Islands of the Broad Blue (or even the Caribbean!)

First things first: progress on my painting list... Ok, a little slack, but something is better than nothing!

• I've painted the base colours on fourteen Moria Goblins for my Angmar list (WotR). No piccies (left the models at work!).
• I've glued together one (1) Renegade Milita Enforcer, and one (1) Renegade Beastman conversion (WH40K).

I'm really liking the look of the Forge World militia. Are they worth the price? Probably not. Do I care? Not in the least. They're damn nice.

I'm having difficulty focusing on my 'primary' objectives - most of my evenings have been spent trolling The Uncharted Seas forum for as much info as I can get on the game. My Maelstrom order is still 'Processing'; not unexpected as the fleet box needs to be ordered in.

So - in order to satiate my need to do something for the game, I've extracted some of the polistyrene that's been hybernating in my cupboard for the last three years and knocked up some craggy islands for the game. My thoughts are they will work nicely for The Uncharted Seas, and will even fill a niche in my terrain collection for islands for my 1/1200 scale Napoleonic Naval games. If I refrain from modelling pristine sandy beaches, they'll even double as rocky outcrops for any skirmish style wargames (WotR, WH40K, AT-43...).

Five islands under construction (and a whole lot of mess!).

Once the glue is dry, I'll trim the base to the edge of the islands so there'll be no overhang. Then I'll whack on a coat of textured paint to smooth it out and grit it up a little. Finally it'll be the fun bit of fun painting them up and flocking them!

Well, enough for now. With a bit of luck, the next post will be some piccies of the finished islands!

Incipio

So it begins.

A wise(?) man once told me I should start a modelling diary in order to help me keep up with the countless projects that I seem to start with my wargaming hobby. I thought it was a pretty good idea, and this blog is my attempt to realise that goal.

The year 2010 has begun, as all years do, with the greatest of intentions of getting some of my favourite figures painted and on the gaming table. I have often been heard saying that I consider the 25mm & 28mm scales to be a royal pain in the proverbial, so this is a year to attempt to rectify that situation!

My first steps down this treacherous path is the construction of a basic outline of targets. Keep it simple. Keep it (nominally!) achievable. Ha! Here we go:

1. 500 points of Angmar troops for War of the Ring in 28mm [due 21st February, 2010]
2. 800 points of Teutonic Order for Field of Glory in 15mm [due 2nd May, 2010]
3. 1000 points of ECW Parliamentarians for Warhammer: English Civil War in 28mm [due August, 2010]
4. Several battlegroups of Muromachi Japanese for Field of Glory in 15mm [due 6th November, 2010]

Add to this some odds-and-sods of Things I'd Like To Paint! in order to keep me happy:

1. Continue painting 1,500 points of Dark Angels for Warhammer 40,000.
2. Start painting 1,500 points of Chaos Renegade Militia for Warhammer 40,000.
3. Start painting 1,200 points of Noldor Elves for War of the Ring.

This list was initially documented with the best of intentions on the 1st January, 2010, and already it has hit its first minor speed bump! I will refrain from naming names (curse you, von Lucky!), but I have since been introduced to yet another game system: The Uncharted Seas by Spartan Games. What this system really has going for it is some really nice looking fantasy ships in 1/600 scale, in a small enough quantity that painting them should be a breeze (where have I heard that before?!).

Therefor, add to the list:

1. 800 points of a Thaniras Elves fleet for The Uncharted Seas [due 21st February, 2010*]

* (assuming the wonders of online shopping and snail-mail can have said fleet delivered to my door in time!)

Well, there it is. Simple! Huh. Well, to add a little colour, I will leave as a momento the damnable picture that caused said wise(?) man to suggest this endeavour in the first place... The first batch of Dark Angels: