WIP Ships!

Not much to assemble (so far), very nice detail, and not much cleaning required.

 

From books, to movies to tabletop

 

 Well it really was just a matter of time. 

From the nightstand to the DVD player

 

Inspired by my reading of the Hornblower books, I went through my video collection seeking seafaring movies. These movies coupled with the Hornblower novels, have I fear, started me down a bad path...

What's on the nightstand? [Back in 2020]

 

                    So, I have found that, lately, I have had time to catch up on some reading.

Dollar store find...good for cover

 

 Found this during a brief excursion out of the house, looking beyond the flowers reveals two treasures!

Current status of my ACW project

 

So, not as much progress on this, but some...

I have touched up some old troops, and actually painted some new forces. The Union greatcoat troops seen above are the first 15mm ACW troops that I have painted in 20 odd years! Man, do I hate painting 15mm ACW figures!!

Slow progress

Well it seems slow, but the truth is, I have done a lot of stuff, just none of it finished, except some scenery bits. I have removed all my based infantry from their old bases, and mounted, but not fully flocked them on new bases. I have also primed all previously unprimed figures, and base coated 30+ artillery in a flat olive drab paint.

There is a lot of touch ups to be done on all the stuff I painted two decades ago, that task will take some time! The 20 building are well on their way to being finished off, mostly just finishing touches to be done.

Here is what has been done (more or less) Sad to say close up pictures do have a bad tendency to reveal horrible flaws!

and so it begins

A small start but something! Created about 30 or so new stands from what I had based up before.

A slow process, as some figures are well attached to the old bases.  

For now I am not repainting, but I am doing some touch ups. 

The big 15mm projects

Just something to work on in between bouts of random 28mm painting.

The really big, long overdue project is the revitalization of my 15mm ACW 'collection'. It has been decades since I ever used these figures, and boy does it show. Bad paint jobs, bad looking, low quality basing jobs. Also an awful lot of unpainted stuff.

The other project is my collection of 15mm Sci-fi. This at least  is in better shape and will not need repainting as it has never been painted!

Unboxing terraincrate2 pick 'n' mix

Thought it was time to do another video (probably not though)
Anyway here goes the grand reveal.

Some test paint jobs...

Oathmark overview, my new go to fantasy game...?

Maybe.

There are a lot of reviews of the rules, and the quality of the book, out there on the net. Here is one such excellent review. I am not certain what more I can add to the myriad reviews. What I can offer, for what is worth, is more along the line of my likes and dislikes. This is of course a very bias approach, and my opinions are based on the style of game that I like.