A little something that I threw together

     Some time back The Housemartin was running a game set in 1939 featuring the Japanese and Russians slugging it out in Manchuria. He was running the game in 15mm, Flames of War I believe, and wanted some aircraft to use in the game. A short search of the internet revealed that there was a shortage of aircraft in 1/144 scale for that conflict and he prevailed upon (more like he implied that I wasn't up to it) me to scratchbuild some for him. I knocked out an I-153bis and a Nakajima Ki-27 "Nate" from some balsa and cardstock.

 

I-153bis

 

Ki-27

       Certainly no award winners but they are easily identifiable

1/300 micro armor giveaway

I found these in a dusty corner as I was collecting 15mm figures to give away. No idea where I got them or why. Now they are free to the first person who emails daftrica89@ yahoo . com and claims them.

Free Stuff for Wargamers the 15mm Edition Part II, the Middle Ages CLOSED

CLOSED CLOSED  CLOSED  
EVERYBODY WHO GAINED AN ITEM NEEDS TO EMAIL ME THEIR HOME ADDRESS

          So here we go, having disposed of the Ancients minis we will now move on to the Middle Ages. The usual rules apply; first come, first served, and you have to promise to donate whatever my shipping cost is to your local Veteran's charity. Claim your Lot by posting your request in the Comments section below (the time-stamp on the comment will be the proof of service for who gets what if there are multiple people claiming the same item) These comments will not appear until I have reviewed and cleared them to appear, please do not send multiple claims. After you have staked your claim in the Comments send me an email at daftrica 89 @ yahoo . com

  In this round there are four Lots, see below;

 

Lot #1, DBA Flemish Army, or thereabouts.....three bags of spear/pike, three bags of handgunners two bags of light crossbows and a bag of swordsmen, all this is accompanied by three units of horse

 

Lot #2 and #3, two siege towers, I have no clue who made these, or how I came to own them,

all metal castings that assemble into a tower about 4" tall, reasonably well detailed

 

inside the box...

 

Lot #4, three cards of Ral Partha "big" 15s and a bag of Museum Miniatures halberdiers with a dozen of so figures in it and another bag of cavalry with about twenty figures in it

1/700 Black Seas Brig; Standing and running rigging with sails

      Less than happy with my first attempt, and with criticism taken to heart, I gave it another go.  For starters the lack of sails on a square-rigger is akin to a lack of tracks on a tank; "Nice model, how does it intend to get about?" So sails were a must. If you have sails there has to be a suggestion of running rigging to go with them. There is no way that I'm going top have a go at properly rigging a 1/700 scale sailing ship but the masts look slightly absurd with billowing sails and no ropes controlling them, so a suggestion was an absolute must. A period of introspection and a bout of searching the internet for plans of rigging for a brig left me with a decent appreciation for what was in order, so off to the workshop it was....

Rigging a Black Seas Brig

I started out intending to just add the paper sails

 that I had downloaded and printed out. It didn't end that way....

Desert Village finished

I had a little spare time today so I finished the Desert Village for Michigan Toy Soldier Shop's adventures into North Africa (it is surprisingly difficult to research Chibi desert villages, so I sort of winged it....I hope that it looks suitably "cartoonish")

A Productive Evening

the guys at Michigan Toy Soldier are taking their What A Tanker game to the desert and needed a few buildings so I knocked out a half dozen as well as a start on an oasis and some dunes

then I finished painting the other two brigs
 from Warlord Games magazine cover giveaway

     Not too bad for a couple of hours of free time....... it sure beat watching TV!

Painting a pair of Warlords Black Seas Brigs

 

after priming I glued the hull and deck together

   

     I really don't have a need for these or any real reason to be painting them right now but they are such nice models that I couldn't help myself. 

The Royal Army of Ferndalia, The Iron Fist of Peter II

His Royal Highness, Peter II "The Famished"   rank 5

The five Dukes of the Kingdom,  rank 4
      Bertram "The Hard", Ivan "The Bitter", Oswald "The Cunning", Nathan "The Drunk",
       and Stephen "The Jovial"

Five Generals of the common blood, rank 3

The Royal Guards
      Lifgard til Hest
          Modern Horse, Elite, Determined, Veterans
      Lifgard til Fonds
           Modern Squadron, Elite, Veterans , Reinforced

The Army of the People
   The Foot
       Line troops, 6 x Modern Squadron, Veterans
       New Line troops, 4 x Modern Squadron
       Draftee Line troops, 4 x Modern Squadron, Raw
       Uitlanders, 4 x Modern Squadron, Mercenaries
       Fusiliers of the Line,  8x Shot Companies, Musket
       Grenadiers of the Line, 6x Melee Company, Veteran, Brave, Mob
   The Horse
       Horse Arquebusiers, 6x Mounted Arquebusiers, Pistol 
       Line Horse, 8x Modern Horse, Determined, Veterans
       Light Horse, 4x Light Horse, Fearless, Veteran,  Arquebus
       Dragoons, 8x Dragoons, Veterans
   The Train of Artillery
      6x Light Batteries, Veteran, Regimental guns, Leather
      4x Heavy Batteries, Veteran, Large, Mortar, Horses 

Warlords Games Black Seas boat models

 

I'm a sucker for this sort of thing

      Well, I fell for it again; Wargames Illustrated had a boat model attached to the cover of the mag and then I noticed that there were two different models randomly inserted into the bag. Of course I poked through until I found one of each, I'm like that. As with the Cruel Seas models these are very well executed kits, cleanly cast and full of detail. Let's take a look......

Free Stuff for Wargamers, the 15mm Edition Vol I ALL ITEMS CLAIMED

      Greeted with an absolute wall of silence from my wargaming pals I have begun splitting up the mountain of 15mm lead into specific lots. I don't care to subdivide these as it is my idea that I don't want to have odds and ends lying about and the way that I'm organizing the lots provides a core for an army. I can only afford to ship to folks in the Continental U.S. (sorry lads, I'm not in control of postal rates). For our overseas friends if there is something that you absolutely MUST have contact me in the comments and we can work out overseas shipping. As always the first one with the time-stamped comment gets the item. So, with no further ado......

CLAIMED  Lot #1  Some odd chariots, I haven't a clue where or when I got these, one Egyptian model and a Minifigs pack of two Celtic chariots I will split these up.

Just a Tease.....

15mm figures, fahsans uv 'em

     Having disposed of the excess mirco-scale stuff that has been crowding the workshop I have moved on to the 15mm size stuff. The other night I sorted through my unpainted 15mm minis and bagged them up by period. My gaming buddies get first pass at the pile but I doubt they will take much. This mountain is the Biblical through Colonial periods. After this lot has cleared off I will get started on the Great War and later piles.