Laser Bayonet Figures

We had another go at Laser Bayonet and it was a great excuse to dig out some old models to throw into a unit.

I started off with an old favourite, Nicodemus from the Warzone Brotherhood faction as my Officer.

I then added a variety of Warzone Capitol models as soldiers with jump packs and rifles.

I have been trying out my new phone camera to take model pictures and these are the best results I have had so far…although at this magnification, some of the paint work looks a bit dodgy.

…I know, I need to thin my paints…

I even included one newer Enforcers model as I needed a gunfighter with two pistols.

The rules played well again and we have made a few more minor tweaks, but basically, I think they are done!

Star Wars Day

On this hallowed day, I have a unit of five Mandalorians ready for undercoating…weather permitting.

I bought these chaps at Salute, a nice set of models. I reckon these will see use in several games!

Silver Bayonet Russians

After a pretty quick paintjob, the revised Russian unit for The Silver Bayonet is finished.

I have added several Sapper options.

These are equiped with a Musket and a Heavy Weapon, so should be pretty good.

Can’t see me using more than two, maybe three.

Now have a odel that can be used as a Coachman, with the short range Blunderbuss!

Also have a comrade with a large pistol and a hand weapon, so he will fit a few roles.

And finally a new model to use as the human form for the werebear, a Black Scorpion pirate model.

Rebasing Part 2

Part of the unending rebasing project includes some old Pink and Blue Horrors. These were painted a very long time ago and really need a bit of work.

When they are done, they will get used in plenty of games, such as Kill Team, Warcry, Oathmark and Laser Bayonet.

Jerez MotoGP

Off the usual topic, but I am at the Jerez MotoGP race this weekend, hopefully for some close racing and plenty of atmosphere.

We are actually staying in Seville, a beautiful city with some amazing history. This includes the Plaza de Espana, although not a historically old building when compared to others, it is still a great place to visit on a sunny day.

It also has a military museum which I will be visiting this year, I should get to see some 17th Century uniforms for inspiration when it comes to painting my Spanish Silver Bayonet unit. So I guess this is a research trip really.

Rebasing Part 1

I sometimes wonder why I start some of these projects, rebasing and touching up the paintwork on these old Empire models seemed like a good idea at the time…

Questoris Knight #1

Although the base is not done and transfers have not been added, I am parking the first Questoris Knight for the moment. I want to come back to the bases when all the Knights are painted so they can have some sort of consistent theme. The same goes for adding the transfers and making sure I have enough of each type to go where I want them.

One lesson learnt is not to spend much time painting the Knights head as it will be covered with the helmet. It is a shame really as I was quite pleased with the eye lenses and the shading…

Salute Swag

When it came to my Salute 2024 purchases, it split into three sections; stuff I wanted to buy, stuff I bought on the spur of the moment, and stuff I wanted to get that was not there.

Stuff I wanted
One of the first things I wanted to pick up were some Black Scorpion models for The Silver Bayonet. I wanted some Spanish musket armed models for a new unit and a couple of other soldier types for the British unit.

For Turnip28, rather than scratch build a wicker man type model, it was much easier to just buy one from Crooked Dice. This chap stands at about 80mm tall and will be perfect as The Tall Man in a Turnip28 cult.

Die Hard Miniatures have some nice Madalorian models that I wanted for the “new” Laser Bayonet. There is a nice mix of models in herethat will fit a few roles.

Having a few extra models available that are just armed with pistols is usually a good idea in most skirmish games.

Seemed like a good idea at the time
Anvil Industries kept popping out pre-build models that could be bought for a very resaonable price, so I decided to pick up a bike and a model that can be used as the dismounted rider. And then then I just liked the Captain America style model in WWII garb.

A large Ogre with a blunderbuss was in on a 3D print stand that will go nicely into Silver Bayonet.

…and there was a nice Occultist type chap with some nice gubbins for my church.

These Shriekers from Crooked Dice seemed like a good idea for sci-fi games when some pop up creatures are needed.

Finally, yet another project for Turnip28 was to buy a base scuttlers model for The Feast of Charybdis.

I plan to build some sort of platform on top of it for three infantry models with long spears. It will also need covering in mud, flock and tufts and generally roughing up a lot.

Stuff that was not there
There were a number of retailers that were not at Salute that are usually present. Ground Zero Games, Ainsty Castings, Hasslefree to name a few. Even some of the retailers that were present did not have all of their ranges so there were a few items on my shopping list that I could not get.

Salute 2024

Saturday was Salute 51 at the Excel in London, the biggest wargames show in the UK of the year. As usual, it was painful on the feet, I do hate the concrete floor, but an excellent opportunity to buy loads of stuff for loads of games.

There were loads of amazing demonstration and display games to look at. The effort put in by all of the games clubs is exceptional, I usually end up with getting a few ideas for my own table.

There were several ship based games on some pretty big tables with some lovely ship models on display.

One of the biggest tables was a massive walled town. It did look great, but I did wonder how it could be used in a game as it would be impossible to reach anywhere near the middle of the table.

This chaos themed floating rock table was rather nice, a setting for a game of Chronopia.

I assume the most expensive display game was the combined masses of Warhammer 40K Titans fighting it out.

As a table is simply not big enough, the floor is required for a game of this magnitude. It makes my Imperial Knights look a bit tiny really.

There were several medieval tables with a nice mix of buildings, castles and harbours, something I like to incorporate into my own games.

There was a very nice trench setup on display, the earth looked like real dirt, but I did resist the temptation to poke it to find out for sure.

The use of resin water was included in quite a few displays, which makes me want to try again on some small terrain pieces to see if I can make it work for a change.

I have a pile of swag that came back with me and I will my purchases in another post here this week.

Missing Bits

One of the many problems of having a large model not quite finished for a long time, is…losing some of the small bits. I have no idea what happended to them, but given the size of these small mounts, I guess it was no surprise.

I had to make two new bits and paint them to blend in. Once they are in place, I do not think they can be seen when the carapace is fitted.