Huntress, Dead Eye and some cops

I finished a few more Heroclix repaints last night. First up we have the Huntress. It was tricky to re-paint her as she was so dark to begin with.

I then turned to Dead Eye (a foe of Batman) and a lady of the evening.

Finally I turned out the rest of my Gotham police--most decked out in SWAT gear (do they know something we don't?).

Up next: Some Marvel heroes and villains and I have the next set of 10mm AWI underway.

More 28mm heroes and villains

I'm quite enjoying a diversion from 10mm AWI this weekend. In addition to rebasing dozens of figures, I've been painting up some more heroes and villains.

Here we have a very active Batman, which is the pose I think I will keep in the long-term.

Some foes include Poison Ivy (whom my daughter loves--in a video game we've played Poison Ivy's special power is to kiss others and render them senseless for a time) and Bane (whom I'm not familiar with).

And below we have have Deathstroke who is a foe of the Teen Titans. I was quite happy with the way his repaint turned out--the original blue-on-orange scheme was pretty bad. Some highlighting and washing really helped.

Up next: Some more heros, villains and a bunch of Gotham's finest.

28mm Superheroes: More rebasing...

After some more thought, I've decided to make another change in how I'm basing the Heroclix repaints I've been doing in anticipation of Ganesh releasing their Power Legions game.

Earlier, I scrapped a parkland base on a washer for some Black Cat urban bases. That was an improvement. But the Blackcat bases have major quality control issues (variable depth and a poor proportioning being my concerns). So I decided to move back to washers with a stone-pattern printed decal. You can see the difference above and below: left is Black Cat and right is the new standard.

I'm overall quite happy. The new approach is cheaper, much faster and seems to fit the slender Heroclix sculpts better. The washers also allow for magnetized storage.

I then repainted Bat Girl and put her on the new base. I think the effect is nice. I was quite happy with how her cape came out as well.

Up next: Some more Heroclix repaints and then back to some 10mm AWI.

10mm Queen's Rangers

I finished the last of the 10mm British last night. These are the Queen's Rangers. Again, 10mm Pendraken figures. These are based up as skirmishers.

I sorted through the Americans and selected three units to start on next week: some Pennsylvania and Massachusetts troops and some Generals. The ankles on these fellows are a bit weaker so the prep will take more time. I expect to start painting Monday or Tuesday.

Up next: I have again re-thought basing for my superheroes and am working on a (third!) approach to try to get the right look. I have a few new figures painted and based and will post tomorrow. After that, more supers, I think!

More 10mm AWI

I moved two more units of 10mm AWI British to completion today, leaving just one more unit of British drying.

These fellows are the 17th Foot. The figures are 10mm Pendraken. I think it is a credit to the sculptor that the camera recognized the guy below on the right as a "face" in the picture.

And this unit is the 44th Foot.

Again, the camera recognized the sergeant below (pointing) as a face. I don't think you could ask much more for a sculptor than that. Imagine how good these would look if I was a better painter!

Up next: The Queen's Rangers are drying then I'm going to take a week off from 10mm AWI before tackling the Americans. To cleanse my palette, I will be doing some more 28mm superheroes--a huge box of which arrived today.

Club night November 16

We had an astounding 13 guys out last night with three games running. Dave hosted a large Black Powder game which attracted most of the attention.

These are Dave's 28mm ECW figures, including a significant number of plastic Warlord figures.

It sounded like the fellows on the hill managed to hold off the attackers, winning with a dramatic cavalry charge.

I didn't get a picture of the War Machine game for some reason but I did snap Andy's amazing porn-star moustache.

Scott and I played two games of War of 1812, with the British and the Americans each winning a game.

Up next: A bunch of 10mm AWI figures.

More 28mm heroes and villains

As I wait for some 10mm AWI to dry, I finished a few extra 28mm superheroes and villains.

This fellow's name escapes me (Gizmo maybe?). What I like is his jet pack. The flame was just orange when he arrived. I added in some red and yellow and a wash to bring it to life. Ihave left him on his Heroclix base for now.

I also finished two gun-toting goons and a cop (lady in the middle holding up her shield).

And, of course, there is the Penguin. The dip pooled on me on his coat so I may go back and re-do this.

Finally we have Green Arrow and Green Lantern. Green Arrow is one of those minor characters that I quite enjoy (and who won't be completely overwhelming on the tabletop). I'm not so keen on Green Lantern thus he stays on his Heroclix base,

Up next: Tonight is club night and I'll be playing a War of 1812 boardgame with Scott. I also have the last three British AWI units drying and will soon start on the Americans. I also have a buttload of superheroes set to arrive shortly.