Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

April's been a bit of an odd month hobby wise.  I started off very focused and finished off the last few 10mm Warmaster Revolution units early in the month.  I then lost all motivation for about a week with nothing in my hobby stash interesting me enough to work on.  Reading The Centurions started getting me back on track.  Then after prevaricating until 1030 on the day, I made up my mind and went to Salute 50 and had a cracking time which has filled me with enthusiasm as well as filling my hobby stash. Completed This month all of my figure painting has been finishing off the last elements for my 10mm Warmaster Revolution armies.  I've completed the following:   The Chaos Dwarf General. And then for the Ogre Kingdoms: A unit of 6 Ogre Rhinox Riders.    A slave giant. The Ogre Tyrant to lead my Ogre Kingdoms army. In progress The following are in progress: 1/72nd H-21 and H-34 helicopters for the Algerian War project.  These are Pia...

I finished off the 10mm Warmaster Revolution project by painting the Chaos Dwarf General and Ogre Kingdoms Tyrant.  The Chaos Dwarf General came moulded on quite a nice scenic base, which set the miniature off well.   The figure itself was easy to paint being very simple with not too much on him really. All axe and hat! The Ogre Kingdoms Tyrant is a hulking great brute as would be expected.  Really lovely figure to paint full of detail. The original that MGS Miniatures provided in the order last year had the haft of the axe missing, I suppose it's what they called a failed print.  I contacted MGS and then had to chase them, but they did get round to sending me the replacement so I was able to finish the army.  That's the 10mm Warmaster Revolution project finished for the time being.  I'll do some photos of each army next and post them.

The final unit to bring my 10mm Warmaster Revolution Ogre Kingdoms army up to 1000 points is this unit of Rhinox Riders.  These are 3D printed figures by Teremki Studios and bought from MGS Miniatures.   The Teremki scuplts have been lovely to work on.  They're easy to paint being like chunky 15mm and are full of little details.  I really like the Rhinoxes.  Each one is subtly different.  They were a bit of a pain to fit on the bases but I think they look alright.  There's been the usual breakages problem which I've had with both the Ogres and the Chaos Dwarfs.  The most noticeable with this batch being the missing horn blower's horn.  He now looks like he's eating the end of a baguette!   If MGS Miniatures ever get round to sending me the replacement Ogre Tyrant for the failed print they sent in my original order then I'll be able to finish the army! 

Latest addition to the Ogre Kingdoms army is this Slave Giant.   This is a lovely miniature, purchased from MGS Miniatures in the army I bought in September.   This was really easy to paint, as it was basically a 28mm figure and I'm very pleased with how it came out.   As has been usual with a lot of these figures there was the inevitable breakage.  The Gnoblar hanging from the giant's fist broke and I didn't bother reattaching it until I'd finished basing it.  Then when taking these photos it broke again which is how it can stay for awhile.  

Background Guelma district Algeria 1957.  A platoon from the 1er Régiment Etranger de Parachutistes (1er REP) of the Légion étrangère/French Foreign Legion (FFL) have been inserted into the djebel to intercept an Armée de libération nationale (ALN) katiba that has been  attacking French troops.  After a punishing night march the legionnaires have positioned themselves to stop their quarry disappearing into the mountains.  Will they be able to catch and destroy the ALN fighters?   Table Set up The game is played on a 3ft x 3ft game mat.  The terrain is hilly with rocky outcrops, with the area where the FFL deploy having more scrub and a few trees.  There is plenty of  cover and potential ambush points.  For Bolt Action purposes the disrupted nature of the terrain means that Run actions are not possible.   Game set up and rules modifications for solo play The length of the game is 6 turns, with a roll of 4 or more on a D6 the end...

It's been another busy hobby month, so it's another long update.  I finished a number of units, made some terrain and got a game in.   Completed This month I have mainly been working on Warmaster Revolution.  I've set myself the target of completing both the 10mm Chaos Dwarf and Ogre Kingdoms armies before Salute in April.  I've been cracking on with these and have completed the following:   A regiment of Gnoblars for the Ogre Kingdoms army.  The third and final regiment of Chaos Dwarf Axemen .    A regiment of Hobgoblin Wolf riders . A regiment of Bull Centaurs . A pair of Hobgoblin Bolt Throwers . I also threw together a few more scatter pieces for  Mediterranean/Algeria games.  Dead simple to make, I already had the bases cut out from when I made the first batch , I just collected a few more stones from a car park on a day out.  These will also do well for a Post-Apocalyptic wasteland project I'm starting on....