over five years now: Dark 5.

Most videos give five examples of a particular theme and many are about "conspiracy theories", but they do not support them, merely explain why people believe them. I think the best ones, though, surround regular unexplained or just creepy stuff, such as 5 Towns That Mysteriously Disappeared.

The videos only give about a minute to each example, but in the past, I have then done my own searching for further info. Many are a good departure from "You've just sat down at the local tavern, when a strange old man comes over to you and says, So, Ye must be here to slay thems goblins that keep stealin' ours cabbages..."

One creepy, unexplained thing (OOOooooooooooooooEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooo! ) is that I have been subscribed to the channel since 2013, but now it only lists videos going back six years... Shame, because it was some of the really early videos about haunted places and such like, that got me hooked.

Knights of the Realm Regiment (redux) - Medieval Knights Templars Set 1 from Permes



Next up, the last one for the Golden Alliance Army 2x units of Elven Rangers...

Knights of the Realm regiment:


But I'm thinking they could use a dude with a standard in the middle. Tomorrow.
I'll also see if I can add proper printed sword and arms for the 2½D bits.

(won't be using that phone again - resolution and close-up focusing are waaaaay too good...)

Those look really good!

Thanks!


Normally, I've never been a fan overly detailed bases for gaming figures. Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of figures I've seen, with detailed scenic bases are brilliant and work well as show-pieces. But to see a tank trundling down a town road with tufts of grass and muddy tracks behind it, an anti-tank gun in a shelled out building and hedgerow or even a space marine standing on the only piece of rocky rubble in a starship corridor, looks a bit out of place to me.

For my 28 mm figures, I use clear bases, so they fit in any scene. For the 15 mm, ,I have tried to go with neutral bases, but stilll have a bit of character: A regular infantry regiment tramples grass into mud, the undead leave dead, barren dust in their wake and the demons bring their own fire and brimstone!

But yeah, their base did look a little sparse, so I added a couple of flames and small rocky bits - thanks for the suggestion.

No, I stick them to card, then fold the card over, so they are quite thick.


Yes, it is!

Got around to a bit of re-basing:



I must admit, I think they do look better on 40 mm square bases. I thought the units with large figures might look a bit sprse.. But in the end, they look OK.