First Miniatures Painted in 2016

Hi again!

I was able to do some painting on Sunday and I was able to paint up all three of these Warhansa 28mm Modern Adventures / Mercs. 

From left to right: Doctor Pitt, Igor Dolvich, and Private Ryan

The miniatures are well made and they are fun to paint up.  I hope you enjoy the first batch of these miniatures. I have 3 more to paint up. These remind me of the RPG game Twilight 2000 game  use to play back in the 1980's and early 1990's

box cover from when the game was published by GDW Games.

I liked being able to mix and match clothing and not having to stick to a uniform guide.

More to come later.

They all have packs and tools for survival

Have a good week!!!

Have gun will travel

First Game of 2016

Happy New Year!

I got to play my first Wargame of 2016 yesterday in a great part of Sweden. Black Powder (Soren) and I got together at his home in Uppsalla to play the first game of the year to help up prepare for the games we will be running at DFFCON 2016 in Copenhagen.

It was a snowy day in Uppsala

We played our favorite WW1 naval rules, Naval Thunder Clash of Dreadnoughts. I will not go into too many details about the scenario but the US Battleship squadron force was intercepted by a force of German Battle Cruisers and one Battleship.  BLUF: It did not go well for the US!

The Rules

The game was fun and Soren did very well. I had a hard time with my dice roles and twice during the game I rolled 20 on two D10 dice to resolve critical hits.  So needless to say the results were a magazine explosion on the USS New York and the ship the battleships were escorting.

The upside down ship will be a TBD ship that is being escorted by the US Battleship Squadron

The initial setup

The ships start to maneuver

The German battle line

The Germans had speed on there side and were able to force the US ships to maneuver where the Germans could do the most damage.

The beautiful ships that Soren has painted up for WW1

The US Battleships on the move

Disaster strikes the US Fleet early in the game when the USS New York blows up!

Yes I did roll those dice.....

More gun fire and damage to both sides stats to add up

The USS Florida had some issues with flooding....

Near the end of the battle

Disaster strikes again. The ship being escorted by the US Ships explodes after being hit one time by the German guns.

I obviously did not give the dice Gods a satisfactory sacrifice before the game as I rolled that 20 as well.

Well I hope my dice rolls improve as the year goes on!
Have a good week. I will have more posts this coming week.

Happy New Year!!!

I wish all of you a Happy New Year!!!

I did get a chance to finish my gift from my Secret Santa! So again Thank You and you can enjoy the pictures of HMS King George V.

I also got a package in the mail today from Russia with the six 28mm figures that I ordered from Warhansa miniatures.  I have to say that the figures are very well made and the poses of the miniatures are full of action. These will be a pleasure to paint up.

I will post pictures of the miniatures as I get them done.

Well have a great New Year!!!

Good by 2015 and welcome 2016!

Christmas Painting

Well my short break from work is coming to an end for three days of work before another 4 day weekend.

So I was able to do some painting, actually it was a very productive weekend, even with all the Christmas activities. 

So here is what I was able to paint up in just one day.

We have two supply wagons with some cavalry escorts.  One is Union and one is Confederate.  They will be used as Army HQ's. 

Charge!!!!

The flag is big and I love the colors!

The whole unit on the move!

I was also able to finish up my first unit for the club's 30 Years War project using Pikeman's Lament.  I tried to paint them up to represent cavalry from Bavaria. They should be rated as Elite Trotters in the game which will cost me a total of 6 of the 24 points for my Bavarian Army. I decided to use one figure per base for the cavalry but for the infantry I will use the 3-2-1 basing system in the rules.

The officer can be used in the unit or as the commander of the Company. I have two additional troopers to take his place in the Trotter unit.

I grew up, for a few years, in Bavaria so I figured it would be a good force to start building my army for Pikeman's Lament.

The troops are ready for action!

I also started to prep to paint a unit of Forlorn Hope Infantry which I will paint over my next 4 day weekend.

The 4 troopers

Well I hope you all have a good weekend!

Thank you to my Secret Santa!!!

Well the gifts are all unwrapped and I must say I am very happy with my gift from my Secret Santa!

From the GHQ Website

Thank you for the GHQ King George V Battleship miniature! It will be painted up as the HMS King George V.  I have painted up her sister ship HMS Prince of Whales.

My painted version of HMS Prince of Whales

This will be a great addition to my WWII Naval collection!


I also got a great gift from my Fiance Cathrine, She got me a Gold Membership to the Vasa Museum here in Stockholm! It is a great gift and I am very glade to be able to go to this amazing museum free at any time during this coming year. If you would like to know about the Vasa or the membership check out the information here: Friends of the Vasa

The Vasa on my second visit to the museum, I have been here 3 times so far.

In two years I will be able to go on board the Vasa! Wow that will be a memorable day!!

Scale model of the Vasa!

Again Thank you to my Secret Santa!!
I hope to find out who you are!
Merry Christmas!!!

Mark

Merry Christmas!!!

Hi all I hope you will all have a Merry Christmas this year!

Since I am living in Sweden I will get to open all my gifts tomorrow on the 24th. 
I should have some pictures of my gift from my Secret Santa. I will work on getting it painted up since a shipment of miniatures coming from Russia has not arrived yet.

Oh and when the party gets boring you can always turn on this tune!!! Enjoy!

Drunken Sailor

I hope all of you have a great Christmas!!!


Mark

Star Wars!!!!!

Wow what a great movie!

I really enjoyed the new instalment of Star Wars! It is very good and I highly recomend going to see it in 3D!!!

I took my Finace and she has not seen any of the Star Wars movies and she enjoyed the movie! The hook is still there so take somone who is new to the Star Wars movies.

Enjoy!