What's on the table - December 2016 UPDATE

Not too bad a month, I completed 3 of my 5 key items and one of the additional ones:

• Newline Designs 10mm Greek Hoplites (2015) - no further progress
• Artizan Designs 28mm LRDG (2013) - COMPLETED
• Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Fox Rogue (2016) - COMPLETED
• Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Shrew Warrior (2016) - COMPLETED
• Cromwell Models 1/76th Pz IV (2014) - significant progress
• Artizan Designs 28mm WW2 Partisans (2013) - no further progress
• Battlefront 15mm British LRDG Ford V8 trucks (2016) - COMPLETED

Additional items I worked on:

• Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Rabbit Heroine (2016) - cleaned up
• Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Toad Animist (2016) - cleaned up

So that's it for this year. 2016 has been a strange old year in which the world has become a more uncertain place. Hobby wise it's been my most productive year since 2012. I've become more focused and I'm sure doing the blog has helped with this so it's served it's purpose and I'll be continuing it for 2017. 

I wish everyone a very happy New Year, all the best for 2017. 

Furry critters.....and a snake

When I went to Salute this year my main purchase was a batch of 15 of the fantastic Burrows and Badgers figures from Oathsworn Miniatures. Readers of this blog (there may be one or two of you out there) will have noticed that I've been completing a few of these as the year has progressed. Last week I finally managed to take some photos.

L-R top row: Fox Brigand, Ferret Rogue, Otter Rogue
bottom row: Weasel Rogue, Mouse Knight, Adder Mage 

I love these figures. They combine two of my main passions, wildlife and miniatures! Each one is oozing with character. Michael has done a superb job reproducing the nuances of each species with his sculpting. And Jo and Michael of Oathsworn are top people as well. 

Fox Brigand

  

Ferret Rogue

 

This was the first one I painted. I chose to paint her with the classic Polecat facial markings.

Mouse Knight

 

Weasel Rogue

 

If I was picky this is more Stoat sized than Weasel but what's size between Mustelids!!!

Otter Rogue

 

 Adder Mage

 

This one caused me a bit of an issue as I'm not keen on snakes. It's a lovely sculpt but it gave me the creeps doing it and looking at lots of pictures of adders. I was going to attempt to do a male Adder with it's distinctive black and white scales but felt that it was so well sculpted that I may overdo it and spoil it. So it was finished very simply with multiple grey and black washes over white primer.

Hope that you like them and that I've done them justice.

What's on the table - December 2016

Here we go as we enter the last month of the year.  Stuff in progress:

• Newline Designs 10mm Greek Hoplites (2015)
• Artizan Designs 28mm LRDG (2013)
• Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Fox Rogue (2016)
• Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Shrew Warrior (2016)
• Cromwell Models 1/76th Pz IV (2014)
• Artizan Designs 28mm WW2 Partisans (2013) 
• Battlefront 15mm British LRDG Ford V8 trucks (2016

The in-progress tray as we start December

The aim is to complete the first five items off the list before the end of the year. I've got a bit of time off over Christmas so this should be achievable but who knows what will come along to distract.