Reaper Hydra

I am a great fan of Reaper Bones polymer miniatures.

I acquired this great Hydra for £16 of our English pounds.

I painted it as far as I could, to resemble the great Harrhausen model from Jason and the Argonoughts: still one of my favourite fantasy movies.

I am not sure yet what I will do with it: a Foundry Colchis army beckons.

IHMN Venusian Heavy Cavalry/ AoS Troglodon Mash-Up

I use GW skinks for my IHMN Venusian Native Army. These are available second hand for a song and are reasonably priced when new.

The Troglodon is, however, one of those wildly overpriced large-but-simple plastic kits that GW specialise in.

However Carnegie Collection dinosaurs are available prepainted for around a tenner and are gorgeous models. This is their Spinosaurus. All I did was reposition the feet (using boiling water) to tilt the body forward into a more accurate pose - bipedal dinosaurs did not walk upright - add a couple of skinks, and put it on a Venusian base.

I am really pleased with the result and the fact that it only cost me a tenner plus some spares I had sitting in store really appeals to my skinflint soul.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Xmas

The Klaus Mob are about to launch their Xmas job: the highlight of the year.

The Boss with his henchmen: note the holstered Mauser.

The Snow Boys soak up bullets like, well, like a snowdrift: they can fly as well.

Santa's Elves with attitude: note the glitter guns.


Ready for the club Xmas game.

IHMN VBCW Steam Tractor

Paid a visit to Hertfordshire the other day and came across this wonderful steam tractor outside the Fighting Cocks Pub

Just the thing for your Very British Civil War or IHMN Army to pull their artillery pieces around.

IHMN, VBCW, Royal Artillery Armoured Tractor

Based on a steam tractor the Royal Artillery armoured tractor is designed to tow field guns through enemy fire. It is equipped with a turret mounting a light howitzer to protect the artillery crew while unlimbering.

The chassis is reversed to put the vulnerable boiler at the back and the front wheels have been moved further apart for stability given the heavy armour around the cab.

The tractor is shown here in desert camouflage - Martian desert camouflage - although the paintwork has proved surprisingly effective in the Sudan.

The tractor has been issued to batteries of The Honourable Artillery Company who have promptly been nicknamed 'The Raspberry Tarts' by the rest of the Royal Horse Artillery.

In Her Majesty's Name: Nautilus Shore Party

Captain Nemo and trusted companions make up a sure party from the Nautilus to find treasure, fight pirates etc.

The models are from West Wind Productions Empire of the Dead range and are 'small' 28mm, i.e. the same as the North Star official models.

We have Nemo himself, four crew members with harpoon pistols, a merman, the Professor and Ned the whaler.

The models are pricey and base inserts are not included despite the pic on the box but they are pretty good. Some of the faces are a bit dramatic but it is a cartoon concept so that's OK.

I intend to use them for IHMN, a game system with which I am much impressed.