Randalph's Thugs, the Snowmen

Miniatures by Reaper Miniatures

Randalph the Red Nosed Reindeer, who was previously featured in this post, has more than just his Christmas Gremlins (featured in this post) as members of his gang.

Jonas (left), Fredric (center) and Carl (right), the Frosty Brothers

There are also the Frosty Brothers, Jonas, Fredric and Carl who head up a troop of gangster snowman.

They were originally based for another game. Given that they will now be used for role playing, I need to re-base the brothers before the next game.

Group shot. Randalph, the Frosty Brothers, and the Christmas Gremlins

I think these miniatures are by Ral Partha Europe

And here's the rest of the Frosty Gang, just finished. These lads animated by their magical hats. Loose the hat and they become just a normal snowman.

To provide variety of pose, I bent the arms and affixed them at different angles. That simple method made each model more unique, threatening and in motion.

Yes, they are wearing the latest in neck tie fashion

Timber Wolves

I needed some wolves for our role playing game. Fortunately I have had these wolves from Iron Wind Metals (Chaos Wars and their other ranges) and one or two from Reaper Miniatures. So finally got off my backside to paint them. So thought I would share these. Enjoy!

H.M.S Canopus and Windy Bottoms

Over the Easter break I was able to finish off some 1:3000 scale WWI ships. I also began a solo game (courtesy of a little something out of China that has kept everyone locked up of late) of Victory at Sea - Age of Dreadnoughts, which I will post about later.

For now however I thought I would show a few images of some of the items for that game. See if you can guess what battle the solo game replays by thinking of an answer to the following question:

What WWI naval battle in the Pacific should the H.M.S. Canopus have been a part of but was not able to participate in due to its slow speed and aging engines?

Windy Bottoms is a wind direction marker that I have made from part of a Dreadfleet miniature. The windy breath part of the miniature kept breaking off so I ended up using cotton wool to represent the wind.

I used a pin glued to the mouth of Windy Bottoms to act as an anchor for the cotton wool. This provided the frame with which the cotton wool remains supported upon.

Happy Easter

1 Corinthians 15:3-7 (New International Version)

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance^[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas,^[b] and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

Footnotes:

1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first

1 Corinthians 15:5 That is, Peter

At this difficult time, may you and your family enjoy a wonderful and blessed Easter. And hope you get some good gaming time in too!

A Little Hording... Slave2Gaming Goblins

Here's the latest from the painting table. Slave2Gaming's excellent Goblins.

I wanted these little guys to be based two to a 25mm round base. In this way, when they are used for Kings of War or Dragon Rampant, they will appear more as a horde rather than dispersed on the movement tray.

I prefer my goblins to be grey in colour rather than green, and so I used a wet brush of light grey over the model's skin. The models were based coated with black spray originally and when painted, washed in Agrax Earthshade. Thus the effect is one of dirt and rust.

The eyes were painted in yellow and the tongues in a red-brown colour.

I'm still to determine what insignia I will paint on the shields and banner. But for now they are ready for the table.

I need to paint up some more for use in role playing. For that project I will base them one per base rather than two as they will be individual monsters facing off against the player characters. Another day, another project!