Dreadfleet!

Hoi,

A GW post? Have I bought a GW game even after the last topic I did on them?Well yes and at the same time a great and resounding no.At the school where I work I have started a small mini-painting club. Unfortunately most kids play and paint GW mini's. None of them has an army painted up yet so in order to get gaming they decided to buy Dreadfleet and divide the boats among them so that everyone gets a one mini army.

Naturally I went with the Dwarfs... I painted up my mini quick for gaming so no fancy stuff here...

cheers Sander

listening to: "Fireball" by Deep Purple

Injuns anyone?

Hoi,

As happens to most of us, a lot of projects get started and then forgotten in lieu for newer and nicer ones. So a group of Italeri Indians was based, primed and forgotten. Recently I had an urge to clear the "waiting-to-be-painted-tray" and did them up in one go. Here's the result:

The guys in European coats I did up in coats of the 3 different belligerent European armies in order to include the Indians as Allies for both the Brits, Colonials and French. The fellah in the repeated pose reminded me of Magua of "The Last of the Mohicans" fame...

Cheers Sander

Listening to: "Alternative 4" by Anathema

Letter to GW

Hoi,

While I have been painting miniatures for what seems to me ages, it's actually about 17 years or so, it was 2nd edition 40K from GW that got me into gaming. I still vividly remember my first game and relish it as my first feat of Glory on the field of well the tabletop. Now for years now I have stopped playing the regular flagship GW games for a whole bucket-load of reasons, yet each time I try to put this in writing it ends up with me ranting at GW. So before I start doing that again here's a video of someone who put the finger on the sore-spot in a very decent and constructive way. Check it out and judge for yourselves:

Cheers Sander

Listening to Matthew from Mini-wargaming.

Buildings galore

Hoi,

Just a small update today, I finished some more Dystopian Wars buildings. Here are my radar station and fortress. Both are done in a rather darkish colour, since I wanted them to look gloomy and foreboding.

Cheers Sander

Listening to: "To Mega Therion" by Therion

Female hoplite, warning: adult-ish content

Hoi,

Well, Paul's post recently reminded me of the fact that I too had one of these nice ladies lying around. Just like Paul I do not fancy the angel wings and besides no clear way of attaching them was provided so I decided to leave them off. Yet without them I needed some more parts to paint and create a decent focal point, yeah I know loads of corny jokes about there being rather too much focal points on this mini anyway, but I'm not gonna make them.

So I added a Zvezda Hoplon and a HäT gladius to create my version of the Greek Goddess of Athena, or any other suitable Greek fighting lady. I'm sorry the pictures are a bit fuzzy but perhaps that's just for the best right?

Cheers Sander

Listening to: "Euthanasia" by Megadeth

Far far from Ypres...

Since last year we're visiting the Ypres region with our school. Together with a co-worker I have been preparing this excursion and it has been a blast to do. Last Wednesday we went over there with the kids again and they were very well- behaved indeed. This as opposed to the Belgian school class who were very rowdy on Tyne Cot. Last year this was the case as well. For instance they went and sat on the steps of the central Tyne Cot memorial made of out of the bunker as instigated by the King way back then.

Our program was as follows:
- started at Hill 60 and the Caterpillar mine (after having seen "Beneath Hill 60" in class).
- Sanctuary Wood Museum
- The Menenpoort (Menin Gate, In Flanders Fields museum is closed for renovation)
- Passchendaele 1917 Memorial Museum
- Tyne Cot Cemetery 

While I would not show any pupils recognisably on the blog or anywhere else on-line I have chosen the pictures below.

Entrance to Hill 60

A bunker at Hill 60:

The Caterpillar crater:

Tyne Cot:

Lest we forget...

Dystopian Wars update 2

Hoi,

The nice guys at Spartan have produced a streamlined version of their rulebook, which naturally I obtained a while ago.This is not a new book like GW is wont to do but version 1.1 which has better diagrams, easier explanations and more eye-candy.  In the special offer I used I was also given the first mercenary model for free. Besides that I bought a squadron of Britannian escorts.

Its a great read, and far clearer then number one to start with!

Great stuff!

Cheers Sander

Listening to: "Deep Purple in Rock" by Deep Purple