The ADHS Diaries - part 15

Here's the latest update for me to read back on when I need a boost!

Burrows & Badgers
I've repainted a resin well scatter piece that will see use - it's a little large, but will work for the larger beastfolk, so I'll call it Brock's Well.  I've picked up the giant Bear mini (and the mole alchemist as I continue to pick up any civilian type minis Oathsworn release!) that I need to prep.

Dracula's America
I've been chipping away painting the various Unwelcome Guests (random monster type things) - I'm hoping to take photos and write some fluff to show these off here at some point.  Then it'll be on to either townsfolk or some recurring bandit types I think.  Or maybe livestock.

Malifaux
I wasn't necessarily expecting to add to the Malifaux collection for a while, but when I saw a good deal on a second hand Lord Cooper box and the On the Hunt box I couldn't resist snapping it up.  When it arrives I'll try to post about it here to get back into posting things other than these ADHS Diaries!

Of Gods and Mortals
I've repainted a couple of resin cheapo scatter terrain pieces that will see use primarily in OGAM - an ancient arch ruin thing and a sphinx head ruin.  As I see OGAM tables as being smashed together bits of the various cultures involved these should work fine.

In other news...
I've mostly spent my recent hobby fund on rulebooks - I've got the Tribal second edition and the two History and Game Lab expansions A Viking in the Sun (Lion Rampant) and The Last Samurai Rebellion (The Men Who Would Be Kings).

The ADHS Diaries - part 7

A fairly productive week by my modest standards!  Here's what I've been up to...

The Burning Sands
This one feels like a cop out, but I have primed a 3D printed giant beast skeleton scenery piece.  To be fair I did have to clear up a small number of supports so I guess it still counts! 😅

Malifaux
Prepped and primed the Lotus Eaters to add to the M2E Shenlong core box.  I've started prepping the Seeker keyword - although only Mikhail and a Lamplighter are done so far; Jedza and another Lamplighter are part done.  They are proving difficult with my brain gremlins, but I'm going to keep chipping away!

The Men Who Would Be Kings
I finally primed those three Boer units I've had sitting on the workstation!  That concludes the prep stage for this project!

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
I've primed all the Mordor stuff, the Rohan bits and all the Minas Tirith stuff (yes, including the Battlehost!).  I've prepped the Dead of Dunharrow force, but need to check how much white spray I have before I cart them all out into the garden!

So on the workstation is the Seeker stuff (and Vernon and Welles as a Versatile Explorers' Society option). Next up will likely be the remaining 10mm stuff, unless I'm feeling brave enough to tackle more Malifaux... or the Star Wars Legion stuff that is weirdly intimidating for a reason I can't quite put my finger on!

Otherwise my mind is turning to the next hobby fund period... MESBG stuff for sure, some gaming material for Burrows & Badgers and who knows what else!  

The ADHS Diaries - part 6

Another week done - a fairly quiet one again as been rather busy (and/or brain fried), but not without some hobby activity to report!

The Men Who Would Be Kings
Finally sand dipped the three units of Boers!  That means all the African element for this game is done...the mind turns once again to India, but until someone does some Sikh Wars specific minis in 10mm this'll remain a 'one day'.

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
The various Mordor stuff, the Minas Tirith characters (and Fountain Guard and Ballista) and the small Rohan contingent are all sand-dipped.  I've made a start on prepping the Dead of Dunharrow - the King and his two Heralds are done, together with 10 Warriors.  Still got 20 more dead dudes to prep!  Also still to do are the ruins from the Battle of Osgiliath box and the Minas Tirith Battlehost.  When payday comes I hope to get the Mordor Battlehost - and probably the Rohan one (with Eowyn obvs).  

Looking forward - once the MESBG bits mentioned above are done I intend to go back to the world of 10mm; the Socialist side for Bolt Action Very British Civil War and the US and North Korea forces for the Korean War.  After that?  Hopefully I can face assembling more Malifaux!

The ADHS Diaries - part 5

Thanks to a break in the wind here I was finally able to prime a load of stuff!  I've primed scenery and miniatures for *deep breath*

The Burning Sands
Dracula's America
Malifaux
The Men Who Would Be Kings
Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
Mordheim
Of Gods and Mortals
The Silver Bayonet

That's helped clear the decks a little so I can crack on with...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
I've got the 3D printed Orcs to prep now - as well as some Rohan warriors to accompany Eowyn.  I also chanced across a great deal on some Army of the Dead... 

Star Wars Legion
I've sorted out everything we have so far - need a few bases and ended up with quite a bit more for the Rebels so when funds allow I'll be adding to the Empire force.

The ADHS Diaries - part 4

Another quiet week hobby-wise - but there has still been some progress!

The Men Who Would Be Kings
I've got the three units of Boers prepped - have to sand dip them still though.  Then they'll join the ever-growing stack of minis to prime... hopefully this week will hold slightly drier and warmer weather (at least enough to allow a window or two of opportunity to spray!).

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
I've got a couple more 3d printed Ringwraiths prepped - and an Orc Captain.  I've prepped four Fountain Guard to accompany Faramir... horrible horrible Finecast things though!  I've got the Mordor Uruk-Hai in hand also (yay, metal!) as well as the Minas Tirith Battlehost.  There's a package of OOP metal LotR stuff en route and I've got some funky Orc options being 3d printed for me at some point.  I also randomly bought a metal Eowyn on foot... primarily because she's my favourite character (you just know I'll get every version I can find at some point!!).  I guess I'll have to get a small handful of Rohan Warriors to give her some friends!

That's the lot for now - if I can get some of the backlog primed I'll be prepping the MESBG I ordered this payday and perhaps move on to some of the Star Wars Legion miniatures and then some more 10mm Bolt Action I've still got to base up.

No rest for the wicked!

The ADHS Diaries - part 3

It has been a quiet week here - changes to meds, work being heavy and more has left little in the tank to get stuck into hobby.  But that doesn't mean no hobby!

Kriegspiel
I've joined a play-by-Whatsapp Kriegspiel - I'm totally out of my depth, I have no real idea what I'm doing but I'm using it as a way to step a little out of my comfort zone.  It's weirdly formal too - I'm more used to putting silly accents on or cursing missed shots by people called Karl! 

The Men Who Would Be Kings
Now that the hobby workspace is cleared down the three units of Boers will be next up for prepping.  Hopefully not too difficult to do this coming week!

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
I've sand dipped everything I've got so far - but I am waiting for a few random second hand bits.  Along with the Armoured Faramir I got an Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli for the Good side.  I've got some Mordor Uruk-Hai coming, as well as some more 3d printed Evil heroes.  Payday comes round this week and I think it will be largely MESBG as I'm keen to 'finish' the acquisition phase at least for Minas Tirith and Mordor.

As I said, it was a quiet week! 😅

The ADHS Diaries - part 2

Another week of mostly prepping and sand-dipping - and not likely to change anytime soon!

Hardwired/Reality's Edge
I need to sort out how many bases I've got left (MAS Warehouse ones) - that will inform what else I get for this project.  I know I need a couple of businessmen types for Reality's Edge in particular.  I think the remaining minis for this project will be from the Papsikels range - there's a few people out there offering them printed, so it's just a case of working out numbers and seeing what I can get.

Malifaux
The Shenlong box is now sand-dipped all ready for priming when weather permits.  Not sure what keyword to do next (see last Diary)... maybe Seeker as that's not been unboxed from Christmas!

The Men Who Would Be Kings
The Boers will be next up on the hobby workspace once it's been cleared down.  There's only three units so hopefully won't take too long to do.

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
Gothmog(s), the Troll and the Orcs are all prepped.  Then disaster struck - my workspace got knocked over... thankfully most of the minis were OK, the only one that sustained damage was Faramir, whose sword snapped.  I have been unable to locate the sword part, so the Battle of Osgiliath Faramir will not see the light of day.  I have instead ordered an Armoured Faramir second-hand from eBay - he'll look better with the Warriors of Minas Tirith that was anyway! I may also have got some friends for the Good guys at the same time...

Of Gods and Mortals
The Celts and Slavs forces are all sand-dipped and, much like the rest of the backlog, waiting for some half-decent weather to get sprayed black!

The Silver Bayonet
The Sidhe warriors and assorted other monsters for our Hunters to face are all prepped.  Unless inspiration strikes there's unlikely to be too many more minis bought for this now - but that's no bad thing as I've got the rulebook monsters, all sorts of other random things, and enough to theme games in Greece, Egypt, Ireland and Poland.  

Star Wars Legion
This is slowly coming together - I've had a couple of deliveries of 3D printed minis, but waiting for a couple more before I sink my teeth into prepping it all.  

Operation Winter Is Coming 2022

Long-time readers may recall previous years O:WiC where I try to prep as much as possible (ie. clean up, assemble, sand dip and prime) before the winter really hits here.  I've been beavering away and while I don't have any pictures (out of the habit a bit!) I wanted to note here, for myself if nothing else, where I'm at right now.

Malifaux
I've got my Sonnia crew box and the Witching Hour box all prepped and primed now - not sure I'm going to add anything to the Witch Hunter keyword, so that's that one done I think.  I've also prepped 2/7s of the Crossroads Seven - namely Gluttony for the Bayou and Sloth for the Ressers.  Not entirely sure why I decided to do those two, it was pretty much on a whim one day!

I've asked for this year's Rotten Harvest boxes for my forthcoming birthday, so that'll net me another Guild posse in the form of a Day of the Dead themed Lady Justice. Watch this space for that one - and yes, it'll mean I have a second Santa Muerte in the collection!

The Men Who Would Be Kings
I got the Pendraken Zulu War pack which includes British and Zulu forces and have got those prepped too.  I need to get a few more bases to finish the Zulu side (I opted for oval bases and ran out after four units!).

I note that Pendraken have previewed their Russo-Japanese war range refresh, which is likely to lead to another TMWWBK project at some point - although not necessarily this side of Winter!

When Bad Meets Evil
I noticed that with the British side above, if I picked up some Boers from Pendraken I could also play some Anglo-Boer war games.  I plan to get these, with a blockhouse, come pay day later this week.

Dracula's America
I already have all the posses I'd want for this, but there were a few summons and unwanted guests that I didn't have.  I got the Crucible Crush Fearsome Flying Head for one of these, the rest I found suitable minis for in the Rocket Pig Games range which I had printed by Fully Cycled.

The Silver Bayonet
I've added a small number of extra members of l'Ordre - an Imam, a Vivandiere and a Nun.  I've also got a Rabbi on order (come on Xyston, pull your finger out!) and he'll have a Golem (Rocket Pig again).  I've also added a mascot for my band in the form of a Pyrenean Mountain Dog.  I've acquired a couple more monsters too - bigger, more gnarly things than the rulebook contains...

The Burning Sands
Only a Sand Worm (Rocket Pig) and a boulder-lobbing Giant (Alternative Armies) for this - although I intend to add a few more bits and bobs before Winter arrives!

Proxima Centauri
I've added a few more character miniatures, as well as a group of mercenaries - all from Alternative Armies various 15mm sci-fi ranges.

Scenery
I've got a few random scenery bits and pieces - 15mm sheep pen and chicken coop (primarily for The Silver Bayonet, but good for En Garde and even Kobolds and Cobblestones perhaps), some 15mm wattle fences and, a rather hefty Causeway for 10mm (total impulse purchase cause it was really cheap!).

Of Gods and Mortals
I've got a Norse force prepped and primed now - Freyja from Bad Squiddo (via a competition I won from MiniMentions on Twitter), other stuff from Copplestone, Magister Militum and Bandua.  I keep toying with ideas around a few other mythologies - Celtic and Japanese but Slavic never totally disappears from my mind!

Bolt Action

I'm aiming to add some Korean War to the 10mm Bolt Action collection - going for American and North Korean.  I'm aiming for the 65th Infantry - The Borinqueneers - but I might add a unit of Fighting Fillipinos.  

Not too bad... now to plot and plan for payday!

Sikh Wars 18mm

Ages ago now I started this project - but have never covered it here before it seems! The Sikh side of the project has been prepped and primed for quite some time (black sprayed minis aren't the most photogenic however!) - but recently I've acquired and prepped the British side.

The whole project is based on Lancashire Games Sikh Wars range - and came about half because of buying up the Osprey Blue Books range and half because of the corner of the world I'm from has a long standing connection to Sikhs!

First up I got a couple of units of Regular Infantry - they are basically the same, so I've only photographed one (annoyingly the command pack I got from Lancashire only had one officer so the other unit has another infantryman instead):

I also included a Regular Cavalry (Lancers) in the force:

I have to say that these were an absolute nightmare to base - I ended up having to set them in place with Milliput, not ideal!

Finally for the British I added a Field Gun (Well-Drilled):

That brings the side up to 24 points.

Oh, and on the Sikh side, I've got two units of Regular Infantry, one of Irregular Infantry, one of Irregular Cavalry and a unit of Akals (Tribal Infantry, Elite, Fierce).

Serious-Play Scenics - Tuft-fest!

I love tufts for basing - they are an economical way of adding interest and detail quickly and easily to bases and I find they can really help tie an army/warband together.

Serious-Play is my go to place - and I placed an order recently, this is what I got (and what I'm planning to use them on).

First up, some more Purple flower tufts - I use these on any of my Irish forces so there's always a need for more of these! (Chosen Men, The Pikeman's Lament, Saga... other plans formulating!)

I'd decided on a red/Mars style basing theme for my Gorkamorka mobs but wanted to add a little bit of detail beyond the rocky/dusty landscape - I opted for the smaller tufts (2mm).  I figure that way they won't dominate the bases of any Grots/Snots:

Between my 15mm Dragon Rampant UNORP and the 18mm Sikh Wars for The Men Who Would Be King I figured I'd need a supply of more generic small tufts too:

Finally as I was checking out I was offered a great deal on some blue flower tufts - I'm sure I'll find a use for them on some project or another!

If you haven't tried Serious-Play I really do recommend giving them a whirl - a lot of products they offer on a taster basis (smaller sheets like the Purple Flowers) but even those are plenty for a skirmish sized project.