Ships Ahoy!

This update is for Dystopian Wars. A miniature game set in a steam punk alternate earth in 1871created by Spartan Games.

My painting project for this semi-new and exciting game is the Prussian Naval Battle Box for a friend.

The box comes with

• 1 - Emperor Class Battleship
• 3 - Reiver Class Cruisers
• 9 - Arninius Class Frigates
• 2 - Geier Class Bombers
• 10 - Tiny Flyer Tokens
• Stat cards (called FIG's I think) for each Class of models, except for the Tiny Flyers.
• All the tokens and templates you need for the game.

I am really shocked at these models. 1) for the size of the models. I thought they were smaller than they are. 2) The detail in these models are amazing!

After un-boxing, removed mold lines, and putting an undercoat of grey here they are.

I'm still up in the air as to some of the things I want to do with this fleet.

1. I want to separate the Tiny Flyers from their tokens and have them look like they are flying. But I'm not sure how to go about it yet.
2. I also want to magnetize the turrets. Or at least one of them on the Battleship.
3. and I'm still unsure of the exact color's I'm going to paint the fleet.

Well till next time...Sail away, sail away, sail away!

Dreadfleet

I've put the Thundertusk on hold, sort of. I'm painting it sloooooowly so that I can do a great job.So, instead I am painting up the Dreadfleet. game, put out by Games Workshop. Not going to go into a lot of details but it's a sea faring pirate game set in the Warhammer world. The game play is fun, fairly easy, and has lots of room for strategy.




I'm also using this game to get my 6 year old into miniature painting and modeling. He's been so excited to put models together, paint them, and play the game.

We've (my son and I) unboxed the game, put all the models together, put an undercoat on some of them. The ships that need to be painted before assembly have just been snapped together and not glued. Also, we've not put the sails on any of the ships wanting to paint them seperately and put them on the ships after they are painted.

To see which one I painted first I took the ship cards (each ship has it's own stat card) shuffled them, and drew one. So, the Curse of Zandri is my first ship. Taken from GW website:

Even by the standards of the Undead fleets of Nehekhara, King Amanhotep's flagship the Curse of Zandri is a strange and wondrous craft. It is propelled through the waters by hundreds of skeleton oarsmen, undying soldiers whose strength is drawn from the tides of magic so that they will never tire in their task. Along the flanks of the Curse are massive statues of the Nehekharan gods, given unlife in order to hasten the demise of their prey. Gigantic Screaming Skull Catapults line its decks, ready to rain shreiking death onto the decks of Amanhotep's enemies, and eight-foot stakes of sharpened dragonbone shoot out from the triangular apertures in its flanks as the Curse draws near to its prey.

So here's my progress so far on this ship:

More to come soon enough.

Newest project

I recently purchased the new, pretty, Ogre Kingdom Thundertusk/Stonehorn kit. I've decided to build it as a Thundertusk. My goal is to paint it up really nice-like and sell it on Ebay or Ogre Kingdom player friend of mine.

Here's a WiP pic.

Long way to go!

Back

It's been a hectic month or two with starting a new job and starting a Master's degree Program and trying to be a good dad and husband and all that other stuff that comes with life. This doesn't mean I haven't been playing, painting, or modeling but it does mean that I haven't made time to post anything.

In the playing realm, I've been involved in an escalation league for Warhammer Fantasy. I'm currently in 1st place with my Skaven. I'll post a battle report or 2 soon.

In the painting realm, I am currently working on a friends Gnoblars for him. After painting Ogres he just doesn't have the patience to paint the tiny little guys that are Gnoblars. So, he's hired me to do them.

In the modeling realm....nada!

I feel like I am getting burnt out on Warhammer so I am trying to figure out what to do next. I've been tossing the idea of Malifaux or 40k. I have plenty of both to work on. I'll probably lean more towards Malifaux because it's not a GW product and I really like the models I have. AND because Puppet Wars is coming soon.

Letter to GW

Not my letter of course, but a letter none the less