Crusaders & Swiss

Managed to paint a little flesh tone today. Slowly but surely there is progress.

Back Into It

Starting things back up anticipation of FallIn 2011. Later Carthos, Anglo-Norman, Late Roman East and Later Swiss are on the table. Hope to show you more pics soon..

Back At It

After a long absence I’ve picked up my paint brushes in anticipation of Historicon 2010.  I don’t actually have a lot of armies for the events (most of my collection is Book II), so I have to get some stuff painted.

The first one I’ve started is IV/28. Prussian.  This is for the Balkan Crusades event run by the Two Davids. The army comes courtesy of Paul Hannah, and is made up of old Mike’s Models.

The full army, ready for primer.

The camp.  I wanted to give the feel of an army out on a raid leaving just a few lookouts, so I just put a lone sentry with a small campfire amidst the trees and some old standing stones.

The other army is I/6.a Early Bedouin.  This army will be made up of Museum Miniatures, pulled from their ancient horde line.  Pics of those will be coming as I get them going.

More soon!

DBA Gamer Update

Hello, everybody.  I just wanted to give a quick shout about my plans with the blog.  It’s been two months since I posted anything–that’s a long time.  When I started this blog in 2007, I was frustrated with the lack of DBA blogs out there.  There were some personal pages and the all-important Fanaticus, but few blogs.  In the time since then bloggging has become much more popular and there are now more DBA blogs than I can actually keep track of!  So in light of this fact I don’t feel particularly inclined to update this blog with any real frequency.  I don’t do much wargaming these days other than Wings of War PBEM with some of my Fanaticus friends.  Not much DBA due to my class and clergy commitments.  I had recently planned to go to Fall In! but ended up having to go to the Brooklyn cathedral for the weekend–bummer. Cold Wars invariably falls during Lent, making it very difficult for me to attend.  Historicon remains a viable option.  As far as painting goes, it’s been two months…I’m simply too active and busy right now.

So there we have it.  Have fun and I’ll post something when I get some time!

-Mike

Swiss and Other Stuff

I’ve made some progress on my Later Swiss.

Essex handgunners.

Old Glory pike

Essex cannon and halberdiers

Swiss camp

28mm Perry crusaders rebased for DBA/HotT

More Work on My WWII Rules

Added a quick shot of my new game board set up for another play-test of the rules I’m working on.  In a couple weks I will unlock the tab above for anyone interested in play-testing.

New Game Board

The past week has seen my first painting in over a month.  I’m working 6 elements of Greek hoplites to use in various armies, and I’ve actually been working on my Later Swiss, which are very unsatisfactory for me.  I’ll post some pics of those soon (I can’t find my camera) and you can be the judge.

I have also completed a new DBA game board.  It is styrofoam mounted on a 2×2 birch panel.  I have also put rubber feet on board.  I used Renaissance Ink products for the texture (along with some added sand), and used Gorilla Tape to protect the edges.  Gorilla Glue was used to affix the styrofoam to the wood panel.

I took some pics with my Blackberry for you.  I’ll post more when I find the camera.

Top-down view of Alexander and Poros facing off.

Blurry, but you get the idea.

Additionally, I have continued to refine my WWII skirmish rules and I’ve actually made reservations for Fall In! this year, so I hope to see some of my friends from Fanaticus there!