#15mm

Here are some photos of a Viking army painted by my lifelong friend, Thomas M, for my father Serge, the founder of the 3R!

This is quite a substantial force, consisting of 58 bases/units. Considering that Thomas had already painted around 70 units for his own army — Vikings supported by an Irish allied contingent — he was turning out hundreds of Viking and allied warriors at a truly industrial pace over the course of several months. I thought it was only fair to do justice to some of his work by sharing a few photos of the army he eventually sold to my dad!

As for me, I was in charge of the basing. To achieve this, I used a filler paste with a fairly specific consistency, mixed with a very light grey tint. Once the miniatures are glued in place, I apply the paste to the bases row by row: I cover a completed rank, then glue each miniature of the next rank while working the paste around their feet. Before the paste dries, I add various scenic elements to the base, such as static grass tufts and other similar details. It usually takes me around 15–20 minutes to base a standard unit of eight figures, and even less for skirmisher or general bases.

Cubism by OL-US

I’ve finally finished my first batch of Arschlöcher cultists!

I had hoped to get rather a lot more of them done by now, but my doctor made some changes to my medication six weeks or so ago, and it left me in a state not particularly conducive to painting toy soldiers. Starting to feel more myself again this week, so hopeful that I can pick up the pace over the next few weeks. I’ve got 30 or so of these guys to get though, and I’d like to get them ready for playing with this summer.

I’m really quite happy with how they’ve come out. I’m particularly pleased with the ‘gun blue’ metal colour I’ve worked out for the rifles – not as boring as flat black, and not as cartoony as chainmail silver.

My only hold up going forward is that I want to work through the rainbow for the colours of the cultist’s hoods, but I cannot decide which end of the rainbow should be for the senior Arschlöchers and which end the junior initiates. Anyone got any thoughts on the matter?

The Austin Historical Wargamers/Dead Wargame Society run two or three big organized campaigns every year for FoW, and right now we're coming up on the final week of the Bagration Campaign on the eastern front of WWII! I've been playing on the german side (yeah, yeah, well somebody has to)

The rules are something our group has cobbled together, but it works quite well. This is mostly just a photo-dump, I wish I'd been updating weekly but ah well.

First up on the painting table for this project: a cult of Arschlöchers in fancy dress.

The miniatures are Brethren of the Papal Purgator Battalions from Khurasan Miniatures “Little Carinthia 15mm 1930s Eldritch Horror” range, which are lovely models.

The plan is to go for off-white dresses and a full rainbow of different coloured hoods.