On Sunday I got back from a great weekend at HWHQ and the WHW campaign weekend. It was Age of Arthur all the way for me. special thanks to Jim Sweeney for lending me an army [as mine wasn't finished- yep I know, the shame ;o)] , also to James morris and Steve Jones for running a seemless campaign that was packed with laughs and last but not least all my oponents (Dave, Jack, Ivre, James, and all the skirmishers!) who playey within the true spirit of the game and provided a lot of entertainment.

I'm not going to prattle on so I'm here's a few pics that I have selected for your perusal:

There are many more pics and if you have a mind to you can see them all here on the SADWAB Forum:

http://www.wabforum.sadwargamers.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1967

And here:

http://www.wabforum.sadwargamers.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1965

Here too:

http://www.wabforum.sadwargamers.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1964

Hope you enjoyed them......

Cheers,

Darrell.

OK, no-one laugh!!

OK, I've got to admit that on the completion of the British Kingdoms army I am now a defeated man. Sad but true. I just couldn't bring myself round to hurrying them as it wouldn't have done the models justice and I really want to have this army looking prim and proper.

Watch out on a website near you for the net result of the wager I had with Soapy. Boy, I can feel the humiliation building now ;o) Sad but true.........

For those not in the know I'm off to Notts this weekend for some fun and frollics of the WAB variety. Should be a great weekend, they always are. It's like X-mas coming twice a year for me! Sad but true........

Pics of Italo-Normans and the latest British kingdoms stuff to folllow on from when I get back to sunny Edinburgh.

Cheers,

Darrell.

Wot no pics......

Just a quick update......

The pics of the army will be posted post 29th of this month due to the major painting panic happenning right now! I may even pop in a few pics of my Italo-Normans too.

Cheers,

Darrell.

Lack of Pics.......

Just a very quick update to apologise for the lack of pics. Basically I'm under duress trying to keep the 10 mini's a day routine going. I'm already behind, though I did leave a little extra time at the end of the 'period' for this very reason. Wish me luck or Soapy's going to break my heart, or something.

Darrell.

Here's Some I Banged Out Today

Here's a few mini's that I banged out today. Apologies for the photo quality but I couldn't find my tripod so I had to pile up a few old boxes! Basically everything has three highlights except the tunics (which commanded four) and the slings which have a base colour and a wash (with bonus stone added in two highlights). These little critters will be varnished with a coat of GW Gloss and then given the customary coat pf Testors Dullcote.

Watch this space for 10 more tomorrow......... that one is for the doubters ;o)

Darrell.

Still Not Fopping Out :o)

Hi,

I haven't managed to get the pics of Pegenses up on the blog as of yet as they are not painted!! However, all is not as bad as it seems as I've decided to clean up, prime and glue all the spears etc. on the whole army before I slap the old paint on. That way it should speed things up as it gets all the drab jobs out of the way and allows me to wallow in the ecstacy of painting for four weeks. BTW, I never usually glue the shields on to the models until after I have finished the paint jobs, this usually allows for a bit more freedom with the brush but does often need some pinning to hold the darn things in place. Just thought it was worth a mention.

Todays agenda? Two units of 28 Tuelu to clean up and then get the first unit of Pagenses on the site.

Ta-ta

Darrell.

BTW, In case you were wondering what the hell that image is; it's the molecular structure of my least favourite glue........ superglue...... I'm an epoxy man myself :o)

Not a total fopp after all.....

Forgot to mention in my last post that I did also actually manage to glue shields and spears to 30 more models and apply undercoat yesterday. Strange post? You bet! But I had to write this to reclaim some of my sanity.

Saturday....... shopping for a nice Dremmel today :o)))))

Cheers,

Darrell.

Arrrgh!! My Head!!

Let me explain. A while back I bought a unit of West wind Arthurian Cavalry. I got them home, took one look at the size of the hosses, laughed out loud and thought nay (sorry!) these do not match up to my idea of the sort of nags my fellas would be a riding. I put the pack to one side and forgot about them.

Yesterday I decided to have a rummage and founf the said pack of WW cavalry and cunningly realising that they came with loose heads (riders not the hosses) I decided to proceed with a few head swaps.......

I need a Dremmel!!!

In other words I spent about six hours buggering around with a crap mini saw and pin vice trying to attatch six heads onto six bodies. OK, there are a few missing and green stuff to add but you get the picture.
Here's a quick pic of six hours work :o( None to fresh.......

Whilst I'm at it........

Here's a nice little mini I found lying around in Alnwick castle. It's a certain Sir Harry Hotspur and he's a bit of a hero in my neck of the woods (well, used to be a few hundred years ago). Poor bloke got it in the eye at The Battle of Shrewsbury. Those bloody longbowmen again don't you know :o)

OK, back to the Welsh next time........

See, told ya, I'm really back!!

Hi,

Yep I'm actually back in action!! I would have had more than these few little test pics of the start (Yep start!!) of my Welshies but I had a little acident over the weekend that invloved an invisible step and my spine that rendered me unable to sit up straight and paint for a few days :o( Bloody hurt too!! Still does.......

Here's the pics, expect a lot more, probably quite quickly as i've only got five weeks to paint up an army of 112 mini's....... I suppose that it's place your bets time again :o)))))

Just Add Water Welshmen

Hi, Sorry for the distinct lack of posts over the past couple of months but I've had a lot of real life stuff to keep me buisy and as a result have not been able to deliver the entertainment you all deserve ;o)

However!! I'm pleased to announce the beginning of the Just Add Water British and Welsh Kingdoms blog! Over the next six weeks you will be able to follow the progress of my British Kingdoms army as it prepares itself for the inevitable drubbing that I expect in the esteemed Morris and Jones Age of Arthur Campaign weekend to be held on the weekend of October 28th.

Hopefully I'll remember to bring my whole army this time around :o))) Just thought I'd get that one in before anyone else. You can expect to see the first units within the next few days.......... but for now, check out these little beauties painted by my mate Jim. Loverly...........

Hot Lead......

Avoiding the seeming trend of assigning sexual gravity to a name that is, after all, a bunch of chaps playing toy soldiers I have fixed the title of this little ditty as "Hot Lead". It's not that I don't approve of juvenile inuendo, in fact like most of you, I thrive on it. Just wanted to appear the mature adult that I most definately am not.

Anyway, I've been looking forward to this gig for a long time. After much humming and harring/changing of mind/torment over what army to take (see past two entries) I've decided on Age of El Cid Christian Spanish. They're not the steam-rolling Normans that have often graced the clubs (SESWC) tables, but a much more friendlier army that may or may not win a game or two without damaging the smile that sits fittingly upon my opponents face. Of course, those of you that have seen me play in various campaign days will know that this all may just be an excuse for hitting the bottom of the table come Sunday evening :o))))) Come what may, I'm sure I'll have a great time.

One last thing, I've been following with a keen eye Mr Imrie's Blog and the rrogress he is making with his Thematic Byzantines. Well worth a check out. Also, for those that haven't seen my good friend and fellow painting crazy Brian's Sassanids, then check out the following pages from his website or we'll send the boys around. We will too you know :o)

Darrell.

Pics of El Cid army post event. And that's a promise as I'm re-basing as I speak :o)

Wassup? Or... Hi folks I've been poorly (aahh...)

Alrighty, I'm just about over the worst bout of flu I've had since I was a little kiddie. My theory? I have to say there were moments when I thought that feeding the swans at Arthurs Seat may have been a big mistake :o)

I'm more of less on the mend so I figured it's time to add some words to the blog before someone started writing up an obituary for me.

At the mo' I'm trying to belt my way through (re: speedpaint) two units of Grippers Late Romans that will masquerading as Justinian or Heraclian Byzantines (army list troubles.... if you know what I mean?). I've also got the banners to do for my Cavalry units which, thanks to Fuljason on the WAB forum for pointing me away from the norm, will be some nice early Byzantine mosaic inconography. Should look great assuming I can scale it all down. I'm used to painting on large canvases so this should be fun :o)

Other stuff? Well, I started a WAB campaign at our club SESWC which is running nicely given the fact that I wasn't there for week two and had to employ my mate Jeeves to take the reigns. Jeeves is a dependable chap who gives me a lift to the club yeah? Te- he?? Week three of the campaign starts with me a little behind (I think I'm the only one that hasn't won a game as of yet) but hey, lots of time to kick ass as of yet.

Das ist alles.

Darrell.

All quiet on the painting front........

Well, not quite. I've been very buisy with stuff for other folks, the most exciting of which was the new Turkopolen I've just completed for the Beasties. These mini's are to complement their new(ish) Teutonics range and they're da business as far as I'm concerned. The range just keeps getting bigger and better.

Unfortunately, in my rush to get the mini's done by the set deadline and to get to the PO I hadn't any time to take any pics (doh!!). However you may well get a gleg at them sometime in the future.

Darrell.

Bet lost: one bottle of vodka owed!!

Having put together this months painting schedule it has become all too painfully obvious that I'm not going to have time to paint up my Welsh, British Kingdoms armyin time for Hot Lead. I'm actually a bit distressed by this, not so much the forking out for a bottle of Poland's finest, more the fact that I had been really looking forward to making a good start on the 2K+ Welsh army and getting some paint on Soapy's delightfull sculpts.

So, what now for Hot Lead? Well, I've decided to hybridise (word? I think not!) my Justinians and go for the African Vandals from BtGG as this will allow me to 'speed paint' up more figures that could be used to expand my Justinians as well as provide me with a brand new spiffing army for Hot Lead :o)

So, watch this space.............

Darrell.

Beastly goings on.......

First up, apologies for the cheese-tastic title. Secndly, here's a few pice of the vignette from GB that is to compliment the Siege and conquest WAB supplement. I really enjoyed painting up this lot especially the Rus Druzhnic. Hope you enjoy :o) All these models really compliment the already growing Teutonics range perfectly.

Avenging Knigget

Not the best of Bodyguards

Angry Druzhnic!

Bashed bishop!

I've only gone and........

Oops! I've just put a bet on with Darren that I can get my Welsh painted up in time for Hot Lead! One bottle of the finest Vodka at stake! I suppose it's place your bets time again :o) Should keep Saby happy though as she bought them for my Birthday back in January and I know she's anxious for them to meet some paint ;o) She should understand if I vanish into "that little room" for hours on end now :o)))))

Darrell.

Rus Kievan Prince.

Just thought I'd add a few pics of this chap before he goes his merry way to join the rest of his Rus pals. Hope you enjoy the pics :o)

Arab and 9th C Norwegian pics.

Well, I hope you enjoyed them, even though the pics were taken in a bit of a hurry. Don't forget, you can click on the pics to enlarge.

Darrell.