Roman Buildings

The blog titled "Paul's Bods" has been doing a lot of scratch built Roman buildings lately:

Paul's Bods

I've also seen some PDF's for paper-built Roman Villas which might be useful as is or as patterns for a more solid building

Soviet version of "The Hobbit" from 1985

No joke,

The Soviets made a movie version of "The Hobbit" back in 1985, which you can see online at this site:

Commie Hobbit

It's all in Russian, of course, but there you go.

Progess and a Find

I've finished my 8 plastic Warhammer Knights.   I'm pretty happy with them.  I'd post some pictures, but I'm having camera difficulties.

I decided to put aside all my monkeys (I have 2 sets of armed monkey-men, 1 I bought, 1 Jason gave me;  I giant ape that Marlon left with me, and a pack of Flying Monkeys with crossbows I got at the Convention).  I figure that the armed monkeys aren't campaign appropriate, so I'll just wait on the whole monkey crew for now.

I'm basing, gluing and priming 4 more dismounted crusades knights and 8 longbow men from the Convention for my next project.  Some of them might have done ok for the Masked Archer, but I think the guy I've already painted is still the best choice.

Finally, I made a find at the Dollar Tree today.   They had some excellent Pine Trees for Christmas Garden displays,  2 trees in a blister for $1.  I bought 4 blisters, but might go get some more once I've gotten them open to have a closer look.  They seem unbeatable for the price.

GW Knights

I've painted 4 out of my 8 plastic Warhammer mounted knights.   While they glued together much easier than I had expected, I found the figures too "busy" for my taste.  They have really elaborate helmets and whatever you call the big clothy thing that covers their horses.   After the first 2, I decided that I instead of painting the horse-suit and helmet parts various colors, I dramatically reduced the painted detail on the 3rd and 4th figures, and I think it improved their overall appearance.  The clash of colors and the overall business made the finished figures too garish. 

Game Room Update

Monday I hauled out the old computer desk from the game room and replaced it with a large set of wire shelves.   Mission Accomplished (clearing the way was the hard part).  I've got some reorganization to get to.   So, be prepared for a slightly different landscape on Sunday.   Here's hoping the trashmen actually haul off the desk tomorrow.

Actually

The Masked Archer figure is starting to remind me of Batman.

Miniatures Pics, recent work

First up are 4 dismounted knights from the later crusades era, which I bought at Fall-In.   I painted the 2 on the left with "platinum" color, and the 2 on the right with "pewter" color.   In general, I think I like the pewter better, but the platinum does have some advantage when viewed at a distance.

Next, I have my two masked men.   The one on the left is my choice for the "Masked Archer of the Apocalypse", but the one on the right is a close runner-up.   My final choice is mainly because the one on the left has a bow and quiver on his back, and the one on the right only has daggers.

Next I have a few more Outlaws that I bought from MegaMiniatures (R.I.P., alas) when I got the masked men.

Finally, in the spirit of the season, here's a learned wizard, who, because of poor color choice on my part, ended up looking more like Father Christmas than anything else.