Craig Andrews of Orcs in the Webbe has once again decided to produce an Advent. The Orcs in the Webbe Advent is a free resource giving a new short story, gaming scenario or piece of fan fiction each day between now and the 24th of December. For more information about the 2020 OITW Advent and background information, see this link.
Day one Foiling the Lincolnshire Red Terror, of the OITW 2021 advent calendar can be found here.
The Black Dog stand-in has now been matt varnished with small dots of gloss varnish on the mouth, eyes and nose then had the base decorated with static grass and tufts applied over a mix of PVA and superglue.
The final image shows the finished model alongside an Alternative Armies Rifle Orc to give an idea of scale. The Black Dog stands 30mm tall (to it's haunches) and is mounted on to a 50mm metal washer.
Tony
The Black Dog stand-in has now had teeth and eyes painted in. Not a great deal of work, but they do add menace to the supernatural creature.
The base and groundwork has been painted in my usual (home made) GW Snakebite Leather colour with odd stones picked out in grey, highlighted white.
And don't forget the Flintloque flintlock, which I think adds to the base. The mini and base have now been gloss varnished (for strength) and once dry, I will matt varnish and add some static grass.
Tony
The Black Dog stand-in was painted black (obviously). I used various acrylic paints to which I had added some black wash to ensure an all over base coat.
I then built up the fur in stages using a grey/blue base and highlighting with more blue and a touch of grey which was concentrated on the upper edges leaving the lower edges and belly in the original black.
I then washed the whole model with a mix of black and blue washes diluted with water. The final wash had some purple added just to define the fur. Black is very rarely just black.
Tony
The groundwork was textured with sieved stones and sand applied over PVA glue and I've refined some of the features on the Black Dog with small bits of Green Stuff applied over superglue to give the miniature a bit more character.
The model was then primed with a grey spray can primer in preparation for the painting.
Tony
The base for the Black Dog was built up with standard Yellow/Grey Milliput with a flintlock from the Alternative Armies spares/gun pack.
I felt that the base model was a little scrawny and used a mix of Milliput and Green Stuff to bulk up his shoulders and haunches. I then used a scalpel to add the fur texture before leaving it to fully set.
Tony
The second figure is from the Alternative Armies 54501 Obidiah's Gun box set and I think it will make a perfect witch miniature for my games of Silver Bayonet. I'm thinking about adding a witches pointy hat, but also think it looks OK with a bare head.
Tony
These minis were picked up second-hand from Worcester Wargames, Worcester for a couple of pounds. The unidentified wolf will be my Black Dog stand-in and the Flintloque mini will be converted at some stage.
Tony
I am now looking for a similar set of eight minis to convert and paint as a Spanish Guerrilla unit and maybe a couple of monsters. I will post details as and when I commence work on them.
The new Silver Bayonet book from Osprey has helped to inspire me to both paint minis and build terrain - which can only be a good thing.
Expect more posts soon.
Tony
Today's post features a model that I built over two years ago and which has already featured on this Blog - a display board commissioned by Modiphius Games for Eldar Scrolls or Skrym.
The board was one of two display boards that I built for Modiphius and was originally commissioned and constructed for Salute 2020. However as we all know Salute 2020 was postponed due to the Corona Virus Pandemic. Details of the construction and the painting were featured in Miniature Wargames issue 452 and 543. For more details see these Blog posts here and here.
Salute Round up 1 minute, 30 seconds.
Salute 2021 Report 21 minutes, 10 seconds.
The best tables at Salute 2021 10 minutes, 20 seconds.
Salute 2021 7 minutes, 39 seconds.
In The Studio 1 minute, 33 seconds.
Finally, I would ask all readers of this Blog to comment if they have found any other images of the gaming table.
Thank you.
Tony
This well-worm wooden mallet was picket up at one of the Malvern Flea Markets earlier this year for just 50p. It was in a very sorry state and you might have been forgiven for thinking that it was a waste of 50p.
But after taking it apart, trimming the head and shortening the handle I was able to sand the wood and polish it with clear wax to produce this.
No doubt the SB theme will continue for a while (sorry) with the Elf (French) unit taking pride of place, but once they are finished, I'll need an opposition force.
Another day and another post.....
The mini painting is progressing well and I'm enjoying the laid-back painting (I'm in no rush).
Tony
The latest issue of Miniature Wargames (issue 464 from December 2021) has an article showing how I built and painted this crypt inspired by the illustration found in the new wargame rules book The Silver Bayonet written by Joseph a. McCullough.
Once I saw the illustration I knew that I just had to build a copy for my Flintloque/Silver Bayonet cross over project. After approaching the editor and supplying the initial sketches, it was a race against time to get the model finished in time to get it published.
Tony
I will give a more detailed review once I have had time to study the rules.
Tony
Progress is a little slow, but I'm not bothered as I'm enjoying the laid-back painting. As you can see I have continued with the haphazard colour schemes, making each Alternative Armies mini a character and taking time to paint every piece of equipment (there are quite a few bits) with a base colour and a number of highlights.
Tony
I have started to paint the uniforms. Given that the minis come from a variety of different Alternative Armies product codes I have purposely tried to vary the colours and styles of uniform and equipment to give a more 'run-down' feel to the unit while still trying to remain true to the source material and references I have.
Tony
At last, some real paint.....
The eight Flintloque miniatures have been given an overall basecoat of brown, darker at the base and then lighter towards the top of the minis before I started with the flesh areas.
Tony
Not much to see as painting minis black never produces great photos! But the eight Alternative Armies figures have now been based and undercoated and are now ready for painting.
Tony
I'm still playing around with detailing the base and adding small Green Stuff additions, but enjoying the process. Hopefully you can see the (slow) progress and how I'm trying to build a unit of characters for my planned games of The Silver Bayonet.
I have no doubt that Flintloque minis from Alternative Armies is the way to go.
Tony
This new figure project has been great fun and I look forward to more updates.
Tony
