More from the FIGZ show

As promised some more pics.

Have fun.

FIGZ show in Arnhem Netherlands

Last sunday my clubmates and I were off to the FIGZ show again. It is always a pleasure to go there and having fun. The show specialises in 20mm but is also open for 15 or 28mm or whatever is loved.
For those who did not know the show is totally free to attend. It is like a big family meeting with Papa Remco and brother Benno. Ohh and there is also Uncles Peter and Paul and Grandpa Martin.
The others did also come over....too many to mention them all but some really illustrious guests like Old Wolf and the mysterious Zed1... So here are the first bunch of pics....have fun.

One of two rooms. This one is with traders and Wargaming Clubs.

Setting up our Bolt Action game....and of course 20mm models. The table is just 1 square meter but offers lot of space for a good 600 pts game.

Setting up Game 2. Wings of war / Wings of Glory. This is a purly fun game and always attracts lots of people attending. Mostly dads with their toddlers. Well the Hobby needs new blood...or in this case some new Rickenbacker's or Von Richthofen's.

More Bolt Action game pics. Yepp these are all 20mm plastics....Uhhh these nice old days when we were slighly younger crwling the floor with old Airfix and Esci troopers.

In game pics... Wings of War/Glory...The models are by Skytrex and some from the Original game.
Armoured cars by Pendraken.

Mr Postman bring me a dream....

...tam tam tam tammmm

Well although I am mostly at war with the german postal system there are things tmes and days when weapons are laid to rest for a while.

Today the last of my Marauder Minis Orcs pack arrived.

Five Orcs with two-handed weapons in original packing. Tataaaa.. Well I love Orcs. Anybody playing with them knows you cannot win with them but it is so much fun letting these green skinned rowdys smash over the field of glory and seeing the other players shocked faces when you plunge through neatly dressed ranks of High Elven Dragon Princes of beautifully dressed Bretonian Knight while cheering a big "Waaaaaagh".
Yes thats my friends the real deal in Warhammer. The terror you can bring with 40 models strong horde of greenskinns or better 16 Goblin Fanatics making the battlefield a big meatgrinder....

News from the workbench..

I recently tried to finish some half painted models I had laying around here for quite a while.
Well the lay on my workbench and sometimes when it is to cluttered with half finished stuff I must do something against it.
So here we are.

Some Gripping Beast Celts/Germans/whatsoever These very generic models could be used for a variety of armies. I plan to use them in my Hail Caesar Celtic Britains and also as light troops for Saga.

Some new models for my Warhammer Fantasy collection. The first two are old models I love so much because the were smaller than the models now and because of they have a certain charme to me.

This Warlord Game Roman Legionaire was given to me at Salute (well it was a whole spue of them). The are the expected high quality of Warlord Games. Crisp detail and great and historical correct poses. A box or two are definitivly o my wants list..

Hail hail hail.....
Some boxes of original packed Marauder Miniatures Orc Boar riders.....wowowowow
I picked them up on ebay. These are much sought after by me The two blisters are identical so I don't know if I should paint both or if someone has something to swap for I am open to offers...

News from the Realm of Chaos

 So here it is. I bought this table some days ago on Ebay for around 16 Euros. Together with some scenerie this all comes to 30 Euros. Not bad. Some little fixing here and there and tataa ready to play. At the moment I am planning to enlarge it a bit yo I can use all 6 tiles at once.

 Some of my Old School Marauder Miniatures Dwarfs. As some will know I love old lead minis. And when it comes to Fantasy Marauder and Citadel are my favourite together with Grenadier.
I spend too much time and money in this collection but it is like a baby to me.

Warlord Games well Celtic Warlord. Ths one is from the Germans Box or was it the Dacians. Well something celtic.

 Two of Gripping Beasts wonderful plastic Dark Age Warriors. They are from the Vikings box. I really love them. I bought them 2 years ago at Salute show in London. 3 Boxes for 45 quid. Plus a special edition chieftain. Bargain. this year they had the generic dark age warriors box which have all the much needed unarmoured lads inside. Must buy them...

 Well this is the restaurant for my Tong gang in Legends of the old west. It is scratch build and I made this some years ago. Needs some shading to liven it up...

What have I done so far....

 Imperial Roman Comander for my Hail Caesar 28mm collection. This one is from Foundry Miniatures

 Tha famous Lee Chee. Gangboss of my Legends of the Old West Tong gang, and also the owner off the finest Chinese Restaurant in town, o.k. and a laundry of course....

 An Old Citadel Ork boar rider with standart. This is a rather old model I painted a long time ago and will be redone in the next days.

 Legends of the Old West Custers standart bearer. The mounted version comes next.

 Another Ork boar rider. This is the chieftain of my horde. Well one of many as a Ork mob cannot have enaought of them. Sadly I only have two of these lovely models.

 Imperial Knight also for warhammer.

This one is an Old School 25mm Garrison Model. I really like their simple style. There are some moe to paint. I base them for Hail Caesar although I never really know when to play with them as my club mates are not really into ancients.

The pics are made with my webcam so apologies for the rather poor quality. I will make better ones with my Digicam when I find the time.

Random mumblings from far beyond the void...

First of all. Tamsin from Wargaming Girl has a prize draw. So here it is:

http://wargaminggirl.blogspot.de/2013/05/100k-prize-draw-day-5.html

anyway her page is wonderfully made and always worth a visit. Especially the Koreans she made for Fields of Glory are gorgeous. I wonder how someone can be so disciplined with painting so many models at once. I need to know her secret.

So what happened here. Well I managed to win a bet on Ebay for a gaming table. Yes sir a whole gaming table and the best is it is just 5 minutes drive from where i live and ist was just 16 Euros. That is around 15 Pound or 20 Dollars. Will pick it up tomorrow.
So whats on my painting desk.
There are two old Citadel Ork Boar riders. A chieftain and a Standart. The are painted and I only fix some minor damage to post the pics because of a post in Oldhammer 80s Blog. As some might know I love the old Citadel/Marauder/Iron Claw models of these times gone by.
My 20mm Mamelukes are getting more paint but sometimes they are a thorn in my side. Don't get me wrong I love Napoleonis but with all that fiddly small parts it is quite time consuming painting them. The French Mamelukes had another drawback. The were quite lax when it comes to Uniform reglementations so expect some horde of sabre wielding gypsies.
Then there are my Tongs for Legends of the Old West rules. I picked them up from Foundry at this years Salute in London. All are bases and primed so just need some paint.

So that is all for now. I will post some pics tomorrow or the day after so that you can see my creative chaos here in rainy Duisburg Germany.