Slow July progress

Slow progress again on the monsters - my work schedule and the temp inside our place is making it a bit hard to sit down at the paint table for long...

I did get some paint onto the grinnlings.

WTJ strikes again!

The ships are just flowing out of the printers at War Times Journal - now, there is a new line of ships:   World War One ships in 1/1500, 1/1800, 1/2400, and 1/3000 scales!  Check this link:

WTJ 3-d printed WW1 ships

Just Germans for now, but soon the Royal Navy as well...



And, for more pics, see this great new blog:   Red In The Morning



(Not my blog but go visit just the same!)

Another distraction?

Just arrived...

Carrying on...

The tanky bug continues to bite!

Decisions, though, need to be made.  And so, here goes:

Stay with MAATAC vehicles, add in some from other vendors to cover any holes in the line-up; i.e. infantry

Scenery?  Desert - practical as I already have a table covering

Rules?  This is the great unknown...  I prefer something with no markers or a bare minimum.  The rules do not need to be super-realistic, just entertaining!



Hmmm, easy enough.  Painted vehicles will need to go for a soak, and the unpainted stuff needs to come out from hiding for some primer.  I am already thinking of camo schemes for the various factions - Aquarians will be in a Caunter scheme, probably with blue included!

Aztecs, part 2 + orcs?

Some small progress:

Aztec eagle suits, from Eureka.  For eagle suits, of all the different factions, I am going to stay with natural colors, i.e. browns of various sorts.  Some sources list eagle suits as being in the brighter colors, blue, red, etc. but I am choosing to ignore them!  Besides, there are plenty of brightly-hued suits in the armies...

Here is the start of the Huaxtec-style suits.  These suits will be brightly colored.  Also in the pic:  a pair of Old Glory orc archers!  On a whim, I started to work on their skin color, just as a change of pace, even though those conquistadors are patiently waiting...


Another little project:

Here are some examples of my attempt to organize my painting choices - file cards with details on units.  These are for my first Aztec suits; as I am not too particular about specific paint choices they are not listed here, but I can see that other units, my Tékumel and Half Continent units especially, will also list the specific brand and type of paint used.
 

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