It has been a while since I have posted. I have been painting figures regularly for the past year but between Facebook and Discord I have allowed my blog to fall to the wayside. In February 2023 I was preparing to move for the first time in almost 25 years, and it took time to pack and unpack. I should have been back in the saddle sometime in the summer of 2023, but I wasn't.
Over the next two months I hope to acquaint the blog with the projects I have worked upon. Most are SAGA related. I was fortunate to discover a local Historical Miniature Wargame group in Montreal. It helped to provide focus to my pile of lead. I have been reducing it in other ways as well. I parted with a dozen 4 litre Really Useful Boxes of projects that were never going to see the light of day. As part of my triage, I have projects I will paint, projects I will have assistance in painting and those that must go. The triage continues. If something comes into the house something else must go.
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| SPI's John Carter, Warlord of Mars. |
In spite of my words about SAGA my latest project was a Hordes of the Things Barsoomian Martian (LGA). The figures are from Peter Pig, It was something I wanted to do for a while. This summer I was laid up following my knee replacement surgery and picked something that I could easily work on. At the moment it is mostly finished. I wait on the arrival of some appropriate texture paint. I used AK Rust as the base colour for the Martian landscape. I choose to base my thoats on an image from a comic book and they thus are shades of red. Grey ones with yellow booties just didn't seem warlike enough for me.
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| 4 Elements of Shooters in front of 3 Mounted Hordes |
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| 4 Elements of Riders in front of 2 artillery Elements |
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| A clearer view of the Artillery Elements |
