Painting Stark's from Game of thrones for Song Ice & Fire

Mike bought a kick starter of a Song of Ice & Fire. This is new rule set for Games of Thrones. Mike got the Lanisters and I got the Starks. I have to admit that the models are excellent. There is very little prep work as these models come whole and on a stand. The are about 32 mm scale.

I have only painted one Sworn Sword so far.

I used Vallejo paints.

Prussian Blue for the cloth.
Natural steel for the armour
Leather for the straps
US Field Drab for the under layer
Black Grey for the boots
Medium skin for the face and hands
Sky Grey for the shield
Grey Green for the Direwolf

I highlighted using Citadel shade

Fleshshade for the face and hands
Nuln Oil for the shield
Drakenhof nightshade for the Cloth

Then I mixed equal part baking soda, glue, and white paint for the snow effect.

Painted: 1
Total for 2018: 269
Working on: Stark Army
Backlog: Woodland Indians

Painting Crusaders for SAGA

A couple of months ago I traded a dinner for some Crusader figures from Mike.

Here are the results. These are the to Warlords.

Here are some Hearthguard

The following are some warriors

These are some clerics and banner man

and finally some levies.

Painted: 54
Total for 2018: 268
Working on: Non for now
Backlog: None for now

Painting Miniatures for Jovian wars part 2

I decided to buy a few more ships to my CEGA force for Jovian wars.

I painted these in June but was too lazy to post.

Here is the Briciu Class. It is a Corvette Capital Ship.

This is the Hachiman Class Destroyer.

and this is the Hammerhead Class. It is a Dreadnought Capital Ship.

Painted: 4
Total for 2018: 214
Working on: Crusaders (SAGA)
Backlog: None for now

Painting Inca Army for DBMM. (81)

In November of 2017 I posted a blog on the start of my Inca Army for DBMM. As mentioned this is List 81. (INCA 1438 AD - 1534 AD)

Mike gave me his models, so I was able to complete the basic list.

This is a picture of the complete Army

The list comprises:

One C in C in command litter - Reg Bge (S)

One to three Sub-generals - Reg Ax (S)

Four to six Inca noble bodyguard Reg Ax (S)

16 to 60 Inca huaminca regulars - Reg Ax (O). I painted 17 in all.

24 to 48 Skirmishing slingers - Irr Ps (O). I painted 31

You are allowed 0 to 4 stone breastworks. I have none

And finally you are allowed 0 to 2 per general Camp Reg Bge (O) or Reg Bge (I). I painted four Reg Bge (I).

So here you have it. I have not played much DBMM. I honestly do not think that this Army would stand a chance in open ground. If I counted this right the total points so far for this Army is 447.

I painted 22 stands in Nov 2018. My Army now has at 62 stands.

Painted: 40
Total for 2018: 210
Working on: Crusaders (SAGA)
Backlog: None for now

Helms Deep Battle at Cangames in Ottawa (Battle Report)

After building the terrain for Helms Deep Mike decided that it would be a good idea to play this during CanGames. This is a three day event held in Ottawa every May long weekend.

Cangames

The game we setup was the movie version. Mike painted 99% of the models. I provided the terrain.

The Battle of the Hornburg, also known as Battle of Helm's Deep, was the first grand-scale battle of the War of the Ring where the Rohirrim under King Théoden defended the Hornburg from Saruman's army of Uruk-hai.

Battle_of_the_Hornburg

Mike decided to have three players on both sides. The following pictures are the initial setup.

The first turn saw the Uruk-hai advance on the Keep and the wall

Bow shots were exchanged but not very effective. The enemy battering ram had the option of flinging a ladder on the wall with an Uruk-hai attached to it.

The next turn saw the enemy make it to the gate at the Keep and setup some ladders on the wall.

The following 9 turns the battering ram was hitting the gate and some Uruk-hai entered the keep using the ladders. The Uruk-hai managed to explode the wall using a bomb.

The battle went on several turns with the Uruk-hai trying to break the gate and breach the wall. The tide started turning when the Trolls made it in the breach.

Gandalf comes to the rescue. When the enemy sees this they converge towards Gandalf and the Rohirrim.

The trolls can take a lot of damaged. When the horses win the fight they knock down the opponent. Pretty hard to win a fight against a troll, but Gandalf and the Rohirrim manage it a couple of times. Unfortunately they were not able to kill them.

In the end the Trolls and Uruk-hai manage to kill most of the Rohirrim reinforcements and the Gate at the Keep is finally breached.

So this was a 4 to 3 win for Saruman's Army. They took the Keep, breached the wall and killed some Heros.

Overall I thought that the Lord of the Rings game mechanics workout pretty well.

Serge

Painting Lord of Rings (Dwarf Rangers)

I needed to add Dwarf soldiers, so I decided to paint some Dwarf Rangers. These are from games workshop.

Dwarf-Rangers

The models are not the best. There are four longbows, four axe throwers, and four double handed weapons in the bag.

I need to buy some elves. I think that will be next thing I do in Lords of the Rings.


Painted: 12
Total for 2018: 170
Working on: Inca (DBMM)
Backlog: None for now