Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

In El Ande county The Watchmen* and the Chartwell Boys* have always been rivals.  However, since DM Faultt of the 'Boys took a shine to Carl Walker's girl Kimmie at The Corkin Cheese saloon, things have taken a turn for the worse.  At the abandoned homestead of the Hodges family, the two rival gangs decide to shoot it out. Turn One Starting positions Tony LeGrand (Shootist) is first to activate and his Action Dice are 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5.  The 1 allows him to moves which he does five inches .  At the moment though he can't utilise his other dice so his activation ends. DM Faultt the Gunslinger leader of the Chartwell Boys, is next rolling Action Dice of 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4.  He uses a 1 dice to move 4 inches and the other 1 dice to move a further two inches. This takes him into a good position hunkered down behind a wagon.  At this early stage his other dice can't be used. It's Boy Freeman's turn to activate.  The Shootist rolls an impressive 1, 5, 5, 6, 6, ...

Introduction The Rus of Jarl Magnus have been laying waste Jarl Arne's land, while he himself has been raiding over the whale road.  Such an affront to his honour cannot go unpunished and when he arrives back to find a raiding party still active, he sets out to punish them.  This scenario is based on the Back to the Boats scenario in the Ravenfeast rules.  I have adjusted the points values to give the Rus an extra 50 points, as I felt 200 point difference was too much. Norse  -  Jarl Arne, Huskarls x3, Berserker x1, Hirdmen x6, Bondi Archers x3, Bondi x10, Thralls x2.  25 figures total of 500 points. Rus  -   Jarl Magnus, Huskarls x2, Hirdmen x4, Bondi Archers x2, Bondi x9.  18 figures total of 350 points.  Starting positions Turn One  The Rus win the Movement initiative and they all move their maximum allowance. With the exception of their missile armed warriors (the Thralls and Bondi Archers) the Nors...

Real life certainly intervened in July.  The day before we were due to go on holiday we were woken with a family emergency and we lost the first few days of our holiday. This was a real shame and cast a bit of a shadow over what would have been a lovely break.  To cap it all I returned from holiday with a stinking cold which wiped me out for a few days.   All month I've been swinging between being quite motivated and having little interest in hobbying. However, in the later days of July, I made myself get on with some of the old shite that's been sitting about.  This has not only cleared up my table but also my mind.  Working on these simple pieces has given me some quick wins, helping to restore my motivation.  As I wrote this up and listed what I've cleared this month (especially bearing what's happened), I'm feeling quite satisfied.   Completed  Prior to all the drama and our holiday, I did manage to complete the few figures that were in p...

I picked up ten of the excellent Native Americans from Gringo 40's at Salute in April, five Apache and five Comanche.  I started my Old West collection 20 years or so ago and I add to it when I see something special, which these are.   I'd looked at these last year when the range was just starting out.  It's now grown and being actively added to which is great news.  Gringos do a lot of really interesting figures, full of character and a bit different, so right up my street.   I started with the four Apache warriors.  They're sturdy figures.  I haven't painted many metal 28mm in recent years and what always strikes me is how satisfying they feel in the hand.  They're all slightly different sizes, which is lifelike and gives each figure a real individuality.   The last time I painted this much flesh was when I painted Celtos Gaels in the early 2000s.  I didn't enjoy it then and unfortunately when I painted this first batch ...