Follower Guest Spot #1

Now that I've reached the heady heights of TWENTY-TWO followers, I thought I'd repay the favour and regularly intermittently link back to posts of theirs which I enjoy. The criteria for selection are entirely whimsical; perhaps because it matches a current project of mine, is utterly different, good fun, inspirational, has some eye-candy, who knows?!

Anyway, Guest Spot #1 goes to Christopher (AKA Axebreaker) for his rather lovely Victorian adventuress. Why don't you pop over and check it out? I reckon she'd comfortably face down a horde of Lost World neanderthalls and then head over to the Simmond-Wrights' campfire for a spot of afternoon tea and some piano recitals.

Link to Christopher's post -> click here

Happy geeking,
Rab

VSF shopping spree

As I've now painted more miniatures than I'd acquired (net), I decided to indulge myself with a couple of VSF things I've been hankering after :) All the photos below are stock images - I only ordered them last night.

First stop, Ironclad Miniatures for some dastardly Prussians (more on them in a moment), as well as a steam tank for my nascent British force, and a commander to look all heroic poking out through the turret.

 

 

And then, to equip the impulsive and antagonistic Freiherr Otto von Schwarz's* Fliegendampf Jager, I bought enough of these wings from Hoard_*_bits on ebay:

I reckon some winged bad guys (I'm playing the Brits, remember!) should add to the fun.

* The dear baron/freiherr is going to be the recurring nemesis for the VSF games that I hope will take place at some point in the next year or so. And if you think he's bad, just wait till you meet his wife...

7,000 visits!

Fiddling around with the new settings on this new blog layout, I discovered that this little blog o' mine has had a princely 7,000 visits. Wow! I hope that, with bit of a fresh head of steam on the whole blogging front, that will only be the start.

To celebrate, here is a sneak preview of what will eventually be the vessel for my Copplestone sailors as they cruise the aether in defence of the Empire. Hurrah for laser cutters!

Oh, and you're always welcome to leave a comment; it's much more encouraging to continue when I know people are interested.

Happy gaming.

Cracking the W.I.P. (3)

Victorian Science Fiction, this time. More Copplestone goodies - I just love how easy they are to paint, even for me!

First up, the rank and file who are finished except for varnishing and a bit of foliage on their bases. The question is, do I go for green (so I can use them for action on Earth) or maybe red (for action on Mars or elsewhere across the Empire's off-Earth territories)?

Their officers aren't quite ready yet, but they look like a fine pair of gentlemen who'll maybe not even get the men in their charge killed in a gallant but ultimately doomed action against some steam-powered mechanism of the Prussians, or some fiendish native critters on Venus or Mars. Maybe...

Priority for completion: moderate - I'm so close I can taste it - but there is a higher priority coming up next time...