Russian Patriotic War Postcards

I did not intend to ever post stuff that wasn't expressly miniature related but these are just too good not to share. If these were miniatures, they DO NOT exist but they should. That's true of many of them below.

They were posted on a Facebook friends page. Should I have asked permission to repost?

This is a great guide for any sculptors who want to fill a gaping hole in a Napoleonic character line. There exists Patriotic War miniatures in a ton of sizes - none in 25mm.

Brutal, brutal campaign. Death came whenever and wherever it wanted as these Poles are discovering.

Wolves!

To say life was cheap is an understatement of considerable magnitude. Unit cohesion - non-existent through much of the Grand Armee ...

Most assuredly this did not end well for the grenadier. And again, excellent sculpting references for partisans. I'm ad-hocing (yes, it's a verb now) Renaissance Cossacks to represent them - not even close in appearance.

If anyone can provide links to more, from what I'm gussing is this series or related ones, please list them below.

EDIT - A TMP'er found more ..and without the postcard frame ...

Thanks for looking!

25mm B'Hoys Gang Members with Longarms

The cut of the cloth is far closer to the 1850's than the Holmes/Ripper era 80's and 90's, but eschewing the bright colors and patterns helps bridge them forward.

Like the Morts, these are intended fro North America yet to London they will go ...

Rough guess: I have over a hundred Victorian civilians done up with over a hundred to go. The period is nicely catered to sans the East End buildings that are not as widely available as the figures.

B'Hoys! are available from The Virtual Armchair General.

Thanks for looking - Questions, comments, followers - all are welcome and encouraged!

25mm B'Hoys! Morts (Women Brawlers)

Terrific figures from Thrilling Combat Miniatures from the most excellent purveyor, and all around good egg, - The Virtual Armchair General

These are also intended for North America methinks but I've whisked them away to participate in the as yet unimagined terrors of Victorian London ...

I really wi$h Bobby Jack$on could be per$uaded to come back and fini$h thi$ wonderful range. Maybe a Kickstarter campaign?

Questions and comments welcome and encouraged!

25mm Brigade Games Victorian Characters Unified

These too, were posted all broken up so I thought I'd bring them together according to the pack contents.

I always get timid in highlighting but I hit the sweet spot on these - especially on the black areas.

Great figures and are the Not Gangs of New York. All of these will be re-purposed to a Victorian Horror game.

A clue that these were painted at roughly the same time: the paving stones are roughly the same size.

I really love Brigade Games figures - nice clean casts, great folds in the cloths - good solid details.

Thanks for looking - Comments and followers are welcome and encouraged!

25mm Brigade Games Gansters w/Pistols Unified

Most hav these are published already elsewhere but I thought I'd bring the pack together though they were finished over the space of 4-5 years.

The center figure may very well have been sculpted as a white but not to my eyes ...

Midway through this project, and after a trip to London, I noticed the paving stones are a lot bigger than those represented in my earlier efforts.

Thanks for looking!

25mm Warlord Vivandiere - The Soldier's Comfort

So what's the difference between the Vivandiere and the Cantiniere? Apparently the former worked the battlefield itself while the latter stayed in camp. I guess that may vary from army to army and time to time but that seems to be the basic gist.

Following on the work of others, we assumed the broccoli thing on the donkey was, well, broccoli? I actually see that there may be flowers sculpted in there but it was against the theme of a wretched retreat ...

These are cool figures but there are mysterious items being carried that I have no idea what they are. It looked like a horse shoe on the red cloth so I made it a horse shoe cloth. what the hell is that? I don't know.

I have 2 Cantinieres from Eureka and another one of these Vivandiere sets. I'll have one of each in Russian snows and the other pair based for the Iberian Peninsula.

Tufts are from http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/silflor-mininatur-4mm-two-colour-winter-tufts-small-737-26s.html

Thanks for looking - Questions, comments and followers are welcome!

28mm Reaper's Chronoscope Sister Maria, Nun & Reaper's Savage Worlds Reverend Grimme

The priest is a tad more wild eyed than I was hoping but hey, he's in a state yeah! The nun's habit was mostly dry brushed and may be just a tad too sublte.

It DOES say "Holy Bible" on the book but the pic may be too dim to make out. I did it in pen.

I had the option of putting various weapons in the hands of both of these but decided my peace time selections were best. I'll have other clergy armed with more considerable firepower later.

Thanks for looking - Questions, comments and followers are welcome! Plenty more to come ...

25mm Brigade Games Gangsters with Pistols

 

These are the last two of this 5-figure pack ...

The sculpts scream to be in Old West settings but I chucked that for a London Victorian Horror game.

I probably won't use Dwarven Forge as backdrops on these in the future ... Not quite right.

The paving stones was a motif I started ages ago and now for consistency sake I continue the tradition. They are course, and they are cartoony but it's far too late now to start cutting off bases and all that ...

Thanks for looking! I'm not done by a long shot so Follow me to see more in the near future ...

25mm West Wind Mama Mogumbi & Voodoo Priests

Noted in a lot of photos of Haitian Voodoo stuff are the prevalence of clean white clothing on the participants. BUT these figs all have shredded clothing so probably poor substitutes for ceremonial wear. In the end I opted for the single spot of color on the kerchief.

Baron Savoodie and his priestesses will be posted elsewhere soon.

These are Army Painter Swamp Tufts

This was taken before the dull cote dried so it's a tad glossy.

 There's a number of "sources" for zombies: lab created viruses, necromantically raised corpses, some outer space contaminant and finally Voodoo.  Though the Voodoo origins are substantively a long way from the more popular and modern Romero style it's nice to have an alternate source of baddies for gamers to vanquish.

Thanks for looking - Followers welcome - there's more to come!

Work Station 2012

I finally set up at the new place a few months ago. I've moved 4-5 times in the last seven years and have the worst profile for doing so. Wargamer, with tons of painted miniatures. Booklover/Collector with tons of books. Stubborn, won't get rid of either. Ergo every move is painful psychically and physically. Nice to have a permanent spot though .. Around the corner mostly un-pictured is a figure prep station. That's the back of a bookcase for a wall there and my back is to yet another bookcase with ballast, tufts, and various extra paints, primers and basing materials.

Lots of Polly S in here and many off brands I've picked up over the years. Quite honestly, I could get by on JUST Reaper but I do like Citadel. I can count on one hand how many bottles of paint I've used up over the years. Otherwise I let attrition by dried out bottles curb my excesses.

It's very likely I'll be able to maintain order here - the rest of the space? Forget it ... (the coffee looks nastier than it seems)

[EDIT - These are from 10 minutes ago .. no clean up. It's held up pretty well.]

[EDIT - Clutter happens when there's no natural home for something. I've kept colors loosely together so there's always a home once I assign the basic area for greens or reds or whatever.]

[EDIT - Here's the figure prep area. Russian Hussars and French Voltigeurs in progress ...]

Thanks for looking!

25mm Ral Partha Zombies

These have been posted elsewhere but I want to freshen up the page a bit. Lots of new stuff coming, Victorian Londoners, Napoleonics and more - but for now, some rotten old zombies figs ...

Chris Fitzpatrick of Crocodile Games sculpted these ages ago and they are just great. He did a modern set too I have around unpainted somewheres.

The blue background made these a little "cooler" than they appear under normal lighting.

Questions and comments welcome!

25mm Reaper Miniatures Zombie

I'm less impressed with the other two I did in this 3 figure set but she's a keeper ...!

Thanks for looking! Questions and comments are welcome and encouraged ...

25mm Games Workshop Zombies

I like this red & black motif for an undead army that will probably never, ever get completed but is fun to work on. These were painted in 2005.

I try to have odds and ends miniatures around when I paint in the likely event I have left over color - that's a real drawback to dropper bottles ...Zombies are great because of the lack of uniformity.

Thanks for looking! I'm slowly chipping away at various projects but I like to have new stuff up from time to time.