Lookee, lookee, lookee!

A very nice chap who has a terrain company sent me this photo of an as yet unreleased lasercut model. There are a few bugs to be ironed out but then it will be on the web for retail.

I feel a First Punic war coming on....

Wolf in Shadow

To those who may be interested:

My London urban fantasy, Wolf in Shadow is currently on special offer at Amazon UK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-Shadow-John-Lambshead-ebook/dp/B00DFLUTA2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1490283018&sr=8-7&keywords=john+lambshead

Blight Kings

I recently decided my Nurgle Daemon Army needed more punch so acquired some Blight Kings.

At a pinch, they could also serve as Nurgle terminators, assuming I ever play 40K again.

I like these models: they are full of character.

Of course that rather depends whether the next edition of 40K cleans it up and turns it back into a playable Fire and Manoeuvre wargame as opposed to a bloated monster.

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 Self Propelled Artillery/ AoS Oldhammer Stegadon Mash-Up

I acquired an Oldhammer Stegadon howdah without the stegadon off eBay, stripped it clean and painted it to match my AoS skink/IHMN Venusian army.

Now, as it happens, the Oldhammer Stegadon is more like a Triceratops and, as it happens, by chance I have a few very old Natural History Museum Triceratops knocking around. :)

'Twas but the work of a moment to respray the hard plastic dino toy, stick on the howdah, add a skink Mahout and stick it to one of my Venusian swamp bases - lot o' swamps on Venus, don'tchahknow.

The 'Stegadon' has stopped to munch on a giant Venusian swamp flower.

And off we go.

Review: Original Laser Designs - Dark Age Longship

While at Cavalier, I came across a new laser-cut woodkit manufacturer -  new to me, anyway - with lots of goodies on show. I was particularly taken with the 28mm Dark Age Longships as I am currently working on a Dark Age contract.

Here's a closer shot of one of the two ships on offer for the princely sum of £25.

Obviously, I had to purchase one for, err, review purposes. The above picture shows what you get in the box: a preformed hull and decking with various optional accouterments such as shields, benches, oars etc.

The hull is incredibly strong, the photo shows the bottom, with the sides already prebent (by steaming?) and stuck fast to the main base.

The great thing about this ship is that you could use it straight out of the box. The flat wide deck is perfect for standing models upon so it is more than just a scenery piece: the ship could be used for skirmish naval battles.

This photo shows what the ship looks like if you add the interior bits and pieces that you get with the kit.

And this one what can be achieved with a lick of paint in useful places.

Highly recommended and two shapes means that you can have two fleets: Vikings versus Alfred's navy, anyone?

You can buy the kits here.