25/28mm Northern Crusades Miniatures: Medieval Ruined House

 I picked this up at an HMGS con last year, I think. It was not from the manufacturer, as this particular one had all kinds of printed buildings in a jumble. 

Still, serviceable little thing, useful almost anywhere, though drybrushing really brings out the print lines. I notice I was also charged $6, when the manufacturer charges $5.

Warlord French infantry with Wargames Atlantic zombie heads for scale. 

It took just an hour or so over the course of a couple of days, picking out individual stones, drybrushing, and finishing with some speed paints. 

I'm still working on the Warlord O'er the Hills and Far Away, British, but needed something small to do in between all the details and flippin' straps. I've also boosted the box contents by an extra sprue, swelling it up a bit. This has taken many, many sessions, as I'm, even with AP Fanatic, having to go over and do the two thin coats virtually everywhere. I really want a solid foundation as I've never done British Napoleonics in 25/28mm before. There are easier and faster ways I know, but I'm doing my traditional layering approach. 

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28mm Black Orc Games - Hundred Kingdoms - Kingdom of Avalon - Friar

Many were excited about Hundred Kingdoms - a miniature agnostic, faction-based miniature game from Black Orc Games. They were going to have, literally, a hundred different factions to pit against one another. I think they only did ten before packing it in. 

This is one of two Friars - the one sculpted by Drew Williams, not Gene Van Horne. 

This is another I painted up and photographed in the early 2000's. 

He'd be a good combatant in the Peninsula War, or even in medieval games too, I reckon. 

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28mm Reaper Miniatures - Maria Roseblade

Little blurry, but you get the idea. I found the pictures, not the miniature itself, in a file called "Reaper" all by themselves. These photos were taken in December of 2005, when I was more focused on this kind of thing. 

I think I painted this at the request of a friend of mine who wanted her player character for D&D on the tabletop. Occasionally, I come across the question in forums about how much one has improved their painting over the years. This one suggests I may be worsening! Looks pretty good to me! Probably Polly-S paints too. 

Further, I didn't start this blog until 2010, and I was pretty active in the early 2000s, painting for our group. Some have been posted here already, others I stumbled across quite by accident, as I did this one. There'll be more from that era in between current projects as I find them. 

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