Friday 31 March 2017

Stuff on the table - March 2017 UPDATE

March was a productive and satisfying month. Here's March's updated list:
  • Newline Designs 10mm Greek Hoplites (2015) - all painted, awaiting basing
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Rabbit Heroine (2016) - completed
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Toad Animist (2016) - primed ready to begin painting 
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Marmot Mercenary (2016) - completed
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Fox Huntress (2016) - completed
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Otter Mercenary (2016) - completed
  • Artizan Designs 28mm WW2 Partisans (2013) - 2 of 6 completed 
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Badger Mercenary (2016) - primed ready to begin painting 
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Hare Warrior (2016) - completed
Once I had completed the two Artizan Partisans, I decided to focus on only one Burrows and Badgers figure at a time. This worked very well and I got into a good rhythm completing five in the month. I only have two left to do now. I don't think I'll manage to complete them by Salute which was the original plan but I'm ok with that.

Additional items I worked on:
  • Battlefront Miniatures 15mm WW2 Japanese Hohei platoon - started clean up
  • Peter Pig 15mm WW2 Japanese infantry - completed
  • Peter Pig 15mm WW2 14th Army infantry - completed
  • Privateer Press 30mm Hordes Gatormen - Cleaned up and assembled 
I finally made a decision about collecting Far East WW2, which I've been wanting to do for many years. At Salute 2016 I bought two packs of Peter Pig figures to see how I got on with them. I then picked up a platoon each of Battlefront Japanese and USMC cheap off eBay in the summer and then was in two minds whether to go with BF or PP. Due to the fact I already have them I'm going with BF. In my opinion PP are the better figures but at 15mm it doesn't matter too much. So to cut a long story short I based up the PP figures to finish them off.

Wednesday 1 March 2017

Stuff on the table - March 2017

Can't believe it's already March, here's the starting point:
  • Newline Designs 10mm Greek Hoplites (2015)  
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Rabbit Heroine (2016)
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Toad Animist (2016) 
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Marmot Mercenary (2016) 
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Fox Huntress (2016) 
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Otter Mercenary (2016) 
  • Artizan Designs 28mm WW2 Partisans (2013) 
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Badger Mercenary (2016) 
  • Oathsworn Miniatures 28mm Burrows and Badgers Hare Warrior (2016)
A few of the above just need basing so they'll definitely be finished this month. All of my Oathsworn figures are now on the table. I really want to get them done by Salute as that'll be the anniversary of when I bought them. Having seen that Jo and Michael are releasing a whole load of new goodies that's a great incentive. 

The six Artizan partisans were picked up for a couple of quid a few years back. They're very generic rifle wielding figures that would fit into many eras. If I can find some muskets I may even shoehorn them into my make believe 19th century Old West collection. They're nice and easy to paint with a lot of character like all Mike Owen's figures.