Crimean cannon

I finally finished the last of the Crimean foot! These three bases are 28mm foundry Russian cannons.

The models and the crew were pretty nice to paint.

I opted for 80x80mm bases, which seemed to work for Black Powder (being 4x the standard infantry base).

Up next: I'm grinding away on three units of Russian cavalry. The Cossacks are almost done.

More 28mm scifi

Today, I finished a second batch of random sci-fi figures that I picked up on fleabay. These were all 28mm and I've no idea who made them. 

The two red guys above likely would have been better in black jumpsuits, but I had some dark red on the pallet and I'm not really happy with how my black outfits turn out. The blue boxer guy with one eye is a total mystery so they got a 1970s/80s Batman campy paint job.

The three ninja ladies are also unknown to me. Fortunately, I had some old clix figures (ninja clown ladies) so I just matched their paint jobs as best I could. And voila, the Joker gets a few more martial artists to slow down Gotham's finest.

Up next: I have some 28mm Crimean artillery and crews almost done and I discovered the Russian cavalry (sigh) so I guess it is more horses. So many horses. But, at the end of the horses, that is the end of the project (hurray!).

Random moderns

This week, some random 28mm modern figures from a job lot on fleabay. I've no idea who made these Maybe Copplestone?

They are useful for pulp games as cop or thugs or special agents. The fellow on the bottom left looked way too much like Canadian rocker Kim Mitchell so I gave him some red hair. These guys look a bit shiny. Maybe I forgot to dull coat them?

Up next: More random moderns. I also need to get back to the Crimea.

Apes!

For Christmas, Santa brought me 20 3-D printed apes from Big Mr Tong. These arrived as grey plastic, rigged for slotta bases.

There were two variants. Ten guys had rifles and ten had some kind of submachine gun (somewhere between an MP40 and a grease gun?). The rifles I recall from the show. Not sure about the SMGs (it was a long time ago).

Overall, these were nice enough figures and mostly match the metals I bought from Crooked Dice a year or two ago. The faces on the plastics weren't quite as pronounced but otherwise they are close enough.

This fleshes out my collection enough for any kind of skirmish or gang-style game.

Up next: Some random moderns.

Last of the fantasy

With some extra time on my hands, I finished off the fantasy box that Chen traded me in the fall. First up are some gnolls. The shading on these turned out well.

Then some troglodytes. These ended up a bit monochromatic.

And some imps (meh). Lots of highlights that the camera mutes.

And some zombies. I tried a blue-green skin tone with mixed results.

Up next: Maybe some apes? Maybe some random moderns. And then there are some Crimean cannon that cry out for completion.

Orcs and Spiders

Well, these's aren't exactly what you'd want coming down your chimney at this time of year, but you get what you and you don't get upset.

First up are some 28mm plastic orcs that Chen traded me. Pretty fun sculpts and easy enough to paint. I'm not sure green was the right skin colour, but I think it turned out okay.

Then some spiders. I dunno how to paint spiders so I washed brown, did a bunch of highlights and figures good enough for D&D?

Up next: A few more fantasy figures to finish up this box.

Adventurers and werewolves

Alright, some more 28mm fantasy. We start with some dwarves. Probably a female cleric and a male warrior. Nice detail on these, especially for one-piece castings.

Then a human barbarian and a blue dude (half orc? I dunno). Some nice details. I wish I'd done a darker colour scheme with the guy on the right but I wasn't sure I had the skill to pull it off. His cape came out nicely, I think.

And finally some werewolves that Chen was kind enough to throw in to our trade deal. Two look metal and two are some kind of plastic (reaper bones?). Nice details. I love the detached hand the bottom pair are holding.

Up next: I'm not sure. Maybe some orcs and spiders. Or who knows.